I love all of the video content. I feel like I'm riding along. I wanted to be a truck driver as a kid but realized after getting my license I didn't like sitting in traffic, and now the way some people drive forget about it.

@Terriclar.k

2 жыл бұрын

Hi

@stevennovakovich2525

7 ай бұрын

Right you are. I drove regional for a now defunct 'Less Than Truckload' (LTL) carrier for a couple of years and had to quit due to medical reasons. There's a lot more to driving than videos like this can show (for the most part). Delays everywhere typically. You're usually paid by the mile so when you are sitting you're not making money. Company drivers get screwed the worst. I used to get stuck behind trains in rail yards and have to sit there for *hours* waiting for the train to move. Then there's the waiting to get loaded (and unloaded, if you're doing OTR or Pick-up & Delivery (local)). When you're stuck in the middle of an accident you're not making money either...sometimes for *hours* .

You're a lot braver than I am. I didn't even want to reverse into the street with one of the biggest Vans Amazon had me driving in, and it had 360 degree cameras and sensors. I knew I could do it but I don't trust other drivers. I saw you back that thing into the street my first thought was you're insane 💀

Great video, perfect view, perfect sound , excellent !

Dude that’s crazy I used to work down on 29th. You passed that BP. They got 2/5$ 40s lol. Good to see you back here. Also that other pizzeria I think you’re thinking of is Lou Malnatis. Used to work for them before covid. You gotta try. Both are good in my opinion.

If you're ever in Nashville heading up north to Kentucky and run into thick traffic a good route to take is exit 27A Ellington Pkwy straight shot every time. Smooth sailing.

Love the long play video, The Turbo sound 👌 All the best from the UK 👍

@Terriclar.k

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Neil

Love this Chicago videos 🤙🏻

There is always traffic, 24/7 in New York City, Chicago Washington DC, and mst of the time in Atlanta. At least in Atlanta, it is mostly clear between 2-4a.m., I know; because, I lived in Atlanta, Chicago, and have relatives that I visited all of my life in Washington DC.

Your Cab looks very much like my 1986 Freightliner... I forget the Model maybe FLD.. It has an 18,000# set back front axle so manuverability is good.. Plus it's a day cab .. 44,000 rears a very short truck overall .. 400 Cummins and 13 speed..

Originally it was the SEARS Tower. I will never understand anyone that wants to pay a fortune to live in a box of a home high up & only way is elevator or boat load of stairs. Something for everyone. There was a time Rasim when Trucks & Cars showed some curtesy on the roadways. Those days went south. Ues to go to Chicago a lot. Was traveling from out West through Chicago & the bridge in Joilet about 1/2 hour out of Chicago, it was pouring rain & trailer was pulling flipped over the bridge. Then the commuter traffic. I got it back on the road & made the East Coast with just a few hours to spare. Another story another time. Safe Travels, Tommy :-)

IT is the sign of the times...just to save money on shipping from a warehouse...I was in the trucking business for 30 years and we had 5 different length trailers just to deliver in the city. From 3 different length straight trucks to 40 foot flyers with lift gates added. Getting product straight from the supplier and not knowing the area , a double sleep and a 53 foot swing door can be over 70 feet long...The inner city was built way before the 53 foot trailer became the norm...

@joeknowz4898

3 жыл бұрын

@Exemplary womam 2 How do you put all those emojis on a reply ????

Nice backing bro! That was a crazy tight dock!

@Terriclar.k

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it’s I agree

That backing job was awesome

Man, I feel your pain with the docking, I have been there done that. Good job.

I like these longer videos!

I wanted to see you pull out of the dock. Nice vid!

And traffic here starts at 3:40am and runs to 10am and starts back at 2pm to 8pm!

@joeknowz4898

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, Chicago has two seasons...Construction and More Construction.....294 shut down today because a truck hauling firework tipped over and caught on fire...

Tight spots like that one makes you a great driver. I remember having docks to where I had to leave the truck turnt 90degree once I docked cause of how little space but yeah great job backing on that drop off in Chicago.

I’m debating getting my CDL with manual transmission. I know how to but in a 4 Wr and seeing you how you deal with it, I just get discouraged. It looks like a lot of a hustle with traffic and shifting. I’ll read opinions. I like your videos. Keep it up! 👍

@stevennovakovich2525

7 ай бұрын

What happens if you break down somewhere and your company sends a manual tractor for you to use? Guess they should know you only drive automatics, but one never knows.

