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Something You Should Know - September 10 Steve - National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, September 13–19 · Something You Should Know!

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  Speaker 1: right now with Steve Berube, and we're going to talk
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  Speaker 1: about something that's really important. We're talking about truck drivers,
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  Speaker 1: because without truck drivers, we would all be naked and
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  Speaker 1: hungry without that food being delivered to us, without our
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  Speaker 1: clothing being delivered to us. So, Steve, thank you very
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  Speaker 1: much for taking some time to chat. We're going to
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  Speaker 1: talk about National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, which is coming
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  Speaker 1: up right now. And this is something that a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people kind of take for granted, but it's a
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  Speaker 1: really important thing. Those people driving the big 18 wheelers
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  Speaker 1: out there, they bring everything to us, don't they?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for having me. You're exactly right. They really do.
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  Speaker 2: And I'll kind of walk us through some stats on
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  Speaker 2: that here. We're rolling into National Truck Driver Appreciation Week,
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  Speaker 2: the week of September 13th through the 19th. And this
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  Speaker 2: is a great time for... everyone to take a moment
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  Speaker 2: and say thank you to three and a half million
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  Speaker 2: professional truck drivers on America's roadways. So if you see
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  Speaker 2: somebody at a gas station or getting some food somewhere, great,
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  Speaker 2: great time to just say, thanks. Um, you know, because
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  Speaker 2: as you noted, they, they do deliver all of our
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  Speaker 2: food and clothing. And, you know, if you think about
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  Speaker 2: it in your day, in your daily life, pretty much
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  Speaker 2: everything that you use, whether it's your coffee or your
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  Speaker 2: cell phone, all the food in your fridge, um, One
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  Speaker 2: of those truck drivers drove it probably during the middle
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  Speaker 2: of the night while we were sleeping. The American trucking
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  Speaker 2: apparatus really touches about 1 in 20 jobs around the country.
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  Speaker 2: And there's $ 900 billion a year in revenue generated. The
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  Speaker 2: trucks on America's roadways cover 330 billion miles a year.
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  Speaker 2: That's the equivalent of driving to the sun and back
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  Speaker 2: to Earth 1,700 times.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: So when you think about the industries that touch our lives,
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  Speaker 2: very few do it in a way that trucking does. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's about more than moving freight. It's about
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  Speaker 2: keeping our community stocked, our businesses running, and the American
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  Speaker 2: economy moving forward. So never a better time. It's great
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  Speaker 2: to say thanks to any truck driver you've ever seen,
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  Speaker 2: but certainly be mindful of it the week of the
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  Speaker 2: 13th to the 19th. And, you know, because these folks really,
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  Speaker 2: really keep America running and make our lives nice.
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  Speaker 1: And the thing is, there are truck drivers all around
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  Speaker 1: the world. You know, there's every country has truck drivers
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  Speaker 1: that are taking things from one place to another. But
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  Speaker 1: when you think about the size of let's just say England,
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  Speaker 1: you know, England is a tiny little country compared to
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  Speaker 1: the United States. So a truck driver there most likely
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  Speaker 1: will be able to probably sleep in their own bed
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  Speaker 1: at night. But if you get in the in a
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  Speaker 1: truck here. and you drive for a day, you could
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  Speaker 1: be weeks and weeks and weeks away from being back
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  Speaker 1: home in your bed. So when you think about that,
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  Speaker 1: that is kind of a unique position for somebody in
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  Speaker 1: this particular occupation to be in this country, isn't it?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure it is. There are a wide variety
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  Speaker 2: of trucking jobs, and there are quite a few that
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  Speaker 2: require great sacrifice to be away from home for extended
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  Speaker 2: periods of time. To make sure that the goods and
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  Speaker 2: freight that we all rely on in our everyday lives
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  Speaker 2: get back and forth across the country.
