 Thursday morning everybody early morning I am definitely the first one here we are getting a real early start today there's the truck right there already hooked up ready to go let me get a warmed up do the pre-trip we got to be in Arberg two hours north of here for 7 30 a.m. array I don't mind it though I've I'm growing too right I have been growing to enjoy mornings early mornings a lot more this year for the first time in my life you guys know me I'm not a morning person whatsoever or I used I thought I wasn't but I've really been enjoying the morning I don't mind getting up early the trick is going to bed early you see when I was younger that just didn't seem to be an option in my mind I did not like going to bed now it seems that I've sort of gotten into a nice routine you know where I'm in bed early I get up early I feel better I don't know I'm gonna get the truck ready started up get it warmed up and I'll talk to you in a little bit here and we'll see what's going on in trucking news alrighty off we go off to the megatropolis that is Arberg I have to do a whole loop here so I can't make this corner to the right turn left to turn right turn like confusion corner in Winnipeg you can't turn right you got to turn left to turn right you want to turn left you turn left you want to go straight you turn left or is the opposite way around yes there we go see now we can go straight just see the city a wonderful city of Arberg see if I can get the gate to open from all the way over here for some reason this gate opener button that I have works better from the other side then from this side oh no it's working it's opening good bit of a chilly morning today but good thing we were prepared for that when the sun comes up it's too dark to vlog right now though to pick up in too long so a couple of you have asked a really good question I've seen the question repeated I've said this before but it's just refresher for the new people here you guys have asked what are these yellow tabs for on the wheels well you see how they stick out past the rubber here I unhooked from this trailer already but my mirror looks right down here when the wheel turns this goes around that way I can see in my mirror whether or not my tires are turning that's important especially in winter time when your brakes can freeze together you want to make sure that your tires aren't dragging right want to make sure that they're turning also some trailers have lift axles you've seen them before I don't think I have any here to show you right now and some of our trailers have lift axles and in some states you get charged per axle on the ground for tolls so I'll say you're going down the I-80 I forget how their tolls work there but if you're charged per axle on the ground it's usually something like five bucks per axle and you're you're driving along you see the toll booth coming up and you're empty and you suddenly think to yourself oh shoot did I remember to lift up my axle because I'll save myself five bucks if I remember to lift up my axle right some empty I don't need it on the ground so what you do then you look in your mirror at your axle that's lifted and you can tell whether or not it's turning or not if it's not turning then you then you know oh yeah that's right I remember to lift my axle so the tolls will be cheaper it's just to let you know it's just to let you know whether or not your wheels are turning and if you're a Canadian driver most of our freight goes or comes from the United States so you have to have the ability to cross in the US if for whatever reason you're not allowed to cross into the United States it's gonna be very hard for you to find a trucking job in Canada there's also new things coming about in January this kind of stuff on my channel I because I know it creates controversy so I don't want to start fights but I'm just I'm just the messenger okay don't shoot the messenger but starting in January 2022 all truck drivers from Canada crossing into the United States are going to have to be able to prove that they're fully vaccinated so that's just a heads up for you remember that in Manitoba here anyway vaccination is a six-week process so if you don't want any downtime because you can't cross into the US you need to start with your first appointment in mid November you got to be ready for that okay I didn't make the rule but that will be across all of Canada because to be a truck driver in Canada you have to be able to drive in the United States and to drive in the United States you're gonna have to be fully backed starting January he personally went with Moderna Pfizer I hear has a better record Pfizer's also FDA approved so it's up to you I'm not telling you what to do except you I'm just giving you a heads up alright if you're a Canadian driver you're gonna have to get on that I don't like talking about that but I have to mention it you don't shoot the messenger so I've got to grab some fuel really quick I'm gonna run out if I don't that's not a good day so we're gonna continue to have a good day running here to Petrocan and I hear deacons corner quickly fill her up with the go-go juice you wait there mr. Dodge mr. everybody look at me in my big truck ouch was that fine up good no it's not good good good well and I choose this one what do you guys think because that pump there that's a DEF pump you want to leave that open for people who actually need DEF we on the other hand we can laugh because we don't use DEF in our truck we're old school and what I mean by that is this truck is a 2007 so it was one of the very last models of truck to be released without a DEF system a diesel exhaust fluid system so it's old school you just put diesel fuel in it and go it's pretty simple I prefer it that way but that's just my own personal opinion you may feel different I'm okay I understand what DEF does it makes the trucks emissions better all of our highway trucks are all newer units and our highway trucks are all DEF trucks this truck is just for around the city doing stuff like what I do well it's an old truck and it's cheaper to keep this truck running than to buy a whole new brand new truck for in the city well we got here long before the Sun came up behind us this morning now we're leaving just after the Sun went down on the other side just behind those trailers over there another long day always busy busy busy busy I like it