I need to send this video to my dispatcher.. he sometimes has some insane ideas on how I should load my freight when I'm picking up multiple orders that are different in size and weight (like tall, heaviest pallets on the rear, or most of the weight on one side of the box) and I have to explain every single time why weight distribution is important.

I think you and your wife are great . I Really appreciate your attention to detail when you are explaining the weight distribution for this vehicle .

when I was in a freightliner M2 daycab, i never had an issue with weight at weigh stations, but it was a problem a few times going up hills because the weight wasnt distributed evenly. Good video.

I'm glad I came across this video. Thank you for explaining how and why freight should be loaded a certain way.... Thank you

Hey guys I thought I let y'all know I just finished my first three weeks with bolt express I am home until Tuesday then I go back out. If it was not for your informational videos I would not have got this job. Thank y'all for the help I am happy with my new career.

This helped a lot 👍 just got my class B and I got a job driving a straight truck transporting pallets of wine, the other day I got inspected at the scales and my front tire pressure was over the limit cause I had a full tank of gas and my heaviest pallets were at the nose of the truck, nobody else has a CDL at this company I don't think they know how to load a truck

Please keep showing how you load all your loads!!! It’s haz mat! Just got my hazmat and want to expedite too. Just not sure how you load the dangerous stuff. Explosives, Radioactive etc Thanks Billy in Oregon

hi crafty trucker, gt video. am checking out how to load my truckbed hilux. i go offroad camping for extended periods and the suspension guy gave me a 400kg payload limit but, other than saying put the weight over the back wheels, not much on where i should position the load. this may not translate directly but it is still very useful.

Thanks for the info. Good talk.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!😍😍😍 You PREACHED this! It helped me so much.👍👍👍

Very well said very detailed nice job 👍that was very informative and great advise.........I was wonder if you could do a video on how you drive your straight truck especially in mountains ⛰ and using the jack break what gear you should be in kinda a how too on going down mountains like Donner or cabbage path thanks and again greet video be safe and until next time

Thank you!!! Guys. Very important information people..

Nice job!

Thanks Jason !!

thats crazy. Thats why a pallet jack is a must so you do not waste time going back and forth to the customer.

great video. would it be ok to drive 3 months over the road for panther in a straight truck and take 1 month off? can a single driver drive a straight truck for panther?

Good info!!!

Great video!!!

Good tip thanks!

Mr Jason where were you when I had Geometry class? I have to say it again, our jobs are so similar. I don't have scales but my cargo tanks must be perfectly balanced or I can actually twist the hull if it is off. I have actually seen a small ship break its back because of unbalanced cargo tanks. Fantastic job. Have you thought about running for president?

im always leery about these long wheelbase trucks sagging in the middle over time due to the frame length and the weight that has to be carried by the 2 axles alone

good vid

Is this why most expediter type trucks I have seen, have tandem rear axles?

Do you have to stop at weighstation

Allison is an automatic trans you referred here as being light no? You are allowed 12,000 lbs on the steers (front axle)? And could you have gotten a 14,000 lbs axle (heavy duty) like you can a Mack truck? I really like that Fed X truck but major bucks to buy that baby lol... You are subject to being weighed by the DOT just as semi's are? Loved this video as I know very little about straight trucks.. Is first I really got to see the Mr. of the team, you both seem like super nice people.. As for me, I love trucks and seeing them, talking about them, old, new. lol I'm not fussy... But as I said before, you have a beautiful truck. Can't you put a separation bar across so that they do not load to far forward? Seems like a real guessing game knowing what is the heavy part of the load, if mixed it's a mixed load, heavy pallets up front and lighter ones in the back, I would assume it's hard to know what to put where as I'm sure the shipper is not going to know. Most those guys are lucky they made it thru school LOL

Thanks Jason gave me alot to think about. Say I wanted to make my sleeper in my box, would that be somthing you think I could do? An what's the biggest box you can get?

hey man! how's the job going? I used to work for them!

I've been considering working for panther but I only got experience in 73 ft tractor trailer. Do they hire drivers out of California, and if they do, are drivers required to travel/relocate to Panther terminals?

Why not spec a heavier duty front axle?

obviously, you need to upgrade your front axle to a 16k or 20k. can you even do that on a straight truck?

Jay do you secure your on load?

For fxs sake...if you can't handle the load,don't take it. Quit crying to the shipper. Any truck that can't handle a 1 ton discrepancy shouldn't be hauling freight.