Dock, Drop, Hook, and Load Plan - Life of a Truck Driver and his Wife

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@JasonHall-l2g]

I love your show

[@SteveBlankenship-p7o]

Leave dollies about 2 inches off the ground sure makes it easier for the next guy.😊 Just saying.

[@gregmonhollen4327]

Never crank the dollies all the way to the ground, especially when you got an air valve to drop the airbags you’re making it harder for the next driver to pick that trailer up

[@michaelhilley7973]

That is correct. It will cost you one day going over the fifth wheel and hitting your cab if dropped to high

[@DrivingSue]

Try and leave the landing gear about an inch half inch from the ground, let the air out then pull away.

[@markcornish6393]

yeah I don't know who teaches drivers this.... you don't need to keep cranking. crank it down until it barely touches the floor and then that's it.

[@rossschultz1311]

I see it all the time when picking up a trailer is there a book available trucking for dummies

[@dewaynethomas3258]

I’m sure they told him that at truck driving school.

[@CountrysLife]

OK Kevin. When dropping that trailer in the dock and lowering the landing gear, why the hell did you crank it so much!? Just touch the ground or even an inch above the ground then disconnect. I don't understand why you did that? That's a rookie move and you're not a rookie...as you learned connecting to the next trailer when you said "it's seems to high"

[@donaldrichard1050]

Hello there! Couple of questions 1) why doesn’t Kevin have a fifth wheel puller? (Hook) 2) why does he drop trailer SO low? I was taught to lower landing legs to roughly 2” above ground then drop air bags to lower legs to ground! Keep good videos recording 👍👍

[@texasgilley9533]

FYI Kevin, from an old timer to a rookie we’re dropping a trailer just crank the legs down touching the asphalt. Damn relation airbag. Wait a minute didn’t pull out you’re doing damage to the landing gear and then next SOB, who has to crank it back up. 50 years in the business, I seen it all just trying to give you some friend of Rose

[@deanthomas8026]

Enjoy the Perspective. Happy Trails !

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Thanks, you too!

[@richardschmaltz9096]

Kenworths dont have a fifth wheel release switch, the freightliners here at crete do.

[@markcornish6393]

Take this from a 20 year driver. There's no need to keep cranking once the landing gear touches the ground. Especially these days with lowering air bags suspension. The issue you have is that when the next person goes to hook up to it, it could be too high for them and they'll have to sit there and try to crank down a loaded trailer before hooking up to it.

[@brofamchamp4322]

leave the landing gear a couple inches above the ground then drop the bags, making it harder on your fellow drivers to pick that trailer up, and your working harder to crank that shit for no reason

[@steveweyers8394]

Why do you crank the dollies down so far? Usually, they are left about 2" from the ground and then drop the air as I'm sure you're aware. Maybe I can learn something here. Thx

[@catcam2850]

Der Greif ist ein Raubvogel 😂😂😂😂 Das Greif ist eine Brauerei in meiner Nàhe 😂 viele Grüße und gute Fahrt Micha

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@catcam2850 Vielen Dank, Micha! Ich hatte gehofft, einer unserer unserer deutschsprachigen Subscribers hätte da noch mehr Information. 🤩🤗🥳Danke!

[@catcam2850]

@@TheJoyofTrucking ich habe nicht mit Untertitel geschaut! Ich lerne mit euch nun mit über 50 Jahren Englisch 😂😂😂 Und das Bier von Greift ist wirklich gut! Wenn es euch mal nach Deutschland verschlägt Lade ich euch ein! LG Micha

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@catcam2850 👍👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗🥰

[@glennfoster8707]

Kevin n Tonya ❤love channel n number 1 viewer,,, nobody comes close joy of trucking ❤n Kevin n Tonya u2 be safe ,your number 1 viewer Glenn Foster

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

🤩👏👏👏🥳🥳🤗

[@scottbrown4769]

Hi Kevin and Tonya does Crete do cross border into Canada 🇨🇦 one other thing Tonya it is so nice to have you on the truck your cousin from Germany was not as good with the videos as you are keep the rubber on the road

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

😆😆😆Thanks for appreciating my skills. 🥳 Crete does not have cross border accounts as far as we know.

