As a fellow driver, well damn...I know the feeling...being in a Tight spot just trying to get the job done. No laughing here. Respect for trying brother.
Everyone that has driven a truck has been in situations like this, maybe not exactly like this, but somewhere they shouldn't have been. It's a tough job.
djghostonthewheels thank you! I’ve been all over the Midwest and Chicago is not a walk in the park. I will never forget delivering to a warehouse off 38th California. My truckers gps did not indicate of a low bridge and there were 3 low bridges surrounding that warehouse. I had to reverse 2 blocks driving through late afternoon traffic driving a 2018 Friehtliner Cascadia double bunk sleeper pulling a 53’...not fun very nerve racking.
@Schism Circle the curb is especially high. Making split second decisions in traffic you sometimes find yourself in a badway... the drive tires won't easily climb through the curb.. its easier to carefully keep trying to go forward then to back out into unempathtic or impatient car drivers. So the high curb and the Jack knifed trailer is causing a lot of pressure in the drive tires and the fifth wheel plate. He's trying to be careful. You can't judge his iq.
A Couple of years ago I was hauling merchandise for Charming Charlie from Houston, TX to Chicago, IL. to open a new store. In all my years of delivering to Chicago, I have never been routed downtown for a delivery location, but I figured it's a department store so what could go wrong...right? The address was 520 N Michigan Ave #323 Chicago, IL 60611. I was instructed to call someone on location when I arrived and they would unload me. When I called the guy and said I was here, he said "You Are Where?" I said "At your location". He said "No your not, I don't see you!". The store was on N. Michigan Ave. but the loading area was below me on Lower Michigan Ave. The guy gave me directions on how to get down there, but all of the turnpikes that lead to Lower Michigan Ave. were clearly marked with the No Trucks Sign. When I called him back and told him about this, he said "Don't be stupid, just come on down here anyway. I told him I'm not going to go where it's clearly marked that I can't go. He called me a F***ing Moron!!! I found a safe place to park and called my dispatcher. after an hour of phone calls between the shipper, the consignee, and my dispatcher it was finally realized by the A-hole consignee that I was hauling a 53' dry box trailer. He thought I was in a 6 wheel box truck, found out later another driver from a different company drove down there anyway with a 53' dry box trailer the day before and got his truck and trailer wedged into the upper deck! Who's the F**ing moron now? When people who don't drive trucks for a living see a truck driver do something stupid, understand it's not always the drivers fault.
You made a good decision not letting the customer or dispatcher pressure you into anything that is not legal. As a driver, our first responsibility is safety and to take actions within the law. Greetings from Chicago.
Of all the rules you may think about bending, "No Trucks" aren't one of them. Those signs are almost always there for a very very good reason. Ignore them to end up on TH-cam.
I love when you call a place for directions to them & the person says IDK how to tell you to get there,, I ask well how do you get to work? The reply is well I just drive down the streets IDK the names.
I drove and rode every thing cars bikes pickups straight trucks and buses. .....I have to say semi trucks are the hardest to drive.......half u people can't even drive an automatic car..........stop judging
I love how everyone records and suddenly they know everything about driving a semi. If you all knew how to drive a semi.....then why don't you have a cdl? Let's hear it from the experts
I do have the European license and what this guy is doing is extremely dumb. If one of those tires exploded it would be a spectacle to behold. Also he's damaging the tractor and trailer's tires by doing such a tight turn. Not to say I didn't do dumb stuff either though 😂
East coast has some sketchy streets! It's really fucking narrow to maneuver around those places. Sometimes there is construction going on making it even harder.
As a bus driver once told me, "Lines on a road are just lines on a road". In other words, use all the space you can reasonably get away with using if you have to make a tight turn so that you don't have to hop curbs or love tap other people or their vehicles.
I just had really bad luck the whole time lol. I drove my rig thru Chicago once, and there was a power outage for half a mile...no traffic lights worked.
I know what that's like. I once had to drive in Newark, NJ. Even when I had a green left arrow, the oncoming traffic just wouldn't stop. I had to wait until all the lights turn red and LAUNCH myself into traffic before the next one turned green.
It's easy to rag on the driver at first but when you've been a driver, especially starting out, you shouldn't want to. I've been sent places no semi should ever have to go. Maybe that's what's happening here. Any driver who's done it long enough has been stuck in some jams they wouldn't wish on their enemy.
@@moneymanstarling6967 I don't think soo.. There's no way a truck driver do this kind of things. If you really a truck driver you never do this kind of things. LOOK AT THIS NO TROUBLE TURNING TIGHT TURNS: th-cam.com/video/ZEKwUB1217o/w-d-xo.html
This truck driver most likely tried to turn this was to keep from getting into the lain of travel for on coming traffic which is exactly what He should have done.
You're not too many truck drivers really know how to do that.. I am glad I worked for North American Movers they taught me just that to forget what I have been taught by the DMV
+metzgermeisterfuchs The guy videoing is a 4 wheeler. Do you honestly think HE knows how to drive a truck and trailer combo and could be any help to a complete moron? I have 32 years OTR and the first thing @ 00:10 I asked is....... WTF is the idiot doing?!?!? You NEVER curb a truck like he is doing. EVER. Except to destroy a truck like he did!
+metzgermeisterfuchs You said it metzger! Driving a truck is not easy. Drivers have to worry about many things. Idiot people driving cars. Load weight, getting into a tight spot and getting out of a tight spot as well. I know one driver here on YT who had to drive a trailer into an alley near a construction area in Manhattan. God bless him. He said he got OK which was than more than I could have done.
No they aren't. Try again. Many are to incompetent to be on a tricycle much less a truck. Meth ain't the problem sweetie unless your lover likes it better than you and you wrap all truckers into the same trash bag because you're like the rest and blames your failing on others...
