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[@jimmclendon5404]

My son gave me a Super Trucker Dan travel mug for my birthday. I hope that it puts a few pennies in your pocket.

[@williammorgan7320]

I left mercer in april. Was there for 19 years.seen the way freight was going and found a local job home every night. Been driving for 40 years. What a change being home every night. PS when katie left it wasn't the same.

[@billupstateny9151]

morgan, local job ?? So truck/trailer sold/parked ?? $20/HR local job pays the same as OTR?? Silly rabbit. Notice mercer did NOT close the doors when you left💡💡& would be SHOCKED if Katie was your dispatcher, she did not suffer quitters. 👌

[@docholiday1034]

@@billupstateny9151 news flash. Simple tri axle dump truck work is 38 bucks an hour.

[@maxracingteam23]

There are better opportunities out there

[@joeferreira7382]

Do not park it Dan , The scale just wanted to look at little Bailey 😂🕶 I know freight is bad , but if you can still net 90 cents or a buck a mile you doing okay be safe take care yourselves Dan

[@Smuffins42069]

@@billupstateny9151if you’re getting 20$ an hour doing local then you’re doing something wrong.

[@FTW60]

DAN I SINCE THE WORRY IN YOUR VOICE. IM PRAYING FOR YOU, YOUR BUSINESS, THE FREIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY, MOST OF ALL I PRAY THE CONCERN YOU FEEL WILL BE GONE LET OUR LORD WORRY ABOUT YOUR FRIEGHT. YOU WILL NOTICE THE FREIGHT WORKING OUT IN YOUR FAVOR.... GOD BLESS ALL THAT YOU PLACE YOUR HANDS TO. GOD BLESS

[@johnchambers1380]

All the comments wow. Quit, stay, park, run local lol. People dont get it. Not every one wants to work for another. He's an O/O. Its his own business. I don't think Dan's complaining as much as he's just trying to educate those who haven't ridden the tides of this industry. Just thinking and saying while loading in Minnesota.

[@bradleyschroeder1738]

There is a set of pads under that concrete there on 71, never have to stop on it, latest and the greatest

[@williamfrancis2327]

That scale is there and open because Tyson Foods ( formally I.B.P.) meat packing plant is in Storm Lake, IA. That scale has been there for years.

[@anthony1636]

Freight comes and it goes. But you just have to stick it out, it will get better.

[@docholiday1034]

Park it. I did…. Go hang with family. Sell the other 2 trucks for now. Dont work for free… I parked truck in 1978 and worked in a Cummins shop. Go love your bride. If it dont pay?go home Dan. Its not worth it. We parked my flatbed and they called 1 month later. I ran covered wagon 45 years

[@LT.X380]

Stay safe my friend. God bless you. 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@peterschueler7780]

Passed you on 64 in Indiana last week. Hollered at you on 19 but no luck. Safe travels sir!

[@royhindmarsh4087]

it will be 5 years to six years in your country. try outback where roo-s run. road train for mines. the start rate will bring you. fly in flyout

[@johnnance648]

Hang in there Dan. Too many drivers (from COVID surge) these days and readjustment in what we consume and produce going forward. Shippers think they are in the drivers seat, that too will change with time. Change is inevitable and those that adapt will survive. Keep on trucking and thanks for taking time out to let us ride along.

[@linehandibew6205]

China manufacturers basically everything now…even American flags

[@jerrycoggin9434]

Shippers are in the driver's seat, at least for now.

[@Oheeeoh]

Bailey is always so happy because she never worries about money. 💰

[@jeffreycraig3249]

Thanks for video and comments. Stay safe.

[@larrytorrance2963]

Own my own truck for 35 years the last 5 with mercer in May park it against the barn and took a job driving walmart benefits set schedule no worries and home regularly

[@kw900lkevin]

Been in the owner operator business 37 years, working when loads are not plentiful and rates are lower than what you like is just part of it keep some cash flow moving

[@mojo2131]

The problem is Biden .

[@janeford218]

@@mojo2131simplistic in the extreme.

