 Another week another chance to make a great one of it first the most important thing Don't forget this Well, you guys know the drill. I'm gonna get ready to go here Warmed up. I don't have an assignment for today yet. So I gotta wait to see what I got to do But I'll talk to you in a little bit once I get everything going Welcome to the vlog though. We make daily vlogs and if you're new here, you're welcome to subscribe down below I've been doing this about 10 years now So there's a lot to catch up on if you have the time if you just want to start from here You can do that as well. You can find the description or down below this video in the description Explains a lot of my channel to you if you want to go down there and take a look Pete's hooked up to 605 today Roll tight. I have four deliveries to make three in Winnipeg one up in Arbor Just doing our pre-trip on it now making sure Everything's working as it should make sure that there's premium compressed air and tires making sure that These ratchets are far away from the lifted axle We don't want those touching this tire here because this tire can still spin all the brakes are engaged right now So I could check the brake lights working good License plate light working Signals are working Yeah, when these touch the ground sometimes when you're going up a driveway or over a bridge connection These look at the ground starts spinning and that's okay, but if you have the ratchet touching the tire, that's not good Choose up the tire and that defeats the purpose of having it lifted to save it Then you have it lifted to destroy it and that's not good Don't want to destroy it Just a signal in here. I gotta check all these straps it make sure they're still tight You jump inside here. See what it looks like This stuff will be going to Arbor It's got dirty. Okay Go up to Arbor Looks like I got a forklift back there What's the boxes? I'm gonna see if I can get around there Can we get between here? There's more room on this side. It's for Arbor 2. I've got these three Schools back here by the look of it. I'm just gonna make sure everything is tied down to my satisfaction And we're gonna pull it on out of here. I think that forklift is coming off first 10 a.m. Appointment for that And then these spools I have two drops in the city might be these I wonder I think these pallets might be going into Winnipeg Not to Arbor. So I'm gonna get these pallets One two and three and then that goes to Arbor and that should be my whole day Fancy Fancy schmancy Very nice Brand spanking new all the loads camera. Oh, oh, oh, oh, that's this is why we check it sure. It's all tight Exactly why we check it because The driver who brought it in here As it goes down the highway it all shifts and settles and if they don't consistently Check to make sure the straps are still tight and you know like I did crawl all the way back here They could be loose like that and you don't want freight To be loose. All right, everybody All right, it's time to get going Which is where the old bomber stadium used to be. We're gonna leave the forklift here guessing I'll probably have to back into a dock Get these unhooked and you want me over there in door 11 I'm gonna roll it right off the back. So that means I've got to Roll this up here. All right the brand new forklift On their dock in their building and off my trailer One of four complete for today. The next one there is going to the Actually those spools and the pallets in front of it are going to two different places in the northwest corner of Winnipeg up around Route 90 up there if you're familiar with Winnipeg these I have to uh return these ratchets to the driver They're his Turn those these in the proper place so that they're not flying all over the place Actually these stay inside the trailer. They just go to the front. I'll put them underneath for now These are aluminum and you don't want them flying out of the trailer into traffic That'll kill someone We'll put it underneath here We don't got to worry about it those straps I'll put it inside the truck because I have to remember to give those back to the driver And if I put those under here chances are I'll probably forget and then He's not going to like me very much because he specifically tracked me down to ask me to return his equipment These things Belong to it's an owner operator Who'd loaded this trailer all this stuff came from indiana the USA Nice country cruise up to arbor two hours north of here blast delivery in arbor. Let's Open up the trailer and I'm sure they saw me pull in already and get this unloaded and Head on back. That'll be the whole day Worked out pretty good. I think Look at that empty trailer. It's weird coming here and not loading stuff up Usually I load up stuff here and bring it back Today I was unloading and I'm going back empty My pickup waiting for me Hidden away from you. It's not like that. I actually like the back corner I didn't I can't say that I picked this spot, but I didn't argue with it and I didn't fight it because I like that that way my pickup is way in the back corner It doesn't have constant traffic driving back and forth past it. It stays cleaner that way I know that if I park in like my pickup if I just wash it And then I park it in another part of the lot where there's more traffic The truck gets dusty the first