 Good morning everybody. We're here in Quebec in Drummondville. I've picked up my first pickup There is another one possibly but this one pretty much is almost a full load as it is But 40,000 pounds. I just got it on the trailer. I'm gonna give you a look and then we got to go scale it for John Deere tractors or case tractors You know those big four-wheel drive tractors that pulled the big air seeders Got these so there's a happy farmer at the end of this trip. I'm sure I love our farmers got it loaded up Closer to the front of the trailer on the back because I want to put more freight on the back here, right? But I have to go scale it now to make sure I didn't put it too far forward Because I don't want to be overweight on my truck If that's the case Well, then I got a problem Probably gonna have to go back there. I'm guessing by the time Maybe this afternoon yet. I'd have to go back to the shipper and get them to move it back a little bit and They wouldn't like me very much for that Hopefully it doesn't come to that There's a scale about 15 miles toward Montreal from here. I've already moved my fifth wheel up as far as I can So that puts more weight from these tires onto my drive tires Sorry my off of my drive tires onto my steer tires up there So that I'm maximizing the maximum amount of weight I can have on my truck I can have 12 Roughly 12,000 pounds on the front and about 37,500 pounds on my drives back here because this load is staying in Canada But it and load it too far forward Little bit worried about that, but you know, it'd be really nice. It'd be nice if it was some kind of mandated law that Every shipper shipping out loads that are over 30,000 pounds Have to have a scale on site For the drivers to scale before they leave the yards that they don't have to come back That would be nice not not that doesn't happen very often it does happen sometimes It's very nice when it does but now I got to go to the nearest scale scale If it's not loaded properly. I have to go back to the shipper Undo all my straps Get them to move it back and then go scale it again And that could be a whole day of fair just trying to get the weight right But if they had a scale right on site there about it being about a boom you get the freight on there scale it right away You're out of there saves you a whole day of running back and forth usually But scales are very expensive and I don't know how we would manage to Convince people that this is something that they have to have like mandated by law your loads if you're loading trucks over 30,000 with over 30,000 pounds of freight Must have a scale on site. I don't know. What do you guys think about that? Let me know down below into my gauges I Was pretty heavy on my drives here, but I had my fifth wheel all the way back all the way back So I moved forward quite a bit as far as I can But still leaving up space for my trailer To move over there right some place where it is now I just got a whole this landing gear all the way yet before I leave and then we'll be ready to go It looks like I should be okay I'm pretty confident like 99% sure that I'll be just fine But I'm gonna go scale it anyways just in case I hear that that new scale by Shania, Ontario We delivered those barriers there not too long ago. That's a hardcore scale a high tech scale No messing around there. I hear that that's open now. It's a new one So I want to be prepared for when I go past there tomorrow or the day after I don't want to be overweight as they'll know The nearest cat scale from here. It's actually 32 kilometers from here That would be about 18 miles. Yeah something like that Since Saint Leboire, Quebec at the big stop almost a full loan if I was going to the US This would be on our trucks set of 80,000 pound gross We're gonna have 87,000 pound gross 90,000 in some places 37,500 on my drives 37,500 on my trailer But Canada goes with kilograms and I don't speak in kilograms But I sort of have to make do because the government does 17,000 kilograms on my drives on my truck at 17,000 on my tandem trailer So that we're accurate for Canadian Canadians speak because we're staying in Canada. Three Canadian that I know of Uses pounds Like when I talk about weight, I always speak in pounds But if you're talking government or official business like this like maximum weight for highways, it's in kilograms So confusing we use both we used to do the same measurements as the US but our current Leader of our country right now his father was the leader at one time back in the 60s And he decided to be a good idea to change it all up. So Here we are Was it a good idea? I don't know I'm just used to it. This is all I know. So what makes a little more confusing I wish we would have just stayed with the other measurements so that we were in line with the US and it's so confusing because freight going back and forth The measurements are always mixed up If we're delivering to the US from Canada all of the measurements are in metric and kilograms And then you go to the US and they're confused. They don't understand And then when you go to the US and you pick up freight that's coming to Canada Everything in pounds and inches and feet So since I guess since we're the smaller nation we're the little brother We sort of just learned both as we grow up So we know metric and Imperial or American as I say it because America is really the only country that Major country that you just uses those measurements, right? So I always just called American measurements. I don't know It's this is all I know. So this is normal to me Just got to do lots of conversions all the time It's definitely a lot more weight on my trailer than we had coming out this way. I Only had 15,000 pounds coming this way. I'm already at 40,000 pounds on the trailer this way going back You can definitely feel there's a difference definitely Get back on the auto route auto route 20 I guess once I'm leaving come back here I've got to decide if I'm gonna take 17 or 11 through Ontario. I might go 11 just because there's less hills I Like doing that when I'm heavy Bricks checked and adjusted before I left on this trip. I'm good to go huge company out here in the east Especially in the Maritime when you go further east from Quebec They have really nice truck stops if you see one make sure you pull in and go You have arrived at your destination on the right side Irving Saint-Laiblardig stop I'm gonna have to wait for him to get out of the driveway. These are amazing truck stops They really prioritize the truck driver Make us feel special. We do a great job. I wish they had more of them out west as well Anyone in the Irving family happens to be watching my videos not likely