Hauling a $17,000 Load To Michigan
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The cost of the material is US 17.000 ?
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20 September 2023
12;23 hours
Hey Alex! Does your company take recent graduates?
Love your videos... watching from Africa.. KENYA 🇰🇪.. I would like to be a truck driver too hope lady's can do that job well ...what does truck driver been paid per week
Why do you know how to speak Vietnamese? cảm ơn 🤪🤪
Are you a O/O?
Just passed my CDL driving test this morning!
Congrats be safe
On a Sunday?
@@z.z-g6106 yes sir. The school I went to is open 7 days a week and they do night classes.
Your probably better than Alex already
On a Sunday? Lol doesn’t add up but ok congrats my man 🎉
One thing watching this channel has taught me as a non-trucker is just how important it is to yield and give room to these Semi Trucks. I had no idea just how much they could weigh with a full load on.
He isn’t a trucker , he will soon be flipping burgers. Watch real trucker videos
@@georgephilip6216 Any suggestions?
@@scottboyer8450Alex nino is a really good driver who doesn’t doubt his turning or backing 👌🏼
@@MeLaPelaaan But, he spends too much time filming himself getting dressed, brushing his teeth, and buying stuff at convenience stores....
@@scottboyer8450 He ain't gonna reply. He's just being a jerk. The Army Vet Trucker is a good one. Riding With Dave. Trucking Through Life is good but I think he shutdown.
You could run an extra load a week if you added up all the time you wasted parking.
Damn...
funny as hell and so true
Right now trucking is a side hustle for him . With almost a million subs . And with the exposure he’s giving gp transco , he’s a prized possession , probably on a contract with them . Happy for him because I’ve been watching him from the beginning
@@dailybreadwithmyflatbed
No one cares…
@@roygoss7556 shouldn’t have taken time out of your day to respond my guy
I've watched ONE of your videos a week or so ago and I am now OBSESSED with becoming a truck driver. Pretty sure I have only watched trucking videos for a straight week now.
same!!!
Where did you hear that cops wake you up at truck stops for inspection? I’ve been out here 23 years and I’ve never seen that before 😂😂
They will do it at rest areas, for sure. Mi Oh In & Il for sure. Try it and see. Not just on the shoulder.🤞
@@miltonmoore1690I avoid rest stops
This kid hears a story from an old timer and just banks it in the brain as truth and will happen to him as soon as he parks at a rest stop.
They use to do this in New York at a rest stop
@@KeithRowell-ix2qg I have seen it at rest areas and on entrance & exit ramps. Never Truck stops . I have been escorted to the truck stop, by the DOT . In Texas, because he couldn’t read a log book. And I wasn’t going to help him.🤣🤣🤣🤣
They give a BOL for a reason. Tells u what u have, the weight, and the ADDRESS. Have to look at that and any discrepancy call ur dispatch. But always read the BOL
Sometimes Alex makes trucking look very difficult 😅
I only watch him to see how much harder he can make it look, and then rage quit at the end of every vid cause he won’t have time to do yoga. This kids hilarious. Kermit the frog owes him money.
@@FinnaRealtawk2323 i watch every video 🤭 he is a good guy.
@@FinnaRealtawk2323 Damn bro...
@@FinnaRealtawk2323favorite quotes from him - "downtown Pennsylvania" and "I don't know where I'm at right now"
@@rollinbyu Don’t forget, "this spot ain’t good enough".
I used to drive reefer. Trust me you get used to the sound of the reefer. It becomes like white noise after a while. And when you are dead tired and sleepy you will fall asleep.
They mask a lot of sleep-interrupting noise, and inexperienced drivers don’t like to park next to them so you’re more likely to have a good spot with a good night of sleep.
I don't hear anything anymore 🤣🤣🤣
They start poutin if you park by them
I rather sleep next to a reefer than a bull hauler😮.
