 Slowly making our way down to the bigger civilization here. We're on the four lane divided highway now. This is highway 43 12 kilometers or eight miles or so from Highway 16 trans-Canada So I'm gonna try to get loaded today yet, but the load isn't ready yet It's originally scheduled to be loaded tomorrow. We're gonna see we can get loaded today early But it's probably gonna be tomorrow. That's what I'm thinking. So Sometime tomorrow, we'll get loaded. We have a lot of time to get there's 3,500 kilometers. That's three and a half days of driving for miles that would be what? 18 about 2,000 miles I'm thinking a little over 2,000 miles 2,200 maybe somewhere in there and We'll have well tomorrow is Friday when I'm filming so Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday We'll have five days to get down there. We're gonna get down there as fast as we can Because I want to reset while I'm down there. So I'll be pretty much out of my 70 hours I think I explained this this morning already, right? Let me get down there as fast as we can and we'll be hanging out in Mississippi or somewhere close by there Corinth, Mississippi is just barely over the border from The Tennessee is Tennessee the one that's right above it. I think so right because close to the Memphis area I think it's yeah, Tennessee and then Mississippi, right? I don't know. We'll be staying somewhere around there for my reset. Just hanging out and Twiddling our thumbs for a day But at least that way I'll have a full week ahead of me, right? We'll have a full 70 hours to get done. Whatever they need me to get done They may send me up the East Coast up to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick somewhere in there Maybe in Donterio maybe back home. I have no idea It's the adventures of being a truck driver, you know every day is a new day Every day is a new adventure. You never quite know what's going to what's gonna come up next week Where you're gonna be We have a big playground this whole continent Well the biggest part of this continent. Yeah, you know what I mean To me in my mind Canada and the United States. That's North America everything else is Central America and South America But I know that's not technically correct. It's just my mind. Just the way I see it. So we've all North America Wandering around bringing stuff from here to over there Be cold for a walk without me man. Hold on diesel. I'll be right back We'll grab a coffee. Okay, should I bring you one you want a coffee? Only if it's a chimise man double double, please We're here in Edmonton the ESO Across from flying J truck truck land West Edmonton and as you may have figured The load's not ready today. That's okay because it was only scheduled to be picked up tomorrow anyways, so Technically, I'm early and they're on time. They're not late So like I said before This ESO doesn't charge us to park here. So I give them my business Flying J across the street. I don't know if they force it or not but They have signs up saying they want us to pay to park there when there's a free parking lot right across the street Yet people still fill that parking lot up because it's a flying J, right? It's one of the best But they don't realize and there's free parking here Chevron, but you have to be a customer to park in these lots Maybe that's why I mean my dad's been chased out of this lot before because he's not a customer of Chevron I think it was this lot. He's talking. It might have been a different one Asked him if he had bought fuel there and he said no, so they said you have to leave People are getting a little picky with their parking. It's a little bit annoying They don't realize that we have nowhere else to go if you if you shut down all your parking lots But we can't be customers of everybody and we only have so much fuel that we need to buy Looks like these guys could use a new more That is very uneven cuts Not gonna lie. It makes me want to go home and mow the lawn my new morning Good day everybody from near and far wherever you are. How's it going? We're here in Edmonton, Alberta today We just loaded up our trailer with stuff that stuff's going down to Mississippi We're making a stop at home on the way and we'll get down there early enough to get a reset down there yet So that I'm good to go for another full week as soon as I deliver my freight and that'll be on Wednesday, I believe We've got a lot of miles ahead of us Better get going. I'm just here to flying Jay. Just grabbed some fuel We'll go inside and grab some coffee We're gonna hit the road. I got myself some cauliflower bites from inside. I'm really excited They're like deep-fried cauliflower. Clean these windows without getting streaks on them, you know There we go. Oh tailgate party Okay, so we are about 14 hours from home This is an exit. Yep, that's an exit. There you go I'm not gonna get home tonight yet, but we should