Jack, after 32 years as an OTR driver I got to thinking today how many holidays I've spent on the road away from family and friends and the answer was way too many ! I hope you're home enjoying some down time yourself I enjoyed todays film thanks for another ride along from my laptop, be safe and make sure Ole red gets some rest too.
Hi again Indiana Jack, I just wanted to tell you that the reason I said I was an old, old, old timer was because I started trucking before the Interstate system was completed. Trucking was mostly done on two lane State routes. There are probably very few of us old, old, old timers still around. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks! Happy trails!
hey jack its the sensor on the bottom of your bottle is bad its about 30 bucks my Volvo did the same look at the bottom of the coolant bottle you will see it easy to install yourself
Ft Wayne, Indiana, I live just 10 mile from there. That pilot there years back use to be called and always will be known as Fort Meyers truck stop or some call it Fort Meyers servise center. Few years back its name changed to Fort Wayne truck stop. Just couple years ago Pilot bought the whole ground. Pilot also owns the McDonalds that sits next to it. Theres been some talk of leveling the whole thing and building a huge truck stop. We will see. Next time your through the area stop out to Grabill and we will get ya some homemade buscuits and gravy. MMMMM Good.. Be safe out there...
Hello Indiana Jack. Always enjoy your films. Hope you & your family had a nice Thanksgiving. Continue doing what you do. Stay safe. Thank you for haulin' the goods from coast to coast. Keep On Truckin'. 💗Mikey
Thank you again Professor Jack for an exceptionally nice adventure on this Thanksgiving morning. Once again, very nice editing. Hope your having a safe Thanksgiving day.
Ft. Wayne, Indiana....not too far from me IndianaJack...I'm by Richmond, IN. Would love to meet up sometime. Thanks for the great videos and by far the best channel on TH-cam!
jus returned from medical driving 20 years .doc just suspended all my licences .guess I will be riding with you more often. enjoying you're videos you remind me of a very professional coworker I had for a while
Jack -- you've been close to my old and current stompin' grounds! I used to live just west of Fort Wayne; have many relatives in the South Bend area; and I now live north of Effingham. Today I hope and pray that you will partake of some Thanksgiving fare somewhere along your travels today.
I worked in nursing almost forty years and I had one person that asked if I worked with any odd or weird people? I replied you mean like you; he looked at me with a blank look and left.
Jack i often wonder when i cross the Mississippi or the navigation system that comes up into Oklahoma along the Arkansas River to Tulsa just how many more roads and trucks there would be if we didnt have the barges to haul all that freight that goes up and down the rivers.
Was sort of expecting a coolant issue update as an addendum to the passing grade on the pre-trip. Inquiring minds want to know these little details with the big possible price tag. Back in the good old days I would be leaning quite strongly towards adding some old fashioned Bar's Leak in there if it actually was getting away from me, but the good stuff seems to be hiding from me lately. Combined with possible issues with rarefied, expensive, required, and exotic coolants that might not be so compatible, it becomes a dilemma. Thanks for the bird day extra efforts taken to keep us entertained, have a good one.
Hi Mr jack I really enjoy your videos. I am from Vancouver canada. I wonder if you have ever been up here. Take care of yourself and be safe. Happy Holidays.
I also drive truck up here but I wish I could drive semi all over the US but long haul can be a hard life in some ways. I like sleeping in my own bed at home but I also miss the adventure .
Yes Jack, I can confirm the rain takes something out of the truck driver usually. Some rare drivers are rugged enough that it doesn't do much to them though.
