Indiana Town Charges Truck Drivers $1,500 To Drive Through It

[@Warrenoutruckin]

Then we should all agree to never deliver ANYTHING to Tipton IN again

[@truckingwithschmidt7120]

Just found out it's road work.

[@adambennett2176]

​@truckingwithschmidt7120 well see!!! Thats good to know!!! Cuz I was getting mad over here!!! Ha thank you

[@bobnaden6235]

It is not road work. It is a mayor trying to save a town and make it safer. He has made all of the traffic signals into 4 way stops. He is hurting this town I call home.

[@randygutierrez8676]

It has nothing to do with road work. They are trying to convert this small town into a horse and buggy town👎🏾

[@keithmyers1454]

GOOD LUCK ON THAT, you will NEVER get TWO truck drivers to agree on anything

[@bencarver1115]

Truckers should bill the town 2000 for each delivery.

[@oldowl33]

It’s just business, right? It’s a tough world….

[@canadiantrucker9574]

Trucking companies should conglomerate together and therefore add a $2500 surcharge to the shipper on top of their standard freight rate. If companies do this they will force businesses to close up shop in town and put its residents out of a job. Elections have consequences

[@danx2793]

Agree 100% Truckers need to stop deliveries to Companies and stores (including grocery stores) that the residents of this town frequent. When the town folk have to travel 50 - 100 miles out of their way to buy basic necessities they might have a change of heart. Until somebody invents 'Transporter' technology like on Star trek, Trucks making deliveries is all you got. Talk about biting the hand that feeds.

[@canadiantrucker9574]

@timothymckee7693 you obviously don't know shit. The maximum allowable weight of a class 8 truck in Indiana is 80000 lbs. If everyone drove a 3000 lb Toyota Prius it'd be equal to 27 Toyota Prius. Now let's factor in that most people in Indiana drive a heavier SUV or Pickup truck (crew cab with 6.5 ft box seems to be the norm) now you're talking about 5500 lbs. Now what is 80000 / 5500? That's right - 15 little trucks....

[@johnellis5820]

Them would be some hungry folks

[@MartyB-bf3nm]

@@timothymckee7693 A fully loaded semi can only legally weigh a max of 80,000 pounds, amid sized car weighs about 3300 pounds. your numbers are incorrect. About 24 cars.

[@blk77sunshn]

​​@@timothymckee7693Semi trucks ARE NOT EQUAL TO 9600 CARS !!! Where did you get your math skills from ? Trucks, fully loaded, on average weigh @ 80,000 to 100,000 lbs. A car is about @ 4,000 lbs. Divide 100,000 by 4,000 and it gives you @ 25 cars . So a loaded Tractor Trailer is approximately equal to the weight or mass of 25 cars or automobiles. That's just my 2 cents.

[@richardcline1337]

I wonder how Tipton would feel if NO trucks ever went there anymore. No food, no hardware, nothing! It would serve that town right if every truck just refused to deliver to it. Trucks are what helps keep this country, what's left of it, alive. Without the trucks there is almost no way to get food and products moved.

[@thesaltlifemanshow5522]

Sadly there are many towns in Indiana that are so small they dont have anywhere that semis drop things off. Where I live you have to drive 30 miles just to get to a Walmart.

[@MegaLokopo]

Trucks are necessary for the country to work but they don't have to go everywhere. They should be restricted to large divided highways where pedestrians can't go. They should deliver from town to town, but once goods need to be delivered within a town a smaller safer vehicle should do the delivery.

[@nrakma]

Everyone wants loud trucks racing thru their town.

[@professorg8383]

@@MegaLokopo Absolutely correct. The big rigs do damage to smaller roads not built for that kind of weight. And they smaller towns don't get help with funding, Interstates and US highways do get so funding but not state highways or county or town roads. It's a problem when rigs squeeze their way onto such smaller roads. I am sure the town he is talking about passed the law for a good reason. I live is a smallish rural community. There are about 6000 people locally and 15000 in the entire county. I know of a couple dozen local people killed in wrecks involving big rigs. Every week there's usually one or two in the county. If you turn that into a rate, that's about 700/100,000. That is a ridiculous number when you consider the national rate is about 12/100,000 for all vehicle accidents. How are small communities supposed to deal with that? We need a better distribution system. Amazon can do it and make a lot of money, how is it that big trucking can't follow the same approach. Big rigs are delivering direct into too many areas that they should not be. We'd create a lot of jobs with more local distribution. Costs might indeed rise, but aren't these lives worth something? Nott to mention that if big trucking only went from regional distribution locations, they would be far more efficient. We turned away from rail distribution to point to point trucking and using big rigs weighing 40 tons. Our roads would be safer and we'd probably use fuel more efficiently when viewed across the board. How is it that I and my community survived 40 years ago without ever seeing a big rig in town other than a grain truck going to the silos? Other countries do this much better than we do. I won't argue that our interstate road system is in need of expansion and improvement, which would help. We'd also benefit by making consumer goods locally too. I can look back and see all this decline starting with the Reagan revolution. Republicans have been good for business and dumbing down the public to make them easier to manipulate. So many of today's problem can be traced back to this. Income inequality took a drastic leap since Reagan, Poverty increased only to see slight relief with Democrats. Public services declined and went private increasing cost despite claiming that it would reduce it. If I hadn't lived through all of it and watched it happen. Yet we have a segment of the country that sees him as a God who fixed everything. He gets credit for ending the cold war but in reality, it was Chernobyl that uncovered the corruption and ineptitude of the Soviet system. You won t find many in other countries who credit Reagan with ending the cold war. The Soviet Union collapsed mostly on its own. Some rise in US defense spending did help, but the biggest increases came after 9-11. It was also in the Bush Years that we farmed out the US economy to China. Part of why we have so many big trucks on the road is because China makes all of our simple consumer stuff today and it all needs to be shipped from port cities, If you witnessed all this and/or looked at all the economic statistics, it should be obvious. I'm sorry that this guy needs to drive cross country everyday to make a decent living, when not that long ago he could have had a better paying job making the things that run the country and probably doing it within 20 miles of his home. We have come so far but gained so little and for most Americans, they lost ground. But some among us have succeeded beyond imagination.

