Watching his kid just MESMORIZED by the stories his dad is talking about is what does it for me. You can tell he wants to talk, but is letting dad tell all of the story until he's ready. Great episode man.
Brax is the glue on his channel. I like Tim, like everything he does and how he runs his business but by far my favorite part is watching Brax just easily fix trucks most adult truck drivers wouldn’t have a clue how to fix or move them around.
yup, hardest mechanic work out there despite being some of the simplest parts lol...in depth motorcycle stuff is more complicated but breaking apart there is a lot cheaper
Mr. Spaghetti, it's so cool to listen to you talk to these other people we watch. You're a genius, and I love your podcast. The Copper and Bronti segments are awesome.
Tim is such a genuine good dude! Love to hear his come up story, was heartbreaking watching when his shop and almost all his equipment go up in smoke! Glad he’s been kicking ass, absolutely love watching his son just be mesmerized by his pops stories and be so proud of him! Reminds me of all the young days i had with mine riding shotgun 🫶🏻
Love watching Tim and his crew! I went from an automotive tech to a diesel tech just to learn and grow more in life an adapt so if I could potentially one day be more of a help for truckers they do so much for this country
Been a part of Cleeter Nation for a few years now and because of this video I not only enjoyed learning about Gentry and Sons and how they fit into the mix but I also subscribed to both this channel and Gentry's. It's a beautiful thing knowing that just by allowing these channels to entertain us 100 times better than any television show in history has ever been able to do, that we are also a vital part of their success.
Such a great pod. I’ve talked to cooper before about starting UA-cam and trying to get out going. This video just taught me the best lesson of all don’t get caught up in the haters. I had a video they had like 150,000 views within a day but haters start coming and talking crap about my dog saying how horrible me and my wife were because our dog was overweight and I didn’t delete in the video, but that won’t happen again. Keep kicking ass cooper and Gentrey and sons
Excellent job with Tim. I'm a Gentry and Sons fan. Hearing all the stories was great. You, Tim, Garrett and a few others are like family in a way even tho you don't know us from Adam. Thanks and CONGRATULATIONS to the DADDYS
I grew up in a truck my dad recently started driving again professionally and I literally just got home from dropping him off to his truck. I was a diesel tech till 2020 and I can't say how much I miss being involved in this industry there's a lot of good companies and drivers that get stereotyped and bad raps for all the steering wheel holders out there causing issues
Tim and his crew are an amazing bunch of people ive had the opportunity of running in to him and some of his guys a few times while passing threw there aera great people. 👍
We bought our house (in Tulsa, Oklahoma) in 2020 for around $123k. It was listed at $119K. It took the extra $ to win the bidding war. It was very underpriced. Realistically, $140K - $150K was probably a good, fair market price at the time. The market peaked here about 6 - 12 months ago. Right now, I wouldn't put our house on the market for less than maybe $225K. I would also have to have my next place at least on contract to close, and I would be at least 1/2 way packed to move. It would probably sell for more than the $225K, and probably in less than 2 weeks. The average house in our neighborhood right now is about $260K. The top end of the houses on the market today in our hood is $324K right now. In 1998, it was $100K... The property values in our area are pretty nuts. Cost of living is very low here compared to most of the US.
In the part about modifying the truck to drive it the dot actually made me modify mine to drive with one leg. I tried to just hold the truck with the trailer valve and no dice. The only reason they would have cared is because he technically wasn’t medically cleared to drive.
Cooper - It's definitely more work to do this but, it'd be cool if whenever someone on the show showed you something on their phone, you grabbed a copy of it or got the link, and embedded it into the video so we could watch along with you.
I listen a lot of times as well why at work, but when they talk about showing something I always pull out my phone. I used to listen to iTunes for my podcast but switched to UA-cam just for the visuals on the same channels. Maybe throw in a short description for audio listeners.
I sold my truck and trailer at the end of 2020 due to a lot of issues, but the biggest one was guessing how expensive that everything was going to get. After jumping back in a truck a year ago, my predictions were pretty spot on. Just this morning as I was starting my vlog for the day, I was talking about getting undercut on loads. I started driving 13 years ago, and have been around trucks pretty much my whole life, and this is the craziest that I have ever seen things in trucking. I had my old truck for 9 years, and I am glad that I got rid of it when I did.
