Virginia Port Police Try To Stop My Delivery Of Air Force Striker Fire Truck [Deliver Anyway]
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- VA Port Police higher ups get mad when we call to get paperwork issues straightened out. Because one "Captain" got mad, he wouldn't allow me to hire a Twic Escort to get on the port. I was told by VA Port Authority Police to hire a random driver (that I didn't know), (cash) to take a $1,000,000.00 fire truck with no training on how to operate my RGN or having a truck capable to detach the trailer from the goose neck. This was done to punish my company for calling to solve problems. I could not leave with the truck as there were no permits to leave once I arrived, and I couldn't stay on site until the next day. Thus I was in a bind. If the delivery wasn't made the truck would miss its voyage. I don't think they wanted that responsibility in the end. And I wasn't going to let just some random driver take the load and potentially damage or destroy it.
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Should’ve had them tell the chief “it’ll either get in now or it’ll get in when your job gets threatened by whoever wants this piece of military hardware delivered, you do the math”
My uncle was a firefighter for 30 years in Florida. Back in the 2000s there was a truck that was carrying military explosives that got into an accident and had a small fire. Shut the whole interstate down on both sides for miles cause...explosives. Local Fire roll, State Troopers set up road blocks. They had to contact EOD from Patrick AFB to roll out there as well as some DoD suit. Anyway EOD said that fire had to stay on scene and hose down the munitions continously for the next 12 hours before the could assess how to proceed to handle them. State Trooper being the highest authority on scene (minus the EOD and fed) says that's not happening, he's got to get this interstate open and rolling. DoD suit says that's not happening. Pisses off State Trooper. Trooper responds something to the affect of " I have orders from the governor of the state (Jeb Bush) to get this interstate open" to which the suit replies "well his brother (President Bush) says I can keep the interstate shut down for the next 24hrs" conversation ended and fire was there for the 12hrs 🤣
@@TomahawksNShotShells Although that's unconstitutional. In that situation State level law enforcement would have the say. Doesn't sound like these guys were Florida Air National Guard.
@@imthesquareroot6125 might not have been things get a little contorted when dealong with federal properity either way not a pissing match i would want to be in the middle of
@@imthesquareroot6125 It actually might be constitutional, the Interstate is Federal, not state, property and an instrument of interstate commerce which the Federal Government regulates.
That being said, best thing to do for the lower people is to literally just let their bosses yell at each other, they don't get paid enough to argue for them lol
@@roji556 Constitutional or unconstitutional nobody can force them to move a car full of explosives and that road isn't getting opened till the explosives aren't an issue, so that's the real math. EOD just has to say 'in my professional opinion it's suicide to do that, I have a right to not commit suicide.'
The ports tried to pull this same maneuver years ago when DOD was doing a big move. The Fleet Admiral came in and shut down the port to allow us drivers in with sensitive military hardware. The Port Authority tries to flex a lot when military does moves. Never ends well for them!
I have to agree,
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I had a security guard at a gated community with a golf course see my dog sleeping in the passenger seat of my truck and try to refuse to let me on the property. We argued for about 3 minutes when I told him I'll dump the whole load at his gate then drive through his gate do my U-turn and drive back through the exit gate because I own my truck nobody's taking it from me. Then started to lift my trailer. My trailer got about 2 ft up and all of a sudden his gate opened up. When my dispatch called me I told them exactly what happened and they laughed. They told me for some reason that guy is always a pain in the ass. We're just trying to deliver sand to a damn golf course. Why make life miserable.
LOL....Called his rent a cop bluff. Should have saved a bag of sand and dropped it back off for him on the way out. Why was he worried about the dog????
@@vickiechandler3112 he thought I was going to let her out. She was a 2-year-old lab passed out in the passenger seat she barely woke up the whole time I was there. I had been there a bunch of times. None of the other security guards gave two craps. But this guy just decided this day it was going to be a problem.
The dude failed the psychological screening for the police department. Now he's going full Napoleon as a mall cop.
UGH! I'm a Vet. who spent the last few years in Transportation. I wasn't the NCOIC but I was the 400 pound gorilla who got the phone call WHEN egos got in the way of deliveries. Believe me, Egos were ALWAYS the problem. Some "gate guard" got his panties in a bunch and wanted to play games and try to flex his "Authority". I didn't play games and I can promise you, bosses do not like getting phone calls after midnight, which is the shift I preferred. Trust me, when you have a few "Stars" backing you up, $#it gets where it's supposed to be with a quickness. I was lucky enough to have the trust and confidence of my Superiors that they backed me up 100%.
Thank you for your service Staff Sergeant. My late old man had a similar situation same rank ARMY he was on a layover watching over a C-130 with sensitive intelligence gear for his ASA unit and some AF hot shot colonel thought he could pull rank and see inside which is against orders the only time he had to pull out the big stick (Shotgun) and called both the AF security and Army MP's and boy it was about 0230 in the morning man the base CO was not a man to mess with a three star came out and royally chewed out the colonel. Never mess with a Engineer.