Who else comes here for the blinkers and extra cautious behavior? lol
Freightliner flashers are annoying,
@@scottied67 😂
@scottied67 Hey super-hauler, you do realize he's new to this. Everything you spewed sounds like 3 gallons of pee water.
@@petepeter1857 what’s “new”? He’s been driving for several years.
Alex is original, known for his flashers . And , oh my gosh . And picking up deliveries.🤣🤣🤣❤
Thanks Alex for serving the economy and all us citizens in it. Appreciate you and all Truckers.
God Bless🙏🏼
14:54 somebody give that man his blue berry muffin please! 😆
Oh, those coils are not bad. I haul them all the time. What it is, is that drivers don't secure them properly. I always use like 6 more straps than I do coils. Never moved on me ever
Thanks for sharing the honest truth about what your days on the road can be like and including the dificult times as well as the fun.
Hello Alex, those coils that you were hauling will become rebar they put them through a machine straighten out the coil and cut the rebar to length I worked for a bar company, drove flatbed and hauled a lot of those coils .
In their current form I believe it's called wire rod.
TMC muct have been busy if they sent him to pick some up.
Kamax in Lapeer makes Bolts, and fasteners.
@@jeffscott406 Loll!!
Love your chatter figuring out the " how" of the current situation. Thanks for sharing real life as a trucker. I have two kids in OTR.
That's y u only pull the yellow knob if your stopped for a minute or 2 no need to pull the red one to figured you woulda learned that by now but guess not,
Surprised you didn’t have you 4 ways on the whole trip lol
😂😂😂 He turns them on for everyone to beware. It works good for him in his video. Very original.👍🤣🤣🤣
The four way flashers noise is way more irritating than parking next to a refer
Ive been running a local route for the last two years. Watching this makes me really miss OTR. Love that feeling of pulling in to an empty ruck stop knowing that im free to do whatever i want for the next 10 hours. (I actually always took 11 hour brakes)
33:40 😂😂😂 stay hydrated out there driver
Ive learned so many useful small tips from watching your videos like Parking next to curbs if you can at a truck stop or staying away from noisy old reefer trailers, aswell as schedule management and the way you run OTR is commendable and obviously less stressful than just winging it and driving hard. Good stuff man
I just passed my cdl test last Thursday I’m now officially a Class A CDL driver 😁
Congrats man!!
OMG! More danger on the roads!!!!
Congratulations!❤️🎉🌺
Damn dude If I every time I see a GP Transco truck I am going to park right along the side of hoping my reefer is on continuous setting. lol Dude you got to get used to it. I have been pulling reefers for 2 years and its music to my ears. Doesn't bother me one bit.
Don’t hear mine when I am sleeping, but if it would shut off, I would immediately wake up.
Yes use to haul them on Flatbed Just coils stacked side by side strap down thru the middle of coil.
With A Spread Adle. No slidding Axles.
Just passed my CDL test last week 😊
30:49 Leave the left door closed and use it to climb up in to get your straps.
@@scottied67 🤣👍
I was at both your pickup and delivery locations last month. Had same problem going threw residential roads.i also wprk for GP
Some truckers told me since I’m working on my cdl is to learn how to read a map first, then if you use a gps, which almost everyone does, to only use it until you get into the city/town then switch to google maps because apparently that would be more accurate. I don’t know how true it is but it seems helpful.
I just found your channel, It's neat! I bet driving that automatic makes life a breeze lol. I'm honestly a huge supporter for them. They just seem safer to drive sine you can focus on the road more. And now these days there's literally no excuse for someone to not get into truck driving. I've seen the money that can be made and it's pretty amazing.
No excuse? Good grief man, have you ever seen me park? And that was with a regular car.
@@Sandra-Gibora Lol no I can't say that I have.
Word is Alex is still circling around in Michigan 😂
He edited it, but I guarantee he spent more than an hour on all that bullshit.
Why are you guys clowning on the man?
Alex my guy PLEASE trip plan before leaving. It takes less than 10 minutes and it'll save you hours of time later on. Would've let you know the road you needed to take was under construction among other things.
