😢59yo, existing in a Hosp. bed. Greatful to you Mike, for keeping my heart in the ever-changing byways.. I was born in Oregan. You've brought me back to my birthplace. Always wanted to go back. 😊 From Central Valley, NH. ❤ you. Stay safe. God Bless You.❤ always
Nothing like a good wintertime instructional video in June. Gets us all ready for winter coming in September 2023 LOL. Come on snow 7 months wasn't enough!!!
I’m a little older than you but they used to be called Service Stations. Wash your windows, check your oil, air tires, take your money, bring you change. It was very civilized😮
Your comments on winter driving with a 40k load sound like me when I was a teenage driver. In winter conditions I had no fear and felt in control. I loved the feel of breaking the rear loose or spinning brodies. Always impatient with those more cautious than I when following following them. I would as you feel comfortable traveling at the speeds you suggest while going forward. It's when you need to stop that's the problem. It's one thing to be rear ended by a Prius, but another by a tractor trailer. Best of luck driving with your over confident attitude and I hope I don't see you in another video of Bonehead Truckers.
I gotta say Mike you are an amazing driver for those conditions. My son took a load out of El Paso this past winter and had to pull off the road because of the conditions, he drives a Tanker Yanker. I am glad he did he pulled over as it's just not worth a wreck. Thanks for the videos, still catching up. Safe driving.
Thanks for posting this, Mountain Man. I'll be coming back to these videos when it's 90-Plus degrees outside to keep cool thoughts this coming Summer. You mentioned the Caddy V, I had been wondering how it was doing for you. Take Care and Keep Safe out there road running. Ready to get in some fishing later on?
I drove a truck for a two truck company for 2 months in 1988 (so clearly I'm an expert 😂). I waited out the snow in a truckstop in Ohio. The company owner said I should have kept moving like his other driver. The other driver wrecked in the same storm. For that and other reasons, I am no longer a truck driver. I am really glad some people tougher than me still haul the goods that we need.
I think you were wise to wait out the storm. No load is worth your life or someone else's. Also never out-drive your abilities. Just because a vehicle is rated to do something doesn't mean YOU can do something. Mountain Man Mike has 20-Plus years of experience driving in snow in mountains. And of course the only way to learn how to drive in snow and ice is to ACTUALLY Drive in snow rain or ice as well as listening to advice from those who have done it for years. We learn by doing. But you're not born with that experience. That only comes over time.
'64 Born in Portland, OR. (54) yrs on the New England coast. Always wanted to go there Now I can say I've been on Rt 58 thru snowy OR w Mtn man Mike. T.y. Mike.
I am glad your eyes can see as far as you can because Mike with my cataracts , watching this video Iwas hard pressed to see anything until it was close to your trucks nose. Which shows to me our DVLA (in the UK) was correct to pull my license away from me. Cheers for sharing your experiences out on the highways .
I've been waiting for these videos from this past winter. I live in Reno and made the trek over Donner Summit many times...when it was open, for work (not a truck driver). Epic year of snow in our neck of the woods. Can't wait to see some more of your videos.
As a native Oregonian, I knew to avoid Hwy 58 in the winter- Most beautiful drive during non winter conditions- During winter I drove Hwy 22 which was well maintained
Back in the 80's I used to run 58 to 97 south to Phoenix twice a week for over 5 years. When there was snow on the ground I put chains on because I didn't want to get stuck and to be safe on the road. Each driver has to make their own decisions and has to be held accountable by them. Stay safe!
Hi Mike; A song I came to love (God on the Mountain) when I had it" into the wind" between Calgary and Vancouver,( Highway thru Hell) You may be familiar with it. Here's a line or two, "Life is easy when you're up on the mountain, you've got peace of mind like you've never known. But things change, when you're down in the valley, don't lose faith, for you're never alone". Keep the Faith Bud.
I was watching and thinking what is wrong? And then noticed all these trees are crazy giant! Like here 13:28 trees left from truck coming to us, branches only started at 3 x truck height😱 and trunk width is half of truck width.
