Це відео не доступне.
Перепрошуємо.
Jamaican Trucking is Underrated
Вставка
- Опубліковано 13 сер 2024
- A lot of people seem to be leaving comments about how Volvo isn't American. I know, but the specific Volvo which I show IS uniquely North American. Just want to clear that up.
Thanks for watching, if there is any information I got wrong let me know so I can list it here in the description.
Jamaican Truck Spotting Channel:
/ realtorch
Sources:
• CHASING A TRUCK DRIVER...
www.tenfourmagazine.com/2019/...
www.zoukie.com/
/ truckandhaulage
w.jamaica-star.com/article/new...
kijanawaasi.com/some-jamaican...
Videos Used (In Order of Appearance):
• Trucking on the narrow...
• "Mundo" Shifting the S...
• Jamaica East Side Truc...
• Jamaica Highway 2000 -...
• St Mary badest petterb...
• Video
• Chinese Truck Violated...
• JAMAICA EAST SIDE TRUC...
The Island (00:00)
The Trucks (00:28)
Why American Trucks? (01:14)
Jamaica's Roads (01:49)
Drivers (03:19)
Economy (03:51)
The Young and Reckless (04:25)
The Hazards of Other Vehicles (05:01)
Training & Driver Shortage (05:24)
Outro (06:17)
Also (and don't go telling people this) but I have found a rune of sorts hidden deep within the bushes of my apartment complex. More on this in later videos.
As a Jamaican my self truck driving is one of the best and fun job in the country because we enjoy doing it. Kids will literally run out of there house just to see when a truck is passing by.
That's amazing 🇯🇲
I would too especially if I heard them jakes, so do y’all have “no engine brake” signs there?
That's interesting because while I champion driving automation, I also wonder what loss will be felt around the thrill of piloting at least something.
Eyy man, that sounds like a great job. :D
how it was for me growing up in the islands.
This is one of those Channels that you come across by accident and now can't stop watching. Love these videos keep em coming mate!
I have absolutely no affiliation with trucks and don’t want really want to.
But these videos are really short and entertaining. Always fun to watch
Also, I really like the neat trivia he presents.
This is one of those rare instances where a channel came out of the blue and and just stuck to me.
I am really glad for this guy to have found his niche and an audience to follow.
Popped up in my feed a day ago and I've been binging this guys videos, why are they so entertaining?
Literally lol. One of his vids came up in my recommended one day when I was bored and I ended up binge watchin them all right then and there. Ngl I was kinda disappointed only to see 38k subs when I went to sub lol. I figured he’d of had more with the style and quality of his vids. Yukon you’re doin an amazing job!
Exactly! It’s a small channel, yet one of the best quality channels!
A friend and a person I used to drive with showed a couple of Jamaicans who were driving in the Pacific Northwest how to chain up. It was snowing and they had no idea how to install tire chains on their tractor. They gave him a gift to thank him for teaching and helping them. The gift was two enormous joints.
LMAO. When you typed they gave your friend a gift, I just knew it would be pot.
LMAO
I need to teach classes in Jamaica...
Good bless Jamaicans.
Hell yeah! I hope that was AFTER pot was legalized.
these videos seem like they would be boring but somehow they're always fascinating
Yeah, like who cares about Semi truck buses, am i right? This channel of course. But then you learn about post war Netherland and you learn something new. And most importantly you now know these abominations of busses exist. I like this channel
That's one of the fun parts of trucking.
It looks boring, sounds boring and doesn't seems much of a interesting job for most of the people out there until you get into it/searching about it, then you realize it, and usually doesn't pays bad at all too.
@@reyuji_ said the same about American truck simulator and Euro TS but actually found it relaxing.
@@someguy1865 I can't start playing these again.
Trucking has Increase considerable In Jamaica
AS A JAMAICAN SEEING THIS VIDEO IN MY FYP MADE MY DAY. IT MAKES ME HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THIS CONTENT CREATOR DOESNT ONLY COVER MAJOR COUNTRIES, BUT ALSO COUNTRIES THAT ARE SMALLER AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. (felt like typing in caps)
I was thinking the same thing . I appreciate him and the people who care yo learn about our country . I hope they visit someday so I can be their private tour guides
Hey man, sometimes you just gotta unleash that caps lock.
