I love your honesty. Admitting that you do not know a few things is very good. Talking about headlights some state troopers really need to know the laws. I own a 2021 Toyota Rav4 that has some very bright daylight running lights, that I cannot turn off. Had a trooper stop me a bit ago and he gave me a ticket for them being too bright. Of course I fought it and won because they are what came with my car and I cannot turn them off without disabling my headlights.

@vicpetrishak1077

2 жыл бұрын

The automobile manufacturers need to be taken to court for these overly bright head lamps . The aiming of these lamps effect on coming vehicles . Let someone drive your vehicle and you look at your oncoming lamps .

@andrewmurphy8724

2 жыл бұрын

@@vicpetrishak1077 I will agree with you. Some of the headlamps are way too bright for their own good. But like i said my daytime running lights automatically go out when it gets dark enough and my normal lights come on. It is those people that decide to install super bright headlights that have no concern for others and can cause an accident if the person they are meeting has light sensivity problems. I myself am light sensivitive and have some issues with oncoming traffic especially those with the super bright headlights. It is not always the manufacturers fault it is the light manufactureres fault for offering the super bright lights that idiots think they need when all they need to do is have their lights properly aimed.

Much love from a fellow Ukrainian American✌️

I’ve slept many thousands of hours in a bunk listening and feeling a engine idle, but I swear listening to you driving down the road is definitely a sweet sweet sound!!

Watching old content ❤❤❤

Great vid as always Steve,the Russian Tank comment made me.laugh! Here in the UK we run at 8'6" but are not classed as oversize until we re 9'6",then we need a movement order. Stay safe,and keep on truckin'

The skills of the mechanic came to be utilized !!!🔧🔧🔧🔧

Love the videos. You can see your passion for old school trucks in every camera angle and your superb editing. Good job 👍 That kitty kat purring while your changing the headlamp is music. Big uk American truck fan.

Love that 400 horsepower cat engine. I regularly drive a 1995 Kenworth T800 with a 3406E pulling lowboys and landalls. when it was new it was rated at 410 horsepower now it’s almost 30 years old probably loosing 50 horses to blow by. The 18 speed and the 4:11 gear ratio help it pull like a monster but it tops out at 55 mph though

"One Lonely Farmer " New Jersey You should get in a supply of them headlights before the stop makin em.

That's why I love the older trucks easier for drivers to fix

@truthseeker2321

2 жыл бұрын

I always hated that style of headlights, the low beams always burned out way before they should have. LMFAO! You could smack them and maybe get another couple of thousand miles out of them, before you had to replace them.

@theoregontruckerT880

2 жыл бұрын

You’re talking about him changing the headlight? A modern KW 900 or 800 or a western star 4900 is the same headlight hell a modern aero truck you just pop the hood pull off a cover twist the plug unplug the bulb plug in the new one and put it all back don’t even need any tools

@truthseeker2321

2 жыл бұрын

@@theoregontruckerT880 Yeah, it's the same with Volvo and the newer Freightliners. It takes just a few seconds to change the bulb, and you're back in business. That old style was just a pain in the ass, and they couldn't take the road shock as well as the really older headlights or the newer style.

@truthseeker2321

2 жыл бұрын

@@theoregontruckerT880 I mean the really old style, which was a round single light with the high- beam and low- beam in one, they lasted a really long time, compared to the square ones. I started driving on a ' 68 cabover international back in 1987, and I drove that truck for 4 years and only replaced one headlight. I don't know, but it might have been the original.

I’m just impressed that you found a place to park at that truckstop that time of night it only has mabe 30 spots ☺️

so this is what VIn Diesel is doing nowadays. I must say I was entertained!

Hi Steve great work ethic bro, wayda be! Thx for all your hard work, and awesome angles and audio.

Great video Steve really enjoy all the camera angles and your commentary stay safe Steve

Another great vid FSC. Sure would like to get one of the FSC Trucking T-Shirts. I like the part of the vid that showed the rubber tires flexing and the chains loosing there tension. Been off the road for a few years and forgot the term wiggle wagon so when you mentioned it a light came on. Ya walking around in the day time with a light out, lololol, Thanks for the great vid FSC, love the sound of a working kitty, stay safe…

Haha. Love the way you edited the video to get a view of that stunning polished tanker. That was a beauty!