At least i see a lot of drivers on here defending him. We don't know what was down the road or how far he could swing on the other side of the street to make that corner. I drive a condo + 53ft reefer in Chicago and it doesn't always look pretty but narrow ass streets and low bridges everywhere kinda limits our preferred routes. Shit happens sometimes and it's all about staying cool and under pressure. Doesn't help having asshole four wheelers taking video of your shitty day. Put one of them in that truck and it'd be through the light pole on its way into the parked cars around the corner. Cheers drivers
People love to forget driving vehicles is something you gain experience over time. And considering the importance of what they do, which keeps society alive. People should just keep unhelpful comments out. I couldn't imagine being in that situation, im happy there wasn't road rager making the situation worse by honking the shit out of him.
I agree driver, it looks like he swung to wide to make the corner. He should of locked his axles in and put it in granny gear and trucked right over the curb
I hate when people who say worst semi truck driver ever but don't even have a clue what it's like to drive one and give the wrong directions to a shipper.
I've been in this drivers position before, he was probably new on the job and nervous and trying to impress and didn't want to stop and look like an idiot before the turn. I didn't want to be the so called "dumbass" who stopped, got out and asked if he was in the right place. I thought I was in the wrong place and kept driving, well the industrial road ended and I found myself trying to turn around on residential blocks with a 53 foot step deck and a long wheel based 386. My truck is tricked out so the stacks are pricy. Well I ended up bending the stack on a low tree limb and snapping an antenna off. Turns out I was at the right place to begin with. All because I was trying to be the cool guy who didn't want to ask for help. As drivers we all make mistakes at some point in time.
No, I real life truck now. Played the simulator in high school. Don't post real life videos because it's not worth me getting fired over holding a camera while driving a company truck. And well, to busy to be screwing around making videos lol.
sometimes you got to deliver in the most rediculous of places and you have to back in or pull through in some of the most rediculous roads and people think you're a dumbass for going through the only way in and only way out
The title of the worst truck driver now belongs to the USA driver who attempts to do a U-turn before a low bridge. He tears up his truck, and he doesn't stop.
I've seen that one,, but it may be in the U S but the driver certainly is not American.. LOL. Besides all he ahd to do was back up down the side road & then go back the way he came.. He was a dumbass
This should be retitled: 'no one helps see the truck back so he can make a wider turn and it is okay to use a phone whilst driving if someone else is holding you up'?!?!
It is a daycab, which means in almost all cases he or she has had a year behind the wheel. Chicago is the kind of place that will show the no truck sign, after you have already turned on the road.
Because every one of us has been is some kinda situation. Maybe not this exact one but we know how it feels to be that guy. Then you have people on here saying just do this or that when they've never stepped foot in a truck not knowing it's limitations.
@@andrewbird1977 yea that's how I try to live but now especially with Facebook you gotta lot of steering wheel holders that only care about themselves. They will video someone (more than likely a rookie driver) trying to back into a spot at a truck stop and laugh at them instead of getting out and guiding them in. Its really sad they act like they got into a truck and automatically knew exactly how to drive it and never had one problem in their whole career. A truck stop can be very intimidating especially to a rookie hell I still have times where I second guess myself. I'm glad my instructors took us to one huge and one itty bitty truck stop and said find and said now find a spot and back into it. But I'm glad to see there's still other people like you that will still help their fellow driver. So keep it up and stay safe out there. 👍👍
There must be a law of motion stated by Newton that this operator hasn't heard of. "A tractor being pulled by its trailer will continue to be pulled by the trailer until it is acted upon by another attempt at defying laws of motion". Trailer force upon the tractor is greater than tractor force upon the trailer, until tractor gains sufficient angle on said trailer.
i just got my CDL, i am trying to get my first truck driving job. even with extremely limited experience i can tell you that you cannot make a sharp right hand turn like that. its not gonna work. you would have to make that turn by making sure traffic is clear and turning to into the other lane making a left hand turn before the right and turn. you have to make room for the trailer first. just turning the steering wheel all the way to the right and hoping for the best isnt going to work out.
I was taught to never turn left before a right turn. What happens when there's a car there? You just gonna sit in the middle of the intersection? No I'm guessing not gonna have to take some of that oncoming lane.
I'm in truck driving school right now and I am learning how to drive a 10 speed. I have no idea how the driver got into this situation, however, I will never look down on another driver. Maybe he/she was forced into this position by dodging a hazard. Looking at the situation, I would have got out of the truck to see how I could reposition the tractor, asked for someone to help me with my blind spots, used my 3 road hazard triangles to warn approaching traffic, or shift my gear in reverse and backed out from the jackknife slowly. I know one thing, if I was there watching, I would have tried my best to help the driver and not sat my lazy ass in a car to record a video for TH-cam.
Please, you don't have the bragging rights to critique the skill of a tractor-trailer driver if you don't live the life an Over-The-Road CDL Class A driver. That is probably a really difficult turn if you don't know it. Besides, he/she probably not around that area to know it and get it right. Remember, its along vehicle turning, and thus need to make wide turns. Have some respect.
+Don-York With you all the way there but if you are a driver then you should know at that point he should back off the curb and circle the block to try again and if that's not a option call for a traffic cop to assist. I'm sure you know all he will do trying to make the turn like that is snap a axle or worse.
Don-York I agree but when you see that's not working, stop get out and see if it's clear behind you and back a few feet to make a better turn. That clearly wasn't working and he could damage his equipment
@@parangaricutiro0 after retiring in 2012 I sold my last truck. 04 379 pete 550 cat 18 speed 355s 265 in wheelbase. Drove it all over chicago-- NY city -- philli - maney outher city's. Not a scratch. Course , in my 20s in 63 cracker box I beet the liven s--- out of that one.
So everyone's a truck driver all of a sudden. Okay but it doesn't take an expert to see that the guy in the video should have given up, backed out, and continued along to find somewhere else to turn.