I would love to visit Jamaica but Im not sure where to go. I don't want to go to a tourist town but I also want to be safe.
@@jokenboy4983 how can I contact you
It's not a fyp bruh
5:15 "the way people are taught to drive"... While living in Jamaica, my dad was once asked by a devout, God-fearing, law-abiding lady how she would go about buying a car and a licence. She had grown up without ever encountering the concept of taking lessons and passing a driving test. Make of that what you will!
The tax office is very corrupt here. I passed my driving test because the examiner likes my mom. Not that i cant drive, i went on to get a PPV license( public passenger vehicle) and i work for a tour company driving 3 days a week or as much as demand makes it. But they just see it as a big money making scheme and some of them accept bribes to pass people. It cannot be stopped unless some reform is done, they have tried shuffling the examiners but they are all in on it so it just slows down for a bit
@@rojiii69420 that sucks. But be at ease, there a lot of terrible drivers here in germany even though our laws are very strict
@@MatsYoo
Y'all can't drive until 21 right? Either that or it's 18.
@@theatagamer90 na homie completely wrong, you can drive at 16 with a legal guardian who has driving experience at 18 you can drive alone and at 21 your testing period is over which means you are viewed as a qualified driver (at least half are not 😂) and insurances become cheaper
95% of Jamaicans fail their driving test or purchase it outright, or both.
As a Canadian truck driver, seeing these videos is interesting. Have you thought about doing longer format essays? I'm always looking for something to listen to while driving down the road.
I love this idea, like a podcast on Spotify or something
Yes yes yes
Longer videos take a hell of time to make of you want to maintain the quality. Unfortunately the UA-cam algorithm favours quantity. So if you don't roll out videos very frequently, the algorithm will not push you to more audience. That is why most growing channels stick to shorter format videos (around the 10 minutes mark). And that is what the higher percentage of viewers want.
I too would have loved longer format videos, but unfortunately daddy UA-cam doesn't encourage them.
@@innocento.1552 True, because majority of Gen Z want shorter video aka stupid TikTok
Same, I'd love having this sort of stuff to listen during a drive, his voice alone is already pretty calming.
As a Jamaican you did a good job describing the trucking industry including the fact that they are always close to home. The truck drivers leaving for work outside the country is a problem in all sectors of Jamaica but the governments efforts to slow it nowadays isn't enough.
Americans and Canadians pay BIG MONEY for truck drivers and often come to snatch up any talent. At the end of the day it's the dollar that makes the most sense.
They just have more $$$ to spend than the citizens of Jamaica have to pay in overcharges going to trucking/transportation
Nordic trucking would be interesting. Perhaps you could do separate episodes for Sweden/Norway/Finland (one episode) and northern NA (northern Canada and Alaska).
Especially Finland
I once met a Finnish trucker over there, really cool guy. Brutal driving conditions most of the year. I’d also like to see Iceland in this list. Small country, but amazing roads.
That would be awesome. I’m from USA, but watch a lot of Sweden, Norway, Finland trucking. It’s mostly ab logging, but still a lot of trucking and on unbelievable mountain roads
I drove trucks for the norwegian army during my conscript days. Old trucks without ABS or any fancy electronics for that matter. We were driving up and down the norwegian russian border on icy narrow roads, the truck sits surprisingly well on those poor roads, we had to drive slow but not too slow, otherwise you would slide off the road. Fun times.
@@arfarms5711 there are almost no mountains in finland most of it is just flat 😉
4:22 "decent wages" as he shows the equivalent of a couple dollars lol, loved the video. I have family in Jamaica so its always cool seeing stuff about the country
I have a thousand dollar bill from my dad who's Jamaican. When I asked him how much it's worth in USD he told me like 10 bucks maybe lol
@@HolySpitball nah its about 7 or 6.50
I went to Jamaica in September of 2020, mid pandemic. Let me tell you the drivers are *extremely* polite and kind. They throw a signal light on to let you know the driver in front of them is making that turn. I've never seen anything like it and I've driven in about 10 different countries.