Good to hear from you Mike!! Everything good with you? Good yo see you take time off for your health and family.. This video is from January? Like you said you had videos completed but not uploaded.
MOUNTAIN MAN MIKE.....I KEEP BAMBOO BACK SCRATCH STICK IN MY DOOR POCKET IN MY TRUCK... WHEN MY WIPERS BUILD UP ICE I USE THE STICK TO REACH OUT AND POKE MY WIPER BLADES 👍👍👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣👍
Mike, what is your opinion of the practice of pulling two trailers in the winter on frozen mountain roads? I saw a lot of FedEx trucks pulling two trailers through Pennsylvania on I-80 that ended up going off roading!
You mentioned about Oregon not pumping their own gas and flipping out about having to do that themselves. My state of New Jersey doesn't pump gas either, but recently changed the law allowing the option to pump one's own gas. Most of the 10 million Jerseyians don't pump and I don't pump either. I stay in Jersey so I don't have to worry about it.
HY 58 can get really nasty in the winter, but the state road crew work hard to keep it clear. I couldn't guess how many times I've chained up on that road in both trucks and commercial bus. Better safe than sorry.
Been awhile since I was in Oregon. But that last time they said they didn't care or pump diesel. Only gasoline. I pumped my own every time at either filling stations or truck stops. I was driving a GMC diesel pulling a 5th wheel trailer
I thought Oregon left it up to the driver as to whether or not to use chains? FWIW, I learned to drive in the snowbelts of the northeast, and we NEVER used chains (well, maybe a farmer or 2, but that was more for mud..). Whenever I used to head to the Pacific NW, I aways tried to cross the mountains in Oregon, just to avoid having to hang-iron. Here in the northeast, we always make certain we have good lugs on our drive treads. A lot of west-coast drivers prefer non-lugged drives, because they ride better, make less noise, and give better fuel economy, with the downside being that you must hang iron anytime it snows.
I loved it then pumping gas but they don't have all kinds of help at these gas stations you pull in there to get gas you got to wait on them to come out especially in the wintertime you know you don't want to stand out there and pump gas just sit in your vehicle and you don't stay warm I say cuz I grew up in California what I moved to Oregon I loved it somebody else pumping my gas like I said specially in the winter time Mercy now I live in Iowa but I don't drive here I don't like pumping other peoples gas either because I have to pay people to take me places they pumped her own damn gas I'm not doing it I thank you for this video be nice if you put one out tomorrow or even every day be pretty nice my only entertainment I have I can't afford cable
This channel doesn’t begin to compare to other COAST TO COAST truck driving channel’s as other’s have stated countless times on this channel AND ON OTHER CHANNELS VIDEOS COMMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike, I've welcomed others to pump my gas since I don't want my gorgeous aroma perfume to smell like Premium, Regular or Diesel when I leave the station.
I have lived in Oregon all my life. We still get our gas pumped for us for several reasons. It employs more people yes, no matter the economy, but it is also safer in many ways. Have you ever watched people at stations for any period of time? Some aren’t so bright. Rarely do people drive off with the nozzle still in. Less to no spillage. Also I’m handicapped I can’t do my own. Try getting help in another state. Also our prices aren’t much higher here. Try California prices and you have to pump your own. Just letting you know. The videos are great. Thank
I'm so glad u never trained me bc u practice such poor driving technique. Tailgating that car was not necessary. That driver was exercising caution where u were not. U drive according to the conditions, not speeding or tailgating. So what if u have people behind u. What's the big hurry? Ignoring the chain laws in effect is ignorant & stupid. Doesn't matter if u want to put chains on, blinking lights were on = chain laws in effect.
Truck driver here. Been in those conditions many times. Your going too fast especially in chain up conditions without chains and tailgating. Sorry man, not a good example.
Just because you've been in these conditions doesn't mean you automatically know how to drive in it. From your comment, it's obvious you don't. His speed is just fine. Go too slow, and you'll get stuck.