I live one block from this corner. It is completely do-able if you take it wide enough. If he isn't smart enough to make the turn he won't be smart enough to back up. Idk how these dudes get jobs driving in the city...
Not true. If he sets brakes and gets out and makes a scene that he is backing out the people will chill and let it happen. Those are risks we take out here. Judgment calls are made everyday. Most are right. But some are wrong. Container pullers usually suck ass just like otr guys at making good decisions in these circumstances so I'm not surprised. But as city guys we do this shit all the time. The best approach it to TAKE YOUR TIME. so this nonsense doesn't happen. He obviously was kissing the curb and set up a horrific angle that shouldn't have been attempted. Straight rookie status. That said. Camera douche should've offered advice or a lookout for the driver
I worked at a gas station as a teenager and one time this semi-truck driver pulled into my pump area, and after stopping briefly, he began to back up. Soon he was headed straight for a big stack of crated Coke bottles (the kind where the wood crate comes about 1/3 way up the bottle and the neck and mouth stick out), and was about to make a hell of a mess if he hit them. I bolted out of the office toward his cab to flag him to stop. By the time I got to his cab window, he was already alongside the soda crates and had missed them by maybe 2 inches. I ran up and said something like, "HEY MISTER! YOU KNOW YOU JUST MISSED HITTING A WHOLE STACK OF SODA BOTTLES BACK THERE?!" He looked at me cool as a cucumber, paused a moment to formulate his reply, and said, "Did I have an inch between my tire and the bottles?" I looked back and said, "Yeaah. ...but not much MORE than that." He looked me right in the eye and said (with an unbelievable cool factor that I have rarely seen in all my days) "Well, that's all I need." At that moment, I thought that driver dude was about as cool as it gets.
ya you got it right people these days think its so fucking easy im not a driver yet but did go through 4 weeks of training and got my cdl so until your in a semi and you try to drive it and make short turns like that then comment and call him a worst truck driver, but by looking at this and im sure you agree with me bltravenfan90 he shouldof swang out and then attempted unless he did and he wouldof ended up with that curve in the way anyway he should back up and just go straight to another road
I'd bet money 90% of you have never driven a semi in down town Chicago and don't have a clue what your talking! He most likely tried to turn this was to keep from getting into the lain of travel for on coming traffic which is exactly what He should have done. If you wanna be's think this is so easy then get yourself a truck and have it!
Well if he knew how to make a right turn. The trailer is right along the curb he should have started from the middle of the road at least . & yes I drove for 43 years in Manhattan & Boston metro areas. so I know that could have been made,
Looking at the down hill angle of the road, it looks like there was a low bridge that he could not go under. I’m a truck driver and I would have done the same thing. Mind your 4wheel business, and stick to your office job. We have to drive for us and the 1000’s of dumbass civilian drivers on the road every day. But the sec you guys see us doing our jobs not in a fashion that you know of, you criticize us. Trust me, this guy is more than likely twice the driver of the person recording this.
Lol this guy did not swing out far enough. Then his lack of experience , looks like more of lack of brain. I can drive downtown Chicago no problems. But see I'm a super trucker there are many of us out there. I could make that turn with a 53footer too......if he would have gotten that other tire up on the curbthe trailer was also hitting the other curb it would have rolled over
i love jobs like this, no one tells a plumber how to do his job, no one tells an electrician how to do his job, but everyone knows how to drive a truck. when the car license holders try to tell me how to do my job i just stop the engine throw them the keys and say carry on, then watch them turn pale as they say " i never meant it like that! " lol
Okay, well, as a trainer, the dumbass has too much room it the back to be on purpose, and now if he drops the front tire, he's fucked. Also YOU DON'T RUN 100+ PSI TIRES AT A CURB..... You will damage the sidewall. How about yea, you toss me your keys super trucker and stay of the road..... and sidewalk for that matter.
There’s a couple things that come to mind when judging his turn. Looking underneath his trailer at the rear front axle tandem it appears his trailer swing is going to be okay on the inside. On the outside it’s not clear if there is a vehicle which would make his trailer swing out. Based on my observations, it appears this guy went into his turn wrong. As a truck driver there is a few tricks you can do to get through tight corners. But without the big picture and being in his position I can’t really tell why he isn’t back out of that position and trying a new approach. That tells me he is a rookie. But who knows, none of us was there.
when you see a trucker in trouble why not just get out of your car and help the guy out. Its not easy driving a huge ass truck in a city. Sometimes you need someone outside acting as a look out guy.
I drove trucks for 17 years throughout the 48 contiguous states and Canada and have to wonder if this person ever got out of the tractor to see whether what he/she was contemplating on doing was even possible! Admittedly, Chicago and New York are some difficult cities to drive 18 wheelers in, been there and done that. Hope this driver came out okay and one thing is for sure they'll set themselves up better if they ever come back to this site.
Fellow truck driver here. City driving is a shit job and you get into these situations more than people would think. City roads are designed for the comfort of 4 wheelers, not trucks. Nobody likes trucks until they need shit they bought. I've been here in almost the same situation, I get it and the frustration that driver is feeling. Prayers to all you truckers, god bless you all.
I was expecting a blowout or dropped drive line just any minute. The driver is probably a rookie and I felt bad for the situation he had gotten himself into.
