A day in A log truck.

Moving timber to a pulp mill.
2016 Western Star 4900SF Glider
500Hp S-60 Detroit 10 speed.

[@panzerfaust5119]

my pop started out driving log truck in the mountains of Northern California back in 67.I went with him on a few runs when i was 7 years old and that was a blast.He rolled it of a 500 foot canyon one day in 75 and that was enough for him.He was 22 at the time.He's had a few accidents since then but been a driver for 46 years.Hauls wood chips up in northern California now,In and out of Redding California and White city Oregon.He is the best.He hasn't had an accident since the 70s.I love my dad.

[@drepop803]

you're an awesome kid then haha. are you a son or a daughter? It probably doesn't matter but I ask anyway. im a son. my old man isn't a trucker but my brother is. he retired from driving recently he's only 34 but he wants to do other things. im trying to be a trucker for ups but they're making it really hard for me. ill probably eventually go over the road somewhere else. California, Oregon, Washington are dream drives for me. definitely want to drive through there. im in NJ and there isn't many rural woodsy areas here but PA and upstate NY are pretty awesome.

[@hiramrosenkreuz9835]

Sierra Pacific?

[@johac7637]

Good ole Western Star, 1st built in Kelowna BC, they were eyeing the logging market, then bought out, Kenworth, Pacific, Hayes and Mack made some great 16' bunk size truck, loved driving those beasts, some 14 ' had 5and 4 tranny's, lots of folk don't even know what that is. and no air, 500 gallon water tank behind cab for cooling brakes, look em up, that driving.

[@The_JEB]

thats one way to turn a truck around.

[@IOTrooper]

I think the most amazing thing about this video is that this driver still has CDs in his truck😂👌

[@geisr8392]

I have a cassette in mine haha.

[@willad1872]

That driver looks like a young boy

[@logancurry6862]

thats cool how the log dragger helps with the trailer

[@northbuffalostyle]

Logan Curry the skidder

[@nellsonstout7001]

Logan Curry not uncommon to have some skidder help

[@michaelwebb4149]

Skidder man has the most important job. Making sure the loader man has wood to send out. And is keeping the loader man's job easy.

[@nokithecat]

Its nice you have someone to push you in the slick stuff,,, Saves chaining up every load. At least you are not sinking in deep clay. Should dry up soon and make your day go easier. Thanx for sharing the trip.

[@BillBlast7372]

Cool vid, Thanks for sharing it. You got some driving skills, most people wouldn't think or know to rack/jerk the steering wheel when the veh isn't making the turn & it pushes straight thru.

[@nellsonstout7001]

Nothing better than logging and death metal bud. Y'all log truckers are a different kind of breed of a truck driving man as Buzz Martin put it

[@milesua990]

Nellson Stout different kind of imbreed

[@markquiswest6607]

Gotta love them Jake Brakes!

[@tsimmons1974ts]

I still have a heart for trucking after 20 years!!!!!!!

[@hairyntall]

WOW, phantastic views, please do more of them, please if possible longest lasting possible vid from underneath drivers cab floor, to open view on pedal segments activated by drivers feet in the cabin and steering linkage....would be awesome to save pics of this mechanical technology threatened by new electric drives....

[@angelcarrera1129]

Best video! Great job, greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽

[@SuperDriver379]

Thanks from Texas. Tho we where Mexico originally.

[@jesusmaestre5349]

Hey brother, I congratulate you x drive so exelente in such a wet terrain .. I admire the work .. I am from venezuela and I am a truck driver also greetings exelente video

[@jasonflores7390]

Cool video saw a glimpse of hwy 79,Knew it had to be carthage ,spent many days coming from kilgore over there working in the oilfiled

[@CB7F22a]

I haul milk now and I admire all the logging trucks I pass, I wanna try it someday. sweet video bro

[@Drivapete]

Never say "whoa" when your in the mud hole!!! N. Idaho loggers proverb. 😛

[@bikemess77]

great video. Im super stoned right now.

