 Hi-ho hi-ho off to the shop we go the other shop not my shop the technician shop Well, I have all the fancy tools and knowledge Trying to figure out what's going on in my truck. My engine light is off right now But don't let that fool you it'll pop back on eventually goes on then it goes off that it was on then it was off My stop engine light is off. So that's why we're moving Try to get down the road to the shop The truck's been dropped off. I told them But the shop there at the service desk what issues I was dealing with We'll see how it goes. We'll see what they what they find out They've got all the tools to plug in and check all the faults and codes No faults were active now when I parked it there, of course So they're gonna plug into it. There'll be no active faults But they'll be able to go into the history and see all of the Previous faults and that red stop engine light should pop up there for them to and they can diagnose what caused that Hopefully, yeah, well, maybe they'll just replace all the sensors that need replacing. Maybe they'll replace all the wiring I'm just speculating at this point. I have no idea. I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping there's not too expensive We're back in the car right now got a little guy right back there and Brett just ran inside run a health food store in Steinbach. She's Gotta get a few a few meds here, I believe or a few a few products anyways because Believe it or not, it's time to start the next round of IVF Next month next month is when it all happens that but it's going for another egg retrieval in February 2024 if you're watching this later in the future It's that time again very excited so All of the meds and meds and doctors appointments They're all starting to wind up right now Coen's I'm Q10 with you big one all $78 and 39 cents for 20 days of vitamins. That's just one vitamin That's crazy I was just telling them that Our next round of IVF is getting underway. Yeah Another day or two and I start the priming meds Egg retrieval next month and then the transfer probably what the month after probably April I would assume So those of you who have been following us through the last IVF That led to him You'll see the guy back there. He's awake. Oh, he's awake now We're going for another one They turn out pretty good when you go this route and picked by the professionals scientifically double a embryo morning everyone So yesterday if you watched the video, we were having problems with my truck Engine lights been popping on and off and the stop engine light came on and then went off And the engine light came back on for a while and then went off So today I've got to bring the truck into the shop and get the technicians to see what the problem is and Figure out what the solution is going to be Let's hope that solution will be simple and not too expensive The polar vortex still out there. Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, it's still out there Guys gotta be quick diesel No messing around guys The polar vortex will get you so it's cold cold again We're almost through this it's supposed to warm up next week again. This happens every year people act surprised every year Oh, look, it's cold again. We're in Manitoba. Ah And then in summertime it gets really really hot and then everyone's freaking out Yeah, that's the seasons they change. It's the weather changes Welcome to Manitoba you get four distinct seasons We're in the worst one right now. Well, are you done little buddy? Oh mind your way roadblock. Okay Let's get your paws inside You done to all right So I'm hoping it'll be something simple with the truck. You never know that stop engine light yesterday really Somebody inside. I don't want to heat the whole outside That stop engine might really freak me out Because I know it must be a bad connection or a faulty sensor or something because the truck runs just fine And the engine light would pop on and when the engine light was on it would run just a little bit rougher And then the light will go off again and the codes would clear or a faults would clear and then the truck Big perfect again So I don't know what's causing it to on off on off Guess we'll find out Chevy. Come on get over here. It's cold In you guys go we can go back out in a little bit again Okay, if you didn't finish Breakfast will come right back out. I want you guys know what the verdict is Still gonna be a good day It's not the best It's not not even close to the best. Well, this is what diesel here, right? And Chevy and the winners Yeah, you guys make me feel better, right? Of course you do. I think you are kind of stressed for you Kind of stress. I do it too Yeah, I feel something over here. I don't know what what's going on guys I I excuse my Diesel thank you for always being there It's my job, man. I may be old but I still got it We've got another batch of snow. I'm gonna have to clear the highways back here for the boys and Clear the driveway before we drive on it. He's got to clear the snow off your driveway Here's a pointer that I've learned over the years Don't dry when it snow is on your driveway Don't drive over it as soon as you