Fed Ex Freight - Triples - 65 mph + down Emigrant Hill , I -84 Oregon

[@carthagedye6291]

Thank you Captain Safety. You sure showed him. We are ALL inferior to you and our utmost respect is bestowed upon you due to your jedi-kightery of the road.

[@AntiFakeJewsRev2-9-0Zach9-6]

🤣🤣

[@HectorG-h7s]

Go FedEx!!! my favorite trucks on the road, Real roadrunners. Thank you for sharing the video

[@MetalTeamster]

+Hector Gomez They do seem to have slowed down a bit since I put these vids up. Seriously.

[@leepialong]

@@MetalTeamster sure...supertrucker.

[@MetalTeamster]

@@leepialong you approve of reckless driving?

[@lizsmith3936]

if you caught up to the fed ex guy ,I guess you were goin even faster

[@gasmannpat]

That suggested speed of 18 was put up in the early 80's. Long before the new motors with the great working jake brakes.

[@MetalTeamster]

Good point

[@yombino1]

2013 i drove those roads cabage hill its mi favorite. one of this days i be there again.. thanks for the Ride!

[@MetalTeamster]

Yeah... It is just a job for me. nothing that great about it for me.. Glad you like the vid.

[@americanrambler4972]

Drove that hill many of times in all weather conditions where it was open with weights of 34,000 to 80,000 lbs. I never would go that fast down that hill. I was passed plenty of times by trucks that did however. Weather and road conditions permitting, I did not descend that grade at a speed faster than one where my engine brake could not maintain my speed or slow me down. Or over about 55 mph max on any part of It. The older and more experienced I got, the less desire I had to run down that hill fast.

[@MetalTeamster]

Thank you A R . You are a lonely voice of reason. It is my opinion , that set of triples should have dropped one gear, ran the jake all the way down and kept it at or below 50 mph. Even that is a bit fast for what the old time veteran teamster drivers 30-40 years ago would have run.

[@clay-r15]

why didnt you become a trooper instead?

[@MetalTeamster]

I came very close to in 1995. Went to the academy in Shelton, Wa . They wanted me to join the cadet class at that time. But I love trucking too much. Or , should I say, what it used to be.

[@clay-r15]

MetalTeamster I love it to so far, but i only been out her a year and a half so i might get sick of it.

[@MetalTeamster]

Well, I would recommend looking for a Teamster job. Try ABF. They are an excellent Company to work for. They have a great retirement plan.

[@clay-r15]

Its funny you mention that becausw i have been looking for a teamster job, i applied at ups and yellow and have kind of just been waiting. I also heard from a conway driver that their talking about joining the teamsters.

[@MetalTeamster]

A couple Conway terminals have joined. But there are many , many to go. That is what brave and smart people do, stand together to obtain better wages and conditions.

[@sgtotaku]

I run down this hill on a regular basis at 45-55, depending on the section. I usually weigh 70-102k gross. I have never smoked my brakes, and never had a wreck on this hill.

[@timbo_slice4053]

Looks like good trucking to me.

[@justingonzales2299]

comin down that hill getting into Pendleton....lol..oooh YEEEA

[@Jorge-he6cc]

hmm the newer trucks we drive have a system that when you apply the engine brake the brake lights comes on

[@d-serieshuck2317]

WTH would a man of credentials be chasing a damn FEDEX truck? All truckers even rookies know to let them get the hell away from you. Not cool.

[@litlesis67851]

Fed Ex has changed..they were governed back, I was a OTR driver when Dallas had that big ice storm about 8 years ago, and this dumb Fed Ex driver going I don't know how fast, passed me and pulled my truck towards him. I got on the CB and told him he better slow down that this road was a hazard. He told me I was a hazard going so slow. Went down about 20 miles more and started seeing some box's on the road and a couple of hundred feet more there he was sitting in the ditch petting his trailer on his side. I asked if he was okay and he was...but then I had to tell him see I told you so, he said fu and I told him no I did not have time that I had some where to go. Sorry I am a smart butt woman trucker and proud of it!

[@MetalTeamster]

It is a scab outfit. They are hiring people with zero exp, like scab outfits do. Plain and simple. UPS does not do that

[@opalbeifong695]

You're right about the breaks.

[@ralphjames1211]

Snowman did 75-80MPH + on the ole Cabbage Patch hill!!!

[@MsElPardo2]

I'm pretty sure he was driving empty that's the only logical thing that I can suggest.

[@trentwilliamson4509]

I go about 55 down this in a 26' box truck. don't even touch the brakes.

