This job works for me. I'm single divorced. My personality likes solitude. I make a good living. I have total freedom to do what I want, where I want to go. I do my own thing. I love the lifestyle and moving keeps me alive. If I stop, I die.

Trucker life isn’t for everyone. I’m an introvert and I’d love to be a trucker. I remember driving from Chicago to NY in my car and I loved it. Just me, my thoughts and my car.

You guys get all of my respect. Thank you for driving.

Going on 7 years for me. I could not go back to normal job. The calmness of not dealing with coworkers and what you might call normal life, is impossible to comprehend unless you do this.

I’m a wife of a trucker I used to work in healthcare. Being on the road feels so good now I’m working on getting my CDL it might take a while but it’s definitely going to be worth it !

As a trucker, I've learned that in this business you can have time or money, but you can't have both!

I’ve been a A truck driver for 45 years it’s a job that I have loved and hated. It is a job that is normally thankless as he said at one time people respect to Truckers now you get very little of that, but there is something to be said about delivering the load successfully and getting onto the next. It can be a lonely life but it can also be an exciting non-boring life I have made great money in the trucking business and I am also bit poor. I can honestly say I have got to see some of the most beautiful things North America hast offer. Now when I look back I would say without a doubt I would do it again. Mostly because of truck drivers they are a different breed and I am proud to call myself one of them. It is not an easy job and it takes you from the ones that you love but it is one of the most important jobs on the planet

I once spent 22 hours total waiting to get unloaded , that was my last day a reefer trucker. Flatbed and tanker work is way better.

"Life on the road is long hours, hard work, and time away from home. But, with smart investing in the financial market, you can turn miles into money. Grow your wealth, achieve financial freedom, and make the open road a path to prosperity. Invest wisely, drive smart!"

As a former driver (2005-2017) on American highways, this report is accurate. I drove 1.2 million miles without a major accident. I eventually decided it was not for me, and I went on to be a 'home services' contractor and did things to people's homes that they did not want to do themselves. It's a hard industry to leave, which is often why you see guys driving until they retire or die. Imagine yourself becoming a 'man out of time' and seeing over a 10 year period your country decaying around you. If you stop driving, everyone calls you an 'old man' and incapable of understanding contemporary social or political issues. How insulting. To have served so well, and then to be called a 'nobody' by someone elses asshole children.

NO! 2 hours isn't the norm., for the time it takes to load or unload a truck. It does depend on where you go. At smaller places, the norm maybe 2 hours, but at Walmarts and grocery warehouses the norm is 8-10 hours to load or unload

Much respect for you brother.

Been an OTR Trucker for 25 years and I will say you cannot learn anything about trucking unless you actually spend time on the road. The times have changed used to be truckers were respected; now not so much, used to be people gave truckers room, now they speed past and hit their brakes (going for an insurance claim; real shit that happens) and people just plain cutting off truckers. This not to say that truckers are blameless; I have seen truckers do some stupid stuff no doubt; from speeding, to in the old days, running 3 or more logbooks (old school truckers know what I'm talking about) to not having control going down a mountain and a huge part of the issue is the training the new driver gets BEFORE they ever go out with a trainer. Then there is the Government(s) both State and Federal that make trucking a serious pain in the ass with the laws the politician's pass; I have noticed the laws do not apply to pick-ups pulling trailers or to motorhomes that also pull trailers. I could go on and on but this is a good stopping point.

I miss driving a truck so much. Had a back surgery and could never drive again. Most of them are automatics now... crazy.. God Bless you sir and Family everyone here..Amen

I always thought that I'd love driving a truck. Thank you for what you do...

Awesome video - can't wait to share it with my high school Logistics students!

Tough and under appreciated job.

God Bless all of you guys You guys are amazing

Good information. Thanks

Thanks for the video

my personal life is a failure but im a great trucker so it works out

I’m from englewood in Chicago il best decision I’ve ever made was trucking.I can take care of my children and plan for the future as well with them and it definitely kept me out of trouble and helped me move up a tax bracket I love what I do it’s hard at first but with proper discipline it’s worth it!!

