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  • Alot of dropped trailers taking up space their. I have been to that stop and it is hard to find parking there.

  • @KC7UAM It sure is..

  • well if they'd get that abandoned cab heating system out of the way they'd get all those spaces back. who thought that they could make money by charging truckers for heat? especially when it's cheaper just to run the motor. I knew that that outfit would lose it's shirt.

  • @kdraper2007 pretty much, huh

  • figures... not a spot around...

  • @clipdan I know! I hate that!!! ;(

  • @amusichound I don't mind running my comment board at all! : )

  • @amusichound I'm working on one...Just need to add a finishing touch. It's all about trucking ... Good luck with Swift! Have you been following BigCatTrucker??? He's here on youtube..

  • I"ve been here so many times, Zoetoots! Thanks for bringing back the memories. 

  • @hanvwjPRODUCTIONS You are welcome! HOPE you and your family are doing good!!!! 

  • @amusichound Thank you for that.....You make me wanna make a video. : ) It sounds like its in your blood! AWESOME!!

  • @amusichound haha! Cool, can't wait to see what you make!

  • this truck stop is always packed. good luck drivers.

  • @dylanseaman for sure. Good luck!!

  • Oh wow, did IDLEAIR actually pull out leaving more parking spaces now? I see a lot of dropped trailers. 

  • @hanvwjPRODUCTIONS They did pull out.

  • ccoolll

    

  • @idkreally234 for sure. : )

  • Thankfully idleair went bankrupt and them taking all the spaces is no longer a problem.

  • Im thinking of signing an agreement with CRST-Malone..........who are you running for?

  • My dad was a Trucker

  • @TheOutlawVideoSS Awesome!!

  • Awesome video zoetoots.

    Its so awesome just to see all the different types of trucks.

    I am guessing this is somewhere near where you live? what kind of truck stop is it?

  • I think it was a Petro... about 20 mins from Portland.

  • nice

  • Thanks

  • Thank you for all you do too!! I appreciate it.

  • nice video 5 star and my Rate Add a comment Thank you

  • Thank you!

  • Nice Vid! I have been off the road for alittle bit, I see that "Idle Air" has made its way to the TA out there. If you really need a spot , you can ask them to remove some orange cones for you and they will do it no prob. I can't wait to get back out there with my family of truckers and service america again. Thanks for the Post!

  • I hope you make it back out there. Good luck to you!

  • Cool video, where do you have the camcorder at?

  • Out the window in my hand!!! ahhahahahah! What did you think?

  • LOL, I thought you had it mounted somewhere on the step or some cable hooked to a small camera!

    Great Job!  I think your arm is in better shape than mine!

    +:-)

  • LOL...nope, just my arm/hand. I've had LOTS of practice! HA!

  • That would suck lol

  • It would suck!

  • I put it in home page, so I hold alive my American dream!!! Thanks Zooe!!

  • You are too kind. I thank you ... : )

  • OMG!!! I need to visit USA. I think i should feel me like a kid in a candyshop....hahaha....5* ;-))

  • LOL! You saying you LOVE our truckhs, huh!!! You are adorable! Thanks for the comment!  I thank Jontejoy for sending me your video today!

  • Fantastic !!!!!! Good music !!!

  • I like this song too...thanks!

  • Hopefully man, only thing I'm doing now is photographing some trucks off of Interstate 81, but after I finish school I sure hope I can.

  • I hope you do too!

  • Looks like quite a busy area. Nice video, 5 stars

  • VERY busy...thanks!

  • i love truckin

  • U a future trucker?

  • Yes, my whole family revolves around trucks. My dad owns Pacific Tank Lines in California. My uncles started their own livestock hauling business B&S trucking. My step dad drives for CR England, but he is leaving soon.

  • So, it's in your blood...it's what your meant to do! Why is your step dad leaving? I hope he has something else lined up!

  • CR ENGLAND is driving him absolutely nuts and he is way more stressed than he was when he was driving for knight. I asked Trucking Paul if R&R had a website because he likes pulling a reefer and likes driving Kenworth. I want him to drive for Western Distributing Trans Corp. They have KW that are completely loaded 550 18 speed and chicken lights on their trucks and trailers. with 6 brake lights on trailer 6 right 6 left

  • Well he just found out R&R is only hiring teams. He's looking at Western also. I sent a note to Steve (Trucker Steve) and asked what some good OTR 48 state companies were that use reefer's

  • I wish him the best of luck. sucks they only hire teams. What about Gordon or May? : )

  • Thank You. Well he got rejected at Western because he doesn't have 3 years of reefer experience, he only has 1.5. I know for a fact May has reefer 48 state because that is how my uncle started out in driving. He probably is going to look at May because he likes their trucks, especially their O/O trucks.

