 Hey, this John out of Los, Wisconsin you're watching trucking with Josh on tjv stay tuned Good day everybody once again dressed in my Sunday best Ready to unload this steel that we got behind us. There's three of us here waiting to get unloaded All the same type of steel from the same place go into the same place here So we're just waiting for them to come and give us a guide into the site We're not allowed to drive in there on our own these oil sands here in northern Alberta are huge Gynormous, but you know one cool thing about oil sands that I've noticed on the way up here is when they're done with a Section of land and they've got all the oil out of it. They actually reclaim it. That's what they call it they level it out and Well, here's my guy We'll talk about it later We'll talk about it later But they they pretty much turn it back into a force that's even better than it was before because they took all the toxic stuff out of the soil right We'll talk about it a little bit later my guys here. We got to follow them in I'm not gonna need these for a little while we can Relax and have a nap so there's three of us here like I said, right? They can only bring two guys into the site at a time so I Gotta get left behind all by myself They're a little speedier than me. They got here a few minutes before me, so Gotta be honest and say I was the third guy and they got a wait So they're gonna bring these guys into the site unload them once they're done They're gonna come back get me bring me in and unload me, but he said it'll probably be a couple of hours So guess I can put the cool glasses on again For a little while longer So we were talking about how they reclaimed reclaim oil sand lands here I sort of did some research into it and I saw it firsthand as I was driving up here So what they'll do is they have these huge like oil sands like all this over here It's all cleared it's just massive right and they're digging out all the the tar sands and they make you know get oil out of it And it's it's a lot of money sitting in the soil a lot of money and they pull out what they need and Afterwards once they're done and they have everything out of the area that they need they do is they cover it back up with nice fertile soil again and they plant a new forest and Studies have actually shown that the wildlife in these reclaimed forests thrive better than ever before and they're actually healthier and More in numbers because all of those toxic things that we pulled out of the soil that we needed are Now gone and we just left the good stuff for them, right? So it's actually better than it was when we got here So we got our energy needs served and the animals have a better habitat at the end of it It's actually a beautiful thing everybody benefits it is kind of a dirty industry though That's why you have these Protesters and environmentalists that always come up here and try to protest the oil sands because yeah, it's it's a stinky Dirty industry while we're getting the soil cleaned of all the stuff that well when we're taking out what we need, right? And it looks messy a lot of forest gets cleared originally for it. So the habitat is You know disrupted that's true but At the end of it when we have what we need out of it. It's actually a better habitat than it was before My neighbor is just gonna go get unloaded there. It's too bad that I got to wait there they go Good for you guys must be nice They were just a little earlier than me you remember I said that this morning I This place was a little further out of town than I thought it was if it was where I thought it was then I Would have been here way before them just saying But I was still on time. It's just that they can only take in two people at a time. So There he goes over there look at him go and poor old tractor Josh is left here all alone Twiddling my thumbs a couple of hours he said What are we gonna do? I'm just gonna sleep Sleeping is my favorite. I love sleeping. So like I was saying I saw this firsthand this reclamation Process right so on the way up here They had signs saying reclaimed like this forest reclaimed in 1983 and this forest in the process of being reclaimed I'm hoping to get some footage of it on the way out of here later for you guys But it was pretty cool to see you could tell which forests have been reclaimed because it was so much Fuller and healthier looking then all of the other forests natural forests on the way up here Right and they didn't plant the trees all in straight lines either I hate that when they say oh hey we planted this forest and then you walk through it You're like no this is obviously man-made. No, it's like a regular force I guess they just spread the seeds around let it naturally grow. I don't know But it was pretty cool because where they said it was reclaimed It was just a lush full forest and then you get to the next section and it says in the process of being reclaimed And then you can see them leveling everything out making everything ready to plant new trees Huge areas and then eventually, you know the forest is gonna be replanted Everything's gonna regrow and it'll be just as full and lush as the other reclaimed forest And then we got past that into these oil fields here now where they're currently working So it's interesting to see how they can transform it back and make it better than it was before Remember that talk I was sort of giving you as in my garage of but a month ago or so Now when you find something and you or you need to do something and you come to an area Always leave it better than you found it And you know the Alberta oil sands do a