Driving for 44 years, driving in the early 80's and 90's was actually fun, but, between the population explosion and the untrained foreigners and, so called school trained rookies, and DOT, and cell phone users, it's not fun anymore, it's a challenge
Yep I cut my teeth on my father's international cabover steering wheel when my father took me with him hauling cattle.and found out young I was hooked.and started driving in 1981 on my own on the farm driving grain trucks and farm equipment went into the navy came home and drove from them till now. trucking has gone to hell all that time.from good back in the eighties and gone to hell right up to 2024 and don't think it's going to get any better.
@@RonaldHill-wo3yb actually Ronald, I drove only one cabover in my time, but in those days, carolers were bad ass, and every now and then, you'll see one out there....RESPECT for the old days
I was on the way to Baton Rouge , Louisiana when the radio station first played this song ! I had been up since early that morning , and I really wasn't in any fit condition to be wrestling 75 feet of truck down the interstate . When that song started, I was like an adrenaline shot ! I was wide awake , and felt ready to go another 12 hours ! 😀
thanks to all you drivers and thanks for keeping america strong and supplied im not a driver but want to let you know that there are some of us that appreciate your doing what most could not do god bless drivers
Thanks a lot Kenneth. So nice to see others appreciate others efforts, no matter what line of work we're in, being a part of that wheel. Just helping make the world go 'round. Peace.
Thanks for bringing back this memory. My dad and an older brother taught me how to drive truck in 1975 after I graduated highschool. Things were different back then. It's definitely not the same. Nobody respects truck drivers like they used to.
You are very welcome I haven't done much with trucking videos as of late today's society has changed but your comment has made me want to do one so be watching
6 millon miles and still rollin love this song cause it's truth. Some people wouldn't understand. But take of your woman. She's in it for the long haul too.
A HUGE "Thank You" to all of my brothers and sisters out on the road. This country could not run with out you. I was out there for 10 years as a solo female. Saw a lot of good and bad. Caught a lot of flak from "super truckers" but also had a lot of great interactions with other drivers. Made a lot of friends....and told a lot of "trucker stories"! I miss all of y'all! Stay safe and Keep Rollin"!!! from Lady Dreamer
@@tylerlittlefield9201 agreed if I get my dream job I'll be a prisoner of tow truck ing doesn't bug though cause it's always been my dream job I already got a job of from a friend I made in high school who owns valu auto emgancy towing service
My dad started driving after coming home from Vietnam taught me how to drive a big rig when I was 14. Once you get that diesel fuel in your veins you don't get rid of it. Running the roads of this beautiful country isn't a job it's a lifestyle most of this newer generation of drivers take no pride in driving it's just a job to them. My dad retired in 2015 after 40 years on the road. I came off the road last year due to health issues but still think about every day.
We don't know what your retirement is Mr Gary? But we know it's not enough. On behalf of the citizens who know your worth. We will always be grateful. Sir.
I have been a prisoner of the highway for over 14 1/2 years now, I am asphalt cowboy, and I will keep on living in that left lane with my Peterbilt 379 Until my body completely gives out. I have no regrets of what I’ve done and where I have been, I wouldn’t trade it for nothing
40 years, over 4 1/2 million miles. I can't see me ever being a suit or factory worker, I have been free for too long. I may retire someday, but I'll probably die in a truck.
Old school Trucking up all night to get the freight delivered on time running 3 log books dodging the scales souped-up engines trucks that are running down the road at 90 miles an hour just cruising
All these newer trucks are all choked up with exhaust filters and can't breath. Automatics picking their gears. 1 mph race in the hammer lane. Not very safe out there any more. MEMORIES.
I retired after 35 years to stay home to take care of my dad. But I loved it and I love this song
Once a trucker, always a trucker. God I miss the road. :-( But music like this brings back the memories!
43yrs on the road.Enjoyed every mile.Retired Aug 26 2023.Be safe and courteous Fellow drivers.God bless each one.👍
Don't ya miss it yet ? Come on back out
A very positive note from a great man and a driver 👍
As an ol 379 driver I give props to your ride
Driving for 44 years, driving in the early 80's and 90's was actually fun, but, between the population explosion and the untrained foreigners and, so called school trained rookies, and DOT, and cell phone users, it's not fun anymore, it's a challenge
Truth.
3:03
Trucking will never be ,or have the Real man's Pride and Respect it once had.....
Yep I cut my teeth on my father's international cabover steering wheel when my father took me with him hauling cattle.and found out young I was hooked.and started driving in 1981 on my own on the farm driving grain trucks and farm equipment went into the navy came home and drove from them till now. trucking has gone to hell all that time.from good back in the eighties and gone to hell right up to 2024 and don't think it's going to get any better.
@@RonaldHill-wo3yb actually Ronald, I drove only one cabover in my time, but in those days, carolers were bad ass, and every now and then, you'll see one out there....RESPECT for the old days
I was on the way to Baton Rouge , Louisiana when the radio station first played this song !
I had been up since early that morning , and I really wasn't in any fit condition to be wrestling 75 feet of truck down the interstate .
When that song started, I was like an adrenaline shot !
I was wide awake , and felt ready to go another 12 hours ! 😀
thanks to all you drivers and thanks for keeping america strong and supplied im not a driver but want to let you know that there are some of us that appreciate your doing what most could not do god bless drivers
Thank you very much
Thanks a lot Kenneth. So nice to see others appreciate others efforts, no matter what line of work we're in, being a part of that wheel. Just helping make the world go 'round. Peace.