I hear some drivers talk about not being home enough. Well my last home time was November of 2022 and I'm still on the road. That's right 13 months

SHOUT OUT TO ALL TRUCKERS. Love ❤️ you guys. So unappreciated. God bless all of you.

Excellent informative video!

Respect.

God bless you all and keep you safe!

I work for Mack trucks. That's a beautiful rig right there. Roll on brother!

That was good slice of our lives, we run! This guy has his shit together! Way to go!

respect to you chap keep up the good work from the uk

Love Trucking. Will never stop. Love getting g paid to see the states

Thank you for your service .

Thank you for the service you provide to our country.

I've spent half of my life as a truck driver. I graduated truck driving school just before my 22nd birthday in 2001. This video is correct, but very incomplete. To start with, you must go to a 150 driving school to get your license for apx $10k, with a very few exceptions which results in you starting your career working for a horrible huge company as essentially an endentured servant for 1 year of sheer he'll for virtually no money. You miss holidays, birthdays, social events, and etc. Eventually, your friends forget all about you and speak of you in past tense, your wife becomes someone you visit for 3 days a month and speek to on the phone for half an hour a day. You will inevitably be a thousand miles away when you get a call that one of your parents is dieing and you should rush home immediately only to call your dispatcher and be told, "We don't have a load going that way." "We can get you to Atlanta in about five days. Maybe you can rent a car or something from there.". You'll find yourself trying to sleep at night next to a refrigerated trailer that's louder than a Harley Davidson with no exhaust revving all night while lying there wondering why the hell you put yourself through this to pay for a mortgage on a house you don't live in and to make the payment on a car you don't drive, but both of which you need to spend two days fixing when you get home for your three days this month. Then, if you're especially unlucky, your wife tells you that she's 3 months pregnant and you are elated, then start doing the math and realize you weren't home at all three months ago. You manage to get a few hours of sleep, then get up I'm the middle of the night to drive for 11 hours through a snowstorm up and down terrifying mountains and get randomly pulled over and harassed by state troopers for a "DOT inspection", where said idiot cop that has knever driven a truck in his life, decides to make a big deal about how you don't Cary extra fuses and notes it on your inspection, destroying your CVSA score and putting your career in jeopardy even though your truck doesn't have fuses, but instead circuit breaker style fuses that you can just reset, then you get to the shipper after spending 30 minutes at the side of the road with the idiot co, 30 minutes on the phone with your company's safety department and another 30 minutes qt a truckstop trying to fax a copy of the inspection to your company at $2 per page which you can't afford to spend and you get to the shipper 30 minutes late only to be told "you'll have to call dispatch and be rescheduled for tomorrow", they don't allow overnight parking of course, so you'll have to drive to the ridiculously small pilot truck stop and pay another $15 you don't have for a "reserved" spot and another $15 for a shower and maybe $5 more for 2 beers you can hug in the shower, if that idiot cop doesn't see you, just so you can sleep with the noise of the damned refrigerated trailers parked next to you. Then repeat it all over again like Groundhogs Day for 20 years. That's what it's really like to drive a truck. All in all, I wish I'd knever started driving because no one will ever hire me to do anything else now except drive. Once you start climb in and crank the truck for the first time your a prisoner of the highway hated by all and a nuisance to be treated like an ATM and disrespected by almost everyone.

It takes a whole lot to be an over the road driver. I've been doing it for over 38 years now.

Enjoyed the video chap... Great video..

If you’re single with no family this is a worthwhile. If you’re married and needy for your family this is a horrible idea. That simple.

I’m in IT but have always appreciated the work Truckers do. They work way harder honestly than I do.

God bless our truckers. 🇺🇸

Don't pat Walmart on the back too much about paying their drivers well. Walmart treats outside drivers like crap, like 2nd. class citizens. Maybe that's the reason they can pay their drivers so well. They screw outside carriers and drivers out of their time and money.

