I've definitely had to lower my standards on loads. Have to pay bills n these brokers right now are not budging much on rates. It's terrible. The last 3 months have been horrendous but it's slowly gaining with summer arriving. Good luck out there.
Stay safe. You & Bailey enjoy your time at home. Enjoy your videos. You are a hard working trucker. Life has be hard for all truckers. Prayers for all truck drivers. Thanks for sharing your trips.
Thanks Dan for another video about the insight into the trucking industry in the good and bad times Hope you get load soon and get homeward bound Stay safe mate 🌵🇬🇧👍
Good morning! Dan I've noticed that you don't usually thump the tires on your walk-arounds, is that something that you don't normally do or do you not do it?
Truck and trailer looking good Dan Little Bailey saying nope not happening Dad we are not going in there and pull the sled all the way out the gate with our bad boy cat 😂 Definitely J hooks are nice and the coil racks , Keeps everything in place for sure , I do not blame you Dan if dose not pay let it set 🕶 be safe take care yourselves DAN
Nashville, Illinois definitely a small town. Can always find a water tower in Illinois towns. Nice of the reefer driver pulling in to the parking spot.
should see the coal trains in Montana coming out of the mines going to the processing plant. and leaving the plant going east. talk about long trains, reminds me of the ones entering and leaving Calif. thru the pass above LA
Most of us have had to become less picky. Egos deflated, flashing bankrolls filled with plain paper behind a single Benjamin. Lamborghinis rented instead of owned. Times are tough.
Well Dan !!!! ""Feist or Famine """ as sometimes the way things go !!!! Hope you can score some loads that ""PAY THE WAY "" !!! Shippers Don't want to pay ""GOOD "" rates anymore as they think the ""PANDEMIC "" is over & Fuel is NOT an issue either !! Have a ""GOOD "" time with Teresa when you get home !!!! Bailey will be ""HAPPY" to play with the other dogs Too !!!! 🙃😉😊👍👍👍👍👍
Definitely a slow time in trucking.. Been through several myself and thankful for other income sources.. I have ran very little the last year plus... it will get better after the elections, unfortunately still a while away.
The big sled pro stock super stock unlimited modified modified 4X4 trucks and more, and the small sled is for the mini rods garden tractor pulling the big sled weight classes are the anywhere from 5500 antique tractors to 14.000lbs heavy farm stock tractors and the small sled anywhere to the 2000 mini rods and the 1850 mini rods and the 1050 garden tractor I've been to them alot tractor pulls and garden tractor pulls they are truly fun to watch aspecialy when the diesel class comes up and you see all of the smoke just roll out of those exhaust pipes and those tractor put a ton of smoke in the air then it turns white gray then black it's fun to go see if you haven't seen one
There's a Reflection or something just left of your Hood as you're leaving that lot in the beginning that looks like a Person all in White walking along the side of the truck with you till you leave the lot. It just looks weird.
probably mentioned this before, but i eventually got fired from this one trucking company cause i refused to do dedicated runs in the NE. 1. i hated the NE, 2. short runs dont pay a company driver much, and 3. id never get home, in the west.
How can you make any money on a 500-mile deadhead? By the way Dan, I'm in the philippines on a few month vacation but still addicted to your TH-cam channel. I miss running the highway pulling the rgn! But I have to make like I'm enjoying myself here haha
You can't swing a dead cat around Lovell, WY without knocking over a flatbed driver. Looks like they are all waiting their turn to load at the Georgia Pacific Gypsum Mine South of town.
Dan Dan the professional flat deck man. Waiting around for a load then maybe have to run 600 miles to get a load is not the best senerio . I guess there’s lots of cheap freight out there not worth loading. I sure hope things turn around for you guys. Such high prices on everything and not very good rates does not mean your running a successful business. You see more and more tractors up for sale. I guess manufacturers now produce less and charge more. Eventually they will screw it up so bad that only big companies will be able to offord to buy and run a tractor. I would imagine it’s on its way. Anywho Dan another fine professional video. Happy trails and happy motoring…
Good thing those coal trains are running so those coal fueled power plants can provide electricity to charge those green earth friendly electric vehicles.
Dan it's Hoosier, pronounced "Whosier!" And the tractor pull is exactly what it means, "tractors! 🚜 Only some are modified to look like funny cars 🏎, only with big huge wide racing slicks on the rear!..🛞 Google it up "Tractor Pulls!"
