From A Semi Truck to A Bicycle. Riding a Hiboy P6. Ya gotta Get One!!

[@Shykiddoable]

Sorry you and Quality have parted ways, I can travel now without having to look for blue trucks and your chicken hanging on the window, hope he’s still going to travel with you. Because of you I got to see a lot of beautiful country and learned a lot about the trucking industry, thank you. A new chapter in your life and hopefully we’ll learn something new also. Good luck and thanks for letting us ride Shotgun.

[@suepeterson163]

I agree

[@kenlewelling7519]

Mike been with you since the beginning of this long road trip and what a ride it's been! I look forward too new adventures you cook up and I'll be along for this ride 10-4 Semper Fidelis 🇺🇲

[@gulfoil8]

Staying on!

[@ecole3139]

Hi Mike! So sorry you lost yr job, but pleased you are OK and also to have you back here with us - and that you've got another job now! .... Looking 4ward to seeing yr future vids, & riding shotgun again. Take care on that bike (Slow down! Lol 😁) .... Love from me in Herefordshire, UK 🇬🇧

[@yeralmuzika]

Sorry to hear you lost your job but glad you found something else. Crazy to know you worked with the previous company for 10 years! Hope the new job works well for you. Can't wait to see more videos. The bike is really cool, I've been debating on getting a bike for a long time, still waiting to figure out what would be best for me... good bikes aren't cheap 😂

[@drandisol]

Sounds like they were looking for an excuse to cut costs. Sorry about that Mike. Glad you landed a job again. Hope you can still make trucking videos, we've missed you.

[@michaelmorgan7893]

I'm just seeing this just now, and learned of your loss of your job. So sorry. Your videos brought back memories of when I travelled a lot of those same highways in Arizona and New Mexico, Texas, etc on my way to Arkansas and Alabama and Kentucky visiting relatives, weddings, funerals, etc. Praying that your new job will open new doors for you, and that you can continue to share with us your vlogs. God bless you, Mountain Mike.

[@kimfrommn7162]

Have Fun with your New Bike!!!! What a treat to get that for a gift!! You will enjoy that very much when you are parked somewhere and restaurants are over a half mile down the road!!! Be there in 5minutes!!! Plus getting some good excercising also! A win Win arrangement!!! 🤗♥️👍🥺pp

[@pamhernandez397]

It’s so nice to hear your voice again. I wish you well on your new adventure.

[@wingrider6116]

Hi Mike, I ad no idea you actually did leave Quality. I just made that post thinking I'd probably get a reaction which is what I was hoping for. I was worried about you man! So glad you are okay! Best of luck with your new company and keep the videos coming! Be safe driver!!

[@rayneethling7809]

Well said Sir !

[@nofider1]

Hey Mike. Glad your well, hope things turn out for the better. Take care .... Thanks for uploading. :-)

[@neeterb5584]

Wow, life changes quickly. Sounds like you've landed on your feet, though. Looking forward to more videos.

[@magn630]

Hella happy to see you ok, was beginning to worry. Feeling sorry for Quality right about now bc they really don't know wtf they doin when they let priceless experience go. But life will go on without them because you are Mountain Mike with or without their trucks. This closer-to-home video makes me feel even closer to you and I know you will be ok - just hope you take us with you on your next life chapter. btw, my youngest son lives in CO and that is the reason I started watching your channel. Since then, we have bought a place in CO and we love the snow and the change of pace from hellish CA. Thanks for that Mike. You may want to consider becoming a full time you-tuber - you have the subscribers #s and the view#s - and then you may have the time to comment/answer some of our questions/comments -jk. Can't lie, your audio sucks, but nothing you can't fix with equipment tweaking.

[@JanesDough855]

Good to know you're still alive. Enjoy your new toy and Happy Thanksgiving!

[@newsnowmichigan4666]

Good to see all is well with you and like you said, Things happen for a reason. Looking forward to future videos WITHOUT Quality.

[@alsup11]

Sorry to hear about losing your job. Glad you found a better job. Nice bike that your trying out. Hope you and the family have a blessed Thanksgiving. Will be watching for new videos.

[@BlueBeeMCMLXI]

Whatever is ahead, Mike, thanks for the Education! Good to see you right into an adventure. I recently met an elderly 4WD driver who chose to hit me on a roundabout while I was cycling to work. From those things, we must get on with living. Beautiful machine you have there.