Are you talking about truck drivers or the average person because I have family in Jamaica and whenever I go the people there drive like bats out of hell. Including the cab drivers.
So many trucking channels are North American/Western European focused, but yours, Yukon, is enlightening and entertaining while being informative and not-overtly lengthy or dull. Well done Sir! Please lets have some more international videos from lesser covered countries. Cheers!
That pass at 4:40 was fucking insane, no way I'd ever have the balls to pull that off
initial d, truck edition
What's insane he just overtake other truck
@@webdhunter565 the dude drifted a truck across a thin road.
@@bork7817 lmao you got mad by this😂 you'll die in my country brother 😂
Normal thing here in Jamaica
The jamaican uphill videos posted online are intense!
I just watched a few and I’m blown away by how everyone is always passing everyone else on two lane roads!
Looks like it takes a lot of skill, luck, and little fear of crashing to be a Jamaican trucker.
@@Alexrocksdude_ yes we love to pass. Going back to Jamaica taught me that cars can fit past each other even on 1 lane roads
In many cases the Chinese trucks are prefered due to the fact that they are bought new(0km on odometer), have more customization options and they are cabovers so they have a good turning radius in narrow streets. A big part of the trucking industry in Jamaica is the box truck part(Usually Isuzu NPR and Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino )
Also they are damn cheap compared to the used US trucks
In Canada, especially near Vancouver, we use Isuzus and Hinos aswell lmfao.
We used to use alot of F450 and whatnot.
@@rojiii69420 Yeah but the Chinese trucks have no torque
@@TheMatsushitaMan not true. The use US motors and they are surprisingly reliable too
@@TheMatsushitaMan power and torque are based on the engine and trans of your choosing. I assume a lower rear diff will provide higher torque if matched well with the trans
hi from jamaica Yukon; i feel like trucking in our country is the best representation of what trucking should be; fun and enjoyable
This video is very accurate. Thanks for the hard work and the spotlight on Jamaica 🇯🇲
>No enforced emission standards
>No legal restrictions on driving time
>No minimum rate
Is this paradise?
A system so successful that the trucks are all the wrong way around and all the drivers are trying to escape
@@doorhanger9317 the good outweighs the bad
@@transformersrevenge9 i would say explain to me how any of this is less than evil but you can't because you just like evil things. You actually want things to be shit. And these policies are proven very successful at making things shit. Lol. Lmao
@@doorhanger9317 yadeeyadeeya nobody gives a shit politics guy
@@doorhanger9317 you didn’t have to put the lol and lmao at the end. But I agree with you
as a Jamaican, this is very well researched and factual, even learned some stuff
As a Jamaican much respect for this video of our Jamaican Truckers. Yeah they are underrated, and I definitely learned a few additional facts as well. Like I never seen a Truck overtake like that on a corner, I mean we see certain drivers put on speed on them Trucks, so we know they fast, but not like that. Well researched video though, even the sad part about brain drain and them sending remittance, just like most other types of jobs. Big Respect!!
I've always wanted to visit Jamaica for their trucks, besides the classic American trucks there's a lot of extremely rare and obscure trucks from both the US and England, I've seen photos of English Leylands and Fodens, and I've heard that there's a handful of extremely rare Marmons in Jamaica as well. Some other cool countries to explore for their trucks are South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mexico, Cuba, England, North Korea, Indonesia, and Italy.
I went to visit some relatives in SriLanka, and honestly I had zero clue what Leylands even were.
It was cool seeing so many random boats, trucks, and cars from that company.
Half the busses are leylands too I think.
yup and a few Brantford trucks too some of them still earning their keep
Never thought of North Korea as one with trucking, but I guess it makes sense
The rare and obscure trucks is why I love truckspotting! But in Malaysia the rare trucks have practically disappeared.
@@dpsilver1 do you mean Bedford trucks
4:38
reminds me of touge racing in Japan lol wtf, insane to see a truck attacking a hairpin
OH NO XDDDDDD
This clip is originated from the British Virgin Island not Jamaica
@@oswynewilson62 ggs. Cant confirm nor deny. It looks like home tho. (Im Jamaican)
Didn't really cover the craziness of trucking in Jamaica. I just got back from vacation, rented a car, was honestly a lil scared driving down the highway at night, no lights..just white markers on the road! Much respect!