drive over it packs it down onto the concrete and it freezes on the concrete It's very hard to get it off and you got ice on your driveway Shovel your driveway first before you drive on it even before you walk on it if you can and it'll just Slide right off the pavement. You got a nice clear driveway all winter You probably knew that already. I Took me till I was almost 36 to figure that one out Well after that hold the buckle I got a little blew back They replaced the the cam and crankshaft sensor speed sensor Just like I thought that Would need to be done though. I had absolutely no confidence in what I was saying. I'm not a technician But from what I read on Google sometimes Google's right apparently So they check that out. They checked out all the lines and everything. These are certified technicians who are trained to work on Peterbilt Canworth trucks So I trust them. It's the only shop I go to is PBX truck service in Blumenort They're the only ones authorized to work on this truck. They do amazing work. I vouch for them a hundred and ten percent So when they tell me that that's the issue that they think it is. Okay, we'll go with that. I Took it into my shop here overnight. We're about to go hook on to our trailer go to canora and we'll see if that fix the issue We'll see if that engine fault comes back or not a little bit of a delay in my week Costs me a few thousand dollars in lost revenue the repair itself was Approximately around five hundred dollars with labor included so it's only a couple hundred dollar part and two hours of labor Depending on where you are labor is different labor costs. I Believe it's a hundred thirty dollars an hour. I Don't want to say that for sure. I should double check that before I tell you what their rates are but it's you know, sir, it's it's the average mark for For hourly shop rates around here. It's it's they're pretty good You can find some that may be a little bit lower But like I said, these are certified technicians That are certified and trained to specifically work on Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks and They do really good work that get me in right away like when the engine fault came on I had my truck there the same day and it went in the following days of the very next day It went in the shop very often now my experience when I was leasing a Volvo you guys remember that I'm not a fan of Volvo. I won't be running any ads for them. We'll say that decent trucks very comfortable to drive. I get it people like them I'm not one of those people. I have to say that I fall into the Kenworth and Peterbilt camp pretty firmly But a big part of that is the service At the service center in Winnipeg and Volvo Winnipeg If this was a Volvo and I had to bring it to the certified Volvo technicians in Winnipeg Guaranteed my truck would have been sitting out in their lot for at least a week before they even bring it in to look at it At least a week unless if they've changed that over the past couple of years Let's give them some benefit of the doubt and maybe they've gotten better But that was very slow to get in there whereas this truck was in the very next day and the day after that Look at that. I'm leaving on a trip ready to go That plays a big part in it as well. The service you get from people forms Future business And believe me there's a lot of business in fixing trucks. It's very expensive to fix trucks And if you're good at it, you can make a lot of money doing it. I'm sure So if you treat your customers well, they'll keep coming back. You know they will because Trucks always break You know, they'll keep coming back and PBX does an absolutely fantastic job of that I just want to give them a special shout out here right now again they're located in Blumenort, Manitoba and The only people that work on this truck I Trust them. I Am a little bit nervous still head note because You know, nobody's perfect. Nobody had all the answers right away Sometimes with these issues with engine lights popping on It's like a tree that you got to go down all the branches to figure out where the fault is, right? So they fixed one You know, it's very possible there could be another one and I want to put that little disclaimer on there That if this didn't fix my problem I'm not going to be all mad at the service technicians that worked on my truck I don't like it when guys do that because they did fix one problem. They didn't fix the problem Hopefully that's the only problem. Hopefully there's nothing else in there. That's causing issues This is gonna be a test run on this trip to Canora down to Minnesota we're staying close to home Hopefully All of my issues have been fixed now. If not, well Move on to the next branch of that tree, right? Try to figure out where that issue is Electronics am I right electronics remember the days when you just like put diesel fuel in The tanks and they just went straight into the engine and out the stacks And that was it. Oh the glory days I didn't get to enjoy those days too much because I was the next generation Well, that's like my dad stays when he was younger probably around my age the trucks were so much simpler so much