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ONE20 Trucking, LLC Hits the RoadLOUISVILLE, Ky., March 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Four-wheelers just don't know what it's like to wait for parking at 2 a.m.. They don't know what it's like to put in a few hundred miles, then pay too much for a meal that a dog wouldn't touch. They don't know what it's like to live away from their loved ones so they can provide for them. And they have no clue how to manage their own business, deal with driver logs, road ragers and angry customers, all while navigating traffic with tons of freight onboard. There are those who think they know trucking. And then there's ONE20. "Today we put our effort and money where our mouth is. We are now in the trucking business," said Christian Schenk, founder, president and CEO of ONE20. The company announced today that it officially started to provide transportation services and received authority from the FMCSA as a legal operating, property-carrying motor carrier. ONE20, an app-based community, has been working with truckers as means of research, product design and testing for more than a year. The company quickly realized that in order to represent the full needs of the American professional driver, it needed to get closer to the behind-the-scenes operations and regulatory messes associated with becoming a trucking company in the U.S. "I've never seen anything like it," said Schenk. "For a nation founded on the principles of opportunity, we've sure made it difficult for the hard-working trucker to prosper as a business owner and operator. We shopped for insurance for more than a month, received hundreds of misleading letters soliciting services, fielded dozens of phone calls from product providers trying to sell us something and jumped through hoop after hoop with federal and state governments. Shame on us for making it so hard, so expensive and so confusing." ONE20 Trucking and its drivers will be part of a revolution to put power back in the hands of the drier. Compensation and lease agreements are configurable and un-capped, giving the driver more opportunity to earn based on their contribution to customers and growing ONE20. ONE20 Trucking is looking to hire the elite drivers who have seen it all in trucking and who know they can make a difference with their customers and fellow truckers. To that end:
ONE20 Trucking drivers will be highly visible, with fully-wrapped trucks that promote the company and its services. Drivers will encourage others to join the community by joining the ONE20 Trucking fleet or downloading the My ONE20 mobile app to become part of the movement to create transparency and improve life on the road. The My ONE20 mobile app features free truck-safe navigation, free trip-planning tools, free discounts on route, and soon a subscription-free electronic logging device, the ONE20 F-ELD. "We are excited to take another step toward earning the trust of the American trucker and empowering them to join the driver revolution, while promoting the freedom and excitement that comes with being a professional driver," Schenk said. The company operates on technology it produces and makes available for free. "We can show major efficiency and savings by building a trucking company from the ground up with little to no technology overhead. That's more money we can give back to our drivers," said Schenk. "We really appreciate what the ONE20 family is doing for the trucker," said Lee Schmitt, owner/operator at ONE20 Trucking. "We have made huge strides already in behaving differently than traditional fleets and we are just getting started," said Lisa Schmitt, the company's operations manager and lifetime at-home support system for Lee. Lee and Lisa were on the road together as a husband-and-wife team for years. ONE20 Trucking is accepting applications for its elite driver team at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) and online at one20trucking.com. About ONE20 About ONE20 Trucking, LLC CONTACT: David Hlavac, Bellmont Partners, 612-803- 3350, [email protected]
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