I used to work for a broker back in early 90s. They would keep 15%. I'd always try to help drivers out by giving them more money. How can this be legal for a broker to keep 40% when even a lawyer is capped at 33% by law when hired to go after money just like a broker. Everything that man stated abt the old drivers is true. Today's new drivers are very scary!
Many of broker are very happy with double broking and Corporating with them ( sharing carrier info with them ) and you thin you got from orginal broker but NO and eventually they share the profit . Absloutly DAT doing nothing .
In the early 90’s I was driving on I-80 between Cheyenne and Laramie during a blizzard and I was finding it very difficult to see the road. A semi driver got in front of me, slowed down, put on his hazard lights, and got me through what could have been a deadly trip. I know he saved my life. I wish I could have given him a great big hug.
I’ve been an owner op for 11 years.. trucking is not dead to me…… the key for me succeeding is I’m my own maintenance guy…. And I stay close to home…..only 5hr out….Texas Louisiana Arkansas….. that’s me…… I own 2 homes and working to buy another to rent out….. maintenance is the issue… I do all my tires also…… I won’t lose… I bet on myself..
Eggzzactly! I’ve told kats this to, u have to stay regional an have certain mechanics u deal with that won’t screw u. Staying n the same region is less stessful most of the times also
My two-year daughter and I went on a road trip during the one anniversary of my husband’s death. We drove from Southern California to Seattle. During one of my gas stops, the driver of a large semi came over to me to let me know that all the truckers were keeping on eye on us re safety. They would just hand off the info to the driver ahead. This went on for hundreds and hundreds of miles. I felt very cared for and protected. Our daughter is now 38, and I’ve never forgotten the kindness of all those truckers. Many hugs to each and every one of them! ❤️
That’s an awesome story. The kind of thing that makes me have hope in humanity, because lord knows we as Americans “and I’m sure other places but I can only speak on here” have gotten so far from how GOD wants us to treat others… I don’t usually make the kind of comments but this particular story made me smile.
I was delivering an arcade machine once and it somehow slipped out of the back of my truck and smashed on the interstate. It was a trucker who stopped and helped me get the mess out of the highway. I was amazed that he was so willing to help a total stranger clear the road. I've never forgotten what a selfless act this this was, and he had no real need to do this for me. But he did anyway. Much love!
I’ve been out there almost 50 years and this gentleman is absolutely correct, nowadays no one is stopping to help you, your on your own, it wasn’t like that when I started, but I wouldn’t have done anything else, but I am glad I’m retired, but I do still miss it once in awhile
Truck driving is a thankless underpaid job. People use to think of us as Knights of the road, now they hate and shit on us. I'm a retired driver of 45yrs. on the road and I approve this message.
I used to hitch hike and yes we referred to you as the "Knights of the Road" and there are many still there. Thank you for giving me a lift, sharing your life stories, sense of humor, integrity.
I was definitely brought up see you guys as Knights of the a Road. I let you merge, I let you change lanes, I signal and I give you space! I do what I can do.
Never ever lease a truck from the same company you work for. This is a way for the company to make more money from you while paying you less, because your earnings is going towards paying off a truck that does not belong to you, and that company will pay you less for the work. Here is the kicker, if the company fires you, your lease goes with it and all the money you spent to paying off that truck will be for nothing. Meanwhile, the company benefitted because you paid off a lot of the lease for the company, but in the end you come out with nothing, and you have been less than you are worth. The moral of this comment is, don't lease or finance a truck from the same company you work for because it's a scam. If you want to lease or finance, then do it from an actual truck dealership. This way, if the company fires you, you still drive away with your truck as the company will not own your truck. I have seen people get fired while they're in the middle of nowhere. You get thrown out of your truck by police, and now you are stuck in the middle of nowhere with no truck, costing you hundreds of dollars just to go back home, while you are lugging all your personal belongings in the middle of nowhere. If you lease or finance your truck from an actual dealership, companies can not throw you out of your truck because it doesn't belong to them, because you didn't lease it from the company you work for, but rather from an actual dealership. Be smart and never lease or finance a truck from any company you work for, because its a scam.
Thank you for saying this. Drivers who like this gentleman that have been driving as long speak as if the commercial transportation business is one of the few that aren't operated with integrity. That's really the real issue. At the beginning, the middle, and the end of the day it's a business and everyone has to work.
This gentlemen is completely correct. I've had my CDL for 34 years. I just recently surrendered my authority and sold my equipment. It is more cost effective for me to work for another company than to operate as an O/O. I saw the writing on the wall 2 years ago. Freight rates were dropping; the amount of loads available were dropping; fuel was through the roof; insurance was increasing; maintenance was increasing...and there weren't any politicians talking/attempting to make things better. Over the road truck drivers are hated and despised. We bring them everything they could want...but don't park your truck here, your truck is too loud, your truck is too slow (compared to the 4 wheelers doing 15 over the mph). *Truck parking continues to be an issue. States make laws prohibiting trucks from parking on on-ramps/off-ramps even when they know there is not enough parking. *The FMCSA continues to mandate laws/rules limiting the ability of a driver. The end result is the inability to make money. No thank you. I'll sit back and watch "civilization" descend into chaos and eventually burn. They don't want, or appreciate, all we do. They can suffer when drivers FINALLY say enough is enough...I will no longer deliver that for you.
Eventually, quite a bit of trucking will be done by self-driving trucks that will go by themselves from node to node. They won't need to stop for meals or for sleep -- and they'll never need to pee on the go. Only on short hauls and deliveries, where many complex decisions are required, and robotic stamina provides no real edge, will humans retain some advantages, and remain fairly common well into the future.
This gentleman has the perfect voice for doing a long form podcast, radio show, FM talk show. Perfect resonance and tone, great sounding. He's got a future :)
Back in November 1991 I was driving from California to Pennsylvania to catch my flight to my next duty station in the Azores. A female traveling alone with a 5 year old little boy. My destination that night was Cheyenne WY. I had to stop and put chains on. While attempting this a truck driver offered to help. He and another trucker were both headed to Cheyenne and they told me to stay between them and they would make sure I arrived safely. We stopped once and I bought them a meal and coffee. It was horrible on the road but, thanks to those wonderful men my son and I arrived in Cheyenne safe and sound. I always give truckers the breaks they need on the road to make their jobs as easy as possible. I have a tremendous amount of respect for these hard working under appreciated men and women. I hate seeing what is happening to these professional drivers.
Thank you so much, for your appreciation for others! You have a good head on your shoulders! I have faith, that you've taught your child to do the same!! I'm a veteran truck driver myself, and know how treacherous winter driving can be, especially on ice and in blizzard conditions. I can't say how many times I've sat in Cheyenne, for as much as 3 days, waiting for the weather/road conditions to improve. Best wishes to you and your family.
Your partially correct. It's greedy corporations that are destroying America. Corporatism is fascism. Once they control and industry, the industry has no more freedom or "independence"
There is great news. A Chicago area trucking company, Agility Express, recently taught some brokers a lesson regarding ripping off carriers by commandeering dozens of loads and refusing to deliver until payment for previous shipments is made. Many paid up. And so if you're an O/O or a multi truck firm take note in how to deal with these crooks. Money is the only language they understand.
Man that’s true I’m no old school driver but was taught by one, I’m 32 started at 24 and so true i always flash my lights when some one passes me to let them in the lane and no one blinks back in gratitude not that I’m looking for gratitude but shows you the level of respect some drivers have.
If you flash your lights at me to let me know I'm clear to come back over, I'll blink you back but I've been doing this off and on for the past 26 years. There was a time drivers would wave to one another when you passed on a 2 lane or when being passed on the interstate. And back in the day, you didn't ever see a driver in shorts and flip flops.
@@TheGifted333 I turned 77 today, Feb 10, and still driving, but just in the province. I drove my first truck a year underage.,17 years old. You had to be 18 to get a chauffer's license in Manitoba Canada back then, and you had to have taken your driver's test in a standard tranny car. You paid $2 extra and you got a chuffers license. The flashing your lights and especially the wave to another driver I miss these days. Whether it's lites or a wave, maybe 1 in 10 might acknowledge you. Quite different these days. Be safe out there Gifted.
First off, most of the clown flashing to get over do so about a foot after you clear their front bumper... immediately tells me they are dangerous. 2) Using any indicator to tell someone else anything opens you up to liability 3) Too many knuckleheads so can't trust a dang gone one of them.
I've never been a trucker, but I remember the days when they would flicker their parking lights at you, and you could flicker them back. When one passed you, a flick of the high beams and they'd trust you enough to pull over and give you the parking light flicker in thanks. That caused my respect for them to grow, and I've always given them plenty of room for it. 🇺🇲
I grew up in a non trucking family, but my dear Dad was hip to the passing/signaling thing with the truckers, and showed me what it was about, on our trips. I'm an older trucker now, still carrying on that safe tradition! Thank you for comment, and being g a considerate human being! 😊
Ever heard of the guy who worked for 40 years and did the same mistake for 40 years? If you did a specific thing for a lot of years doesn't necessary make you good at it. He might be a very good driver, he might know a lot of stuff, but by what he's talking about about brokers and how he calculates his net, he's doing some rookie mistakes.
So what’s your advice for someone who still wants to be a trucker. Currently going for my cdl. Im all for different opinions but the job still has to get done.
@shaydesofblue2281 keyword "should" just like all the Indians/Pakistanis should know not to block a line of trucks at the fuel island for 2 hrs for no reason.especiallu when they're team driving.
I'm the owner operator for 30 years,right now it is worth I ever have , drive I-40 & count 10 trucks! 8 of the trucks,drivers r 4raner! They not even spik Inglish. They take the load for 1$ per mile, & they r happy! They live in the truck,them family out there some were in the 3rd country! If they make 2-3K per month,they live like the kings! We need to stop this,if not,it will be no America anymore!
Manufacturers need brokers to get trucks to pick up loads from them because their docks are difficult to back into or they treat you like shit and no Driver will ever Go there again.
