Working man has to work regardless of age. Hell, you know there was a bunch of behind the wheel way before we had a license. I was driving a ‘71 D500 with a grain box. Hardly no floor board, bucket for a seat holding steady next to a harvester, then run it up to the silo with an auger, dump it, and get back in line at the field. I was about the same age as this kid
Right? I don't see the problem here, other than it being illegal. Kid's going to make a fine driver some day. Get that diesel smoke in his blood early. 😂
My dad would do the same, but after we passed the scales bit more than 20 years ago. Driving through Maine "only thing you're gonna hit here is a tree or a moose. I'm gonna have a nap" first time I had the wheel all to my own - as a 6th grader lol.
It was just my old man and I as a teen, and by then he had multiple trucks. So I started shunting around town and doing the paper work, pay roll etc. Rural life.
I grew up around trucks i started driving myself at 9 around the farm I was able to do my first run across town about 30 miles by myself at 11. Kids learning to drive aint new my guy
Yall don’t like illegals or immigrants driving trucks cuz they “don’t know how to drive properly, drive in flop flips, aren’t properly licensed” in these big rigs, but this subreddit is full of super truckers who, without batting an eye at what’s happening, LOVE to see a child operate one. Make it make sense lol
Mexicans can't drive worth a shit (really, who can at this point).........in cars. The things I've seen them do in trucks makes up for it ten fold. I've seen them use those old FLDs as yard shags doing all kinds of amazing things with trailers. They are some of the best truck drivers you will ever meet and friendly too. They used to railroad the same way before their rail lines went private. All sorts of "unsafe" practices that modern railroaders have longed to return to since the 70s they were still doing in the 90s like it was nothing. Mexicans are some of the most skilled, hard working individuals you will ever meet*.
*Except for the Ralph's in Riverside, California. Fuck everyone of any and every race, gender, sexual orientation, political alignment and planetary origin in that place.
I was driving a semi hauling hay, a dump truck, and large 10 wheeler on a farm at about 10 years old. The fact that 10-wheeler is what I learned to drive in. I also started driving on the roads at 13 which was a year and a half before I took driver's ed.
Peterbilt281@reddit
NASCAR Driver Bill Elliott drive semi trucks at age 13 around Atlanta.
Mystery_Chaser@reddit
Great job! Now I see why some people are afraid of other people will take their jobs. Because other people are actually willing to do their job?
Lone_Wanderer2076@reddit
Dude drives better than most us truckers...
melovemelongtimee@reddit
He has kids to feed!
Meltedwhisky@reddit
Working man has to work regardless of age. Hell, you know there was a bunch of behind the wheel way before we had a license. I was driving a ‘71 D500 with a grain box. Hardly no floor board, bucket for a seat holding steady next to a harvester, then run it up to the silo with an auger, dump it, and get back in line at the field. I was about the same age as this kid
Cow-puncher77@reddit
Yep. Chevy C60, for me. Drove it into Fort Worth at 13. Trooper would just wave and shake his head.
Jamo3306@reddit
That's not Mexico. It's not sepia-tinted at all!
Shut_It_Donny@reddit
Meanwhile in America about 40 years ago, for me at least.
Dad would put me in the seat and go to bed. If I pulled into a weigh station, I’d pump the seat up high and pull my hat down low.
Spare-Good-5372@reddit
Right? I don't see the problem here, other than it being illegal. Kid's going to make a fine driver some day. Get that diesel smoke in his blood early. 😂
supernova-juice@reddit
Someday? He's there lol
1morepl8@reddit
My dad would do the same, but after we passed the scales bit more than 20 years ago. Driving through Maine "only thing you're gonna hit here is a tree or a moose. I'm gonna have a nap" first time I had the wheel all to my own - as a 6th grader lol.
Shut_It_Donny@reddit
My pop would be crashed out so long, I’d pass a couple of chicken coops before he woke up.
We started off doing it in less populated areas, but I was pulling steel coils right through the middle of Atlanta by the time I was a teenager.
1morepl8@reddit
It was just my old man and I as a teen, and by then he had multiple trucks. So I started shunting around town and doing the paper work, pay roll etc. Rural life.
hera_the_destroyer@reddit
Solid shifting. Good following distance. Time to get that kid a headset and some flip flops.
midge_rat@reddit
You mean chanclas
MtAnal@reddit
This guy latinos
espinozac50@reddit
It literally says Mexican in the title lmao. Yup, definitely Latino 👍🏻
SeaAccountant1926@reddit
Yea don’t compare Hispanics to them people bro he’ll even to You type of people keyboard warriors
opinionated_penguin@reddit
bout to hit a lil Monterrey to Minnesota lick
kakarota@reddit
I grew up around trucks i started driving myself at 9 around the farm I was able to do my first run across town about 30 miles by myself at 11. Kids learning to drive aint new my guy
Outlaw_Trucker@reddit
We used to grow up driving farm trucks here in the US, too. I was about his age hauling grain down to the elevator in the 10 speed IH.
