 We're the first ones here today I've got to be in Woodlands, Manitoba Which is northwest of Winnipeg an hour from here. I got to be there at 7 a.m So it's 5 30 right now. I Don't have too much time to get ready. I got a quickie go around to the back get my truck started Get it warmed up make sure I have all the right equipment grab a trailer and take off Okay Let's see if she wants to wake up early Morning she just got a bath yesterday and it rained all night Let's check her oil and let's go Wakey wakey and his vehicles are always spotlessly clean Always I've never seen him have a dirty vehicle here. I I respect that high beams from reaching us traveling the opposite direction Got your high beams on just so you know, you're blinding everybody. They don't get it They have no idea what you're trying to tell them for this north highway six will take you all the way up to Thompson Manitoba mostly winter roads that will go north of there for the communities out there So if that's my load, they're getting ready for me over there. That's What we're loading this looks very similar to the stuff we load in Stonewall it's probably different though. I'm no farmer. So I don't know what this is All I know is it's got to go on my trailer and I've got to tie it down properly and bring it back home and one of our Highway drivers is gonna take it to where it belongs. I'm not too sure where it's going yet Once I get the paperwork. I'll be able to tell you they didn't tell me all they said was go get this It's it's over there. Go get it. So here I am But it's Friday, they're telling you that already it's Friday tomorrow is Saturday Saturday is one of my favorite days They know I'm here. I just don't know where I'm I'm in the good spot or not. They know I'm here. I guess they'll tell me to move I'm guessing that's got to be my load there. There's no other truck here loading and they're getting that thing ready Lined up to put on a trailer and I'm the only trailer here. So it's got to be that So tomorrow Saturday if I don't get called into work I'm gonna go to our property and gather some firewood clean up some of the dead fall in our bush Bring it home. We got a wood splitter. I'm gonna split it up. I'd also like to take my gas generator To the land as well see if it's powerful enough to power our air conditioning in our camper for the summer I'm pretty sure it is. It's a 3000 watt generator And I think that'll be enough to at least get the air conditioning going We may not be able to use a whole bunch of electricity there But at least if we have a nice cool place to go and cool down in the summer while we're there enjoying our place That's all I really want for this year. We won't be getting water in this year or hydro Which to us in Manitoba hydro is electricity. It's Manitoba hydro. It's all hydro power Our hydro or our electricity Manitoba is actually some of the cleanest in the world. You know this It's all hydro dams up north. We block a river It creates electricity and there's no like big cool smoker gas emissions going into the air I don't know if you're into that kind of stuff. It's kind of cool See he's lining it up in such a way that I think he's gonna get me to park right in the middle and then they'll just Plop it on to the trailer and about a ping about a boom My first assignment for Friday is done Well half done. I got to bring it back yet without without it falling off. That's the goal The goal is always not to hit anything not to lose anything not to break anything And to get home safely Goal of every day Get to work safely too, which I tell you what some of the commuters on the highway with me in the mornings They make it very difficult to get to work safely sometimes Man people are aggressive on the 59 highway So the Winnipeg I'd be heading north coming from Steinback up 59 if you're familiar with the area It's a two-lane highway anyways, right? And you know, I do a decent speed a decent speed But for some reason everybody else wants to go 150 I'm joking and they will be like this far from my rear bumper because I'm going too slow. I'm doing the speed limit Every morning every morning and then they get mad. They start flashing their lights in your mirror and then they finally they just Floor it get around you and I had a guy yesterday hit the gravel shoulder because he was mad that mad at me that I Was doing the speed limit. He was in such a hurry hit the gravel shoulder and floored it again to kick rocks up at me I got him on on camera and stuff too. I didn't include that in the vlog because it's Doesn't really have anything to do with my day. I just have it for my camera's running just for Evidence, you know in case I find damage and stuff, but I Don't want to make my vlog a vlog of just Showing you bad things that happen bad things happen to everybody, but man People need to calm down on that highway in the morning there every day every day today was a nice drive into work though because I was so early. I beat all the traffic. No one was on the highway. It was just me. It was glorious I could just listen to my tunes put the crews on nobody running right up my back end Like the only one on the highway. It was it was wonderful. Maybe I should start early every day But that means I have to get up early every day Once in a while is okay once in a while that every day And I was up at 4 30 this morning and that was cutting her clothes. I probably should have gotten up at 4 probably We made it. We made a cutter a little close But I mean if there was any other problems on the road it would be a we would have probably been late But here we are on time waiting to get loaded. I'm gonna go talk to that See if he wants to load me if that's my stuff or not, let's go Okay, that is not my freight. My freight is not ready yet I won't be ready for another two hours Looks like we're gonna be doing some thumb twiddling this morning waiting for our freight I'm just gonna let my load god know So that he doesn't think I'm just locking off not doing anything load Here in woodland load Is not ready should be ready By 9 30 Around 9 30. They didn't say by 9 30. They said at least 9 30 Should be ready around be clear with them. You always want to communicate with them. Let them know what's going on We