“FORCED TO SHUT DOWN” | Real Life Trucking – Husband & Wife Team Owner Operators
Episode No. 190
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Alice & Martin are husband & wife owner operators based out of Northern California running a 2009 Kenworth W900 with over 1.1 million miles and counting.
After managing a Linehaul fleet at FedEx Ground for 5 years and losing that job they returned to their trucking roots in 2021 as team drivers leased with Ceva and in 2022 choose to reactivate their own authority focusing on running the spot market hauling flatbed freight – however as the spot market began to falter Alice & Martin opted to close the authority, sell the trailer and return back to Ceva once again.
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🎶 Music Featured in this Episode (in order) 🎶
Intro: “Chicken Got No Head” River Foxcroft
Outro: “Top Speed” NBHD Nick
“Lackawanna Trail” Roy Williams
“Ghosts of the Rail” Gabriel Lewis
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Have not been through Fernley in years! Stay safe out there!
I love the new truck, but does that mean we're not saving the manuals anymore 😢
Have y’all traded trucks since I seen you last
Better to be safe than sorry! Beats laying that thing over! Know your capabilities
erry 1 wants to be in or around beaver
Great fix Martin!….I like to retighten in a criss cross pattern, maybe it makes no difference? Who watches the kids when you two are on the road? Grandparents?
Alice. Given that you have to divert due to the adverse climatical conditions are you able to submit a claim for the extra fuel the truck is using.? PS Nice "clips" of the railroad freight movement – hopefully you will get a chance to "pace" a freight sometime… Martin.. Full marks to solving leaks and problems – it's just what I had to do few decades ago.
Looking GOOD 😎 Alice I thought you was going to take the cup over there by the door and sit there and say will you please help we owner operators 😂🤣😂🤣😂❤ Only way to do it Martin , if you can do it fix it right on the road , that is how we done it back in a day, I used to have all the tools , I could pull a big Cam 400 down right in the truck stop parking lot , do a inframe as long as the top block was good To reset liners and make sure counterboars were good no cracks , Or pull the transmission out ,
be safe take care yourselves 😎
Good Luck in your new truck, what year is it and your mpg, and do you think you'll install roadlights?
Hi Alice and Martin great video as always so it’s good to see that you’s got off the highway and rested in those windy conditions so have a safe run home cheers from tim in queensland australia ( keep on truckin )
i see you did a repair at night but with them nuts being some loose are you thinking it damage the axal i know it can break them but hopefully it's a easy and good fix without any more trouble
I thought you guys were leaving CEVA? Now you buy a new tractor and are back at it?
10:30 how do you replenish the hub fluid "Marteen?"
What is the name of the soundtrack on "Forced to Shut Down?"
Great to do your own repairs as I do a lot on my own too. Saves money also saves time. Great video as always.
So no “Save the Manuals” sticker on the window of this one I assume…..🤦🏻♂️
Well dang in the 80’s I always had to hit with a sledgehammer or a tire break down type hammer 🤯😂😎 they had the little slotted rings that went in every other hole 😩Martin knows the type 😎Rickster. And yea I thought Martin was gonna pee in that cup 🙈😂😂
Nice pun on the wind caption about the two hours…”going to wait until it blows over”…um, it’s wind!
Are you home yet?
That wind can get real ugly real fast.. Some folks will try to brave it instead of shutting down.. Be safe out there 🙏🏾🙏🏾
What was the Airport on 58 around 18 minutes into the video?
Great idea putting hiway numbers on screen
Byyyyyy 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Really didn’t figure you two would ever go to an automatic 😂 lol 😂Save The Manual’s‼️❤️😎🇨🇦🍻
That weather advisory for Donner Pass was interesting. Locals with a Truckee address on their license were allowed to continue but truckers and everyone else were turned around. I think I’d prefer truckers with at least two years of winter driving under their belts, to have the option to continue onward!
I like your stocking hat, Alice