Im a retired trucker of over 43 years,my son went to trucking school and been driving about 2 months he walked into a sweet deal hes making 1800 a week driving 41/2 days a week and home on weekends and holidays
Two and a half weeks before Christmas, and they let us know 3rd shift has been eliminated. Things have slowed down that much. We have bidding rights on the other two shifts. I'm not to proud to sweep floors for what I make. I've bounced from California to Iowa to get back to my good paying freight.
Don't feel left out join the crowd lol, Dec 26th I'll be going back to work after Christmas break also when I'm use to taking Christmas new years break off and leaving on Jan 2nd lol
Sorry to hear the lack of loads. Unfortunately it does not look too good for 2024. Go home and enjoy your family for Christmas. Thanks for keeping on withe the videos.
Sorry to see you waiting days for a load after you had one all set up I know how that feels . Good to see you picked up one heading home. Happy trails Dan .
The economy is actually doing quite well. Maybe there's a lag time before it hits the flatbed freight. I hope so. Take a pause while at home. Things will improve. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Give Bailey an extra pet too. I'm sure she could use the break as wll. Thanks for all you do.
Merry Christmas Happy New year! Hope you are having a great one! 🎉🎉🎆. I enjoy watching your videos. I have been watching since you had the big flash cards on total price per mile for profitability, when fuel was a bit cheaper lol. Cant wait to enjoy a new video. Thanks for great content. To a Happy Healthy and Prosperous new year👍✌😎
Was right up there with ya, had one supposed to come out of sandusky going right back to the house here in Alabama but it cancelled. Ended up over in Kalamazoo
@joebrings5817 seems like it's a common theme lately. Couple buddies have had a couple TONU recently. I hate those especially. They never seem to land me in a good spot, end up deadheading right back by where I was at.
Yuma!!!!! Been there many times as my Grandparents lived there. Now just my Grandma is left. What’s out for all those snowbirds and local elderly! My Grandma can’t drive anymore thank God!
they probably put a load up with a low price to haul. Enough truckers will offer at their lowest price to get it. Then the shipper starts only working up their pay, until someone grabs it for cheap.
WOW !!! I live about 15 miles from Sandusky Michigan I would have enjoyed seeing your truck and trailer. A bonus would have been seeing you walking your great dog . I wouldn't have been intrusive i know how busy you both are working . Have a most wonderful day .
Hey dan big rigs like yours are amazing, but in this time freight brokers looking for hauling more freight less money, its a fact big trucking company wants less a less truck weight, manufacturing hear this company you sometimes struggle try to find the right load. Keep doing great hopefully 1 day we meet on the road thanks
I am no truck driver but I watch other channels and I see other company’s drivers staying consistent! Like I said I don’t know the business but might look at other brokers? Have a safe one!
Yeah and those other company drivers arent making shit. Dan is a seasoned veteran and an O/O. He does not deal with the bloodsucking brokers that you speak of. I myself ran my own trucking company for 23 years. Their was and always will be struggles! Its trucking. I have since settled down to local hauling only with my own authority and i make way more than i ever did OTR. Now, i just shuttle pallets locally for different logistics companies back and forth and i enjoy being home at night and off on weekends and holidays and i average $1000 to $1500 per day income. Its a great setup, but takes alot of hard work and dealing with alot of hard places to get in and out of with alot of traffic. But in the end, its the best decision ive ever made!
Nope got out of trucking in 2016 but i could get a roll off job making 30 hour roughly plus over time at 44 no otr guy makes that per hr and o/o the farther you go the less they want to pay you and then you burn way more fuel but some guys love being gone this is on average iam sure some people have some out of normal pay but there few and far
i remember delivering, last stop of 4, red onions to a warehouse outside of Boston. actually it was a group of warehouses for receiving different products. the funny part was you had to pay a fee to get in. of course they had a lot of open space for overnight parking compared to outside the compound, but it was the only place id even been to that you had to pay to make a delivery
i had a utility box i got at walmart, held all the fuses i needed in the fuse box plus the little LED lights in the panel. those led lights were tiny things i was surprised they lasted so long
Wish I had known you were so close. Imlay city is about 14 miles from me. I'd have offered to go across the road from where you were parked. Luckys steak house. You have a safe trip home and you and Teresa have a nice Xmas. U hang in there
I used to live in three rivers MI i think i know where you was stopped to check out your lights. I also know that glorified gas station in imlay city that's coo you was in my old stomping grounds
Love the Stars and Stripes on “Old Reliable”. Just wondering if they are individually applied or is it a wrap? Merry Christmas to you, Teresa, Bailey and the rest of your fur babies!
