The New Face of Trucking

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The New Face of Trucking - Trucking is constantly evolving and changing, much like any other business. But, there's one highly notable thing about the changes in trucking that have taken place over the past 20 years or so...... that is that few to none of these changes have benefited the truck driver. In this video, Dave gives an overview of how trucking has changed in the past 50 years or so, into what it is today.
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@SmartTrucking Год назад

Good day Drivers. Thank you for taking the time to catch today's upload. How do you feel about the new face of trucking? Do you feel that the changes over the last few decades have benefited the driver in any way? Are you contented staying with your truck driving job until truck drivers are no longer needed? Love to hear your thoughts.

@basedtrucker Год назад

its all i know so i cant really say much on it. making close to 100k at this point and i live in a cheap rural area so cant complain

@MatthewCavalieri Год назад

I drove for 8 yrs . The last job I had video taped me all day with audio . I felt very uneasy about it . Along with the stress , long hours , traffic, and all the other bs I decided to do something else. I started my own landscaping company and my very first week in business I made more money than when I was trucking and in about less than half the time . I wouldn't recommend trucking to anyone looking to get into it . There's way too much bs for what the job pays .

@joeylocognato2198 Год назад

Sir, I am not a truck driver , never will be. But you guys are so respected by me! You're the best drivers on the road, you get it done , backing up these big trucks , in these small spots and you get it done. God bless all of you and stay safe.

@russellhorn7437 Год назад

I'm a retired teamster. Drove for 31 years, and retired at the age of 54 in 2001, with a nice pension that pays me to this day. My point about the changes is that with the influx of immigrant drivers you cannot trust the driver in any truck. It's gotten very dangerous to even be on the interstate with these driver school graduates.

@briandarazs6620 Год назад

I agree Dave, rarely does something come out that benefits me, as a tank truck driver. I run tanker in the Alberta oil patch. In the last 5 years I now have 3 Apps on my phone that I MUST use every single load. Before I load I have to go into all 3 apps, punch in all the info they want, after I'm loaded, same thing, go into all 3 apps. 7 hours later when I get to where I unload, go into all 3 Apps again, after unloading, yup, you guessed it, go into those Apps again. All of this has added 2 hours on to my day. The company loves it because they were able to get rid of 2 office jobs, passing their work unto us, the drivers.

@fredbezemer394 Год назад

Well said Dave, 100% the truth. its a sad state of affairs the way the industry has turned into. I ask myself every week why did us drivers just sit back and let this happen??? The ATA is not your friend. The trucking industry in some part did this to themselves, companies should of offered more in house training and mentoring to produce better qualified safe drivers out on the road and where is the incentive to attract new drivers that want to work to replace retiring drivers....oh and BTW the old truck still has a great shine on it not bad for a 17 year old truck

@pathuff2333 Год назад

Have been a owner opp or worked for an owner opp, since 89. The trucking industry used to be fun, no pressure, stop when you needed, etcetera. Now days it's way to micro managed. Absolutely zero comurity. Hell, most driver's won't speak to you at the fuel island. SAD!!!

@Bouboukenka Год назад

As a former AF Member currently in CDL school to support his family, your videos, especially this one, are priceless. Thank you.

@bostarbird5282 Год назад

I started in 82 being mentored by my buddy's parents ( a husband and wife team). He taught 4 of us to drive and the etiquette of the road. We worked hard kept our trucks and ourselves clean and respectful. Never drove past a drive in need without lending a hand. We made a good living for quite a while but things started to change. Drivers lost respect for everyone and themselves. Trashed everything they came in contact with and made a mockery out of a once proud and respected industry. Can't find parking anywhere. No good places to eat and shower. Always felt unsafe from the 2000's on till now. I'm glad I got out around 2010 and finished my working life doing something else. Thought I would never see what has happened to our industry but Pop ( my mentor) warned us what was coming. Damn was he right.

@doncoleman6070 Год назад

I retired from over the road in Alaska in 2010.I still run two trucks local . They are a match set of 1973 W923 narrow nose KWs.400 Cummins and 6x4 boxes.Real trucks for Real Drivers.

@kennethkidd5206 Год назад

Nailed it! After about 60 years of driving and other aspects of transportation. I'm glad I don't have to deal with this new bunch and all of the electronic "stuff".

