3215 DOT check level 3 inspection

[@wptrock631]

No wonder companies can't get drivers if they have to go through all this bullsh*t all the time!

[@madworld6801]

They need to make it better for the truckers because they do a big service to the country and yet they don't get the respect they deserve

[@tommyreed8485]

This trooper could care less about Jessica Paper.

[@borisvinokurov8593]

Truckers stop the trucks

[@leavingasap843]

Y should he

[@mercurysimple3850]

Not about safety anymore it's all about the $$$$.

[@GetsumJ]

You handle inspections like a pro, I am so impressed with your organizational ability on your documents, your attitude, and friendly nature. I need you to train about 330 drivers in my region. VERY NICE JOB!

[@theamerican7131]

I was afraid the guy was going to break the bracket on your eLog thing. Holey crap!

[@junkiexl86]

And best believe had he did, he would have faulted the driver and fined him from a broken mount lol

[@robertsickinger2099]

When you get pulled over for a inspection I found that being friendly doesn't do you a bit of good.The best thi g to do is keep your mouth shut and don't give up any extra information.After 40 years on the road you learn a few tricks.When going by a open scale get in the middle lane and hold it there till a vehicle comes up on side and make believe they won't let you over.There is no law that says you gotta kill someone. Trying to get in the scale.Never once got stopped,and I always raised hell on the CB and made believe I was pissed in case the DOT INSPECTORS were listening as they always do.And remember there is not a scale in America you can't go around if you have too.

[@coocoo5756]

you can say that but two miles of advance notice by signs will get you a ticket. from what I was told

[@michealmacwilliams4247]

You buy the top of the line Atlas you can always find your way around like you said I only drove 18 years starting in '86 but I picked up a tricks of the trade and good tips

[@alexk5442]

That's a BS, you bypass scale you are getting VT. You have enough time to change lanes way before you get to the scale. You are giving a very bad advice to your fellow truckers

[@calebniederhofer6529]

@@alexk5442 This is horrible, and bad advice.Attitude is everything , and it may not always get you out of violation, but if you are respectful!;90% of the time they will be too. When you are a A hole to them , only more reason for them to make your life worse.

[@davidalexander828]

@@calebniederhofer6529 Exactly being nice may not get out of violation but it can 8 out 10 times get you out of a fine and your walking away with just a warning.

[@MadsWorld34]

the best DOT inspection i ever got was west bond hope AR. i hit the scales new truck new flat bed empty. he told me to pull over bring in paper work. i went in he said he was going to inspect my truck and he said you have lights on the truck check. hows your breaks. then said you stopped on the scale and in the spot so they work. he looked and said yep you have all your tires check. he ask for my paper work took the info off it and ask to see my log book so i went to hand it to him. and he said yep you have a log book check. handed me a peace of paper and told me to get out of his scale house and said happy new years and this was in july.

[@ald3975]

My best was NB I25 going into Montana/Wyoming. I ran to the building where they were checking everyone's papers. I felt dizzy. They said it was the Altitude,,over 7000 ft. They told me to sit down and relax ,then was going to send me back out to get E,logs but said" nevermind,,,,just go ahead. Be careful.

[@hausefield]

Good thing they didn't ask you to spell brakes...

[@truckerjournal3680]

Lol. The rare cool dot guy

[@gamingaccountfordjrhis8757]

@@ald3975 same thing happened to me in Wyoming walking to the TA truck stop. I panicked never felt that before in my life 😂😂 thought I was about to die

[@ald3975]

@@gamingaccountfordjrhis8757 lmao. Also note the age of the post .lol

[@Sara-L]

I paused the video at 5:54 - this is clearly the most pleasant inspector in the world.

[@rob420]

04:13 The sound of disappointment!!!

[@Fr8roftheNight]

DOT seemed like a nice guy, just doing his job. He seemed pretty chill about the camera and had some good manners. It could have been worse, you took it like a champ!

[@ellkir1521]

Refreshing to see that. Usually total a-holes that are po'd if they find nothing.

[@garythorsell5061]

I'm surprised he didn't ask him when was the last time he took a shi#

[@GunmanPunisher]

And if he had a receipt for that. Weight, consistency, smell and taste not to mention.

[@TellNoL437]

That's one of the many reasons I don't drive anymore. DOT treat drivers like a second class citizen with all the questions. It is like truck drivers have no privacy or rights. That career has really gone downhill with the DOT. He was professional, but all the questions and asking for last load info is a huge sign he was looking for a reason for a citation.

[@paulwicklund1052]

They only pulled you in because they are wise to your keeping long distance between trucks so other trucks get the bypass. LOL.