That dude is awesome to listen too...the fire story made me sad. My family is all evolved in volunteer fire department and they are one of the fastest responding departments in Wisconsin that doesn't have full timers
Semis are what are kicking off my photography pages love them! It’s transformed into getting my cdl and starting my own truck company soon! Been to onaway a couple times for those big rig drags it’s such a cool experience to go see! Highly recommend saw it on 1320 awhile ago now I’m going every year
The same guy that was having blowouts on the Toter doing 85+ when it was pointed the tires are only rated to 67mph? The same guy that asks for handouts everytime things get slow?
Wrong I've watched him since the beginning and the only time they asked fir donations was when the shop burned down and the scam truck. So slow you role with the hate. It's obvious your life is miserable so your on the comment section talking trash
As a diesel mechanic. specifically, an OTR truck mechanic. I have seen many false accusations of failed parts, making the driver/company have to pay for a roadside repair or a tow to a shop. I never know what to tell the customer when my diagnosis opposes the officers. The general consensus is that it is cheaper to pay me than fight the violation. That kind of power is messed up.
The insurance and DEF shit is insane tbh....Im a trucker and E-logs make a LOT of sense tbh, yes its tougher to haul long haul and max out...but when i did flatbed and some Hazmat stuff i made MORE money working ~62hrs a week than i did RIGHT ON THE EDGE of being out of time every single week and sleep better with less stress. Now i work 45 hrs a week hauling hazmat trailers and make the same amount
The trucking industry is tough.. especially for an independent owner/operator.. just maintenance on a truck and trailer is outrageous expensive and then if you have any sort of major part failure it can be unbelievably expensive.. when i first started out as a mechanic on these big trucks and trailers i was blown away at the cost of some if the smallest most basic things..
The AVERAGE broker percentage is 15%. Truck drivers go out of business because they don't know how to run a business, don't understand supply and demand (the ONLY thing that affects rates), and they buy the truck they WANT and not the truck they NEED. Then they expect customers to pay exorbitant rates to cover their inflated costs. This is why we teach drivers how to run a proper trucking business - in a PAID FOR truck with NO PAYMENTS, with a customer-first attitude, and built on a foundation of proper bookkeeping and accounting.
No one buys a truck and pays it off without expecting to cover the cost of the truck purchase so that part of your argument is wrong. I run an asset based business and always charge customers for my equipment even tho it’s payed for. I’d challenge you to find a trucking business that is making money right now regardless their business model.
"Houses are the only thing people aren't upside down in." Maybe in Florida but it's coming. Houses arent selling in my state where people like to move to. You hear one goes under contract then it falls through. Unless you have 50% down you arent getting financed.
I love watching Tim's videos I'm all the way over in Australia I'm a irl truck driver I drive 2 3 and sometimes 4 trailer road trains I actually thought about starting UA-cam but I decided not to because who would want to watch a fat Australian truck driver
Thats such a great plan. How do you plan on getting it in said gear with it revved all the way out when they flat won’t go in gear unless they are synchronized with the rpm? Everyone always says “just put it in high gear” without considering how hard it is to get a truck in a gear in perfect conditions no less with the engine screaming out of control.
@@invadergirr420najera8 the clutch doesn’t do anything in a semi truck bud. I’m not gonna lie here it kinda sounds like you don’t know how a non synchronized transmission works at all.
@@invadergirr420najera8 Maybe it would work. I don’t know I just highly doubt it. Do me a favor red line the truck your in and try to get it in any gear with or without the clutch. Let me know what happens. You’ll either strip the gear or it won’t go. There’s no reality where you can just put it in gear easily and stop the engine.
@@invadergirr420najera8 if it’s in a gear when it runs away then sure you can stop it. But if it’s out of gear and redlines you’re just screwed. All you can do is choke it somehow. Trying to throw it in gear is just going to destroy the transmission with the engine.
There’s 2,000 rounds of ammo in my dresser drawer😂 buddy has at least 100,000 rounds in his attic if he’s worried enough to notify the fire department😂
I work for another boat hauling company and met Tim in Tennessee. He seems like a great guy to work for! I had no idea he's connected to Coop. Great video!
There are videos out there of brokers talking about how they make profit on a load....and on the low end of the amount of loads they deal with, one broker is making 350k a month. Meanwhile the truckers are barely making enough to pay their fuel bill.
Sorry to hear your shop burned down. Really sad when cowards stand in the way and prevent you from saving your own stuff. Had a friend almost die saving his dog because full geared firemen refused to do anything but stand there - if you won't do your job the least you can do is get the hell out of the way.
