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  • Podcast: Success starts with Truck to Success

    Date: August 28, 2023

    There is no guidebook called “Trucking for Dummies,” but maybe there should be, because many challenges come with becoming an owner-operator and thriving as one. Fortunately, the OOIDA Foundation’s upcoming Truck to Success seminar is designed to help with those obstacles. Then, what started as a birthday wish for a young boy who loves trucks has turned into an annual event that draws hundreds of people every year. And finally, we look back at one of OOIDA’s biggest wins – an increase in broker bond amounts.

    0:00 – Newscast

    10:06 – Birthday wish becomes truck show

    24:50 – Truck to Success seminar starts soon

    39:18 – Increasing broker bonds

     

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    Birthday wish becomes truck show

    What started as a birthday wish for a young boy who loves trucks has turned into TruckFest, an annual event in Minnesota that draws hundreds of people every year.

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    Truck to Success seminar starts soon

    There is no guidebook called “Trucking for Dummies,” but maybe there should be, because many challenges come with becoming an owner-operator and thriving as one. That’s where the OOIDA Foundation’s Truck to Success seminar comes in.

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    Increasing broker bonds

    Not that long ago, dishonest brokers made a killing ripping off truckers on their skimpy $10,000 bonds. But OOIDA helped put a stop to that. In celebration of the Association’s 50th anniversary, we look back at the accomplishment.

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