But if they are if you know them tell them to expand out west We could use some of these nice Irving's out in Manitoba Saskatchewan, Alberta You're flying Jay run for its money out there, right? Be nice to have a good Canadian company like this to compete with them need to watch this truck I'm a little bit nervous you're first right isn't busy. Hello. It's first way Kilograms, yep Cut your truck off when you're talking to them on the speaker there said they can hear you better It's very hard to hear what the driver saying when the engines running You won't see many Canada flags flying, but you'll see a lot of Quebec flags I'm very happy. I'm very happy trucker. I nailed it check this out Steer tires 5470 Drive tires 15 990 that means I have a thousand KGs available for fuel yet And I do need a little bit of fuel and 11 780 on the trailer Which means I have plenty of space for more freight back there weight-wise. I have 15 feet of physical space available And what is that 55 52 1234 5000 KGs worth so about 11 10 to 11,000 pounds worth of available weight space on The tail end on the trailer So I'm gonna park it right here. I called into the load gods back home I gave them the situation. I said I can take anything under 11,000 pounds and under 15 feet And they went to work so they're looking and scrambling trying to find me something else That's coming out of Quebec or Ontario here that I can take back home with me. I get paid by the load I don't get paid by the mom I get paid by the load Percentage so majority of the rate goes to me because I have majority of the the costs They take a cost that they take a fraction of the cost is as well Because they have overhead back there They have office and staff to pay the load gods need to eat to they need the money too So they take a cut off of it and the majority of it does come to me But I get paid percentage or by the load so the more we put on here the more I get paid So as long as we're under legal limit Load me up I'm not sure exactly how long I'm gonna wait here the rest of the day for sure. What is it now? It's already two o'clock here eastern time We're gonna find something quick if we want to get loaded today. I might end up just staying Right here at Irving tonight and loading something around here to more morning then headed home What is today? I'm filming this on a win. No Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Filming this on a Tuesday. So if we leave tomorrow morning, I have all day and night Wednesday all day night Thursday We can deliver all of this Friday and then go home for the weekend That's the plan. I'm happy about this is turning out well better than the last Time I was out here where everything canceled on me. So even if I just have this freight going back, that's okay It's an all-right loads Decent pay but why settle for decent pay when you can have excellent pay So I'm gonna wait around just for a little while here see what they come up with see if we can get something else We're on the trailer. I Have the space. It's just wasted if I don't put anything on it When I say load gods I have to explain this just because I've had this question come up before What do you mean? Oh god, you shouldn't call them I mean the Fleet managers dispatchers back in the office what they do is they they go and they find the freight for me They book it they do all of that the work that I don't want to do all of the headaches of talking to these people No, I shouldn't say these people talking to the people on the phone. I don't like talking on the phone So they do all the phone calling they do all the booking they do all the arranging they do all the negotiations for the Rate and then they come back to me and they say okay. This is what I came up with. What do you think and then I can say yay or nay I Very rarely say nay. I mean I want to respect their their time I don't want them to go through all this time negotiating and working out a load for me And then just for me to be like no, I don't want to do that. That's boring. I don't want to do that That's kind of rude I mean they went through all that work to find me freight and they are trying to get top dollar Right because the more money I make the more money they make so it's in their best interest to shoot higher with The rates as high as they can and that's why they negotiate right sometimes. They got a bid on different loads They do all of this bidding and take care all of that because if I had to do that all myself Oh, I I seriously wouldn't have a life right now. I do trucking plus YouTube Which is a plus I have a family at home too. Let's not forget that but between just my work life Let's talk about my work life right now My life is packed full packed right full. I Try to get everything done before I go home. So when I go home that is family time Sometimes I have to use some of my family time to catch up with my work on online I try to do that during nap time when my son is napping, but you know, it's sometimes my truck needs some work done to it It's it's always something it's always something but my life is packed full right now Very very very busy. I like it that way. I like keeping myself busy. I like Idol hands get into trouble, you know Not that I get into trouble, but I like to keep myself busy and occupied so adding on all of the headaches and stress of Finding loads and negotiating for them and then get this chasing after people for money. Like I don't know how that all works Every month My checks come in. I don't have to worry about where it's all coming from right? They take it all together and then they they do all that work for me, which is I'm so thankful for that They do a really good job. There's a great team back home that takes care of all this for me And I just I always like to give them special acknowledgement because a lot of times on the road between truckers here We sort of forget all the work that they do Guys back in the office there you guys and gals. Thank you very much for working so hard for me Trying my best out here to work just as hard for you on my end So now that my weight is all figured out Conduit that I'm not overweight that makes me feel very good and very self-confident that I can Get out there in public and not feel fat Or not too fat anyways a little chubby I'm pretty much up to my max. I'm too heavy to go into the US. That's for sure, but in Canada here. I'm fine I still got some space. So like always I Always appreciate reading all of your comments. Leave me a comment down below In the comment section helps me out with the algorithms if you hit the like button as well Hit that subscribe button. 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