[@keithbronson9777]

Yeah, well, uh, you know, that's just like your opinion man!@@mojo2131

[@carlthor91]

@@mojo2131 Please what planet are you on. Out of the G20 countries only Japan and Canada have lower interest rates than the US. The US has the lowest unemployment of all. Everyone is looking at that, and drooling. Biden and Co. are the least of your worries. You have worse grief from a wannabe dictator. Which the rest of the world, minus Russia and Belorussia despise. I get that you are a Republican, all my relations are, but they draw a very hard line, if you get my drift. And I respect them for that. Best wishes from the far North.

[@seanmcgee5211]

I can’t believe that scale was open. I passed that 100x

[@joanhenderson5114]

Sorry times are so bad for truckers. World in a mess. Bailey loves life with you. Stay safe. Prayers for better world.

[@carlthor91]

WE are recovering from the 'Covid, stay at home buy up the world' hangover. Hold on, should be over in a few months, as we will be going back to the 2018-19 average. Gonna suck for some.

[@13699111]

Staying in business keeps you informed about everything in the business world. Your skills experience help you during the good and bad times. Your giving everyone a first hand view of the state of our economy . Thank you for posting all the interesting informative videos on your KZbin channel.

[@garymckee9538]

Know exactly where Storm Lake IA is.... I deliver John Deere Lawn tractors and Gators to a John Deere dealer there. Right beside Walmart

[@juliusfoster3443]

Brother Dan, how about making runs up to Canada now like a trucker Rego she’s doing

[@MayorofDipshittery-lq7if]

We’ve all seen these dips in traffic, it all goes on a cycle, it’ll come back again.

[@jimmclendon5404]

As an afterthought, the adage of take care of your pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves keeps you going while others sit idle.

[@carlthor91]

Sometimes sitting idle, is, the best option. All depends on how you are going to play tour hand! And if you are allowed the option!

[@TrainboyRR]

I love your truck

[@donaldberg7955]

Lack of water in the Panama Canal will probably impact fright tonnage again....

[@MrBigezee69]

Theres a big beef plant in Storm lake, that scale is there I believe for that. I ran for PRIME and would grab my load at 2 or 3 am so that scale would be closed.

[@mongomay1]

Hi Dan, Teresa, Bailey, Coordinator and Viewers, Working in Mfg. right know we are saying the same thing you are saying, but "THEY" call it NWA (no work available) and we are going day by day whether there will be enough products for us to work on. Especially since the recondition/service work we do are for consumer goods in home, construction, Lawn & Garden and hand/power tools. I do not care what the MS news is saying, but the "R" word is here now and WE know it when it comes to shelling out our greenbacks!

[@dennismckown4951]

when i was in Miami i'm glad i wasnt near the main drag, i hear its like LA, never sleeps and its loud. got there a day early and slept across the street from the delivery point. then i had to cross aligator alley, didnt see any gators on the road, then back up north to pick up tropicana orange juice fro some place in NJ. hated NJ to close to NYC.

[@lenscap8925]

Best time for gators on the alley is during the winter, when they haul out of the canals to warm up in the sun.

[@Vietnam_1970]

Miami is the worst place I ever lived was there 2017-2019. Got out just before Covid I thank God every day.

[@dennismckown4951]

@@Vietnam_1970 too hot and muggy for me. even though its hot in the summer here, the winters vary, sometimes bad sometimes mild. in the NW

[@NickManCuso59]

The life of an owner operator...you've gotta operate to own !

[@kenia7430]

When you left Storm Lake on C49 and if you drove it over to Hiway 4 then to Sparkey's you were 1 mile north of where I used to live before I retired farming. You could have gone and hung out with Schmidt

[@ddwheelspin]

Best Wishes!

[@johnsobaszko1700]

The next time you're home, work on getting the two other trucks running. Then sell them. That's money that could be used for an emergency fund or pay off some bills. None of us are getting any younger

[@carlthor91]

Nope, rates on the Mercer haul not good enough. Use the oldest Pete to haul gravel/dirt for a while, not as glamorous, but will pay the bills. Friends have done that idea through three down turns, it worked for them.

[@kens.3729]

I Don’t think your Sidekick, Bailey, would be too Happy if you Parked the Truck. She Likes Running the Miles just like you and your Viewers like you to do. Thanks!👍🙏

[@turbo5488]

Just to park the truck isn't an option that's not the trucker way the world moves when those truckers move. How do you think the United States got started or was built it was built by truckers from the 30's until now and I appreciate what Dan does for the United States when he drives his truck and thank you to supertruckerdan for what he does 👍👍👍👍

[@carlthor91]

I'd like to agree, but. when they pull this, because everyone is not buying crap, that needs to be delivered, it might pay to deliver a few loads of gravel/dirt until things straighten out. Best wishes from the far North.

