Only A Truck Driver Would Understand
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- Опубликовано: 8 мар 2024
- Only a Truck Driver Would Understand. In this video, Dave talks about situations only truck drivers would find themselves in and understand how difficult these situations can be to handle.
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Hey there Driver. We're so glad you were able to take the time to watch today's upload. Love to hear your thoughts on the video.
Dave, what is the type of load you most hate having to haul?
YOU DONT HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO BE A TRUCKER, BUT IT HELPS
Coming down the mountain with a driver trainee.wake up from bunk.brake pedal on floor.both buttons pulled out.he told me he was going to jump out. Holy Shit.
That's trucking 99% boredom 1% sheer terror. Been doing it 43 years lol in western and Northern Canada!
Sleeping over the steering wheel and waking up thinking your moving
Been there and done that a couple times.
Always felt that being on the road was like a time warp. Everything moves on but you.
Finding free, legal, overnight parking near your pickup/delivery location is currently the hardest part of trucking in my opinion 😊
I had a kidney stone pass while on the road. Suffered 2 days in the bunk before I took an Uber to the ER.
I pulled tankers for a chocolate company for 48 years and I can identify with every one of those situations. Brought back some real bad memories but the good experiences outnumbered the bad a thousand to one. I miss those days and still have the Autocar I hauled with for years and take it to American Truck Historical Society Shows.
Up in North Dakota working in the oil field in November 2015 I was running an RGN with a D8 dozer coming away from a site on a dirt road. The temp was just about at freezing. It began to rain. Being on a dirt road it wasn't registering with me that it was a freezing rain. When I hit the black top I was going straight and again no issues. Well as the road started going downhill in a steep descent I touched the brakes to try to slow my speed when I became instantly aware that the road had iced. All of the sudden the dozer is swinging left, then right, then left again while I'm doing everything I can to try to get straight. Finally I got enough control of the rig to get myself to the left shoulder where there was gravel along the side of the road and get total control of the truck and trailer. I swear my heart was racing for a very long time. I got super lucky that I didn't wreck, or hit anything or anyone else. You never want to see your trailer out your widow!
I also hate when #4 happens. Cities are NO PLACE for a lost truck driver!
😂sittin on the throne in a pilot washroom, having to yank up my pants flush and let it rip from topend! Nothing silences all the multilingual conversations like tossing your cookies in the stall😂
Had all of those. Spent a 12 years running a low bed. Oversize in every way driving through where you cant fit. Getting wrong directions and having to back out around turns and all while 75 feet long and 13 feet wide is always fun.
Worst thing now that you have me thinking about it... 1988. My first brand new truck. A Pete 379. A beautiful truck. It was so new I hadnt even gotten any lettering on it. I came into the terminal late in the afternoon in Newark NJ. They asked if I would take this POS container in to Sealand at the port for a fast $250. It was a real dog. 40 foot with wheels up near the center of the trailer... Looked ridiculous. Overloaded with scrap paper. 50 some thousand lbs. Going around Newark Airport on 1&9 at around 45 or 50 MPH in no traffic... Just cruzing... I saw a car broken down on the shoulder. There was a woman standing out next to the door. Smoking hot. Absolutely smoking hot.... I had no time to stop but was looking to move to the left lane...With that a Mustang with NY plates is passing me. Only 2 lanes of road there. The second he sees the young lady he cuts right in front of me and slams on the brakes. I was down to maybe 40 but then had to slam on my brakes and cut left to avoid waffling him. With that total piece of crap overload with the wheels so far up it started to roll AS I barely missed this clown. Something I never expected to see.... was the horizon going vertical out over the hood. It didnt look like I was rolling... It looked like the horizon was moving.... I started turning into the roll now as I was out in the left lane heading for the divider. That stoped the initial roll but now all the crap went right past center and I started to roll to the left now. Again with the weird view out over the hood. I gently turned into it again and she came back level.
