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I got placed into dedicated trucking. dedicated trucking is where you only drive a specific area of the country. the cool thing is that it has a guaranteed minimum pay of $1,500/wk plus bonus pay for driving over 150 miles/day and stop off pay. pretty cool gig.
the best thing is that I got 2 days off/week. now I know you're like "well I get 2 days off a week at my job already" well in trucking 2 days off/week is a vacation. truckers work an insane 70hr workweek so being able to scale back while at the same time making more $.......I mean its a REALLY good gig.
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Who is ALEX THE TRUCKING GUY?
I am a 23 year old traveling the United States that posts day in the life vlogs of a truck driver. I attended CFI's trucking school at crowder college and have been a truck driver since August 2021 but recently switched to work for a trucking company named Variant after watching a TON of Variant trucking driver reviews . I got into trucking because I've always wanted to live life on the road since I was 18 years old. Originally I was going to do vanlife but decided to live the trucking life instead because it was a better financial decision. I mean I have free housing and I travel the U.S. It's awesome! I mean what job other than trucking can you listen to podcasts while you work and travel the country for free???
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Ima go to the bar for some milk, cuz I don’t drink 😂 ☠️
It's true though. Any bar I go to it's either water, juice or milk. My favorite is Capri Sun strawberry kiwi surf. 🤣
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY I can respect that! Nothing wrong with it… while I’m having my scotch, neat and a fat cigar.
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY Good choice, delicious 😋
@i dont know CDL school
Hello 👋, how are you doing?
People honking, people giving you the finger, that is what truck driving is all about. Did it for 20 years. People want their stuff when they go shopping but won’t give you an inch when you’re working.
It’s gonna so hilarious though when truck driving becomes obsoleted by self driving.
@@Joseph-er8po yeah it's not
@@wzrdmstr just like the flying car in 1992, everyone will fly by 1997
@@trainandtruckmodeler786 people can barely drive lol
@@wzrdmstr lol!!!!
I’m on a dedicated account for Dole bananas out of the port of Mississippi. 4 days on 4 days off. Only two loads a week Only 1800 miles a week. Usually go straight up to Wisconsin and come straight back with a backhaul. Super easy. Great hometime. Guaranteed $1600 a week. I love it.
Could be makin $3,500 a week here in Chicago bud
@@Tommy-iv4cd nice. I could make 3000 a week if I did 7 days a week. But I get good hometime with this little trip
@@Tommy-iv4cd Chicago tight af bro. That shit made for day cabs lmao. 😂😂. My big ass cascadia hates it lol
Info please! What company? I drive 3 loads, 2500 miles a week and 2 days home. $1,500. Your gig sounds great!
@@tracygrim2155 Kllm And thanks. It’s a great company to go to school and get your experience with. Mega carrier. Plan on leaving after two years. Started 6 months ago. Can easily get 3k a week doing lease purchase on any account. But no complains. They keep you rolling and treat you good
I'm 16, my dad has been trucking for over 44 years, he was in an accident 3 weeks ago in which he was hauling ply wood and came around a curb to a dully with a goose neck in his lane (luckily his company mandates dash cams that show in the cab and outside so the guys claim of my dad being in his lane were put to rest). My father collided with the gooseneck and it blew his tire pulling him off of the road and causing him to flip 2 times (with his trailer still atached and basicaly ripping the plywood to shreds), it broke his neck and paralyzed his right side but he is getting movement back, although we don't think he will ever drive a truck or any vehichle again. I've never thought much about it but I just want to say to all you truckers, please be safe out there. Sorry for the bad grammar I just am not in the place to spend to much time typing this right now
I think I speak for all of us when I say we hope your dad gets well soon and fast; it can be hard and tough to get through an accident like this. Courage.
I hope your dad gets better soon! 🙂
Speedy recovery
I'm also 16 and my uncle drives trucks too. He usually goes to Pennsylvania. Hope your father recovers
Many prayers for you and your family Jazz Wick.
Believing that your dad will heal up quickly and regain use of his right side.
Anything is possible to they who believe!!
Please keep us updated on his progress.
Hi Alex, I have a battery powered wifi magnetic rear camera. Very helpfull to just put it in the back while aligning and once you are aligned you take it back. Very helpfull for hard spots when backing up
Links?
That's right. Work smarter not harder.
What's the link to the camera
Following
Congratulations on the new position Alex. Once you get use to the hours and the stops you will be fine.
I have faith in you and Kenny to get the job done.
Looking forward to more post on your adventures through trucking.
