Trucker has a mental breakdown in Philly traffic. | Philadelphia, PA to Tucker, GA | 5/21/2024
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Hey cowboy, you need to take a chill pill. I live in Philly. As you know, I95 and 76 are the 2 major arteries around here. Over the last year or so, we've encountered some problems that has snarled traffic. The first incident was caused by a tanker driver driving way too fast and crashing under an overpass. This shut down traffic in both directions for a while and greatly interrupted traffic flow on all other roads for a long time until the reconstruction of a new overpass was complete. Then, we had a trucker who drove a 15ft load under a 14ft bridge. Do the math. He didn't make it and once again traffic snarled all over the place for about a week until the overpass could be rebuilt. Then a high-speed trucker hit a guard rail on I95 while traveling in the left lane and caught fire after coming to rest across I95. This screwed things up again for a couple of days. Stop dumping on the city of Philadelphia and the "damn cop" who was blocking traffic. You act like the cop was sitting there eating his lunch. He was doing his job. The way you acted in this video, between worrying about your clock and taking a shower, you should get out from behind that big wheel and start driving for Uber.
You should be paying us to watch this😢😮😅!!!!!
You’re way off on the 76w to 81 if you wanted Elkton Md. GPS was correct, 76E to 291 to Platt Bridge to 95s .
Elkton was my plan A, which included going down 95s. 76w was plan B I came up with on the fly when I discovered 95S was blocked. I didn't have a plan C. I was just boned at that point.
Whoever called the Schuylkill an "expressway" had a sense of humor...
Actually your GPS was accurate when it told you to turn around. The fastest and truck route was 95s not 81. That would have taking you out and around. If you had turned around you would have hit Maryland in 40 pushing it a little. Sorry for your melt down. But get it together driver!
I’m sorry but why in god’s name would you drive west 126mi in the wrong direction to get to Interstate 81, when Elkton is 51mi south on Interstate 95??? Please get a Atlas so you have a clue. If the 95 entrance was blocked you should’ve just punched in reroute for the next 95S entrance.
Great vlog driver. Thanks for sharing your plight, I related with everything you went through and discussed.
I don't think people realize Washington DC & NYC has the worst traffic in the I-95 Northeast corridor ( DC to Boston )..not Philly! If you can't handle Philly traffic don't even come to the East coast (I-95)
Welcome to Philadelphia!!! My brother.
No one is perfect! We all lose our patience at times. We just have to trust that God is with us and will guide us the best and the right way! There was some reason they did not want you to go that way. It may have been safety, traffic, or something else, but God led you the direction He wanted you to go. God bless you and the other truckers out there each and every day!
Well said! Thanks.
You are better than me sitting in Philly traffic. Definitely would have found somewhere to park right at that shipper and did my 10.
Most of those Ports do not allow your overnight parking, Unless you could find somewhere on front street, philly is difficult to find Overnight parking.
There's a truck stop on I 95 North Just South of Ben Salem, That would have been his best bet, I think it's 20 bucks a night, And they got good Philly beef sandwiches there....
Unfortunately the cops had access to 95 blocked off and neither GPS had figured that out. So I doubt I could have gotten there either. When I left the shipper I had no reason to believe I couldn't make it to Elkton, MD.
There was a section of road right before I finally found my way onto the highway that had a wide shoulder. You can see it in one of the clips. I seriously considered pulling over and parking there. But it didn't seem very safe.
@@TouchingGrassOTR you made it to another day Driver that’s the important part.
Sometimes if 95 south is blocked off and you need to get south take 76 east into New Jersey and get 295 south to reconnect with 95
As a philly native philly traffic will drive you crazy
Just found your channel... I love that you kept your frustration in the video, it's real!
I cut my teeth driving in the Northeast as a new CDL holder some time ago. Best advice I can give as much as possible, drive through the area at night. Have a commercial vehicle Atlas, sadly 76 in and around Philly is a nightmare - especially that time of day. If you were where I think you were could've shot up notth 95 to the Betsy Ross Br. Get into Jersey and take 295 down. Sounds like your company does a ton of Northeast freight, I'd highly recommend the Atlas.
Stay safe and I enjoy the videos.
I have an Atlas, although I don't think it would have solved the problem this day, because a paper map can't show traffic flareups or temporary road closures, which I think caused the bulk of my problems. And although it will show which roads are legal for trucks, it (like TP) doesn't really show which roads are actually useful to trucks. I have learned to mostly navigate at night in the NE, but this was unfortunately a pickup my dispatcher gave me that necessitated going into the city during the middle of the day. If it hadn't been for the closure of I-95, I'd have had plenty of time to get out. But I got stuck trying unsuccessfully to find an alternative.
@@TouchingGrassOTR you're obviously a pretty smart guy, so I'm not going to tell you how using the atlas and having a route the gps won't put you on would be a benefit. But ironically enough, it was that same city and a road closure that caused me to come up with a plan B exit strategy.