[@shayearl2369]

Paul Wicklund staying back gives them the idea that your doing your logbook. but since he didn't have a paper logbook. now he was forced to look at more things to try and find something

[@charles8557]

Paul Wicklund Could you please explain what you mean?

[@gopena1]

Truck weigh stations have off/on-ramps, and they are only so long. When the weigh station is open, and trucks need to stop, and it's busy, they will line up on the off-ramp to get weighed. If the ramp is full, and presents an issue of spilling onto the roadway, causing a traffic jam, staff in the weigh station will give trucks the instruction to pass or skip that particular station, either through an in-cab signal or roadside signage. Based on context, state police departments are not too happy about that typically.

[@sfsailor102]

@@gopena1 Or you are catching up on paperwork!

[@dino9395]

Yes,You never leave space between trucks while on the ramp..Most scales frown on this...An experienced Trucker would know better.

[@alltheboost5363]

The big gap that you leave is probably why you got the level 3 inspection.

[@25mfd]

and what if he had left no gap and still got tagged??? what would be the excuse then???

[@Engineer9736]

25mfd You didn’t get it

[@tonyrust269]

I've always kept a gap when I pull into a scale house never been checked other than an officer standing next to ramp checking logs, if I were guessing I would say they ran his DOT number on his truck and if the company he works for has a low score or rating you're more likely to be inspected

[@roydavis9457]

I am so glad that I am retired, I got so sick of all that kind of abuse.

[@JESUSCHRIST-de9st]

Your right it really is abuse your right always emptying your pockets

[@shayearl2369]

on the freeway I keep space depending on if it's a way in motion scale. pulling into a scale I stay closer to the truck in front of me. if you stay back to far, they may think you doing your logbook.

[@destinationlunar]

Oh look the Calidonia Scale! There is a pilot at the next exit! That scale plays the open close game!

[@esthermarye]

Thank you for sharing, I was wondering how those inspections went, saw them allot during my last visit to the States. In Europe they just pull you over and they always find something to give you a fine!!! Keep on Trucking! Greetings from a Truck driver from The Netherlands , EU

[@lgraham4111]

Dot going hard in the paint . going back 8 days they can do anything they want . you have a Godly spirit keeping it cool

[@justind.laashley1220]

That’s the one thing I hated driving a truck especially when the truck was a piece of crap

[@unnecessaryroughness4681]

Shouldn't have told him you had receipts and you left them at home. You're feeding the fire.

[@Devils_Arrow]

He acted very professional during the inspection, which I thought was nice.

[@lgraham4111]

Safety First you want to make sure that you can back up the truck in case the truck in front of you breaks down and you don't want to seem like you in a rush so Dot do a full inspection on you

[@dennismiller4513]

When you wait and a large gap forms between you and the truck before you, you will be STOPPED

[@jackkreighbaum783]

Many years ago, I was heading to the Port of Long Beach with a load of cotton that I knew was overweight (my fleet manager wanted me to take the last of the inventory). It amounted to only three bales, as I remember, but it put my trailer (truck-trailer combination) weight over 500 pounds. I pulled onto a small exit just before the Banning weigh station and waited until the ramp filled; Talley Ho!

[@NaruShadow]

Between your WI accent, the way you talk, your personality and your demeanor, your video made me smile. Thank you!

[@24juan68]

Thank you Mr. shadow

[@garythorsell5061]

Dot disconnected my marker light to give me a ticket it's all about quotes and money and harassment

[@firstwest2474]

The ones on I-94 in Indiana - the truck ramp is about a mile from the scale entrance - fits about 50 trucks

[@adikraja4364]

I heard you saying that if the ramp is full you can bypass... I got pulled over 4 years ago in Minnesota because the ramp was full and I couldn’t get over in time and they turned me around to go back into the scale and then did a level 3 inspection plus gave me a ticket for bypassing the weigh station

[@AnthonyTrucker]

From my experience - younger officers give you more hard time!

[@drywallmike0819]

It’s like that with anything. For some reason they feel they got something to prove.

[@martymcfly5842]

According to WI State Patrol online, this officer was already on the job doing inspections for 10 years as of 2017.

[@ablazetv55]

@@drywallmike0819 or just doin what their fuckin told

[@garoshamirian]

What about female officers,they tend to get a little bossy,woman with a badge and a gun syndrome.

[@25mfd]

@Ablaze TV oh... the Nuremburg defense... I see... well that makes it all better...thanks

[@markjay662]

That is a really nice thought to keep space between trucks on the scale ramp

[@dino9395]

No,It's not...The officer knows what you are doing...Why do you think he got inspected?