I moved lots of loads for the DOD, loved those loads. Rarely did I have problems. Those rare times I did I would simply remind whomever was causing a problem this is for the military. Get over whatever problem you have or I contact my contact number. The food chain for this load ultimately goes to Homeland Security. You don't want them talking to your boss. This is not a conversation you want to have. Most would then figure out to resolve the problem. On one occasion the local MP'S showed up and things got cleared up REAL FAST. Have a great day.👍🍻
Must have been ARMY using the term "MP's". I know the Air Force was "AP- Air Police", SP- SECURITY POLICE", and now " SF- SECURITY FORCES". No disrespect just wanted to let you know that's all.
@@donwat91 non taken. I did most of my DOD work for Army. The money was all good. It was always great getting some of my tax dollars back. Have a great day 🌤 😀.
@@donwat91 we used the term mp in the Marines as well. at least while i was in 93-99
I remember same thing happening to me it was my last job for the military was delivering a F-35C to Norfolk a year ago.
When we closed the AF base at Great Falls MT, and moved to Tampa FL, there were a lot of loads heading south. It paid well enough, for the truckers to deadhead to MT, just to get a second or third load.
I wish the drivers I deal with everyday where as put together as this guy. 100% class and professional.
It's a struggle. Many drivers get upset fast. Understandable, yet not productive.
@@fsctrucking dont you just love clip board worriers.. all the authority,,no fkn brains.. stay safe.. from aus..
@@fsctrucking who did the song we all bleed the same when you ware going through the tunnel. Is it on iTunes?
Thankfully all the drivers who've gotten upset where I work understand it's out of my control.
Self-control and the ability to deal effectively with others who are disagreeable are must-haves in your job. Very professional presentation.
Like the music, like the truck,love the scenary.......truck on!
Amen!
There’s always the comeback, “fine, I’ll sit here wait; the Air Force will be contacting you about their missing truck!”.
Exactly what will happen. I think they will be talking to the people who work for Oshkosh truck. They will make sure that it's a issue any more
Would have sold on ebay pretty fast ... 😁
I think the deciding factor was they didn’t want to deal with the consequences of screwing around with the military. Had you had any other cargo you’d probably still be there.
unload outside and drive it to base entrance gate hand them the keys
@@1956d It was a port. It was not a military operation. I think that someone in the security force of the port was not happy about the paperwork issues . The driver was just doing the job that he was assigned to do. I don't think that the truck driver was going to be taking anything else from the place. It would be very difficult to hide it on a open trailer.
Some Cops are former High School Bullies with a badge and a gun, most are not and are decent people. Thanks for the show. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Yes. But, for some reason, it seems like it's disproportionate that you get the ass holes.
@@NiceMuslimLady They can be for sure, I used to have a friend that was a CHP and she said, "Like most Cops, I'm only an A-Hole when I encounter one". She did say, LIKE MOST meaning not all some of them are exactly like you said, A-Holes. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Some cop were bullied in school now get a badge and go on a power trip
There are no good cops until the bad cops are eliminated.
If there are good ones, why aren't they stopping the bad ones?
Best part of hauling military loads. "Let me make a phone call to the military. They will call your boss to straighten it right out". Usually that little line get people moving. NOBODY wants to go toe to toe with Uncle Sam Military
Man these scams sure are coming alone nicely 😂
Prior to retirement, I worked as a security officer/commercial vehicle inspector for a trucking firm and we had specific orders.... " anything that was a government contract involving us.... If you have to wake someone up in order to get that cargo from point A point B do so starting with me and working your way down the authorization list"
The world needs more people like Keedra who go out of the way to help truckers. Truckers deal with enough crap trying to get the job done delivering everything people use or need the use of everyday. As a truck driver, I appreciate people like her.
Portsmouth has the navy yard and for years the Military has been their cash cow for years. Norfolk tried to chase the navy out in the 1980's. Base Co called everyone in for 2 weeks arranged for EVERYONE to be paid in $2 bills. Communities realized where the money in the town came from really quick. Just as during Desert Shield/storm many businesses failed from most of the fleets being gone almost 9 months.
That was some awesome petty revenge with the 2 dollar bills. Smart commander .
People are stupid and dont realize how much money a certain thing actually brings into the area . A military base (people live there and have relatives that visit ) or even a concert venue. Some idiot gets a bug up their butt and doesnt like the band that plays there so they want it shut down. Not understanding economics and how much those ppl attending the concert (or visiting the base) spend locally to keep smaller businesses alive. Similiar things happen in our community...(smaller rural area but near a major hwy) The set in their way folks dont want new things to come in because ...oh no , traffic>>>yeesh The economy is bad enough..it needs fresh blood so to speak.
@@vickiechandler3112 I was British Army based in Germany. There was always talk about our bases being shut down and British presence in Germany being removed, it never happened in my time. All the locals where I was based loved us and always voted against any effort to reduce British troops in Germany. In 2014 our post WW2 commitment to Germany ended and all of the British Military bases closed. Within a year _all_ of the bars and takeaway businesses in a 5 mile radius of every British base shut down. I made some close friends in Germany while I was there and they told me about the area post Brits. It turns out we had single handedly kept all the fast food and bars open for decades, as soon as we left they couldn’t survive without our business!