No lights at all?😅
@@mykiefrm20 nope. Just the headlights of the cars coming at you. Just likes highways in Mexico. Have you driven in those places?
@@Danodoobie there are hughways in the US with no lights. I drive on a 3 mile stretch of one every night and it's only 12 miles from the White House.
4:40 had no idea a truck could break loose like that😳
Low gear and full throttle.....
@@hendrik7354 also all our trucks are turned up to the moon. Some trucks here make 750hp 3000 torque
@@rojiii69420 can I borrow a truck?
@@hendrik7354 I dont own one. Wish i did but i do own a supercharged honda stepwagon tho
I would love to see Trucking in Thailand be made as a video
Footage starting at 3:38 is from Minsk, Belarus, actually. As its citizen you can easily recognize the National library in the background :)
I'm pretty sure it was just stock footage and he wasn't trying to pass it off as in jamaica
Would love to see a video on the history of American ambulances
Yes absolutely I’d enjoy that too. Ambulances here seem to be really boxy compared to many other countries.
@@Alexrocksdude_ good point
A joy to see someone talking about something they genuinely interested in! Keep going!)
Arctic and Antarctic (if it exists in some form) trucking please!
This was another great entertaining and educational video about trucking, love these videos :)
Antarctic trucking is often driving a snowcat with a sled.
Dalton Highway Winters is a free doc u can find on youtube about Alaskan truck drivers and the road being built too an oil pipeline. it’s by the History channel too
@@antonym24 Thanks for the recommendation! I checked it out and it completely satisfied the engineering nerd in me. What a fascinating highway and trucker culture.
@@Alexrocksdude_ no problem bro glad you enjoyed it. I actually use it too fall asleep too as white noise a lot 😂
This makes me want a Jamaican Trucking Simulator lol
Mind if I swipe that idea?
Please someone make that
Can't tell you how much I'm enjoying these videos. I also really enjoyed your video on the Kerguelen islands and would love to see you turn it into a series about remote and desolate islands. Some suggestions are South Georgia and the South Sandwich islands, Jan Mayen, Bear Island (Norway), Zemlya Georga, Yuzhny island, Severnaya Zemlya, Coronation Island, and Wrangel Island.
You can do Indonesia truck drivers. They face difficulty due to rising cost of fule in indonesia right now. They help alot to deliver of raw goods since indonesia is mainly export alot of mining ore, fish and spices. The truck drivers must take the challange of 300 km to 500 km just the main jawa island alone. Love your vid mate
Wow, I have a lot of respect for the truck drivers in Jamaica! Those are some pretty serious hurdles to overcome. The fact that they make it work is really admirable.
The road system is very similiar to ours in the UK, we have motorways (highways) then we have A and B roads. We also drive on the left 😅
We get it from the UK
Man, these truck cultures are interesting. Can you make a video about Bangladeshi trucking? It's a small country, but trucks play a huge role. Would love to see a video about that.
All of a sudden now I wanna go traveling all around Jamaica
I’m from Jamaica
As a truck driver from Australia who drives kenworth, I can say that Jamaica have better looking trucks than we have here in Australia. Good job brothers and keep on trucking 👍👌👏
As a Jamaican trucker......thank you!!!!
Ive been watching your videos and subbed for a while because I love your style. I thought of commenting about doing a feature on Jamaican trucking after the Indian one but I thought maybe it would be hard to cover remotely. You did it anyways!! 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
I never thought I'd see a video about the intricacies of Jamaican trucking. But I'm here for it.
One interest I've always had was the highest paying truck driving job in the world. Considering exchange and all. I know Ice Road Truckers make good money, but the best paying would be cool.
Not sure but I’d suspect it would be something extremely dangerous, such as being a civilian contractor driving a truck in an active war zone. Either that or maybe something extremely specialized like transporting wind-turbine blades or like you mentioned Nordic trucking.
