Real Trucker Breaks Down Genius Trucking Maneuvers
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- čas přidán 24. 05. 2023
- We asked real truckers to break down some of the smartest moves we've seen truckers make on the internet.
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Adam -- / takhunnn
Jose -- / megahaulers619
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9:57 New Brunswick, Canada. The two truckers worked for the same company and were long time friends even before this incident. The 2 families have never stopped being friends since. The one who lost the brakes used the radio to tell his buddy goodbye, his buddy went F@# that, passed his buddy and put himself in front. The shortness of the clip shown and lack of audio leaves so much out of this it truly doesn't do justice to the event.
Oh that makes it even more badass. He was like nah I'm not losing you today, you're going home to your family brother!
@@TechDove yup, having seen a documentary bit about it a couple of years back i had to add the info, just so the true depth was better indicated.
The documentary was actually about runaway lanes and this event is one that pushed for their construction in the region.
Damn that's wild. Everybody needs a friend that's gonna say fuck you to fate and intervene.
Thanks for sharing that additional tidbit.
@darukineo
2005 called
it wants its shit joke back
Why wouldn't he just bail and jump ship? Low chances are better than no chances
i love how the toy truck went from just decoration to little simulator
That’s how I learned how to do backing maneuvers 😂
And I love the guy who pointed to his brain but had it labeled as a donut. That was adorable.
They need a donut truck 💯
@@Eduardo_Espinoza They need a good donut trucker
The perfect visual aid
The red truck with the bales was a cotton truck. They're extremely common here in Arkansas. The floor of the truck box has a conveyor belt of sorts, and under the tip is a set of tread tracks. This is the best way to set the cotton bales up so they don't roll during transport, and so they don't blow bits of cotton everywhere so easy.
Yes, when I was younger the cotton was just a giant cube that took up the whole bed. You have to wrap everything in plastic these days.
@@mikebarnes8818 At least here in Arkansas, they still do both. Some farmers do the round bales, and some others stuff them into rectangular bales like you describe. In the case of the rectangular bales, the top is covered in some sort of tent-like wrapper/cover.
I came here to say this. Super common.
That makes it make more sense. I was confused watching that.
I thought it was fake because of the last bale sliding in somehow, this makes sense
I know you guys are based out of California but please please please please please do this with snowplow drivers. As a veteran of 10 years myself I think he would truly be blown away at some of the stuff we see and go through
Same here! 100% agree, it can get insane!
Every time I hear snowplow my brain goes to the guy going off the cliff.
They should show reversing with full trailers or B-trains instead of semis. Been driving for 3 years, one of those was spent driving semi trucks, and tbh with you, semi trailers are no real challenge to get into a gate or reverse around a corner with. Although, rigids with dog trailers (full trailers) barely even exist in the US, the majority of all truck drivers here pull dog trailers, including me.
Hey dude, thanks for keeping the highways clear even in places like Minnesota.
Bring bikers!!!! I want to see Bike mistakes
I second this.
This is a GREAT idea!
Yea amazing idea
That used to be called liveleaks
God 💡
Like I always say. Even if a truck driver messes up, It's better to be wrong and alive than dead and right. Respect them and their loads.
Hehe loads
@RoboCoffee this is not a joking matter You wouldn't be here if it wasn't for these men delivering huge loads 😂
@@joey9511 and your mom taking those loads.
I can't imagine being a trucker these days. People treat them like they are a traffic cone they need to get around and do the dumbest things once in front of them.
Remember folks: Biggest Tires wins.
The weird thing about seeing oncoming headlights is that your brain is confused about what it's seeing. It takes a few seconds before your brain realizes what is actually happening.
So true, at night, your brain doesn't set off any alarms. (had a couple of them)
It's what they mean when they say to "expect the unexpected". Most people will never see a sair of headlights bearing down on them from the wrong direction, and haven't made a mental plan for what to do if it ever happened.
If it's white, it ain't right.
I love that donut is showing some love and respect to truckers. I'm not a trucker, but I imagine they deal with a lot of bullshit while they're keeping this world running.
Amen! They all deserve a rig as nice as the last one and to be well compensated for their work.