[@marceechristofferson6648]

Wasn't expecting to hear something like that, so sorry. Good luck with your new adventures, change can be a good thing. Riding my bike is my therapy, hopefully it does the same for you. Hope to see more from you soon

[@junedimond1693]

Glad you are back!!! Everything will work out. See yaaaa-

[@rayneethling7809]

MMM is back ! I'm pleased you are well. Godspeed. !

[@billm5433]

Hi Mike. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us. We lived in a 5th wheel RV for 18 years while full timing. They work great except when it gets very cold. Appreciate an honest review of the bike. Not a bad deal for an E bike. Their website showed it on sale for $999.99.

[@wolfgangresch1650]

Hi, Mike. I moved to Casper Wyoming and saw a quality truck at the Walmart. Was thinking about all the great videos you give us! I have a "quiet cat electric bike." Just put the seat higher up for your bad knee and you'll love it 💪💪🇺🇲🇺🇲🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 You deserve the best. You're one of the best truck drivers in the business

[@barbarahoward8657]

Easy on the throttle there mountain man. As for the job, so sorry to hear; but their loss. Especially considering you were hauling in some nasty weather without a hiccup. Good luck with new job, look forward to more videos and your soothing conversations.

[@comanchecounty4149]

Looking forward to new videos! Quality is in the rearview and the future is bright!

[@jacquelinebaxter6420]

Congratulations on your new job! Please be careful driving oil tanker. God bless🙏

[@nataliemoore457]

Good to see you back,, enjoy the vids 😁

[@tannstang]

Wish you all the best Mike.

[@david9192]

Oh wow I'm shocked Mike, well as they say onward and upward ❤

[@kennyw6932]

Best of luck with your transition. A good attitude is what a person needs to succeed and your mind is in the right place. God bless and PEACE!

[@cherylgarretson3441]

Missed ya. That sucks about Quality. Their loss for sure. Best wishes in your new adventure. Hope to see you again soon!

[@michaelmorgan7893]

It's for sure some of that company's "quality" slipped when they let a great driver go, for sure. But God can and does open new doors.

[@dennisjohnstone4739]

Hi Mike. Sorry to hear you were sacked from Quality, especially the way they did it. Well it's their loss letting your experience and your strong work ethic go. Seems like the "Quality " was in at least one driver, not the management. Great news you've got another drive, a quality driver like you shouldn't be left out of the industry that's having difficulty attracting good people. Hope your new drive works out well for you in terms of the work and the company. All the best from a retired trucker in Australia. Seeya!

[@benjaminacosta2582]

Hello Mike, I'm so sorry for your job. I'm worried for you and your videos! Glad to see you ok. Good bike! Enjoy! Greetings from Argentina! Stay safe!

[@kimfrommn7162]

Have Fun with your New Bike!!!! What a treat to get that for a gift!! You will enjoy that very much when you are parked somewhere and restaurants are over a half mile down the road!!! Be there in 5minutes!!! Plus getting some good excercising also! A win Win arrangement!!! 🤗♥️👍🥺pp

[@mikeservais888]

That socks about Quality. Sometimes trucking sucks.well good luck with the new job. Peace!!!

[@stellarproductions8888]

10 and a half years of loyalty to Quality, and they fire you at a moments notice. What a freaking dick move they did to you! Looks like Quality is the next company who requires a reality check, getting too big for their britches, when the owner doesn't give a crap. Well good luck them trying to find another great worker like you, they can go F themselves. Nice bike dude, it gets up and goes, and is something that you can actually ride. I consider getting into oil trucking an upgrade, especially if Hazmat requirements are imposed. You now are working I think you said 130,000 gross, so that should also equal more pay per month as well.

[@bhinbayoucity5691]

Good u got another job! Cant wait to see more truckin videos...got my popcorn buttered up, salted, n ready! Got my salt from one of the salty crew members!

[@susanr.1963]

#Ridingshotgun, are you not able to video from the new truck? Would love to see videos on your trips!! 👍🏻🙂

[@johnacord5664]

The bicycle is making a comeback. At age 78, I am still riding. Glad you are riding. Too bad your knees don't work. Using pedal power will sure help your heart. You and your kin should wear a helmet. I read an article "If you go faster than you run, wear a helmet." Two wheels and a motor, It should read Harley Davidson on the tank. LOL

[@JM-ig4ed]

Hey man... we've missed you. New challenges and rides - adios to the old. Weird thing about following someone on youtube for a long while - we feel like we know you and like family, ya know? We worry when we don't hear from you.

[@scottontheboat2340]

Got to have the snowpacked pass driving, Drove out of New Castle . Serviced Glenwood,Carbonda, Aspen gas tanker from Denver terminal over Loveland chained. Those were the days

[@ToddDouglasFox]

I was just thinking of you.

