One of the best pieces of advice I ever heard was “You can go down a hill too slow as many times as you want. You can only go down a hill too fast, once.” Great video man.
True words. I’ve come off a strip job down a dozer road loaded with 40 ton of blue gem coal and started to rain, I had my door open in 2nd full Jake. I was in a 75’ DM800 Mack. That was the day I learned it wasn’t all fun and showing off, you can get killed real quick.
Damn straight, I would always have trucks blow by me going across Donner and they would laugh at me because I had a large car but taking it slow was less stressful
@@TheDabEnthusiastGaming Lots of people live close enough to main roads to hear these things. But it’s not the trucks as such that are the problem - it’s ignorant and selfish drivers who take the mufflers off their trucks because they think “it sounds cool”. It does not sound cool. Along with knuckle dragging morons on Harleys, it’s just noise pollution.
@@froggy0162 Muffler-less trucks, I think it's still fine since most of them have pipes point up-ward, unless living in higher floor of building, it's not a big deal for house livers, and they just passing by with some speed. What I hate most is muffler-less 4-6cyl cars. Yup, most of them are shitty modified Honda, Nissan and Subaru, they sometime drive very slowly, and tap their fxxking throttle over and over again, some mother fxxkers even make back fire, keep farting until all alarm and sound sensering lignts triggered, all dogs barking.
Stumbled here like “oh cool, a pov vlog of a rig. Wonder what it’s really like to operate one?” Man, whole new level of respect for what you guys do. This takes an incredible amount of skill, focus and practice to drive at this level.
@@rudyleotardo8278 cause he know how to drive a rig better than most of experience trucker. This young men is probably the best trucker i've seen on UA-cam
I remember being a trainer for Schneider going down these hills by myself and with trainees. I remember one "super trucker" coming across the horn poking fun that "Schneiders scared, can't hit the hill without taking a piss, and checking brakes" i looked at my trainee and said "just wait and see" we got about half way down and Mr super truckers brakes were literally on fire as he was in a runaway. We checked on him and an important lesson was learned by everyone.
Wish truckers showed common courtesy and respect to each other again... byt then again i can understand the loss of patience with bad/immature truckers that turn then like this
I've never driven a big truck like that, but I have come off some steep hills with big loads of hay weighing 25,000 lbs on a gooseneck. This was one of the first things I was told. Start off slow, never get too fast. It doesnt matter if it take you 45 minutes to get down, getting down safely is what matters
We need more drivers like you on the road, drivers who actually care. When I was driving OTR, I never took mountains lightly even if I was empty, and always laughed watching guys fly down mountains at 80 mph, and scary thing is, my trainer when I first started, would push me to fly down mountains. 🤦🏻♂️. Also can’t get over how beautiful your rig is 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻.
You OTR guys should learn a thing or 2 from us ltl guys that drive the same mountains every day. Unless I'm heavy, 9th gear and full jakes gets me down every mountain no problem. Been doing it for years, and I drive down cabbage every other day with triples that can weigh up to 105k. You don't have to go that slow. We laugh at you when we fly by, and we laugh even more when we cash our larger paychecks.
@@Jarl_Thidrandi And then that one time your brakes fail you'd be wishin you were going slower. Shit gives out, anything can happen at any time. You sound like one of those super truckers that whines about getting brake checked only to follow someone with a half car length gap fully loaded.
My dad is a 40-year OTR vet, so I appreciate so many aspects of what you showed here! And I know this pull-off stop very well! My family has travelled this road for years heading to visit family. Well done man!
I got about five seconds into the video here and was like "hmm, I wonder if this is in PA near State College." Sure enough, it is! Pretty cool when I see youtubers driving the areas I know.
Sure is! Might not be the best scenery in the country, but I can't really complain much about my home state. Mild weather, hardly ever deal with hurricanes or tornados, can take a quick trip to the mountains for a secluded vacation, yet the East Coast beaches are close enough for a day trip. Can't say I've ever found a good reason to move away from all of those conveniences.
Lol that's almost home. Passed by a wrecked horse trailer that was just starting down. The 2 big draft horses were ok but there was an Amish sitting along the road looking a bit ruffled.
Very impressed with your knowledge and understanding. I felt like I was sitting in the passenger seat while listening to my old man give me the same sound advice. My dad was an owner operator his whole life and learned from his old man. They hauled coal and grain to and from Idaho Falls area and Northern Utah. He was as old school as they come. The first truck I remember was a ‘69 359 Peterbilt with a 350 Cummins and a 4+4 brownie. He would chuckle at your tall shifter but would be very impressed with your sound understanding of running and caring for quality equipment. I would love to shake your hand and tell you that your doing a great job. God Speed brother. Keep truckin’
@@ziggengineering7861 Just want to get this out of the way I'm not a trucker and I'm just going of what I read and heard. It used to be so you have more leverege to make smoother shifts, but now days transmitions are better and they are already easy to shift. If I heard right in the video at 8:35 he said its so drivers don't hold their hand on the shifter so not to damage the gears by putting preaure on them (which is a concern in every manual transmition vehicle).