Not to critique this driver, because we can't really see what it was he was up against at this intersection but, ...if it was as it appears to be in the video, I would have taken the tractor back out onto the street, gotten straightened out and backed up about 5 feet to restart the turn, because it appears his drivers are actually almost at the edge of that corner curb. All he had to do was just miss it, and a tight, jack-knifed buttonhook turn from where he was might have gotten him away from the curb just enough. Looked to me like he may have had the room to do that, or try. In any event, I wouldn't have tried multiple times or even once to scale that high curb, because it isn't worth tearing up the tractor drive-train, the tires & rims, fuel tank or anything else. I'm retired now, but as a former trucker who hauled conventional loads like this and oversized loads of all description, I can tell you things aren't always as they may seem. He may also have benefited from the help of someone experienced enough to visually guide him around the corner from out in the street he was turning onto. There was a lot of expensive equipment at risk doing it the way we see in this video. Most older city streets just aren't built for the kinds of, or lengths of truck / trailer combo's we use today, but good drivers can negotiate most of them with experience and a little extra care. If not, time to approach a turn like that in a different way or from a different direction. Judging by the shape of the end of that sidewalk handrail, it may not be easy coming or going through there.
I drive a 30 foot truck and it's nothing like driving my tiny little Lancer that 90 degree turns on a dime. I couldn't imagine trying to turn a tractor trailer here.
I used to work at an extremely large port facility. Dumbest driver I ever saw, was a guy who obviously forgot to secure the twistlocks on his skel after collecting a DV40. I was going home, and he drove past me at speed. He was stopped at the roundabout about half a mile away, as was everybody else. He'd gone round the roundabout. His 40' box, however, had not, and was now lying on it's side in the road, blocking it.
As a fellow driver, well damn...I know the feeling...being in a Tight spot just trying to get the job done. No laughing here. Respect for trying brother.
Thank you sir. It was 9 yrs before your post if that means anything
Everyone that has driven a truck has been in situations like this, maybe not exactly like this, but somewhere they shouldn't have been. It's a tough job.
It's not so much being in a tough situation, its how you get out of them......
djghostonthewheels thank you! I’ve been all over the Midwest and Chicago is not a walk in the park. I will never forget delivering to a warehouse off 38th California. My truckers gps did not indicate of a low bridge and there were 3 low bridges surrounding that warehouse. I had to reverse 2 blocks driving through late afternoon traffic driving a 2018 Friehtliner Cascadia double bunk sleeper pulling a 53’...not fun very nerve racking.
yeah and it is very easy to judge when you are driving sedan or hatchback. 18 wheeler is little bit bigger
@Schism Circle the curb is especially high. Making split second decisions in traffic you sometimes find yourself in a badway... the drive tires won't easily climb through the curb.. its easier to carefully keep trying to go forward then to back out into unempathtic or impatient car drivers. So the high curb and the Jack knifed trailer is causing a lot of pressure in the drive tires and the fifth wheel plate. He's trying to be careful. You can't judge his iq.
@@internetUtuber I was expecting one of the tires to blow.
A Couple of years ago I was hauling merchandise for Charming Charlie from Houston, TX to Chicago, IL. to open a new store. In all my years of delivering to Chicago, I have never been routed downtown for a delivery location, but I figured it's a department store so what could go wrong...right? The address was 520 N Michigan Ave #323 Chicago, IL 60611. I was instructed to call someone on location when I arrived and they would unload me. When I called the guy and said I was here, he said "You Are Where?" I said "At your location". He said "No your not, I don't see you!". The store was on N. Michigan Ave. but the loading area was below me on Lower Michigan Ave. The guy gave me directions on how to get down there, but all of the turnpikes that lead to Lower Michigan Ave. were clearly marked with the No Trucks Sign. When I called him back and told him about this, he said "Don't be stupid, just come on down here anyway. I told him I'm not going to go where it's clearly marked that I can't go. He called me a F***ing Moron!!! I found a safe place to park and called my dispatcher. after an hour of phone calls between the shipper, the consignee, and my dispatcher it was finally realized by the A-hole consignee that I was hauling a 53' dry box trailer. He thought I was in a 6 wheel box truck, found out later another driver from a different company drove down there anyway with a 53' dry box trailer the day before and got his truck and trailer wedged into the upper deck! Who's the F**ing moron now? When people who don't drive trucks for a living see a truck driver do something stupid, understand it's not always the drivers fault.
You made a good decision not letting the customer or dispatcher pressure you into anything that is not legal. As a driver, our first responsibility is safety and to take actions within the law. Greetings from Chicago.
smart man
Of all the rules you may think about bending, "No Trucks" aren't one of them. Those signs are almost always there for a very very good reason. Ignore them to end up on TH-cam.
Smart move! Kudos to you driver👍
I love when you call a place for directions to them & the person says IDK how to tell you to get there,, I ask well how do you get to work? The reply is well I just drive down the streets IDK the names.
As a driver I'm gonna have to defend this. Whoever recorded ain't helping either, you're only adding more pressure to the driver, let him do his job.
I drove and rode every thing cars bikes pickups straight trucks and buses. .....I have to say semi trucks are the hardest to drive.......half u people can't even drive an automatic car..........stop judging
right on driver!
+1
exactly!
Facts
A FUCKING MEN TOO THAT!!!
I like how everyone with a cell phone is now just a spectator in life.
chieftp lmao that’s funny af!!! 🤣🤣😭
What the hell are they supposed to do?
chieftp yea fckin losers recording other ppl working and living they lives
Too much time on utube .. Will,
Do that to u
@@frontcentermusician go show him how to do it. He claims this guy is the worst driver ever so show him how it's done.
I love how everyone records and suddenly they know everything about driving a semi. If you all knew how to drive a semi.....then why don't you have a cdl? Let's hear it from the experts
Tell me about it
I do have the European license and what this guy is doing is extremely dumb. If one of those tires exploded it would be a spectacle to behold. Also he's damaging the tractor and trailer's tires by doing such a tight turn.
Not to say I didn't do dumb stuff either though 😂
You don't need a cdl to be that dumb
I don't think it takes an expert to know that he can't make that turn tho lol
@@manuelminch7184 4 wheelers pass me on the right all the time so a lot of people wouldn't know
This is not funny or amusing. Poor guy was sent there by his dispatchers.