I was coming to comment on that story as well. I don't understand how they can stop the man from trying to save his shop. He wasn't going in so why not let him try. Crappy situation all over.
I understand having to have a minimum for being able to maintain your business, and I understand a reasonable profit margin. Which is no different than someone's paycheck every week, because without that, they're screwed, but some of these companies are monopolizing the market. It's not necessarily the trucking industry, but the meat processing plant owners. They are literally rapping the people, and I am sure that the retailers are just as guilty of this too. There's like three groups that own the three mega companies that process all the beef, pork, and probably to a degree of any other type of meat. Then it's produce companies are just as bad about it, because you can't tell me that it actually cost anywhere near a $1.00 a head for tiny heads of lettuce. Are lets use watermelons, because I bought one the other day for my 87 year old mother.. It was $5.00, and it didn't matter if it weighed 2 lbs or 5 lbs, but the average watermelon in the crate was closer to 2 to 3 lbs, and if there was anything above 3.5 lbs, it was long gone.. Same thing for loaf of bread, because there's no way it cost $3.??, and whatever to make a loaf of bread. Something for everything else in the grocery stores that's food related, it's has had such a major increase in costs that I've went from $150.00 every two to the three weeks up to closer to $400.00 for each visit. I shop as frugally as possible, there's not much that isn't store brand, and if it is, it's because they don't have it on the shelves that isn't. This is ridiculous, and if transportation jumps up, along with every thing else, there's no way the public can afford this. Especially the people who are on fixed income, because they don't get anymore than when this first started. Same with property taxes, and housing have quadrupled in cost, and old people cannot afford to sell thinking they'll make a profit, because they will never find anything that they can afford if they do it will be at such a lower quality of housing, and the area they'll have to buy in will not come close to the standard they just left. Not that I'm not for making a profit, but where does it reach the point that you take everything out of the price range that people cannot afford. Don't get me started on how bad the average person who raises beef to feed our country cannot afford to have his own beef processed for his family. There's a big problem that we get usually below a dollar a pound live weight, but cheapest hamburger at the store is over $5.00 a lb, but its more filler than actual meat. That's wrong straight up wrong
the man is the definition of beggar. He pretended to need money and that his insurance didn't help just to beg his fans for money. He had more than enough to push through without having a gofundme. And because people are amazing and have good hearts, they fell for it. Begs for money on facebook and youtube, just to in a few videos later be buying stuff and flaunting money....
crazy how a stock s550 mustang runs 7s in the 1/8. add boost and fuel to a v8 f150 or s550 5.0 mustang and they can make uo to 1200whp and run 8s in the f150s and as fast as 7s in s550 and thats in the 1/4 mile on stock sealed coyote. toss that into a lightweight fox and you have a 6 sec car or turned down easy 7s at a reliable 900whp. build motor factory coyote block can handle up to 2500hp qnd this is why we see 4 sec 1/4 mile foxes in the coyote class. this why ppl like Garrett are turning away from LS stuff. its so much easier once you learn them to make 5.0 coyote and other coyote varients of the coyote like the 5.2 voodoo (from the gt350) and supercharged 5.2 from the (gt500)
Cooper u need to interview the man that got u to whew u are today u may say ur dad yes but no lol I want u to interview mark Mitchell cuz without mark no Cleetus no Cleetus no UA-cam lol would be cool to hear from him
Unfortunately it’s the new breed of drivers that’s killing the industry. It’s like my dad has always said, you can stay home and go broke. There’s no sense in going out and killing the market along with your business. Fortunately we’ve always been like Gentry and had a special niche so we’ve never actually had to run off a load board and very seldom ever long haul.
Respect to his business. But some of the numbers he's throwing around is not accurate. New Pete's and w900's in late 2023 are 200k-215k. Not 280k. And 2022 the only way a 2006 Pete would be 280k is if it was heavily custom and refurbished. Otherwise they were 80k at the peak.... But he's definitely right about starting out in a freightshaker with a n14 or s60. That's almost a fool proof way and they're cheap.
Watching his kid just MESMORIZED by the stories his dad is talking about is what does it for me. You can tell he wants to talk, but is letting dad tell all of the story until he's ready. Great episode man.
He’s good at respect.
Dad is talking!!
Just say your response kid. I’m one person. I won’t give ya a hard time at working.