@@vickiechandler3112 Desert Shield and Storm saw a lot of businesses suffer from all of the fleets gone.
Lol, had the same thing happen in Everett, WA. City complained about the Navy being a nuisance and not doing anything to help the community right before we went on deployment which in turn, became an extended deployment. City turned around and was contacting upper command about having us come back because several businesses were starting to have to declare bankruptcy.
@@realburglazofficial2613 Same thing with U.S. military bases in Germany. There's still some there, but not like during the Cold War.
A friend of mine who's wife is from Germany, told me that her siblings said most of the bars and restaurants closed up after the U.S. Army unit stationed in her hometown returned to it's home garrison in Texas. There's even towns here in the USA ,that basically dried up after major base closings in the 90's.
I don't know about the place where I was stationed in Germany, near Bremen and Bremerhaven, because they have always had their ports to sustain their local economies, so I suppose they are still doing ok.
I was trained as a worker to be an anti bureaucrat. That means to be helpful and help anybody complete the job that they needed to get done.
Years ago I was casting around for a return load to my home area. I found one that required _this, and that and the other_ to be done to my truck (basically cleaning to a certain standard) that I performed onsite to the satisfaction of the loading supervisor. Eventually he approached me and declared it was too late for loading to happen, and that I would have to return on the following day. My response was along the lines of "OK, but you'll be in hospital by then." He had me fully loaded in less than an hour with all paperwork made out and just waiting for my signature. He even offered to personally help me rope and sheet it all. I respectfully declined and was home, cuddled in bed with my wife, inside my working hours that day!
That captain needs to be taken to the woodshed by his bosses and talked to. Some people should not be in authority.
Man after my own heart! The clutch is for starting and stopping! I had 47 accident free years when I retired 8 years ago.
Here's some insight on the air force fire truck it's a ARFF truck ( it's built specifically for fighting aircraft fires) so it's got booms and Piercing nozzles with boat loads of foam and fire can be fought from inside the cab because the nozzles and booms are electronic and the firefighters PPE that's assigned to those trucks is different than what we on your neighborhood fire departments wear their gear looks like it's wrapped in aluminum foil but it is built to withstand and push away more heat than our normal turnout gear
Wow. Before I start. Big Thank you to Keedra with her knowledge and help to you and Orwell and the load. She made what could have gone all the way Left field and down the sewer, to a job well done. wow. 👍👍👍
I would presume doing oversized/overlength work, that an old school cabover is an advantage as to overall length, somewhat easier to do tight turns especially in urban areas. Got to love the old school truck, no DEF, nice sounding engine, simple with none of the crazy electronic stuff to fail, and does the job. Of course you got to love the bureaucracy of anything to do with government, the left hand not knowing what the right is doing, eating on your nerves and log time.
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He's on paper logs! He doesn't worry about Log time! Lol
@@KentTexas Figured DOT would have outlawed both the paper log books and non emissions powerplants by now, forcing everybody onto computer logs you can't cheat and def sucking, white cloud blowing, filter clogging, regen headache causing, no running, derated holding up traffic, perpetual breakdown contraptions the government makes you buy now.
A 1984 rig? Do NOT try to bring it to California. It's out of compliance, unless you have all "of that crazy electronic stuff". Send angry e-mails to the govna of California.
My little brother retired from the Army and said the government's job is to take something simple and complicate it
Love the old 352's, 379's, and the 359's. They don't build them like they used to. Saw a stretched Transtar ll the other day and a B model Mack with a sleeper running down the monfort ---
Always love visiting my aunt and uncle's on the Eastern Shore. Stop by Little Italy in Nassawadox, Stingrays, the Exmore Diner, or the Great Machipongo Clam Shack for a meal. Love that stretch of 13.
Hit the tubes on the cbbt.
Thanks for the memories !
Safe journey. God bless
Former USAF Firefighter here. That Oshkosh Striker is the bomb! We drove the P-2 and P-4. My daughter is getting her CDL + Hazmat. I'm so proud of her. She said she wanted a working 'person's' job, a profession. No college for her. Just like her Dad! I have 2 degrees, never used them. I taught math and science in braille to vision impaired highschoolers. Hated my colleagues. I quit 2004. Never looked back. Trucking is a profession and lifestyle. I love it.
When I was stationed at Grissom AFB IN, we had an air show scheduled for the next day. The fire department was out by the taxiway shooting water high in the sky with two truck mounted nozzles. For some reason, a helicopter decided to fly thru the spray, which caused him to flame out, and make an immediate emergency landing. The first truck left, and a second truck came out for the emergency.
Sir, you have my respect.
I do not know or understand US road laws, other than it appears that every State, County, City, etcetera has their own variations on what is/is not expected.
