crested up over a hill driving, rig in front about a block forward hits this bump, pitches him sideways to the left. he starts doing 360's in front of me. I start moving to the right, his rig starts coming right. I apply my brakes, instantly started jack knifing. had to hit the throttle to straighten out. tried pulling trailer brakes trailer started coming around on me. his rig rolled like left right left right. I would turn opposite him each time. he finally rolled over into a ditch.
You aren’t speaking for People that live in the snowy regions of this country I live in far northern Minnesota I am 10 miles from the Canadian border what does that tell you?
I’ve been driving since 96, and I don think I’ve been on that particular stretch in nearly as long. We ran the hell out of Laredo to Portland this winter, though. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wPN8pye7IqU.html
As a retired Trucker myself I love watching your videos you show what I miss, and I thank you for it wish I was out there running with you, I use to Drive for TSMT out of Joplin. Mo. Heavy Haul as a OP. Thanks Keep it up.
I want to thank you for all of your videos. I always wanted to be a Long Haul Trucker, however it was not "seemly" for a female when I was growing up. My little brother runs the mail from Albuquerque to LA, to Pittsburgh and back to Albuquerque Sunday to Thursday...Now at 63, I can live the dream while I get my little RV rebuilt before hitting the road. I promise to stay out of the way. Love the videos.
I moved out here 5 years ago from The Blue Ridge Mountains..Best move I ever made. Spent 2 full years traveling all over the West before I settled down.
New truck so it's a little tough to tell right now but she's breaking in fine. I was getting an average of 7.3 in the FL and it says I'm getting 8 in the Volvo so we'll see as time goes on
it used to be until Freightliner bottomed out about 10 years ago now they're glorified freight shakers unfortunately I don't even think they're made in Canada by Kelowna BC anymore I think they're made in Mexico
You need to do more videos, would like to see more of start of trips and delivery at ends, from northern Minnesota, Ely area, hwy1 and 169 meet, end of the road into the BWCA wilderness area. Get lots of snow and ice on roads in the winter, Oct. to May. Know what you mean by idiot drivers, don't have mountains around here, but roads get as bad as some of your videos, and you get lots of idiots in the ditches cause they're driving like its dry pavement in the middle of summer. Did you get your seat squeak fixed?
I don't think he wants anything to do with the McWest as he'd rather stick with the real man's west where tall men roam, not the area of America where petite little midget dudes are the norm!!!!!!
I have a hard time letting go of trucking..did it otr for 22yrs...married now so I mostly just sit around and do nothing...love the video..as soon as I seen the thumbnail I knew exactly what state and interstate you were on. Be safe out there and keep the Shiney side up.
A little bit presumptuous.. but. anybody with a lot if experience will understand the moves I make where as a novice would be scared as hell and make the comment to SLOW DOWN!!
I've been down the Grapevine 3000 times, half the time without a jake brake. When I try to pass knowledge to the new drivers, most of the responses are guy's telling me what I'm doing wrong! Lol! You can't make this stuff up.
How do you like your new Volvo? I asked the question to soon in the video ! You no i can give you and idea on driving in the snow ❄️ is let someone else drive and set back and watch but have a safe one ☝️i have been watching JBG travel and he got a new Volvo same color as yours
Hey Dean.. so far I love this truck. The transmission is so much smoother than the Freightliner as well as the cabinets being better quality and a larger fridge
Mike, our motorhome is a Renegade which uses the Freightliner Columbia cab & chassis. It has the 450hp/1550tq Mercedes diesel and the 12sp auto-shift manual. I use it in auto mode unless I'm going downhill, then I switch it to manual. It gives me much better control with the engine brake.
No Bro, it's 70mph maximum and semis / artic (ualatef ) is only 55mph now maybe 60mph in certain situations. From one of your subscribers in England. Keep on trucking and keep safe bro .
Hi Riding Shot Gun! Since I have been working from home these past 3 weeks I have watched you everyday. Enjoy all the beautiful scenery out west and especially the mountains. I leaned all about the "Obama Clock" which gives me so much more respect for truckers and what they have to deal with especially timing! Take care and be safe out there! Cherie
5 seconds in: San Rafael Reef. Been there more than a few times. It is a fabulous place to explore with dozens of slot canyons. Ascending "Spotted Wolf Canyon" if I remember the name correctly.
I hear Black Dragon grade on I-70(the one at 4:57) is a 10% grade with curves down to 35 MPH! Talk about scary and a reason why a lot of people wanna move to Utah and test their driving skills and mountain climbing skills out!!!!
Utah in this vid looks like "The Land That God Forgot" or "Cursed"!! Still, it has a kind of Bizarre beauty! Thanks for showing it to us! Peace out, bro!!❤😀
Don't you wish AMerica was divided in half with a point east of the I-25 corridor serving as the border? It would keep Midwest and southern Dixieland drivers who don't know how to drive in mountains and canyons out of the real man's region!!!!
What you drove through there was the San Rafael Swell, a regional-scale dome that was uplifted by the movement of underground salt(!). Millions of years of erosion have cut canyons, leaving tilted mesas and buttes, and at the edge of the dome the sandstone razorbacks (flat irons) that you initially drove through. It's one of many stunning landscape features of Utah, as you know.