@poireauer6517 Год назад

Very much like airline pilots In the 60s , 70s and 80s , these were their glory years and it started to go downhill very quickly in the 90s

@lilmike2710 Год назад

I blame the liability insurance companies for the gist of all the bad aspects and restrictions.

@MrMad4mud Год назад

As always, you hit the nail right on the head with this video

@terrywerm1 Год назад

I started driving in 1978 and spent a lot of time learning the ropes. I ran grain locally for a few years then went out over the road and eventually became an owner/operator. I loved my job and the people too. The other drivers were my family away from home and we enjoyed a brotherhood that will never be duplicated. I eventually went back to being a company driver which does have some advantages. I've been out here now for 44 years and I've seen a lot of change. Some of it good, but most of it not so much. I've got three years left until I retire and I cannot wait to pull the parking brake button for the last time. I already miss trucking the way it used to be, but I won't miss this mess we have now. Thanks for the great videos.

@countryboy8ification Год назад

Couldn't agree more with everything you just said . I've been in the seat 20 years now and I've seen so much change , not for the better I might add . It's really sad to see what was once a great thing slowly going to the wayside and the lack of respect on the road....... Love the videos, keep the shiny side up and the pedal down.

@MikeBrown-ii3pt Год назад

I still love being an owner operator but, unlike 10 or 20 years ago, I'm looking forward to retirement. In January 2024, my 2006 Classic XL will be sent off to be converted into the biggest, baddest motorhome on the road. My wife and I will be in our mid 50s so, hopefully, we'll still have plenty of time to enjoy ourselves.

@pauld9561 Год назад

I guess I'm a dinosaur with having been trained as an heavy equipment operator in the seabees. I've lived in many areas of the country, because with this choice of career path. Yes the 90s trucking was the last of the old school trucking culture, and I'm glad to have experienced it without cellphones. We got through the late hours on the road with the c.b. radio while reading every newspaper of the regions we traveled through. It's not dead. (trucking industry)It's changed. Embrace the challenges to make the industry better. I'm an optimist. 10-4

@richsmith7200 Год назад

One problem has been the influx of foreign drivers. They bring their driving habits with them, much as I would if I moved to a foreign country. Social issues also come into play, affecting, sometimes, the way a driver may act in certain situations. I drive hazmat loads nowadays, but a long ...long time ago I was in EMS in Southern California, and have seen things I wish I hadn't. It affects the way I operate, clean, courteous, and try to be safe on the road. I don't ever want to be responsible for the loss of anybody's loved ones.

@atlasshrugged3753 Год назад

Man, do I miss the 90's!

@sstocker31 Год назад

You put a lot of thought into this video, and hit on some really key points. It's such a shame the industry has followed the path you explained and sunk to the level it is currently at. I remember being taught that you ALWAYS give the trucker a break when he needs to turn or is merging, and that value just isn't there today.....although I still let the big rigs have right of way. Great vid... thanks for your common sense insights to the trucking world.

@billcarp3523 Год назад

I drove back when Jimmy Carter, back in the 70"s, ruined trucking for the drivers. He de-regulated the industry.

@irefusetoaskmydoctorifyour6401 Год назад

I have always loved driving and being on the open road, and I thought that could be the seed of a career in trucking - - BUT - - every time I have taken a serious look at it (at least a half-dozen times over the years) it always came down to the same thing: TOO MANY SACRIFICES you have to make in exchange for FAR TOO SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY. Yes, I know there are some "good" i.e.- good paying, "cushy" drop-and-hook jobs within the industry, but a lot of that comes down to "who-you-know" ~ OR ~ being in the 'right-place-at-the-right-time' and I just didn't have those connections. Best of luck to all of you out there!

@RCRCustoms Год назад

2 more weeks and then I get to start pulling trucks into the shop to get the ELDs set up for the January first deadline. The new manager asked me which units need them installed, I told her everything newer than 2000 that requires a log book. She had to put a rush order in for some more units LOL I told her she was going to need to hire some more drivers too.

@Jose-gq8wc Год назад

You are 1000% correct I started in 1988 and I think is time for me to retire after 34 years and I'm only 52years old. I can't believe what this industry has become even in the 90s we made money.

@davejohnson5479 Год назад

I started my trucking career in 1992 and am still at it. It has definitely changed and it's good to reminisce about my early days. Trucking then was exactly how you explained it. Thank you for a great video.