Jack great videos, In terms of weight when i,m running out of Ireland to Europe i,m always 44tons which is 90.000llbs , and the same back, Always max weight,
-->That scale ticket looks perfect, more weight on the tractor than trailer as we know tail heavy trailers can be dangerous, but you are not over weight on any axle(s). --> I'm a bit antisocial myself. I seem to be my own best company, LoL. But I will chat up a storm one on one. -->A lot of time if you are leaking coolant into the oil, the oil will turn light brown or there will be bubbles on the dip stick or both. By then you know it's time the head gasket needs replacing, again. I know last time you did it, those repairs got expensive, turned into a rebuild project. -->Yeah you make as many videos as you want, talk to us. We enjoy your videos, even though some of us like yours truly who is retired. It's been years since I drove a truck, as I owned a Machine Shop and I enjoyed taking out my CH612 Mack doing some deliveries and some pick up's. That allowed me to look like a working guy which I was and, give me a reason to communicate with the customers on their level. The customers respected me because I didn't simply have one of my employees doing all the work and I was available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. --> The rain makes me sleepy easier, the pitter patter of it beating on the roof. --> Cute dumpster dogs lol... I love animals. -->WOW that is some bridge across the Mississippi river! I love bridges over water. I think this bridge was built just after WWII, as it's riveted instead of welded, regardless, it's very old. I think if today, it would be a concrete suspension bridge. This bridge shows the quality of USA produced steel and workmanship from our steel industry back then. I worked in big steel (Phoenix Steel and Iron) just out of technical school as a maintenance machinist and temporary 50 ton over-head crane operator. The sent me and paid for some of my night school until the place when bankrupt.
Wow!! Electronic logs, GPS, 30 min. breaks ...... I was one of those unfortunate ones who drove in a day where we weren't allowed to be 'out of hours'. We simply 'backed our paper logs up', or started another one .... sometimes 2-3 at a time. Or went around the scales at nighttime, or,as I did most of the time, wait till nighttime and shut the lights off and cruise on by them. Not smart ..... just job protection in those times. I'm thankful for today's trucker that they don't run like we did .... Usually so tired we were all over the road, usually half-dozen. Travel safely drivers, and Gods Blessings on you all!
Hey Jack, this 4 wheeler loves all your videos, and you know odd people are everywhere. but this reminds me of something which sort of applies here, "The trouble with the world ain't that there are too many fools, it's that lightning ain't distributed right." - Mark Twain
Hi Jack my wife and I talk to you on the CB radio not sure you can hear us up here in Milo, Maine Oh well we keep our ears tuned to your channel on U-tube
Thanks again! Maybe the service people are of younger generation because I remember it was in -90:ies when Cummins and International had some kind of obligatory supplement for coolant in order to not ruin those engines. Haven't heard of that kind of things used lately and I think Volvo may concentrate on their own engines mainly (they are major players here besides Scania). Well, I'm no trucker anyhow so I don't hear the latest news. Happy Thanksgiving!
Jack, what's the deal with 53' trailers? I drove one 14-wheeler, Freightliner cabover, pulling the same 40' trailer back in the 1970's. (It was a TV mobile unit, so I never had to deal with all you have.) There were some 48' trailers just starting to come into common use, and we shied away from those. It looks like everyone is using 53' ones now. WOW! My hat's off to you guys. I don't know how you manage something that long, not using a cabover. But, it looks like you are still limited to 80,000 pounds. Yes?
Im new to your channel and i love your videos im from indiana but i also see you wear alot of ND stuff did you go there or any college before you got into trucking
When I was running my little boom truck, small crane, I would get customers calling me up to lift some 3000lbs item and when I get to the job it turns out to be 10,000lbs. They act like I should try to lift it all though the crane's load chart states that it won't do 10,000lbs for that given reach(radius). People can be really stupid.
I hope you didn't etch your windshield with the wipers - a mean squeak there. Good video, but you may need to talk to your production people. The music at 20:20 is skipping. Like maybe someone ripped a bad CD and didn't realize it. It sounds like there's supposed to be music at 23:24, but it's barely audible.
You want to see odd people just go to your Walmart super center, ha. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and treat yourself to a restaurant meal if you find your self on the road that day.
i have always loved your vids jack but i wanted to tell you that this vid and the one before it during your music in the middle of the video your music was skipping on both songs just wanted to let you know bud!!!