Bro I think you’d be much better in a Reefer as far as rates and the places reefers go are very very rarely this tight. That was my number 1 thing when I switched from van to a Reefer, most places give u plenty and plenty of room and docks to park except the north east 😊

I found that driving the tractor towards the opening and then turning it out, leaves your trailer wheels in a better angle to the dock, than if you just pull up leaving a 90 degree turn.

@martin1234512345

2 жыл бұрын

Did you even watch the video? The street he was on was wayyyy too narrow.

@cgulden

2 жыл бұрын

@@martin1234512345 He could have backed up passed the dock, and then from the far right he could have nosed it in.

Bruh I live around the chi! Born here! I drive semi on the side and work for IDOT. When you come to the chi park at your drop the night before the Citgo docks are really tight

Great video man, I'm originally from Chicago. And when your driving in Chicago you have to drive like you're from Chicago lol. Everyone's dicks haha

If that's ( 18:12 ) the I-55 and Cicero Avenue exit, have taken that exit many times to get to one of the Cicero rail yards to hook/drop trailers. See all the shipping containers being pulled?

I run LTL into and out of Chicago every week with a 53' spread, love the challenge

@joeknowz4898

3 жыл бұрын

I was in 3 terminals in my 30 year career with my trucking company. I'm not sure how it works at warehouses but sleepers and swing door don't go well with a loaded dock. Our terminals ran 24/7 6 days a week, we made the independent driver wait till later in the afternoon to unload. We had over 120 city driver and our own over the road driver. The independent driver sometime made the yard a road block, they often came back to ask for another door or put their load in the wrong door altogether...

Ogden ave. You can look at google the day before and pull up the company on google maps to see what your working with the day before.

Good Job OT

55 South runs through Joliet, Illinois, where I used to live.

You gotta get in the big city’s early af like 3 am type shit I live in nyc 3 am it’s dead

@Terriclar.k

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I guess

Like your boots 👢 I know there going to look on your feet! Good vlog!!

You can get that 60 series pulling hills with the big dogs too you wi have to spend a $$ to do it

Cicero Ave. I hate driving a truck up Cicero Ave. Drivers are nuts

My gps tells me there’s a red light camera on I-695 in Baltimore. They’re nice but definitely have issues.

A true Chicagoan calls it The Sears Tower. Not that Wills tower crap.

@gillyvand9442

3 жыл бұрын

💯

@chorbajiiski

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the sky deck was in the hancock tower??

@gillyvand9442

3 жыл бұрын

@@chorbajiiski no sky deck is in the sears tower........the Chicago tilt is in the Hancock

@chorbajiiski

3 жыл бұрын

@@gillyvand9442 got ya

@Philtho

3 жыл бұрын

Not just Chicagoans. All the surrounding states everyone calls it the Sears Tower. It'll always be known as that.

GOAL

i always hated delivering in chicago

thats why they call them frieght shakers all the ratlles lol

Great video! If the truth was known, most of the rich people with their glass view would probably rather your glass view every day!! Peace! B safe! 🤙🤙

Nice vlogging video.

I love your boots 🥾 yeah keep doing what you're doing even though chicago is not the best place In the world

The tall building is the Willis Tower. It used to be the Sears Tower That’s my city

Nice freight. What’s under the hood? 60?

good luck

I would hate backing a hood in Chicago. A sleeper is enough of a challenge at some places I been to. I bought a truck with a 205” wheelbase with sleeper just for that.

The other deep dish spot is called Connie's pizza

I'd be wishing I had my paper map of Chicago with me at this point I suppose ...

Its not just trucks not caring or cars not caring. The human race (The majority) just don't care. Most are so rude and just heartless. I work with a massive asshole. Be happy you are at least on the road and by yourself. Great video.

And then there is me trying to back up my Chevrolet Spark in the parking lot at a shopping mall hitting a pillar ruined my bumper and side panel. Oh yeah and my car has park assistance

driver u playing with fires in Chicago good luck

slide ur Tandem papa and u will get it in

@joeknowz4898

3 жыл бұрын

They seem to forget it. I work the yard at my terminal...I helped many a OTD with this problem...Slide the ( tandems ) wheels all the way back and the trailer won't get away from you so quick.. Higher at dock level so no un-needed bouncing and level at the dock height to remove larger freight. I don't know how many times we had to hunt down a road driver to slide them so we could unload something that wasn't clearing the with of our dock plates. Off walking a dog or in the bunk sleeping every time...

