Welcome to my educational New Truck Driver Channe!! I’m an open deck trucking owner operator driven to succeed. Making trucking videos has become a passion of mine. Being a Trucking RU-vidr has opened my eyes to a world of creativity and fun I didn’t think was possible. I share the road with my girl, a Kenworth T660 that I have upgraded here and there. Currently I work for Landstar in the Open Deck Trucking division pulling my 53’ Reitnouer Low Pro Step Deck . I love this Step Deck but maybe someday you’ll see an RGN behind a new Peterbilt 389!! Thanks for trucking by my channel and I hope you enjoy my trucking videos and trucking vlogs!!!
As a Canadian driver who worked for companies doing cross border work, these are the lies I heard: - "you'll have a stable job as long as you don't have accidents" - they'll let you go for anything, random karens calling and complaining, if a load is delayed or denied at the border, tickets for poor maintenance, arguing with dispatch even though you are 100% right, telling dispatch that you can't drive a truck or pull a trailer because you found a major defect - this one can get you terminated really fast with some companies. And even though it's illegal for companies to fire you for this, they will, and if you are not unionized (like most of the industry), you won't get your job back, but you will get unemployment insurance. Yay, a pay cut and job loss for doing the right thing. Isn't that cool? Yeah, that's how they play - "we pay all miles" - the contract has fine print that says they pay based on a straight line between two locations. (called air miles, or as the bird flies) - "we pay all tolls" - while 1 company had EZpass, most of them required me to pay the toll with cash and get reimbursed. 99% of the time I paid out of pocket, no reimbursement. They'll use every excuse under the sun to avoid reimbursement including lying about not receiving a copy of the receipt, so you have to send them 10 copies and call HR to get paid. Or they'll pay you the reimbursement and then use creative accounting to deduct it from your next paycheque - "you need more training" - if they say this, it's baloney, start looking for another job because they are building a case to get rid of you. This usually happens after you argue with dispatch over something or if a customer complains about something - "we never push our drivers" - I never got to plan out any trips as an OTR. I was given tight deadlines and I had only enough time to enter the address into my GPS and start driving right away or I'd be late for my delivery appointment. I've also had dispatchers call me while I'm using the urinal at a truck stop and they were panicking about why I stopped to use the bathroom. - "you don't need to take a 30 minute break because you're Canadian" - oh yes I do. In the USA you must follow the US HoS and there is no exception - "if you get a clean DOT inspection, we'll give you a safety bonus" - I had a clean DOT level 1, never got a penny extra. Had a spotless record, no CVOR points, no tickets, no demerit points, still no safety bonus. - "you get a $1500 signup bonus" - never got it. That was a pile of baloney - "earn over 100k per year and be your own boss" - No, as a company driver, you are not the boss. Dispatch tells you what to do, and you will be lucky to make about 70k per year if you push yourself and drive legally within the HoS. One thing that I learned about customer service, is that once a customer gets angry, start recording immediately, stop talking to them, and get the hell off their property. That is the best way to deal with them. The reason is that they will, in every situation, try to escalate a simple disagreement and then threaten to call police to report a trespass. If you leave, they can't escalate it to a police call. Once you are off their property and away from the menace, give your dispatch a call. Anything you say will end up used against you, so you have to word it correctly. If you just leave their property, there isn't much they can do because you avoided a confrontation. Some customers, and I'm talking about big customers here - like glaxosmithkline/unilever/proctor&gamble/johnson&johnson, you guys know who you are, they have the worst employees on the earth to deal with and will cause you to pull your hair out. Just avoid confrontation and get yourself physically away from them and then call your dispatch. Send them the video evidence of how you were treated. Ignore the prohibition on cameras, because in this day in age, there is no legal remedy the company can use against you if you start recording when they start a confrontation, because now it becomes evidence. If they start yelling at you, you have the upper hand as long as you get it recorded on video and never respond to it. I made the mistake a few times of badmouthing security guards after they started yelling at me, and I learned pretty quick to start recording their behaviour and to never respond back.
Hi I drove for BTC out of Memphis Tn for over 17 years they treated me like family.I was out 5 weekends 2were because of break downs,I have no complaints about them.
Started driving regional line haul routes for Saia in November of 2023, coming up on a year now, if I so choose to and work a Saturday I can average 1800 after tax a week. No micro managing, just show up and knock your route out and go home. It’s changed my life so far and while I’ve sacrificed essentially my entire social life for it…. I’m 25. Fuck the social life 😂 my Roth IRA is padded. My future family and I are looking to be alright and considering I come from a single mother household and the statistics of being a boy in a single mother house hold are stacked against me, trucking has saved me from those odds. Drive safe, change your world so you can change your loved ones worlds 🤟
Ive only been in my own truck for a month and a half since out of training with tmc and its taki g me usually 2.5 to 3 hours to tarp. Im so pissed at myself. I NEED to improve drastically
I walked that thin line for many years. The trucks were not as technical as they are now. A lot of truth in this video. Remember if you get knocked down you have to get up again.😊
I retired in 92 and Banning was like that then, matter of fact all of Calif. didn't matter if you just got an inspection at the last " chicken coop" if they saw out of state plates...bring'm in. Cajon pass liked to play games, it would show closed and they'd wait until you were just to the get off ramp and throw you a green🤦🤬 Tenn. back then had a scale every 5 miles🤬 ( if memory😂🤦 serves me) I think it was route 66? goes from Gallup NM to " Salty City" ..one windy hilly road🤦 but at the summit was a scale, if you were headed N. you had to wait until they gave you the ok to cross the Rd entering and exiting ( blind curve) it was so old they did Axel by Axel 😂 Y'all keep'r between the lines and outta the ditches 👍..safe travels 🙏🙏🙏
Earned my CDL 7 months ago. I can't find work because everyone wants 1-2 years experience. How am I supposed to gain experience if nobody will hire me fresh out of CDL school?
I'm not a driver, but your tutorial seems genuine. I'm familiar with the trucking industry and you are correct. I've seen other videos from drivers that are unrealistic that your message explains. You have my respect.
Excellent video! The content was riveting, compelling, and had me craving for more. I just loved the intensity and the passion put forth in this long awaited and highly anticipated come back video.