[@MegaLokopo]

@@professorg8383 I agree with most of what you said, but there are countless problems and plenty of corruption in both parties, and the best solution is for more people to vote locally, and vote for people not parties.

[@dudzinski324]

No more deliveries for that town.

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

Charge a 5000 dollar fee to deliver there until they remove the 1500 fee and we become a free country again and not slaves to charges frees and extraordinarily high as well as expansive tax rates with bad tax spending strategy and our kids on puberty blockers and our gas prices double

[@FREEDOM195844]

My hat is off to all truck drivers. They have a challenging job and everyone should appreciate what they do!

[@SpressoHead]

A real truck driver on KZbin - how refreshing! Love your truck, and those nice, smooth shifts. Stay safe! Maybe they had too many SWIFT drivers tipping over fire hydrants . .

[@curtcurtoutdoors9696]

Watching from Wabash IN. It's been 30yr ago but, I ran all these roads. Thanks for the memories. Be safe out there.

[@phireburd2000]

I live in Tipton right on State Road 28 (now apparently named "Old State Road 28").....let me start off by saying that I enjoy seeing the trucks go by! You are missed! I have lived on this road for almost 23 years, For whatever reason the Road was handed over to the city, and from what excuse I was given the road isn't in good enough shape to continue allowing trucks to drive on it (and we are years away from funding to fix it). I read that as the State of Indiana handed over the Road once it was in disrepair....and the stoplights are too expensive to maintain, so now it's all 4-way stops. I avoid going through town now, and I live here! But anyone who disagrees with all these "improvements" is labeled as the problem. We have nothing to keep anyone here as it is, and now we're taking leaps into the opposite direction. As Ozzy Osbourne says, we're "going forward in reverse".

[@Cam-vz2zk]

Move

[@Mutt1952]

New mayor hates truckers

[@slpguy6026]

Indiana has drastically cut spending in way too many areas. Pence was a big part of that. Went way too far. The previously great universities have even suffered and are no longer even top 100

[@slpguy6026]

@@Cam-vz2zk it’s the entire state rude ass

[@redrust3]

My colleg classmate who lives in Jeffersonville, said that the State outsourced its unemployed office to India to save bucks. Lost a hundred jobs. About the same time, they were trying to turn highways into toll roads. Cheaping out and killing businesses.

[@gatormangrove3129]

I've driven through Indiana many, many times. You're correct. No white lines on county roads. Also, to save yourself a speeding ticket, take this advice. Pretend each and every SUV is a state police officer or DOT. They have more unmarked cop cars then any other state I've been through.

[@freedomfan4272]

Officer Hoover was driving a white dodge truck but I don't what he is driving now.

[@psg6314]

GA dot has really good about having unmarked units you don't see them till you get pulled over

[@scottsatterthwaite4073]

That isn't unique to Indiana.

[@larryhullinger4141]

​@@bearpaw1486born and raised in Indiana I drive 75-80 mph on the intestate and never had a speeding ticket

[@joelfluth2999]

Here's a novel idea, obey the laws and not have to worry about law enforcement.

[@USroute1]

Boss Hogg must be the mayor. 🤣

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

What percentage of indiana do you think would vote for aoc to be their representative

[@Crash-549-vh1]

To all truckers my hat’s off to you. You are America an to all farmers keep on keeping on

[@harleyrandygreen3597]

I took a look at that town on Google maps. Trucks aren't allowed to drive through but there's a business inside of town named Park 100 Foods. They obviously have a drop yard well within the town limits.. several 53 foot trailers around. Only big rigs, either sleeper or day cab, can bring in and take out those trailers so there's a double standard somewhere.

[@jimnaden5594]

Local deliveries in Tipton Indiana are not effected by the "No Thru Trucks" ordinance. The $1500.00 fine is for trucks that disregard the sign and drive through without a valid delivery. The truck route detour only adds about 3.35 miles distance.

[@davidbell1619]

Park 100 foods is 3/4 mile from bypass to the right.

[@larrysacks8927]

Thank you for being a driver we need more unfortunately many don’t realize how important the trucking industry is to our continued success as a country. Love the lava lamp and your steering wheel accessory. Keep doing what you do and know that you are appreciated. Too bad about Tipton. It is not too far from where I go all the time but never noticed the sign before I guess that’s because I don’t drive a semi Toyo’s really too bad. I do like the idea of a surcharge delivering to Tipton. That would be awesome..

