Me: trailers busted. Dispatch: well just take it to a shop. Me: it's not road legal, not happening. Dispatch: just... Me: this isn't a conversation, send a service tech or find me another load.

Dispatchers learn very quickly when I say a vehicle is out of service that its out of service. I'll call the DOT myself if necessary.

Don't say you don't feel comfortable. Say it is unsafe/illegal to haul in the condition it is in. And send it in writing via text, email or other means. Just saying you don't feel comfortable makes it sound like you just don't feel like hauling it, and someone else can haul it. Saying it is unsafe/illegal makes it the company's responsibility to get it fixed before anyone hauls it.

Brokers are not your friends! They make money off your sweat! Remember that.

It's all on the driver once he pulls out ! Every driver can refuse if it's unsafe! The dispatcher would change his tune if a generator fell off onto his personal car with his wife and kids in it!

If you don't want to work, go home ... (That's what they told me...)

Trucker here. Always protect your license. Remember if you take it it’s your ass not the dispatchers

I am very proud and happy about you telling the truth about what really is happening out on the road.

My dispatchers are terrified of me, they only talked when prompted. They NEVER question me. We get along great, been working together for a long time. Never a problem.

That's why you don't hire dispatchers that doesn't have driving experiences and experience with the equipment.

These videos are great. I get mad when you get mad when dispatch is demanding

That’s some greasy stuff… best to keep yourself and everyone on the roads safe!!! But I’ve heard many stories about shady dispatch… sadly

As a cdl-a student that's taking their test this Thursday, I appreciate your videos. Gives us some idea of what to say no to. Also what to look out for. Thanks.

My CDL, my reputation, my ass. Glad I drive for a company that goes by what the driver says about safety.

At the end of the day, you’re the captain of the ship.

I deliver food to 7-11s and a manager was trying to convince me to use a trailer that had rotten fruit that had been sitting in there for a month. I flat out refused to use that trailer. Luckily there was a box truck available, so we used that instead.

These conversations make me angry. I’m the driver it’s no discussion. #FACTS

I really want to visit Johnny's office and have a heart to heart with him.

Advice from someone that has never even smelled diesel fuel!!😂😂

Good for you Mike typical dispatcher’s they don’t know squat

GOOD FOR YOU KIND SIR!!!

Some of these dispatchers need a kick in the teeth... they have absolutely no empathy...some of them have never driven a fvcking go cart muchless a tractor trailer...and the ones who are ex drivers should know better.

Never compromise on safety!

Johnny is so fricking typical of a driver manager.

How many dispatcher's have gotten driver's killed buy doing this I think they should go to prison

I wouldn't even argue. The second he said bungee I'd hang up

Stop looking at me I don't what's going on

Pay attention in school so you don't end up like this

Figures the load was in Chicago. Everything in Chicago is sketchey including their major and police department.

These people are way too clean to be truck drivers. They talk a good game but their hands aren't dirty and they don't wear a hat.

98.8k!!! Cmon!! Send Brian to the eu to drive cab overs!!

Dispatchers, the truck driver's worst enemy. Shippers loading up sketchy loads aren't the half as bad as being on a call with a dispatcher questioning every move you make. I've had the, "Are you here conversations?" The other conversation I've had, "Ok I wasn't aware you had a CDL.", or "Who has a CDL here?" That usually makes them back off. Benefits of being a Union Truck Driver.

That's a good tip

6 hours DH to pick up a load is insane. I'm assuming he says it as a joke in each of his vids, but I always catches my ear lol

as a dispatcher its kind of crazy seeing vids like these, i cant believe they talk to their clients like that lol, when i get new carriers they always tell me " ill take any load you give me boss" and i tell them noooooo i work for you tell me what areas your willing to go to like i cater to them hahaha

This is trucking people plain and simple

😂😂This must be a joke😂 securing with bangee 😂😂😂

He's never going anywhere in life 🤣

Reminds me of my first ever flatbed load. Good ole Western Express.

If you can't find bungee cords ...... use rubber bands.

That sounds more like a broker

Ask for him to put his bungee cord solution in writing. Lol works every time

good advice on this video.

way to tell him. tell him to go explain that to the DOT officer. I'm sure he'll understand and let him go on his way

Safety comes first. We don't need final destination with generators

The driver should be compensated and the place he's getting it from should reimburse the dispatcher

Driver looks at the camera like.. "look mom no hands"!! And loses this load.

I’ve had to abandon so many units and walk home because I wasn’t allowed to say no. Not like the laws there to back us up without causing us to go homeless in lawyer fees

If it looks bad it is bad. I had dot come out a few times to tell the boss like hell it’s going anywhere

Busta straight busta

Yeap thats totally a dispatcher thing to say *Grab some bungie's*

Just hit em with the let me talk to safety

Litterally happened to me in WV. After my manager failed to convince me to take the trailer, he sent a mechanic. Turns out the brake chambers were busted. There's concern for a reason.

"We only have these problems when you are driving" what I was told when I was slip seating in a g class tow truck, and one brake pad and half a rotor were smoked off when I started my shift

This the tipacal manager today.

Where’s your seatbelt?!?

