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  • Опубликовано: 20 апр 2022
  • For Chris Eme, a third-generation trucker, saying goodbye to his family is the hardest part of the day. After a quick sendoff, he jumps into his truck and he’s off.
    Here's a look at what life is like for Chris and thousands of other truckers across the U.S. Full story: www.newsnationnow.com/us-news...
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Комментарии • 801

  • @arf833
    @arf833 2 года назад +413

    This job works for me. I'm single divorced. My personality likes solitude. I make a good living. I have total freedom to do what I want, where I want to go. I do my own thing. I love the lifestyle and moving keeps me alive. If I stop, I die.

    • @Light84736
      @Light84736 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/IN7Xkl1JFZ4/видео.html

    • @sonofatlas1372
      @sonofatlas1372 2 года назад +10

      Agreed

    • @denisq6194
      @denisq6194 2 года назад +14

      Don’t stop ,go chase that dream.U will be Ok.

    • @vasiovasio
      @vasiovasio 2 года назад +11

      Respect to you Alexander! Someone who not complaining! Each train has its passengers!

    • @smokingjoe9864
      @smokingjoe9864 2 года назад

      It is the electro magnetic field generated by your truck you sit in that makes you feel that way. I drove 20 years. Soaking up all that moonlight. You get Moon burned. It effects your brain. That is why all drivers are nuts.

  • @abdullahal-shimri3091
    @abdullahal-shimri3091 Год назад +89

    Trucker life isn’t for everyone. I’m an introvert and I’d love to be a trucker. I remember driving from Chicago to NY in my car and I loved it. Just me, my thoughts and my car.

    • @ht8083
      @ht8083 Год назад +11

      I became a trucker for the same reason, I can’t work with the same people day in day out!

    • @wilE6764
      @wilE6764 Год назад +5

      I am an introvert and I am a truck driver

  • @illegallystalked3119
    @illegallystalked3119 2 года назад +84

    Going on 7 years for me. I could not go back to normal job. The calmness of not dealing with coworkers and what you might call normal life, is impossible to comprehend unless you do this.

    • @galehess6676
      @galehess6676 Год назад +4

      haha no joke find a good lane and stay in it

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?😮

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      @@galehess6676 Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?❤

    • @lastsocial0305
      @lastsocial0305 Год назад +1

      Amen, sir 🙏🏿

    • @benpainter6874
      @benpainter6874 Год назад +2

      I can't stand working with people. This would be a good job for me.

  • @erikamariemata2001
    @erikamariemata2001 8 месяцев назад +24

    I’m a wife of a trucker I used to work in healthcare. Being on the road feels so good now I’m working on getting my CDL it might take a while but it’s definitely going to be worth it !

    • @georgiiarakelov6560
      @georgiiarakelov6560 4 месяца назад

      Sorry for living health care for this …

    • @earlputnal9124
      @earlputnal9124 18 дней назад +1

      Good luck Erika. Best wishes for you. I hope to see you out here. Because I've been doing the deal for over 38 years now dear.

  • @thebaldgerman
    @thebaldgerman Год назад +50

    You guys get all of my respect. Thank you for driving.

  • @InterstateTechno
    @InterstateTechno 8 месяцев назад +22

    As a former driver (2005-2017) on American highways, this report is accurate. I drove 1.2 million miles without a major accident. I eventually decided it was not for me, and I went on to be a 'home services' contractor and did things to people's homes that they did not want to do themselves. It's a hard industry to leave, which is often why you see guys driving until they retire or die. Imagine yourself becoming a 'man out of time' and seeing over a 10 year period your country decaying around you. If you stop driving, everyone calls you an 'old man' and incapable of understanding contemporary social or political issues. How insulting. To have served so well, and then to be called a 'nobody' by someone elses asshole children.

    • @johnhildenbrand2642
      @johnhildenbrand2642 7 месяцев назад

      Now do the one for veterans that ALSO went into trucking, it's literally like living "The Forever War" in real time

  • @PurplePeterbiltlife1958
    @PurplePeterbiltlife1958 2 года назад +89

    I’ve been a A truck driver for 45 years it’s a job that I have loved and hated. It is a job that is normally thankless as he said at one time people respect to Truckers now you get very little of that, but there is something to be said about delivering the load successfully and getting onto the next. It can be a lonely life but it can also be an exciting non-boring life I have made great money in the trucking business and I am also bit poor. I can honestly say I have got to see some of the most beautiful things North America hast offer. Now when I look back I would say without a doubt I would do it again. Mostly because of truck drivers they are a different breed and I am proud to call myself one of them. It is not an easy job and it takes you from the ones that you love but it is one of the most important jobs on the planet

    • @truckerray7533
      @truckerray7533 2 года назад +5

      I was born & raised in it myself. 19 yrs of truck driving school (learning from my dad), did a hitch in the military, then followed in his footsteps for over 25+ yrs, then a low back injury ended it all! These "steering wheel holders" of nowuhdays are NOWHERE NEAR the truckers we all were, & thats the difference between us & them! WE were TRUCKERS💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🤝🏼🤝🏼🤝🏼😃😎🤠🚛🚚🚛🚚🚛🚚🚛 & now they are as i said . . .STEERING WHEEL HOLDERS💅💅💅🤡🤡🤡🥳🥳🥳😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🛼🛼🛼!!!