[@psg6314]

My brother got a ticket for a no truck road even though he had a delivery on it, thats hoganville GA for ya great video keep up the good work God bless from GA stay safe

[@richardcline1337]

Truckers need to start warning other trucker about these hicksville towns and boycotting them. When all of their supplies run out and nobody will deliver to them I think you'll see some real changes. Trucks help keep these hicksville towns alive.

[@lastone1269]

Best easy watching and relaxing show out there from a blue collar true American !

[@heatherkohlwey8379]

Indiana roads are questionable at best in some places (24 & 26). I so missed that view of Indiana this year. I probably won't be seeing it again any time soon since we have decided to skip the Portland tractor shows indefinitely. I'll settle for seeing it through your windshield. Thank you for a great ride. Safe travels, and God bless.

[@charlesstockford6003]

You can thank Pence for that. He wanted to privatize roads. He did on the turnpike and that company took the money and ran. Never put a nickel into upkeep.

[@TimAlfrey-kw1md]

I thought Pence was smarter than that ! Guess I was wrong!

[@kayze009]

Man, I love the sound of a turbo on a big rig, sounds so dayum good!

[@Standing_Wolf]

Thank you for this video. My dad was a truck driver. This Monday will be a year since he crossed over. We lost him on October 16th. Sorry, we are of Navajo background, so we don't say past away. I have been thinking of him more and more as his one year anniversary gets closer. He loved his truck and loved being on the road. He drove past his 70s. He would not give it up until he was forced to because of his diabetes. He was very a very sad man when he was forced to hang up his truck keys, and it was even worse when he had to sell it. I normally watch KZbin videos every night when I get home. For some reason, your video popped in, and I clicked it. Never had a truck video pop up on my KZbin page. I'm not sure if he is letting me know that he is now walking with all my ancestors, but he is still watching over me and making sure I don't forget about him. Watching your video made me think of him and that I would give anything to just be able to have one more ride in his truck with him. Sorry, I didn't mean to carry on. Just wanted to thank you for your video and thank you for bringing me back some great memories. I just found it strange how his first year anniversary is a few days away, and your video came out. Stay safe, and my the Great Spirit keeps you safe other road. Thank you, Standing Wolf

[@Agnemons]

You should never apologize for for what you are. Unless of course you are an a-hole. Then you should be apologising every chance you get

[@Standing_Wolf]

@@Agnemons thank you but I was not apologizing for who I am. I apologize for my rambling on. Simple misunderstanding. Have a great safe day.

[@ratfinkron5793]

love the sound of that turbo spoolin up great driving

[@BloodyHeck]

I live in Indiana and been driving truck for over 30 years. One thing I've noticed about this state is they'll have a first truck route sign with an arrow and never have another one. They will also throw up a road closed sign and not provide any kind of a detour, or again, one detour sign with an arrow and nothing more. A few times I've been on two lane state routes and come up to a road closed, sometimes construction sometimes a town event, and you don't have any notice. At that point your only option is to turn onto narrow residential streets.

[@kpettijohn055]

Laughed so hard at this moved to Indiana from Texas, and been driving 6 years now and I told my wife the other day when I tell here about what each state is known for she asked about Indiana and I said well they tend to close roads with no warning with no detour living you extremely lost and confused or they send you in a detour with either signs so far in between you think you missed something or they don’t out anything up at all

[@zephyr1408]

Thank you for bringing us our stuff ! W/O you guys we are a pack of lost sniffling whiners ! I was a police officer 30 yrs in a huge trucking town ( Sacto) and you want to know how many times I wrote a Big Rig Driver a ticket ? That’s right ! Big Fat ZERO ! Never, ever, bite the hands that feed you! Carry on Brother!

[@josephhodges9819]

Sorry, but I believe you are an AI because no REAL cop would never write a ticket especially if they were excessively speeding or driving recklessly. Damn AI should not be able to make comments.

[@TrevorBrass]

@@josephhodges9819 If you think the account is run by an AI, there's no need to apologize to it.

[@livejay9062]

​​@@josephhodges9819 or he didn't protect the public by putting truckers on a pedestal, as if they never do anything wrong.

[@TrueGritSociety]

Finally an honest cop about corruption

[@zephyr1408]

@@josephhodges9819 not even close and I do or did not work the freeways that was the responsibility of CHP ! And you know how many times I caught a professional driver doing crazy stupid things behind the wheel of an up to 80,000 pound rig nit wit?? That’s right another big fat zero ! Yes I seen fatal TC’s where someone was pinched or pushed over an overpass and dropped 40’ however not there fault 99.9% of the time! AI ? Get lost !

[@benhesterly462]

Indiana does not sound like a friendly state.

[@jda72]

I live here and some places are not truck friendly Bloomington is bad the truck routes are tight and congested and hard to follow.

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

Frankly id rather try to make socal arizona new mexico texas utah colorado louisiana georgia and florida great again before ill move to indiana.

[@40billwaugh]

It isn’t anymore. I used to drive there. No more.

[@GenXFarmer77]

It's not

[@hoosierplowboy5299]

We are friendly, but like everywhere else, we have our share of local political aholes...

[@goldsburg]

You turned the wrong way at the stoplight on the East edge of Tipton. The truck route for SR28 is North to "Division Road", then West along Division Road until you reach 550W. Turn South on 550W and drive until you reach SR28 again. No fines paid!