[@philn1601]

There is a high demand for semi truck driver in the US. You can ask for a sign on bonus now.

[@nyflo718]

I'm a trucker and I disagree

[@justachipn3039]

@@nyflo718 🤣🤣

[@junepeerman8826]

Nice, looks like a lot of fun. ❤️❤️❤️

[@diamondback2295]

Screw quality for pulling that. Your skills will be much more appreciated somewhere else.

[@tinkerlynch5276]

Nice 2 wheeler !!! Already watched your adventure with the trailer & pup...you're gonna knock it outa the ballpark with this job !!! Can't wait to do some of the winter runs "Riding Shotgun" !!! You've always had a knack for figuring things out when it comes to semi's and making it look easy !!! Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow !!!

[@Ismael-iw4tm]

Noooo bro knife got to go. Nice hefty bike and can't help from going fast leaving everyone in the dust. 😂

[@frederick6008]

one door closes and another openes. Praying for you Mike.✝️

[@harleyhawk7959]

nice seeing you are still out there, Mike.

[@paulson6270]

Looks like fun. I'm ready for some snow driving truck rolling videos. Got my blanket ready lol

[@redsorgum]

It’s about time….😘🤣 I’ve been thinking about getting an e-bike or trike. I would like to tour/camp with one. Could it be that they were looking for an excuse to off load you? Perhaps you were putting in too many hours, and they didn’t want to pay you the amount money for your work.

[@RichardParker-hc6dn]

Great bike. You're going to be missed by viewers of your videos. You have officially become a hazard on the road of which you always were complaining about...hahaha good luck to you.

[@harleyhawk7959]

and you finally have one high light to feel good about, even though you have no proof of your Karen statement. Sad person.

[@harleyhawk7959]

Mike, I'm glad to see you doing well. when there's no merchandise moving across broken America, drivers become unimportant. Sad, the trucking industry is cutthroat.

[@alaxmanshenoy]

Sorry to hear that, really missing your trucking videos. I am sure one more door will open for you soon.

[@marleneswartz8649]

Your voice and the sound of that truck was like music to my ears. But looking forward to your videos in the future !!!

[@debbieosborn9464]

Hope everything works out for you. Been wondering why no videos . Be careful charging the bike some have been catching fire.please no more videos on the bike. Very hard to understand what your say. Stay safe !

[@sunnyray2048]

🍭SWEET🍭Have a great Thanksgiving🙏🏼💖👍🏻🌞

[@HeadPack]

I don't get why they fired you, but glad you found a new employer. Nice bike. Looks like it could handle dirt roads and trails too.

[@stellarproductions8888]

Because the owner of Quality is obviously a dick, who cares more about profit coming in, then the livelihood if their drivers! The owner was perfectly willing, to leave Mike stranded where he was. Sometimes companies get too big for their britches, this is evidence of that, the owner needs a reality check. Maybe one day Quality will go bankrupt cause they got no more good drivers to deliver freight. As the emperor would say in Star Wars, only at the end, will he understand.

[@thomasedwards2754]

Douglas pass is no joke to go on in the summer. Be careful of that road. On top of that pads is on a active slide area. Colorado 13 is better than 139 doto the slide. 13 is a deadly highway for elk and deer.

[@nhcaptainttv]

Wow sorry to hear you lost your job. I do hope your next adventure is great and we get to tag along

[@cathyreed6180]

I don’t know how many KZbinrs I subscribe to that I’ve gotten one of those.

[@empresslisa6875]

Like your bike.bessie going to miss you 🚚

[@charleswright9024]

I have one of those bikes I have it tied to the back of my cab. I'm a owner. Operator since 2000 when I park in the evening I'll go for a bike ride

[@joey809]

Sorry to hear about your job. There always comes a time when we cease to be an asset and become a liability (in the eyes of all companies). Quality seemed like a sweet set up for you, to bad you couldn't work it out.

[@knowone6214]

Mike....sounds like Quality royally screwed themselves....don't blame ya...been there,done that several times myself....now maybe you can enjoy the family more

[@sandrahankins8488]

So sorry about loosing your job. Glad your ok

[@jwoutdoors]

Hey brother. Think you’re going to be fine! A bit of advice, you really should be riding with the flow of traffic. Freaks me out when I see a bike heading straight for me. Riding with the flow is recommended by all bicycle manufactures. Good luck

[@lenorawadsworth5883]

You should get an outdoor microphone. The wind makes it really difficult to hear you.☹

[@freightdawg6762]

Good luck with the new Gig Mike looking forward to some video with the tankers

[@karenpaquin927]

Congratulations on your new job😊

[@jackball4201]

Guess im going to have to get one

[@judystreich7333]

Thinking seriously about buying an e-bike to take with me when I travel with my class c. I have a pedal bike but want to tow a pet trailer for my dog and the fat tires would be better for the stability. By this demo ride you did it looks pretty decent.

