 Good morning. Good morning, everybody. We've got old blue running We're ready to go and we're waiting for the Sun. We've got an oversize behind us We're permitted We're in North Bay, Ontario pick this up in around the Hamilton, Ontario area and it's going to Brandon, Manitoba So we're going through northern Ontario going to be taking highway 11 through campus casing around Today, I'm hoping to make it to Longlack Thunder Bay somewhere in there Longlack or Thunder Bay I've during daylight hours I can only get on the road a half hour before sunrise and I have to be off the road after sunset No later. So today When is sunrise in North Bay, Ontario? In North Bay today sunrise is at 746 a.m 746 so that means that 716 I can hit the road it is now 640 I'm ready to go Wish the Sun would hurry up a little bit here Well, I may be ready to go but old blue is not ready to go yet. Anyway, I just started her up Letting it warm up Should be ready by Well should be long ready by the time with 715 716 Eating up some water here gonna make some coffee. That's breakfast The truck in the load are all good. We're all ready to go other than having to warm up It's gonna be a good day. So if we make it to Longlack, which is 250 kilometers away or 500 some miles. It's about nine hours of just steady driving. So let's see When is sunset today in Longlack, Ontario in Longlack today sunset is at 534 p.m. I've 34 p.m. Better early, but always surprises me how fast the Sun goes down So by 5 p.m. I Know by 6 p.m. Sorry by 6 p.m. I have to be off the road So I'm starting here at 715 that gives me what for hours So if you're wondering why I show you all that that's how I trip plan every day, especially when I have a Wide load behind me and I'm required to be on or off the road at specific times or by specific times I need to know how far I can make it I need to have a trip plan of where I'm gonna park a backup plan if I don't get that far and A plan for if I exceed my expectations and I can park further down the road So the minimum distance I want to travel today is Longlack But it looks like I'll be able to get past there with the daylight hours. I Might make it to Nipagon, Ontario So Longlack or Nipagon, Ontario somewhere in there is where we're gonna stop tonight And if we do really good somehow We'll make it to that Shania Thunder Bay flying J. I don't think we're gonna make it that far but hey if everything just goes perfect maybe Maybe if it's just one of those days where you know, you see unicorns flying past and pigs flying everywhere and everything just goes perfect We might make it that far, but I'm gonna I'm gonna say right now the minimum distance we're gonna make today is Longlack, Ontario and We're shooting for Nipagon Okay Time is here. The Sun is about to show its beautiful face over the horizon According to the official Time of sunrise in North Bay, Ontario today. I am allowed To get moving So without further ado, let's go Got my coffee. I've had my breakfast Get the truck roll and let's just double check that my trailer is gonna come with me like I do every day There we go. It is attached brakes work and of course brakes release Wonderful, it's gonna be a good day. I had a good sleep really good sleep. I'm glad that all these trucks that were parked here moved There's like six trucks parked across here at night. I woke up in the middle of the night to I Don't know why I just woke up. So I looked out the window check what time it was And I was all blocked in not blog I could have still gotten out It just would have been a little tight. They left in a room for me, but like I'll park there I woke up. They're all gone Okay No big deal then Hold on there bud. Hold on wide load coming through hold on Hold on. Yeah, thank you. I thought he was gonna Push his way in anyway. Thank you. I'm feeling nice this morning. I'm gonna wait for you I'm feeling nice. I will accept. Thank yous in Tim cards I just about turned in front of you because you turned your signal on too soon Well, and we are rockin. What are these guys doing parked right in front of Timmy's? They're not a lot of park there Look at me in the morning just criticizing. Let's start the day off better than this All right, they do you do you over there guys? I'm gonna do me over here I'm just gonna meander my way down towards Towards home got to get to Longlack. Let's have one of those feelings today. You know, it's gonna be a good day And you know what? If today disagrees with me well, I disagree with it. It's gonna be a good day We're gonna make it a good day I don't know why I'm breathing. I had a good breakfast. I have some coffee My heart's beating Got a good wife at home. Got a baby on the way Got a good family on both sides Nothing to complain about really other than drivers on the highway. We'll try to keep that to a minimum Do our best It's hard because they keep getting in my way Or maybe I'm in