I live in Louisville (close to downtown) and I know how terrible our roads and drivers can be! Glad you were able to pass thru the city! Kentucky is a hidden gem tbh
I travel for work. I drive all over North America. I used to think Louisville drivers were bad too. It's sad that they aren't even close to the bottom of the list.
@@travr6 I'm about to start CDL school, quite worried about bad driving and tight roads. Where would you say is the worst? I've heard up north in NY and NJ is pretty bad.
@MagicCookieGaming If you are driving over the road it doesn't really matter because you will go everywhere. Texas by far has the worst drivers in America. Too many Mexicans in Texas who still drive like they are in Mexico. Especially the further you go down south. In big cities, it's the people on their cell phones and road rage. In the country the roads are smaller but people are used to big vehicles with all the tractor and combines. They give you space.
Happy to hear you pronouncing Louisville correctly! One of my sons lives near Mall St. Matthews. Dad used to deliver cream or milk somewhere downtown, back in the 50s when it was hauled in 10 gallon cans. He had to load and unload by himself...He drove a 6 cyl. GMC tractor with a 35 foot trailer.
Hey Dave, Louisville is where I’ve been all my life. It was super cool seeing you drive down all these streets I know so well. I agree with you, those streets are very tight. I feel like they should be 25 on some of them too. Can’t wait to se you come back to Louisville!
This is my city! Welcome! We've got a lot of tight spaces downtown, even cars have a lot of trouble let alone a truck. The homeless population is by far something you gotta watch out for as they'll hitch a ride anywhere they can. You managed the downtown area well, the cars (from personal experience) are very impatient when it comes to semis so well done haha. I 65 south is confusing when you have to get off on Chestnut and shit. Navigating downtown is even worse. Good video! Been watching you for so long and been waiting to see the day you come here. Keep it up man!
Hey Dave, I laughed so hard when you said were lost so you called the company and said HEY!!, well not quit like that I am a professional truck drive and at the end you said well wham Bam thank ya Mame! and I am sure ya all did... LOL anyhow my friend keep up the great videos.
Put you on stage give you a guitar. And play this by the end you will get a standing ovation. 4:38. The way you sang this was everything. I need in my life I’m actually crying tears of happiness
I'm starting orientation tomorrow for us transloco. I've been local for the past 2 years but decided to go otr. I'm nervous but excited at the same time. Hope to see you out there some day. I've been watching you since you had the motorcycle channel. Be careful out there buddy.
If you wanna have some real fun hop on 65 south out of Louisville. Not as bad as north but I drive a semi through there everyday and idk how my truck isn’t destroyed from the road
@@PhilMcIntyler There's a reason why they do that, and sometimes it has to do with your headlights and reflections due to the photocells that some of them use to detect cars. Often times if you flash your headlights on a stale red at night, it'll change. You have to have good, well directed lights for it to work well though. I put LEDs in mine to not only serve this purpose but also just to straight up see better (and yeah, I have them properly angled so they're not blinding anyone).
@@happinessiskey2858 I’m not aware of any light based vehicle detectors in use at traffic signals (other than emergency/transit preemption). Cameras sure, but not sure if flashing lights would actually affect them.
@@TheTrainWatch Hmm, maybe in your area, but I know for a fact that there are ones where I’m at. There’s multiple different types like induction plates, microwave, infrared, cameras, radar, or no sensor at all with just a timer. Often times lights where traffic is heavy only during peak driving hours and shut off (go I to standby mode aka flashing yellow on the main road and red on any smaller, branch roads). On busier roads like in your downtown areas, start flashing at 12 AM and stop around 6 AM as well. Some have 24-hour operation though and use those sensors to tell it when a car is there, but during the day, it might rely on a timer because there’s so much traffic. All of these points vary from place to place. If you ever see a light that changes when you approach, either to red or green, that can mean a number of things might’ve happened, sometimes on the unfortunate side. If it changes to red, then either a car is there wait or approaching (and they might be higher priority as they might be on a usually more congested road and it changes to let them go, or if no one is there, it actually might be a nearby street lamp or other light source like bright gas station flood lights or even the brights on your vehicle reflecting and triggering one of those optical sensors. When it’s not too busy or cold/hot out, maybe go take a look at a few of these signals sometime. You can look up pictures of the various types of sensors I mentioned above and try to match it with the one you’re seeing. Try flashing your lights on a few, too (don’t blind anyone - once or twice will do!). It really depends on what sensors the light has or what it’s considering at the time for it to work though. Again, it also depends on what lights you have, too. Often times halogen or HID lights don’t work well, though. LEDs or these newer projector lights you see on newer cars work great for this though. Again, don’t blind anyone!