25 years out here, 22 of that as an owner operator and this guy is spot on! The trucking industry has gone in the toilet hard in the past 5-10 years. Between the shady brokers, these mega carries just putting a warm body in the seats, the FMCSA and the government regulating us to death... I say bring back long hoods and manual transmissions and it will weed out a lot of people now days. Im so ready to hang it up. If this speed limiter thing does pass, Im out!
Great idea long hood,s and a manual transmission thats,why some have a vary hard time with fuel prices and the vary trying rates you have to be even more efficient than your competitor aero and mpg are up to 20,000 to 30,0000 dollar,s in the bank over 5 to 6 mpg in100,000 mile operation,s
@@kimberlyhemerson4828 My older FLD120 that non emissions, pre eld, 13 speed, 500hp Detroit, 7.5+ mpg all day long at 65 mph. Buddy has a 97 Pete 379 with a 500hp Detroit, 18 speed, 300 inch wheel base and a 110 inch sleeper and he manages 6+ loaded pulling a Conestoga. Screw all these new trucks. My neighbor has a 2014 Pete with a Cummins and my old freightliner gets better fuel mileage. Not by much, and his is in the shop almost twice a year for Def related issues and it's never cheap.
Long hoods and manual transmissions… I don’t think you understand fully what direction this industry is headed…. The end game is autonomously moved freight without human interaction. Thinking we’re going backwards to more human input involved freight relocating makes you sound so oblivious to the industry.
@@Daniel-oy8ic My original comment still stands. I have zero interest in self driving junk, battery operated garbage, none of that. Here in Northern Minnesota, ev's are garbage in the winter, I refuse to trust a self driving vehicle, and the mega carries pushing for all this stuff are what is ultimately ruining the industry for the guys like me. I've been out here 25 years now, trust me when I say it's garbage now compared to what it was when I first started.
@@Hippie459MNthe future isn’t waiting for you’re approval. It doesn’t care about your opinion. It doesn’t care about your career or your livelihood. Mega carriers are controlling the market more and more each year. They’re partnering with robotic companies and will partner with brokers to handle all the freight being moved EVERYWHERE. You’re going to have to accept the fact, your long nose truck with your manual transmission and pre emissions engine is the past. If you haven’t noticed already, this industry is going forward and not backwards. I’m sorry but you will be left behind and I hate it for both of us.
Max respect for shunning these crooks known as brokers. There is no reason in the world they should even exist much less earn nearly the same as the person providing the equipment, fuel, insurance and labor to move the load.
my dad told me that when we had a road trip to our native city in Mexico in 1996 he noticed a car in the side of the road and since we had luggage on top of the van the car started following us bus suddenly two truckers kept us in between them in the road like if God sent them to protect us God bless all the truckers in the world
I've been in trucking for 27 years. 15 of them as a State CDL examiner and instructor. I can tell you the two biggest issues are CDL schools and big trucking companies. The quality of drivers the schools are pumping out is crap. Not everyone is able to become a truck driver, but the schools will do whatever they can to push a square block through a round hole. Big companies have destroyed the owner operator side of things by driving rates down. If you really want to be an owner op, you can still make money in the specialized hauling side. But a step deck, double drop or a lowboy with 3 axles and a swing axle, haul oversized and overweight loads, and you can still make good money. Refuse cheap paying loads.
yes i have a 1ton pick-up/car-haller ( central 2 axel-ed, and yes fine with it as it acts more as a forklifts/loader's do etc ) aka not a CDL but my dad did-RIP 20+years so i knowledge 1st handed experience with him and or summer's/school and the lifestyle and or sleep ( turned's me into a unsafe narcolepsy/insomniac*, and or hate the yearly/time-zone-jumping-etc summer family visit as work bookends both sides and or basically had to copycat dad's methods to pull it off etc ) i couldn't do 😴yes i can drive 12 hours straight but dealing with the interruptions i couldn't and also i forgetting the longer bridge/swing ( one boss tried having me tow ( sub 40 miles round trip ) the 5th wheel/~15000lb-rig-GVW bad idea as it's basically a mini-semi truck, light-poll got lucky that day ) of that style of trailer etc so no im better off as a sailor or auto mechanic 👨🔧or millwright-plant-maintenance flip is dad is scary ( im okay but out of practice-etc and or don't get much seat-time HPDE ) behind a racetrack/race-car or sport-car ie C7 as he cannot safely drive it and or forgetting that it's not a big-rig etc, same for backing-up in his( Boomer-gen ) jeep or sedans 💥🤦🏻♂my( zoomer*gen FWI ) vin/car's have gotten clobbered more than once in 20 years
I’m honestly dealing with the same thing in trades. The latest hire at my company was fresh out of apex trade school, couldn’t change bits on an impact, didn’t know how to use a ratchet… they’re just taking money and shoveling shit out now
That’s the problem, all these new guys taking all the cheap loads instead of sitting and waiting for the higher paying loads. You need an emergency fund instead of taking loads that bring everyone’s pay down. Be a part of the solution not the problem.
As a trucker trained in Arkansas in the 80’s; I am shocked at what I see from what’re supposed to be “professional” drivers. This is definitely at least in part due to the fact that I made about the same then, as drivers today get. There was courtesy and respect for the machine you’re driving. As well as other drivers. We used to have friendly talks all the way across the nation. I know this will be an unpopular statement, but I think driving; at least compared to when I was doing it; is just too hard on people. I think we’d all be much better off if the rail system was made about 100% better than it is, and drivers were all doing local or at most overnight runs. And of course paid WAY better than they are, as well as properly trained and VETTED. Not just a body in a seat.
@@chuckliquor3663 Merge means the right-of-way alternating between two streams of conflicting traffic. E.g. zipper merge, where as the right lane comes to an end, and the way it is supposed to work, is that the left lane traffic and right lane traffic take turns, to make their lane changes. Yield means that the onus to give way to conflicting traffic, always stays with the same movement, and the other movement always has priority for the right-of-way. E.g. left turn yield on green circle. Left turns have the onus to wait for oncoming traffic, while straight traffic has a continuous right-of-way (except yielding for incumbent traffic in the intersection).
@@carultch The only caveat I'll add is that it is the ending lane's job to safely make the merge. I don't care if they merge ahead of me or behind, just don't drive next to my vehicle and force me to brake.
I started trucking in1962 at 20 yrs. Old. Ran local untill I turned 21 to run longhaul. I have driven12 differnt trucks over nearly 40 yrs. Worked for 6 differnt companies, some very good & some not so good. Enjoyed most of those years. Today I would not care to be on the road at all. The flip flop drivers with their automactic trannys don't know shit about trucking today. Signaling with your lights cofusses them. They are rude non- thinking idiots for the most part. Old school was cool but those days are gone. We used to get good meals at Ma & Pa truck stops. Now it is mostly crappie junk food at these corperate stops. Nobody stops to help if you break down like drivers used to do. Glad to be retired. Stay safe out there friends. Dave
I'm 34 and been driving 2 years. Quite late to the game. Got a manual restriction bc how i earned my CDL, and honestly can only drive a 10 speed, but grew up around old school truckers bc my best friends family owned a log trucking buisiness. My Dad even drove log truck for them. They had slope nose 357 Petes, 9300 International Eagles, a w900, and even a badass turned up V8 Detroit Mack Superliner with 900Hp his grandfather had. Went on many logging trips using a cheeter pipe to sinch down log bunks. SCARY ROADS and looking over the edge down that hillside was unnerving. I flash my 4 ways to thank people who let me merge and slow down to let people pass me even though they only going 2 mph faster than me. I was raised that trucking is a brotherhood, we all a family out here doing the same thing, lets work together.
I can say this quite confidently. In the midst of broker carrier feud there are alot of shipper dropping rates drastically and profiting from this saga. Carriers think brokers are withholding money whereas, its the Shipper who have gone down drastically on their rates.
The same thing happened to me in Atlanta on 285. I had someone call in a hit-and-run on me and wrote down my trailer number and there was a sheriff waiting for me about three counties north of Atlanta on 75 for me to drive by was sitting there waiting to see my trailer number and when I drove by, he pulled me over. He said you were involved in an accident hit and run. They said back in Atlanta 285 and I was not said someone called in and said that you hit their car on 285. I don’t believe it ever happened. They took my information, but I’ve never heard anything else about it.
He is spot on. I have been driving over thirty years and the industry is not worth it. If you are going to be a truck driver, be a company driver. My advice is to get a trade. Go into welding, masonry, plumbing. Do anything except truck driving.
I've been in manufacturing for almost 20 years. There's no money in it unless you are a supervisor or manager. Stand on your feet all day and compete for a lead position, paying an extra $1.50. Disgruntled coworkers or management. Trucking can't be that bad.
@@1stdraft611 Nobody is trying to brake check you or cut you off in a manufacturing plant. You deal with the same people all the time, jerks or not. You don't have to be held up at a customer just because they don't want to do their job, waiting for hours because you asked how long will it be. Not everybody hates you because you " held them up " for 10 seconds. I've done both jobs, and they both suck. Just in different ways.
Truck stop murderers. Truck stop sexcapades. People falling asleep at the wheel totalling truck claiming it was normal accident. Alot of unstable demonic people out there to be honest i dont trust hardly anyone anymore
Good interview!! I’m an old school trucker as well that guy knows what he’s talking about.. still make it as an O/O but I pretty much do all the repairs on my truck.Mechanical skills are must it saves tons of $$!
I know a lot of truckers they paid off houses cars bikes everything ! And I’m young with no kids no wife and homeless I need and want the job no matter what people say about truck driving!
You need to apply at a large trucking company that also has their own truck driver training school. These schools are free of charge to get into. There is a charge for the training where some trucking companies deduct so much from your a month to recoup their cost for training you. I know some trucking companies that if you stay and drive for them any where from six months to one year the school is free. Prime is about as good as you will find out there. They do a full back ground check on you and you have to take a physical too. One of my nephews went to i believe it was Missouri to take his training for Prime. When you finish truck driving training and pass every thing you will be assigned a truck to drive. A professional driver who is a team leader will ride with you for a week or two weeks to make sure you can drive the truck. That team leader will also drive the truck at times usually night time driving.
