 Morning everybody Welcome. We have this thing. We've had this fridge plugged in all night. Let's give her a check So I'll worry about that. I need to get going. We're doing two trips down to Thief River Falls today And we got back really late last night, so I'm starting a little later than usual today because I have to make sure my log book all You know agrees with me that it's okay to go because I'm going to the US So I have to have 10 hours consecutive off before I Start today so that I'm legal to drive in the US Go down to Thief River drop those trailers off that we loaded up yesterday those stacked trailers. I have three step decks behind me Drop those off take our chains off and stuff Grab on to a loaded trailer bring that back to our yard Grab on to an empty step deck probably just one this time run back down to Thief and Do it all over again and then come home. It's gonna be fun. Let's get going. No time to Hang around the shop today Well, I love this place a lot, but There's work to be done This is what the roads look like this morning It is pretty warm, so it's melting on the highway. It's not slippery, but it is a little bit slushy Watch out for that. It'll suck you right in We're headed south down highway 59 right now towards us 59 You guessed it us 59 starts at the US border Since I'm hauling three of our empty trailers down. That's not considered a load So I can cross from Tolstoy into Lancaster, Minnesota Back up through Emerson. Yeah, this is what Manitoba looks like today Southeast Manitoba anyways, I'm guessing about an hour down the road into the US pretty much all the snow will be gone That's where the snow line started yesterday on my way up. There's about 10 miles from the Canadian border That's where Started snowing So this is the weather in Thief River Falls about two hours south of Winnipeg About an hour and a half south of where we were where I showed you last on the Canadian side They still have snow in a few areas here, but for the most part Weather is much better and try to get my equipment off these trailers as fast as possible Once I figure out where they want them head on back because we've got to come down for another one So it's gonna be a late day again today But it's okay. We had a bit of a later start than what we would usually start at because of Yesterday and you know log books and stuff It's always the log books that slow us down and That pesky habit we all have of you know sleeping every day Takes up so much time. I know for me. I need a good eight hours every day Such a waste of time, but I need it. We have a bit of a surprise today. We're switching trucks again And not just into any truck. I have a special task You remember years ago when I was in the Western Star and you remember just a little while ago I said man that Western Star is you know a 3088. It's pretty much identical to the truck. I was driving This is 3080. This is the exact truck. I was in for about three years I put almost 400,000 kilometers on this truck when it was brand new. I was the first driver in it I think it had something like that 15 or 20 kilometers when I got into it and I'm just checking out the engine right now because Someone went and blew up the engine after I was I don't know what happened, but the engine Seized up or blew up or something happened and take a look at what's in here now This is a brand spanking new engine and it is my task to break it in My old friend last time I was in it. He was a brand new truck And now it's a brand new truck again. It's been born again So to speak new motor everything else on it is Things aged a little bit since I was in it so Peterbilt will be parked for a little while while I Test this thing out. Look at that fresh paint on there. It hasn't even gotten dirty yet under here Brand new So they want me to drive this in for about five to ten thousand kilometers or so And they're gonna take it in check on it check the fluid levels probably do a service on it And then We'll see where we go from there, but it is My job to break her in oh We're gonna break her in all right. I'm always just like old times, right? This is the truck that Britt and I went to Yukon in we spent New Year's in Yukon and Whitehorse remember that we went way up north there right up to the border with Alaska Me Britt and like three of our dogs. We didn't have Chevy at the time yet, but we had a different dog mitzi We had wiener mitzi and diesel three dogs and us in this exact truck. Oh the memories I'm gonna get my stuff moved over and then I got to go hook up to a step deck And I got to get it ready for tomorrow. We're headed back down at the river falls with this thing in the morning See if it even looks the same Yeah We fit three dogs and two adults In here for a long time all the way up north Good times. I Don't know how long they want me to be in this truck for Why is the format over there put the format back where it belongs over here Here we go Not sure how long I'll be in this truck for but maybe for a week or so We'll see they said five to ten thousand kilometers But that was just a random number that they just threw out there just as a like Give her a good run break her in So we'll see what happens Should be fun. Oh Wow, look at this. Somebody's been collecting these Scale cards, look at that From Catscales That wasn't me Look at that all the way around there Ha whoever's collection that is I'll leave that there for you and you can come get it whenever you want it Just come find me unless you want to leave it there Hey, I'll take it if you if you don't want it if you don't want it I'll take it, but I'll leave it there for now till I hear from whoever's collection that is No one's in this truck. No one's been in this truck for a very long time Because it's had the engine pulled right out of it and a brand spanking new engine put right in there They didn't rebuild it They put a brand brand new engine in there Kind of excited. Oh, there's another one down here Is this your truck? Let me know That's nice. See I just want taller stacks than that. I'd like a truck something like that different color, obviously a Little flat top sleeper with taller stacks. I'd want my stacks to be at least 13 feet You know 13 foot 16 Is that you? From Toronto, South Dakota, South Dakota you have a Toronto too. I Didn't know it South Dakota had a Toronto. Does your Toronto think it's the center of the world too? It's ours sure does Swing around here to the driver's side See if we can get her running Man who sits with this much air in the seat slam it down to the floor That's where I like to sit all the way down. There you go All the air out, okay Strudder up let her do her little thing Okay and No lights except for washer fluid good thing. I picked up some washer fluid for it and spanking new That was a little bit of a confusing vlog though. I put that together wasn't it? so we started off in the Peterbilt and At the end of the day, I only did one load I didn't do two did one load and at the end of the day They told me that hey, we like talked to you for a bet they pulled me in there and said hey We'd like you to take 3080 out and break in the new motor and do a couple of thief river runs tomorrow Okay, little reunion Reunion reunition Reunited a little reunion Between 3080 and me so that was kind of cool Got it all ready for tomorrow and we're headed to thief river falls two loads with the tomorrow and see how it does and The Western stars are really good trucks I really like them However, you have to