Thanx for the ride along. 👍 I miss being on the road. Nice truck. Purrs like a kitten. 🐾

@OTRBandit

22 күн бұрын

Thank you for coming along brother. We will all miss the road once we stop driving. That’s for sure.

First trucker channel I've come across. Great insight how the US system works. From UK

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome 🙏🏼

@user-po6dt2tn6i

5 ай бұрын

I love the chanel keep the rubber side down

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

@@user-po6dt2tn6i Thank you 🙏🏼

I live in NYC and I'm 57 years old and it was alway my dream to be a OTR driver like yourself. That camera view if you crossing the gorge was incredible. I have a very large screen and for me it felt like I was driving that sweet ass 389 the camera angle was the best. Pleado more like that. Best wishes and safe travels. nastavite sa transportom

@OTRBandit

Ай бұрын

Much appreciated buddy 🙏🏼 I record all of this in 4K and picture quality on big TV is amazing.

I like watching your videos you’re very professional at what you do and very nice and polite to listen to God bless stay safe out there

@OTRBandit

4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much 🙏🏼 glad to have you here.

Nice run. The tunnel at the airport is one of my favorites whether it's on my Harley or rolling down the window listening to the diesel exhaust note. Its a moral imperative.

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Music to my ears. I love driving through tunnels in my trans am

A man once told me to use the same gear going down the hills as you would going up the hill. Good advice.

Oh! Nice shiny truck…I love it! Thanks for the ride along. God Bless! Love from Canada...❤❤❤❤

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

God Bless 🙏🏼 Thank you Canada.

Enjoyed the trip to FL. Kinda miss driving big rig. Too late for me--already retired. You give a lot of useful tips to newer drivers. Your windshield repair came out real good...looks good as new! God Bless ! + Safe travels! from Southern California.

@OTRBandit

4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much buddy. Stay safe and thank you for watching from sunny Southern California.

@donaldlane9675

3 ай бұрын

I’m been retired since 2019, but I’ve not been to Florida I believe no more than two times. No freight to back haul.😊

@OTRBandit

3 ай бұрын

@@donaldlane9675I’ve only picked up twice in Florida. I deadhead to Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky or sometimes even all the way home to Missouri

Very professional. Love the Videos!!!

@OTRBandit

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much 🙏🏼

Thanks for taking us along on the trip enjoyed the ride the done shots are great thanks take care

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Anytime. Appreciate you watching. Thank you very much 🙏🏼

Way to go!! Stay safe while driving!!

@OTRBandit

Ай бұрын

Thank you buddy 🙏🏼

One day i would like to have a truck like yours. Thanks for another awesome video. Your experience shows in your videos too man. Its awesome

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! It’s totally possible. Keep working at it, save up your money and you’ll be able to get one in no time.

I enjoyed watching your videos.Keep them coming.

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼 Will do

I feel like that we're running together I have you on sometimes when I'm in the truck running

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate it brother 🙏🏼 stay safe out there 👍🏻

Pozdrav Kolega, sretan Put i sigurne ceste. Prrrt!!!👍👍💪

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Pozdrav drug. Sretno i sve naj bolje 🙏🏼

Wish weather was always sunny,when they look that shiney

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Same here buddy. I’m getting tired of this cold. But I think next whole week is supposed to be in 60s here in Midwest. Which is much appreciated.

@swexpress308

5 ай бұрын

@@OTRBandit ohio weather here.50s,60s last week..snow next week

Tampa, not far from my area. Jut glad u had a sage trip, Yea Buddy !!!!!

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Wish loads were better coming out of Florida, I would move down there in a heartbeat.

@RandeeDewitt-ml6lt

5 ай бұрын

@@OTRBandit Florida is a nice place for vacations and things of that sort, but living here is a whole Nother matter. I work in the medical field and even that sucks compared to the rest of the country. So I definitely understand what you’re saying.

Good job bandit get to the bottom safe save your brakes Jake brake got a work out. 👍

@OTRBandit

4 ай бұрын

Yes sir. I love hearing that sweet sound of Jake brakes.

Your engine sounds great !

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼 it would sound allot better without resonator on but without it it’s to loud.

You riding in my stomping grounds. I pulled containers out of savannah ga and ran tampa and miami a lot. Good thing about containers was they paid round trip empty or loaded. Some say it was cheap freight but I made middle 4 figures and that was as a company driver. It's all the same just watch your bottom line and know how to to do your settlement sheet. I loved it. Wish I wasn't medically retired or I would still be out there still doing it

@OTRBandit

Ай бұрын

I’m sorry to hear that you had to retire. You are absolutely right. You just gotta watch your bottom line and you’ll be good. There’s money to still money to be made out here we just gotta watch our spending habits.

