Crazy Drivers Turn An Easy Run Into Chaos!

[@regalbaby82]

Skillful and ALERT driving Steve!!! Stay safe out there.

[@Fed72]

Hey Steve, ex-73 yo driver here. Been sub'd for quite a while now and watching your vids endlessly, getting caught up and all. Just wanted to tell you that, IMO, you have, by far, the best truckin' vids out there. I honestly feel like I'm riding shotgun with you. BTW still riding my 2016 HD Softail (2nd one I've owned). Have 65,000 miles (108,000 km ) on it. Bought it off the show room floor with 3.7 km (about 2.5 miles) on it. Wife still goes with me about 95% of the time. Tough gal...lol. Take care. Truck safe, and God bless! P. S. Love Orwell, she's a tough old gal too!!

[@bojanmilankovic]

Watching and hearing Orwell puff out some coal with every upshift is incredibly cozy. You have an extremely handsome, old-school, pre-emissions gem. Drive safe!

[@jasonbrown7705]

You should of stopped by that 352 Pete and see if that guy would sell it, would be a nice collection too your fleet.

[@Ls3Mike]

Discovered your channel about 3 weeks ago. Watched all your vids from 2 months ago and finally up to date with everything. Amazing content! Keep up the work. Love the cabover life too!

[@darrena8439]

I really enjoy watching your videos. I spent some time in a KW cabover as I toured the country in the early 90s making money to pay for college. I do miss it. Your vids are just like being back behind the wheel again.

[@PlumberD]

It looked like that goose neck didn’t have to come into your lane to pass that broke down car….or they could have gone to the right lane of it? And that broke down car was pointed so weird to begin with…IMO that’s a complete mess waiting to happen …I’m glad it didn’t get ya!! Thank you for paying attention and not being on your phone or doing your makeup 😂!!!

[@b4rtmod]

Bad drivers everywhere, people are too cared about their phones these days and they forget they are in traffic with many other peoples sharing the road, things are getting worst and worst, be safe out there brother!

[@jeffcooper5789]

Still amazes me how people drive on the highway. Great video of that.

[@hoosierpete]

I used to tell my trainees they better never let their guard down and stay one step ahead of everyone else on the road, do that along with never taking your eyes off the road for anything no matter what, and you will be okay out here.

[@JohnnyGaona1269]

I am an old school truck driver my brother and had over 35 yrs of experience and ive pulled everything and anything i could attach to that 5th wheel. Ive been around trucks all my natural born life and like tim my father influenced me and actually i learned how to drive by just watching and paying attention. Anywho i do watch you gentry and sons just trucking and florida truck riderz oh and mothertruckers news I enjoy the contents

[@richardhoneywell7411]

Great video Steve really enjoy all the different camera angles and your commentary and the music. Wow the crazy driver's were out on this trip stay safe Steve.

[@iain3411]

Insane drivers out there , glad your safe. Your also more aware of traffic being a motorcycle rider also. People drive with only five car lengths that they see and drive by , no looking a 1/4 mile ahead.

[@maxracingteam23]

Get some LOUD horns for Orwell!!

[@geraldcagney5926]

I used stop there all the time in Dumont Loves on 65 there...when I was with us xpess in Chicago area now I'm in Florida running intermodal

[@jonscott7686]

Steve, that is so awesome. I always fill up at that TA across from the loves off of Route 10 where you were at in the video. In Indiana exit 230.

[@alanantoniobre189]

There are a lot of people really sick in the head, look at everything that happened to you in one day Steve, they are really bad!

[@mattshardlow]

I’m based in the UK , not. A truck driver but I do love the is channel ….. keep growing and enjoy it

[@adwenb]

About as bad as two semi’s that are governed at 65 trying to pass each other and blocking in super slab for 15 miles.

[@edwinrivera3834]

Great vids steve...drove a 352 for a friend of mine back in the late 90s lots of good memories...gave up trucking a while back got a union job down at the port..still have big trucks in the blood tho especially the cabovers..safe travels god bless!!

