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Trucking at 1/64 scale – WTT

On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner and The Dude are talking to the creative minds behind First Gear, inc. to learn all about the world of high-quality replica semi trucks. 

Speaking of scale, have you ever built a trucking company to a 20x revenue? We’ll learn the real-world fundamentals it takes to build a big business and also, how those same core skills are being translated to AI. 

Thieves are dreaming of OLEDs, iPhone 14 Pros, PS5s, Legos and whatever else you got in your trailer. We’ll find out what the hottest items of the holiday will be this holiday season … according to thieves. 

Plus, Milton found guilty; freight conspiracy theories are DTF;  emotional support alligators; J.B. Hunt gives out $250,000 in scholarships; HOS exemption canceled; the high dealer cost of converting to EV; do Boston Dynamics dogs make good pets and more. 


With special guests Erica Reiss at 1st Gear; Justin Lu, Founder and CEO at Ezpapel; Scott Cornell, National Practice Lead for Transportation, Crime and Theft Specialist at Travelers.

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Timothy Dooner

Dooner is an award-winning podcaster who hosts and produces FreightWaves' WHAT THE TRUCK?!? In under a year he helped build FreightCasts, the world’s largest logistics and supply chain podcast network in media. WTT is ranked in Apple Podcasts top-20 Business News podcasts. He also writes a newsletter of the same title with over 15k subscribers in the supply chain and trucking niche. Dooner has been in freight since 2005 and has held directors positions in operations, sales, consulting, and marketing. He has worked with FedEx, Reebok, Adidas, L.L. Bean, Hasbro, Louis Vuitton, and many more high level clients across the full spectrum of the supply chain. He was a featured speaker at TEDx Chattanooga.