On the 600th episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is celebrating with project44 founder and CEO Jett McCandless. We’ll learn all about his career journey, building project44 into a FreightTech juggernaut, what visibility actually means and how to build world-class culture.

Matt McLelland, Covenant’s VP of sustainability and innovation, shares his philosophy on trucking, sustainability, tech, career development and what carriers will look like in the 2030s.

FreightWaves’ Justin Martin shares WHAT THE TRUCK?!?’s best social videos.

Plus, the cost of operating a truck rises above the spot rate; what to do when your dock is on the third floor; in-flight premonitions; fireworks disasters; screens on trailers; and more.

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