You do know they always announce construction especially if it's quick repairs or something, you can't always trip plan for a delay 500 miles away.....
@@truckercowboyed2638It's quite easy to see construction on Google maps or other apps. Hell my company has an app that shows construction on roads as well as accidents and roads being blocked by flooding. I'm not saying you're wrong, because yeah it sometimes is out of your control, but still, trip plan trip plan trip plan. Always
Dude I trip plan all the time and still find out at last minute that there’s road construction that is hard to plan for.
@@elijahb4309his username checks out
That’s bullshit advice. Not true in the slightest way. Construction pops up and there’s no time for apps to update that. Stop lying to the kid.
Stop pulling the red knob rookie
lmao please explain what you mean by this
@@official315 he was pulling both air supply knobs completely un necessary and sat there complaining how long it took 🙄
@@truckingnerd9968 why he should have only pulled the yellow one? do you have the time stamp
We have to drive past 3 o'clock. Don't cry, it'll be OK.
He has a yoga mat in his truck. End of story. Kids hilarious
😂
I enjoyed sleeping by the reefers- it was like white noise but also had me worried I wouldn't hear my surroundings as well so it's double sided. Keep your head up!
Start-stop on them is annoying tho, lol. I pull them right now, it's something you get used to, I don't mind them for the most part either, helps drown out all the morons flying through the truck stop at 2am
I loved how he said he can’t park next to a tanker. Like the shit might blow up in his sleep.
Passed my CDL test 2 days ago and I can’t wait to get driving, I’m from Detroit, MI I enjoyed this video man!! Great content
How much did you pay for school? Is it worth it so far?? How’s your first month been
@@scole1448 I actually didn’t pay anything for school it was free besides the states fees and exams fees at the end when I went to the DMV. But it’s been fun I started working a month ago working as a route driver for a beverage company
@@marioaguilar8031 how can I go about looking into something like that??? I honestly don’t have 4500 to pay to get mine .
11:26 🤣🤣 You could have just parked here. I mean, your basically in my backyard.
fun fact them big rod rolls at the beginning is similar to what i work with when i was working at a fence factory i was the first line of production where we would put the big giant rod rolls on to a stand and cut the bands off and it'll do its thing and we find the top end and stick it to the side of the rool put the stand up and then after we take the top end on that stand and weld it to the bottom end the stand next to it that also had a big rod roll on it
Another great video!👍You’re almost to 1 million subscribers. You got this! Are you going to post another cooking video? I sure do enjoy the truck cooking videos you have done in the past.
My eld on all deliveries have hours of business. That is why i call them ahead of time after picking up the load to see the earliest delivery time. The early you delivery the sooner you can get the next load. That shutting down at 3pm everyday is a joke.
So I'm not a trucker but stumbled up on Alex and what's wrong shutting down at 3? I assume he just gets up early to continue
Where you pick up those coils, the town is called Johnstown, PA. Litteraly not far from where I live and you're right about there not being many truck stops around. There is a Rutters now in Bedford, PA which isn't far from Johnstown that they just built that is trucker friendly.
Funny seeing all these dual axle trailers, they are almost all tri-axle trailers in Australia.
That area around 19:00 is so beautiful! I'm from Denver and I'm considering checking out that place.
Dude must be makin hella money off UA-cam. Cause he only works part time for GP, dispatcher asked to be there closer to 8 am and dudes like Naa I got til 5pm 😂 between that and his “mandatory” 34 every weekend 🤦🏼♂️
No doubt. He is parked more than driving
When you feel 8 hrs driving is a big day. I'd say utube money is the biggest part
@@jimmyjohnson1452 watched one last year he got hemmed up in Cheyenne due to road closures cause of snow, sit for a few days and left, went 80 miles road was closed drove 80 miles back, finally left and found himself on two lane along 80 totally snow covered because 80 was shut down again, he’s gonna get himself in a real bind worse than this video due to blindly following google
He is a good UA-camr, but a very bad truck driver. Just look at your suspension PSI if it is under 65 is ok.