Being a trucker was a hard life. But I loved the freedom of the road and seeing the country and I enjoyed helping get people what they need one mile at a time. 🚛🇺🇸

Thank you for the insight, I'm sure there's a lot more involved and you only had a few minutes to go over things. I can only imagine how difficult this job really is, especially if you have a family but I can see this being a good job for someone single. You have a very good attitude and I'm sure that goes a long way. This seems like it can be a fun job in a way as long as you are out in the open roads and not in congested ones but doing this day in and day out can get to you after a while I'm sure so thanks to all the gals and guys that do this so the store shelves are never empty. Take care out there, all of you and keep on trucking ! :)

Don't ever get into trucking if you have a wife and kid, it's a great job for a guy who wants to be alone the rest of his days and live in the truck as not to pay rent.

Big fan big brother ❤❤❣🔥

So true everything he is saying.I’m an OTR Trucker & the worst part is leaving my family,my home & my animals.Atleast I can talk to them anytime with todays technology.

You only end up a couple days without talking to anybody from home? Hell I went 2 years straight without talking to anybody from home or even going home while I was working in the Northeast for Swift Enterprises, Us Xpress, doing cabinet deliveries to 5-10 lumber yards that took anywhere from as little as 50 miles to as much as 500+ miles to get to each stop and delivering 10-40 cabinets per stop that weighed from 50lb-250lb unloading them unassisted manually that were stacked from floor to ceiling, non-palletized, and from nose to door. Typical temps were all below freezing during those years from 2018-2020 during the polar vortex periods. I had to track the pickup trailer loading status for readiness, the amount of boxes per stop, the hours of service mandates, speed limits and road conditions, vehicle maintenance during below freezing conditions, and so much more. This is just two of the five years that I've been driving. You can't even imagine the kind of hell that we have been through us truck drivers.

Been doing it along time. Bitter sweet...

I love this kinda isolation

God bless you sir

Dude I literally feel everything he’s saying

keeping us going

i really admire truck driving

This guy is lucky. I don't make enough money to go home every week. Or even close. I'm typically out 4 to 6 weeks to keep food on the table at home. Worst mistake I made, was staying with the same trucking company too long.

And your office view changes every minute that I used to like my trucking life, now retired after 30 years,most in the Canadian oilfield, which was great money,safe travels to all the drivers out there!

Remember the lock down???😊 that was beautiful 😍 only truckers on the road that was so nice. Whata time to be alive lol

TRUCKERS should all get 100k a year minimum

I respect truckers!

Ive been a heavy hauler for 8 years your time spent at the shipper or receiver is totally up to you i prefer night driving unfortunately the only 2 states that allow 24/7 movement for OD is TN and KY without a escort anyways

Thank you News Nation for covering truck drivers! I am a female driver and trucking is a very unappreciated job but us truckers love our job anyway!

I'm been driving trucks since 09, i did over the road on the northeast on and off for 6 years and i loved it at first but pandemic screwed everything. I'm back driving local, getting payed hourly and home in my bed with my wife every night. Do i miss it? Yes i do but i don't miss the headaches behind it.

very cool we love our truckers

I was going to drive a truck just for one summer… That was 34 years ago still out here lol

From NC. represent Babyyy!! Atleast with Trucking we don’t got a manager breathing all over our backs 8-5😂can also eat when we feel like it!

Great video my friend

LMAO…That isn’t even 1% of what it is truly like to be a trucker.

No job is worth missing your kids growing up. It’s not like truck drivers get million dollar salaries.