Keep being the amazing person you are dave I be so excited when you upload a video every time I be listening to this song and it's one of my favorites song and I just thought of you when I was listening to it listen to chris janson the name of the song called good vibs and you always give us good vibes so when you get a chance listen to it and I know you'll love the song to I listen to it everyday on road i love it.
Just found your channel bc of this video & you made a subscriber out of me. Born & raised in Louisville but have lived in Upstate NY for 5 years & then Birmingham, AL for 2 & Tampa, FL for 1 but always came back. Such a great area honestly. Not too big but not too small. Crazy story though at 11:11(crazy coincidence right?) in your video my dad saw a guy who was waiting for a bus, just like the one that’s sitting there step off the curb to look the opposite way and who was immediately decapitated by a larger trucks mirrors. He used to talk about it every time we’d pass that spot when I was younger. So it’s just super weird you’d be driving a semi right past the spot and there’s a bus sitting right at that same stop. I’ve always wondered who that guy was & how his family must have felt bc that’s just a crazy accident. But yeah sorry for the slightly gruesome story I just had to share bc there’s a bus sitting at the stop & your in a big semi. Hopefully you can come back to Louisville and spend a couple of days as I highly recommend it!
I grew up in Hopkinsville and live 12 miles outside of it now. We have family in Louisville and it isn’t my favorite place to drive, to big of a town for me. Give me the country and I’m happy. I know exactly where you was while filming this entire video. My husbands niece got married at the Brown Theater. Make sure and stop at Beaver Dam next time. Stay safe.
Congrats you said loo a vul right! Welcome to the ville, home of great bourbon, horse racing, papa johns, KFC, pizza hut, taco bell headquarters, Louisville Slugger, the brown hotel home of the hot brown sandwich. We make a lot of ford trucks, and move the world through sdf worldport home of the ups air fleet. I hope your time here was at least somewhat enjoyable
I'm curious Dave I don't know if you've mentioned it recently but where is turn cam. We miss the turn cam when you're backing. Thanks for the video Dave!
lol we run freight out of there all the time. it sucks getting down there man. swing extra wide and make sure tot take up that extra space to make the turns down there
Comment and question, I like how you keep it real dude. Good driving, you nailed that spot. People from the area pronounce it somewhat funny, like Lou-a-val. I can't spell it. I think if you went about 6 or 7 blocks north to around 9'th at and Main st. is the Louisville Slugger plant. There is a 9'th st exit off of I-264, but I think you went the best route. Maybe the next time in town you'll see Churchill Downs ( Twin Spires). Do you drive certain regions of the country, or wherever you lay your hat is your home? Stay safe. Thanks!
Another good video, thanks. I have no criticism of the way you backed in, but I've found it's easier for me in a situation like that if I turn left just at the end of my set up so I start off with a little angle in it
You're in my hometown. Where you are is a pretty bad area, always lock your doors and keep your head on a swivel. As for the loud mustang, it seems ok with our PD and leaders for cars to run straight pipes, its extremely obnoxious, Waddy is a great little town, I fish not too far from there, beautiful country
Hey man I started watching your shows bout a week ago, and I’m the type of guy I had to go back & start from the beginning! I’m on the one where you pulled over in Wyoming 2 years ago 😂… don’t know how long it’s gonna be till I catch you, give me a shout out and when I hear it I’ll let cha know..