Com'on Steve, New Jersey is known as the Garden State, must at least a tractor there somewhere 🤔 😳. Great trucking video, always good to watch, and listen to. Thanks for sharing

I’ve drove a few cab -overs and liked them. The downside is if you hit anything big no protection. Cool Videos!

The picture quality is excellent. The many camera angles make for such an enjoyable experience. You seem to work hard at everything you do. High standards no doubt!

@emprendeconraultrader6171

2 жыл бұрын

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keep up you great videos I enjoy immensely no longer able to drive but follow your journeys road signs good I can follow along in map book and remember my time years ago

FSC Trucking , Loved here in England .

Only the second video of seen on your channel, and the only trucking channel I've seen. I'm no trucker, but you've earned a sub. Hope to learn some things about your trade. From what I see, trucking is a life out here in the west. I'm in Arizona.

I like your videos when you travel by road and through towns to learn a little more about the USA.

@emprendeconraultrader6171

2 жыл бұрын

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Love those cat b models they are some of the best sounds and most reliable

Emlenton! You’re in my backyard. I wish I had known you were there. I would have bought you breakfast. Safe travels.

great channel well produced luv that cab over

Happy memorial day❤️🤍💙💯🍺🥃🍺🥃🍺🥃🍺🥃🍺🥃🍺🥃

@13:22 we see a oversized banana leaving the gas station 🚚🍌💨. It was a great video as always Steve !!

Another good video Truck Driver KEEP ON TRUCKIN 🇺🇲 🚛 👍 🐘

hey this is 10 mins from my house... when I heard Emlenton i perked up immediately lol

most tractor tires are filed with Beat Pulp if they are loaded. awesome video keep on trucking.

Good show, when you got pulled over for a light out, that was called a fishing expecition, much like a license plate light out, nationwide PD's use this for a very good reason, it opens the door to many other possibilities,,,,, many criminals have been caught because of a light out...when your out in Public all bets are off. keep all your bulbs lit. its an open invitation for the POPO to visit with you for a bit.

@DeadLegMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Legally we called it probable cause. Once it’s established it’s just a traffic offense and nothing more 9/10 of the time a verbal warning or a written one so they wouldn’t get a cite from another officer for the same violation (if it was an equipment one). The largest narcotics seizure I’ve ever made was from a moped tail light being busted

@bretyoung1869

2 жыл бұрын

A commercial vehicle can be stopped at anytime without cause and searched too.

Loving the videos hello from Cocoa fl

FSC Trucking, Also loved here in Wales too

lol you were just up Rt 8 from where I am. I used to deliver to the Freightliner shop there and a couple other places.

THE BEST AND COOLEST CABOVER OUT HERE ORWELL

2:11 the water and metal act as both Traction weight and a counter weight if you have a front end loader. so calling them a counter weight is fine.

I must agree, that was an interesting route from Bel Air Md. to the Ohio Tpke. By the way next time you stop at that place in Emlenton Pa.. try the Clux Deluxe chicken sandwich.

just cool

Damn I drove a 1985 Cabover Pete. 400 Cummins, 13 speed.

Usually Calcium filled back tires! I used to do Tire repairs on all size tractors!

As Greta would say , How Dare You, Park on the fuel aisle. lol What no, I'm the manager lol I don't think the axles were sticking out past your mirrors but they get carried away on those detours for sure. But stay safe and keep the video's coming.

Hey Steve, when you got off exit 13 on 376, I use to live about 0.8 of mile off that exit.

8:45 I haven't seen an Amoco in 15 years, they all switched to BPs around here. There was one BP that still had the old Standard sign but unfortunately that went away when Holiday bought that station about 10 years ago.

@emprendeconraultrader6171

2 жыл бұрын

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FedEx boy was staring through the camera into our souls....

I was waiting for I’m the manager at the fuel inland but it didn’t happen, that never gets old. The trailer is about 2.6 meters wide in metic measurement.

Good diner

it's interesting that you pulled that out of Maryland. most of the US built high horsepower massey tractors are built in Jackson Minnesota that one must have been brought in from the beauvis france plant.

I bet you had a few choice words for that dump truck driver in the parking lot Steve!! And then the white pickup going into the TA.

Was that a quick little nod to Happiness By The Mile - FedEx in the beginning.....Nice, that's one of the other fantastic YT channels out there.

