This Is What Trucking Illinois To Texas Is Like...

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  • @roygoss7556
    @roygoss7556 Год назад +34

    Buddy, you need to find out where you’re going BEFORE you get there.

    • @lucagiordano6406
      @lucagiordano6406 Год назад +1

      Seriously ! Every video is the same thing “where am I going ? Click click click click click

  • @OhhZachh
    @OhhZachh Год назад +108

    I need to stop being scared and do this for a living.

    • @marcocallaway3958
      @marcocallaway3958 Год назад +23

      Come on bro let’s do it together ! My birthday is Tuesday I’ve vowed to stop smoking then and start the process

    • @OhPhuckYou
      @OhPhuckYou Год назад +9

      Really debating it myself. It would solve so many of my problems. Just concerned that it's not for me given how lonely it gets.

    • @marcocallaway3958
      @marcocallaway3958 Год назад +22

      @@OhPhuckYou that’s the appealing part for me . I’ve become a loner lately and I find happiness in being alone idk it’s weird

    • @charlesmilton8146
      @charlesmilton8146 Год назад +5

      The worst thing that happens is you hit something or go down a road that’s clearly marked low bridge and you don’t see it. You got this.

    • @OhPhuckYou
      @OhPhuckYou Год назад +2

      @@marcocallaway3958 I enjoy being alone, but that's only to an extent. I'm not concerned about the driving aspect at all.

  • @mariel_phantom
    @mariel_phantom Год назад +7

    Have a good day everyone!

  • @lostinstatic9219
    @lostinstatic9219 Год назад +6

    Shipping/ receiving left even says it out loud proceeds to turn right. 🤔🤔

  • @mrenfilade7178
    @mrenfilade7178 Год назад +9

    Great job on the trailer inspection, Alex; yeah, the trailer doesn't "match", but tires and breaks are more important! If only all truckers were so conscientious!

  • @nattyboh1145
    @nattyboh1145 Год назад +7

    All the dirt off the tires so that means better grip……brah! Really?! Lol

    • @Bigtime55
      @Bigtime55 Год назад +3

      I caught that also. 30 years of driving and first I have heard of clean tires giving you better grip.🤷‍♂️

  • @sugaredwitch
    @sugaredwitch Год назад +13

    * random person drives by *
    Alex: “MANIAC”

    • @Zokailcamping
      @Zokailcamping Год назад +2

      or " what are you doing jockey" " what you doin truck"

    • @sugaredwitch
      @sugaredwitch Год назад +1

      @@Zokailcamping he does this constantly. I watch his videos to purely laugh at what he says now lol

    • @derekbohaty6083
      @derekbohaty6083 Год назад

      Lol

    • @hassanabdulaziz4517
      @hassanabdulaziz4517 Год назад +1

      That's the New Yorker in him😂😂😂

  • @GeorgeWashington-xg2su
    @GeorgeWashington-xg2su Год назад +15

    Alex, you should start telling us the weather every time you start the video to make it more interesting

  • @KelpieKapersFarm
    @KelpieKapersFarm 10 месяцев назад +2

    My dad drove truck his entire life. He drove gas tanker, in the 70s, during the gas shortage. He even hauled an elephant once! He mainly drove log truck, though. I've been enjoying your videos immensely.

  • @zzzinjurious9969
    @zzzinjurious9969 Год назад +10

    Everyone haves to realize this isn’t just job for the money much at all it’s a lifestyle and it becomes apart of your everyday life it lives with you Alex all I gotta say is bro I already decided to get my cdl before watching you but I’ve been love ur videos it’s been helping me and figuring out best way to park scenarios I’m gonna be facing the time has come I start school july 17th I’m more then excited and so far got 98% on my ari brakes and combinations :)

    • @vica8756
      @vica8756 Год назад

      I started school the same day as you. How’s it going.

    • @lolltaylor
      @lolltaylor 11 месяцев назад

      Here’s a heads up. School and these videos won’t prepare you for anything you’re going to encounter on the road. Your ability to learn on the fly and be a safe driver is completely up to you.
      Good luck

  • @keithbrown9198
    @keithbrown9198 Год назад +4

    God bless truckers man! When I'm in my car on a heavily traveled interstate, maybe I'm not such a fan because I can be crushed like a bug, LOL, but y'all bring us the things we need. Back in the 80s in the Air Force, I was aircrew (loadmaster) but also Combat Mobility and I was checked out in a 10 ton cabover Ford tractor and a 40' flatbed to recover airdrop loads. Backing up a tractor-trailer is definitely a skill to be learned, and I learned it well, but it's not easy. 😂

  • @blindwheels
    @blindwheels Год назад +1

    I live in a tiny place.
    When i buy stuff, i take it out of the boxes & label the bag with date, what it is & any cooking instructions, i cut off & keep in a folder beside my fridge.