I dont even drive semis, but my dad does as a day cab driver and I just find your videos so interesting to watch. This one is especially good for educating about something maybe everyone doesn’t know about. Keep it up!
If you're not a truck driver, have no interest in becoming a truck driver, and think there's nothing you could possibly learn form a video like this... You can always learn that truck drivers do things for a reason. If you're annoyed at the big rig going too slow in front of you remember that truckers are the life blood of commerce and without them the economy collapses. They're trying to be safe (some of them anyway) so cool your jets. You'll get around when you get around.
Going up is easy... going down takes skills..Downshift to the right gears and Jake it... the truck will do the rest without touching them brakes... I've been doing 15+years otr and locals combined..been in 47 state.. seen the toughest mountains.. its no joke... he's on the right track what he's talking about. . one thing I won't do is shift while going down... my preference
You can go down the hill too slow forever. But, you only go downhill too fast one time. Great video everyone who drives a big rig should watch this video.
Finally got my cdl after watching your videos and my first load was from kentucky to New Jersey. Took 68 I think it was up through there and I took your advice for hills and made it through just fine on a full load. Love the content. God bless
Damn, that truck is COOL AF! I'm not American, have never lived there, know nothing about trucks, but I suddenly feel amazingly patriotic watching this! :D
Got a lot of respect for you stopping, and doing it the right way, you're building a much more positive attitude towards truckers -- for myself -- and for others. Colorado here, and half the truckers seem like they're intentionally trying to kill you 👍
What you said about Monteagle is painfully true. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen people come screaming down through there with no regard for the semis. Stay safe man. I enjoy your videos!
Liked your channel from the beginning but your shots/editing and dialogue have really improved. Your channel continues to grow and you deserve it dude. Respect from the UK. 👍🏻
When first started in trucking some 20 years ago, I bumped into a senior driver whose Jake did fail cresting a hill... it can happen. In those days Stevens tractors were not equipped with engine retarders and I smoked a set of brakes on a hill whose descent gradually increased... one of the most terrifying events to date in my career. Good video.
I'm no truck driver but I work in logistics. I want to thank so much for the precious tips you give to all of us when going down hill loaded. Love the landscape and hearing your truck's engine and its jake brakes. Cheers from France.
When I was driving the family down on our move from IL to GA,we went through some pretty steep hills in TN mountains. Had the runaway truck ramps, etc. I was thinking to myself the whole time now much respect I had for the guys in the big rigs doing the same drive
When I see a truck going slow uphill, I think must be a heavy load. When I see a truck going slow on the downhill , I think there's a smart driver. Great video, thanks for building awareness so other drivers on the road understand. 👍
Ive been driving about 2.5 years and became an owner op a month ago. Still learning everyday. I learned a couple of things watching this vid and found myself agreeing and relating to a few things. Thanks for the content. I'm subscribed.
I learned the A/C trick by accident in my 5 speed Tacoma years ago. The A/C put so much drag on the engine, you could feel a slight jolt through the cab if you turned it on. When I drove down the Malahat, I would turn the A/C on and shift into 3rd. The entire way down, I would only have to lightly tap the brake once. So it definitely works!
I like to throw mine in neutral, and kill the motor. See how much speed I can pick up to coast up next hill. The challenge has been met when you just crest the next hill and start going back down the other side without power 😆
Good advice, NICE looking Pete! My grandfather always taught me to go down a hill one lower than you came up it, and, like you said, NEVER ride your brakes! I told my buddy that when our families were on vacation together. We went up, I think White Face Mountain in Upstate NY.I told him up top to keep his car in 2nd on the way down, he didn't listen, thankfully he was way behind me, because he smoked the shit out of his brakes! He pulled up behind me in a HUGE cloud of smoke! I was like, Hmm, didn't listen, did you?
By the time you know it your down the grade and gone bout your business. I love your patience and appreciation for the scenery/view. Enjoying the ride safely is what I think trucking is all about.
Cool. Makes me appreciate the truck drivers at our warehouse. They were late one day because of all the fog as they came down from a huge ass mountain that we have near by. The other manager was mad but I tried to talk some sense into him.
I am in awe ... totally humbled and know I need to know so much to even begin being a safe driver ... just about to get my permit let alone CDL ... these types of situations I don't see on YT so much but need to. Thank you for having such great driving skills and sharing such knowledge. God bless and keep you sir!! Much respect!!
Your pull off moment with the drone is one of my spots to stop and strech when im out riding the R6. Good views and glad you have the mini statue of liberty in here as well. Cool seeing you roll through my area!
