New Orleans Trucker

New Orleans Jazz and a trucking trip from New Orleans to North Carolina. Experience the life of an OVER THE ROAD truck driver as he travels America's highways.

[@briandemas2548]

Another great movie Jack! Thumbs Up.

[@theamerican7131]

Enjoyed and liked the video, Indianajack. Thanks, Driver.

[@larryb8611]

Love that New Orleans and Added Jazz for our listening Pleasure . Another Great Video Jack, keep them coming.

[@willbest1547]

Another great adventure, glad you made it out of Alabama with your spare intact...can't wait to see where the road leads next. Thanks!

[@Lexi95Rob95]

Awesome video ☺️ thanks for sharing your life of trucking 🚛🚚

[@dennismassie3552]

Another nice video IJ . Stay Safe!!

[@darkwing3147]

Thank you jack..YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!!

[@patrickgonzales1546]

I really love ur videos jack

[@jetteroheller96]

Thanks for the trip! Nice to see the humid and hazy skies of New Orleans, would like to visit some day

[@jamesmoffatt68]

another great insight to trucking in the states jack glad till have run along with you keep them coming maybe youll show us iowa sometime in the big truckstop thanks again mate ..

[@garrythomas7337]

Thanks for the ride home to Creola. Grew up in that area.

[@brianlloyd4822]

Jack......I enjoyed the trip,nice views, good tunes, sorry about the profit $$ ...on this run.

[@richardjordan7951]

glad u have new video was worried u gave up when will be the next have safe travels

[@silveradorider01]

just got my new cobra cb installed. I look for your truck all the time, lol.

[@peterubis5890]

Jack i know it would been out of the way but you should of taken us across the Huey P. Long bridge. A few years ago I had some local deliveries there had to cross it 6 times in 3 days.

[@alejandrayalanbowman367]

Thank you Jack, for another entertaining ride. I found this one more interesting in that you ended up in an area where there were trees and the odd hill. Most of your trips seem to be over monotonous flat-lands that would bore me stiff How do you stay awake and sane. After retiring age, I drove a 16-seater minibus in regular service over country lanes serving outlying villages, now that was interesting. Early shifts meant starting at 4.am and late shifts finished after midnight and we would clock up about 110,000 miles a year. Meeting all the passengers, many of them, elderly was interesting and enjoyable and for the quieter periods, there was always the radio on a classical music station.

[@southjerseysound7340]

Jack,I hope you make a penny for every thousand clicks or whatever youtube gives these days.I rarely wait for commercials or click a add but I do on your videos.You really put a lot of time and effort into doing a damn near pro production by yourself out there while working a tough job so I think its the least us viewers can do ;)

[@TheMatt74901]

love these videos..... great job Indiana jack

[@desmondorr3837]

Your living my dream Mr Jack,thanks for the movie

[@Justme18407]

I was just in New Orleans.

[@macuser907]

Jack you should get a kuereg for your truck. They come in handy for situations like your unload there in N.O.

[@michaelcliffe6545]

Hi from Great Britain. Love your videos, I do loads of road trips around the USA and enjoy the trips you do.

[@JimmPearson]

Jack, by the looks of that Mississippi river levee you are in Bouty pronounced Boo-tee Louisiana in St.Charles Parish or about 35 miles outside of the Crescent City

[@frritter8253]

Another super video Jack, thanks for taking us along!

[@tomallis3954]

Very nice trip Professor Jack. I really enjoyed that ride sir. Your editing and music were excellent.

[@Sirphil-dj9dh]

I love these videos too. But now I have a question. I have heard that 18 wheelers had to have a standard transmission. The weight of a trailer would cause an automatic transmission to snap out of gear. Have automatic transmissions become so advanced that this no longer happens? And now it seems that automatic transmissions in semis get better mileage. I would really appreciate some input on this. Keep this videos coming Jack!!!!

