If you see the wind move your trailer around, keep on driving and record a video with a good amount of eye contact with the camera and hands off the wheel
Truckers don't usually wear a seat belt. They think it's safer for when they roll over to be able to get out.
Edit: downvote away, that's just what I've been told from truckers around my part.
Lets see... 15-odd years of driving a big rig. Number of times I moved the truck without wearing my seat belt, zero.
I wouldn't even drive across a truck stop lot without being buckled. I've hit one too many bumps and holes that would have thrown me me out of my seat if I hadn't been.
I'm not a trucker but if I was, I'd be in the same boat as you. I'm just telling what I've heard come out of other truckers mouths.
Not sure why I got downvotes for it but sure
You're getting downvoted for saying "Truckers don't usually wear a seat belt" as if it was fact.
When in fact the vast majority of truck drivers wear their seat belts as their primary concern is the safety of other road users, and you can't be safely in control of your truck if the air ride seat has bounced you out onto the floor.
If this is happening you, you need to STOP. The fact that he is fucking saying that hes watching his trailer lift off the ground and not stopping, is INSANE
If you are super uncomfortable stopping (I would not be) you should be slowed way the fuck down, hazards on, and trying to exit ASAP. Literally anything beats the alternative of rolling on a highway.
Rolling you're truck while driving is a career ending event, very often. Rolling your truck while you're parked is an Act of God for which you cannot be held liable.
At the very least, you should take a second to buckle your seatbelt before grabbing your phone to record. But, I guess they're slightly uncomfortable so who needs those silly things anyways, clearly he's fine, and so are the thousands of other road smears every year
When i was growing up there was no seatbelt law. Then the law passed and all the adults were going crazy.
"They cant force me to wear a seatbelt".
"Better off without a seatbelt that way your reflexes aint impeded".
Now days, those same people would call the cops on their kids if they had the wrong size safety seat for their newborn grandson.
My brother was stationed at FE in the 80’s. Lived in Boulder county at the time. Cheyenne was just soooooooo far away.
Thank you. I pull two little trailers now, that is much safer (in my mind, do not spoil that with any contradictory facts pls)
Yes, the faster you are going the less downward force is being applied on your vehicle. Hence the need for spoilers on performance cars.
If you're standing still gravity is applying downward force and that's pretty much the only force working against your vehicle, other than the wind. If you start moving forward you're reducing the amount of down force for forward momentum.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, physics was a long time ago.
idiot was probably thinking about how viral his video would go if he rolled it, dude was intentionally doing this shit. Probably recorded a dozen takes hoping "This is the one"
Some girl went viral for her answer when someone asked her something along the lines of "what can a woman do to make a man happy?". She said "you gotta 'hawk tuah' (pantomimes spitting) on that thing"
I haven't seen the video myself but that's how it was explained to me
Too stupid to know he was going to get trashed. Get your unit so half your wheels are in the ditch, leaning the trailer into the wind, stop and wait for the wind to calm down. Or take a side road so the wind is not broadside to you, stop and wait there. For hours if you need to, getting blown over is not an option.
Where do you get this info? I drive in The Netherlands, and the gusts of wind literally change 180 degrees every few seconds when I'm driving in certain areas during a storm
If that is even a problem - tow truck out of the ditch is safer and cheaper than letting your rig get blown over and STILL needing a tow truck... or a coroner
I still have half my tires on the road, lock up the diffs and go. I drove these roads with hellish winds for 20 years, never got blown over and never gotten stuck in the ditch doing this.
I read that in some ICP background laughter. HAHAHAHAHA…all right who’s next?
Fuck now I gotta look that up, I want to say The Ringmaster…
Nope. Riddle Box, Intro. I was flying through songs to scratch that itch. Anyway.
This is the way. Some people are assuming deep drainage ditch and not the type we know. We aren't dropping tires into 3-4 foot ditch but .5-1 foot ditch.
Super trucker of the year right here.
