 morning blue. How'd you sleep? Do you have a good weekend or what? I've been off for a few days now. We're back. How's it going? I'm getting all blue ready. She's freshly serviced. Fresh oil, fresh grease, completely looked over. I got new batteries too. So we got my batteries tested when the truck went in this weekend. And they were all shot, all four of them. So we've got four brand new cat batteries in there right now. They're longer expensive than I thought they were. I thought they were like $100 each. Silly me. What am I living in the 90s? $100 each. They were $250 each. Canadian. And remember, I'm Canadian. So when I say dollars, I'm talking Canadian unless if I specifically say US dollars. So that's around about, you know, $190, right? $180, $190 American dollars each. Maybe 200. But we needed them. We needed them. You want to see what else we got? I showed you at the end of my last trip when we got back a few days ago. I'm so excited to use those today. We're going to go pick up a load in Canora and I have to tarp them. Those are my new tarps. I got them when I got back from my last trip, picked them up. They're brand new. They're still in the packaging. These tarps there I'm going to take along for this trip because I haven't taken those things out of the package yet. I don't want to take them out of the package and like roll them all up because they look so nice and pretty in there. So I'm going to take them out when we actually tarp. And for if whatever reason what is in those tarps is not or in those bags is not what I had ordered, it'll be fine. But just in case I don't want to be left with no tarps today. So I'm taking these tarps along just for one trip, one more trip. And they're probably just going to sit on the deck of the trailer the entire time because I'm going to use those just for peace of mind, whatever. Because those ones I know will work. They're pretty holy and pretty patchy. I mean, they're more patch than tarp. But if I need them, they're there just for one more trip. And after I get those out of the bag and I use them once and everything looks good that I don't need to send them back or return them. Well, I would return them before I use them. But once I get out of there, make sure they're all good. And then we will say goodbye to these. Should we have a ceremony for these? It'd be more of a funeral. I'm just kidding. So yeah, let's get everything in here. Let's get all blue warmed up with our fresh oil. Look at this grease on the fifth wheel. Greasy. That's nice. That's nice and greasy. Let's get hooked up to our trailer and let's head out to Canora. It's about a two hour drive. And we got a load there. We're picking up today. We're delivering tomorrow morning in Brainerd, Minnesota with my brand new tarps. Beautiful day. Look at this. Can I get any better this time of year? Daylight hours are getting longer. We had to change our clocks the other day though. Lost an hour of sleep that night. That wasn't fun. But now, I mean the sun is up in the sky later in the day. Not technically, but by the clock. You know what I mean. So it makes it feel like the days are a lot longer again. It's making me feel really good. I'm getting very excited for the upcoming summer. The lasting wider the road behind us. Now they moved up here a little further down the road. Still on the road that's going around the north end of Canora. They're blowing stuff up here. Just cleaning up now. Still think this would be one of the coolest jobs. Driving one of these big dump trucks would be fun. That's a little guy, but you know those really, really big ones? I always thought that would be a fun job to have. University or college where you go to learn how to blow stuff up. Like some kind of engineer, right? Like probably pays pretty well for trucking. But I mean if I had to pick a second career, blowing stuff up would be pretty fun. I'm in line here for the tarp shed. I've got my new tarps sitting over there already. Look at them. Nice and clean, bright blue glistening in the sunlight. This is the center tarp. I'm not going to need that tarp this time. So I'm just going to leave it there and leave it wrapped up so it stays clean. Those actually came with their own bags, which I'm going to reuse if I can. I put them in here. See? Keep them clean in there. That's the bags they came in. And when I'm done with them, I'll roll them up, throw that bag around them again and keep them clean, so they don't get all that salt and road grime. And yes, I got these from Mighty Products. These two here have end flaps on them. So they got eight foot drops. That's the center one I'm not going to use that often because these are the loads I haul the most and it only takes two tarps to cover them. Two end tarps. Obviously when I'm done with them, when I unload in the morning, I'll roll them up properly like I have these ones back here. I won't need these unless for some reason those are the wrong size. Usually old ones. Look at the difference, eh? They're supposed to be the same color. Look at these things just torn up. You can tell they've been around a long, long time. It was time. It's definitely time. It's a big day. I wish it was on a day when I wouldn't be getting my tarps all dirty, but it is what it is. Those three tarps cost me $808 U.S. plus shipping. So it came out to about $1,000 Canadian. And that's a really good deal. Everyone I've talked to said, what? You got what? You got what price? So from the shopping I've done, I was expecting to spend closer to $2,000. And now I only spent $1,000. So finally, finally something's a little cheaper than I expected. That doesn't happen very often in trucking. Actually, that never happens. So mark this down in history. This is probably not going to happen again, but we can hope. All right, of course the ground is wet, so get the dirt away. But that's what we have to do. Hook it up to the crane over here and pull it over and see what it looks like. Up we go. First time. Oh, that looks nice. That's nice. It's picture time. I wish I had a clean truck for this. Oh well, you're never gonna look that clean again. I just want to sit here and stare at them. So if you're wondering where I got them from, that's where. Great quality in my opinion. Let's go. I'm really glad the roads are clear and dry today. Maybe my tarps will stay clean for more than one trip. It's a messy time of year. I'm surprised that today is like this even. The weather is really warm. It has 10 degrees Celsius. So we're 10 degrees above freezing. That windshield is filthy. I washed it this morning. As soon as the sun shines on it though, it shows you what a bad job you've