[@dingdong2447]

Jack.........you have got some bald tires on that tractor

[@hongshen8581]

I love。

[@swifttee8196]

Hey thanks for the ride along. I enjoyed the video as always

[@greenriverutah7047]

I always enjoy your videos Mr jack. stay safe out there.

[@shnimmuc]

Grat video (AR)

[@MrTrucker771]

Thank you much for the video Mr. Jack I enjoyed, be safe out there

[@northdakotastrong6517]

Wow that was a great trip, thank you.

[@MrGrunter0]

Hey jack, great vid as usual! I'm a dedicated viewer like a lot of others. I also feel as though your my friend through watching your videos for so long! I do have a question, do you ever cook in your cab, like dinners or lunches? Drive safely jack.

[@indianajack]

No I do not cook in my truck but may in the future. With the making of my films and my other hobbies I find very little time in a day to cook also.

[@indianajack]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@JOHNMORIN100]

We are glad you stopped for fuel we might of gotten lost my GPS stopped working great day Brother

[@slulion777]

The delivery you made to Harbor Freight in the beginning of the video is in Gonzales, LA "The Jambalaya Capital of the World " . It's just south of Baton Rouge

[@ray-6955]

what do you do with number two on the road. that part might give me a bit of an issue with timing. just watching all this donut talk got me thinking how rough it could get.. lol

[@blueone9098]

Great video Jack and thank you. Stay safe out there on the roads.

[@bovellois]

The test went really fast for us. You left and next second you were back.

[@interweeter]

you must have made many good friends on the road over the years Jack, how often do you run across people you know, would love to hear the storeys they have to tell .

[@guydemers7607]

Jack, another great adventure, yes your are exactly right, we all have crappy days. Jack, just wondering if they ever fixed that Dolly Parton bridge, used to have two big bumps......lol tc

[@johnpaull5790]

kevin rutherford that dude knows everything about trucking esp ( OO.)

[@joeslob1199]

Jack your the best! Another great production! Thanks for sharing. P.S. Don't run the load if the money don't make it sold! ...cheers :)

[@b.f.kingfish7525]

Go around them scales jack i do la.scales easy too go around

[@bennydinnel6400]

I really enjoy your videos Jack :)

[@truckenbikenbill7454]

It was great riding with you again Jack, enjoyed it! ;-)

[@zoelusiera1010]

Thanks again for the ride ! Average load on a tandem here in sunny old South Africa will be 52000 pounds and on a tri-axle , 61- to 66000 pounds payload . Still legal . our diff ratios however differ . Much "slower" on the same rev's , but then we don't have to shift gears that often/early . We will run at about 1550rpm on 50 mph . My Columbia was spec with a 3.1 ratio (standard is 3.5) , so I am doing 1100rpm at 50mph (legal speed for trucks in South Africa). Just about 1300rpm on 57 mph (not legal but the general speed we doing here)

[@JimmPearson]

I was born and raised in New Orleans in 1952 and ever since Katrina, it has changed so much I was here at one point the winds reached 145 mph I survived because I was a patient in a hospital ICU I was on life support and slept through the whole storm.

[@johnJones_]

fill up ur fuel tanks if ur bedding down for the night. Do u have an auxiliary power unit on ur truck. some stat have idling law's

[@nothanks3462]

John Jones here in England fuel theft is a big problem. Diesel is around $6.50 to $7.00 a gallon, go figure. Maybe that's why they don't fill up before resting?

[@jonblake9163]

I had to deliver to Ralph and Cackoos in the Quarter in NOLA with a 52 Ft. Trailer and a Sleeper many times...Boy that was a nightmare getting in and out and you'd had to unload 300 cases of Foods with hand Dolly with no help. (But I get a free Coke from the place after wards to cool off LOL) ,,,memories,,,,

[@waynesworld2086]

Jon Blake,I b dang really? I live on the north shore in slidell an just about delivered everywhere n Nola,u must've had a escort if u delivered n the French qtr or was it in the warehouse dist?