@Syzygy77 Год назад

I drive, but I don’t have respect for other drivers after seeing thousands of shitbags, piss bottles and other litter scattered throughout the country.

@aldelacruz5526 Год назад

Here with cdl X endorsement and I've been thinking about career change. I'm 53 and I really don't know what else I rather do...

@ab4btradio522 Год назад

Totally agree with you. That's why I've retired out of Trucking and going into something else

@MrCozin-kd9mb Год назад

Hey Dave, you just summarized the best way possible the Trucking Industry nowadays. I'm 100% with you. I wish to have lived that good times of trucking. I'm pretty sure I'd have loved. The world as a whole is passing for tough times. The more technologies are taking over, the less recognization we have. Sad but is true.

@ZachDawe414 Год назад

Awesome video Dave. I’ve been in the industry for about five years now I was lucky to get a mentor to show me the ropes. My mentor and a few of my coworkers have said to me that they wish I could have seen the glory days of trucking.

@classictruckpete7809 Год назад

Thank you sir. Once again you nailed it. It's sad how this industry has changed and not in favor of the truckers. But that's why big companies are paying more money out of the pocket for damages instead of investing in in the drivers pay

@yeeyee325 Год назад

Great video Dave!

@kizerbread Год назад

Hit the nail on the head here!

@southernokie3430 Год назад

Well I started in 1977 and still doing it this man is talking bout the good days of trucking was fun made monies

@stefanterzich3243 Год назад

Love the video. Thank you from this new age trucker.

@russvoight1167 Год назад

I left my driving job yesterday and I am going back to welding, just not worth the liability involved anymore

@ghriszlybare2547 Год назад

I've been driving for 6 years now and I'm sick of it. My current company pays well but I feel like a kid at day care. They have cameras, lane assist warnings, automatic braking, and alarms when any of those things activate. I immediately disconnected everything I could get away with. The only thing left is the camera and thats all I'm willing to drive with. I don't understand why companies will hire people if they don't trust us to do the job. It just pushes the good drivers into other careers

@moparmenace59 Год назад

wow, i agree 100% i drove from 1980 to 2014, i could of run a few more years but it just wasn't what it used to be.

@vlads1776 Год назад

Thanks!

@SmartTrucking Год назад

Welcome! Hey Vladimir. Thank you so much for the support. Much appreciated.

@DJPereira2012 Год назад

Keep on trucking everyone!

@demondriver5151 Год назад

Well said and good video. The big question is now though; what the hell are WE gonna do about it ?

@willieverusethis Год назад

Outstanding little history, and that's coming from a historian. The decline of trucking is a microcosm of the decline of middle-class jobs in general since deregulation and supply-side policies began in the Reagan 80s and was adopted by the Democrats under Clinton. We all voted for the people who deregulated the economy and we all grew sour on our unions and the results were not good. I especially liked your analysis of the decline of solidarity among truckers: without communication (CBs and a common language), the press (the magazine) and the union, there is no glue holding truckers together any longer, so how are they supposed to fight these changes? Automation will put most of us out of work, including the history professors, who are being replaced with videos.

@detroit8v715 Год назад

Railroads pay FAR better than trucking does and driving a truck is more laborious than operating a locomotive. Plus you're home every other day in railroading. Too much micro managing and too much safety nonsense is why trucking industry is short of drivers as well as the lousy pay. Trucking companies furnish small sleeper, low governed trucks, and expect drivers to be content and to be on time with slow governed trucks. Ridiculous!

@elmercoffmans4223 Год назад

Really enjoy your channel I been out of trucking for over 10 now I miss the few good used to have out there I just don't know why trucking and our are going down the road to hell wish I had the answer

@3089280288 Год назад

Many people need to see this

@Jodah175 Год назад

everytime I think about getting my cdl, i catch a vid like this and think maybe not.

@billharden7127 Год назад

Good job👍.

@ericwhitlam7517 Год назад

I put in over 50 years behind the wheel mostly with my own trucks and spent most of it as a gypsy, bandit or whatever else we were called as it didn't take long to realize that paying someone up to 36 percent of the revenue was stupid so I bucked the system as a leasing company glad I went through it when I did as I don't even refer to myself as a trucker anymore I lived to truck not trucked to live, independent all my life

@chrisbelsito4231 Год назад

Damn good video!!!!

@blessedladytrucker4596 Год назад

Interesting commentary!

