EarthSun Trucker

EarthSun Trucker

Life as an Independent Contractor

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  • @Jeremiah-fy3zn
    @Jeremiah-fy3zn4 сағат бұрын

    That’s crazy

  • @Jeremiah-fy3zn
    @Jeremiah-fy3zn6 сағат бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 that should be hard as heck

  • @samarasamsarasam
    @samarasamsarasam15 сағат бұрын

    love you father❤

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker12 сағат бұрын

    Thank you baby girl I love you so much❤❤❤

  • @tedhill7017
    @tedhill701716 сағат бұрын

    I’m sorry for your loss. God Bless you.

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker15 сағат бұрын

    @@tedhill7017 thank you it never gets easy no matter how old you are

  • @tedhill7017
    @tedhill701714 сағат бұрын

    @@earthsuntrucker I agree I lost my mom in 2019 and my dad in 2022. You’re right it definitely doesn’t get easier.

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker14 сағат бұрын

    @@tedhill7017 I'm sorry for your loss as well

  • @tedhill7017
    @tedhill701714 сағат бұрын

    @@earthsuntrucker Thank you

  • @joshuaegli4984
    @joshuaegli4984Күн бұрын

    Get a CB bro

  • @412hwc
    @412hwcКүн бұрын

    and guess what, 7 hours n no detention....because your a percentage drivers🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️ every othet company and own ops get detention. but naww man not at fraley

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntruckerКүн бұрын

    @@412hwc I guess I'll see I put in for it I'll let you know

  • @412hwc
    @412hwcКүн бұрын

    @@earthsuntrucker i was specificaly told by josh travis that i dont get detention, or tarp pay or anything because i am a "percentage" driver. i still have tha message saved in my phone.

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntruckerКүн бұрын

    @@412hwc well I guess I'll see I haven't tried for detention in a while I've never heard them use that excuse but who knows

  • @412hwc
    @412hwcКүн бұрын

    @@earthsuntrucker good lucc bro

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntruckerКүн бұрын

    @@412hwc yeah I think I got some official word from others I don't know where he got that information but we are company drivers and the rule of thumb has always been and I asked today is that after your first two hours anything after that is considered for detention but it's up to the customer if they're going to pay and I know in the past even if they didn't Fraley used to it's not the Fraley as it used to be and I spoke to Beth

  • @mustbetrue1602
    @mustbetrue1602Күн бұрын

    Love the cop trying to shield his face with his hat. We're all annoyed by cameras, but you're a little late, bud.

  • @paulhunt4690
    @paulhunt46902 күн бұрын

    I drive an 18 wheeler. I see motorcycles do stupid little tricks every day. It doesn’t shock me.

  • @mustbetrue1602
    @mustbetrue1602Күн бұрын

    This is, unfortunately, accurate and I have been one of those people (sorry). I'm a more patient person now. Thankfully, the stupidity is on both sides of the fence, so no one is immune.

  • @tedhill7017
    @tedhill70172 күн бұрын

    I hope everything works out for your cousin. Be safe and God Bless you and your cousin. I enjoy your videos, keep them coming. Thanks for sharing.

  • @412hwc
    @412hwc2 күн бұрын

    lol fraley deff doesnt have anything to write home about equipment wise...really some of tha worst equipment in tha industry to be honest.

  • @samlogosz8422
    @samlogosz84223 күн бұрын

    Every time I've ben around a motorcycle their ALWAYS doing something illegal. Blowing stop signs speeding zig zaging in and out of traffic ridding wheelie.

  • @sharongoodsell9341
    @sharongoodsell93412 күн бұрын

    Yeah they are !!!!! 35years gone since my child's father over took on a roundabout, 💥💥💥 they never learn ...