I don't think he has any real big expenses, so no need to milk every second out of his 11/14
At this point he gotta be trolling, cause ain’t no way, ain’t no fucking way. 😭
Nope. He’s that dude. The one youd punch in the face on day one if you were teamed up with him.
@@FinnaRealtawk2323why?
@@liberalbias4462 For me, it's sitting in the bay saying that he can't park and close the doors....while stopped in the exact spot taking up more time than if he had just gotten out and closed the damn doors. The other truck was stopped. He wasn't in any danger.
9:44 that's a positive for me man, that noise make you sleep in no time
If you are going to rely on gps for directions you should get a rand McNally or a garmin trucking gps. As it will only take you down semi approved routes
Cool!
Definitely speed the money for a commerical truck gps it will save you head aches and damage to your or the company rig to keep you out of places a cmv is not to be especially @ night.
Stay safe out there, Alex! Thank you for doing what you do!!
33:40 alex buddy you need to drink more water lol
It was so dark, plus he showed it, which made me think that maybe it was juice, not pee. Ugh.
I drove a truck for 29 years and watching this Guy cracks me up I've never had the dot wake me up at a truck stop they usually parked out side of the driveway waiting for you to pull out after fueling or what ever he does make it difficult sometimes this guy relays or GPS to much I'd always call the shipper or receiver and get directions 😂😂
I bet you a 1000 dollars that shit would fly through your trailer if you hit the breaks hard enough
The new freightliners are sweet looking
man i wish i was out on the road in my town i would of seen your truck i love the vids man and im loving u going around and i hope ur visit too lapeer wasn't painful
hopes for u to be safe
Vince
I enjoyed watching you leaving the wire mill in Johnstown out on to 22 towards Blairsville. Take care and be safe
I like his videos i have been following since CFI but it still drives me crazy that every company he works for he "demands" to only work till 3 or 4 pm like what! It doesnt work like that in trucking. My hours change multiple times a week
It depends I suppose. I shut down at 3 to 4pm daily, but I'm on a dedicated account with wide open delivery times lol
Hey I saw you on Fox & Friends this morning and watched my first video where you went into the woods. That was an old Moonshine village. Making Moonshine requires a water supply which is maybe the big pipe was for. As far as your truck about an hour from here is a Frieghtliner Plant so its a good chance it was made here. I hear they make really good money but it an assembly setup and hard work. Good luck my friend and thanks for your service as it were..
I’m hoping to this but don’t you need another type of map because of clearances n stuff like that ?
Those coils are fun to strap down on a flatbed and to tarp in a t Gp now as well hauled some coils and some ingots last week
Work that requires personal drive, and mountain of patience. Well, done trucker. I enjoyed watching your experience. May God Bless
Up towards saginaw there's always parking if you go to he loves in Bridgeport Michigan that truck stop is big and never ever fills up ever
No body wants to go there.🤣
700 hundred open pull through spots and he backs between two trucks lol
Keep your head up Alex sometime and get hard You know how trucking is
When You come up on Construction, and Your Destination is Part in The Construction Zone. Ask the Construction Workers what Alternate Path do they Have for You.
Reefer unit, the sound of my people. I drove reefer for around 7 years, you get used to it, drowns out all the idling trucks, APU's, and general truck traffic.
16:37. If anything, that cop would commend you for driving cautiously.
Alex why do u park next to another trucker when there’s sometimes 1,000 other empty spots open 😂?
Idiot don’t wanna park by himself. And then complain about the noise from the other truck
Giving off stand next to you in the urinal even though 10 are open vibes
All they sit them upright on the van trailers. Nice
Well that’s Michigan for you construction all the time
Why didn’t you just ask the guys working on the road what way to go???come on Alex
His brain doesn’t think properly
This trip was hilarious! Sure brought back memories. Wife and I drove a team for Werner back in the late 80's. Tractor 212. Way before all today's technology.
