I have absolutely no affiliation with trucks and don’t want really want to. But these videos are really short and entertaining. Always fun to watch Also, I really like the neat trivia he presents.
This is one of those rare instances where a channel came out of the blue and and just stuck to me. I am really glad for this guy to have found his niche and an audience to follow.
Literally lol. One of his vids came up in my recommended one day when I was bored and I ended up binge watchin them all right then and there. Ngl I was kinda disappointed only to see 38k subs when I went to sub lol. I figured he’d of had more with the style and quality of his vids. Yukon you’re doin an amazing job!
As a Jamaican my self truck driving is one of the best and fun job in the country because we enjoy doing it. Kids will literally run out of there house just to see when a truck is passing by.
As a Canadian truck driver, seeing these videos is interesting. Have you thought about doing longer format essays? I'm always looking for something to listen to while driving down the road.
Longer videos take a hell of time to make of you want to maintain the quality. Unfortunately the RU-vid algorithm favours quantity. So if you don't roll out videos very frequently, the algorithm will not push you to more audience. That is why most growing channels stick to shorter format videos (around the 10 minutes mark). And that is what the higher percentage of viewers want. I too would have loved longer format videos, but unfortunately daddy RU-vid doesn't encourage them.
Yeah, like who cares about Semi truck buses, am i right? This channel of course. But then you learn about post war Netherland and you learn something new. And most importantly you now know these abominations of busses exist. I like this channel
That's one of the fun parts of trucking. It looks boring, sounds boring and doesn't seems much of a interesting job for most of the people out there until you get into it/searching about it, then you realize it, and usually doesn't pays bad at all too.
A friend and a person I used to drive with showed a couple of Jamaicans who were driving in the Pacific Northwest how to chain up. It was snowing and they had no idea how to install tire chains on their tractor. They gave him a gift to thank him for teaching and helping them. The gift was two enormous joints.
Nordic trucking would be interesting. Perhaps you could do separate episodes for Sweden/Norway/Finland (one episode) and northern NA (northern Canada and Alaska).
I once met a Finnish trucker over there, really cool guy. Brutal driving conditions most of the year. I’d also like to see Iceland in this list. Small country, but amazing roads.
That would be awesome. I’m from USA, but watch a lot of Sweden, Norway, Finland trucking. It’s mostly ab logging, but still a lot of trucking and on unbelievable mountain roads
I drove trucks for the norwegian army during my conscript days. Old trucks without ABS or any fancy electronics for that matter. We were driving up and down the norwegian russian border on icy narrow roads, the truck sits surprisingly well on those poor roads, we had to drive slow but not too slow, otherwise you would slide off the road. Fun times.
AS A JAMAICAN SEEING THIS VIDEO IN MY FYP MADE MY DAY. IT MAKES ME HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THIS CONTENT CREATOR DOESNT ONLY COVER MAJOR COUNTRIES, BUT ALSO COUNTRIES THAT ARE SMALLER AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. (felt like typing in caps)
I was thinking the same thing . I appreciate him and the people who care yo learn about our country . I hope they visit someday so I can be their private tour guides
5:15 "the way people are taught to drive"... While living in Jamaica, my dad was once asked by a devout, God-fearing, law-abiding lady how she would go about buying a car and a licence. She had grown up without ever encountering the concept of taking lessons and passing a driving test. Make of that what you will!
The tax office is very corrupt here. I passed my driving test because the examiner likes my mom. Not that i cant drive, i went on to get a PPV license( public passenger vehicle) and i work for a tour company driving 3 days a week or as much as demand makes it. But they just see it as a big money making scheme and some of them accept bribes to pass people. It cannot be stopped unless some reform is done, they have tried shuffling the examiners but they are all in on it so it just slows down for a bit
@@theatagamer90 na homie completely wrong, you can drive at 16 with a legal guardian who has driving experience at 18 you can drive alone and at 21 your testing period is over which means you are viewed as a qualified driver (at least half are not 😂) and insurances become cheaper
@@transformersrevenge9 i would say explain to me how any of this is less than evil but you can't because you just like evil things. You actually want things to be shit. And these policies are proven very successful at making things shit. Lol. Lmao
As a Jamaican you did a good job describing the trucking industry including the fact that they are always close to home. The truck drivers leaving for work outside the country is a problem in all sectors of Jamaica but the governments efforts to slow it nowadays isn't enough.