good job of that They leave the habitat in a better condition than when they found it for the most part I can't speak for everything. I'm generalizing here because I don't know the ins and outs of everything But I've looked into it and I've seen it firsthand now There's no reason To protest the Canadian oil sands I would actually like more oil to come from here because at least we take care of our environment and restore it back to better Than it was before whereas other places around the world it just Destroys the entire area, you know Canada does a really good job at Protecting our our habitat up here not the best but a lot better than most places That's why they always say that We have a much more sustainable energy sector up here than other parts of the world anyways Enough of that. I'm bored. I'm already bored. It's only been three minutes Diesel you want to play Dutch Blitz or something? They had a very strict no-camera policy So for some reason they got something against you guys. I couldn't take you in there But we're empty and unloaded in our way out 200 meters turn left on Thanks, Karen So we're gonna go and pick up a reload now in Blue Ridge, Alberta. It's a load of lumber I I'm pretty sure it's a lumber yard, but it sounds like I'm gonna have to tarp it And it's going to Rogers, Minnesota. It says they want it on Monday or Tuesday, but I could easily be there like Thursday. I'm gonna Make some phone calls use my superior persuasion trucker Josh skills Thanks, Karen And I'm gonna try to see if I can get this unloaded Friday morning Because our roof is getting redone at home next week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Maybe Thursday and I wanted to be home for at least a little bit of that. Just curious how to watch them do it Sunday, I'm supposed to be going golfing with my cousins and Tuesday I've got a dentist appointment 63 didn't you just tell me that Karen you don't need to repeat yourself. Okay, don't repeat Mandy's mistakes Throw you out the window too I'm serious. Don't give me lip. Yeah, I got to see if I can get unloaded earlier I don't know why they'd only want it there next week, but it's lumber, right? Usually they can accept it whenever you get there We shall see So I'm not sure if you can see it over there or not from my headcam But this is that land that's being reclaimed off to the left right now They're gonna do forest there soon and then that forest up on the hill behind it there That was reclaimed in 1983 according to the signs So that's what this is gonna look like eventually I guess they got all the oil and stuff out of the tar sands and ready to Turn it back into a wild forest. There's gonna be a sign here that says That this is reclaimed forest here. I'm not too sure where it would be but Like all this All right back to the way it used to be even better. There's the sign just off camera Reclaimed 1983 and pick up our reload is about six hours away get there tonight And I have an appointment to load at 8 a.m. Tomorrow still gonna have to see if I can get unloaded Friday Don't want to deliver it on Monday We'll see what happens man could deliver Tuesday. They said Monday or Tuesday But then I missed the whole Roof, you know like the the whole job of getting the roof done up I can't really help them at all. I don't have to be there But I wanted to be there to watch them because I'm very curious how they're gonna do it We're taking the shingles off our roof and we're replacing it with metal roof Don't name Dan He owns the company that's doing it and Getting it done. We'll have a five-year warranty on it. No more leaking roof And I know he's gonna do a great job Anybody need a few tires? This guy's got a few tires for you But those things on your pickup Is they insane? That'll get you some attention Compensate that much of course this guy should have stayed in that lane. We've just left Fort McMurray. We'll be getting I Think I'm gonna go to Whitecourt. We're gonna have a shower then we'll be getting there around what looks like 10 o'clock tonight. Yeah, I've got to be Loading About 20 minutes down the road from there in Blue Ridge. All right, so we found ourselves pretty good parking spot Not by ourselves, but in a quiet area the parking lot anyways And it's now time to So first thing I do when I get ready for bed is I move all of my stuff in my big blue bag Move it up to the front onto the driver's seat I leave that on my on this side of the bed so that diesel doesn't lay on this side So that cuz he sheds a bit and I don't want any hair on my side where my head is That's where my head goes But just in case For any hair that he did shed on the bed. I Vacuum every night before I put my mattress down. I've already vacuumed it once but that was for your benefit and Just to get the last extra little hairs out there All right, let's tilt you up a little bit there so you can see what I'm doing This is my mattress. It's a memory foam mattress. I have it rolled up every night up there All I do is I put it down here unhook it. I put the hooks here Somewhere put them. Voila. I got a nice comfy bed Right there and then of course I need my pillow I put my pillow down there And I put my blanket down here And then we're all ready for dreamland Just like this So thanks everybody for watching today once again if you feel that my videos should be recommended to others I rely on you guys to recommend it to others So if you want to go ahead and share on your social media if not give it a thumbs up that helps the algorithms a bit Leave me a comment down below. Let me know what you're thinking and I'll see you tomorrow