 Good morning Thursday, and I promise today. I'm not gonna talk about how cold it is Instead we will talk about how frightfully chilly it is And it's not even that cold. My body is just climatizing and getting used to winter. It's only minus 16 Celsius right now It's supposed to go down to minus 18 before I get started work for some reason It's still getting colder before I get going but minus 18. That's not that cold yet But it just feels that way because I'm used to summer It was nice But that doesn't matter because we're gonna have fun today. We're going trucking. I believe I have a load to pick up in too long And I have to take the green roll tight flat To go pick up a load going to st. Joseph, Missouri That is the plan for today and all the while we're going to stay warm. We're gonna stay happy. It's gonna be a good day Gonna stay positive The brakes will not be frozen on the trailer or the truck Everything is gonna work perfect. Nothing is gonna go wrong Let's hope I'll see you at the truck. We just got here minus 22 Fancy two We're just getting warmed up. Ha see what I did there. It's gonna get a lot colder Wait till that thing reads minus 32. I'll make more manitoba sense Hello, old girl. We're gonna have a good day. Okay the Joe Rogan experience Everyone knows Joe Rogan, right? He's the biggest podcaster in the world right now or at least the biggest podcaster in the United States Very often we have to remember when people say it's the biggest in the world Usually that means it's the biggest in the US But I honestly think he does have the biggest one in the world. He's a very popular guy He used to host fear factor and before that he was on UFC Say a popular guy. Everyone knows Joe Rogan I've been listening to him in the mornings now because it relaxes me and his content so far Overall is non-political. I used to listen to podcasts every day on the way into work that Seem to be getting more and more political and I've noticed that with a lot of things Everything seems to be getting politicized Especially if it's coming from the US. That's not a criticism. That's just way things are right now But if it's coming from the US, it seems everything gets tied to politics one way or another and it's It's exhausting. I like that Joe Rogan just talks about interesting topics with interesting people So it relaxes me on my way into work. I Don't like getting all political. I don't like doing I don't like hearing what that first thing in the morning Sometimes I'm in the mood for it, but Joe Rogan really relaxes me first thing in the morning We can talk about, you know the origins of consciousness and the reports of UFOs and All kinds of other thought-provoking topics and I like that he doesn't directly right a ways run to the same thing Everyone else doesn't tie it to politics It gets annoying after a while when people keep doing that over and over so It's been relaxing me in the morning. That's sort of that's who I listen to on my way into work every day You know gets my brain turning I have something to ponder throughout my day while I'm working. Huh. They're talking about consciousness What is the origins of consciousness? You know, is it just me? I think about these things all the time. I hope you're ready to have some fun Our trailer brakes are frozen again Let's go get the banger thing It's in here. I use this a Hammer works too, but you can use this as a hammer if you want to this can be whatever you want it to be It's gonna be a brake release or 2,000 So it's gonna be right now. I hope this thing doesn't have dust covers on it Underneath here seems to be sitting here a while All right Get on our butt It's got dust covers on it makes it so much harder Okay, it's okay. We'll figure it out We'll figure out. That's what we do And you thought truck driving was just sitting behind a wheel holding on Watch we're all having a bad morning. You don't need to honk about it highway seven But if I take a highway eight up to the 67 I get to avoid all of the the rush of all the gravel trucks going into Stonewall There was a ton of gravel trucks going up that way a little nicer and quieter to take eight up Discovered this in the last few months and I like it So two hours I was out there banging on the brakes Trying to warm them up Trying to get them unseed because they were frozen right two hours at least The yard guys come out there and they try and help me out They can't get it. They're trying everything we know how to do to get these brakes to release, right? The shop guys pull up They go under there and do exactly what we've been doing over the past two hours for like 30 seconds And they don't right try it now I get back in the truck brakes release Sorcery was that did exactly the same thing that I was doing for two hours. They went under there Just I guess they just finished it off Breaks are obviously released now. I'm on the road, but at least we're not late I mean my appointment's at noon and I'm gonna be there at about 11 30, so Still gonna be early pieces. I'm picking up today are going to st. Joseph, Missouri We got it open. It wasn't too hard The shipper guy here helped me open The one side of it is just works a lot easier if you have one guy on each side And since today is today Everything doesn't seem to be working the way it should So I didn't slide as easy as it has before because all of the little rollers are frozen It's not even that cold. I keep saying how cold it is. It's not even that cold yet It's only what