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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2022
Just a guy who enjoys each and everyday. After surviving heart surgery, life has gotten whole lot different for me. So follow me as I drive a flatbed truck all over the lower 48 & Canada. Along the way, I'll breakout the gravel bike, and see where we can go. Maybe see some interesting things during our travels.
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What happen to me. Did I quit trucking. Do I still work for Melton Truck Lines.
#meltontrucklines #flatbed #flatbedlife What have I been up to. Its been a few months or more. Since I put out a video. This video will give you an update on what I've been doing, and how things are going. #mtb #christmas #nextyear #heartsurgerysurvivor
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Labor Day in Canada. Get your passport. Melton Truck Lines
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had a great week. 2930 miles, spent two days at home, and went to Canada. #melton #flatbed
I'll take this over bumpin docks any day. Melton Truck Lines #flatbedtrucking
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I had three loads for that week. Each one presented deferent and unique stictions that I enjoy, and like doing over bumping a dock everyday. #meltontrucklines #mytruckinglife #heartsurgerysurvivor
Specialized Epic 8 EVO #mtb #melton #heartsurgerysurvivor #mountainbike #oldagefitness
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Just bought the bike about six weeks ago, and was out of town for the six weeks. On HT for a week, and wanted to get some good riding in before going back OTR. #heartsurgerysurvivor
Two Tarp load. Kansas construction site. #flatbedtrucking #mytruckinglife #meltontrucklines
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Two Tarp load. Kansas construction site. #flatbedtrucking #mytruckinglife #meltontrucklines
Truck stop etiquette. Always be professional #mytruckinglife #truckstop #melton
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Truck stop etiquette. Always be professional #mytruckinglife #truckstop #melton
Five years flatbed trucking. Is it worth getting your Hazmat? #flatbedtrucking #melton #moab
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Five years flatbed trucking. Is it worth getting your Hazmat? #flatbedtrucking #melton #moab
Can't sit in my truck all day. Melton Truck Lines Phoenix Arizona #summerheat #flatbedtrucking
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Can't sit in my truck all day. Melton Truck Lines Phoenix Arizona #summerheat #flatbedtrucking
over-taking a semi on a bridge. leaves you few options. Melton Truck Lines dead heading
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over-taking a semi on a bridge. leaves you few options. Melton Truck Lines dead heading
I'm sick. Melton Flatbed #otrlife #flatbedtrucking #sick
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I'm sick. Melton Flatbed #otrlife #flatbedtrucking #sick
How to secure 1000lb bags. Health insurance is something you need to think about.
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How to secure 1000lb bags. Health insurance is something you need to think about.
MAN! I miss the Pandemic. Past incidents could slow your financial growth in the future. #melton
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MAN! I miss the Pandemic. Past incidents could slow your financial growth in the future. #melton
Why did it take me three hours to secure this load.🤔 Melton Truck Lines #otrlife
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Why did it take me three hours to secure this load.🤔 Melton Truck Lines #otrlife
what I wear to do my job. use that tarp box. Melton Truck Lines #otrlife
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what I wear to do my job. use that tarp box. Melton Truck Lines #otrlife
unloading in Pennsylvania Melton Truck Lines steel beams are fun. I talk too much
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unloading in Pennsylvania Melton Truck Lines steel beams are fun. I talk too much
Sunday ride to Rock Hill Criterium 1.1 mile track. Melton Truck Lines
มุมมอง 136ปีที่แล้ว
Sunday ride to Rock Hill Criterium 1.1 mile track. Melton Truck Lines
How I fold a tarp. Don't crush those buckets. Melton Truck Lines #trucker #otrlife
มุมมอง 431ปีที่แล้ว
How I fold a tarp. Don't crush those buckets. Melton Truck Lines #trucker #otrlife