@@johnwelch3016..within 5 yrs Im predicting if anyone is left at all, this continent/planet will be a dystopian wasteland. The earth will own the dead! (if its not drastically changed)
I myself have 34 years of trucking under my belt as an owner operator. I've seen a lot of things on the road and my years of driving. And this gentleman was 100% correct. American truck drivers are dying breed there are foreign truck drivers now and there are foreign Brokers and they're all operating with cheap freight. That may be good for the soccer moms Clarion at the grocery store. But what the public doesn't realize is that most of these foreigners cannot read English and have been given CDLs without training.. so if you think there are accidents and people dying on the highway now you wait until all of us American drivers are gone no one's going to be safe and on the highways anymore and what's going to happen is that the insurance companies that run these trucking companies the rates are going to go through the roof and then next I'm going to be the American trucking companies they're going to have to close their doors. So yes. He's absolutely right the trucking industry is dead.
Its not a foreigners thing entirely....we are being shafted, lied to and stolen from by natural born citizens. Wake up! They distract you by making you hate minorities
That description of old school and new school drivers applies to everyone, not just truckers. Being polite and helpful is a more and more rare character trait. What is a sad truth is that being in need is a place that low life scumbags target today as easy prey
I remember when I started driving in 1992, your arm would get sore by waving at pretty much every driver you passed. Now they’d give you the finger rather than the wave. Now I drive part time and I’m trying to figure out how to completely quit.
God bless you truckers! We need you and I appreciate you. The only thing that I know of to help you guys is to get out of your way, or to back up my car if you can’t make the turn. The driving skills that you guys have are amazing. How you can back those things up and get them where they need to be below my mind. Thank you for your service. 💋
Yep..the freight in California was one of the best paying with the frieght...now it's all the same ghetto money 💰..poverty money 💰 to move freight..it stinks
Things have changed so dam much, they are pampered today. They have to have an automatic transmission because they don’t know how to drive a standard shift truck. They don’t know how to back up to save their butts, and most of them come straight out of a school and expect to get top pay. Back when I started you had to work your way up, I was constantly asking the them questions to learn, I had one who was home for a while waiting for his truck engine to be rebuilt, he taught me how to backup and make certain moves. I learned so much from him and for that I’m forever grateful. Trucking has changed so much that I’m glad I retired after 38 years
Why do y’all say crap like this? As someone who has signed up for CDL classes, a lot of these companies are promising new drivers top pay saying they need to drivers. Also, many of us don’t control whether there is stock or whatever, we drive what is taught in the schools. As to backing up, I’ve heard that takes practice anyway, so, if they are new I would expect that to be an issue, I would question that of someone driving for 5 years+, etc…things change yes, but that doesn’t mean is all bad.
I haven’t watched the video yet getting ready to the title already got me the problem in trucking is the same thing everywhere. If the government puts their hands in it’s gone to hell. They fk up everything.
This man is 100% correct in all that he said. If I ever see him out, I would love to shake his hand and buy him dinner!! Thank you for sharing. May he be safe in his travels. ❤
I love this guy. He told it how exactly how it is. Since I started back in 09’ it has just gone to sh!t. The majority of drivers these days are steering wheel holders that only care about themselves. Everyone is always in a dang hurry flying through truck stops, construction zones etc. They have no respect for anyone. But it’s not just in trucking. The whole world is like this. It’s just sad.
Love this guy. I don't think he realizes how big your channel is. this dude wouldn't make it a month as a company driver. He says he would be a company driver but they micromanage the hell out of you.
As 28 year diesel mechanic with a mobile diesel repair service & drove for 3 years OTR before I started mechanics. I can tell you this buisness is dead in the water I've seen the good, bad & ugly this is the worst I've ever seen it, I closed my shop I had for 3.5 years new from the ground up now I only do mobile and theirs no money in trucking anymore. I use to have them lined up down the street doing 5 to 7 calls a day now I hardly do 3 a week on mobile service. 😢 I'm getting out of it because I know this buisness & I see the direction it's going. I purchased me a sprinter van & my ass is going to get into local cargo van delivery. I spent half my life sacrificing for a dream & now it's just dead in the water. All the owner operators are dropping like flies and the foreigners are taking over the trucking game. All my phone calls come from africans and Russians, Pakistanis and man are they cheap inexperienced and whinny😢😢😢. I have to argue about my invoice 89% of the time. I'm tired now 52 years old and I have no more fight for this buisness and these new drivers they are dangerous and all they care about is loads not safety or maintenance on their truck. If your getting in this buisness better do your homework, because its definitely not the same and never will be. GREED$$$$ has come into play instead of passion for the buisness. Foreigners can live off that low pay Americans can't we dont stick together like they do. 😅 try at your own risk & I wish you well.
That might be a big problem for me. If the company is presuring me to make and drop off my truck load. Yet, there is four feet of snow. or black ice. Or a EF-5 tornado. Or a huricane. I might have to let the company know the weather is too bad. I do not feel safe driving. Thats why I will only carry none refrigerated frieght . It will not get or go bad. Better to be safe then sorry. California Labor Code : 6300. No employee is required to do anything unsafe or illegal . The company might cut my hours and fire me. Yet, at least I did not get hurt or hurt any one else. So if the company fires me. I would get Employee Rights Lawyer, Don D. Sessions in Orange County Calif. To help me file for a wrongful termination. Of coarse my hours might be cut. Yet, if that termination is hurting my chances of getting another truck driving job. Then I have no choice to sue the company for a wrongful termination. Why ? To protect my work history on my resume. Big companies some times do not care about the small guys. A truck driver might survive if he is in a good union that protects all truck drivers. All employees in California are required to work with Best Efforts. Calif. Labor Code:2924. However : I will no drive on Black Ice. I will not drive through a huricane. I will not drive in a EF-5 tornado or drive through floods. That would endanger my self or other drivers. So its better to be safe then sorry. Haste makes waste. He that studies a situation is wise. These are two scriptures in the Holy Bible. In the Book of Proverbs. I have heard about truck companies presuring drivers to go to that designated place to drop off or pick up. Yet, what is the traffic like. What is the weather like? Driving a Big Rig truck over the road is not a easy job.
I was at a trucking school getting my physical. While in the doctor's room I was in an earshot of the front office. I could hear them talking about how "...if you have 10-15 people quit on you and you're a big company you don't feel a thing, if you're a small family-owned operation, it affects business...". I found it serendipitous to be at a trucking school and hear people outside talking about truckers dropping out. Not the best of signs. Now after watching this video I think I have a better picture as to why. It's a personal supply/demand issue and the brokers run the rodeo. God willing, I'm still going forward with my CDL, but now I have a better understanding of what's happening in the OTR industry. Thanks to you both.
I’m practically new to driving, although I’m 55 years old, I’m old enough to not take risky chances and wise enough to run silent and learn from the pros. These foreigners and young bloods out here on the road scare the wad outta me. Stay safe and be blessed.
Every one is foreigner including yourself. The only difference is when was your root migrated to US. I have learned this from my native Cherokee friend. Btw, what’s your origins? British? Irish? African-American? Whatever you call it, either you are invader or …. Let’s respect each other.😊
@@dont3222gtfoh they lost, they didn’t have a society and culture that could compete with white people it is what it is. Natives are doing fine better than fine they can stfu or the US will finish what it started
Honest question, what's the problem with foreign drivers? I moved to the USA from Germany 13 years ago (Dual citizenship/Army Dad) and I'm considering getting a CDL.
@@dont3222, African American isn't a real thing that was another identity that was given in the late 80s, before that it's was afro American negro before that it was Indian, you really don't know You're history before 1492 if you did you would know it was plenty of people with dark brown skin that inhabit the Americans long before pale people arrived, I have plenty of family members who are different shades of brown in different tribes, America school system has lied about the history of this land but most people don't read, the real indigenous people of America is the one you call "african Americans" which most of us didn't come from there we was already here, where are the slave ships?
Yep! The game has changed. These new truckers have no respect nor consideration. They don't care about others. They think that they will get rich, and with social media, they're famous.
@@charlesphilhower1452 oh I'm with you more than you will ever know, the value of labor or any skill is pissed on mate. I'm just saying what needs to be said as there are two sides to this shit story
Honestly, a lot of y’all are just being pessimistic. I doubt things are as bad as y’all make it out to be. It comes down to teaching trucking culture. Chances are, folx simply are ignorant of it. I question whether schools or programs are teaching it as well.
This man is speaking facts! This is the problem with people opening up their own businesses who are not capable of doing most of these things which they end up out sourcing. These ppl are feeding the growth of these brokers, dispatch companies, loan shark/finance companies
@@kajg4236 Absolutely, I comprehended your point entirely. Essentially, the main idea of what Im pointing out is that almost every business delegates different tasks to external sources. As a business owner, why should I incur additional costs and burdens when I can simply outsource that task? Once again, it seems like your concern lies with the way business operations are conducted in America.
The guy is right. I sold my just 5yr ago. I was 3rd generation of drivers/op. I was the last one. Broke my heart but I seen where it was going then and know it's going to get worse. I'm one person, I can't compete against billion dollar world wide trucking companies.
The dreaded 900 dollars from New York City to Chicago load. Every time you pull into Vince Lambardi Travel Plaza. You knew there more than one fool out here swinging it for the hills.
This is an EXCELLENT interview. Thank you both for the excellent questions and the excellent answers. I am not a truck driver but back in the day truck drivers received respect and appreciation from the general public because we appreciated their skill and without them we would not have all the wonderful products we have in abundance. God bless you both!