Failure to secure load i believe can be cited for

Seems to me that all conversations should be recorded so that all these "I don't care, just break the law/regulations" demands are secured in evidence

I had a couple of times I had to say no to driving unsafe equipment. The first time the sliding tandems had become partially disconnected from the trailer only one pin was holding the tandems to the trailer. The second time I had a flat on a steer tire when I was pulling a loaded tanker. Dispatch tried to get me to make my delivery about 6 hours away I limped it to a tire shop nearby and I still had to wait 6 hours for a new tire.

I'm so glad I'm by the hour & my boss pays me to fix whatever I have to, Charge it to the company account if I need parts. I wouldn't put up with that

Great video.

Been there, done that

My dam recap is pealing off my rear tractor tire . Told road rescue I’m not moving this truck till someone comes and replaces my tire .

Sounds about right

I’m paid hourly hehehehe

A company that does not preplan...

That's why the safety guy needs be a ex driver at this point you don't even call dispatch you call safety ( I he or she a real safety person not a yes person ) and let them explain the straution!!! Worked for a flatbed comp and safety was amazing!!! That also keeps you good with the dispatcher

Just add a call and call the safety department and hash it out on a three way call. Safety and compliance won’t be happy with a dispatcher telling you to endanger the public and expose the company to such liability... it should be very entertaining.😂

My company gives us an e tire box of straps so thats not an issue,road service will take care of anything else

Breaker one nine oduck here, check out Koch trucking flat bed division. You haul Cummings generators but have broker loads to return to Minneapolis MN with not enough tarps straps , and winch ties on step decks. You have no head ache rack on trucks and not enough storage on trailers for straps chains binders ect. You carry equipment in side your truck and if you refuse you get fired.

must have been generac lmao

That’s called coercion. The FMCSA handbook prohibits it

And always keep your trlr. Always.

It true truck driver are their responsibility for the load. If they believe it unsafe they have right to refuse to take the load. Dot fines can start at $50 and go up from there. In my state if you don't have tire chains during winter it cost you $450 to 650+ per tire. It not a joke dot can shut you down. I save trucker from get that huge fine. A $300 now vs $450+ in fines and probably lost of your commercal drivers license aka cdl C or B or A sometimes AA, by looks in this video he has class A license. Always make sure load and you are safe and the public as well.

What kind of owner operator is working at a company with force dispatch anyway? “I dont feel comfortable” no. It’s just no. “Why?” I’m not pulling it, that’s why, find me something else. Dispatchers work for the owner op, it’s not the other way around. Your job is to dispatch, not tell me what I can and can’t do. You’re a professional at finding loss and getting me the best price, I’m a professional when it comes to driving and securing cargo. Let me do my job and you do yours.

most dispatchers talked to no nothing about driivng a truck

Yay! Intelligence wins out over do it with a rubber band!

My dispatcher does not pull this crap, among other reasons her hubby a O/O OTR.

It's not hard to say "no" when you know or feel you are right about something.

Hey Mike you're fired

Had a rush storm Kroger load once…the trailer I picked up discovered it had a leaking/cracked air tank during my pre trip and it was -F and those mfers told me to drag it up the road so I said nope and they told me itd be 3 hours to change it out I said that’s fine I’ll wait…dispatcher called and said pull over to the dock we’ll reload you on another trailer…okay…2 hours later I pull out and get to my delivery 5 hours late due to the delays and they had the refer sections all outta wack…all because the last person that pulled that trailer must not have cared the air tank was leaking considerably.

Compensated for your time? Are you getting paid to haul the load? Yeah? So you are already being compensated!

You cant be forced to use defective equipment

Don’t you chain generators?

So he's teaching the correct way to address the issue and HOW TO PROFESSIONALLY SET YOUR BOUNDARIES.... RIGHT????

As a flat bed driver, why don't you have a headache rack with chains and binders or straps in your cargo box?

Sometimes your job is to tell those that are giving you orders no.

Common sense of a driver on drop and hook is take what you need off the dropped trailer never call dispatch with something simple

Who would drive for an outfit that has flatbeds in the fleet but doesn't carry a bunch of extra straps with them?

Today I booked a load for my carrier I got the rate con and each and everything . Later When my driver reached at pickup the load was over sized in width. When I called the broker to tell that load is over sized she said I am disclosing you from the load and and when I asked for the TONU she stopped replying me. Even their company is not replying me They are Fifth wheel freight. What am I supposed to do now? is there any possible way to get rid of this issue?

as a driver you should have spare straps and chains

owners don't have dispatchers

Dispatchers can afford Breitling watches?

😀😀😀 use a couple of vines off the tree u should be good

I am your 100,000 subscriber

What type of truck driver does have straps or chains

It's up to you if you want to be put out of service and fucking up your PSP. Never listen to dispatch if equipment all screwed up

Dude I agree with the dispatcher on use bungee cords me and my dad one time had to hall a close to a ton load on are truck and I said F it we are using bungie cords and it did not move the whole 2 hour journey. Next time just trust them.

ask your dispatch to ride on trailer and hold it

If your doing flatbed loads you should really have ten straps and at least four chains in your truck.