[@rayrussell6258]

Someone should take it to court. That $1500 charge violates the US Constitution's interstate commerce clause that says no one can limit interstate movement of goods and services through States in the US economy. This includes road block "taxes". They can direct what road to take with a truck, but not simply charge an access or pass-through fee. Of course, when not following the designated and marked truck route you can be fined.

[@dchawk81]

Gotta love those truck stop law degrees.

[@rayrussell6258]

@@dchawk81 You missed that chapter in US history when you were in school!! What I said comes from paying attention in school, not truck stops! lol 😉

[@jackson_68]

Making trucks go around a town in no way violates anything in the US Constitution.

[@rayrussell6258]

@@jackson_68 it does if the ordinance is just to prohibit the movement through town, and raise revenue. Disrupting the movement of commerce like that was the very reason the Founders included the interstate commerce clause. You also need to go back and study the history you didn't learn.

[@johnunsicker7440]

@@rayrussell6258 It is a fine not a charge. They don't want trucks on that road for a reason and you got to deal with it sorry but it is the truth. You have to follow the truck route but i know that is hard for you to understand.

[@Jstate99]

Indiana Local here - from what I have been told by my dispatcher who lives in Tipton -- 28 thru Tipton is now controlled by the town instead of state -- just a few weeks ago they started threatening trucks w/ a 1500 fine - was just through there the other day and saw they put that orange sign up - been trucking through there almost daily for three years now and boom they changed it. Typically, I will run highway 26 thats just to the north of 28 if possible. Last Friday, I ignored the signs on 28 and nothing happened but won't be driving through there anymore. I work for a feed company in the town of Sheridan (just to southwest) and your can drive trucks right down main and they don't care. Safe travels!

[@freeconfederate]

You have some better than average camera work! Somehow your finding the time to get multiple shots of trucks coming into Red Gold for example. Most people would just take one shot out the window but you give the feel of the place. I've been there many times picking up loads. Yes, all of them on the heavy side for sure. I retired three years ago after a 30 year trucking career. I enjoy channels such as yours because I can get a quick flash backs on my old life on the road. But, truthfully brother, you will enjoy retirement the most when you get there! Safe travels.

[@_Rick_S]

I always dreaded driving through Indiana, it's about as pleasant and nice as New Jersey 😆 Sounds like Tipton doesn't need any food, water or medical supplies delivered to them anymore. Good luck folks 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@aaronpatterson2369]

SCREW NEW JERSEY...

[@wahoofan222]

Retired trucker here, I love driving through Indiana, Route 6 through butler and Kendallville etc. I69 and other routes, rt.28, I70, loved the countryside. I didn't like anything east of Youngstown, Ohio. Love your Videos Schmidt.

[@nicholastrawinski]

about 20 years ago i had to drive from Buffalo to West Manhatten, and got lost on the new jersey side of the Lincoln tunnel. i wound up pulling up to some dude in a lawn chair outside of a gas station. This could have been a film set for THAT scene in a horror movie, i kid you not. gas station looked abandoned. i dont know what possessed me to do this as i KNEW i was in NJ still, but i wind up asking "Im in New Jersey, arent I?" old dude: "what gives you that idea?" Me: "because i can fuckin smell it!" i immediately hopped back in my car and drove away still lost. 1 hour worth of driving across the state was enough to make me hate the place so frickin much that i just had to insult someone about it. LOL

[@guyincognito210]

I wish they would build an interstate between 65 and 55 maybe 20 miles south of 80 then have it connect up with 80 west of 55. Would keep you guys just passing through out of the local traffic.

[@ItsaRomeThingEverydayallday]

I have a huge respect for all our Otr drivers out there! Yall keep this country going, as a former otr driver myself and someone who travels the interstate with the drivers daily i feel comfortable and safe with the big trucks traveling with me more so than other motorists in their cars and suvs!!! Your cool calm demeanor is what i liked the most, Thanks for documenting your travels, very enjoyable

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

And the welders and the doctors and the guy who comes out on saturday to help you when your hot water heater busts and floods your house on a saturday night at dinner time. We live in a society where we are supposed to serve each other. If only o e serves and the other doesnt or neither do the big wealthy rich infimate money stream house of cards falls and we all become great depression people looking for jobs that dont exist and not bright enough with the undying flame or turned on brain light bulb to have the foresight that when people.are stackong up looking for jobs that domt exist, its good to be in the business of creating jobs. Evil expects us to just lat down and take it up the butt both literally figurativly and metaphorically. Evil seeks to sow chaos and destruction. The delivery drivers. The cooks the cashiers the nurses the computer programmers. The kids selling lemonade the irs always turns a blind eye too

[@ricksdestinationcebu]

Lol,I used to take that same route from Camden Ohio to Ottawa Il,,no more,,

[@mikes9759]

I was drivin when fuel was 85-99 cents a gallon. There's sure a lot of crap going on these days!! My hats off to you guys who are keeping everything rolling!! Hang Tough!!!!

[@bobbybooshay8641]

Yep. I remember filling a gas can when I was younger and was shocked because it had gone to $1.00 a gallon. It is so far past time for The People to take our country back man. Far, far past time.

[@ItzDrPlow]

2024 get out and vote gentleman. dont lose hope

[@rsewill12]

I remember paying 19.9¢/gallon for Diesel in the early ‘70’s in Missouri. I could fill up twin 75 gallon tanks for less than $30.

