 Morning everybody Now we can sort of see how the space looks a little better without the big truck in here So I got the truck outside. It's warming up getting the juices flowing at the pickup inside We're gonna go get our trailer. We'll pick up our load and head over to around Edmonton, Alberta It's gonna be fun. Let's get going Get Timmy's off we go with our empty skateboard behind us try axle flatbed Into Winnipeg got a load another load of those floor joists. I think it's the exact same load But we'll find out when we get there bet my father-in-law Jerry at work just now. We now work together He's coming here to work a keystone as well Super excited about that now. I got both dads here My dad and my father-in-law a truck and family I'm not too sure what truck they're gonna give him yet, but I gave him a few suggestions as to what I think are the best ones I'll let him make up his own mind once Once he gets into them He's here for orientation this week Should be hitting the road either later this week or first thing next week. That's pretty excited. He's pretty excited I'm pretty excited. I got to pick up my load on the east side of Winnipeg and Get moving. I'm hoping to get unloaded tomorrow yet though. I'm gonna have to rush like usual Worst-case scenario I get unloaded Thursday morning and go get reloaded Thursday afternoon and then I'm back Friday evening Britt and I got a date on Saturday We're going to Cirque du Soleil Okay, bud. We got ourselves loaded up Take a look at these apples. I don't know what that is, but they wanted that's part of the load. So here we go beautiful I Don't know the 60,000 pounds of wood on the trailer bringing me up to an approximate gross weight of 95,000 pounds Or maybe 94,000 haven't scaled it yet, but we're not overweight doing good That's why we got the tri axle We can have 17,000 kilograms on these axles here 24,000 on those axles there I Think I just got duped by a guy driving a handy bus Pulled up to the stop light beside me And he was saying something like oh, there's something wrong. There's something wrong pointing at my trailer Something's gonna fly off like what? Can't be I just left right so I Found a safe place to pull over here. There's nothing wrong Shook and he's probably having a laugh that he got me to pull over and check my load, but What did that get him? I don't get it sounds of it when he was trying to get my attention It sounded like he said my headache rack was open and that my straps could fall out and stuff, right? I forgot to latch up my my headache rack. So I'm like, oh, thank you very much. Thank you. I've pulled over right away and No, they were closed those friends about how funny he is Just got back in from checking everything again Nothing wrong. Hope you're getting a good laugh Maybe he watches the videos and he's sitting there chocolate now that I included it in the vlog Well, what am I supposed to do like if someone tells me there's something wrong? I'm gonna come I'm gonna pull over and check It's not really an accomplishment Did I maybe misunderstand him like was he just yelling at me? I hadn't changed lanes or anything for the longest time. So it's not like I would have cut anyone off by accident I was minding my own business in my line. Maybe because I'm driving so slow and he's got to make it to his handy van appointment And I have some very upset customers if he's late, I guess I don't know What in the world? Yeah, walked around checked everything three times There's nothing wrong Just like there was nothing wrong five minutes ago when I did my pre-trip That's why I did my pre-trip Nervous, you know Did he see something I didn't see? Because I do this for a living and I know what I'm looking for and I saw nothing wrong I probably got mad at me for driving too slow or something He was probably yelling at me for that couldn't quite understand what he was saying But it looked like he was saying that my headache rack was open or that there was something wrong behind my truck, right? And it sounded like that So I did an extra pre-trip. I even logged it in here as an extra load check Nothing more I can do really There's nothing that could have possibly flown off the trailer My load is all secured with way too many straps. It's not going anywhere So we turned on to the south perimeter westbound now on the south side of Winnipeg Way to Atchison. I'll be there tomorrow afternoon sometime I don't know if I'm gonna make it there in time to get unloaded tomorrow though a little bit of a later start today That's because we had to unload this trailer first It was still loaded up with those reels from last week, and they had to put that on a different trailer So we needed this tri-axle for this load. Buddy you can do it Look at you go. Oh, that's a Malibu. I thought that was a Civic. Oh, I apologize Thought crime so here we roll we're in the western southwestern Manitoba Coming up on the town of Burton and then coming up on the border with Saskatchewan You guys getting tired of the prairies yet. I'm not I love it out here Especially this time of year with the canola fields. They're still yellow, right? But it's August now which means all the fields are gonna start ripening And then they're gonna start harvesting them and you know what that means That is an ominous sign in winter is coming. I Didn't say it you said it you thought it before I said it that means it was your thought it wasn't mine I'm not taking ownership of that one. I don't think I'm gonna make it these guys who unload these Choice in Atchston they leave at 330 Which means they want you unloaded and out of their yard by 330 And it takes them a good hour to get these off if there's if it takes as long as last time So I'd have to get there by 230 otherwise That's just the way things are