Trucking's Death Spiral: Safety, Wages, and Foreign Labor | Episode 311
Veteran trucker Gord Magill joins the podcast to dismantle the “driver shortage” myth. He exposes how cheap labor schemes, like Nebraska recruiting Kenyan drivers, fuel exploitation while rates stay l...
12 Sep 20251h 15min
Overcoming Broker Obstacles | Final Mile 110
Nate Cross & Ben Kowalski answer your freight brokering questions and discuss: 🚚 Factoring roadblock: New broker stuck on net-30 factoring with no quick pay — is there a workaround? 📞 Building a boo...
9 Sep 202520min
The Scam Economy of Freight (with Justin Martin) | Episode 310
The trucking industry is being rocked by fraud schemes that threaten honest brokers, carriers, and shippers. In this episode, Justin Martin (SuperTrucker) exposes tactics like ELD tampering, stolen tr...
5 Sep 20251h 13min
Finding Trucks, Crossing Borders, and Growing Your Customer Base | Final Mile 109
Nate Cross & Ben Kowalski answer your freight brokering questions and discuss: ❓ How do I scale past $10K/month when my current customers are all small? How do I win bigger shippers, and how should my...
2 Sep 202518min
Uncovering the ELD Fraud Crisis (with Danielle Chaffin) | Episode 309
The ELD mandate was supposed to make highways safer, but instead it’s created one of the biggest security and safety risks in trucking. On this episode, Danielle Chaffin exposes how fraudulent ELDs fu...
29 Aug 20251h 14min
Why Shippers Need Brokers and How to Handle Load Hostage Situations | Final Mile 108
Nate Cross & Ben Kowalski answer your freight brokering questions and discuss: 🚫 How to address customers that ask for quotes but never award you business 🤝 Why shippers use brokers instead of going...
26 Aug 202520min
Improving Your Sales Skills as a Freight Broker | Episode 308
Top freight sales pros don’t win with flashy pitches or closing tricks—they succeed by truly listening. This episode shows how strategic questioning, genuine curiosity, and overcoming ego-driven barri...
22 Aug 202555min
Tanker Loads, Prospecting, and Authority Aging | Final Mile 107
Nate Cross & Ben Kowalski answer your freight brokering questions and discuss: 💰 Bulk Tanker Profitability – Which pays more for dedicated contracts: food-grade or non-hazmat chemical tankers? We bre...
19 Aug 202516min