Looking good Dan , I used to Pick up salt from the West side take it to Michigan to the salt plant right by the borderline , used to watch the French Canadians work on the other side 😂 Happy holidays Dan be safe take care yourselve Dan
Cant you get Mercer office or agents to book you some short loads around home until after New Years even from spot market? The worst thing that happens is you get a load east early and then get stuck back in Louisville for days over the the rest of the holidays?
DAN GOD LOVE YA SON I GET IT I WORK IN A DOC OFFICE WE CANT BEG BARROW OR STEAL PEOPLE TO WORK SO YOU & I KILL OUR SELFS TO KEEP PEOPLE FED & PEOPLE HEALED & MEDS IN MY CASE WORK ! WE ARE CREAMING FOR HELP !! BE BLESSED DAN STAY SAFE 🫶🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🐾🐾🐾❤️🐾🐾🐾
I admire your calm disposition, drama free narrative and especially your business acumen. Safe travels.
I agree
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Hope you and Theresa have a wonderful Christmas,
Times like these make hourly local job that much more appealing! Hang in there Dan!
Sorry for bad trucking industry. Our world is in a mess. Prayers for you & Bailey as you go home. Tressa will be happy.
Im a retired trucker of over 43 years,my son went to trucking school and been driving about 2 months he walked into a sweet deal hes making 1800 a week driving 41/2 days a week and home on weekends and holidays
Check your bulbs for corrosion. Moisture in the bulb housing will do that too
Merry Christmas to you and your family from a retired flatbedder with 43 years of safe driving and a fellow arizonan up here in peoria. God bless
doughnut holes and motorcycle doors are about the extent of flatbed freight around Maine
Hi Dan. If you're a blue collar working man thing's are tough all over. Hang in there you'll be alright !
Two and a half weeks before Christmas, and they let us know 3rd shift has been eliminated. Things have slowed down that much. We have bidding rights on the other two shifts. I'm not to proud to sweep floors for what I make. I've bounced from California to Iowa to get back to my good paying freight.
Don't feel left out join the crowd lol, Dec 26th I'll be going back to work after Christmas break also when I'm use to taking Christmas new years break off and leaving on Jan 2nd lol
Trucking is a lead indicator of where the economy is headed, and trucking isn't good right now for a lot of guys
All that work you did to get the wheels rolling straight is paying you back in fuel mileage ...👍
Sorry to hear the lack of loads. Unfortunately it does not look too good for 2024. Go home and enjoy your family for Christmas. Thanks for keeping on withe the videos.
How do you know what is in 2024? Are you a time traveler?
im gonna park my truck at the christmas break and go to Florida for the month of Jan. i have a rv spot booked thru the end of march
Happy holidays to you and your family
Hello there Mr Dan, Bailey the doggy, & Mrs Teresa!!!!!!! SUPER SUCCESS 4 ALL of U & BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS!!!!!!😎🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🇺🇸💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰👍🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾
Hope y’all ENJOYED your Christmas Sir !!! Praying you can stay as busy as you want to be!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸💯🇺🇸💯🙏🏼🙏🏼
It a frame puller big money maker in body shops. Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄🙏🏼
Start at the tail lights of the tractor, wire might of started to rub somewhere. Could be water in the light too.
Sorry to see you waiting days for a load after you had one all set up I know how that feels . Good to see you picked up one heading home. Happy trails Dan .
Enjoy your time off with the family
Merry Christmas, Dan….. from Ontario, Canada. I always enjoy your hard work both driving and putting out your videos
Have a great Christmas at home with the family. Like your videos alot
The economy is actually doing quite well. Maybe there's a lag time before it hits the flatbed freight. I hope so. Take a pause while at home. Things will improve. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Give Bailey an extra pet too. I'm sure she could use the break as wll. Thanks for all you do.
Good news, fuel prices are expected to keep dropping into January. Have a great vacation.
Merry Christmas
i always give the Truckes the right of way to get over flash my lights then thay flash there trailer lights
Merry Christmas Dan & Fam! 🌵🌵🌵
Thanks for posting. 👍🇺🇦👍🇺🇦🏴
Take care Dan. Hope things get better after Christmas. Merry Christmas to you & your family.