I Don't think I'm gonna make it If I had the hours to drive straight through and I didn't stop once I'd get there at about quarter to five in the morning But I have to stop for a break at least an eight-hour break here in Canada That's five. Let's just round it up to five because there's a pre-trip in the morning Five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve one o'clock That's with absolutely no breaks. I'm gonna have to stop for fuel. I'm gonna have to stop the bathroom breaks And I have to stop to check my load every couple of a couple of hours Which will bring us very very close to 230 So maybe we'll make it maybe we won't Depends if I have any delays like any delay whatsoever Is gonna cause us to be unloaded the next day, which is fine because I'm not gonna get reloaded till the next day Anyways, it would just be nice to get going to wherever my reload is right So we'll try we're gonna do our best but I make no promises I Met the mercy of the elements the road the traffic My bladder and my fuel tanks. This is a heavy load. We're pulling so I Mean it may not have to fuel till we get to Edmonton till after we get unloaded. I could probably get all the way there. I Don't like to run my tanks out low though Even in the summertime I'm gonna have to about going to Saskatchewan. We're gonna go right past today Trying to get as far as I can today. We're really trying to make our delivery for tomorrow Still don't know if we'll make it but we're gonna give it our best shot I want to make you all aware about it in my comment section some spam comments Pop up almost every day. It's very frustrating on my end Having to deal with this but just be aware that there are accounts that'll pop up and respond to you It'll they'll they'll use my profile picture But if it's a comment from me look beside the picture it's gonna say trucker Josh vlogs It should match the name on my channel Then you know it's from me. I've had multiple people message me. Is this you is this you look at the username Usually these spam commenters will say hey I have something for you or inbox me or reach out to me here And then there'll be like a WhatsApp number or something in the username there Don't click on that that's spam. They're trying to scam you out of something. I don't know. I've never clicked on it I don't know what they want. It's very frustrating. I don't know why they keep Making new accounts just so just be aware if you receive a comment from an account that has my profile picture It's not necessarily me. Okay, just look at the username If it doesn't say trucker Josh vlogs reported as spam It's just spammers, you know They got nothing better to do with their lives They've been making comments in my comment section replying to people and for years now and you know you you block them You report them. They just create ten other accounts. It's Just want you guys to know because there's been a couple of people asking already There's the flying J over there Not swinging in there this time. All right, usually I would laser focus today laser focus now that I know I have been I've been seeing those spam comments And it's a lot of youtubers that are dealing with that. There is not just me Don't engage with them don't click on them just report them as spam and eventually YouTube will just automatically plop them into a spam folder and That's what I do It's kind of annoying when you know you're trying to create an atmosphere for your channel for your viewers And you get somebody coming in there like hey posing as me, right? They they have the The same profile picture as me on purpose That's to trick you into engaging with them. Oh, did my CB radio just make a sound That's a first Did I tell you already in the vlog? I got a CB radio in here now. I'm a real trucker now How about that? Hey, I Found one laying around on our shed at home off to tell you about it later Yeah, it was just laying around in a box in our shed, and I found it over the weekend So it's a call throw in the truck see what happens I've had it on all day. Haven't heard anything Then again, nobody uses it up here. I haven't had one in probably like eight years People always say oh it prevents accidents. No drivers paying attention prevent accidents If you're paying attention, you shouldn't need a CB radio. You should be driving according to conditions Don't rely on that to save your life Or to save you from getting into an accident You shouldn't need that to prevent accidents But I figure you know, I'll plop it in here see what happens see if anyone's yapping on there Usually I don't like having one because it's just a bunch of motor miles on there usually and if I go into the US a Lot more people use it in the US, but you can't understand a thing They're saying they all like speak with the microphone inside their mouth There's like Come on What? What? Can't understand what they're saying anyway But here we are living the dream, right? I'm a real trucker now. Whoo It only took me 16 years I'm gonna have to get a better CB radio. We'll see if this one works for the amount. I'll use it. It'll work It's not that fancy. It's a Colbert 29 something something I'll show you later Let's get through Regina here. I want to at least get up to Saskatoon tonight at least maybe the Lloyd Minster We'll see in to Saskatoon here. I Think this is where we're gonna stop for tonight. I'm on the south end of town I'm gonna go around to the north side where the Flying J is of course. I'm sure you could have Guessed that See if there's any parking for us there. If not, we'll go over Next door to Husky or I guess it's Esso now Whoops, I guess we don't need these while we're in town the locals wouldn't like those very much though I personally love them My Jake Briggs Gotta remember it is 10 30 