It is a pleasure to watch a genuine professional driver piloting a big rig around the country, and you are one of them.
Thankyou for letting us into your "work place".
Great videos Mr. Steve..keep'em coming.
Flying J was in bankruptcy and Pilot bought Flying J, that came from a former "J" employee here at the Carlisle Flying J/ Pilot...
Thanks for the footage. I don't drive a rig even though I wanted to when I was younger. You drove a route that I've driven most of my life. You actually drove right by my office at one point. I walk over an overpass frequently and watch the traffic on the interstate. I travel the tunnels and bridges you drove through and over frequently. Glad you didn't get stuck in one of the tunnels. You arrived at one of the busiest ports on the East Coast. My husband drives by it frequently on his trip to work and home. It was interesting to see it from a trucker's view. Portsmouth is one of the rudest cities in VA when it comes to authority. I prefer the rural communities. Sorry for the bad treatment. Glad you were able to find some decent people who helped you. I pray over the interstate travelers because it's crazy out there. You're braver than I am to drive a rig.
Your damn Skippy about trying to deny a Government Load. Unemployed at the least.
I don't drive for a living. I work in an office.
I'm not allowed to discuss what I do on comments and I know all about GI work.
Yep, sometimes that's how the Almighty PO PO can be sometimes. They think that they are God and have the final say in everything, and then they get all pissy when you go over their heads, and they suddenly find out that they don't actually have the final say at all, and all of the Sudden, their God Complex is shattered in front of their very eyes. Great call in getting the job done, and getting your load delivered on time.
Again you're a classy professional guy .Experience seasoned.
Diggin the cabover! But can't seem to shake it out of my head...."it's B....J....McKay....and his best friend Bear!".
I agree patience is something you need in the trucking industry. It has been a long time since being behind the wheel(1987 ) but really nice to see a cabover still going up and down the road. Enjoy your channel.
In the UK, where I live, almost all trucks are cabovers and it is the US style conventional cab trucks that are the rarities. The same goes for most of Europe too
I don't know why people don't like a cabover we use them on the farm and to tote around our heavy equipment 1 of our side jobs we've got some good ones cheap and told they're hard to sell I told them I'm not worried about selling I'll fix these beauties till they're not roadworthy
The tunnel scene starting at 16:25 was mesmerizing. I watched it over and over several times. The lights reflecting off the top of the cab, passing ceiling lights, bouncing truck in time with the music...awesome. And then the exit into bright white light. Like a trucker going to heaven.
The Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (Or the M&M Tunnel) is a nice one. Here is it's wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitor%E2%80%93Merrimac_Memorial_Bridge%E2%80%93Tunnel
Yep MMBT.. What you really want to drive over is the Cheasepeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Two - 1 mile tunnels and over 20 miles of bridge going over the bay mouth of the atlantic ocean!
Some cops are on a pure power trip......ran into a lot of MP's in the Marine Corps like that back in the day.
They weren't any better in the Army either. Some were just pure pricks.
The same type of people that would be drawn to civilian LEO positions and let it go to their heads would be drawn to MP & SP positions as well.
@@danielseelye6005 Steve Lehto on his channel talks abt those very kind quite a bit.
@@jamessimms415 What a coinkidink! I watch Steve Lehto as well. 😁👍
i ran into an army mp like that once, i was an E4 he was a 7, thought it was ok to block in my ambulance, until i offered to get his CO out of bed at 10 pm
You drove a route I am very familiar with, you passed within a mile of my old house and went within a few blocks of where I spent 30 years, Newport News Shipbuilding. Beautiful well kept rig sir! Years ago the ports were run by contractors, the State took them over and Portsmouth Marine Terminal, not the one you were at, sits on an old lumber treatment plant site where Cupric Cyanate was forced in under pressure to make pressure treated lumber, company was Old Dominion Wood Preservers and they were forced out by the state. Kudos to you for maintaining you cool!
You do what you go to do to take that load off the trailer. Their is all ways a boss over another boss that want to stall the unloading process of all vehicle ( Air Force Striker Fire Truck). But lots of phone calls and talking to people does pays off to try to get to the main person to get that load or its sitting their for a while for the next ship to come get it. So much leg work you got to do to get thing done. As well, everything much be on paper. Be safe out their and keep on trucking.
As a retired trucker I encountered many personalities and the most important perspective is yours.
Be respectful be forgiving be kind. People have bad days most 99% of the time I could be handle it myself using the old principle of you catch more flies with honey than you do vinegar.
Been watching for a little while now and its crazy to see familiar roads on your video as a Norfolk native! Shame you didn't get the hospitality you deserve but at least it all worked out 👍
That's a really cool load. I love seeing unique things like that being hauled down the highway. Truckers keep America moving!
A great video and you sure brought back many memories for me from 1964 to 1995 driving the big rigs around the Toronto Canada area.
Containers to and from the ports and rail yards.
Hearing that turbo up and down between gears is like music. Thanks for posting.