[@MadsWorld34]

i am so glad i had to retire just before they made you have to have these new log books. a friend has been on a steady route for years. i mean 13 years or more. he says it take him almost twice as long to make the same route as it use to an most times he is driving tired. he also says june 2024 is his last year he's retiring mostly because of the log book.

[@105thewave6]

About a year ago, State Road 28 through Tipton was handed over to the city of Tipton by INDOT. State Road 28 now goes AROUND Tipton via the north.

[@dbfjohn2502]

The town ordnance designated Division Road (north of town) between 19 and 31 as the route.

[@lorenzodicapo6305]

You seem like a professional, respectful driver. For years I lived on a pretty busy intersection. One of the roads connects a heavily settled neighborhood to the highway, through our very dense area. The connecting road has a nighttime regulation: no through trucks from 11pm to 6am. I cannot count the number of times my roommates and I have been woken up at 3 or 4 in the morning by some genius jaking his way through the neighborhood, or revving while he's stopped at the light. One time, a truck driver was leaning on his horn at the light. Traffic was locked up, nobody was going anywhere. When i asked him to stop, I was told to 'mind my business.' Like I said, you seem like a good guy, but if you don't want to pay more fines in more small towns, maybe talk to your buddies and tell them that yes, it's our business, and maybe you won't be able to do business here any more.

[@stevenredman1582]

I used to avoid the congested drama on the NW Indiana interstates (I-65 and I-80/94) by getting over to US 41 (4-lane, divided) on IN-114 from I-65. Then north on US 41 at Morocco to IN-2 west into Illinois. IN-2 becomes IL-17 at the state line and turns north after that becoming IL-1. That goes north through Beecher and turns into IL-394. Then it's get on I-80 west and head for Iowa. But you are past the congestion around Gary, Cline Ave, etc. But that's been years ago when I drove for Roadway out of Columbus and there may now be restrictions there as well. Check first, it can save you a lot of time and it's a nice ride.

[@MarkSlavis]

It still works

[@mikesahle1193]

Thank you 🙏 I can listen 👂the exhaust pipe all day 👍😃🚛🚛and smooth driving with great 👍 dog 🐕 have a joyful day or night 👏👏👏🐕

[@DesolationofJake]

Joliet is the town you're thinking of on i80 in Illinois. I need a chiropractor everytime i hit those bumps.

[@Barefootstallion]

Loving the way you have your truck setup, man. Reminds one of the days of old school trucking! Keep rockin it safe!

[@frederickschilling7133]

One excuse given; Tipton closed that route to trucks because too many trucks were using it to avoid the tollroad. I sure do miss the wide wonderful world of trucking; I miss being on the road, meeting some very awesome people and seeing places I have never been to.

[@bpouthirty4019]

what toll road? closest one is a hundred miles north

[@tractorboy31]

Tipton ain't by any tolls

[@larryjanson4011]

close all toll rd's. as your taxes pay to build, and maintain it. a for profit privet corp gets the rewards, with none of the bills.

[@eliasmachic6766]

Great video, I’m new to your channel I was a truck driver long time ago And this situation all the truck drivers should be united and no one can delivery to this place’s Thanks for your vídeo again

[@jimnaden5594]

There is no fee or fine for coming into Tipton IN for valid deliveries or freight pickups. Also, he took the wrong route around town. The designated truck route for through trucks adds just over 3 miles verses straight through town.

[@charleshayden8079]

I agree, it does kinda piss you off when you have to take a less convenient route. You have to take into account that not everyone is carrying salsa. A few days ago an accident on US70 nessitated a re-route of all truck traffic through Teutopolis, IL. A pissed of four-wheeler driver attempted to pass an anhydrous ammonia tanker. Long story short, it caused the tanker to swerve, he collided with a stationary trailer on the side of the road just out of town and 5 people died. The entire town was evacuated for 2 days. This is why truck traffic is routed around population centers.

[@wesmagyar]

That was entirely the car drivers fault. They should reroute all the for wheelers then….

[@charleshayden8079]

You really missed the point@@wesmagyarthere's no sense in routing hazardous materials through a residential area any more than is necessary to complete the transportation of that material.

[@wesmagyar]

@@charleshayden8079 yeah except the hazmat regulations would have already necessitated the bypass. This is for all trucks not just hazmat

[@joannalamb4542]

Great video, but it just reminds me that I don’t want to get back into driving semi after 23 years. It destroyed my back and the rules keep changing. It’s a lot different than is was over 2 decades ago.

[@stevenrobinson2381]

Yep-many times loading steel out of Bethlehem Steel or American Bridge there in Northern Indiana-or a few other places whose names now escape me-headed for The Badger-would wait until well after 7 PM & then blast up I-94 thru the Loop & north to US-41-avoiding the Tri State & all it's tolls-which I couldn't get back 'cause my joke book was well behind me................ And the trip was usually pretty smooth . Have a saying about Chi-Town-easy to get into-just don't try to get out in a timely fashion.

[@awakendsails]

Next headline would be Indiana town ran out of everything. Trucks wont go through there. lmao

[@SeanMcGee-h3v]

I’ll be heading out to La Mars to return to work after having my heart attack in June. If I see ya I’ll buy you and the GERMAN well deserved meal.

[@brianevans5616]

Really enjoy your channel. Actually just watched this first video. Like your demeanor.

