You want me to PUT IT WHERE?

[@jerrycoggin9434]

I have been driving trucks since the late 70s. For the last 31 years, I have pulled my flatbed in the 48. One of the things I do enjoy on the job is how different it can be from day to day. Good video.

[@jupitertrucking99]

@@jerrycoggin9434 I bet you've got some stories to share as well! They never end

[@jerrycoggin9434]

Haha! Yes, I do. Some of them are embarrassing. Somewhere I read this quote, " everything I know I learned from experience, and most of that has been bad". Haha.

[@jupitertrucking99]

That's the truth. I've almost told people that I only learn things one way and that's the hard way.

[@amieefulk2775]

Seeing the variety of ways to unload a trailer...interesting. Good job!

[@jupitertrucking99]

@@amieefulk2775 thank you cutie pie!

[@myexpressways4106]

Flatbedding was my favorite trucking over the years. So many interesting aspects from location, loading/unloading, and securing properly. Then there are the oversize loads. You are a true professional in operation and in attitude. Good videographer, too! Thanks. That is a fine looking rig.

[@jupitertrucking99]

Thank you! Those are kind words. Flatbedding really has a huge variety of aspects to it, I couldn't imagine doing anything else. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@andrewbennett7756]

Glad I'm retired just me and my Peter just go to truck shows now great show man great memories thank you

[@jupitertrucking99]

That sounds amazing. I've day dreamed about being able to do that, I have other friends that do, I hope someday I can as well. Thank you for watching!

[@DuckDodgers69]

My friend of 40+ years is a operator/driver...he has been driving for about 20yrs. I have an idea about what he has to deal with....i have a lot of respect for what he does

[@jupitertrucking99]

That's great! It can be an interesting job at times, that's for sure. Always something to figure out. Thanks for watching!

[@Roger_Rabbit_Adventures]

Gotta love Step deck trucking, did it in 49 States and pretty much all of Southern Canada also including Yukon Territory in the west & Newfoundland in the east

[@jupitertrucking99]

That's amazing. I've never trucked in Canada at all, I'd love to check it out some summer 😄😄 Thanks for watching!

[@donotneed2250]

Obtained my CDL in 1991 and medically retired in 2018 due to Regulations. Miss some of people I saw on a regular basis but definitely not the traffic.

[@jupitertrucking99]

Sorry to hear about that. I got my CDL in 1992 myself, and I can tell you that it's not like it used to be. You're absolutely right about the traffic, too.

[@KickstandsUp909]

Great video keep them going.

[@jupitertrucking99]

Thank you; I'm going to give it my best

[@johnevans1969]

Forgot to mention how nice your rig is in my last comment, very sweet tractor

[@jupitertrucking99]

Thanks man, I appreciate it!

[@karlkamp2053]

Best trucking video I've seen on utube yet I've been driving 47 years some of these new drivers should watch this video and quit showing some of the stupid videos like watching them shift in their stretch paints and flip flops 😂😂

[@jupitertrucking99]

Hahahaha, that's so freaking true and hilarious I love it. Thanks! I'm glad you liked it and appreciate the feedback.

[@fortstocktonjeff0124Barber]

My God you have to be the most creative trucker in the U.S.

[@jupitertrucking99]

🤔 Thanks! I think?

[@fortstocktonjeff0124Barber]

@@jupitertrucking99 Hi it was meant as a compliment. You have an incredible ability to think outside the box in order to get loads delivered. Many decades ago I drove doubles for UPS. My only challenge was hooking up a set of double in the snow. I only drove terminal to terminal. Having driven a tractor trailer I can really appreciate your " "problem solving skills" to get the job done. Best wishes for continued success

[@jupitertrucking99]

Well, thank you sir, that is a very high compliment. I think the problem solving skills for delivering a load are pretty common for flatbed, all of my friends do the same thing I do, but it can definitely be challenging. Trying to turn it into a video story is the real tough part though haha. Thanks again and thanks for watching!

[@BikeNewLondon]

Thanks Jupiter. I always try to talk to the drivers who come into our mill with equipment. Lots of interesting stories. Some of this stuff is so odd shaped that there just isn't a good way to handle it. I've unloaded with 2 fork trucks and booms and overhead house cranes and all sorts of other methods. Those guys unloading the roof trusses that had you pull out from under were lazy, they should have re-rigged that for better center of gravity. Would have taken 1 minute, rather than banging the whole load around. Drive safe and keep up the great work.