[@debrastarke3996]

That stretch of Rt 24 between I 65 and Monticello is hot spot for cops and speeders, especially on holiday weekends people in a hurry to get to their trailer from Illinois to Indiana Beach campground

[@cut4fun50]

Would suck to wreck Orwell because of something out of your control. Was my biggest fear, and ive been off the road since 2010. Things have surely gotten worse out there since than.

[@ericafoster4368]

You got that right! I’ve been out here for 33 years and the difference from then until now is night and day!

[@tomd6103]

I'm really curious what is the cause of drivers getting stupider and crazier. I'd love to hear opinions on the reasons from professional drivers. I do a lot of road trips on my motorcycle and I see it too. I'll go out of my way to avoid certain areas and types of roads.

[@threynolds2]

3:46 the difference is waiting for oncoming traffic, holding up traffic behind you. At some times of the day, there could be a heavy traffic load.

[@HyperActive7]

What you said over the CB to DOT crystalizes what those of us who use our eyes when driving deal with all the time and you wonder why I feel like kissing my house when I get back to it because the biggest challenge is going and going back to it the way I left it.

[@truthseeker2321]

There's definitely too many SWIFT driving school " graduates " out on the roads these days. I got on a driver going 58 mph in the center lane of interstate 65 in Kentucky one time, and he informed me that the center lane was the travel lane. I said that they are all travel lanes, but the sign says SLOWER TRAFFIC USE RIGHT LANE. None of these trucking schools teach common sense or common courtesy these days, they just teach them how to hold a steering wheel.

[@HyperActive7]

@@truthseeker2321 It's more than just Swift because there's alot of these schools who take drivers to be for their money and don't impress on them the importance of defensive driving or taking their eyes off the GPS to think for themselves. When I went to driving school when I was first learning to drive, everyone in class goofed off especially when anything to do with things that might put them in danger and the school did nothing about it and then crammed all of us in one small Toyota and basically just did nothing but teach us how to hold a steering wheel with little advanced knowledge and so I ended up going to an advanced driving school who taught me everything I needed to know to be a good driver and they even worked with me to pass parallel parking after I didn't pass the driving test the first time.

[@truthseeker2321]

@HyperActive7 I never went to driving school myself, I had on the job training. That was pretty much normal 36 years ago when I got my start, because most companies wouldn't hire anyone who went to a driving school. They even had that stated in their ads in the classifieds in the back of newspapers. Companies like J.B. Hunt started their own schools, and Werner did too, if I remember correctly. The company I started with put me in a straight truck for the first 4 years, doing city deliveries within a 50 mile radius, and then a yard spotter to give me trailer experience in backing up. This was back in the days before the CDL, when everyone who drove a truck had a Chauffeurs license that covered every class of commercial vehicles. One of the guys who trained me in 1987, started driving trucks in the 1940's, before he ever drove a car, and he never in all of those years had a chargeable accident. There are some good schools out there, but there's more bad ones.

[@HyperActive7]

@@truthseeker2321 Between you and me, a driver license is just an excuse for the police to pull you over and put you in jail if you don't have it when all the illegals they are letting over our border don't even have to get one to be a legal citizen because our regime forges it for them and so they don't even have to go through all the bullshit we do to keep it. Trust me when I say that there is a real lapse in values in this country when they are letting someone who has no right to be here be able to get a license not certified by a school or driving training agency.

[@18wheelsrollin]

3 cabin overs on the same 1 mile stretch of road .. how cool! Lol . I liked that international , and I liked that 352 even more !!

[@aronbarton6438]

Hi Steve before you do your big drive to New York you should give Orwell a little bit of a service and change your oil filters and the important parts of the truck because you can't afford to have anything break down on you while your on the road

[@frederickwoodard9551]

You are absolutely correct Steve. 🙂

[@kizerbread]

I use to go trucking down 24 all the time from Indiana. Alllllll the way out into Illinois. Got that little scale at the state line. Loved it. I dont like the Interstates!

