hello folks, i want to try something new. i want to show you what a lorry driver does. so: it's sunday evening. 10 o'clock pm, well a bit earlier. i've got to go. so, pack the car. there were times times when there was light,but that's just fine to me
that there is no light. so. pack the boot. something to drink. newspapers, so i know at least what happened last week. especially here in this region and because i'm from the minden region, i have the mindener tageblatt. yes.
laptop, edit videos and so on. of course. here we have milk. then we have here, oh, a phrasenmã¤her. "wir wã¤ren dann soweit" man, that's a cd you have to buy. apart from that, here's a packet of bread. down there is some water for my kettle,
but you can't see it now, it's quite dark, but i'll show you that in daylight. here's a bit plum cake. clothes, of course. towels. washbag. and then i can already set off. see you. so, we are on the road.my brother always takes me
to the lorry, then put the stuff in and then he drives the car awaybecause i can't be bothered that my nice car stands in that industrial area. and if i then come back one weekend then the radio is missingor the car stands on bricks and such shit. i can't be bothered for such crap, my car was simply too expensive for that. and ... it works, most of the time,
that my brother takes me there. and he's sitting next to me, here in the dark. do you see him? no. oh, well. arrived at the lorry. first, i'm surprised that i canstill move my steering wheel. because a lorry needs air. and nothing works without air. the brakes, the seat suspension here
and the whole other stuff. and cars passing by. as always. and, oh, i might film myself. dangerous. the lorry always needs air,so switch on the ignition. do we still air? that surprises me, after that weekend.
where is that? it has to stand somewhere. seven bar. did it say "refill oil"? four litres, well. and if i brake two more times. now it's over. red. warning. now the lorry won't move anywhere. the brakes don't work. now here's a complete standstill.
therefore i have to start the engineso that the compressor pumps air. we are a bit further than that. i have a switch for thatbut i'll show you that in the daylight. open the curtains. and i'm not a noble trucker. well, it's good that you don't have to fiddle. i'm not a noble trucker. i have my shoes on
in here. so, the camera is already set up,the most important thing. my gps which i will turn on immediately. headlights on. and now we have to do a tour,if everything's like it should be. oh, i lower the driver's cab then, so it's easier to get in and out. now higher the driver's cab again.we'll do a round. do i have some light here?
watching if the wheels are still around, if these fittings are closed too here this container legs ...i can also tell it in the back, when it's less noisy. tank, if they have broken it. there are enoughpigs around. i could close the door. that might be step one. this container legs, these things here, these are the ones i fold out then. there are also locked.
the best is to show it to nobody.so they won't get stupid ideas. over there is a lever. you pull it and then the thing is slack. but we don't want to show it no one. watching if the lock is still locked. trailer, the same procedure. nobody has tightened the brakeor has stolen the wedge. yup. lorry's still there. another lightbulb is broken?
if my boss will see this that i kick it. well, it is over the hill. change a bulb, again. there are already very muchof them in the driver's cab. a company should do this again. always nice when wheels are still around. i've been here once and all tyres were flat. nothing doing! this is the lifting axle.
as you can see it is not on the ground. but sometime it will. nobody has stolen some petrol. who would have thought it: i drive a mercedes. so, that means, release the brakes, change into first gear. can you see it better now, or what?
so. for real. is it possible to focus? what a crap again. well, it's so dark. we have air now, but it is always there. so, the world is round. what might be interesting:
i have a nightlight. everyone has it, not only me, namely a nightlight. which is a light green light, which is shimmering, i mean, two lights, so that it's possible to orientate a bit. at least you see nowwhere your coffee cup stands.
of course that's not bad. it's really grim without it. very important: if you leave one a sunday evening at 10.00 pm, you're allowedto drive until monday 1.00 pm, then it's important to have good friends. who you can phone. i'm also on the phone right now, with a headset.
