 Good morning everybody from the highways and byways of winter Doing what we do we're doing some trucking Gotta go pick up a load of lumber for one of our highway drivers Lumber sitting in Oak Bank on the west side of the city The log today may be a little shorter. I worked pretty late yesterday and I didn't get to bed till later than usual so I'm a little bit more tired than usual today, but We're doing all right. I just want to make it a little bit easier for me this evening when I have to edit So you may have noticed we're back in the old beast I'm excited. I missed her You know, I like that other truck 2025 for many reasons, but I like this truck for more reasons You know, she may have a busted up steering wheel and paint chipping off and rust galore But she feels like you know my truck already feels like home She turns a lot sharper to than the other ones. It's handy in the city Empty flatbed behind us a 53 foot flatbed. We're gonna kick some butt this Friday Tomorrow I have to go into work to update some of my courses transportation of dangerous goods and stuff. I haven't hauled dangerous goods here at Keystone yet, but Judging by the fact that they're pulling me in on a Saturday for this course I guess I'm gonna be hauling some dangerous goods. I don't know I don't even know what kind of stuff we would haul but you know, we haul all kinds of stuff All got every day. It's something different seems every day You know, I delivered two boats yesterday That was one happy customer. He was very happy to get those boats. They came all the way from Texas He says that's how hard it is to get a used boat nowadays because everybody's buying everything up Right same thing with Harvey's and stuff. Everybody's buying everything up So it's difficult to find a good quality used boat apparently That's what he said So they bought one all the way from Texas went through all of the you know, the headaches of getting it shipped up here and everything and duties and taxes and everything But now he's got two boats. I think he's gonna sell them Or you I don't know it sounded like he was gonna flip them Not literally flip them, but I mean like you know what I mean Fix him up and sell them for a profit I have no idea if that's how hard they are to come by up here He probably will make a profit because people are probably paying a lot more for them then But yeah, that was fun that was fun Long day yesterday, but I'm not complaining. I like those long days. I mean every day might be a little bit too much but you know Here and there a long day it makes up for the short days So they had actually gotten this truck into the shop really quick that same day It was in the shop and out of the shop yesterday the replacement of the sensors I believe that was Triggering the engine light to come on Apparently that happens quite often on these older trucks. I'm not too worried about it Everything else I told them and they said now she's running as she always has she's still doing good Okay, I got the green light at least I did my due diligence and told the shop when I thought there was a problem with the truck Because if I didn't tell them and it was actually a big deal and then it ended up blowing up Some questions for me that I didn't want to answer and I did my part They told me to give her all my stuff back into this truck this morning Got all my equipment back on the headache rack on my chains binders Tarps straps my broom Here that comes in very handy like I was telling you this truck turns very sharp which helps a lot in the city The other truck seemed to need 40 acres to turn around But I did get it all nicely cleaned up and organized There's all kinds of garbage all over that a big box full of garbage and old straps and stuff that I gathered Organize that all put it all the way the next person that uses that truck, you know, they're getting into a clean organized truck So we've arrived to the gold mines Also known as the lumber yards Look at all that lumber Look at all that lumber Maybe one day if I save up all my money I can get one stick I've been joking about the price of lumber on Facebook a lot lately Is that everywhere? Is that like just a North America thing? How are you guys doing in Europe? How's lumber out there because lumber out here is Shooting through the roof in price That's one of the reasons we're not rushing building our house at all And that's one of the reasons my parents are now kind of hesitating They were gonna start building this summer and now they may wait a little bit I don't know what their plans are yet. Maybe they will build anyway But they're definitely hesitating as they see the prices of lumber right now. They're three times four times their regular rates It's insane. It's like people are intentionally trying to crash everything So what's gonna happen? We can't afford to build houses anymore and the houses that are being built are Skyrocketing in price because that has to reflect the price of the products that go into the house and they're already skyrocketed There's like the price of houses are already up here Then you add like a skyrocketing lumber price on top of that yet and they go up even higher But obviously we're in a bit of a pandemic right now and not everybody is working at full capacity So not everybody's bringing home the same amount of dough. I mean, I've been very lucky. We're still very busy We still got a lot to do but there's a lot of people out there that aren't So they're making less money and everything's getting more expensive in a hurry It worries me a little bit sometimes, but you know, maybe that's a topic for a different channel a different vlog We're gonna keep this trucking focused here. We're picking up some gold. I mean, we're picking up some lumber today and We're taking it all the way Kansas City, Missouri. Well, I'm not