  • @tutie
    @tutie Год назад +3

    It would probably help alot if you took your seatbelt off while trying to back into the spot in a parking lot.....

  • @beebodrives
    @beebodrives Год назад +3

    “The ones with the lever” = Ratchet Strap.
    “The ones you pull” = Lashing Strap

  • @betzaidavazquez5579
    @betzaidavazquez5579 Год назад +4

    Awesome video Alex and love your commentary when driving. Keep up the great work you do, thanks for sharing. 🙏🌟🥰

  • @MrCrazycook8
    @MrCrazycook8 Год назад +4

    My favorite bumper sticker: WELCOME TO TEXAS now go home

  • @tutie
    @tutie Год назад +3

    Wait wait....did he say since the dirt was off the tires that they would get better grip? Huh?

  • @leohernandez1240
    @leohernandez1240 Год назад +5

    Btw if your going to park for a short period of time, don’t pull the red valve, just the yellow
    It even says on the red valve

    • @snaprifice
      @snaprifice Год назад

      Meh. In warm weather it's not that big a deal. Can land you in trouble in winter though if the trailers got drums. Frozen brakes are annoying 😑

  • @sethk1698
    @sethk1698 Год назад

    I had a scary experience yesterday. I was backing into a dock at a paper receiving place with seven tall industrial paper rolls in the trailer. The pavement at the corner of the dock is uneven and slopes down about 6 inches sharply. I rolled down that and my load shifted. Looked like the trailer was going to tip!. Also the day before i was southbound I-5 during the storm. The truck route through the grapevine was closed do to mud slides so i patked atbthe nearest truck stop in wheeler ridge. I woke upbthe next morning and wasnt building anymore than 80psi of pressure. Turns out there was a hole in the air dryer. Its things like that make you amazed how lucky you can be. So glad i didnt go down the mountain with faulty brakes!! Stay safe all, do your pre-trips!!

  • @carmangillerCSGO
    @carmangillerCSGO Год назад +1

    US could use some yellow boxes. I hate seeing intersections blocked off and noone can move..

  • @landoenuh8782
    @landoenuh8782 5 месяцев назад

    I love your spirt bro. Love how you don't let everything bother you. You lost your best straps in the last video and you were so calm, now you spent time watch this new trailer only to learn that your gonna drop it and hook up to another that might be dirty then you gonna have to wash it again and your so chill about that. Keep being the great person you are bro. 💯

  • @FantasticVlogsFV
    @FantasticVlogsFV Год назад +2

    Love learning from you alex! Hope you're doing well man, Hope you're not burnt out from trucking videos ive been watching love em just hope you're doing well mentally brother. Seem tired and burnt out, and need a well deserved rest! Love the vids man keep it up inspiring me!

  • @marksellinger3736
    @marksellinger3736 Год назад +3

    Alex, the Trailer Fashionista! Colors must match! Job well done! 🙂

  • @jamesbroughton2010
    @jamesbroughton2010 Год назад +2

    When you parked in doc 29 you had more room on the passanger side...why park so close ... take all the room you can.

  • @ngabotuyishime7075
    @ngabotuyishime7075 Год назад +3

    Is just me every time he upload the first thing I hear is the stupid turn signals 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @nicholasbergvik2910
    @nicholasbergvik2910 Год назад +3

    Happy Sunday From Sweden😁

  • @thomasott9488
    @thomasott9488 Год назад

    Nice, starting with no blinker, opps spoke to soon 😂😂😂

  • @isaiahcollins3
    @isaiahcollins3 Год назад +7

    Hey Alex just wondering what is the best meal you have made in the truck?

  • @JasonTrucker
    @JasonTrucker Год назад +2

    Alex, good morning from Cotton Wood Kansas, home of my newest headache trying to figure out what I'm doing with this 1985 Dodge Ram van that's in the barn on my new property. I jumped it off and fueled it up, Alex do you want it? You said you wanted van life, no rust, but it might need tires I'm going to keep the Hurricane2 rims. I have to clean the barn so I can put my uncle's truck in it. I rented a Case backhoe so to clean out the barn.