You wouldn't believe the amount of hate we get on the roads. And the number of people that apparently have no idea what blind spots are. So many other issues as well. Those of us that take pride in it have to constantly drive defensively. I still do that in my POV. Daily.
In Germany we have a saying
"Als Fahrer stehst du mit einem Bein im Grab und mit dem anderen im knast"
As a trucker u stand with one leg in the brave and with the other in prison
@@wrenchbender66 Yep even in Europe they don't give a f.. about blind spots and angle mortis. Although European drivers are considered more disciplined than US drivers..
A lot. Not to mention all the laws that make our jobs harder. No engine braking/idle laws are nice on paper, but when I need to slow my truck, or its 108 degrees and my truck doesn't have A/C unless its running, they aren't realistic.
As a heavy duty mechanic from Canada, for the trailer light issue. Usually you can get away by taking a little flat head screw driver and spreading the prongs. If that doesnt work, the paper trick is 100% acceptable for a road side repair!
We always keep a couple of broken seals (plastic) for this. Just poke em down through the holes in the catwalk.
I have done that MANY, MANY times.
I always use a piece of broken pallet wood,and shave it down with my knife as a wedge
Zip ties and seals always save me
They sell plastic wrap almost all the way around wedges just for that issue, but all valid fixes, I used folded over paper the most. They could improve them plugs by now since this is such a common problem.
I was thinking the same thing, just spread the prongs and carry on. I do that at least once a month on one of our rigs. Also a heavy and light duty mechanic from Canada.
Also, just a general tip for all motorists, you can flash your lights when they have enough room to merge and you'll get a nice "thank you" back with them flashing their appreciation.
Not with the high beams, turn the head lights off for a second then back on. Nothing drives me up the wall more than getting blinded by someone using their high beams to signal I am clear then having to blink spots out of my eyes.
I always do it. They flash their hazard twice as thank you.
@@beast0382what about at night when you’re lights are already on?
@@LunaLighthouse then you can set the lights to the markers postion for a second to turn the headlights off then back to the on postion.
@@beast0382 Not with the way the switches are often laid out. High beams signal is a flick of the stalk. The regular lights are automatic and the manual switches are a touchy mess down by my knee. I'm not toying with that while driving, especially at night. High beams signaling is by design, stationary lights are not designed for signaling.
Those weren’t hay bales. They were cotton modules. The trucks bed tilts and has chains in the floor like a conveyor belt
THANK YOU! Finally an explanation why that last "hay bale" just walks itself up and into the truck.
They didn't even know what a "walking floor" trailer was. These truckers they found have not spent much time behind the wheel
I was jumping down here to say the same.
@@treycook7058 Nah they likely just doo short or long hauls for companies. Unless you normally do stuff for farmers you likely won't even know those things exist.
@@treycook7058 Imagine thinking that a trucker can't have spent much time behind the wheel because they don't haul large items from farms. You do know that there are tons of truckers who only haul from city to city, right?
Friend of mine got his HGV C+E, which i think is the mack daddy of EU truck licences, and went to Canada to do long hauling into the U.S.. He lasted 4 months before he came home. He said the trucks are better in every way, the roads are piss easy compared to Europe, and the money was phenomenal for what he was doing - but the isolation was insane! He would drive 2000 miles and see a total of 4 petrol station employees. He said that the cab becomes a weird cross between prison cell and surrogate womb, and you could literally go a week without interacting with anyone. Apparently he drove from somewhere in northern Canada to California and forgot how to speak (He was probably exagerating, but I love the image of a massive articulated orry pulling up and parking perfectly, then some cave-man hulk climbing out and knuckleing up to the depot, "Me Graham. Bring big truck of stuff. Want sandwich. Sandwich now! Sign here...")
So, yeah... soundslike a fun job but way more psych heavy than you'd think
Yeah man. The road can get real lonely. That's why lot lizards are so common at truck stops.
One of my friends that does state (used to do national deliveries for companies) had to get a dog to keep himself from going insane.
Considering that in North America it all follows a grid system and our roads on average are 12ft wide per lane, I'd definitely say they're insanely easier than Europe where majority of your roads/routes vastly predate NA, and just kinda form a kaleidoscope of roads that average 8-10ft wide per lane, I totally get why he would think our continent is piss easy haha. It also makes me understand why car people love Europe. I know I'd love to take a nice car around those curvy roads
Sounds like an introvert heaven😂😂😂. Get paid to not talk to anyone and get to see the world? Where do I sign up? Like for real.