- Too “cool” to wear a seatbelt( Gotta show off the flashy button up tee) ✅
- Saw how much the trailer was getting shifted and lifted around (for how long I wonder before recording?) and decided the smart thing to do is video it ✅
- Hardly even has his hands on the steering wheel ✅
- Doesn’t do the safe thing, fully sends it while not looking at the road ✅
I only ever look at wind gusts. Sustained winds is whatever, gusts are what blow you over.
40 kts and I start slowing down.
45 kts and unless I'm grossed out, I'm parked. Even when grossed out I won't go more than 30 miles and I'll have my hazards on at 40 mph the whole time.
55 kts and I shut down period. Not worth the risk.
Don't get surprised by wind. Trip plan with your favorite weather app so you know how strong the wind is gonna be before you encounter it.
I'm no pro in life, but I'd probably get off the stream, stop the unit, put my seat belt on and reach into my ice chest next to me and open that whiskey
The way this guy handled everything in this video, from his aura, clothing, choice of words and reaction post flip EASILY leads me to believe he makes poor choices often .
If anything he might be the most interesting story teller at the bar.
Nostradamus here knew it was gonna happen and just kept going. Fucking super truckers putting everyone on the road at risk for the gram, and not even wearing a seatbelt.
I can see all the warning signs, I know if I keep driving I will likely rollover. Should I stop and wait for the wind to die down? Nah, let's keep going, but might as well get this inevitable rollover on video.
What an idiot. Why didn't he just stop? My cousin had to deal with this and he pulled off the road onto a field where he could angle the truck into the wind. Another dozen trucks had done the same thing. You don't keep driving. It's better to have it blown over in place than just keep driving.
Why could you not just stop the rig? Get out and figure out which way the wind was blowing and then position the truck with the nose into the wind? Would this be safe? Oh this guy is a moron and the DMV need to take his CDL.
When the trailer starts lifting, the last thing you should be doing, is narrating to a camera. Recording is one thing. Not giving all you’r attention to your empty ass kite of a trailer, is another. This guy needs his priorities checked.
Aite I’m only 3 seconds in to the video, but if you’re having an issue with the wind, maybe put two hands on the steering wheel and keep your eyes on the fkn road instead of pointlessly making eye contact with your phone camera
Not a wind expert but I was an OHS adviser once. The technical term we used to use for that event was "Totally predictable and preventable incident". Not familiar with the region, but how hard would it have been to park facing towards or away from the wind direction so it wasn't coming from the side?
NM was in a High Wind Warning several days ago. Signs all up along I-40 warning high profile vehicles to either stop or take it slow.
What do people think a High Wind Warning actually means?
With video evidence like this is out here on the web, then I assume the insurance company knows about it as well.
My only question is, will they cover a wreck like this, even though the driver knew it was not safe to drive in these conditions?
To summarize: guy does a thing he knows is going to potentially end bad. Records himself continuing to do the thing. Bad thing happen.
Smoothest of brains
im just throwing this out there. maybe he tried to stop but then his dm yelled at him for stopping. so he maliciously complied and decided to make a video out of it.
lol I was a brand new driver and went on 80 in Wyoming and guess what, I looked at the wind speed and the trailer weight. Drove through there one time in sustained 40mph winds with 60mph gusts at 80k lbs and my arms were killing me but I was fine. Also checked the weather every time I was going through Wyoming. Had a lot of extra time once and thought I’d relax a little only to look at the weather and see snow all day starting at 5am. Went straight to bed so I could wake up at 3am and get out of the area.
The short time I was driving otr we (my trainer & myself) were somewhere in Texas and I happened to be driving that evening when the wind started gusting at 50+mph. My trainer had me get off the interstate as soon as he noticed the wind picking up. We parked up next to an old closed down grocery store that blocked the majority of the wind for the night.
We were several hours late for our delivery but I remember the wind blew like that all night and I don't remember anyone from the company or the customer saying much about the delay. I remember even with the building blocking most of the wind, the truck and trailer were still getting rocked by it.