Good morning Steve I really enjoyed your video, and I have gained an appreciation for the crap you have to go through. Thank you for your time and your videos 🙂 I really enjoy all of them. oh and one more thing I have a day and a half to get back on Facebook and I have a lot of your videos to share. Best wishes and safe travels my friend
Beautiful cabover Pete! I drove cabovers in the 80's OTR with now-defunct Virginia-Carolina Freightlines. My assigned trucks were KWs but drove teams in Internationals, KWs and with a different company, a Ford CL 9000 one time. Love those trucks. Keep up the good work and you prove that a never quit mentality will get the job done.
I use to live in the area you went to, the locals pronounce it Portsmith. You crossed over the Monitor-Merrimack bridge tunnel. You ran into a very common problem, too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
In the United Kingdom, Portsmouth is pronounced 'Ports-muth'.
Ports-mith = Portsmouth...
Is that kinda like Nar-fuk = Norfolk...?
@@invictusbp1prop143 - It's Naa-fuck...
Same BS at the ports as when I was truckin’ 40 years ago…… stay safe and hydrated out there Steve
Sure is nice to see a driver actually Shifting, and not just being a steering wheel holder. Very Good Driver
There's no PRNDL in that truck ... Most them boys these days wouldn't know what to do lol
Those were the days, 47 turns lock to lock. I sure miss my big steering wheel on the 88 Freightliner.
@5:26 The Love's in front of you was the original Pilot Truck Stop there at I-95 Exit 104. It was even there before the Flying J on the opposite side (back when Pilot and Flying J were separate companies). In addition, where you're turning right was the original intersection itself with a traffic light and everything. On the Original Pilot/Love's side it was a pain because cars would be trying to turn left out of the Car Parking literal feet from the traffic light itself. That is part of the reason why they overhauled that entire intersection / area to how it's setup now.
Great video Steve really enjoy all the camera angles and the music and your commentary. Glad someone stepped up and resolved the problem with your load.
@message me on Telegram @FSCTrucking HI Steve
I watch you all the time sorry for the bad experience I’am local 1248 longshoremen and you have to look out for the truck drivers not sure why they port authorities want to give you a hard time and you have a government load but you’re welcome back to VA reports anytime keep on trucking 😎 and yes the cat sounds good 👌🏽
Love your cab over, don’t see those much anymore. Stay safe my friend.
New sub. Enjoyed the time. I live in VA, and used to travel 95, 295, and 64 daily. I SWEAR, EVERY TIME I'd travel 64, they make it LONGER. Be careful out there, driver. ✌
Abilene stopped letting us park at that exit. To many of their trucks get stolen.
Abilene uses universal keys, so it's likely inside jobs or ex employees.
Yes, yes indeed. The life of an Over the Road driver; hurry up and wait.
Same Motto as the Military...
Up till 2020 I hauled oversized loads (modular offices) all over Virginia in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia beach and used escorts. 64 E to both tunnels and used escorts around the military bases
Just loved the music, especially the waiting to get on the scale music. I have done my fair share of dock work. Port Elizabeth NJ comes front and center. There was always some kind of a cluster f..k going on there. It didn’t matter Canada or US, east coast or west coast it was always an unpleasant experience. Love the angle shots. Great vid FSC…..
May God Bless all the men and women that deal with business on a daily basis ✊✊ These folks are the hero’s and the true heartbeat of America ✊✊ It’s time that they start getting PAID for there true worth ✌️✌️✊✊
man, i seen this in suggested videos and your truck brings back memories when i drove, i learned on a 54 needle nose and i drove and 81 pete cabin over with a 3406 a in it, love the sound of them old cats. glad i clicked this, ya have a new subscriber.
That was some pretty magical music you had playin at the weigh station. I was fully expecting a wide eyed moment of splendor.
Yeah deny a US Government load entry into the port, whoever tried that should be in the unemployed line.
I’ve transported US Marines to ports to be put on ships and unless the driver has a TWIC you’re not going in. They don’t make exceptions for any entity.
@@prevost8686 So the main issue was the expired twic card in this case?
@@thanors2 If you don’t have a TWIC or it’s expired you don’t get in. I can’t speak for Norfolk but the ports in NC will require you to get out and go in their office and check your identity and then issue you a temporary pass which gets you in the gate. After dropping your equipment/ personnel you must turn the temporary pass back in as you go out the gates.
The closest TWIC office from me to get a pass is a 120 mile round trip and you must have an appointment before you go.
We transport a lot of military equipment/ personnel from bases to ports to be put on ships and it’s always a hassle because most drivers don’t have a TWIC card. Whoever the officer in charge is has to accompany the driver to the port security office and wait for the driver’s security check to go through before going into the gate. Security at ports is higher than the security on many military bases.
The twic card wasn’t the issue, it was a paperwork issue at the port, they didn’t have a landing number for the oshkosh. So Steves dispatcher or whoever tried to call and get it straightened out, and the port police got involved for some reason.