day. It doesn't matter all the traffic going back before the truck gets dirty I find back here even though it's a gravel lot There's hardly any traffic moving around way back here in the corner So if I come to work with a clean truck chances are usually I go home with a clean truck Yeah Same thing with it. I know this truck is dirty and old as it is but that that's fine But uh, you know when I do wash it at least I know back here it stays clean longer I've said it before I'll say it again. It's a work truck And it works well. I've always I've always liked the older trucks better What am I doing here? Am I in the proper? I want to make sure that I log myself out of here. I always log myself out of my e-log Just in case if the shop needs my truck or if they want to fix something or if it needs to be moved And whoever moves the truck it doesn't get registered onto my e-log because that messes me up for the next day then So when they climb in it'll prompt them to log themselves in Okay, so we're logged out. We're all good to go Okay That was a good day. It was a good monday It's time to go home for my rock star welcome. I heard diesel had a little bit of an upset stomach this morning I hope he's feeling better now Thought I heard someone walking up behind me So, uh, I was watching some tim pool. I watch him pretty much every day. I really like his podcast Uh, and he also does just commentary Uh content on one of his other channels I think his podcast is tim cast irl A lot of you know of him already. Maybe you found me through that I know I comment in the comment sections every now and then and the responses seem to be pretty good there I don't comment with the intention of gaining new followers myself, but I welcome you here anyways I just want to comment my Piece of my mind in the comment section as well. And I've seen your responses. Some of you said, oh, hey, that's how I found you Cool He was talking I guess it'd be last week for you. Well, he's been talking quite a bit recently about a trucker shortage And it's interesting to listen to people who aren't in the trucking industry and who like I grew up in it For those of you who don't know, my dad was a trucker my whole life I've been a trucker since I was 18 and i'm 34 33 turning 34 I don't know how old I am. I was born in 88 And I've been a driver up here in Canada this whole time and we've had a driver shortage for longer than I've been alive in Canada here, especially like they They bring people in from all over the world To be truck drivers here in Canada. There's a lot of people here from punjab It's a province in northern India. It also stretches into pakistan A lot of the drivers like over 50 percent of them are from that region And there's such a there's been such a big driver shortage here for so long that The the people my age here, like i'm a millennial Maybe i'm an odd millennial because I feel like i'm kind of normal, but Most millennials my age They don't want to drive truck. They they feel like it's beneath them, right? And that's sort of a product of how our society has looked upon us for a very long time as truckers They always look at truckers as like oh, you're just a trucker A lot of people my age would be surprised How much you can make as a truck driver? No, it's not easy. No job is if you want to be over the road You got to be away from home for a little while. I was able to find this really great position where I'm in now after 14 years trucking 10 years over the road or nine years over the road. I'm I'm now in a position where I can be home every night uh But it's it's good. I can make a good living support my family. I'm not a super rich dude. I'm not a super like, uh Wealthy individual. I'm I'm just like everybody else. We're just trying to get by one day at a time and uh There's always jobs in trucking always and the media now is starting to talk about oh, there's a trucker shortage There's a trucker. It's all fear mongering It's true, but they're using it for their own purposes They're trying to get you to watch their their content because fear and panic sells for the media Yes, we have a shortage. Yes, we need more drivers. No, it's not a new thing This is an ongoing issue and it's one of the biggest reasons why I started this channel 10 years ago I wanted to change the stereotypes of truckers. I wanted just to show people like hey I'm a normal guy just like you and I drive a truck And I make a good good living and I'm I love it. I love it Maybe it's something you want to look into also Maybe not but at least you have an inside look into a trucker's life Not just here on the job But also at home with my home life you get to see how how the whole picture is as as much as I can share with you Anyways, so it's it's there's always been a trucker shortage And yes, I would love it if more people my age would get into it But like I said earlier, it seems to be beneath a lot of them You know, everyone wants to get out of high school Go to college or university and then immediately expect to be Successful they immediately expect success And they want the big house with the nice car and you know the big backyard and you know the golden retriever and Sometimes I'm not going to discourage you from going to college and university I mean it depends on what you want to do if you want to be a doctor or a lawyer