👍👍👍👍

It’s funny watching him Have a attitude with the Chicago traffic and the Chicago 4 wheelers but the ones that’s from Chicago we know how to get around when to merge over and take what we can get semi and car 🤣 and anything with numbers and a street name is not downtown

What is the wheelbase on your truck?

when backing up around a corner like this is it better to come from one direction or another or does it not matter?

@otrookie

2 жыл бұрын

Always back on driver side whenever possible

Any tips on how to get into Walmart parking or grocery stores?

@otrookie

3 жыл бұрын

Find one that’s in middle of nowhere with biggest parking, preferably ones with plazas and don’t stay more than an hour lol

Are you on Pulaski by the I55 bridge?

I feel the same way wanting to run them off the road lol

what size inverter do you have and how many watts is your air fryer

@otrookie

3 жыл бұрын

I use my generator don’t have an inverter. It’s like 1500

Only question I got from this whole video is how are you zooming in with Google maps using only one finger ? I have to pinch the screen . But I run google and my truck gps to compare them just like you . Jw

@otrookie

3 жыл бұрын

Double tap pull up and down on screen as you’re holding finger on screen

What kind of ac unit is that bro and how did you hook it up the ac on my pete is ass

@otrookie

3 жыл бұрын

Look at my ac video I have it up. Mini split ac

You recommend using Waze while driving rather than Google?

@otrookie

3 жыл бұрын

Never used it

Did a good job. Chicago sucks for truckers. Especially at night. I see a lot of truckers around here refuse to deliver at night because of all the assaults and robberies on drivers. You can’t even stop completely at stop signs or you’ll get robbed.

@alwojo6205

3 жыл бұрын

Cmon now yuppie it aint that bad lmao

@TacoBellCustomerService

3 жыл бұрын

@@alwojo6205 Must be on different side of Chicago if you don’t believe it.

@Terriclar.k

2 жыл бұрын

@Ryan R. 815 lol

chgo you have to be going in by 600 am

your smelling a swift truck that just left there before u got there or western Express

Geno's east is the other pizza spot!!! And then try beggars pizza

Well do do you expect you drive a freight shacker

What year is you truck?

@otrookie

3 жыл бұрын

2000

Think that was a t800 kw

I never understood the guys that have to open their door to back up. In my opinion it’s a safty deal. But I guess do what you gotta do.....

Shit that's nothing try going up north or delivering downtown but good job bro

@Terriclar.k

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm

at 22:11 everybody watching this video checked their phone lol

That sewer smell is just Chicago bud.

doing all u can to go get that load thats what we do men and ladies out here i would did that set up like at 1am or 2am in the morning where its no traffic u here me drivers

You run paper logs?

@otrookie

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

Which gps are you using?

@otrookie

3 жыл бұрын

Garmin dezl

Were you in Evansville today?

@otrookie

3 жыл бұрын

Yessir sure was

@carlgillespie5161

3 жыл бұрын

I pulled up next to ya on hwy 57. Where were you picking or dropping? Just curious. Headlights were looking good!

@otrookie

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlgillespie5161 ah down there at that truck stop? That place is a pain to get out of lol, I picked up a short run in Cincinnati now. Appreciate it tho!

Dude ur phone is set up for passenger cars. Not semi. It’ll be off a bit

@mikejackson5478

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure he knows. He has a trucker GPS mounted as well.

@official_savage9027

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikejackson5478 um doesn't sound like it. He doesn't know why it takes him different routes from (Probably a rand mcnally) trucker GPS.

Are you on social media??

@otrookie

2 жыл бұрын

Just fb

You have a twin out here I just was in loves and there was a guy who looks just like you I asked him if he was you he said no but interesting

@otrookie

2 жыл бұрын

Haha that’s weird, take a picture next time 😂

Have

Claim your in Chicago at the TA but clearly you're in Morris Illinois get your story straight buddy😅

@philhip1

2 жыл бұрын

And he says it’s the tightest dock he has seen 😂 I’ve done docks where I had to jackknife park my truck one foot from walls, that’s what I call tight. What would he do??

I have watched two of your videos now. Have no idea what the outside of your truck looks like. But I have your dashboard memorized. Won’t be watching anymore of your videos. Stay Safe

You were in cicero ill

Burr rd exit

Have facebook nick not

Shame shame you ran two stop signs.