Over that curb??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@adammcdonald611 lol
Adam McDonald Nnoo the other curb down one block on right
Cali Why? And I suppose you are young not a truck driver correct?
East coast has some sketchy streets! It's really fucking narrow to maneuver around those places. Sometimes there is construction going on making it even harder.
As a bus driver once told me, "Lines on a road are just lines on a road". In other words, use all the space you can reasonably get away with using if you have to make a tight turn so that you don't have to hop curbs or love tap other people or their vehicles.
He's driving in Chicago...first mistake lol
I drove a truck in Chicago without a problem. I did however get lost trying to find the right highway.
I just had really bad luck the whole time lol. I drove my rig thru Chicago once, and there was a power outage for half a mile...no traffic lights worked.
That sounds horrible. I know that would've been a problem for me because I have bad night vision.
It wouldn't have been so bad but I had to pretry much force my way into traffic...otherwise I would've been waiting for a clear spot for an hour lol
I know what that's like. I once had to drive in Newark, NJ. Even when I had a green left arrow, the oncoming traffic just wouldn't stop. I had to wait until all the lights turn red and LAUNCH myself into traffic before the next one turned green.
legend has he still trying
LOL
+Martin Godinez
his ghost will not rest until he makes that turn hahaha
lol
They say on windy nights you can hear him, gunning it over and over again.
Lmfaooo!!😂😂😂😂
I love how he just keeps trying to jump that curb! Never give up, never surrender!!!
yes but it is hard on the suspension
@@me-st7pj they don't have a lot of suspension apart from air bags
He making the job harder than it is
@Craig Tucker HAHA XD
@@me-st7pj and the fact its a company truck gives me the motivation to keep on trying
As soon as you saw that driver open his door you turned off your camera and you probly got a ass whipping...👏👏👏😁
And he did deserve that a$$whipping he got
Why didn't you get out and offer to help.
to push the trailer
lol how would he help?. dumb comment
Taking his keys would be the best help.
@@l3igRed187 it is very helpful
@@srjc98 see you better not to think
That same situation has happened to all of us right after we got our Class A license.
Not all of us.
It's easy to rag on the driver at first but when you've been a driver, especially starting out, you shouldn't want to. I've been sent places no semi should ever have to go. Maybe that's what's happening here. Any driver who's done it long enough has been stuck in some jams they wouldn't wish on their enemy.
Those little roads in the woods on the edge of a cliff that makes you have to expose a set of your wheels to gravity are the scariest....
New York is the scariest I feel you on that
When your in a truck that size and not in that little 4-wheeler, then you can make comments.
Exactly am truck driver and I know how this sort of things can happen
Moneyman Starling ,sorry Moneyman ,there is no excuse for getting yourself in this situation and than do something stupid like this.
MAJOR FACTS FROM A TRUCKER
Jerry Van Dyke do you have a class A CDL?
@@moneymanstarling6967 I don't think soo.. There's no way a truck driver do this kind of things. If you really a truck driver you never do this kind of things.
LOOK AT THIS NO TROUBLE TURNING TIGHT TURNS:
th-cam.com/video/ZEKwUB1217o/w-d-xo.html
Imagine if you tried helping him but you’re first instinct is to record and call him the dumbest trucker.
i was waiting for the tire to blowout or damage diesel tank
This truck driver most likely tried to turn this was to keep from getting into the lain of travel for on coming traffic which is exactly what He should have done.
You're not too many truck drivers really know how to do that.. I am glad I worked for North American Movers they taught me just that to forget what I have been taught by the DMV
Instead of sitting there with your camera, should have gotten out and offered to be a look out and helped the guy out.
+metzgermeisterfuchs The guy videoing is a 4 wheeler.
Do you honestly think HE knows how to drive a truck and trailer combo and could be any help to a complete moron?
I have 32 years OTR and the first thing @ 00:10 I asked is....... WTF is the idiot doing?!?!?
You NEVER curb a truck like he is doing. EVER. Except to destroy a truck like he did!
+metzgermeisterfuchs You said it metzger! Driving a truck is not easy. Drivers have to worry about many things. Idiot people driving cars. Load weight, getting into a tight spot and getting out of a tight spot as well. I know one driver here on YT who had to drive a trailer into an alley near a construction area in Manhattan. God bless him. He said he got OK which was than more than I could have done.
No they aren't. Try again. Many are to incompetent to be on a tricycle much less a truck. Meth ain't the problem sweetie unless your lover likes it better than you and you wrap all truckers into the same trash bag because you're like the rest and blames your failing on others...
+rolloverriderpgr , cindspar is a lot lizard.
+cindspar My uncle has never did meth, Trucker Josh, Rudi, Indiana Jack, dont do meth for sure. So that makes your irrelevant claim to shit.
At least i see a lot of drivers on here defending him. We don't know what was down the road or how far he could swing on the other side of the street to make that corner. I drive a condo + 53ft reefer in Chicago and it doesn't always look pretty but narrow ass streets and low bridges everywhere kinda limits our preferred routes. Shit happens sometimes and it's all about staying cool and under pressure. Doesn't help having asshole four wheelers taking video of your shitty day. Put one of them in that truck and it'd be through the light pole on its way into the parked cars around the corner. Cheers drivers
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Streetwhore8te4 42 what?
People love to forget driving vehicles is something you gain experience over time. And considering the importance of what they do, which keeps society alive. People should just keep unhelpful comments out. I couldn't imagine being in that situation, im happy there wasn't road rager making the situation worse by honking the shit out of him.
***** Backing is definitely the hardest part, it took me two weeks for about 2 hours a day to get to the level where I could do it right every time.
I agree driver, it looks like he swung to wide to make the corner. He should of locked his axles in and put it in granny gear and trucked right over the curb
I hate when people who say worst semi truck driver ever but don't even have a clue what it's like to drive one and give the wrong directions to a shipper.
