"Just" A Truck Driver | Texomatic.com
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You put in countless hours and miles away from home missing those who matter the most. Many of those hours sitting and waiting… unpaid.
You get yelled at by a shipping clerk because you didn’t follow their convoluted check in procedure to a “T”.
Through tired eyes you hope to find that last parking spot at the end of your day.
Are you just a truck driver? No. You are the life blood of this nation.
You work hard to put food on your table and on the tables of people you will never meet.
The furniture, the clothing, the materials that build our homes and businesses, the essentials for maintaining our country’s infrastructure and countless other things that at one point were either on a flatbed, lowboy, dry van, reefer or in a tanker. You are not just a truck driver.
You are professional, dedicated, hard working, committed, vital, proud, independent, essential, courageous, trustworthy, respectful and tough. You’ve paid your dues and earned the right to be called a truck driver. Not “just” a truck driver.
Not everyone has the fortitude it takes to do this job. The next time someone calls you “just a truck driver”, be sure to educate them on the sacrifices you and your family make for his family’s comfort and lifestyle.
Be proud of who you are and what you do. Don’t ever be “just” a truck driver…
Essay by Tex Crowley - Texomatic Pictures, LLC
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“I’m just a truck driver” has to be the most HUMBLE thing anyone ever said
If youre wearing it, sleeping on it, eating it, watching it ect, a trucker brought it to you. Thank you to all those that drive trucks. You are the backbone of the world
My Daddy drove a truck. Some of my happiest boyhood memories are riding with him.
This should have a million likes!
I’m a relocation engineer. I do flatbed steel. I’m very proud of my wife and daughter. They are the reason I do what I do. And they are the reason I can do it. My daughter started going with me when she was 8 years old. She helped me strap and tarp. Now at 15 she can tarp and untarp better then most guys out there. Her and I can fold and roll a lumber tarp in under a minute. My wife is my best friend and partner. She does everything when I’m on the road. For my 50th birthday she bought me a Harley. She went to the dealership every time they got a new bike in until she found the perfect one for me. Best wife ever!!! To all my fellow drivers. Stay safe and see ya on the road.😁👍
Retired coal hauler from WV. Spent 25 yrs behind the wheel. Two lane country roads off of strip mines and deep mines. Went from 10 wheels to 22. Hauled gas and diesel for 9. Largest load I ever hauled on the highway was 81.20 ton. Grossed out over 215, 000 lbs. Been there done it all. Hats off to everyone behind the wheel. I salute you Tex
Pneumatic Bulk Driver here. I haul plastic pellets, PVC Powder, and Poultry feed booster, I am not just a truck driver. Look in your home or work place and count how many plastic products you can see. I may have played a part in the forming of that product.
I'm not a truck driver, I'm a FRIGHT RELOCATION ENGINEER!!!! Lol
@texomatic
8 жыл бұрын
Copy that. Thanks for watching!
@sarcastictrucker
5 жыл бұрын
I always tell people that it's an insult to call me a truck driver lol. I'm a transportologist come on
@jamesharris3109
5 жыл бұрын
LMAO 'freight relocation engineer' 😂😂😂
@Cubanguy1977
4 жыл бұрын
Yo I like that mind if I use it?
@TruckerPhill
10 ай бұрын
Meanwhile, you can’t even spell…
41 years over the road and still trucking
@jacobsinger97
2 жыл бұрын
Hats off to you
I'm not a trucker I'm 15 but when I turn 21 and get my CDL and become a truck driver I will make sure to come back and re watch this video!
@texomatic
8 жыл бұрын
Rock on. Thanks for watching!
@joshbaldwin4233
4 жыл бұрын
I’m 34 nail I got my CDL I was 18 you don’t have long you can get started you just have to say in your home state good to hear a young man won’t be a driver not what it was I started and I was a kid running around with dad in a cab over fuel 89,,,99 gallon I run my trucks nail I got 99 got read of 07 in it is bs man can’t have a new one dam E log
@erichouston1038
4 жыл бұрын
Got my class B licence when I was 18,then class A when I turned 19.just few yrs.for ya driver!itll come soon nuff!I'm 40 now and been everywhere in the continental US.im from Tn.and always loved to go west.drive local now.
@TheLarigrader
2 жыл бұрын
Rock on!
@TheLarigrader
2 жыл бұрын
@@caudillcaudill2237 you gotta love it! And I’m sure you are for it!
If it wasn't for you hauling it I would NOT have food on my table just a simple THANK YOU, FROM AN OLD CANADIAN !
I started in 1994 and drove till 2019 I ran the magic carpet ride out of dalton ga to southwest and northwest pulling a refer unit and hauling back produce to forest park ga I took pride in being able to stay up for days at a time living on black coffee and a carton and a half of Marlboros a week never been guilty of doing the road dope to run hard just had two kids looking over the dinner table hollering I'm hungry . Now I'm sitting here with only 30% of my heart working and now there saying I've got an aneurism that's on the verge of exploding and finishing me up . So remember truck drivers sleeping is very important if you plan on getting old and seeing your grandchildren grow up. Because trying to explain why you're not gonna be around to see them grow up isn't a very fun thing to explain to a 5 yearold who doesn't understand how I thought a load of produce was more important than taking care of myself to be around to see them grow up. I was just a truck driver who was able to do a 6 day turn and burn from Georgia to California and back to Georgia.