[@thattruckerwes8072]

Loved this, watched from beginning to the end. Subscribed! I leave for Knight on the 29th Reefer side.

[@johnmcadams8008]

hot pocket and a krugar really!!!!!!

[@samraedeker8002]

Thanks for the nice ride today. Be safe.

[@cannmarcn897]

Thanks for a ride Jack i enjoyed it.

[@LILJESS202008]

@indianajacktrucker What kind of dash cams do you use?

[@darkwing3147]

Thanks for the ride...I am starting my first truking job and my company i work for don't give us CB radio. can you recommend a good one?

[@indianajack]

Most companies won't give you a CB. You should probably start out with a Cobra which you can find at every truck stop. CBs aren't used much anymore (unfortunately) but it's good to have one on bad weather or some traffic situations.

[@timengland3649]

+Dark wing You can probably get a Cobra @ any truck stop for @ 120.00. After you install it find a good cb shop that can tune it using the stock antennas on the trk or an external antenna you purchase. A lot of shippers and receivers still use the cb to call you to assign a door to load or unload. You'll find out why you need a cb @ the 1st grocery delivery you make. Best of luck on your new career!

[@darkwing3147]

+Tim England.... thank you, also i need to buy GPS

[@sebhac0123]

+Dark wing and a good map. Dont just look at your gps

[@globetrotter683]

Another great video Jack. Thanks for sharing the ride. Love the scenery and seeing the REAL USA.

[@TheMother09]

route 10 then 75 north or 95 north what is the best route to north Carolina

[@scottgodown8695]

Squeak squeak the drivers chair goes, squeak squeak when he drives over a bump in the road...... Someone got a guitar i think ive got a hit song here...lol ;)

[@joeslob1199]

+Scott Godown We got the WD-40 on the way! Took up a collection! Jack, WD is ON THE WAY! I got a guitar let's collaborate! I wrote Jack the Trucker, can do WD-40 tune I'm sure... God willing !

[@davesmith1574]

Can you refuse a load if the profit margin is sooo slim ??

[@adriannicholson8819]

hay fix that seet driving me nuts

[@timengland3649]

+adrian nicholson squeek squeek squeek, WD-40. Feel better?

[@adriannicholson8819]

and in 2 week when it start agean squeak squeak put gathite dust on to stop it all to gether what is grathite dust charcoal

[@hitecpete]

thanks Jack that was a really good entertaining video, keep em coming.

[@cristinayapura7118]

HERMOSO VIDEO GRACIAS

[@Amarillobymorning777]

Cristina Yapura es verdad, Jack nos lleva a lugares bonitos. Y El es calmado y tranquilo, y con mucha pasciencia.

[@bjbeardse]

Jack I have a Cascadia evolution with an automatic and it gets 9.2 only when I'm bobtail or pulling less than 25000 pounds. otherwise I'm getting about what you're getting in the five to six mile per gallon range. although there are those that claim that the new 579 and t680's with that MX Paccar junk mill up front, are getting better than 7.8 miles per gallon no matter what road they drive or how heavy they are. I'm going to call BS on that stuff! by the way if I had been you in that situation I would have refused at load and said find somebody else for this heavy ass load.

[@fatboy3552]

again thanks for the ride , I allways was a company but allways wanted to be an owner oper. but never did...later

[@DerrickMeadows]

I like the last comment about friendliness of the people in the South. I can just watch these videos to learn more about America (the real America, not what we got on either coast).

[@cstoner421620]

I love the south miss since I moved to new Mexico I seen a 3 maybe at the most year old little girl that lost her mom in wal martno one would help her not even the employees you know how weird it is to scoop up a little kid in Wally world these days but I couldn't watch her cry looking for her mom

[@ledriver9637]

Another great adventure Jack ;o) do you think of changing your truck for a new one with best millage ? Roger from Montreal Québec Canada have a nice day.