simpler now Like this is a 2008 so it's it's not as complicated, but the new trucks I Don't want to own one of those new trucks because there's so many sensors and wires and everything that can go wrong all the time But you know, they have their perks as well We have arrived and there There's a few people ahead of me That's okay. It usually moves pretty quick About a five and a half to six-hour drive on this load and I'd like to unload today But I have to be there by 4 p.m. Which means I have to leave here by 10 7 30 right now in the morning I got going early today Left home at quarter after four in the morning Got the truck ready got hooked up Now we're in canora I've got to get myself all Geared up here You're all in my Sunday best get my gloves ready My other gloves ready. I just have two pairs In case one pair gets too wet and I can come switch them up for a nice warm pair And my bigger boots because I have to have boots yet to cover my ankles So I'm gonna get all suited up get loaded And uh, let's see what we can do. Hopefully we can get unloaded so far Knock on wood so far the truck running beautifully with no codes again Knock on all the wood you can find everywhere everywhere. I don't have any real wood in here, but Well, we didn't get out of here as soon as we wanted to People in front of me were too slow tarping took too long So we'll deliver this first thing tomorrow morning The time getting out of here now Oh, man. I've been here a few hours already It is what it is, right? That's trucking Gotta try to uh Make up for that lost revenue for my truck being in a shop earlier this week find ourselves some shiny pennies somewhere We're lucky we'll find ourselves a shiny nickel Like anyone like I've said before I mean if I have a choice I'd rather be somewhere warmer with palm trees, but I mean this is where we live, right? Then we live up in the north I live in Canada as far south as I can in the west anyway. I mean I could go to southern Ontario But I don't want to go down to southern Ontario. I'm a western boy. I want to live on the prairies That's where home is I just got to deal with the cold that's part of living up there Winter season that's there's no requirement at all. I checked my entire passport my entire everything all my citizenship You don't have to like it But you do have to put up with it. I keep working through it You can't stop just because it's cold minus 30 minus 40 you keep working Unless the equipment fails then I mean and you find a different way to get the job done Can you imagine how bad the economy would get if we'd all just Give up because it's cold and stop trucking Deer River Minnesota And there's no wondering why they call the deer river. There's a river here just off to our east off to our left And there is a lot of deer Almost every time I come through here. I see deer just wandering over the highway This whole area of minnesota That's just like manitoba. We're like but we're neighbors that makes sense, right? There's so many deer everywhere Almost every time coming through here. I I'm seriously thinking of getting Excuse me Karen, seriously thinking about getting a herd moose bumper just to deal with the deer on this road But uh, I can't do that right now. I've got a bunch of other things to pay for It's a nice place to stop just for a quick quick little coffee break I'm gonna Run in here brush my teeth Because where we're stopping down in brainard, I'm not gonna have a bathroom right there So we'll take care of that now get ourselves all ready Like I said only an hour and a half left and we're at our destination And then I'm just gonna park there at the gate And we'll see if there's anyone else parked there. If not, I'll hopefully I'll be the first one in in the morning Uh, they open the gate at 7 a.m. I believe they start unloading at 7 30 I don't have any uh reload Lined up yet, but You know, I'll shoot a message in at 7 a.m. When they get there back home And uh, let them know. Hey, I put this on wrong didn't I? I don't do these ever on I already called in today. I think I told you already Subtly begging for work not so subtly not so subtly begging for work There's I want to work. I want to work. Please find me work to do I need the money I need the money it takes forever to button this thing up Man All that's just to go inside and maybe grab a coffee Use the bathroom Stretch my legs Then get right back out there It's a lot of work. That's what winter is right In summertime, it's nice you Oh You get to where you're stopping pull the brakes turn the truck off jump out. You're good to go You know in wintertime you gotta Bundle everything up so that you don't die Is it the minus quadrillion out there? Okay, that's enough of that I'll see you in a bit up tonight So that in the morning when I wake up i'm ready to go It's also colder out it's minus 16 Celsius here in Brainerd, Minnesota So I want to make sure that my tanks are full of fuel before I go to bed for that reason as well As to keep the chance of moisture building up away Let's get old Casey's juice in here Asel fuel Okay, let's see. What is the price here for me today? What do you want for this? $3 