Shout out to my good friend and brother Matt Mickenburg . Hauling those loads across the country and kicking ass keeping us going. Thank you truckers!⭐️😎👍🏼
i drove from 1989 to 2011..... i was old school,,, multi logs,,, gettin it done!! but i quit because of digital logs,,, good luck drivers!!! yall can have it
Trucking is dead,,,,,,ive been in this business for 30 yrs,,,cant wait to get out of it,,,,hes telling you the truth,,,😂😂😂😂 i started with the old school truckers 😂😂,,,and yes we started early driving all kind of vehicles,,,and hes right about everything,,,he said,,,,, and alot he didn't say,,,,😂😂😂😂,!,!,,,the new people driving are dangerous,,,,
I agree that the new people driving are very dangerous. Because these trucking schools literally hand out the license as long as you pay them they’re 10 grand they give you a license. I’ve only had my license for less than two years. The Trucking School I went to was six weeks and I got tested at the DMV. It was not easy to get my license but once I got my license was a ready to drive? Hell no I was not ready not even close, luckily my husband who’s had his license for 25 years took me out in our truck every single day for three months and he taught me in phases until he was 100% comfortable with me driving the truck I now drive our truck from Boulder city Nevada to Phoenix daily. We have a 2007 Kenworth W9 18 speed. Now my sister who got her license about the same time I did told me how she only went to school for two weeks and that they felt bad for her and she literally was given her license. So when I took her out. She was all confident in saying that she could drive the truck so I let her get into the driver seat on a deserted road, and she couldn’t even shift the gears. I told her there was no way in hell that she was going to drive my truck. She wanted me to teacher but I told her you literally will have to come with me every single day for the next three months and first we’re gonna start on this deserted road and I’m going to teach you how to shift that is the first thing you were going to learn. Ask me if she ever came back and asked me to help her again??? She’s had her license for a year and she still is not driving now. She tells me that her boyfriend is going to Trucking School and the school is only three weeks. How in the hell is he going to learn how to drive in three weeks!? It takes three weeks just to learn your maneuvers, but that’s how the schools are here in Nevada specifically Las Vegas and it’s disgusting. They should be put out of business because it’s very very dangerous. The people that they are giving these license is two an even in the short time that I’ve been driving I see so many dumb truck drivers out there I especially love the ones that are on their phones texting while they have an 80,000 pound load. Am I Trucking School they didn’t even teach us how to properly tie down a load they didn’t go through flatbeds or reefers or any other type of truck not one word was even spoken about properly tying down a load. And some of you might say oh you don’t learn not until you get on the road. But I’m sorry for $10,000. You should be at least taught a little bit about it.
Old school drivers always saying the trucking industry changed…. But if you really think about it everything changes ? And if you really wanted new school drivers to be different why don’t you come out and teach instead of posting shit on bonehead truckers. Pass on the knowledge old man. Video is great but the old school times has passed and new regs and rules are because of the old school drivers lol. Lease operator is an owner operator old timer we have decided as lease operators not to deal with all that work ? I mean this guy just needs to retire just like all the other cranky old Karen’s. Fooh
@41933you’re right trucking can’t die, it’s gonna be exterminated if the industry keeps ripping the drivers off, there’s no money in driving anymore, you have to be a desk jockey to make money. Drivers will eventually leave the industry and then the country will fall. As a driver we are being starved out of the trucks, and as a company driver too.
Florida and Georgia both are hard states to get loaded. And both states along with New York and New Jersey are hard to navigate through with mass traffic jams and narrow roads and toll roads everywhere.
Hi Lawrence. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful man with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺
Very informative information im still new to truck driving 2 years and 2 months but i like listening to guys like this with this much experience the more drivers they have on the road the cheaper the freight is. I thought about being a owner operator but I'm definitely not in a hurry to because its a tough industry listening to this guy and allot of the old timers that's been doing this for 30+ years im going to continue learning and not taking that step any time soon. And as for lease drivers u never get to go home becuz of the payment but if u decide to go home for a week and come back now you a week behind in payments its a way for the company to keep that truck moving and making them money so u will never get home and you'll be out there forever thinking u allot to own the truck
I drove for other people for 20 yrs before i bought my own truck/trailer and became a true owner operator theres a lot to being a owner operator vs leased operator or company driver. You definitely better be business savy if you decide to to become a owner operator or even a leased operator.
Exactly, being disciplined enough do crunch numbers on the daily and know when, why and how each dollar was spent... I have a trucker friend, he doesn't even think about paying taxes, let alone figure out how much he made, how much was spent on fuel a year and so on... Be disciplined or suffer, like my friend does.
Really liked this interview one of your best.I most definitely agree for me it's better to just work for a company, insurance,flat tire,a tow, truck won't start,oil change fuel cost,plates, tolls,to many things can and will go wrong. If the price of freight was better I would say go for it. Wish you all the best.
I was a pipe welder making 4k a week I bought my own truck and trialer learn how to change gears in youtube and been a owner operator since day one did my homework and it's been almost 2 years started with both truck and triler payoff they old but mine and inhava learn to mechanic my own stuff been tru hard stuff but still. Manage to make money
If you have any questions for Frank?? He said to email him @ Frieghthoppers@yahoo.com
I used to work for a broker back in early 90s. They would keep 15%. I'd always try to help drivers out by giving them more money. How can this be legal for a broker to keep 40% when even a lawyer is capped at 33% by law when hired to go after money just like a broker.
Everything that man stated abt the old drivers is true. Today's new drivers are very scary!
Great interview; straight up honesty without sugar coating the info.
My experience in trucking having my own authority, and being in the industry since the late 90s; is so wildly different than this guy.
Many of broker are very happy with double broking and Corporating with them ( sharing carrier info with them ) and you thin you got from orginal broker but NO and eventually they share the profit . Absloutly DAT doing nothing .
Brokers were needed back before apps existed. If a good app existed brokers can be bypassed today
In the early 90’s I was driving on I-80 between Cheyenne and Laramie during a blizzard and I was finding it very difficult to see the road. A semi driver got in front of me, slowed down, put on his hazard lights, and got me through what could have been a deadly trip.
I know he saved my life.
I wish I could have given him a great big hug.
I was that trucker. I put my hazards on trying to tell you to quit following me. 🤣😂
@@Vagabond_Etranger liar, it was me. i saved his life. i want my money now
@Amirherife_Nassir
That was me blowing coal🚛🚚🦉
Did you suk him off at all ghey?
I’ve been an owner op for 11 years.. trucking is not dead to me…… the key for me succeeding is I’m my own maintenance guy…. And I stay close to home…..only 5hr out….Texas Louisiana Arkansas….. that’s me…… I own 2 homes and working to buy another to rent out….. maintenance is the issue… I do all my tires also…… I won’t lose… I bet on myself..
Yesss. Love this!!!!
Eggzzactly!
I’ve told kats this to, u have to stay regional an have certain mechanics u deal with that won’t screw u.
Staying n the same region is less stessful most of the times also
Finally a comment on here that actually makes sense and is the truth other than just complaining about brokers.
Not enough loads to stay mainly in Texas. Unless leased to someone. TX leasing be low pay unless flatbed or oilfields.
Sounds like a internet Guru trying to sale something....... all O/O suffering but you.
My two-year daughter and I went on a road trip during the one anniversary of my husband’s death. We drove from Southern California to Seattle. During one of my gas stops, the driver of a large semi came over to me to let me know that all the truckers were keeping on eye on us re safety. They would just hand off the info to the driver ahead. This went on for hundreds and hundreds of miles. I felt very cared for and protected. Our daughter is now 38, and I’ve never forgotten the kindness of all those truckers. Many hugs to each and every one of them! ❤️
That’s an awesome story. The kind of thing that makes me have hope in humanity, because lord knows we as Americans “and I’m sure other places but I can only speak on here” have gotten so far from how GOD wants us to treat others… I don’t usually make the kind of comments but this particular story made me smile.
That is a great story
Jeepers
That's certainy touching. Reminds me of the old song by Red Sovine, "Teddy Bear"
Gr8!!!🎉😢😢😢sorry for your loss as well.
I was delivering an arcade machine once and it somehow slipped out of the back of my truck and smashed on the interstate. It was a trucker who stopped and helped me get the mess out of the highway. I was amazed that he was so willing to help a total stranger clear the road. I've never forgotten what a selfless act this this was, and he had no real need to do this for me. But he did anyway. Much love!
It’s a brotherhood if you really a driver
That's the way truck drivers used to be. Unfortunately those drivers are long gone.
M8, Aussie truckies will be happy to help make sure everyone else gets to travel safely.
Hopefully you helped someone in the same situation!
Was it a busy highway?
The FBI needs to crack down on this broker companies in charge them with embezzlement
It’s called broker price gouging
FBI hates truckers
Love it great interview
Screw that the FBI needs to be shut down for good.
@@lilbfrom094princeton8 don't take the load....go get a load without the broker...see problem solved
Man like that is what made America great. Need more people like him in the world today.
People like him are fading out and It’s unfortunate
Why doesn't a guy like this run for office. We need more like him.
I’ve been out there almost 50 years and this gentleman is absolutely correct, nowadays no one is stopping to help you, your on your own, it wasn’t like that when I started, but I wouldn’t have done anything else, but I am glad I’m retired, but I do still miss it once in awhile
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Truck driving is a thankless underpaid job. People use to think of us as Knights of the road, now they hate and shit on us. I'm a retired driver of 45yrs. on the road and I approve this message.
I used to hitch hike and yes we referred to you as the "Knights of the Road" and there are many still there.
Thank you for giving me a lift, sharing your life stories, sense of humor, integrity.
I was definitely brought up see you guys as Knights of the a Road.
I let you merge, I let you change lanes, I signal and I give you space!
I do what I can do.
@@Find-Your-Bliss-same no matter how big or small the vehicle I’m in is!
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Never ever lease a truck from the same company you work for. This is a way for the company to make more money from you while paying you less, because your earnings
is going towards paying off a truck that does not belong to you, and that company will pay you less for the work.
Here is the kicker, if the company fires you, your lease goes with it and all the money you spent to paying off that truck will be for nothing.
Meanwhile, the company benefitted because you paid off a lot of the lease for the company, but in the end you come out with nothing, and you have been less than you are worth.