I wished they quit saying they get paid by the mile. Cents x distance in miles is one determinant of how much a load pays. Another is percentage. Either way, for that specific amount of money a driver agrees to perform the labor needed to transport a load from A to B. That includes pre-trips, post-trips, fueling, record-keeping both as required by business as well as regulatory compliance, and, of course, driving. Even a drop-and-hook requires a certain amount of time. A live load or unload takes longer, but a driver has to weigh that against what the haul pays. It's only when a serious imbalance develops between time waiting and compensation that a driver has reason to complain . At this point, my suggestion would be to get on the phone and inform your boss or broker that you would expect to have the value of your time respected with the addition of extra compensation. But to me that situation is academic. I drive on the clock and get paid from when i start to when I leave the truck and everything in between. I wouldn't want it any other way,.

The worry i always have is what if you have a heart attack or something else happens while you’re out on the road. No one else there to save you, it’s a nightmare potentially

I did it for 8 long years . No money can bring me back to the life .

Get a local job your home ever day no weekends anything over 8 hours is overtime. There is NOT a DRIVER SHORTAGE!!!! Its lack of PAY!!!

I've been an o.t.r trucker for 25 years before retiring. Got divorced, missed most of important birthdays, events. Its a sacrifice i've made knowing that my familly would be well and bills would be paid. I missed out on many things but it is the life i lived. No regrets!

Love the content , I would like to repost this video on a diff platform if that’s okay

Some problems in trucking: crooked brokers, incompetent and pooly equipped shippers/receivers/unpaid waiting time, lack of parking, e-logs and the 14 hour rule and loads that only exist on the computer-not on the dock when you arrive. Good points-see the country, freedom, and still feel the 'cowboy' life.

Not all heroes wear capes..

Verry good❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Just a hunch but I think the guy hasn’t been doing it very long.

It really is heartbreaking when they leave I know this because my dad is a long haul trucker

When I was driving , night time driving was the best.

Trucking is what you make it.

That's why I do and stay as a local truck driver..home every day....probably make as much if not more a week then otr or regional.

When I first start driving! I’d love to do cross country hauls, long hauls and even into Canada but maybe once I get married and have kids I’ll probably just try to run east coast, or stay within my state or tri state area! I’m still waiting til I turn 21 lol then I can maybe try to start with Roehl Transport!

Oh yeah night driving is the best. Hammer down 🚛🚛🚛

02:25 Let's stop for a minute to appreciate this oddity of a fuel stop. This stop has a dedicated, high=speed fuel pump for trucks, but no satellite pumps. It's a quick and convenient stop, but he's taking up all the space on his side, blocking access to both gas pumps. Also I doubt that this place offers showers, should he want to clean up or just use the toilet for a while. But hey, whatever works.

Nice AD

Hmm! He's actually right about trucking! I was leased to a company pulling a reefer wagon for 3 1/2 of my 20yrs behind the wheel. I was out 4 weeks at time if you've got a family. Drivers certainly miss out on alot. Ppl don't realize or care. What it costs to supply the many grocery stores across the country. #SMH 😡

Roll on Truckers. American economy's Backbone.Respect

I don’t like people so it may be for me

Trucking is a very lonely job, it’s not for everyone. If you don’t have a family and don’t mind the boredom then you’ll be fine.

You get paid by the mile and only legally allowed to drive limited miles per day. I respect these guys, they keep the nation running.

No compensation for standing still. And that’s why people bail on the industry. You are literally on the clock but making zero money.

Truckers are the backbone of America!

It’s definitely a hard life I had to do more regional back home everyday and just do smart investment to make up for what you’re not making while long hauling

Stop blocking the left lane for miles, to pass a truck you're going 2 mph faster than.

I have a question for the truckers. At what point is it worth it to stay in a hotel or motel as opposed to sleeping inside your truck at a truck stop or rest stop? Is there a need to house truck drivers for say 3 to 5 nights in a rental similar to an AirBNB?

Companies should reward incentives to good drivers. 👍

I will go to the USA next year ..i will b a truck driver..i like this job..hope to know more information about this job in USA

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.... The name of that truck should be called empty pockets😂

A week on the road. I want that job. Its a regional gig obviously

It's more like a lifestyle😎

Good