When issues happen in life I try to see if there's a spiritual lesson that I'm supposed to learn. Maybe this is to teach you that part of trucking is patience. Hope someone can get that thing fixed!
“Hopefully it will be ready in an hour or less…” You can tell when they’re new. It’s almost impossible to get a truck wash in less than an hour. You’ll learn that SHOP means DOWN TIME.
please do more of these long form videos, even if it’s mostly just driving shots. idk why your videos are so entertaining to me, it’s always a good day when i come home from work and i see a new short on your page. love your videos! keep it up!!!
I agree I prefer the longer content. I don't have a short attention span like the youngsters these days on tik tok or youtube shorts. I love longer videos where I can sit down, relax, and enjoy some quality content.
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Hey, I’m real curious but how do you become a trucker? I’ve always wanted to be one, I would love the isolation and driving. Edit: now I wait 5 years to be of age to get a CDL
@@pepperidgefarmremembers6350 well 1st you have to decide whether you want to pay for trucking school yourself or if you want your trucking company to pay for it but have to sign a contract with them
Here. I started a discord community of people who want to get started in trucking because people kept asking me. This way we'll all help eachother out. If u want to join its here discord.gg/ETJjZ2Tm9g
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When my truck went down 2 weeks ago they said it would take 4 days just to look at it. 6 to 7 days down. They actually got it done in 3 which was cool.
Worst part about this all dealers are going to be roughly the same. Some will be able to get you in and out but most times you're going to end up waiting more than you want to. You could just ask your company for a hotel, and wait it out painfully or take your chances gambling with the next dealer/shop. Chances are all of them will make you wait often times. It's sucky but it either will take more time going from dealer to dealer, or just waiting. Waiting might take less time, but it depends really. Most shops are busy though so it's sucky breaking down.
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY Oh fun lol. Those radars suck though, so many false positives brake checking for no reason and just another janky electronic to be fixed often. Companies just don't trust their drivers and put these devices on that break and don't work right, which to some extent they rightfully should *because there are just some people who should not have a CDL let alone a license*. But majority of the time it just causes more danger to good drivers than help. It makes obnoxious noises too.
Its not the bad side of being a truck driver its part of your work, tyres blow out, air regulators during the cold times malfunction, brakes freeze, shit happens. Thats all part of the trucking profession. Heads up pedal to the metal and never back down.✊
I was at that same tractor supply store last week..made the same mistake of trying to go around the back but backed out and went around thr front..satellite view makes it look like you can go around the back...it was a quick unload tho..loved it
Canadian, hauling water for a drilling rig. I am new. so impressed you got a truck like that as your first job driving. Eventually I’d like to try a job like yours. Thanks for the tips
Been driving 40 yrs stared @19 yrs old. Just 1 thought whenever your not sure if you can get your truck through a spot just get out and walk it 1st. Great exercise!
It makes me upset how you're saying the dealership couldn't fix the radar when every time you pulled the truck out early. It wasn't that they couldn't fix it it's that you weren't patient enough to wait for them to fix it
Yeah kinda weird. All the time it took, and he could’ve just stayed in the first place. They’re also helping out other drivers who want their trucks taken care of too.
Yeah I'm not patient with this. I missed out on a lot of deliveries and deliveries are money so I lost alot of money in opportunity costs because of this. That's why I was so impatient. Plus this was during Thanksgiving week so alot of drivers were home so I had all the deliveries to myself. Then this happened
@@Bub8les5 this is true. The dealerships kept saying their programmer wouldn't work to sync up with the radar so they could fix it. Both of them told me they needed to wait for their lead tech guy to arrive to fix it
Love the long format videos, definitely my preference. Would you recommend truck driving to a young person? I used to deliver pizza for like 4 years and hated the driving, and I'm sure I would hate truck driving, but the money would make me hate it a lot less.
Yeah. The best time to get into trucking is when you're young and single. You have nothing to lose when you're young and single. But if you didn't like delivering pizzas maybe u won't like trucking. Trucking is different though. You have more time to deliver and schedule your driving time.
