HOW AND WHY I BECAME A TRUCK DRIVER

[@andreakeeling9217]

Canada has the coolest KZbinrs ❤❤❤❤

[@patrickspringer6534]

You put a lot of effort into your videos. You have content that appeals to a ton of folks. I subscribed a few months ago. I hope it really takes off and you can get some revenue out of it. Good luck brother. From L.A. (Lower Alabama).

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

I appreciate that!

[@Bobbyberta284]

Way better then ice road truckers 🤘

[@johnnyhunter4345]

Best video yet.....my love...pipelining...songs I never heard from Willy

[@MM1Teracruzer]

Man, was that ever a trip down memory lane, and not even my pictures. Done a bit of cat training on the slope and still do some in gold mining here in Alaska, but mostly use Nodwells now. Done some "fishing" like that with the poles on a big KW for cold, wet equipment too. A bit of gas field, some coil tubing support but too old for anything but the memories and the music. Thank you Jerrold, I really enjoyed this one. Made me think of happier times.

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

cool man, thanks for that, i sure miss the days as a child and growing up in a truck, definitely made me a trucker true and true. great days back then

[@davesnodgrass4679]

Those were the good old days. Love this video Cheers 😊

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

Good times

[@edwardwatling]

Awesome history! You definitely paid your dues. The RTOT work looked amazing. Thanks for sharing all this and the pictures. Its good you have those.

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

yeah its been a pretty good life, my only hold up is i wished i would have started driving earlier. i didn't think i was ready for the longest time. but there's no better way to learn then do it

[@glennl2012]

Great video. Awesome choice in music.

[@desmondo397]

Timelapse Trucker Good sir; great tunes, unique story. have you ever had any weird sasquatch activity whilst on the road?

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

Thanks and no, I’ve never seen anything odd

[@lowboy1one1]

Awesome vids, keep em coming!!!! Nothing like being born and raised behind the wheel!

[@blaineo2277]

Keep them coming looks good. Love the music to

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

Thanks man

[@ljlariviere7885]

Awesome vids! You are telling pretty well much a big chunk of my working life story......’cept for GP an Whitehorse....but I do know the HellMutt!

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

That is awesome!

[@johncheatham897]

Great show , you've got talent.

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

Glad you liked it👍 it’s kinda older video now, did that my first year learning to edit. I’ll have to do another maybe a update

[@Rightwinger1982]

Good video! I worked for Northern Mat and Bridge in Grand Prairie. Lowboy driver, floating track hoes and other equipment. Lol, saw that pic of the coiled tubing derrick, reminds me of ruffnecking at P.D.!

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

ahhh yes the good days. i haven't seen a real coil rig in years

[@dallasschaber8274]

Awesome video Gerald

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

thank you for checking it out

[@oldpete3153]

Loved the video guy...I short circuited right into over the road at 19...many many adventures and most all facets off the trucking business till I semi retired at 66...I've never regretted any of it other than a handful of "Dicks" along the way but ya get that whenever or whatever.. thanks for the great videos you put up

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

i should have got into much earlier but my wife was really against it and didnt want to be married to a trucker, but i finally wore her down and got my class 3 at 24 i think. so long ago now, still married too👍

[@scruffy6151]

Great story well put together. I myself hated working indoors and loved being outdoors.

[@seanfreeland5046]

Great story, I had a similar upbringing. Thanks for sharing.

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

thats a great upbringing then, i tried to replicate it with my kids but a huge lack of interest and cant take them on some jobs, but i could take them on some

[@GoViking933]

Good stuff man, I’m from up North too (Toad R), have been all over the Yukon, moved south to Fox V. for work around the same time you did. I did slickline among other jobs for many years, remember Howards, Radium, had alot of family who worked for Command, got my Class 3 almost 20 years ago, got out of wireline around 2011 and have been on owner/operator of a picker truck ever since. Neat to see how much our careers have in common. And GP sure has grown.. lol

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

thats cool to hear, how did you stick it out so long in slickline? i couldn't stay awake while running in and out. snooze fest, but i guess that's life of tool hand. if i was the operator just a touch more exciting......slickline was my first job where i legally drove. love the toad river restaurant. tons of kid memories with my dad, wicked hat collection.

[@johnnyhunter4345]

Oil field like pipelining....big equipment, massive power, every day a "screw up" somewhere and only you and your fellow workers have the equipment big enough with the knowledge to fix it....

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

True, very true. These guys are a whole different level

[@josephtaylor5909]

Great story man amazing you did like three lifetimes work for most people and drove a thousand teucks 👍💪 hey the reality is the world needs ans will always need the truck driver as the road will always be transport.