[@adamhuehn]

I never leave a huge gap. Been at this since 1998.. hauled all kinds of stuff. I give the next truck a few feet to scale off and I'm on. Bore low to cross and always dump all my bags. Turn off all lights prior to entry in day light hours. Barely get pulled in. Green 95 percent of the time

[@Torsee]

Very professional. He was getting a pretty good read on your cognitive ability. I was snowmobiling in Maine. Two of us on separate sleds. The wardens pulled us over and separated us. The same grilling took place. Where did you start from? Where you going? Where you going tomorrow? Where are you gonna spend the night? I should say we were cross country riding, with saddle bags like a motorcycle. We could have been up to no good.

[@magnumpi4483]

on the advice of my attorney, I respectfully invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment not to incriminate myself.

[@johnmorrow9978]

Hello John, I live over here in Northern Ireland and I really love your videos, your videos are very honest and sincere and sometimes with sometimes quite funny, keep those videos coming and good luck.

[@24juan68]

Thank you very much

[@raymondgoff9983]

Very cool officer, explaining everything!

[@enterprise59]

If the friggin government was this concerned with illegals as they are with American truckers right! Just power plays is all it is.

[@MiguelGarcia-nl3ci]

lol illegals commit the crime of being in the U.S. but what your dumbass dosent unserstand is that DOT officers also check for the safety of the drivers by inspection of the vehicle. So how is it that you want to trade DOT inspections for ICE officers??? What a dumbass

[@ginggur17]

I noticed this distance thing when we visited Florida this year. I did wonder if it was for this reason. We visit there a couple of times a year, for the last 5 yrs. Checks over here in the UK make our hearts beat too. Just found your channel, it’s great.

[@24juan68]

Greetings from Virginia and thank you for watching

[@danielwalton9231]

This makes me not want to be a owner op... federal laws for trucking

[@tommyboy71]

Did I hear Sheboygan? My home town. 👍

[@jmh4ggg]

God bless you for keeping me out of the scales until I make enough to get this oil leak fixed

[@dawgtalker]

I just discovered your channel and love your content, man! I’m thinking about getting into OTR trucking. I’ve done a little research and I’m leaning more towards prime. Keep up the good work.

[@charleskelly2933]

I use to pull food grade tank with no baffles and would get the product sloshing real good before pulling on the scales. It would take a while for it to stop sloshing back and forth so they always waved me on which was a good thing most times because I was over weight sometimes. Lol... Especially when I was going to Atlanta Pepsi.

[@ryanforbes2373]

piggy wiggy I have not been to one of those since I was like 10

[@beerrunner8153]

I find it best to just answer questions and not make small talk with the cops. Unless you have a question to ask.

[@24juan68]

I was doing this for the KZbin video sake

[@plycarecstaracingteam3139]

JBG I'm going to work harder and harder I'll cheer ...

[@shayearl2369]

put any receipts you have in a envelope with a stamp on it and seal it up. don't offer too much information to them. he's going at you like your being audit

[@jazyjeff4975]

Best advice ever and same thing I tell new driver's shut your mouth only answer what your asked. Let them do their job and figure out or find on their own. Don't incriminate yourself.

[@davidca96]

They make DOT purposely to have so many rules and items that virtually all trucks on the road no matter how hard they try to conform, will be "guilty" of violations of some sort.

[@stephanogeorgianni3145]

Really enjoy your video's! Very interesting seeing your life OTR...

[@MaddDuck]

Doesn't work like that in Michigan, you better be running the shoulder if the trucks are backed up.

[@Axle69e]

Man I don't miss going through the chicken house

[@tonyharty3666]

Let them do inspections at Company bases. Make them come to you instead of interfering with logistics. Or take the trucks to a DOT certified inspector and get a sticker on the trucks and trailers. School buses do this. You have Federal DOT laws to obey and then each State, which has different laws. Other than that, let the cops drive the trucks. And don’t help them, give them all the space they want and get a cup of coffee.

[@frostgfx]

Have you ever had to "help" an officer with a full vehicle inspection (i.e. lights, blinkers, etc)? Fifth Amendment to the Constitution protects you from self-incrimination... So helping cops find things wrong with your rig could be a big mistake? Just curious.

[@TexasGTO]

You won't mind if I send them bloat emails to that email address would you?

[@peterburnham1169]

That seems terribly intrusive and without cause. I understand it's the law for commercial trucking but I wonder how much safety is enhanced? Is the public benefit worth the cost of the inspection and intrusion?

[@Kittycat_58]

It's about control and revenue enhancement, I drove for walmart they paid there dues so we never got bothered

[@wendellstafford8447]

@@Kittycat_58 yeah sure you did.