Our clocks allow for very little margins for error.
That traffic on i-76 W usually dissipates in a few miles.
Schuylkill Expressway is usually always jammed. If you can, sometimes you're better off taking the Blue Route ( I-476 section between 95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike)
Yeah great idea forgot to mention the turn pike
It's the Schuylkill DISTRESSway! 😂😂😂😂
It's known as the Surekill Expressway for a reason
Do you carry a Road Atlas? You could have easily parked by the terminals. As long as your with your truck they won’t bother you. You can park near stadiums & old produce center also. I live in that area and I park my truck in that area when I come home. Get yourself a Garmin GPS.
I do have an Atlas, but I don't think it would've helped in this situation, since it can't show road closures and traffic flareups, which were the bulk of my troubles. Also, like truckerpath, it can show which roads are legal, but not which roads are actually big enough to go down. And unfortunately, when I was in the thick of it, there really wasn't any place I could pull off to the side to look at it.
As for parking in the city, yeah, I unfortunately don't know Philly well enough to know where the safe places are that I could park for the night.
I had a Rand McNally GPS for a long time. It finally died late last year and I just haven't replaced it since 99% of the time, TruckerPath works just as good (even better sometimes). I might try a Garmin once I get back from vacation.
Simply looking at your google maps would show you that I-76 the schuylkill expressway doesn’t connect with 81 it ends at the turnpike. This meltdown could have been avoided if you just looked at your maps plain and simple.
@@willieb6337yeah I agree with you and was thinking the same thing when I was watching his video because I drove a tractor trailer before too and from what I remember, 76 West do not connect to 81. I believe his GPS was telling him to take 95 to the blue route which is 476 North. 476 North turns to 81.
I'm from Philly. I don't understand why people say the traffic is crazy. Truck parking is basically nonexistent
Two lanes going into to Philadelphia is crazy
Philly is one of the oldest cities in America, what do you expect? Maybe if they move the river it will make things better, you think?
Good morning. Back again and yes, Philly sucks. My company had a terminal in South Philly and it’s all timing going in and out of it. I avoided 95. I think I went 95 hooked over to 295 and in 676. Don’t miss that crap dude it’s all timing. 76 is a parking lot from 6 o’clock in the morning come east and starts at about 2 o’clock in the afternoon going West anyways good video, I’m gonna go put stuff on the graves today
Yep. My timing was terrible on this one. Thanks. Enjoy your weekend.
I'm from Lower Bucks, hauled equipment all around Philly my whole life. Philly isn't too bad, although I like working NYC better. But then again I have always billed my trucks out by the hour. Stuck in traffic means I am making more money
I know it’s to late but their dang work on 95 S where the bridge got knocked down.
Fixing to get a CDL very soon. Sweating the idea of trying to balance my clock with navigating awful traffic.
Well, in my experience, the big training companies will generally avoid these areas. I never had to come into the middle of the city when I was at Covenant, Crete, or Roehl. They want you to get good before they send you to the toughest spots.
As for balancing your clock, the best advice I can offer you is this: Don't try to use up every last minute of your available hours. I see way too many trucks just sitting on the side of the highway because the drivers ran themselves out of time. Plan your final stop for the day to leave about an hour on your clock, that way you have time to look for alternatives.
GPS was right Elkton MD is on 95 and not 81. Hope you stuck with GPS. We are getting occasional 95 shutdowns with Biden visits. It’s unfortunate you had a rough day - but thank you for your professionalism.
I know it’s to late but their dang work on 95 S where the bridge got knocked down. Brother you don’t know how close you really were to getting on 95s even though the cop blocked it off. Stay safe
Oh there were a couple spots I could actually see the ramps and they were just blocked. I was halfway tempted to just get out of my truck and walk over and ask the cop what the hell I was supposed to do. I don't think I was in the area of the bridge being out. I've been through there a couple times since it came down and it's in a different part of the city.
Philadelphia/PA highways especially in the philly area are trash. add the horrible traffic and you have a horrible combo
Use personal conveyance if need be. Stay safe. I never ever used trucker path i always rely on randy mcnally alternative roads to use. Be safe man
Normally I would but we don't have PC anymore at this company.
I liked watching your videos. Sorry about your mess in Philly, I live in Lancaster County, Pa and it’s not to bad here. I know that traffic down there in Philly is a mess. Even the 95 through Maryland. My daughter lives down there and I hate traveling down through there. You made it to your destination in Tucker, Ga. Give me a shout out when you get this text. Ok. By the way, my name is Betty, and I’m in Pa. Ok
All you had to do was make a right out of where you got loaded. Take the jug handle behind McDonalds then run delaware ave to oregon to front. Then 95 south will be on your left. Sometimes in the city your gps doesnt know what to do. With the overpasses everywhere it doesnt know what street youre on. Be thankful you werent "in" the city. You was on the outskirts brother. 💪
Yeah we know that because we live here but he don't know this area and neither do GPS.