As a kid my parents knew id loved to be a long haul driver like truck or greyhound just being on the road, but not as a career. I can only admire from afar with videos like these. Im in college for finance. Thanks alot.
It's never too late to do what actually interests you. I have a degree in management and I'm a class B truck driver doing local runs for a dairy company. Working on getting my class A.
FINALLY someone who knows how to get down a hill! I tought I was the only one 🤦 like my trainer said to me... IF YOU HAVE TO TOUCH THE BRAKES GOING DOWNHILL, YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST
Just awesome! Had to sell my 94 flat top due to health issues. No place I'd rather be. Riding with you sure brings back some good memories!! Thanks for the channel!!!
I've been a trucker for decades. I've driven some loud trucks. I find Detroits to make the most noise. Two things I hate, loud motorcycles and loud tractor trailers. But your Pete is incredible and doesn't sound annoying. It's got a sweet roar to it.
Really good to see a young driver with so much respect for his machine and how fast it will kill you. You were obviously trained by an ole school trucker. Thank God for that Mate. Be safe Brother.
Dude love the Chanel! Black with Black stripes is what Armstrong all ways wanted his trucks painted when I worked at a dealership in the body shop your truck is drop dead gorgeous you put a lot of work and effort in your videos show us under the hood be safe out there too many crazy people on the road anymore
I live in a logging area. The town has a sign just up the hill from us stating 'No J Brakes'. I've never minded the sound. I'd rather hear that than the possible alternatives.
@@lisaj.blankenship9117 I agree, but I also would rather hear the sound of a Jake brake then see someone died on the news because a heavy haul lost his brakes trying to maintain a safespeed and crashed into someones home or a building with people. They put these signs and don't even stop to think twice about the danger it's potentially causing because they seriously have them in the stupidest spots sometimes...
I run Donner Pass between Reno NV and Sacramento CA two times a night five days a week. I fully appreciate your knowledge and understanding of the importance of taking care of your equipment and respecting the hill you are navigating. Every night I see hi Ballers racing up and down the hills abusing their engines and brakes. Being in control and safe is the name of the game.
this is incredible. theres a whole method and science to simply DRIVING DOWN HILL! i love how passionate and knowledgeable these truck drivers are about it!!
We go to South Dakota for vacation every other year and when we go up and down in the hills my parents always told me just to drop the vehicle down a few gears, we have a expedition with the middle column shifter so it’s easy to down shift. My dad got a new exhaust with turbo tubes in his 1996 Chevy truck so I want to take it up there so when you go down a hill I can downshift a gear and let the exhaust crackle😂😂. There’s got a reason why most mechanic shops up there only specialize in brakes😂
@@henrymarocchi7844 same, it starts to piss people off but in the end your in vacation, slow it down a notch and Injoy the view, i like to go fast but not when I’m on vacation, and this is coming from a 17 year old😂
Oh man that truck is jumping on them Jake's and I love it. Man that tractor is an honor to have on the streets and sounds like a beast. Oh man I love it love it
When he said creating drag on the engine, I knew he knows what he's talking about. My father explained this exact same thing going down El Cajon pass into L.A. during one summer.
@@amerahstevens5864 exactly like the video explained. Use as much retarding force as possible without using your primary brakes. Anticipate going into that steep grade. I'm not a trucker by trade. Just listened to the things that my father used to say. I'm a railroader so I can kinda see the theory. We use dynamic brakes and the engineer will KNOW his territory and will anticipate hills/curves etc. Know the condition of your equipment and its limitations.
just got my CDL not too long ago and in my first week I had to haul 76,000 lbs through a short mountain pass in Arkansas, which included 3 miles of 11% down grade. I was nervous, but I followed the road signs and kept it at 20mph and made it down safely. When I got to the other 11% grade one of the other trucks was flying down with smoking brakes.
A true professional! What your showing here is that you complete control of your truck and the load behind it. More drivers need to be like you. There would be less wrecks out there making us all look bad. Good job! By the way, whats under the hood of your truck anyway? Sure is a beauty and sounds good too.
Awesome video man. Keep them coming. I was taught at a young age up here in northern NY in the hills, a decent rule of thumb is, you go down a hill in whatever gear you go up the same hill loaded. But today with these electronic motors you can do it a half or even whole gear higher. Love your stuff man. I’d love to BS at a show or something some day.
Couple summers ago a guy came down i70 (high country Colorado) and he lost his brakes. Used a whole pile of cars and people as a way to stop. I remember how dark the smoke was. I was a couple hundred yards away
One of the scariest roads I ever drove a heavy truck on was the road from Ioannina to Igoumeitsa in Greece..fearsome steep that goes on forever coming down a mountain with a number of double bends and traffic travelling uphill with hardly any room to spare. All loaded trucks are doing 15mph max, so little airflow to the brakes. A very busy road at night, even more dangerous..nice to see how you cope with things in the US, and the big difference in vehicles compared to Europe. Regards
New subcriber here. Love your videos. Ya'll don't get enough credit. Without trucks and truckers our modern life would come crashing down. Thanks for your hard work, time, and professionalism!