By European standards your truck was actually very light. Here in Germany in our tipper trucks you get 24 metric tons (52,910lbs) and an overall weight of 40 metric tons (88,184 lbs). So consider yourself lucky. :-P
Pilot has an extensive affiliate program to sell their "brand" at independent retailers. This is like owner operators signing onto a large carrier. Advantages of economy of scale. I mainly find weird people at warehouses especially at the receivers Windows. Dealing with the functionally illiterate is always a challenge.
In general I run into 20 or so truckers dropping off the live unload and waiting to get out. A majority of the OTR truckers are unkept, look like they slept in the same cloths, etc. They are nice people. But most trucking companies don't hold their drivers to any standard of presentation. On the other hand. The local guys that go home every night and just run milk routes. They look like the average guy in line for food. So my point is the OTR lifestyle leads to a general appearance that is not professional. Too many people follow the path of least resistance, and thus a reputation is built on.
back in the late 80's i started out in a 85' cabinover freightshaker , then a 78 peterbilt c/o, and a 82 gmc astro c/o , and i must honestly voice my opinion that all three were hot in the summer and cold in the winter ,after that drove hoods which is way better, c/o' s look cool but you do sacrifice by not being comfortable .
I liked seeing that cab over engine semi tractor and I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing your career with us.
Jack, after 32 years as an OTR driver I got to thinking today how many holidays I've spent on the road away from family and friends and the answer was way too many ! I hope you're home enjoying some down time yourself I enjoyed todays film thanks for another ride along from my laptop, be safe and make sure Ole red gets some rest too.
Hi again Indiana Jack, I just wanted to tell you that the reason I said I was an old, old, old timer was because I started trucking before the Interstate system was completed. Trucking was mostly done on two lane State routes. There are probably very few of us old, old, old timers still around. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks! Happy trails!
Thank you for all the effort you put into your films. Said in the spirit of Thanksgiving.
Take care.
love your vids and really love seeing those old cabovers still earning!
That was certainly a humongous warehouse you were at in Byhalia, TN and it looked like they were building several more!
Thanks Jack, Happy Thanks giving.
Try doin 600 miles in Ireland sometime Jack.Love your videos.
Yep. You went through my area. I'm two miles NW of the Petro's at I-69 and 28. Glad to hear the narrator again.
Excellent videos Thanks Jack
just subscribed. love your trucking shows!!!
Hi Indiana Jack, That truck stop @ Ft. Wayne Kinda sorta still looks like the old Fortmeyers in some ways. Happy trails! The old, old oldtimer.
hey jack its the sensor on the bottom of your bottle is bad its about 30 bucks my Volvo did the same look at the bottom of the coolant bottle you will see it easy to install yourself
Glad the weather got better as your trip progressed. Looking forward to the next video! I hope you had a good Thanksgiving!
Great video Jack.....mobile with care.
Ft Wayne, Indiana, I live just 10 mile from there. That pilot there years back use to be called and always will be known as Fort Meyers truck stop or some call it Fort Meyers servise center. Few years back its name changed to Fort Wayne truck stop. Just couple years ago Pilot bought the whole ground. Pilot also owns the McDonalds that sits next to it. Theres been some talk of leveling the whole thing and building a huge truck stop. We will see. Next time your through the area stop out to Grabill and we will get ya some homemade buscuits and gravy. MMMMM Good.. Be safe out there...
Hello Indiana Jack. Always enjoy your films. Hope you & your family had a nice Thanksgiving. Continue doing what you do. Stay safe. Thank you for haulin' the goods from coast to coast. Keep On Truckin'. 💗Mikey
thanks for vlog from the uk...drive safe
Thank you again Professor Jack for an exceptionally nice adventure on this Thanksgiving morning. Once again, very nice editing. Hope your having a safe Thanksgiving day.
A big hello from Norway👍 love watching 😀
Those warehouses are massive! Byhalia must be a manufacturing boom town.