be ready for a little bit of a rougher ride when you're bobtailing or empty when you're loaded It's a pretty decent ride Nothing to really complain about but when you don't have much weight on the drive tires. It's a very rough ride It's meant for tough work. It's what Western star specializes in right? They mainly make their trucks for tough work and even though this is a highway truck They're still built a little bit tougher than a Little bit more rigid than other trucks like I like I always say, you know every truck has their strength and Every truck has their weakness. No, this truck is really good at other things, but it's got a little bit of a rougher ride Other than that. Yeah, so we're gonna be in that for the next day or two Just see how the engine does see if any engine lights pop on or anything See if anything needs to be looked at before we put a highway driver into it And then that that'll be an open truck for van division For anyone who wants to come drive with us You can always I'm gonna promote us again You can email me a trucker Josh at keystonewestern.com if you're interested in working with us You can you might even be driving the same truck I drove for about two or three years 3080. We need a driver for it It's on van division Requirements are you need about two years experience? In Canada here you have to be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident or you know living here already in Canada with the experience here in Canada already and Yeah, if you are driving maybe somewhere else, maybe you're not too happy with where you're at You know the whole spiel I always give There's always better options out there. The grass is greener over here I've been here 10 years if it was if it was bad would I really be here 10 years? I'm not gonna stay somewhere that I'm not happy So that should be a testament enough To to convince you that the grass is greener here. I've been here 10 years never had an issue Love the dispatchers the owner is great President of the company is great all the owner like all the great from the top to the bottom I get along with everybody so well there and it's like a big giant family So if you want to come join the family, that's what I should say I should instead of say join the team join the family. They are my family. They're my work family I know pretty much everybody there I may not know everybody's first name because I'm not in the office very often But I know everybody and I make an effort to learn everybody's first now I want to be on a first-name basis everybody there. There's just a lot of employees But I know everybody and they know me And it's a great place to live a great place to work where you're not just a number But there's my spiel Email me at trucker Josh Keystone Western if you want to change if you're already working especially if you're an owner operator, of course we're always looking for owner operators to join the team and If we can snag you and pull you over to our side. There's anything we can do Reach out to me and I'll send you in the right direction so that your resume and Your application lands Right on the right desk right at the top of the pile And I'll make sure that that thing stays at the top of the pile that they get to you Okay, I'll be your I'll be your in there Some people are wondering what this flag is behind me That is the flag of Manitoba. That's my home province. That's where I live in Canada For you American friends of mine. Our province is like a state that would be like our state flag That's Manitoba. It's got the British Union Jack at the top It's got the cross of St. George the English flag on top of the crest in then our provincial symbol the buffalo It's the same provincial symbol as North Dakota just south of us that their state symbol is also a buffalo I believe we're one of their state symbols so yeah That's what our My Canada flags over there That's pretty much almost what our national flag used to look like it wasn't always the maple leaf like that That was that's our newer flag. We updated it Our original flag of Canada looked exactly like this red background Union Jack at the top a Crest on the side you accept the crest was a little different It had the crest of Canada on there But from a distance you would think this was the flag of Canada during World War one and two on our On our soldiers and on our military equipment on our planes that would be The we call it the red end sign that would be the flag that was flying on our military equipment and in history books And when you look through historic videos and pictures, you'll see a flag almost identical to that and that's the Canadian flag back then nowadays we We're known for that. That's our symbol We don't pledge allegiance to our flag in Canada. That's one of the differences we have to the US We don't pledge allegiance to it But we were very fond of it. That's our symbol that represents the people us Doesn't represent the government doesn't represent any politicians represents us and this of course is You all know what there's the greatest hockey team on the face of the planet, obviously, you know what this is The almighty Winnipeg Jets. Okay, shame on you for not knowing that. I Don't blame me. It's okay We're pretty good. We're pretty good I don't know how we're doing this season because you know, I'm kind of just a poser and I hang the flag up there But I don't really follow the season that closely But you didn't know that Obviously I'm a Jets fan because I'm from Manitoba and that's our NHL team. We're very proud of it. Don't take them away again Okay, last time you took our Jets away. We cried Don't make us cry again Phoenix looking at you you stole our Jets Phoenix coyotes used to be the Winnipeg Jets went to Phoenix, but then We stole the Atlanta thrashers We took Atlanta's team We took Canada's taken two of Atlanta's hockey teams already the Atlanta flames back in the day are now the Calgary Flames out in Alberta And then they got another team like hey, let's give this a second go Let's put a hockey team in Atlanta in football country. Let's put a let's put a winter sport right in Georgia It'll do well there. No, no people don't care about hockey there. They care about football NASCAR Hockey belongs up here. So We bought the Atlanta thrashers and we brought them home to Canada up here in Winnipeg and now they're the Winnipeg Jets Greatest hockey team on the face of the planet if you didn't know that now you know it This actually is Kind of unique to Manitoba Without the the plane in because the Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg is known as an Air Force town. We have an Air Force base in our city in right downtown the Winnipeg What's the call again? It's an Air Force base So we are known as an Air Force town hence Winnipeg Jets and if you take that jet out of the picture and it and you just Leave the circle the blue circle with the maple leaf in the center That is the emblem of the Royal Canadian Air Force or is it just the Canadian Air Force now? I think it's still Royal right. We're very royally We have a Queen still Hence the Union Jack out there. We still have a Queen So the Canadian Air Force And that's where that comes from and we bought them from Atlanta in 2011 the more you know you always learn something new on trucker Josh vlogs, so thanks for joining me today guys I got to wrap this up. I've been yapping here for eight and a half minutes already. You're tired. 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