Thank you! Happy you like the videos. LA is great to spend time in but not driving a truck and trailer. Traffic is crazy. I thought Miami was bad until I drove in LA 🤣

Hey, thank you for the positive feedback. One time when I have plenty extra time I can do a more thorough securement video. Everytime I’m loading I’m always in a rush to hit the road because I’m always pressed for time plus making videos while loading takes away some time too. I will try to do it in the near future. Donuts were amazing 😁👍🏻🍩

@Mr.AlexKogan Hey man I completely understand. Hook and book. The videos you do are already very much into depth on the securement. Keep the videos coming. I'll be pulling the plug this next year on truck and trailer just saving up to pay cash for less overhead. I'll take all the videos and info I can get till then. Great job out there bud looking forward to the next video👍👍

@@alvinmann7675 Thank you! Appreciate ya 👍🏻

​@@Mr.AlexKogan do you need a CDL driver

@@CaptainAmerica-cy2kd Not at this time.

Thanks! 🤣 Donuts don’t smell the truck up like some other fried food would. I do it once a week so it’s not too bad. 👍🏻👍🏻

Good morning. Still in Cali. Still early here. Hoping to be out of here today. That donut spot was amazing. Food and donuts were delicious, the mini car meet was great. Yeah the straps usually need to be twisted if the load is taller and the straps stretch long with nothing against them, if that makes sense. Otherwise they start vibrating from the wind. 👍🏻

@@Mr.AlexKogan do you only use your dispatching service or do you sometimes look at the DAT and truckstop load boards? I’m just curious to see if there’s any difference between the two if it’s worth it or if it’s better to just pay the fee to a dispatching service

@@tg9388 Majority of the time it’s my dispatcher getting my loads. I also use the Truckstop load board because sometimes I may see something that my dispatcher doesn’t. He also uses Truckstop, DAT and I’m not sure if any others. It’s well worth having a dispatcher because it’s very hard to look at load boards while driving and booking loads if you see any.

@@Mr.AlexKogan thanks for sharing that super important advice!!!!

I first saw the strap twisting first on Trucker Dan..@@Mr.AlexKogan

I never knew what type of prices box trucks get per mile but I try to be no less than $2 per mile. Sometimes depending on the situation you have to accept a little lower price just to change your location because sometimes for instance being out west it’s a bit harder to get out of that area.

I honestly can’t answer that because I don’t know.

Thank you! I keep my diet strict through out the week and splurge on the weekend. 👍🏻

Thank you! Really appreciate ya!🙏

I like that comment about the donut 👍🏻🤣 I was pretty much a few miles away from you. I stopped at the flying J in Ontario. Swung by TA but they charge $30 a night to park. Next time I’ll take you up on that offer to see the best food. 👍🏻

You are welcome! Thanks for watching and supporting the channel. Unfortunately at this time I am not giving out my dispatch info.

That I don’t know about.

Спасибо! Рад что вам нравится видео. 👍🏻

Thank you! It all depends if you’re buying new or used equipment. No less than $15k for sure. You also have to pay first and last months insurance up front and that’s not cheap.

I don’t give that info out. Sorry.

Hey! Yeah depending on the load. Heavy load isn’t as bad as a tall load. Average is 10 mpg

I remember my parent's 1972 Mercury Monterey station wagon with a 429 got 9 miles to the gallon on the highway@@Mr.AlexKogan

@@Rex-gu1oh if I have a load on the trailer that’s low, I can get 11-11.5 mpg.

I do not scale after each load because that would get expensive and really no reason to do that. My trailer can hold 15k so majority of the weight has to be closer to the axles. I try to limit the weight in front of the trailer because the heavier you go in front the more uncomfortable the ride will be. So heaviest over the axles of the trailer and a little in front. Also I limit the weight on the tail of the trailer because they also makes for an uncomfortable ride.

@@Mr.AlexKogan thank you amigo

That makes this game so much harder. For the drivers. By the time you get through to a broker, you find out someone beat you to the load already. I’m not sure how drivers book a load on the internet though. That’s on another level to be able to book it online so fast.

@@Mr.AlexKogan the big brokers have your own portal for carriers to book loads they. I would assume carriers must have x amount of trucks to book but I’m not sure.

@@Jason.Cruise Maybe. 🤷‍♂️

Truckstop

For now I don’t give out my dispatcher info.

600-700

I asked and they said no. It was glass doors.

Unhook the truck stop. Put a lock on it. There are plenty unhooked trailers at truck stops. You’ll go crazy sitting at a Truckstop all day.

@@Mr.AlexKogan do they charge to leave it there?

@@nobassnoclass5056 No. most truck stops say no dropped trailers but drivers still do it. Some states are more strict. Sometimes I find security that monitors the lot and ai talk to them about it saying I want to go workout and go to Walmart. Usually they are cool about it.

That’s nice. Having your wife as a dispatcher will save you money vs paying a dispatcher.

Thank you! When they are delicious they go down easy. 🙏👍🏻

Hi. Both. I have a dispatcher and I use a load board app.

It does have it but I don’t like to use it. I use regular cruise control only.

@@Mr.AlexKoganwhy don’t you like ? You don’t trust it ?

@@mmmddd5345 Exactly. I don’t trust it. It is a computer after all.

40ft

Great!👍🏻

40 FT but it’s not a Bigtex. I have a PJ trailer with air ride.

I get regular blood work. I check my blood pressure. I check my blood sugar after donuts. I’m on top of my game. Once a week is not going to clog my arteries. I eat clean and strict throughout the week. I exercise too 💪🏻👍🏻🍩

I don’t really have a number in my head. Time will tell. Hopefully not anytime soon.

I have 108k. I had my DPF filter replaced around 20k miles. That’s about it.

So when the wind hits them, they don’t rattle.

@@Mr.AlexKogan oh wow!! That is awesome! I suppose it works?

@@LOGANDOUGLAS-kf7ly Yes. I’m mot sure how but it does. Of the load is low then you do t have to twist it but if the straps have a long stretch then you want to twist them.

I only have the back parts of the back seat. The bottom seat parts are out and I have a frame with a mattress.

@@Mr.AlexKogan o ok couldn't tell just saw the back rest of the seats and thought the whole seat was there

@@darrellle4967 Watch this video. I show my sleeper setup. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qN57YNJorKnLgac.htmlsi=6RrmYohU-_h7sXjJ

Sure have. I do it all the time when I eat donuts 😁👍🏻

Ok. Thank you!

I’m not sure what you are referring to. 🤷‍♂️

Yeah, but the probability in Cali is si much higher.... stay humble.

​@@kol5300oh yeah cause people like you. Stay humble.

That's right! I'm happy that you appreciate that ☺️

True but Cali is a place where chances of it being towed or stolen are much higher. 👍🏻

@@StrangeTimesNearu lack intelligence for a peckerwood