Same gear going down you used to go up!! We must have been told that by the same guy!!😂😂👍🏻

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Safest way to do it in my opinion. Looks like a smart guy thought us both?

And truck down that Hill for years and years we before I never got that far used to be a skinny Road

Keep trucking, yea Buddy !!!!!

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Yea buddy. Stay safe out there my friend 🙏🏼

Skow and easy gets you home. Good job

@OTRBandit

Ай бұрын

Most definitely 👍🏻 Thank you buddy.

Hey there was a Dollar General trailer at your pickup rendezvous.

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

I miss working for Dollar General very much. But it is what it is.

Hey brother, Really dig that nasty engine break. That's a very good point you made about the speeds going up-and-down hills. And you got that right. That is one pretty truck. I really enjoy watching your videos. It's time to subscribe. The best part about your videos is that I don't feel the stress of the driving like I do when I'm behind the wheel. lol. You take it easy and be safe. Keep the dirty side down.

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

You to brother. I appreciate you.

Nice trip be safe camarada

@OTRBandit

4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much buddy I really appreciate that. And just to clarify, I am not Russian I am Bosnian.🙏🏼

Loving the content

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

OTR Bandit Dobro 389 Peterbilt / Trucking Za Dom Ujo Prrrt Canada 🇨🇦

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Hvala 🙏🏼 Canada

Very nice video, yeah buddy prrrruh 🤝

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate it my friend 🙏🏼 Thank you very much.

You could take US 301 in Florida and avoid some of the stations. 301 will take you right to Tampa practically. Its really cool watching you get into tampa area, all the roads i drive lol

@Bassn1ck

Ай бұрын

Just move here, the state is great, just pick up loads in Alabama or GA when you go out lol

@OTRBandit

Ай бұрын

I was in big hurry this trip but I’ll definitely look into taking 301 next time I come to Florida. I would love to move down there but loads are not paying very good from there. My brother in law has to drive from Orlando to Georgia or Alabama to pick up anything decent.

@Bassn1ck

Ай бұрын

@@OTRBandit yeah 301 is cool drive, just be cautious because it dips from 65-45 or 35 when you get to small towns

@OTRBandit

Ай бұрын

@@Bassn1ckthat’s where they always get you. Small towns where speed limits change very quickly.

@Bassn1ck

Ай бұрын

@OTRBandit it was so bad gov Rick Scott over took two or three city police dept because the speed traps and the bs

great job i wish there was a way to follow your route on a map,,

@OTRBandit

4 ай бұрын

I’m working on putting something together that will show which route I took. I think I’ll have something like that in the next couple weeks.

@kenzimmerman4549

4 ай бұрын

I was kinda following you with Google maps and pausing the video when u drove under a traffic sign

Awesome video

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much 🙏🏼

I guess 😂 some guys 👦 like 👍 to fly 🪰 down the hill when they are empty. I can't imagine going down full with 80,000 lbs & a load shifting. Maybe you should do a video for shippers 🤔 🚢 to show them how to load a truck 🚚 evenly in terms of proper weight distribution. Low pay = shitty workers in warehouses = BIG problems problems

@OTRBandit

3 ай бұрын

I don’t think all of those guys were empty and they were still flying downthat mountain. I think the reason it takes forever to get us loaded and unloaded is because workers are not paid very good and they don’t give a damn about anything.

Beautiful 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

Dude, love the drone shots. What model do you have?

@OTRBandit

4 ай бұрын

DJI Mavic Air 2S. I love this thing. It can follow you around and everything.

I'm from the west coast, no disrespect sir, but what you call a hill, we call them mountain pass , and don't pump are brakes going down are mountain passes , that would get someone kill

Hell ya. 😊

Some of those truckers are just flying by you. Dont they have any sense all?

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Once they start their day, they have to drive as fast as possible to get the in as many miles as possible. They have only 11 hours to drive in one day and sometimes because of that, they drive crazy.

The lack of load restraint in those flimsy trailers yall use boggles the mind.

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

This is 100% legal. All you need is one strap. Drove it almost 1200 miles like this, hasn’t moved an inch.

👏👍🖐️😉🥰🇨🇿

If the truck is too heavy, what does that mean? That the load is more the what the bill of lading says? Or your truck is to heavy for the road? I always hear truckers are worried about the scales but I'm not sure what rules are being broken. Just so the revenue collectors can buy more donuts.

