20 foot wide load on Texas back roads!

[@lloydedwards8038]

Glad you gave the trumpet to the step van coming out of the side road, it adds some authenticity to the load and the road!

[@Dennis379c16]

Pinny woods of east Texas. Been there done that! 16' is the most I've done, that was stressful enough but 20' wide in any state is a on your toes all the time. Stay safe out there.

[@Jens.M]

The load almost looks like an UFO!

[@EfficientRVer]

The most common saucer diameter is 20 to 23 feet. Just sayin'.

[@producerk8247]

What is a better way to transport a UFO for the government than an unsuspecting Canadian? 🤣

[@lonistewart3405]

Heading to Area 51.

[@srdaniel2]

That was my first thought as well. I wonder what it is.

[@Frankman232]

@@producerk8247lol from SpaceX to Canada 😂

[@billblock8090]

I always enjoy traveling along with you. You always have great content, always interesting. This one is great , because this is where I live. Keep up the videos.

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Thank you 😊

[@stephendx935]

Love it! "I thought Everything was bigger in Texas, the roads don't seem too big" (20:40) Speaking of Texas being big, I was not aware that it could be so green with those forests you were going through. Nice to see the green.

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Oh yes, eastern Texas actually has lush forest. It’s not all the plains you see in the movies!

[@warrendemars]

Was a pretty drive through those "Country Roads, take me home ... " :)

[@bobbynichols7159]

HEMPHILL TX is where a lot of the debris from the Columbia Space shuttle was found. There is a museum there.

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Wow wish I had more time to visit!

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

There's nothing like a sunny day, wide open road with little traffic and a great team running together. People that have never been a semi driver or ridden in a semi don't understand anything about them. Especially an oversize load. Lol that cargo looks like a spaceship 😂😂😂. Thanks for a new video. Hope Fred is with you on the next one!

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

PS what a beautiful ride through the country

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Fred will be back soon!

[@gerryspang5917]

The load is wide but doesn’t seem to heavy as you are motoring right along, widest I hauled was 15 1/2 ft wide and 14 1/2 high to the diamond mines in the North West Territories north of Yellowknife snow and wind, but there was no traffic, 20 ft seems like almost too wide. Enjoying the ride along. Cheers my friend.

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

In 2014 I ran 20+ load up the ice road. Diavik, Ekati, Snap Lake, Guacha Kay. I delivered to them all!!!

[@gerryspang5917]

@@luckybananaheavyhaul3407 a lot of snow up there and not much else.

[@normanmcgill6917]

They call it "gas refinery" material but it really is a flying saucer. It's the new mini size so everybody can have one. Kinda like the Model A.

[@adrianvazquez6142]

20 ft wide is insane 😳

[@kittty2005]

OMG you would not want to travel down michigan back roads we had a mail box strike up here by a plow using his belly blade, funny thing this plow driver figured out he could slide that belly blade way over and stay on the road and grade the shoulder . He hit a slick spot and shifted side wise 2 feet right the blade caught the I-BEAM mailbox support and flipped the 7 yard dump truck full of road sand over into the box owners living room. the truck was totalled the home was a loss as was the mailbox and the support along with the 10 yard concrete anchor was lifted out. The truck was obeying speed limit 40 mph, the house was a 28x54 ranch with attached garage, the mail box was normal the support was over kill and as such the home owner served 6 months in jail and declared bankruptcy and his wife left him. That being said the home owner was very blessed the first time, a drunk driver hit it five years earlier and flayed his car in twain, the drunk tried to flee but he couldn't get his 2-piece car started.

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Sounds like someone who is tired of replacing mailbox’s 🤣

[@lloydedwards8038]

Hello from Saskatchewan Canada. It's been a while since watching your video site, but is good to see that you appear to still be doing good. I watched this one because this is in one of the areas that I travelled extensively, and recognize a lot. Your other videos are usually pretty good but this one brings back a lot of memories.