Thanks for bringing back this memory. My dad and an older brother taught me how to drive truck in 1975 after I graduated highschool. Things were different back then. It's definitely not the same. Nobody respects truck drivers like they used to.
You are very welcome I haven't done much with trucking videos as of late today's society has changed but your comment has made me want to do one so be watching
I drove for 20 years and I live with this song in my head everyday to me all other trunking songs pale in comparison,,,,, thanks Ronnie
man I must be old. all these songs bring my old memories back. all those long hiway nights. God Bless
6 millon miles and still rollin love this song cause it's truth. Some people wouldn't understand. But take of your woman. She's in it for the long haul too.
+Wayne Perkins ya about to become a trucker
Wayne Perkins yep that is the truth
A HUGE "Thank You" to all of my brothers and sisters out on the road. This country could not run with out you. I was out there for 10 years as a solo female. Saw a lot of good and bad. Caught a lot of flak from "super truckers" but also had a lot of great interactions with other drivers. Made a lot of friends....and told a lot of "trucker stories"! I miss all of y'all! Stay safe and Keep Rollin"!!! from Lady Dreamer
nothing compares to a truckers life style, you can keep your NY wall street shit, I keep my highway.
Amen brother
Thanks truck drivers for all you do!
Your well come
@@tylerlittlefield9201 agreed if I get my dream job I'll be a prisoner of tow truck ing doesn't bug though cause it's always been my dream job I already got a job of from a friend I made in high school who owns valu auto emgancy towing service
Seen Ronnie in concert a few times hate he's retired but he deserves it amazing music
Keep them wheels turnin. God bless the truckers.
It’s kinda amazing, a singer without sight, giving this look at the loneliness of the highway…
He certainly did a great job…
hey yall I heard this for the first time ever rollin thru Tulsa keep von truckin yall
Best pictorial video of this song! Then again, I am a flatbedder ha ha
My dad started driving after coming home from Vietnam taught me how to drive a big rig when I was 14. Once you get that diesel fuel in your veins you don't get rid of it. Running the roads of this beautiful country isn't a job it's a lifestyle most of this newer generation of drivers take no pride in driving it's just a job to them. My dad retired in 2015 after 40 years on the road. I came off the road last year due to health issues but still think about every day.
You don great. I have toowhatever. Well done.
Great video and AWESOME song!!!
Living life between the lines 1 mile at a time 👍
5 years and loving it
I used to truck. Use back support in your seat. Your lumbar will thank you.
38 years and love it wouldn't do nothing else
We don't know what your retirement is Mr Gary? But we know it's not enough. On behalf of the citizens who know your worth. We will always be grateful. Sir.
Dad was known as a big name in freight. I miss you dad. Jim Wheeler.
I was born into trucking family dad, brothers, and husband ❤
im a trucker im on 10 hour break
Driving since 1986 .I only do one day a week now but still like driving but traffic is worse now than ever.
go on a country boy can survive i love it i also used to be a hunter
Peterbilt 18 sp cat pullin cattle will ground and pound the highway.. C'mon!
good song
You LOVE or you HATE ...
0:35 God damnit... swift photobomb
I noticed that
once country boy always country boy
Hell !!!1 day run takes 3 days now
I know what every driver goes through, been driving for more than 29 years
Would have liked to see a front discharge mixer. 16 hours a day crew....
when a short run turns into months away
Yes❤
hell yea load up hammer down
I have been a prisoner of the highway for over 14 1/2 years now, I am asphalt cowboy, and I will keep on living in that left lane with my Peterbilt 379 Until my body completely gives out. I have no regrets of what I’ve done and where I have been, I wouldn’t trade it for nothing
Me either
Truck yea brudda!
I’m be driving for 10 years
40 years, over 4 1/2 million miles. I can't see me ever being a suit or factory worker, I have been free for too long. I may retire someday, but I'll probably die in a truck.
I actually just had a friend I work with pass away in a truck on 40 in Arkansas mm207 I'm with ya I don't see me ever doing anything else
roll on truckers getting my CDL when I turn 18 and hitting the road with all 18 wheels in the wind hummin to the pavement
Most companies want will want u to be 21
Old school Trucking up all night to get the freight delivered on time running 3 log books dodging the scales souped-up engines trucks that are running down the road at 90 miles an hour just cruising
Those are the best days of my trucking career never did 3 log books just did loose leaf lol.
Hell !!¡ya no logs
Like it.
love what I do ,doing what I love cowmoblin
Cat power, eating Cummins and shitting detroits since 1925!
Sunglasses😎
35 years driving stopped 7/22 hear this and wanna go back out.
I can get you on pulling a hopper
Can't find a company that wants a total gear jammer refuse to drive a automatic
Not sure where u live but look up pat Mattingly in western ky. If that don't help ya hit me back I have more
yep 18 spd 3.36 rears she is pretty bad lol
All these newer trucks are all choked up with exhaust filters and can't breath. Automatics picking their gears. 1 mph race in the hammer lane. Not very safe out there any more. MEMORIES.
Everything we touch comes off a truck think about it
One he'll of a life .did it n20years
Cat 3406e brother
@mark rice
Take that stupid fucking thing off the top, otherwise it looks like a 90s fleet truck
yuppers
Ted Cruz For President 2024
Been pushed really hard for way too long
46 Years,Left Lane,took that long to
46 Years,long time to figure out the life I really needed was behind Me....