Takes me back to when I was running in the rocky mountains years ago.. with my old mack..., slow up, slow down. Always enjoyed it. Take you're time and enjoy the scenery.
Im not even licensed to drive these things. But hell if this isn't interesting and informative. I feel like this makes me a more understanding commuter and gives me more patience for truck drivers. Y'all need alot more room than I realized. Much respect
One of the best pieces of advice I ever heard was “You can go down a hill too slow as many times as you want. You can only go down a hill too fast, once.” Great video man.
True words. I’ve come off a strip job down a dozer road loaded with 40 ton of blue gem coal and started to rain, I had my door open in 2nd full Jake. I was in a 75’ DM800 Mack. That was the day I learned it wasn’t all fun and showing off, you can get killed real quick.
LMAO!!!
No laughing when you are looking through the windshield 😲
Damn straight, I would always have trucks blow by me going across Donner and they would laugh at me because I had a large car but taking it slow was less stressful
had brake fade once . had to stop afterwards (after cooling brakes a little) going downhill at 140km/h with 44ton was freaking scary.
I'm not even a trucker and respect the sound of his rig. Sounds really damn good.
Sounds pretty bloody shit at 3am in the morning when you’re trying to sleep….
@@TheDabEnthusiastGaming Lots of people live close enough to main roads to hear these things.
But it’s not the trucks as such that are the problem - it’s ignorant and selfish drivers who take the mufflers off their trucks because they think “it sounds cool”.
It does not sound cool. Along with knuckle dragging morons on Harleys, it’s just noise pollution.
@@froggy0162 mufflers hahaha
@@froggy0162 Yeah it sounds terrible passing them on the highway too while they're engine braking down hill, like it's earpeircing
@@froggy0162 Muffler-less trucks, I think it's still fine since most of them have pipes point up-ward, unless living in higher floor of building, it's not a big deal for house livers, and they just passing by with some speed. What I hate most is muffler-less 4-6cyl cars. Yup, most of them are shitty modified Honda, Nissan and Subaru, they sometime drive very slowly, and tap their fxxking throttle over and over again, some mother fxxkers even make back fire, keep farting until all alarm and sound sensering lignts triggered, all dogs barking.
For such a young man you show a lot of maturity, and professionalism, you make us all look good.
He reminds me of someone family trained especially taking care of your ride
he dont give a bad name to trucking
Thats a big 10-4
Thats a big 10-4
Ya sad in 10 to 20 years he will be fat and creepy like all truckers are
Stumbled here like “oh cool, a pov vlog of a rig. Wonder what it’s really like to operate one?” Man, whole new level of respect for what you guys do. This takes an incredible amount of skill, focus and practice to drive at this level.
Travel this mountain every day for the past 4 years. Everything he said is true. I've seen brakes a brighter red then a waxed fire truck.
Which place is this?
@@parthdave7623 Think he said mount eagle
@@parthdave7623 Monteagle Mountain just outside of Nashville I believe
@@parthdave7623 Actually sorry I was wrong
Truckers and their poetry!
Y'all should write country music
If I were to get a CDL, I would want this guy as my instructor.
Why
@@rudyleotardo8278 cause he know how to drive a rig better than most of experience trucker. This young men is probably the best trucker i've seen on UA-cam
@@jacob5014 lol
You aint the only one who’d want him as an instructor Driver theres a lot of instructors that Don’t care treat you as a number and run you in the dirt
I remember being a trainer for Schneider going down these hills by myself and with trainees. I remember one "super trucker" coming across the horn poking fun that "Schneiders scared, can't hit the hill without taking a piss, and checking brakes" i looked at my trainee and said "just wait and see" we got about half way down and Mr super truckers brakes were literally on fire as he was in a runaway. We checked on him and an important lesson was learned by everyone.
Maybe he was on his horn to let you know he had no brakes. Like a warning.
@@The_Trucker_Gamersorry, horn as in the CB, not actual horn.
Wish truckers showed common courtesy and respect to each other again... byt then again i can understand the loss of patience with bad/immature truckers that turn then like this
Good Man. Even stopped to check on him.
You checked on him? Shoulda kicked his ass. Twice.
Much respect for this young man. Shows he cares a great deal about what he is doing. Thank you for your content sir.
This channel has easily become my favorite trucking channel on UA-cam.
Same here
Until you see my channel and here real mishaps of stories a lot of truckers won't talk about
@@335xi1 You have not heard nothing yet watch my channel of real mishaps of Trucking life
Isn't your real name Simple Simmon?
@@ALLofYOU2 mate you don’t even drive trucks you ride motorcycles. Stop trying to gain subscribers by lying.