But right now I live in grants pass Oregon and right now grants pass Oregon is currently under a severe thunderstorm watch until 6-8-2023 in the evening when the watch is allowed 2 expire
Man im surprised they havent hauled you over to the southwest and northwest, bro you would love it over this way man. Forest backroads in the mountains straight lonely desert roads. Man, it dont seem like much but if you headed over this way this place is mint 👌
I’m regional now, I can’t go out west since I’m home every weekend. Would be hard to get me over there and back in a week. My company does OTR also but I’m pretty happy having two days off a week now. Much better work/home balance.
Hey dave i saw you yesterday and i said hi but you didnt say anything but you where about to leave when i shut down i am now going to pick up Ashley furniture place heading to Colorado by Denver
I live in Louisville (close to downtown) and I know how terrible our roads and drivers can be! Glad you were able to pass thru the city! Kentucky is a hidden gem tbh
A hidden gem that people from CA have found.
I travel for work. I drive all over North America. I used to think Louisville drivers were bad too.
It's sad that they aren't even close to the bottom of the list.
@@SMaamri78Sadly. Californians need to stay in California.
@@travr6 I'm about to start CDL school, quite worried about bad driving and tight roads.
Where would you say is the worst? I've heard up north in NY and NJ is pretty bad.
@MagicCookieGaming If you are driving over the road it doesn't really matter because you will go everywhere.
Texas by far has the worst drivers in America. Too many Mexicans in Texas who still drive like they are in Mexico. Especially the further you go down south.
In big cities, it's the people on their cell phones and road rage.
In the country the roads are smaller but people are used to big vehicles with all the tractor and combines. They give you space.
Happy to hear you pronouncing Louisville correctly! One of my sons lives near Mall St. Matthews. Dad used to deliver cream or milk somewhere downtown, back in the 50s when it was hauled in 10 gallon cans. He had to load and unload by himself...He drove a 6 cyl. GMC tractor with a 35 foot trailer.
Hey Dave, Louisville is where I’ve been all my life. It was super cool seeing you drive down all these streets I know so well. I agree with you, those streets are very tight. I feel like they should be 25 on some of them too. Can’t wait to se you come back to Louisville!
Sitting here shaking my head, don’t know how you guys can do that job, I’m quite sure truckers don’t get the amount of respect you deserve.😊
Thanks Dave for your service we all love you
This is my city! Welcome! We've got a lot of tight spaces downtown, even cars have a lot of trouble let alone a truck. The homeless population is by far something you gotta watch out for as they'll hitch a ride anywhere they can. You managed the downtown area well, the cars (from personal experience) are very impatient when it comes to semis so well done haha. I 65 south is confusing when you have to get off on Chestnut and shit. Navigating downtown is even worse.
Good video! Been watching you for so long and been waiting to see the day you come here. Keep it up man!
Hey Dave, I laughed so hard when you said were lost so you called the company and said HEY!!, well not quit like that I am a professional truck drive and at the end you said well wham Bam thank ya Mame! and I am sure ya all did... LOL anyhow my friend keep up the great videos.
Safe travels, Dave. Thank you for trucking.
Dave welcome to Louisville is all I gotta say stay safe while your here and lock your truck up real good. Louisville has a real bad drug problem
You are such a Hoot to watch. Your constant commentary is hilarious and I get the feeling you'd be talking like that even if you weren't videoing it !
I think that commentary is why he’s so popular on here! It’s what attracted me to staying with the channel.
Put you on stage give you a guitar. And play this by the end you will get a standing ovation. 4:38. The way you sang this was everything. I need in my life I’m actually crying tears of happiness
Glad you made it out of there ok Dave. I had fun. Stay safe.
Cool to see you perusing around my hometown!
I'm starting orientation tomorrow for us transloco. I've been local for the past 2 years but decided to go otr. I'm nervous but excited at the same time. Hope to see you out there some day. I've been watching you since you had the motorcycle channel. Be careful out there buddy.
Have you started otr yet? I been debating on going from local to otr the past few months also.