@johnstark5780 Год назад

As of January 1 2023 no tractors older than 2009 allowed in California unreal!

@nighthiker8872 Год назад

There will be trucks for special needs, like flatbed and route delivery. The trucks vans running the HWY, to specify locations, most likely be unman. Your right, the first rule is to get there safely, the driver and truck. Delates happen, always have a line of communication open.

@williamorman4779 Год назад

We had a good union, but when they deregulated it ,trucking went south.

@RayT70 Год назад

Most truck drivers do not roll with it to the end. Most don't last a year. About the only change for the driver I can think of has been the comfort of the trucks. Better ride and more space.

@MaclearieFarms 6 месяцев назад

I don’t drive cross country but I drive local for a local company and it’s the best job I’ve ever had granted around here it’s not uncommon to see a 359 or a w900A still in everyday service

@eduardomegoza5417 Год назад

While i do agree with a lot of your points, i think some corrections are in order, the crime rate in US started growing in the 70s hit top round the begining of the 90s and it has steadely going down, with some spikes here and there, and i would like to say that thers a chance that we wont see electric truks rise beacouse of the weight of the batteries, it will probably be hidrogen trucks, besides that great video

@zaidchalabi1599 Год назад

get ready truckers. almost all brokers are getting ready to drop rates after new year

@farmerdave7965 Год назад

I laughed when you mentioned Hunt's Point. I made deliveries there many times.

@Lyeeeeeeel Год назад

This is very disheartening:(. I just got my class A. Haven’t looked for work yet. Wish I would of done this years ago.

@preppertrucker5736 Год назад

I was a factory worker for 15 years…. Back in 2007 I was making 20hr plus ot….. Yeah good paying factory jobs are dead for the most part…..I’ve been a trucker only 3 years and it is very dangerous, not only the weather but heavy traffic and construction everywhere and crazy and impatient 4 wheelers and truckers alike…. Very scary 😟

@g41thomas Год назад

Good 👍 points

@massimoforesti Год назад

Dave, would you consider this phenomenon to have extended to other aspects of CDL driving, such as tour buses?

@604h22a Год назад

Sadly new to country ppl have made the roads very dangerous

@laszlovass7326 Год назад

In special environments like Alaska the drive might still be worth it, if you love a challenge.

@bicyclewoeful Год назад

I like the job I have. Unfortunately my company is dishonest. I can’t live with myself knowing I am being taken advantage of. Therefore I may leave the industry - even though I just started.

@jcanard6344 Год назад

When you load 16 Tons what do you get another day older and deeper in debt Tennessee Ernie Ford

@chrisksanznak9632 Год назад

Dave 2024!!

@farmfitnesspham4913 Год назад

You right mr Dave I been driving for a year n half I made no money doing class b concrete mixer truck at 17$ per hrs 40hrs a week bring home 600$ how can I afford especially every thing is so high right now my company is the lowest pay company

@vlads1776 Год назад

I have been driving since 2016 and been as a company driver the whole time, now I'm ready to go on my own and would like to buy my own truck, please let me know as to what would be good steps for starting business? Thanks

@skipdegraff6547 Год назад

How is 115k not good money?

@GhostruckerX Год назад

top 10 trucking jobs of 2023 video?

@65patr Год назад

Sounds about right to me.

@Liynkx Год назад

Back in the day you also didn't have spandex and all sorts of debauchery that is now commonplace. It's not just trucking, but our whole country and society that has gone downhill.

@d.b.walkerfleetlogisticsll210 Год назад

Yes your are right I say the same thing

@MReyes-gp4tq Год назад

I agree. I hate truck drivers nowadays. Totally stupid young kids can't keep their feet off the accelerator. ITS NOT A RACETRACK!

@timadams7467 Год назад

Damn…. I’m so depressed now, I think I’ll set my truck on fire

@SuperWesty177 Год назад

I live in New Zealand and it doesn't appear to be as bad as it is in the us since we are such a small country, so I'm still gonna persevere and get into trucking, the main thing geared against truckers here is the commercial vehicle police price of diesel and road user charges I've never heard of driver facing dash cams used ever thats pretty outrageous.

@clarencesechler1688 Год назад

I enjoyed driving and seeing our great country.ya give DOT respect they will give you respect.i look the military its a job and adventure.geet to see things that ya only see on TV or books or pictures go driving ya get to see alot.yes it has changed alot.cb's are our communications about the roads and directions.i can tell ya alot.31 yr driver.keep the rubber down.

