trucking across America solo - 16hr drive

Alright, I'm in Denton, Texas. I have to travel here through Illinois and through Indiana to write about this. It is very close to Toledo. It's called a lucky Ohio. It's a two-day trip. It has more than a thousand miles. 1145 crazy miles and they just finished, they gave me the green light so I'm ready. I finished charging it and they are actually very fast. I've only been here like an hour and they already have this whole thing full, which is amazing because I remember before at a certain company that I won't name, it took them 10 hours 10 hours to load the trailer, it was ridiculous, oh man, it's barely even full, that's why eh, that's why they were so fast.

I need to put it. put straps on it here, otherwise while I'm driving the whole thing bounces around someone. I have to put a strap on that, uh, but first, oh foreigner, I haven't had a route this long and probably since I started traveling in trucks. I remember the biggest load I ever got was like over 2000 miles from I think it was Montana to Indiana. It took me about four or five days. It was crazy. One mile. Turn right onto i-35w. Here we go. The good thing about getting deliveries is that they are huge. I usually get deliveries that are about 400 to 500 miles long, but with this one they give me a lot of time to deliver because it's such a long delivery that I have so much time to

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when I want to be able to schedule my work days, which is fantastic, so I'm going to

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from 1 a.m. m. to 1 p.m. m. or maybe midnight to noon, that's the time I like to drive because there's no one on the road, it's just quiet.

I literally just relax, that's nice, let's say how you merge onto a highway, go people, and now you slow down when you merge onto a highway, when you're a fucking semi, you have to time it perfectly, yeah, wait. let them come by now, go, go 37 39 41 40. 46. ah, they're passing me, they're passing me oh, we're up to date now, yeah, so, like I was saying, merge with a highway and a truck, geez, naughty , that? I usually like it when I'm on the entrance ramp. I like to stay steady at 20 to 30 miles per hour and during that time I'm just looking at the road waiting for an opening and then as soon as I see, you know.

I'm fucking on the floor, what is this guy doing? Oh yeah, she's stopping. Oh yeah, stay right there, my boy, I've got cars on my left, it's okay, you see me, it's okay, he stopped on the grass, smart man, smart man, I think I'm going to finish maybe two o'clock three o'clock if I could take a 10 hour break 10 11 12 1 the last I can stay out is three o'clock and then I could still drive uh the time I won 1am, but do I? I want to take a 10 hour break or I want to take a longer break. I don't think I have much to do.

I'll take a 10-hour break, three hours at 60 miles per hour is 180 miles. I need to find a place to sleep within 180 miles okay Garmin truck stop along my route ourselves would you like to scroll down scroll down scroll down scroll down how many truck stops there are, scroll down, there are so many 196. Would it be okay, two start a new route to Lowe's Oklahoma? Oklahoma left lane ends my finances, okay people, I know this stays here, this is a mine, no I don't think this is a lane. I'm going to move just in case ever, yeah, ends well, good move, Alex, why is this? guy who goes 61 miles an hour, oh my god, he's 56 years old.

What the hell, he sees a truck behind him and slows down to 56 miles per hour, that's Daryl, that was a Daryl as he comes, why is everyone going? It's 58 miles per hour. Oh my god, this is the reason why I like to drive at night, these idiots, oh my god, so yeah, like I was saying, this is how I like to drive, like seeing how everyone is in a group there, everyone They are grouped. I like to slow down. 60 usually 64. and then everyone just passes me and then I rev it, turn on the turbos and fall behind now I have to wait like a damn 10 minutes for the cars behind me to pass and then I can pass.

I have to be the last one. one to pass otherwise the cards behind me become patient and then as I pass there is a small gap that will cut me off and then they will cause an accident like now come on white car come on pass no. Kill me, no, no, we can go 62 miles an hour, why is it going 62? 62 miles an hour right, there's no way, oh, slow down, holy man, I'm not paying attention, the car ended up in the damn barrier and then this damn guy almost crashed into them because he wasn't paying attention, holy man cow, where is he? exit 498 what uh perfect half worth four mile tickets at 500 on the right corner for an event 372 no I'm supposed to turn left first do you really want me to go through that hassle why are you telling me to make a u turn ? okay stay there turning left why do you want me to go there why don't I go there and this one tells me to make a U turn again why does he tell me to go south I need to go north I'm going from Texas to Ohio Why do you want me to go south?