taking it there, but I'm taking it to our yard We're another one of our fine highway drivers is gonna pull it all the way down there for some fine customers down there And I apologize Sometimes I have smudges on my lenses that I don't notice right away It's a vlog, right? This is real TV. This isn't any of those edited TV shows or anything It is what it is. So I apologize. There's still a smudge on there. I'll fix it I thought I heard a dog barking. My puppy sense is tingling Feel like there's a dog around here somewhere I don't see him. Why would there be a dog here? That'd be dangerous all this machinery moving around That's probably just in my head So Britt and I with our property we weren't planning on building for the next five years anyways It's 2021. So I'm thinking between 2026 and 2030 is when I'd like to have that house built I want to be living in that house in the year 2030. I know it sounds like a long ways away That's nine years away. So that should give us plenty of time So at least five years and it may take a few extra years and they're depending on the price of lumber the price of other materials the state of the world What happens in the world, I mean, there's some You guys pay attention. I'm sure you do a lot of crazy stuff going on. It's like a powder keg That's just about to blow up sometimes you think but hopefully everything is good and that everything works out and Between 2026 and 2030 We can move into our new house. That's gonna be our forever house So we're taking our time because we want to do it right We want to make sure that we get everything in there that we want in there and that we build it as Efficient as possible because everything again keeps going up in price up in price, right? So I want to have it as efficient as possible. Solar energy isn't really an option in Manitoba here For a full like to power the whole house permanently just because we don't get a lot of sunlight in winter time So we'd still have to be on the grid for when that can't Power the whole house, but it is an option that I'm looking into to have as much power by solar as possible You know, and then there's getting the right windows that are the best insulate insulating our walls properly Maybe building a double wall that's double insulated Getting a high efficiency furnace. We've already got the air conditioner. So We're set there. It's high efficiency air conditioner. Just making sure that our future Is affordable So I hear stories of people out there all the time buying these big massive houses tons of property tax and tons of bills and They didn't quite realize how expensive it is to maintain the house just because the banks gonna give you money for a big fancy house Doesn't mean you can afford it Because you have to factor in things that the bank won't how much is the kind of gonna cost to heat that thing in a Manitoba winter? How insulated are the walls in the windows? What's the attic look like? Is there is there any damage in there that you're gonna have to fix is their mold if you're building a new house? Again, what's it gonna cost to keep that house comfortable like heat-wise and air conditioning? What a property tax is gonna be like? What's the neighborhood look like is the property tax is gonna go up as the neighborhood develops around you? Or is it gonna stay the same? Because I mean where we used to be out in the bush there with that big piece of property our property taxes were skyrocketing fast Because it was developing fast around our property and the more people have moved in there The more developed that became the more our land was worth the more our land and properties worth the more our property Tax goes up right and I'm not even doing it I'm just sitting there doing nothing and I'm watching the property tax rise without me even adding anything to the property It's just because of everyone else building around us. So Ah things we that's why we're taking our time taking our time No rush Still waiting for the loader to come out here and start loading me up with this gold. I Got the goods you want to go see what gold looks like in 2021 They're ready for it. Oh There it is Isn't she beautiful? I know you thought it'd be a different color right now. Gold is blue. Didn't you know? Didn't you know? I don't even want to know what this is all worth. I'm pretty sure that Each one of these sheets is selling for about $95 right now. I think Somebody can confirm that for me in the comment section Maybe I'm wrong. I Hope I'm wrong We skipped a bunch again. I know I told you I was gonna try to keep the video simple for me today Just like to have a little bit of a relaxing evening tonight to not spend a few hours editing I hope you forgive me. I'll do my best to do even better next week for once in a while I just need to take it a little easy But we're done our day now. We've been running around all day worked a little bit Past six again. What's the time of 6 30? And it's time to head home So I'm not sure yet who is taking that load of gold all the way down to Kansas City Wherever they are. It's a nice easy load. The week is over Friday, but I still have to come into work tomorrow for a few hours. They said it probably be about 8 o'clock to 2 p.m. Transportation of dangerous goods training They are paying us to come in so There is that I wouldn't ask us to come in on a Saturday for free Wasting half a day on my weekend To go to school. I'm very interested to see how the training differs from the last place I did it at because I passed the course It was in January of this year and it's April now so four months ago Should still be fresh in my mind, but the course will be a nice refresher and then I should be able to just Sail through the test or whatever they give us Come on, let's go in the yard all the way in the yard guys keep going keep going