I was so shaken I had to pull over. I couldnt hit the throttle because I was weak in the knees... 2 cars pulled over to see if I was OK... The one guy kept yelling how he never saw anything like that in his life... He could see daylight under my wheels both times... He suggested that I was a great driver... But it was all pure luck. And instinct... But mostly luck... The trailer went so far over that it bent my quarter fender into the tire which cut the tire and was ripped right off.
Havnt thought about that in a while.. got my heart pumping writing it.....
Food poisoning is one of the reasons why I quit OTR work.
Yup - all of the above. Got food poisoning once at an all-you-could-eat fish fry at a truckstop in Albert Lea, MN (and I only had two pieces, as it just didn't "sit right" when I ate it). A few hours later I was ralphing under the trailer (in a winter rain), then inside another truckstop to dump the other end. That continued all night and the next day. I could drive for an hour, lay down for awhile, then drive again. I was heading home for a wedding and HAD to get there. It was a miserable trip for sure.
Getting lost in a big city... St. Louis receiver gave me directions to get back to the interstate (in a major snowstorm), but maybe those directions worked for a car. Every intersection I came to said NO TRUCKS. As I kept going, the streets got narrower and more residential. I thought I might have to back up a couple miles, but eventually I came to a major intersection that I could turn on to, right next to the entrance to I-70 -- relief! I think the good Lord watches over lost truck drivers...
Started trucking in early 80s I’ve been through everything you said I was on the road the night my mother committed suicide I’ve had the flu and pneumonia in the truck I’ve been totally lost in big cities come upon low bridges missed holidays and family events but I’d do it all over again I enjoyed my trucking career
My brother is a retired firefighter they got dispatched to a local truckstop during a Mn. summer when it was over 85 degrees and high humidity. Driver was dead and rotten in the bunk. had been there over four days. Another driver on day 4 had just happened to stop at this truckstop and reconized the rig and knew the guy who drove it and knew the guy was suppose to be on the other side of the country that day. He went inside the truckstop and asked some of the people if they had noticed the rig sitting for a while. the workers said it had and that was when the other driver got real worried when knocked on door and there was no response.
I was heading out of Ohio to Auburn NY and hit lake effect snow. Went from clear roads to to a white out in less than a mile. With no place to get off the road I put on my 4 ways and was crawling along around 20 mph. A 4 wheeler STOPPED in the slow lane I barely missed. Makes my skin crawl typing this.
I can identify with just about every scenario you mentioned. One time back in 1994 I came down with a horrific case of the stomach flu while coming back from San Diego up to Orange County. I barely made it back to the yard, and then I had to drive another 30 miles home, “Ralphing” the whole way, making several roadside stops. 🤮 I was home sick for over 5 days with that flu, talk about brutal.
Yeah, lost in NY city, Brooklyn in "91" with a 53 footer, trying to find a phone booth.
Have had all 5 , and that was back before GPS and cell phones . The most scary was on a dead end street at 2AM in Richmond Ca with a set of doubles . 😫!
I was coming through the Windy in 1977 when there was ALL those record snows from 1973 - 79 . I was just coming up on the Sears tower on the Ike & Kennedy and a driver said to me on the CB " hey bud look to your left " . So I looked & my heart jumped up in my throat , there was my trailer out there beside me & all I could do was out run it & thank God there was little traffic. Another time I was east bound on I-80 through the Sisters in Wyoming . Everything was glare ice & to make matters worse I was empty , by the time I got to the Sinclair Truck Stop the trailer nearly came around me a half dozen times . The Glory days , Lol.
Lost in down Boston Ma years ago no GPS no cell phone . Got bad directions
Back in 2000 I was in the area of a tornado and my dad was in the bunk as we were running team . My self being from Northwest Oregon i didn't have a clue what I should do but I seen lightning and Black clouds and I knew if I ran over 90 I could put run it so that's what I did good think my Pete 379 with a N 14 could run because I got the hell out of there .
Something only a Truck Driver would understand; Being dispatched on the last 3 loads that will lead you home, then breaking down and having to be redispatched under different loads due to the breakdown, causing you to miss your intended home time schedule. Or being out of hours 120 miles from home...
back a few years ago when I still had my permit and was doing local food service, I was training with a guy in Winter Park during a snowstorm. I drove back after we finished the route and 40 was very icy with snow still falling. Coming down into a tight, right handed hairpin turn., the drives lost traction, and started to slide into a jackknife, but fortunately I was able to correct it in time. Like you say, wouldn’t want to experience that again.