have very very good load gods back in the office. I like all of them and they're they're very nice people So as long as I tell them what's going on where I am why I am where I am what? What's happening and just keep them in the loop? They never harass me or anything for information about what's going on I Feel like they trust my ability to get the job done and that if anything goes wrong like now I'll let them know that so you know, they don't got to chase me down. I Think I believe I have a good record with that I've been here with ten years now that I'll take care of my stuff out here You just give me all the details that I need to get my freight and where it's going to stuff And I'll take care of it To the best of my ability I'll go the extra mile and try to take as much weight off their shoulders as I can And I'll do it myself and if I come into a snag or a problem or a delay I'll let them know immediately not later that oh by the way, I was delayed two hours No, as soon as you find out you're gonna be delayed let them know They met they may care they may not But at least they know right it covers your butt then They know why it's taking longer than they thought it might and then they don't start thinking ha This guy stopped for a two-hour coffee or what? They know where you are them. Well, they always know where I am But because I have a tracking device on here. They don't got to wonder about that, but You get it. You get it always communication is key to any relationship Whether it's with your wife Or with your co-workers communication just So that you know what's going on load me up not too sure what this stuff is but Taking a little while though, and it's gonna take a little while to tie down to it looks a little tricky Getting back now one o'clock left here at 6 a.m.. I'm gonna find a hole to put this in and park it there Perhaps state with the trailer. I agree with you. I know what your comments are gonna say already It works here my straps back And I gotta hook on to a drive-in trailer for this afternoon and go pick up some freight that's bound for Mexico This freight behind me this stuff's going into Ontario. I think it's going to a small town called Brussels Brussels, Ontario sort of like Brussels Belgium except it's Brussels Ontario. It's near Toronto. I think somewhere in there Hopefully I'll be able to find a spot to park this It's usually pretty full on Fridays here Stay open gate stay open There's that car with the cover again, but that cover blows around so much I would think that underneath it would scratch the paint Because it's moving. It's not tight Western Star there with a busted out window. Uh-oh One of the same thing happened to him that happened to me last year. You remember that? That was in the peterwell down the window got smashed out So this is the whole load that took all day First of all, it was supposed to be ready at 7 a.m. It was only ready at 9 30 And then they took almost three hours humming and hawing Over how they wanted to load it. I'm gonna try this and try that and try this and try that Until I finally got to it tied it down Brought it back here got back here around 1 1 30. Well, what I say is 1 o'clock So just got to roll up my equipment here. The next driver's coming right away. I'm sure to uh Tie it down with his equipment And he'll be pulling it on into Ontario And then we're gonna go grab a van trailer and head into Winnipeg All of my straps on the side of the trailer on one side because I have my strap roller on this side All of this side hang them up along the trailer Usually I'll bring them up closer here too, but today I didn't Then I grab it from the hook end I do this to get out any of the twists Okay, you know, it's all straight Throw it in there and you'll notice I greased it I didn't get WD-40, but I got what's called 45. It's a lubricant similar to it Trapped with a burst in my eardrums with that screeching Nails on chalkboard and then They get neatly placed in here a few more to go One thing you always want to make sure you do uh, or don't do however you look at it Start rolling it with this end so that the hook is on the outside because you don't want to throw the hook over your freight ever That hook can knock someone out on the other side When you roll it up like this you leave the hook on the outside And you don't have to worry about that. Let me show you this thing all rolled up Okay, strap rolled up like this, right? Go like this maybe a little more Grab this with your left hand the hook so that that's safe. It doesn't go flying around anywhere Then you use the weight of this And you throw it up like this so that it's rolling backwards As it goes over the freight and by the time it gets to the other side if someone happens to be there that you didn't see You should check first, but if it happens accidents happen And if that does happen I'd much rather get hit with by the time it gets to that side. Maybe about half of this It might be a little uncomfortable a little A lot better than being hit With a metal hook that could knock you out and do some serious damage So remember never throw your hook over your freight Always throw the strap over That's why when you roll it up you should always land up With your hook like this face it inwards So that your logos are nicely on the outside of the strap when you strap something down So that as you're going down the highway you can proudly display that Because the logos are only on one side. The other side's just blank see that Or there's an actual logo here. See this one's a little old but logo No logo. So when you throw it over this way Your logos are facing outward that part is just because it looks better That part's all up to you but If I can give you any pointers never throw steel Over your load. It's just plus if you don't make it all the way around It might hook come around bang your freight and damage your freight that could scratch paint That could make a dent depending on what your freight is Whereas if this thing hooks and this thing comes around and hits your freight, you know like It's not going to do anything and then of course remember to always Always put your tools away neatly It's close to grab 51 98 now It'll be a dark hole van trailer 3s little keystone