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title: Interview with LTL Carriers Darren Hawkins and Rob Estes
description: "When it comes time to negotiate your contracts with LTL carriers, a good relationship is great to have. Part of building a good relationship is listening, which is why we're bringing you an interview with the CEOs of two LTL trucking companies: Rob Estes, CEO of Estes Express, and Darren Hawkins, CEO of YRC Worldwide."
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## How to Optimize Your Relationships with LTL Carriers

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### When it comes time to negotiate your contracts with LTL carriers, it helps to have a good relationship in place.

Since a good relationship takes listening, we're making it easy for you to hear what's happening inside LTL carrier businesses by bringing you an interview with the CEOs of two of these companies: Rob Estes, CEO of Estes Express, and Darren Hawkins, CEO of YRC Worldwide.

In this interview they discuss the following topics:

🗸The role data plays in an LTL carrier’s pricing dynamic

🗸Why transparent communications are a must today

🗸An important insight about the fallacy of prepayment as a value-add for shippers

We hope you'll find the time to listen, learn, and benefit from this interview.

 

 

### Access the interview now

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