Those radars are absolute trash, all they are good for in the northeast is wearing out brakes, they lag in reaction,they try to stop you on clear roads and some genius hooked the controllers up to the GPS,so when your on a hiway running 65mph and it thinks your on the 35mph road next to it it'll try to stop you in the middle of the interstate,then if you get rear-ended by people not paying attention you have to prove you didn't just do it intentionally. You should also be getting paid all miles in that truck man, it's CFI property not yours and everytime you move it your working. Loaded,empty, or bobtail, you should be getting paid unless you're running somewhere for yourself. And they should be giving you breakdown pay aswell. They always try to take the hotel out,but by law they cannot strand you without either a place to stay,a ticket home,or getting you to a terminal to get another truck. And honestly if your still only running 400 miles a day area your probably not loosing any money daily with breakdown pay. Oh and easy way to check if you have the right trailer, look at the registration for it, some companies forget to take the old logos off of trailers they either bought or of the companies they bought out. If still in doubt call dispatch or the shop and check the trailer number to the vin on the companies computer.Its a easy few minutes that will save you alot of possible letting you jump shop to shop for a non-critical part fix though, they are definitely catering to you. Normally it's just "route thru the shop to pick up another truck if we can't fix it bs".
One question. My grandfather owns a trucking business and he told me that truckers aren't appreciated and treating as they should, is that true? I know truckers spend most if not all there time on the road, and it's quite depressing to see a dude as cool as you be treated as below everyone else.
Get experience OTR then get a local job!! OTR will destroy you after awhile! Mentally and Physically.. Did it for years it was very fun at first but after awhile not at all... I will never do it again...
My brother's truck derated 4 times was down for a month and he got paided break down pay so yes lost time loss of miles but you can still get paid. And our home thermal jopline got some good mechanics there they look over everything
Dude I’m like 25 mins away from Joplin Missouri! I graduated from Carthage MO! I’ve been watching your forever now! Can’t believe you was this close to me haha!
If you ever drive out to the east coast I'll keep my eyes peeled out to you and give you a wave your videos are pretty awsome! And tell your company you got a brand new truck don't go cheap on it get some real trucking seats you got the rough stock type. Yeah make your body fall apart lol!
Not knowing what to do when you get to a new spot has nothing to do with been a rookie. I’ve been driving for 15 years. Every time I go to a new place I just go straight to the front door and ask. Ain’t no shame in that brother.
The radar system doesn’t lock the breaks, it adds progressive break pressure, if you watch your speedometer it only decreases by 3-4 mph when it sets off. And also the radar system never works great it will always pick up shadows and bridges and apply breaks.
Yeah. I'm starting to realize that I'll just have to deal with the radar randomly coming on. One things for sure is when I become an owner op I'm definitely not getting a truck that has radar
I don't understand how you keep giving the system a hard time yea sure kw pr peterbuilt systems may not be great but my freightliner doesn't do that except when under cruise control and then very seldom.
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY also since I got upgraded to a new truck the 2022 doesn’t seem so sensitive as my old truck was which was a 2017, I don’t know how many miles is on yours but the upgraded me at 325k miles
The US Military. They will train you, pay you, and you can retire on half salary forever before you’re 40 yrs old. That might seem like a long time but it isn’t.
Good advice. You forgot to tell him how good the food is in the military (Air Force had good food) my son said the Marines had good food. Good food always makes things great.
Dumb question but couldn’t that “radar” simply be disabled? If not by you by a technician? Trucks rolled for decades without automatic whatevers.. it seems to me not having it active would be way preferable to roadside shadows slamming on your brakes.
@@sneed915 - What’s with the quotes? Do you not believe the safety devices are safe? Sure, it sucks when they malfunction, but they are actually pretty safe when they work.
The reason they couldn’t fix it is because you kept giving them an hour and then leaving. Bet book time on fixing it no matter who is doing it says it takes more than an hour.
Dude you screwed up by pulling it from shop / shop! Let them put in the shop and get your breakdown pay and chill because if you keep pulling it , KW can say your not giving them adequate time to resolve it! Also get out and walk the area before and use google maps in satellite view!
Yeah I should've just stayed there and done that. Looking back that's what I should've done. Oh well. I learned my lesson. But then again they were having problems syncing their programmer to the radar so idk if they would've fixed it
Oh that's awesome. Just amazing. I'm really glad to hear I helped you. I started a discord group of people like you who want to get started in trucking. I figure with the community, we can all help eachother out. Maybe it'll help get your questions answered. discord.gg/ETJjZ2Tm9g
We all know that's NOT Apple juice in that gallon jug on the floor 😉😁🤫 As for that trailer... it said CFI on the front lol. And the radar thing..... welcome to modern trucking my friend. Pretty much all newer trucks have that emergency break issue.