and now, let's start phone someone. but, thank god, i don't drive until 1.00 pm. because i have to drive three hoursto wilhemshaven only, thank god. and then i can go to bed and load up tomorrow noon, monday at noon. that's good. so, i'm really happy about that.i hate, i hate, i hate, i hate driving from sunday night until noon. everyone hates it, but it is done that way. you've been already awake on sundays. maybe you rest a bit on sunday afternoon.
sunday evening, two, three hours but you can't sleep. you've slept the night. you stood up in the morning and youcan't sleep again, six hours later. to be able to drive all night.that doesn't work. it doesn't work. it does not work. but that's the matter of truck drivers.you can say good-bye to that! but that is how it is. he too, this poor sod,probably drives until tomorrow noon, that's always perilous.you'll be dead tired then
and that doesn't help anyone.yes folks, i'm driving 65.5km/h that's a bit slow. no, i say you the truth, i'm driving usually 70km/h or that on motorways, no, on a-roads. i'm allowed to drive 60km/h only. well, lorries are allowedto drive 60km/h on a-roads and if it is a built out road, like here,
i could drive 74km/h, theoretically. i mustn't drive that fastbut i do it anyway. i don't know why i haven't done this. so, cruise control up, here are the buttons. that's my old navigon, i think 8310. 8110 upgrade, so 8310. this is from 2006. it's so oldthat it's no longer produced,
but i still have one. not even on a ship. there's the camera. it's recording what happens. yes, that's it. important: road map, there arealways some things the gps doesn't know. you plan your route on your own and stuff like that. that's my stick. my wifi stick.
my card with my data volume is in there. in the meantime i have 8 gb,but it's dangerous to spend all. i just plug it in the usb ports. and then it'll create a wifi field in this lorry, so that i have wifi for my mobile phone, my laptop and, i don't know, for my electric iron. oh, i left it at home.
so, it's home time. by the way, that's the camera i'm using. a canon powershot g15. it stands on the top as well for dummies.can you even see it with this phone? no, you can't. whatever. so and now i call it a day. the most important thing is: sleep, sleep, sleep.only if i'm well rested, i can achieve something.
nonsense, what do i want with that? i don't want to work oneself to death.is it even possible? that will go bad or not? usually you make this with two hands. that's crap. well, great. works... fine. teethbrushing, well it's permanent camping.
driving a lorry is permanent camping.well, being a lorry driver is permanent camping. set off on saturday or monday.and then go home on saturday. get home on friday evening is very rare.that almost never happens. what do i have here? a toothbrush but an electric one. some toothpaste as well. i could do a haul.today, i bought a colgate by total. "fresh stripe" and with my,
with my brand-new toothbrush by oral-b. it outshines very much. but who cares. not for dim people, this video. then you pick a cloth with you. apropos, i've been to subway, sometime. i'm going to use it to wipe my mouth afterwards.
and look, toothpaste's got on it. how does it look here? i don't see any dirt.on the mobile phone, it shines as anything. odd. step out with one hand.that's annoying. how did paul of trucktvalways done that? that's shit. i'm standing here quite stupid, innit? well, where am i standing? industrial area. here's nothing.here's absolutely nothing.
here is some green, fence, wall, tree, bush. that's how it goes. here's absolutely nothing. you're standing at the edge of a forest. permanent camping and this is how you brush your teeth. yes, sure, it's rubbish but what should i do. hoist and swallow again?
it is 1.00 am. i'm all alone. where should i go? should i call the police? that's how it goes. this is the reality. i pee where i can do it. and if i have to go to the toiletfor a poo or what, i can't. thank god, i've never pooped in the forest,in the ten years since i'm driving. not until now
but what should i do? say it. should i ring? should i ring at this company? you can't see it but there's the company.over there is the sign. nobody's there. maybe the security, but if you ring they might let you in. i've done it in great distress. foreign companies. but as i said, i've never pooped in the forestbut there are many who do it,
they poop where they can. but now it's time to go to bed. i do have a, more or less, full-valued bed.