get pretty close. I want to run pretty late Because I'm thinking I'm probably not gonna be home very long if I have the hours to get down to Mississippi That's where I want to reset, but if I don't well, then I'm gonna reset at home It's just then when I get down there. I'm already, you know, half done the week and I can only go so far Turn right on. Got more boulevard in man. Take the entrance to the right and do 170 meters The scale is open today leaving Edmonton I actually have no idea how heavy I am But I know I'm not overweight just by looking at my gauges It shows me how much air pressure is in my suspension And that can tell me approximately how heavy I am. I Know I'm definitely not overweight. We're making everybody stop here So somebody up there is very interesting to them. I hope I am very uninteresting I hope they just look me over and say that's a boring guy. Let's let him go There's no reason to bring him inside. He looks very boring Hey diesel look as boring as possible. Okay All right We don't want them to call us in Not that it would matter. I got nothing to hide just clarifying Just want to go home. All this guy's just Creeping just creepin now. I can actually see how heavy I am They weigh in kilograms up here in Canada. So you take a kilogram you times it to by 2.2 And that's approximately a pound so our steer axles are load 5,050 kilograms We're at just under 14,000 kilograms on the drives and the trailer is at About 13 five Good, so we're legal for the United States as well We're probably sitting at about 65,000 pounds gross or 70,000 somewhere in there probably 70,000 Just a rough guesstimate. So let's get out of here before they change their mind Good job diesel. Nice boring face. Very nice Sometimes I wish this truck could go just a little bit faster This thing is limited to 101 kilometers an hour. So if you're stuck behind me, I apologize. It's not my fault That is the policy 101 kilometers an hour. I Don't know why 101 and not just 100 I think they're going with an even 60 miles an hour because these trucks are made in the US So there are systems you have to program their systems in in miles an hour. I'm guessing I have no idea if that's true or not But I thought 60 miles an hour was 102. So again, I don't know why 101 but here we are live in the dream Getting close to north battleford in Saskatchewan. I'm trying to get as close to home as I can I've got eight hours and 14 minutes available to me yet to drive today, and I've got 1,004 kilometers to go. It's just over 600 miles Not gonna make it. I need about 10 hours of driving minimum To get there. So we'll get close and drive as late as I can till I get tired Figure it out from there But we'll be home tomorrow for the evening and then I'll probably continue on down Later in the evening. I'll probably stop at home in the afternoon. I hear the lawn has grown quite a bit We had quite a bit of rain and it's gonna be a sunny day tomorrow. So You know what I'm gonna be doing I'm gonna go mow the lawn. I'm actually looking forward to it You go mow the lawn tomorrow and then in the evening I'll spend the evening with Brett and the dogs at home and then I'll jump back in the truck and Start making my way to Mississippi because I want to reset down there If at all possible I still got a double check with my hours here to make sure that I can get there on my 70 in eight days The u.s. Is a little different that way But if I can get there yeah, because then I guess that I it's it makes more sense because if I reset at home And then I drive down there while I lose That's what 25 hours of driving that 25 hours comes out of next week I'd rather take it out of this week. I'm not a big fan of the 70 hour rule I Understand the daily hours of service rules. Yeah limit how much I can drive in a day I understand that you know, then I can't get pushed to drive further than I should and I won't drive further than I should if I Want to right but at the end of the day like or the end of the week. Why do I have to take a weekend? I'll take one when I want to but if I want to work Why make it illegal? Not a fan of the 70 hour rule not at all I don't think it as long as you get a good sleep every night shouldn't matter Shouldn't matter If you want to work let them work I actually thought I'd be more tired than I am right now. I didn't sleep that well last night for some reason Get waking up. It's like I'm definitely gonna make it pass by Goni I might even make it to Moosman. Maybe even Brandon. I could legally make it back home once we cross into Manitoba And the bugs have been doing their thing, you know, it's gonna be the same until the snow falls, so I'll take bugs over snow any day I was thinking of stopping here at the fine jay for a coffee, but I'm feeling pretty good. I don't think I need a coffee I'm gonna keep on rolling Anything diesel Feeling good too, man Rolling up