[@shawnstunkel]

I'm happy you muted that motormouth in New Mexico, talking about videogates or some bullcrap.

[@buddywicket5544]

Lol. Use to ride with my dad from southern Indiana to Northern California in a 82 362 very fond memories. Now run boom truck and heavy equipment for RR. I think the only difference between you talking and the voices in my head is the accent. Sorry I missed you at MATTS

[@tracyshrable4224]

You’re always getting into a bind taking the backroads😂

[@nigelhales874]

The roads looking dry this morning Steve but you never no what happens round the corner safe travels bud

[@johnpeterson5836]

Love the channel and will keep liking but don't be so harsh on new truck drivers. Never forget where you started

[@stansdds]

Great video! All I can say about some of those drivers is that some people are just stupid and some should not have a license. From what I understand from my friends in the law enforcement community, a good number of them don't have a license! Their licenses are either suspended, revoked, or they never applied for a license, yet they still manage to get a car.

[@Sanderay007]

There's an old Peterbilt cabover in my town, been sitting for years, possibly the same year as Orwell

[@MegaEaglelover]

Just drivin my pickup, I’m Always checkin my mirrors… even when stopped at a stop light, cause ya never know

[@andreflipse2926]

Here in the Netherlands we also had a log book, we called that book the liars book, then the tachograph came, you could still adjust it, but now with the digital card it is no longer about lies that they could not find greating from a european trukker

[@brandtbecker1810]

Steve - As you're interested in railroads, I believe that was the Toledo Peoria and Western Ry you were parallel to on US-24 as you were heading through Monticello. Then there are those damned ugly wind turbines. Coal rules, baby!!! LMAO @ 27:45.

[@nickraschke4737]

Channel numbers are looking great. Good to see.

[@dalegribble7760]

More music like at 16:40 please Great video Steve

[@thythethy9590]

Steve, your line of work ceases to amaze me, stay safe

[@joebarnaskas]

going to the ISLAND must pay REALLY GOOD....the time in traffic isn t worth it

[@maxracingteam23]

Big money

[@mowsgrass7747]

Don't say it to loud, fellow Americans ( truck drivers) will allow some malnourished useless cowards ( dispatcher) to slap back haul on it and Pocket 3/4 of the money for nothing ,like back haul means the load ain't a load and the truck will not cost the same, weak men is the USA! Shhhhhhh

[@truthseeker2321]

I bet that DOT driver is the type who drives his 4 wheeler the same way- goes from the on ramp to the extreme left lane, drives under the speed limit, and goes 2 miles down the road, cuts everyone off to take his exit.

[@Tony-mx3xb]

Hi Steve, great video keep the shiny side up stay safe all the best TONY [ RHYL, N. WALES ].

[@30041946]

Love the footage from the skid steer..

[@orsonwells7997]

Knew when you got off 24 and went up 65 there was gonna be carnage. The closer you get to Chiraq the worse it gets. Actually thought it would be a lot worse than it was. The hair on the back of my neck always stands up going through that stretch because you know someone is gonna try to kill ya.

[@davidseale6104]

I always dreamed of doing what you do. I ended up staying local with my family responsibilities!!!

[@JrFlexing909]

The more you know: 18:40 Paper Log Book vs Electric Log Book depend on your age of your truck due to Vin # and the age of the truck. 28:20 Man, the super-speedway on those expressway. Pass the slow people for sure. To many that sits in the middle lane, but when you want to get pass, the slow lane is block and the only option is the fast line, people got some place to go and make drops. But for real, keep the passing and mid lane open then get over to slow lane.. NJ-TP from 95 to the DE line is a lot of that. Steve safe travel, to many people in trucks and cars have not enough brains cells.

