Lots of Love, but Too Many Trucks - Life of a Truck Driver and his Wife

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@jonathanbair523]

Just a idea for the sausage... Cook some a head of time, stick it in a mini frig if you got one (would highly rec-amend one) then when its cool can cut it into bites, and if you got room maybe get a rice steamer then add the cubed sausage to the rice... On my desk I got a Galanz 1.7 Cu ft Single Door Mini Fridge GL17BK.. Tall enough to just fit a 2L bottle of pop in, and deep enough for fit a carton of eggs in so not that much room needed (if you can fit it in seen some semi's with them) Perfect for keeping yogurt cold...

[@fishingandoutdooradventure1806]

Waiting on the call to go take my drug test. Hopefully will get to meet y’all on the road or at a terminal soon

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@jonathanbair523 Thanks for those tips! Our truck actually has a fridge. We are very grateful for that! Makes a huge difference!!!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@fishingandoutdooradventure1806 Awesome!!! Let us know how things progress. And please remember to give them our referral code, SLOKEV, if our videos have been helpful! We’d be very grateful!! Who did you drive for before? Let us know if you have any questions we can help with. 🤩😃

[@johnmagill7714]

Another great video. I have watched a lot of trucker vlogs. Allie Knight, Indiana Jack, Jade and John, Little Guy, multiple others, but they all disappeared without a word. Then I found you guys back when you were about 6 months in with Werner. Yours is now the only trucking channel I subscribe to. I have thoroughly enjoyed it. It made me want to get back to driving again. But I recently hit a snag. I developed a BP issue. It literally came out of nowhere. As high as 205/ 122, Needless to say I went to the ER, doctors were shocked I didn't have a stroke. The last few days it's been much better today I was 138/80. Thank God. I'm saying this in hopes other drivers pay attention and take care of themselves, as you get older you have to take extra safeguards in looking after yourselves. Avoid the unhealthy truck stop food as much as possible, eat healthier, exercise at least 20 mins a day. Like walking for your 30 min break. You only have one life Take care of yourselves, in doing so you can in a way take care of others around you. If you don't feel right pull over and call for help. Put your ego/pride aside. Y'all take care and be safe on the road. Maybe one day I'll see you guys on the road somewhere.

[@binaryanticommunist1882]

Check out OTR Bandit. He’s entertaining and has a beautiful blue 389 Glider.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@johnmagill7714 So sorry for your health scare!!!! Happy to hear that it sounds like you are pulling through!! 🙏🤞🙏🤞 Thank you for sharing your experience and your words of wisdom! We agree with you! It is very important to take care of your mind and body. This career can be very challenging for both. We really appreciate that you have been riding with us for three years! That really means a lot to us! We can understand that other channels drop by the wayside. It’s a lot of work to be a full-time trucker and KZbinr. Luckily our case Kevin focuses on trucking and I focus on KZbin. It’s a lot for just one person. We wish you continued and speedy recovery. Much love to you!

[@johnmagill7714]

@@TheJoyofTrucking Thank you very much. Hopefully by the first of the year, I'll be back on the road. I miss it. Driving me bonkers sitting home doing absolutely nothing. ranch work from time I was a kid, till 25, The Navy at 25 till 45, driving from 46 till 55. I'm 60 no I can only watch so much tv and read so many books before I start going koo koo..lol Yall be safe on the road, I know it's tough doing the video's that's why I elected to not do them when I was driving. Maybe it's just me.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@johnmagill7714 We can relate to ‘going koo koo’ lol…We also like to stay busy. 😃 Hope you’re good to go soon!!! In the meantime we’re glad to have you along with us!!! 🥰

[@RyanDoonan]

I know I miss driving also both my wife and I, I used to watch still do some Indiana Jack the joy of trucking definitely do miss ally knight also my wife and I both talk about trucking also

[@user-if8nz2yo5n]

Nothing like experience to navigate that potential nightmare. Well played! Love the air fryer! Happy trails! I get a kick out of that pyramid!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@user-if8nz2yo5n 👍👍👍🤩😃

[@glennfoster8707]

U2 be safe always pleasure n completely enjoying yalls videos ❤ u2 are good people n best channel on you tube..❤tell Kevin 👋 n he's one great drivers.. u Tonya are always full of entertainment n very interesting,,, u make the videos great u n Kevin together r best,,, your number 1 viewer ❤be safe ...Glenn Foster

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Thank you so much for your love and enthusiasm!!! 💕

[@Error-4-0-4-]

Been to that loves a million times it's a perty normal fuel stop for me. It's always mess during the day, generally not too bad at night.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@Error-4-0-4- Thanks for the insight!

[@jaredf3844]

Anything Memphis or West Memphis is always bad at night so it was smart to go during the day!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@jaredf3844 👍👍👍

[@glennfoster8707]

❤Kevin n Tonya ❤number 1 video channel world 🌎.... your number 1 viewer.. be safe

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@Javier_Chang]

Arkansas is pretty during Autumn season; Sausage must have garlic together, yummy~~

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@AnthonyLagunas-yv6br]

All that building is actually St Judes Childrens Hospital.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@AnthonyLagunas-yv6br Thanks!! Wow!