2023 was not what I was expecting. Melton Truck Lines #heartsurgerysurvivor
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2023 was not what I was expecting. Melton Truck Lines #heartsurgerysurvivor
Love nice December days like this. Melton Truck Lines #flatbed #truckdriver #melton
มุมมอง 438ปีที่แล้ว
Love nice December days like this. Melton Truck Lines #flatbed #truckdriver #melton
Three weeks left in the year. Melton Truck Lines #trucker #mylife #semitruck
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Three weeks left in the year. Melton Truck Lines #trucker #mylife #semitruck
Flat Steel to #oklahoma #melton #flatbed #truckdriver #lifeisgood
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Flat Steel to #oklahoma #melton #flatbed #truckdriver #lifeisgood
I'm Back | Not all loads are the same | If you have questions. Call Safety #melton #flatbed #mylife
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I'm Back | Not all loads are the same | If you have questions. Call Safety #melton #flatbed #mylife
Gravel Bike Challenge ebike vs regular bike wabash vs topstone Cannondale vs Yamaha #gravelbike
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Gravel Bike Challenge ebike vs regular bike wabash vs topstone Cannondale vs Yamaha #gravelbike
Seven weeks after heart surgery | Erwin Park MTB #heartsurgerysurvivor #xcmtb #ebike #biketrails
มุมมอง 275ปีที่แล้ว
Seven weeks after heart surgery | Erwin Park MTB #heartsurgerysurvivor #xcmtb #ebike #biketrails
6 week update after heart surgery My new gravel bike Yamaha Wabash #mylife #ebike #gravelbike
มุมมอง 370ปีที่แล้ว
6 week update after heart surgery My new gravel bike Yamaha Wabash #mylife #ebike #gravelbike
My Heart was shocked twice in one week!? #meltontrucklines #mylife #flatbed #hospital #fathersday
มุมมอง 400ปีที่แล้ว
My Heart was shocked twice in one week!? #meltontrucklines #mylife #flatbed #hospital #fathersday
I HAVE A SEVEN FOOT TALL WOMAN IN MY ROOM, AND SHE HAS NO HEAD?! #mylife #trucker #surgeryday #usa
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I HAVE A SEVEN FOOT TALL WOMAN IN MY ROOM, AND SHE HAS NO HEAD?! #mylife #trucker #surgeryday #usa
Two Days Before Surgery | This Could Save My Life | Melton Trucking | #surgeryday #family
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Two Days Before Surgery | This Could Save My Life | Melton Trucking | #surgeryday #family
Steps to Open Heart Surgery Melton Truck Lines #wellness #usa #surgery #trucker #flatbed #ensure
มุมมอง 371ปีที่แล้ว
Steps to Open Heart Surgery Melton Truck Lines #wellness #usa #surgery #trucker #flatbed #ensure
I Should Be Dead!? Melton truck Lines #healthy #signs #lucky #doctor
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I Should Be Dead!? Melton truck Lines #healthy #signs #lucky #doctor
Wow, 4 months out running recaps...that's impressive. Hopefully the freight market takes off in 2025. More biking videos would be great.
@@leagueofotters2774 thanks for commenting. More 🚴♂️ videos 👍
Happy New Year buddy!!
@@Bahlovinglife thank you, Sir. I hope you and Loki are doing well.
Missed those Drone shots
@royalmac1011 Yes, I agree. More drone shots for 2025. Thanks 😊
Would love to see more biking adventures
@@stephenhargis7203 😀 will do. Thank you
Summer was terrible for me with Melton with miles. The spring was good and September, October were the best since I started here.
@@stephenhargis7203 it's a mystery sometimes. 🤔 glad to have you aboard here at Melton.
I'm also a flatbedder, not with Melton, but I always enjoy securement videos of different products. Doesn't matter who you are you can always learn something on that.
@danielhallows1157 thank you for the comment. I'll keep that in mind. ✌️
Glad you are ok looking forward to seeing more videos Happy New Year to you
@JuniorsbigWorld Happy New Year to you and your family. I'm looking forward to watching your next adventure.
Great to see you Chris. I’m glad that everything regarding your health is working out for you. Looking forward to crossing paths with you on the highway one day.
@wheelburnerexpress hey Brian. Thank you, sir. I hope you and your family had a great Christmas there at the new home. I always appreciate your comments and the positive energy you put out. Hopefully, they send me up to Oswego next year.
Looking good brother, glad to see you back out. Sometimes times it's good to step back from the vlog, I certainly have slowed down some. Mileage for me this year is about 190,000.