The worst time for me was last winter. I was in Minnesota, and I was driving down a two lane road, and I ran into a complete whiteout. Completely lost the road and drove off into a ditch. Thankfully, it was just a ditch and not some steep embankment or cliff. I was lucky and didn't cause any damage to the truck I was driving. The company was only upset for having to pay for the tow bill to get me out of the ditch and back onto the road.
I haven’t eaten Taco Bell for 10 years. I’m still scared to revisit the mess I made in the Lowes bathroom the last time I ate there.
I miss Taco Bell.
I had a car kinda jump in front of me years ago.
I had 14 straps on my load of LVLs lumber. I did not have X straps on the front.
I had to hit the brakes and the load slid about 2ft forward. Which was bad.
But my lesson or moral of this story is. Now I personally believe that adding X straps to load of lumber will save your life and butt
I'm guessing you didn't have any gut straps on that number load
OVER 2,000,000, safe miles ,I put up with over 2000,000 tons of bs still the best job in the world. Hammer down &keep all the bad behind ya.
My partner got sick at a Subway, I drove from Carlise PA to Hattisburg MS without stopping while he was in the bunk.
You are so right, the time away is a killer, I won’t do it anymore
To prevent sickness on the road take up health as a hobby, learn how to stay healthy.. Having past experience as a cook, I used to truck at night, in the late 1980s.... Stopped at a truck stop about 2:00 in the AM to grab a bite to eat... The waitress suggested a bowl of soup, sounded good... Two spoonfuls later, I asked to talk to the manager... As usual I got an argument, finally she got the manager (cook)... I told him the soup was tainted (sour)... He used a new spoon, dipped into my soup and was surprised I knew what I was talking about... The soup was only a few hours old...
I think, he had gotten some bad ingredient's, when he made the soup... I told him I had been a cook before becoming a driver
He wanted to fix me a steak, for the tip and thanking me.. I settled for a hot roast beef sandwich and a cup of coffee... He knew what the outcome would be if somebody got sick on the road... I'm adding this opinion: a sick driver could have push himself because of the HOS rules.. which is BS, GET RID OF the. D...m HOS.....
In January ‘23 I got Covid right after New Year’s. I spent 3 days in a Pilot truck stop in the most miserable conditions. I would wake myself up talking out of my head.
Getting lost in a big city: I was eastbound on I 680 in Jersey with $5 in my pocket seeing the sign for the last free exit before crossing in to Manhattan. I wondered around for probably a half hour or more when I approached an intersection with a red circle slash truck sign and a 13’5” clearance sign. I pulled my brakes and turned on my 4 ways. A guy pulled up and said follow me. 3 turns and I was out of there. What a nightmare!
Going through the mountains , raining hard, temps around 30 f , spray just flying you hear it ,feel it, see it , next thing u know silence ,so if u see the spray you're okay see no spray........ PRAY
Blew a steer on a R model concrete mixer super scary only time in my life my life flashed before my eyes
I had one occasion in the dakotas during a heavy snow storm. I was still early on driving , looking for a rest area, and my trailer passed me. Yep, heading east facing west. Was excited to finally find the rest area, needed new shorts.
I've eaten bad food.
Ive gotten stuck at a rest area because of a wreck due to snow and bad drivers.
I've done a break in -14° F and the water temp dropped and the heater core was not pushing heat into the cab.
People always mock the plight of a man doing his work and making mistakes, at his own expense which might lead to damages, injuries, up to and including death.
Gentlemen: Have boundaries. In EVERY aspect of your Life. NO ONE cares about your misfortunes.
Working on a runaway train on a mountain is right up there.
Always enjoy your vids... I can relate with well with these scenarios, too...
