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First In Consulting First In Consulting is a family-oriented Transportation and Roofing company.

We have served the community as Firefighter and EMS and bring that integrity with us to serve our customers.

10/16/2026

We operate a transportation company, and we see similar situations in our roofing business. Today, we pulled into a shipping facility we visit regularly. They have a yard dog, or yard jockey, whose job is to move trailers around the yard.
Occasionally, we help them out. If there's already a trailer sitting at the dock that we need to pick up, there's no reason for the yard jockey to move it unnecessarily. We're happy to work together when it makes sense.
But today was different. We had a trailer behind us that needed to go to a particular dock, and the trailer already sitting at that dock was the one we needed to leave with. The yard jockey's job was to move the trailers so the process could continue.

Instead, he was sitting in his truck, smoking what appeared to be ma*****na, while operating in a CDL-regulated environment. Rather than going back inside and addressing the situation, three other trucking companies simply chose to work around the problem and do someone else's job.
Thankfully, in another situation, a citizen stood up and refused to accept bad behavior when others wouldn't.
So here's my question: When are we, as business owners, going to start standing up for what's right instead of simply working around what's wrong?
Being a Christian business owner doesn't mean we have to be pushovers. It doesn't mean we should accept irresponsibility, dishonesty, or people refusing to do the jobs they're being paid to do.

It means we should treat people fairly, communicate respectfully, take responsibility for our own actions, and hold ourselves and others accountable.
There's a difference between showing grace and enabling bad behavior. There's a difference between helping someone out and allowing someone to take advantage of everyone else.
We spend so much time talking about what's wrong with businesses, employees, and the way things are done today. But how much of it continues because the rest of us stay silent, look the other way, or simply do someone else's job to avoid confrontation?
If we want things to change, we have to be willing to stand up for what is right.
Not out of anger. Not to tear someone down. But because integrity, accountability, and doing the right thing still matter.
And as Christian business owners, we should be leading the way—not participating in the problem.
So, what do you think? When did we get to the point where doing the right thing became more difficult than simply accepting the wrong thing?

There’s been a lot of talk about truckers going on strike October 1st for two or three days. I’ve done some pretty inten...
09/28/2026

There’s been a lot of talk about truckers going on strike October 1st for two or three days. I’ve done some pretty intensive checking on this, and I haven’t found anywhere showing a truly organized trucker strike. What I have found is a few private owner-operators spreading the information, a lot of it through AI and social media.
So no, we will not be participating in it.
And there are a couple of reasons why.
First, I’ve listened to several podcasts discussing this, and it actually made me proud of what we’ve learned as a company and as public servants—retired public safety and some still active in public safety. Doing the right thing and surrounding yourself with the right companies is still essential.
We pull a lot for Amazon, and Amazon gives us the full fuel surcharge. So as fuel prices have gone up, our fuel surcharge has gone up with it. With other companies we work with, we also charge a full fuel surcharge. That doesn’t mean rising fuel prices don’t affect us—they absolutely do. They affect everybody.
But let’s think about this for a second.
I heard about another country where transportation workers went on strike for three days. People were having to stay home. Gas wasn’t being delivered. Food wasn’t being put on shelves.
We all remember how difficult it became to find toilet paper and other basic necessities during COVID.
Now imagine if the trucks simply stopped completely.
That’s where my public-safety side comes in. I would do anything within my power to keep something like that from happening—not because truckers don’t have legitimate concerns, but because of the sheer chaos, selfishness, and fighting that could come from people suddenly not being able to get food, fuel, medicine, and other necessities.
As a Christian business, we’re called to keep peace and joy whenever possible. And sometimes that means looking beyond ourselves.
What I really want to focus on is something that gets overlooked every single day: how essential those trucks going down the road really are to our economy.
We depend on transportation just as much as we depend on trains and airplanes to move the things we need. We have become so accustomed to having what we want, when we want it, that we sometimes forget what it takes to get it there.
I’m proud to be retired public safety. I’m proud to be in transportation. And I’m proud to be a roofer who handles insurance claims.
Why?
Because we love to serve. We love to help. That’s what we’ve spent our lives doing.
So, guys, look at that picture.
There is a lot of chaos being thrown around right now about a possible trucker strike. I don’t see evidence of a truly organized nationwide trucker strike on October 1st.
But it does make me ask a bigger question:
If the trucks really did stop for two or three days, how would you react?
How would it affect your family?
How would it affect your business?
How quickly would the shelves become empty? How quickly would fuel become difficult to get?
And most importantly, how important are those trucks we pass every day on the highway?
Maybe it’s time we stop looking at them as just another truck in traffic and recognize what they really are:
An essential part of keeping America moving.

We doing a small hot shot load today lol, hiw is everyone else's day?
09/22/2026

We doing a small hot shot load today lol, hiw is everyone else's day?

09/13/2026

Well, what's the difference between a family-owned business and a corporate business?
As you can see in this video, we got called around 11 o'clock on a Saturday night. A customer felt like she had a leak in her living room. What people don't realize is that if you actually have a roof leak, it's actively doing more damage. More mold can occur, more water damage can happen, and the longer you wait, the worse it can get.
So we went there prepared to tarp the roof and check everything out. But as you can see in the video, there wasn't actually a roof leak. It was some cracking caused by moisture, and when we inspected the attic, the house wasn't wet. The insulation wasn't wet.
And no, we didn't charge her. We've done other roofs for this customer, and we came out prepared to tarp it if needed, just like insurance requirements call for.
Not every call turns into money. But your reputation does.
And that's the difference with a family-owned business versus a corporation.
No matter if it's 11 o'clock at night on a Saturday, we're going to be there. And we're still going to do what's right whether we're making money or not.
Because you may not be making money right at that moment, but you're building something worth a whole lot more.
The customer said, "Y'all are true to your word. If I ever need y'all, I call y'all, and y'all will come."
That's worth more to us than any payment we could have received that night.
So guys, y'all have a great evening. But remember your small-town, family-owned businesses when you're making those decisions.
And yes, there are plenty of good people working in corporations, too. This isn't about saying they're bad. It's about remembering that sometimes there's a difference when you're dealing with a family-owned business that takes your trust personally.
Not every call turns into money. But every call is an opportunity to build a reputation.

What does it mean to be an owner?Well, after you put in your 37 hours with Amazon, you don’t just go home. You sit here ...
09/07/2026

What does it mean to be an owner?

Well, after you put in your 37 hours with Amazon, you don’t just go home. You sit here and wait, talking to the mechanic about the issues you had the week before that still weren’t completely fixed.

Then, you sit here and wait another two hours for them to bring a wrecker and a swap-out truck.

Being an owner isn’t just about making decisions or collecting a check. Sometimes, it means sitting around for hours dealing with problems that should’ve already been fixed—because at the end of the day, if you don’t handle it, nobody else will.

09/04/2026

Happy Friday

09/02/2026

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear... especially when it's delivery day! Taking a quick look at the fleet. Are you team Prime or team wait-a-week?

09/02/2026

Why you are a dispatcher instead of driven

09/02/2026

Kyle Gray brought the semi back last night. None of the mechanics had every seen a truck do this.

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