Hes.a good kid
THIS MAN IS THE DEFINITION OF HARD WORK
Garrett has turned into a kingmaker. It’s dope to see anybody in his stratosphere blow up.
Cooper, keep up the great work.
Brax is the glue on his channel. I like Tim, like everything he does and how he runs his business but by far my favorite part is watching Brax just easily fix trucks most adult truck drivers wouldn’t have a clue how to fix or move them around.
not to mention since 10 yr old and younger he has been able to drive and operate most of the equipment
yup, hardest mechanic work out there despite being some of the simplest parts lol...in depth motorcycle stuff is more complicated but breaking apart there is a lot cheaper
He’s the greatest EVER! If you don’t believe me, just ask him!
I'm a proud follower and supporter of Gentry and Sons Trucking.
Glad to see gentry and sons on there. Awesome group of people. Great podcasts keep em coming
Thanks for sharing this with us it’s great info and stories.
Thanks for your time Gentry and Sons.
Good stuff. Go America sir
Mr. Spaghetti, it's so cool to listen to you talk to these other people we watch. You're a genius, and I love your podcast. The Copper and Bronti segments are awesome.
Tim is such a genuine good dude! Love to hear his come up story, was heartbreaking watching when his shop and almost all his equipment go up in smoke! Glad he’s been kicking ass, absolutely love watching his son just be mesmerized by his pops stories and be so proud of him! Reminds me of all the young days i had with mine riding shotgun 🫶🏻
Been following Tim for a while. He knows what hard work is and his passion is absolutely infectious. Great episode, Coop!
Love watching Tim and his crew! I went from an automotive tech to a diesel tech just to learn and grow more in life an adapt so if I could potentially one day be more of a help for truckers they do so much for this country
Great episode. Tim is an awesome guy
Best podcast so far. Enjoyed all Tim's stories.
Great guest selection
Love what you do Cooper
Tim is one of the good ones
Keep up the fight
Good episode.Tim and his son are good people
Been a part of Cleeter Nation for a few years now and because of this video I not only enjoyed learning about Gentry and Sons and how they fit into the mix but I also subscribed to both this channel and Gentry's. It's a beautiful thing knowing that just by allowing these channels to entertain us 100 times better than any television show in history has ever been able to do, that we are also a vital part of their success.
Never driven a bug truck but definitely subscribing to his channel. Could listen to the guy tell his stories for hours.
Dam Cooper...most interesting pod cast you have done...
Such a great pod. I’ve talked to cooper before about starting UA-cam and trying to get out going. This video just taught me the best lesson of all don’t get caught up in the haters. I had a video they had like 150,000 views within a day but haters start coming and talking crap about my dog saying how horrible me and my wife were because our dog was overweight and I didn’t delete in the video, but that won’t happen again. Keep kicking ass cooper and Gentrey and sons
Excellent job with Tim. I'm a Gentry and Sons fan. Hearing all the stories was great. You, Tim, Garrett and a few others are like family in a way even tho you don't know us from Adam. Thanks and CONGRATULATIONS to the DADDYS
You can feel the emotions coming out of the boat story
Don't know why I even clicked on this video because I didn't recognize the name at all but it's been one of the best you've done. Really enjoyed it
Another great chat Coop 👍🏻 keep it up mate... I absolutely love what Tim and Ashley are doing .. A great young family achieving their goals ...
Awesome! Tim is such a good story teller that’s why sets him apart
One of your best pedcost to date , Tim is a great story teller
And to think when I first bought "Orwell" I hid it from my channel. 😮
I work doing local food, running 14 hour routes in pdx, best podcast yet
Absolutely awesome content cooper, love gentry and sons trucking
I grew up in a truck my dad recently started driving again professionally and I literally just got home from dropping him off to his truck.
I was a diesel tech till 2020 and I can't say how much I miss being involved in this industry there's a lot of good companies and drivers that get stereotyped and bad raps for all the steering wheel holders out there causing issues
Tim and his crew are an amazing bunch of people ive had the opportunity of running in to him and some of his guys a few times while passing threw there aera great people. 👍
You make my mondays happen!