Thanks Dan
Good call hope it picks up in the new year safe travels home enjoy your time at home
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Merry Christmas Happy New year! Hope you are having a great one! 🎉🎉🎆. I enjoy watching your videos. I have been watching since you had the big flash cards on total price per mile for profitability, when fuel was a bit cheaper lol. Cant wait to enjoy a new video. Thanks for great content. To a Happy Healthy and Prosperous new year👍✌😎
Was right up there with ya, had one supposed to come out of sandusky going right back to the house here in Alabama but it cancelled. Ended up over in Kalamazoo
I had two loads cancel last week. Not good
@joebrings5817 seems like it's a common theme lately. Couple buddies have had a couple TONU recently. I hate those especially. They never seem to land me in a good spot, end up deadheading right back by where I was at.
Happy new year Dan, all the best for '24. 👍
Yuma!!!!! Been there many times as my Grandparents lived there. Now just my Grandma is left. What’s out for all those snowbirds and local elderly! My Grandma can’t drive anymore thank God!
Merry Christmas to you and your family safe travels
Another good one Dan Thanks for the video's 🚛🇺🇲👍
those breakers get weak over time id get a new one next time your at the pete dealer
He can get them from O'Reilly, Autozone, etc lot cheaper than @ Peterbilt dealer.
have a merry Christmas 🎄 brother you and your family from the imperial county California
Dan, in your experience, which states have the best roads.
Have a safe trip home Dan and Merry Christmas to you and Teresa 🎁🎄🎀
Gotta love truckin! See you on the next video! Have a blessed Christmas.
You and Theresa should go to Vegas while you're home. I'm going the week before Christmas the rooms are CHEAP. Safe travels to Dan and Bailey.
they probably put a load up with a low price to haul. Enough truckers will offer at their lowest price to get it. Then the shipper starts only working up their pay, until someone grabs it for cheap.
You have to get out of the truck and walk around it backwards, when you get a no load!!!
No loads out of the stud(2x4) mills in maine? Maybe it’s all contracted now. Used to see lots of OTR up there when I hauled into those mills.
Keep your Head Up & Think Positive; Safe Travels. Give Miss Bailey ❤❤❤❤❤ a hug, smooches, & scratches behind both ears.
As long as the APU works you are allowed the allowance. Just FYI.
Wow Trucker D. do you ever get pissed and react you always so calm❤🎉🎉
WOW !!! I live about 15 miles from Sandusky Michigan I would have enjoyed seeing your truck and trailer. A bonus would have been seeing you walking your great dog . I wouldn't have been intrusive i know how busy you both are working . Have a most wonderful day .
Good Luck getting home. Merry Christmas 🎄 to you, Teresa and Bailey!!🇺🇸
Hey dan big rigs like yours are amazing, but in this time freight brokers looking for hauling more freight less money, its a fact big trucking company wants less a less truck weight, manufacturing hear this company you sometimes struggle try to find the right load. Keep doing great hopefully 1 day we meet on the road thanks
I am no truck driver but I watch other channels and I see other company’s drivers staying consistent! Like I said I don’t know the business but might look at other brokers? Have a safe one!
Yeah and those other company drivers arent making shit. Dan is a seasoned veteran and an O/O. He does not deal with the bloodsucking brokers that you speak of. I myself ran my own trucking company for 23 years. Their was and always will be struggles! Its trucking. I have since settled down to local hauling only with my own authority and i make way more than i ever did OTR. Now, i just shuttle pallets locally for different logistics companies back and forth and i enjoy being home at night and off on weekends and holidays and i average $1000 to $1500 per day income. Its a great setup, but takes alot of hard work and dealing with alot of hard places to get in and out of with alot of traffic. But in the end, its the best decision ive ever made!
The money is always in local work for both employes and o/0
@@heaveymeltThere's $$$$$$ in BOTH!!!!!! Jst depends on a persons connections!!!!!!!!!😎🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🇺🇸💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
so your still a o/o?@@EstebonSosa
Nope got out of trucking in 2016 but i could get a roll off job making 30 hour roughly plus over time at 44 no otr guy makes that per hr and o/o the farther you go the less they want to pay you and then you burn way more fuel but some guys love being gone this is on average iam sure some people have some out of normal pay but there few and far
thats a nice company driver run from Ind. to Az. better run is from Rochester, NY to Winslow, Co. loved that run, didnt like hauling hazmat though
Lights could be fuse is getting weak. God bless and merry Christmas.
