Drop and Hook at Lowe's | Life of a Truck Driver

It's time to pick up our drop and hook at Lowe's. We have a tire problem. Will it hold the air? It's just another day in the life of a truck driver.
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December, 2023

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

🚚If you are interested in driving for Crete Carrier, please call Recruiting at 1-800-998-2221. If you decide it's a good fit for you, please use 'Kevin Sloan' and ‘SLOKEV’ (our referral code). It's a great way to support our channel! Thank you! 🙏 Please let us know in the comments if you used it so we can thank you! ☕You can buy us a coffee or liver dinner with www.buymeacoffee.com/thejoyoftr8 👉You can support the channel with the Super Thanks Button below the video. 👉If you are looking for products we use and recommend you can check the links in the description. 💞Thanks for watching!! We are happy to have you along with us, discovering the Roads of America and learning about trucking!!🚚🚚🚚

[@Dobbs3]

I remember meeting you two in Deland when you were picking up your first truck at Crete. Glad to see you still here at Crete and enjoying it!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@glennfoster8707]

Hope yall r doing well.. greatest channel on earth 🇺🇸 🌎 USA be safe keep posting. Your number 1 viewer, god bless u both❤

[@jJuarez021]

Hey, when I saw this video, I do believe it was recorded a while back. There was some construction going on the background. And that is months ago. I know that because I’m a yard driver for that RDC😁. Great videos by the way, just wished I’d known about this channel earlier to get to greet you✌🏻

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

👍👍👍😆😆👋👋👋🤩🤗

[@idevaldodasilva3576]

Great job guys! I’m new CDL with no experience but I love your company. As soon as get some experience I’ll be applying at Crete. Wish they had some training program!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Thank you! Congratulations on your CDL! That’s an achievement you can be proud of! Learn all you can! Stay the course! And we’ll see you at Crete soon!

[@Kalamabbfan]

Your comment about 'bags bursting' is exactly right. I drove for Frito for 31+ years and there were times when we had to take specific routes because of exactly that reason.

[@stevenbelsky1652]

Another great video i hope you all are doing great a place i find terrible to drive in is Laredo tx. I was there twice last month im telling you there are more trucks than cars there.

[@tmo.48]

You mimic that pretty good Tanja, made me giggle and I needed that! You got a you you......

[@christrella3134]

Atlanta is legendary for rush hour traffic. A friend of mine who grew up in Newark NJ eventually settled west of Atlanta and he says the traffic is horrible. He drives all 48 and Canada. Growing up in northern NJ just outside of NYC and getting his trucking license ( auto articulated) there, he's well acquainted with traffic! Chicago is another place. Pump fuel. Not gas! Sorry, I couldn't help myself! Lol

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Lol…I knew it as soon as I said it. 🤦‍♀️

[@ryanhutchinson9657]

@@TheJoyofTrucking i love watching your trucking videos on your youtube chanel i would love to meet you two

[@Aintright890]

I always carry a 5 gallon jug of def at all times just sayin

[@user-ny1yj3hr5i]

I'm green in this industry, thank you for sharing this.

[@timmcdermottgetgf2250]

Hi Kevin and Tanja

[@jasonking5710]

Glad I can buy fuel where ever I want ups don't care where you get fuel

[@skinny-peters-JR.]

Checking tires. I just use my hand. That. Tin tin full vibation sound and feel. When you slap it a good couple of times.

[@geraldjones8032]

Enjoyed the video today. Kevin got things under control. Have a good day and safe trip.😊😊😊😊😊

[@johncraig8919]

So I do not know when this was done but our weather in the southwest has been strange. And I hope I 10 stayed nice and clear.

[@CSXOhioRailFanPlus752]

Nice Video

[@Aintright890]

I read there is a recall on kenworth. The shifter stick was not " crimped" properly. Please research it.

[@christrella3134]

Open up the paperwork/ document holder for the trailer and read the report in there. Most of the companies have a copy in the trailer document holder.