    • @kv2792
      @kv2792 Год назад

      Liar, fraud

  • @Scrappygymrat
    @Scrappygymrat Год назад +2

    I never pullout all the way either man

  • @alelostatale
    @alelostatale Год назад +4

    What's the state do you prefer alex? Greetings from italy 🇮🇹

  • @Houndini
    @Houndini Год назад +1

    You are learning. It will not be very long you will be zipping around making it look easy. Just calm down life is too short to get all upset with other driver's Auto or Trucks. We will always going be stuck with bad driver's on our highways. That's is part of life. Accident free is more important. A few min's don't matter.

  • @lauramitchell1257
    @lauramitchell1257 Год назад +3

    I'm preparing for my CDL and I'm terrified of the backing up part! Everything else I'm sure i can handle

    • @illuzionz-_-jay9027
      @illuzionz-_-jay9027 Год назад +2

      Its not easy but not hard just tedious

    • @snaprifice
      @snaprifice Год назад +3

      If your trainer is any good they'll show you a bunch of tips and tricks. It's not so bad, and, when in doubt GOAL (Get out and look). And, do it all slowly! Trying to rush is where things go wrong.

    • @desirp88
      @desirp88 Год назад +2

      Your trainer will get you right, just take your time and pay attention to your surroundings get out and look is the key.

    • @Gabriel-hu3ep
      @Gabriel-hu3ep Год назад

      Don't worry about anyone else. Get it in the hole on ur own terms/time

    • @stevennovakovich2525
      @stevennovakovich2525 9 месяцев назад

      @@desirp88G.O.A.L.

  • @roygoss7556
    @roygoss7556 Год назад +3

    You don’t have to strap because they put the tension airbag between the last two pallets.

    • @clvammy
      @clvammy Год назад +1

      you may not have to but it helps prevent Osd cause even with the tension bag product can shift.
      i have had that happen with me on a produce load before its the worse to open a trailer and find 9 million bell peppers on the floor.

  • @stevennovakovich2525
    @stevennovakovich2525 9 месяцев назад

    Love your videos Alex. You have *nothing* teal-colored on your tractor or trailers! Teal has much more green in it.
    You have the color *turquoise* on your tractor and parts of your company's trailers.

  • @williamburbage5774
    @williamburbage5774 Год назад +4

    Hey Alex! Still keeping your cool! 😎Still thinking Chef in your future! Anyone that enjoys cooking as much as you! Be Safe! Bill NYPD Retired

  • @nathanmaloney4334
    @nathanmaloney4334 Год назад +3

    You need to stop doubting yourself so much

  • @anderslindstrom3110
    @anderslindstrom3110 Год назад +2

    It would have been easier to just drive forward a little bit and do a left backwards in that crossing 😮

  • @bluesuit3
    @bluesuit3 Год назад +1

    Why don’t you keep the freezer ice chest you have on the top bunk? The one you had before you got a real refrigerator

  • @AMGNell
    @AMGNell Год назад +1

    You did good on the 90° backing. Or u could have did a pull in from next row.

  • @ellaj1605
    @ellaj1605 Год назад +1

    Make sense for you to be paid for your time as well as mileage.

  • @rs2343-o4e
    @rs2343-o4e Год назад +1

    Alex you should ALLAYS want a drop and hook. You have plenty of storage if you use the top bunk properly. Do not buy big packages of chicken. Buy an additional frige/freezer combo and put it on the top bunk or passenger seat.

  • @RandyandJenHeatherly
    @RandyandJenHeatherly Год назад +2

    Good morning Alex have a great day today

  • @lucagiordano6406
    @lucagiordano6406 Год назад

    Take a shot ever time Alex says “what are you doing”

  • @jackwaggone
    @jackwaggone Год назад

    Great job Alex! Roll safe out there!

  • @youraveragetrucker21
    @youraveragetrucker21 19 дней назад

    Truck: *beeps at alex*
    Alex: "I KNOW I KNOW!"

  • @96Cubs
    @96Cubs Год назад

    That’s crazy I was just at that warehouse in the beginning of the video a couple days ago wish I could’ve saw you to say what’s up 👍🏽😂

  • @lazarolarosa1900
    @lazarolarosa1900 2 месяца назад

    Hi Alex biggest fan here..love your videos..stop making me laugh so hard.

