What It's Like Trucking 2 Days Across America Solo

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[@marcosgarcia11084]

Awesome videos alex..greetings from central valley California....a few days ago I seen a GP Transco truck out here......was awesome....man those trucks do stand out

[@bobbycrapps7685]

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[@nickprater5247]

love your truck paint sceam

[@MKEV-xh8dm]

Suggestion, when backing up, don’t slide your tandems till you are aligned with the dock. This will make a better pivot point and backing in a tight area so much easier. Enjoy your travels.

[@coltonkruse2313]

Yes sir. That's the way to do it. You can even slide them all the way forward before you back in if it is really tight.

[@HBJFishing]

I say this out loud all the time lol. I learned this early on.

[@fernywings8922]

Truth

[@frankie7448]

I agree with you I do the same thing when I backing up into a dock

[@RussianOldSpice]

Don’t they teach you that in school? Lol 😂

[@viva6773]

Alex you’re an inspiration to many. 🙏You make trucking look so fun.

[@rickjones8524]

Hey Alex, Been watching your videos for a long time now. You do a great job at both trucking and documenting your travels. Thank you for being Alex. Stay safe..

[@TrippyMane405]

I love Alex's vlogging style. No b.s. just straight to it. He doesn't beg for likes or subs. He doesn't have an annoying intro nor does he spend the the first 5 minutes of the video explaining what the title of the video already says

[@900108Chale]

So very right! I’m getting so tired of the “usual YT format:” - overused intro - burn time @start - like & sub 3x7.

[@kevinduncan7219]

I gotta say Alex, you certainly get yourself into some fine predicaments!! If nothing else, it is entertaining! Keep up the honest content stuff

[@deadwoodrailroad2497]

I love watching your videos every time you post a new one i wach it 2 times a day

[@davidmerrifield2891]

Love watching your videos Alex keep up the good work

[@teresaalbarran7887]

Hey Alex glad to see another video in this video it look like a lot of hard work love when your traveling on the road and talking about things you see

[@marksellinger3736]

Great job Alex! Keep up the good work!

[@LuisSanchez-vu6uv]

Alex please keep showing exactly what you do when sliding the trailer and how it works with different weight. I’m trying to learn so I can hopefully get my cdl and start trucking 🙏

[@rebeltrucker]

Just a tip when you pull paper or any product slide your tandems so the mud flap is lined to the back of the freight at the back of trailer. That should either put you right or only need to move a small amount. Pulled from Wabash for three years and that method only was wrong once because the loader loaded wrong. This method is applicable for stuff that is 42000 and over and is loaded to the 48ft mark in trailer.

[@emkay9508]

Holy crap! Try some punctuation, Mr. Run-on-sentence. What are you 12?!

[@ruptureviles241]

I could’ve told you that🫡 calm down bud

[@vincestone5465]

@@emkay9508 shut up teachers pet lol

[@efrenpasillas]

@@emkay9508 yo SHUT UP

[@johnpeterson5836]

​​@@emkay9508 shut up

[@stevenlang918]

Hey Alex keep doing your job my guy and be safe out there

[@Atte_siironen]

I love your videos man their really interesting!

[@davekenney3693]

Keep up the great work brother much love stay safe . Also loved the video

[@SILKYG00SE]

Hey Alex! Been watching your videos for a few weeks leading up to today. It's been a enjoyable experience watching you in your every day life trucking. Today I took my "A" Ministry test at a drive test center in Ontario and passed, gaining my CDL 🎉 :) I'll be following up employment with my training company in the dry van devision open board long haul. ❤ This step today is life changing for my financial situation. Looking forward to many more videos of yours 😊! Be safe buddy and remember what you're driving for. You have a growing family who thinks about you right here. 😎👌

[@QantasFan001]

Title has already gotten me incredibly intrigued Alex!

[@kevincain2697]

U are so lucky , I see the same 4 walls every nite and do the same freaking job . I'm going out of my mind. So I really hope u stay and look at the beautiful scenery every day . Good luck and I hope u have better days .

[@mountuplikeaneagle]

Great job Alex, great video

[@kylebell9364]

That’s pretty cool how close you were to my house in wabash IN.. a few blocks away essentially. Love your videos man.