Welcome to the “dedicated “ life. I was dedicated Walmart for two years. I delivered frozen, dairy, meat and produce. You are so right. That’s a whole different beast by itself. Well take care sir…
Yeah dedicated is a completely different world. It's crazyyyyyy. It's more structured like a day job. You start at the same time everyday, do the same loads. I like that about dedicated
Which DC were you out of? I was dedicated to a few different DC and just got switched to another one that I'm starting Tuesday at 0800
I'd probably drive trucks if I could get hired on at Walmart but they require years of experience and still have to fight for a position. From what I've heard Walmart drivers are the top in their field.
@@Unknown_Ooh 30 months experience is all they require
@@Unknown_Ooh and yes, Walmart drivers are great drivers for sure. There's a reason they're making $100k+/year
I would work for this company 1500$ every week ,the weekends off, and a nice little house on wheels.Keep safe out there
I'm just getting in to truck driving .hop to work for a good company right out of the gate .
Averitt express is the company I chose and couldn’t be happier with it.
@@charlesmilton8146 thanks for the advice 👍🤩
@@kevincain2697 no problem brotha Keep it between the lines
Beat f Luck Captain
Beat f Luck Captain
Damn! I was waiting for the part where you close off the curtains and make a cozy space for yourself after your hard day of work
Ahhh that would've been a better way to end the video. Good idea 💡
I remember my first forced blind side back. Big oofs, but you figure it out, then it becomes memory. 20 years later, I could do it again, blindfolded.
Uncle's a truck driver here in Michigan he bought his own truck but works for a company out of New York works about 12 hours a day and is home every night and makes about $1,500 a day and that's after they take taxes out it's some sort of scrap metal company that he works for. A lot of OTR drivers are lucky to make $1500 a day is crazy. Him and his family travel to Florida 3 to 4 times a year. Wish I could do that lol
What I meant the same was he makes $1,500 a day after they take taxes out and most OTR drivers even when they own their own truck and work for other companies are lucky to bring home $2,000 a week and yet you got my uncle bringing home $1,500 a day and is only working about 12 hours so of course when he comes home he basically got to go to sleep but also the cool thing about the company he works for he can take any amount of time off as he owns his own truck and works basically his own hours but the company only works Monday through Friday so he gets to go camping on the weekends which is actually pretty cool. If you are a OTR driver and are able to buy your own truck make sure you look for local truck companies that work Mondays through Fridays and pay about a thousand to 1500 a day that way you're home every night and you're basically become rich within a couple months 😂.
What’s the name of the company bud?
It could be worse, you could be driving a 10 or 13spd manual tractor in all that town traffic! You have it EASY with that automatic.
The new pay is quite encouraging tho...the only thing you'll have to do is adjust your whole schedule. And with time you'll get used to it...
Drive safe mhn 🙌
I love the content and that you use a semi truck that is clean...shows that you're very responsible
Hey Alex thanks for the great content you put out. I just did my 160 hours of training and soon I’ll be going to get my CDL license. Very excited to get into this business. also love your videos because you have the shaggy from scooby doo laugh. Every time you giggle it reminds me of my childhood. Good times. Take care.
I'd love to see more footage of you just backing up. I'm getting my CDL soon and I'm nervous about backing up into docks so it would be nice to see you do it. Love the vids!
It can be very nerve wrecking. Just take it slow and remember to get out and look. If you gotta pull up 10 times, so be it.
The main five things to remember are don't hang your head out the window like a dog. Use your mirrors remember to steer towards your trouble. If you are blindside backing don't be lazy get out and look.Take your time don'tlet anyoneget you frustrated. Bam you will be just fine. My dad started me out in a 68 cabover when I was 13....30 years ago.
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@@enamorada2161 who?
I love your vids it’s like my family love your vids we all are subscribed
Hey man I really care I wish I could watch your video way early but I’m going to Chicago tomorrow I’ll talk to you watch it tomorrow when I get there
I hope you have s great time in Chicago,
@@dannestrum3277 I’m just going there to visit my mom’s famous Lutheran spell sleeper going to the biggest waterpark there is there
@@caydenallen9257 okay, if I're visiting Chicago I'll visit a famous fire station, fire station 51
You have a positive attitude about the new hours. Keep up the good work.
I think the one thing that looks scary about truck driving is parking in between trucks
Eh you just gotta take your time
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY oh ok
Otr is a hard hard lifestyle. Almost no one lasts 2 plus years without getting burned out
Hello 👋 honey 🥰🥰
Excellent! Great Job. Calm Driver. Great Skills! Five Stars! Keep up the good work.
I drive at night and love it. Way less traffic! I put on the music and jam out!
I use to pull refers bro,you get use to it running overnight while you're sleeping after some time, today's refer units are a lot quieter than they use to be, depending on how old the trailer is. The ThermoKings are pretty quiet.