[@ericmyers8005]

The sign probably cost 1500 and they are finding ways to pay for it.

[@kyleclemons430]

I work in Tipton and have lived here most of my life. It is not construction. The city has the idea that if they stop the trucks from driving in town then people will walk the sidewalks and "be better for the community". The city has now made 28 go up to what was and is still labeled as division. Problem is division does not let you turn south on 31 because of the construction on 31. 19 used to go into town but that road you took on the 2 sides of the school is now 19. Both roads now avoid town making it "safer". This idea they have would be fine if the town had anything to do or go see. I went to school in that town and let me tell you, the only things to do in town is drink, race, and f!@#.

[@MDR62MULES]

Sounds like the town I used to live in. Beautify the sidewalks with flowers they will come. Ha ha. Keep the homeless on the run don't acknowledge they exist, but by golly there's a stray cat problem they want to address. Idiots.

[@13699111]

Extremest of any kind are not good for anything

[@karlsborgwi.jewell9919]

I 35e in st.Paul mn no trucks over 9000 lbs…it’s 4 lane interstate highway!!!! What’s that all about????

[@ChiefCabioch]

Boycott the town, no more deliveries.....see how long they will be without their food....

[@Ken-sr6jo]

Retired, but I always hated cities that posted weight limit signs AFTER you make the turn. You have an oh crap moment and try to figure out how to get off that street while driving and don’t have a clue where the best place is to turn. Enjoy your videos and have a good one.

[@LilyandOllieTv]

The law says that if it's a state highway they cannot give you a fine, for going through a state highway even if it's through town and it has to be approved by the state what that city's trying to do so they can be sued if it's not state approved! So you would need to find out if the state approved them doing that and if they didn't go through there let them give you a ticket and then sue them lol you'll see them take that sign down fast

[@rundog63]

The state turned that section of the highway over to the city of Tipton.

[@ericbrenner690]

But it's still a state highway that runs through Tipton. They can't do it.@@rundog63

[@erickamekonapeper4007]

You just got my subscription. Nice job Brother. Thank you for everything you do! 😏❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸

[@moondog3162]

That ole voovoo at the beginning, thought he had a 300" wheelbase and a set forward front axle , when he made that wide turn😂😂

[@timmebruer5205]

Better to make a wide turn than drop a trailer in a ditch Right?

[@markheckman3987]

I love when i turn onto a road and the sign says " No Trucks, But i am already on the road, i cant just stop and back up , or turn around 😢

[@j.t.ripper5973]

My father has been driving trucks for 30 years. I can tell you for a fact he will drop the shipment just out of the city. Call dispatch to have the customer, store or factory to come and get their product. Now he will deliver it if the customer pays the fine. He has done it before in other cities and states.

[@michaelowen326]

Great Show Sir!!! Sending you POSITIVE VIBES from Mid-Michigan

[@jackson_68]

Drive on US-30 through Morrison IL...that is a prime example of why truck routes can be a good idea.

[@reformcongress]

The trucking companies should do one of two things. Refuse to deliver to that town, or charge each business they deliver to a $1500 surcharge to deliver to their businesses. They reroute the trucks through residential neighborhoods which is more dangerous than driving the main roads through a town. It's idiotic.

[@markjanssens5484]

Probably some hot dogs going thru town with straight pipes,running their Jake brake in the middle of the night. Spoil it for everyone else!

[@jackson_68]

So-called "old guys" who should know better.

[@SuperTruckerdan]

Great Video You are the King of B role footage.

[@nancywebb4389]

If no trucks allowed than how do the store get their products

[@jimnaden5594]

Trucks making local deliveries are not subject to any fees or fine to enter Tipton IN.

[@johnspartan7103]

Thank you driver. Great video. We’ll be waving at you.

[@SG-ze9no]

I think you handled the detour really well, lol 😂 continues road construction, never to end 😂 still saw really nice towns and all that 😊✌️🦮🐕‍🦺🤷‍♀️🤔🤔

[@jimnaden5594]

Problem is, he turned the wrong way. Had he followed the correct truck route it would have added just over 3 miles to the route verses driving straight through town.

[@SG-ze9no]

@@jimnaden5594 didn’t seem to be a problem for him, considering he was the one driving.

[@elricsaga8851]

if you cant drive through dont deliver to the town

[@dhinds5927]

Went through Chicago over Labor Day. You have to be nuts to go there.

[@eldoradoboy]

im not a trucker but I often cruise the country in a vintage bus and take the backroads rathe than the interstates.. my town of grove city ohio wantedto do the same thing as tipton.. but when it came push to shove rotue 62 was deemed a state route and therefore couldnt be blocked for trucks.. im fact grove city set up a new park so they can have events in the city center and not affect the trucks... you dont have A/C in that beautiful truck? love this rig you have!! vintage longhood!

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Driving safely on time, well he is going too be late if that Tyre blows lol.

[@paulcanchola6377]

I came from a family that has generations of truckers. My mom was a trucker, and her father was a trucker going all the way back to his time as a truck driver in the Army and Transportation NCO attached to the Army units that built the ALCAN Highway in Alaska crafting items. So, even though my personal path went a different direction having pursued college after my military years, and now working in IT and cyber security, I still feel very connected to the truck driving world. I was raised understanding that, “If somebody bought it, then a trucker brought it.” I think truckers should refuse to enter California when California demand vehicles be electric or be fined, and refuse to deliver anything to this town of Tipton. See how long that works.

