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HigB
United States
Приєднався 30 вер 2006
An Owner Operator trucking blog
Відео
Repairing my truck to go to Montana
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Repairing my truck to go to Montana
Continuation of my run to Tampa then home
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Sorry for the short video.... This is only a driving video, not the type I like to put out. I like longer format videos with something substantial to them, but there was nothing to report. Hope everyone a happy new year. Thanks for watching
Augusta GA to Birmingham then Tampa
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Amazon Affiliate link below Anker Desktop Charger, Fast Charging amzn.to/3VVuWnX (Amazon) Genuine Fleetguard - Cummins Filtration amzn.to/40mFAXD (Amazon) Music from Vegetable Police Productions vegetablepolice.bandcamp.com/track/reptilian-overlord
Cost of operation for 2024
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I'm sharing my numbers for the last week I ran this year and my yearly totals. Plus sharing my cost of operation for 10 years and how I arrive at my numbers.
Amazon Relay Week
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Pulled Amazon trailers this week and made $5900 on 2209 miles for an average of $2.67 cpm
Changing the heater actuator plug on my 2022 W900
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I finally found my correct pins and terminal plug for my Kenworth in Jacksonville FL. So many other Kenworths just didn't seen to know what I was even asking for . They kept wanting to sell me me a whole wiring harness for $1700 to $2400 bucks Listed below is the items I used to fix it from my affiliate links on Amazon 6-Way Female Metri-Pack Housings, 150 Series, Sealed #12052848 - (Pack of 5)...
Think twice before becoming an owner operator
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No matter how much you know there is always trouble in the owner operator business. Things always go wrong, noting ever goes to plan and you loose time.
Switching to my Dry Van
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Switching to dry van and overall market conditions Trucking rates and break even point of $1.65 Background music from Vegetable Police Productions vegetablepolice.bandcamp.com/track/magic-sand-crab
Modifying my APU duct work on my w900
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Modifying my APU duct work on my w900
The worst load
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Sometimes when loads go wrong it can be so stressful Song So Much Better by Vegetable Police Productions vegetablepolice.bandcamp.com/track/so-much-better
Spot Market loads - How much I earned in a week on 2 loads
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Spot Market loads - How much I earned in a week on 2 loads
Broker says he can't use me with no explanation
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Broker says he can't use me with no explanation
Welding up my bracket for Haldex slack adjuster
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Welding up my bracket for Haldex slack adjuster
Repairing my step-deck trailer. Slack adjuster bracket broken
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Repairing my step-deck trailer. Slack adjuster bracket broken
Booked a load from Pennsylvania to Georgia because of trailer damage
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Booked a load from Pennsylvania to Georgia because of trailer damage
Spreadsheets - How I track my loads, Rates, weekly, monthly and yearly
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Spreadsheets - How I track my loads, Rates, weekly, monthly and yearly
Booking loads off DAT and Internet Truckstop out of Michigan for the weekend
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Booking loads off DAT and Internet Truckstop out of Michigan for the weekend
Brunswick GA to Paris KY in hurricane traffic
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Brunswick GA to Paris KY in hurricane traffic
Owner Operator - booking a load from the house again
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Owner Operator - booking a load from the house again
How I ended up in trucking as an owner operator
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How I ended up in trucking as an owner operator
Checking out the load board for loads in Sacramento
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Checking out the load board for loads in Sacramento
I like watching you because my grandpa was from Salisbury NC and you reminded me of him
C'mon jackass 😂
😂 I developed tourette's as a driver
What do you do with the old oil
I take it about a mile from here to the landfill they have a tank
You still making videos haven't seen anything in a day or so
I will be I've been sick with the flu / pneumonia for the last 2 weeks
@higb7 hope you feeling better a speedy recovery,,,sure have been missing them videos
No video for 11 days , you in jail?
Pneumonia
@higb7 southern boys can not handle that blistering winter. Did you make it back home for recovery time?
yes, I spent Wen - Friday 2 weeks ago trying to recoup in the truck. Last Friday I got a hotel till Monday and went to the clinic, Had a fever 0f 104. Monday I just began to DH home because I was not eating, only drinking water and it tasted like metallic. Now I just got this dry cough that won't go away. My Dr gave me antibiotics, Steroids, and a narcotic cough syrup no, that blistering cold didn't help
@higb7 you'll have to recount how all this went down from your last video on your run up to getting sick and all that went into getting back home. Go info for highway travel.
the song caught me off guard, but it is 2025 now, and everything said is a reality. lol God Bless and thx for visiting near home.
Morning sir. Just started watching your video Wednesday morning. Always like how you tell it the way it is.
Always enjoy your videos sir. Happy new year.
XPO fuel card charges $1 per fill up,and they get excellent discounts at Petro TA. RTS charges .50 per fill up and great discounts at Pilots/Flying j and mom and pop truck stops. Hope this helps.
Coffee and shortbread cookies for breakfast. My kind of guy!
@HigB whats the name of that song its says sometimes side ways
Walking Backwards | Vegetable Police Productions search.app/DufeuTjERCq5bx7r9
That reload is a good one. When it comes together like that ya gotta figure you must be living right ! Hope the weather holds up !
Stay warm up there!! Negative 5 degrees sounds rough!!