12:20 Absolutely roasted. 🤣

ah the old a few inches over the trailer and needing oversize perments. but the truck pulling it has mirrors that stick out farther but that's ok

Love them old Pete cabovers... just wonder how hard it is to get parts for it

Roared out laughing with the , got a tractor, just need a Russian tank 🤣 Orwell showing dem who is the boss

living on the road to a dealership in the UK, over here they usually dont run the dual hubs until they are at the dealer, its cheaper to send the truck back to regional depot with a load of slim row crop hubs every so often then have wide load forms, or with tighter limits in europe even an escort

@michaelgarrison688

2 жыл бұрын

I have see many that load without the axel on and install it on site.

OMG bring back the cool tunes! Please!

Looking good Steve , a bunch of PREDATORS for sure , I guess it is a good thing I don't know , I trie to keep my equipment up and keep my binder full of paperwork , REGULATIONS You know how it is , For sure I am a farm boy I know all about weights and everything else on equipment and tractors , That is a nice one you got there , be safe take care yourself STEVE

Would it be possible to add a map of the route to your videos ,because as i am not from america just see what sort of mileage you cover per day or per load .Really enjoy your videos .

@haloreaper1000

2 жыл бұрын

Avg milage per day is about 5 to 600. Depending on what's on deck and where it's going. MD to WI is about 900 miles

@jamessimms415

2 жыл бұрын

I stop & catch the overheads & signs on the side of the road looking @ Google Earth, adding in street views

@ProfessionalNomad92

2 жыл бұрын

He doesn’t do it every video, however he has done it in prior videos with a general overview of the route. I seem to remember Steve doing in a video or two around the time he hauled that ol’ Mack tow truck

Back in '07 abd '08they were talking about using helium in tires, helium doesnt leak as its molecules are bigger than the rubber tires. nothing came of it of course, probably too expensive

@bobh6728

2 жыл бұрын

There is now a helium shortage, so probably not going to happen.

PA sure likes to screw with you when running OD. I was running 12ft wide once and they made me go around construction on I-78. The dang backroads were barley wide enough for the truck. Power line poles were about a foot from the asphalt, had to stop and pull over every time I met another vehicle. It would have made more since to just run the interstate and take both lanes since there wasn't a lane closure. Another time I was around 10ft wide and didn't tell PA to put me on the toll road. Ran back roads for most of the route. Came to a turn and it was one of the roads that says no doubles or 102. Someone definitely had their head up their ass on that one.

Actually there is a lot of farming in southern New Jersey.

@stubstoo6331

2 жыл бұрын

I've been watching one lonely farmer for at least ten years. Wes pandy has a good channel.

Morning Cue Ball

@jeffwatt6181

2 жыл бұрын

If you knew him you would know that's what we know him by when he calls in to the Steve Sommers Hot Shot Secret All Night drive . Untie your G string Cupcake.

Cabover lovers... An euro truck cabover can be spootted from baltimore over route 66 the next months, ( written 30 may 2022) Black Scania Truck "Max Hunt" logos and they are on holiday in the truck. Bed is dismounted and replaced with 2 extra seats Stock V8 770 hp 3700 Nm (2729 ft lb) of torque between 1000 and 1450 rpm

A diligent walk around, that is supposed to be done every day, would tell you what needed replacement, adjustment or leaks repaired. Or be an outlaw and pay the fines.

Used to be big tomato farms in south Jersey so Campbells could make tomato soup.

@donb1183

2 жыл бұрын

Rutgers Tomatoes

That emlenton truck stop has a good diner or at least it used to

It’s funny cause conestogas are 9’ wide. Also get the EZ pass buddaroo. I have a 99 cat glider kit and still have one. It’s just attached to an account that pulls from my checking. It’s super easy BROTHER. I’m on paper log too. BROTHER.

@theoregontruckerT880

2 жыл бұрын

I thought they were more like 8’10” but I understand your point but load securement devices are exempted from over weight rules

Love your videos. They take me back to before I retired. Long runs that were 2000 miles each way. Road trains that were 53.5 metres long and weighed 115 tonnes. (175 ft..257600 Imperial)

Some of them have all that weight to pull cause if you don’t weight enough then you gonna sit there and spin but sometimes the weight isn’t good enough so you put duallys or triples on it but the tires on that massy is row crop tires witch is you’re common tires cause they allow you to go in the rows of crop and you can but you can’t switch the tires out like you can on a semi

There’s actually a bit of farming in south Jersey.