    • @volksweegan2784
      @volksweegan2784 Год назад +4

      Besides my 8 year stint in the Marine Corps , flatbed trucking has been my favorite thing I did for money. I really enjoyed it. It's not for every one. Suited me just fine cause I'm not like anyone lol

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      @@truckerray7533 hi😮

    • @lydiaanderson505
      @lydiaanderson505 Год назад

      @Hello How Are You Doing.?

  • @cristianmarin647
    @cristianmarin647 2 года назад +51

    I once spent 22 hours total waiting to get unloaded , that was my last day a reefer trucker. Flatbed and tanker work is way better.

    • @moneyman1588
      @moneyman1588 2 года назад +3

      Yep tanker is the way easy money I've never done flatbed I've done lowboy didn't like that much

    • @SamC992
      @SamC992 2 года назад +3

      You ever just walk into a place and tell them look you’d had more than enough time I have to leave I have.

    • @victorbernier4765
      @victorbernier4765 2 года назад +4

      Hey u have ur needs I still love pulling Reefers everybody has to eat.

    • @AKAK-ww1hk
      @AKAK-ww1hk 2 года назад +1

      I had a week waiting once

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello what up ❤

  • @MrRld1960
    @MrRld1960 2 года назад +84

    NO! 2 hours isn't the norm., for the time it takes to load or unload a truck. It does depend on where you go. At smaller places, the norm maybe 2 hours, but at Walmarts and grocery warehouses the norm is 8-10 hours to load or unload

    • @sandasturner9529
      @sandasturner9529 2 года назад +10

      Damn that's horrible 😢😥 😔☹️!

    • @joshuagelona5533
      @joshuagelona5533 2 года назад +4

      Depends on location. There is certain place literally took 2 hours to load or unload. My longest wait was 7 hours. Distribution center typically wait between 4-6 hours. I work for companies that dedicated to Tyson

    • @zacharyholbrook7930
      @zacharyholbrook7930 2 года назад +7

      2 hrs is his normal

    • @MrRld1960
      @MrRld1960 2 года назад +2

      @@zacharyholbrook7930 Do you think the people unloading your truck work for free 2 hours?

    • @MrRld1960
      @MrRld1960 2 года назад +8

      @@joshuagelona5533 Point is, that it shouldn't be " normal " for a truck driver to be forced/required to work any hours for free

  • @GrdDog
    @GrdDog 2 года назад +48

    Been an OTR Trucker for 25 years and I will say you cannot learn anything about trucking unless you actually spend time on the road.
    The times have changed used to be truckers were respected; now not so much, used to be people gave truckers room, now they speed past and hit their brakes (going for an insurance claim; real shit that happens) and people just plain cutting off truckers.
    This not to say that truckers are blameless; I have seen truckers do some stupid stuff no doubt; from speeding, to in the old days, running 3 or more logbooks (old school truckers know what I'm talking about) to not having control going down a mountain and a huge part of the issue is the training the new driver gets BEFORE they ever go out with a trainer.
    Then there is the Government(s) both State and Federal that make trucking a serious pain in the ass with the laws the politician's pass; I have noticed the laws do not apply to pick-ups pulling trailers or to motorhomes that also pull trailers.
    I could go on and on but this is a good stopping point.

    • @bizkit81
      @bizkit81 2 года назад +3

      You should have seen the trash Ohio had posted on their overhead highway info signs last night.
      2 wheels
      4 wheels
      Blah blah blah
      No mention of 18 wheels at all.

    • @glenngolding6375
      @glenngolding6375 Год назад +1

      You said mate .Same as in Australia no respect cut you. In Australia we are most heavy regulated industry in Australia yet the corporate co.pzny treat us like crap . Always drug and alcohol test continual training. I have 7 cameras on my truck . Eye sensors vibrating seats .Yet the people whobrun the show and university educated an have never been inside a truck . Our government treats us like shit Cheete fro Australia

    • @angelpeterson142
      @angelpeterson142 Год назад

      Hello what's up

    • @angelpeterson142
      @angelpeterson142 Год назад

      @@glenngolding6375 hello what's up

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?