Ft. Wayne, Indiana....not too far from me IndianaJack...I'm by Richmond, IN. Would love to meet up sometime. Thanks for the great videos and by far the best channel on TH-cam!
From Me and Mine, to You and Yours....... Happy Thanksgiving Brother. Motor Safe Always.
jus returned from medical driving 20 years .doc just suspended all my licences .guess I will be riding with you more often. enjoying you're videos you remind me of a very professional coworker I had for a while
IDK, I'm a OTR driver(in the US), and when I go to any truck stop, shipper or receiver, they all seem like a immigration deportation station...
Jack -- you've been close to my old and current stompin' grounds! I used to live just west of Fort Wayne; have many relatives in the South Bend area; and I now live north of Effingham. Today I hope and pray that you will partake of some Thanksgiving fare somewhere along your travels today.
I enjoyed the ride, be safe. Dave
Happy Thanksgiving Jack. Keep the videos coming.
your laugh at the end !! LOL Happy Thanksgiving Jack Thanks for another great vid!!
I worked in nursing almost forty years and I had one person that asked if I worked with any odd or weird people? I replied you mean like you; he looked at me with a blank look and left.
David Irthum I hope you're a better nurse then a comedian that comedian job it's not working
Jack i often wonder when i cross the Mississippi or the navigation system that comes up into Oklahoma along the Arkansas River to Tulsa just how many more roads and trucks there would be if we didnt have the barges to haul all that freight that goes up and down the rivers.
Was sort of expecting a coolant issue update as an addendum to the passing grade on the pre-trip. Inquiring minds want to know these little details with the big possible price tag. Back in the good old days I would be leaning quite strongly towards adding some old fashioned Bar's Leak in there if it actually was getting away from me, but the good stuff seems to be hiding from me lately. Combined with possible issues with rarefied, expensive, required, and exotic coolants that might not be so compatible, it becomes a dilemma. Thanks for the bird day extra efforts taken to keep us entertained, have a good one.
Happy Thanksgiving Jack ! Greetings from Dallas Tx. Hope to see Ya in the road someday Jack. Take Care My Friend
Hey Jack time for a little touch up on that panel between the grill and bumper Ol' red needs alittle make up.
Hi Mr jack I really enjoy your videos. I am from Vancouver canada. I wonder if you have ever been up here. Take care of yourself and be safe. Happy Holidays.
I also drive truck up here but I wish I could drive semi all over the US but long haul can be a hard life in some ways. I like sleeping in my own bed at home but I also miss the adventure .
Yes Jack, I can confirm the rain takes something out of the truck driver usually.
Some rare drivers are rugged enough that it doesn't do much to them though.
Jack great videos, In terms of weight when i,m running out of Ireland to Europe i,m always 44tons which is 90.000llbs , and the same back, Always max weight,
I enjoy your videos keep them coming
happy thanks giving from UK
Happy Thanksgiving Indy Jack !! Stay safe out there Buddy !!
If I take a 1/2 hr snooze, best to slap some cold water on my face to wake me up.
Fun video Jack. Stay coolant happy!
joe slob nah man you gotta splash coolant in your face. that'll wake ya up
I PRAY THAT YA HAD A HAPPY THANKSGIVING STAY SAFE.
have a great thanksgiving and I hope those dogs were with someone not just running loose
-->That scale ticket looks perfect, more weight on the tractor than trailer as we know tail heavy trailers can be dangerous, but you are not over weight on any axle(s).
--> I'm a bit antisocial myself. I seem to be my own best company, LoL. But I will chat up a storm one on one.
-->A lot of time if you are leaking coolant into the oil, the oil will turn light brown or there will be bubbles on the dip stick or both. By then you know it's time the head gasket needs replacing, again. I know last time you did it, those repairs got expensive, turned into a rebuild project.
