In this HEP-isode, the boys are lookin' for love in all the wrong places, Caterpillar introduces robot safety inspectors to the job site, and socio-economic observations about growing up and getting to work.

On today's exciting HEP-isode of the Heavy Equipment Podcast, we pay tribute to legendary blind blues man Jeff Healey, talk technician training with EV expert Tom Pacheco, and explain how Caterpillar's new Battery Energy Power Unit is here to take us to the moon.

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On today's thrilling HEP-isode of the Heavy Equipment Podcast, Mike Bush from Hammer Down talks about how the logistics industry offers something for everyone, Mike and Jo talk up the new 91,000 lb. GCWR bill in Congress, and why John Deere could have had a bit more fun with its new soap.

On today's exciting HEP-isode, the boys try to figure out what that chair in the hotel room is for and get sidetracked by old Builder's Square flashbacks while Mike gets worked up about the proliferation of dually pickups and Jo sits down with Einride CEO Roozbeh Charli to talk about their new Amazon deal, L4 autonomous semi trucks, and the company's billion dollar IPO.

On our first-ever numberless HEP-isode, the boys head to opposite coasts to hit bothe the AISTech show in PA and the ACT Expo in Las Vegas, spend some time in an all-new VNL sleeper cab with Volvo Vice President Jared Ruiz, and take a deep dive into what it takes to make electric trucks work in the real world. All this PLUS life at 160 mph with the good people from Chase and Sanborn.

In this exciting HEP-isode, the boys discuss the perils of mixed fleet leasing, Kenworth's jaw-dropping TourAmerica paint scheme celebrating America's 250th birthday, and MOOG Construction stops by to tell us more about their new ZQUIP technology, which allows a single machine to operate on diesel, gas, or battery electric power. PLUS: the original Roto Sweep!

On today's first-ever FORTIETH HEP-isode, $7/gallon gas and diesel is pushing Americans to their breaking point, Caterpillar and Komatsu are in a while different kind of space race, and John Deere's latest VR headsets promise to change the way we think of operator training – and operator deployment – forever.

It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks for The Heavy Equipment Podcast with back to back trade shows, some all-new heavy haul trucks from Kenworth, the new Acela Dispatcher 4x4, and Harbinger's new gas-electric hybrid box van. We've got all this and more on today's Over The Top HEP-isode!