  • @stitch2499
    @stitch2499 8 месяцев назад +4

    I miss driving a truck so much. Had a back surgery and could never drive again. Most of them are automatics now... crazy.. God Bless you sir and Family everyone here..Amen

  • @remley8877
    @remley8877 Год назад +18

    I've spent half of my life as a truck driver. I graduated truck driving school just before my 22nd birthday in 2001. This video is correct, but very incomplete.
    To start with, you must go to a 150 driving school to get your license for apx $10k, with a very few exceptions which results in you starting your career working for a horrible huge company as essentially an endentured servant for 1 year of sheer he'll for virtually no money. You miss holidays, birthdays, social events, and etc. Eventually, your friends forget all about you and speak of you in past tense, your wife becomes someone you visit for 3 days a month and speek to on the phone for half an hour a day. You will inevitably be a thousand miles away when you get a call that one of your parents is dieing and you should rush home immediately only to call your dispatcher and be told, "We don't have a load going that way." "We can get you to Atlanta in about five days. Maybe you can rent a car or something from there.". You'll find yourself trying to sleep at night next to a refrigerated trailer that's louder than a Harley Davidson with no exhaust revving all night while lying there wondering why the hell you put yourself through this to pay for a mortgage on a house you don't live in and to make the payment on a car you don't drive, but both of which you need to spend two days fixing when you get home for your three days this month. Then, if you're especially unlucky, your wife tells you that she's 3 months pregnant and you are elated, then start doing the math and realize you weren't home at all three months ago. You manage to get a few hours of sleep, then get up I'm the middle of the night to drive for 11 hours through a snowstorm up and down terrifying mountains and get randomly pulled over and harassed by state troopers for a "DOT inspection", where said idiot cop that has knever driven a truck in his life, decides to make a big deal about how you don't Cary extra fuses and notes it on your inspection, destroying your CVSA score and putting your career in jeopardy even though your truck doesn't have fuses, but instead circuit breaker style fuses that you can just reset, then you get to the shipper after spending 30 minutes at the side of the road with the idiot co, 30 minutes on the phone with your company's safety department and another 30 minutes qt a truckstop trying to fax a copy of the inspection to your company at $2 per page which you can't afford to spend and you get to the shipper 30 minutes late only to be told "you'll have to call dispatch and be rescheduled for tomorrow", they don't allow overnight parking of course, so you'll have to drive to the ridiculously small pilot truck stop and pay another $15 you don't have for a "reserved" spot and another $15 for a shower and maybe $5 more for 2 beers you can hug in the shower, if that idiot cop doesn't see you, just so you can sleep with the noise of the damned refrigerated trailers parked next to you. Then repeat it all over again like Groundhogs Day for 20 years. That's what it's really like to drive a truck. All in all, I wish I'd knever started driving because no one will ever hire me to do anything else now except drive. Once you start climb in and crank the truck for the first time your a prisoner of the highway hated by all and a nuisance to be treated like an ATM and disrespected by almost everyone.

    • @76-UVB
      @76-UVB Год назад +8

      The reality of trucking that nobody talks about,very nicely stated sir. I lasted 12 months and came to much the same conclusion.

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello remley 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

    • @jacobap74
      @jacobap74 Год назад +2

      @Remley nailed it.

    • @SC68170
      @SC68170 10 месяцев назад +1

      Hate to say it.. he's not wrong but not entirely right either if that makes sense. There are good days out on the road. Beautiful scenery. Calming moments. But there are those moments.

    • @LoriRussell-ce1ld
      @LoriRussell-ce1ld 10 месяцев назад

      Hello, how are you doing today?

  • @dougsweldingfabrication953
    @dougsweldingfabrication953 7 месяцев назад +1

    I always thought that I'd love driving a truck. Thank you for what you do...

  • @jedstewart2375
    @jedstewart2375 3 месяца назад +3

    I hear some drivers talk about not being home enough. Well my last home time was November of 2022 and I'm still on the road. That's right 13 months

  • @ExcelStrategy
    @ExcelStrategy 6 месяцев назад +3

    Much respect for you brother.

  • @ajack4093
    @ajack4093 8 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for the service you provide to our country.

    • @chalesgolding5314
      @chalesgolding5314 8 месяцев назад

      They do it cuz it’s all they can do bro , last thing there thinkin about is “providing to our country. “

    • @thispersonrighthere9024
      @thispersonrighthere9024 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@chalesgolding5314 thank you! and most people in the military are there for the benefits, not because they love the country so much.
      people are so gullible.

  • @GHC2US777
    @GHC2US777 9 месяцев назад +1

    Respect.

  • @laraoneal7284
    @laraoneal7284 2 года назад +13

    SHOUT OUT TO ALL TRUCKERS. Love ❤️ you guys. So unappreciated. God bless all of you.

  • @sonofatlas1372
    @sonofatlas1372 2 года назад +58

    I’m from englewood in Chicago il best decision I’ve ever made was trucking.I can take care of my children and plan for the future as well with them and it definitely kept me out of trouble and helped me move up a tax bracket I love what I do it’s hard at first but with proper discipline it’s worth it!!