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  Speaker 1: And this is also an industry where they're kind of
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  Speaker 1: always looking for people to become truck drivers. And I
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  Speaker 1: have several very good friends that are truck drivers who
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  Speaker 1: are on the road all the time. And they love
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  Speaker 1: it because they get a chance to get out, see
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  Speaker 1: the open road, see parts of the country and get
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  Speaker 1: paid to see parts of the country that they might
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  Speaker 1: never have ever gone to any other reason. And I
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  Speaker 1: think that is something that so many times that maybe
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  Speaker 1: there's not enough emphasis on how great of a job
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  Speaker 1: this can be for the right person, because this could
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  Speaker 1: be the perfect fit for somebody, right?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's exactly right. You know, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I think sometimes when I just go on like a
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  Speaker 2: personal road trip, sometimes it's nice to go off the
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  Speaker 2: beaten path and see an area of your state or
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  Speaker 2: part of the country that you might not otherwise see.
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  Speaker 2: And that's certainly an aspect of a long-haul trucking driver's
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  Speaker 2: job where, you know, they get an opportunity to potentially
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  Speaker 2: go anywhere and see virtually every inch of the country
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  Speaker 2: if they drive enough. So it's definitely, I think, one
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  Speaker 2: of the positive aspects of the job for sure.
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  Speaker 1: And there are some people right now that are in
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  Speaker 1: school that are going to school for a career that
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  Speaker 1: by the time they graduate, AI might have wiped that
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  Speaker 1: entire career field out. We've seen that over the last
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  Speaker 1: few years. One of the things that I look at
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  Speaker 1: with trucking, the future of trucking, I think we're always
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  Speaker 1: going to need people in those trucks. I just don't
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  Speaker 1: know that we're ever going to be in a position
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  Speaker 1: where we're going to feel safe saying, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: hit a button and I'm going to just send this
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  Speaker 1: thing on the way without a person behind the wheel.
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel that we're in a position with the
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  Speaker 1: future of trucking where there's always going to be a
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  Speaker 1: person in that truck?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think it feels that way. If you
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  Speaker 2: think about the size of these trucks, they're, you know, 10,
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  Speaker 2: 20 times heavier and longer than our passenger vehicles. And
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  Speaker 2: require a lot of other logistical items beyond just driving it, right?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, these drivers walk around these vehicles, do a
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  Speaker 2: full inspection, ensure that the loads are secure. And I
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  Speaker 2: think there's a lot that go into it. And so
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  Speaker 2: I think there's a long, long timeline here before you
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  Speaker 2: end up in a scenario where a heavy truck becomes
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  Speaker 2: a personless vehicle. So I do think that there's likely
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  Speaker 2: to be great demand in this industry. There's good pay.
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  Speaker 2: There's lots of evidence around this being a great opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to build a small business off of. About 90% of
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  Speaker 2: the trucking firms in America are less than 10 trucks.
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  Speaker 2: Most of those are all family-owned companies. And those companies
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  Speaker 2: transport about three-quarters of the freight around the country. So
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  Speaker 2: they're doing... Enormous amounts of work as small businesses. So
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  Speaker 2: there's great opportunity, you know, to probably grow yourself a
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  Speaker 2: nice small business outside of, you know, as well as
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  Speaker 2: being a driver.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Steve, thank you for taking your time to chat
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  Speaker 1: with us today. And I'm glad that we get to
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  Speaker 1: celebrate a little bit ahead of time here. National Truck
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  Speaker 1: Driver Appreciation Week, September 13th through the 19th. And again,
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  Speaker 1: that's a big deal. It's coming up next week. Steve,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for your time, sir.
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  Speaker 2: No problem. Thank you, John.
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  Speaker 1: And if you would like to celebrate, another really good
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  Speaker 1: way to do that, like he was saying, if you
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  Speaker 1: see a truck driver when you happen to be out
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  Speaker 1: and about, maybe if you're there at a gas station
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  Speaker 1: and they're filling up, if you say, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: fill up the tank, that's like 500 bucks, but you
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  Speaker 1: could certainly throw them a Snickers or something. If there's
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  Speaker 1: something that you can do to show your appreciation, again,
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  Speaker 1: next week, September 13th through the 19th, that is the
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  Speaker 1: way to do it. National Truck Driver Appreciation Week.