  • @kirktitgen2309
    @kirktitgen23093 күн бұрын

    Your truck and trailer look like crap ….get her washed and have some pride ☝️💪👊

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker2 күн бұрын

    @kirktitgen2309 yeah company only washes them every 6 weeks if we're lucky and we swap trailers so much it's kind of hard to keep them clean but thanks for commenting and watching. And in that video it was raining and I was in the mud LOL

  • @TravisTheDriver
    @TravisTheDriver4 күн бұрын

    You look frustrated driver!

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker4 күн бұрын

    @@TravisTheDriver 🙃😆 it was a tad frustrating. It's just when you think something simple turns out to be chaotic. At least I got them change out😄

  • @412hwc
    @412hwc5 күн бұрын

    since your doing a LP did they make u put money down? when i was there guys said they put $15k-30k down on those truccs smh but how much is your trucc grossing every week?

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker5 күн бұрын

    No money out of pocket as I know. These are are older company trucks and after a year or year and half you will have truck paid off. I am trying to crunch numbers but this past week has been disastrous but I am still a company driver. They let us drive them for bit. I have this one about two weeks but probably pull the trigger on it after Labor Day. Thanks for watching!

  • @412hwc
    @412hwc5 күн бұрын

    @@earthsuntrucker as an LP how much of a percentage do u get than? also tho, i wud b real leary of letting a dispatcher dictate what type of revenue ur trucc gets.

  • @tedhill7017
    @tedhill70177 күн бұрын

    Thank God the driver is ok.

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker7 күн бұрын

    @@tedhill7017 that is for sure I've seen too much the last 2 weeks out on the road

  • @tedhill7017
    @tedhill70177 күн бұрын

    @@earthsuntrucker From the videos I’ve seen that you have put out, there’s definitely no doubt about that. I hate that you’ve had to see all that bad stuff.

  • @gregoryhodge9452
    @gregoryhodge94528 күн бұрын

    If you only had a C.B. radio.😂

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker7 күн бұрын

    I know right! It's a cardinal sin that a truck driver doesn't have a CB radio

  • @RonRussell-sj1zf
    @RonRussell-sj1zf8 күн бұрын

    A motorcycle should have NO trouble merging onto an interstate on the on ramp, put the hammer down and go!

  • @JohnJage0852
    @JohnJage085210 күн бұрын

    I had a bride, riders' mother, some "legal -aid" tell me talking bad about fool is not nice. He tried lane share clipped my side mirror kiss underside of trailers back tires. I never talked bad about him. Dash Camera did.

  • @markharwell8793
    @markharwell879310 күн бұрын

    Biscuits & Gravy in Texas McD's too, upon request, not on the menu.

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker10 күн бұрын

    Lol I was just too funny when I said they had to have biscuits and gravy since they were in Kentucky and she politely informed me that we were still in Indiana oops!

  • @scottcampbell2585
    @scottcampbell258510 күн бұрын

    Just watching eight cars not use a turn signal to get into traffic!!! When law enforcement starts enforcing traffic laws instead of harassing truck drivers accidents like this will stop!!! Granted there are morons driving trucks as well . Bare feet up on the dash playing with their phones. Driving a vehicle is not a game!!!!

  • @sandiabill1
    @sandiabill15 күн бұрын

    Yeah, if truckers would stop harassing innocent motorists , traffic fatalities would completely stop! See how ignorant that sounds?

  • @scottcampbell2585
    @scottcampbell25855 күн бұрын

    @@sandiabill1 when stupid people stop playing chicken with trucks ,the accidents and people wouldn’t die. Cutting off a truck to exit,not having their meat hooks wrapped around a burger getting on the road. Granted there are some (ragheads, and of course the European drivers that run up the ass of other vehicles, drive barefoot , park where it says no parking, take showers parked on the fuel island. Again why pay law enforcement if they’re not going to enforce traffic laws? Saves us money on taxes.

  • @KelliPrichard-dv3ri
    @KelliPrichard-dv3ri4 күн бұрын

    Right on Scott Campbell 👍🏽

  • @abacab87
    @abacab8710 күн бұрын

    Bikers really shouldn't be allowed on highways.