I came to the video early thinking oh yeah this is a relatively small channel, there will be few comments. Boy was I wrong. Anyway, your content is awesome and I think you'll be blowing up soon.
subtitles for other languages are greatly apprieciated Mr. Yukon :)
now i can send this video to my friends
Oh boy 9 AM can't wait to learn something new about weird trucks around the globe!
I'm actually quite surprised to see a video on my country and something I have see on the daily, and learning more than what you get just sitting in a taxi or walking on the road
One thing that is very much a problem is other road users being reckless, especially red plate taxis as speed is a big factor for profitability, so moving very fast and recklessly is a common
Nice vid. You should make one on bull haulers in the us. They have very few rules and are considered some of the most badass truckers around.
As someone from the Caribbean (not Jamaica) youth around the caribbean all look towards truck driving especially St. Lucia
This channel is basically Wendover but for trucks. I love it!
And actually good.
I think a video on trucking in the most north-western province of Canada would be interesting.
BC interior trucking can be really interesting especially in winter
1:11 🤣 you are right about that. I watch a lot of Jamaican truck UA-cam channels so this is interesting video
Jamaican truckers are also known to not use the clutch while driving. It is a sport to float gears there.
Jamaica looks very nice. Paved roads yet no emission regulations sound like an awesome combination.
I know I am an asshole.
Inspiring video, never knew this side of Jamaica!
My grandfather had a small trucking company in Clarendon. Back then in the 80s and 90s he, my dad and uncles drove mainly Leyland and Tata trucks.
They hauled sugar cane and chickens.
Well, in my country Honduras, Central America. US trucks are pretty common, but in recent years Scania Trucks and the European version of Volvo Trucks are been introduced in the market, cool rigs but rare for this types of roads.
Tip: You're supposed to pause talking to let us hear the engine braking sound
Just type it up Jamaican Jake brake you'll be bless 🙌 😂🇯🇲
underated, hope u get more subs man!
Idk how I found this channel, but I’ve seen 3 straight videos about trucks. I’m sold. Subbed👍
Really love this video fully explain as to what driving trucks ina Jamaica is like
fun fact: in colombia, we use both european and american style trucks. we have scanias, daf, kenworth, international (i think?) and day cabs from chevrolet and chinese brands.
i think the video on public transport would be pretty interesting, especially post-soviet countries public transport.
Volvo is a Swedish company owned by Chinese megacorp Geely. Love the videos man
That's Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks is a totally different corporation, and is not owned by Geely, thought it has 8.2% shares
Bro i never thought id see a trucking vid of jamaica on your page
How do you keep making such good videos
Jamaica would've used cabovers just like in Europe and Asia. However, since the '80s rolled, American trucks no longer produce cabovers.
If only they used Japan trucks, but sadly Japan is too far away.
@@bitelaserkhalif, speaking of which, it takes days to sail from Japan to Jamaica and even when you cross the Panama Canal. Basically, start in Japan and sail to Panama and cross the canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic and reach your destination to Jamaica.
@@CrystalClearWith8BE update: I realized there are some used Japan JDM trucks too... but not as common as Philippines .
@@bitelaserkhalif, I'm from the Philippines and our semi trucks in that country are mostly cabovers. Cabovers in the Philippines are East Asian and European as well. However, they do use retro American cabovers which are Freightliner and Navistar International. Speaking of American trucks, long nose ones are rare in the Philippines and they're best for pulling heavier goods instead.
@@bitelaserkhalif jamaica actually gets like 90 percent of it's cars directly from Japan but I don't know why japanese trucks (besides box trucks) arent that common.
Couple of trips to J to see relatives and I can tell you the truckers are something else. Great video!
I love these videos. Informative, entertaining, and to the point. Keep it up!
0:56 Volvo is not an American brand
Hey man, very cool video, just like many other I had no idea about trucks and now Im hooked.
Just one question, what is your opinion on trains? Are you ever going to do a video on long freight train logistics or something? cheers
FINALLY someone recognizes how fucking badass jamaican trucking is.