at night here right now. We're in mountain time So back home in Manitoba. It's 11 30 I found myself on a little bit of an unwanted detour Guess I'm turning here. The lead take Was closed suddenly for construction. I'm not sure if you're familiar with Saskatoon or not, but Right before the lights The right lane is closed and there's no way to get around it. You got to turn right Instead of going straight It's I guess it'd be kind of hard to explain to someone who hasn't been here before but you'll just have to trust me It kind of caught me off guard. So Taking a little bit of an unwanted detour here through Luckily, this is a commercial zone commercial area and this should take me back to the main road I think Then again, I'm pretty sure that if I turn right because flying J is that way I can probably weasel my way that way as well, but I don't know for sure. I Don't really want to risk getting caught in some residential zone or something seems like a very Quiet street I'm the only one here I'm the only guy who didn't know my lane was closed everybody else knew and went around You get back here. There's a light there. I see but the sign is saying detour go straight Okay Yeah, that road is closed there too. Okay Good thing. I didn't turn down there. I wouldn't be able to turn around that I have to back up There was that little sign on the bottom of the stop sign there. That's a detour straight ahead So that was my that was my biggest hint and maybe I should just keep going straight Get see a little bit nervous Getting on unfamiliar roads and detours in a big truck 75 foot unit Now the arrow in the detour sign is pointing left So we will go left Saskatoon messing with me It's too late for this stuff, man. I'm gonna need both lanes to make this right turn though Not sure I do I'm gonna take both a little bit of a tight corner This is called a buttonhook where I come from the right lane and then I right before the corner I hook it into the left lane and then I buttonhook it around the corner That's to make sure my trailer gets around this fire hydrant up here on the curb No one likes running over fire hydrants Can ruin your day. You do this though. You got to make sure that those four-wheelers don't Don't sneak in there, you know It happens more often than it should And then they look at you like you're the problem We're the truck drivers. We're always the problem, right? There we go. See this is the road I wanted to be on Turn right here, and that'll take me to flying J It's good to see the roads are still terrible. I like I like stability consistency and stability You know, I'm just get ourselves around this corner. I know we're back on track That was fun Little bit of sightseeing in industrial Saskatoon at night At least we got out of that pickle without getting ourselves into trouble Here to Saskatoon found some parking at the flying J and Went inside grabbed a couple of goodies mostly just Like I like having these protein bars. It's like a meal replacement bar for breakfast Trying to eat less Got to lose a little bit of weight, and I don't always have time to exercise so my Solution to that is just to eat less but also You know, these aren't the healthiest things out there. I'm not gonna say I'm eating healthy but this is what I have for breakfast until lunch and We'll worry about that tomorrow Grab myself something to drink Vitamin water even though it's probably pure sugar. Who are we kidding, right? Today was a pretty good day though. I got up super early at home Reasonably early. He went to the shop got the truck ready to go and then Bobtailed over to the trailer had to unload the trailer this morning and Then or get it unloaded. I didn't actually unload it myself. Who do you think I am? Then run into Winnipeg get it loaded tied it down myself and Made it all the way out here. We drove a total of 900 and some kilometers today But nine and a half hours of driving tomorrow. We have five and a half to six hours of driving left I think I'm gonna make it. I'm gonna stop here for my eight hours That's what I'm required to stop for on Canadian hours of service stop here for my eight hours We're gonna book it over to Edmonton and I think I think I should be there around two o'clock Maybe one thirty one thirty two o'clock I'm gonna try our best anyways. We'll see what happens So we'll be up early again tomorrow and we'll make another video for you then It was a smooth ride across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Nothing to report My dad wasn't too far behind me. He's also going to Edmonton. I think he stopped in Regina He's headed to Edmonton for tomorrow to my father-in-law. He's also had his first day of orientation today At Keystone here as well. So that's exciting. I think I explained that a little bit before as well, too So he'll be driving trucks soon as well he used to drive truck when my wife was a little girl and He was a truck driver which helped a lot when I met my wife Because Britt understood what it what being a truck driver was you understood the trucking lifestyle Which benefited me quite a bit? so he he's going back to trucking and I'm excited to have him on the team here. It's gonna be great. So Dad and father-in-law Maybe we'll all run on one big long Convoy one day who knows I don't I don't run convoy much I have a CB radio in here now, but Not one peep on it all day I'll probably hear more on it when I'm in the US people like to chat on the CB there more They they like the CB more there. We'll see what happens Anyways, that's all I have to say for today. We made it here safely And that's all that counts So tomorrow's another day and I'll see you then I'll see you in the morning for morning coffee Don't forget to subscribe and hit the bell down there as well so you don't miss it