    • @I_Died_2_Weeks_Ago
      @I_Died_2_Weeks_Ago 2 года назад +2

      Don't feel too good now about paying the government more of your earned money in taxes 😂

    • @sonofatlas1372
      @sonofatlas1372 2 года назад +1

      @@I_Died_2_Weeks_Ago yeah those taxes will kill you geez 😭

    • @galehess6676
      @galehess6676 Год назад +1

      keep clean, don't break laws, move to UPS and in 25 years you get a pension, after making $150k /yr and paying NOTHING for healthcare. there are openings at many terminals, find one that won't make you work nights or part time and let you gain days worked toward union membership

    • @sonofatlas1372
      @sonofatlas1372 Год назад

      @@galehess6676 will look into that

    • @christopherkilian9763
      @christopherkilian9763 Год назад +2

      You have my respect for simply surviving in the neighborhood of Englewood!

  • @dangerjunky
    @dangerjunky 8 месяцев назад

    God bless you all and keep you safe!

  • @planeandsimplexplained
    @planeandsimplexplained 7 месяцев назад

    Tough and under appreciated job.

  • @harryknutts8428
    @harryknutts8428 4 месяца назад +2

    my personal life is a failure but im a great trucker so it works out

  • @mwilson1964
    @mwilson1964 3 месяца назад

    Awesome video - can't wait to share it with my high school Logistics students!

  • @erichopp8236
    @erichopp8236 2 года назад +2

    That was good slice of our lives, we run! This guy has his shit together! Way to go!

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?❤

  • @haynes1776
    @haynes1776 2 года назад +23

    Being a trucker was a hard life. But I loved the freedom of the road and seeing the country and I enjoyed helping get people what they need one mile at a time. 🚛🇺🇸

    • @orcaexpressllc1496
      @orcaexpressllc1496 2 года назад

      good morning. We are hiring truck drivers. Our company has friendly and experienced team. If you are interested write to our email orcaexpressllc@gmail.com and we will provide you whole information

    • @maryjessica3774
      @maryjessica3774 Год назад

      Yes my dad is a truck driver some years ago and he get all our need for us that time

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?❤

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

  • @thebagfather4633
    @thebagfather4633 10 месяцев назад +1

    respect to you chap keep up the good work from the uk

  • @chalpua8802
    @chalpua8802 8 месяцев назад

    I’m in IT but have always appreciated the work Truckers do. They work way harder honestly than I do.

  • @NURSENOMADICRx
    @NURSENOMADICRx Месяц назад

    God Bless all of you guys
    You guys are amazing

  • @frankcicero4444
    @frankcicero4444 Год назад +1

    Thank you for your service .

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello frank 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

  • @roberthertel5565
    @roberthertel5565 2 года назад +15

    Thank you for the insight, I'm sure there's a lot more involved and you only had a few minutes to go over things. I can only imagine how difficult this job really is, especially if you have a family but I can see this being a good job for someone single. You have a very good attitude and I'm sure that goes a long way. This seems like it can be a fun job in a way as long as you are out in the open roads and not in congested ones but doing this day in and day out can
    get to you after a while I'm sure so thanks to all the gals and guys that do this so the store shelves are never empty. Take care out there, all of you and keep on trucking ! :)

    • @maryjessica3774
      @maryjessica3774 Год назад

      Really

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?❤

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

    • @LoriRussell-ce1ld
      @LoriRussell-ce1ld 10 месяцев назад

      Hello, how are you doing today?

  • @benwilton7784
    @benwilton7784 Год назад +3

    Dude I literally feel everything he’s saying

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

  • @martycech5844
    @martycech5844 7 месяцев назад

    Excellent informative video!

  • @MrRld1960
    @MrRld1960 2 года назад +26

    Don't pat Walmart on the back too much about paying their drivers well. Walmart treats outside drivers like crap, like 2nd. class citizens. Maybe that's the reason they can pay their drivers so well. They screw outside carriers and drivers out of their time and money.

    • @Christophertruck
      @Christophertruck 2 года назад

      Please elaborate

    • @MrRld1960
      @MrRld1960 2 года назад +6

      @@Christophertruck If you have to be told how Walmart is, you aren't a truck driver or at least an OTR driver. But, they use to be a lot worse, you might stay there 6-8-10 hrs.you use to have to unload your trailer. People that work at Walmart think they are better than other drivers

    • @brandonturner8117
      @brandonturner8117 2 года назад +3

      @@MrRld1960 That’s why I don’t even like to shop at Walmart. Good luck getting detention from them. And god forbid you miss your appointment by 2 seconds.