All the new model American trucks look basically the same. This used to be a humble yet glamorous job. And it was fun
Ah yes, American Volvo 🤡
This presentation is very impressive, and I hope the local UA-camrs will learn your style of presentation. It’s like a short and informed documentary. Thank you!!
I like to think that our narrator for these videos is just a lobster with headphones and a microphone. Great stuff! :)
As having a Jamaican background I learnt some new things🤣 definitely earned a sub
I was there a month ago and was a little nervous when our bus would blow the horn going around narrow corners in case something is coming the other way!
I love that most drivers mess with their exhausts and make their Jake brake excessivly loud.
Sounds awesome
Absolutely amazing video by @yukon American truck is the best truck that ever made!! WHO ELSE LOVE TO HEAR WHENEVER A JAMAICA TRUCK DRIVER SHIFTING A 18 SPEED! WORST If it’s A CAT! #6NZ!
truck driver was my childhood dream until i change tire on soil, in a rainy season, with 25 or 35 metric ton cargo on top, with a couple of hand tool, pipe, planks, and couple of under rated jack. to top it all off, we have to put inner tube inside of tubeless tire only with leaf spring crowbar to pry it. im still surprise it didn't topple and squish me to death
I'm Jamaican and when I first visited Jamaica with my father he knew a truck driver and I got to ride in one. It was so cool.
You got to love a couple of Jamaican teenagers doing Initial D stuff in dump trucks.
Jamaican truckers are pretty the best and most skilled.. Thanks for this video highlighting Jamaican trucking.. Nuff love straight out of Jam Rock🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Yukon, I love your new content, its all great stuff. But I'm really sad that I can't find your restaurant video anymore. Pls upload it again because that video always made me chuckle when I'm feeling down 🙏🙏
Thank you for not being negative and one sided. This was completely balanced, something you don’t see often. Just got a new subscriber. Thumbs up 👍
I haven’t been to Jamaica but I’ve been to other mountainous parts of the Caribbean and driving itself is just so crazy there the way the roads can be in the mountains, I can’t imagine driving a truck through that terrain
2:53 bottom left is not a pothole. That's a sinkhole. You drive in there, your truck is done.
So cool that there is a channel covering this niche product, check out Suriname and Caribbean trucking in general, wild stuff with little regulation
I just wish chrome and chicken lights would make a comeback here in the US.
There's still show trucks, but back in the day half the trucks on the road had chrome and a couple dozen lights.
I want to be a truck driver in Jamaica for some time now lol
Your videos came randomly on my suggestions and I literally binged all your videos after that good shit my guy
Wow I've seen that orange and yellow KW everyday. I think there's like 2 of them, very beautiful trucks. Native jamai an here love the video
0:47 Italy was in the opposite situation until 1978, when they repealed the law which mandated all trucks to be RHD.
There was the impression that putting the drivers on the nearside would help them stay closer to the shoulder of the road. The overtake visibility wasn't a problem, as trucks were too slow anyway.
Garbage trucks and sweepers are still RHD but I imagine it's the same in most countries.
4:43 all i can thing of is the Brooklyn 99 episode where there's the food truck mad max thing.
Your videos are very intresting! they seem very impartial and objective. I'd like to see what aspects you'd highlight of the Argentinian truckers, specially its union.
Most argentinians we hate its union as its practically a goverment mafia that controls most roads and wether we work or not. And every argentinian has a story of a bad encounter with a reckless trucker/bus driver on the highways.
In this rate of the progress of your video and quality a 45k to *Million subscribers* is just matter time.
Good luck for your bright yt future
Do a seperate video on dutch trucking i know u did europe but we have big truck culture here
Should do one about Antigua 🇦🇬.... where a small island with no highways only two lane roads yet we still hv n drive big rigs
My uncle's a cop in Kingston and I'm a Jamaican and I know what the rules are like is there a windy and when me and my grandfather went on a road trip to doga country roads down there art peeve that like dirt roads
I'd like to see you do a video do a on ice road truckers in Canada or just Canadian trucking
i know what you mean because i was born and live in jamaica.
the good thing is since our country does not push emition standards you can see older trucks and also like indian trucks our trucks are very beautiful because drivers add lights and new paint jobs so their truck is more attractive