If you wanna have some real fun hop on 65 south out of Louisville. Not as bad as north but I drive a semi through there everyday and idk how my truck isn’t destroyed from the road
Boy, those lights are sure testing your patience. Your having a great day. Keep talking positive 👍👍👍
Started watching your trucking content and really like your content keep up the great work and cant wait for the next video
14:28 i hate when traffic lights do that. you wait all that time for you to go and it changes from green to yellow fast.
I hate the ones that just randomly turn yellow then red when there are no other cars at said intersection. lol
@@PhilMcIntyler There's a reason why they do that, and sometimes it has to do with your headlights and reflections due to the photocells that some of them use to detect cars.
Often times if you flash your headlights on a stale red at night, it'll change. You have to have good, well directed lights for it to work well though. I put LEDs in mine to not only serve this purpose but also just to straight up see better (and yeah, I have them properly angled so they're not blinding anyone).
@@happinessiskey2858 angle means jack, it still hurts peoples eyes and is still a danger, anything above 4000k should be a $400 ticket. F U
@@happinessiskey2858 I’m not aware of any light based vehicle detectors in use at traffic signals (other than emergency/transit preemption). Cameras sure, but not sure if flashing lights would actually affect them.
@@TheTrainWatch Hmm, maybe in your area, but I know for a fact that there are ones where I’m at. There’s multiple different types like induction plates, microwave, infrared, cameras, radar, or no sensor at all with just a timer. Often times lights where traffic is heavy only during peak driving hours and shut off (go I to standby mode aka flashing yellow on the main road and red on any smaller, branch roads). On busier roads like in your downtown areas, start flashing at 12 AM and stop around 6 AM as well. Some have 24-hour operation though and use those sensors to tell it when a car is there, but during the day, it might rely on a timer because there’s so much traffic.
All of these points vary from place to place.
If you ever see a light that changes when you approach, either to red or green, that can mean a number of things might’ve happened, sometimes on the unfortunate side.
If it changes to red, then either a car is there wait or approaching (and they might be higher priority as they might be on a usually more congested road and it changes to let them go, or if no one is there, it actually might be a nearby street lamp or other light source like bright gas station flood lights or even the brights on your vehicle reflecting and triggering one of those optical sensors.
When it’s not too busy or cold/hot out, maybe go take a look at a few of these signals sometime. You can look up pictures of the various types of sensors I mentioned above and try to match it with the one you’re seeing.
Try flashing your lights on a few, too (don’t blind anyone - once or twice will do!). It really depends on what sensors the light has or what it’s considering at the time for it to work though. Again, it also depends on what lights you have, too. Often times halogen or HID lights don’t work well, though. LEDs or these newer projector lights you see on newer cars work great for this though. Again, don’t blind anyone!
Thank you for pronouncing my city right! Loo-a-vull!
Keep being the amazing person you are dave I be so excited when you upload a video every time I be listening to this song and it's one of my favorites song and I just thought of you when I was listening to it listen to chris janson the name of the song called good vibs and you always give us good vibes so when you get a chance listen to it and I know you'll love the song to I listen to it everyday on road i love it.
I live on the Sunny Side ☀️ of Louisville for over 55 years. There's been nothing good in The Vill since the 1980s. GO CARDS 80 & 86
7:31 - Hospital curve. This is where everyone slows down, because if you go to fast, you'll get in a wreak! Tight curve here.
Just found your channel bc of this video & you made a subscriber out of me. Born & raised in Louisville but have lived in Upstate NY for 5 years & then Birmingham, AL for 2 & Tampa, FL for 1 but always came back. Such a great area honestly. Not too big but not too small. Crazy story though at 11:11(crazy coincidence right?) in your video my dad saw a guy who was waiting for a bus, just like the one that’s sitting there step off the curb to look the opposite way and who was immediately decapitated by a larger trucks mirrors. He used to talk about it every time we’d pass that spot when I was younger. So it’s just super weird you’d be driving a semi right past the spot and there’s a bus sitting right at that same stop. I’ve always wondered who that guy was & how his family must have felt bc that’s just a crazy accident. But yeah sorry for the slightly gruesome story I just had to share bc there’s a bus sitting at the stop & your in a big semi. Hopefully you can come back to Louisville and spend a couple of days as I highly recommend it!