that that is necessary, but But if you get into the trades a truck driver a plumber and a electrician you can go to trade school or trucking school And make more money than some of these people who go there get their fancy degrees and then look down their nose at you It's a good job to have I really enjoy it. I really like driving. I love driving big trucks every day It's a thrill. I love getting up every morning not knowing what's going to happen. It's a different thing every day I'm not staring out at the same Like office cubicle every day Like this is my office view like right now. I'm just facing the tire shop. I know but uh, you know, it changes That's the best part. You know tomorrow morning. I'm going to come in and sit in here and my view is going to change again I guess just to follow up on this. Yes, there's a trucker shortage, but no, it's not new It's something we've been dealing with but I am thankful that they're now paying attention to it And I'm thankful that people like tim are talking about it Because it is an issue that needs to be addressed more people my age and more young people need to see trucking as a viable career as as a Desirable career and that's what i'm doing right here on youtube So I left a comment in one of his videos and the comment got quite a bit of attention And I just said there's there's always been a shortage. This is nothing new Maybe in a sense We got busier so now we need even more drivers than we already needed before So maybe he's got a point there You know, there is no absolute in this there is no It's a big industry it's huge and i'm up here in canada But we travel into the u.s. All the time and so we go internationally across the borders back and forth and back and forth But this is uh, this is an ongoing thing in canada in the united states In europe australia We need drivers. We need new young blood in the industry Not that the old drivers are any of a of any less value. They're very valuable. Their experience is very valuable But we need new young people And if you're looking for work, I know a good place where you can come and work, right? I know a very good place. We're looking for drivers just like everybody else, but we're the best And that's why you should come and work here We're all fighting for your attention. We're all fighting for you guys to come drive for us I'm showing you firsthand what we do here, and I believe in this place And I know what we do is awesome and we do it the best It wouldn't be a truck or josh law without truck or josh forgetting something I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached And I'd forget my name if it wasn't on my name badge Let's see Just to make double sure Just double sure Lights are off. Okay I wanted to be sure Just stinking I can sleep better. I won't stay up all night thinking. Did I close it? Did I close the doors? Did I turn off the lights? I got that song stuck in my head. Thanks tiktok. What was I supposed to room? Ah pothole Pothole don't hit the pothole every single day And it makes my stuff go flying Okay, cool Nice Nice high five great success Diesel I heard you had an upset stomach just now. Are you feeling better? Chevy's feeling great Frank I gotta poop man. You gotta let me out. You gotta let me out, man Yeah, we can say hello later. Yeah You step on me. I'll buy to you Thank you for jumping up on me jumping up in front of me. That's okay I gotta poop. I gotta take my fog out. Yeah, okay Yeah, you guys go do your thing do your thing You know, I found you you were sleeping Hey guys, come on. Oh, I got the wiener I'm the wiener. I know you're not pretty excited because it's just me but I appreciate the tail wagging. I appreciate the effort Oh, home sweet home. So diesel. How's it going buddy? You feeling okay? Feeling okay. I heard your stomach was grumbling this morning. You had the poops Oh man, he looks good Like I've been telling you recently we're moving him on to a different food and I took Four weeks to get him moved on to this food so it's slowly Weaning him off the old food getting his stomach used to the new food His stomach's very sensitive when you change up his food And I guess I still went a little bit too fast. So uh I'm gonna change the mixture a little bit tonight and uh Move a little bit slower with that. His stomach was a little upset this morning Looks like he's doing fine now beating his brother up like usual. What are you guys doing? Hey diesel diesel let go Oh, I thought he was biting them They bite each other all the time. It's all in fun though. They're not actually biting each other They're not actually bite and hold down. They just Hold each other's faces in their mouths sometimes, you know Like boys do Okay, I'll get him Diesel hey You pinned them. Okay The rules are when you pin them you get off Chevy always lets him win. I think he feels bad for him because he's kind of old I heard that now you're not always looking at him spy I can still beat up my brother any day He'll say oh, I got him again Got him again still got me Looks like he's feeling all better now back to his usual weasley self I don't know what it was this morning that went back to a mixture of his old food with his new food Eating just fine And he went to the bathroom just fine too. So must have just been uh A passing upset stomach All better now Good boy