[@johngrabowski2957]

I got out last year. You know its getting real when you’re going to Florida to make money!!! I’m rooting for ya!!

[@garynewman4908]

Keep on trucking

[@joelincoln3529]

Good luck Dan,

[@reggiehowze1891]

A lot of drivers hauling out of Tyson's would get loaded and and couldn't weigh your wagon. Lol. That scale would be open at 2 a.m in the morning . Lol

[@Pazaroni436]

Staying at home is not an option , you'll probably get bored within the first week and the bills will start piling up. Two main reasons to keep you on the road. You said it perfectly, we need to get the most of what the market offers. 👍

[@d.c.barker]

2:08 Man that's something you never think about...how many bugs you collect on the radiator grill/screen...lol On your way to Florida be careful going through Georgia (where I live), DOT have been doing a lot of checks/inspections over the last couple of weeks. I've seen trucks pulled over quite a bit. Be careful out there in that heat, it's the dog days of summer right now. 😎👍

[@garyshinn4626]

I traveled from West Ark to S.E. Kentucky today, I saw quite a few flat bed loads on the road.

[@carlthor91]

Yeah, just were they paying their fuel, or money in pocket, after all is said and done?

[@banjobenson9348]

Farm crops look good and prices are reasonable so that should hold up that part of the economy.

[@brucejohnson3351]

I was in the USN with a shipmate from Stormlake Iowa. He was from a farming family. He got out in 1968. Never heard from him again.

[@garymckee9538]

Elkhorn. ..Wisconsin. my home state. . Things are tough right now but thankfully I've a 2017 that I bought new but no payments for the last 2 years , so fixed overheads are low.... doing Midwest van regional we have seen s downturn in rates and volumes even on contract freight.. My strategy has always been concentrate on what we can control as supply and demand will determine the rates.. fuel has always been my main focus and in times like these , slowing down, not rushing all helps and off course buying fuel smartly not just when you need it... The market will correct itself and a lot of these people who jumped into trucking and bought overpriced trucks and trailers in the last 3 yrs will dissappear as they don't know how to run an efficient business as they came in at inflated rates.. it's all cyclical and the good times will return again. It's survival of the fittest and the strong will survive. You just need to do everything in your control to make that happen

[@PenelopePeppers]

About parking the truck---Time is Money and Money Is Time 🤑

[@carlthor91]

Yes , but if you are just wearing out the truck, for no real gain, go local and haul gravel, for a bit. Some money is coming in the door, and you aren't trashing the money maker. Best wishes.

[@dashhoundlover2837]

I FOLLOW CURT TOO HE IS A GREAT PERSON GOOD MAN !!

[@billupstateny9151]

Saw the CRST truck reminds me of Cindy 💡

[@bgbgbg123]

A truck stop named "Sparkies" burned down... what are the odds? 🤔

[@chriskahlson]

Stay moving, work with what you have, can’t go wrong, sitting and waiting was never an option for anything with wheels, you’re connected to what works, no matter what, always was, always will be, it’s that simple 😮

[@terrysaint7629]

Hi. As always a great vid. It was nice to see what we in the U.K. call a football pitch at 8-47 Stay safe

[@dchawk81]

Not gonna lie, I've become less picky as of late as well. I'm fortunate in that I'm power only leased on and paid my truck off in July, but I still have my mortgage and living expenses.

[@reggiehowze1891]

Hey Dan. Early Iowa is on old Hwy20 west of my hometown of Waterloo Iowa. Another 100 devree day here in Bama.

[@mojo2131]

Freight rates really suck coming out of Florida so good luck Dan.

[@steveallen2681]

Thanks Dan , I know that not having a reload can make a guy anxious, but you keep things together quite well

[@lonestar3992]

Only the strongest will survive this!

[@BIGV710]

another great video dan/bailey from across the pond now im fully retired after 30 years driving uk -spain was my last job now my son as taken over the jobs i did

[@909trucker4]

Hey Dan, just saw you on 95. Around MM 29 I was headed North, finally saw you in the wild. Not sure if your camera was on but I have a medical road show truck, blue people and white. Safe travels wherever you’re headed buddy. Always a pleasure to watch your videos & seeing your truck in person was a awesome sight to see.