[@robyn2344]

Hi Kevin and Tanja. You should have seen that Loves in North Little Rock years ago before they remodeled it and added the parking area in back. It was very small. I avoid that Love's at all costs. At night, it's jammed packed, and like most Love's, drivers are parked everywhere blocking in other drivers and drivers not fueling and not pulling forward at the pumps. The pilot on the other side of the highway is always congested, trying to fuel, sometimes backed up to the light. I avoid that Pilot just like the Loves and the Petro there. You got lucky to find the parking spot at that Love's and had an easy escape. Would have been a good time to buy a lottery ticket.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@robyn2344 😆Darn. We didn’t think of that. 😆😆😆Thanks for insight on the place too.

[@robyn2344]

@@TheJoyofTrucking The road Kevin drove down to the entrance to the Loves, it used to be no tucks allowed and there was no entrance back there because that whole area trucks park now was full of trees. You had to enter where the trucks come out from the fuel island and drive around to the side and that's where the fuel pumps was and when you left you had to drive around the building and exit where the cars come in. It was very congested. They tore that building down and built a new building and removed the trees out back and made a parking lot. Have a awesome weekend the two of you 🙂 and I enjoy watching your channel.

[@glennfoster8707]

❤❤ joy of trucking Kevin n Tonya 👋 be safe your number 1 viewer

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@northernconfederate7957]

Good thing you guys decided to move on that place look a little sketchy there .

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@northernconfederate7957 👍👍👍😃

[@jabez623]

I got a call from a Crete Recruiter this morning

[@nancybuchanan6864]

I definitely live in Memphis TN. I never go here. Too many street walkers. Park at the casino in Arkansas

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Thank you!🙏

[@timmcdermottgetgf2250]

Hi Kevin and Tanya

[@RyanDoonan]

I know that loves very well also interesting to get in there and fuel but also very nice on the inside also definitely get in there early also we stayed at the loves and the flying j also the petro next door is interesting also I have even gotten fuel at the loves right there in north Little Rock also brings back memories

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@RyanDoonan 👍🤗🤗🤗

[@tmo.48]

Should have went for one more also, it would have been a perfect 7❤

[@artcraig518]

Enjoy your videos this one you are right in my neck of the woods live in Forrest City Arkansas ride between Memphis and Little Rock

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@artcraig518 Wow! Small world! Hello to you!!!

[@jvjoe4376]

Great channel...!! I know your job as trucker canand is very stressful. From my viewer's perspective is calming and interesting to watch. Peace...!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@jvjoe4376 😆😁🤩😃💕

[@brianbridle951]

That traffic going the opposite way sure looks like !40 in West Memphis. lol

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@brianbridle951 Yup!😆

[@gregorylyon1004]

The truck stop is full of trucks because of lack of loads. Get used to it

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@gregorylyon1004 We understand what you’re saying. In this case we believe there were a lot of trucks in line for fuel and the layout is not very practical.

[@geraldjones8032]

Enjoyed the video this morning. Have a great day.😊😊😊😊😊

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@truckingwithcrete]

Nice cooking gadget

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@truckingwithcrete Yes!!!👍

[@CSXOhioRailFanPlus752]

Nice Video

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@charlestilson4304]

Kevin don't give up your day job. For a blues singer 🤣😁

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@charlestilson4304 😆😆😆🤩

[@berhorst59]

Never stop at that Love's. Better to go over to the Pilot of Petro. But get there by 5pm, or no parking. That particular Love's sees 2 or 3 crashes in the parking lot every week.

[@bjtay]

And multiple panhandlers

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@berhorst59 Thanks for that insight! Bad design!!!😃🤩

[@scottbrown4769]

Hi Kevin and Tonya what the heck that was a darn zoo that loves needs to invest in more parking for trucks or they needs to invest in serious traffic control keep the videos coming and stay between the ditches

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@larryberger9095]

Yeah, I don't think I would stop at that love even with the car. Bud year air fryer. Is it 12 V or a 110 or doesn't have an inverter, and the tractor to run it in what make? What make air fryer

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@larryberger9095 Good thinking’! 😃 The air fryer is 120V and 1,000 watts. That’s why we got the little one on board. The big ones are too much for the inverter in Crete trucks. Our inverter is only 1,200 watts. It’s a great versatile cooking tool. It’s made by DASH.

[@bdzcalpubg8926]

That's where I'm from ❤

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@bdzcalpubg8926 👍👋👋👋

[@wukilla8ee]

I rarely stop at loves anymore, especially the smaller/high traffic ones. Its not worth it to me. Sitting there for over an hr to get fuel is frustrating af

[@richardeckert6130]

With freight being down and companies Going Out of business you would think truck. Traffic would be down, but apparently not be safe, guys.🎉❤

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@richardeckert6130 Nope…definitely not going down. 🤷‍♀️

[@Blessyou3x]

Some time can you explain why some trucks are allowed to by pass the scales when they are open. Keep up the great work and stay safe

[@AnthonyLagunas-yv6br]

They have Prepass, allowed to bypass.