Being sick in a truck is miserable! I recall eating at the TA in Eaton, OH back in '93 or '94, then returning to the old flat-top cabover I drove at Burlington Motor Carriers (hate to admit that but it was ok for a "starter company"). Ever laid down in the bunk and then thought, "Oh no... Oh, noooooooo..."? Then attempted to get dressed while on your back exercising extreme muscle control? lol I made it down the steps on the side of that truck and to a restroom stall just in the nick of time. lol
Only a few years ago, in Enid, OK at the Loves, I was down for a couple of days... Went to the restroom, returned to the truck, and without warning, had to grab a plastic bag as I replicated something out of the Exorcist... Fever, chills... And wondering the same things you mention... Nope, not fun!
We experience severe weather firsthand more than the average person, be it thunderstorms (I recall lightning striking a pole at the rear of my trailer one evening and being in hailstorms or near tornados), or winter weather (winds in Wyoming, whiteouts, ice/snow). I lost a radiator hose in Kaycee, WY in subzero temperatures with whiteout conditions... I didn't have anything spare on the truck and it was too late in the day to find anything that would work locally. I always carry an arctic-grade sleeping bag for such emergencies and was thankful, for it was hours before a service truck arrived from Casper.
Missing home life is just a given... One simply doesn't have much of a life when driving, at least not a "normal" homelife. You miss everything.
Being lost is simply being misplaced, right? lol Back in the days before cell phones and gps/Google Maps, you were at the mercy of the directions given to you by a shipper or receiver. Going to a place like the Bronx or New Jersey or any big city was a nerve-wracking adventure, especially for someone new to driving and navigating the different "personalities" unique to different regions. I recall going to Mississauga, Ontario on one occasion, discovering the assigned load wasn't there, then being sent to Scarborough on the other side of Toronto in the dark, wintertime rush-hour traffic to pick up anooother load that had already been picked up. Afterward, they sent me back to Mississauga and I somehow turned the wrong direction when backtracking and ended up in downtown Toronto on the surface streets. I had only the little inset city map in the Motor Carriers atlas and tried to one of the major thoroughfares that had a highway number, as well, to make my way back west to the QE... Then had a traffic inspector call in two city buses to block an intersection so I could back up away from a low railway overpass, since there was literally zero room to even do a u-turn even with traffic stopped. Glad HE was amused at the time, for there was no ticket and he gave me a good route back to the 401. He's probably telling his grandkids these days stories about silly American truck drivers! lol
Losing control of a truck is very different from losing control in a car... I jackknifed the second cabover I drove back in the early 90's after a woman pulled out of a sideroad in South Carolina, stopped and threw her left turn signal on... In a very light drizzle... And I am doing 55mph with a very, very light load of appliances. I missed her by going around to her right but hooked a steer tire off the pavement, jackknifed immediately, then had to ride it out straight off the curve that followed that intersection. Now that I drive in the oilfield in North Dakota and Montana, with occasional trips to Wyoming, winter driving is simply a given. We drive some extremely steep grades in the badlands here, both in ice/snow and mud (the worst part of spring is when the permafrost begins to thaw).
Sorry for the long novel! Thanks for bringing back some memories, though, even though some are best forgotten! lol Keep up the good work, especially helping pass along some knowledge to the newer drivers.
Your singing to the choir brother got lost in Calgary once and found the only low bridge in the city,try backing up out of there during rush hour..
Yea No.1: The ole turkey sandwich poisoning! No turkey on special anymore! No.5: Used to practice controlled 180s on the frozen ocean ice roads west of Deadhorse, Ak. empty of course…..flatbed. Never could get it anywhere near a 360! Maybe if I entered the slide at about 80 mph?
Drove from Willkesbare to Atlanta with no heat , wrapped in a blanket driving south
I been through all of what you said Dave and then some. I do have to say id rather be on a icy mountain than a day in Chicago. That is the one place I avoid at all costs. Ive worked for 4 companies so far my current one had me do a few and every time its been a disaster. Chicago is the only place where my anxiety gets the best of me. Id rather be dealing with steep decline on a icy mountain. Yes you are right it is extremely scary. Once in 2016 I was sent to baton rouge Louisiana to a food bank. I got caught in a hurricane. I been through gales on the great lakes 25 foot waves and honestly this hurricane easily was worse than the gales. It rained so hard I couldn't even see my wipers! I was already parked, but the wind if I wasn't loaded so heavy im sure it would have blown me over. I rode it out all night. The next day it flooded so bad the water was at my top step! I still had to deliver! It was insane.