LeonAmani@reddit
Yall don’t like illegals or immigrants driving trucks cuz they “don’t know how to drive properly, drive in flop flips, aren’t properly licensed” in these big rigs, but this subreddit is full of super truckers who, without batting an eye at what’s happening, LOVE to see a child operate one. Make it make sense lol
Tractorista@reddit
Somebody actually took the time to teach this kid how to drive, seemingly out of love, instead of greed
Conscious-Material16@reddit
How long you been driving?
All my life.
Psyclonus@reddit
Teach him everything but English! He’ll fit right in!
Own_Strawberry_4262@reddit
I guess it's better than him coming here and stealing my job.🤣🤣🤣🤣
Coreysurfer@reddit
My bronco manual needs this tall shifter
Metro4050@reddit
Mexicans can't drive worth a shit (really, who can at this point).........in cars. The things I've seen them do in trucks makes up for it ten fold. I've seen them use those old FLDs as yard shags doing all kinds of amazing things with trailers. They are some of the best truck drivers you will ever meet and friendly too. They used to railroad the same way before their rail lines went private. All sorts of "unsafe" practices that modern railroaders have longed to return to since the 70s they were still doing in the 90s like it was nothing. Mexicans are some of the most skilled, hard working individuals you will ever meet*.
*Except for the Ralph's in Riverside, California. Fuck everyone of any and every race, gender, sexual orientation, political alignment and planetary origin in that place.
Ohm_State@reddit
Plot Twist: this is Humerto and he is 34 years old.
FRDyNo@reddit
granny shifting, not double clutching
Fragrant-Initial1687@reddit
I was driving a semi hauling hay, a dump truck, and large 10 wheeler on a farm at about 10 years old. The fact that 10-wheeler is what I learned to drive in. I also started driving on the roads at 13 which was a year and a half before I took driver's ed.
hotdog11inch@reddit
80 percent of the drivers today can't drive a manual transmission
Dangerous_Walk9239@reddit
In some parts of the worlds it’s just borderline necessity to teach em young
robexib@reddit
Hey, if the kid can do the job, I don't see the issue paying him
Anderson_no3@reddit
Real solid, and good clutch work. But little man is raw dawg’n life with no seat belt.
Whitehoneybun666@reddit
He’s to little to wear the seatbelt and sit at the edge of the seat but I don’t wear mines it’s not comfortable
DreamsServedSoft@reddit
it’s a lot less comfortable getting thrown through a windshield. you are why driver facing cams exist btw
Whitehoneybun666@reddit
Not wearing seatbelts isn’t the reason for dash cams at all but that’s ya problem I don’t work for a mega and never will again
Anderson_no3@reddit
He can put it behind him and pull it over.
harigejan@reddit
What are you mean I'm compensating?
Ephemeral_Ghost@reddit
They got Rufio (Hook) driving now? Times are hard for the Lost Boys.
NJNeal17@reddit
So he's driving his dad to the Pilot in San Diego?
DaRealMexicanTrucker@reddit
That kid is shifting gears then a lot of the people in this subreddit.
Natste1s4real@reddit
Too bad the cameraman isn’t as steady as the driver!
TDOTBRO@reddit
Will I ever be this cool? No!
ADZ1LL4@reddit
Incorrect.
TDOTBRO@reddit
So you’re saying there’s a chance??
IRedditDoU@reddit
Someone has to be the DD
Tractorista@reddit
I like the huge amount of dangly stuff flying around the cabin to make it extra challenging
Crazy_names@reddit
Serious question from a non-trucker: is there an actual practical reason for a shifter like that? Or is it just a style choice?
olenamerikkalainen@reddit
More leverage to jam the fucker in when you miss a shift. /s
Ghettoman1315@reddit
Who misses a shift? Not this pro trucker. :)
Shut_It_Donny@reddit
Just style.
43551Ohio@reddit
It's high representing that you aren't driving a automatic.
FiveSixJuan@reddit
Give that kid a piss jug and he'll be good to go 🚚
Maximum_Trade5916@reddit
Piss jug? He was still in diapers when he started driving 5 yrs ago.
DuubyDuu@reddit
He's got his career set for him.