HeyJaredDestinations From PodWheels
This offering from PodWheels is designed to take us to interesting destinations, providing our team the opportunity to share short stories from inside and around the trucking industry.
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Elite 11’s Daryus Jones Makes The Most Of Every Day As A Local Driver (opens the original)
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Daryus Jones is the lone local driver to be selected for the Elite 11 in the 2026 Transition Trucking: Driving For Excellence Award program. DJ also has the honor of being the final member of the Elite 11 to be featured as part of our special Destinations series that is continuing to cover this year’s Driving For Excellence Award. As you will hear in this episode, DJ’s transition to trucking actually began during his four years of military service in the Army, where he worked in logistics handli
Elite 11 Honoree Michael Bivens’ Transition To Trucking A Full-Circle Moment (opens the original)
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Michael Bivens from Stevens Transport is our featured guest as we continue our special series sharing the personal stories of the Elite 11 from Transition Trucking’s Driving For Excellence Award. Our conversation looks back at Michael’s life, including his 13 years of military service in the Marine Corps and the career turn that brought him into the trucking industry. As you’ll hear, Michael shares how his years as a Marine shaped his sense of discipline and how his family, especially his wife,
Juan Rosado Lozada Reflects On Marine Experience and His Road To Elite 11 (opens the original)
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With this episode of our special series featuring the Elite 11 from Transition Trucking’s Driving For Excellence Award, Juan Rosado Lozada reflects on how his service with the Marines paved the way for him to be behind the wheel at Roehl Transport. Juan was seeking to make some positive changes in his life when he enlisted in the Marines after working in a series of unfulfilling jobs after high school. As he shares with us, the Marines not only offered Juan what became the life-changing opportun
Elite 11’s Daniel Doss Learning Lessons, Growing In Confidence With Every Mile (opens the original)
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Daniel Doss of Melton Truck Lines is our guest as we continue to feature the members of the Elite 11 from Transition Trucking’s Driving For Excellence Award. Catching up with Daniel just days before his first anniversary on the road with Melton, we look back at his rookie year as a professional driver following his retirement from the Air Force. Getting the call that Melton wanted to nominate Daniel for the Driving For Excellence Award came as a bit of surprise in what has been a seemingly very
Elite 11’s Brandon Ward Guided By A Lifetime of Service and Experience (opens the original)
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In this episode of our special series, we’ll get to know Brandon Ward, a driver for Werner Enterprises who is a member of the Elite 11 group that is in the running for Transition Trucking’s 2026 Driving for Excellence Award. Our conversation looks back at Brandon’s amazing career path that saw him excel in leadership roles with the Navy, in military law enforcement and in federal law enforcement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). We also talk to Brandon about how he found his initia
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