Thanks for sharing the trip. It has been a long time since I have been in the northwest. I’m originally from Oregon. I have had no desire to return after seeing how things have been trashed. This was a nice glimpse. Thank you and be safe

Riding Shotgun, nice to see your video driving through Portland, Oregon. I follow your trucking adventures quite often on YT. The traffic signal light you thought was red is called a programmed signal head made by 3M. It is designed not to allow other drivers to see the signal light other than the vehicle facing it due to special lenses. In regards to all the homeless camps, many Oregonians including myself are extremely saddened and angry as this has been going on for a few years now. With the state and local government condoning this camping and behavior, it isn't going away anytime soon. This used to be a beautiful city and state but no more. Between the rioting and destruction downtown PDX and the camping across the city, no wonder tourism in the state of Oregon is way off. Drive safely.

@chriscolwell2963

2 жыл бұрын

You gotta give thanks to your democrat party for that

HI THERE SIR. MY FIRST HUBBY WAS A DRIVER FOR 21 YEARS AND I WENT WITH HIM EVERY CHANCE I GOT. I LOVED BEING ON THE TRUCK AND TAKING PICTURES THRU THE WINDSHIELD. OUR SON IS A DRIVER NOW, FOLLOWED IN HIS LATE DAD'S FOOTSTEPS. HE DRIVES LIKE HIS DAD AND MAKES HIS MAMA VERY PROUD. I JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL YESTERDAY AND I JUST LOVE IT. BRINGS BACK A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES OF OUR ROAD TRIPS. I LIVE IN WASHINGTON AND I HAVE NOT SEEN PORTLAND SINCE THE CAMPERS AND BUMS TOOK OVER. WHAT A SHAME. KEEP UP THE GREAT VIDEOS.....I WILL WATCH EVERYDAY. GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU SAFE OUT THERE.

My man u r a truck driving maniac. You love it ; that's a good thing. Great conversation

Good to see you on the road again in your truck, always interesting to see the highway network in the u.s❤️👍🇬🇧

Fun riding along with you in Portland and Washington, as I live in Oregon city, Oregon.. Be safe...Great video!

I sure do like your videos Mike. This is Uwe wife, Marta.

Love that Truck Stop. !

Thank you mike , very enjoyable!

I always wanted a ride in a semi and your videos are the next best thing! Thank you! I like your comments on things, too! Keep on Truckin'!

I love your videos and I always looking forward to seeing them.

Love riding shotgun with Mike, thank you for sharing your trucking adventures. 🏞️🏜️🌃🌉🏔️⛰️🏙️🗻🌇🌁☮️✌️

Bin there done that, lots of work, patience, beautiful scenery, God bless,happy safe miles to you.

Thanks for an excellent video and ride along.

mountain man mike, thanks for the ride. I loved it.

Just started following you tonight fascinated with your driving and talk thank you

hey mike, love ya vids and former trucker upper guy myself. a little about the homeless up in oregon and washington..... you would be surprised how many have jobs, housing is expensive, and lack thereof of services even though them 2 states claim to have services. i was homeless for 6 months back in 2018, and allot of that is either drugs cause of the legal weed, people migrated there, and allot is affordable housing is being torn down for luxury apartments. i was in the shelter in tacoma and there was a huge influx of vets cause an affordable housing complex evicted them all to " retro fit" the building in which after it was down it was turned into a micro apartment complex and was no longer an affordable unit. also allot have metal health problems and there is no real help for them anymore. so with that not all of them are participation trophy winners, quite a few have legit jobs, just the price of housing, no one can afford to live. not justifying the ones that trash everything but the entire western seaboard is wall to wall homeless.

@ridingshotgun1251

2 жыл бұрын

That makes sense I didn't realize it... Definitely my apologies to the working man and woman there..

@ungabungaable

2 жыл бұрын

@@ridingshotgun1251 no worries mike, you are my kinda people, i didnt realize allot of them worked till i seen how crowded the shelters was, i was shocked at how many people worked, and how high housing is, and yes i would put the druggie participation trophy peeps at 35% - 50 % along with some people with mental health problems. I drove rigs from like 88 - 2012, so may changes. last truck i owned was a 96 w900 so just keep on truckin brother. appreciate you and your vids.