[@noneyabizz8337]

Some of these companies and drivers don't care about safety and these sort of stops are the only reason they sometimes abide rules and regulations

[@garoshamirian]

Hello sir and goodbye sir that's all you have to say to these detectives ,every time they open that door they think they just caught a murderer or a child molesters it is sickening .

[@pricklymofo]

That weigh station was actually open?? Strange.

[@handendaer]

reminds me of school this. german/polish history lessons... ._.

[@japnjim9684]

Wow, hush up

[@Nawyal1]

I would like to look at your videos for a long time yet!! very good !!!! good luck in the future!!! Greeting from Hungary! !!! :)

[@24juan68]

More of theses video coming

[@thephantom1492]

Reading the comments down bellow... I don't think most realise how those inspection work. They have x numbers of inspectors. If one is free then the next truck is inspected. Leaving space did nothing, an inspector was free. It is NORMAL to get inspected, it's part of the job. And you are actually required to let them inspect the inside of the truck, as this is a requirement for the commercial truck driver licence. Refuse to do it is a DOT inspection refusal, and is a fine or it stay here until the inspection is completed and has passed. Also, you do not want to annoy an inspector. No truck is 100% up to code, there is always something here or there, which can also be something too dirty. Piss off an inspector, and you're in for a joy ride. And of course, if you stay there too long then you can not complete your run of the day: you can only be on the clock for some time, then you need to sleep, even if you would be one minute over.

[@boobtubeakatv1296]

They have NO rights to root through your truck without probable cause. That's not part of an inspection nor their job. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! Been there, Done that 🤣

[@tylerblad6610]

@@boobtubeakatv1296 yep they do have the right see your company owns the truck therefore it's not private to you if you own it your still subject to search

[@paulv1498]

That guy has it out for you, I knew the voice before he came out from another video probably after this one though so this could be the first run in with the guy for all I know, lol. Unfortunately I'm heading to WI for training next week and I'll be running out of the terminal in Marshfield so I'll probably run into this guy ;(!

[@beerrunner8153]

There is a pressure plate that directs the flow. To light you pass, not sure you weigh in.

[@unfundedtony4814]

That's my reaction everytime I have been pulled into the scale @4:11

[@twochaudiomg2578]

That's all a big waist of time. Cops trying just to burn the man trying to make a living.

[@michael7423]

not true my sister dated a bad driver that spent more time trying to figure out how to cheat the system while hauling coil steel rolls without enough bindings, always overweight and driving around dot checkpoints. always wasting money trying to cheat the system, always taking drugs and endangering everyone else on the road including your and my family,s / just follow the rules of the road and no worries

[@MrYaxalot]

Ignorant people will always be ignorant you cant make a law to stop that

[@KP-sg9fm]

@@MrYaxalot ??? The only reason we don't have more idiots endangering others is because of the check systems that we have in place.

[@clay8965]

Do you want your family next to some lopsided overweight truck with leaking air or worn-out tires? Without those checks companies will have no problem putting a drivers life at risk.

[@MrYaxalot]

@@clay8965 yeah government intervention is always so good

[@bigears4426]

And they say this is the land of the free, i think not

[@moneyman9600]

U got called in cause u got to much space between u an the truck in front they don’t like that you holding the ramp up.

[@frontcentermusician]

You have to leave a gap. The sign says follow a truck length behind.

[@jazyjeff4975]

If you have e-pess and the ramp is full but you get red light you still by law have to pull in.

[@mattpaulson4203]

try to screw the system and the system screws you lol

[@TomHeid1]

and calling it a chicken coop would be entirely out of the question. Ha

[@hausefield]

Jesus.....that's what I have to look forward to.........great.

[@jonrichardson7848]

He was nice some these other asses could take a lesson from him the majority of women dot are worse than the men I had 1 in pa at the top of 15 when u drop out of NY she yanked me over then proceed to walk up to my truck reach up to driver side door and open it she got pissed when I snatched the door back from her and told her you guys aren't to walk up and open doors I said how would like it if I waked up to ur house and started opening doors

[@6z0]

Jon Richardson i think i know who you are talking about. Last year i was harassed by some bitch ol dot lady around that same area. Jesus lol.

[@NR-fn6uq]

One of the few Cool officer!!! 👍

[@Goosinator420]

The best way to get thru this pig pen is to not stop at all.