[@caaguilar82]

Hello Jack. I see how you move your outside cameras when recording. Would you mind sharing what cameras you are using? Thanks!

[@albertsoler9932]

Jack is on point....he doesnt make oh watch my dog take a dump videos or look at what i made for dinner videos. Gjve me a break. I have discarded those videos big time...it shows me that those videos just take up air time....

[@philiphilton2121]

Diesel fuel weights like water 7.5 per gallon so you had room for 100 gallons. the front axle and drives would have taken the 800 plus. I wish you had left the vid on for the new bridge. I was back and forth across the old one after Katrina F#%k it up and watched the new one going up, but never have seen the finished product.

[@timengland3649]

+Philip Hilton Water is 8lbs and diesel is 6lbs per gallon. So, you are right that he could've fueled up 100% if he had adjusted his 5th wheel and tandums. But, he chose the lazy way and only stopped for 50g.

[@ALMSDriver1]

In 35 years I never met a dispatcher I could trust......

[@whatheworld]

Jack you are needing a Keurig coffee maker in your rig in the worst way !!

[@indianajack]

I have one at home but not in my truck. I should get another one.

[@whatheworld]

+indianajacktrucker Awesome, yes those things are so handy. Nice clip !!

[@chadmock5883]

+indianajacktrucker If you have an inverter just bring a coffee maker with you. worth the cost. If you dont have an inverter, get one...worth the cost. Always have good cofffee everywhere you go that way. And a lot cheaper.

[@joeslob1199]

Toward the end of this vid, I love the bees getting a cameo.

[@barrydee587]

Good video Jack. Yes those Louisiana roads (I-55) in particular back in 2007 were so rough you needed a kidney belt to protect yourself. Also, I always got a kick out of the weigh stations just as you LEAVE Louisiana and enter Texas.

[@albertsoler3566]

* a good cup of coffee*

[@terrycoll8717]

Jack you would need to put some WD40 on your seat seems a bit squeaky, love the video's

[@ginalaf79]

Should have been there right after the hurricane Katrina. It was awful, and was really disgusting. The company I drove for had took in several reefers to hold the dead.

[@albertsoler3566]

hey jack you can make your own coffee with a perculator ,fresh coffee and fresh water, have s goof cup of coffee, instead of that truck stop crap.....

[@keenosaabi4530]

no bad days here since i retired. my home is warm and dry so even the near constant rain here in the pacific northwest isn't getting me down. love the videos jack, thanks for sharing the adventure with us former drivers.

[@demetriusdavis95]

Anyone else notice the bee at 31:52? Trying to get some KZbin fame lol

[@rsmith3126]

Do Jakes cause more / less/ same amount of fuel usage?

[@rsmith3126]

The Jakes are the Jake brakes, aka engine brakes. The driver can switch them on and off as needed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_release_engine_brake

[@lesbeyer5292]

Hey Jack u can complain all you want about weight wen your paying for the fuel keep trucking

[@firstwest2474]

they will not get that mileage heavy, lots of variables to fuel mileage, the first is your driving speed - 55 mph to 65 mph, the 55 will get 1 mpg better

[@billchapel5248]

Jack, as a kid growing up in Michigan, we would make trips to Lagrange Ga, to visit family, I remember riding in the back of a 57 Chevy station wagon all the way down their and back, sure was a long hot trip back in the late 50s, their were several places they didn't have 75 finished, it took the better part of two days to get their, unlike today where you can drive it in hours, and the fuel pumps not working, that's your modern day technology working for you.

[@joeslob1199]

+willibill c I relate 57 Chevy! had to be yellow ours was. balloon fenders! as kids road in the back they never let ya do that now....! Brawnken Buck! YEE HA!

[@billchapel5248]

+joe “11111111jws” slob Ours was two tone, robins egg blue, and white. wish I had that car today, my brother in law has a 57 Chevy belair , he has owned that car sence the mid 60s, he is redoing the hole thing right now.

[@joeslob1199]

Nice! I love old cars.