I grew up in Hopkinsville and live 12 miles outside of it now. We have family in Louisville and it isn’t my favorite place to drive, to big of a town for me. Give me the country and I’m happy. I know exactly where you was while filming this entire video. My husbands niece got married at the Brown Theater. Make sure and stop at Beaver Dam next time. Stay safe.
yo same except im still here
Glad you didn’t have to deal with the can opener bridge down near the college few tight areas for trucks
I know all of Louisville. I drove a cab for 16 years. I just live across the bridge in Indiana
Stay safe truck drivies dave
thanks for another ride along Dave
I was across the river in Jefferson,IN could see Louisville city, I was at Mister "P" getting my cdl, just pass my tested today :)
Keep up the good work Dave
"Right down up in Louisville" You can take the boy out of the South, but you can't take the South outta the boy! ;)
Great video……the first thing I noticed was the gates that close and lock. Meaning no parking…
Congrats you said loo a vul right! Welcome to the ville, home of great bourbon, horse racing, papa johns, KFC, pizza hut, taco bell headquarters, Louisville Slugger, the brown hotel home of the hot brown sandwich. We make a lot of ford trucks, and move the world through sdf worldport home of the ups air fleet. I hope your time here was at least somewhat enjoyable
What's up Dave, good to see you back on the saddle, be safe and God bless you!🙏👍
Hello Dave should try put back up camera back behind trailer
Notification gang 😎 Be safe Dave!
🎉🎉🎉 great job Dave😮😮😮 have some patience with the😊
I'm curious Dave I don't know if you've mentioned it recently but where is turn cam. We miss the turn cam when you're backing. Thanks for the video Dave!
lol we run freight out of there all the time. it sucks getting down there man. swing extra wide and make sure tot take up that extra space to make the turns down there
Comment and question, I like how you keep it real dude. Good driving, you nailed that spot.
People from the area pronounce it somewhat funny, like Lou-a-val. I can't spell it. I think if you went about 6 or 7 blocks north to around 9'th at and Main st. is the Louisville Slugger plant. There is a 9'th st exit off of I-264, but I think you went the best route. Maybe the next time in town you'll see Churchill Downs ( Twin Spires). Do you drive certain regions of the country, or wherever you lay your hat is your home? Stay safe. Thanks!
I remember them days Dave just take your ⏰we're professionals for A reason
first month OTR by myself with PAM Transport and I get lost in downton Louisville
Just be safe in Kentucky and Louisville. I noticed your truck has an engine light on just be safe there.
It’s a Volvo it comes with check engine light on out of factory
Sensors are very sensitive
Yeah pretty much every truck I’ve had has a check engine light that goes on and off. Absolutely normal out here haha
Same mines been on for 60,000 Miles now shop just can't get rid of it so we gave up lol
Volvo pretty much turns on those check engine lights from the factory. Every Volvo I’ve ever driven (old and new) has had that light on lol.
When the trees are cut out, a good indicator it is a truck route.
Another good video, thanks. I have no criticism of the way you backed in, but I've found it's easier for me in a situation like that if I turn left just at the end of my set up so I start off with a little angle in it
That loves in waddy gets full really early
It’s always unnerving whenever you’re the only truck in an area haha.
Hey dave I live in the city you was in on the way to louisville it's starts with a S be safe and god bless the exit was 117
I hate going through cities to many tight spots and back in docks and turn on them streets
I have a stretched Rig and it’s worse to back up
Love your energy!
I delivered to Louisville Tuesday
Oh Dave! Nothing on the panhandler huh? Lol!
Good tracking dave
You should look up the can opener in Louisville LMAO
You're in my hometown. Where you are is a pretty bad area, always lock your doors and keep your head on a swivel. As for the loud mustang, it seems ok with our PD and leaders for cars to run straight pipes, its extremely obnoxious, Waddy is a great little town, I fish not too far from there, beautiful country
Hey next time your there you can park at Clarksville Indiana at the derby dinner play house between the hotel
Sunday morning
Welcome to the horrible commonwealth of Kentucky but it’s nice to see my home state again
Besides Louisville, Kentucky is one of my absolute favorite states to truck in and through.
