Inside the huddle on college game day logistics – WTT

On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner and The Dude take a trip to Finley stadium, home to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs, on college football game day to find out how their freight playbook works. While there, they meet with Mocs equipment manager Billy Wilson; Taimen’s Ryan Pamplin and trucker Cowboy.

IKEA and Kodiak Robotics join forces on driverless delivery in Texas. Kodiak Robotics co-founder and CEO Don Burnette tells us all about how the deal came together and what it means for autonomous trucks moving forward.

Campbell University professor Sal Mercogliano rants about falling water levels, rates, government inaction and the most obvious way to cheat on a paper.   

FreightWaves’ Rachel Premack says we need those stinkin’ barges. With 92% of the nation’s agricultural output coming down the Mississippi, we’ll learn how a drought is causing havoc in the supply chain. Plus, Premack’s conference travel tips. 

Back The Truck Up’s Rooster and SuperTrucker talk about heaviest hauls; hurricane logistics fraud; an OJ shortage; biggest delivery screwups and professional slap fighting.

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