[@memetrucker5434]

you were just in my town thats so cool. i saw your truck there

[@TheTimsemann]

Squik squik squik.Hehehe

[@leshpar]

TIL they make handicapped truck spots.

[@Lyynk]

I live in Florida and it's quite an adventure when you're on the way home from work and you get a gator sunbathing on the road

[@tujohnboy]

Jack, why don't you add a link about your other new channel in your video descriptions and in this channels about section, I almost forgot about it, it will help to boost your subs, other people may not know about it.

[@traceysharpe6330]

Who is the music by ?

[@suleibrahim959]

I like your video Mr, Jack

[@soldieron1614]

I love how Jack keeps to his style of videos a lot of truckers on youtube over push their content into it not being the same at all as they were in the good ol days but Jack stays the same. always fun videos to watch and a humble personality

[@SmokeyGoodness]

+Soldier On I gave up on most of the other channels, But Jacks videos are still a "Must watch right now" deal for me!

[@JaneDoe-qb3lj]

+SmokeyGoodness I started out watching people like truckerbrown and that initially made me interested in trucking but after seeing indianajacks and Loshawn Parks videoa I know for a fact that I want to be a trucker.

[@tasncsu1]

Sounds like the guy at Momentive Specialty Chemicals was a good ambassador for good old NC southern hospitality. Thanks for recognizing how friendly we are in NC.

[@fatboy3552]

I would thought you should have known the nickname of most those dispatches is that lying sob...lol Indiana Jack i like being on your trips it helps me leaving my trucking career of 31 years having to go out on disablility 10 years ago and I still miss it and you keep me ok have a good one my cb name was Knight Rider..

[@chucktherailfanningtrucker7270]

I drive I 14 Volvo with the d13 and an automatic, I don't get 9.5 I barley get 7.5

[@indianajack]

Still that's better than me. I drove an auto shift (Volvo with a Volvo engine) as a loaner and was getting between 8 and 9.

[@XGiveMeLibertyX]

+Chuck Denham Same here. 14 Volvo d13 and im averaging around 7.1 and with over 40,000 in the box I would be lucky to get a 6.3 for the trip average.

[@johnJones_]

love the music, where did u find it

[@timengland3649]

I feel your pain Jack. I hated delivering to New Orleans. I was stuck on a dedicated run for 2 wks from KC to NO and back hauling coffee from one P&G warehouse to the other. It's not an easy run. A lot of hard pulling two lane roads uphill thru towns where you almost slap mirrors because it was so tight. 45-46k both ways. I finally got a load out of KC Ks to Wonder Bread back east. Guess what, another 45k of flower in super sacs. I scaled out pretty close to max. but some S.O.B. did a lane dive exit and I had to spike the breaks. It was just my luck the KCMO scale was open. The scale master was fine as wine but I still got a $100.00 ticket for being over on my drives. Her beautiful smile and a hot cup of coffee made it bearable to pay the fine. Safe Travels!

[@FriedShrimpPoBoy]

+Tim England Did that NO to KC run when I drove for Schneider in the 1990s. You're right, US 71 through Arkansas was a nightmare, especially in a SNC cabover but it did get me through the house in Shreveport though.

[@timengland3649]

+rp currey Amen brother! I was driving for Schneider too out of Seville, Oh. at the time. It's sad that the terminal closed. Tks for bearing witness. I drove one of their P.O.S. cabovers too. Congrats brother. We Made it and have a great story to tell!

[@joeslob1199]

+Tim England Best story I've heard in a time thank driver!

[@joeslob1199]

+Tim England We need a Website for the stories! I almost Jack knifed a box upstate NY Blizzard of 78 Horror Story! Still no longer drive cause of it! Gonna write a song on it maybe HA!

[@eeonnjock4822]

Get some WD 40 on that Seat

[@scottk4233]

Why dont you have a coffee maker?

[@klyonsden]

Was that a hummingbird there at 32?