I ALWAYS called the receiver and asked for specific directions to their location. Would do the same today. Google and Apple maps have taken me on many a wild-goose-chase in my 4 wheeler. Same in an 18 wheeler would not be fun.
Your channel is great. Keep it up!
Get a Truck/RV specific GPS. There are Garmin and apps. They will not send you down bad roads.
can't believe you are a truck driver should be driving for uber
I'm surprised you don't use the trucker path app. Using the GPS on that you probably would have seen that all these roads had construction on them.
I just subscribed I’m about to start CDL school and find your content informative and entertaining! I noticed a slight accent. Where are you from?
Im going through jobcore right now to get my cdl im hoping i can go and have a good time trucking
Great work buddy!!
I'm in WI at kreilkamp. I've seen a couple of gp at drop yard Today.
Click clack click clack....repeat 20 monutes
You made parking such a difficult task when you tired you don’t even think about the refer noise or maybe that’s just me lol. Cool video bro.
Re Parking next to the reefer. The realities of truck driving verses my ATS experience. :)
Agreed people don't know how to use the acceleration ramp.
I believe I saw your truck parked up at the Walmart in Marquette Michigan in August
What do u think drives better ? The KW? Or the Freightliner???? And wich one has less issues??? As far as maintenance and breakdowns ??? Over all Wich one is better??
I'm not Alex, but I prefer KW for the ride. Much smoother.
Freightliner for reliability and cheaper maintenance/parts
not the cop turning behind him when he turned left lmao. I saw it in his mirror. love your channel! makes me want to be a driver to!!!
Hi, what is your preferred speed on normal delivery and also when you running late for delivery.
You really need to learn*"BRIDGE LAWS"* Or one of these days you will get a big fine! Its not hard. The length you're allowed for each state is right in the trucker atlas/Map book.! QUIT GUESSING if you're legal or not. Make a mark of some kind where 41 foot is on the trailer you have.🖋🖋 And if you have a window on the blind side on your sleeper, use it for blindside backups. If you have power mirrors. use it to adjust your passenger side mirror to see better while blindside backups.😁
I love maybe an hr north of lapeer Michigan
To figure out what time it is in regular hours compared to military hours, you have to subtract from 12. Say like @ 17:00 hrs, you have to subtract 17 from 12 then the answer is 5, that’s what time it would be in regular hours. I got into military hours, cause my mom used to be a RN @ a hospital in Billings, Montana.
There is an easier way ,for example 1300 is 1pm 1400 is 2pm so all u have to do is 13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24...so basically all in order is 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 ect ect no need for subtraction just remember the zeros at the end..
If you would plan your trips before starting you would save yourself alot of wasted time
Alex does not believe in the "pre-plan."
@@Matts_PresentationsI don't think he knows what that is. Not hating on the guy, but I get a cringe every time he drives
How exactly do you "pre-plan" for road construction?
@@JTube571You look at Google maps or other various other apps to view road construction and see if the road you need to take is closed.
@JTube571 It's called Department of Transportation website.
Lapeer Michigan, my Hometown, have since moved to Northern Michigan,
You was supposed to strap the solid metal handles up top coils will go through those straps if they start sliding.
nice load of elevator cables
Liberty Wire....Johnstown, Pa
I never been mess with by DOT in a truck stop. If you worry about it then it might happen. Stay safe and keep your speed down bad weather is on the way. Enjoy your videos
I picked up from that same exact shipper and all the way to Sterling Heights, MI
Those are used to wrap card board bundles
What dashcam do you recommend?
Girl you are awesome and I love your driving
That ain’t no girl and you know it
Hey, alex, make a cheese burger in your truck. Mix the meat with onions and garlic pieces. Trust me, its delicious and season it with weber flavor bomb burger seasoning or black pepper with salt. Love your vids and i also start my CDL training next week. Thanks for the uploads, youre doing great, but please do that cooking just this once!! ❤
I only drove a nite as traffic was lighter! Sleep during the day!!