I'm not going south. I'm going to follow Google Maps. That makes no sense. Go south to go north. No, I want to follow Google Maps. This is going to get me through that mess. I'm not going to go through that trouble. I need to get to the highway first. Where is the ramp without a ramp? Yes, why do you want me to take this exit? Continue on I-35 North for once. something is trying to ruin me wants me to go south to go north he wants to take no, no, I'm at our weigh station, the sign said to go into the weigh station even though I have 15,000 pounds of stuff in my trailer.

I mean, I'm as light as a feather. I like your reference, I think 45,000 pounds is the maximum amount of stuff you can put in your trailer and be a legal weight. I'm £15,000 so it's like why are they why? I'm being attracted to why? Well, that was for no reason. I have to figure out how the hell, ah, there's an opening, see, there's no one, this is the biggest opening, here we go, that's another reason I drive at night now. because those places weigh stations are not open, that's why many truckers drive at night. I don't know for sure, but it's supposedly rumored that truckers who exceed the legal weight of 80,000 pounds or just don't do it. they want to weigh themselves and stop at a truck stop and get on those scales to make sure they are legal they supposedly drive at night because those places aren't open and that's why they don't get a ticket, that's just what I heard, although I don't I don't know , the only thing I will say is that I see a lot of trucks going 80 miles an hour and 65.

At night, that's all I will say. I do not know where I am. A GPS ran me off the road randomly. I am now in a very small town, Farmland Place. I don't know why I didn't stay on the road, although I don't know. I wonder what it will be like to live here. This is a very small town that lives within a half mile. turn left onto West Hall Avenue and then take the third right into the damn center of town. I think the GPS wants to take me on the scenic route, okay, which I don't mind like that.

This is great, it's interesting. What's that? a cook from a flower shop, Carson sales service, oh my God, it's an old-time appliance store, oh my God, you don't see those, we don't see this and there's a policeman right behind me, then take the third on the right. The GPS tells me to turn left here. but there is a policeman behind me. I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to go down that way, so jaywalking, you're at the jaywalk right in front of a cop, arrest him, dress that foreigner and then take the first right, I think that this the guy wants to stop me he's trying to find something I can do wrong we'll probably do it because I'm just a truck going downtown probably the reason he's following me is because oh don't tell me those are the lubs I was supposed to stop at maybe that's why he brought me here.

He thinks it's the lowest level, but it's a gas station. There's a policeman right in front of me. He turned around. There is a Sonic. You know, it's an old town. Turn right onto I-35 North. when you see Sonic, go crazy, no way, this is a fucking traffic jam. He wanted to take me, go ahead, I see you keep going, he took me down the back roads into a traffic jam, I need to cut in front of someone, man. New truck, although I got behind this guy who was in the worst nightmare traffic for a trucker, this is a uh, well, it's not a new truck, but like new to me, I had to get rid of my old truck because that thing was having trouble with the electrical wiring aligning the trailer so I Finally said effort just turn it on so this one has 57,000 miles on it it's pretty much the same as the other one and it's the same 2022 Kenworth T680 it's the same but I don't know if it's me or maybe it's coming after the holidays. to Las Vegas and I haven't driven in a while but the engine brake on this one like you know what semi trucks were like when they break them down that to me sounds louder on this one maybe it's just me or maybe it's because I finally cleaned up my Ears, but I don't know, it makes me feel manly, but we don't need a destination, let's go wherever the river takes us.

Crossing the country, letting go of everything but ourselves. If we hold firm, we can chase the Mississippi through the night. miles away why do you say the truck stop is fine? Oh, there's a sign. Alright. I thought he was taking me to the wrong place for a second. It's like there are no damn cups here. You better give in and grab eggs on 120. towards Southeast 89th Street. then take the second left, oh yeah, yeah, it's a truck stop or a gas station. You see a truck there, but usually the love signs are much taller than that.

Okay, my GoPro died, so I basically left Denton Texas. I'm practically in the middle of Oklahoma right now, which I know doesn't seem like I've gone very far, but it's incredibly far, okay, it's also incredibly hot. By the way, I'm at a Love truck stop, it's 102 degrees right now. Why do I have the damn air conditioning on full blast? It's so hot. I had the air conditioning on, like the front ones, the front fans are running on the rear fans, everything, even the Apu, everything is on, just very hot, okay and um, yeah, I'm here. make sure to like and subscribe to all of that and we'll see you in the next video bye.