minus 20 today. That's nothing. We're just getting getting going It's not even winter yet winter starts on the winter solstice on December 21st So the days are still gonna get shorter for another month yet and everything's gonna get colder until I always say last two weeks of January First two weeks of February is when the deep freeze sets in and when that sets in that's when everything breaks Because nothing wants to break when it's nice and warm and convenient to fix it It all wants to break on the coldest possible date where you get frostbite from exposing your skin to the outside temperature in 30 in about 30 seconds wonderful goodness Going to st. Joseph Missouri Hope you guys are ready. We got some stuff for you Coming on down From Manitoba, Canada. I hope it's warmer there than it is here It's actually not that bad not that bad the sun's come up the day's gotten a lot better The only thing frustrating about this morning was trying to get the trailer brakes To release in the morning took a couple of hours, but once we got that done You know I got over here as long as you keep moving you can keep warm You just got to keep moving. It's a motivation to never stop working That's why as Canadians are such hard workers because if we stop working We freeze The harder you got to work. That's why we keep making stuff You got to keep everything moving. That's actually a good good piece of advice not just joking, but uh When it gets cold like it's gonna get a lot colder than this This is nothing yet. I'm just making a big deal out of a small little thing once it gets down to January February Anything that you need to move you that's why throughout the day. We don't shut the engine off We let it idle a lot in the morning. We bring it so we plug it in what that does is it heats up the oil The oil pan heats up the block So that it can turn over in the morning because if we didn't do that That engine's not moving and the cold weather will freeze it solid And you won't be able to turn over the engine in the morning. That's how cold it gets You got to keep things moving or they they just stop working and die. You're ever cold. They're working Okay, and if you're still cold work harder It's the Manitoba way feel free to complain about it. I do all the time. I do it's cold I just know how to warm up again because I really don't like being cold So I don't like being cold so much that I just work harder make sense Hey, I'm gonna head back now. It's really easy to tie down hard guys who helped me The brakes are released so can turn Just helps the brakes are frozen It's gonna cost you a lot more fuel and you're probably gonna have to buy new tires that nobody wants to do that So you got to turn right to go left. I hope this guy's not turning left See he looks like he's got his right signal on oh nope and turned it off now. I don't know what his plans are Oh, he's going south. Okay, so we got to wait for him first before we can go All right. All right. All right. This guy was super slow moving before We'll see how fast you can get across this intersection. We might be here a while if you're comfortable And that Sun is extra bright today At this time of year it never really goes very high Like that's about as high as it goes like I've said before so it's always in your face when you're going south It's always your face going north is nice because then the Sun's always behind you You're gonna give everybody you're gonna send it No, oh no good choice Good choice Take your time bud. No rush. I'm not pushing you Okay, now we got to wait for that to clear up over there Okay, after that car we're clear that way. Oh We might be clear to go I'm going for it Yep. Here we go. We've got the four ways on the please don't hit me lights Okay, I'm about to park in my parking spot over there. The day is just about over but I have to prepare for tomorrow We're jumping into a different truck in the morning. I want to get everything I need in there tonight everything that I can anyways It's gonna be a sleeper truck I don't think it's gonna be an overnight But it might turn into one and that's why I'm taking it You guys remember my old Volvo Had for like three years or two two years three years It's exactly like it This is the truck we're gonna be taking tomorrow This is unit 3056 Gonna be hauling an oversized load of lumber Down to Minnesota This truck was parked by our scale and it wasn't plugged in Even though a message went out through all of our satellite systems to every single truck saying that hey You guys need to plug your trucks in this truck wasn't plugged in Maybe it was parked there from before already and no one No one plugged it in but anyways, I got it going Had to get out the old booster and I plugged it in for a while to just to warm up the block a little bit And eventually I got it to turn over but just barely just barely I'm gonna take some of my straps out of there and my flags My oversized signs. I'm gonna put it in here So that in the morning I can come just start this thing up warm it up And then I got to go pick up a trailer in Winnipeg It's one of those roller trailers again. That was fun. Last time we took that right last time we took that up to Was a pegwis or near pegwis up north in Manitoba this one we're taking down to What's it called again Park River? Park something Minnesota. It's like five hours from here I don't really need a sleeper truck for it, but just in case if anything goes wrong and I get delayed I got a bed. I'm