I've been in this drivers position before, he was probably new on the job and nervous and trying to impress and didn't want to stop and look like an idiot before the turn. I didn't want to be the so called "dumbass" who stopped, got out and asked if he was in the right place. I thought I was in the wrong place and kept driving, well the industrial road ended and I found myself trying to turn around on residential blocks with a 53 foot step deck and a long wheel based 386. My truck is tricked out so the stacks are pricy. Well I ended up bending the stack on a low tree limb and snapping an antenna off. Turns out I was at the right place to begin with. All because I was trying to be the cool guy who didn't want to ask for help. As drivers we all make mistakes at some point in time.
Caleb Jurgensen real life trucking or euro truck simulator :P (saw your profile picture, nice peterbilt 379)
No, I real life truck now. Played the simulator in high school. Don't post real life videos because it's not worth me getting fired over holding a camera while driving a company truck. And well, to busy to be screwing around making videos lol.
If ya gonna attempt a curb hop at least kick in the power divider.
and diff lock
me not all of us have that. Actually most don’t nowadays.
Bradford Ramm it was clear his truck was lacking a whole load of power
Irvin AO Arts You misspelled traction.
Bradford Ramm that is debatable, and also interchangeable
No worse feeling then getting in a "pickle"
Bless his heart.
Stay safe out here folks, we love you very much.
the legend is he still stuck there this day
Lol. Now you go ahead and try it.
sometimes
you got to deliver
in the most rediculous of places
and you have to back in
or pull through
in some of the most rediculous roads
and people think you're a dumbass
for going through the only way in
and only way out
+348frank348 yes
The title of the worst truck driver now belongs to the USA driver who attempts to do a U-turn before a low bridge. He tears up his truck, and he doesn't stop.
seen that, yea that guy puts this guy to shame lmao
I've seen that one,, but it may be in the U S but the driver certainly is not American.. LOL. Besides all he ahd to do was back up down the side road & then go back the way he came.. He was a dumbass
and you are the worst bystander Ever
was he worse than Seinfeld?
This should be retitled: 'no one helps see the truck back so he can make a wider turn and it is okay to use a phone whilst driving if someone else is holding you up'?!?!
why do people feel the need to record every damn thing?
They want a little social media fame that’s all they’re buncha fucktards
For people like u to watch
Guaranteed he’s wearing flip flops
It is a daycab, which means in almost all cases he or she has had a year behind the wheel. Chicago is the kind of place that will show the no truck sign, after you have already turned on the road.
You are not lying! There are too many places that show the no truck sign after you have started turning.
ugh. that was painful to watch...
he does this every day from 1 o'clock to 3 o'clock and he's really punctual
I've watched alot of these truck videos and one thing I always notice is all the other truck drivers stick up for the driver in said video.
Because every one of us has been is some kinda situation. Maybe not this exact one but we know how it feels to be that guy. Then you have people on here saying just do this or that when they've never stepped foot in a truck not knowing it's limitations.
This shit is hard as hell especially in the beginning. The pressure is unreal so it’s natural to give him the benefit of the doubt.
@@fordshojoe8080 what ever country we drive trucks in if you can help a fellow truck driver out you do
@@andrewbird1977 yea that's how I try to live but now especially with Facebook you gotta lot of steering wheel holders that only care about themselves. They will video someone (more than likely a rookie driver) trying to back into a spot at a truck stop and laugh at them instead of getting out and guiding them in. Its really sad they act like they got into a truck and automatically knew exactly how to drive it and never had one problem in their whole career. A truck stop can be very intimidating especially to a rookie hell I still have times where I second guess myself. I'm glad my instructors took us to one huge and one itty bitty truck stop and said find and said now find a spot and back into it. But I'm glad to see there's still other people like you that will still help their fellow driver. So keep it up and stay safe out there. 👍👍
As they should but I bet ur the type to drive like a dick and not give two fucks who's around you 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Worst truck driver? That's nothing!
Still pretty bad.
There must be a law of motion stated by Newton that this operator hasn't heard of. "A tractor being pulled by its trailer will continue to be pulled by the trailer until it is acted upon by another attempt at defying laws of motion". Trailer force upon the tractor is greater than tractor force upon the trailer, until tractor gains sufficient angle on said trailer.
that hurt watching the damage he is causing to his truck. why not just back up straightened up and back up and make a wide turn.
+melvin arias
Too obvious.
because that means he would have to use his brain and he doesn't like to do that
Turban wrapped too tight.
Exactly
because that would require some skill
well, by this time he's realized he's really screwed up, & now he's flustered. so you can forget clear thinking.
We all get in a situation some time or another if you drive a truck any period of time
Hula dancer on dash has exceeded its limits.
Nah, he’s just doing a swift impersonation
i just got my CDL, i am trying to get my first truck driving job. even with extremely limited experience i can tell you that you cannot make a sharp right hand turn like that. its not gonna work. you would have to make that turn by making sure traffic is clear and turning to into the other lane making a left hand turn before the right and turn. you have to make room for the trailer first. just turning the steering wheel all the way to the right and hoping for the best isnt going to work out.
I was taught to never turn left before a right turn. What happens when there's a car there? You just gonna sit in the middle of the intersection? No I'm guessing not gonna have to take some of that oncoming lane.
What started out as a simple altercation, turned into a real sticky situation.
Wouldn't it of been easier to back up about 6 feet and try again? Legend says he is still trying to get over that curb.