[@tomasznobilec6853]

kids should wear a helmet on a bike !!!!! and the new born are you series ???

[@jackball4201]

And I suppose no drinking through the hose also

[@sdb3039]

Glad you've found a purpose lol

[@Blackopsmechanic338]

Their loss Mike not yours. On to better days. Peace🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@deniseboudreau324]

Sorry you lost your job with Quality. Their loss. Driving oil tankers sounds interesting. Beautiful country around Vernal. Lookimg forward to more videos.

[@dlyrag755]

That is just crazy firing you. Today good truck drivers are very hard to find especially with your background. I'm pretty sure they will regret their action. Be careful out there on the road.

[@Ismael-iw4tm]

Nice life big guy.

[@powersterk]

Hiboy P6 is faster than volvo truck.! what the fock.🙆‍♀

[@rickrich7325]

Missed you so much, missed your voice too! Sorry about the Job, I know nowadays Companies get a chance to let a Senior go (# of years there) saves them a lot of $$$ over a newbie ! But you were a hard worker on the go, these younger gen, the are such slackers, work ethics is not great ! Glad your ok. Still have the Caddy?

[@sdb3039]

Nice Tundra

[@DanielPerez-ee3wp]

So will we see you drive your pickup truck in the snow?

[@cathyreed6180]

I guess we’re not going to get any more trucking videos since you’re not working for quality anymore.

[@jackball4201]

Hopefully we will. We need winters with Mike

[@jamesmills9240]

You were making too much money. They were probably looking for a reason to kick you out the door for a long time but you didn't give them anything remotely like a reason. They will pay the next guy a lot less money and they will get a lot less in return. It's their loss and somebody else's gain.

[@leeshaver7825]

10 years with one company and just because you didn't want to sit around with your thumb in your nose after 4 days sitting and you even offered to pay for the trip That is a perfect example of how companies don't give two F's about their employees and how easily they can replace you regardless of how many years you worked for them or how good of employee you may be Before I was forced into retirement due to medical reasons people used to say I had a bad attitude when it came to my employers if I found a better job that paid more no I wouldn't give them a two-week notice they wouldn't give me one I drove tow truck for 22 years and the one thing I learned in all that driving all the 24-hour shifts 6 day weeks missed thanksgiving's missed Christmases missed birthdays the one thing I learned about every company I worked for is you're only as good as your last tow

[@richdouglas8969]

First what's the cost how long did it take to build it

[@rayrussell6258]

Wind noise basically blocked most of what you were saying, so hope you repeat yourself a bit on another video when not on the ebike. I have an Aventon Aventure 2 ebike myself, purchased 6-months ago; it's similar to what you have there. It won't replace a car, but it's good for getting oneself off the couch and exercising!

[@empresslisa6875]

🚲 🚲 🚲

[@KB-gs8zi]

H___LL Mike,, Thought you would retire from Quality , but instead they gave you the ""BOOT"" !! 🤔🙄 Goes to show what the Trucking Industry thinks of their ""Dedicated "" Driver's !! 😡😠🤬 Well, Hope the next ""ADVENTURE"" Doesn't end the same way !! I was told many times over the years that Driver's are ""a dime a dozen "" !! Gave Dispatch a Quarter & Told him to go find Driver's that would do what I did for his CO. as I Would fix whatever got broke to make it to a P/U or Del. Site on time !!!

[@DannyRobinette]

I got one like it

[@stupadaso7948]

Did all the phone calls and complaints to Quality about your driving habits catch up to ya?

[@richdouglas8969]

Work what is the top speed

[@nancychughesredfern8604]

My son sells all kinds of electric bikes

[@showaltermicro]

Do NOT charge or store in the house

[@dennisgallear409]

be careful!

[@richdouglas8969]

How much $

[@karenpaquin927]

Quality "your Company " Lost a Quality driver-So sorry you lost your job

[@mr_burky]

Meh, Quality wasn't "quality work ethic" anymore. Thats their loss for kicking an excellent driver to the curb. A company wants to sit a driver for multiple days and not care, it's time to move on✌️