gonna spend the night. So this is going to bring back A lot of memories for me, maybe for you too. This is exactly identical to the truck I drove Someone left their coffee in here. Not very nice. Oops We'll just say that was a mistake. Yeah identical It's not as nice as the Volvo Which was unit 3070 that I took up to the pop that was a nice one at the wider sleeper is a mid roof It wasn't as high didn't have the sunroof like this, but Yeah, wow just the memories that come flooding back. This is exactly the same colors exact same truck Except my mattress was blue Good times good times. Oh Well, okay, we're gonna get it ready for tomorrow. I guess I could have done this all in the morning as well It's gonna be colder than and I Don't like moving a lot first thing in the morning I think what I thrive off of personally is just changing it up every now and then like I said I really like the position. I'll always say that that I'm in now the city position. It's perfect for me, right? But every once in a while I Let them know that every once in a while They'll send me out a little further either on an overnight or who knows maybe even further They sort of get the best of both worlds, but only if it's available My primary job is a city driver. So these straps are a little frozen They should warm up in this compartment tomorrow as I'm driving According to my pickup truck. I have 80 kilometers of fuel range According to my gauge. I am just above I don't know if you can see it there or not Oh Cut your clothes today on a cold night to minus 11, but I shouldn't be cutting it this close This isn't the smartest thing I've ever done You know me I like living life on the edge Usually I wouldn't let it go down nearly this low in winter time, but it is what it is. We're going to the gas station It's about 50 kilometers away All it says now is low fuel range It doesn't even know how much further we can go Just pulling into the gas station. We made it. I feel up here at the Superstore because I get the points and free groceries Because I'm in my 30s now and that's special to me Yep, that was not smart because it's cold outside but so the gas price right now is $1.369 so $1.37 per liter as in Canadian We're gonna fill it right up from empty. How much do you think it's gonna cost? There it goes my whole life savings So I'm gonna Americanize this for you because I know you the Americans they want to know what what I'm talking about So first of all, let's go dollar 37 CAD to USD that is a dollar and eight cents us per liter. Okay Dollar and eight cents remember that so let's go to calculator Dollar and eight cents divided by three point seven eight that is not correct. I'm not correct. No times and dollar oh eight times 3.78 That's four dollars and eight cents us per us gallon So if you were in the US right now and you pulled up to a pump and you wanted to pay the same price as me You'd be paying four dollars and eight cents down. That's expensive to us That's probably really expensive for the US, but the US is such cheap fuel. It's always funny when you hear them saying oh gas It's so expensive. You guys have the cheapest gas anywhere Europeans they're paying like twice as much as we are here and Australians there they're not too far behind them. I think yeah, what do you think it's four dollars and eight cents a gallon too much for you? I don't have a choice There it goes. We're already at eighty five dollars Okay It's okay. Just breathe And just so you have some context Like six months ago this same Philip would have cost did me 85 to 90 dollars the whole thing Right now I just passed a hundred and fifteen dollars Six months ago, that's how fast it shot up And we passed a hundred and twenty, okay Oh, it just clicked off at a hundred and twenty four, so it'll be a hundred and twenty five dollars 91.3 liters hundred and twenty five dollars for you Americans 125 I'm just gonna do the math for you on Google here real quick hundred and twenty five CAD to USD remember I was paying four point eight no four point zero eight dollars Ninety eight dollars and seventy one cents to fill up my truck today us And because I fueled up at Superstore here I get Superstore points that I can use towards groceries today. I got three dollars and 19 cents a Free groceries from that it doesn't seem like a lot, but you add this up plus all the other gas I buy Every week in Brits vehicle and plus you can earn points in the store when you shop in there as well And we're getting like over $30 of free groceries a month. I think something like that maybe more 30 to $50 of free groceries. It's my new thing Superstore points. I Think they're called PC points PC here stands for president's choice. It's just the the brand name Like George's that Walmart, so you know that I'm not lying to you for whatever reason Fuel range is now at 612 kilometers and my fuel gauge says full so that hundred and twenty five dollars That was me driving to work six times. So that was 600 kilometers and About 360 miles I guess I think that's what that would be Boy this guy here is just really aggressive And then I go and reset my fuel economy gauge there. So it said nothing right now Every time I fuel up so every week I start fresh Actually, no, it wasn't six times It was only five times because I went into work on Saturday and it's only Thursday today. It's not Friday I still got to go in once tomorrow. Oh, so I was only five times a 500 kilometers or 300 miles 125 bucks Okay, that's not as good