[@jupitertrucking99]

You're right about things being real odd shaped sometimes and different ways to do it. You learn to be creative with the equipment you have. As far as the two guys being lazy, it's hard to get worked up about things like that. It's their stuff, I just let them do it their way unless they ask for my opinion or it's going to hurt my equipment. Thanks for watching! I appreciate you commenting

[@jimgraves6464]

That ranch delivery funny shit

[@jupitertrucking99]

@@jimgraves6464 I was just shaking my head the whole time

[@christophermckoy3671]

That's the thing about flatbedding. There will always be a head scratching moment either where they want you to load or unload at and what you might be carrying and now I'm starting to see dry box is starting to become the same way.

[@jupitertrucking99]

Really? Dry van too? That surprises me. The unusual aspects at least keep you from getting bored. Thanks for checking it out!

[@philgarmonsway4897]

Keep trucking brother Hard road but worth it

[@jupitertrucking99]

It definitely has it's moments, that's for sure. Thanks for watching!

[@pb-SCROOGE]

I’m with you. Been there done that. Halle’s a Submarine periscope from Connecticut to Virginia 🤓

[@jupitertrucking99]

Right on man, I'm glad you can relate. Thanks for watching!

[@Pete-from-Tn]

Delivered 48,000 lbs of Fertilizer to a Amish place one time. 2 miles down the one lane path. Got there thinking if they unloaded these 50 lb bags by hand. I would be there a long time. Guy that lived 5 miles away has a Forklift there. We had to drag them to the back of the Trailer. Then back out that dirt road in the dark.

[@jupitertrucking99]

@@Pete-from-Tn don't you love those? You can't even guess what they're going to do.

[@BarryWoodward-kg7rw]

Nice to meet you love your videos love your attitude God bless happy New Year❤

[@christophermckoy3671]

Was this in Indiana? I ran into a similar situation years back.

[@Pete-from-Tn]

@@christophermckoy3671 Ohio back in 1985.

[@onebadapple83]

Great idea for a channel! Years ago I was sent to load an EX 400 excavator at a remote job site. Was told there “should” be an operator there. Yea right! Had a straight lowboy so it had to have a dock or load it up the side. Shouldn’t be an issue as I had “watched” an operator side load before. Problem was, it only had one track on it! Eventually I got it up there plus the broken track.

[@jupitertrucking99]

@@onebadapple83 holy crap! Congrats on actually getting it done, it doesn't sound doable. I don't think people realize how often we're asked to do the ridiculous task, it's just expected we can do it. Thanks for the comment and for watching!

[@AndyEightSevenFive]

That's sort of the reverse of what shifted me out of former main career and into a full time dedicated gearing and steering position. I'd had the license since the day after I was old enough to challenge the road test.... I'd spent more than twice the hours I spent in school for my K-12 in the garage and laydown yard or on the family business government tendered infrastructure contract projects that were awarded to our bids.... the examiner was a little surprised that I wasn't in the typical tandem daycab and 40' deck setup that a few schools that were around designated as the road test rig.... I arrived with my uncle in a heavy spec flat top T8 Tri drive with a 52" bunk and 50T winch. At this point there was no longer a trailer visible as we came around the side of the building. That's when my uncle popped around in his 1Ton that he unloaded off the RGN while I was inside.... looked out the window at the guy ( who i later found out was a long time friend of his ) and said hurry up, he's got a 345 that's 4hrs south to go and get back to the shack, then left. The guy sees the detached 10'wide 24 wheeler the truck just came off of at this point.... first and only time this is ever going to happen he says.... tell you what, get 'er back together then do a lap around the building, backwards and blindside without a forward gear and if you pass the inspection half of things after that, you get upgraded and save an hour.... you'll be able to make it back before he does if you pull it off.... he had apparently watched me running around with that setup a few times in last couple of years...... Anyway I wound up getting into the open pit mines on equipment and never drove as a full time driver at any point for 15 years or more..... but at a project demobe I wound up having to go over the side to load a 1 shoed 490 komatsu for the driver who showed up to do the move and had never sat in any equipment other than a skidsteer a couple of times...... landed it on the deck and out of 20 year old muscle memory was throwing chains from the well before the driver was even on the deck..... I said to him, man I sure miss this, and he told me that they were hiring and the only reason he was there is they are way short on drivers and the other guys were green, but he hated the float work and was the original sole driver when he had been hired by his boss for a enddump back when it started up..... I wound up getting headhunted by the boss before we ever touched base and he made an offer as soon as we met..... checked the yard out and mulled over it for a few days, and decided to make the switch..... best move ever

[@onebadapple83]

@ “Full time dedicated gearing and steering position” I’m gonna use that!!!