Hell yeah! This is one I’ve actually been waiting on
I’m halfway through. And this is GOLD
We bought our house (in Tulsa, Oklahoma) in 2020 for around $123k. It was listed at $119K. It took the extra $ to win the bidding war. It was very underpriced. Realistically, $140K - $150K was probably a good, fair market price at the time. The market peaked here about 6 - 12 months ago. Right now, I wouldn't put our house on the market for less than maybe $225K. I would also have to have my next place at least on contract to close, and I would be at least 1/2 way packed to move. It would probably sell for more than the $225K, and probably in less than 2 weeks. The average house in our neighborhood right now is about $260K. The top end of the houses on the market today in our hood is $324K right now. In 1998, it was $100K... The property values in our area are pretty nuts. Cost of living is very low here compared to most of the US.
Just what i needed on this Monday morning.
In the part about modifying the truck to drive it the dot actually made me modify mine to drive with one leg. I tried to just hold the truck with the trailer valve and no dice. The only reason they would have cared is because he technically wasn’t medically cleared to drive.
Some good nuggets in this episode. My authority just got the letter declaring us no longer a “New Entrant”
Cooper - It's definitely more work to do this but, it'd be cool if whenever someone on the show showed you something on their phone, you grabbed a copy of it or got the link, and embedded it into the video so we could watch along with you.
I try to avoid that because I don’t want people to feel like they are missing anything by not watching. Maybe I should just include it
I listen with my phone in my pocket, but when I heard burnouts I pulled it out hahaha
I listen a lot of times as well why at work, but when they talk about showing something I always pull out my phone. I used to listen to iTunes for my podcast but switched to UA-cam just for the visuals on the same channels. Maybe throw in a short description for audio listeners.
I sold my truck and trailer at the end of 2020 due to a lot of issues, but the biggest one was guessing how expensive that everything was going to get. After jumping back in a truck a year ago, my predictions were pretty spot on. Just this morning as I was starting my vlog for the day, I was talking about getting undercut on loads. I started driving 13 years ago, and have been around trucks pretty much my whole life, and this is the craziest that I have ever seen things in trucking. I had my old truck for 9 years, and I am glad that I got rid of it when I did.
Cooper needs to do a clip show for these. Would be a great way to show some of the things they are talking about
That dude is awesome to listen too...the fire story made me sad. My family is all evolved in volunteer fire department and they are one of the fastest responding departments in Wisconsin that doesn't have full timers
No jake break in neighborhoods? WOW, That’s all he does on his videos, I mean every video!!! LMAO!!!
Semis are what are kicking off my photography pages love them! It’s transformed into getting my cdl and starting my own truck company soon! Been to onaway a couple times for those big rig drags it’s such a cool experience to go see! Highly recommend saw it on 1320 awhile ago now I’m going every year
Cooper I really think this is what you were meant to do. This is the one aspect of the car community that needs to have more of
definitely have to get a part 2!!
He's right about everyone buying boats I do boat upholstery on Yamaha jet boats and the orders have like doubled
The same guy that was having blowouts on the Toter doing 85+ when it was pointed the tires are only rated to 67mph? The same guy that asks for handouts everytime things get slow?
Wrong I've watched him since the beginning and the only time they asked fir donations was when the shop burned down and the scam truck. So slow you role with the hate. It's obvious your life is miserable so your on the comment section talking trash
As a diesel mechanic. specifically, an OTR truck mechanic. I have seen many false accusations of failed parts, making the driver/company have to pay for a roadside repair or a tow to a shop. I never know what to tell the customer when my diagnosis opposes the officers. The general consensus is that it is cheaper to pay me than fight the violation. That kind of power is messed up.
Excited for this one
Big shout tim and brax 👌🏻
Keep on trucking 😊
Great interview need to hear from PFI
I like this dude, hard worker,…What happed to the other show truck guys? Seems like they disappeared,
Loving your podcast mate.
Ease up on ads but...woah😮
Thank you, I actually remove a lot of them from UA-cams auto ad deal
Interesting podcast!
The Elvis Jet was 🔥, that was insane
Maybe you should get fsc trucking
The insurance and DEF shit is insane tbh....Im a trucker and E-logs make a LOT of sense tbh, yes its tougher to haul long haul and max out...but when i did flatbed and some Hazmat stuff i made MORE money working ~62hrs a week than i did RIGHT ON THE EDGE of being out of time every single week and sleep better with less stress. Now i work 45 hrs a week hauling hazmat trailers and make the same amount
Used own two semis my self. Had to get out before I really lost my marbles. Great video though
The trucking industry is tough.. especially for an independent owner/operator.. just maintenance on a truck and trailer is outrageous expensive and then if you have any sort of major part failure it can be unbelievably expensive.. when i first started out as a mechanic on these big trucks and trailers i was blown away at the cost of some if the smallest most basic things..