[@markjclark2620]

Love your videos. Safe Travels 👋😎

[@michaeldavenport5034]

I can attest that Potato chip bags and other snack bags will burst when you're in a C-130 at cruising altitude when you have an explosive depressurization. However, Pringle cans survive. 😂 Lol.

[@michaeldavenport5034]

Whenever I had meetings at Warner Robins AFB, Ga did not enjoy flying in and out of Atlanta. Had to pick your flights very carefully to avoid rush hour traffic. The other issue was it's a 2 hour drive between Warner Robins and Atlanta on a good day. So had to have a lot of extra time factored in. Especially on your departure. Wasn't uncommon to leave 4 or 5 hours ahead of your departure time from Warner Robins.

[@marshburchell]

Get def at Any Loves. Ask your home fleet office. Fuel solution is for Diesel fuel only.

[@danettenapier3389]

Do they tell you where to fuel and how much fuel to put on at each stop? Do they tell you where to take your rest breaks? Are you able to build up points and shower credits on your rewards card?

[@nylebauer2714]

Hey check with maintance about a shifter problem Paccar just came out with a recall problem some lines weren't chrimped right and could cause lock up!

[@northamericanproductions]

I was just there two weeks ago. Weird way to get out of that distribution center. You think you need to go through the front entrance, but you have to go a different way. It threw me off.

[@johnmagill7714]

Shreveport?... Went to High School there. Now I live just west of there now in Longview. I've been to that Lowes DC many times, so often there for awhile I was almost on a first name basis with several people three.

[@Kalamabbfan]

Sometimes listening to the radio for traffic reports is advantageous. That loop around Atlanta is ALWAYS a mess.

[@JKSpencerTruckingInc]

Hey guys. I enjoy your vids. I'm an OTR driver also and like finding different methods and tips and tricks to navigate and making it less stressful to find places...so i notice you have Trucker Path on phone, plus a Garmin in front of you and one on windshield. Question...why the extra one on windshield? My guess is having that extra bit of info on screen that you can't all fit on a single one? And what is your main source of gps you follow? Guess that's two questions. Lol. Anyways thx and be safe.

[@martydonahue6695]

You didnt say if trl inspection was good. Always be careful with a claw hammer on tires. I think it was a claw.Peace From a retired Driver.

[@bigrigger5617]

What if you do not have a smart phone to take all those fancy pictures? They buy you one?

[@dukechriss2214]

Hey guys 🫡

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

👋👋👋

[@mikedancona9203]

Automatic tractors. Like driving a big car SMH. What do u do when it snows ?

[@mansamusatheogjr4177]

Been watching you since you were with werner bro. I got my cdl and am currently at western express since October. After I get a year experience this year - what are chances of Crete hiring me with my last conviction in 2016? Let me know thanks.

[@skinny-peters-JR.]

Well if you run. DEF. TO LOW. Check engine light comes on. And if real real low. Truck will. derate

[@tybanks23]

If you do not fuel where they say to at does that go against you for like a write up or does it go against getting safety bonuses or a yearly raise?

[@richardeckert6130]

🎉❤

[@motorcycleman3470]

I'm heading to phoenix with chips

[@kennethives2517]

Did you loose that piece on you faring again?

[@mudtrucking]

Were you at Schneider when you first started

[@rmeshr3657]

Werner

[@AZVIDS]

Weiner🌭😉

[@Look_What_You_Did]

Why anybody would haul anything in, out, or around tejus is beyond me. Plenty of opportunities outside that shit hole.

[@AZVIDS]

…or Chitown, NYC, LA, …..

[@Look_What_You_Did]

@@AZVIDS You don't seem to understand where your countries major ports are...

[@chrissnyder821]

Keven Is top-notch Creek carrier should be proud of him and give him top loads

[@redkrawler]

He gets all the Top Loads. Thanks for Watching.

[@rickthiessen7345]

You got fix that dash rattle

[@tyriesingletary3270]

I thought that was the flaw of the new Kenworth t680s they rattle like crazy

[@dotcompliancegroup2196]

Another great video Kevin!! Love your content! We have an exciting opportunity we would like to chat with you about! We sent you a email with details let us know what you think!