[@Eddieboy3385]

The Dedicated lmao same

[@Sickheadz268]

Same

[@prickleysnead9568]

Me Tooooo.

[@ryanp6999]

Same

[@ger._.]

Same

[@christianxranger7293]

man he should really have some off road tires damn

[@leejping]

I agree, ay too much spinning in the deep sand, causing a lot of delays having to push ot trucks not designed to go off road!

[@EZNowTrucker]

I'm actually surprised the truck is a 10 speed. I first thought maybe a 15 but I didn't see the deep reduction switch on the side. Awesome video and nice shifting

[@SuperDriver379]

Thanks, Most often with short haul under 80K I never found the need for more than 10, most of the time unloaded I’ll only hit 6-7 even in a truck with 18 gears in a box.

[@EZNowTrucker]

@@SuperDriver379 very true. Always get a laugh at the bobtail o/o going through all 18 gears so the other drivers know how many gears they have. I've been stuck with a Cascadia with a DT 12 autoshift lately. Beautiful truck but the autoshift never knows what gear it wants

[@SuperDriver379]

Every automatic transmission I drove thought the engine needed to be at 2,200 on the tachometer all the time, like they didn’t tell them peak torque was under 1,500...

[@EZNowTrucker]

@@SuperDriver379 the Cascadia that I drive was detuned from 505 to 400 HP and the performance mode in the transmission was deleted at companies request so pulled a hill it won't shift down til 1000rpm and will skip every second gear regardless of weight. Then when you use manual mode you don't get your fuel bonus but your truck most likely will end up at the shop. And warming up in winter time is frowned upon too. Waste of fuel apparently. If you have a/p haul ass.

[@hairyntall]

WOW, phantastic views, please do more of them, please if possible longest lasting possible from underneath drivers cab floor, to open view on pedal segments activated by drivers feet in the cabin and steering linkage....would be awesome to save pics of this mechanical technology threatened by new electric drives....

[@DavidSmith-ej3pj]

Im just starting my courses for my class 1 (in british columbia a Class 1 license is required for truck driving). I used to drive 32 foot 5 ton trucks. Over time ive absolutely come to love older Mack trucks and volvos haha. I drove a 10 speed international and a brand new auto international when i drove 5 tons

[@xAlteredEgo]

Hope your class 1 course went well. Studying to get my class 3 in BC as well

[@TRAYSCAPES]

Very cool video thank you for sharing and uploading.

[@jonathangraybill9455]

TRAYSCAPES texas

[@TRAYSCAPES]

Hey what's up brother!!! Happy New Year!! Ride or Die!

[@jonathangraybill9455]

Ride I shall ride

[@grumpyolddude5374]

Looking to start hauling logs when I retire from my current job. Thanks for the video.

[@SuperDriver379]

There’s nothing to it. Good luck to ya.

[@EvilUSEmpire]

Thanks for video I always start with low low when I am loaded and keep the trans axle locked till hit the paved road and you shouldn't fully lock the axles if it is nice and dry, it is hard on bushings.. 10 speed is not enough for heavy loads like logging. we use 550hp or more and 18spd, we haul 63000kg up to over 80000 kg .

[@SuperDriver379]

Everything in the woods out there is sand silt, I unlocked everything as I got to the good gravel road.

[@davehodges6258]

This is a great clip taken there" and is Not a Tachograph unit in sight,!! Love it,.

[@jcconcrete3018]

Western Star have some of the most beautiful trucks I've seen.

[@SuperDriver379]

I fancy the W900 KW myself.

[@voldo18]

SuperDriver379 KWs are damn good, but I love Macks or Peterbilts...those were made to exert themselves

[@jcconcrete3018]

I'll be a Kenworth man until I die, but the Western Star 4900ex really has me thinking about buying one.

[@SuperDriver379]

They ride about like a John Deere tractor, they are super stiff.