Yeah I was worried about sleeping with a reefer but as long as I have enough hours to get back to the distribution center I just drop the trailer off and park bobtail. It's nice
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY That works also. Lol
Bro. I live in Rhode Island and I LOVE watching these videos. Such a good way to peak into another life and parts of the nation I haven’t seen or been to. Just great videos and content man well put together. Always wicked interesting
Haha same
That unit is a a TCU.
Temperature Control Unit.
Reefer is the TCU for Refrigerated Unit.
Same unit that you use in your home
to keep food cold
An air conditioner which runs on the same principal.
My distribution center doesn't allow overnight parking because we don't have room for a bunch of truckers to hang out after dropping a trailer. So what we did is get a street with a semi sized roundabout at the end for truckers to sleep on. It has the capacity for our truckers plus another warehouse. Not the best, but I physically don't have room for 60-100 truckers to hang out for 10 hours. I have maybe a dozen empty spots in the yard to move product to ship 2 million pounds a day
You’ll get use to working in city especially once you know where you are going. Just do what I do take over all the lanes. But be careful not to leave a small cap cause stupid cars will try to squeeze in there.
Yup. U gotta take over as soon as u can coming up to lights or corners bc they will absolutely refuse to let u over if there’s a line of cars in the lane next to you 😂
Your the reason I wanna be a truck driver 🐐🦾
You'll be sleeping at truck stops often. You'll get used to the reefer running too. Congratulations on your dedicated account position.
Be safe trucking especially during the night
With dedicated grocery store runs I’ve noticed it’s mostly night driving. I myself run dedicated for HEB and enjoy it more than otr.
Hey look, there I am in an 11th gen civic 😂. Awesome content man, cool seeing it in my own city. Excited to see more!
Kinda like tractor supply for CFI, you did an excellent job! Keep up the hard work.
The dock to use usually is the one with the most rubber on the ground it’ll be blacker than the others
So cool seeing you in my town I’m from Hamilton and pretty sure I passed you the day you had to make the wide turn by the thortons. I’m a concrete mix driver for a company right near there.
Getting my license in brooklyn new york. Learning to drive the manual trucks here is fun, learning to do that here ill be able to drive anywhere lol.
Driving at night is FAR better than during the day rook.
ALEX 👋👋👋 WHAT UP ? I see the Alex family growing ..... yeet!
Keep trucking 🚚 keep safe.
You inspire me!
Alex if you give me the chance I'll get your more money and better driving time! look up variant on glassdoor etc its a low score I know we could fit you better!
I've worked for Total 2 yrs good company, finally leaving though!! On to bigger and better things!!
Hell yeah buddy
Just got my cdl friday. Finally getting out of working on a call center
That's awesome!! Congrats
Dude is literally driving around neighborhoods I grew up in. I know that blue ash distribution center for Kroger anywhere
Dude pre gps truck drivers were savage
I always look at the satellite view when going to a new stop. If I have any questions of how to get to the docks I'll call the company.
That turn reminded of the Titanic scene. This turn made though 😎
Rolling with the automatic truck I 👀 see...no shifting has its benefits but you have more control with manual and all that shifting in traffic and city driving keeps u more awake on your toes
I drove for Kroger on second shift. But we just swapped trailers, the load for the salvage trailer. In Cincinnati!
Welcome to my life. I do this in Seattle in a sleeper and a 53ft trailer.
I would much rather be doing OTR. So much less stress.
I used to pull for Kroger in Dallas years ago. Reefers keep you kool as you work on these hot days.
hi , I love your videos 🚗 🚘 🚔 🏎 🚓 🚕 🚛 🚌 🚑🚒🚗 be safe truck driving
Hey Alex I'm a huge fan and aspiring to become a Trucker...one of these days. Have been watching and subscribed to your channel for a long time now,there was one video you made where you were singing I believe an empire of the sun song an never forgot how sucha,quiet kid opened up so much so free was really inspiring to me an been searching up an down for the video you made where you were singing towards the end loved it more than you know please direct to me.
I really enjoy your videos and I hope I can be a trucker later
Poor Alex, soon I'll be passing you with Ralph the lobster as co-pilot!
I used to do this with Landstar. Delivering for Walmart out of New Braunfels Tx.
I deliver for Wal-Mart out of Plainview tx
👋👍 Alex from Romania.
Yea so I see your working at kroger cool.
So yea when you show up you call the store tell them your here. They'll let you in the back door unload do paperwork and that's all.
Also I doesn't mater what door most of the time we just have to open it
It's called a reefer. The cooling system of the fan running to keep things needed to be kept frozen.
This guy would be the best humour would the best co worker to work with on the road. Keep it up bro
On the phone Just say deliveries when the robot starts talking then tell the employee hey it’s Kroger truck
That is pretty good!! I hate when they only count miles, because some time you got bad weather and etc.