😢59yo, existing in a Hosp. bed. Greatful to you Mike, for keeping my heart in the ever-changing byways.. I was born in Oregan. You've brought me back to my birthplace. Always wanted to go back. 😊 From Central Valley, NH. ❤ you. Stay safe. God Bless You.❤ always
Hi Mike.. You are spoiling us! With you twice this week!..Thnks so much for sharing yr precious time with us... Best regards... x🇬🇧
Have more coming. Need the room in memory on my phone..
@@ridingshotgun1251more to come - great!.. That road was scarey.. I was on the edge of my sofa, hanging on!.. Lol.. Take care - we Luv ya! x🇬🇧
Love love you videos Mike been watching since the very beginning! Keep them coming !
Nothing like a good wintertime instructional video in June. Gets us all ready for winter coming in September 2023 LOL. Come on snow 7 months wasn't enough!!!
I know these were recorded a little while back, that does not bother me , thanks for another great video. I love the snow drives.
I’m a little older than you but they used to be called Service Stations. Wash your windows, check your oil, air tires, take your money, bring you change. It was very civilized😮
I didn't know that. I have been saying Service Station all my life instead of saying Gas Station. 👍
I did that up till about 2017 by myself at night, but I live in one of the safest cities in the world
Those were the days, my friend..
Beautiful scenery and amazing driving.
Spectacular scenery. Love your videos. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Canada.
Lots of prayers for you brother, and all our truck driver heroes 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I agree
I would absolutely LOVE to ride with you on this route . That is so beautiful to me .
Hey Make you got groupies....
Your comments on winter driving with a 40k load sound like me when I was a teenage driver. In winter conditions I had no fear and felt in control. I loved the feel of breaking the rear loose or spinning brodies. Always impatient with those more cautious than I when following following them. I would as you feel comfortable traveling at the speeds you suggest while going forward. It's when you need to stop that's the problem. It's one thing to be rear ended by a Prius, but another by a tractor trailer. Best of luck driving with your over confident attitude and I hope I don't see you in another video of Bonehead Truckers.
It's so beautiful. We're in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Thank you for letting us have snow adventures through you.
Really enjoy your vids! Thank you
Another great ride. Like how you explain things. Great job today.😊😊😊😊
Beautiful drive!
Beautiful scenery,
I gotta say Mike you are an amazing driver for those conditions. My son took a load out of El Paso this past winter and had to pull off the road because of the conditions, he drives a Tanker Yanker. I am glad he did he pulled over as it's just not worth a wreck. Thanks for the videos, still catching up. Safe driving.
Beautiful scenery. Love the mountains in Oregon.
Excellent snow day 😎🤣⭐️
Thanks for posting this, Mountain Man. I'll be coming back to these videos when it's 90-Plus degrees outside to keep cool thoughts this coming Summer. You mentioned the Caddy V, I had been wondering how it was doing for you. Take Care and Keep Safe out there road running. Ready to get in some fishing later on?
The snow so pretty
You a good driver greetings from Germany Cologne ein Fan aus Krefeld..
That seanrey is so gorgeous I was born and raised in Oregon and I left Oregon wean I turned 18 and I live in Montana I do miss Oregon sometimes
I drove a truck for a two truck company for 2 months in 1988 (so clearly I'm an expert 😂). I waited out the snow in a truckstop in Ohio. The company owner said I should have kept moving like his other driver. The other driver wrecked in the same storm.
For that and other reasons, I am no longer a truck driver. I am really glad some people tougher than me still haul the goods that we need.
I think you were wise to wait out the storm. No load is worth your life or someone else's. Also never out-drive your abilities. Just because a vehicle is rated to do something doesn't mean YOU can do something. Mountain Man Mike has 20-Plus years of experience driving in snow in mountains. And of course the only way to learn how to drive in snow and ice is to ACTUALLY Drive in snow rain or ice as well as listening to advice from those who have done it for years. We learn by doing. But you're not born with that experience. That only comes over time.