@@prevost8686 Absolutely correct, plus it's a violation of any marine terminal's FSP to let anyone in without a TWIC unless they have an escort or receipt for renewed TWIC which is less than 30-days old, at least that's how it is here at the Ports of LA/LB.
90% OF of problems can be avoided or fixed by just being nice. If everyone would get their own head out of their own rear end and just be nice the world would be a lot nicer place to live. 90 percent of people don't even know how though.
I think that some general at the USAF would find out that their fire truck was not going to be delivered. I think that someone would be getting some kind of chewing of a body part that they would not like to be chewed on.
A military officer has absolutely no pull on civil authorities, it's actually the other way around.
@@truthseeker2321 Apparently that the military has ordered the truck. It was delivered to the proper place where the driver was told to take it. I don't think that they are going drive the fire truck across the ocean.
Unfortunately things like this rarely get to the top. The people that care are the people loading the ship, as space is reserved and the supply/motor pool officer that has a need for a piece of equipment, but doesn't have it.
@@truthseeker2321 -- Quite true. What happens is that if something is important to someone in the military the first time, it gets kicked up to the Pentagon and then over to another cabinet level and comes back down again. The word goes out to the civilian to cooperate with the military guy having the problem. The second time that happens, there usually is direct contact between the relatively low level military and civilian folks because with small problems are taken on at a high level, they aren't small problems anymore and some little guys can get into career trouble.
You just don’t see too many of those old Cabovers like yours anymore, that sounds so sweet and the look is so cool.
I strongly recommend getting your TWIC anyway... it gives you a KTN, which gives you expedited airport screenings. Never go through traditional TSA again
Seriously? I never heard that before. Where did you find this information? I’d love to get through TSA quicker.
Well I was in the Internationl mining equipment business and my guess is written into the sales contract a clause of if in your case the fire truck misses the boat the seller/manufacturer doesn’t get paid or looses the sale completely. Because it might be a hole year until another boat shows up that’s able to take it to it’s final destination. So some higher ups get nervous and the phone dialing begins. Our company did this all the time in different ways. A machine was supposed to load out of LA Long Beach but it wasn’t finished yet so we would track the ship up the west cost then finally load out of Seattle, or a machine would have to ship out of the East cost or gulf cost, anyway you look at it, it has to make the boat , period, or we don’t get paid. Also on top of loosing the machine order was the accompanying parts order along with the machine or machines, so there was a lot of money on the line. Been their done that. Bottom line money , the truck doesn’t make the boat the sale is none grada. I love to watch physics in action of S--T flows downhill and payday is on Friday. I’ve had to deal with a lot of this type of stuff in my life and still do occasionally now that I’m retired. I know how to play the game it’s easy just go to the vary top person in charge and politely explain the situation, then sit back and watch things happen 👍👍😂🤪🤪🥃🥃👍
Steve, love the coice of music on this one especially! Amen brother! Some people just feel like they need to make everyone as miserable as they are. They don't realize that no matter what they are in control of how they feel, and especially how they treat others.... Jim from NM
Always a good sound track! ✌️
Who did the song & the name of it ,MONSTER TUNE GREAT DRIVING MUSIC ,THANKS MISSOURI PAUL 👍🇺🇸👍👌😎👌👉🤗🌞
Im sure the higher ups at the military dept set em straight . You can bet thats what happened.
Some people with a small amount of authority grow very big ego’s and get very hurt if someone goes over their head to get something done .
Isn't that everywhere
I still work on my old Navy base. I get all sorts of red tape from those higher up. Usually people who will be gone in a few years to be replaced by another red tape jerk. I have been on that base since 1988 counting my Navy time. I am used to it.
good job, I been retired for many years, a couple of things, I like your cab over, back in late 60, through the early 70s, as a mechanic I worked at Empire White Trucks in Syracuse NY, although
I wasn't my line of work, I was raised up on Caterpillar, was what I enjoyed working on.
Cab overs were the thing back then. Your interior looks good, The only thing I found a little difficult to deal with as you know, The amount of compacted wiring behind
all those gauges and switch's,. one wire comes lose, undone, what a de-boggle it was
at times dealing with it. We had internationals Macks, Fords, and what all any more now I don't recall, of course Peter built. Although I operated Heavy Equipment, I also dove low boys
off and on while in the Army. That was in between when they had nothing else for me to do.
I returned to the engineers, went back to the dirt work.
I shipped a lot of dozers, 657 scarpers and 666 scarpers up and down the CA free ways.
CA cured me of having any desire driving big rigs on the free way in CA. I was with
Being a HDR/W Mechanic welder. we moved dirt.
We always helped loaded and secured the loads, dozers and the like. Get it on, get it off,
The drivers were always under a strain dealing with free way and getting on the job
and off. The Lord Bless you and yours
Glad you got the issue resolved. Absolutely loved the video angle from the top. I sub to quite a few truckers and only one Nick Weber has ever done a video like that. Loved the ride. Thank you. Subscribing 🥰😋
Steve, this 77 yr. old elder watches a LOT of trucker V-Blogs.== Youe editing is the best. ==That overhead behind the cab is the best view, I have ever seen. == Always love the Jake brake.
