In this edition of Overdrive Radio highlighting February Trucker of the Month Doug Viaille, listeners get a clear sense for the understated, homespun sense of humor of the owneroperator today hauling as Goat’s Transport. Viaille’s been in business for himself as an owneroperator for most of his 30plus years in trucking thus far, and was nominated for the Trucker of the Year award by a fellow owner who calls him "Mr. Overdrive," in fact, after we called on Viaille’s experience in years past in a couple of different features.

Owneroperator Viaille’s seen success particularly these last years leased to Oakley Trucking that’d be the Bruce Oakley bulk hauler based in Arkansas, where Viaille pulls a company hopper on a backandforth dedicated run loaded with industrial product for healthy profits.

He's banked plenty in the way of wisdom, too, enough to recognize his own shortcomings and lean into the areas where he’s topnotch, as was illustrated to an extent in the feature about him published last week: https://www.overdriveonline.com/truck...

It can be "expensive wisdom," as he notes, learning from mistakes made, yet it's a hallmark of the best among owneroperators. Doug’s bounced back and learned plenty from more than a few, yet always with that dry sense of humor at the ready. Join us for this run through Viaille’s history going back to his preCDL Texas commercial license test in the late 1970s/early 1980s behind the wheel of a oneton Chevrolet.

And: here’s welcome to a new sponsor for our Trucker of the Year award for 2024. It’s Commercial Vehicle Group, wellknown amongst owneroperators for the Bostrom Seating brand, among many others. Contenders this year are in the running for a variety of prizes, including one of those seats to go to the winner. Put your own owneroperator business in the running via this link: https://overdriveonline.com/toptrucker