Sounds like my dream job. I can't stand people.
*the three greatest sounds in the world:*
1. a turbo going stutututu
2. a jake brake
3. when my oven dings because the pizza rolls are ready
facts
If you want to hear a jake brake, just hang out with me after chili dogs.
u forgot one buddy,when you go at the atm and cash out ! :)
My brother has been driving since I was knee high to a big wheel as he's 14 years older than me. Told me the scariest thing he ever dealt with was a trip coming down the rockies, his trailer hit a patch of ice and shot out to the side of him while coming down the mountains. Said he had a quarter mile to get it back behind him before it slammed into oncoming traffic... that kind of stress is not for me... mad props to all truckers out there doing that on a daily basis.
"...when it's bad weather, brighter lights don't help."
Preach it Justin!
That reenactment is from Rescue 911, hosted by William Shatner. There are a bunch of the show's episodes on CZcams.
I have to show this to my Dad. He's a trucker that hauls a fluid like propane for the oilfields - it's a lot of backroads driving.
The truckers on this vid are so great. It's nice to see so many knowledgeable drivers.
@opalglass8101 They actually got Shatner to wear those short bicycle cop shorts?? You did say Reno 911 right?
@@Alex-Zone lol 😉
Mad respect to the truckers featured and ones in the clips. A good trucker deserves respect.
The bright lights thing is true. Not many know this, but in a snow storm at night, use your running lights instead of low beams. You'll only see about 50ft in front, but you will be able to see what's coming. Low beams make it harder to see in bad weather because of the reflection off of rain/snow.
The amount of people I see who put their brights on driving through fog is ASTOUNDING
@@samholdsworth420 Then when there is no fog, they turn on the fog lights.
@@bzs187 I fucking hate that so much
I got caught in near blizzard conditions on I-80/90 in Ohio driving a Buick Encore, which is not great in the snow. It was the start of the storm and it was way worse than predicted. Maybe 250 ft visibility, the road was slick, couldn't see the lane lines, *almost* everyone going 30 mph when the speed limit is 70 mph. Too many people were using their brights. There wasn't much traffic at that time but still, it was ridiculous. Like could they not see the instant loss of visibility by turning their brights on? I decided the best thing to do get me and my wife home was hang out far enough behind a semi to where I could just barely see their running lights and brake lights and let them guide me through the storm. I kept that distance and pace and 2.5 hours later I made it out of the storm safely and another 2 hours after that I slept in my warm bed at home next to my wife.
It's do clear to see though. High beams on, can't see a lick. Low beams on, see a little better
At 2:20 is when the headlights are coming toward that truck, that's on I70 in Bluesprings MO the 7hwy exit. I remember that because 10 minutes later the car was flipped over in the east bound lanes just before the Lee's Summit rd exit in Independence MO. Thankfully he didn't hit anyone.
I have done several of these things as a trucker.
The backward driving for me (5:35) was on a campsite and I had to back up left and right in between cars and tourists a plenty and I did not have a spotter.
But I did it in 1 time without needing to go back forward once.
I guess the time spent as a Shunting trucker helps a lot.
This is a great expansion on the mechanics, well played! These were some insane drivers! Awesome episode.
And holy crap! Headsets instead of the old school CB radio, I wondered why I saw truckers with headphones on a lot now!
CBs aren't used much anymore. And it doesn't help that some jerks in a few locations run illegal setups that can be heard nationwide and spam up 19, stepping on people who aren't anywhere near them, drowning out useful info with their useless blabbering about how they "got a biiiiig radiooooo". It's a big shame, because 19 is the go to channel for info relevant to the area you're in, like a heads up about a wreck closing a lane ahead of you.
So what a lot of us do is just use our cell phones and those headsets (which often have great noise cancelling in addition to insane battery life, plus they leave an ear open to help maintain awareness) and talk to other drivers, friends, family; whoever you can call.
@@MarshalStomm ya there's a guy on the east side of Houston who just sits on the CB all day screaming his name
Some CBs are bluetooth compatible.