'64 Born in Portland, OR. (54) yrs on the New England coast. Always wanted to go there Now I can say I've been on Rt 58 thru snowy OR w Mtn man Mike. T.y. Mike.
I am glad your eyes can see as far as you can because Mike with my cataracts , watching this video Iwas hard pressed to see anything until it was close to your trucks nose. Which shows to me our DVLA (in the UK) was correct to pull my license away from me. Cheers for sharing your experiences out on the highways .
Hey man, thanks for your videos and especially snow storms. I enjoy watching and listening rumbling noises and you talking shit while i work.
Great yr.video be.safe truck.drivie
I've been waiting for these videos from this past winter. I live in Reno and made the trek over Donner Summit many times...when it was open, for work (not a truck driver). Epic year of snow in our neck of the woods. Can't wait to see some more of your videos.
I like the way you drive.
Thank you for telling us when this was filmed.
I live in Salem and I really appreciate not having to pump my gas when it's 35° and raining sideways.
Hey Mike, Bonus.... two uploads this week. Thanks. :-)
More on the way.. need to free up memory..
As a native Oregonian, I knew to avoid Hwy 58 in the winter-
Most beautiful drive during non winter conditions-
During winter I drove Hwy 22 which was well maintained
Back in the 80's I used to run 58 to 97 south to Phoenix twice a week for over 5 years. When there was snow on the ground I put chains on because I didn't want to get stuck and to be safe on the road. Each driver has to make their own decisions and has to be held accountable by them. Stay safe!
#47 I'm 75, Mike. So I would not tackle Route 58. Thanks for the video! Happiness is The Highway!
Hi Mike; A song I came to love (God on the Mountain) when I had it" into the wind" between Calgary and Vancouver,( Highway thru Hell) You may be familiar with it. Here's a line or two, "Life is easy when you're up on the mountain, you've got peace of mind like you've never known. But things change, when you're down in the valley, don't lose faith, for you're never alone". Keep the Faith Bud.
Waaaooow waten mooi uitzicht begint video 👍🌹🇹🇷
my first trip was with doubles over this road in a snow storm b4 plow came through
I was watching and thinking what is wrong? And then noticed all these trees are crazy giant! Like here 13:28 trees left from truck coming to us, branches only started at 3 x truck height😱 and trunk width is half of truck width.
That HAS to be some beautiful countryside in better weather.
Mike, I like the way U drive, U remind me of me. Retired Haney Heavy Haul Driver
Thank you!!!!
I love it when you get up in my area ❤
That’s what she said
I have been over Santiam in weather like this, in 68 years never been on 58.
I run 58 all year long when I'm heading south to Phoenix and it's so bad up there...
Hey u got snow I'm in southern Oklahoma and have green sky's and tornadoes and hail
Good to hear from you Mike!! Everything good with you? Good yo see you take time off for your health and family.. This video is from January? Like you said you had videos completed but not uploaded.
Do you ever venture far enough north to reach YUKON, Canada?
🚛👍👍👍👏👏👏🚛
Does your volvo truck feel happy and controllable in snowy situations?
MOUNTAIN MAN MIKE.....I KEEP BAMBOO BACK SCRATCH STICK IN MY DOOR POCKET IN MY TRUCK... WHEN MY WIPERS BUILD UP ICE I USE THE STICK TO REACH OUT AND POKE MY WIPER BLADES 👍👍👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣👍
Mike, what is your opinion of the practice of pulling two trailers in the winter on frozen mountain roads? I saw a lot of FedEx trucks pulling two trailers through Pennsylvania on I-80 that ended up going off roading!
You mentioned about Oregon not pumping their own gas and flipping out about having to do that themselves. My state of New Jersey doesn't pump gas either, but recently changed the law allowing the option to pump one's own gas. Most of the 10 million Jerseyians don't pump and I don't pump either. I stay in Jersey so I don't have to worry about it.