I've never driven a big truck like that, but I have come off some steep hills with big loads of hay weighing 25,000 lbs on a gooseneck. This was one of the first things I was told. Start off slow, never get too fast. It doesnt matter if it take you 45 minutes to get down, getting down safely is what matters
We need more drivers like you on the road, drivers who actually care. When I was driving OTR, I never took mountains lightly even if I was empty, and always laughed watching guys fly down mountains at 80 mph, and scary thing is, my trainer when I first started, would push me to fly down mountains. 🤦🏻♂️. Also can’t get over how beautiful your rig is 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻.
You OTR guys should learn a thing or 2 from us ltl guys that drive the same mountains every day. Unless I'm heavy, 9th gear and full jakes gets me down every mountain no problem. Been doing it for years, and I drive down cabbage every other day with triples that can weigh up to 105k. You don't have to go that slow. We laugh at you when we fly by, and we laugh even more when we cash our larger paychecks.
@@Jarl_Thidrandi you risk it all to save a few minutes at most, you're a genius
@@Jarl_Thidrandi And then that one time your brakes fail you'd be wishin you were going slower. Shit gives out, anything can happen at any time.
You sound like one of those super truckers that whines about getting brake checked only to follow someone with a half car length gap fully loaded.
@@Jarl_Thidrandi funny thing is OTR trucker like me make way more Money than y'all wannabe. Keep dreamin'
My dad is a 40-year OTR vet, so I appreciate so many aspects of what you showed here! And I know this pull-off stop very well! My family has travelled this road for years heading to visit family. Well done man!
Does he have million miles?
@@Akus75038 Probably
I got about five seconds into the video here and was like "hmm, I wonder if this is in PA near State College." Sure enough, it is! Pretty cool when I see youtubers driving the areas I know.
Heck yeah man, got a cabin out near Mingoville and I love going out near State College every time because the scenery is always amazing.
Sure is! Might not be the best scenery in the country, but I can't really complain much about my home state. Mild weather, hardly ever deal with hurricanes or tornados, can take a quick trip to the mountains for a secluded vacation, yet the East Coast beaches are close enough for a day trip. Can't say I've ever found a good reason to move away from all of those conveniences.
Yep, I noticed that too. Went down there just the other day. Other 18 wheelers never do the 20 limit, I'm the only one it feels like
Lol that's almost home. Passed by a wrecked horse trailer that was just starting down. The 2 big draft horses were ok but there was an Amish sitting along the road looking a bit ruffled.
I thought the same thing
Very impressed with your knowledge and understanding. I felt like I was sitting in the passenger seat while listening to my old man give me the same sound advice. My dad was an owner operator his whole life and learned from his old man. They hauled coal and grain to and from Idaho Falls area and Northern Utah. He was as old school as they come. The first truck I remember was a ‘69 359 Peterbilt with a 350 Cummins and a 4+4 brownie. He would chuckle at your tall shifter but would be very impressed with your sound understanding of running and caring for quality equipment. I would love to shake your hand and tell you that your doing a great job. God Speed brother. Keep truckin’
How I’ve found myself on this channel is beyond me but I dig the content 🤘
It looks like there would be some room to extend the shifter a bit further.
lol
@@kiljosh nice name 👍
I’ve been wondering why the shifter is so long ?? Genuine question from the Uk
@@ziggengineering7861 Just want to get this out of the way I'm not a trucker and I'm just going of what I read and heard. It used to be so you have more leverege to make smoother shifts, but now days transmitions are better and they are already easy to shift. If I heard right in the video at 8:35 he said its so drivers don't hold their hand on the shifter so not to damage the gears by putting preaure on them (which is a concern in every manual transmition vehicle).
@@ziggengineering7861 To not put pressure on the shifter to help protecting the transmission, And to look cool. Welcome to Merica
I dont even drive semis, but my dad does as a day cab driver and I just find your videos so interesting to watch. This one is especially good for educating about something maybe everyone doesn’t know about. Keep it up!
If you're not a truck driver, have no interest in becoming a truck driver, and think there's nothing you could possibly learn form a video like this... You can always learn that truck drivers do things for a reason.
If you're annoyed at the big rig going too slow in front of you remember that truckers are the life blood of commerce and without them the economy collapses. They're trying to be safe (some of them anyway) so cool your jets. You'll get around when you get around.
Ivan F maybe you should read what I typed one more time?
Going up is easy... going down takes skills..Downshift to the right gears and Jake it... the truck will do the rest without touching them brakes... I've been doing 15+years otr and locals combined..been in 47 state.. seen the toughest mountains.. its no joke... he's on the right track what he's talking about. . one thing I won't do is shift while going down... my preference
You can go down the hill too slow forever. But, you only go downhill too fast one time.
Great video everyone who drives a big rig should watch this video.