The moral of this comment is, don't lease or finance a truck from the same company you work for because it's a scam. If you want to lease or finance, then do it from
an actual truck dealership. This way, if the company fires you, you still drive away with your truck as the company will not own your truck.
I have seen people get fired while they're in the middle of nowhere. You get thrown out of your truck by police, and now you are stuck in the middle of nowhere with no truck,
costing you hundreds of dollars just to go back home, while you are lugging all your personal belongings in the middle of nowhere.
If you lease or finance your truck from an actual dealership, companies can not throw you out of your truck because it doesn't belong to them, because
you didn't lease it from the company you work for, but rather from an actual dealership. Be smart and never lease or finance a truck from any company you work for, because its a scam.
There's no loyalty or Integrity in any business anymore it's not just truck driving
This has been my general experience, ha
The competition for ever slimmer profit margins yet increasing stock prices eats up everything else.
Thank you for saying this. Drivers who like this gentleman that have been driving as long speak as if the commercial transportation business is one of the few that aren't operated with integrity. That's really the real issue. At the beginning, the middle, and the end of the day it's a business and everyone has to work.
....truth....everyone is essentially...disposable...
@@rickthompson1422 people are just commodities
This gentlemen is completely correct. I've had my CDL for 34 years. I just recently surrendered my authority and sold my equipment. It is more cost effective for me to work for another company than to operate as an O/O. I saw the writing on the wall 2 years ago. Freight rates were dropping; the amount of loads available were dropping; fuel was through the roof; insurance was increasing; maintenance was increasing...and there weren't any politicians talking/attempting to make things better. Over the road truck drivers are hated and despised.
We bring them everything they could want...but don't park your truck here, your truck is too loud, your truck is too slow (compared to the 4 wheelers doing 15 over the mph).
*Truck parking continues to be an issue. States make laws prohibiting trucks from parking on on-ramps/off-ramps even when they know there is not enough parking.
*The FMCSA continues to mandate laws/rules limiting the ability of a driver. The end result is the inability to make money.
No thank you. I'll sit back and watch "civilization" descend into chaos and eventually burn. They don't want, or appreciate, all we do. They can suffer when drivers FINALLY say enough is enough...I will no longer deliver that for you.
Dido 🎯💯
Run for office.
Eventually, quite a bit of trucking will be done by self-driving trucks that will go by themselves from node to node. They won't need to stop for meals or for sleep -- and they'll never need to pee on the go. Only on short hauls and deliveries, where many complex decisions are required, and robotic stamina provides no real edge, will humans retain some advantages, and remain fairly common well into the future.
@@polarvortex3294 no...si is a nothin burger, provides 0 growth to country.
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This gentleman has the perfect voice for doing a long form podcast, radio show, FM talk show. Perfect resonance and tone, great sounding. He's got a future :)
Good observation, agreed
Back in November 1991 I was driving from California to Pennsylvania to catch my flight to my next duty station in the Azores. A female traveling alone with a 5 year old little boy. My destination that night was Cheyenne WY. I had to stop and put chains on. While attempting this a truck driver offered to help. He and another trucker were both headed to Cheyenne and they told me to stay between them and they would make sure I arrived safely. We stopped once and I bought them a meal and coffee. It was horrible on the road but, thanks to those wonderful men my son and I arrived in Cheyenne safe and sound. I always give truckers the breaks they need on the road to make their jobs as easy as possible. I have a tremendous amount of respect for these hard working under appreciated men and women. I hate seeing what is happening to these professional drivers.
...Air Force !
Feel bad for my self and all truckers on the road now adays
Thank you so much, for your appreciation for others! You have a good head on your shoulders! I have faith, that you've taught your child to do the same!! I'm a veteran truck driver myself, and know how treacherous winter driving can be, especially on ice and in blizzard conditions. I can't say how many times I've sat in Cheyenne, for as much as 3 days, waiting for the weather/road conditions to improve. Best wishes to you and your family.
@@tkoborny much obliged 🕉
What a lovely story
Thanks for sharing
Good addition to this piece
America can Greed will destroy America. Greedy Brokers, Greedy Lawyers, Greedy insurance companies!
This stems beyond trucking… America has started WW3
Idk the stock market has been thriving for 100s of years. You must know something about greed they don’t.
You forgot greedy politicians.
You are 100% correct.
Your partially correct. It's greedy corporations that are destroying America. Corporatism is fascism. Once they control and industry, the industry has no more freedom or "independence"
There is great news. A Chicago area trucking company, Agility Express, recently taught some brokers a lesson regarding ripping off carriers by commandeering dozens of loads and refusing to deliver until payment for previous shipments is made. Many paid up. And so if you're an O/O or a multi truck firm take note in how to deal with these crooks. Money is the only language they understand.
He's speaking nothing but TRUTH.
Man that’s true I’m no old school driver but was taught by one, I’m 32 started at 24 and so true i always flash my lights when some one passes me to let them in the lane and no one blinks back in gratitude not that I’m looking for gratitude but shows you the level of respect some drivers have.
So right
If you flash your lights at me to let me know I'm clear to come back over, I'll blink you back but I've been doing this off and on for the past 26 years. There was a time drivers would wave to one another when you passed on a 2 lane or when being passed on the interstate. And back in the day, you didn't ever see a driver in shorts and flip flops.
@@TheGifted333 I turned 77 today, Feb 10, and still driving, but just in the province. I drove my first truck a year underage.,17 years old. You had to be 18 to get a chauffer's license in Manitoba Canada back then, and you had to have taken your driver's test in a standard tranny car. You paid $2 extra and you got a chuffers license. The flashing your lights and especially the wave to another driver I miss these days. Whether it's lites or a wave, maybe 1 in 10 might acknowledge you. Quite different these days. Be safe out there Gifted.
@@rodedawg77 lights off then on, not hi-beams
First off, most of the clown flashing to get over do so about a foot after you clear their front bumper... immediately tells me they are dangerous. 2) Using any indicator to tell someone else anything opens you up to liability 3) Too many knuckleheads so can't trust a dang gone one of them.
Nothing like old school. Period. What a wholesome guy.
Two things the government needs to regulate out of existence...
1. BROKERS
2. LUMPERS
Socialist. lol.
And the government needs to bounce too
That’s what we need more government regulation telling us who we can and can’t work with. I’m say this sarcastically.
Without lumpers FAT, LAZY, CHEAP WRECKLESS drivers like YOU would still be sitting on your FAT AZZS looking for some LUMPER to do YOUR JOB.
Lobbyists
His voice alone, tells me he's a trucker. When he stops driving, he needs to pick up a microphone. Great tv/radio voice
Lol I just noticed that too😂
I've never been a trucker, but I remember the days when they would flicker their parking lights at you, and you could flicker them back. When one passed you, a flick of the high beams and they'd trust you enough to pull over and give you the parking light flicker in thanks. That caused my respect for them to grow, and I've always given them plenty of room for it.
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I grew up in a non trucking family, but my dear Dad was hip to the passing/signaling thing with the truckers, and showed me what it was about, on our trips. I'm an older trucker now, still carrying on that safe tradition! Thank you for comment, and being g a considerate human being! 😊
@@tombeyer375 You're welcome!
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He is so right 100%.
39 years trucking. This gentleman every one should listen to him.
So what’s the best way to make money out there !!!!!
Ever heard of the guy who worked for 40 years and did the same mistake for 40 years? If you did a specific thing for a lot of years doesn't necessary make you good at it. He might be a very good driver, he might know a lot of stuff, but by what he's talking about about brokers and how he calculates his net, he's doing some rookie mistakes.
Not if they don’t give a shit about trucking.
So what’s your advice for someone who still wants to be a trucker. Currently going for my cdl. Im all for different opinions but the job still has to get done.
He can kiss my ass, I hate truckers like this
That's basically what my old school trainer said. If you are being passed on the right you are in the wrong lane.
Unless you're in Calgary, lol!
Edit: Only disco lights will get me outta the middle there! Jus' passin' through you monkeys!! Leave me ALONE. 😇
@@c.thompson9771 to far north for me unless I can find a load coming back to make it worth it lol
I don't know how many times I've said that on the CB. Guys in Chicago love that hammer lane at 60 mph..
Unless there is that turning lane on the left. But everyone should know the right lane is the slow lane.
@shaydesofblue2281 keyword "should" just like all the Indians/Pakistanis should know not to block a line of trucks at the fuel island for 2 hrs for no reason.especiallu when they're team driving.
I'm the owner operator for 30 years,right now it is worth I ever have , drive I-40 & count 10 trucks! 8 of the trucks,drivers r 4raner! They not even spik Inglish. They take the load for 1$ per mile, & they r happy! They live in the truck,them family out there some were in the 3rd country! If they make 2-3K per month,they live like the kings! We need to stop this,if not,it will be no America anymore!
You write like a third grader
WE DONT NEED BROKERS!!
Manufacturers need brokers to get trucks to pick up loads from them because their docks are difficult to back into or they treat you like shit and no Driver will ever Go there again.
@@lewis9888So, how do brokers fix that? Don’t need them in these modern times. Websites and Apps.
@@lewis9888 STOP IT!!THAT MAKES NO FCKN SENSE!!
@@lewis9888💯that’s what I am telling all times
Here in Brazil ...we don't have brokers....
25 years out here, 22 of that as an owner operator and this guy is spot on! The trucking industry has gone in the toilet hard in the past 5-10 years. Between the shady brokers, these mega carries just putting a warm body in the seats, the FMCSA and the government regulating us to death... I say bring back long hoods and manual transmissions and it will weed out a lot of people now days. Im so ready to hang it up. If this speed limiter thing does pass, Im out!
Great idea long hood,s and a manual transmission thats,why some have a vary hard time with fuel prices and the vary trying rates you have to be even more efficient than your competitor aero and mpg are up to 20,000 to 30,0000 dollar,s in the bank over 5 to 6 mpg in100,000 mile operation,s
@@kimberlyhemerson4828 My older FLD120 that non emissions, pre eld, 13 speed, 500hp Detroit, 7.5+ mpg all day long at 65 mph. Buddy has a 97 Pete 379 with a 500hp Detroit, 18 speed, 300 inch wheel base and a 110 inch sleeper and he manages 6+ loaded pulling a Conestoga. Screw all these new trucks. My neighbor has a 2014 Pete with a Cummins and my old freightliner gets better fuel mileage. Not by much, and his is in the shop almost twice a year for Def related issues and it's never cheap.
