For some dumb reason I pulled into one of Indianas worse rest areas to let the German run. Check out the website truckingwithschmidt.com/ #truckdriver #truckinglifestyle #germanshepherd
I'm retired now. I miss it sometimes, but watching you trying to maneuver thru that Loves with all of the jackoffs parking everywhere and blocking everything. I don't miss that.
It’s got to be ruff out there now a days on drivers. To many trucks not really any good truck stops anymore and no place to park and everyone is so ignorant to everybody. I feel for ya Kurt. Imagine what driving on the east coast is like. This video really showed how much things have changed. I am glad I don’t drive anymore. Anywho stay sane . Have a great and a safe day. Happy trails and happy motoring.
I don’t have a problem with people who don’t speak English in America, but could someone please explain how somebody could pass the written exam to obtain a CDL license if you do not know English? Also how do you read road signs and bills of ladings or converse with shippers??🤷♂️ I would be willing to bet they do not even have a license. And that is just down right SCARY!
I drove from upstate ny to Quebec Canada most the road signs were in a different language and I’m from the us lol plus the test could be in Spanish as well
I travel back to Waterloo from rural Alabama at night. And I noticed how all the rest areas are full and big trucks block the 4 wheelers side. It's a nightmare. And I can imagine the cluster that will happen when they put governors on trucks. I worked for Crystal Distribution when they had 15 trucks. All we hauled were Tyson and Hormel. Easy loads. Take care up there Kurt
Europe does not have highway rest areas for the general public, just truckers. The trucker rest areas need a card to open the gate and allow a trucker in & it closes behind his truck.These rest areas are HUGE with a couple of hundred parking spots. A building with bathroom, showers, hot & cold drink machines & snack & sandwich machines and tables where a driver can sit & eat or setup his laptop. But of course, you better get there early before it fills up. !
I started watching you a few years ago when you took First Class through an area on a Nebraska run that I would never have driven my car through and have been enjoying the ride ever since. Those Indiana rest areas are a real nightmare. Thank you for ride. Safe travels, and God bless.
Kurt that is great your kids are wanting to work rather than playing video games all day. I understand your point as well but this is exactly the way mine are as well. My son went straight from high school to the Marine Corp and thanks to the GI Bill is now a supervisor for Western Branch Detroit. My daughter is the manger of 2 AT&T stores, so like you I am a proud dad. I hope your kids will have the chance to go on a couple of short trips with you, one never knows. God Bless and stay safe.
ya know how veterans get thanks for their service as they should? i think truckers should be thanked for their services so I thank you for your service to this country. Where would we be without truckers?
My dad was a trucker during WW2. That exempted him from the draft. Back in those days, trucks didn't have sleepers or any other amenities. If his truck broke, he had to fix it and then keep trucking. Sometimes when he got home from a run, mother had to help him out of the cab. Truckers wore kidney belts in those days.
I just ran across your video today and your dog made me have to comment 👍😀♥️🐶. Anyone who makes sure his dog gets his ice cream first has to be a good person 👍😀. Your dog is beautiful. Safe travels to you both. Thanks for all you do and for putting up with the idiots on and off the highway. It's bad enough trying to drive a small car on highways and roads anymore because these fools all think they're race car drivers😠☹️ much less having to deal with them in a semi. Well you and Opie have a new subscriber. Stay safe.
About the idiot drivers, one almost shoved my daughter and me into the path of ongoing semi a couple months ago. If the truck driver hadn't been watching and driving responsibly we could have been seriously hurt or killed. We were waiting at a very short entrance lane during construction on the interstate to merge when a fool in hopped up Dodge Charger came flying up behind us. He literally bumped back of our car trying to shove us out into oncoming traffic that was flying by ...don't know what his huge hurry was. He then swung our around us and then after all that he turned off exit ramp maybe 500 ft down the road. There was a semi coming and had that driver been as irresponsible or crazy like this idiot he would have plowed into us but thankfully he'd seen that guy and got slowed down by some miracle and all was well. We wish we could thank him but he smiled and waved and probably had said a prayer that he wouldn't hit us. I know I was praying a lot. But that's how some idiots "drive" these days. They don't care if they hurt someone or not. I don't know how you truckers can put up with them.