[@MetalTeamster]

Sounds like you are a rare professional. Good job

[@shauncason5235]

So you chose to engage in an unsafe act to document the same unsafe act? So now instead of one idiot running off the hill too fast, we now have two? What could possibly go wrong with this brainstorm? Makes me wonder who the real danger is here. If you truly have 2M/32 years under your belt, (which is highly suspect after watching this idiocy) haven't you learned by now to just let the guy go? If this offends your commitment to safety so much, why didn't you notify FedEx at a minimum or better yet, the Oregon State Police?Also, the 18 mph speed limit you keep harping about is for 75-80,000 lb trucks. Do you have any way of knowing what this guy's weight was? He could be running empty for all you know. Granted, the driver is over the 55 for trucks limit, but depending on the gross weight, the driver isn't obligated to the 18 mph limit either.Maybe next time you witness unsafe or dangerous behavior, you'll actually do something about it instead of being a sneaky little rat.

[@MetalTeamster]

+Shaun Cason - You are correct, I am sneaky. I am a rat. I got my license 6 months ago and I have 20,000 miles of exp. I think the truck was empty, he weighed maybe 30 pounds. You are also correct, there were two idiots running down the hill. You are right all accounts, I suggest you go buy a lottery ticket because you are so fuckin smart, you can win every time !

[@joshuaferris4063]

90k? You forgot that their ltl. Gross less than 50 on a triple set

[@sajen23]

the actual bad part of the vid is most the pups dont have good tires

[@flash2k4t]

Trailers also could of been empty. 90,000 at the absolute max. Trailer weights vary.

[@MetalTeamster]

This fellow was down to 30 mph on a 6% incline 20 some miles before going down this hill. These were not empty trailers and this was before Oregon raised the speed limit to 65. This was a 55 zone.

[@MetalTeamster]

Actually several Fed Ex Freight Terminals are represented by the Intl Brotherhood of Teamsters. You are wrong

[@johngeritrightbell4528]

he just out drove you, thats all!@

[@MetalTeamster]

I would not describe it as that. He violated the posted speed limit at that time, and put he and his Corporation in a position of potential liability. Trucking is not a race, despite what people like you choose to believe.

[@johngeritrightbell4528]

Never said that you all where racing, just out drove you. Everything you said about him was the exact same thing you where doing

[@MetalTeamster]

Not exactly. I was pulling a single trailer empty, he was heavily loaded with three trailers, and after chasing him to get him on video, I backed off. Nice try though

[@johngeritrightbell4528]

He had more weight than you? And he made it. He was just a better driver than you period. ..... Keep trucking and you may be as good as he is lol

[@MetalTeamster]

I run legally the majority of the time. If he and others like him wish to risk the CDLs, power to them.

[@Jetmech1781]

So you'll call out FedEx for breaking the law, yet you're breaking multiple laws yourself. you have no idea what kind of weight he's carrying. for all you know, he's got 3 empty trailers. What company do you drive for? Maybe they'd like to know that you're driving unsafely yourself there, supertrucker...

[@MetalTeamster]

I made the statement that I was breaking the law. Very observant of you. No, that set of triples was bogged down to 25 mph on the hill coming up out of the bottom of the hill just West of La Grande. He was close to 100,000 gvw. I was empty. Either way, we were both speeding.

[@Jetmech1781]

+MetalTeamster First of all, max gvw in Oregon is 80,000 lbs, regardless of single, double, or triple trailers. Second, FedEx trucks are governed to 65 MPH, so pulling even a small hill, you lose speed. Why don't you worry about driving your truck and let the other driver drive his.

[@MetalTeamster]

You just stuck your foot in your mouth. You have no clue as to what you are talking about. Look into it beyond the first google search you do.

[@sajen23]

its called he is working :D:D:D:D: i did doubles :) im now a chem tanker driver and i hate all those speeding fedx pplz lol :D:D

[@bigdi77]

Mind your business

[@MetalTeamster]

I don;t expect you to even begin to get this...but when scab freight drivers break the law, they in turn hurt law abiding Union freight drivers.

[@alanparker4110]

But you know FedEx is #1 out here. Can't tell them nothing cause they are too good for laws and safety. Got to get that load there 2 minutes before you do cause that 2 minutes really saved them some time...

[@MetalTeamster]

They are a scab outfit. That is all they are to me.

[@MetalTeamster]

Thanks, I am bothered by the fact that they are gaining 6-8-10% time wise on Union carriers that obey the law. It is BS

[@MrBlah3573]

Yet you record video while driving. You are the same DB that posted about freight doing 63 in a 55...lmao. You need to get a life.

[@MetalTeamster]

Yes, I pushed the on button on my Go Pro. I will be the judge of what I need to do. Thank you.

[@MetalTeamster]

Don't need to , I am a Teamster. Everything I get is by contract .

[@AntiFakeJewsRev2-9-0Zach9-6]

So you couldn't even taken an L in silence 😁 who told you to Race the brother up? why crying whence you got left in the dust huh? 🤣

[@MetalTeamster]

he is a scab driver , breaking the law which hurts law abiding Union freight drivers. That in turn hurts working families , that in turn hurts economic and SOCIAL justice. Can you comprehend any of that ... Bro ?

[@kernrogers7144]

You drive your truck, mind your own business. It ant bragging if you can do it

[@MetalTeamster]

there is nothing to brag about breaking the law