Some of y’all probably already know me. Some probably don’t.

I own/run about 130-140 trucks, over 200 titled vehicles.  Then ancillary equipment - skidloaders, backhoes, etc. etc.

We’re primarily in niche distribution of fuel and lubricants. The majority of my drivers are home nightly, straight truck or what we call tank wagons.  I have about 15 tractor trailers on the road as well, the majority being regional OTR - out 1-2 nights a week. Off weekends.

If you have any oil, grease, antifreeze questions - you’re welcome to ask as well. I’m STLE-CLS, and I can give you the answer of “this works for me” as well. My current title is Sales-Operation, so I over see all of our fleet… and do sales training, some sales management and some technical support.  A little of everything.

I’ve had my Class A for about 10 years now. If I buy them, I might as well be able to drive them. We’re primarily PACCAR.  Split pretty evenly Pete’s and KW’s.  A few freightliners in there and a few legacy International and Western Stars left.  Everything new since 2018 has been Paccar however.

If you want a perspective from a hands on fleet owner, or fuels & lubricants questions - feel free to ask.

I won’t answer technical safety questions or anything that is legally binding.  You should have your own safety manager and/or DOT/OSHA advisor answering those questions.

Hey boss can you turn my truck up to 75mph?

Yup.  That’s typically were we govern however.


Some of our older trucks aren’t governed.  And I warn the drivers “I don’t pay speeding tickets. That’s on you.”

What you do with a 600hp 3406 is your own business.

I have a Cat 3126e. Are you running any Cat stuff off road?

All our heavy equipment is off road. My dad and I also have a family farm still. And we restore antique heavy equipment - mostly old CAT stuff.

What are your thoughts on using #3 grease, during warm summer months, on specifically tie rod ends, drag links, and spring pins?

I have experimented with this and after one summer's trying out, I think I'm a fan of the thicker stuff holding up to underhood temps, but only one summer of trying it to back up my opinion.

Also, Any other options for a #3 grease aside from Schaeffer's 238? Not against Schaeffer's, but would be just as happy with a standard oil company's offering, IE Delo, Mobil, etc.

I wouldn’t use a #3. Would never really hot enough to make it move. We have #2s working fine in steel mills on the hot work side.  It’s not so much the temperature you’re worried about, but it’s working penetration.  As that is what makes the differences in grades. Not the temperature points.

#3s aren’t really meant to be used in high speed applications either.  

I would use Mystik Jt6 High temp.  As that’s what I use in my fleet and it works fantastic.  Specifically the #2.

It’s also the #1 selling grease in North America. And cloned by a lot of companies - such as the megaplex 600 from p66. But you can get the Mystik at most parts stores.

Good as a wheel bearing grease?

Are you currently or in the near future hiring CDL-A drivers?

I unfortunately do not have Ohio HAZMAT since I'm not there (yet). I recently obtained my CDL-A, but have operated MTV and MAT-V trucks during my time in the Army with zero accidents.

On the note of grease, Castrol pyroplex in the lovely very permanent on pants blue, marine grease is what I've been using for everything, tractors, machines, Trailer bearings, whatever because it comes in the nice plastic tubes that don't jam up my guns nlgi 2 rated. Good enough for General purpose farm stuff?

How often does DEF system fuck up your logistics?  How do you deal with a dead on the road vehicle?

(I was a fleet manager for five minutes)

Yep. It’s GC-LB approved. Which is the highest level for wheel bearing grease.  So very good to go for that.

What part of Ohio?

I currently will probably have an opening soon in the Youngstown area.

Toledo division I can find out.

Honestly not often. We rarely, rarely have to tow trucks. We probably have a DEF system issue maybe twice a month. But not a tow situation. Our drivers are pretty well trained, once you start having to do regens more often to let us know. Then we can fix the issue before it fails.

I will be coming to the the Youngstown area. Thank you.

Added to the shopping list, case of 10. It's a shame I have so few zerk fittings nowadays.

If you were more local, I’d just give you a tube. I’m sure I have broken cases of it, or a clone floating around. I know I have a few written off in my truck shop.

We'll be at the Hamvention in Xenia in May.

Are you in the market for local or regional flatbed/specialized trainers? Not looking right now, but the old lady and I are planning a family and I'll probably want to be closer to home at some point in the future.

ETA - I've also run tanker extensively in the past.