@OTRBandit

14 күн бұрын

Every day semi trucks, that you see out here on the road can be maximum 80,000 pounds heavy.. and that weight needs to be spread around. Maximum weight we can have on our front wheels is 12,000 pounds.. trailer wheels and drive truck wheels can have 34,000 pounds each. Anything over that is overweight and illegal.

Have a coffee on me.☕

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Shouldn’t have done that brother. But I really appreciate you 🙏🏼 thank you so much 🙏🏼

@marklyngstad8245

5 ай бұрын

@@OTRBandit Your very welcome! Please enjoy..

No slideer 5th wheel ?

@OTRBandit

4 ай бұрын

It actually does slide, but I cannot slide it forward anymore than this because I have a generator in the back of my sleeper on my catwalk and if I slide it forward, every time I turned somewhere trailer would hit the generator.

Now I understand not wanting to “run for free”. But wouldn’t it make sense to take the load and cover fuel/mileage costs backhaul instead of just straight deadhead for $0.00?? Or are you not taking the freight out of principle of the broker rates out of Florida right now. Just curious….

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Florida to Kansas City pays less than Chattanooga to Kansas City. I would rather deadhead 600 miles and get more money for same mileage. But half of that trip I’m empty. Florida never pays good. 45K pounds load and they want you to take that for 89 cents a mile. One of your tires blows out because of that weight and you’re losing all your potential profit. To me it’s always better to deadhed than haul something cheap. I’ve deadheded 1200 miles before because loads were cheap and I didn’t want to spend that weekend away from home. Plus every time I go to places like Florida I get paid very good.

@greglawson3805

5 ай бұрын

@@OTRBandit well thanks for that!! I appreciate the response. And, it makes perfect sense. Drive safe and thanks for the videos👍🏻

How many miles do you drive in a week?

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Not to many. This week I’ve only done about 2500. Most weeks it’s less than 2500.

@user-xb5mc1py5i

5 ай бұрын

​@@OTRBanditOne more question. How long have you been a truck driver?

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

@@user-xb5mc1py5iFar too long. Over 18 years now.

I take it that you’re an o/o if so do you use electronic logs or paper logs?

@OTRBandit

3 ай бұрын

Yes sir. I am independent owner operator. I use paper logs.

HELLO THERE OTR HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY I SURE DO LOVE YOUR TRUCK THAT YOU DRIVE I WISH THAT I COULD BE ABLE TO GET TO SEE IT OR JUST TO HAVE A RIDE WITH YOU TO HELP YOU OUT I CAN RAISE THE LANDING GEAR DOWN FOR YOU ON YOUR TRAILER WHEN YOU'RE DROPPING OFF OR PICKING UP AND BE SAFE OUT THERE WATCH OUT FOR PEOPLE I KNOW YOU ARE A GOOD DRIVER I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU CAN YOU GET ME A CB RADIO SO I CAN KEEP IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER MY NAME IS HAROLD

@OTRBandit

4 ай бұрын

Hey there Harold, unfortunately a CB radio wouldn’t do you much good because you have to be within a few miles to talk to somebody on the CB radio

@user-tp8go8nl4c

4 ай бұрын

THANKS I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE A GOOD DRIVER AND I LOVE ALL OF YOUR VIDEOS IT'S SO SERIOUS STUFF TO KNOW ABOUT A TRUCK AND HOW TO DRIVE ONE ON THE BY THAT I WILL SAY A PRAYER FOR YOU TRUCKERS OUT THERE ON THE ROAD BECAUSE YOU ALL PUTTING YOUR LIVES IN DANGER TRYING TO DELIVERYING GOODS ACROSS THE COUNTRY MY NAME IS HAROLD

Engine break? I sure hope it doesn't.

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

Got it fixed. Thanks.

@garyb6219

15 күн бұрын

Ha ha, I get it.

What nationality are you just wondering

@OTRBandit

5 ай бұрын

I’m Bosnian 🇧🇦

Luck the others

i;d like to see how the tandums slide

@MrMtman1

2 ай бұрын

how many miles are on your truck

@OTRBandit

2 ай бұрын

I will show that in one of my coming up videos.

@OTRBandit

2 ай бұрын

Little bit over 400 thousand

over on your drivers ? looks like you are 2000 under ?

@OTRBandit

4 ай бұрын

I was 31960 on drives. I was legal on everything except on steer tires.

@joefalmo5528

4 ай бұрын

@@OTRBandit maybe i misunderstood, i thought you said you were 8500 over on your drivers, no worries keep that pete rockin, 10-4

@OTRBandit

4 ай бұрын

I was heavier on trailer than I was on my drives but I was still legal. I think.