Glad to see you Decide If and When you’re going to Run your Equipment. The Company Boys Don’s have that Flexibility but you as an Independent, do. 👍🙏
Good luck on the home trip. You need a little home time once and a while. Thanks for the videos.
Nice relaxing video through 4 states. Sounds like your next 2 reloads will work out pretty good to get you home. Have a safe and pleasurable drive.
What is up brother from the imperial county California 👍👍🖐️🇺🇲
Keep your head up & safe travels. Give Miss Bailey a hug, smooches, & scratches behind both ears. Do as she says, She Who Must Be Obeyed.
That's one serious forklift. Handled those 2x 4k reels like they were nothin'
Safe travels, Dan and Bailey.
GOOD TUESDAY MORNING DAN KEEP COOL STAY SAFE BE BLESSED !! COOL VIDEO 👍
Dan, you should do a shift-cam. A go-pro that just looks at you right hand while going through the gear
That's the same spot I park at in the Concordia TA!!!
Morning Dan and Bailey awesome video and as always you be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Another good video Dan KEEP ON TRUCKIN 👍 🇺🇲 🚛 🐘 👌
I've definitely had to lower my standards on loads. Have to pay bills n these brokers right now are not budging much on rates. It's terrible. The last 3 months have been horrendous but it's slowly gaining with summer arriving. Good luck out there.
Out of the way, that's where that big sleeper pays.
Safe travels Mr D 🚜💨💨💨💨
Good morning to you guys and you guys stay cool this week
Thanks for the video Dan and Bailey, hope you find a load going your way. Take care of yourself and family and be safe and be Blessed.
You do a great job
Thanks for the video, Dan. Safe travels!!!
Stay safe. You & Bailey enjoy your time at home. Enjoy your videos. You are a hard working trucker. Life has be hard for all truckers. Prayers for all truck drivers. Thanks for sharing your trips.
Have a safe trip God bless from GA
Thanks Dan for another video about the insight into the trucking industry in the good and bad times Hope you get load soon and get homeward bound
Stay safe mate 🌵🇬🇧👍
Gr8 Vid Mr Dan!!!!! SAFE TRAVELS across the "USA"😎🇺🇸🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊💰💰💰💰💰💰
Coal trains are getting rare these days. U and Bailey hang in there
Thought that was your truck, I delivered there and then saw you on 127 outside Greenville
Safe travels!
Good morning! Dan I've noticed that you don't usually thump the tires on your walk-arounds, is that something that you don't normally do or do you not do it?
You have the right to pick and choose.
We can't get enough trailers in my factory to load. It's 99% van freight and drop trailers.
Truck and trailer looking good Dan
Little Bailey saying nope not happening Dad we are not going in there and pull the sled all the way out the gate with our bad boy cat 😂 Definitely J hooks are nice and the coil racks , Keeps everything in place for sure , I do not blame you Dan if dose not pay let it set 🕶
be safe take care yourselves DAN
Nashville, Illinois definitely a small town. Can always find a water tower in Illinois towns. Nice of the reefer driver pulling in to the parking spot.
Hope things improve for you to be able to get home..
You went by my house on high way 60. In maceo ky
should see the coal trains in Montana coming out of the mines going to the processing plant. and leaving the plant going east. talk about long trains, reminds me of the ones entering and leaving Calif. thru the pass above LA
Hook that Cat powered Pete up to a sled…and it’s Super Trucker Dan with a full pull!…
I never haul cheap freight myself sometimes u got to hang out a while to get a good load.
I'd be out there getting more OEM dog sponsor$ at that truck pull ...
I like this J hooks. Smaller equipment and car trailers could do with those.
You crossed that bridge earlier this year while north bound.
Long time 🚂 is it. ThanksDan
Gotta love a paid for rig in slow times
Great video. Get that good load.economy slowing down . Safe trip for you & baliey.
That bridge is in my area.
Pronounced
Holts howser but spelled differently I bought a atv from them
Love the videoS
Most of us have had to become less picky. Egos deflated, flashing bankrolls filled with plain paper behind a single Benjamin. Lamborghinis rented instead of owned.
Times are tough.