Nice video as always and your commentary is great.

In the belly of the "participation trophy " beast

Hello 👋...Hopefully you are staying safe out there. Thanks for your services 🙏. Keeping our nation stocked. I'm binge watching 👀 right now...had shoulder surgery on 8/30/2021. So recovering. With awesome content 👌

@jonnieemerson6592

2 жыл бұрын

Love riding the roads with you. Very trilling.

Love watching your video's thank you. I drive an American truck sim and love it. Xxxx

I think it's brave of you Mike that you also show how to dock. I follow 2 more channels but they don't show the difficult actions. I've been a truck driver myself, and I know it can be difficult at times. Nice man for showing this.

Love this thank you

Really enjoyed sitting back at riding along and listening to your comments. I love driving in this cooridor. Post more of this area if you can sometime. All the best! Thanks, Plate C

@ridingshotgun1251

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ☮️

Thank You! Love the West ! You really are a great driver! 😊

Love the " come on Craig".

Noice, noice…👏👏👏👏 heading off to work, will watch this later.

Juebitt's Truck Stop used to be # 1 in the Nation for wild women. In the 70's before they remodeled the Nurses and Telephone Operators were there meeting driver's all the time. I forgot how to spell it. LOL The Remodel killed the fun there.

GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD AFTERNOON from the UPPER SOUTH. Hurricane IDA pulled a vicious number on the LOWER SOUTH.

Welcome back🙂

your steer ball back in my day was called a suicide knob....we put them on our car steering wheel..cool

@lavonneschultz2362

2 жыл бұрын

I think they outlawed 50s???? the squirrel knobs because they were catching on clothing causing wrecks. Some had great scenes miss them . They are great items for car related collections. Welcome to Oregon Mike !!!

that's really cool,Mike....I live straight north of Seattle in British Columbia Canada

Dude They Were Lit up..the Two lights on the right were Red, the third one on the left was out.. Lucky for you it hit Green..and even If they were out..You Should have STOPPED..

Nice to see you in my neck of the woods at Rosen Lacey.

Haven't been in that Portland neighborhood in years, worked at a few of the businesses in that area throughout my life.

interesting run you had yer never seen anyone drive into Everett on a video cant wait for the next vlog

I come by this section of I5 a lot.

Light was red :-0 But we all been their. Pleasant personality. :)

Morning mountain Man Mike, boy are you good with backing up a semi trailer one time. 👍🤓

I love those evergreen trees in the NW, even when one is flying up there, the brown of California can't give way quick enough to the green for me. Were you okay? I've never noticed you slurring a few words before. Thanks for taking me back up there past my old '69 time for boot camp there at Ft Lewis.

I was there last week, heading back to that same neighborhood tomorrow

Prepping a trip using "satellite" view, driving in Europe at night, we were lost. Knowledge from preparing the drive using satellite view got us to our destination.

Well that was refreshing!! Didn't need my seatbelt or the hand strap on this drive. Mike, where is Mike? We need to see the chicken. Be safe. Looking for the next one. YEE HAW

That Tanker with 4 axle TRLR and drop axle on truck loaded 105,500 not light weighs in box with 25-30,000 Lbs. Former Tank Driver in Portland 35yrs.

I know I am late to the program but I live in Bellingham . Much love. Just found you channel.

Big Wheels Rollin ... movin on ... The White Line is the lifeline of the nation ... Will and Sunny help to move things on ... ti takes a special breed to be a truck drivin man and a steady hand to haul that load behind...

Awesome never been up that way and sure don’t like the spaghetti highways up there thanks Mike

I used work right down the street running sheet rock GTS incinerator Supply

Participation Trophy Winners. Good one. 😉😁

@schizomode

2 жыл бұрын

The sides of I-5 are lined up full of them lol

Yo Mikey! I was exiting Suzanne middle when your were exiting walnut bruh. Why are all the level headed people outta walnut ca. Bruh! Hey I never knew JB Hunt was an acronym! You truckers are funny as hell! Yeeewww!

I only been to Washington state when it was snowing never been when it was like that

Strange how normal things are again in Portland where the crazies live!