[@AndyEightSevenFive]

@onebadapple83 by all means brother..... all the gifted shifter type of drivers gotta get to helping each other and stop the mutually assured destruction that's going on with everyone starving out someone else just to try to get to next month

[@jupitertrucking99]

@@AndyEightSevenFive wow, that's quite a story. Glad you're still loving it! Thanks for checking it out.

[@OrmondOtvos]

Ain't truckin' inneresting. My son's done it 25 years so far.

[@jupitertrucking99]

@@OrmondOtvos it sure is an endless variety of stuff you didn't think of, haha. It keeps you on your toes

[@kenfolk8321]

I been trucking for 41 years now. Put it in some interesting places

[@jupitertrucking99]

I bet you could share some stories that people wouldn't believe. Thanks for watching!

[@kingloc6042]

The nerds will never be able to automate this job. Trucking is too nuanced. Well done, driver.

[@jupitertrucking99]

Haha, I'll drink to that! Parts of this can never be done with robots, the part that worries me is having to do my job with the robots in my way. Thanks for watching!

[@MrLukla]

Hi, i like your Slogan 🙂

[@jupitertrucking99]

Haha thank you! I'll admit that I stole it from an old-time trucker friend of mine, but it fits so I used it. Thanks for watching!

[@BarryWoodward-kg7rw]

God bless love it how many miles a gallon is your beautiful Kenwood get four or five😢

[@jupitertrucking99]

Thanks! I actually get about 6 mpg

[@RegisTraiter]

Flatbeddin' ain' eezzy.

[@jupitertrucking99]

It ain't for the faint of heart or for the people who wear white clothes, that's for sure. Thanks for watching!

[@Nomadcreations]

Ah, YES!! Flat-Bedding & even Van Loads can be a Cluster-Truck Of Time/Energy Wastings as Well Going Out To The proverbial B F Egypt To TRY To Unload. .............. & then There is weather & Low underpasses & Weight Restricted Bridges That are the only Way there ( " It Should Hold Your truck bcz We Drive Ours over It nearly Every day" --- Scenario. & No True Roads & Rain. .............. Those Places only look Good In "The Rear-View Mirror!" & Nowdays You drivers have GPS's & (So-Called) Smart phones. ............. My Head-aches were back in the 1980's . I had a Highway patrolman Pull me Over an Hour away from Loading Telling Me they put the Wrong Load on me (& The Way That Deviant looking Loader appeared I sensed it was on Purpose) and so much for Wasting log Book Time.... & Each driver Has their "Unique" Stories as well!!!

[@jupitertrucking99]

ABSOLUTELY! It sounds like you can relate 100%. You nailed it with the "bridge should hold you" remark, I didn't even include that one, I didn't start taking videos until recently, but that's why there's a picture of me crossing a creek, haha. So many stories, so few ways to actually share the gut wrenching anxiety and BS that can go with each one. Thanks for checking it out!

[@Nomadcreations]

& Kudos To ALL You drivers who STILL have Patience for these fun loads. & Thanx Mr Jupiter For The Vids That are Down To Earrth, Clear & NOT BSOP Like so many Many many here On YT. Its Good also Fore Those Of us Whole Body Burn-outs (= Me = 70 Now) To Freeze Frame The Vid To "Catch Our Breaths" Bcz as Being Emapthics, ... We Are Right there with You & Wondering WTF Adventure comes In the Next video> Meant Respectfully, Objectively & a Bit Respectfully Humorous Bcz WE ALL Know Theirs another One If Not Dozens More "Waiting To happen" & trying To Belive Dispatchers to be How Close to Telling The Truth On "Specialty Loads" .. any One Know That One All too Well? :)

[@jupitertrucking99]

Thank you for the nice words, I appreciate it. Not sure what BSOP means, but I'll keep sharing the trucking world as I see and experience it!