their way, I don't know. I'm probably in their way more than they're in my way on my trailer It's it's for a bridge. It's part of a bridge structure three pieces of the bridge There's three of us bringing this load over to Brandon My part of it weighs about 46,000 pounds or 45,000 pounds. I Think it was 46 paperwork Either way, I am not even close to being overweight. So I don't got to worry about that, but I am over with Hence the fancy expensive permit and all these rules about when I can drive Let's do it by myself on the highway right today It seems I'm following 75 to 80 in a 90 zone, you know, so it's it's very hard to get around them So I just have to deal with them spraying my truck with water and dirt and snow We rush maybe we can get to Nipagon stop too long in cap Just get done what I need to get done. I'll see us right now It was zero when I woke up the winter front back on we changed our mind Me myself and I came to a conclusion together after a brief Brief meeting looked at the time. We're making a really good time today We can make it to Nipagon we can do it So I'm gonna fuel there instead that way I can go to bed with full tanks of fuel It's gonna be really cold tonight And I don't like to park in the extreme cold without full tanks of fuel So that's the decision we came to me myself and I but we're gonna have to hammer down stopping in cap today I'm just gonna stop up ahead here at a little pullout. I'm gonna refill my washer fluid make sure it's topped off and then just Book it once again. Our trip planning was executed right down to the tee The Sun set at 545 here in Nipagon I was allowed to be on the road until 615 and I rolled in here at 613 I Had to wait in line for fuel but I was off the road. I waited in line for fuel Once I fueled up Finish that up came around backed it right on in here nice big old spot for an oversized load We're set We're here until the Sun comes up or until half an hour before the Sun comes up in the morning I have 794 kilometers or 500 and 500 miles Left to do tomorrow. That'll be no problem to get that done I just have to get to the Manitoba border our Ontario permits only allow me to drive During the daylight hours in Manitoba. I can drive at night So as long as you get to the Manitoba border before sunset That's fine The Sun is coming up. Let's see When is sunrise here tomorrow? I gotta tell it where I am. Come on. You know where I am Google I know you're creeping on me. I know you stalk me When is sunrise in Nipagon tomorrow? In Nipagon tomorrow the Sun will rise at 828 a.m. 828. That's it. Hey, okay 828 Didn't it rise like way earlier in North Bay this morning? So I was on the road at 715 That means it would rise at 745. Why does it rise 45 minutes later here? Oh? I know why I know why because we're so close to the date the timeline the time zone line Another couple hours down the road. We jump into central time in North Bay We were further east and we were more in the center of central time zone So there's 45 minutes from when the Sun rises in North Bay to when it rises here in Nipagon Even though it's in the same eastern time zone I've never never thought of that before I don't follow very many oversize loads. I guess okay So the Sun's coming up at 830 or 828 I Can get going at 8 a.m. And it's gonna be cold tonight. It's gonna be cold going down a minus 27 Celsius What is minus 27 Celsius in Fahrenheit? Minus 27 degrees Celsius is equivalent to minus 16.6 degrees Fahrenheit Well, there you go. It's not the coldest but It's definitely on the cold side of things. It's uh warm is how I would describe it tonight It will not be warm, but it will be warm in my truck. It will be a An idling night. I Don't like those nights, but below minus 25. Well above minus 30. We might just do half the night My tanks are full of fuel. So I'm not too worried about gelling up But at the same time I have to be cautious I have to keep that fuel moving because what happens is when I have my engine idling Not only does it keep me warm inside keep my engine warm. I have other heaters to do that for me I don't need the engine to do that. But what that does is it circulates the fuel. It takes fuel from the fuel tanks Through the fuel filters into the engine, but it doesn't use it all some of it gets returned back to the fuel tanks And that fuel that goes back to the fuel tanks is very warm So as the fuel keeps circulating through the engine back to the fuel tanks It warms up my fuel tanks like they're actually warm to the touch the snow will melt off Then if there's any snow on it, so it keeps my fuel warm and prevents it from Gelling up if I shut my truck off now that fuel is just sitting sitting still and then the cold starts creeping in and The diesel fuel starts to crystallize and then when I started up in the morning all of those crystals that have formed in the fuel lines specifically between The the fuel tanks and