Delivering Our HEAVIEST Load | OTR Trucking Life

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@edwinrios6945]

Good job Kevin

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Thanks!!!

[@DarrylMurphy-tf3km]

When you see trucks coming in and out of these places, there's quite of acitivity taking place. There are delivery appointments, plus live loads and wells live unloads. This an other DC's , warehouses can be quite busy.

[@Saintleogino69]

Bro ive been delivering 80k pounds of zinc for years … 46k is childs play🙈

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@UKIYO_CRAIG]

Don’t always comment but always watch your videos

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Thank you! Glad to know you enjoy our videos!!! Good to have you along, comment or no comment. 😉

[@mikewatson4644]

Very tropical here in Nebraska. My Banana Trees are in full bloom. Looking forward to a record crop! NOT. LOL Thanks for the video

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

😆😆😆😂🤣😂🌴

[@markbassingthwaite8510]

Up here in Ontario Canada, hauling 5 axle trailers, typical gross was 138,500 lbs. Loads were either liquid asphalt, propane or dry bulk cement powder. With the "B" train were just under 140,000

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Holy moly!!!!!!!! 😳😳😳😳😳Hats off to you!!!!!!

[@gerryheckmann3167]

I always appreciate knowing what company to what company, what city to what city, unless you have to keep that info private?

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Sometimes there are high security loads Kevin won’t discuss. But generally it’s not an issue. 😃

[@stevepotthast4911]

High security cat food ?? LOL just kidding.

[@christrella3134]

THAT'S another great point about automatic vs manual transmissions. With a manual transmission you can start out in a higher gear than normal and lug it out of the slop. Don't abuse the clutch and transmission! I know you don't! Lolol lol 😆!!! But, the "" Brain "" in the computer in the truck tells the automatic transmission what to do. Slippery situations sometimes "" fool "" the A. I. Operating the truck.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@JohnD-e7k]

I enjoy watching Kevin driving. Could you show more of driving and maybe make the videos longer?

[@truckingwithcrete]

Yea, for some reason, they don't make the videos longer they used to make them way longer

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Thanks for your enthusiasm! We vary it up. Sometimes shorter and sometimes longer. 😃

[@donrotenberry6571]

Thanks for the ride. I bet Rambling Rose is glad to get that trailer off her back. They need to do a better job of cleaning the yard. That slick mud is a safety issue for employees & truck drivers. Be Safe.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Yup!!! And at the end of where the trailers were it was dry and dusty. 🤦‍♀️

[@ronniemagee1365]

I work for Crete and have 45600 on for Purina. Can't get more than half tank of fuel. So I gotta fuel 5 times on a 1650 mile run.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@truckingwithcrete]

The place where you pick up your load, the gave me a hard hat, even said purina on it, and got a little lunch bag. That was when covid-19 was in full effect 😅😂. So now I have a cool orange hat

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Nice!!!!! 🐾🐾🐾👏👏👏

[@philjungels7617]

56,000 of dry silica sand. Yeah, a tad bit over! Usually, scaled about 46,000. Oh wait, once weighed 93,000 after a farmer loaded wet corn load once. THAT one was HEAVY!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@stevenbelsky1652]

I miss my T680 my volvo has 425 hp and is very sluggish up hills. But it does have a very tight turning radius for city driving and better view out of the windshield

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Always pros and cons, aren’t there? 🤦‍♀️

[@rrh2918]

59,000 lb of silica sand out of Wisconsin to Shakopee Minnesota 3:00 in the morning I know the road but I really didn't want to go back and dump some off

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@christrella3134]

Lot's of places lend you the whole outfit. Safety glasses and vest and a hard hat. That spiel about the scale is pretty much S. O. P. Too. The hard hat probably fell out of a telephone or cable TV truck. Maybe a tree trimming outfit. It's all about engine and transmission and gearing. THEN, how the driver uses it. That's the big argument about automatic vs manual transmissions. ALWAYS enjoy the videos!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@treyfeeley2519]

Purina always was heavy when I drove for Werner!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@rickyhawkins7407]

Mine was chicken. And was about 40K lbs. Mo to Ga.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓That’s a lot of chicken!

[@michaelrains2268]

Well.......I have never quite thought of Nebraska as tropical, but whatever you say .😅😅 I have been maxed out a couple of times @ 80,000 lbs Ride safe , enjoy the channel

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@richardeckert6130]

13:05 You should paint your hard hat to match your truck be safe🎉❤

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

😆😆😆Good idea!

[@timmcdermottgetgf2250]

Hi Kevin and Tonja

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@CSXOhioRailFanPlus752]

Nice Video

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@cynthiabinder3730]

😊cool

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@geraldjones8032]

Enjoyed the video. Have a great day.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Thanks, you too! 😃

[@kingmike40]

Been there done that.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@tallstacker]

wow that place is empty! first time ive seen that

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Right!?!?!

[@Skullitor]

46,000. Flour loads on SLOP SHEETS.

[@tallstacker]

or bird feed

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@randykline2575]

The trucks still set at 67?

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

68 actually. 😁😆

[@RyaHelander]

I driving here in Finland 32 wheelers. 76.000kg=167551.308 lbs and that is max gross weight/log wood truck. I drive snowroad,up hill down hill,ice road...750 horsepower Volvo. Now i waiting my creengard and processing time is now 2 month. What you think can i driving yours 18 wheelers in USA when i go CDL school and get my licens?

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

WOW!!!! 😳😳😳You got skills!!!!! Very impressive! I don’t see why you would not be able to drive here. Maybe they even have some exchange program for your European license? Otherwise CDL school is one month and then you should be good to go. Don’t hold me to that, since I am not an immigration consultant. But Kevin got a green card after we got married. He was able to work in the US with that (not trucking). So why not trucking? Please let us know how it goes!

[@rrh2918]

Do you know about dumping your airbags?

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Yes. Thanks! He uses them on the tractor. Crete trailers generally don’t have air ride suspension.

[@johnlambert7053]

Where are you this week

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

In real time in Texas today. 👋👋👋

[@jasonkoger2220]

Does Crete require experience? I'm a newbie.

[@truckingwithcrete]

One year experience

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Welcome to trucking! Congratulations! Yes. Crete requires some experience. You can ask with six months. Sometimes they might put you with a trainer. But mostly it’s 8 months from certain companies or one year. Talk to recruiting for your particular situation.

[@kirktitgen2309]

That’s like saying F YOU to all truckers !!!!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

??? You mean the muddy lot?

[@kirktitgen2309]

Places like that with mud lots are disgusting and make me sick 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮😫😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Yes. And they certainly muddy up Ramblin’ Rose. 😣🥴

[@michaeldavenport5034]

What was the point of Kevin wearing a hard hat? Was that for the large birds flying overhead or protection from the possibility of mud balls being kicked up in thier disgraceful parking area? They sure have a lot of rules there. I would have taken a picture of where you dropped the trailer and the tandems being slid back. Wouldn't trust them at all. That's a recipe for slips and falls there.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@groupdeleted3079]

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[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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[@ricksettles2240]

I really enjoy your videos. I look forward to every one you upload. I have been watching your videos for a while now. I just don’t comment a lot. Have a blessed day.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Awesome! Thank you! Glad you enjoy our channel! Good to have you along!