Bud reefer in a Kenworth....drop and hook, gotta love it! You're the right kinda trucker, humble, and helps a follower driver with load locks. Pay it forward American Truckers!!
When I used to drive trucks I kept a handheld gas powered stihl blower in the sidebox or under the sleeper. Anytime I had to do a trailer sweep out I just crank that blower up and blow all of the dirt, dust and debris out of the trailer in a minute or so. Super fast and always got the trailer way cleaner than a broom, which uses up your energy as well.
Found this by accident...dont know why but that was a quick 30 min. A+ for the load bar gifting. Pay it forward my man. Tomorrow I'll buy the next guy in line a coffee for that. Also, makes me wanna start truckin'.
A trucker helping another trucker ahh that's the way it was in the old days.Now its dog eat dog ever one for his self these days.Good deed my friend GODSPEED
I wish drivers were still that courteous. I'm a new driver and I didnt know any if the companies so I started driving for Swift. I could never get anyone to help me simply because of that. Most drivers just want to bitch about Swift but they don't offer any help if they ever ask.
It don't have to be that way. I helped two drivers the other night chain up so they could get over Bozeman Pass. Neither one knew how to chain up. I helped them and never took a dime. We still help each other out here in Montana.
Brings back a lot of memories, but I was never lucky enough to pick up in the day time. Most pickups were 2 or 3 am. Picked up a few times when the temperature was 0 or below.
I was there in 1977! Inside the warehouse the forklift driver had hollowed out a little lounge right smack in the center of stacks of product. He pulled a triple-stack (maybe4?) out of a seemingly innocent row of product, swung 180 and invited me inside. He then backed into the space so the OUTSIDE looked as seamless as it overdid. BUT inside, there was was a cooler of beers, chairs and a table. Cold Bud was served-up fresh! The good old days. This certainly rivals "The Beach" inside the GM Camaro/Firebird plant in Van Nuys, Calif. Fact, not fiction, fellas!
You are such a Gentleman JBG, By giving that guy your load lock. Me and the guys at work see your videos on are lunch time all the time,Please say Hi to all the Mechanics at City of San Diego Miramar shop for me. Thanks and GOD Bless You.
i drove trucks when 13 years old by watching my dad and uncle i'm 52 now and i love your videos so keep them coming (JBG)..my handle is the BONECRUSHER from Fayetteville Nc You are a great person so keep them videos coming my friend.. be careful and be blessed
I love your video man I am thinking about getting into trucking after my contract ends in the military and this gives me a lot of insight into how it is. Thank you.
great setup for backing that trailer. We use peoplenet too I love it :). I've been off for 2 weeks for xmas, I already miss driving. Never thought this would be the case a year ago lol
First time watcher .. very impressed .. I have uncles ,cousins and friends who drive a big rig .. with out you guys the world wouldn't know what to do .. Thank you .. and please be safe !!
I have done this 100s of times.. One of my favorite loads.... @ 14:07 ~~~ Dynamic Transit's dark red Peterbilt coming in .. The last company I worked for..
I agree if Budweiser wants a clean trailer for their beer, then they need to have a washout service, they can charge the companies less and do it right there, for five minutes of work they can be like the airlines and make millions on unneeded charges. Go Blue......
gotta love Budweiser!! have to drop empty, come back to gate get Bobtail WT, go back get your loaded trailer, bring that back to gate, verify ld locks, get loaded trlr weighed, and pray you are not overweight!! if so, you have to go back to a dock and get load re-worked. spent 3 hrs at one in Virginia. trlr was over loaded! been to st. Louis plant 3 times, in/out in 30 minutes!!
I remember the first time picking up a load here. I had to leave to fill the tractor with fuel and sweep out the trailer. It was busy that day and took a long time to get out of there after live loading.
I’ve thought about being a truck driver but don’t know if I got that in me but one day I think i will try.... it does look like a beautiful day , I can’t wait for the sun to shine on me and the rain to stop pouring ...
I drove over the road across North America and always helped a fellow driver who needed help. I needed help a few times and always tried to repay the favour. Us drivers need to stick together when away from our families and loved ones!
I agree 100 percent. Everyone should have the same routine.....landing gear down (check) pin pulled (checked) airlines and pigtails disconnected (check) lower airbags if needed or possible ( check) pull forward slowly and watch mirrors incase of the unlikely event the landing gear fail ( 1/100,000,00) chance, but it happens. Being a creature of habit makes for a safer driver.
Lower the air bags after pulling ahead a foot, dropping the air bags immediately puts unnecessary pressure on the fifth wheel and the pin. You might know this, just trying to help, safe travels☺
With both the trailer and the truck brakes set, that trailer is not going anywhere, especially in the few moment it takes to walk around to drop the landing gear. Some talk about good habits. IMO, paying attention to what you're doing each time is better than a mindless habit or routine.
I enjoy your video, I'm laid up and not driving because of a hernia operation. I miss driving,but thanks for doing this. I would team with you if you ever go otr hard.i love the Lord too. Bless you brother!
Back when Arrow was still a thing...All of our equipment had their empty weights on the side. I'm sure they still wanted their own paper trail of the tractor weights, though. Plenty of times that I'd come into a shipper and they'd ask what my empty weight was and I could tell them at a glance.
AB PAYS VERY WELL.. I used to know a lot of guys that worked there .. used to you could drink beer on the job thats the brewery workers.. they would be drunk every day.. now I think they let them take home so many cases a month or something
Thats great bro. Can I suggest that you stay out of debt and put some money in the bank? Driverless trucks will be here very very soon and you dont want to get caught with your pants down (financially) when that happens.
New subscriber have been watching both you and Long Haul Larry for some time now.. Although I did drive an 18 in my younger days, I worked 34 years for the EL, CR and Norfolk Southern Railroads. With all the regulatuions you have to put up with, I don't know how you do it!!
That’s where I’m from St. Louis Missouri I live in Florida now I don’t miss it St. Louis I getting bad not like it was a good place to live in the first place
It is an ok place to visit, if you just go to see the Arch, Six Flags and i was fortunate, enough, to see/hear Metallica @ The Arena, in 1991 or thereabouts and a few years, later i saw/heard Neil Diamond @ a different venue. Good times, although, i was not raped, on either occasion, darn the lick. Rest, in pieces, The Arena. Cool venue and the Acoustics were great, but, the steps were steep, in that place. As steep or steeper than the Arch, it seemed like. Also, I-55 Speedway (Pevely, Missouri) is not to be missed, if in the St. Louis area. One of the best Dirt Tracks, either side of the Mississippi, in my opinion.
Bonnie Hamilton thank you for everything Johnny B Goode love your videos keep them coming thanks so much for all the time and effort thank you have a merry Christmas
Brian but it’s true, he’s a gent for sure but come on man, what would you explain to me when Dubai, a desert, Egypt, a desert, all of a sudden gets snow fall??
Brian morons like you are the reason the name changed to “climate change” the numbers add up. You should know how much numbers matter if you know GCWR and GVWR you definitely should look in on the numbers for climate change you special snowflake