I questioned you taking that load. Are you putting number 1 fuel in ur tanks ? That’s an xtra cost ! I feel for ya. You’ve dug urself a whole and it’s gonna be tough crawling up outta it. There’s no freight out there and what there is will weigh 50,000 lbs paying 1.50 a mi. I know you gotta create cash flow but Montana in January ! Good luck I feel for ya. That cold weather is hard on equipment not to mention all the salt ur gonna have up under it before you get back to warm weather
Yeah there wasn't much up there but I got lucky. CH Robinson called had a load, a gearbox, picking up about 200 miles from where I was at coming back to Iowa for $3,500 on 750 miles Sometimes it's just luck
I can remember being in Fargo one winter and the fuel pumps would not pump.
Brake relay valves and the emergency valve on the trailer can leak when it gets this cold. Also check all those swivel quick connect fittings on the suspension components where the nylon air hoses go in. Use some soapy water when you get to a warmer area.👍
Yeah that's what was annoying I took it to the bay and they said nothing else was leaking they couldn't hear anything.
Really like your channel. You tell it like it is.
Yes, sir, we understand. I started out on a 1973 needle nose pete. 6×4 transmission. I retired 2 years ago. I owned kenworth w900. For me, the best truck on the road.
Mapflap
If you can hang on and get your truck paid off. Also, with Trumps policies, we will be out of the freight recession this year. You got a good setup with a good truck and 2 types of trailers. There is a lot of money in your future…Just a company drivers 2 cents.
After expenses and taxes, I figure $1800 in your pocket for this 4-day run. Good luck finding a load to make this run worth it! Music is getting better.
Man, $6000 and you’re still in the hole? Those numbers just floor me. I have no payments. I’m debt free. My insurance is $111 a year. My total yearly expenses are around $15,000. Get out of that trucking life and do what I do. Trust me
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What do you do
All I can say is that "Life is Hell in the fast lane" hate you are having all this trouble. myself 15 ears experience over the road, do not think I could put up with all this crap.
Hopefully you get something good after medicine lake
Good interesting trucking video. I'm glad you toned down the music some😁.
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I really like your channel. The music you play doesn’t seem to fit your personality just my opinion. Stay safe and warm. Alabama here
Possible air dryer u need alcohol running up there
Yes but wouldn't the air be coming out. I should be able to hear an air leak like that
Side note, I ran an ISX so basically same engine you have. I always changed my oil hot and prefilled my oil filter before installing it. Not saying you are doing it wrong, just saying what I thought was the best way for my Cummins. 11 gallons was my engines capacity, more than that and you risk the crank throws dipping into the oil and aerating it.
I do the same thing. My 2000 Isx new. Got 1,900,000 on it. Always changed oil hot. We’re taught that growing up on the farm. Plus have always filled filter. Have done own oil changes for fifty years. Changed every ten thousand miles. Been doing that since seventies. Enjoy this man’s videos.
Can't believe I've never seen your truck here in Augusta. I never would run during the week before Christmas or after. Traffic (drivers) was just way crazier than usual. Be safe, hope you made it into the New Year safely!
Good morning I have been able to take a few weeks off during this cold snap here in PA. As I get older, I don’t like the cold or the snow. I use a fuel card OOIDA has and I really like it. I can put my route in and it will list all the fuel stops along the way and any discounts available. No charge at all for the card
Yes .. My nastc card I could do that, and my new ES card My new card is about 5 to $0.10 cheaper at the pump But I got a few hidden cost My old card has a $250 membership and $4.50 a week.
Ever use mudflap?
@@robmiller2919 I have
Enjoyed the video, have a safe trip there Driver. Happy Trails
Wait, do you get per diem pay as well?
Nope At the end of the year I can count my days off on my taxes It doesn't add to my pay only cuts out a little that owe to Uncle Sam
I want a story about lot lizards.
Where can I find f the program 4:32
I already asked you how many miles per gallon you get a long nose w900 beautiful tractor you're not getting good fuel mileage😢
This truck gets better fuel mileage than my last one.
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6.5 mpg
Get a top bunk mattress from a Val Volvo for laying on the sofa bed. You can roll it up and it’s really comfy to sleep on
I quit trucking 8 years ago and now I make more money working from home answering phone calls. It felt like everyone was out to cheat the driver out of as much money as possible or have him work for free.
Did you get the trailer light fixed?
Yes
Happy new year trucka...keep the vids coming
Happy New Year, thanks for watching!
Excel suggestion: for the row that shows your cost per mile for your day runs, you can add conditional formatting if the rate is higher than your PY CPM: [conditional formatting]=> [value is greater than] and the cell on the prior year tab where you calculated your CPM. This will give you a quick visual if a cpm is higher than your PY AVG.
Music is horrible!!
What type of credit card do you use ? For business
My Costco card 4% on eligible gas, for the first $7,000 per year and then 1% thereafter 3% on restaurants 2% on everything from Costco 1% on everything else End up with a $1,200 check every year
@higb7 Thanks for responding.
Thanks for the vid HigB
God bless your honesty God bless everything 🙏🏿🙏🏿💖💖
That was going to find something wrong no seatbelt could be careful playing with the phone now don't get a ticket big boy I love watching you happy Hanukkah🎉🎉
Thanks for sharing!! 🤛
You got a beautiful Kenworth w900 how can you make money at 4 and a half miles a gallon come on man😢
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I would like to hear your thoughts on owning a w900 after owning a T680. Is it worth the difference in fuel mileage
This truck here gets better fuel mileage in my 680 did It's a long story I deleted it in 2016 and they didn't take out my SCR filter and I thought they took all that crap out. If I talked about all the crap that happened to that truck it'll be an hour long blog just on that subject 😭