[@m0neym0nsta92]

Rough as gutts

[@SinOjOs-Transport]

Pull a 53' stepdeck with a W990. Never boring, sometimes infuriating, scary or all laughs!

[@jupitertrucking99]

That's it! Nailed it, you've been there.

[@DirkVD63]

Is that a Dorsey trailer?

[@jupitertrucking99]

Which trailer, the step deck? It's a Reinke

[@jimdandy7323]

...that's what she said...

[@jupitertrucking99]

Nailed it

[@glindabeaven6805]

I hauling insulation for 20 years and if it haa a mail box number we would deliver to it there were many times you had to pull a rabbit out of your hat to get in and out of these places. I heard more than once well i figured you would be delivering in a straight truck l would tell them it was a straight truck that bent on one end .When you would call for directions i would ask can you get in there with a tractor trailer they would most all times tell you oh yes they come in here all the time .About 75% of the time it was a lie. Plus some of the roads l went on you didn't have any business on it with a semi so i can feel your pain .Im retired now and don't have to deal with it but i would not haved missed doing it for the world .Insulation was a lot harder job than hauling gas and auto parts but it made me a better driver thats for sure

[@jupitertrucking99]

Oh yeah, hauling insulation can do that, no doubt. I've delivered truckloads of insulation to people's backyards myself. And you're absolutely right about "we get trucks in here all the time" stories too. You know first hand what I'm talking about in the video. Thanks for watching and commenting! I'm glad you liked it.

[@BarryWoodward-kg7rw]

Come on man you throw my fence I love you already😢

[@jupitertrucking99]

Lol. That was them throwing it, I was recording. I got paid to bring it here, not be your free labor to get it off

[@richardnaysmith6040]

Call OS&D,ASAP!

[@jupitertrucking99]

OS&D! I remember those guys, good call. I did LTL back in the late 90's and early 2010's, I like home every night, but can't say that I miss the job really

[@JeffRussell-kj4bk]

Check your math, late 70’s would make it 50 years. Maybe you meant the late 90’s 😂

[@jupitertrucking99]

I guess it depends on what you consider driving! I was on my dad's lap in the mid 70's learning what to do, and my dad is still out messing around, so he's 50 years into it himself.

[@Fakeplanetbuster]

hate to break the news to you jupiter is not a cartoon ball planet !! its a wandering star !!!

[@jupitertrucking99]

@@Fakeplanetbuster ok, noted, fake planet buster. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Fakeplanetbuster]

@@jupitertrucking99 nice big carr !! best truck on the road !! not knocking what u do !! we are all about exposing the lying FREEMASON deceivers at NASA and their made up fake planets !! we where all told the same lies in their public schools !!!

[@MayorofDipshittery-lq7if]

Watching you hand ball that stuff off at the ranch, that’s an idiots way of unloading, easy way to damage the freight and the vehicle.

[@jupitertrucking99]

Yep. But it was their stuff so I let them unload it however they wanted. Just don't hit the truck.

[@WricNick]

You know the difference between a truck driver and a puppy is? The puppy quits whining after 2 months. Burned diesel for 41 years so I can tell this joke. :)

[@jupitertrucking99]

Haha, it hits a little close to home :)

[@WricNick]

@jupitertrucking99 Yeah buddy, I know you're right. Been accused of that myself once in a while. You made a really good video. Gave people a look into another world if they never pushed a steering wheel down the road. Stay safe friend. Regards.

[@jupitertrucking99]

@@WricNick Thanks man, that means a lot. Some days it's hard not to whine, but I just have to remind myself that it's better than anything else I've ever done and to shut up and be grateful.

[@WricNick]

@@jupitertrucking99 👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@mrc1539]

Started driving in 1964, have hauled just about everything that I could hook up to. The one thing that always got me is when you call the receiver and ask “ can I get in there with my truck and trailer ,and I’m close to 70 ft long” and they say “ absolutely no problem “ then when you get there you find have to screw around for a half hour just to get in and they say “ I didn’t know your truck was that big “ 😡 !

[@Hinesfeet]

Is the trailer you haul belong to you?

[@jupitertrucking99]

Yes. The step deck and the flatbed trailer are mine, they are both paid for trailers. The stretch trailer belongs to a friend who passed away last year and I rent it from his wife when needed.