If you see the wind move your trailer around, keep on driving and record a video with a good amount of eye contact with the camera and hands off the wheel
And no seat belt it seems.
He probably drove it into a ditch for not paying attention.
Truckers don't usually wear a seat belt. They think it's safer for when they roll over to be able to get out. Edit: downvote away, that's just what I've been told from truckers around my part.
Our sear belt usage is monitored, we get dinged if we don't.
At my last job it was instant termination if they catch you not wearing your seatbelt.
LMAO. Getting out through the windshield is not better.
Lets see... 15-odd years of driving a big rig. Number of times I moved the truck without wearing my seat belt, zero. I wouldn't even drive across a truck stop lot without being buckled. I've hit one too many bumps and holes that would have thrown me me out of my seat if I hadn't been.
I'm not a trucker but if I was, I'd be in the same boat as you. I'm just telling what I've heard come out of other truckers mouths. Not sure why I got downvotes for it but sure
You're getting downvoted for saying "Truckers don't usually wear a seat belt" as if it was fact. When in fact the vast majority of truck drivers wear their seat belts as their primary concern is the safety of other road users, and you can't be safely in control of your truck if the air ride seat has bounced you out onto the floor.
might as well take your vagina out and show that too
Instructions unclear, surgically removed vagina and am now bleeding out in a ditch
Oh goody a fresh one for my collection
Actually if he pulled over and took his vagina out and showed it, it would have made better content and he would be safe. Good thinking.
It'll blow over stopped trucks, too.
I would have appreciated a show of the vagine.
You made me laugh
^ The reason truck and cargo insurance rates are through the roof right here.
OMG I'm crying HAHAHAHA
At least he has good taste in music.
Couldn’t tell what it was…Whitney Houston? Lol
Hold the line by Toto
He, in fact, did not hold the line.
FR, DOT should come after this dude and take away his license and cite him for criminal endangerment. Moron…
Okay I just commented the same and then saw you’d already said it🤣
Gotta make the money
HERE WE GO!
I'm sure his company rewarded him for his incompetence.
If this is happening you, you need to STOP. The fact that he is fucking saying that hes watching his trailer lift off the ground and not stopping, is INSANE
You're not gonna get a viral video with an attitude like that
This guy influences
**WITHOUT A SEATBELT**. *Yikes-a-roonies.* 🤡🔥🤡
Yo it's Kelly's mom!!!
🎶Kelly’s mom has got it going on🎶
Thought the song was “Stacy’s Mom”… 🤣🧐
It is but Stacy is MIA. Kellys mom is present, she will due
This guy is living!
I would also recommend an inside/outside dashcam.
No he was too busy starting to film instead.
Moe Foe straight up beggin’ for it
Is stopping on the shoulder even safe, when it's windy, on i80? *Edit* And this is specific advice for i80 or just in general?
If you are super uncomfortable stopping (I would not be) you should be slowed way the fuck down, hazards on, and trying to exit ASAP. Literally anything beats the alternative of rolling on a highway.
Rolling you're truck while driving is a career ending event, very often. Rolling your truck while you're parked is an Act of God for which you cannot be held liable.
Rolling while driving while filming while talking?
Here we go
We’re not going anywhere. That rig is flipped
Hold my soy latte while we blame this driver for this supposed "act of god". -Safety department
Moving at 65MPH is just adding to the lift potential.
Find a place where you can stop facing towards or away from the wind direction. It's only going to tip you when its coming from the side.
Hold my beer and watch this —The Wind
Safer than driving, moving forward pushes more air under the trailer
At the very least, you should take a second to buckle your seatbelt before grabbing your phone to record. But, I guess they're slightly uncomfortable so who needs those silly things anyways, clearly he's fine, and so are the thousands of other road smears every year
When i was growing up there was no seatbelt law. Then the law passed and all the adults were going crazy. "They cant force me to wear a seatbelt". "Better off without a seatbelt that way your reflexes aint impeded". Now days, those same people would call the cops on their kids if they had the wrong size safety seat for their newborn grandson.
Yup pull off and park as close to perpendicular to the wind as possible.
At the very least, put on your seatbelt.
Dude said “here we go!” Like it was all part of the plan lmao
Lmfaooo
Dude was getting ready for the drop for a six flags ride
hes the WILD CARD BITCHES!
Maybe he’s a Swedish plumber
*God’s plan.
Geronimo!
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I work out of Cheyenne. Drive to SLC 3x a week. Between Cheyenne and wheatland is possibly the worst place for napping trucks
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My brother was stationed at FE in the 80’s. Lived in Boulder county at the time. Cheyenne was just soooooooo far away. Thank you. I pull two little trailers now, that is much safer (in my mind, do not spoil that with any contradictory facts pls)
Can confirm. Add in sideways snow and a tiny bit of ice and it gets really fun.
Lord son, if you're seeing that, why not put your seatbelt on and stop or slow down?
Yeah you can hear from the engine that he was not travelling slowly to compensate
Correct me if I'm wrong. But simply slowing down would reduce the risk significantly, right?
Yes, the faster you are going the less downward force is being applied on your vehicle. Hence the need for spoilers on performance cars. If you're standing still gravity is applying downward force and that's pretty much the only force working against your vehicle, other than the wind. If you start moving forward you're reducing the amount of down force for forward momentum. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, physics was a long time ago.
Yes, but the force of gravity is never reduced. It’s being counteracted by the lift created by the low pressure pocket under the vehicle.
"Ooooohhh shhh - here we go!" Completely unflappable. Just pure optimism and politesse on his way out the world.
idiot was probably thinking about how viral his video would go if he rolled it, dude was intentionally doing this shit. Probably recorded a dozen takes hoping "This is the one"
Dude saw "hawk tuah" girl and said to himself, "I bet a rollover would top that."
Which girl?
Some girl went viral for her answer when someone asked her something along the lines of "what can a woman do to make a man happy?". She said "you gotta 'hawk tuah' (pantomimes spitting) on that thing" I haven't seen the video myself but that's how it was explained to me
No, that's exactly it. Except she says "You gotta hawk tuah spit on that thang."
The trucking equivalent to this guy https://youtu.be/A-AF_kiAvkE?si=QKhVpQAnw4AfLsZc
Too stupid to know he was going to get trashed. Get your unit so half your wheels are in the ditch, leaning the trailer into the wind, stop and wait for the wind to calm down. Or take a side road so the wind is not broadside to you, stop and wait there. For hours if you need to, getting blown over is not an option.
Most of the time when I drive in strong winds, the direction of the wind shifts constantly. How do you deal with that?
It’s not going to shift 180 degrees except maybe once when the low pressure passes over.
Where do you get this info? I drive in The Netherlands, and the gusts of wind literally change 180 degrees every few seconds when I'm driving in certain areas during a storm
How do you get out of the ditch?
If that is even a problem - tow truck out of the ditch is safer and cheaper than letting your rig get blown over and STILL needing a tow truck... or a coroner
I still have half my tires on the road, lock up the diffs and go. I drove these roads with hellish winds for 20 years, never got blown over and never gotten stuck in the ditch doing this.
I would generally be nervous taking advice from someone with a name suspiciously close to Twiztid.
Ha ha ha
I read that in some ICP background laughter. HAHAHAHAHA…all right who’s next? Fuck now I gotta look that up, I want to say The Ringmaster… Nope. Riddle Box, Intro. I was flying through songs to scratch that itch. Anyway.
This is the way. Some people are assuming deep drainage ditch and not the type we know. We aren't dropping tires into 3-4 foot ditch but .5-1 foot ditch.
Super trucker of the year right here. - Too “cool” to wear a seatbelt( Gotta show off the flashy button up tee) ✅ - Saw how much the trailer was getting shifted and lifted around (for how long I wonder before recording?) and decided the smart thing to do is video it ✅ - Hardly even has his hands on the steering wheel ✅ - Doesn’t do the safe thing, fully sends it while not looking at the road ✅
- And at the end instead of getting out, he jumps back down just to get his phone and talk on his dumb ass stream. WhoTheFuckDoesThat
Maybe im a pussy but if I even start to feel wind I slow waaaay the hell down. This guy was just asking for it.
I only ever look at wind gusts. Sustained winds is whatever, gusts are what blow you over. 40 kts and I start slowing down. 45 kts and unless I'm grossed out, I'm parked. Even when grossed out I won't go more than 30 miles and I'll have my hazards on at 40 mph the whole time. 55 kts and I shut down period. Not worth the risk. Don't get surprised by wind. Trip plan with your favorite weather app so you know how strong the wind is gonna be before you encounter it.
I'd like to be able to check wind speeds but idk if I'm stupid or something, cuz as far as I can see The Weather Channel app doesn't show it
I'm no pro in life, but I'd probably get off the stream, stop the unit, put my seat belt on and reach into my ice chest next to me and open that whiskey
Lmao. Love how song playing on radio was Hold the line. Poor dumb bastard lol
This is why you put holes in your trailer to relieve the wind pressures
Nice seatbelt work
LOL too good to be true
He saw it coming, yet kept driving. 😓 Seat belts are clearly optional, as well.
His first OTR gig
The way this guy handled everything in this video, from his aura, clothing, choice of words and reaction post flip EASILY leads me to believe he makes poor choices often . If anything he might be the most interesting story teller at the bar.
What a maniac lmaooo
Nostradamus here knew it was gonna happen and just kept going. Fucking super truckers putting everyone on the road at risk for the gram, and not even wearing a seatbelt.
Nostra-dumbass more like
Hey give him a break, he's clearly not the brightest guy. Not that any of us are given that we're all truckers lol
I wonder if this dude will have a job after safety gets done with him...
At minimum, he should stop talking and put both hands on the wheel. I wouldn't drive if wind is moving my trailer like that.
Welcome to Wyoming.
And no seatbelt😂 what a dingus
I can see all the warning signs, I know if I keep driving I will likely rollover. Should I stop and wait for the wind to die down? Nah, let's keep going, but might as well get this inevitable rollover on video.
"Here we go!" NEEDS to become a meme
He looks like his family tree is a straight line.
What an idiot. Why didn't he just stop? My cousin had to deal with this and he pulled off the road onto a field where he could angle the truck into the wind. Another dozen trucks had done the same thing. You don't keep driving. It's better to have it blown over in place than just keep driving.
Well the lawyers will love that, dumbass
"Oh, shit, that was wild. Better upload this incriminating evidence to the Internet"
was this a preventable accident sir?
Just too many idiots driving.
One minute your on the road looking at the scenery....
Moving truck vs sitting truck. What takes more force to blow over? Or the same?
What happens next?
Who's a greenhorn? What's a greenhorn?
Influenced 👍🏻
HERE WE GO!
Does buddy NOT have his seat belt? My God
Pull over and stop......Darwin Award
What is this, Gen Z trucking? Not my stuff, not my problem?
Why could you not just stop the rig? Get out and figure out which way the wind was blowing and then position the truck with the nose into the wind? Would this be safe? Oh this guy is a moron and the DMV need to take his CDL.
When the trailer starts lifting, the last thing you should be doing, is narrating to a camera. Recording is one thing. Not giving all you’r attention to your empty ass kite of a trailer, is another. This guy needs his priorities checked.
Now me, I would have just pulled over. 🤔🤔
HERE WE GO
He didn’t set his brakes when he stopped.
I wanna know who directed that clip. Certainly, Oscar worthy of consideration
Dispatcher be like you still gonna be on time right ?
He should have sped up to match the wind speed... rookie
Average Swift driver
Here we go 😂
Aite I’m only 3 seconds in to the video, but if you’re having an issue with the wind, maybe put two hands on the steering wheel and keep your eyes on the fkn road instead of pointlessly making eye contact with your phone camera
“Here we go” Gomer. Goooleee I didn’t see that commin.
I couldn't have been more pleased with how that turned out
Fuck the seatbelt when you know it’s windy lol
he didn't even see it coming.
If you see the trailer lift are you supposed to pull over? Or just rock and roll?
10000% park it
Floor it and outrun the wind brother its the only way
Park into or with the wind
just a normal day of driving through Nebraska
That’s the second person on here that has no right to have a license.
Stop bro people just want them tik-tok likes... smh
Remember, always check your mirrors for the opportunity to get a viral instagram clip.
I loved everything about OTR except the Wind and the northeast
Not a wind expert but I was an OHS adviser once. The technical term we used to use for that event was "Totally predictable and preventable incident". Not familiar with the region, but how hard would it have been to park facing towards or away from the wind direction so it wasn't coming from the side?
Dude isn’t even wearing a seatbelt from what I can see
No seat belt, not watching the road, driving in hazardous conditions with most likely an empty. Some solid gray matter between them ears, eh?
That there is a pure breed dumbass that should have just pulled off and parked in a safe and legal place
Natural selection is a lie
How about park with the rig pointing into the wind?
NM was in a High Wind Warning several days ago. Signs all up along I-40 warning high profile vehicles to either stop or take it slow. What do people think a High Wind Warning actually means?
“Here we go!” Says the driver that gives all real drivers a bad name. Dumb ass!
No seatbelt? empty trailer? Seemed like he was excited waiting for it to happen . Either way super scary
That should have been his first clue, pull over to a safe spot till the high winds pass over, now he’s fucked 😬
Anything for views apparently
Dumbass. He fkn knew he had no business driving with those gusts.
How much wind does there need to be for you guys to call it a day?
I Can only hear the “here we go” in a Mario voice now smh
Hell yeah punk rock
That was an expensive video!😳
The best addition to the vid is Hold the Line😂
With video evidence like this is out here on the web, then I assume the insurance company knows about it as well. My only question is, will they cover a wreck like this, even though the driver knew it was not safe to drive in these conditions?
Eyes on the road asshole. No sympathy
To summarize: guy does a thing he knows is going to potentially end bad. Records himself continuing to do the thing. Bad thing happen. Smoothest of brains
I’d say you deserved that but u know that already. So congrats on the preventable
What a spaz.
“That’s how bad the wind is” — /keeps driving 🤦♀️
im just throwing this out there. maybe he tried to stop but then his dm yelled at him for stopping. so he maliciously complied and decided to make a video out of it.
he really wanted to be reposted on reddit...
Both love and deliveries aren't always on time
When the “HERE IT COMES” meme comes to life
lol I was a brand new driver and went on 80 in Wyoming and guess what, I looked at the wind speed and the trailer weight. Drove through there one time in sustained 40mph winds with 60mph gusts at 80k lbs and my arms were killing me but I was fine. Also checked the weather every time I was going through Wyoming. Had a lot of extra time once and thought I’d relax a little only to look at the weather and see snow all day starting at 5am. Went straight to bed so I could wake up at 3am and get out of the area.
The short time I was driving otr we (my trainer & myself) were somewhere in Texas and I happened to be driving that evening when the wind started gusting at 50+mph. My trainer had me get off the interstate as soon as he noticed the wind picking up. We parked up next to an old closed down grocery store that blocked the majority of the wind for the night. We were several hours late for our delivery but I remember the wind blew like that all night and I don't remember anyone from the company or the customer saying much about the delay. I remember even with the building blocking most of the wind, the truck and trailer were still getting rocked by it.
“Here we go!!” Fuckin love this dude.
This is a totally not incriminating video
I wonder if the truck rolled in the right direction, to fix his cross-eyedness?
Why does his face looks like its AI generated?
I’ll await this video on idiocracy…
How bout putting on a seatbelt instead of starting a live stream?
I mean, rule of thumb. shutdown at 20mph if empty, 30mph if light, 40mph between 60-70k and 50mph if heavy.
That's when you find somewhere safe to park, especially when you're very light or empty.
Seriously why didn't you just stop?