Would be better if he back up and he go around in circle. Way easier turn
I'm in truck driving school right now and I am learning how to drive a 10 speed. I have no idea how the driver got into this situation, however, I will never look down on another driver. Maybe he/she was forced into this position by dodging a hazard. Looking at the situation, I would have got out of the truck to see how I could reposition the tractor, asked for someone to help me with my blind spots, used my 3 road hazard triangles to warn approaching traffic, or shift my gear in reverse and backed out from the jackknife slowly. I know one thing, if I was there watching, I would have tried my best to help the driver and not sat my lazy ass in a car to record a video for TH-cam.
Please, you don't have the bragging rights to critique the skill of a tractor-trailer driver if you don't live the life an Over-The-Road CDL Class A driver. That is probably a really difficult turn if you don't know it. Besides, he/she probably not around that area to know it and get it right. Remember, its along vehicle turning, and thus need to make wide turns. Have some respect.
+Don-York With you all the way there but if you are a driver then you should know at that point he should back off the curb and circle the block to try again and if that's not a option call for a traffic cop to assist. I'm sure you know all he will do trying to make the turn like that is snap a axle or worse.
Don-York Uh, he’s in a day cab. Not over the road
Don-York I agree but when you see that's not working, stop get out and see if it's clear behind you and back a few feet to make a better turn. That clearly wasn't working and he could damage his equipment
Semi truck : I got lots of horse power , Im a powerful truck .!
Sidewalk curve : Hold my beer .
Give my 40 acres and I’ll turn this rig around.
That's one tough drive Shaft
Imagine if he had a sleeper lol!!
He probably woulda jump in there and be like screw this I'ma go to sleep lol
@@parangaricutiro0 after retiring in 2012 I sold my last truck. 04 379 pete 550 cat 18 speed 355s 265 in wheelbase. Drove it all over chicago-- NY city -- philli - maney outher city's. Not a scratch. Course , in my 20s in 63 cracker box I beet the liven s--- out of that one.
This looks more like the worst entrance ever. I don't think he possibly could've made it in coming from that way with a a vehicle this long.
whoever titled this didnt see the usa truck truck driver try to turn around at the low bridge
I'm impressed with the sound proofing of that cars windows.
So everyone's a truck driver all of a sudden. Okay but it doesn't take an expert to see that the guy in the video should have given up, backed out, and continued along to find somewhere else to turn.
I live one block from this corner. It is completely do-able if you take it wide enough. If he isn't smart enough to make the turn he won't be smart enough to back up. Idk how these dudes get jobs driving in the city...
+RDG60641 the second he starts to back up some jackass four wheeler is going to park 6" off his rear.
Not true. If he sets brakes and gets out and makes a scene that he is backing out the people will chill and let it happen. Those are risks we take out here. Judgment calls are made everyday. Most are right. But some are wrong. Container pullers usually suck ass just like otr guys at making good decisions in these circumstances so I'm not surprised. But as city guys we do this shit all the time. The best approach it to TAKE YOUR TIME. so this nonsense doesn't happen. He obviously was kissing the curb and set up a horrific angle that shouldn't have been attempted. Straight rookie status. That said. Camera douche should've offered advice or a lookout for the driver
+Haunter So Haunter,tell me ,are you a truck driver? I am ,with about 4 million under my belt after 46 years and like a dummy still driving.
I worked at a gas station as a teenager and one time this semi-truck driver pulled into my pump area, and after stopping briefly, he began to back up. Soon he was headed straight for a big stack of crated Coke bottles (the kind where the wood crate comes about 1/3 way up the bottle and the neck and mouth stick out), and was about to make a hell of a mess if he hit them.
I bolted out of the office toward his cab to flag him to stop.
By the time I got to his cab window, he was already alongside the soda crates and had missed them by maybe 2 inches.
I ran up and said something like, "HEY MISTER! YOU KNOW YOU JUST MISSED HITTING A WHOLE STACK OF SODA BOTTLES BACK THERE?!"
He looked at me cool as a cucumber, paused a moment to formulate his reply, and said, "Did I have an inch between my tire and the bottles?"
I looked back and said, "Yeaah. ...but not much MORE than that."
He looked me right in the eye and said (with an unbelievable cool factor that I have rarely seen in all my days) "Well, that's all I need."
At that moment, I thought that driver dude was about as cool as it gets.
Go home driver your drunk
ya you got it right people these days think its so fucking easy im not a driver yet but did go through 4 weeks of training and got my cdl so until your in a semi and you try to drive it and make short turns like that then comment and call him a worst truck driver, but by looking at this and im sure you agree with me bltravenfan90 he shouldof swang out and then attempted unless he did and he wouldof ended up with that curve in the way anyway he should back up and just go straight to another road
Well why don't you go ahead and try it see how good you do
because, isn't it obvious he isn't a truck driver? and if that's how you drive a truck, you're as big of a dumb ass has the driver in the video.
I would have yelled “HEY HURRY UP OVER THERE!!!” lol
I'd bet money 90% of you have never driven a semi in down town Chicago and don't have a clue what your talking! He most likely tried to turn this was to keep from getting into the lain of travel for on coming traffic which is exactly what He should have done. If you wanna be's think this is so easy then get yourself a truck and have it!
That's a rookie move right there!
Why don't you try driving a semi truck.
Looks like a SWIFT driving instructor must be Moonlighting.
you try to drive a truck. you think it's easy for him to make a right turn, but it isnt
Well if he knew how to make a right turn. The trailer is right along the curb he should have started from the middle of the road at least . & yes I drove for 43 years in Manhattan & Boston metro areas. so I know that could have been made,
Looking at the down hill angle of the road, it looks like there was a low bridge that he could not go under. I’m a truck driver and I would have done the same thing. Mind your 4wheel business, and stick to your office job. We have to drive for us and the 1000’s of dumbass civilian drivers on the road every day. But the sec you guys see us doing our jobs not in a fashion that you know of, you criticize us. Trust me, this guy is more than likely twice the driver of the person recording this.