and 44 cents us per gallon It's not too bad. Let's do some math here real quick. You guys ready First of all, we're going to go that's 343 9 so 343 9 usd to cad Ah ups ups ups ups there we go So it's four dollars and 64 cents canadian per gallon And you go 464 divided by 3.785. We're looking at a dollar 22.6 And a dollar 23 canadian per liter Everything said and done Not bad The price of diesel fuel back home is about a dollar 40 right now We're saving 15 to 20 cents per liter and i'm probably going to fill up about 500 liters tonight That's good. Well, I'm not resaving it. I'm just keeping it my money to begin with God bless the us and their cheaper juice There's the gate first in line actually we're the only ones in line There is nobody else here So between 630 and 7 they get here these gates open And I can go in there start taking my tarps off and then by 730 they should be unloading me And I should be out of there by probably around like eight o'clock Well, that's if everything goes well and according to plan but remember This is trucking Nothing ever goes according to plan But sometimes it can be pretty close I'm gonna go to bed right here. I have 11 hours to wait until the gate opens Load is looking pretty good back here still As it should It is all still here all still wrapped The back end here is a little bit loose because uh the lifts here at the at the back are actually smaller than the Two rows of the front so it made my tarps look a little bit funny there, but We made it it worked It's pretty cold out there. Let's go see if I can get my bunk heater started Let's make sure that my engine heater still works. Everything's gonna work in the morning I uh got my frame inspected the last uh about two weeks ago Like my whole frame on my truck just to make sure the integrity of the frame is still good Did I tell you this already? I'll tell you again if I if I did But uh the the frame is all good to go but all of the paint has come off from the cab back So what I've got to do now is uh Coat it in a rust sealant I came up with this or came out I googled it before and uh came up with a solution I'm just gonna go and look it for it KBS coatings It's a rust seal That's one brand that I've found so far. I'm curious to know if you guys know of any other good brands Pretty much a rust sealant that you can pretty much just paint right over the rust That's uh what I'm looking for because I'm gonna have the whole frame sandblasted Stretched a little bit and painted in hopefully I can make it last about two years We'll get that done then with that extra distance or that that extra space on my frame I can put an apu on there I'll have room to mount that then and on the other side I want to mount uh chain hooks for my tire chains With a lock over top of it so that they're out in the open right now They're in one of my storage boxes And I want to be able to have them out in the open where dot can see them that I have them on me So that they never question. Oh does this guy have chains like if I do if I do need them And they're just easier and more organized that way So that'll give me room for that it'll give a smoother ride as well And in my opinion it'll look better just about 24 inches longer But that's in about a year or two maybe two years if we can so until then I've got to seal up that frame and uh From what I've read and understood I've got to clean the frame first really well or the section that I'm going to paint or work on Clean it down very good There's special uh formulas that I that they sell as well that I can use to clean it off Make sure it's all perfect ready to go and then you just brush it on Right on there and it seals the frame and it seals the steel so that moisture and oxygen can't get to it and cause it to rust And that'll make it last as long as I need it to right I have to I have to do that like this summer like in the next half year so Get that done just for a little bit of peace of mind So that my frame doesn't start rusting too much right because it's exposed. It has all the paint that came off Just want to take care of this truck. That's uh, that's my big thing I want this truck to go a long time yet in order for that to happen I've got to take care of it and that's one of the most important things Because if you don't got a frame you don't got a truck Or you got to buy a whole new frame rails Yeah, I guess that could be an option. I don't even know how expensive that would be I'm assuming that would be very expensive because it has to be custom made, right? I don't know. That's the plans though like I said plans very rarely ever happen according to plan but We'll get it done Thanks for joining me today everybody We went from home to canora got loaded It took too long to get loaded because everyone in front of me was taking forever to tarp and they're hogging the tarp station So I didn't get out of there in time to get here and unloaded today So I'm going to get unloaded in the morning first thing And then we'll see See what we'll see where we can rush off to next and try to make some money Thanks everybody. Don't forget. 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