Mexican Trucking Isn't What You Think

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Intro (00:00)
Trucks (00:21)
Roads (01:17)
Regulations (02:37)
Thanks (04:31)

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[ToxicZombiered]

Mexican trucking is pretty interesting. Unfortunately, there is a substance problem for the truckers in Mexico to get from point A to B in one sitting. Another note is that Mexican driving is a bit different and aggressive compared to the states. For example, in a one way road, drivers are going to make it to two. The carretera Saltillo to Monterrey is a famous dangerous road that uses that as well as Durango-Mazatlan. My respects for the truckers and people that deliver goods in Mexico and around the world.

[hogridaaaaaaaaa]

Babe wake up a new trucking video just dropped

[MikeV]

It's also worth pointing out that many trucks sold in the USA are built in Mexico. I live on the Border and see new Freightliners and Internationals going north all the time. The same can be said for trailers. Utility is one brand that builds a lot in Mexico for USA sale.

[VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

Any update? "I am still alive" would suffice.

[NotShilKa]

Nice video
My dad used to work with truckers, he was the "Drivers Manager" in charge of giving truckers their route, expenses and paychecks. Most truckers work for a company, since trucks are expensive and the majority of drivers are from low income families (often living in the outer most part of cities), working solo is uncommon and taking huge amounts of coffee and anti-sleeping pills is a must. Kenworth (Kenmex) is the most liked brand due to the low cost of repairs and parts (It's made in the country, so there's no need to import hardly anything), but I've seen every brand named except Western Star. The regulations are mostly ignored since almost every cop can be bribed, same with the speed limits, and despite what most people might think, the cartels aren't dangerous if you leave them alone.
Said this, I'm no expert on the topic, I'm talking based on what I've seen.

[marcovaladez]

Hell yeah mexican trucking representando, i used to work in road maintenance in the state of guanajuato, worst job i ever had but it was very fun and got me interested in trucking and logistics, i actually found this chanel while giving maintenance to a toll boot in southern Guanajuato.

[InfernoWaffle]

You are the only blue crustacean i know that makes trucking so interesting, thank you

[sejol]

hey man just wanted to drop by and say that i love your channel, I'm a big ETS fan and respect truckers all around the world, checked out your Midtown Madness 3 video and loved the way you've made it

[confusedcabal]

As both a Mexican citizen and an individual fascinated with the world of trucks and trucking, this video is an absolutely fascinating watch! Thanks for sharing your trucking wisdom with the rest of us!!

[skipthefox]

You doing good man?
Update: As of around a month ago. Yukon is alive. He posted a message on his discord server a while back ( although it didn't mention the break )

[goldenfloof]

The trucking series was always pretty interesting. Hope to see you return, eventually.

[LucidDreamer]

"Mexican Trucking Isn't What You Think" I never thought about Mexican trucking until I saw this video title.

[fahrenheit]

A few days ago on a trip in Ohio I was able to catch up with a Mexican trucker who had come all the way from Nuevo Leon. I love Mexican trucks and if there's any country I would visit for their trucks, it would be Mexico. The variety of trucks in Mexico is a lot greater than here in the US, and the lax emissions laws make for some awesome spotting out on their highways. Aside from American brands, there's a few European truck brands that you'll find in Mexico, most notably Volvo, Scania, Mercedes, Fiat, Kamaz, and Pegaso. Some other American brands that you'll see in Mexico are Marmon, Bering, White, Hendrickson and Autocar. The Japanese and Chinese also have quite the market share down there as well.

Mexico also had a lot of truck manufacturers in the 70's and 80's, the two largest being Kenmex and Dina, which are still around. A lot of other brands were smaller, essentially "mom & pop" operations where the trucks were made in garages or small factories. These brands included Atlas, Pena, Mago, Famsa, Azteca, Ramirez, Zamrripa, Vipsa, and Tractocasa. Many of these trucks from the smaller Mexican brands were built using knockoff versions of Autocar or Kenworth cabs, sometimes paired with hoods or bodies from other manufacturers, but nearly all of them went out of business in the 90's due to NAFTA. It's a weird world south of the border.

On another note, human and drug trafficking are sadly somewhat common in cross border trucking, as a small minority of both American and Mexican drivers work for the cartels. The cartels also have their own fleets of trucks that they use for drug smuggling. I hope that in time things will get better for our brothers and sisters in Mexico.

[bernardobustamante]

@yukon You should do a follow up video showing the dark side of the trucking industry in Mexico. As it can range from outright comical to pure evil and depravity.

My main source for what I know comes from my dad. He owned and operated a trucking business in Mexico for 20 years and had over 700 trucks at its peak.

And his biggest headache was the countless methods, hustles, tricks, scams, or any of the countless unethical or outright criminal activities to supplement their legitimate income from salary and bonuses. From minor infractions such as taking on passengers and charging fares. Selling off the premium diesel gasoline and refilling the tanks with low grade clandestine diesel gas. Selling new tires and replacing them with cheap refurbished ones.
On the darker end of the spectrum, they would make deals with cartels to load drug shipments and mix them into the legitimate merchandise, sell drugs along their routes, and the most despicable crime in my opinion, participate enable and benefit from the human trafficking trade, transporting the victims for the cartels, and very likely abusing them along the length of the route among many more unspeakable acts against humanity.

No matter how hard my dad tried to root out any driver or employee who was part of it. It always resurfaced, until finally the final reason my dad needed to sell and get out of the business. When the cartel directly approached him, making the classic offer of “Plata o Plomo?”

This is by no means a representation of Mexican truckers as a whole. This is a small minority of people who use the infrastructure and services built for honest hardworking drivers, this small percentage of criminal drivers who took the easy way, usually drive themselves into an early grave.

The open road is not considered safe in many parts of Mexico and truckers brave through the danger, the threats, the attacks, on top of the standard driver problems that occur more often than anyone would like to admit.

[vahjayjayaddict]

I rode the bus throughout large parts of Mexico in the 80's. Mexican truckers have higher standards of driving from what I saw. I was on highway 54 from Nuevo Laredo to Guadalajara a lot & also the Pacific Coast highway from Nayarit to lower Michoacan. The drivers are helpful in letting people pass. I later became a trucker myself. Most American truckers it's every driver for himself. But Mexican truckers are still knights of the highways. There's always a few driving like bats outta hell but generally they are very good drivers because they have to be to survive.

[elgringolobo]

I wonder if Peterbilt in Mexico is called "Hecho por Pedro"?

[colek]

I work in logistics and Mexican truckers are some of the best truckers you can get always respectful and kind.

[PavltheRobot]

To be honest I didn't think anything about Mexican trucking, but I'll watch the video anyway, because it seems like an interesting part of the world.

[ZacharyCillo]

Great video as always, I was would like to see a video about singapore because when i went there I was surprised to see how nicely maintained their roads were.

[beargo]

Can’t wait for the next video, gonna be massive, I can feel it