Long hoods and manual transmissions… I don’t think you understand fully what direction this industry is headed…. The end game is autonomously moved freight without human interaction. Thinking we’re going backwards to more human input involved freight relocating makes you sound so oblivious to the industry.
@@Daniel-oy8ic My original comment still stands. I have zero interest in self driving junk, battery operated garbage, none of that. Here in Northern Minnesota, ev's are garbage in the winter, I refuse to trust a self driving vehicle, and the mega carries pushing for all this stuff are what is ultimately ruining the industry for the guys like me. I've been out here 25 years now, trust me when I say it's garbage now compared to what it was when I first started.
@@Hippie459MNthe future isn’t waiting for you’re approval. It doesn’t care about your opinion. It doesn’t care about your career or your livelihood. Mega carriers are controlling the market more and more each year. They’re partnering with robotic companies and will partner with brokers to handle all the freight being moved EVERYWHERE. You’re going to have to accept the fact, your long nose truck with your manual transmission and pre emissions engine is the past. If you haven’t noticed already, this industry is going forward and not backwards. I’m sorry but you will be left behind and I hate it for both of us.
I love OLD SCHOOL truck drivers they are the white knights of the road, you gentlemen are the best.
Thank you!
They are not all white!
Max respect for shunning these crooks known as brokers. There is no reason in the world they should even exist much less earn nearly the same as the person providing the equipment, fuel, insurance and labor to move the load.
Hit the nail on the head with this driver he's a what a great interview thank you Alex.
my dad told me that when we had a road trip to our native city in Mexico in 1996 he noticed a car in the side of the road and since we had luggage on top of the van the car started following us bus suddenly two truckers kept us in between them in the road like if God sent them to protect us God bless all the truckers in the world
I miss being on Owner Operator back in the early 2000’s 😢
I've been in trucking for 27 years.
15 of them as a State CDL examiner and instructor.
I can tell you the two biggest issues are CDL schools and big trucking companies.
The quality of drivers the schools are pumping out is crap. Not everyone is able to become a truck driver, but the schools will do whatever they can to push a square block through a round hole.
Big companies have destroyed the owner operator side of things by driving rates down.
If you really want to be an owner op, you can still make money in the specialized hauling side.
But a step deck, double drop or a lowboy with 3 axles and a swing axle, haul oversized and overweight loads, and you can still make good money.
Refuse cheap paying loads.
yes i have a 1ton pick-up/car-haller ( central 2 axel-ed, and yes fine with it as it acts more as a forklifts/loader's do etc ) aka not a CDL but my dad did-RIP 20+years so i knowledge 1st handed experience with him and or summer's/school and the lifestyle and or sleep ( turned's me into a unsafe narcolepsy/insomniac*, and or hate the yearly/time-zone-jumping-etc summer family visit as work bookends both sides and or basically had to copycat dad's methods to pull it off etc ) i couldn't do 😴yes i can drive 12 hours straight but dealing with the interruptions i couldn't and also i forgetting the longer bridge/swing ( one boss tried having me tow ( sub 40 miles round trip ) the 5th wheel/~15000lb-rig-GVW bad idea as it's basically a mini-semi truck, light-poll got lucky that day ) of that style of trailer etc
so no im better off as a sailor or auto mechanic 👨🔧or millwright-plant-maintenance
flip is dad is scary ( im okay but out of practice-etc and or don't get much seat-time HPDE ) behind a racetrack/race-car or sport-car ie C7 as he cannot safely drive it and or forgetting that it's not a big-rig etc, same for backing-up in his( Boomer-gen ) jeep or sedans 💥🤦🏻♂my( zoomer*gen FWI ) vin/car's have gotten clobbered more than once in 20 years
I’m honestly dealing with the same thing in trades. The latest hire at my company was fresh out of apex trade school, couldn’t change bits on an impact, didn’t know how to use a ratchet… they’re just taking money and shoveling shit out now
That’s the problem, all these new guys taking all the cheap loads instead of sitting and waiting for the higher paying loads. You need an emergency fund instead of taking loads that bring everyone’s pay down. Be a part of the solution not the problem.
Most of the truck driving schools are also crappy.
As a trucker trained in Arkansas in the 80’s; I am shocked at what I see from what’re supposed to be “professional” drivers. This is definitely at least in part due to the fact that I made about the same then, as drivers today get. There was courtesy and respect for the machine you’re driving. As well as other drivers. We used to have friendly talks all the way across the nation. I know this will be an unpopular statement, but I think driving; at least compared to when I was doing it; is just too hard on people. I think we’d all be much better off if the rail system was made about 100% better than it is, and drivers were all doing local or at most overnight runs. And of course paid WAY better than they are, as well as properly trained and VETTED. Not just a body in a seat.
One of the best interviews I have watched on this channel. Thanks Alex.
Appreciate you
@@MuthaTrucker Quit interjecting so much... I want to hear from the interviewee. Thanks
The difference between yeild and merge 10 thumbs up for that !!!
Yesss
yield* moron lol
A merge. That's when you ride alongside the vehicle next to you and just maintain speed until your lane runs out right?
@@chuckliquor3663 Merge means the right-of-way alternating between two streams of conflicting traffic. E.g. zipper merge, where as the right lane comes to an end, and the way it is supposed to work, is that the left lane traffic and right lane traffic take turns, to make their lane changes.
Yield means that the onus to give way to conflicting traffic, always stays with the same movement, and the other movement always has priority for the right-of-way. E.g. left turn yield on green circle. Left turns have the onus to wait for oncoming traffic, while straight traffic has a continuous right-of-way (except yielding for incumbent traffic in the intersection).
@@carultch The only caveat I'll add is that it is the ending lane's job to safely make the merge. I don't care if they merge ahead of me or behind, just don't drive next to my vehicle and force me to brake.
I started trucking in1962 at 20 yrs. Old. Ran local untill I turned 21 to run longhaul. I have driven12 differnt trucks over nearly 40 yrs. Worked for 6 differnt companies, some very good & some not so good. Enjoyed most of those years. Today I would not care to be on the road at all. The flip flop drivers with their automactic trannys don't know shit about trucking today. Signaling with your lights cofusses them. They are rude non- thinking idiots for the most part. Old school was cool but those days are gone. We used to get good meals at Ma & Pa truck stops. Now it is mostly crappie junk food at these corperate stops. Nobody stops to help if you break down like drivers used to do. Glad to be retired. Stay safe out there friends. Dave
I'm 34 and been driving 2 years. Quite late to the game. Got a manual restriction bc how i earned my CDL, and honestly can only drive a 10 speed, but grew up around old school truckers bc my best friends family owned a log trucking buisiness. My Dad even drove log truck for them. They had slope nose 357 Petes, 9300 International Eagles, a w900, and even a badass turned up V8 Detroit Mack Superliner with 900Hp his grandfather had. Went on many logging trips using a cheeter pipe to sinch down log bunks. SCARY ROADS and looking over the edge down that hillside was unnerving. I flash my 4 ways to thank people who let me merge and slow down to let people pass me even though they only going 2 mph faster than me. I was raised that trucking is a brotherhood, we all a family out here doing the same thing, lets work together.
The problem is there are too many brokers and shippers charging 🙄 too many fee's. 🙄
Not shippers are charging.. brokers are charging the carriers
I can say this quite confidently. In the midst of broker carrier feud there are alot of shipper dropping rates drastically and profiting from this saga. Carriers think brokers are withholding money whereas, its the Shipper who have gone down drastically on their rates.
It all goes to back to the shippers who use brokers to find trucks instead of doing it themselves and saving money in the process.
@@petrosaguilar8916 exactly 💯
I love this guy , He seemed to be very honest hard-working man I wish I knew him as a friend.
This guy was fantastic ... the most information packed into one truthfull interview
The same thing happened to me in Atlanta on 285. I had someone call in a hit-and-run on me and wrote down my trailer number and there was a sheriff waiting for me about three counties north of Atlanta on 75 for me to drive by was sitting there waiting to see my trailer number and when I drove by, he pulled me over. He said you were involved in an accident hit and run. They said back in Atlanta 285 and I was not said someone called in and said that you hit their car on 285. I don’t believe it ever happened. They took my information, but I’ve never heard anything else about it.
At the end he wasn't lying, that was the way it was. Wish him the best.
He is spot on. I have been driving over thirty years and the industry is not worth it. If you are going to be a truck driver, be a company driver. My advice is to get a trade. Go into welding, masonry, plumbing. Do anything except truck driving.
What if you're not good at anything else though..
I've been in manufacturing for almost 20 years. There's no money in it unless you are a supervisor or manager. Stand on your feet all day and compete for a lead position, paying an extra $1.50. Disgruntled coworkers or management.
Trucking can't be that bad.
@@1stdraft611 Nobody is trying to brake check you or cut you off in a manufacturing plant. You deal with the same people all the time, jerks or not. You don't have to be held up at a customer just because they don't want to do their job, waiting for hours because you asked how long will it be. Not everybody hates you because you " held them up " for 10 seconds. I've done both jobs, and they both suck. Just in different ways.
I hate the over regulation especially with CPAP knowing every second you’re moving around in your bed.A total violation of privacy.
Truck stop murderers. Truck stop sexcapades. People falling asleep at the wheel totalling truck claiming it was normal accident. Alot of unstable demonic people out there to be honest i dont trust hardly anyone anymore
Good interview!! I’m an old school trucker as well that guy knows what he’s talking about.. still make it as an O/O but I pretty much do all the repairs on my truck.Mechanical skills are must it saves tons of $$!