Once at my current company I was down in Laredo tx we have a hub there I had a drop and hook and this is an industrial area lots of parking for semis. On my way out was a food truck I had Fajitas man were they good. Well about an hour or so later going down this highway, my guts started groaning, and it was hurting. I tried to be a man about it. I started feeling really sick sweating really bad. I was getting dizzy finally I had to pull over. Thank God I have a portable toliet but for days I was sick and my legs were so weak. That was the last time I ever went to a food truck!
I've been stupid sick. Had walking pneumonia for weeks! Had COVID and thought it was gonna kill me! Been broke down in no man's land for hours. Thankful for a APU. I got lost big time in NYC! Took me hours to get out! I'm glad my friend was able to help me out of the city over the phone. I lost my trust in the GPS that day. Worse than getting lost in the mountains.
Back in the 80s got food poisoning from a Turkey sandwich I purchased at a roadside convenient store and I played in my truck for 2 days God awful sick. This was before cell phones and it was hot summer. Affected my urge for Thanksgiving Turkey for years
Food poisoning check, strep throat w/ 104 degree temperature check, trailer jackknife in mt check lost nyc check. They should give us T-shirts 😂
Dave, I checked all the boxes on this video. In fact, I smoked five axles while descending the grade into Salt Lake City, UT. I’ve watched my life flash before my eyes in nano second time on more than one occasion. God bless you, and Kat and Nick. Good content. You run an excellent channel. You really do.
Retired Trucker Mary
A rollover ain’t no picnic either
My dad drove truck for 32 years and he missed a lot of home stuff. He was out on the road when I was born.
Regarding your first hazard, food poisoning on the road, you don't need to be a truck driver to experience that agony. It happened to me on the road in Wyoming, on I-80.
I spent two days in a roadside area, sick as a dog. It got to the point where I wanted to die, rather than endure any more pain. I think I lost 10 pounds, heaving up my guts, alternately shivering and sweating. I was traveling in an old van, so at least I had a place to lie down.
On day three, the thing had burned itself out, and I was able to get down to Salt Lake City. Back then, west of town, at Saltair, they had cold showers, and a beach area. I took advantage of both, before heading out towards Wendover. Sickness like that has a way of stripping out all the things in your life, which aren't really important.
Haha…. No4 I was raised in northern Wisconsin… I learned Minneapolis- St. Paul mn in a 75 Peterbilt 359 without power steering around 10 stops a day in 1990 …..I was 23. I didn’t remember WHERE to turn… I rememberd where NOT TO TURN!!!! 😂😂😂😂
Lost in a big city? Yeah, early 90's, I'm just starting out, barely six months of experience, and I was lost in New York City. That was a horrible feeling that I wouldn't wish on anybody.
5/5 been in all of them in 40 years some more than once. Cinder block thru the drivers windshield on the Western Kentucky. Food poisoning in Seattle. Blown motor in Ohio. Slid down Echo. Lost in West Virginia backwoods. Snow in in Montana Heatstroke in Texas. Ect Ect. Saved by the Grace of God….Keep on Truck’in.
The extraordinary lack of home time and, I argue more terribly, how little some companies care about giving drivers home time, is precisely why I left OTR work entirely. I do local runs entirely now, and refuse to run without the short haul exemption and hourly pay.
And the missus wonders why, these days now I'm doing local, when I'm home sick, I just keep getting up and go to work everyday !
It's almost like I feel more comfortable being in the truck sick, than laying around in bed at home all day
BACK IN THE 70!S I WAS WORKING FOR KING SOOPERS /DENVER/RETURNING WITH A EMPTY TRAILER FROM THE STORE(JUST PALLETS ON) COMING DOWN VAIL PASS IN A BLIZZARD/WHEN I CAME UP ON A ACCIDENT/TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP FOR A MILE AT LEAST/I HAD CHAINED UP THE TRACTOR HOWEVER AS I WAS WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO FREE UP/ THE REAR OF THE TRAILER STARTED SLIDING AROUND IN JACK KNIFE/SO HAD TO PUT ON SET OF CHAIN TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN CHECK(ON THE REAR OF THE TRAILER)VERY WINDY CONDITION) SAVED THE DAY
I once had the whole left wiper blade arm come off in a real bad rain storm. Darn thing was stuck on my left mirror. I couldn't see 💩 while driving and no where to pull over.
Getting lost in a big city in a truck is something I know about first hand... in a bad area of the city on top of it... I've had it happen in Chicago years ago when there were alot more low bridges than now... another time in Miami that had me quite worried.. that time I had my wife and 2 year old son with me..
Everything. All of this. Actually had to use a fire extinguisher on my brakes once in Arizona.
I got tachycardia and caloric shock once and almost died when I forgot to eat for a couple days, and like a moron, I dumped 1500 calories into my gut at one time. My body went into shock and put me down for 2 days.
I've gotten better about being lost in a big city. I just park wherever I can, and call the shipper/receiver.
What makes my palms sweat as a flatbedder is when the pickup is at an oil site in the middle of nowhere, and the shipper gives you coordinates for pickup instead of an address. They'll be too cheap for signage too, so directions will be landmarks that you will miss. I usually just park and request an escort.
A few years ago I was driving through Bend, Oregon when I hit a patch of black ice. The next thing I knew I was doing a double jack knife. Windup 5 ft in the snow embankment facing the way I had just come from. Then a semi that was following to close glanced of the back of my trailer, hit the median and ripped the cab off his frame. He ended in oncoming traffic on the other side of the median. Surprisingly there were no injuries much less fatalities. Not a scratch on any of us. Lots of cussing occurred on my part of course lol
I remember I got a nasty stomach bug one night at the Petro in Waterloo, NY. I think I had to crawl out of the truck about 3 times in the middle of the night to go hit the crapper and I wasn't right for several days after that. 🤣
Your channel is genuine stay that way!
Losing your brakes on the Grapevine (or any downgrade) is no fun either!
Truckers don't get enough respect. Our economies, our food supplies and other goods are supplied to us by them.
I can relate to all of that, every single point. It would take all evening to tell you about it though. 😂
It didn't dawn on me until you mentioned them,but I've had all of them 😄
Can laugh about it now, but not when they're happening.
Had a head on with a drunk driver many yrs ago, cab got ripped off, and i thought i was gone. Breakdowns, away from home, it's a price you pay.
As my mum still says when we talk and she asks how we're going, that's truckin. As long as you get home in one piece, you've done your best and no one got hurt, you're doin ok.
Truck on.
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Amen brother.
Very good video.
Already experienced everything. Being lost in a big city is truly one of the worst feelings. 🫣
Best regards from Germany
I was very sick in Baton Rouge , 3 days in a single bunk KW
Your list is spot on! I have experienced all of those situations. Lostt in a city is bad, out of control is indescribable
Heading west across Kansas when Mom called, Dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, hauled ass got back to Ohio to see him in the hospital on Thursday, brought him home on Friday, he died Saturday morning.
Yea. Wonder sometimes if it's all worth it. You did make it home though. Pretty rough.
Windshield icing up and nowhere to pull over to clear it up!
Teach car drivers to stop BEHIND the white line at intersections so trucks can turn
Thanks for your stories. The average person (me) don't really appreciate the hard job that truckers do. Thank you for your service.
T/A Vero Beach FL got me good and sick fer 5 days down there.!!!
I’ve gotten sick on the road like that. Also went into afib on the road (arterial fibrillation, a heart condition). I had no idea what was happening so I went to bed (I had just gotten to the customer and we would back in and go to bed; they would start unloading us when they got to work). Nine hours later when I was empty I still felt awful and the customer wanted to call the ambulance. I dropped my trailer (nearly passed out doing it) and drove to the hospital and spent a few days in the ICU because they were waiting for the blood clot that they were sure had formed in my heart to cause a stroke.
