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Trucking Truths: Ownership, Paychecks & Unwritten Rules

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The Rural Dispatch
Trucking Truths: Ownership, Paychecks & Unwritten Rules
Oct 22, 2025 Episode 35
Behrens & Co

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This week we’re talking trucking truths — who should buy their own truck, how driver pay really works, and what happens when trucks get ordered but never used. We also touch on getting started feeding cattle. This one is a real, no-filter look at the business side of hauling livestock. 

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