Americans and Canadians pay BIG MONEY for truck drivers and often come to snatch up any talent. At the end of the day it's the dollar that makes the most sense.
I just watched a few and I’m blown away by how everyone is always passing everyone else on two lane roads! Looks like it takes a lot of skill, luck, and little fear of crashing to be a Jamaican trucker.
4:22 "decent wages" as he shows the equivalent of a couple dollars lol, loved the video. I have family in Jamaica so its always cool seeing stuff about the country
So many trucking channels are North American/Western European focused, but yours, Yukon, is enlightening and entertaining while being informative and not-overtly lengthy or dull. Well done Sir! Please lets have some more international videos from lesser covered countries. Cheers!
As a Jamaican much respect for this video of our Jamaican Truckers. Yeah they are underrated, and I definitely learned a few additional facts as well. Like I never seen a Truck overtake like that on a corner, I mean we see certain drivers put on speed on them Trucks, so we know they fast, but not like that. Well researched video though, even the sad part about brain drain and them sending remittance, just like most other types of jobs. Big Respect!!
In many cases the Chinese trucks are prefered due to the fact that they are bought new(0km on odometer), have more customization options and they are cabovers so they have a good turning radius in narrow streets. A big part of the trucking industry in Jamaica is the box truck part(Usually Isuzu NPR and Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino )
@@TheMatsushitaMan power and torque are based on the engine and trans of your choosing. I assume a lower rear diff will provide higher torque if matched well with the trans
I went to Jamaica in September of 2020, mid pandemic. Let me tell you the drivers are *extremely* polite and kind. They throw a signal light on to let you know the driver in front of them is making that turn. I've never seen anything like it and I've driven in about 10 different countries.
Are you talking about truck drivers or the average person because I have family in Jamaica and whenever I go the people there drive like bats out of hell. Including the cab drivers.
I've always wanted to visit Jamaica for their trucks, besides the classic American trucks there's a lot of extremely rare and obscure trucks from both the US and England, I've seen photos of English Leylands and Fodens, and I've heard that there's a handful of extremely rare Marmons in Jamaica as well. Some other cool countries to explore for their trucks are South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mexico, Cuba, England, North Korea, Indonesia, and Italy.
I went to visit some relatives in SriLanka, and honestly I had zero clue what Leylands even were. It was cool seeing so many random boats, trucks, and cars from that company. Half the busses are leylands too I think.
Man, these truck cultures are interesting. Can you make a video about Bangladeshi trucking? It's a small country, but trucks play a huge role. Would love to see a video about that.
Arctic and Antarctic (if it exists in some form) trucking please! This was another great entertaining and educational video about trucking, love these videos :)
Dalton Highway Winters is a free doc u can find on youtube about Alaskan truck drivers and the road being built too an oil pipeline. it’s by the History channel too
@@antonym24 Thanks for the recommendation! I checked it out and it completely satisfied the engineering nerd in me. What a fascinating highway and trucker culture.
You can do Indonesia truck drivers. They face difficulty due to rising cost of fule in indonesia right now. They help alot to deliver of raw goods since indonesia is mainly export alot of mining ore, fish and spices. The truck drivers must take the challange of 300 km to 500 km just the main jawa island alone. Love your vid mate
Absolutely amazing video by @yukon American truck is the best truck that ever made!! WHO ELSE LOVE TO HEAR WHENEVER A JAMAICA TRUCK DRIVER SHIFTING A 18 SPEED! WORST If it’s A CAT! #6NZ!