[@thenewstuffsucks5000]

I love when you blow your horns at idiots lol brightens up my day. also It sound's like your horns are getting fouled. Or maybe it's just me.

[@Hyrev1]

Excellent video Steve! Pays to be alert doesn't it?! Keep on truckin! 👍👍💯🇺🇸

[@ronaldmicheau5086]

Cabover sounding good man love the channel been a subscriber for a while now from upper Michigan and not too far from you

[@h.h.legacydiesel6724]

Good thing that you were already over a lane! If you weren't? Someone else could have come up on your left! Leaving you to jump on the binders! Just because they are hauling big spools, doesn't mean they are clued in to what's ahead? Lots of wierd traffic today? ✌🏻🧡 🌦 🇨🇦 😛🤘.

[@garyzdeb6615]

Old school trucking... if you ain't cussin you ain't paying attention !

[@scottmiller9155]

Good ole Illinois and Indiana roads where the four wheelers don't care, they own the roads !!😂😂😂😂

[@davidkozina8856]

Great video Steve but I'm only here for rusty wheels,big shiny stacks and green apu. Naw Im here for it all stay safe brother

[@georgewilson1184]

Steve when I drove rig I had that nonsense steering wheel holder move done on me so many times it just becomes routine and that can become dangerous indeed but all you can do is laugh about it or you will just go crazy pulling your hair out LOL !!!!!

[@1gtrucker631]

Love the content man…. Ppl are definitely sleep driving like nothing is gonna hit them smdh. Hats off to you for being a True Trucker who has brains, eyes & instinct all in 1. Solid channel keep up the hard work fellow Trucker💪🏽💯💯🌴🤙🏽

[@Msaddler95_YT]

I miss my 10 speed truck i had it was a 2015 freightliner glider with a 99 detriot 60 series and it was awesome! But now my company went full automatic truck and it sucks

[@rayhiller]

Have fun in New York City traffic can be a nightmare

[@corey2711]

Great heads up driving driver 👍

[@392nightrunner]

I have a series 60 but it doesn't smoke like yours does, must be a mechanical engine thing? It's a 93 block in a 2012 glider so no emissions or ELD

[@CurtisBlanchard]

Orwell is sounding good!

[@davidshort6537]

Great driving skills Steve...You can't teach stupid...Stay safe

[@delfinomoreira3270]

For me, this pickup model, with a straight front, is the most pleasant to drive.

[@daviddziegielewski653]

Keep on Trucking Steve

[@Fixingeverthingwithaengine567]

Driving through Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth has its crazy careless drivers. I will tell ya they drive with no turn signals and just merge without speeding up to traffic or cut you off at at rate of speed then slow down when there is a cop near by.

[@michaelworden9265]

Bad Drivers Are Definitely Not Exclusive to Southern California. My dad told me to expect the unexpected crap from the Ding Bat Drivers. I lost count of how many times that warning saved my bacon as an exclusive four wheel driver.

[@lamontarnold1612]

That Trailer is nice 👌

[@Hairie-xz7nq]

Good job steve from malaysia best truck

[@Darren2269]

Can’t make a left because maybe a one way? Feeder road in Texas?

[@gusjones9388]

I'm confused. Didn't you pick the skid steer up in Harrisburg, IL? What were you doing all the way over at Monticello, IN?

[@matthewromano8801]

Those large cars were booking it!

[@devinrussell420]

Dooner Livingstone also known as "The Traveling Man";has a segment that he occasionally does on his KZbin channel that he calls: "Dumb shit that 4wheelers and big trucks,do around other 4wheelers and big trucks!".

[@ricashbringer9866]

I get behind too many drivers who do not understand they need to get up to speed when they get on a freeway.

[@leonb2637]

You said you were going to a town in Long Island, NY, that means dealing with the awful mess of roads and drivers in the NYC area. You deserve 'combat pay' to drive there, especially with a TT 😄 And yes, the Chitown area is bad like any other major metro area as to the roads and drivers being bad.