HY 58 can get really nasty in the winter, but the state road crew work hard to keep it clear. I couldn't guess how many times I've chained up on that road in both trucks and commercial bus. Better safe than sorry.
Been awhile since I was in Oregon. But that last time they said they didn't care or pump diesel. Only gasoline.
I pumped my own every time at either filling stations or truck stops.
I was driving a GMC diesel pulling a 5th wheel trailer
r these the videos you had trouble with the sound way back then? If it is, you must have had a great fixer because the sound sounded great!
I think summer officially arrives in less than a week.. so hang in there.
Rats. You're in my neighborhood with this one, I wanted to see more! :)
Does your truck have full lockers or just inter axle?
watching this in 99 degree desert temp, it helps I think! lol
I thought Oregon left it up to the driver as to whether or not to use chains? FWIW, I learned to drive in the snowbelts of the northeast, and we NEVER used chains (well, maybe a farmer or 2, but that was more for mud..). Whenever I used to head to the Pacific NW, I aways tried to cross the mountains in Oregon, just to avoid having to hang-iron. Here in the northeast, we always make certain we have good lugs on our drive treads. A lot of west-coast drivers prefer non-lugged drives, because they ride better, make less noise, and give better fuel economy, with the downside being that you must hang iron anytime it snows.
It would be cool to somehow get your speedometer and tach and maybe gas and brake up on the screen somehow.
I loved it then pumping gas but they don't have all kinds of help at these gas stations you pull in there to get gas you got to wait on them to come out especially in the wintertime you know you don't want to stand out there and pump gas just sit in your vehicle and you don't stay warm I say cuz I grew up in California what I moved to Oregon I loved it somebody else pumping my gas like I said specially in the winter time Mercy now I live in Iowa but I don't drive here I don't like pumping other peoples gas either because I have to pay people to take me places they pumped her own damn gas I'm not doing it I thank you for this video be nice if you put one out tomorrow or even every day be pretty nice my only entertainment I have I can't afford cable
This channel doesn’t begin to compare to other COAST TO COAST truck driving channel’s as other’s have stated countless times on this channel AND ON OTHER CHANNELS VIDEOS COMMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm cussing sitting here watching it :)
Mike, I've welcomed others to pump my gas since I don't want my gorgeous aroma perfume to smell like Premium, Regular or Diesel when I leave the station.
I find that the roads you are on now are more technically interesting.
I believe in New Jersey drivers are not allowed to pump their own gas.
where is our gov with their snow plows
pump ur own gas wow they need the easy button
I have lived in Oregon all my life. We still get our gas pumped for us for several reasons. It employs more people yes, no matter the economy, but it is also safer in many ways. Have you ever watched people at stations for any period of time? Some aren’t so bright. Rarely do people drive off with the nozzle still in. Less to no spillage. Also I’m handicapped I can’t do my own. Try getting help in another state. Also our prices aren’t much higher here. Try California prices and you have to pump your own. Just letting you know. The videos are great. Thank
I'm so glad u never trained me bc u practice such poor driving technique. Tailgating that car was not necessary. That driver was exercising caution where u were not. U drive according to the conditions, not speeding or tailgating. So what if u have people behind u. What's the big hurry? Ignoring the chain laws in effect is ignorant & stupid. Doesn't matter if u want to put chains on, blinking lights were on = chain laws in effect.
maybe start a truck driving school
Truck driver here. Been in those conditions many times. Your going too fast especially in chain up conditions without chains and tailgating. Sorry man, not a good example.
Just because you've been in these conditions doesn't mean you automatically know how to drive in it. From your comment, it's obvious you don't. His speed is just fine. Go too slow, and you'll get stuck.
@@calebmarshall5654……judging by your response you aren’t the sharpest knife in the drawer either.
How the hell is it still snowing? Im freezing my balls off in Australia which is appropriate for this time of year.
Video was shot in February
@@fritzmichaelusa well that makes more sense lol
Beautiful drive!
Beautiful scenery
watching this in 99 degree desert temp, it helps I think! lol