the and the fuel filter and even sometimes on like a surface level on top of the fuel inside the tank or Sometimes there's condensation inside the tank that falls down onto the fuel those crystals get sucked through the fuel lines into the fuel filter and those Those things obviously can't get through the filter so they plug up the filter and that's what it means when your fuel gels It turns into like a crystal gel like substance just a little bit just enough to gum up your fuel filters and then And then you can't get fuel to your engine For me I carry extra fuel filters with me. So even though that did happen I have a filter wrench. I could switch the filter myself right here I got some 911 which is like an emergency you poured in there It melts the ice crystals, but you take the take the fuel filter off That's all full of the ice crystals You throw it out you put a new one on and then the rest of the fuel Should be able to move through there freely and then you can get the fuel warmed up as the engine Idles right that's the idea of it That's really not something you want to do when it's minus 35 outside You don't want to be out there changing fuel filters, but that's how you fix that problem if it does happen to you so In the summertime if you're gonna be driving a truck whether it be yours or a company truck always make sure you know what fuel filters it uses And get extra fuel filters, okay? Make sure you always have extra fuel filters and then get our little wrench It's like a little oh that goes over it that you can loosen it easily a nice little tool to unscrew that and then Best thing to do is in summertime when it's warm outside or if you have a shop like I do practice Practice changing those filters when it's comfortable outside so that when it's cold outside and is minus 35 and your filters gel up You know what to do because you've practiced it so you open the hood You can get under there and quickly change those fuel filters as fast as possible You don't have to mess around in minus 35 or minus 50 You know trying to figure out how to change the fuel filter. I'm speaking to myself as well, too I know how to do it But I haven't practiced so I'm also speaking to myself This is something I need to do in my shop when I have some free time. I just need to practice changing those filters I mean when it's minus 50 outside and you got to change those filters You want to be like a NASCAR pit crew you want to know where your equipment is you want to know where your tools are You want to know exactly what you're doing so that when you throw that hood open as a Done Get back on the road and get back in the truck and warm up speaking to myself here again This also goes for changing fan belts or alternator belts always have a spare belt with you in your truck Even if it's a company truck get your company to buy you an extra belt and buy you extra filters So you can have them in the truck go request them from your shop if they ask why well Because you should always have those in your truck just in case so if a belt goes You don't have to call a service guy and pay him $500 to come out and change a belt for you You should know how to change those belts yourself again in warm weather or in a warm shop Practice practice changing the alternator belt practice changing the fan belt take all the belts off put them all back on You'll need a tensioner rod or a tool to release release the tension on the belts You can go on YouTube and find a whole bunch of videos teaching you how to do this. I don't do how to's I'm not really a trainer. I just give you pointers like this every now and then but I'm not a trainer I'm an entertainer here on YouTube So I try to entertain you while at the same time trying to give you some helpful tips But there are other creators online that I would send you to that would teach you exactly how to change a fan belt Exactly how to change a fuel filter you can easily just type it in the search bar and it'll be there for you But again when it's warm outside practice these things change your fan belt change it back take it off Put it back on your alternator belt take it off put it back on Just so that you know what you're doing so that if it all of a sudden breaks on you on the side of the road You know that you have an extra belt and you know what to do with it And you know how to how to change it It's it's always good to know that those two basic things know how to change your belts and know how to change your fuel filters If you want to go a step further Learn how to change an alternator that one's not hard at all. All you need to do is disconnect the battery Unscrew some bolts take the old one off I'll take the belt off first take the old alternator off put the new one on screw it back in connect the wires Reconnect the batteries connect the belt again, and you're good to go right little things like this We should be able to do