Oh. Opie. Gets. Ice cream. Sweet I miss my shepherd. The. Dude’s been gone almost 2 years 😢 now. Happy for you to have him I know that the bond between you two house to be great. Thanks for sharing
thanks , KIRK, I really like todays content . it shows the things a driver has to put up with in real life of driving to supply the families of are countries
Kurt … I have to say your shifting and use of the throttle is stellar sir …. Nice and smooth treating your equipment like my grandfather taught me … safe travels sir Roland. 👋🏽 NY
KURT THE ICE CREAM WITH OPIE WAS PRICELESS WHAT A STINKER ! GREAT VIDEO AS ALL WAYS BEAUTIFUL RIDE ! LOVE THE TRINKETS IN YOUR TRUCK SUCH A BLESSING TO SEE ! BE BLESSED STAY SAFE ! YOU ARE THE BEST ! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🐾🐾🐾🐾❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾🙏
I know that struggle man. I-80 this week was insane with the rest areas jam packed. But going east seems to be the worst. Hope to catch you on the road sometime and safe travels.
Mr SCHIMDT. That's okay. We knew that you wanted to say 😤😠😡🤬. You had that right. But you got it together and that's cool. People do some 🤯🤡 🤬 and can really take you there if you let them. But you didn't. You and Mrs Sarah are raising children the old school way. That will help them in the future. It will be okay Mr SCHIMDT. Have a 🍩🍩. 🍦 🐕🦺. B SAFE 🚛💨💨💨💨
I was stressed out just watching you in that rest area, extremely lucky you got to actually back out, and then the truckstop, oh my goodness. Horrible parking, passing thru situation, you know is typical in crowded highways, lucky for you, I would be so spoiled in your corner of the world, being close to home Is best to keep it cool even in terrible predicaments, good job!
Hey Schmidt,i loved your video,and your dog.Ive been out here 26 yrs,and im hanging it up.Between the traffic,and too many dangerous truck drivers these days,ive had enough.Take care.
Hey, I'm the flatbed guy on 20! I should have drove with you to D'port and talked your ears off. My wife enjoyed her B-day and watching you treat Opie. Stay safe!
Whenever I see Opie running around with his nose to the ground I worry about him finding a great big snake. Has he ever found something like that ? I have traveled around the southwest in desert country as well as lush green states... my dogs have found snakes more than once. It always wakes me up when that happens. Thankfully, none of them has ever been bitten by anything .. yet.
Kurt I could tell you stories that would make you laugh for a week. Also my wife could add her own stories that would make you cry with unbelievable true stories. You did good Kurt keeping a level head.
Good video Kurt. No chocolate ice creme for Opie please. Why isn't he shedding like crazy. I got a German last August that looks like him or did, he's blown so much coat losing the black guard hairs even that he looks like a Malinois now. He is strictly an outside dog. He is a very good dog, so happy you can't keep from playing with him. He is 3 now.
Glad to see you’re kids wanting to earn a living, I used to call the realtor of houses in my neighborhood when I was a teenager to mow the yards, they paid me pretty good money to do that. Good to see your kids are wanting to be independent eventually and find out what they want❤
Kurt I don't understand why some driver are so ignorant when it comes to parking up for the night. I commend you for not getting angry you show the better part of valor. Both you a d the family don't need the head ache of what could of happen. Stay safe take care cos we care 👌👍
hey kurt that ice cream cone you gave opie was a chocolate one or had chocolate in it... chocolate can be poisoness to dogs so keep a close eye on opie
Don’t worry Kurt we all have nights like that whilst out trucking. I have mirror cams on my Mercedes here in the uk. They aren’t to bad once you get used to them. They stay clean in bad weather. 😎🇬🇧
Kurt, I feel your pain my friend. I’m the same age as Uber-Dad, so us old-er guys have learned how to somewhat control our emotions. But, sometimes I want to jerk my belt off and give the self entitled little snots a little of what their parents should have administered way earlier . Or, as a friend says, “Apply the board of education to their seat of learning. But we shouldn’t. We can’t. Stay safe, and keep those videos a comin.