  • @Chiscassippi
    @Chiscassippi3 күн бұрын

    Why/? Make a mistake on a MC and you pay the price. Car drivers can be idiots and tootle on down the road.

  • @sandib4234
    @sandib42343 күн бұрын

    @@Chiscassippi Right!

  • @mustbetrue1602
    @mustbetrue1602Күн бұрын

    Stupid people shouldn't be allowed anywhere. Including highways. Luckily, stupidity offers equal-opportunity because there are plenty of them in cars and in KZread comment sections (not me, of course).

  • @brucetifer
    @brucetifer10 күн бұрын

    As a retired truck driver, I’m gonna tell you put a CB in your truck. I know since satellite radio, and people attitudes they have disappeared. I didn’t talk on mine much but I always had it on the background just saying.

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker10 күн бұрын

    @@brucetifer for sure I used to have one got to the point where you hardly ever needed it but you definitely need it when you're on the road trying to figure out traffic

  • @texasbella576
    @texasbella5762 күн бұрын

    My husband says the same thing and I agree. I drove teams with him for a while. You can’t know every truckers’ cell phone number, but you can communicate via CB during an emergency.

  • @brucetifer
    @brucetifer2 күн бұрын

    @@texasbella576 thank you for your comment

  • @aframen
    @aframen10 күн бұрын

    I would prefer that you get rid of the window within a window. Thanks.

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker10 күн бұрын

    @aframen I try and shake it up. I do that so people can see a person driving the truck. I have some folks that haven't seen it before. Thanks for watching!😀

  • @thirsierapple1194
    @thirsierapple119411 күн бұрын

    what's the most beautiful state to drive through?

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker10 күн бұрын

    @thirsierapple1194 wow, that is a tough on. Coming into Albuquerque New Mexico at night heading west with all the lights is absolutely gorgeous. Utah was pretty awesome too at points driving on the interstate and you see nothing but desert on each side and the sand blowing across the road. I guess it's more of a personal preference but I always love Tennessee because that's home

  • @soggybottom23
    @soggybottom239 күн бұрын

    @@earthsuntrucker the view coming into Albuquerque at night has always been my favorite memory from my OTR time

  • @randykelly1595
    @randykelly15959 күн бұрын

    Vermont and New Hampshire northern part in the fall

  • @rusty1772
    @rusty17723 күн бұрын

    Oregon

  • @rusty1772
    @rusty17723 күн бұрын

    Oregon

  • @412hwc
    @412hwc11 күн бұрын

    dont u find it funny how fraley strips down all their equipment to run heavier but very rarely do u haul anything over 45k😂

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker11 күн бұрын

    @412hwc yep, there few weeks back over 50,000 lbs. Pick one up close to 52,000 last week.

  • @412hwc
    @412hwc11 күн бұрын

    @@earthsuntrucker yea but its not enough to justify stripping the trucc and making tha driver suffer. man i was on that north american stainless account not once did i pull something over 45 thousand pounds.

  • @jimthiel478
    @jimthiel47812 күн бұрын

    That's why insurance is so high they total out this new plastic electrical night mares instead of fixing them.

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker12 күн бұрын

    I dont know why video gliched twice??

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker13 күн бұрын

    Those docks are tight!!

  • @ppnagavlog
    @ppnagavlog17 күн бұрын

    First ☺️

  • @ppnagavlog
    @ppnagavlog17 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @ppnagavlog
    @ppnagavlog19 күн бұрын

    So beautiful place 😍🥰❤

  • @chris_dahlen
    @chris_dahlen19 күн бұрын

    I live bear bettendorf, ia (eldridge, ia) I also work Arconic, which was renamed from Alcoa. In bettendorf

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker19 күн бұрын

    It will always be Alcoa lol

  • @CompanyDriver
    @CompanyDriver19 күн бұрын

    Good times!

