Podcast: Truckstop – signs the market is getting stronger
The freight market remains in limbo, but Brent Hutto of Truckstop sees evidence that market conditions are headed in a good direction. Also, today is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. We’ll bring you an encore of our story about two truckers who were there that day.
0:00 – CVSA takes one big step toward English-proficiency enforcement
10:11 – Encore: Two truckers experience the fall of Saigon
39:32 – Truckstop: Signs the market is getting stronger
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Learn more about the USS Kirk Association, the ship and the effort to save it at the Kirk Association website.
- You can watch a documentary about the Kirk, titled “The Lucky Few,” online.
- Find more information about the freight market online.
- You can visit OOIDA’s tour truck, the Spirit of the American Trucker, at the Midwest Pride in Your Ride show May 2-3. Stop in and join OOIDA for $35.
- Contact your elected officials and stay up to date on current trucking issues at OOIDA’s Fighting For Truckers website.
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CVSA takes one big step toward English-proficiency enforcement
Also in today’s top news: Congress takes a crack at fixing the Highway Trust Fund. And new economic data adds to concerns about a possible freight downturn.
Encore: Two truckers experience the fall of Saigon
Today – April 30, 2025 – is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the final chapter in the Vietnam War. We’re going to mark that anniversary by bringing back a story we first broadcast in 2020 of a Navy vessel that played a key role that day. It’s the story of the USS Kirk as told through the eyes of a trucker who served as a gunner on the ship, a trucker who was in Saigon at the end and the ship’s official historian, who was also on board that day.
Truckstop: Signs the market is getting stronger
The freight market remains in a state of limbo, but being the optimist that he is, Brent Hutto of Truckstop says there’s evidence that market conditions are getting a bit stronger. He’ll also tell us what’s behind a boom in load availability and rates in the Southeast.