How many tried to wipe that drop of water off their screen when he was leaving the fuel stop at 5:21
You always have good driving sounds 🎶🎵🌝🎆⏳⏰🏈♥️👏🕊🙏🛐✝️ HAPPY NEW YEARS DAN AND FAMILY AND ALL YA ALL !! 🍭🍬🥂🎈🧨🥧🧁🍰☕🥛
Merry Christmas!
i remember delivering, last stop of 4, red onions to a warehouse outside of Boston. actually it was a group of warehouses for receiving different products. the funny part was you had to pay a fee to get in. of course they had a lot of open space for overnight parking compared to outside the compound, but it was the only place id even been to that you had to pay to make a delivery
Passed ya in Tipp City, Ohio I think it was Thursday!
Merry Christmas to you and your family. 🌲
Happy holidays and safe travels home.
Cool video Dan 👍
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Excellent music as always.
I noticed in the Video footage a lot of Trucks in the truck stops as you Drove buy. Maybe it’s time to go home for a rest
You can pick up another load going west ? going to Dallas or somewhere like that?
i had a utility box i got at walmart, held all the fuses i needed in the fuse box plus the little LED lights in the panel. those led lights were tiny things i was surprised they lasted so long
Merry Christmas Dan! That’s tough, no loads out of Michigan! I loved flatbed, except for the sitting, be blessed!
Part of the business sometimes
Stay safe out there..Marry Christmas to you and your family🙏🙏.also enjoy your songs you listen to... 😊
i hauled a load of concrete vaults to a veterans cemetery in Madison In. this past summer , pretty rugged area for a semi lots of hills n hollers
Safe travels Dan.
You were in Imlay City, Michigan maybe you could have gotten a pickle load from Vlasic.
This month is petering out
Have a safe trip home sorry Michigan wasn't a good trip love the videos good luck in the new year
Wish I had known you were so close. Imlay city is about 14 miles from me. I'd have offered to go across the road from where you were parked. Luckys steak house. You have a safe trip home and you and Teresa have a nice Xmas. U hang in there
Hi Dan. I know the feeling of sitting for a few days. Frustrating! I'm on the dry van side. Lots of cheap freight.
Try getting sum DIRECT CUSTOMERS 4 Urself
@@scottycollins1829 unfortunately it doesn't work that way. I'm a contractor not a independent. So I have to get loads of the mercer ld board.
I used to live in three rivers MI i think i know where you was stopped to check out your lights. I also know that glorified gas station in imlay city that's coo you was in my old stomping grounds
We need to work Dan 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks Dan
Oklahoma u need to certified it. That's what they told me.
I feel your payne, the dry van is going to crap also, if it wasn't for food there would be no freight
Happy holidays to you and yours .🇺🇸
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I noticed a low boy sit in denison, Tx. For a week. Before he got a load. Freight is slowing down.
Good. Luck. Have. A good. Holiday. Hope. For the. New Year
Safe travels. Been to Madison from Cincinnati numerous times
Safe travels, Dan & Bailey.
There probably won't be mutch, unless your hauling snowmobiles.
Travel safe, Dan!!!
frame rack
Wish you and your family a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HEALTHY PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR from a fan on Calgary Alberta Canada.
Love the Stars and Stripes on “Old Reliable”. Just wondering if they are individually applied or is it a wrap? Merry Christmas to you, Teresa, Bailey and the rest of your fur babies!
Wrap
Looking good Dan , I used to Pick up salt from the West side take it to Michigan to the salt plant right by the borderline , used to watch the French Canadians work on the other side 😂
Happy holidays Dan
be safe take care yourselve Dan
is time to call it day?
Considering mercer to lease on are they great company
Good show . Drive safe 🙏
Cant you get Mercer office or agents to book you some short loads around home until after New Years even from spot market? The worst thing that happens is you get a load east early and then get stuck back in Louisville for days over the the rest of the holidays?
he likes the short stuff so probably yes there looking
DAN GOD LOVE YA SON I GET IT I WORK IN A DOC OFFICE WE CANT BEG BARROW OR STEAL PEOPLE TO WORK SO YOU & I KILL OUR SELFS TO KEEP PEOPLE FED & PEOPLE HEALED & MEDS IN MY CASE WORK ! WE ARE CREAMING FOR HELP !! BE BLESSED DAN STAY SAFE 🫶🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🐾🐾🐾❤️🐾🐾🐾
There is a chart which has all states and apu weight allowance.