the Chamberlain the town I froze up in once how many years ago was that already? I was in another Peterbilt then I was a Peterbilt 386. I think First time I ever learned about how diesel fuel can gel when it is minus 62 Outside it's a little warmer today. Thank God rolling into the sounds gonna take a little break and gonna let the weasel out stretch his little weasel legs Gonna put some food in his little weasel bowl, and then we're gonna keep going I got four hours 52 minutes available to me tonight yet, and I'm still feeling good Keep on rolling So I got this big rest area this GPS actually deems this a rest area. I thought it was just oh, yeah Look, it says truck parking area. I always just thought it was just a Gravel parking a random gravel parking lot. Apparently it is an official diesel an official truck parking lot Wow Only even fixed a lot of potholes. Well, that's nice Very nice. Oh Wow, they fixed them all diesel Someone put some effort and money into this for us Wow, at least they put the gravel in the parking lot this time and not on the highway So My truck was parked right in here right by this pole here when I froze up and I stayed in that hotel there And it is not pet friendly, but since it was minus 60 outside and I had nowhere else to go They let the weasel stay You remember that decent a long time ago man. That's probably what six years six seven years ago. Maybe more eight years It's a long time ago time just keeps flying by Time does not slow down. That's one thing I'm learning time actually speeds up So you young people You think it's taking forever to grow up believe me once you grow up. It goes by so quick time goes by so fast So hard to get anything done because the time just doesn't stop Well, you did pretty good diesel He didn't finish all of it, but you finished most of it. I think his teeth are getting a little bit old and He's having a hard time chewing dry food I think because he refuses to eat a dry But if I soak it and make it a little soft he gobbles it all down right away. So I Think there is a vet visit in his future Gotta get his teeth checked out. He's gonna be nine years old in August this year So he's about eight and a half eighth three-quarter right now So it's about that time. We'll see if there's something that's bothering his mouth or maybe he's just getting picky I like it so many bugs means it's a warm outside to the highlighted route Indeed Karen, thanks Three and a half hours to go and then we go home for a couple of hours And then I got a head back to the truck and go start on my way down to Mississippi Oh, the more time we sit around here doing nothing toilet in our thumbs the less time We have to ride our riding mower at home. Whoo. Ding in him. Everything's always dingin at me Did the pre-trip? Okay, so uh, we're nearing the end of the vlog I've got a few more hours on today's video. So I'm going to Include that in yesterday. So tomorrow's video You get it you get it the next day right now. And this is where we slept We slept at the Manitoba rest area at the Saskatchewan border. It's time to get going I want to go home make sure our trailers not gonna fall off Oh, there it is. There it is good to the brakes are releasing tires are turning Little turn this way. They can see those tires those tires are turning. Okay Back to work we go. Hi-ho. Hi-ho. I think that goes the other way around one stop between here and home I'll let you guess where that will be What? Where do you think we're gonna stop? We're here in a Santa Gap Manitoba look at all these trucks nosed in Everyone on this side's nosed in and look at this side. It's empty, but what if it fills up with trucks? How are you gonna get out of your spot? You can't What? Back straight up into those empty spots on the left Okay, so I went home. I was able to get the lawnmode. It's very nice Hug and kiss the wife watch part of a movie ate a delicious supper chili It was great So now I'm just gonna see how far I can get you know I want to get it a little ways into the US call it a night and we'll continue on down to Mississippi tomorrow So that's it for today everybody Made it to Barney's here in La Talle gay and it's quite a long day, but we did get the whole lawnmode at home Excuse me Still waking up Got the lawnmode at home And now we got two full days to get us down to Mississippi, so we're gonna head on down there keeping our head down the whole way Trying to slip down there without being noticed for the most part try to avoid all the chaos in the cities and Unload down there grab something else and come on back north Thanks for joining me today a little bit of a sporadic vlog again, but they happen I would give you a little bit more footage outside But it's been extremely windy the last couple of days and I can't get any good footage outside right now Or any good audio, so we'll see what happens tomorrow tune in and find out