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@Skynet-1]

That's some beautiful countryside in Texas. I don't know why but I wasn't expecting to see all the tress and the landscape. Looks a lot like my home state of Michigan. Oh buy the way, your not kidding anyone that's a alien spaceship your hauling. That's why we don't get to see the load and unloading. Mum's the word! 😉👍👍👍

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Yes I agree! When you think of Texas you don’t think of lush green forest but east Texas is actually very wooded countryside.

[@leonb2637]

I have been in East Texas on back roads and some of it is quite nice.

[@TW-ut6vu]

Hi Doug thanks for an awesome video of a tough haul through the woods and as always theirs car drivers who don’t like to adhere to wide load signs and flashing lights which makes for an interesting trip so wishing you safe miles cheers from tim in queensland australia ( keep on trucking as heavy haulage is the best job ) hope Fred is along on the next trip

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Fred is back truck’n now :) Thanks for watching and thanks for taking time to comment 😊✌️

[@patrickcarey393]

Doug does a great job editing his videos. He must spend a lot of time working at it. I saw an empty Bellemere flat bed at the Salisbury Big Stop 2 or 3 days ago. Maybe heading to the Port of Halifax to pick up a load.

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Thank you 😊

[@dei_stroyer]

14:45 - Oh no sir, that's why I do it.. I drive a truck to intentionally inconvenience other drivers that wait till the last minute to leave then have to rush, it makes my day when I see their little hands fly in the air in distress. Sometimes I will sit next to another semi on a 2 lane hwy and just enjoy the peace of no cars in front of us.

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

🤣🤣🤣

[@trevorcooke8129]

Great driving there bud, man it was a wide load 👍 people in cars never seen to understand or misjudge these kinds of loads, great viewing 👍

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Thank you 😊

[@harddriveusame7248]

You got to take the scenic route through Texas. That's what the small roads are.

[@TomSpeck-gw8wi]

Awesome train horn 👌

[@willb3018]

Nice cruise through the countryside.

[@kittty2005]

Good morning Transporter Doug, good to see you again and I'm late as usual hope I don't get fired, LOLLOL.

[@bobbynichols7159]

I can't believe you hadn't met any log trucks

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Was a Saturday

[@jesusm2159]

Saludos happy Saturday

[@ivatt442]

I’ve been missing Fred - is he on vacation or has he branched out into low loaders!? It’s funny how you can have a pretty easy scenic route, lovely weather hardly any difficulties and yet it soon becomes boring and you can’t wait for it to be over! Really enjoyed being chauffeured on such a lovely day through Texas countryside and are the fish monsters waiting to be caught!? Keep on Trucking in the US of A!

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

The fishing in Texas was good! 😉

[@michaelraine6718]

Seems like it would have been easier to have Beldar Conehead fly it directly to the destination. 😂

[@Wreck-tangle]

I’m sure the producers of Ancient Aliens have already contacted you. 😂

[@mikestorey6242]

Hi, Doug very nice to see different country side other side of the ocean. Did they take out the alien out before you got the job to deliver it (lol) Mike from UK 🇬🇧

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

Woo hoo just what I needed! Gotta watch then comment lol

[@bobderemer5015]

Watching at 2x speed makes it look like you are haulin' the mail!😂😅

[@Zyzzyx42]

On the regular detour routes, I wonder if the locals get used to seeing oversized loads.

[@gregbridges2365]

I think that’s the first time I’ve ever seen you pulling a step deck at least that what it appears to be

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

True step deck loads usually aren’t video worthy!

[@trevorritchie2575]

Wind noise is brutal when your window is down. Maybe move the mic for the next trip. Otherwise great video as always, keep em coming, keep on trucking! How would you decide who would back up to where you had 40 feet if you met another 20 foot wide load coming the other way?

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Who ever was closest to a wide spot would somehow make room for the other!