[@henriviau4231]

Small Stone AKA Little Rock

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@henriviau4231 😆😆😆👍

[@jakeschisler7525]

Did you happen to catch the video of fresh salmon in a clear package and there were worms crawling around from Costco? Not to yummy for me!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@jakeschisler7525 No…that sounds disgusting!!!!

[@harryknutts8428]

do u find it hard to get sleep? im not talking about mattress comfort , i mean its hard to relax sometimes because of where your parked

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@harryknutts8428 Usually too tired to worry about anything. We always make sure we park somewhere where we feel safe. Only thing that can disturb our sleep is noise and auto-start and mosquitoes that might have gotten in. 😃

[@robyn2344]

Tanja, what brand is your air fryer? All the ones i see are too many watts for the power inverter. I saw a mini air fryer 700 watts, but it looks small. Does the air fryer get hot underneath? Is it very hard to clean? Thanks 🙂

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@robyn2344 Hey there. It’s called DASH and is 1,000 watts. Our inverter is 1,200. I don’t recall if it gets hot underneath. More where the air blows out. As for cleaning, it depends on what you cook. You can use liners to help keep it clean. The little grill rack is tough to clean when I cook certain things. But it’s all worth it. I’ll often put things in without the rack. We use a spray bottle for soapy water and another with clean water for rinsing. And paper towels. We don’t use microwaves so this is great even for heating soup. Big mix of stuff to heat. Or even making toast. 😃Hope that helps.

[@robyn2344]

@@TheJoyofTrucking Thanks Tanja for the information. I looked on Amazon and found it and it's reasonably priced. I never thought of liners and never cooked with a air fryer. Thank you for all the tips. I'm going to order one when I go home next and experiment with it.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@kirkminer4190]

I am listening to the truck engine and transmission when you get off the accelerator and start to slow down. Is Kevin down shifting the transmission manually (I assume this truck has an automatic transmission) or does the tranny shift down automatically and I can hear the downshifts?

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Automatically and you can hear it. Yup! 😃😆

[@Sebastian81012]

12:58 I got 3 and a half years now with Werner lol. Ya think Crete would accept me? 🤣🤣🤣

[@timothyhayes2935]

They will if you have clean record.Its a no brainer to switch to Crete.

[@Sebastian81012]

@@timothyhayes2935 I was being sarcastic…..

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@Sebastian81012 Oh…I also thought it was serious. 🧐 Things are going well for you at Werner?

[@Sebastian81012]

@@TheJoyofTrucking For the most part yes. I was on the 3M dedicated account and got kicked out cause 3M doesn’t wanna pay any Florida drivers basically. So now I’m on the TCU account. So far it’s been a rough start. But I will be coming to Crete as soon as Crete constructs the Lakeland terminal. Otherwise, you, Kevin and I will share a terminal st DeLand lol. I am eventually gonna come over to Crete because I wanna dk OTR 48. Plus Crete pays more then the two accounts I’ve been on.

[@Sebastian81012]

@@TheJoyofTrucking I was sarcastic on the “would they take me” part of question, cause I’m sure and hope they would. Don’t have any bad records or tickets. Just driving and driving lol.

[@eddiepennington5136]

How long has Kevin been driving

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@eddiepennington5136 He got his CDL in March 2021.

[@Justme18407]

No more students now. Have to have a year experience. Trainers only take retrains now

[@jasonmoss-qk8oh]

what do you mean i'm looking to gt into trucking is that bad

[@Justme18407]

@@jasonmoss-qk8oh no I meant Crete doesn’t take anyone with less than a year experience anymore. Used to be 0-6 months no, 6-12 months trainer. Now a year and no trainer unless you screw up multiple times

[@jasonmoss-qk8oh]

@@Justme18407 ah ok thanks for clarification, i'm looking to start out do you have any advice on who to try an get with for my first year? any help is apprecaited

[@eddiepennington5136]

I have traveled across the big I 40 for over 20 some years there ain’t nothing yall can tell me about that interstate

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@eddiepennington5136 Sounds like it’s your stompin’ ground. 😁 Any tips?

[@wildbill2338]

Like. Videos. Not enough money

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@wildbill2338 Glad you like our videos! What’s not enough money?

[@wildbill2338]

@@TheJoyofTrucking been a regional driver. Local now. I make just as much and I’m not living out of my truck. These places take advantage of us. I make good money now and home everyday. You gross 1600 and take home a 1000. I am not far from that.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@wildbill2338 Happy for you! What type of freight do you deliver?

[@wildbill2338]

@@TheJoyofTrucking we do differnt broker loads. Out and backhaul to the yard. If it needs to go further then a driver takes it from the yard and delivers. It’s a rotation of sorts. Every load is differnt.

[@motorcycleman3470]

I hate that loves