S03EP05 - Validate This: Talking Trucks with Cory Taulbert

Truck Guy podcast host Matthew Guy welcomes Tom Cotter of Barn Find Hunter Fame. Ride along as he talks about his 9,000-mile off-the-beaten path road trip in a Bronco 4x4, plus what it's like to find a mint '85 Chevy truck with just 148 miles on the clock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Truck Guy podcast host Matthew Guy welcomes Cory Taulbert, lead engineer for the GMC Canyon AT4X and AEV pickup trucks. Ride along as he talks us through the off-road midsizer's development process, why the team settled on certain calibrations, and some amusing stories they brought home from validation testing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Truck Guy podcast host Matthew Guy welcomes Brian Turner, a Canadian gearhead who does his level best to apply 4 decades of experience in frontline parts and service to help you understand not only how your vehicle works, but how to get the best deals when getting it repaired or maintained. Brian is answering mechanical questions sent in by our listeners, giving expert advice on everything from towing gear to ground straps on a 20-year-old truck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Truck Guy podcast host Matthew Guy welcomes Richard Rawlings from Gas Monkey Garage. The Texas-based gearhead and his team have been building fantastic rigs since the founding of GMG over 20 years ago – and they’re just getting started. Joining us right from his shop in Dallas, Richard gives us insight into some of the pickup trucks he’s built over the years, where he thinks the market is going for classic Broncos and K5 Blazers, plus gives us a peek into what’s in the hopper for 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Truck Guy podcast host Matthew Guy welcomes Stephen Elmer from the Truck King, a YouTube channel where he and his father put brand new pickup trucks through their paces by hitching them up to heavy loads or running them through an off-road course they built themselves on 60 acres in northern Ontario. We’ll learn what they selected for Truck of the Year, plus what’s in store for 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Truck Guy podcast host Matthew Guy welcomes Chris Benjamin and Lou Gasevski from the Ram brand in Detroit. They are interior and exterior design leads at the company, providing a bit of inside baseball into the all-electric Ram 1500 Revolution concept truck which debuted recently at CES in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Truck Guy podcast host Matthew Guy welcomes Derek McNaughton, an Ottawa-based journalist with an eye on trucks. He talks with us about his recent drive from Whitehorse to Toronto in a new Toyota Tundra – a journey which included over 5,000 km behind the wheel, more wildlife than a Disney movie, and a surprising revelation about fuel economy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Truck Guy podcast host Matthew Guy welcomes Andrew McCredie from the Plugged In podcast, a show which recently wrapped up a successful fourth season right here on the Driving network. Join us as Andrew talks about his experience behind the wheel of an F-150 Lightning, taking on the Sonoran desert in an electric Hummer, and how EV charging infrastructure may need to adapt to service a truck-based lifestyle.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Truck Guy podcast host Matthew Guy welcomes Thomas Holland from Throttle House, a YouTube channel where he and James Engelsman deliver professionally produced car and truck reviews to over 2 million subscribers. Join us as Thomas talks us through their quest to get a new half-ton pickup to help haul their crew and camera gear, what the acceleration felt like launching the thousand horsepower Hummer EV pickup in California, and his take on trucks like the Ford Maverick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Truck Guy podcast host Matthew Guy welcomes Kristin V. Shaw, an accomplished racer and freelance writer who’s getting ready to compete in the tougher-than-nails Rebelle Rally. That’s an eight-day event in which teams of two drivers will compete over 2000 kilometres in a test of driving skill, old-school navigation, and the ability to wheel in some of the toughest off-road conditions in Nevada and California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices