Coal Bucket Outlaw

[jonsterbud123]

Load 'em like a train... drive 'em like a plane!!!

[manisdrillingcompany]

Stupid women

[mattxD]

Plus most of those aren't suppose to haul 80-120 ton, sure they can pull it. That's not the issue, shit breaks down easier when you put the rig under more stress.

I also like how this makes truckers out to be bad guys, if they didn't do this then fucking greedy fuckers that own the coal companies would only have the rail road to haul it. Not every coal mine is beside the rail road tracks.

[mattxD]

It's not the safety laws faults, stop blaming the government for coal mine owners to under cut the men hauling this shit for nothing.

I was born in WV, dad drove coal trucks for a while and was put out of business. Seeing as he had a wife and two kids to feed, he needed to get paid a little more than just getting enough to put gas in it and put wheels back on the damn thing. Coal mine owners make fucking bank, the safety regulations are there for a reason. Coal owners need to pay up.

[fk4515]

We had the same thing in Michigan, only it was GM "Body haul" trucks, if you got near them and weren't careful you got dead. They weren't overweight they just didn't have to obey the traffic signals or speed limits. But the UAW had a sweet deal with GM, once you got your loads in for the day you could screw off. Not even corporate greed just a personal desire to get paid $30.00/ hour to set on your butt.

[WhatNow858]

There are no easy answers. But weight limits are set for safety purposes-eighteen wheelers have to go to the scales regularly for the very same reasons-and they're not trying to navigate on these mountains. The heavier you are the longer it takes to stop and harder to control-common sense. Coal is in my family and in my blood, we are still heating our house with coal-I will always be grateful for the men (and women) that make it possible. But its never ok to put money over human safety.

[trainsimulator2]

the women at 40sec said if your in there way thell move you out of there way get out of there way idiots

[mikespeed100]

those coal truck drivers up there drive like idiots, i used to drive an IJ food truck up in there, and they were always flying and coming over the yellow line in curves. most of them should have their license taken away i say.

[toynazi]

where can i find this on doc. online?

[ontheroad430seconds1]

bull shit lady !!!!! i really dont think that driver is gonna hit you cause your in the way......and the BIG question has to be.......you took all the trucks off the road and haul coal with nothing but trains and see what happens to your jobs....THATS the video i wanna see next

[kenfo0]

The comments on here are typical. By that, I mean stupid. Tree-huggers don't set pay for truckers...big business does. Leftists: don't like coal or nukes? Turn off all electrical devices and go live in a teepee; you need to grow up. Lastly "der eyem uh dummasss rednek wif know schoolin....hoo karez ifn trukz iz ovar-lohdid?". You will, when it's your family member who is killed because a truck can't stop. All of you need to STFU, get an education, and stop being self-centered.

[ibtl1]

nigger loving liberal tree huggers

[meemsybeauregard]

what a great clip! I read about this film in "A Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts" and was intrigued by the work of Appalshop, and their efforts to celebrate the culture and voice the concerns of the people of Appalachia. I think it's really important to engage in these kinds of dialogues, so we can foster deeper cultural understandings. I was terribly disappointed in the majority of the comments here, however. It's not really productive to be so hateful.

[jamessimms100]

To the people that dont like coal trucks and coal mines turn your fucken lights out and try to live with out the power in your house and your fucken desk jobs then talk shit about that coal

[cst20396]

Load em heavy. Thats how the job gets done!!

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[TheStreets007]

Is the truck in the following video, legally allowed to be driven?

"Legal or Illegal: Government Biohazard Truck with no DOT markings"

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[TheTrifire]

realy think if people are gona cry about coal they need to read up on it then if its so bed come up with a way to make metals and keep the lites on that wont break the working man

[waylon972]

This is for little dick or whatever your name is... If you don't like hillbillys, then get the fuck out of our towns and go back to yuppie scummerville

[1canyonguy]

MFing MTR Massey&**%^$%$

[popcorntrucker]

I grew up around this ole trucks too. My uncle died while driving one.

But today everything changed 1 broken brake light is a 5,000$ Fine and red taged.

The trucker are trying for there kids they want the best for them.

This is actually a discracee to America this vid is because witout Trucker s America shuts down 1 week tops.

[mountainjustice]

Hey Ive seen the whole movie not just this short piece - I think the film is very fair to coal truckers and presents them sympathetically and as hard workers who are just tryig to get by. Dont knock Appalshop if you havent seen the film.

[musclecarpower]

Money is the root of all evil.

[mike198748]

doesnt matter what part of the country your from i haul logs in the northwest part of the country am i a stupid yankee hillbilly?? fucking civil war is over man get over it,

[hellbilly074]

That last shot looked like BCC at Hignite...

[peterbilt266]

this is bullcrap all of this vid. is stupid

[cymbalhed]

in wva and ky what are the legal load limits for 6 axle combinations??? in ny and nyc were allowed 60 tons on 6 axles...but new weight laws got us down to 58 tons on 7

[mountainjustice]

@cymbalhed - The legal weight limit for coal trucks only in WV and KY is 120,000 on 6 axles if you have a special permit. For everyone else it is 85,000 lbs.

[littleteethkeith]

I just think everyone from KY and WV are stupid hillbillys. Have fun driving your rigs for chump change while northern coal compaines make a killing off you.

[BigDansGarage]

your just a stupid fuckin yankee that dont even have a clue what theyre talkin about so shut the hell up and mind your own business id like to show you a stupid hillbilly

[littleteethkeith]

I get see stupid hillbillys all day long so you don't have to show me.

[waylon972]

@littleteethkeith I got your stupid hillbilly between my legs yuppie...If it weren't for hillbillys you wouldn't be eating,driving,have electric, and everything else you do that you take for granted. This stuff has to come from somewhere. It don't just grow on trees you fucking moron

[rosen5000]

bunch of crybabys, they move me out of the way i;ll kick there asses, an send them back to there mommys,,

[shermancahal]

I love your usage of punctuation, capitalization, spelling and grammatical function.

[seramaman2005]

I heard that the guy driving the coal truck in this video was killed in a car wreck today.

[mb122427]

Yes he was, someone pulled out in front of him. He was a very good family man. A very respectable man in this county.

[angelcollecter13]

@mb122427 most of the accidents involvoing coal trucks are cause because of some idiot pulling out in front of them...and its ALWAYS blamed on the truck driver. I am sorry this driver lost his life.

[stingraystud]

@angelcollecter13 think you, herbie is my first cousin, he got killed in his pickup truck when an old guy blew threw an intersection leading into the 4 lane that herbie was on, herbie tryed to swerve and dodge him witch caused his truck to flip, throwing him out of the window, then the pickup rolled on top of him and killed him, he was a great guy, he would give you the shirt off his back if you asked, he is really missed.

[TommySnowden1122]

I've been hauling coal for several years, I haul legal weight and obey the speed limit. When you see a truck turned over or in a ditch it's probably because a car was not on their side of the road.

[SnowmanLTL9000]

Hell since the first day I stepped in a truck I've lived by the sayin i'm bigger than you. Get in the way I promise you'll back up before I do.

[85daytonaracer]

sounds like something 20/20 would come up with!not someone from our local area!get a life!

[NBAisman]

The only reason for the coal trucks or trucks is because America refuses to put coal on trains. For one reason or another it must be too hard to put items on a train. Coal trucks and trucks in general cause aggressive driving, no proper training and congestion on the roads. Trucks think because they are big, the law don't apply to them.

[WV24985]

In West Virginia, there is plenty of coal shipped by train...when there is enough distance to make it worth it. A lot of coal mines are within miles of prep plants, so trucking only makes sense. As for truckers breaking laws, I don't know one that would go overweight, if he could make a living hauling legal...Cheap haul rates per ton causes a lot of this.

[constructioncartoons]

it's mining, it happens, you gotta live with the consequences, i was there in july and saw no dif, between a rural farming county vs. letcher.

[missylynn41653]

You really don't know much about hauling coal do you?

[missylynn41653]

that is funny, about 95% OF The accidents that happen with a coal truck is the cars fault....maybe they should stop acting like the coal truck has no right to be on the road and stop acting like they own the road....question...how pissed are you when you turn your lights on or your computer....you should be thanking the truck drivers and the TRAINS THAT HAUL COAL....

[85daytonaracer]

YOUR STUPID!!!!!!

[codyhos]

My dad and papaw both drive coal trucks and ive growed up around them too. right now its hard to get by between fuel costs,breakdowns, and low pay hauling overweight is the only way to make enough money to survive. so all u liberal tree hugers can just stick it!

"over-weight and under-payed

[cardinalsboi22]

@codyhos Spoken like a true lawless coal thug. "As long as I get paid, who cares about others who get hurt." Thats the same mission statement drug dealers have. Keep up the great work.

[zLOSTNOMOREz]

@codyhos That's a problem that can be fixed.Part all the trucks until the pay goes up! If truckers would stand together,we could rule the world!

[starmanskye]

@codyhos -- Oh yeah, THAT makes sense -- old-skool wise-use conservationist 'tree-huggers' set the freight & fuel prices, right? If it wasn't for tree-huggers we wouldn't have ANY National Parks & forest preserves. Instead of bitchin' about being uneducated poor white-trash & blaming your limited economic means on those who think resources should be managed for long-term sustainability, why don't you organize & elect genuine conservatives who don't pander to corporations, globalists & banksters?

[WhatNow858]

@starmanskye

Last time I looked the latest ones on the welfare list was banks and auto makers. I guess stupid  white trash wear white collars too. Booya!

[theevenstarfamily]

@codyhos, It sounds like you need to get a new job. Break out of the mold and adapt to the future. Our health and safety should not be compromised so you can have a job.

[popcorntrucker]

Coal keeps the lights on

[cardinalsboi22]

@popcorntrucker and the waters poisoned and the land ravaged and useless and the people sick and poor and the homes damaged and the communities abandoned and the flooding more and more frequent and coal kills miners and civilans....yep, lets keep those lights on, they are more important.

[fuckyamountains]

@cardinalsboi22 Turn your fucking power off then Maria Gunnoe!!!! I don't see any god damn windmills or solar panels outside your house, so what gives??? Practice what you preach bitch!!!

[cardinalsboi22]

@fuckyamountains Youre more ignorant than I thought to begin with. First of all, Im not Maria Gunnoe, tho I'm honored your small mind thinks I am. Second, how do you know whats at her house? Peeping tom are we? Lets face it, spying on Maria is as close to a REAL woman you'll ever be near. Oh, and have a nice day :)

[fuckyamountains]

@cardinalsboi22 Hmmm, so you were lieing whenever you told me that you where Maria in that nice lil message you sent me then???? Anyway, it's no big secret where she lives!!! And all I really need is my wife, cause I really have no need for you nasty ass, non shaving pieces of shit that fuck trees and won't admit that a coal fired power plant powers your houses and you everyday life! Not to mention the coking coal used in your vehicles' steel components, but that's for another day!

[cardinalsboi22]

@fuckyamountains I think youve been drinking the coal field water too long...or youre on drugs. I never said I was Maria and I sure wouldnt sent you a message. Youre just as delusional as the rest of the coal thugs. No wonder the likes of Massey and others can pick you off like flys. Too stupid to realize the good ole Coal Company you worship is KILLING YOU! BTW, I feel so sorry for your wife. How is Mami doing anyway??

[junior0983]

thats funny its not really hard to be an "outlaw trucker". Truck drivers have more regulations and laws to go by then almost any other job out there.

[buttdready]

people hate on us outlaws because they dont have a nuff balls to be a outlaw

[rapidrampuri]

u guys have to feed ur families but plz watch out for the kids on the road i know about a hundred trucks a day go by my house here in ky bless all the drivers be safe as u can boys watch out for our kids

[jsls0130]

I get tired of chunks of coal messing up my car and forcing me off the road. Theres a double line in the middle of the road for a reason!! stay on your side. I'm going to start keeping me a big rock in my car and when a peice of coal hits me im going to turn around and throw it right through there windsheild. If its going to cost me money, then its going to cost them!!

[w30olds]

pleas stay back 150 feet. try to understand if a truck gets to close to the shoulder of the road thay risk tipping over, and another thing when trucks do run part way off the road its hard to get back on the road. if you jerk the wheel you could still flip over. trust me i hate when trucks run down the yellow line.

[poohbearscub]

thats a sure fure way to get an ass whoppin

[ohnapier]

flat good. From one outlaw to another. We know. OH

[surfaceblaster33]

If the appalshop hates coal so bad how come they beg coal companies to donate to their fund drives. I stopped listening to them about 2 years ago and stopped donating. I have also stopped eating at THe Courthouse Cafe for the very same reason.

[staceman32]

ths is BS

[FlyBikes089]

why?

[deathrider1974]

i have been around all kinds of truckers and i am a coal hauler myself this does take alot of skill not only just to drive the trucks but also to keep them in one piece remember these trucks are not designed to carry the kind of weight we have to put on them one breakdown means a days work we have to miss log books dont pertain to us we dont have to keep logs we stay in state for the most part (not everyone does)and we dont travel far enough in one direction for the laws to apply to us

[jefffurrow]

what a crock...coal truck drivers have to be very skilled, and are some of the safest drivers on the road. It's usually people in cars, trying to get around that "slow coal truck" that cause the wrecks!!! Check your statistics before making accusations. They do haul overweight, but if they could make a decent living hauling legal, don't think for a minute they wouldn't

[dieselnutt]

Supply and demand. Too many men chasing the same profession.

Ironically strict enforcement would help in the big picture, level the playing field. Shake out the weak hands and raise prices to a living wage.

[deathrider1974]

i am one of these coal bucket outlaws and while i cant deny we have to break the laws to survine i can say that kentucky had made it impossiable to haul over weight virginia still doesnt do that (im in va) we have to haul at a weight of about 160000 lbs while the rest of the country make it at 80000 and yes we do haul ass as well it takes alot of luck and talent to do this and not kill anybody and i personally dont think ice road truckers have anything on us

[sumofnone3]

Actualy I'm a coal trucker in West Virginia and we are allowed to be at 126000 and Kentucky is now 120000. The mines will not allow us to leave overwieght anymore due to DOT writing them tickets just the same as us.

[Deedie14]

you have to do what you got to do to make a living

[5downer]

Thank God for American coal!

[ahanger]

ahhh we meet again..its actually 10 on 8 off but thats beside the point...i do work with truckers on a daily basis and i respect most of them...i do deal with more and more "foreign" drivers willing to work for less than a union driver. and they also ask me to "please don't write the time" when i sign there paperwork. (fudgeing their books) to make a decent wage! for once i agree with you! although i do think we could find a way to survive without coalpower plants if we had too!

[jefffurrow]

Actually, pikr4321 is right...11hrs. driving, 14 total, and 10 hrs off. They changed it about 3 years ago... made it harder to try and stay legal with 10 off required. I never understood. If you're like me (i rarely can sleep more than 5 or 6 straight), what do you do with all that time off...senseless!!!

[terreye44]

when they changed the law it didn't really change my driving i was still drivin pretty much 20hrs a day when it was all said and done..

[sumofnone3]

We do not have to use log books, we are considered local drivers, so in other words we can drive as much as we want to.

[pikr4321]

Over the road truck drivers are placed in the situation even more when most are paid by the mile! Now if you're paid by the mile the quicker you get that mile behind you the quicker you can get the next and the next and... 11 hrs on duty, 10 hrs off duty...

[pikr4321]

Truck drivers around the country are always tempted and even forced to break the laws by speeding and driving over the FMCSA hours of service law! Not just Ky coal truck drivers! What a crock! That video is just another way to use the negative side of a storey to make coal mining and coal truck drivers look bad to people who don't know anything about it! How about shutting down the power plants that use coal and see if you can live that way!

[Hiei2k7]

I can. I get power by Nuclear Fission (Arkansas Nuclear One-Russellville) :-)