[@MichaelOrth-j8i]

Good morning Doug from Michael from Germany. I think the load are from area 51 😂 .I hope we are see Fred in the next video .Greetings from Germany

[@jeffbangkok]

Good morning

[@ms-mac521]

👍👍👍

[@NickCharles]

Been watching a few of your videos recently, great stuff and loving the new 389! I have a question, what are the long strings of what look like codes in your video descriptions? Are they somehow related to the loads you are pulling?

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Music rights so KZbin doesn’t flag me for copyright

[@dubious6718]

Nothing suspicious with that load...

[@ghostridershd53]

Super cool les vidéos, c est on nouveau camion ? Bonne a toi👌👍🤘

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Oui j’ai cassé mon cochon en achetant ça aux printemps :)

[@martymorse2]

Sabine is Pronounced: Sabean National Forest.

[@machinemoverman4614]

All those back roads in Texas and didn’t see one cowboy! What the hell! lol

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

🤣🤣🤣 and they don’t say « howdy » either

[@Derpster2493]

Not the world's most clandestine ufo transport.

[@jonathanlanglois2742]

41:00 What? That's a National Forest? It looks like a managed forest like the ones that are cut down every 30 years by the lumber and paper industry. There only seems to be pine in that forest. The underbrush is way too clean.

[@darkrevenger04]

Love how amused you were at running the Sheriff off the road lol. Why no copilot this trip? How you feel about using the dropdeck? do you prefer having oversized loads using a rgn with stinger and jeep over a dropdeck?

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

The customer specified no animals were allowed at the delivery site so Fred had to sit this one out At 20 wide this drop deck load was definitely challenging but in general the RGN loads are more challenging and I like a challenge!

[@darkrevenger04]

@@luckybananaheavyhaul3407 Thats a bummer your copilot was requested to stay home. Have you had issues with other truckers ever at truck stops or anywhere when loaded?

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

@darkrevenger04 I once had a delivery to make on the apron at JFK airport and no way security would let the dog onto the field. Luckily we came up with a solution that the cargo guys had some spare dog cages so I was able to store the dog in the cargo warehouse before proceeding onto the field for offload.

[@darkrevenger04]

@@luckybananaheavyhaul3407 Sorry didn't quite word it right, I meant issues where the truckers didn't let you get moving at truck stops or anywhere when loaded like in this vid where some of the 4 wheelers barely moved over off the road for you. or are they more likely to let you go by so they have more room?

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

People in general (both cars and trucks) seem to have some sense of self entitlement and hate to move over. Don’t get me wrong, they have as much right to use the road as I do but they just don’t seem to accept the the oversize signs means it might impede into their side of the road!

[@That38Guy]

You pulled permits to be on those roads. If someone else wanted permits for the same roads going the opposite direction would the state delay the other guy or send him hoping you two don't trade paint ?

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

We often travel both directions on the same route. It is common to meet other oversize loads

[@normanmcgill6917]

I love these videos and they are always interesting but where is Fred?

[@Zyzzyx42]

What techniques does the lead car have to get oncoming drivers to move off the road? Drive at them in their lane?

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Yup pretty much 🤣

[@bwillan]

I'll take scenic and boring any day for a heavy haul. 😉

[@nancyniewoehner7881]

What are you hauling? A spaceship?

[@Tha_Zhuk]

What do you do to stay fit on the road?

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

I am careful about what I eat. I bring home made food and try to avoid the restaurants. I also have a basic workout routine that I try to do a few times per week. Pushups, sit-ups… and on top of that this job can be pretty physical when loading and unloading

[@marshelellis4668]

I know where u was at when u said Sabine national forest

[@gwharton68]

Great job Never thought there was anything pretty in Texas.

[@TexDrinkwater]

It's a big state. We have everything from ugly to very beautiful.