FYI, it is illegal to have both ears covered when driving, you can only have a headphone over/in one so that you can hear things happening around you with the other. It's a ticket. Goes for both cars and trucks.
Most are talking on the phone. I'd say about 20 percent of us use the cb regularly and another 20 percent only when after they are stuck in traffic.
I feel safer passing a trucker than I do any other type of driver on the highways. I know that they are keeping a better watch than most people are.
As somebody that’s been ran off the highway by a trucker that absolutely saw me before doing it, I have to respectfully disagree
And before anybody has anything to say about it, he probably lost his CDLs. I went to court, but he incriminated himself fully before I took the stand. He was just being a D. Unfortunately for him though, I was driving a 4 cylinder dodge stratus that didn’t have the power to get out of the way, while going up the hill on the highway. I was even in the passing lane, to let him enter the highway
The problem with truckers is, aside from a small percentagee of just simply assholes, that they are often overworked. Though it's theoretically illegal they are sometimes required to drive wayyy too long shifts completely losing concentration and falling into micro-sleep behind the wheel. So yeah, I don't feel too safe around trucks on the Autobahn, especially on entries or exits.
It definitely depends on location. They are half and half in canada.
@@HeyItsEmilyLove humans are of course humans and get road rage. I see less truck drivers acting in road rage because they have the vehicle that can win. They are also currently doing a job and not just driving casually. They also drive way more than your average daily driver so they are more experienced than you or me in most cases. But of course some people’s experiences are very limited in their own personal perspectives.
At 10:39
One truck stoping both trucks....
That is video from the television series "Rescue 911". And him saying he wouldn't do it, both drivers are lifelong friends, I think one of them actually married the other but I can't remember off hand. Shows what type of friend he would be!!
4:42 That’s a cotton module truck. They were originally built to haul full cotton modules, but those are being replaced by stripper balers that strip the cotton and roll it into bales. They are stacked with the round side down, so the module truck operator has to lay them over to haul them safely. That truck has a live floor, essentially a conveyor belt that moves at the same ground speed as the truck for loading and unloading.
So, this is real? Because it looks fake, especially with the really obvious jump cut between the first and second bales.
@@anthonyward8853 Yes, it's real. The proper term is a "walking floor" trailer and they are fairly common in the agriculture industry.
Ya it looked like the floor of the truck was moving that’s why they were still moving up after the last one came off the ground
I cant get enough of you guys! We need more stickers for this channel
4:42 Zach, those are actually bales of COTTON from the machine that picks it in the field.
The trailer with the yellow wrapped hay bails not only tilts but it also has a conveyor belt addition that allows it to pull the bails on board as it drives rearward. The slick part is the timing between the belt speed and his reverse speed. We used these on our farms to load rows of round and square bailed hay.
i thought the video was fake because the bails kept moving after they were in the truck 🤣 thanks for the clarification
@@XHunkerX Called Walking floor :)
Floor is synchronized with the wheel speed, the faster you drive the faster the floor moves, matching the ground movement.
Absolutely love the new channel. I just really discovered Donut period through these vids and the trucking reactions have been my fav along with the hwy patrol video.
Lots of respect to truckers! Learned a lot watching this. Underrated, but can’t live without them.
2:55 YES! I hate the new LEDs on new generation cars!
They just blind commuters, & data shows they've caused a spike of collisions.
I wanna get an 85,000LM LED Light Bar for my sedan,
Just to combat jerks with overpowered lights...
The EU has had better lights like adaptive headlights for the last 20 to 30 years, but the US refuses to allow this
At this point we need to just go back to halogen light bulbs, until the government allows adaptive headlights.
The dual turning axles on the Asian truck are really cool
Ever seen 3 or 4 turning axles? or turning axles on a trailer (sometimes behind a tractor) because that's even more complicated
@TheElectricgamez I've seen turning axles on trailers but that's about it
Every real heavy duty trucks, the ones in 2x2 configuration (2 forward axles and 2 back axles) have both the forward axles that are steering, if they didn't they wouldn't turn, at all.
As for steering trailer axles, they're a mixed bag, at least in my opinion: they make driving easier, as the trailer swings less on turns, so you can more easily enter narrow places, but they're a pain to manouver, as the wheels have to be straight when putting in reverse gear, so they lock in place, if they're not straight they go rogue, and the trailer goes like a crab, and not everywhere there's enough space to straighten the wheels.