Those cameras instead off mirrors they have been here for a few years now.what makes me laugh is they made the door pillar narrower to stop the blind spot but then they go stick a screen half size off a small tv on the pillar,now that makes sense.I’ve never driven one but gone by plenty.I cannot see them being as good as normal mirrors.keep on trucking man 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
Maybe I’m wrong but I thought dogs we not supposed to have chocolate. And I could be absolutely wrong. That may not be a chocolate ice cream. Kurt have a wonderful and blessed rest of the week as always, truly enjoy your videos.
Yep, and i'm guilty of the bit of vanilla ice cream treat but stopped that also since it appears most dogs are lactose intolerant,so, even that little bowl of milk or ice cream has been stopped. Nothing but pup-a-roni(dog crack) for em now.
I recently had a close call. Traffic slowed down for an accident on the highway. An 18 wheeler traveling behind me had to swerve onto the right shoulder to avoid rear ending my car. Safe Travels.
#104 Hello, I am retired and travel in a motor home. I realize how important the truck parking area is to the professionals. So at night, I park at the ends of the car parking! Usually there are less cars and the ends of the car parking lot is open. That opens one space for a semi-truck in the Truck Area! I'm just trying to be a good RVer. Happiness is the Highway!
Always a struggle bus. I been driving for farmer in Southern Indiana on 65 in direction of Louisville turn east on 265 into Jeffersonville, I tell you some of the roughest road , beat ya all over the place especially crossing 31 on 265.
Hi Kurk first time I comment my hubby was a otr but was diagnosed with cancer on January 26th this year has been through a lot most likely never get behind the wheel again. Can you keep him in your thoughts and prayers thank you
' don't worry Dad I'll get All the crumbs.' Kurt do you ever go to New truck shows? It's raining here too in West Michigan. All is not cool in the truck 🛑 Hide and seek 💨
I would take my puppies to get a pup cone and my cocker spaniel loved it and my doberman didn’t, lol 😆 What a madhouse you got in, trucks here, there and everywhere. Thank you for the awesome videos 😊
I Love him giving his dog a Pupcone or Cup But He does Realize? Giving a dog Chocolate is Toxic and can Kill him yes??? 0:45 If he didnt know that. can give a dog any other flavor of Icecream or anything except Choclate. Just Kinda hit A red flag for me when I seen that hope Opie will be okay. (Hate Being that guy Just concerned for the Dog) Great Vids as normal kurt! 👍
I love it when you have two drivers opposite one another in a rest stop that leave 8 feet of their trailers in the alleyway, guys….please pull forward with everyone else!
You do know that the rookiest truck drivers are on the OTR jobs. l bet if you ask a P&D driver for a major company or even a yard dog, l would say 90% of them would say they went OTR before doing what they're doing now. You and the family stay safe Kurt and Thank you.
This is why I only fuel and shower in middle of the day with available parking then do my 10hr at customer or hide in the corner of a parking lot big enough not to impede
Nussbaum is the name of the company Kurt they have a terminal in Bloomington Normal, I have a buddy who drives for them and he's ready to retire before he gets one of those mirrorless trucks.👍🇺🇸
Traps. Ive learned some of these truck stops have traps whether bent over concrete poles you cant see to snare tire rims or like that maze from hell lesson is stay out! great learning segment here! Find out how its laid out if wide open or dont enter any truck stop.
*Bravo* on the calling the manager on the fuel-punks! Sometimes it has to be done. I hope you did it and hope you fill us in. All these 'attitudes' need to stop, so. . .good man.