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

Amen brother 👍

[@martinfaubert7340]

Same for me was pretty muched raised in a truck. My old man been trucking since 1971. I was born 1983. When I was 2yrs old I lost my two front teeth jumping from passenger seat to driver seat. Missed the seat landed face first in the steps. Sleeping on floor listening to the engine transmission. Remember going trucking more then going to school. Everytime I apply for a job. I always say diesel runs threw my veines

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

i loved every minute, it definitely builds a different trucker. i should have gotten into it way earlier then i did, but still glad im here now in this dying industry that turdeo has messed up for me

[@geoffreyneish7999]

Hey man thanks for sharing, I envy the slice of Canada you've terrorizing! Grew up in T.O. but spent my summer's in Thunder Bay, this is wear my fascination with big trucks started. I was born 30 yrs too late, my grandfather owned Northern Wood Preservers so I missed a golden opportunity to work in that industry. Your Channel is awesome and the effort you put in clearly shows, wicked tunes too got to have the BPM's while driving! 😜Your concerns about repetitive content works well for Dim Witts like me that know F All about trucking, so your Oil Patch/Winche Trucking lingo is freaking perfect my friend! Keep up the great work man, I see Discovery Network in your future!! 🤑🤙😎

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

i think discovery channel might ruin it, worth a shot tho, i drove by thunder bay once after doing some work in quebec. it was a one shot opportunity and ive never been really past winnipeg, not much to see on these prairies, always down for a journey to a place i never been, i too wish i was maybe 20 years earlier for the trucking scene, was a lot harder stuff back then, what we do in a day now would take all week back in the 70s, but it was more brotherhood and not so watered down buy horrible drivers and rate cutters that screw everyone just to get their foot in the door, i enjoy my work still, putting up with other drivers is going to be the end of me tho

[@geoffreyneish7999]

@@TimelapseTruckerRTOT I so agree, it's not the work it's the people running but business! Given my demographic I chose the Automotive Service industry, working from Service advisor up to my glory of Service manager at a Porsche Dealership in downtown T.O. Fixing shit is easy replace it ( these days) Its the people that are involved that are the variable you really can't control!! lmfao But that's the part I like just taking ownership of a problem and helping them out no matter how Big A Dick (they don't have) 🤭 I even had a few spring time relocates myself, best was Roadside Assistance for CAA really wish I'd done that to 20 yrs earlier when I was single!! 😜 Hey you certainly know your business so you know there's a "paradigm shift" happening in the oil business thanks to humanity. I have NO Idea how it will effect the trucking aspect of things, but I hope it's positive, the more work the better!! 😊 🤙

[@regconrad7783]

Best video on u tub I seen in a while thumbs up we lived the same life lol

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

thanks, glad you liked it, im sure theres some other good stuff out there, i basically only watch youtube and i do get the feeling there's not much on there to watch, unless im looking for reviews on a product, not a lot of holsome vids

[@FlapjackFly]

Awesome, I'm sure we've crossed paths :) FSJ 25 yr.'s

[@KyleJewell]

It's a trek to get to the big stuff but well worth it if you love it. I had a taste of the bigger stuff, gave it up after a bad accident in 2013. Thought I was a failure at trucking. Didnt truck again for a few years. At it nowadays but mainly just highway, not to keen on the oilfield stuff so much now. Kudos to you and keep safe.

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

thanks man, you stay safe as well. im second guessing the oilfield too, its been a real pain the last 8 years.

[@KyleJewell]

@@TimelapseTruckerRTOT that it is. I run general freight on flatdecks now along with an equipment trailer. Only oilfield i do is misc supplies and structural steel to kearl lake, cnrl or suncor as well as moving frac valves for schlumberger from shop to shop for them in alberta/bc. Im having better luck and income using a load board and going thru brokers, although its a pain in the ass to. Cant win easily in trucking.

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

yeah i hear you there, i spent a year hiway hauling u ship stuff for a friend. it was painful and very cut throat

[@davesnodgrass4679]