I think having Ed bolian from Vin wiki would be awesome
Ed always does good on podcasts
This was a good podcast. 👍
The AVERAGE broker percentage is 15%. Truck drivers go out of business because they don't know how to run a business, don't understand supply and demand (the ONLY thing that affects rates), and they buy the truck they WANT and not the truck they NEED. Then they expect customers to pay exorbitant rates to cover their inflated costs.
This is why we teach drivers how to run a proper trucking business - in a PAID FOR truck with NO PAYMENTS, with a customer-first attitude, and built on a foundation of proper bookkeeping and accounting.
No one buys a truck and pays it off without expecting to cover the cost of the truck purchase so that part of your argument is wrong. I run an asset based business and always charge customers for my equipment even tho it’s payed for.
I’d challenge you to find a trucking business that is making money right now regardless their business model.
Keep on Truckin brother
Good conversation.
In california most places have to have wildfire insurance and there is like 2 company's that will do it but it is crazy expensive
Cooper.
Take the Gentry and Sons challenge.
Go on a trip!
Your insurance cost is due to the variety of freight that you haul. Unfortunately if you select one type of freight it would save you a ton.
Pay it forward never expect anything back
Good ole Tennessee boy
So you answered my question,, your can not run your trucking company without UA-cam money👍
"Houses are the only thing people aren't upside down in." Maybe in Florida but it's coming. Houses arent selling in my state where people like to move to. You hear one goes under contract then it falls through. Unless you have 50% down you arent getting financed.
Man I hope one day I get to be on this guy podcast
MY DUDE!
I love watching Tim's videos I'm all the way over in Australia I'm a irl truck driver I drive 2 3 and sometimes 4 trailer road trains I actually thought about starting UA-cam but I decided not to because who would want to watch a fat Australian truck driver
Thats the problem with insurance you pay them for years and are scared to file a claim
I would suggest you put in the info either names of Chanel or the full name of person we don't know all them folks 😂
His tag is first thing in the description
@BogettiStudios yes i know about this particular one but sometimes I don't know anything about the interview great job keep it up 👍
all these haters against him and here he is living his best life
If a semi truck runs away just put it in the highest gear n pop the clutch it will stall it out
Thats such a great plan. How do you plan on getting it in said gear with it revved all the way out when they flat won’t go in gear unless they are synchronized with the rpm? Everyone always says “just put it in high gear” without considering how hard it is to get a truck in a gear in perfect conditions no less with the engine screaming out of control.
@j.rowland3488 it's called a clutch I wouldn't just say it if I haven't done it before and saved the truck from blowing up
@@invadergirr420najera8 the clutch doesn’t do anything in a semi truck bud. I’m not gonna lie here it kinda sounds like you don’t know how a non synchronized transmission works at all.
@@invadergirr420najera8 Maybe it would work. I don’t know I just highly doubt it. Do me a favor red line the truck your in and try to get it in any gear with or without the clutch. Let me know what happens. You’ll either strip the gear or it won’t go. There’s no reality where you can just put it in gear easily and stop the engine.
@@invadergirr420najera8 if it’s in a gear when it runs away then sure you can stop it. But if it’s out of gear and redlines you’re just screwed. All you can do is choke it somehow. Trying to throw it in gear is just going to destroy the transmission with the engine.
Is getting your CDL worth it?
There’s 2,000 rounds of ammo in my dresser drawer😂 buddy has at least 100,000 rounds in his attic if he’s worried enough to notify the fire department😂
I work for another boat hauling company and met Tim in Tennessee. He seems like a great guy to work for! I had no idea he's connected to Coop. Great video!
Cooper talking like 2000 rounds I a lot 🤫 let's keep telling everyone that's all we got
You're allowed to drive an old truck in California. Just not allowed to register it. I ran in there rolling coal and never an issue.
You're allowed 1,000 mi per calendar year is what I read I have an older truck myself
There are videos out there of brokers talking about how they make profit on a load....and on the low end of the amount of loads they deal with, one broker is making 350k a month. Meanwhile the truckers are barely making enough to pay their fuel bill.
Sorry to hear your shop burned down. Really sad when cowards stand in the way and prevent you from saving your own stuff. Had a friend almost die saving his dog because full geared firemen refused to do anything but stand there - if you won't do your job the least you can do is get the hell out of the way.