  • @BojaglesBagels
    @BojaglesBagels Год назад

    ayyyyee I used to work at that DC in Sanger. Terrible place to work but its cool seeing it in a video. Starting CDL school soon, so hopefully one day I'll be delivering there and laughing at them too.

  • @Theodore319
    @Theodore319 Год назад +1

    I’m doing this for a living when I get older. I’m 13.

  • @thistruckerslife
    @thistruckerslife Год назад

    Try finding a job site “ dirt field “ no address, with 14’ wide load down backroads.

  • @pvavmnpls
    @pvavmnpls Год назад +6

    Alex always makes me laugh, I loved stuffing the fridge...lol. Alex stay safe out there, I love the videos and the content is always interesting, keep up the great work.

  • @phillipbaritone3843
    @phillipbaritone3843 Год назад

    Everywhere you go the jockey always thinks they own the place lol funny

  • @tutie
    @tutie Год назад

    When there is no painted lines on the ground, you can usually line your trailer up using the crack/devider in the concrete.

    • @desirp88
      @desirp88 Год назад

      I tend to use the bolts on the dock pads, lol

  • @davidm1519
    @davidm1519 Год назад

    Enjoy your videos, keep it up.

  • @user-uu4gn4ii3p
    @user-uu4gn4ii3p 6 месяцев назад

    You will know when you've bumped the dock.

  • @jesusresto11
    @jesusresto11 Год назад

    You went to the Walmart DC in Sanger,TX, and I wasn't there to say hi. I live in Mckinney, TX, and I used to deliver a lot of time to Walmart DC when I used to drive local for Hub Group Trucking doing containers, but I'm back on the road. Keep the good work with your videos. You're doing an awesome job 👏

  • @harryvanrhyn157
    @harryvanrhyn157 Год назад +1

    The thing is there are no directions or security to direct traffic

  • @AdamGbl95
    @AdamGbl95 Год назад

    Meanwhile... Alex is still looking for the entrance😁

  • @carstuff4u942
    @carstuff4u942 Год назад +2

    I wonder if running your Hazzards all the time, really help??

  • @ikennaokeke2000
    @ikennaokeke2000 Год назад +2

    Learn to switch of your trafficating lights. Just spoils the video

  • @philwarwick4287
    @philwarwick4287 Год назад

    Why don't you eat things before stocking up again. Guess what there will be room in your little fridge freezer if you eat the contents before refilling. Just a thought. Love watching the driving. Good channel.

  • @jamesboucher1903
    @jamesboucher1903 Год назад +1

    t was a driver for stephens and i really liked the way good equipment and they did take of it i never had mechanical trouble talk about trailers i got to use a dove bar trailer once got a load of ben and jerrys ice cream

    • @jaepcam
      @jaepcam Год назад

      Fuck Ben & Jerry!

  • @dorothymarsh-aller3336
    @dorothymarsh-aller3336 Год назад

    Those spikes on tires I call them nubbies!

  • @kenjohnson5498
    @kenjohnson5498 Год назад +1

    Being from Illinois i know it probably took you 6 or 700 miles to get the stink of Illinois off you lol

  • @seamusblack5876
    @seamusblack5876 Год назад

    16:07 excellent camera angle more shots like this please

  • @mz7759
    @mz7759 Год назад

    Holy shit I was behind you that day I was delivering to the Walmart/samsclub dc in Sanger tx as well that storm that passed by Dallas was crazy so many car crashes and one semi that jacked knifed along the 35 southbound

  • @sethk1698
    @sethk1698 Год назад

    On my Garmin i only enter coordinates ive selected myself on Google satellite. Even though it's a truck GPS it will send you to the car entrance at times.

  • @tmo.48
    @tmo.48 9 месяцев назад

    My trainer had papers and dust and various partial bags of chips. His truck was FILTHY and so was he.

  • @Panpunk420
    @Panpunk420 Год назад

    Mornin Alex!! Safe travels!! :)

  • @fade9209
    @fade9209 Год назад

    8:55 the urge i was getting of pressing 2 on my keyboard iykyk 😂

  • @josaywhat.
    @josaywhat. 9 месяцев назад

    24:38 Load bars driver!!