  • What kind of freight does your Warehouse/ Reciever dock handle?

  • It was Georgia Pacific which was ...paper, TP, etc.

  • He has 7+ years of OTR, it's just he recently started pulling reefers.

  • May is a good company....I know that from the shipping side of things...but Steve can vouch for them as well. : )

  • He just applied to MAY about an hour ago. If he gets accepted he will be flying from UTAH to Oregon for Orientation. Possibly at the beginning of the week. I sent Steve a note saying how trucker steve sent my step dad to them.

  • He will like that! I live about 30 mins from where he will be going. Been to that yard many times. lol

  • It didn't even take him a day to decide. He just said too bad to intersate and gordon. Once he is finished with Orientation hes gonna try to get a 387 Peterbilt and run 48 state. I'm so excited because when I go with him, I have never rode in a 387. Pretty much the only trucks he's driven were volvo and freightliner and kenworth. Ive rode in a 389 pete but never a 387. He will be a lease purchase driver.

  • That is awesome!!! I am so happy for him! I like interstate and Gordon but May is my favorite. Shhhhh, don't anyone. : )

  • He's at my house right now because hes spending some time away from driving while he gets his new job and he said " Gordon people are nothing but jerks and selfish people who favor long time drivers by giving them good loads". Now may i remind you he has 7+ years experience and he could get the load to where ever in about 1/4 the time it would usually take. Interstate he found out is only hiring Company not lease purchase

  • He is right on about Gordon. I am still friends with a bunch of their drivers and that is true. 100 percent! lmao!!! He's good!

  • That Problem is normal here at germany. No places for the trucks and drivers. Industriareas will be closed for trucks and if you parking there you became a ticket! You must make your rest if not you pay many money. If you making your rest you pay too! I hate it!

  • That is not right!!! I'm sorry to hear that. Sounds like a lose, lose situation! Don't they know you keep the world moving? What would they do without you moving the freight? Hope it gets better some how!

  • The tried those Idle Airs here in Oz but no one used them. Nowadays most interstaters have got diesel power packs or battery-electric air con for when you're stopped.

    I thought that would be the same in the U.S.........or is that just for the rich guys !

  • I think you might be correct...for the rich guys. lol

  • Those trucks looks cool.

  • They are... : )

  • Another nice vid.

    5*****.

  • Thanks!

  • Great vid tami!!

    I cant belive just haw many volvos there are in that truck stop

  • all crammed in there, huh

  • wow..great vid ZT....kool music.

  • Thank ya, Cheep(slow)torque

  • but but but.....

    I do "try" to keep up.

  • No IF and's or BUTTs...unless they are...

  • Looks to be a very big truckstop. One day I may see it. In the summer!!!!! LOL

  • In the summer, huh? lol

  • 1:03 that ol needle nose is sweet =D

  • sweet!

  • I was trapped there for a few days this last winter in a snow storm, it sucked, you wanna talk about no room, there were guys parked in the fuel island all the way out to the street, I had 5 trucks blocking me in. The truck stop ran out of fuel, food, supplies, the roof collapsed in the truck stop, half the showers and toilets didn't work and it was all of 15 degrees with 40mph blowing winds of snow. One of the worst experiences in my trucking career thus far haha.

  • HOLY cow...that is bad! I saw it on the news but I had no idea it was that bad!!!

  • Glade you made it.

  • A great video as always

  • As always....thanks.

  • Damn thats a long truck loaded on that trombone trailer at 0.22 , did they discover oil in Oregon? Looks like something that could be made into a bed truck.....thanks for the idleair description, I would have never known what that was

  • I'm sure the truck at .22 was passing through to Canada...OIL in OR! HA! I didn't know what it was till I asked... they have to pay for it too, that is wrong!

  • American trucks look beats all, I love those hoods, Sad that Europen trucks rarley comes with a decent hood, And Scania stopped there hood production ,its ashame..Great video

  • Decent hood..interesting way to put it. Ur right... The style is quite different!

  • The style is much cooler, and more space inside too.

  • ....which brings me back to the reason why I am leased on with Schneider. They always seem to have a drop lot or a home terminal right where I need to deliver so I can at least get a peaceful night's sleep.