Cant trust mechanics nowadays anyway. Only met a couple of good ones. Im 40
Facts I preach that all the time "Do Your homework"
I know a lot of truckers they paid off houses cars bikes everything ! And I’m young with no kids no wife and homeless I need and want the job no matter what people say about truck driving!
You need to apply at a large trucking company that also has their own truck driver training school. These schools are free of charge to get into. There is a charge for the training where some trucking companies deduct so much from your a month to recoup their cost for training you. I know some trucking companies that if you stay and drive for them any where from six months to one year the school is free. Prime is about as good as you will find out there. They do a full back ground check on you and you have to take a physical too. One of my nephews went to i believe it was Missouri to take his training for Prime. When you finish truck driving training and pass every thing you will be assigned a truck to drive. A professional driver who is a team leader will ride with you for a week or two weeks to make sure you can drive the truck. That team leader will also drive the truck at times usually night time driving.
Good luck within five years you will be in an autonomous vehicle😂😂😂😂
@@johnwelch3016..within 5 yrs Im predicting if anyone is left at all, this continent/planet will be a dystopian wasteland. The earth will own the dead! (if its not drastically changed)
@@allenelswick6961I paid for school outta pocket..I don't want to work and they take out of my check..I want it all☺️
I myself have 34 years of trucking under my belt as an owner operator. I've seen a lot of things on the road and my years of driving. And this gentleman was 100% correct. American truck drivers are dying breed there are foreign truck drivers now and there are foreign Brokers and they're all operating with cheap freight. That may be good for the soccer moms Clarion at the grocery store. But what the public doesn't realize is that most of these foreigners cannot read English and have been given CDLs without training.. so if you think there are accidents and people dying on the highway now you wait until all of us American drivers are gone no one's going to be safe and on the highways anymore and what's going to happen is that the insurance companies that run these trucking companies the rates are going to go through the roof and then next I'm going to be the American trucking companies they're going to have to close their doors. So yes. He's absolutely right the trucking industry is dead.
Its not a foreigners thing entirely....we are being shafted, lied to and stolen from by natural born citizens. Wake up! They distract you by making you hate minorities
Thanks for sharing, Kudos to all you truck drivers. Amen💯💯
Well as someone who is getting ready to start truck driving school this is some great wisdom. Much appreciated and very informative .
I’m looking at good schools to get my cdl. What trucking school did you choose if you don’t mind me asking?
@@myleswebb1188 CDS in Fredericksburg, Va
@@myleswebb1188 CDS in Fredericksburg, Va
I started trucking 1974
Complaining is all truckers do when not trucking.
I am still out here, still long haul, still love it.
you started trucking when i was 10 years old. damn. much respect.🤩😍
@@draco4540 laying back in my KW Sleeper
Thank you have a great week 😃
@@draco4540lol
The world needs to be like an old school trucker…nice interview
That description of old school and new school drivers applies to everyone, not just truckers. Being polite and helpful is a more and more rare character trait. What is a sad truth is that being in need is a place that low life scumbags target today as easy prey
Being polite hasn’t become rare though, a lot of folx do still help others. Chances are folx are particularly being taught how trucker culture works.
Sounds like a really cool guy with a lot of knowledge
I remember when I started driving in 1992, your arm would get sore by waving at pretty much every driver you passed. Now they’d give you the finger rather than the wave. Now I drive part time and I’m trying to figure out how to completely quit.
The middle finger is the new era for waving hello😅.
Remember to get out and VOTE this NOVEMBER and vote for Donald J.Trump 2024 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
God bless you truckers! We need you and I appreciate you. The only thing that I know of to help you guys is to get out of your way, or to back up my car if you can’t make the turn. The driving skills that you guys have are amazing. How you can back those things up and get them where they need to be below my mind. Thank you for your service. 💋
When he hangs up his spurs he should do voice acting and audiobooks reads. I could listen to that man jaw all day. Butter.
Man out here in california they took $400 off the loads again. Now we on the point people running loads for $1.10
Yep..the freight in California was one of the best paying with the frieght...now it's all the same ghetto money 💰..poverty money 💰 to move freight..it stinks
I just got offered a 1.10 load out of there said no thanks I'll sit
Y even move the truck for that how can they be making any profit
That’s low.
If you're accepting loads under $2, just go company, you're prolonging that pain of deep debt or bankruptcy.
Thanks!
“35mph in the parking lot with the jake and 40mph in the middle lane” man I felt that one 😂
Things have changed so dam much, they are pampered today. They have to have an automatic transmission because they don’t know how to drive a standard shift truck. They don’t know how to back up to save their butts, and most of them come straight out of a school and expect to get top pay. Back when I started you had to work your way up, I was constantly asking the them questions to learn, I had one who was home for a while waiting for his truck engine to be rebuilt, he taught me how to backup and make certain moves. I learned so much from him and for that I’m forever grateful. Trucking has changed so much that I’m glad I retired after 38 years
Why do y’all say crap like this? As someone who has signed up for CDL classes, a lot of these companies are promising new drivers top pay saying they need to drivers. Also, many of us don’t control whether there is stock or whatever, we drive what is taught in the schools. As to backing up, I’ve heard that takes practice anyway, so, if they are new I would expect that to be an issue, I would question that of someone driving for 5 years+, etc…things change yes, but that doesn’t mean is all bad.
43yrs OTR retired don't miss it. Keep the shiny side up and the dirty side down. God bless you all stay safe out there
I haven’t watched the video yet getting ready to the title already got me the problem in trucking is the same thing everywhere. If the government puts their hands in it’s gone to hell. They fk up everything.
🤠 Howdy y'all, much respect and love to all yall OTR truckers bringing in our needs and wants.
This man is 100% correct in all that he said. If I ever see him out, I would love to shake his hand and buy him dinner!! Thank you for sharing. May he be safe in his travels. ❤
As a true OO (not leased), this fella is right. The only thing I do differently is I don't do my own factoring anymore. Got tired of chasing my money.
Awesome video, that guy was telling the straight up truth. Tracking is definitely different than before.
I love this guy. He told it how exactly how it is. Since I started back in 09’ it has just gone to sh!t. The majority of drivers these days are steering wheel holders that only care about themselves. Everyone is always in a dang hurry flying through truck stops, construction zones etc. They have no respect for anyone. But it’s not just in trucking. The whole world is like this. It’s just sad.
09? Well ..guess you gotta start some where...81 for me
Love this guy. I don't think he realizes how big your channel is. this dude wouldn't make it a month as a company driver. He says he would be a company driver but they micromanage the hell out of you.
He was awesome 👌
As 28 year diesel mechanic with a mobile diesel repair service & drove for 3 years OTR before I started mechanics. I can tell you this buisness is dead in the water I've seen the good, bad & ugly this is the worst I've ever seen it, I closed my shop I had for 3.5 years new from the ground up now I only do mobile and theirs no money in trucking anymore. I use to have them lined up down the street doing 5 to 7 calls a day now I hardly do 3 a week on mobile service. 😢 I'm getting out of it because I know this buisness & I see the direction it's going. I purchased me a sprinter van & my ass is going to get into local cargo van delivery. I spent half my life sacrificing for a dream & now it's just dead in the water. All the owner operators are dropping like flies and the foreigners are taking over the trucking game. All my phone calls come from africans and Russians, Pakistanis and man are they cheap inexperienced and whinny😢😢😢. I have to argue about my invoice 89% of the time. I'm tired now 52 years old and I have no more fight for this buisness and these new drivers they are dangerous and all they care about is loads not safety or maintenance on their truck. If your getting in this buisness better do your homework, because its definitely not the same and never will be. GREED$$$$ has come into play instead of passion for the buisness. Foreigners can live off that low pay Americans can't we dont stick together like they do. 😅 try at your own risk & I wish you well.
Not my company. 100 trucks we move freely. Just obey ELD. Were good
That might be a big problem for me. If the company is presuring me to make and drop off my truck load. Yet, there is four feet of snow. or black ice. Or a EF-5 tornado. Or a huricane. I might have to let the company know the weather is too bad. I do not feel safe driving. Thats why I will only carry none refrigerated frieght . It will not get or go bad. Better to be safe then sorry. California Labor Code : 6300. No employee is required to do anything unsafe or illegal . The company might cut my hours and fire me. Yet, at least I did not get hurt or hurt any one else. So if the company fires me. I would get Employee Rights Lawyer, Don D. Sessions in Orange County Calif. To help me file for a wrongful termination. Of coarse my hours might be cut. Yet, if that termination is hurting my chances of getting another truck driving job. Then I have no choice to sue the company for a wrongful termination. Why ? To protect my work history on my resume. Big companies some times do not care about the small guys. A truck driver might survive if he is in a good union that protects all truck drivers. All employees in California are required to work with Best Efforts. Calif. Labor Code:2924. However : I will no drive on Black Ice. I will not drive through a huricane. I will not drive in a EF-5 tornado or drive through floods. That would endanger my self or other drivers. So its better to be safe then sorry. Haste makes waste. He that studies a situation is wise. These are two scriptures in the Holy Bible. In the Book of Proverbs. I have heard about truck companies presuring drivers to go to that designated place to drop off or pick up. Yet, what is the traffic like. What is the weather like? Driving a Big Rig truck over the road is not a easy job.
What do you mean by the companies will micromanage you?
I was at a trucking school getting my physical. While in the doctor's room I was in an earshot of the front office. I could hear them talking about how "...if you have 10-15 people quit on you and you're a big company you don't feel a thing, if you're a small family-owned operation, it affects business...". I found it serendipitous to be at a trucking school and hear people outside talking about truckers dropping out. Not the best of signs. Now after watching this video I think I have a better picture as to why. It's a personal supply/demand issue and the brokers run the rodeo. God willing, I'm still going forward with my CDL, but now I have a better understanding of what's happening in the OTR industry. Thanks to you both.
I’m practically new to driving, although I’m 55 years old, I’m old enough to not take risky chances and wise enough to run silent and learn from the pros. These foreigners and young bloods out here on the road scare the wad outta me. Stay safe and be blessed.
Every one is foreigner including yourself. The only difference is when was your root migrated to US. I have learned this from my native Cherokee friend.