@steelhorsetravels9791 Thank you, Sir. I watched a lot of your videos this year. I could tell you were running a lot of miles. I'm very happy for you, and I'm always looking for you out on the road.
@myadventures126 currently in Holbrook,AZ on my way to Los Angeles. Funny thing I'm doing the same thing whenever I see a Melton flatbed 🤣
@@steelhorsetravels9791 👀
Happy New Year!
@jimmysroadlyfe Happy New Year to you and your family as well. 🤝✌️
I routing for u hope i goes well
I appreciate it. I'm doing really well now. Thank you.😊
Good luck god bless you❤ I hope you have a full recovery
@Joanna-2013 thank you. I am doing really well. 💯 thank you for the comment.
I hope you will be alright!😮
@@electriccreeper608 I'm doing great. Thank you for the comment. I appreciate it 🙏
Where have you been
Where do you store that epic evo on the truck? I have a stumpjumper myself and worry about taking it out with me.
@leagueofotters2774 I store it on the top bunk. With my 1st bike. I used to connect it to my headache rack. But it was bad on my bike. I was always fixing or replacing something on the bike. But now, no issues. In order to get it in & out of thr truck. I have to take the front tire and the seat with seat post off. Thanks for asking.
I bought a new truck and trailer... im 54 .. retired 😂 but want to travel. My MC is only 3 months old... its been tough and I will admit that. Im learning the ins and outs slowly. Im hoping once I get to the 6 month mark it will get better for me. If i wasnt retired and needed the money I would have had to quit already. I have no bills except my insurance and food. Love your channel... subbed!
Thanks for subbing, and I'll try to put out good content as I go. I was retired as well when I entered trucking back in the day. It took me a while to get things figured out as well. I think next year will be better🤞i love traveling around the country.
How did you get the tarps and yourself on top of that load? Love your tarp box... great video!
Thank you for watching this video. Most companies we pick up at. Usually, they have some type of tarping station.
Cant you add more winches?
@@LIGHTNING-1971 you can. But it's not my trailer.
CAN DOT GET YOU FOR YOUR BINDER BEING OUTSIDE THE RUB RAIL?
My wife's doc insists she keep heart rate below a certain level so her MAHLE X35-equipped gravel bike kicks assist in when she gets close the the max. Works great, she can ride as hard as she likes again! I use the assist on mine only when the climbs are steep so I fear no climb or a ride too long..there's always that gentle push if I want it. Best wishes on your recovery from surgery!!!
@larryt.atcycleitalia5786 Thank you, Sir. It's been over now, and I feel great. I really enjoy riding my ebikes; which i now have 3. One gravel and 2 mountain bikes. They keep me going. ✌️
Was flatbed your first trucking job or did you work in another division before you went flatbed? I see videos of guys saying that you should get other experience first but it seems a lot of people have just gone right into flatbed and had not major issues.
@@leagueofotters2774 i knew nothing about trucking, and I got my CDL through CRST; which is a dry van trucking company. I did 10 months and hated every minute I did in dry van. I'd say, if you want to do flatbed. Then start in flatbed. You'll get all the experience and more that you need to drive a truck in flatbed.
Nice hills!
Thanks 👍
Insane sale on the Moro! Congrats!
Unbelievable deal. I just couldn't pass this up. 😊🚴♂️
I’m 26 and had a mechanical valve put in, I had as discharged on day 2 after the surgery as well. Made a Louisiana record according to the hospital 😂
@Spunky318 that is so awesome to hear. I'm very happy for you, and I wish you continued health. Remember, heart surgery survivors are special people.
@@myadventures126 Thank you! I’m looking forward to my post op which is this coming Wednesday. Hope you’re doing well!
@@YaMuthaHo3 I'm doing good. Thanks for asking.
Awesome video! Would you recommend step-deck trucking for someone who’s bored hauling vans and wants some more action and challenges? I love driving, but I find myself getting bored and losing motivation due to lack of challenges and creativity. Securing a load properly on a step-deck seems something I’d really enjoy doing. Could be wrong lol
@Vlad_Shv i drove dry van for 10 months before I had enough. Like you said. It was boring with zero challenges. Now, five years doing flatbed, and I still love it. I'd say you would enjoy this more than what you are currently doing for sure. Thanks for commenting.
