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Bandita Drive's company-driver farewell includes a rain-soaked load check

Her final-week vlog pairs heavy hauling with the announcement that she is becoming an owner-operator while staying with AM Carriers.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 213,212 views a day, 8.1 times a normal first day on this channel (26,414).

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The tractor gets chained down. Dinner gets made in the sleeper cab. Then, in heavy nighttime rain, Bandita Drive pulls over and steps outside to check the bindings on another load. A change in her working life doesn't mean a break from the work itself.

Her Short follows her last week as a company driver, ending with the announcement that she is becoming an owner-operator while remaining with AM Carriers. It drew roughly 213,000 views in its first day, about eight times her usual Shorts audience.

The distinction matters: becoming an owner-operator means moving from driving as an employee to operating her own trucking business. Readers met her first truck, Drogon, as we reported here earlier in October. This video brings that new chapter back to the everyday job: securing machinery, delivering it, picking up another load and finding somewhere to brush her teeth between stretches of road.

The sleeper-cab meal is chicken, pasta and fresh salad. Outside, the cargo changes from a green tractor to a large tarped unit loaded at sunset. The rain arrives later, along with the need to get out and check it.

The upload also carries a recruitment promotion for AM Carriers in its description. In the comments, a former driver trainer discusses her professional approach, while another viewer recalls their daughter's training to drive an eighteen-wheeler. The change of status is the announcement, but the work around it gives fellow drivers plenty to recognize.

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What viewers say

  • I really enjoy your content. As a former CDL A Instructor and Driver Trainer, a person that has run turnpike doubles, OW/OZ and RGNs to tankers to vans, i can vouch for your professionalism. Please keep broadcasting how a true professional driver is supposed to act!
    @kellandbailey2970See it on YouTube
  • Best of luck on your next journey. Keep the shiny side up and the wheels rollin’👋🏻
    @EdisRubio-b5oSee it on YouTube
  • this popped up on my feed and I'm staying for more.
    @ScarlettMay-k4bSee it on YouTube
3 more comments
  • One of our daughters started in late August, learning to drive an 18 wheeler
    She has been traveling in training with a instructor now for 1 and half months, she started towards doing her 50,000 miles ,
    I wasn't sure if driving would be for her,but she seems to be doing a great job
    Her dad and I are very proud of her
    @tammybarrett6210See it on YouTube
  • You've got to keep on trucking on! 👍
    @johnmedici6655See it on YouTube
  • Stay safe out there
    @lloydwilliams2564See it on YouTube

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The facts
Subscribers
317,000 ▲ 3,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
1,493,017
Channel views, pace per day
242,290 (on a normal day: 417,297)
Video published
November 2, 2026
Video views so far
275,257 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day
255,720

The numbers

The farewell vlog drew a much larger first-day audience than Bandita Drive's usual Shorts. Comments also came in at about three times her normal first-day level.

the video's first day
usual first day here
26,414
this video
213,212
subscribers
317,000
▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days
total views
161,887,241
views per day
242,290
typical day: 417,297
the video
views
275,257
likes
10,097
comments
498
days online
2
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
McKillans
330,000
9EPIC
326,000
As of November 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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