Trey Griggs is the CRO of Manifold, born out of the remnants of Convoy, Manifold presents itself as the Travelocity of spot freight.

Geared towards fleets with 50+ trucks, a lot of fleets this size are generally hauling roughly 30% contracted freight, the rest, including backhauls will be pulled off the spot market from brokers or shippers they work with. Manifold comes in and lines carriers up with the best paying based off of their current business model.

Trey joined the show to tell us exactly how Manifold works, how it will making trucking companies make more money, and how he thinks there is a future where a $100 million dollar brokerage is run by one person!

You can book a free demo of Manifold by heading to this link! https://www.getmanifold.ai/lombard

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To get involved with Project 61 and support driver health go to www.project-61.org

Nick Chernomorets is the CEO and founder of OCMC Trucking. Nick is originally from Ukraine and after a couple of years at Dunkin Donuts, a Water park, and Construction, he got his CDL. A year later he founded OCMC Trucking.

Celebrating 15 years this year, OCMC has 125 trucks hauling flatbed freight, and prides itself on its culture. Every driver knows the CEO personally as Nick takes time to talk to every driver.

Nick is also an avid runner chasing all 7 World Major Marathons, and credits running to helping him problem solve in his business. In this episode you'll hear exactly what kind of leadership it takes to be a fleet owner in 2026.

To connect with Nick, he is active on Instagram @nick.chernomorets

To drive for OCMC Trucking head to ocmctrucking.com

Want to help change the culture of driver health and fitness? Support Project61 at www.project-61.org

Need Truck Parking? Go to www.truckparkingclub.com and use the promo code lombard20 for $20 off your next booking!

Avante Jackson aka CDL Shorty joins the show to tell his story. He takes driver health to heart, literally. Surviving a heart attack and transplant he continues to give his all for the industry.

Working both over the road, a CDL school instructor, and now back over the road, Avante is big on education, and making sure drivers aren't just set up to succeed, but to also be an active role in making the industry better!

You can follow Avante on IG @avjackson28 and find him everywhere else @CDLShorty

If you need truck parking go to www.truckparkingclub.com and use the promo code lombard20 for $20 off your next booking!

Want to help change the culture of driver health and fitness? Check out Project61 at www.project-61.org