[@bigpaddy8363]

Keep it working Pal ,👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@waynewalker8603]

keep on truckin!

[@richardorourke4571]

Friday 25 august headed too Orlando. Maybe I’ll see u running good luck to u.

[@gillisgil8972]

Oh no sitting at home deadman in the water 😢😢😢😢😢

[@darylthisdelle7702]

Dan Dan the professional flat deck man. By the look of things it’s getting pretty ruff out there. I used to hate being laid over. No money coming in if the wheels are not getting paid to turn. Same bills come in every month so parking it as you said is not an option. Just cause the going gets tuff well as they say the tuff get going and Dan you are one of those tuff ones. Keep rolling is what I always wanted to do. Well Dan I hope you fair well in these tuff times. Love every video you put out. Have a great and a safe day. Happy trails and happy motoring.

[@mikewhite1087]

Great video Dan. It’s really rough out here right now. I believe if we can make it through the next few months. We will be fine. Good luck and stay safe out here.

[@tommythompson3588]

Trucking is hard on you no matter how good it is! 😂

[@billupstateny9151]

@@tommythompson3588 True statement, however difficult aspects much easier to endure with greater profitability. 👌

[@carlthor91]

Yep, we're still coming down from the Covid, everyone is buying everything, high, to 2018-2019 average. So there is a shakeout happening right now. Yellow going under is part of the correction, so a few more months of crap paying loads, question is, can you weather it? Best wishes from the far North.

[@DinanBMWm5]

Yellow going under might have more to do with exorbitant executive pay during down times. Along with mismanagement.

[@andrewmellon5072]

Thank you for another interesting and thought-provoking video. I hope things improve soon.

[@RickyTricky3223]

Dan it’s not wrong to park your truck and get a local driving job I got several buddies that have done that I see the sadness in you I know how that feels I was OTR as well I’ve had several trucks in the past but I finally decided to hang it up and get rid of everything it was the best decision I ever made I’m home daily and get to spend way more time with the family and I’m less stressed out than I was from a fellow truck driver to another think it over you’ll figure something out if you need to take a couple days off then do so you need it

[@luke_8027]

Why would you keep a truck around if you don’t need it anymore?

[@RickyTricky3223]

@@luke_8027 you can always park it and wait it out and do local work until rates pick back up I’ve got several friends that have done that

[@rdyardie]

Thank you for sharing your point of view about the economy. Who knows? I once had a landscaping business while also teaching Horticulture. I had wholesalers phoning me to buy some equipment at a discount. I almost jumped at the "opportunity". However, I hung in there picking up contracts. I was promoted to a dept. head. I am now on a pension. I still wonder what would have happened if I had gone into landscaping full time. I picked up side contracts. Who knows? . . . but the recession did come.

[@rolfsinkgraven]

It is always the same, some booming years and then a big slowdown, keep it out of the red Dan good luck.

[@albertmartin6298]

Welcome back my friend 😺 and you guys have a great day

[@raywilson800]

I think I would diversify if I didn't have any other options. Mercer got them vans you know.

[@Krieghandt]

We'll know you're desperate, when you do a heavy haul into NYC or LA 🙃

[@davidcarroll8735]

I live outside NYC, and periodically drive a car into NYC since traffic is nonexistent compared to 5 years ago and now better than mass transit. I followed a driver with Mississippi plates trying to negotiate across Manhattan (not so bad) but then he hit Brooklyn. He chose poorly and I knew it. I went a couple other streets so I would end up in front of him and he was basically past the point of no return at a 5 point stop sign with double parking on every spur. I could see in his face, and he was reliving every bad decision he had ever made in his life.

[@chalplec]

​@@davidcarroll8735I deliver to the Bronx and long Island all the time. It's crazy how people are scared of NYC but will take loads to Newark or Massachusetts which are much worse. It's ironic

[@davidcarroll8735]

@@chalplec Home field advantage is a real difference maker!

[@MrWisdom79]

​@davidcarroll8735 are you high? Traffic has never been worse in nyc. No one uses mass transit since covid, everyone is in a car now. Takes me twice as long to turn my run as it did a few years ago. It's a shit show

[@Chad.Heinrich.]