[@inimicaljp]

Tipton needs some new politicians! They are screwing up the town.

[@nickreed6211]

The truck route for 28 west is W division rd on the north side of town but I think you figured it out

[@Connie1Fan]

Thats an expensive monkey wrench in anybody route, detours, without signs to follow and huge fine to boot, WOW. that's plain ole robberie!! Fog gets me tired too, just like rainy nights Safe travels

[@michaelbragg8763]

State Route 26 has been closed just west of Russiaville for nearly 2 years. I heard a concrete truck damaged a bridge and it is now in litigation.

[@Hanibul_Lecktor]

We did it to ourselves, running jakes with no mufflers thru small towns. Literally the recipe for getting restricted from access..But hey, it sounds cool 😅

[@markm5677]

Pretty much figured that was the cause all along after watching the video.

[@jimnaden5594]

@@markm5677 At a recent home football game for Tipton I noticed that there a number of semis cracking their straight pipes and jake brakes while passing by the field. Speed limit is 30 MPH, no need for running jake brakes on flat ground at that speed.

[@danburch9989]

How does Park 100 Foods supplier get around the fine? They are a large businesses in downtown TIpton with many semi-trucks that have to get into and out of that business to disribute foods. Do they line the pockets of city officials to get a free pass?

[@Jorgeola757]

Hey Kurt , in the wise of rates , have they improved ? Also , in the wise of freight , have you seen an increase or decrease ?

[@jcsully]

Decrease in volume and rates.

[@truckingwithschmidt7120]

What jc said

[@riseagainstfb]

Everything is decreasing. Truck stops are packed now at 2pm most places.. the ports are empty because of the drought holding up 154 freight ships since July.. economic downturn for now.. interest rates and higher cost has slowed people's purchase power and there's a big back up now...

[@redrust3]

Brings back memories of taking 380 up to Tipton, Iowa, then onto Highway 20. For me, I think it was onto Decorah and my parents’ farm! Thanks for the memories.

[@angeleyes6861]

That's bs charging truckers to take them their freight them Yankees ill stay right here in the dirty dirty south always great to see Opie 😂😂😊😊

[@goldsburg]

They are not "charging." A new Truck Route around the town has been established and Tipton has enacted fines for driving your truck through it...

[@kfelix2934]

@02:53 as soon as I saw that 6-shooter cylinder, I was like "man I luv this guy ". Nice video btw

[@jerryfaulkner6518]

Man, you were off the beaten path and darn near in my neighborhood. In December I bought a new truck in Tipton at Young's. Becks Seeds is in Tipton, and buys around 400 vehicles a year there for promotions. I bought one of their trucks they didn't take. Bottom Line is you have big time money floating around that area and money talks. Owning several semis, let's face it, not everyone likes trucks as much as we do, especially small towns. I could have pointed you towards nicer state routes going west. Happy Trucking.

[@jimnaden5594]

Beck's Seeds isn't in Tipton. But they're buying a bunch of the land.

[@retiredarmyvet2018]

Tipton took over road maintenance from INDOT in the fall of 2022. At that point they passed the ordinances and require all trucks to stay on designated truck routes unless they are conducting local deliveries. Drives refused and continued on prohibited roads as through traffic. Shortly there after the fine notification was posted. While you may not like it, that's just how it is.

[@garyleibitzke4166]

Every time we drove back to visit my mom in Wisconsin we avoided the entire state of Illinois. In Iowa we got off I-80 onto Hwy 151 and angled into Wisconsin that way.

[@barrydb]

Just found your page and am enjoying the videos. I really don't have much to say but I understand that commenting helps out somehow so, here ya' go.

[@stevenroesel2661]

I would guess from my own experience going through small towns they’re tired of the speeding trucks! I’m always getting passed up rolling easy through these towns by these “ I assume “ taught, schooled, new types of drivers. Once again, us old guys get to suffer another consequence for these ignorant drivers.

[@richardcline1337]

It's the foreign drivers that are causing so much of the problem. They can hardly speak English, they have difficulty reading or understanding traffic signs and they just don't seem to care. Sadly, there aren't enough younger American men wanting to drive trucks, what with all the BS truckers have to go through with over regulating, DOT harassment and the like.

[@badgermoon9229]

I was just thinking that the reason for the detour might have to do with what you see on the Bone-head Trucker channel.

[@peace-love-on-the-right]

This younger generation is messing up every work place and the parents should be ashamed of how they have raised these kid to stand out in soceity (THEY ARE STANDED OUT TO BE A MENACE TO SOCIETY) hope you parents are proud

[@brandon18054]

@@peace-love-on-the-rightSpeak for your own spoiled brats lady

[@nlpnt]

@@richardcline1337 They were talking about autonomous trucks already almost 10 years ago. Nobody wants to train at their own expense for a job that the robots are already coming for.

[@country4lyfe365]

I just looked it up. I live here. They said if your conducting buisness in tipton county you are allowed to drive straight in to town. Farmers as well going to cargil. Tipton agreed to maintain that stretch of 28 instead of INDOT. To cut back on semi traffic. Onnly trucks delivering to thee county can come straight in. Orestes is tipton county. God bless brother.

[@jimnaden5594]

Orestes is in Madison County, 16 miles from Tipton and 7 miles from the Tipton/Madison County line.