Didn't really cover the craziness of trucking in Jamaica. I just got back from vacation, rented a car, was honestly a lil scared driving down the highway at night, no lights..just white markers on the road! Much respect!
Can't tell you how much I'm enjoying these videos. I also really enjoyed your video on the Kerguelen islands and would love to see you turn it into a series about remote and desolate islands. Some suggestions are South Georgia and the South Sandwich islands, Jan Mayen, Bear Island (Norway), Zemlya Georga, Yuzhny island, Severnaya Zemlya, Coronation Island, and Wrangel Island.
As a truck driver from Australia who drives kenworth, I can say that Jamaica have better looking trucks than we have here in Australia. Good job brothers and keep on trucking 👍👌👏
Wow, I have a lot of respect for the truck drivers in Jamaica! Those are some pretty serious hurdles to overcome. The fact that they make it work is really admirable.
Ive been watching your videos and subbed for a while because I love your style. I thought of commenting about doing a feature on Jamaican trucking after the Indian one but I thought maybe it would be hard to cover remotely. You did it anyways!! 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
I'm actually quite surprised to see a video on my country and something I have see on the daily, and learning more than what you get just sitting in a taxi or walking on the road One thing that is very much a problem is other road users being reckless, especially red plate taxis as speed is a big factor for profitability, so moving very fast and recklessly is a common
I came to the video early thinking oh yeah this is a relatively small channel, there will be few comments. Boy was I wrong. Anyway, your content is awesome and I think you'll be blowing up soon.
One interest I've always had was the highest paying truck driving job in the world. Considering exchange and all. I know Ice Road Truckers make good money, but the best paying would be cool.
Not sure but I’d suspect it would be something extremely dangerous, such as being a civilian contractor driving a truck in an active war zone. Either that or maybe something extremely specialized like transporting wind-turbine blades or like you mentioned Nordic trucking.
@@bitelaserkhalif, speaking of which, it takes days to sail from Japan to Jamaica and even when you cross the Panama Canal. Basically, start in Japan and sail to Panama and cross the canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic and reach your destination to Jamaica.
@@bitelaserkhalif, I'm from the Philippines and our semi trucks in that country are mostly cabovers. Cabovers in the Philippines are East Asian and European as well. However, they do use retro American cabovers which are Freightliner and Navistar International. Speaking of American trucks, long nose ones are rare in the Philippines and they're best for pulling heavier goods instead.
@@bitelaserkhalif jamaica actually gets like 90 percent of it's cars directly from Japan but I don't know why japanese trucks (besides box trucks) arent that common.
Your videos are very intresting! they seem very impartial and objective. I'd like to see what aspects you'd highlight of the Argentinian truckers, specially its union. Most argentinians we hate its union as its practically a goverment mafia that controls most roads and wether we work or not. And every argentinian has a story of a bad encounter with a reckless trucker/bus driver on the highways.
fun fact: in colombia, we use both european and american style trucks. we have scanias, daf, kenworth, international (i think?) and day cabs from chevrolet and chinese brands.
Hey man, very cool video, just like many other I had no idea about trucks and now Im hooked. Just one question, what is your opinion on trains? Are you ever going to do a video on long freight train logistics or something? cheers
I've heard from people from Jamaica that their roads are terrible because they're built by China. They look nice, but don't stand well against the weather, just like the roads in China. They cheap out on materials. They don't put thick layers of rocks, gravel, sand and cement. Just a thin layer of gravel and a thin layer of cement or asphalt.
My uncle's a cop in Kingston and I'm a Jamaican and I know what the rules are like is there a windy and when me and my grandfather went on a road trip to doga country roads down there art peeve that like dirt roads
Well, in my country Honduras, Central America. US trucks are pretty common, but in recent years Scania Trucks and the European version of Volvo Trucks are been introduced in the market, cool rigs but rare for this types of roads.
I was there a month ago and was a little nervous when our bus would blow the horn going around narrow corners in case something is coming the other way!