I grew up trucking so it is second nature but most people would greatly benefit from riding striker for a few days. Truckers deserve a safe and abuse free work environment too.
sometimes a phonecall has to be made so that stuff is kept get ongoing, no matter if it takes a few minutes waiting for a swollen ego to cool off and deflate afterward, job done😁👍all is good
Awesome truck good to see some of the old ones on the road cool to see a video made in my home state not very far from where I live stay safe out there
Pride is what stopped your load and I am sure that pride was turned into humble pie.
The best thing that came out of this was you were holding their joker card and so all you had to say to them was it's not my problem if the government is breathing down your neck to get their air force fire truck I could just leave sitting in the parking lot for you to deal with.
Not a good idea
@sea fiuma you can fuck around with a load of lumber but when you have a load for the military or fema you don't mess around. If you have a problem you call your contact and they will solve your problem
@sea fiuma didn't deliver to customer, you don't get paid.
Love the music we all stand with you because we all ride with you. You are my Saturday night movie today.
I been next door at the power plant delivering stuff for it they were just starting the port place up when I was there the first time . it's been several years since I've been there but made several trips there. Yell it's funny how these higher ups get in a pissing contest over nothing if you think about it but it happens a lot . But stay safe and keep the videos coming
It's because they mistakenly think they have something to slap their thighs with🙄
From watching Ron Pratt driving one of them big crane wreckers trucks. He has shown some times they pull way ahead of the crash, so they can talk to the other first responders on site to make sure its safe to grab the trucks, so the troopers can get all the info that is needed and stuff like that. The troopers sometimes have them back up on the shoulder to the site... I think that is what the big wrecker was doing when it stopped by the car when most likely it was there for the semi, but couldn't get over in time in a safe way to the accident.
Its no different here in Australia. Had 11 M1A Abrhrams tank turbines on B double going to QLD had to be on site at 12.30 not fifteen minutes earlier. Not fifteen minutes later. We do that with 2 trucks sitting waiting for an hour and a half as to where they to go. 1700 klms on time only to be fucked around by jumped up Johnny,s in security uniforms.
I could have watched the camera view looking forward over the cab all day. Nice view of twin stacks and a good song to go with it. I have 4 things in common with this video. I spent the first 10 years of my life in Portsmouth, I drove a cab over on my first long distance trucking job, I have been through that scale many times, and I hauled a few loads of asphalt to the tunnel when they paved the inside. Good video as always. Stay safe and thanks for taking us with you. Also, I know only too well the problems that can be encountered at shipping or receiving. Retired now and not missing certain aspects of trucking. That was some good detective work you did to get that truck delivered.
Once again another awesome video N I liked how u did the overview of Orwell from the back while driving N I liked the music choice u did as well with that overview💯💯💯
i love how you commanded that tunnel at 16:30, thx for keeping America supplied
FSC Trucking , Loved here in England .
Why does it seem that in transportation that so many people at the load origin or load destination are just dying to gum up the objective? I've driven just enough to have seen more than enough. I swear it's a miracle that anything ever gets to where it needs to go.
Ah, the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel. I remember being young and dumb and hitting those tunnels at about 140mph in the wee hours of the morning.
hit every month going to reserves in Va Beach at Camp Pendelton, Army Guard post
@@benk4881 pendleton is on Cali, and it's a Marine base.
@@VaporheadATC there is also a camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach, it's a army reserve base
@@tobykenobe never knew that and I was stationed at Langley for 5 years. Lol
@@VaporheadATC then that's easy to understand seeing that nothing usually goes on there that someone on the peninsula would concern themselves with. Retired Navy who grew up in the area
Seems like that old Pete isn't lacking a bit of power. Very nice man
Somebody was trying to cover up that they didn’t do their job and got caught
Well, I see that Virginia Port Auth. has not changed in another ten years. Same problems and they have continued the same problems as always.
Last 8 years of my driving career I had a TWIC card because I picked up bananas along the southern Delaware River coming in from Latin America such as Dole, Chiquita, Fyffes, Del Monte etc ....I heard what they charged truckers who didn’t have TWIC cards and it was crazy !!
You Are lucky with the 95 south... The last time I drove there the highway was bumper to bumper all the way from D.C. to North Carolina Man that part of the 95 Sucked
I'm doing this from memory of a long time ago.
As I remember it the Flying J was on the Southwest side of the interchange. Petro was on the Northeast side. I don't remember Mr Fuel being there. Pilot was on the southeast side. Love's came in there about 2004, when the Pilot/Flying J merger happened and Pilot had to divest a bunch of their truck stops.
Did I read that price right $5.29 @ gallon? How do you survive?
Me, I'm retired on disability since 2011. (illness)
Wow talk about bringing back some very old memories, Last time I saw the view from from the drivers seat in a cabover was 1986 when I was driver for a global moving franchise in Rhode Island. Was a lot of work but also had a lot of fun trips.