Finally got my cdl after watching your videos and my first load was from kentucky to New Jersey. Took 68 I think it was up through there and I took your advice for hills and made it through just fine on a full load. Love the content. God bless
Damn, that truck is COOL AF! I'm not American, have never lived there, know nothing about trucks, but I suddenly feel amazingly patriotic watching this! :D
Got a lot of respect for you stopping, and doing it the right way, you're building a much more positive attitude towards truckers -- for myself -- and for others.
Colorado here, and half the truckers seem like they're intentionally trying to kill you 👍
What you said about Monteagle is painfully true. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen people come screaming down through there with no regard for the semis. Stay safe man. I enjoy your videos!
Liked your channel from the beginning but your shots/editing and dialogue have really improved. Your channel continues to grow and you deserve it dude. Respect from the UK. 👍🏻
Thanks man I appreciate it i think at the year mark im going to do a video of me rewatching my first video lol
Man, that's an absolutely beautiful truck. It never ceases to amaze me how great these 389s can look when their owner takes good care of them.
When first started in trucking some 20 years ago, I bumped into a senior driver whose Jake did fail cresting a hill... it can happen. In those days Stevens tractors were not equipped with engine retarders and I smoked a set of brakes on a hill whose descent gradually increased... one of the most terrifying events to date in my career. Good video.
"I got a first aid kit to hold it in there, that's janky as hell, but... IT WORKS!!!" Concise words of wisdom!
Being a good trucker is an art. Thanks for getting our stuff to us.
Yes it is and we are taken for granted!!! 😎👍🏻💵
your a hard working man out there on those roads and I appreciate what you do for us Americans. thank you
That's a nice rig. Makes me wish I wasn't a company driver.
I'm no truck driver but I work in logistics. I want to thank so much for the precious tips you give to all of us when going down hill loaded.
Love the landscape and hearing your truck's engine and its jake brakes.
Cheers from France.
Wise head on young shoulders... well done,!!
When I was driving the family down on our move from IL to GA,we went through some pretty steep hills in TN mountains. Had the runaway truck ramps, etc. I was thinking to myself the whole time now much respect I had for the guys in the big rigs doing the same drive
"I'm coldd as hell!" I felt that, just rolled west from PA couple days ago, this winter ain't gonna be no joke!
ohhhhhh that jake brake is so soothing just the way it sounds
When I see a truck going slow uphill, I think must be a heavy load. When I see a truck going slow on the downhill , I think there's a smart driver. Great video, thanks for building awareness so other drivers on the road understand. 👍
Ive been driving about 2.5 years and became an owner op a month ago. Still learning everyday. I learned a couple of things watching this vid and found myself agreeing and relating to a few things. Thanks for the content. I'm subscribed.
Didn't know you rolled that slow down a mountain. I learn something new everyday. Thumbs up for windows down and freezing and country music. :)
Well, responsible drivers will at least, some blast down it and get lucky
Hot coffee in one hand with a cigarette 🚬 moving slowly....👀
I learned the A/C trick by accident in my 5 speed Tacoma years ago. The A/C put so much drag on the engine, you could feel a slight jolt through the cab if you turned it on. When I drove down the Malahat, I would turn the A/C on and shift into 3rd. The entire way down, I would only have to lightly tap the brake once. So it definitely works!
Sounds like a good technique, but I hope you weren't going highway speed in 3rd gear 😕
I like to throw mine in neutral, and kill the motor. See how much speed I can pick up to coast up next hill.
The challenge has been met when you just crest the next hill and start going back down the other side without power 😆
I gotta say this channel has taught me so much it really puts me in your shoes and gives insight on some of the stuff truckers have to go through.
Good advice, NICE looking Pete! My grandfather always taught me to go down a hill one lower than you came up it, and, like you said, NEVER ride your brakes!
I told my buddy that when our families were on vacation together. We went up, I think White Face Mountain in Upstate NY.I told him up top to keep his car in 2nd on the way down, he didn't listen, thankfully he was way behind me, because he smoked the shit out of his brakes! He pulled up behind me in a HUGE cloud of smoke!
I was like, Hmm, didn't listen, did you?
Jake brake heaven on duals sounds epic
By the time you know it your down the grade and gone bout your business. I love your patience and appreciation for the scenery/view. Enjoying the ride safely is what I think trucking is all about.
Beautiful footage of the Susquehanna river.
Not the susquehanna. It's a reservoir. Laurel Creek
Nevermind. Just got to the end 😂
@@Grimm_Intel Glad you commented, I was unsure what that 1st body of water was.
Yes a trucker got kill over that Condowingo Dam before about 2 years ago trying to go around the toll flip that truck over in the water
Cool. Makes me appreciate the truck drivers at our warehouse. They were late one day because of all the fog as they came down from a huge ass mountain that we have near by. The other manager was mad but I tried to talk some sense into him.