[@chantekiamcgee6911]

Terrencehedgepeth

[@joshuask8dayonlei2836]

Aaahh this is my dream (J.O.B), i don't care if I'm towing logs,gas,Wal-Mart,a nookler bomb.i just want to drive a big ass truck.

[@anjuarunderwood6869]

Love your video brother happy new years

[@BrandonRoberts473Trucker]

nice vid!! love the back window view

[@curtisr7417]

Glad to see im not the only one that uses the ash tray as a phone holder in their star

[@bccraneoperator7059]

Curtis R I do the same in my Freightliner. Perfect for the gps app 👌👌

[@williamyoung2955]

A western star truck is like a freightliner classic and a kenworth t800 had a baby.

[@MultiPowerlin]

lol during a muddy beat season we have enough fun with 25 tons of beets with the aggressive tire

[@IndioBlanco5]

i love being driving in the field dirt mud whatever and take into the highway like you did..

[@austindenman9929]

Make some more log truck videos man.

[@SuperDriver379]

AR15/Glock21 I would but I gave it up, I've always done construction work on the side and I've gotten so busy that something had to go...

[@austindenman9929]

ahh ok

[@thattruckerwes8072]

You're one hellva log truck driver bro lol...the way my situation is looking I'll be driving one soon

[@dynamiteharry1364]

Hey, he likes Dethklok! Nice! ^^ And the song is fitting, too: CRUSH THE INDUSTRY! \m/

[@madbear3512]

You mean the cartoon

[@HyperActive7]

I was going to say that maybe you might have worked the Willis log facility if you're working this part of Texas. Thanks for the ride!

[@bikes4life54]

Its like driving a tri axle through pipe lines

[@drjohnsonhungwell5115]

Thought it sounded like a Detroit , I drive one in GA got a T800 glider with a 550 6NZ 10 spd 3.90s we have to get pulled and pushed a lot here too that red clay is like ice here .

[@lumberjaxe8910]

SOunds Great with ear phone plugs in.

[@abikerinpa]

Awesome video my friend , keep the trucking videos coming my new friend and stay safe !

[@shanahoff3929]

I liked the video. Seems so scary to drive that truck.

[@niclassimonsen7092]

2020 and still a good video and really nice job (Y)

[@turnerhartsfield4799]

Man i miss it so much best job a man could have.

[@pyroboys1vw256]

those tires ar as smooth as butter

[@peteynum1]

This was cool!..best logging truck vid I've ever seen..plenty of logging trucks racing around here in New Zealand...just subbed Be safe mate :).

[@wadewilson2847]

Right on Stud good video keep hammering I'm gone!!

[@bladenrexroth2555]

This is why I use the old CCC M916. 400 hp might not be much but I have a power rear divider and a live air locking front axle.

[@poulanpiper9419]

What a cool job.

[@adamsims4856]

Looks like about my day of hauling trees.. but at a faster pace.. yeah its muddy.. it will slow every thing down.. on a good day.. 5 to the mills and head for the house 14 to 16 hours a day.. 5 and 6 days a wk

[@endurotruckererniedesjardins]

I also drive a logging truck in northern Ontario Canada. I run a double framed t800 kw with 18000 lbs steer and 46 rears 430 ratio 70 ton 5th wheel 550 Cummins deleted. 18spd . I haul a 5 Axle timmins log trailer and fully loaded we run anywhere from 63500kg to 800000 plus kg. you can see the terrain we haul on on my channel. have a look

[@SuperDriver379]

Ernie all he loggers in the southern states are in awe of what you guys do up there, 84,000lb gross is all we are legally permitted to do down here, but I've scaled in at 115,000lbs and the truck handled it fine.

[@sorelybelliard353]

Ernie Desjardins .

[@keondricadair9210]

+SuperDriver379 more videos like this and you'll be a legend!

[@ANDREASRIAL]

Ernie Desjardins how is the power on your Cummins after the mod?

[@smokum0]

Running slicks in the mud? Nice video (No Sarcasm)

[@naturetamer]

Ya, I subscribed right away! awesome vidja!!