Should 👀 look around sometimes for mom and pop shops near by they can get you out sometimes faster than anyone, depends too on the issue cuz they may not have the modern type mechanics in computerized electronic gizmos but sometimes you never know so I’d Google and call people up.
There's not really much to fix. It's a faulty system that picks up on shadows. It's extremely unsafe and shouldn't be in trucks. Especially how sensitive it is now.
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Ehhhh. The audio is ugly. While I was editing it sounded better. Sorry guys I'm still learning how to make these longer videos
Really dig the longer vlog videos!
No big deal
U DARE SAY SORRY AFTER SUPPLYING US WITH THIS CALING AND COOO TRUCH VLOG??
INSUFFERABLE
Alex the fake trucker driver.
Actually it looks fun when you work as a truck drivers and making contents of what it's like to be a truck drivers, very inspiring!
It’s really not all that fun when you do it 10+ years
@@bradleycittel1156 yeah ikr it becomes just a job lol
@@bradleycittel1156 yeah, i think it’s great for the first year or two. at least you can get good money out of it. decent
@Steve H elaborate. i wanna know more about your experience
@@bradleycittel1156 yeah definitely especially when your health shows it !!! Eating and drink lame ass truck stop food and working out !!
When issues happen in life I try to see if there's a spiritual lesson that I'm supposed to learn. Maybe this is to teach you that part of trucking is patience. Hope someone can get that thing fixed!
Yeah I probably should've just stayed at the 1st dealership. They probably would've figured it out by now.
Right now it's still not fixed
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY take this time to relax and recharge. I don't know if you meditate but that helps me greatly. "This too shall pass."
@@leraginasian "This too shall pass." "Just like dysentery!"- from M A S H. 😉
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY I think your impatience cost you a bit of money on this one.
“Hopefully it will be ready in an hour or less…”
You can tell when they’re new.
It’s almost impossible to get a truck wash in less than an hour.
You’ll learn that SHOP means DOWN TIME.
please do more of these long form videos, even if it’s mostly just driving shots. idk why your videos are so entertaining to me, it’s always a good day when i come home from work and i see a new short on your page. love your videos! keep it up!!!
I agree I prefer the longer content. I don't have a short attention span like the youngsters these days on tik tok or youtube shorts. I love longer videos where I can sit down, relax, and enjoy some quality content.
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Hey, I’m real curious but how do you become a trucker? I’ve always wanted to be one, I would love the isolation and driving. Edit: now I wait 5 years to be of age to get a CDL
@@pepperidgefarmremembers6350 well 1st you have to decide whether you want to pay for trucking school yourself or if you want your trucking company to pay for it but have to sign a contract with them
Here. I started a discord community of people who want to get started in trucking because people kept asking me. This way we'll all help eachother out.
If u want to join its here discord.gg/ETJjZ2Tm9g
I want to be a trucker when I grow up
Nice
Me three
@@crazyjunglecat894 it can be sometimes. It's about finding awesome things to listen too while you drive
Same so badly
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When my truck went down 2 weeks ago they said it would take 4 days just to look at it. 6 to 7 days down. They actually got it done in 3 which was cool.
Worst part about this all dealers are going to be roughly the same. Some will be able to get you in and out but most times you're going to end up waiting more than you want to. You could just ask your company for a hotel, and wait it out painfully or take your chances gambling with the next dealer/shop. Chances are all of them will make you wait often times. It's sucky but it either will take more time going from dealer to dealer, or just waiting. Waiting might take less time, but it depends really. Most shops are busy though so it's sucky breaking down.
Do you get paid for being in the hotel while the truck is down?
Looking back I should've just stayed with the first dealership. They probably would've fixed it by now.
The radar still isn't fixed.
@@TheDragonslayer119 yup.
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY Oh fun lol. Those radars suck though, so many false positives brake checking for no reason and just another janky electronic to be fixed often.
Companies just don't trust their drivers and put these devices on that break and don't work right, which to some extent they rightfully should *because there are just some people who should not have a CDL let alone a license*. But majority of the time it just causes more danger to good drivers than help. It makes obnoxious noises too.