  • @Mdmohiuddiyan
    @Mdmohiuddiyan19 күн бұрын

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  • @mikedunn8506
    @mikedunn850620 күн бұрын

    😂

  • @Mdmohiuddiyan
    @Mdmohiuddiyan20 күн бұрын

    "Great content! Always interesting to see the day-to-day life of a trucker. Stay safe out there on the road, and thanks for taking us along on your journey from Bettendorf, IA. Looking forward to more updates!"

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker20 күн бұрын

    Thanks for commenting and watching. I do appreciate it. I am on my way back to Bettendorf to deliver and Reload! Have great day!

  • @ppnagavlog
    @ppnagavlog22 күн бұрын

    New subscriber 🙏❤ please connect ❤❤❤

  • @lightofgodindarkness
    @lightofgodindarkness24 күн бұрын

    Hellow brother beautiful road trip thanks for sharing, New friend here stay connected God bless you

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker23 күн бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching

  • @CompanyDriver
    @CompanyDriver26 күн бұрын

    that truck looks sweet!

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntrucker26 күн бұрын

    @@CompanyDriver thanks, hopefully this one will make it out of the gate, lol

  • @412hwc
    @412hwc18 күн бұрын

    @@earthsuntruckertypical fraley....exactly why i left. i was playing mr fix a trucc more than driving n workin. fucc that place man stg

  • @arlolipop
    @arlolipop29 күн бұрын

    happy 4th of july. its raining here so im not sure if there will be fireworks but hope you can see some wherever you may be

  • @boogieman6522
    @boogieman6522Ай бұрын

    1 day a trooper asked me how did I do 600 miles in sleeper birth 😅😂

  • @arlolipop
    @arlolipopАй бұрын

    your dad joke video from 4 days ago randomly popped up on my feed and im glad it did :) i know nothing about anything thats happening in this video but it'll be a fun ride

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntruckerАй бұрын

    I am a trucker driver and showing a bit of what I do. The bad dad joke was a random thing I did, lol. Watch out I am sure I will do it again! Thanks for watching!

  • @DriveTFY
    @DriveTFYАй бұрын

    Amazing stop!

  • @annecorreia-covington1091
    @annecorreia-covington1091Ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @annecorreia-covington1091
    @annecorreia-covington1091Ай бұрын

    I need that duck for my Jeep. 😆

  • @TravisTheDriver
    @TravisTheDriverАй бұрын

    Take IB Guard for the stomach cramps. Helps with that you can get it at Walmart or cvs what ever it’s over the counter remedy for stomach cramps. I have the same issue

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntruckerАй бұрын

    Thank you

  • @69ss95
    @69ss95Ай бұрын

    Thank you for working and supplying the USA..you guys make this country run.....

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntruckerАй бұрын

    Thank you for that. I along with all the truck drivers do appreciate the kind words!!

  • @CompanyDriver
    @CompanyDriverАй бұрын

    1980 is a good #

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntruckerАй бұрын

    1980 failed as I drove it to Alcoa to load and back to Knoxville for Transmission Fault code and Fraley is going to sell to outside buyers as too much $$$ to fix I guess. I got a couple of options though🤔

  • @CompanyDriver
    @CompanyDriverАй бұрын

    Hey bro! I work for F&S and have a youtube channel, too. Great videos, my man!

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntruckerАй бұрын

    Cool, let me know your channel and I will subscribe

  • @homemadefood99
    @homemadefood99Ай бұрын

    WOOOoooooooOW👍Superb! We love it. Respected friend we really enjoyed your video from start to finish.🙂Stay blessed!👍Keep it up!🙂God bless you abundantly forever 🙂🙂Enjoy amazingly blessed weekend 🙂🙂Stay happy and well protected.🙂

  • @earthsuntrucker
    @earthsuntruckerАй бұрын

    Thank you very much! Just getting started on KZread cooking and the truck