[@MacBoznyII]

I honestly thought I was one of the only people out there who listened to Dethklok outside of the show.

[@madbear3512]

I love the show but I more of a country and Western person

[@jdub4850]

job well done excellent team work

[@RB-mg3ji]

what a monster is Western star 😃 serious truck ;)

[@christopherfreeman3357]

Wow! This job looks fun. I might drop out of college and get my CDL instead

[@coledavis5212]

Hold on lmao. Do both so you have options. Logging is fun as hell, but depending on where you live, there’s different challenges you must face. If you live on the West Coast states, you must face twisting and winding roads up mountains. On the east coast, there are bogs and mud holes, and sometimes the roads aren’t built good so you have to go 15mph through a 10mi road. Plus the long hours. Trucking is fun and there’s money in it, but you gotta be up to the challenge you may face

[@HuntGamingProductions]

yes he got stucka few times so wat its muddy and wet itll be stuck alot with bush tires itll be stuck too. great vid tho

[@HarryHov]

We have the same backpack!

[@100016]

That..... looks fun!

[@worlock081475]

that's fun and all but lets have a hay rack driver drive a west coast log truck, totally different a lot more fun

[@northwestlogtrucker4691]

And I totally agree,,, 20 year coast range Oregon log trucker !!

[@mileswingard143]

I only have 1 experience close to logging, me and my dad we’re getting a log grabber thing on wheels and the truck was a 2000 t800 with a fuel turned 550 cat with 3:90s and I’ve never seen a truck break lose before then on Georgia clay

[@johnnyholland8765]

I did that in the mid eighties with a CL9000 Ford with a 425 Cat 3406 and a 13 speed. Got drug in and drug out many times in the Georgia red clay. Man if you got 500 hp get you some better tires and use it.

[@slr379x9]

I'd rather have the 425 cat and a 13 speed. Fuck a 10 speed. 500 isn't that much bigger especially a detroit

[@leosypher9993]

Someone asked me, is spintires realistic for logging, I said, other than crossing large rivers and driving through bogs, yes it very much so is

[@MarylandConstructionDiecast]

Nice video.

[@johnmoore1949]

The only thing missing to make this extreme " macho" is Hank Williams Jr. Playing.

[@FriendlyChemist776]

God damn that looks fun.

[@MujoNovak]

"Shaken, not stirred"

[@SykesFW]

1st get rid of them street tires, 2nd use those diff locks and inter lock and that little bit of mud won’t stop you at all. I been driving a log truck for 21 yrs in Mississippi 3rd get them cd’s out of the way, they gonna cause a blind spot

[@SuperDriver379]

The rear was locked up the whole time I was off the highway, if you watched the video before I strapped down to get on the pavement I unlocked them. The tires were the original tires they’re open shoulder now.

[@Brother_Tipps]

Awesome video

[@stevegagnon9937]

Un vrai truck à bois. Western Star is best in the best heavy Truck Log

[@leosypher9993]

I really wish I had a 6x6 for logging, duel lockers are nice for most things sure, but 6x6 would get me through a lot of mud and snow

[@SuperDriver379]

It would help if you didn't have to go very far, but its heavy low geared and expensive, thats why its not very popular, it does help but not like night and day.

[@tamaragirlw26]

LOL TESLA ELECTRIC SELF-DRIVING BS TRUCK WOULD SO FAIL

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

Hell yeah!

[@cameronkoury7788]

F Tesla, they will never be powerful than a real diesel with real torque and offload capabilities.