@owenbirr3611 Год назад

I agree to a point. First off, the LORD is to thank for everything one has. Pay can mean more than just money, such as paid time off (food delivery companies typically give 3 weeks PTO, why not OTR too?) paid holidays, meal allowance (the actual reason per diem was invented), hotel stays if a driver is ill, and parking. Nice to here from you Dave and remember your neighbors out on the open road!

@ladellp5135 Год назад

A unified trucker's union needs to be formed so that we can stop all of the bs that's going on within the DOT, FMCSA, and whoever else has a hand in the regression of this much-needed profession. After all, truckers make the world go round. Without truckers, the planet would just simply stop moving.

@Rokomarn Год назад

Without any large profession in the world we would have problems. Truckers aren't special in that regard.

@millertymegrind09 Год назад

this is true. folks need to stop being scared. at the same time there will always be a greedy entity that will have to be weeded out and dealt with.

@deanpahl8591 Год назад

We already have that, it's called O.I.D.A.

@deanpahl8591 Год назад

O.O.I.D.A.

@armyjeep4 Год назад

Last time I was at T/A,I was the only driver in the lobby that speekee de english,damn sad

@markgiles5426 Год назад

Nailed it!!!! Corporate companies, truck stops, corporate shippers and receivers, and corporate government!! Is the downfall where we are today. The trucking world coming will be the the worst fall for free citizens that we have ever seen!!! Get ready to starve and be naked!!🇺🇸

@anthonyrich4763 Год назад

Dave You Should Run For POTUS! Awesome 😎👍

@sandasturner9529 Год назад

I'd say trucking is over regulated

@POLYLIVING Год назад

I need a mentor so bad😞

@jimb8842 Год назад

Smart Trucking states that driving wages have not kept up.... Not to minimize the problems he discusses with the trucking industry but the same can be said for most if not all professions. Whether it be mechanics/techs, any trade, even professions requiring a college degree. Things have become worse for most workers.

@jeepcj7909 Год назад

Very good video everything you said is true it’s like McDonald’s of trucking these days

@TimRHillard Год назад

They are going to keep going until nobody wants the job, on purpose. You watch, they will force automated trucks on the road by saying, well, nobody wants to drive, so you have to approve it. They'll limit how much money someone can get if killed by these driverless trucks. They will also be able to go faster, allot faster. And no hours of service, of course.

@jossa942 Год назад

Amen 🙏

@danieldeblasio9368 Год назад

I have solution to the trucking industry. Trucking companies should not be publicly traded companies. The shareholders are more important than the drivers according to companies. A sole proprietor truck driver should be exempt from paying taxes. An owner operator earns a living from his own labor. He should be exempt!

@MidlifeTrucker-ThomBell Год назад

Ah socialism. That’s the answer. Where’s Bernie Sanders?

@danieldeblasio9368 Год назад

@@MidlifeTrucker-ThomBell Okay, you like paying taxes and working a slave wage.

@deadtreebark Год назад

Trucking is gonna become one of least wanted but most needed jobs

@telcobilly Год назад

As someone who had a bullet hole in my truck missing my head by 18" by simply minding my own business (sleeping), I can attest to how unsafe it's getting out there. I was only in trucking for 12 years and after a workplace injury in 2021, I hung it up. I updated my CDL just in case.. I'm now living in the Philippines quite easily on an average SS check, debt free. Observing the decline of society, government and all institutions in our once great nation does not make me a traitor. The real traitors are government, corporations and freeloaders..

@philipdemaeyer1665 Год назад

Same here 😢

@millertymegrind09 Год назад

when will we identify the problem and then stand up and take care of it. handle it. get rid of it. or will we not.

@gregorycore9489 Год назад

Friend come out to west Texas, your eyes will boil watching the quality of drivers here. Most can’t speak English and I really doubt they have valid driver’s license.

@timadams6801 Год назад

I DROVE 38 YEARS OWNED 11 TRUCKS STARTED IN 1984,,,,,,

@jjlawnservice5229 Год назад

My job is still pretty old school I'm local home every night old school truck it still has electronics but still reliable no electronic logs not required for me by law my boss does not dictate much to me leaves me along and do my job pretty happy with my gig