trailer 51 90 This is dark hole. We're getting closer 51 84 51 60 How are you? 5204 right in front of us I went around this whole lot looking for 51 98 I Just reread my message Take 51 89 all right then 51 89 Read it carefully josh 51 89 This whole time I was looking for the wrong trailer and I wonder I couldn't find it 90 over there 51 89 oh someone's coming Oh, it's our fancy truck I'd like my truck to look like that. I wonder if they would like if they would do it my truck for me like that if I'd ask It was right behind our other trailer that we just left there Oh, please be clean please Please be clean inside You always want to follow directions Come on come on come on come on come on big money decent Decent it has been swept out however The nails are still in the floor here. I'm gonna go along here and check to see all the nails pull the nails out But other than that hey someone did sweep this trailer out And I appreciate it. Thank you Don't forget the nails next I don't want I don't want to criticize all the time. I don't know there's Did a good job and just One more step there's nails in the floor. I gotta pull those out That sign is actually there to make sure that the top Latches in properly this trailer was left here that top one wasn't latched in I feel bad. I don't want to criticize. I know I know but at the same time I want to put a little bit of pressure on everybody just to Just to go one one more step further just to be a little bit better a little bit big by bit We'll get there. Yeah, I just want to encourage everybody to do 110 percent all the time She's being loaded up right now. There's a little bit of a tight fit Just a bit I didn't have to hit the mud like many other drivers did look at this Guys have been like digging this all up over here. I didn't have to do that I did come up on this area here a little bit But not to the soft stuff So there's no room to turn around over there. It's a dead end I learned that last time I came here and had to do a u-turn in this tiny little area here So this time I started facing that way down this alley And then I backed in around this corner myself in there And the wind is just rushing around that corner right now Well, yeah, just testing out my patience and my skill This friday afternoon Good thing the weekends calling me So I've got the paperwork here now. I'm picking up 10 skids here These 10 skids are going to uh I think it's pronounced I think it's pronounced Chávez Chihuahua, Mexico Uh chihuahua is a province of Mexico and Chávez. I believe is the town Chávez J U A R E Z Chihuahua like the dog It's an annoying dog. I'm sure the province is much nicer than the dog Chávez Chihuahua. We are bringing this to El Paso, Texas And uh, it'll be kept there in bond And I'm sure a mexican truck driver is going to come up there pick it up and bring it into mexico We don't go into mexico I never have uh, I don't know anybody who actually has usually we just bring all the freight to the mexican border And the mexican truck drivers come up they pick it up and they bring it into mexico Mexico like I don't want to speak like for certain But I'm assuming and you know what they say about that never assume But I'm assuming that we don't go into mexico because it's dangerous, especially in northern mexico A lot of it is run uh overrun By cartels Like I've never been there myself. So like I said, I don't know for sure, but I'm assuming And I should never assume but here we are I am assuming that we don't go into mexico because it's too dangerous But it may also be other reasons that uh could be like uh Maybe we don't have trade the same trade deals with them that we do with the us Maybe we don't have the same maybe we're not allowed to drive commercial vehicles into mexico like we can into the us Maybe that's the reason maybe it's the simple reason just like that But even if I was allowed to drive into mexico, I don't think I would accept a load down there Just because of the you know the cartel activity there I don't want to get caught up In any of that it's it could be a little dangerous and me being a little canadian from way up north I'm not familiar with that area at all At all so I don't know what to expect. I don't know what to look for But maybe it's Maybe it's all right. Do you live in northern mexico? Maybe you can teach me Uh, do you know why we don't drive into mexico? Is there a trade deal barrier there with canada? and uh Are you a mexican truck driver that comes up and picks up freight like this? And uh, oh There's all being loaded in And uh, if you are a mexican truck driver, what's it like driving through northern mexico? Is it safe? Is it okay? Is it just like driving in the u.s. In canada? just in spanish I'm very curious right now because this freight's going to mexico That is squeaky. I think my trailer is sitting against the dock just right to make it squeak like that They've got one strap on it One I gave them one of these Oh, I wouldn't have gotten on the highway like that. I'm you want to go for it seems to be working People are crazy, man You've really got to be on the defensive all the time all the time around you seeing who's going to do what next Looks like they piled this extra high on this rut here because they know it's going to pack down And of course we got the smallest amount of rain so everything is just mud again All these clean trucks are all dirty again It's amazing what a little rain does Softens everything right up again They got that big pile of gravel right over there that's for this I guess they just didn't get around to it this week Maybe monday, I guess At least they have a plan they probably just haven't had any time. It was a busy day again today This is serious Serious Three there for now open her up Oh, yes We have to wipe her down anyway. Look at her. She's still dusty So this is what we're dealing with We get them from sobies. They're really delicious. I call them brain burgers Sobies is a it's a big grocery chain In our province That'll do oh feel the heat. Oh, yes Okay The whole barbecue for three burgers That's the way I roll The whole thing We're not going to need it so hot though. Let's turn it down to a boat medium There we go. Maybe just below medium. They cook pretty fast