@@myadventures126 awesome! Thanks for the encouragement! I got stuck hauling vans for embarrassingly long time. Somehow I still managed to stay in good shape. I really want to do something that would keeps me moving! Step-deck trucking looks like a lot of fun lol Thanks again! Stay safe out there brother!
Awesome stuff sir!
Thank you, Sir.
Good job buddy.
@jeremiasgaldiano963 Thank you, Sir. Hope things are going well for you.
I am still in cdl school but figured I would get my TWIC and passport....probably hazmat as well.
Yes. I think before getting on the road. I'd get those credentials. Thanks for watching and commenting. Good luck in school.
The company I run for doesn't do Canada. Hazmat waste would be super expensive.
@steelhorsetravels9791 😅 I bet it would be. I should bite the bullet and get my hazmat. 🤔 I hope you're doing well.
@@myadventures126 doing well, back out today after a week off working at my house.
Hilarious.. I bought a Cannondale Topstone 105 in 2019 and yesterday I bought a Wabash RT. Yamaha sale I could NOT refuse $1679
@DutchinCle 😆 I really think you'll enjoy the Wabash. I saw that they are selling all their bikes dirt cheap. Thanks for commenting, and have fun.
So scale the whole truck? Then proceed to put the spread axle on weigh playforms 2 and 3
@@InterstatePirate correct
I really enjoyed meeting you today at the Melton Larado terminal i’m the shy guy you helped me find the cardboard edge protectors and you helped me locate my trailer heading to Denton TX l look forward to seeing you again and I will definitely keep watching the videos i learned a lot from watching your videos
@JuniorsbigWorld thank you. It was a pleasure to meet you as well. I look forward to many more times running into while out on the road. Enjoy HT with your family next week. ✌️
Did Melton get new tarps?
@JPHamilton87 not that I'm aware of. I have to 2 black tarps and it makes things easier for at times.
Nice!
@@BlondChick 😀
Maybe slip a pipe over to get more leverage
@@JD10spd Good idea. 👍
I used to have to bounce on that, don't have enough ass to drag it down the way you did lol
Do they pay loaded and unloaded miles?
@hicktv3877 Yes. All miles paid. Thanks for asking.
Thank you! That helps narrow the list @@myadventures126
Wait what I've watched this multiple times I don't get it
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Are things still good at Melton? Ik trucking as a whole has been slow but I’m thinking about going back to melton cuz the money was always good when I was there.
@cellycel7528 I've been here at Melton for 5 years now. I can't speak as to every drivers situation. But mine has been good. The miles for me this year have been consistently over 2000 miles each week. Some weeks have been more. This week, I'm dropping in Canada, and I'll have 3000 miles. I've been fortchent to have a DM that's been with Melton for close to 20 years, and I've had no issues during my time here. So, I think that plays into some of my success. But yes, I think things are good here. I think a lot of how the economy will go. Will be dependent on the election in November. 🤞Come on back
@@myadventures126 definitely considering it 👍🏽
Are you ever in the right lane?
Great video! I get my truck Tuesday 😎 with melton just finished my road training!
@StoicVee hey, that's great, and congratulations. Just take it one day at a time, and you'll do good.
I did it the same way! Good job!
@BlondChick it just makes things work so much easier when you have the right equipment. Thanks 😊
@@myadventures126 it really does! I would hoard those things lol
@@BlondChick 😄 same here.
@@myadventures126 good call!
Who asked
Nice smooth week
@royalmac1011 Little hiccups here and there. But you learn to roll with them. I hope everything is going well for you. ✌️
Heck yeah!
Right on 😁 🤙
Nice thank you
Thank you too! I appreciate the comment.
Awesome video and commentary!! I enjoy your page !! #flatbedding
Thank you. #teamwork 😊
@motobecane1000 Thanks for saying that. I appreciate your comments.
Nice one Sir! 👊
Thank you! Cheers!