Lol this guy did not swing out far enough. Then his lack of experience , looks like more of lack of brain. I can drive downtown Chicago no problems. But see I'm a super trucker there are many of us out there. I could make that turn with a 53footer too......if he would have gotten that other tire up on the curbthe trailer was also hitting the other curb it would have rolled over
i love jobs like this, no one tells a plumber how to do his job, no one tells an electrician how to do his job, but everyone knows how to drive a truck. when the car license holders try to tell me how to do my job i just stop the engine throw them the keys and say carry on, then watch them turn pale as they say " i never meant it like that! " lol
Okay, well, as a trainer, the dumbass has too much room it the back to be on purpose, and now if he drops the front tire, he's fucked. Also YOU DON'T RUN 100+ PSI TIRES AT A CURB..... You will damage the sidewall.
How about yea, you toss me your keys super trucker and stay of the road..... and sidewalk for that matter.
@@xanderc4732 your a trainer for swift 😂
Throwing the keys would be the best thing for this guy.
@@newjersey-thesupertrucker y'all be killing me with these swift jokes 🤣
people LOVE telling you how to do your job regardless of profession. Just human nature.
There’s a couple things that come to mind when judging his turn. Looking underneath his trailer at the rear front axle tandem it appears his trailer swing is going to be okay on the inside. On the outside it’s not clear if there is a vehicle which would make his trailer swing out.
Based on my observations, it appears this guy went into his turn wrong. As a truck driver there is a few tricks you can do to get through tight corners. But without the big picture and being in his position I can’t really tell why he isn’t back out of that position and trying a new approach. That tells me he is a rookie. But who knows, none of us was there.
He don't have to do tight turn like . All he had to do is go around make left turn only
Yeah, he's still at it, but, his load is gone, they took it last month
Now that's how you turn a perfectly good truck into an auction truck
Approach is everything. Poor approach for a 90 degree right turn
when you see a trucker in trouble why not just get out of your car and help the guy out. Its not easy driving a huge ass truck in a city. Sometimes you need someone outside acting as a look out guy.
I wouldn't that driver is dumb as
Oh dear. He's in a right pickle 🤣🤣🤣
Been driving a Semi for 36 years, and the new drivers are a joke!
36 years ago you were a new driver too
I drove trucks for 17 years throughout the 48 contiguous states and Canada and have to wonder if this person ever got out of the tractor to see whether what he/she was contemplating on doing was even possible! Admittedly, Chicago and New York are some difficult cities to drive 18 wheelers in, been there and done that. Hope this driver came out okay and one thing is for sure they'll set themselves up better if they ever come back to this site.
That's NOT a professional truck driver , THAT'S A STEERING WHEEL HOLDER !!!
as a truck driver myself... what an embarrassment! why keep trying when it obviously isnt working
9 years of trucking my first year I could relate to this experience it sucks but I came out of by backing out with using the public help
jovon367 that a good answer jovon
Fellow truck driver here. City driving is a shit job and you get into these situations more than people would think. City roads are designed for the comfort of 4 wheelers, not trucks. Nobody likes trucks until they need shit they bought. I've been here in almost the same situation, I get it and the frustration that driver is feeling. Prayers to all you truckers, god bless you all.
I once Randomly help a Semi truck back in from a busy street to offload a shipment. while the Receiver just standing around looking
I was expecting a blowout or dropped drive line just any minute. The driver is probably a rookie and I felt bad for the situation he had gotten himself into.
Thanks for rolling down the window. The audio really adds to the entertainment. Lol
NEVER GIVE UP UNTIL DOT SHOW UP 😂
Not to critique this driver, because we can't really see what it was he was up against at this intersection but, ...if it was as it appears to be in the video, I would have taken the tractor back out onto the street, gotten straightened out and backed up about 5 feet to restart the turn, because it appears his drivers are actually almost at the edge of that corner curb. All he had to do was just miss it, and a tight, jack-knifed buttonhook turn from where he was might have gotten him away from the curb just enough. Looked to me like he may have had the room to do that, or try. In any event, I wouldn't have tried multiple times or even once to scale that high curb, because it isn't worth tearing up the tractor drive-train, the tires & rims, fuel tank or anything else. I'm retired now, but as a former trucker who hauled conventional loads like this and oversized loads of all description, I can tell you things aren't always as they may seem. He may also have benefited from the help of someone experienced enough to visually guide him around the corner from out in the street he was turning onto. There was a lot of expensive equipment at risk doing it the way we see in this video. Most older city streets just aren't built for the kinds of, or lengths of truck / trailer combo's we use today, but good drivers can negotiate most of them with experience and a little extra care. If not, time to approach a turn like that in a different way or from a different direction. Judging by the shape of the end of that sidewalk handrail, it may not be easy coming or going through there.
I drive a 30 foot truck and it's nothing like driving my tiny little Lancer that 90 degree turns on a dime. I couldn't imagine trying to turn a tractor trailer here.
Not worst, but dumbest.
I'm calling my brother Leroy has never seen a truck jack knifed like that one
Chicago streets aren't friendly. I hate even going through that in a rig
I used to work at an extremely large port facility. Dumbest driver I ever saw, was a guy who obviously forgot to secure the twistlocks on his skel after collecting a DV40. I was going home, and he drove past me at speed. He was stopped at the roundabout about half a mile away, as was everybody else. He'd gone round the roundabout. His 40' box, however, had not, and was now lying on it's side in the road, blocking it.
Always reset your position. No need to fight with a tough angle.
Trash can drivers are the worst and then local driver on top of it.
Even good drivers will make a bad decision sometimes.
Daniel Colburn , and that is so true
This is why owner operators are afraid of putting other drivers in their trucks.
I think he got his driving license from McDonalds ha ha ha ha ha
If your not a truck driver you can’t even judge this situation. Taking your time is key in these situations don’t panic you’ll make it out.