[@thomasgarwell8214]

Hi Doug. If anyone should ask where you've arrived from, just say Area 51🤣. Anyway, talking about idiot drivers who need to get from point A to point B, are total idiots. Its bad enough for normal truck drivers, but twice as bad for yourself. Keep safe. Just wondering where Fred was, then found he wasn't there. Poor thing. I got to admit, he loves the journeys😊. Loving the comments about the state of the roads🤣. If you want to watch a trucker in the UK, Scott Andrews, some of the roads he's been down on. The videos around the two years old ones. He has to take full loads down farm tracks to deliver stuff. I don't think I could take a car down some of them🤣

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

The customer specified no animals at the delivery site so Fred had to sit this one out. But don’t worry, he’s back truck’n with me now

[@JoseSantana-j6n]

Ko❤

[@markgillespie2347]

What are you hauling a Flying Saucer HA HA

[@jesusm2159]

Are both exhaust functional?

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Yes they are

[@jesusm2159]

@@luckybananaheavyhaul3407 nice

[@74_Green]

Decapitator 9000 or was it a UFO??? :D

[@stephendx935]

And a question about a vehicle hitting the wide load, whose liability is it? The pilot company, your company, the other party? I'm curious.

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Assuming that the car isn’t doing anything wrong. If the car hits a wide load that is travelling outside of its lane the trucking company would be held responsible. Now if the car tries to illegally pass the truck and hits the load in the process then the car is at fault

[@davidbreman2494]

I don't know when you released this video here's the thing I pulled up to a 13 axle and your in Texas mainly the routes Texas has you running are 2lane roads I know all to well what your dealing with people do t have respect

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

This haul was done actually only a few weeks ago

[@MarkOuellette-k4r]

What is the overhang on the trailer ?

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

6 feet on the passenger side

[@rowdyoldson7232]

I have noticed that you quite often take up more lanes than you need. When drivers in the industry here see someone like that they call them " little boys " meaning the reason that they do this to try and give them broader shoulders 😂. Kiwis are the biggest offenders here for that.

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Actually I sometimes take up more space than I need because 2 minutes up the road I might need that space for some unknown reason and then you risk an accident fighting to cut traffic off to win the space back. If people in general were more courteous towards oversize load, I would be more courteous in return

[@perleybowen7794]

Where was Fred?

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Customer specified no dogs at delivery point 👎

[@Adam-x4b]

@@luckybananaheavyhaul3407huh what could a dog possibly do except sit in the truck

[@kellykonoske91]

Surprized by all the double clutching. ( and the fool bothered by looking over the hood needs to go away!) Cheers! Todd the retired trucker.

[@pourquoiunidentifiant]

dont you think sometimes that road authorities hates you to make you got thoses routes with that kind of load ?

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Yeah but I’d probably never get to visit some of these back woods towns otherwise! 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@haloreaper1000]

love texas for the loads going in and out, hate texas cause of the routing is never consistent because of the counties not updating closures and always getting different routes for every load. wide or not, heavy or not

[@kway7583]

I normally love your channel, this video was like bad road trip. The hood is to much, just my two cents. Waiting for the next one.

[@Michael-uv1nn]

Your truck is a bug collector and it's a little bit dusty

[@daryllcooper2695]

don't they drive farm equipment on interstate? Why they send you on back road . I've seen those big 8 wheel tractors on 10

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

Agriculture and Transport often don’t have the same rules

[@lucasdobson5957]

Nice ufo lol I bet people where talking when they see you I can just hear it now

[@giork2828]

"Everything is bigger in Texas". ...except their narrow roads... and their border wall. Soon, though 🇺🇲

[@nancyniewoehner7881]

I've always said that everybody should ride in a semi for one day to realize how it really is. I've been there done that for 2 days in a snowstorm.

[@dettott]

Your front pilot car is not doing a very good job needs to slow down and guide them to the side of the road

[@nusbaumtanner]

Seems like with how wide you were it would require a police escort, its crazy to have only a oversize escort when you take up the entire road. That or at least have both in the front so one could call out cars and the second push them to the side.. would allow for a lot more time to react rather than a single turn on 45+ roads.

[@luckybananaheavyhaul3407]

We had police escorts through many states but wasn’t required in Texas 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@russellthomson6977]

New clutch needed