[@coledavis5212]

Yeah lmao. Drivers will never be replaced. I would buy tesla one day but they have to master the arts of off-road trucking first. Their current truck is any other old piece of plastic

[@turnerhartsfield4799]

I miss log driving my log truck so much . my health failed my at a young age 47 yrs young o well guess its the lords work had a stroke then diabetes came lost my license from it o well lords work

[@lenardgriner1847]

You can get your cdl back now

[@codymoore8641]

My uncle works for a logging company in South Carolina and it's the nickels land clearing

[@troyb4533]

They might make otr autonomous. But this kind if trucking wont be made autonomous any time soon. Whole different ball park

[@coledavis5212]

I doubt it ever will be. Tesla self driving is a good developed piece of equipment, but it relies on the paint lines. No lines? No self driving. But cruise control doesn’t rely on paint lines 😊

[@nancydavis9301]

must be one hell of a job keeping these trucks on the road, and watchen out for the other guy or girl drivers,

[@vabrad76]

Beast Machine! w/ Detroit series 60

[@mrnoah1124]

My back fuckin hurts after driving my dump truck all day i cant imagine what this feels like

[@Datsun7705]

Love that sound of that turbo on that 60 series

[@SuperDriver379]

A person named Sam I have another video of it with a muffler taken off...

[@SuperDriver379]

It's the 14L S-60

[@tonynimmons111]

i haul timber for a living in SC. i see y'all have a dempsey mill their too.

[@RJ1999x]

Tony nimmons For Bobby Goodson?

[@nordstrom9846]

Get yourself a good kw that’s what my dad drove it has 600 hp in it twin turbos and a hella lot of work put in it

[@justinvasauez3252]

God I love the sound of diesel engine

[@misterjag]

This is hard on the back.

[@marshall5762]

Nice loaded down shifting hoss! #muddy

[@stephanel7]

woo 100th subscriber, what do i win?! lol I drive a 2009 Western Roll-off truck. Cheers.

[@SuperDriver379]

Thanks, you win knowledge of being the 100'th subscriber!

[@lorenzolee8986]

Love it this is my dream

[@carliveyjr8045]

This a nice video man

[@andyarmstrong5378]

I xant wait to get my truck back i blew up the engine a few nights ago with a 40 ton load of pulp on

[@deronwilliams338]

cool video

[@arnoldcustom]

I been in the bush all my life, correct me if I am wrong but your trailer didn't look like it had more then a half a load on. going by your stakes, that a big hole in your cab shield there for logs to come shooting though into the cab.

[@SuperDriver379]

Pine is heavy, and it's an aluminum headache rack I don't think it would stop much, more of formality, I just keep the wood on the trailer whenever possible...

[@dschephigh1]

Yeah them drivers on the truck are road tires. Get yourself some meats brother.... Hell in Minnesota we wouldn't even be able to turn off the road with those. Lol

[@BuiltBrokeGarage]

cool vid, heavy foot though!

[@ioneraionete5200]

Very nice !

[@northbuffalostyle]

miss hauling logs now lol

[@denjen010]

could you make another video where every time you shift you clutch as well i just wish you could bc not alot of guys do that anymore and i would like to see you drive the traditional way atleast just in the video you make of course! hope you can bud!

[@justynprater8168]

Hell your in my neck of the woods. I live in whitehouse/tyler area

[@buckyrichardsonii2533]

Givin her hell, keep up the good work

[@SuperDriver379]

Traded my 10 wheels for two tracks, but still drive to move my machines around.

[@buckyrichardsonii2533]

Im still in high school and after i turn 21 im going to get my cdl, mad dad and my grandpa were both truck drivers

[@SuperDriver379]

I started at 16, I’m 28 now started in a 2 1/2 ton truck and a 6 speed Mack it put food on my table until I decided being home more often was important, now I have 3 bulldozers a 120C JD and an old Allis Grader leave home at 8 back by 6, having kids changes what’s important, but if driving is something that you’re passionate about, it’s a multi billion dollar a year industry. And it’s not going away any time soon.

[@jamescarter1500]

I agree. I simply meant there's a lot of difference between driving on the blacktop and in that (what appears to be) sugar sand your driving in. but yeah there are idiots around every corner

[@xreconusmc3156]

Kenworth all dah way

[@Philthaentrepreneur]

NICE ASS TRUCK DRIVER

[@gearhead9943]

W0uld love to see a cold start with the inside view so we can see all the controls