In this Finally Friday episode of Do You Even Freight?, the crew breaks down the latest trucking and freight industry headlines, including more than 20 transportation and supply-chain bankruptcy filings in less than a month and signs that truckload capacity may be tightening.

John digs into FMCSA’s latest Hours-of-Service pilot program update and the bigger question behind proposed changes to the 14-hour clock: would additional flexibility actually give truck drivers more control over their day, or simply create more time for shippers and receivers to hold them up?

Then things get a little more Friday.

We get into the bizarre attempted semi-trailer theft involving a Chevy pickup, a fifth wheel, chains and a stack of doomed cinderblocks before turning to the Topic of the Day: The Load That Taught You the Most — and Still Pisses You Off.

Every driver, dispatcher, broker and freight professional has that load — the one that went sideways, cost money, burned time, ruined sleep or permanently changed the way they do business. We talk about who really dropped the ball, what those nightmare loads teach you, the warning signs you learn to recognize and the rules you never break again.

Kevin’s Hot Load takes us to I-10 near Beaumont, Texas, where an oversized load struck an overpass and came off the trailer — while another commercial vehicle reportedly struck a second overpass just miles away.

Plus: Freight Dictionary, Red Flag, Community Corner, trucking industry commentary, viewer reactions and the usual Finally Friday chaos.

Do You Even Freight? is a Kiss This Media podcast covering trucking news, freight and logistics, FMCSA regulations, transportation policy, truck drivers, brokers, dispatchers, carriers, freight markets, infrastructure and the stories shaping the transportation industry.