Work almost fired me because I was in my 30’s and that’s too young for heart problems and in the ICU my wife bitched me out over the phone because this was going to interfere with our money… my heart rate was rising so the nurse came in and took the phone from me 😂. That was a long time ago and both employers and my wife (same wife 😂) are very different today.
Great video Dave I really enjoyed it. Honestly...
Over the years I’ve experienced every one of these things. I agree with the other post that finding a place place to park is the biggest problem we have out here. The most common phrase in America is “no trucks”.
Your right on the money on that one 👍. Great channel . Sold my Pete last year
Theres been a few times ive broken down in ND with pickups in the dead of winter, always bring tools and extra parts.
I went north on the million dollar highway last week. Scared the 💩 out of me. Never again. That one stretch no shoulder 11000 feet down. 40 years worst road I've seen.
Got sick in Arizona for some unknown reason, checked into hospital at Dalhart Tx with a 103° F temperature. Broke down in a cabover Frieghtliner at -20° F waited 4 hours that walked 1/4 mile to a lumber yard a 8am. Spun out going up 4th of July Pass, stopped with trailer crossways in road, tractor against concrete center divider, threw chains on and took off. Retired know😊.
As soon as you started the awful feeling #4 I new you were going t say lost in a city.
Sliding backwards on ice in my brother's new 389 triaxle water truck on a gas well site but like you I got lucky.
A lot of these are why I do only local or close regional work now lol
Way back years ago out west on a hill an ice I looked out my drivers side window and could read WATKINS Motor lines on the upper side of my rear pup, What a feeling, I got it straightened up though! Enjoy your videos from central Fl.
6. Hauling flammable/combustible hazmat near/through a sudden, severe electrical storm turned tornado. (Last week near Topeka, KS.)
Another great video thanks safe travels
I missed 8 Christmas days on the road
Getting harassed by DOT
Been there Brother. It sucks.
I got lost in the 80’s in downtown Pittsburg cops yelling at me get out of here. Could see my destination across the river couldn’t get there. I have 100s more story’s
Yup all 👍 true
I drive Day cabs now but when I drove OTR I wasn't eating much and drinking water. Just intent on putting in miles time is different out there starred getting dehydrated dizzy I had to start taking care of myself I had food and water got to stay healthy
chills and sick in utah, could not even get out of bed. was sick twice. ( and your dispatcher doesn't give a rats butt)
Im with ya. ..THX! I Just hit 68. and thats it..
So true
.. i was on the backside of Monteagle on Dedicated Nissan middle of the night just past the Crest coming down when i see a Tarp In the Road with Something Big Under it, covering both lanes & Guardrails on both sides with a Drop Off the Mountain through the Woods to my Right .. well, i had to just Run Over whatever this was, so i said some choice words & braced for Impact .. turned out to be a Whole Lot of Hay that flew everywhere .. the Tarp however stuck on my trailer Brake Chamber, & suspecting a HiJack i dragged it All the Way to the Nissan Engine Plant in Decherd TN .. the Guard made a comment about the Tarp i was dragging off the brake chamber, & i told him the story .. i stopped & removed the Tarp before dropping the trailer of Engine Racks alongside the Others out back of the building .. 😳⁉️😨😊😮💨🙄👻
For food poisoning or the runs Bentonite Clay works every time. Just mix some in some water and chug.
Yeah, that about sums it up.
Scariest hing i have ever experienced was when i was in my car recently with taking my friends out to a night club. Everthing was fine until i dropped them off very early in the morning, next thing i know i'm driving myself back to stay at another friends house. And while driving at 80mph on the motorway, i encountered an ungoverned Peterbilt (yes we do have them in the UK and europe although quite a rare sight) with no speed limiter doing around 85 - 90mph. He or she were damn close that they didn't realise i was there and tried to push me into the guardrail a number of times, i thought i was gonna be killed but i dont't know how i was able to survive, I think that they were either really tired or using there cellphone.