Okay yes I've seen that on heavy duty tow trucks, or crane trucks and cement mixers and stuff, just never on a cargo truck.
Love these videos… the cast and crew are awesome. Keep em coming
2:25 used to live off that exit. I-70 sucks. Driving back from Florida one time at around 10-11pm and noticed something looking a little off ahead, took a second to realize it was a wrong way driver coming right at us and immediately pulled off the road as far as possible
I love all the car videos you guys do, but as an owner operator, I appreciate the trucking videos you'll have been doing. I hope you keep doing more.
1:50 the caravan driver probably still to this day believes he did nothing wrong, and that the truck was on the wrong side of the road
Definitely my favorite series on this Channel
I used to have Class A CDL for about 4 years. I gave it up after I got tossed around by strong cross winds on black ice while pulling empty. Central Illinois between Little Nashville and Scott AFB on I-64. I jack knifed after hitting black ice when driving 10-15mph while at the same moment strong cross winds pushed me into the left lane. Cab immediately turned right while my whole truck is still traveling straight for about 700 feet. It gave everyone behind me time to slow down. When I left the black ice the whole truck made a right turn into the ditch, the landing gear stopped the truck (on the shoulder) and the trailer ended up stopped across the 2 lanes of traffic (perpendicular).
As a real truck mechanic there is nothing i do enjoy more to see than a driver who knows what hes doing, who cares about what hes doing and most of all who loves what hes doing
And to all of you car, bycicle and so on riders out there if you see a truck in a tight spot give them room and show that you dont mind being held up for a moment with a wave and a smile and you can be sure you made someones day
Get out and wave them in and you made someones month
Leave us ROOM, lots of room, make it obvious, and we'll do what we got to do faster, because we don't have to worry about a car under our tires, just curbs, shrub, lawns, road signs, tree branches, awnings, them pretty grass islands at the entrance to the industrial park that forces out to make a right turn from three lanes out "but it's so cute"......
I love these! I hope you guys can ramp up the release schedule, I want more!!!
That clip with the car going the wrong direction in the rain, literally right by my old house.
Also most likely, that person was suicidal
@@0013bluejay worst kind of POS out there. You wanna go, go, but leave everybody else out of it.
9:51 I had to do that once when I was towing (with a chain) a car that lost its brakes on a steep ass hill, only I had to figure out what was going on without talking, I figured I’ll slowly reduce speed and if he drifts into my rear bumper he’s probably having an emergency problem right now, gently caught the car and stopped it. I was young at the time, 20, so that was a moment I’m proud of. No damage to either vehicle.
These real mechanics talks are the first donut media videos I've gotten into, I enjoy the sharing of experience over the crazy over the top builds. There's just so many of those channels, and less chillin and chattin.
I like to tell people I had a corner office with an ever-changing view and a boss with a volume knob.
Along with having a ground guide - vital in tight areas - one thing I always told new drivers was GOAL. Get Out And Look. If you are in doubt about clearances, turn width, or anything you can't see from your perch in the cab, climb out and go see for yourself. And make a plan for backing into tight bays or maneuvering around a packed yard.
There's one trucker I wish could've seen this message. Nothing bad happened (except embarrassment) but it took this guy over 40 minutes of trying to line up and back into our loading dock that our manager went out there and did it himself lmao. To be fair though, trucks had to pull in and swing all the way around in a very tight circle without much room for correction before thinking about reversing in.
@@omgvague I'll admit t here were some places where I wondered if the designer had accounted for the fact that trucks hauling 50-foot trailers would need to get in and out of these slots.
Early on, I needed help in a few places. It's all about practice and getting comfortable with the feel of your tractor and trailer.
@@gridlore To be fair it's not rare that a building owner just decides to switch the car park and the truck loading area after everything was properly designed and built. Or convert a small local grocery store into a trucking hub.