[@crazyman3157]

Not a driver but I like to learn and enjoy the channel. I have friends who are drivers from flat bed, dry van, refer, and heavy haul. Much respect to all those who drive OTR, regional, and local. Keep the shiny side up and get home safe to all the drivers watching or reading my comment. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Thank you so much!!! Glad to have you along!!! 🥳🤗

[@billbrown8151]

Just found your youtube channel a few days ago and love it! Interesting to see how someone else does it!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Welcome aboard!🎉🥳🥳🥳

[@geraldjones8032]

Enjoyed the video. Kevin does a great job. Be safe and catch on the next one.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

❤️🥰🤗

[@RyanDoonan]

Always enjoy watching ya’ll videos Kevin does so well both of ya’ll do so well stay safe out there remember going to some of these new places and not sure what to do either

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

🥳🤗🤩👍

[@jakeschisler7525]

My aunt and uncle both drove all over the country. My aunt never had a drivers license which is kinda bad. One time on the road My aunt climbed into the bunk with my uncle driving and as he started to pass another semi, his right front tire blew. It took out the front of his cabover. He got a little hurt but it might of killed my aunt.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Wow!!!!! They were lucky it wasn’t worse!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@rickw6751]

I've been going there for 20 plus years, always tight and kinda hit and miss on empties at that location

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

👍👍👍😃

[@janandersson9657]

Always love to watch you guys .. Regards from Sweden

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

🥳🥳🥳🤩🥰

[@timmcdermottgetgf2250]

Hi Kevin and Tanya

[@ryasmaddox]

i’ve been there before ran out of hrs parked across the street had cramps like hades that place was a pain in the A- but i did it with ease

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

😳😳😳👍🥳

[@NEXTDIRECTIONSTUDIOS]

Your truck doesn't have a 5th wheel release in the cab????

[@CSXOhioRailFanPlus752]

Nice Video

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

😃🤩🥰

[@ANDYSWORLD-j7p]

ITS NOT DOCK LOCKED THEY CALLED IT DOT LOCKED.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@404notfound.....]

Big company like that should have had the shunters put the mt in the dock. P&G locations make u slide ya tandems. It's aggravating because the trailers are so rusty sometimes they won't move. Air sliders always work great.

[@DrivingSue]

@404notfound..... unfortunately, drivers doing more work less money. Sometimes a drop n hook can take 2 hours especially if you have a broker screwing things up

[@DO-lr2yb]

It sounds like you may be taking this load to Kimberly Clark in Owensboro, KY.

[@JasonHall-l2g]

I love your show

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

🎊🎉🥳🤩

[@JasonHall-l2g]

I love your videos

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

So happy to hear that!!! 🥳🤩🎉

[@CammmmG]

Do Crete trucks not have an in cab kingpin release button?

[@stevenbelsky1652]

It probably depends on how Crete orders options for their trucks.

[@eddysmith1074]

I heard you put your truck miles in somewhere, I just started with Crete Thursday and have yet to see where to put truck miles?

[@manco828]

Trucking companies need to spend more time teaching how to back into docks.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Yes. They didn’t teach it at all at Phoenix Truck Driving Institute.

[@DrivingSue]

Just wondering if you get paid for a drop n hook

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

You get paid for the miles you drive.

[@Bigdubb270]

What does Crete Carrier haul?

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

A lot of different stuff. A lot of ‘household’ items. They have the dry van, reefer, and flatbed division. They have customers, not brokers. So freight is very reliable. They also have dedicated accounts with places like Walmart and Costco.

[@trucker-chris.]

We got a button in truck to release trailer

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Actually he has that same button. But he prefers to pull it by hand. Then he’s 100% sure it’s disconnected (and he uses his muscles, helping him keep in shape 😉).

[@diamantinoleite2065]

Cual o preço de se camião?

[@janandersson9657]

so do you have any thats works on the parking that can mowe the trailers for you if they are to tight toghether ?

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Sometimes the yard trucks might help drivers.

[@janandersson9657]

@@TheJoyofTrucking Thank you for the answer .. the speditors here have is they called tugmaster is help us a lot.. always in the right place

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@janandersson9657 That’s nice that they are helpful! It’s rare here. Even when it’s tight they seem to expect drivers to manage. We call them yard hostlers. Also yard dog or yard goat though some viewers thought us was derogatory when I used yard dog in a video. I didn’t think it was and neither did a lot of other viewers. 🤷‍♀️ I like ‘tugmaster’ 🥳🇸🇪

[@michaelwallace7192]

The loves is in jbg travels city

[@donrotenberry6571]

Did Kevin get his Chocolate?

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

lol! Be sure to watch the ending. 😉

[@richardeckert6130]

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