Crossed paths with you in Dubuque yesterday. Safe travels.

[@johnathanalford5866]

I haul low pro step deck and i do pretty good and nothing over 35,000 pounds

[@Sonoma_Coast]

Warehouse workers are in demand. Some are high paying.

[@BigTader]

Hang in there Dan safe travels 🙏

[@dashhoundlover2837]

HELLO DAN BEAUTIFUL RIDE TO DAY BE BLESSED STAY SAFE !! 🐾🐾🐾❤️🐾🐾🐾🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@MrDlc1969]

You the Man Dan kind regards

[@bigunone]

You have to do, whatever you have to do to keep your rice bowl full.

[@stephengamble1445]

I'm hoping for a reload myself I'm down in Baytown tx I need to be home this weekend so I'm sure I'll be deadheading home just north of Louisville in Indiana

[@robertduffin455]

Thanks for the video Dan Chin up the trucking industry is a good indicator of the economy. Your professional attitude will see you through Stay safe 🌵🇬🇧👍

[@lenscap8925]

O-Pa-Lock-Ah ?FL not to be confused with O-Pe-Lik-Ah Alabama...LOL You are in Unincorporated Miami-Dade county... Se Hablamos Espanol! 😆

[@Warped65er]

Thx for the vid.

[@bobthetruckerguy5770]

Hang in there Dan. I like your positive attitude, you always make the best out of situation. This is how it should be done, not whining, cursing and griping like some of these yahoos

[@carlthor91]

Yeah, we have one I could mention!

[@michaellebednik6973]

@trucker_josh does open deck from Canada into US and back. He keeps pretty busy.

[@rwilli73]

Nice use of the adjustable hammer!

[@irongoatrocky2343]

Mercer needs to hire a better Coordinator!.......you have not had a good one since Katie left!

[@philjungels7617]

Always enjoy your content. Thanks, Brother.

[@smokingjoe9864]

Alot of cab drivers are now driving Volvos.

[@johnhaffenden9576]

keep your chin up Dan really enjoy your vlogs regards John

[@looking4wife]

Great video Dan I wouldn’t throw in the towel yet. Glad you found a load. Just watch out for tropical storm. Named Idalia I hope you can get in and out of Florida safely.😀

[@Jyard]

Being that you load Deere stuff out of moline, kind of surprised you don’t load out of some other Deere facilities, Waterloo, but would be tough with a flatbed there. But Dubuque has industrial equipment that you can load on a flatbed, usually get some decent weight out of there.

[@carlthor91]

Mercer, has to have the contract, to get it.

[@clfhnt]

Always learn something from your videos. Saw a Mercer rig on I-5 in Washington state. Thought about you "guys". Keep the faith Dan.Bailey looks great!!

[@billbreitenkamp5801]

Nice to see you in my area of the state. Stay safe.

[@mitchwinder1204]

I used to travel that area a lot. Most of US 20 west of Ft. Dodge was 2-lanes then. It’s not an area you want to be in when the storms are brewing. They’re angrier out there and hit a little harder. Had to take refuge in a car wash in Pocahontas once. Safe travels.

[@carlthor91]

I've been through a few on I94, wife was with me on one, brutal, OAT gauge dropped like a stone, I told her look for crap blowing on her side of the highway. We were lucky, it missed 15 minutes later, there where a few trucks over, in the area.

[@dewaynem559]

I got yelled at over the speaker in Colorado for not stopping every axle on the scale and she never turned the light from green what a argument that was

[@skipwilson7626]

Always positive. Thanks for the video.

[@robertclark9]

Tough getting loads out of FLA too. Good paying ones anyway.

[@carlthor91]

Generally, guys I know, drop then go to Georgia or Bama to get a load North. Unless you can haul produce???

[@williamnelson5488]

Saw you yesterday going through Waterloo loaded with dispatcher brains. Hope things get better but.......

[@johnniemann5231]

Iowa…beautiful state and video

[@rickrogers9511]

Hey Dan try (Snap rings) instead of clip rings .thing You will find snap rings wont pop off , Safe driving .

[@rickydelacruz5444]

Good morning Dan. I love all your videos. Good luck coming to miami. Not that many loads coming out. It's not getting better. Best wishes.