Btw, what’s your origins? British? Irish? African-American? Whatever you call it, either you are invader or ….
Let’s respect each other.😊
@@dont3222gtfoh they lost, they didn’t have a society and culture that could compete with white people it is what it is. Natives are doing fine better than fine they can stfu or the US will finish what it started
Honest question, what's the problem with foreign drivers? I moved to the USA from Germany 13 years ago (Dual citizenship/Army Dad) and I'm considering getting a CDL.
I’m a foreigner - Jamaican, and I’m fearful of the drivers from India. Honestly.
@@dont3222, African American isn't a real thing that was another identity that was given in the late 80s, before that it's was afro American negro before that it was Indian, you really don't know You're history before 1492 if you did you would know it was plenty of people with dark brown skin that inhabit the Americans long before pale people arrived, I have plenty of family members who are different shades of brown in different tribes, America school system has lied about the history of this land but most people don't read, the real indigenous people of America is the one you call "african Americans" which most of us didn't come from there we was already here, where are the slave ships?
Yep! The game has changed. These new truckers have no respect nor consideration. They don't care about others. They think that they will get rich, and with social media, they're famous.
Yep.so true
Well some are getting rich with social media it’s a new day. But I agree
I started driving a truck in 1969 ,driving up until 2023 off and on mostly on..he is absolutely right
Best interview you done in my opinion. I've been driving for 25 years on and off he is right on everything he said.
Appreciate you!!! Getting back to interviews.
Agreed
I agree 100%
Look at those views shooting up!!!! Bring back the interviews!! I love it man, I’m excited for you going back to the old style, so informative.
So very true no loyalty or etiquette now new drivers are selfish
It's not personal it's just business
That is a general decline in society.
@@orianna1220Business ind immature selfishness are two very different things.
@@charlesphilhower1452 oh I'm with you more than you will ever know, the value of labor or any skill is pissed on mate. I'm just saying what needs to be said as there are two sides to this shit story
Honestly, a lot of y’all are just being pessimistic. I doubt things are as bad as y’all make it out to be. It comes down to teaching trucking culture. Chances are, folx simply are ignorant of it. I question whether schools or programs are teaching it as well.
This man is speaking facts! This is the problem with people opening up their own businesses who are not capable of doing most of these things which they end up out sourcing. These ppl are feeding the growth of these brokers, dispatch companies, loan shark/finance companies
it's basic business... It sounds like you have an issue with Business in America.
@@pokerman9108 sounds like you have a problem reading
@@kajg4236 Absolutely, I comprehended your point entirely. Essentially, the main idea of what Im pointing out is that almost every business delegates different tasks to external sources. As a business owner, why should I incur additional costs and burdens when I can simply outsource that task? Once again, it seems like your concern lies with the way business operations are conducted in America.
Great interview. I’m glad to hear guys tell it like it is. No BS.
The guy is right. I sold my just 5yr ago. I was 3rd generation of drivers/op. I was the last one. Broke my heart but I seen where it was going then and know it's going to get worse. I'm one person, I can't compete against billion dollar world wide trucking companies.
Do what makes you happy
Lol that BACK haul bs pissed me off when I was over the road.
The dreaded 900 dollars from New York City to Chicago load. Every time you pull into Vince Lambardi Travel Plaza. You knew there more than one fool out here swinging it for the hills.
This is an EXCELLENT interview. Thank you both for the excellent questions and the excellent answers. I am not a truck driver but back in the day truck drivers received respect and appreciation from the general public because we appreciated their skill and without them we would not have all the wonderful products we have in abundance. God bless you both!
Shout out to my good friend and brother Matt Mickenburg . Hauling those loads across the country and kicking ass keeping us going. Thank you truckers!⭐️😎👍🏼
He is telling all the truth 😊
i drove from 1989 to 2011..... i was old school,,, multi logs,,, gettin it done!! but i quit because of digital logs,,, good luck drivers!!! yall can have it
Amazing interview! Love hearing from the "Old Schoolers" on how things used to be vs. now. God bless Mr Frank!!!
He’s right they’re messing up the game of trucking
Better drive Uber
When people started calling this "business" a "game," that's when it got fucked up
Trucking is dead,,,,,,ive been in this business for 30 yrs,,,cant wait to get out of it,,,,hes telling you the truth,,,😂😂😂😂 i started with the old school truckers 😂😂,,,and yes we started early driving all kind of vehicles,,,and hes right about everything,,,he said,,,,, and alot he didn't say,,,,😂😂😂😂,!,!,,,the new people driving are dangerous,,,,
I agree that the new people driving are very dangerous. Because these trucking schools literally hand out the license as long as you pay them they’re 10 grand they give you a license. I’ve only had my license for less than two years. The Trucking School I went to was six weeks and I got tested at the DMV. It was not easy to get my license but once I got my license was a ready to drive? Hell no I was not ready not even close, luckily my husband who’s had his license for 25 years took me out in our truck every single day for three months and he taught me in phases until he was 100% comfortable with me driving the truck I now drive our truck from Boulder city Nevada to Phoenix daily. We have a 2007 Kenworth W9 18 speed. Now my sister who got her license about the same time I did told me how she only went to school for two weeks and that they felt bad for her and she literally was given her license. So when I took her out. She was all confident in saying that she could drive the truck so I let her get into the driver seat on a deserted road, and she couldn’t even shift the gears. I told her there was no way in hell that she was going to drive my truck. She wanted me to teacher but I told her you literally will have to come with me every single day for the next three months and first we’re gonna start on this deserted road and I’m going to teach you how to shift that is the first thing you were going to learn. Ask me if she ever came back and asked me to help her again??? She’s had her license for a year and she still is not driving now. She tells me that her boyfriend is going to Trucking School and the school is only three weeks. How in the hell is he going to learn how to drive in three weeks!? It takes three weeks just to learn your maneuvers, but that’s how the schools are here in Nevada specifically Las Vegas and it’s disgusting. They should be put out of business because it’s very very dangerous. The people that they are giving these license is two an even in the short time that I’ve been driving I see so many dumb truck drivers out there I especially love the ones that are on their phones texting while they have an 80,000 pound load. Am I Trucking School they didn’t even teach us how to properly tie down a load they didn’t go through flatbeds or reefers or any other type of truck not one word was even spoken about properly tying down a load. And some of you might say oh you don’t learn not until you get on the road. But I’m sorry for $10,000. You should be at least taught a little bit about it.
Old school drivers always saying the trucking industry changed…. But if you really think about it everything changes ? And if you really wanted new school drivers to be different why don’t you come out and teach instead of posting shit on bonehead truckers. Pass on the knowledge old man. Video is great but the old school times has passed and new regs and rules are because of the old school drivers lol. Lease operator is an owner operator old timer we have decided as lease operators not to deal with all that work ? I mean this guy just needs to retire just like all the other cranky old Karen’s. Fooh
@41933you’re right trucking can’t die, it’s gonna be exterminated if the industry keeps ripping the drivers off, there’s no money in driving anymore, you have to be a desk jockey to make money. Drivers will eventually leave the industry and then the country will fall. As a driver we are being starved out of the trucks, and as a company driver too.
@@truckingwithtobee Yeah, imagine that! $10k for only 2-3 weeks of truck driving school, with not even the basics. Total scam!!!
I see a lot of ppl saying trucking is dead but still here getting loads 😂😂
Florida and Georgia both are hard states to get loaded. And both states along with New York and New Jersey are hard to navigate through with mass traffic jams and narrow roads and toll roads everywhere.
Hi Lawrence. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful man with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺
I totally agree with the difference between old and new. I am glad I am retired after 40years.
Very informative information im still new to truck driving 2 years and 2 months but i like listening to guys like this with this much experience the more drivers they have on the road the cheaper the freight is. I thought about being a owner operator but I'm definitely not in a hurry to because its a tough industry listening to this guy and allot of the old timers that's been doing this for 30+ years im going to continue learning and not taking that step any time soon. And as for lease drivers u never get to go home becuz of the payment but if u decide to go home for a week and come back now you a week behind in payments its a way for the company to keep that truck moving and making them money so u will never get home and you'll be out there forever thinking u allot to own the truck
Great summary, Frank! Best wishes to you, Frank. (cheers from Alberta, Canada).
I drove for other people for 20 yrs before i bought my own truck/trailer and became a true owner operator theres a lot to being a owner operator vs leased operator or company driver. You definitely better be business savy if you decide to to become a owner operator or even a leased operator.
Exactly, being disciplined enough do crunch numbers on the daily and know when, why and how each dollar was spent...
I have a trucker friend, he doesn't even think about paying taxes, let alone figure out how much he made, how much was spent on fuel a year and so on...
Be disciplined or suffer, like my friend does.
Your input newbies like me is needed. Please let us know where to go from here after obtaining out CDL A. Thank you in advance.
27yrs on the road,brokers
blow. Glad I'm retired.
I'm going to be semi retired in 8 months. Congrats on your retirement 👏 🙌 👍🏼 😀 I'm next lolll
This guy is spot on !!!! He’s pretty sharp !! Truthful. I started driving in 1972. The good ol’ days!! Boy have things changed. God Bless you drivers!
Really liked this interview one of your best.I most definitely agree for me it's better to just work for a company, insurance,flat tire,a tow, truck won't start,oil change fuel cost,plates, tolls,to many things can and will go wrong. If the price of freight was better I would say go for it. Wish you all the best.
Thanks. Trying to get back to interviewing drivers at least once a day, news segement and of course any major updates
@@MuthaTrucker You have found a really good niche, work it.
iam retired....thank god....but this guy made me smile
That’s a cool trucker. Thanks for the info and some good laughs. Safe travels fellow truckers
I was a pipe welder making 4k a week I bought my own truck and trialer learn how to change gears in youtube and been a owner operator since day one did my homework and it's been almost 2 years started with both truck and triler payoff they old but mine and inhava learn to mechanic my own stuff been tru hard stuff but still. Manage to make money
Get this guy a TH-cam channel. He's amazing.