@kurtdikkers7659

2 жыл бұрын

And is called “the garden state” for a reason.

It’s weird seeing kreilkamp out in pensylvania instead of wisconsin

I just subbed to ur channel I'm from Baltimore I'm a tow truck driver and I saw ur video on dot at TA that's crazy how they r pulling people over it's all about getting money and just being a pain in the ass u know

@charles055

2 жыл бұрын

We're do I send the Dm to

I am amazed on the interstate system how some exits keep growing, while other exits have nothing.

@dukee4333

2 жыл бұрын

Makes traveling really boring bc every town is converted into the same thing over and over again.

Never heard of putting anti-freeze in the tires. I’m assuming that’s because it’s in a colder area. Where I’m located at they put water in it.

@nicke1903

2 жыл бұрын

We use beet juice, non-corrosive, non-toxic, heavier than water, wont freeze up as easy.

When delivering a motor home i was stop for a safety. Although I did not have the fog lights on, I was told to turn them on. One did not work and he was about to give me a ticket. I asked him if I can fix it in 5 minutes would he still give me a ticket. How I fixed it was to take both fog lights off. He was not happy but he let me go.

Who else noticed Orwell parked beside a truck with big brother logistics on it?

Barkeyville, old exit 3 in the 80’s and it was a Boron truck stop on the left as I remember, looks like it is totally gone now, does anyone know? Thanks

Hi Steve I love your video's, what mpg do you get in that awesome Pete and any advice for a trucker with 25 years of experience in Europe that just got his green card 😎

@christopherkeating4830

Жыл бұрын

He gets about 5 mpg.

Conestoga trailers are 9’ wide, but not considered oversized.

Where are the tractor duals? Usually if the "dual mounting hubs", are installed, there should be the "duals". When "ordered", the "Hubs and Duals", come as a "Package",...usually.

@rednecksandhammers66

2 жыл бұрын

Outer wheels, are usually shipped separate to the dealer.

whats the biggest and most heavy load you have done aside from the oshkosh striker airport firetrucks?

that cat does sound great.. how many miles you got on the inflame now?

just don't come here in the winter time cuz FedEx they still like to try and get up over the hill to get into the truck stop there with their single axle and still get stuck and shut everything down

I heard a lot of people run beat juice in tractor tires.

@jjano2320

2 жыл бұрын

If you have any left over you can drink it.

🍭SWEET🍭God Bless🙏🏼

Kinda scared me when you pulled out in front of that car Bet that driver cussed you out under his breath. I know I would

How fast are you going most of the time?

👍

9:30 Big Foot :o)))

Where the heck are you going? Who dreamed up this route???

A lot less smoke . Did you get a tune up ? 😎 🇺🇸 ✝️

Is that that pilot off exit 42 on I-80?

At least they didn't insist on an escort. That would have really made you shit!!

Was that Smokey going the wrong way??? ROFL

@michaeldavenport5034

2 жыл бұрын

That trooper obviously prefers front views vs back views.

The guy in little white truck had a problem with you honking at him. Dump truck driver thought he owned the whole parking lot.

What route are you on? I can not tell. 322 ?

We live close enough for Jersey Tomatoes. I am not a fan, but the wife is. I take the George Carlin approach. Coming back from the airport after arriving from Nashville noticed had a headlight out. The only and only time I didn't have a spare bulb. It's about a 45 mile drive back home. Wife says we're probably going to get pulled over. It's 2:00 a.m. Sure enough get a mile from the house and our local police does a u turn to pull me over. At 2:00 a.m. he was probably bored and hoping to catch a drunk driver. Only got a warning. I found out later talking to another police officer that works with the one who stopped me, gave this police officer's mother a ticket. And he knew who she was.

I've been driving for years, on your last vid, isn't it against fed law that if the state has inbound scale stations, you can't do roadside dot inspections

What kind of logs books do you have. I have never seen you login for fuel stop?

@JohnHallgren

2 жыл бұрын

He’s using paper logs and doesn’t show writing them.

Vih.Diesel👍