[@jackkonings5856]

Wonderfull video's. Love listening to you reasoning and telling about the states, life and trucking there. BTW 1500,- should scare everbody out of town. Greetings from a fellow truckdriver in The Netherlands.

[@RobyneBryan]

Watch out for Red Gold products. Some processing plants palletize their product with maggot larvae! I know the plant in Elwood gave me a USDA load going to a food bank in Dallas, TX. Had to return it to them because the food bank refused the whole load... and couldn't find anyone local in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth area to crossdock it to return it to the Elwood plant!

[@dennisduvall39]

I thought something was going to happen when all those Billy big riggers was making that turn into what I surmised was the plant you were picking up. Running fast until they had to turn and slamming the breaks on just before the turn

[@barryklinedinst6233]

None of them can negotiate a turn

[@truckingwithschmidt7120]

Definitely hard on brakes

[@dlyall26]

My wife and brother use to work RedGold there in Orestes between Alexandria and Elwood. I was on my way to work at another factory years ago, my friend who was with me at the time said did you see that? Some guy had flipped his pickup truck about 100 to 200 yards down from redgold . My friend first said he could have sworn he seen a guy wave his arm up so I turned around. It just had happened because a guy in his tractor was working his field across from where the guy flipped and said he was just at that end by the road and the truck wasn't there.

[@melvinnott6843]

Kurt, 28 in Tipton is closed for road construction! Some truckers have ignored the signs that’s why they(Tipton) have implemented fines if you drive into the construction!

[@truckingwithschmidt7120]

I was hoping it was road work.

[@caseysimpson7931]

False it is not Road work!

[@timmcdermottgetgf2250]

Hi Kurt

[@tomwest8663]

​@@truckingwithschmidt7120not road work Kurt. The city council is cutting down on commercial truck traffic. It's there to stay. I saw a report on a Trucker's you tube channel warning drivers about the fine.

[@mrsbootsboots407]

There is NO roadwork

[@DD-bn2mx]

the shippers are going to have to pay that. And the shoppers will eventually pay higher prices, lol

[@dchawk81]

They're not going to fine trucks in there on local business. They just don't want the supertruckers blowing through, so they're making them bypass.

[@richardcline1337]

@@dchawk81 I wonder how those hicks will feel if the truckers refuse to deliver to that hickville town. No medical, no good, nothing! And they'll have deserved it. Trucks help keep this country going.

[@Sidebranches]

I am 1 mile away from I 80 on the on the Colfax Mingo exit. Have a safe trip.

[@polaritypictures]

Isn't that illegal? The truck industry should boycott the town.

[@MrHowieZ1973]

Its the old storm drains. They fall apart with big trucks going over them . Same problem here in Madison

[@sunnyray2048]

🍭SWEET🍭The Mayor of Tipton Indiana is a guy named Tom Dolezal. He’s a DEMOCRAT! Figures🤔🙏🏼💖👍🏻🌞

[@emilywilson5455]

The Mayor didn’t pass the Ordinance; the GOP majority city council did. Mayor did fully support, however.

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

@@emilywilson5455it sounds like you don’t mind all the inflation when Biden’s administration printed trillions of dollars from thin air. We were all way richer under Trump and housing was affordable. What about the millions of illegals sponging off our government?

[@thomasdaniels6824]

Sounds like Rinos to me

[@donaldhopkins1476]

GOP, figures!

[@Rhaman68]

Political throlls always show up. First, trucks over 26,000 lbs gross are restricted. Secondly, there are alternate routes. Third, this town is protecting its streets from being destroyed by heavy trucks. One last item. Tipton is not on any major road network. It can easily be avoided. Now, care to explain why you blame a political party for protecting its city.

[@chrishope7745]

Kirk when are you doing another live? Enjoy those.

[@ScotReeder]

So here's the deal. I've lived in Tipton Indiana all my life. The state of Indiana made a deal with the city of Tipton and traded that stretch of State Road 28 to the city of Tipton for a stretch of road 1 mile to the north called division road. The issue is, the driver in the video turned left instead of turning right to go to his designated truck route

[@davids9520]

Now in SE Michigan we have a situation that probably drives truck drivers crazy! Too many orange construction barrels. I think these barrels mate and multiply at night! Sometimes they are in the right lanes. Then they are suddenly in the left lanes! And sometimes you run into an orange barrel dead end! No warning. The road just stops there, and you have to change a couple of lanes. Toss in cross traffic, and you have a road race coarse!

[@stephp1957]

Control of this “OLD 28” stretch of 28 through Tipton has been handed over to Tipton County and Tipton city government. The rerouting is done with the intention of reducing the problem of the high speed and high volume of semi-trucks going through the center of Tipton.Jan

[@richardcline1337]

I wonder how those hicks will feel if the truckers refuse to deliver to that hickville town. No medical, no good, nothing! And they'll have deserved it. Trucks help keep this country going.

[@jimnaden5594]

@@richardcline1337 There is not any restriction on trucks making local deliveries.

[@danielpearson4972]

Years ago in the early 2000s the large company I drove for wouldn't pay or reimburse tolls so across Indiana and Ohio. Go down I 65 to US 30 east Ohio to US 30 across Ohio. I enjoyed crossing on 30 little towns then installed the 4 lane and DOT hung out heavily