@@RidingWithDave oh my gosh you commented on this. I enjoy all your content and yes Kentucky is very beautiful but ran by idiots
imagine a steering wheel holder being called a 'professional driver'
Jason Aldean there ya go
When you said arriving at a truckstop at FOUR I cringed. Thinking 50/50 shot on whether it’s full or not lol
It’s not bad. I had to go on a few dozen side streets there. Just keep your cool and it’ll be good. And I’ve been on 9th street its always f*cked up 😂
Welcome to my hometown, sorry the city sucks for trucking. At least it wasn’t raining
Louisville is so ghetto as someone from louisville. Downtown is so ghetto i love the outskirts like middle town or hurstborn
You have to drive here in Joburg in South Africa😂You would enjoy every single moment of it
Yes
“Trucking blizzog” 😂😂😂
awesome videos
I’m sorry you had to experience the driving in our city 🙄😭
I live just across the river in Jeffersonville, Indiana
hi from a Louisvillian
Louisville is where I was born, but I was raised 30 miles south of here!
Me to lol, are you a cards fan or a cats fan
@@MrTravi94 Cats.
Hi Dave, juist a quick advisory... driving YES, singing...NNNNOOOOOOOOOO. Keep on drivin' buddy! Regards...Come back Colin. 😂
Hey man I started watching your shows bout a week ago, and I’m the type of guy I had to go back & start from the beginning! I’m on the one where you pulled over in Wyoming 2 years ago 😂… don’t know how long it’s gonna be till I catch you, give me a shout out and when I hear it I’ll let cha know..
Dave, I live outside of Louisville
When u turned right onto Broadway slugger stadium was about 6 blocks to the north
@officialRidingWithDave what's up
What's up
God bless you mate
But right now I live in grants pass Oregon and right now grants pass Oregon is currently under a severe thunderstorm watch until 6-8-2023 in the evening when the watch is allowed 2 expire
I grew up down there and you want to park in that parking spot well that part of town you’ve been dead by morning
I use to call that bat King Kongs bat
Awsome video🤗
Those horses
They got a CFI terminal in London Kentucky have you been down this way yet
America traffic lights are so bad 😂
You don't really show that many videos of you going into truck stops or getting fuel huh? Those can be interesting too. Either way, great videos.
Getting fuel not much but quite a few have me going to truck stops to end my day.
at 14:11 its a nice school bus
Man im surprised they havent hauled you over to the southwest and northwest, bro you would love it over this way man. Forest backroads in the mountains straight lonely desert roads. Man, it dont seem like much but if you headed over this way this place is mint 👌
The current company is, AFAIK, a regional carrier in the mid Atlantic, Midwest and southeast areas only.
He’s generally home on weekends now.
I’m regional now, I can’t go out west since I’m home every weekend. Would be hard to get me over there and back in a week.
My company does OTR also but I’m pretty happy having two days off a week now. Much better work/home balance.
@@RidingWithDave even if sometimes it’s more like a day and half off or so but certainly much better than weeks away!
The outtro clip.....is that Oregon over by the Dalles river?
Sure was Oregon on 84 next to the River.
You make me laugh just by safe mkay
Your check engine light is on
What is that Dave
Normal for trucks. Every truck I’ve had the light comes on and off at it’s leisure.
Wassup Dave
So i see the money light is on, hope nothing serious :)
Is there a difference between content and rambling? Asking for a friend!!
Delivered California lettuce to Louisville
@ridingwithdaves what about brother??
Hey dave i saw you yesterday and i said hi but you didnt say anything but you where about to leave when i shut down i am now going to pick up Ashley furniture place heading to Colorado by Denver
les go
What is the Check Engine about?
Louisville is suppose to be easier than Chicago .
Can tucky it's just trucking 🤣
where are the zombies tho
I think they are hiding