Jim, I think you need some time off, What you went through is why I refused to run the east cost. Man I always hated it when trying to back up and the truck starts jumping up and down.
By the time this plays, Jim will probably be on vacation. He is going to Alaska and Panama.
Thanks Charles and John. Yep, vacation started TODAY! I've got 3 more load videos coming out soon, but I'm going to space them out a bit. Then vacation videos and hopefully some good trucking related content from Panama.
"Garbage pile of a city" is the most accurate description of Philadelphia.
Clown
Welcome to philadelphia 😁Bro I drive Uber in the Philadelphia and I deal with the traffic every single day. 😂
Take Septa, it's faster.😆
Late comment but that's a very confusing area of Philly with 2 major rivers and 3 or 4 bridges. You got sucked into the vortex. 😅
Embrace the suck Jim!! I felt for you in all that traffic.
Thanks!
All you had to do was turn left onto Front St. and go down 2 lights to the I95 South Entrance. How did you wind up on RT76 West??? Do yourself a favor and throw out your GPS and buy yourself a 2025 Deluxe Motor Carriers' Road Atlas. Not enough drivers know how to read a map nowadays!!!
I get like that in NORTH JERSEY. I think you need a break from the East coast
Amen! When I start at my next company, I'm going to instruct the dispatcher to keep me on long runs, far away from the east coast, at least for awhile.
He is incorrect about 76 West to 81 because those two don't connect at all. I didn't watch much of the video and don't know where he was trying to go but I do know that 95 South would've taken him to 476 North to 81. I drove that route many times when I was a truck driver. Note: I live here in South Philadelphia and I can tell you that 76 is always like that and always will be.
Uh, ever been to Carlisle?
If I was in traffic i would always get on the old am radio and listen to see if they had updates.Dont worry about that log book. You're about done with that company anyway.The company can edit the logs. We didn't worry with things like logs in the olden days. I will sit my ass in traffic if im on the interstate till hell freezes over. If they have barriers up Ill drive back the other way. Im not exploring in big cities. Nope
Yeah, I shoulda checked the AM. I was checking everything else though.. Unfortunately, the road closure was what forced me to start exploring the city, since it's all one-ways and narrow streets with cars on both sides.. I couldn't turn around. Hell, I couldn't even pull off to the side a lot of the time because there was no side to pull off to.
Dirtydelphia it’s the worst place to drive there’s no traffic laws outhere
All big cities are a pain in the rear for driving...NYC is way worse, DC, Sanfran, LA Chicago, all have their bugaboos. Driving a rig is one of the worst jobs on earth.
Absolutely he would have been crying on the video if he was in New York City😢
Been there done that you're screwed in the morning and in the afternoon
I use Garmin dezel gps works great get rid of google when in Philly watch out for low bridges I found one thanks to dispatch and a police officer had to come block traffic for me shout out to him real nice officer driving in big cities suck concrete jungles lol just stay strong 💪
I think you need to use your time better bud.
Care to elaborate? I'm open to suggestions.
Ummm… Elkton is not on 81. It’s exit 109 on 95.
Ahh yes... I remember this day. The President and Vice President was in town. And I was on 676 when they shut it down for them to get by. Good thing it was the opposite way i was going. I drive this city/area everyday, and 95% of the time, I'm extremely close to 80000 lbs. Some of the worst dumbash drivers anywhere. I use the app Hammer for a truck gps, it's actually decent for a free app.
Someone else mentioned that might be the cause. Makes sense. FJB for ruining my day. 🤣
Stop complaining and drive that truck
I always hated the northeast
I'm gonna ask my next dispatcher to keep me far away from there, for a good long while.
@@TouchingGrassOTR I don’t blame you at all.
Spend the money on a Garmin dezel you put your tractor trailer length height width and weight and it will not take you down those narrow streets it’s well well worth the money I even ended up buying the Garmin dezel headset as well together it’s fire 🔥 my txt messages appear on my gps unit I can read them and send txts and phone calls all hands free the ol saying goes your only as good as your tools google no good and did you know you can use pc when time is running out
I get having the shift clock to contend with is a safety issue but nothing makes my ass twitch more than traffic that flows like whale shit sinking…especially when that clock is moving and you’re not…..
That my friend is why hourly paying jobs to not advertise!
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That's an analogy I haven't heard before. Love it. Thanks.
Try hammet
Works better than truck path and shows the same info as the paid trucker path version but its free
I have tried Hammer several times through the years. I've not been impressed by it. Last time I tried it was a couple months ago when I ran into another TP bug that was causing issues. The very first trip I tried planning with it the route it found was about 100 miles longer than either TP or Google.
@@TouchingGrassOTR fair enough
Would have tried to get across the river over to 295