Its not the bad side of being a truck driver its part of your work, tyres blow out, air regulators during the cold times malfunction, brakes freeze, shit happens. Thats all part of the trucking profession. Heads up pedal to the metal and never back down.✊
I randomly found this dude, but my mans i love what he is doing, even the way he is speaking is so calming, keep up the grate work!
I was at that same tractor supply store last week..made the same mistake of trying to go around the back but backed out and went around thr front..satellite view makes it look like you can go around the back...it was a quick unload tho..loved it
Yup. Luckily I backed out because there was a guard rail preventing entry to the tractor supply.
Canadian, hauling water for a drilling rig. I am new. so impressed you got a truck like that as your first job driving. Eventually I’d like to try a job like yours.
Thanks for the tips
Been driving 40 yrs stared @19 yrs old. Just 1 thought whenever your not sure if you can get your truck through a spot just get out and walk it 1st. Great exercise!
Wise advice with a pleasant attitude!!! Love it☆♡☆♡☆♡☆♡☆
The fact that you stay so calm in this video is absolutely amazing!
The life of a truck driver, never a dull moment! Lol
It makes me upset how you're saying the dealership couldn't fix the radar when every time you pulled the truck out early. It wasn't that they couldn't fix it it's that you weren't patient enough to wait for them to fix it
It sounded like they were having problems with it anyway
Yeah kinda weird. All the time it took, and he could’ve just stayed in the first place.
They’re also helping out other drivers who want their trucks taken care of too.
Yeah I'm not patient with this. I missed out on a lot of deliveries and deliveries are money so I lost alot of money in opportunity costs because of this.
That's why I was so impatient. Plus this was during Thanksgiving week so alot of drivers were home so I had all the deliveries to myself. Then this happened
@@Bub8les5 this is true. The dealerships kept saying their programmer wouldn't work to sync up with the radar so they could fix it.
Both of them told me they needed to wait for their lead tech guy to arrive to fix it
The dealership should've replaced it, end of story. Not his problem.
You have got the most unintentionally entertaining videos I've seen in a while
That's his secret sauce
Lol ikr
It’s the Kermit the frog voice I’m hooked on lol
You should keep making longer videos, this was nice to watch!
I like your content bro. Very inspiring to see how eager and humble you are!
These longer videos are the best!
Love the long format videos, definitely my preference. Would you recommend truck driving to a young person? I used to deliver pizza for like 4 years and hated the driving, and I'm sure I would hate truck driving, but the money would make me hate it a lot less.
Yeah. The best time to get into trucking is when you're young and single. You have nothing to lose when you're young and single.
But if you didn't like delivering pizzas maybe u won't like trucking.
Trucking is different though. You have more time to deliver and schedule your driving time.
I'm 42 years old and I also wanna be a trucker when I grow up.
I can’t get enough of these videos
I have no drive to be a truck driver at all, but somehow i love this videos. I'm addicted!! I need moreeee!!!
Might be the best trucking channel...
hey first! and i love you, my dad is a truck driver and he says that he totally agrees with you and he uses some of your tips and tricks!
That's awesome. Um but keep in mind I'm new. I started in August so I might not be the best person to get trucking advice from. Haha
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY oh okay and thank you so much for replying!❤️
I always said it’s not stupid if it works good job being cautious hope your truck gets running soon
Those radars are absolute trash, all they are good for in the northeast is wearing out brakes, they lag in reaction,they try to stop you on clear roads and some genius hooked the controllers up to the GPS,so when your on a hiway running 65mph and it thinks your on the 35mph road next to it it'll try to stop you in the middle of the interstate,then if you get rear-ended by people not paying attention you have to prove you didn't just do it intentionally. You should also be getting paid all miles in that truck man, it's CFI property not yours and everytime you move it your working. Loaded,empty, or bobtail, you should be getting paid unless you're running somewhere for yourself. And they should be giving you breakdown pay aswell. They always try to take the hotel out,but by law they cannot strand you without either a place to stay,a ticket home,or getting you to a terminal to get another truck. And honestly if your still only running 400 miles a day area your probably not loosing any money daily with breakdown pay. Oh and easy way to check if you have the right trailer, look at the registration for it, some companies forget to take the old logos off of trailers they either bought or of the companies they bought out. If still in doubt call dispatch or the shop and check the trailer number to the vin on the companies computer.Its a easy few minutes that will save you alot of possible letting you jump shop to shop for a non-critical part fix though, they are definitely catering to you. Normally it's just "route thru the shop to pick up another truck if we can't fix it bs".