8:24 been there. though the problem with that hack is that the vibrations going down the road will eventually work the key out of position. Paper usually works better because it tends to stay in place more. But honestly the best fix is to get out a flat screw driver and disconnect the pigtail (no idea why he is calling it a hose) on both ends then use the screw driver (flat) to push the pins into a position where they will have a tighter fit. If it doesn't stay you need a new pigtail. It's not a bad idea to have a spare one in your cab storage. 70 bucks to avoid a several hundred dollar ticket is a no brainer.
You can also rig up strain relief for the pigtail because it swinging around pulling the plug in all directions that causes this sort of failure. But you have to be careful to make sure your trailer can still fully turn without pulling or snagging something.
also if you lose the paper... it's just paper, who cares. if you lose the key how's whatever it goes to gonna get unlocked?
@@thishtns I understood it was a set of Allen keys, not door keys. But he's still taking the risk to lose some useful tool for repairs.
10:55 the best way to describe a Jake Brake, Is the engine is being suffocated and thus slows down the truck.
Can you find the video of the Euro truck backing up with a double trailer and then dips his tea bag into a cup? that is some insane driving skill
I love the people you get to do these videos.
1:44 if that ended in the worst case, that out of towner pick up driver would have been at fault fully. Crossing a double solid yellow is a big no no.
Next episode y’all should do crazy maneuvers people do around trucks and what not to do 😂 send like I get cut off almost daily 😑
Oh yeah, people get over in front of me with half a second of following distance all the time. I don't think they realize if they have to slam on the brakes then, they're toast if I can't get out of the way in time.
@@snipeez1ify Yeah it’s so stupid! Most of the time it’s because they are about to miss their exit 🤬 I just blast that airhorn 😂 had a NY trooper do it to me the other day. Dumbass is on camera!!
That reminds me I gotta check my dashcam… I just drive a small crossover but I saw someone shove over in front of a semi so close that I was amazed there wasn’t a collision. I dunno how y’all handle those suckers with all the stuff that can happen. I remember being nearly blown off the 10 in a desert wind storm back when I drove a sedan and couldn’t help wondering what it was like for literally anything bigger than a Camry in that scary situation.
@@BeeWhistler I wish people would get that the space that we leave between our truck and the car in front is not a safe place to be it is there so we don't Hit the car in front of us if something happens. By filling that gap people just create more traffic because we now have to slow down and create that gap again causing the cars behind us to slow down in a big chain reaction. As for the high wind if the highway isn't closed we just drive much slower. Most of the time we are holding the steering wheel against the wind when we have a big just we have to just turn the wheel to fight the wind we can't step because the wind can blow a sitting truck over more easily than it moving but if it gets to dangerous we take the next exit and wait it out facing the wind to reduce the chance of tipping over. Best thing in a wind Storm NEVER drive next to a truck pass as fast as you can the wind can and will blow us into the land next to us and that will not end well for a car. You should never sit next to a truck at any point but wind storms are the worst time to be next to us I don't care if we block the wind for you it win not turn out good if we get blown into you by a gust and someone gets hurt.
I can't be the only one that's bothered that you labeled every single clip as "big brain move"
In regards to the trailer lights going out, most of the time if you just spread the prongs inside the 7 way plug that usually fixes the issue. Then you dont have to try and jam something in there that will most likely fall out on the road due to vibration. 20 years trucking.... I always try to spread, clean, and grease the prongs first before going to the extent of jamming something in to hold it.
@spercwolf2985 Talk about double meanings! Your comment sounds incredibly raunchy! bravo lol
This has honestly become my favourite channel. Watched all the vids at least 3 times. Now we need m/c mechanic fails!
1:20 that happens to truckers more than what people think..... I almost got in a triple wreck like that 2 days ago...
I'm almost at the point where I avoid US287 from Limon CO to the Texas line purely because of how often I've had these types of close call there.
2:32 I thought she said “my balls are sweating”
PALMs xD
This is my first video from this channel, and while I already had mad respect for truckers on the road, now I realize they're working harder than I knew!
One thing Ill remember from my dad, trucking, itll always be there, respect to those guys and gals.
Did all my own mechanic-ing 'till I was about 60.
Love this content my dudes!
Hey! How about testing their skills on a Trucker Simulator. Some games have very realistic physics.
Love from Pakistan! ❤
I’m super down for this
The trailer braking to recover in a slide is risky because if the wheels lock up then the trailer will just keep skidding. In general you want to keep countersteering and get off the gas so the rig will slow down enough for the trailer tires to regain grip and follow the tractor again.