    • @galehess6676
      @galehess6676 Год назад

      absolutely, i figured wallys drivers getting about $26/hr, which sucks to have to be otr for less than estes $31 or ups 40 with 60 after 8.... wally sucks

    • @angelpeterson142
      @angelpeterson142 Год назад

      @@MrRld1960 hello what's up Richard

  • @hillbillystacker6936
    @hillbillystacker6936 2 года назад +10

    Love Trucking. Will never stop. Love getting g paid to see the states

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?❤

    • @georgiiarakelov6560
      @georgiiarakelov6560 4 месяца назад

      How many hundred times can you see they ? I’ve been driving less than 2 years, seen everything and quitting this shit soon

  • @MyWatchIsEnded
    @MyWatchIsEnded 2 года назад +11

    You only end up a couple days without talking to anybody from home? Hell I went 2 years straight without talking to anybody from home or even going home while I was working in the Northeast for Swift Enterprises, Us Xpress, doing cabinet deliveries to 5-10 lumber yards that took anywhere from as little as 50 miles to as much as 500+ miles to get to each stop and delivering 10-40 cabinets per stop that weighed from 50lb-250lb unloading them unassisted manually that were stacked from floor to ceiling, non-palletized, and from nose to door. Typical temps were all below freezing during those years from 2018-2020 during the polar vortex periods. I had to track the pickup trailer loading status for readiness, the amount of boxes per stop, the hours of service mandates, speed limits and road conditions, vehicle maintenance during below freezing conditions, and so much more.
    This is just two of the five years that I've been driving. You can't even imagine the kind of hell that we have been through us truck drivers.

    • @galehess6676
      @galehess6676 Год назад

      now you know swift sux. only felons work at swift as far as i can tell from those i've met. there are better jobs

    • @EmTeeZee
      @EmTeeZee 8 месяцев назад +1

      Some jobs are easier for antisocial people than normal ones

  • @briancummings9122
    @briancummings9122 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the video

  • @terrybrown9206
    @terrybrown9206 Год назад

    Good information. Thanks

  • @isleofmantruckermrb8084
    @isleofmantruckermrb8084 11 месяцев назад

    Enjoyed the video chap... Great video..

  • @amritpalsingh-zi4cl
    @amritpalsingh-zi4cl 2 года назад +1

    Big fan big brother ❤❤❣🔥

  • @derekhorlock1976
    @derekhorlock1976 4 месяца назад +1

    And your office view changes every minute that I used to like my trucking life, now retired after 30 years,most in the Canadian oilfield, which was great money,safe travels to all the drivers out there!

  • @clintonmogusu
    @clintonmogusu Год назад +1

    i really admire truck driving

  • @MrJodyh54
    @MrJodyh54 7 месяцев назад +3

    Some problems in trucking: crooked brokers, incompetent and pooly equipped shippers/receivers/unpaid waiting time, lack of parking, e-logs and the 14 hour rule and loads that only exist on the computer-not on the dock when you arrive. Good points-see the country, freedom, and still feel the 'cowboy' life.

  • @baljeet.9471
    @baljeet.9471 5 месяцев назад

    God bless you sir

  • @scottsatterlee8491
    @scottsatterlee8491 8 месяцев назад +2

    I was going to drive a truck just for one summer… That was 34 years ago still out here lol

  • @morrisdennis
    @morrisdennis 29 дней назад

    Been doing it along time. Bitter sweet...

  • @nidalsubair453
    @nidalsubair453 Год назад

    I love this kinda isolation

  • @aaronabney8924
    @aaronabney8924 2 года назад +3

    Ive been a heavy hauler for 8 years your time spent at the shipper or receiver is totally up to you i prefer night driving unfortunately the only 2 states that allow 24/7 movement for OD is TN and KY without a escort anyways

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?❤❤❤

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello Aaron 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

  • @franky4778
    @franky4778 Год назад +7

    Remember the lock down???😊 that was beautiful 😍 only truckers on the road that was so nice. Whata time to be alive lol

    • @angelpeterson142
      @angelpeterson142 Год назад

      Hi what's up

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello franky 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

  • @tigar007
    @tigar007 8 месяцев назад +1

    Not all heroes wear capes..

  • @justinpigg1694
    @justinpigg1694 6 месяцев назад

    keeping us going

  • @bibidybop
    @bibidybop 5 месяцев назад

    God bless our truckers. 🇺🇸

  • @truckerlittledebbie2603
    @truckerlittledebbie2603 2 года назад +4

    Thank you News Nation for covering truck drivers! I am a female driver and trucking is a very unappreciated job but us truckers love our job anyway!

    • @douglasstudeman5531
      @douglasstudeman5531 Год назад +1

      Yes we do.Thank all the Truckers

    • @johnbennett8009
      @johnbennett8009 Год назад +1

      Wow, that’s amazing you really appreciate your job 😍😍

    • @sujeetsingh8079
      @sujeetsingh8079 11 месяцев назад

      Hey I also want to do work in trucking industry I am from India 23 year old and completed my graduation please help me to get job in truck line

  • @casedistorted
    @casedistorted 6 месяцев назад +1

    The worry i always have is what if you have a heart attack or something else happens while you’re out on the road.
    No one else there to save you, it’s a nightmare potentially

  • @Moondoggy1970
    @Moondoggy1970 9 месяцев назад

    So true everything he is saying.I’m an OTR Trucker & the worst part is leaving my family,my home & my animals.Atleast I can talk to them anytime with todays technology.