[@garydrew8227]

at the beginning he calls it scales or weigh station I call it the chicken shithouse

[@johnjacobjingleheimerschmi2070]

😂😂🤣😂

[@barrybleich3455]

I got inspected on I70eastbound in M.D them young punk officers are the worst the cop pooped my seal with out my knowledge he told me he didn't like the way my air lines for the brake Chambers on the trailer was routed the lines were factory after the inspection he told me I had no citations or violations I got back to my home terminal and handed the report in hear that punk put the air lines in the report my TM gave me crap I've been with this co for 15yrs never any tickets or violations and my company wan'ts to treat me like crap now my runs are now 150mi a night less now since the inspection I drive day cap line haul becouse of this punk now I'm loosing money before I drove I used to p.m trailers this 22yr old cop didn't know what he was talking about so if anyone runs 70 in M.D get past that scale by 5:30am they open at 6:00am they got me at 6:15am

[@minidriversouthsweden5137]

In Sweden we don’t have chicken coops or weight stations like in the US or North America. I’ve been holding a drivers license for ten years and five years as a professional minivan driver but I had a wreck a couple of weeks back while on duty a female bus driver cut me off when we turned left in a busy intersection she changed lane to the right lane left indicators on but I was already there so the bus driver clipped the drivers side of the van and I had nowhere to go but into the ditch and slammed into a light pole. I was furious with the woman driving the bus but I had to stay professional and remained calm made some phone calls and then talked to the other driver and then the rest of the day was just a pile of paperwork to explain the damages to the insurance company my boss and the owner of the minivan that had to go and pick up the car.

[@danielkennedy7845]

Yea probably too much distance, oh well sometimes doesnt pay to be nice!

[@Ceratosaurus4689]

this is just the Cliffhanger I'm waiting for part 2 lol

[@24juan68]

2 more videos coming.. it gets worse

[@ZeZeBatata69]

oh boy..

[@kanowilliams]

Damn u already have to inspect stickers on ur windshield and u gotta go through another

[@tonidrip4573]

Very informative and interesting.

[@chrislareau8110]

I never leave my doors unlocked just for this reason. I have no desire for them to be in my truck. And I certainly wouldn't have answered so many questions.

[@Tipp_Of_The_Mitt]

watching this from Cheboygan Michigan,lol

[@bhinosrt8557]

That’s why I never enter the scales ⚖️ 4 full years without going to one.

[@alanmccarthy2285]

*roll on 18 wheeler* (right thing) 🖒 🚚

[@georgejungle7521]

Technically you would get a ticket for not knowing how to operate your own Qualcomm.. and you need to know whether its a on board recording device or a electronic logging device. Your also supposed to have a plastic placard that you hand to the officer. Never keep bills of lading in your truck or any reciepts. Put them in an envelope and send them home or destroy them. For instance you arrive at destination. They knock on your door 6 hrs later and say pull to a door. You do and they unload you. You go back to bed but tgey wrote the time and date on the bills. You get up do your log give the 15 minutes for paperwork. Now you hust committed fraud. Your time on logs dont match your bills. Theres many many ways you will get screwed by having paperwork in your truck.

[@smithjoe4590]

Enjoy your post JBG and B

[@redcrawfordsgarage5802]

Enjoy your videos and I like the fact that you seem to run a tight program. That said, I have noted that you talk too much when stopped by DOT. Just hand over the papers and get out of there. 🏁

[@lamoni9556]

Hello Mr. JBG I would like to see, how you change the marches, for example from 4 to 5 and then you back it. thanks

[@MaltaMcMurchy]

This is the chicken coop, my friend!

[@doc559]

I used to see radiator covers on diesels in the winter. Now, I don't know when I last saw one.Are they common up there? Or do modern emissions negate them, now? THANK YOU

[@counterfit5]

Dr. Mark in Texas they might have finally moved to electric fans

[@tdashkevich]

counterfit5 Newer diesels still run conventional fans, they're just a lot better at maintaining water temp.

[@DarrellRoper]

Yes it's your lucky day. But everyday is your lucky day.

[@The3ringer3]

nice to see you again

[@petehall5338]

It is called defensive driving

[@danijelandroid]

Caledonia? I thought he was in Scotland. 😎😉

[@jayjohnson7706]

You brought this on yourself LOL

[@wimwillems1263]

do american truck drivers have a plastic card that records your driving hours, your rest time or work hours?

[@pahrahinc3895]

Driving alone might not be the best way to live, you know a couple of matched poodles would be happy to listen to all of your Bible passages and then you would not have to rely on your video recording camera for entertainment, Amen Sparky.

[@danielanderson5565]

Really nice videos

[@mariellelubat7662]

sir your good driver im philipino im triller driver in philipins

[@Dusty3900]

it's a "chicken coop"!!!

[@BEARSMIX]

I leave extra space between me and the truck in front o me in case they need to back up on the scales