Hey bro I feel you and understand your feelings and situations. I just had to shut er down after 43 years of many Different Trucking and Trailer Combinations, Long Loads, Off Highway Loads, Over Sized Logging, Hauling Over Sized and Over Length Loads Long Hauls all over North America, across Northern Canada coast to coast when I started at 17 and didn't even have a Driver License lol. I worked for Haliburton Services in the far North before I got my Class One & Air Driver's License, True. Over these years of Trucking and Operating Heavy Equipment, I have had 25 Large Surgeries. Broke my neck, back, twice, 2 separate comas, and surgery on literally just about every part of my body and up to 4 surgeries on one shoulder alone. Nature of the beast or bad luck or possibly no patience, and always in a hurry was the cause. Many broken bones all over more times than I can remember over and over. Someone was watching over me, as I never ever missed much work and I don't know how, but I didn't have even have one DISABILITY. At 61, I had to take a early retirement because I just couldn't do it anymore. It's not the pain I suffer that bothers me, but not being able to do what I loved to do since I was 17 is a huge pill to swallow. Having my own trucks and trailers in many different applications, like Logging, Long Haul , Oil and Gas, Transportation Industry, was exciting and very rewarding. I don't have one regret and would do everything all over again. Trucking all over North America and I feel I was blessed to meet awesome and interesting, helpful cool people and I had a chance to see awesome things I never would have. In the 43 years I can honestly say that I never ever had one accident. I'm not bragging but I do believe something or someone was watching over me, because I sure did have quite a few Fatal Accidents, and should have died, but I didn't. Sold the entire fleet and shut er down in March of 2023. I may grab something part time, point to point because I already missing the Trucking Industry. Going to start living the dream now because I made many sacrifices, and I have many things I enjoy to do. As you all know Trucking isn't for everyone. Its hard work, away from home, and many sacrifices we make. I found so many Trucker Friends and actually I have never ever met a Truck Driver I didn't like, and I sincerely liked and enjoyed everything and everyone in the Trucking Industry. My advice to you, my Fellow Truck Drivers, be safe, be prepared, never drive tired, and never ever hurry for no one or nothing, be kind and don't put up with anyone's Bullshit. You are always number one and never forget this.. Shiny side up and keep on Trucking Safely. Cheers Dave Calgary Alberta Canada 😎🤘😎

[@willtarr596]

Howards Went Out of busness after the old man passed away and he did not want his kids to take over and his wishis where for it to be sold off then after that kos bought it and after that it switched hands manny times then last i heard TC Energy owned it then sold most of the trucks off or moved them to edson, my dad worked there untell kos sold it.

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

Nice, I didn’t know it switched hands so much, I thought I heard trans force might have had it last but still said Howard’s on the door as long as I seen them on the road

[@johnnyhunter4345]

Enjoyed Willy...

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

Thanks

[@peterhelm6003]

Born to be a KZbinr as well. 😊

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

just maybe.

[@shaemould7152]

Im from Fort Nelson, Al bumstead water service? idk if heard of them Milton coopers good friend doug/ my grandfather,, she was heck of a town back in her day,, last couple year its been pretty sad around there

[@shaemould7152]

we have a 74 hayes bed truck at the time moving rigs from 1995-2012 , beaver river , fort simpson, fort nelson

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

It’s not a whole lot better here, yeah when I worked at coopers I remember bumstead being around, opposite colors of each other the brown with yellow strip and cooper yellow with brown. I was only around for maybe a year but super cool company, I only got one barge ride.

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

And yup Milton was pretty cool to work for, was busy back then, I’ve been thru Nelson once or twice and looks quiet and nobody around, lots of vacant yards I used to go to, we took some rail to muskwa heights by streepers, I thought I heard they were looking to reopen the mill so they were checking the tracks

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

Cooper had one too, or same one? That was pretty sweet, had a few outings in the 80s c5 straight piped 400 big cam, Kyle was a tractor hand at the time but we did a few odd jobs in it. Dude drove it perfect and was one of the first trucks I was in since my dad passed. Instant goosebumps

[@tommooney5156]

I worked for Rebel. I feel ya brother in the beginning and just starting out. I don't ever plan on stop being a large car. Hope all is well brother. Shiny side up eh

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

👍

[@jaevindear2272]

Damn now I wanna listen to Hank Williams

[@gregorycross612]

1175 ag tractor! 👍

[@eyes2seeears2hear28]

Ooo that was a fun lil trip down your life’s bumpy roads. Haha I’m just watching this now lol. So many great moments to be thankful for. If you don’t take the risks, you never get the adventures. Cheers to a bunch more miles down that road together😽 ✌🏼♥️🌎🌿

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

Thanks babe

[@FromLandVegemiteSamich]

Were all the wrecks with roadtrain trucks you were driving when it happened???

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

Only had 2 wrecks while I was there. One was someone suicide head on one of our trucks, the other a guy was following too close in the dust and rear ended another driver, I guess there was a third some knob in a pickup was turning around on a S curve blindly and our truck came around the corner and broad sided him….. could stop on ice

[@timspicer3270]

😊

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

👍

[@BDOutdoorsCanada]

17:38.....Lol

[@TimelapseTruckerRTOT]

was my swamper back then, id give him my phone, score me a cool photo guy, i get it and on a few its half thumb in the photo, great guy hard worker.

[@BDOutdoorsCanada]

@@TimelapseTruckerRTOT A good swamper is worth his weight in gold regardless if his thumb is often over the camera lense!