One question. My grandfather owns a trucking business and he told me that truckers aren't appreciated and treating as they should, is that true? I know truckers spend most if not all there time on the road, and it's quite depressing to see a dude as cool as you be treated as below everyone else.
Please do more of these, I enjoy your sense of humor and random tangents you go on.
Love the fig bars and the videos! Tbh your shorts got me hooked on the channel. Quality content 💯
Naming your truck Berta because it’s funny is exactly why you should name your truck. :). Brilliant.
Get experience OTR then get a local job!! OTR will destroy you after awhile! Mentally and Physically.. Did it for years it was very fun at first but after awhile not at all... I will never do it again...
My brother's truck derated 4 times was down for a month and he got paided break down pay so yes lost time loss of miles but you can still get paid. And our home thermal jopline got some good mechanics there they look over everything
Dude I’m like 25 mins away from Joplin Missouri! I graduated from Carthage MO! I’ve been watching your forever now! Can’t believe you was this close to me haha!
Yeah CFI has its headquarters in joplin. Nice place . Has everything a trucker could need
Saw your current video when you up in Maine. I’m rewind and start from your early videos. Keep safe trucking
"This looks like a bad idea". That made me laugh my ass off. I love your channel
You sound like the most patient person
My grandpa is a trucker. I was in his big truck and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. Had a bed and everything
If you ever drive out to the east coast I'll keep my eyes peeled out to you and give you a wave your videos are pretty awsome! And tell your company you got a brand new truck don't go cheap on it get some real trucking seats you got the rough stock type. Yeah make your body fall apart lol!
My grandfather did trucker for over 25years!
Good luck dude, someone has to know how to fix this!
I used to live in Minnesota, but now I live in Tennessee
I just saw a short and was like maaaaan I hope he's uploaded a long form... Damn!!!!!
Your videos have such a calm vibe I love them watching man 🙌
luv the long vids!! but very sorry that happened to you...
I enjoyed your vids man! Shout out from a fan from Indonesia!
Love you man keep up the good work abs stay safe 🤟🏻🤟🏻
I am following you from Montréal Canada and a truck driver to cool vids bro💯💥
1:03 I found your gallon of gold 😀
6:58 very very true my friend. Good you know this
Always look forward to your videos. Good to see you have some new vids, honestly your voice is so relaxing and easy to listen to
The company I work for would route me either to the terminal for repairs or to the closest dealer to my house
I live right by Joplin Missouri 😆😆
Those fig bars are the best, nice pick. Thanks for the great content!
Onalaksa, Wisconsin, I live near there.
Not knowing what to do when you get to a new spot has nothing to do with been a rookie. I’ve been driving for 15 years. Every time I go to a new place I just go straight to the front door and ask. Ain’t no shame in that brother.
The radar system doesn’t lock the breaks, it adds progressive break pressure, if you watch your speedometer it only decreases by 3-4 mph when it sets off. And also the radar system never works great it will always pick up shadows and bridges and apply breaks.
Yeah. I'm starting to realize that I'll just have to deal with the radar randomly coming on.
One things for sure is when I become an owner op I'm definitely not getting a truck that has radar
I don't understand how you keep giving the system a hard time yea sure kw pr peterbuilt systems may not be great but my freightliner doesn't do that except when under cruise control and then very seldom.
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY also since I got upgraded to a new truck the 2022 doesn’t seem so sensitive as my old truck was which was a 2017, I don’t know how many miles is on yours but the upgraded me at 325k miles
@@trapshutter8510 I currently have 980000 miles no problem
Always something Alex especially when you have a big truck. You’re like me, not really a patient person. Love from Ohio❤️
Good video I want to be a trucker after high school but don’t know what company to work for
The US Military. They will train you, pay you, and you can retire on half salary forever before you’re 40 yrs old. That might seem like a long time but it isn’t.
Good advice. You forgot to tell him how good the food is in the military (Air Force had good food) my son said the Marines had good food. Good food always makes things great.
I worked at a fire dealership and if I couldn’t fix the issue on a ford I wouldn’t have a job.