[@daniellowasa3837]

I'm from Africa and I'm enjoying your trucking trip around America, am also a truck driver and i'd suggest that you put a front facing camera next to the rear facing camera so that we can see a wide angle of the road.

[@drichards275]

Alex, I enjoy your videos. Thank you. FYI sometimes when I blindside back I use the motor mirror function on the right to aim out to see the blind side better. Just me. If any help great.

[@jeremyj6056]

Tip when blind side backing use your mirror controls to adjust your mirror while backing to see better.

[@ubuntu4fun]

To get air in the trailer to slide the tandems press in the red brake button. That will start supplying the trailer then hold about 1500 rpms till the air dryer purges. Should be able to slide after that.

[@keithrowell8895]

Should be aur in there already

[@ubuntu4fun]

@@keithrowell8895 not if you just hooked up to it. Or it's been sitting. Most of them leak out over night.

[@terrygreg1988]

2 👍👍 up bro safe travels out there 🤞🥾

[@ilovetotri23]

Thanks Alex!

[@rationalthought4538]

Love your videos. Keep them coming. Safe driving. God bless.

[@bmwr1891]

Good luck Alex 👍👍👍

[@michaelmarion7161]

good driving alex stay safe

[@emilepellerin6064]

Hello Alex a true mark of a experienced hand! Starting to remember shipping and receiving places.. Imagine after ten years? However good job Alex.

[@harrystone1155]

Great job Alex.

[@lknanml]

Use your warning diamonds or whatever you use to divert traffic on the side of the road. Put two down in the rear to show how far you need to roll. But the third one just outside your window and ahead of you. Mark it out with steps between the two rear ones then some point on your truck and step it out to place the third market. Get in and move up or back and done....

[@KeithRowell-ix2qg]

O shut up

[@chuckbechtold6450]

A huge tornado and everyone is standing outside to watch? Welcome to Nebraska. Like your videos, keep up the good work Alex.

[@alexclement7221]

17:50: 4 holes on your tandem slider is 2 feet. Put a yard stick down on the ground next to your door, and move the truck 2' forward. It's that simple. Don't overthink things.

[@kevincain2697]

U my friend have a great holiday and drive safe bro .👍🪅🎇🎆🧨😎

[@MrChrislionheart]

Thanks for your videos, it is interesting to see the work of a US trucker. I suggest you buy a wireless reversing camera that will also show you when you have set the wheels of your trailer correctly. You might build some kind of housing for it. Maybe there is also a good way to mount the camera on the trailer as well, so you can easily remove it to mount it on another trailer. I'm sure you could run into many situation in which a remote camera can become useful. Ebay has a lot of wireless reversing cameras.

[@trentnance]

"not the only idiot" lmao and you filmed it all. TY! glad to to see what shat customers your company deals with

[@mikescaffo4850]

Keep up the good work Alex your doing a great job with your camera to

[@nicolesilvestre3883]

Great video. Thank you for showing and talking through your travel issues. Its great you have experienced truckers fans that drop some very helpful info. Keep on trucking. God bless you and your family.

[@ELMarTiLL0]

I always try and have a FULL Tank of Fuel before scaling, and especially have more weight on my drives in the Winter for better traction.

[@debbieroyal1728]

Hey there I want to remind you if you are going thru southwest Virginia be careful on I-77 Fancy Gap Mtn. BEWARE of the wind and fog.Godspeed Virginia.

[@Lt_Tragg]

Fancy Gap can certainly be fancy and catch you unaware.

[@jboon6431]

You should show more parts of you cooking and stuff I enjoy that

[@lcswartz49]

Whenever you drop a trailer, whether it’s loaded or empty, you should never put the sand shoes directly on the ground you’ll be able to put your foot on the list to see if shoe, then pull out slowly from the trailer and let it calm down. That reason is because the next time somebody gets a little bit loaded trailer. They won’t buster There are balls trying to crank it up because when you pull out from the trailer to drop just now only thing you’re doing his pack, a grease of the chef at landing gear and that’s what makes trailers hard to crank

[@user-uu4gn4ii3p]

If your at a truck stop during the winter ( especially) when it's icy. Weigh your load on the Cat Scale first, go to a area at that's not covered with ice. Then slide your tandems. If your in a certain area near the dock in residential area, Before you slide your trailer tandems, make sure away from the dock an that your on level ground .