Wow!! Good way to start a video, hearing you hack away!! I started covering my face!! Ha Ha Ha!! Just kidding!! WOE!!! Nice REDLIGHT/GREENLIGHT conversion!!!

thought I saw ya on Co 96 heading towards Canon City... 8/31...

It was a little weird watching you deliver to that pipe company in Lynnwood since I delivered to them with a full flatbed load when I was OTR. What are the odds of that happening!

You were in my area I live in the hills outside of Arlington

My last trip to Seattle it took me 4 hours to go from Portland to Seattle.

@Oo-IIII-oO

2 жыл бұрын

That must have been a good day. It usually takes over an hour to pass Stacoma from Seattle

@NoName-fo7mz

Жыл бұрын

@@Oo-IIII-oO no. You should easily be able to get from Portland to Seattle in 3 hours. If not, you’re a horrible driver.

I miss Washington, sometimes! Lived there for several years, and grajeeayted High School there! Did you stop and pick some blackberries, while you were there? Makes for some great home made wine! Be safe out there!

@MaryB-ps8lg

2 жыл бұрын

Kerry, yeah sometimes!

My back yard!!

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷fantastic🍓

They call your speed ball where I'm from a suicide knob..

At 23:30 - he signed off on Vancouver - and I hit my forward button a couple of times - I said to myself - that sure looks like Lacy WA to me. Sure enough.

You where in my hometown Portland Oregon

The light you almost ran, was indeed lit "red". Then it changed to green. Iui t was hard to see, due to the bright sun. It should have had a hood on each light, to cut down on glare. Audi has the S3, a small sedan, which had a 400hp engine. I think the hp has been reduced on the newer ones.

@ridingshotgun1251

2 жыл бұрын

Right.. the camera saw it but I didn't that's the weird part. I mean I was looking at it and I think the angle of it wasn't lit at all. At least from eyesight point of view. its weird how the camera caught it but my eyes didn't even when I was looking right at it..

@walterfink9782

2 жыл бұрын

@@ridingshotgun1251Those lights needed the hoods mounted over each lens. Great video, though.

@NoName-fo7mz

Жыл бұрын

@@ridingshotgun1251 it’s vrcatss

Did anything happen to the truck driver who went on Independence Pass a couple videos ago?

Well, if you do not post a vid on the 1st I will tell you Happy Birthday today.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

Hard to believe what Kirkland, WA (Totem Lake/NE 124th area} where you made a delivery looks like now. We lived in that area for years but left the state for Oklahoma in 1986. Enjoyed the video.

I was graduating High School At Clover Park while you were at Ft Lewis . Just remember at the time , Thanks to friends and others from Lewis & McCord AFB my little town of Lakewood became the largest supplier of drugs yes more than San Fran. Thanks to the military I started smoking pot. & cocaine cause it was so prevalent and yes then Thai Sticks. So many drugs were pouring off the bases cause of Viet Nam.

@willardwooten9582

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry this was for Brian who was stationed at Ft Lewis.

👍👍👍👊😎

Love your videos. Will we ever get to see the man behind the voice? Lol stay safe.

@dmetz2426

2 жыл бұрын

He’s in a couple videos. You just have to look. He’s in the one where he delivers steel to the new Las Vegas stadium about a year and a half ago. Short dude with gray hair.

@1231oreo

2 жыл бұрын

@@dmetz2426 thanks so much. Ill look that one up.

Thank you for saying *Washington* and not *Warshington* or *Wershington* !! LOL!

Is this the St Helens where the volcano blew its top about 40 years ago.?

Giddy up go Daddy giddy up go LOL

Sure a lot of straight fuel/dump trucks pulling pups. I wonder why there use that combination? Don't see that in Ohio..

Ooh don't look down whatever you do

Not raining?

If I hadda known you'd be at the Jubitz I woulda been there just for a fist bump with ya....lol..

Hi, Would you please teach us to when using the break, jack, and another thing when you are driving?Speed and another thing that you are facing while driving. sound stupid but I asked you anyway.

What you mean a Italian Meatball by Abarth doesnt fascinate you as to whatthey are really capable ofon the long run!