-->Yeah you make as many videos as you want, talk to us. We enjoy your videos, even though some of us like yours truly who is retired. It's been years since I drove a truck, as I owned a Machine Shop and I enjoyed taking out my CH612 Mack doing some deliveries and some pick up's. That allowed me to look like a working guy which I was and, give me a reason to communicate with the customers on their level. The customers respected me because I didn't simply have one of my employees doing all the work and I was available 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
--> The rain makes me sleepy easier, the pitter patter of it beating on the roof.
--> Cute dumpster dogs lol... I love animals.
-->WOW that is some bridge across the Mississippi river! I love bridges over water. I think this bridge was built just after WWII, as it's riveted instead of welded, regardless, it's very old. I think if today, it would be a concrete suspension bridge. This bridge shows the quality of USA produced steel and workmanship from our steel industry back then. I worked in big steel (Phoenix Steel and Iron) just out of technical school as a maintenance machinist and temporary 50 ton over-head crane operator. The sent me and paid for some of my night school until the place when bankrupt.
Pete_ Hine_Of_PA
You ever drive a cab over Jack? Happy Holidays Jack.
Wow!! Electronic logs, GPS, 30 min. breaks ...... I was one of those unfortunate ones who drove in a day where we weren't allowed to be 'out of hours'. We simply 'backed our paper logs up', or started another one .... sometimes 2-3 at a time. Or went around the scales at nighttime, or,as I did most of the time, wait till nighttime and shut the lights off and cruise on by them. Not smart ..... just job protection in those times. I'm thankful for today's trucker that they don't run like we did .... Usually so tired we were all over the road, usually half-dozen. Travel safely drivers, and Gods Blessings on you all!
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Stay safe!
Hey Jack, this 4 wheeler loves all your videos, and you know odd people are everywhere. but this reminds me of something which sort of applies here, "The trouble with the world ain't that there are too many fools, it's that lightning ain't distributed right." - Mark Twain
Ha ha ha. Thanks for watching as a 4 wheeler.
you're not drowsy you're odd hahahahahaha joking , great vlog as always thanks 4 sharing
Hi Jack my wife and I talk to you on the CB radio not sure you can hear us up here in Milo, Maine Oh well we keep our ears tuned to your channel on U-tube
I don't remember that. I always have my CB on. Sorry I missed you.
happy Thanksgiving from Bend Oregon
Thanks again! Maybe the service people are of younger generation because I remember it was in -90:ies when Cummins and International had some kind of obligatory supplement for coolant in order to not ruin those engines. Haven't heard of that kind of things used lately and I think Volvo may concentrate on their own engines mainly (they are major players here besides Scania). Well, I'm no trucker anyhow so I don't hear the latest news. Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving Jack!
another great video
the sensor will go off if the coolant mixture does not have a high enough coolant percentage, or when the coolant becomes to old
Whats that leak at 11:47 and 11:54, AC ?
Jack, what's the deal with 53' trailers? I drove one 14-wheeler, Freightliner cabover, pulling the same 40' trailer back in the 1970's. (It was a TV mobile unit, so I never had to deal with all you have.) There were some 48' trailers just starting to come into common use, and we shied away from those. It looks like everyone is using 53' ones now. WOW! My hat's off to you guys. I don't know how you manage something that long, not using a cabover. But, it looks like you are still limited to 80,000 pounds. Yes?
that truck stop in fort wayne is in a partnership with pilot i google searched it
So was it the sensor, Jack?
Happy Thanksgiving IJ
Most truck stops when I rode with my father most truckers looks like Richard Petty
Im new to your channel and i love your videos im from indiana but i also see you wear alot of ND stuff did you go there or any college before you got into trucking
You make me miss the road I've been home for a week I'm ready to start rolling
If you're in a group of people and you can't spot the oddball, you're it.
How about a combustion leak test?
is free packing at all truck stop ??
thank you
There be weird / odd people in any occupation.
I see a lot of odd people in truck stops.
be safe,happy thanksgiving
who do you pull for ?
He drives for Knight Transportation
I thought he was an independent driver, I know Old Red is his tractor, he purchased it via lease. You mean Knight Trans. is his only broker?