I enjoy listening to that funny laugh or giggle that Alex has reminds me of a cartoon character
Welcome to real trucking. Lotta guys think they're drivers. And been doing it for a long time. But until you do middle of the city driving your just a steering wheel holder on the interstate.
Hello handsome ❣️🥰🥰
not to far from daycab stuff, i've had to do, squeezing a 60 or so foot truck through neighbor hoods
I worked overnights for 4 years and I wouldn’t recommend it long term. I just always felt tired not matter how many hours I slept.
Humans ain't meant to run them hours like that for sure for sure
Triggers depression
After you showed us how much I get payed trucking doesn’t seem toooo bad there’s cons and pros
This is dedicated truck8ng though not otr (cross country trucking).
In dedicated you drive to the same 3 states over and over. You usually get paid more though. Plus for me at least it's a more structured job than cross country trucking. You start at the same time everyday whereas in otr your sleep schedule is based on what time the delivery is due.
paid* too* (i am ultra grammar police 👮♂️)
@@kgaming7599 no it’s toooooo as in a long to
@@turcify7032 too*
The Springfield yard used to be one of my favs when I worked for them
Those Kroger trailers look 17:18 nice, new, clean, good care, good tires nice trailers at least.
Kroger is great food store chain.. biggest in country make alot of $$$. Think it is good company... profitable.
6:52 it was at this moment he knew he messed up.
Make some more longer videos. Keep them coming. Good job
I don't know where you are driving but the Kroger here the drivers always drive in front of the store before going to the back docks. As to what door. Lol any door is good. Wish I could drive a truck but with my disability I can't even drive a car.
Have you considered using truckers path app it’s perfect for this kind of work it shows the entry point and exit point when delivering to facilities
Yeah but they want me to pay to use it. Another trucker told me just to use Google maps and drop a pin at the truck entrance so I've been trying that so far
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY honestly it’s so convenient when I did loads to target it helped allot especially when looking for somewhere to park
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY that's convenient as hell bro
Truckers path is so worth it. Only 8 bucks a month. See if weigh stations are closed. If spots are available at rest areas, truck parking areas and truck stops. Very handy and can read reviews on shippers/receivers. And it shows you every truck entrance to places. I use it 24/7. Way cheaper than buying a $400+ gps
@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY I've done local, LTL, OTR, and trucker path, and Smart Truck Route 2, have saved my ass on so many occasions. Helps me find little mom and pop stops that USX's GPS just won't.
why am i binge watching all ur vids? lol cool channel.....
You were in Cincinnati OH I recognize the area big fan. Stay safe
24 /7 Hugh can’t imagine the wait times on those loads
So many times i busted out laughing because i know ur pain bro!! I drive for J.B. hunt and we have a contract with Amazon so i do like 5-6 stops everyday up in the northeast it’s a pain in the ass but such good money! You will get used to it pretty quick
He’s making good money at it like 500k a year is impressive
Hey Alex, I don’t know if you will see this, but there is a song called this 18 wheeler won’t fit down the street and it’s what I thought of from this video
22:16 so many red day cabs
Yeah this is their account primarily
Awesome you were in my neck of the woods in this video Awesome hope you haveca Awesome day/night
I drive at night sometimes and is better then days Ill tell you that! No traffic road are empty .
Damn we didn’t see the air fryer today 😭😭
You give me so much anxiety about getting into trucking 😆
I enjoyed this so much. I worked for Kroger for many years in Ohio. The Drivers were always so nice. But I think back then they worked for the Kroger Company, Not like today. Safe Travels!!!
I love your videos
❤️your videos now I'm gonna get my CDL and drive TY
Your videos are great
Only at night during the winter I guess that's better than leaving your truck running all night because it's -4°
Hey Alex Ive only been trucking for a little over a year but those no overnight parking signs are for most truck drivers that can’t find a place to sleep… when I deliver to a store and have their trailer I stay the night if I need too! Only once in the last year has someone knocked on my door in the morning and I just told them I was delivering “for them” and ran out of hours! Obviously try to stay out of other trucks drivers way, so they can deliver/drive past without you being in the way.!
By the way you going to get great experience backing into some of these store docks! But please keep an eye out for people who like to drive behind stores! They will sneak up behind you and SOMEHOW not see a giant trailer reversing!
I think a refrigerator trailer is called a refeer. But its also slang for a marijuana joint. Weird? Yep! Another great video. Thanks for sharing and congrats on the new job position. Take care from Canada eh!
Hello 👋 honey 🥰
The reefer helps you sleep, its like a white noise box
In 3 weeks, they will have a competent driver so Alex can go back to C.F.I. and that band of screw ups!
Alex, you're a very very cute truck driver.
excellent video thanks 👍 very interesting
I live near there
You doing great 👍
Less Traffic Usually at Night..
Great Video keep it up Alex your awesome to us:)