  • @jdrancho1864
    @jdrancho1864 2 года назад +8

    I wished they quit saying they get paid by the mile. Cents x distance in miles is one determinant of how much a load pays. Another is percentage. Either way, for that specific amount of money a driver agrees to perform the labor needed to transport a load from A to B. That includes pre-trips, post-trips, fueling, record-keeping both as required by business as well as regulatory compliance, and, of course, driving.
    Even a drop-and-hook requires a certain amount of time. A live load or unload takes longer, but a driver has to weigh that against what the haul pays. It's only when a serious imbalance develops between time waiting and compensation that a driver has reason to complain
    . At this point, my suggestion would be to get on the phone and inform your boss or broker that you would expect to have the value of your time respected with the addition of extra compensation.
    But to me that situation is academic. I drive on the clock and get paid from when i start to when I leave the truck and everything in between. I wouldn't want it any other way,.

    • @WhopperJrWithCheese
      @WhopperJrWithCheese 2 года назад +3

      Way easier said than done. To be real, it probably depends who you work for.

    • @jdrancho1864
      @jdrancho1864 2 года назад +1

      @@WhopperJrWithCheese It ALWAYS depends on who you work for. That's why you need to ask a lot of questions before you commit yourself and you never want to settle
      Same thing applies to the customers =shippers and receivers -. If they don't respect your time, burn them on social media and haul for someone else.

    • @cherychristopher7016
      @cherychristopher7016 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@jdrancho1864are there any trucking companies that pays per hour??

  • @dumpstermaster104
    @dumpstermaster104 2 года назад +8

    Don't ever get into trucking if you have a wife and kid, it's a great job for a guy who wants to be alone the rest of his days and live in the truck as not to pay rent.

    • @j.m.5995
      @j.m.5995 2 года назад

      Your wife will leave ya and your kid will grow up wild and reckless

    • @dumpstermaster104
      @dumpstermaster104 2 года назад +1

      @@j.m.5995 that's only if you have a wife and kid in the first place.

  • @eddierotary
    @eddierotary 2 года назад +12

    I'm been driving trucks since 09, i did over the road on the northeast on and off for 6 years and i loved it at first but pandemic screwed everything. I'm back driving local, getting payed hourly and home in my bed with my wife every night. Do i miss it? Yes i do but i don't miss the headaches behind it.

    • @rogermelton7635
      @rogermelton7635 2 года назад +1

      I'm the same first 10 years OTR then went local the last 10 years and I made more money local. Well we still ran paper logs back when I ran OTR so there where times you grab that 2nd log book and pray you didn't mix them up when u got pulled into the scales like me. In my defense my wife was cleaning the truck as i was counting the load and she move my log book not understanding why I had 2 always filled out and put one of them away and down the highway theres DOT standing outside the scales checking seat belts. Which i wasn't wearing so he said do you want a seat belt ticket or log book violation. I said hell seat belt. That fucking ticket was like 500 bucks back in 2001. But now I'm back on the road as O/O. Wish I became a owner operator 20 years ago. I usually just go out 4 days then chill at home for 3. Just depends how lazy I feel.

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

  • @Mdoumbia20
    @Mdoumbia20 5 месяцев назад

    Love the content , I would like to repost this video on a diff platform if that’s okay

  • @TT.4_
    @TT.4_ Год назад +1

    From NC. represent Babyyy!! Atleast with Trucking we don’t got a manager breathing all over our backs 8-5😂can also eat when we feel like it!

  • @marcosgarcia11084
    @marcosgarcia11084 9 месяцев назад +1

    That's why I do and stay as a local truck driver..home every day....probably make as much if not more a week then otr or regional.

    • @kwizzo1
      @kwizzo1 2 месяца назад

      I’m 21 years old. Wanting to obtain my CDL A license. Do I have to start otr? Or can I choose local, regional, otr?

  • @mathew4239
    @mathew4239 Год назад +1

    very cool we love our truckers

  • @bradleycook9942
    @bradleycook9942 Год назад +3

    It really is heartbreaking when they leave I know this because my dad is a long haul trucker

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?❤

    • @bradleycook9942
      @bradleycook9942 Год назад

      @@lindajoy8216 weather is ok just gloomy just can't wait till Christmas because my dad will be home

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello Bradley 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

    • @bradleycook9942
      @bradleycook9942 Год назад

      @@lanamarie3626 good you

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      @@bradleycook9942 I'm okay
      I'm lana Marie from Florida and you???