He s an Independent Contractor/ Owner Operator for Knight
Thanks Kevin. I didn't know where his loads came from, I was figuring he was getting them off the load boards.
When I was running my little boom truck, small crane, I would get customers calling me up to lift some 3000lbs item and when I get to the job it turns out to be 10,000lbs. They act like I should try to lift it all though the crane's load chart states that it won't do 10,000lbs for that given reach(radius). People can be really stupid.
Now-a-days, we're so diverse that it's really difficult to determine who's odd and who's not. Doesn't really bother me anyway...
thats a good looking lunch
Hi jack im from Australia your cool dude
love me some truck driver! !!
I hope you didn't etch your windshield with the wipers - a mean squeak there. Good video, but you may need to talk to your production people. The music at 20:20 is skipping. Like maybe someone ripped a bad CD and didn't realize it. It sounds like there's supposed to be music at 23:24, but it's barely audible.
happy thanksgiving
You haven't seen public gatherings of weirdos until you've taken Greyhound from northern Michigan through Detroit to Chicago. NEVER AGAIN.
You want to see odd people just go to your Walmart super center, ha. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and treat yourself to a restaurant meal if you find your self on the road that day.
Humm? I would say alot of character! vs odd!
i have always loved your vids jack but i wanted to tell you that this vid and the one before it during your music in the middle of the video your music was skipping on both songs just wanted to let you know bud!!!
By European standards your truck was actually very light. Here in Germany in our tipper trucks you get 24 metric tons (52,910lbs) and an overall weight of 40 metric tons (88,184 lbs). So consider yourself lucky. :-P
Pilot has an extensive affiliate program to sell their "brand" at independent retailers. This is like owner operators signing onto a large carrier. Advantages of economy of scale. I mainly find weird people at warehouses especially at the receivers Windows. Dealing with the functionally illiterate is always a challenge.
Ty
volvo is the behind the times ,so why did you buy that volvo?
albert soler HE BOUGHT IT WHEN VOLVO WAS AHEAD OF THE TIMES
IndianaJack Drinking Game - Jack complaints about coolant - DRINK (not coolant) !!
Odd is the new norm .
Great video, almost as good as JBG Travel videos
I'll second that!
Wrong,... at lease we can understand Jack, and he doesn't preach about God or politics...
JBG Travels is a great Trucker vlog. Check it out everyone. Jimmy maybe a little odd.
Do you ever argue with your GPS? I think you'd be odd if you didn't :D
How about the guy wearing the dress?
takes all sorts to make a world.
You pronounced Byhalia correctly. There is a Byhalia near where I live here in Ohio.
You want to see weird people at walmart and truckstops.
In general I run into 20 or so truckers dropping off the live unload and waiting to get out. A majority of the OTR truckers are unkept, look like they slept in the same cloths, etc. They are nice people. But most trucking companies don't hold their drivers to any standard of presentation. On the other hand. The local guys that go home every night and just run milk routes. They look like the average guy in line for food. So my point is the OTR lifestyle leads to a general appearance that is not professional. Too many people follow the path of least resistance, and thus a reputation is built on.
Ome mans odd is another mans normal..... 😆
how id you like driving for werner
Werner sucks Knight is 100% better coming from a 35 year old veteran
Weird name covers a vast scale of people. There seems to be weido's at every truck stop!
old red is getting old rickitie.
Buy that new Volvo Indiana jack
I work a psych unit in a max security prison. I've probably seen "odd" beyond what most people are capable of comprehending.. :). Great video.
I have been watching Dexter again. I can only imagine what you have to go through every day. I do appreciate you watching.
back in the late 80's i started out in a 85' cabinover freightshaker , then a 78 peterbilt c/o, and a 82 gmc astro c/o , and i must honestly voice my opinion that all three were hot in the summer and cold in the winter ,after that drove hoods which is way better, c/o' s look cool but you do sacrifice by not being comfortable .