In this week’s episode of the Oakley Podcast, host Jeremy Kellett and dispatchers Russell Vallance and Brent Epley bring owner-operators Dean Baylor and Randy Fulmer, from the hopper and end-dump divisions, respectively, onto the show for a special surprise—to tell them that they’ve been selected as their Owner Operators of the Year!
Key topics in today’s conversation include:
- Oakley Update: buying new trucks (2:59)
- Randy’s journey to joining Oakley (6:36)
- Brent’s background (8:32)
- Randy’s experience in trucking prior to coming to Oakley (11:26)
- Pulling an end-dump (19:14)
- Brent tells Randy he’s the Owner-Operator of the Year (22:15)
- Dean’s path to becoming an Oakley owner-operator (27:10)
- Russell’s background (29:53)
- Dean’s transition from a company driver to being an owner-operator (32:06)
- Dean’s history with recruiting drivers to Oakley (36:11)
- Home time with the hopper division (38:53)
- Worst and best parts of driving (40:46)
- Russell recognizes Dean as Owner-Operator of the Year (43:48)
Thank you, Randy and Dean for all the many miles and long hours you’ve put in at Oakley.
Oakley Trucking is a family-owned and operated trucking company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, check out our show website: podcast.bruceoakley.com