Ever since I was a kid I've always found big rigs fascinating and graceful because of how they're so powerful yet just glide on down the road
Its good to see a "professional" driver, proud of doing the right thing.
he got into an argument with a swift driver?? so i am curious how was it talking to a wall??
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@@High_strung Are you from Maryland? If so what part? I saw that tag.
@@taomicioli why is swift so bad?
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I am in awe ... totally humbled and know I need to know so much to even begin being a safe driver ... just about to get my permit let alone CDL ... these types of situations I don't see on YT so much but need to. Thank you for having such great driving skills and sharing such knowledge. God bless and keep you sir!! Much respect!!
Hey UA-cam send this man the wall plaque already! Content is fire🔥
Such a beautiful piece of machinery, and a great mature driver in it. Keep rolling my dude. Mad Respect!
Don't argue with a Swift driver. Don't downshift halfway down the mountain, be in the right gear at the top. Cool Pete, nice vid.
Your pull off moment with the drone is one of my spots to stop and strech when im out riding the R6. Good views and glad you have the mini statue of liberty in here as well. Cool seeing you roll through my area!
As a kid my parents knew id loved to be a long haul driver like truck or greyhound just being on the road, but not as a career. I can only admire from afar with videos like these. Im in college for finance. Thanks alot.
It's never too late to do what actually interests you. I have a degree in management and I'm a class B truck driver doing local runs for a dairy company. Working on getting my class A.
FINALLY someone who knows how to get down a hill! I tought I was the only one 🤦 like my trainer said to me... IF YOU HAVE TO TOUCH THE BRAKES GOING DOWNHILL, YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST
You picked a GREAT time of year to shoot this video.
That's the kind of sound you hear from a mile away, turn off your radio and roll down your window for. Love it man. Gorgeous truck.
Thats a beautiful rig. I really love the character that you put into that truck
Just awesome! Had to sell my 94 flat top due to health issues. No place I'd rather be. Riding with you sure brings back some good memories!! Thanks for the channel!!!
Soon as you started filming I knew where you where, traveled that section of 322 many times. I love about an hour from there. Safe travels!
I've been a trucker for decades. I've driven some loud trucks. I find Detroits to make the most noise. Two things I hate, loud motorcycles and loud tractor trailers. But your Pete is incredible and doesn't sound annoying. It's got a sweet roar to it.
brother i love your content stay original and fly ill see you on the flip side bubba alll the way from Dallas TEXAS
I’m not even a trucker but you guys have my upmost respect on the road for driving these bad boys.
OH! He got the drone out for this one c'mon.. You are such an inspiration for a rookie like myself. Thank you so much..
Really good to see a young driver with so much respect for his machine and how fast it will kill you. You were obviously trained by an ole school trucker. Thank God for that Mate. Be safe Brother.
I use to travel that hill every week from York to Cleveland OH Glad I had a Coronado with a Detroit with a real Jacobs Brake
Dude love the Chanel! Black with Black stripes is what Armstrong all ways wanted his trucks painted when I worked at a dealership in the body shop your truck is drop dead gorgeous you put a lot of work and effort in your videos show us under the hood be safe out there too many crazy people on the road anymore
I've never heard such an awesome sounding truck. I love it
@Weston That very nice,how are you doing
Hope we get to know each other with time and patience?
Great video, I'm not a trucker but I still greatly appreciate what yall do. Love the sound of the jakes and your sharp rig
That trucks a beaut, Clark! Seriously though, nice rig my man.
This video needs to be in A LOT of driver training programs.
I live in a logging area. The town has a sign just up the hill from us stating 'No J Brakes'. I've never minded the sound. I'd rather hear that than the possible alternatives.
@@lisaj.blankenship9117 I agree, but I also would rather hear the sound of a Jake brake then see someone died on the news because a heavy haul lost his brakes trying to maintain a safespeed and crashed into someones home or a building with people. They put these signs and don't even stop to think twice about the danger it's potentially causing because they seriously have them in the stupidest spots sometimes...
I wish everyone would get he experience to sitin a rig or two. It gives you a new point of view and understanding. Although cant fix stupid can we.
especially Swifts...
@@lisaj.blankenship9117Eh, wimps with their "nO jAke bRakEs" crap. An 18 wheeler failing its brakes isn't a very desirable thing
I run Donner Pass between Reno NV and Sacramento CA two times a night five days a week. I fully appreciate your knowledge and understanding of the importance of taking care of your equipment and respecting the hill you are navigating. Every night I see hi Ballers racing up and down the hills abusing their engines and brakes. Being in control and safe is the name of the game.
I know right where this is and I always like to crack my window when passing a truck going down the hill 😁
this is incredible. theres a whole method and science to simply DRIVING DOWN HILL! i love how passionate and knowledgeable these truck drivers are about it!!
