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Maximum Overdrive at 1/64 scale, epic freight and XPO’s strategy in ‘23

First Gear Inc | Dooner

On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to XPO Chief Strategy Officer Ali Faghri about spinoffs, LTL stand-alones, market disruptions and the company’s M&A plans.

First Gear Inc.’s Erica Reiss has created a 1:64 scale replica of the silver screen’s most notorious autonomous truck, the Green Goblin from “Maximum Overdrive.” We’ll talk about turning a legend into a tiny die-cast truck and deliver a recap of what went down at the Mid-America Truck Show, where the Goblin debuted. 

ARL Transport’s Ron Faherty has handled everything from “Star Wars” props to the Warthog from Halo. We’ll learn all about what goes into handling such epic and iconic freight. Faherty also shares his coalition’s mission to give owner-operators a voice.

Bitfreighter’s Brad Perling shares his founder’s story and talks about load-bidding bots and integrations. 

What’s life like at Cowan Logistics? Ben Tschirgi shares a day in the life at the brokerage and talks about the latest trucking songs on TikTok.

Plus, Optimus Prime Legos; “Over The Top” arm wrestling tournaments; a marriage proposal gone wrong; and gleaming the cube in a semitruck. 


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Timothy Dooner

Dooner is an award-winning podcaster who hosts and produces FreightWaves' WHAT THE TRUCK?!? In under a year he helped build FreightCasts, the world’s largest logistics and supply chain podcast network in media. WTT is ranked in Apple Podcasts top-20 Business News podcasts. He also writes a newsletter of the same title with over 15k subscribers in the supply chain and trucking niche. Dooner has been in freight since 2005 and has held directors positions in operations, sales, consulting, and marketing. He has worked with FedEx, Reebok, Adidas, L.L. Bean, Hasbro, Louis Vuitton, and many more high level clients across the full spectrum of the supply chain. He was a featured speaker at TEDx Chattanooga.