Smaller trucking carriers with 20-50 trucks are increasingly using in-cab satellite TV systems like EpicVue to attract and retain drivers in a competitive market. EpicVue provides drivers with entertainment options like movies and sports to help pass time spent waiting or during required rest periods. Several smaller carrier executives said EpicVue improves drivers' quality of life at a low monthly cost, and has helped them recruit and keep qualified drivers. EpicVue offers satellite TV packages for as little as $49 per month to fleets with 20 or more vehicles.

1. EpicVue Satellite TV Resonates With Smaller Carriers
Sharp rise in carriers with 20-50 trucks utilizing in-cab satellite TV systems to
attract and retain drivers
SALT LAKE CITY– May 14, 2015 – EpicVue, providers of premium in-cab
satellite TV packaged exclusively for the trucking industry, today announced that
a growing number of carriers with 20 to 50 trucks are using EpicVue as a key
part of their driver recruitment and retention capability.
“Smaller and specialized carriers are experiencing a driver shortage much like
their larger counterparts,” said Lance Platt, CEO of EpicVue. “It’s costly and
difficult to attract and retain quality drivers. What we’re hearing from smaller
carriers is that EpicVue provides comfort and convenience. It’s an affordable
satellite TV system that makes truck cabs feel more like home, and is proving to
be a key factor when drivers decide to work for and stay with these companies.”
Here’s what three smaller trucking companies are saying about their decision to
add EpicVue in-cab satellite TV systems to their equipment:
Nagle Companies
Walbridge, Ohio
“We’re looking for drivers like everyone else,” said Ed Nagle, president, CEO of
Nagle Companies. “In food hauling operations, especially on the east coast, we
can experience a lot of operational and traffic related delays. While our drivers
may have DVD players in their trucks, with satellite TV they can turn on the
news, or watch a movie or sports to help pass the time. EpicVue provides a
tremendous quality of life improvement for our drivers.”
Family-owned Nagle Companies offers a variety of truckload food distribution
solutions, including temperature controlled, dry van, local cartage, and dedicated
services, primarily to states east of the Mississippi. For the past month, the
company’s shop has been installing EpicVue in the carrier’s 22 over the road
trucks. Plans also call for adding the satellite TV systems to the 15 new trucks
the company has on order.
“We value our drivers as professionals,” Nagle stated. “For example, we pay
them a salary, not a per mile rate. EpicVue requires only a small investment that
goes a long way. I can’t think of an easier way to give a driver something that
costs just $50 per month and is worth a lot more.
“We’ve had nothing but good driver feedback about EpicVue,” Nagle added, “and
drivers that are waiting for systems keep asking how soon it will be installed. I’ve
been in the trucking business for 37 years and to me, EpicVue brings an
improvement to a driver’s quality of life that is equal to that realized in the past

2. with things like power steering, air conditioning and air ride suspensions. Like
those, I believe in-cab satellite TV will become standard within ten years.”
Stageline Express
Coopersville, Michigan
“Anything we can do to enhance life for our drivers is something we will do,” said
Tom Freeland, president and owner of Stageline Express, Inc. “EpicVue
appealed to us because the life of a driver on the road is hard. Their time is
structured, parking, truck stop and shipper facilities are often limited, and when
they have a rest period there’s not much to do. The quality of life that EpicVue
provides, whether it’s watching a movie they recorded or following their team on
NFL Sunday Ticket, is very valuable.”
Stageline Express became the first carrier in Michigan to install EpicVue and is
currently putting the in-cab satellite TV systems in 40 trucks, including about 20
driven by dedicated owner-operators. The installations, at a rate of about three
per day, are being handled by a local Direct TV installer. The process, Freeland
noted, is sometimes simpler than that for a house or an RV.
As an irregular route truckload carrier, Stageline Express hauls time and
temperature sensitive food, pharmaceutical and produce shipments from the
Midwest to the all points west. “Our drivers are usually out for two to three weeks
and then home for only three to four days, so they have some 34-hour restarts on
the road,” Freeland related. “We can provide nice equipment but away from
home is still away from home, and EpicVue goes a long way toward filling that
void.
“It’s also a very effective recruiting tool,” Freeland added. “The most frustrating
thing is to have an empty seat when you have loads to haul. EpicVue easily
helps us attract drivers and eliminate that cost by retaining them. For anyone
who’s driven before, EpicVue is a no brainer.”
JMJ Equipment Transport
Yuma, Arizona
“It’s very difficult for us to find drivers because we haul heavy and oversize loads
of agricultural and construction equipment on specialized trailers,” said Jasen
Jones, owner and CEO of JMJ Equipment Transport Inc. “We need drivers who
are qualified to handle, load and unload equipment, and when we find them we
absolutely need to retain drivers with those qualifications. That’s why we’ve
installed EpicVue in all but the two trucks we keep as spares.”
Founded in 1997 by Jones as a single owner-operator, JMJ Equipment Transport
has grown to include 23 trucks, including seven added last year and one new unit
so far in 2015. “We usually need two drivers, although with our recent growth we
are now looking to find four drivers,” Jones stated. “We offer late-model

3. equipment, good pay and benefits to help attract and retain them, and now we
have EpicVue to offer as well.
“In our specialized operation,” Jones continued, “it can cost $12,000 to $15,000
to find and train a driver. That makes the rate of return on EpicVue as a recruiting
and retention tool very good.
“In addition to regular rest periods to comply with Hours Of Service regulations,
our drivers usually have one 34-hour restart while they’re on the road,” Jones
noted. “With EpicVue, they can watch the same things they would at home.
EpicVue is a great way to give any over the road driver a more regular life. We
won’t hesitate to install it in every truck in our fleet.”
EpicVue has packaged satellite TV for fleets with 20 or more vehicles for $49 per
month under a five-year contract, or $59 monthly for a three-year contract. The
in-cab satellite TV systems, including an antenna, DVR and 24-inch flat screen
TV, can be installed in less than two hours per vehicle. The service provides
more than 100 channels of programming, including premium TV services such as
HBO, Showtime and NFL Sunday Ticket, for a monthly subscription fee and
without any hardware costs.
About EpicVue
Salt Lake City-based EpicVue was formed by individuals with years of combined
experience in the satellite and television industries. The company offers a TV
viewing package specifically designed for commercial fleets. Used as a tool to
assist with recruiting, retaining and improving driver quality of life, the EpicVue
package brings more than 100 channels of DIRECTV programming, including
premium channels such as HBO/Cinemax, SHOWTIME and the NFL Sunday
Ticket, into the comfort of a driver’s sleeper for a monthly subscription fee and
without any upfront hardware costs. For more information,
visit www.epicvue.com.
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