  • @melmen2379
    @melmen2379 Год назад

    Got the cdl learners the July 7th ill be doing this soon enough

  • @raphaelszok8561
    @raphaelszok8561 Год назад

    Traffic busy on a Friday morning because all those old ladies go to the beauty parlors. You need more room for groceries.

  • @JGREGO201
    @JGREGO201 9 месяцев назад

    I have been wondering why do you always do 45° instead of a straight back? Does GP make you park that way all the time? At the truck stop there were plenty of spaces to do a straight back. Just a question from a Veteran Driver.. Plus you know you can always ask where the empties are located instead spending your drive time trying to locate them

  • @retroguy9494
    @retroguy9494 Год назад

    WOW I didn't know the new trucks have like computer monitors for their dash display like some cars instead of actual gages.

  • @kandtherestcandtherest9080
    @kandtherestcandtherest9080 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you

  • @MattMan1999
    @MattMan1999 Год назад +2

    Alex was that a full gallon of pee on the passenger side or apple 🍎 juice ???

  • @nickhingle5534
    @nickhingle5534 Год назад

    It’s to bad you can’t walk around to find the trailer, cause it’s really good for you to walk around when your sitting in the truck for 1,000s of hours. 😊

  • @jesusresto11
    @jesusresto11 Год назад

    Is a truck wash in Denton, TX next to the love's 10 minutes going South in I-35E 🤗

  • @donotneed2250
    @donotneed2250 Год назад

    What happened to calling customers to get directions to them?🤷🏼‍♂️ Companies don't get directions and send them to drivers anymore? My GPS gadget was a Rand McNally Truckers Atlas.

  • @18wheeler77
    @18wheeler77 Год назад

    34:00 Alex, maybe you should consider getting a second cooler freezer.

  • @minerboy1
    @minerboy1 Год назад

    I love your videos

  • @kaitlynburns4683
    @kaitlynburns4683 Год назад

    show us you making the rice!!

  • @stuartjamesgreaves5471
    @stuartjamesgreaves5471 Год назад

    Wow this fella is hard work ,imagine what he’s like before satnav and using maps .Glad I’m retired.

  • @emilepellerin6064
    @emilepellerin6064 Год назад

    Sometimes shippers forget that your not from the area. have no way of knowing how the place works unless you've been there before. But if you haven't Proper directions are priceless.

  • @MelloInvestigations
    @MelloInvestigations Год назад

    I wanna find you out here one day! If u ever see CF Warner Transport in a burgundy truck it’s me!

  • @michaelglasner5985
    @michaelglasner5985 Год назад +1

    Alex......Where are you going????

  • @thomasjimenez3427
    @thomasjimenez3427 Год назад +1

    No it’s not ironic bro this happens to us everyday but being parked randomly on the wrong side of the road is dumb

  • @devilshark8200
    @devilshark8200 Год назад +2

    Alex I want to fund your next cooking video and you're going to love my idea, I hope?

  • @L0VTX_H8CA
    @L0VTX_H8CA 11 месяцев назад

    “There’s plenty of creative parking spots left” I really do wonder if this is what some drivers think when they park in the stupidest places, especially over night.

  • @bostonbruinslover2295
    @bostonbruinslover2295 Год назад

    My dad loves watching you

  • @TimAlfrey-kw1md
    @TimAlfrey-kw1md 8 месяцев назад

    Need a bigger fridge or a bigger trash can

  • @b374mxg
    @b374mxg Год назад

    What happened to the RTO12513 overdrive transmissions? Automatic's now??

  • @romanmoskovkin2753
    @romanmoskovkin2753 Год назад +3

    Alex, please stop saying "I'm going to pick up delivery"

    • @snaprifice
      @snaprifice Год назад

      Lol I noticed that too. But when you think about it, a pick still ends up being a delivery to somewhere else so meh, I just made my peace with it.

  • @nekantgt40
    @nekantgt40 Год назад

    everyone loves texas

  • @nwospidey5782
    @nwospidey5782 Год назад

    Hey Alex,
    What Yellow terminal were you passing in the beginning? What city were you in?

  • @TimothyBroome-ej1wp
    @TimothyBroome-ej1wp Год назад

    Follow your trailer to the dock Alex easy peasy

  • @truckercowboyed2638
    @truckercowboyed2638 Год назад +4

    Dude you could have turned around just by using that turn in as you made U-turn

  • @Polarbrrr316
    @Polarbrrr316 Год назад

    Welcome to Texas! Let's go eat somewhere