  • @waynekarjala2032
    @waynekarjala2032 9 месяцев назад +2

    Don't forget, Ted Kennedy wrote the legislation to deregulate trucking.

  • @mariomejia1701
    @mariomejia1701 Год назад +1

    Great video my friend

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад +1

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?❤

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello Mario 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

    • @mariomejia1701
      @mariomejia1701 Год назад +1

      @@lanamarie3626 fine hoping you guys are well. Stay safe

    • @Angellee627
      @Angellee627 Год назад

      Oh yea!

    • @LoriRussell-ce1ld
      @LoriRussell-ce1ld 10 месяцев назад

      Hello, how are you doing today?

  • @earlputnal9124
    @earlputnal9124 18 дней назад +1

    It takes a whole lot to be an over the road driver. I've been doing it for over 38 years now.

  • @donaldmickunas8552
    @donaldmickunas8552 9 месяцев назад +2

    LMAO…That isn’t even 1% of what it is truly like to be a trucker.

  • @panama-canada
    @panama-canada 4 месяца назад

    When I was driving , night time driving was the best.

  • @fredrikgustafsson8
    @fredrikgustafsson8 8 месяцев назад

    It's more like a lifestyle😎

  • @vintagecardcurator
    @vintagecardcurator 5 месяцев назад +2

    No job is worth missing your kids growing up. It’s not like truck drivers get million dollar salaries.

  • @abderrahimbelalia4292
    @abderrahimbelalia4292 8 дней назад

    I will go to the USA next year
    ..i will b a truck driver..i like this job..hope to know more information about this job in USA

  • @marksmith801
    @marksmith801 2 года назад +7

    Hmm! He's actually right about trucking! I was leased to a company pulling a reefer wagon for 3 1/2 of my 20yrs behind the wheel. I was out 4 weeks at time if you've got a family. Drivers certainly miss out on alot. Ppl don't realize or care. What it costs to supply the many grocery stores across the country. #SMH 😡

    • @coleparker11
      @coleparker11 Год назад +2

      We don't do it for the praise

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?❤

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      @@coleparker11 Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад +1

      Hello 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

    • @marksmith801
      @marksmith801 Год назад

      @@lanamarie3626 hello!

  • @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime
    @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime 5 месяцев назад

    I wouldn’t really mind it if I could figure out a way to get in the gym for a workout four or five times a week. Seems doggone difficult to do.😢

  • @daronolenus3911
    @daronolenus3911 Год назад +4

    Get a local job your home ever day no weekends anything over 8 hours is overtime. There is NOT a DRIVER SHORTAGE!!!! Its lack of PAY!!!

  • @keylanwoods9689
    @keylanwoods9689 5 месяцев назад

    Oh wow i need to get my a
    Cdl class a Asap

  • @michaelbaumgardner2530
    @michaelbaumgardner2530 8 месяцев назад +1

    I wish cell phones and GPS had been around when I drove but I made out alright with rand McNally and a high tech CB

  • @jdrancho1864
    @jdrancho1864 2 года назад +10

    02:25 Let's stop for a minute to appreciate this oddity of a fuel stop. This stop has a dedicated, high=speed fuel pump for trucks, but no satellite pumps. It's a quick and convenient stop, but he's taking up all the space on his side, blocking access to both gas pumps. Also I doubt that this place offers showers, should he want to clean up or just use the toilet for a while.
    But hey, whatever works.

    • @chrisreynolds6391
      @chrisreynolds6391 2 года назад +1

      Probably the actual terminal didn’t allow filming for safety reasons so they had to just “get the shot.” From the consumer side.
      Good observation.

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?❤❤❤❤

  • @texasdiscountland
    @texasdiscountland 2 месяца назад +1

    I have a question for the truckers. At what point is it worth it to stay in a hotel or motel as opposed to sleeping inside your truck at a truck stop or rest stop? Is there a need to house truck drivers for say 3 to 5 nights in a rental similar to an AirBNB?

  • @axiom.ai.obviousbattletank7139
    @axiom.ai.obviousbattletank7139 8 месяцев назад +1

    Nothing sweeter than a downshift on the off ramp to home. If you could tell your younger self anything, you would tell him to not leave again. Drive safe brother.

  • @user-tj7ck2sq2l
    @user-tj7ck2sq2l 3 месяца назад

    I’m decided to go with regional 2 weeks away from home. I have a girlfriend and a daughter which is why I’m doing this. But after my 3rd days I’m feeling sad and down because I miss being with my daughter. A part of me doesn’t want to do this anymore but a part of me does. What should I do?

  • @pauledward7023
    @pauledward7023 7 месяцев назад

    Companies should reward incentives to good drivers. 👍

  • @wadewalker8208
    @wadewalker8208 8 месяцев назад

    I work for Mack trucks. That's a beautiful rig right there. Roll on brother!