[@jrwhitener4987]

I drive through this kind of traffic every day to and from work !

[@kapekodbob]

Sippin Jamason's music !

[@corsnel594]

You made my day today STEVE - "Changing clean clothes for dirty ones..!!"🤣🤣🤣 Made me think of a guy that suffer with the English language “He wanted some paste tooth on his brush tooth...!!”

[@producerk8247]

Ah damn... missed most of that CB chatter. Wish we could have heard that!

[@matthewromano8801]

Question for ya, is there a reason why you flip the jakes off before each downshift? Does it make it easier to grab the next gear?

[@csgergo80]

There is a problem with the jakes on Orwell, the automatic off switch, which would turn it off when switching gears or pressing the throttle is broken. If Steve does not shut it off before downshifting, it would destroy the transmission and/or stall the engine.

[@fsctrucking]

No. Just over fuel the Jake's and make tons of white smoke. No damage. Just no power and smoke.

[@csgergo80]

@@fsctrucking That's good to know, the engines I'm familiar with aren't that tolerant.

[@vharju]

SQUIRREL! TWO SQUIRRELS! THREE! Burst out laughing 🤣

[@georgewilson1184]

Your smart for running that older mechanical Engine so you don’t have to deal with ELD this way you have some breathing room using the old paper log you don’t have to worry about running over by one minute and getting fined I know your honest but you need that comfort zone that the paper log provides

[@richardreid6377]

Spring seems to have brought out a bumper crop of ding-a-lings and yo-yos.

[@jamescompton1042]

What’s your opinion of Chevrolet Titan and GMC 95 Astro cabover with Detroit engines ???

[@fsctrucking]

Awesome trucks

[@davidklauer3422]

Might need to get a forward facing permanent camera for the Pete

[@simonsj15]

He’s already got one.

[@jsh6952]

He has a dashcam. Will occasionally use the footage from it for the brown pants moments

[@redlights1585]

The loves in Demotte has that happen all the time

[@kenlee5509]

Welcome! To Joe's Dirty clothes supply! Axle grease pants 60% extra, Chain saw oil and dust shirts only 30% extra, this week only! Getcher grubbies on, here! Today! :P

[@frederickwoodard9551]

That is why you are supposed to stay in the slow lane if you not going fast. 🙂

[@iansmartel5473]

Remember where you see those Cab overs, you may want to return and check them over.

[@jarmoturunen6519]

Orwell needs proper working lights, working in the dark would be easier.

[@normanehrstein6088]

Notice the exhaust is running clearer must be after turbo replacement maybe?

[@csgergo80]

New pipes, no restrictions yet in the exhaust.

[@Hank-zi5kw]

Your a legend in your on mind 😂😂😂😂😂

[@omadeitz3340]

I am showing this to a student driver. They need to see this.

[@iancrane-luff1918]

Those wind turbines don't seem to be doing much for the electric supply just sitting there not moving.

[@pauldurocher9948]

Ma and Pa Kettle slowing you down!!!! (3:15)

[@donalddodson7365]

This episode could be very helpful as examples of defensive driving: anticipating the idiots, both 4 wheelers and 18 wheelers.

[@billclements3879]

“I are steering wheel holder there “ don’t ya know 😅😅😅😅😅

[@ericafoster4368]

That’s just an everyday occurrence rollin around Chicago

[@gwstonemason]

Don't worry its a worldwide problem people doing stupid things on the highways

[@tjroelsma]

Agreed, but that "keep your lane" idea in the US may work well around cities, but on the highway it's sheer lunacy. So many idiots keep occupying the fast lanes while just puttering on that it causes rolling roadblocks everywhere. That behaviour just leads to more road rage.

[@MegaEaglelover]

That many squirrels 🐿️ equals 🟰 a lotta lost nuts 🥜 LMAO 😜