I love these longer videos
That faulty radar is a systematic failure, it does that on most trucks.. it’s how it goes.. maybe you figured that out already . Drive safe
Maan, i love your videos, they are so relaxing and chill
Good luck and happy Thanksgiving!
Life of a truck driver! Love the videos man, keep us other truckers posted
What radar is on those KW's? The ones on our Freightliners and Internationals detect metals, not shadows and such.
Dumb question but couldn’t that “radar” simply be disabled? If not by you by a technician? Trucks rolled for decades without automatic whatevers.. it seems to me not having it active would be way preferable to roadside shadows slamming on your brakes.
I don’t know how this works, but it might be a part of his contract (or something similar) that he can’t just turn it off.
I can't mess with it. The truck is not mine
No Because hes a company driver and the company gets discounts on insurance for these "safety" devices
@@sneed915 - What’s with the quotes? Do you not believe the safety devices are safe? Sure, it sucks when they malfunction, but they are actually pretty safe when they work.
@@jerryborjon do you drive a truck?
I love your videos !!! Addictive af
The reason they couldn’t fix it is because you kept giving them an hour and then leaving. Bet book time on fixing it no matter who is doing it says it takes more than an hour.
It hurts us too when your truck is taking a long time to fix Because them we loos out on these awesome videos!!
This video took 7 days to film. It just took a long time to get to a place where they wouldn't have problems fixing it. Ahhhh. Took foreverrrrrr
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY but they come out awesome! I’m taking a diesel mechanic class so watching his videos are actually really cool!
Your videos are the best Alex
I like these kind of video's. Trucking in America is not that different than in Denmark. (Besides the waiting time😅)
these videos are really cool thanks for making these
Dude you screwed up by pulling it from shop / shop! Let them put in the shop and get your breakdown pay and chill because if you keep pulling it , KW can say your not giving them adequate time to resolve it! Also get out and walk the area before and use google maps in satellite view!
Yeah I should've just stayed there and done that. Looking back that's what I should've done. Oh well. I learned my lesson.
But then again they were having problems syncing their programmer to the radar so idk if they would've fixed it
Great vid
Have faith Alex!
They ended up recalibrating the radar. Hopefully it works now 🤞🤞🤞
Because of you. I have now found a legit career path.
Oh that's awesome. Just amazing. I'm really glad to hear I helped you.
I started a discord group of people like you who want to get started in trucking. I figure with the community, we can all help eachother out.
Maybe it'll help get your questions answered. discord.gg/ETJjZ2Tm9g
Thanks. Hopefully we’ll see each other on the road someday.
The bad side of trucking is everything.
Oh near my neck of the woods, cool.
We all know that's NOT Apple juice in that gallon jug on the floor 😉😁🤫
As for that trailer... it said CFI on the front lol.
And the radar thing..... welcome to modern trucking my friend. Pretty much all newer trucks have that emergency break issue.
The thumbnail for some reason looked like a video game 😂
That trailer had CFI written on the front of it. 4:58
Should 👀 look around sometimes for mom and pop shops near by they can get you out sometimes faster than anyone, depends too on the issue cuz they may not have the modern type mechanics in computerized electronic gizmos but sometimes you never know so I’d Google and call people up.
I'm a trucker in Australia and I wouldn't mind driving in the states for a little while lol
BTW, these longer videos are awesome 👌
your videos make this job seem enjoyable
Is it weird I thought it was a peterbuilt because I never seen a peterbuilt and only just realised it’s a kenworth
Way too much faith in electronics on these modern vehicles. These components crap out
Frequently and it shuts us down
Fig bars are the actual best 🔥
**on the road to Wisconsin** don't fail on me now Berda, daddy needs a new radar
There's not really much to fix. It's a faulty system that picks up on shadows. It's extremely unsafe and shouldn't be in trucks. Especially how sensitive it is now.
Keep up the good work
What freezer is that in the middle on the cab
Have issues with mine all the time nothing they can really do besides replace it all of them are just junk
It’s a kenworth thing. All of them have have that sensor. You have to have them turn it off. That’s the reason I drive freightliner
Can u tell me what back seat cushions u use in ur rig..i need some of that..thaxs...
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💤BACK CUSHION amzn.to/3cAjXcg
need more of these long clipssss
Because of you, when i grow up i want to be a trucker and everyday i have this urge to drive my parents cars