When your driving with multiple trailers like this czcams.com/video/EVs_pOcEGzY/video.html and you start sliding… you grab that trailer brake and power out.
This episode made me so unexpectedly anxious, I love it!
I almost spat my drink at my new monitor at the piss jug joke!
No brakes, I downshift.
Trucks have asynchronous transmissions. To grab a lower gear you have to match the RPMs to the shift point. If you miss that shift you're in neutral and you won't be able to get it back in gear. So you've just lost your natural engine braking effect and your ability to use your Jake. You are now a rocket sled. The very last thing you want to do when you lose your brakes in a truck is take it out of gear.
That hay bale clip looked like something was up and I think I caught it. I googled a bit and moving floor cargo trailers are a thing. I'd bet $1000 bucks that's what was up. There would have been so much more resistance pushing those bales up the tilted trailer.
That's Cotton not hay!
They are called "Walking floors" and there's no need for a tilt feature if the floor walks. They go both directions. Plus, the second part of that video is fake.
The way she goes!!
I have great respect towards truckers because my father is one and I have rode with him before too, loved the trucker style road trip
Great to see Danae back!
Did the truck @4:40 have a conveyor belt inside? That's the only way I could see the unloading and ESPECIALLY the loading working. If it was just gravity, the last hey bale would not have moved into the truck, right? Or am I missing something obvious?
No you're right (sorta those aren't hay bales they're cotton bales, the stuff clothes are made of) the floor of the truck has chains with little hooks to move the bales
No, you are right. The bale keeps moving after it completely is on the bed.
I drive a truck, I've been doing it for almost a year and a half. My dad drove for almost 4 decades.
First thing I learned.
"You're not driving a truck. You're pulling a trailer" Always compensate for your trailer
Lol, that's how I see it, tractor is you, second nature, don't even think about it. Your job is to get the trailer around.
This is such a good spread of truckers. Pacing is great.
I used to drive truck, delivering milk and ice cream! Super chill job, liked the people I worked with, the only thing that made me need to leave is the long, inconsistent hours that made it impossible to really plan anything to do with my wife or friends. It's a hard life that has its perks and I have nothing but respect for the folks who keep our country running!
and how do you feel about the horrific environmental implications of relying on semi trucks to support modern societies needs? weve had electrified trains since the 1800s yet there really hasn't been any new development of the technology in northern America. when are we gonna stop living in the carcentric lala land of the 50s and 60s??? if you look back at that time you will see all of the major issues with automobiles with the same severity as today.
@@maxwalsh234 Think about how many trucks you see in 10 minutes of interstate driving. Now multiply that by the amount of mileage across the nation. Until we have functioning underground transportation rails I don't see trains taking over what trucks are doing now.
In my past years of street racing, one thing I never did was mess with truckers. They are the heart & soul of this country. Give the boys the room they need, don't cut them off! And if they're trying to merge onto the highway, slow down and let them in!
5:11 hi, retired trucker here who used to drive for farmers. That is a cotton bale truck. The floor of the truck has a conveyor that is engaged through the transmission and thus geared to match the speed of the truck. Truck moves forwards, conveyor moves backwards, cotton bales stay still. It is PTO driven so flip a switch to disengage and drive off. They flip the bales onto their sides like what you see in the video for (this is a wild guess from trucking experience not cotton farming) weight distribution. They pick them up on their sides one by one out in the field, once they have 4 they flip all 4 at once then drive back to wherever they store them. Dont need to worry about weight distribution till you have all 4.
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Lol dude actually thought he was scooping those hay bails back up lmao.
He was...
He was, also I'm 95% sure that they're bales of cotton
i would recomend this clip for the next trucker breakdown czcams.com/video/JNPTfD9heP8/video.html&ab_channel=TommyBerg
it is a common manuver used by timber log drivers here in scandinavia
I used to do OTR, but now I work local. Both have their own pro's and con's just make sure you do what you enjoy. Don't be afraid to go to multiple different companies either, being a trucker it is very common to company hop and it is rarely looked down upon.