I was coming to comment on that story as well. I don't understand how they can stop the man from trying to save his shop. He wasn't going in so why not let him try. Crappy situation all over.
I understand having to have a minimum for being able to maintain your business, and I understand a reasonable profit margin.
Which is no different than someone's paycheck every week, because without that, they're screwed, but some of these companies are monopolizing the market.
It's not necessarily the trucking industry, but the meat processing plant owners.
They are literally rapping the people, and I am sure that the retailers are just as guilty of this too.
There's like three groups that own the three mega companies that process all the beef, pork, and probably to a degree of any other type of meat.
Then it's produce companies are just as bad about it, because you can't tell me that it actually cost anywhere near a $1.00 a head for tiny heads of lettuce.
Are lets use watermelons, because I bought one the other day for my 87 year old mother..
It was $5.00, and it didn't matter if it weighed 2 lbs or 5 lbs, but the average watermelon in the crate was closer to 2 to 3 lbs, and if there was anything above 3.5 lbs, it was long gone..
Same thing for loaf of bread, because there's no way it cost $3.??, and whatever to make a loaf of bread.
Something for everything else in the grocery stores that's food related, it's has had such a major increase in costs that I've went from $150.00 every two to the three weeks up to closer to $400.00 for each visit.
I shop as frugally as possible, there's not much that isn't store brand, and if it is, it's because they don't have it on the shelves that isn't.
This is ridiculous, and if transportation jumps up, along with every thing else, there's no way the public can afford this.
Especially the people who are on fixed income, because they don't get anymore than when this first started.
Same with property taxes, and housing have quadrupled in cost, and old people cannot afford to sell thinking they'll make a profit, because they will never find anything that they can afford if they do it will be at such a lower quality of housing, and the area they'll have to buy in will not come close to the standard they just left.
Not that I'm not for making a profit, but where does it reach the point that you take everything out of the price range that people cannot afford.
Don't get me started on how bad the average person who raises beef to feed our country cannot afford to have his own beef processed for his family.
There's a big problem that we get usually below a dollar a pound live weight, but cheapest hamburger at the store is over $5.00 a lb, but its more filler than actual meat.
That's wrong straight up wrong
Cboys tv maybe one day I know not to car related but close.
CA resident.
Man. I’m
Hearing you. I read what’s happening.
Sorry your under the thumb of people who decide the laws.
So the state said they were gonna reimburse him because it was there fault.. Did they ever do that or no because he didn’t do an insurance claim?
the man is the definition of beggar. He pretended to need money and that his insurance didn't help just to beg his fans for money. He had more than enough to push through without having a gofundme. And because people are amazing and have good hearts, they fell for it.
Begs for money on facebook and youtube, just to in a few videos later be buying stuff and flaunting money....
crazy how a stock s550 mustang runs 7s in the 1/8. add boost and fuel to a v8 f150 or s550 5.0 mustang and they can make uo to 1200whp and run 8s in the f150s and as fast as 7s in s550 and thats in the 1/4 mile on stock sealed coyote. toss that into a lightweight fox and you have a 6 sec car or turned down easy 7s at a reliable 900whp. build motor factory coyote block can handle up to 2500hp qnd this is why we see 4 sec 1/4 mile foxes in the coyote class. this why ppl like Garrett are turning away from LS stuff. its so much easier once you learn them to make 5.0 coyote and other coyote varients of the coyote like the 5.2 voodoo (from the gt350) and supercharged 5.2 from the (gt500)
You need to get sleeperdud in here
Broker's are crooks
Cooper u need to interview the man that got u to whew u are today u may say ur dad yes but no lol I want u to interview mark Mitchell cuz without mark no Cleetus no Cleetus no UA-cam lol would be cool to hear from him
Unfortunately it’s the new breed of drivers that’s killing the industry. It’s like my dad has always said, you can stay home and go broke. There’s no sense in going out and killing the market along with your business. Fortunately we’ve always been like Gentry and had a special niche so we’ve never actually had to run off a load board and very seldom ever long haul.
I've got a youngen on the way too
Respect to his business. But some of the numbers he's throwing around is not accurate. New Pete's and w900's in late 2023 are 200k-215k. Not 280k. And 2022 the only way a 2006 Pete would be 280k is if it was heavily custom and refurbished. Otherwise they were 80k at the peak.... But he's definitely right about starting out in a freightshaker with a n14 or s60. That's almost a fool proof way and they're cheap.