I saw you running east on the ohio turnpike last week. Rig looks good 👍 keep up the great videos.
Hammer down!! Fsc coming through with da VIP load!!!! Ty sir for all you do!!
I been there where ur at Steve. And they refused to unload the trailer cause I was 15 minutes late. I told the people that I was told to go to this area and wait. I waited for like 2 hours until they was like oh hey u gotta go way over there. I was like hell thanks for wasting my time. I get there guard's won't let me in. And refused to take the load. I was like ok bye I am outta here. Hmm they blocked me from leaving. I said ok u refusing to unload me cause I was minutes late due to the guard shack telling me where to go. And I waited for a very long time until I was told to go there. I said I will be leaving. They blocked me from leaving. Lucky I have numbers and a agency arrived and people was in trouble. I had electronic devices TV's stereos cellphones and other things. They was trying to get the load to themselves and clear it out that the load never arrived to steal the products. We ended up taking the load back.
Flying J was bought out by Pilot about now 3yrs ago. They gradually started transitioning the stops all to Pilot. My son worked the fuel desk at one in Missouri during the worst of Covid-19 outbreak. We just live across border in Iowa and he had to have papers to cross the border to go to work. When Pilot took over they booted all the help that was already there down to positions that had fewer hours and hired new to fill the hours so only admins had full time and they saved by not having as many people with benefits. My son left to work at a different job.
So if the service took a dive now you know why.
You can have a TWIC card with a felony. I have many and I have my Valid TWIC Card. It's a shame how they play games with drivers.
That is so true, I think they have certain criteria that bans you as a felon from obtaining a TWIC card iirc.
Delivered to Navy base in Norfolk. Pulled up on right side of jersey barrier at guard shack. Was asked if had been inspected. No. Pull over there and base police will escort you. Base police took me all the way through base, out back side, around the base and brought me in on left side of barrier where I was. Same guards came out and did the inspection. Dumbest thing ever involved in as a driver.
I appreciate what you do!
Loved the overhead going through the tunnel. Too cool
At that scale at 13:30 time have you ever been directed to park your truck, go to that door that leads to a stairway to the tunnel under the interstate and come up on the other side of the interstate to the main bldg?
I made that walk under the I-81 Middletown VA one.
I've driven over that part of the interstate many years and never knew about the tunnel. Interesting.
My dad loved those cabovers ... He would laugh at me eyeballin' those big beautiful long nosed Pete's ... He'd shake his head and say "Billy, I can hit a blind hole in high range while you're still sittin there tryin to figure out how to turn that damned long nose around" ... And Boy's and Girl's? He was right ...
Thanks for sharing
You can shoot the same hole in a long nose as a snub its all in the setup. Worked on Pete's for 6 years of my career before moving on to bigger and better machines.
@@roadmonkeytj Uh huh ... I'm 59, and my first encounter with a State Patrol, he walked up to the drivers door, looked up at me and asked "Boy, are you 16?" ... Well, I looked him square in the eyes and lied. "Yes Sir" ... He looked back at the load of logs, eyeing the chains and binders, then he looked back at me and asked "Where you goin with that big load of logs, boy?"
I nodded, indicating the highway in front of me and said "Right down there to Jim Smith's sawmill" he rolled his tobacco from one side to the other and spat, and looked up and said "Yea, I know ... I've been watchin you all morning." Then he squinted at me kinda hard-like and asked me again "You sure you're 16, boy?" ... I lied again, and then he opened his eyes a little and I thought I seen a hint of humor, when he threw his left hand up and said "Well, alright ... You be careful boy ... I'll be watchin"
He got in his cruiser and left ...
My point is, junior ... I was probably driving professionally when your dad was still wearing pajamas with feet on em ... Ok?
@@billunderwood8975 love stories like this ... I'm not quite as old as you but was driving semis at 13 hauling cattle or hay for the farm. I started wrenching for a local diesel shop full time at 15. Boss always told me he doesn't pay for tickets but sent me all over the local area fetching trucks and trailers to be serviced or repaired. Didn't have my CDL till my 20s when I hauled heavy equipment cross country on a lowboy. To this day I can still put a rig where it shouldn't normally fit. I will give you it's easier to put a COE into certain holes but it's not impossible in a long hood. Now stretch frame is another story lol.
@@roadmonkeytj Yep ... No offense meant young'un ...I'm sure you have plenty of experience, but when you pull into a pilot on a busy highway at 3am dead tired, it's pouring rain, there's one open spot and some ass behind you is waiting for you to turn around so he can grab it?
You hit your flashers and blind back it in the hole ...
My friend, that's one time when you're very glad you're not driving a long nosed tractor
@@billunderwood8975 haha none taken ... I'll still tip my hat to anyone who can run a triple stick Mac floating the gears. They definitely don't make drivers the same as the old truckers. Every family trip we still slow down and fist pump out the window for every truck. It's amazing how many drivers don't even know what to do with that anymore. It pisses off the traffic behind me but that's one tradition I want to keep alive.