How miles do you average per trip

Something I hate on this side of the country that rarely happens on my side of the country Truckers just driving in the middle and left lane. They create traffic for everyone on the freeway and create a mini traffic jam everytime they do it Stay on the right lane where you belong, you're going like 5 to 10 miles below the speed limit, in no way should you be in the middle and left lane.

@Oo-IIII-oO

2 жыл бұрын

Theoretically correct. In reality though, with all the campers in the left lane, a lot of times the truckers drive faster on the right/middle lanes.

LOL. I used to say "Finito, Musselini!" when ending a task. So, what's the story with the hula girl, Mike? You can see her reflection clearly in the windshield. You been driving to Hawai'i, recently?

@dmetz2426

2 жыл бұрын

She’s been there forever.

Stop light screen saver lol

"This is why I divorced my wife." - This is why I not married, ahaha :D

Well you see Mike I have never had that problem, having been single all my years but now I am close to 69, am thinking would a female half my age be useful or a liability - still undecided. Nice run even though them other cars are a bit on the stupid side. You all have fun on the homeward journey and catch on the flip flop next time round - See Ya!!

Must be a sunday traffic usually busier

@georgec4917

2 жыл бұрын

No Titan is there they dont work weekends

👍👍🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸

Noyce ...noyce? You been watchin Australian soap dramas on those lonely snowed in nights, Mike?

Oh God could imagine paying for all the fuel in the tanker

Dont look like no strike to me.

What is up with the highway signs over the road? Graffiti city…

How do you solve the homeless problem? Do you have any suggestions?

@donneary7104

2 жыл бұрын

The way they used to treat vagrants in the 1950's. Tell them to move on or be arrested. Then follow through with the threat and send them to jail or mental hospitals. Most of the homeless are hopelessly dysfunctional and will never change. So, just remove them from public view.

@natalierasmussen5019

2 жыл бұрын

@@donneary7104 telling them to move on isn’t really a good answer. Wouldn’t it be better to fine out why they are homeless and try to fix that problem? I don’t think it’s fare to think that all of them are dysfunctional. Wouldn’t it be better to help them then to push them aside like garbage. After all they are human.

@donneary7104

2 жыл бұрын

@@natalierasmussen5019 Natalie. I am only stating what worked perfectly in the past. I'm in my late 70's and never saw homeless people in my youth, even growing up in the two biggest cities of America through the 1960's. Now, they are everywhere. Something has gone terribly wrong and needs to be fixed. Tolerance will not make it go away.

@natalierasmussen5019

2 жыл бұрын

@@donneary7104 I never said tolerant was. But greedy landlords and low wages are a big factor plus drugs. But pushing people to a different place or putting them in jail because they want to live is not a solution. Just saying. More needs to be done to help the people.

@donneary7104

2 жыл бұрын

@@natalierasmussen5019 Well Natalie. Being of advanced age, I have a different perspective than you. I remember what works to solve a problem. I'm more practical than emotional in my thinking. Landlords and low paying jobs have always existed and people compensated for that by working harder. Today's workforce is looking for handouts. Just look at the current news. Massive job openings and not enough workers because they'd rather stay home on govt. handouts. We need a change of attitude in the USA .

PLEASE put some grease on that speedball that squeaking is hard on the ears

MANDA VIDEO PARA MIM QUE EU QUERO CONHECER OS ESTADOS UNIDOS INTERIORMENTE AS CIDADES ESTADOS ETC ETC DESDE JA MUITAS GRACIAS AMIGO E BOAS VIAGNS OK

Liars and thieves are the worst.

Participation award winners.. Lmao!!!

Funny you said that. I’m 32 not married but by girl Have 3 kids but I’m considering I’m breaking up with her cuz she can’t be straight forward at all. Besides going OTR for prime in 3 weeks So Hasta la vista baby🥶😎

Ah, yes, Movin’ On, always ask myself in sticky situations: “What would Will and Sonny do?”

It's ues to be great city Portland now I am embarrassed how it looks now

Ha ha ha, Three years retired off the truck. My last 25 years i drove Portland to Seattle 7000 times, What am I doing?