  • @edwardantrobusjr2253
    @edwardantrobusjr2253 6 месяцев назад +1

    This guy is lucky. I don't make enough money to go home every week. Or even close. I'm typically out 4 to 6 weeks to keep food on the table at home. Worst mistake I made, was staying with the same trucking company too long.

  • @usa174
    @usa174 2 года назад

    Oh yeah night driving is the best. Hammer down 🚛🚛🚛

  • @jbworkman2218
    @jbworkman2218 4 месяца назад

    I respect truckers!

  • @badass1g
    @badass1g 5 месяцев назад +1

    If you’re single with no family this is a worthwhile. If you’re married and needy for your family this is a horrible idea. That simple.

  • @pushvedula5640
    @pushvedula5640 5 месяцев назад +1

    When I first start driving! I’d love to do cross country hauls, long hauls and even into Canada but maybe once I get married and have kids I’ll probably just try to run east coast, or stay within my state or tri state area! I’m still waiting til I turn 21 lol then I can maybe try to start with Roehl Transport!

  • @RicardoGomez-rt1qr
    @RicardoGomez-rt1qr Год назад

    It’s definitely a hard life I had to do more regional back home everyday and just do smart investment to make up for what you’re not making while long hauling

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello Ricardo 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

  • @user-wp5el4dp1p
    @user-wp5el4dp1p 9 месяцев назад

    We dispatch dryvan continuously 6000$-10000$ per week.

  • @omuchu77
    @omuchu77 4 месяца назад

    Verry good❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @carlosforg
    @carlosforg 4 месяца назад +1

    I've been an o.t.r trucker for 25 years before retiring. Got divorced, missed most of important birthdays, events. Its a sacrifice i've made knowing that my familly would be well and bills would be paid. I missed out on many things but it is the life i lived. No regrets!

  • @dennismckown4951
    @dennismckown4951 2 года назад +2

    you can tell the difference between a solo and team drivers. solo drivers tean to talk alot when they stop at truck stops, while teams dont, i was a solo driver, after a while i found out i talked a lot when i stopped, but i was out for a month at a time, didnt have to worry bout family.

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ❤

    • @dennismckown4951
      @dennismckown4951 Год назад

      @@lindajoy8216 usually i take a break outside to soak up some sun, but its too dang cold, even with a heavy coat, to stay out too long. have snow in the mtns, but nothing since early Nov, in the valley, just freaking cold, had a buffet for Thanksgiving. hows the weather where you are?

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      @@dennismckown4951 it’s 70% here too and do you care for a chat and get know each other better

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      I’m Linda joy by name 29 years old I was born into a mixed race but grown up in state USA.. but currently am living in Buffalo NY,i just finish my fashionist designer study and for now unemployed and you ?.

    • @dennismckown4951
      @dennismckown4951 Год назад

      @@lindajoy8216 sure, no problem. know a few things. 1. i never lie, people who hide behind computer screens tean to lie, i don't. my best friend taught me that. 2. i'm an ancient, and i'm not "trolling" just chatting. some young people might think otherwise, so under those conditions if you want to continue, good, if not, thats cool too.

  • @whaney1967
    @whaney1967 Год назад +5

    Just a hunch but I think the guy hasn’t been doing it very long.

    • @angelpeterson142
      @angelpeterson142 Год назад

      Hi what's up

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?😂

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello will 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

    • @billybob7891
      @billybob7891 7 месяцев назад

      Cause his wife is still there? 😂💀

  • @bryanblack7321
    @bryanblack7321 Год назад +1

    Roll on Truckers. American economy's Backbone.Respect

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?😮❤

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello Bryan 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

  • @jesseg6890
    @jesseg6890 Год назад +1

    damn i appreciate truckers so much as i look at my beer while typing this and i always let them get in front of me if they need to pass on the road most of them get traffic ethics too

  • @BRD379
    @BRD379 Год назад +1

    Trucking is what you make it.

  • @dfortner3775
    @dfortner3775 11 месяцев назад +1

    Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.... The name of that truck should be called empty pockets😂

  • @hughjass4838
    @hughjass4838 8 месяцев назад

    The mailman's daughter is adorable

  • @jonathanjuillerat9831
    @jonathanjuillerat9831 2 года назад +1

    A week on the road. I want that job. Its a regional gig obviously

    • @lindajoy8216
      @lindajoy8216 Год назад

      Hello handsome how are you doing today and how was the weather treating you over there ?❤😅

    • @lanamarie3626
      @lanamarie3626 Год назад

      Hello 👋
      How are you doing ❤❤❤

  • @munotidamafodya7836
    @munotidamafodya7836 2 года назад

    Thanks for the vedio keep it up , but is trucking afe

  • @321CatboxWA
    @321CatboxWA Год назад

    Nice AD