I just remembered: A few years ago I heard about a trucker from Iraq or somewhere in the part of the world, his truck broke down when he was in Poland and Polish truckers not only helped him get to a service station but after it turned out the truck cannot be repaired, they supposedly got him a new (actually it was a used one) one, everyone donated a bit and bought him a truck, it was one of those moments when I thought "there may be hope for human kind after all"
Pretty Woman IMO
Cool vid! For the electric connector clip, I always carry tools, like a flathead screwdriver. In that precise case, if I was the driver, I would use that screwdriver to split the clearly loose poles, making them touch the inside walls of the female connector. If you are careful, you don't risk beaking the studs.
"Danger can come from any direction"
- Gives Jobe the side eye
Lol
Im loving this channel!
I had a foreman at a construction site who spent like 15 years as a trucker, and he had no shortage of stories from that 15 years. Verterans would often say "I've driven more miles in reverse, than you've driven forward'' to cocky newbies. There was also something called a double stick shift, which from my perspective looked like solving a Rubik's cube with one hand. He also spent several years in Germany after the military, and they had a yearly competition for trailer haulers. One competition was to get from point A to B regularly, then do the same course in reverse. He went 6 years undefeated, and 2nd place was always more than a minute behind him.
Years ago I was trying to get home in one of our severe winter storms (Wisconsin) and was enjoying the near zero visibility on the freeway. I ended up behind a semi that was hugging the far right side of the road, but was still maintaining a constant speed. After a few minutes it occurred to me what he was doing. He was riding the rumble strip along the right edge of the road to figure out where he was on the pavement because you couldn't see the lanes any more. I use that guy's trick every time I end up in a bad snowstorm.
Reminds me of the blizzard I drove through one night in Wisconsin. The only other trucks I saw were either stopped at the side of the Interstate or in a ditch. But I crept along at about 25 mph or slower.
When I finally made it to my scheduled drop and called my dispatcher (yeah, this was years ago), I got reamed for being so late. The fact I was likely the only truck moving at all that night didn't matter to them. One of the main reasons I quit driving.
Many years ago before becoming a registered nurse I I did two years of LTL and a few months over the road cross country. Setting yourself up to go through that tunnel, Wow. . He must have it marked out on the roadI I don’t know what to say about that. That was that’s one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen, thanks for sharing
At 1:25 that appears to be in utah on Daniel mountain
Utah and Ohio cannot catch a break.
New trucks cost as much as a house in some places I'm not surprised by the last one that foo made his truck home more power to him for staying comfortable while he's away from home base 👌
On the trucker and seeing this video made my entire day
Zip tie works amazing for that. I'm at a drop yard and we have different trailers everyday 8:52
My friend is a HGV driver. His sleeper is pretty much as comfy as the last clip. Nicer than my own bedroom 😂
Love Donut media I’ve been a trucker for 12 years only the old timers use the cb , it was the first social media platform. But I haven’t had the use for one since 2021
The trailer light issue I have had plenty of times. I specifically keep some small bungies with me that I can use to pull the plug to one side to make a connection in the outlet.
I'd love to see their reactions about some of the 3 or 4 trailer road trains from Australia
"You know your ______________" is probably the biggest complement one professional in a field can give to another.
Absolutely correct. The pocketknife or screwdriver trick has never let me down. These guys have after watching this video though.
I'm working on getting my CDL next week.
Pretty excited, a little nervous, but I respect those who carry heavy loads.
5:50 ive had to do crap like this a few times. It happens a lot in south texas, lots of tight docks where "we get trucks in here all the time" and im surrounded by box trucks and single axle day cabs while im in my studio sleeper backing around the whole damn building because it was a 45 degree see-side but 135 degree blind-side and there's only one entrance because god forbid they pave all the way around the building.
3:19 kinda looks like that one scene from the Polar express
Lmaoooooo the 'I see this everyday' edit, beautiful.
8:40 at cdl school they told us specifically to check the plug before we stick our plug into it. There will very likely be debris from the last guy, wedging the plug tight so the lights work.
Another way to fix the trailer light situation (for a long term fix) is on the trailer connector each prong USUALLY has a split in it so you just use a small flat head screwdriver or similar and SLIGHTLY bend each prong wider by putting your screwdriver into that split in the prong
Love this channel!