Well Dan !!!! ""Feist or Famine """ as sometimes the way things go !!!! Hope you can score some loads that ""PAY THE WAY "" !!! Shippers Don't want to pay ""GOOD "" rates anymore as they think the ""PANDEMIC "" is over & Fuel is NOT an issue either !! Have a ""GOOD "" time with Teresa when you get home !!!! Bailey will be ""HAPPY" to play with the other dogs Too !!!! 🙃😉😊👍👍👍👍👍
First.Good morning.
Definitely a slow time in trucking.. Been through several myself and thankful for other income sources.. I have ran very little the last year plus... it will get better after the elections, unfortunately still a while away.
The big sled pro stock super stock unlimited modified modified 4X4 trucks and more, and the small sled is for the mini rods garden tractor pulling the big sled weight classes are the anywhere from 5500 antique tractors to 14.000lbs heavy farm stock tractors and the small sled anywhere to the 2000 mini rods and the 1850 mini rods and the 1050 garden tractor I've been to them alot tractor pulls and garden tractor pulls they are truly fun to watch aspecialy when the diesel class comes up and you see all of the smoke just roll out of those exhaust pipes and those tractor put a ton of smoke in the air then it turns white gray then black it's fun to go see if you haven't seen one
There's a Reflection or something just left of your Hood as you're leaving that lot in the beginning that looks like a Person all in White walking along the side of the truck with you till you leave the lot. It just looks weird.
Yes I noticed that too. Like a ghost figure?
probably mentioned this before, but i eventually got fired from this one trucking company cause i refused to do dedicated runs in the NE. 1. i hated the NE, 2. short runs dont pay a company driver much, and 3. id never get home, in the west.
Dan u just pick a load through Mercer or u deal with any dispatch
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Is it dangerous to shift without using your clutch???
I hope not I've been doing it for 35 years.
I been doing it for 23yrs I hope not lol
Why do you have to search for loads when you work for Mercer???
What is minimum dollar amount for a mile? 2,3,4,5$
After Covid it has become very hard to get to Arizona. They don’t want to pay you to go to Az or leave Az.
Why 2 chains on the middle 3 but 2 chains on the outer 2?
Two chains or straps are required on the end pieces. If the chain is rated for more than the piece you are securing that's all you need.
How can you make any money on a 500-mile deadhead? By the way Dan, I'm in the philippines on a few month vacation but still addicted to your TH-cam channel. I miss running the highway pulling the rgn! But I have to make like I'm enjoying myself here haha
You can't swing a dead cat around Lovell, WY without knocking over a flatbed driver. Looks like they are all waiting their turn to load at the Georgia Pacific Gypsum Mine South of town.
Yep, that train look like it was full of electric car fuel. L O L thanks for the video Dan.
Sorry, 1 chain on the middle 3?
It is pronounced HOLZ HOWER...Holzhauer
Dan I’m curious why you don’t fly home. With frequent flyer miles I would think it would be worth not traveling across country by truck. Just curious.
Reasonable idea, but he does a lot of his own truck maintenance at home.
He has flown home on occasions and left his truck at Mercer.
Wonder how much the channel is rated at?
Dan Dan the professional flat deck man. Waiting around for a load then maybe have to run 600 miles to get a load is not the best senerio . I guess there’s lots of cheap freight out there not worth loading. I sure hope things turn around for you guys. Such high prices on everything and not very good rates does not mean your running a successful business. You see more and more tractors up for sale. I guess manufacturers now produce less and charge more. Eventually they will screw it up so bad that only big companies will be able to offord to buy and run a tractor. I would imagine it’s on its way. Anywho Dan another fine professional video. Happy trails and happy motoring…
It’s getting hard
Good thing those coal trains are running so those coal fueled power plants can provide electricity to charge those green earth friendly electric vehicles.
As someone who struggles with weight and the associated side effects, I hope SuperTruckDan can shed the pounds somehow. I worry about him.
:)
Not terrible with names just pronouncing them
Dan it's Hoosier, pronounced "Whosier!"
And the tractor pull is exactly what it means, "tractors! 🚜
Only some are modified to look like funny cars 🏎, only with big huge wide racing slicks on the rear!..🛞
Google it up "Tractor Pulls!"
I don't see Amsoil in there anywhere?? You should run the Amsoil Max Duty oil in your engine Dan, much better than anything on the market today..