70: What does Oakley Dispatch Have to Say?

Key topics in today’s conversation include:

• Oakley Trucking update: keeping up with expiring physicals, inspections and more (2:40)
• Nick’s been at Oakley for more than 13 years (5:48)
• Manuel’s career at Oakley goes back over seven years (7:54)
• Daily priorities in Oakley operations (9:01)
• Communicating with 52 drivers as a dispatcher (11:37)
• Juggling different needs (14:33)
• Dump freight’s explosion this year (16:05)
• Where drivers live and sending them home loaded (19:11)
• Consistent earnings at Oakley (21:19)
• Avoiding contaminations and paying attention to details (23:30)
• Handling new customers (25:44)
• Where new drivers are needed (29:10)
• Wet granules, trailer issues, and final thoughts (32:01)

Thank you Nick and Manuel for giving us the inside scoop on what happens backstage at Oakley’s end-dump division.

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