[@itssiscofran]

Great tool to slide your tandems, would be a tandem slide stopper. Works wonders.

[@DCU963]

Here is a hint lay your gloves to where you want to stop your tandems so you have a visual in your mirror!

[@keithrowell8895]

Just use your brain and figure it out.

[@JohnsgreenKenwortht]

Alex, I hear by name your truck WIMPY!

[@steveresatar8414]

I left Barstow California Tuesday morning and I’m delivering and picking up this morning ( Friday) in villa rica Georgia

[@clovis_solid_70nm]

Good video driver ⭐👍 🚛 keep on trucking Alex

[@18wheeler77]

22:41 that’s pretty smart, Alex! Cerebro Grande!

[@walidhussen8250]

The way he work and plan and speaking is so relaxing and funny 😆 😎 😅

[@18wheeler77]

16:47 it’s kinda hard to explain, but if the holes are further apart, like at least 3 or 4 inches away, you divide by 500, if they are closer together, you divide by 250. So what you do is subtract the lightest from the heaviest, then divide it in half, THEN, you divide by 250 or 500, depending how far apart your holes are.

[@alexclement7221]

Pretty much every trailer made in the last 50 years has slider holes spaced at 6" apart. Don't know what you've been driving...

[@18wheeler77]

@@alexclement7221 I don’t know the exact measurement but I know some trailers have closer holes and some noticeably apart.

[@keithrowell8895]

If it's a 1000 lbs and 2 inches apart then move 4 holes if it's 4 from hole to hole then move 2 holes.its not that hard.

[@DonRamonGontano]

Look a your front tire, one lug nut move is one hole. Or get the truckers slide calc app.

[@rogerperez7363]

TRUCKIN ZUKZ LIFE OUTTA YA

[@otroems]

great video Alex ... just missing when cooking steak in your red grill 😊

[@TruckNgamin]

You should invest on a shoe called Vassi they are pretty dope am a truck driver myself and these shoes are AMAZING. Waterproof and they keep your feet cool in the summer time

[@markprice8483]

Hi alex have you tried turning off the hill assist when backing? I find it helps with shaking. Awesome vids

[@finalfantasy1201]

Xtra long Alex TTG video! LFG!!!

[@ironweedstudios]

I got the 3k like! Thanks Alex

[@lcswartz49]

I sure hope you got since enough to put straps across the rolls so they don’t come through your back doors cause all net wood floor they will slide

[@ElTisock]

You don't need to do laps or drive to build up air on trailer just push the red valve and leave it like that for 3 to 5 min and pull it out and then try to slide tendems.

[@Lt_Tragg]

Alex! Why not pack a bike or electric bike on the truck so you can explore interesting places you find yourself in on layover.? Surely you could stow one in the trailers or behind the cab somehow.

[@keithrowell8895]

If you have a electronic bike. It has to be stored in Side the truck. So it doesn't get wet.

[@climjames1677]

On a mono scale as appose to the CAT scale, you drive on steers first then take the weight. Now you drive up onto it with the tractor and take the weight again. Now you drive the whole rig on the scale and take the weight. now all you need to do is some simple math and you are good to go in most cases.

[@karentaylor6181]

Hi Alex,love watching,curious are you aloud to carry a weapon for protection?stay safe

[@Pewpew4]

'Ohh yeah I've been here before' I bet that's said a lot in trucking lol. Constant deja vu

[@SuperBigDog2U]

You truckers should have a removable wireless cam that you could attach maybe magnetically to the back of the trailer then view from the cab to see better when backing up to keep from having to get out and check. 😉

[@keithrowell8895]

It's still safer to get out and look

[@keithrowell8895]

They get out and look for safety

[@stevespriggs3302]

Hello Alex I have found using a screwdriver to scratch marks on the sides of the pins wholes. Stay safe

[@Trucking-Life]

😂😂 truck is funny and your words too😅

[@stephenadams5293]

I put my pin puller in the hole behind the one I need it well move or fall out when the boogies get to it

[@18wheeler77]

29:02 it’s Pan Dulce. Sweet bread. My dad used to be a baker in Uruapan Michoacán where he was born.