I was a truck driver. You pulled rirred. Dry a flsd bed. I can't spell. I have a stroke with 3 hearts attacks. I was a truck driver for 11yts. It's was not a job. It's was passion. I love it on the drive way. Safe travels.
AMEN to all TRUCKERS
Im a truck driver and i love it
great outlook on our chosen profession. so true
Yess 😐 that hit me. You work for the people you never meet
amen brother.....tanker yanker here
I Say Amen To That 🙏👍💯❤️🤲
You forgot to mention car haulers. But that's okay because a wiser older man once told me, not everyone can be a truck driver, but not every truck driver can be a car hauler. great video none the less.
@texomatic
8 жыл бұрын
I knew I'd miss something. My bad😕. Thanks for watching!
@nickjones8702
8 жыл бұрын
True not everyone can be a car hauler I was but for other reason left it but switched to liquid tanker and for the two years I've been here I've seen lots of people leave cause they couldn't handle it been a tanker driver ,
@jschu7077
8 жыл бұрын
+Tex Crowley lets make fuckboy Bernie Sanders see this well see if he wants to ban us.
I love my Dad Xo... My beautiful Mother xO
you didn't mention end dumps but hey you showed one so I'm happy. great video tex.
@texomatic
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chop!
Nicely done. Been out here almost 10 years, but still enjoy it. :)
Yes sir Tex, Great video! Made me smile! Lookin' forward to more like this one! Thank you !
@texomatic
8 жыл бұрын
Yes ma'am thanks for watching!
May the Lord ride with you
14 yrs in 9 days got plenty of miles to go!!!
Hell yeah! I’m watching this from my company’s freightliner daycab pulling a 40 foot container (reefer) full of frozen McDonald’s fries that are going from Washington to Guatemala…waiting. Drayage
Very good video. Excellent and accurate information. Your narrative speaks volumes to the problems we all face out here. Keep it up!
Awesome video, thank you. My husband has been one for almost 20 years, and I'm in an apprenticeship myself. Thanks to Anchorman from TT for sharing, also!
Amen! And thanks! Keep the wheels rolling.
Thanks.... as a truck driver I understand
Hell yes! Thank you, Tex.
Wow, so true..sure glad I got to watch it.thanks a bunch driver...
Awesome video. Thanks. - NC Tanker
I am a hard working western regional moving furniture truck driver and to my brothers and sister's out there drive safe work hard and roll on 10-4..
Thank you for this! As well as all the great videos you do!
@texomatic
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
I just started orientation today. I'm new to the Truck driving life.
Amen.
Amen brother!
Drivers do it to themselves as a diver for 20+years and the things I have seen,I don't blame them I blame the nasty,lazy divers.The defense is drivers and truck driver,a truck driver takes Pride in his job.Not throwing his trash on the ground piss bottles for everybody else to see you know what I'm saying ( I ain't got no panties on )we act like men or women not like little kids
Ooooooh Yeah Great Video Bro
Great Video!
Great video
Great video keep them coming
@texomatic
8 жыл бұрын
10-4 thanks!
Love it
Nice video like what you have to say. Stay safe
Yeah this is Awsome vid
@texomatic
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
I'm a Relocation Specialist
That is the same voice that did the old peterbilt video. I may be down but I'm not out. I am a Peterbilt.
@texomatic
3 жыл бұрын
Ken Madsen That is correct 😉
@kenmadsen1852
3 жыл бұрын
@@texomatic An update on the Peterbilt please.
@texomatic
3 жыл бұрын
Ken Madsen I have not been in contact with the owner too much. Very little activity I believe
Inspiring would like more videos similar like This 👇
Trucking is the world's transmission them gears grind off or seize the world grinds with it why because like this video stated 1 truck stops it could mean vital goods like food,medical equipment and supplies materials like steel gravel sand and wood all essential to progress in the world just that 1 truck especially if its got medical supplies can put someones life on the balance we got more then the job on are shoulders we got the globe on are backs
Let's be honest here. This video describes approximately one percent of the driving population in North America. Don't believe me? Check out a few trucks the next time you're on the road. Fenders cracked, trailer skirts torn to shit, bumper curled up under the front of the truck, stickers all haphazardly strewn around on the side of the truck, hasn't been washed in six months, Fat Bastard behind the wheel, too lazy to find a place to park in an almost desolate truck stop so they park at the pump to go inside and eat when there are trucks lined up to get fuel. This video is selling this ideal hard. Most truckers I've had the misfortune of knowing are not at all what this video is describing. Most of them I've known are the kind you'd cross the street so as to not bump into them and catch whatever rare disease grows in an ass crack that hasn't been washed in six weeks.
well soon truck drivers will be replaced by self driving trucks so...
@wolf9walker
7 жыл бұрын
Not soon. That Will be much later down the road. Notice the vids of the auto trucks are always in a nice clear sunny day. Never see one in fog, rain, show or at night. And not in construction zones. They still have a long way to go.
@vincent-qz7tr
7 жыл бұрын
Wolf9Walker how many years do u think?
@vincent-qz7tr
7 жыл бұрын
Wolf9Walker like do i still have time to work in the industry if i get in in the next few years?
@100pyatt
5 жыл бұрын
Yes and the roads will be even more deadly, thanks to computers with glitches and people that have became so lazy they don't want to do anything. It's all part of the GLOBALIST plan to get rid of workers and create a class that can only be sustained by the govt handout and control. Ultimate control of people through their continued quest to be lazy lazy fools.
@chrise3801
5 жыл бұрын
Nope