Ya I just mentioned that on their other video. The dangers on work and effort that went into building this road by someone where a road didn't exist. To be on the side of a mountain pushing a road through behind you the road you are building up and in front just the slope of the mountain side where you are going cutting into the hillside and pushing forward to create a usable road to drive on. Both are just as dangerous.
Intolerant American "AMERICA NEEDS ARE MOVED BY TRUCKS"... was in the freight industry for 38yrs... woman keep the country going...they buy all the products....
Josh S you have no clue how rough it is. You risk your life driving on dangerous roads and in dangerous weather. Think to yourself... you wouldn't have what you have (ANY OF IT!) IF IT wasn't for truck drivers. So rethink what you said. Unless you drive a semi don't sit there and undermined what truck drivers do. They have a bigger impact on anyone's life than other job profession.
Joe Cameron actually there are many methods of transportation other than trucking, no doubt it is hard probably but they are not that important to the world
I logged my young life on Vancouver Island mostly on the riggin on ground like that...its one thing climbing around of them sidehills in your cork boots...its another bringing a load down...huge respect for all the truck driver's...and typically, always awesome guys!
Oh, gracious, this reminds me of riding with my dad in his logging truck in Sonora, Ca so many years ago. I had to close my eyes and scrunch down in the seat
I'm a dump truck driver for 17 years I've seen and done some things like this. Got to respect log truck drivers very dangerous job.it's not for everyone that's for sure.
When I was kid in the 1960's several times a year we went to a camping area high in the mountains and to get there we drove on those logging roads. I'd lay on the back seat with my eyes closed until we got to the campground.
That's crazy! I've seen what happens to a 4x4 truck that rolled off a road similar and nobody survived and the truck is still sitting at the bottom because they can't get it out. It's estimated the truck rolled 200 times before slamming into trees near the bottom. Everybody died. Said road edge gave way and off it went. Loads of respect for these guys.
I might have ridden shotgun in that truck 40 years ago and been okay but I don't think I could even walk that road now...as beautiful as the scenery is it's still terrifying. OMG, I just realized I turned into my mother. lol
You: called him out for clickbaiting. Him: didnt address you correctly calling him out for clickbaiting, and threw an insult in there. Probably because he knew you were right.
Rookies take notice, it's steady as she goes in these situations. Your not playing music, checking your phone, trying to find your bladder buster Mountain Dew on the floor board! You need to fully focus on the job at hand and you need to hear every noise the truck, trailer and load makes as you move along. It could save your life. Cool video!
I drove off the side of a mountain hauling dirt in a dump truck and it would shift on the springs and kept me scared to death the whole time because you could feel the dirt under the wheels slide like you were on ice
Easy peasy! Learned to drive trucks with log trucking & a great experience! Thankya for sharing your knowhow as well & as always, truck safe driver, 10-4. Whatch that hill side when it becomes greasy!!!
And, as the old saying goes: "The fuel you save going downhill isn't going to make up for the fuel burn going uphill.....!" GREAT Vid... Thanks for posting..! Gordon
My dad did this back in 68 in a 56 Peterbuilt with a brownie box.Extremely dangerous especially when another truck comes the opposite way.Oh yeah he was only 18 at the time.
The drivers that look over the edge and keep thinking about what would happen if they drove over the edge, will never make it. You MUST focus on keeping the unit ON THE ROAD instead and forget about "what a wreck it would be if". The brian has this ability to focus on what really matters if you let it. If your careful and focus on your rig staying the road, instead of constantly looking over the edge and visualizing going over, you'd be fine. Aside from mechanical breakdown, road failure, just kerp the rig on the road and you'll be fine. Don't get me wrong, being a little scared is ok if it helps you be safer, but if it makes you panic, you need a different job.
I have been truck driving for 25 years, and could still, NEVER handle that road, just being honest! I ain't got the stomach for it! And I'm not even a very queasy Guy!!!!!! LOLOLOL SOME things do make me queasy though, like THIS road, NO WAY!
Hang on, am I missing something here? Let's have a little lesson in grammar. The title states "coming off cliff"...the word "off" in this context would insinuate the truck separating from it's fixed route...it doesn't!!!!....waste of two minutes!...learn how to speak the Queens English.
Nope. I drove out here from Wyoming and nearly had a panic attack coming down mountain and into Seattle. People were FLYING by me and I felt like a granny but I was terrified. I had to look away a few times in this video. Just. Nope.
Lmao, just showed this to a driver trainer who was talking to his student about skills and what he expects,... he said oh HELL NO,... ha ha ha goddamn tomato jockeys, so you think you're a truck driver, go do this shit or pipeline in the mountains, then come and tell us how hard it was to get into a dock at freaking Walmart !!
I don't see anything scary about this for Americans, try driving one in Australia bcos we have road trains thats 3 trailers,why don't you people look it up,☺☺☺
Its surprising in this day and age that its even legal with all the safety in the workplace. That is life and death. If you go tumbling down there you will be lucky to come out alive with tons of logs and trailer rolling down with you
Jason Carpp basically instead of hooking on the 5th wheel the trailer hooks up the the back of the truck like a small trailer you might pull with a car, as you turn the ass end of the truck swings the opposite way yanking the trailer much farther to the outside of the turn than a normal trailer thus dramatically tightening the turning circle, the trailer is very short, however it can still carry long logs because the trailer actually is only holding the back end of the logs, the front ends are resting on the truck frame. You can check big picture on his channel too. Or his driveby videos
Canuck Outdoors is correct on this. The reach from the dolly axles carries no weight, it connects the dolly to the truck with a pintle hook and guides the dolly. The weight of the logs is carried by the swiveling bunks on the truck and dolly. If the frame of the truck is long enough and the reach is the right length, the dolly wheels will not off-track. The dolly wheels will actually follow in the track of the drive axles. Great for mountain logging like this. They also load the dolly on the truck when unloaded. Easier to manueve, better ride, and makes for easier and shorter turn-outs to make way for loaded trucks on the narrow logging roads. Loaded trucks always have the right of way over empties.
My father could do this, probably in reverse, in the middle of the night LOL I've been with him on some OTR hauls when I was a kid, I'm still amazed at how he would back up double trailers in the darkness of night, on the first try, in 20°F weather, somewhere in Bumblefuck Massachusetts... all you got for guidance are those blinking red and green lights outside the loading doors.