    No more pounding on the door. "GET THAT TRUCK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY!" j/k...I know better than that...but yeah, finding a place to park can be a headache sometimes.

  • I'm glad you don't have to go to truck stops... YaY! Don't forget about pounding on the door with people selling stuff. lol

  • True....so true. I use to stress out before coming in to Portland to make my delivery because I knew finding a place to park would be hard so I'd park way out in Stanfield or Hermiston before making that final push into Portland.

    That T/A use to have more parking before IdleAir came in.

  • I was surprised how many spaces take up for those idleairs...It was terrible looking for a spot. I could see why you would go outside the town or park in a non truck stop place.

  • Yep, thats one thing I don't miss anymore is lookin for freakin spaces at truck stops!! Can't stand trucking anymore...I just hate it so I got out of it.

  • Sorry to hear that but could also understand that.

  • thats right .getting in shape for you.

  • you're going to get a bad reputation hanging out at truckstops.

  • I don't hang out there, Gary!

  • Nice video. One of my favorite pass times is to sit at a truck stop and watch the happenings.

  • Nice Video Zoe

  • Thanks!

  • Some of those cabs look bigger than a small apartment!  :)

  • They are pretty big...

  • If you find yourself in Tacoma, WA...check out that Flying J. Then tell the guys parked in the middle who park their trailer way over the line dividing the spot behind them to move up and make more room so the guy who has to park behind doesn't have his nose sticking waaaay out. Ok cool thanks!

  • Just for you ... I WILL! I noticed people left their trailer there..WTF is that? Spaces are so limited, you'd think they would have a little more concern where they park...

  • I've heard some guys might do that and then bobtail into town for one reason or another. They might have had to pay to drop it, too, if they're going to leave it for any length of time. Either way, I bet they had to notify the truck stop. Someone might be able to correct me on this...

  • I have no idea...good to know..

  • Cool !!

  • thanks

  • Wow that's huge...so many trucks!

  • Tons of trucks and no parking!

  • LOOK guys, that's what it looks like when a lot lizard is patrolling in a 4 wheeler!

    (Breaker Breaker, who's looking for some commercial?)

  • What is a lot lizard?

  • a sleeper leaper...

  • LOL that's even funnier...I can see it now just leaping from sleeper to sleeper ON THE ROOFTOPS LOL ....thanks got a kick out of it...hee hee

  • ya that TA is always packed and hard to get out of, so is the flying J, you have to cross 3 lanes of trafic and make au turn under the hwy to go back west. cool video. thanks

  • Your right about that, John!!! could they make it more difficult for ya guys?

  • what were the yellow hoses going into the trucks at 2:00

  • That is a system they have now that pumps in cool/hot air so the trucks don't have to idle.

  • There really is something special about those large US trucks.. :)

  • They are large and powerful!

  • Cool vid ZT, lots of trucks for my enjoyment. It's amazing to see all those 53'.... I'm not used to that. Here 53' is max size for the whole train (truck + trailer), so you see... I see those as really looooong trailers, and I bet you see ours really short, lol.

    What about all those trailers without cab?... Is that legal? I mean, it's a truckspot, not a trailer parking, is it?... where's the guy?

  • music?

  • Music? You couldn't hear it??

  • Sorry, i mean song´s title and artist.

  • Charlie Wheeler/Highway Run : )

  • hay some say milk count me in.

  • Got Milk?

  • ZOE,boy and hear i through you were one of the quite ones.a stalker of truck stops,who would ever thunk that.boy should have listen to grant.you never know!

  • thanks ski,you know I'm a good judge of character.

  • what are you doing,hanging out at truckstops,don't you know there are cereal killers out there,oh my god zoe's a cereal killer

  • Am not! lol!

  • I think you protest to much,wth,that was no protest at all,come on give me something to work with here.

  • I had my mouth full, sorry. Busy "eating"...I'm sucha killer, ya know! chew them up and spit em out...EH?

  • there that's better now we're getting somewhere,c'mon you can confess to me,I won't tell anybody.

  • LOL...ya right! : )

  • c'mon I bet your the biggest cereal killer in the history of man,what is it raisin bran,post toasties,cap'n crunch,c'mon I know your guilty.

  • Kix, Golden Grams and loving those Cheerios! OH and frosted flakes! YUM! Bring it with some milk and its so game on!