[@gatorjohnny]

That was the worst when I was OTR. Those unknown backwoods drives. Specially if you missed your turn and now the GPS would take you down backwoods roads for miles before you could turn around! Ugh!

[@willfarschon5279]

love the content!!!!

[@Chesterbarnes1]

Watch "Riding Shotgun" trucker, he is excellent and he teaches as he drives on highway as well. All we ever see is you opening the trailing and backing up

[@polishingturds]

A few genuine questions from a uk trucker… 1, why did he have to drive around to build air in the trailer? Surely it gets air from the truck. 2, do all American truckers look for a gap on the “freeway” and aim for it? Because in the uk the slip road or on ramp is to get your speed up and people move over to let you in, on the rare occasions where people can’t because of traffic you either slow slightly until someone does or you use the shoulder, joining the motorway at 30 mph in the uk is a big no no, hazard lights or not, that’s half the speed of the traffic you’re joining. 3, how many drive hours do you guys have? We have 9 per day but can extend to 10 twice a week.

[@mgene8093]

I was literally thinking the other day I would hate to drive around with soaked socks

[@Thomasbiehl-vd7mw]

I pick up in Miami Florida and take the load to Blaine Wa.Every 2 weeks I do that or Weston Fl. to Port of Los Angeles.Seams like you just make short runs.

[@18wheeler77]

40:52 you don’t need to do laps, just park and idle up.

[@maggieward1892]

Hey Alex only caught a couple of ur vids but enjoy the entertainment! Seriously. I used to ride w hubby 10 yrs ago passed cuz I love to travel. He was a truck driver OTR about 24 yrs. Hoped we cld have good 1-1 time but No the stupid man never I mean NEVER talked said anything. The kind of things u say is what used to run thru my head! It could have been such fun if he talked. I even like ur NY Boston type accent. I’m from south jersey. Be safe!!!

[@leroymorris6036]

Good idea with the parking thing...

[@mikenoland7635]

Hey Alex have you ever had a roadside inspection by like the police or DOT?

[@jrcruise8654]

Thanks for the videos! Do you miss home, family, wide, kids? Specially since you’re out almost all month and just go home for a couple.

[@509ridehigh5]

Good video

[@ChuloBleu]

Right there right there 😂😂😂😂

[@zak182006]

nice vid

[@brianmef71]

I don't get why there isn't a wireless magnetic temporary backup camera that you can stick on the back of a trailer so you can see what you're doing better when backing up.

[@VDubPDX]

They do make one just most drivers don’t know about them or don’t want to use them

[@keithrowell8895]

All you little girl don't need a backup camera

[@Reflectivityy]

You pull forward 1 axle at a time. It isn't perfect but it's close

[@lknanml]

What about using a cam. Clip it on the trailer. Send the vid to your phone and bam. Perfectly lined up for whichever hole you want every time....

[@tylerralerson4154]

Your videos are awesome though

[@coltonkruse2313]

Alex does your truck not have a drive axle weight gauge? My trucks always have but I drive way older equipment. Then I know when I have close to 34000 on my drives. Takes most of the guess work out.

[@mischievousjr.9299]

Awesome

[@martysherrygriggs8136]

Use 280# for each pin hole and that should work out better.

[@darrylwmurphy738]

It would be an idea to get waterproofing spray and spray them.

[@DD-bn2mx]

GO!

[@Edandpuppy]

Log yourself in sleeper berth to help when you are waiting you can get some of your time back

[@kasparsr]

a stable genius!

[@smartass5599]

You said you wanted to park at the savemart, most Walmart's allow truck parking

[@MusicHandsAbrupt]

Alex, I thought FOR SURE I saw you in Arkansas, two days ago.

[@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY]

I drove through there yes. probably was me.

[@MusicHandsAbrupt]

@@ALEXTHETRUCKINGGUY you were coming up on that LOOOOONG traffic jam on the west bound side.

[@KenG557]

Your "1 hour later" reminds me of SpongeBob SquarePants 😂 I think that "grass patch" is called an island. 😁👍

[@Aintright890]

I hope everyone knows there are 2 GPS one for cars and another one for trucks....if u happen to be using the car one of course its going to take you on country wrong roads .check the settings...

[@nofearbs54]

only have to ask bc i watch alot how much of ur old content do u keep reusing bud ive noticed it several times