ourselves on the side of the road You shouldn't have to pay a service guy $500 to do it now if you're driving a company truck, maybe you don't care Fair enough fair enough, but the fuel filters that's an important one Because it doesn't matter how much you pay a service guy in the winter time to come change your fuel filters for you If your truck's not running and it's minus 50 outside every minute counts It's just faster if you do it, but you don't want to freeze That's like a life-or-death situation. You should know how to change your fuel filters regardless Even if the company pays for it later or something just learn how to get that done So you can get your truck running so you don't freeze to death waiting for a service guy And that's my advice you can take it or leave it I'm getting hot sitting here in this jacket jacket on a sweater on still have enough when I was fueling I saw this spot here. I didn't take my jacket off. I jumped in the truck when I was done fueling and I'm just Got over here as quickly as I could said I got this spot. No one else would take it. It's mine It's a good one because I can drive straight out here. Yes. Did you see it before? You see there's the driveway right there. I'm just Go straight there this guy beside me if he leaves he can back straight out there and then go People can easily back in beside me on both sides, and I don't worry about them hitting me. It's nice It's a very nice spot. It's mine So, you know, it's mine has my name on it. It's under the snow. It's there. Trust me So when I show up in Nipagon Don't let me catch you in my spot all right, I'm gonna pack up here and Have I have some time to kill now So thanks for joining me today everybody. It was just a day of straight driving literally like I didn't stop for anything Except for bathroom breaks, and I checked my load twice just I checked my load in the morning. I drove a couple hours down the road About a third of my day stopped check my load again. It's the second day. I've had this load already So I've already I already know it's good, but I like to check it anyway check my tires Went to the bathroom drove down the road for a while Did it again, and then straight here. We made really good time today And you know if I wouldn't have hustled so much I wouldn't have made it here So I'm glad I did so now I got full tanks of fuel. I got a good parking spot I got a whole bunch of time just to hang out here now I wish I had diesel with me if you're wondering why diesel's not with me. Well open the window Ghost window touched it with my elbow You're wondering why diesel's not with me anymore. I really wish he was Reason number one is he's getting old He is semi-retired. He's he really enjoys being at home with the family. I really wish he would be he would be here with me, but He's been having some issues on the road He's having panic attacks. I don't know why he grew up on the road. This is all he knows But I think this truck's a little louder It's pretty small in here very small for me and him to be in here is pretty cramped We make it work But for some reason when we hit gravel roads, which we do in summertime sometimes or Anything like the rumble strips on the center line Like, you know, sometimes you like hit that or in the shoulder You hit those little rumble strips or Whatever anything like that or some some rough road Even yeah, like he bumpy roads He starts panicking and he starts like he starts shaking like like he's scared and it comes in just between the seats here And he can't calm himself down And it freaks me out. Yeah, it really does. I don't know if he's oh my neighbor's leaving Okay, that means I'm gonna move over Move right over I'll be on the side. Nice even better I don't know why he's having those panic attacks, but it worries me So he's been taking it really easy and just going on short trips with me, but mostly staying at home It seems like maybe the trucking life is just not as much for him anymore Yeah, it's sad, but it's good to know that he's really happy at home with his with his fur brothers and with Britt. He's He's doing well Now I'm on the side. This is my spot I was just joking about that spot that spot. It's not my spot. This spot's my spot This one's got my name under the snow If you look there once all the snow is cleared away, I promise it's there. It's right in the back It's in the corner Right here. The other guy was in my spot But you could say the spot next to me is my spot too, but that's my backup spot So if someone dares to park in my spot, I have my backup spot right beside Thanks for watching Take care everybody smash that like button like you've never smashed a like button before I won't do that for me. Hit that subscribe button turn on all notifications that you get notified when I release a new video And I'll see you tomorrow But I was at 500 miles to go tomorrow. I'll see you when the sun comes up