  • see my dear confession is good for the soul,I bet you feel much better now getting that off your chest,but i gotta go with the strawberry mini wheats.

  • somebody killed my cocoa puffs. i thought they may be hanging out at the TA...

  • if thats the t/a i think it is thats a hard place to get a spot at especially now with all the idle airs taking up half the spots.its like that just about anywhere now though.cool video effect zoe

  • Yup, those idle airs... I was going to stop to see how much they were but it was too crowded around the "pay" area. I didn't know it was like that...everywhere.. I think you guys need more parking!

  • In the day time, they run $1.99/hr and night time it can cost up to $2.89/hr plus a biannual membership fee of 10 bucks, plus you have to buy the addapter to put that piece of crap in the window... right now, its cheaper to idle the truck. I'm getting fuel @ 2.14/gal idling burns .5 gal/hr so that comes up to 1.12/hr to run the truck. When i cant find a spot, i'll pull in one of those, tell em to piss off and kick back in the A/C provided by the bossman and powered by Cummins. cool video, 5/5

  • I was sure wondering! Thanks so much for the info!!!

  • You are so right! I haven't used IdleAire for years now. I was curious about them when they first came out and thought I'd try them out but like you said, it just costs too much money.

    I'd rather idle that truck.

  • When fuel was $4.90/gal I suggested idleaire to the bossman. He said "Naw, just idle it, I get a good fuel surcharge." That tells me that if you know how to work the system, you CAN make $ even when fuel is high

  • Need more parking? i had an old saying:

    "If i aint turnin,... i aint earnin"

    looked like ah lot of money makin machines just siting there idle ta me,....and ya wanna spend more money for more parking? i would think it would be cheaper to just go in da Mens room and yell:

    Either crap,.. or get of the pot so somebody else can have a turn! lol

    5 stars and cheers :)

  • LOL!!!! How they gonna get to the men's room if there is no where for them to park. Wouldn't want to hear about more poopy shoes, would we?

  • whoops,..

    open mouth and insert foot a wise person once said ;)

    yuck,..why does my foot taste like poopy? :(

  • YOU can reach ur foot to taste it? ew! lol

  • Awsome video zoe :) 5 stars :)

  • Thank you.

  • Very cool Zoe....love seeing all the trucks together in one place. I agree with you on how its a sad day that truckers can work all these hours and not even be able to find a place to park for the night. TOTAL BULL CRAP!!!

  • It is crap and unfair. I couldn't believe the lack of spaces!

  • I was getting dizzy!!! LOL that place looks familiar!

  • Does it now? Next time ur there...I'll save ya a spot!

  • So, was that on your way ti Mt Hood? Or did you not go?

    I just got back From Mt St Helens. Oh man...I was so beautiful today! Film will come after I sooth my aching feet ;-)

  • I didn't make it to Hood..made it ONE exit past Troutdale to the Lewis & Clark River. It was so pretty and fun! Can't wait to see your video! We saw St. Helen's on the way back looking all snowy and pretty!

  • oh. and 5*****, thanks for reminding me Steve. hahaha

  • Hey, I see the Schnables are out running. 2:09 is a schnable for towers for windmills... I hope we get back to work soon.

    Great music for the video too.

  • LiL Zoe was wondering what those/that truck was! Thanks for letting me know! She said it was the longest truck she had seen in her life!!!

  • Wait till she sees it with a 80' section in the middle of it..

  • I can't wait to show her that video! thanks!

  • i have some video of a couple loaded. should post it, huh?

  • they're hauling 3-4 a day out of vancouver and longview, wa.

  • way cool video tam tam!! love the tunes 5* and a favorite

  • Thanks, 8Ball Ball!

  • ZT on patrol! Coming to a truckstop near you! LOL!

  • Pretty much! Did a "drive thru"...no take out though.

  • Ah ha ha ha ha ha!

  • That might have sounded a bit....bad, EH?

  • What the heck is wrong with people is it really that big of a deal to click that five star? Really come the $#%$# on!

    Now to my comment, that truck stop looks like a total sh!t hole! All tho I seen one trucker in there that was cool!

  • Okay Steve, Which is your Rig ?

  • Sheesh, Steve

  • Hey, that was a really cool vid... do it some more, lol!

    that singer reminds me of Hoosier Hero (lol) Henry Lee Summers. Good tune tho.

    More please!

  • MORE? This wasn't enough? lol

  • Awsome !!!!

  • Thanks!

  • You Did IT ! ! ! ! ... For Me ?