done. Yikes. Not a terrible job. I have to clean that again. Well the sun's not shining directly on it. It looks clean. Sort of. Kind of. We're making our way towards Fort Francis where we'll cross into international falls. Last week we took that bypass. I don't know we're gonna take it again. It's it's a lot longer to go around that way. Longer distance and longer time. There's no real benefit to it. Because the route that goes through town is a truck route. And it's shorter. Normally a bypass would be faster, right? But not all the time. We'll see how I feel when I get there. Get unloaded first thing in the morning and then we're gonna rush back up here to Canora for another one. Quickly load that up tomorrow afternoon and then head back down to deliver the next day in the morning. And after that I have a load waiting for me in Burlington, Iowa. I'm gonna go grab that and take that home and I'll deliver it into Saskatchewan on Monday. Today when I'm filming this it's a Tuesday. Got the whole week planned out. Still great here in Fort Francis, Ontario. Just across the river. Just across the river from international falls, Minnesota. Bridges to USA this way. Jose, hello to our friendly American neighbors. Got some stuff for you. Right under my brand new tarps. I don't even care, I'm excited. Our flags are at half-mast. Is that still for Prime Minister Brian Mulroney who passed away? Wasn't that like two weeks ago already? How long do they leave them down for? I'm not saying that's a bad thing if they do. I'm just wondering what the standard is. When a Prime Minister dies, like a previous Prime Minister, how long do we, how long are we supposed to leave them at half-mast? 500 meters. Turn right on. Second Avenue. US 53 and then. Turn right into 130 meters. This intersection. See which way is actually faster. I've got a stopwatch set up. Soon as we stop here. From a complete stop at this corner. One direction I go right and the bypass to go straight. Let's see which way is actually faster. We're coming through here tomorrow. So tomorrow we'll be able to test that way. We'll settle this once and for all. Which way is faster? Be a good test because I have pretty much exactly the same load. Turn right in 110 meters. Same weights. Same truck. Same trailer. It's even somewhat similar. Then the bypass is worth it. Going this way. There's no way I'm gonna go around every time. Right, so we're at the end of the bypass. We're at Highway 71 and tomorrow when we take the road through town this is the highway we'll be going down. So I'm not gonna stop the timer at this intersection because today I have to stop here and make a left turn which cost me time. Tomorrow I'm going to be going straight through and won't have to stop for this intersection which will save me time in this little competition. Whatever you want to go. In this test. So I'm gonna keep the timer going until the next intersection where I turn left. Because today and tomorrow on both days we're gonna be turning left there. Which is just a few miles up around the corner here. That'll give us a more accurate estimate because I have to factor in that I'm losing time on this road by stopping at this intersection. Which is what I'm not gonna have to do tomorrow. So it's been 10 minutes and 57 seconds. So 11 minutes pretty much. Ouch. Why would you miss your gear like that? Okay so in 11 kilometers we're like 8 miles or so. See how quickly we're too busy. So now I can be cleared to come back. Zip straight back. Two trucks in front of me. So it looks like the new tarps held up nicely. So I have enough fuel to get back to Canora tomorrow. I'd like to fuel here but Casey's where I fuel here and Brainerd is closed already. It's they closed like five minutes before I got into town. So I can't fuel up tonight. I'm thinking about the time I get unloaded tomorrow. I'm third in line. Excuse me. The gate will open at 6.30 and we'll get in inside probably around 7. I'll probably be out of here between 8.30 and 9 I'm thinking. Which isn't bad right? And then it's a six hour drive back. I'm gonna go up through Budet, Minnesota into Rainy River Ontario and cross there to save on the toll. But a six hour drive back. And if I get out of here at 9 that means I'm getting up there at 3. Which is good right? 3 o'clock is totally fine. But when I get there I've also got to get reloaded and I've got to go get my paperwork and send in that paperwork before end of day so that I can get cleared for customs because once I send that in I go and tart my load like I did today and then I rush down back here to Brainerd right? I'll probably get to like Deer River or something tomorrow which is about an hour and a half from here. I won't have time in the morning because if I get out of here at 9 o'clock it'll be 15 minutes to the fuel station to Casey's. Oh 15 minutes minimum to fuel. Probably more like 25 to 30 minutes because it takes a little bit of time there to process the payment. Oh it always takes longer to fuel there because just the way their payment system works there. So with 30 minutes there let's say and then 15 minutes back to here and then six hours from here back. So it's at least 45 minutes to an hour that would be taken out of my day tomorrow morning before I even leave Brainerd to go back to Canora. That means I'm only getting to Canora at 4 o'clock right at end of day. That's uh that's too late. I won't be able to make that. So I'm going to have to buy some fuel in Canora tomorrow which is a little bit more expensive than here in the US and Minnesota but I'm not going to fill up my tanks. So first first thing starts I'm going to go to Canora when I get loaded. Once we're loaded everything sent away I'm going to have to take a little detour to Canora Petropas which is a little ways up the road a few miles out of the way the opposite direction that I would usually go to come back down here. Go to the fuel station fill up one of my tanks just so I have enough to get back down here. That's my only option. I can't afford to fuel tonight. Thanks everybody for hanging out with me. If you want to go check out my friends and sponsors you can go down below to my description. You'll see a list of all of my links down there. If you want any of my official social media links they're down below as well in the description. If you're on your phone you can click the title and it'll give you a drop down box. You might have to click a little button that says more and there's a whole bunch of stuff down there where you can get to know me on a whole different level and follow me on all kinds of different platforms. 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