We go to South Dakota for vacation every other year and when we go up and down in the hills my parents always told me just to drop the vehicle down a few gears, we have a expedition with the middle column shifter so it’s easy to down shift. My dad got a new exhaust with turbo tubes in his 1996 Chevy truck so I want to take it up there so when you go down a hill I can downshift a gear and let the exhaust crackle😂😂. There’s got a reason why most mechanic shops up there only specialize in brakes😂
Best feeling is going down a hill down a gear or two and being slower than the crossover riding their brakes the entire way down.
@@henrymarocchi7844 same, it starts to piss people off but in the end your in vacation, slow it down a notch and Injoy the view, i like to go fast but not when I’m on vacation, and this is coming from a 17 year old😂
Oh man that truck is jumping on them Jake's and I love it. Man that tractor is an honor to have on the streets and sounds like a beast. Oh man I love it love it
When he said creating drag on the engine, I knew he knows what he's talking about. My father explained this exact same thing going down El Cajon pass into L.A. during one summer.
Please explain. I'm currently doing loads in Arizona
@@amerahstevens5864 exactly like the video explained. Use as much retarding force as possible without using your primary brakes. Anticipate going into that steep grade. I'm not a trucker by trade. Just listened to the things that my father used to say. I'm a railroader so I can kinda see the theory. We use dynamic brakes and the engineer will KNOW his territory and will anticipate hills/curves etc. Know the condition of your equipment and its limitations.
just got my CDL not too long ago and in my first week I had to haul 76,000 lbs through a short mountain pass in Arkansas, which included 3 miles of 11% down grade. I was nervous, but I followed the road signs and kept it at 20mph and made it down safely. When I got to the other 11% grade one of the other trucks was flying down with smoking brakes.
Young Man, I enjoy watching your travels and your work. Stay Safe out there! (Your video skills are in the professional category....Strong Work!)
A true professional! What your showing here is that you complete control of your truck and the load behind it. More drivers need to be like you. There would be less wrecks out there making us all look bad. Good job!
By the way, whats under the hood of your truck anyway? Sure is a beauty and sounds good too.
>"A SWIFT driver said..."
Mate, I ain't even a trucker and I know that SWIFT drivers are full of it.
Great video!
Awesome video man. Keep them coming. I was taught at a young age up here in northern NY in the hills, a decent rule of thumb is, you go down a hill in whatever gear you go up the same hill loaded. But today with these electronic motors you can do it a half or even whole gear higher. Love your stuff man. I’d love to BS at a show or something some day.
what gorgeous drive, thanks for sharing. Nice rig brother! Shes a beauty.
I listened to this video about 2 times and still cant get over how good they sound
I’m about to start driving love your truck bro my dad bought me a 03 w9
I enjoy your trucker program
You explain safety to others and you are polite to others.
This man is wise beyond his years!
Couple summers ago a guy came down i70 (high country Colorado) and he lost his brakes. Used a whole pile of cars and people as a way to stop. I remember how dark the smoke was. I was a couple hundred yards away
I remember that guy, Think he had lumber, and was based out of Texas. Think he's still waiting for trial to start
That is some beauty out your windows. Easy to see how you can enjoy those days.
The 695 - 95 interchange, minutes from home. Wish I could’ve seen the truck on the road.
Don't think so.
One of the scariest roads I ever drove a heavy truck on was the road from Ioannina to Igoumeitsa in Greece..fearsome steep that goes on forever coming down a mountain with a number of double bends and traffic travelling uphill with hardly any room to spare. All loaded trucks are doing 15mph max, so little airflow to the brakes.
A very busy road at night, even more dangerous..nice to see how you cope with things in the US, and the big difference in vehicles compared to Europe. Regards
Right on man,that’s my boy,just like your daddy
New subcriber here. Love your videos. Ya'll don't get enough credit. Without trucks and truckers our modern life would come crashing down. Thanks for your hard work, time, and professionalism!
I don't carry load that heavy but when i go down hill; i engage my engine break and don't exceed 55mph.
I never got into the trucking life, but I spent a few thousand hours on american truck simulator, and that back in was clean af
Why don’t Peterbilt air seats have more than 1” of travel? Most drivers I see can hardly see over the wheel?
Because guys like to drive with the seat to the floor. The seat in my dads truck can go from the floor > probably 1.5' up
@Jeg Egg Thank you, that makes perfect sense!
Takes me back to when I was running in the rocky mountains years ago.. with my old mack..., slow up, slow down. Always enjoyed it. Take you're time and enjoy the scenery.
Sweet man I live in pa!
Im not even licensed to drive these things. But hell if this isn't interesting and informative. I feel like this makes me a more understanding commuter and gives me more patience for truck drivers. Y'all need alot more room than I realized. Much respect
Let’s go another vid been waiting lol I live in pa the mountains are steep and dangerous but REALLY pretty