 Morning everybody We're at the yard Just south of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and I got some curable trucker handbomb Feel the difference from bullsnot. I think but a couple of these from bullsnot to try right? It's curable made specifically for truckers This curable trucker handbomb is a moisturizer that heals, relieves and repairs extremely dry cracked hands Curable is a trucker tested and approved or is trucker tested and approved guaranteed relief for your money back And it actually works. I actually use it at least once a day once or once or twice every day now Just in the winter time your hands really dry out in this cold dry weather The good people at bullsnot sent me a bit to try and now I'm actually hooked Get it at bullsnot.com or bullsnot Canada pick up a load and bring it to the Paw Manitoba It's about a six to seven hour drive from here once I'm loaded and then we come back. I Have an empty step deck 53 foot behind me. We're gonna go fill it up with stuff. I'm just 31 overnight Old blue kept me nice and warm. We have the weasel with us this trip We tried his new thunder shirt yesterday Which is supposed to relieve his anxiety when he's in the truck because he's getting older Mighty issues in the truck and that's why he hasn't been in the truck with me as much as well as You know, he's at my retirement. He's spending home at a time at home with his family, too But so far I mean I haven't given it a good good trial yet But so far yesterday the thunder shirt really seemed to help ourselves into traffic here rush hour is going that way Because it's all going into Winnipeg So that was the easy part. Well, it looks like we've got a good break in traffic coming up here. I Like that they made these that they made this divided highway This is highway 59 south south of Winnipeg But they made it like wide enough that I could fit my whole truck and trailer between lanes of traffic So that when I'm waiting for this side I'm not blocking the other side. You know what I mean? That makes it a lot easier to cross Flashers going. Oh, there's some over there. You know what that means though, right? You've been watching my videos long enough your sky means it's gonna get cold tonight and tomorrow Tonight the temperature is gonna drop down to about minus 30 and The next night is gonna drop down to minus 34. I'm talking Celsius 34 at night So it looks like it's just gonna be this week and then it's gonna warm up next week We've got three days of pretty pretty cold weather and you know, we're actually doing pretty good this winter I'm actually pretty happy with how this winter's gone. It's been pretty mild Last winter in the winter before it seemed like four to six weeks of just brutal deep freeze And this is our first week so far. We're already in February 2023 so we only got two more weeks left until You know, we're close enough to the spring equinox that we don't have to worry about it Slamming us down to minus 35 at night, right? It's usually the last two weeks of January and the first two weeks of February that are the very coldest after that We're usually pretty good Anytime before that is or after that is just snow a lot of snow That's one good thing about being so cold as it doesn't snow as much but perfect life You gotta have one or the other either. It's really cold or it's snowing Diesel how's that thunder shirt? I'm a done your weasel man done your weasel. Good job Good for you, bud. It's really calming them down so far. It's working good Tried for a couple of days and see how it goes But I took it off for a little bit this morning and he practically begged me to put it back on He kept staring at me and staring at me until finally I stopped and I went Oh, I said do you want your thunder shirt? And he got started to get all excited and I pulled it out of the box in the back And he comes jumping into the back in the bed and sits there in front of me wagging his tail Got poking it with his nose. He wanted to wear it So he really likes it Right to make you feel calm diesel Super calm man show calm show calm man So the receiver where we're headed to closes at five and guess what our ETA is It is five also So as I get closer, I'm gonna give them a call See if they want to wait around to unload me today yet, which would be fantastic But if I can't convince them of that we'll have to wait in the pod all the morning And they'll unload us then not a big deal, but you know, I always like to Get as far as I can in the day I've got plenty hours like if I unload I can drive quite a ways back If not almost all the way back. I will see what happens. We'll do what happens either way I'm okay with it. It's a good day, right diesel My thunder we do Yeah, can I get a cape? I want a cape. I'm a thunder we do super. He'll make Because how good for you diesel. I'm glad you're so happy It's good to see I think this might be the solution to have him in the truck more often Not all the time but more often That is a whole house said it before but Amazon Prime delivery is getting out of control Look at this. It's huge How wide would you say that is it's wider than the entire highway 40 feet wide Holds and traffic has to go all the way like almost into the ditch. They're all confused What you thought we built them on site nowadays. It's 2023 We'll build it wherever we want to and we'll bring it to you This is actually what we were thinking of doing for our build in our land sort of changed our mind on it already but Go any further to the right because of those posts, right and all the traffic coming at them has to Just barely squeak past Those daresay. This is a little too wide for this highway. This is highway six. It's a major provincial highway It's the only highway that takes us up into northern Manitoba and all the northern communities It's a little two-lane highway like this. I would say I don't know if I was the one issuing the permits I don't think I would issue a permit for this This is a little bit out of control In this town so maybe the next town white Jeep here just had to hit the ditch There's tracks going off the road off the gravel there not too far But I wonder what the the widest Load is like how big of a house? Can you move here? How big do the permits allow them to go? Is this the biggest or is this maybe a little stretching it a little too big? Like I said, they're doing a good job. They're not hitting anything But issue a permit for that He's got to go into the middle of the road to avoid all these road signs on the right Oncoming traffic literally has to stop way out there in a turning lane off the road. Yeah, he's shaking his head Yeah, it's too wide. It's too big for a two-lane road. It's too big That's my opinion. So truck stop at the corner of highway six and highway 60 And there's this so truck stop with shell fuel here I don't know if you can actually get fuel or not This is actually quite a big parking lot here. You'll see it on the map when you look it up Oh, there's a big pile of garbage behind there. Oh That will attract the bears Why would that be there? okay, well, I Was gonna say when you come here. It actually looks like a very big lot On the maps, but for some reason they haven't been clearing it So just be aware that if you come up here and you're expecting a nice place to park It pretty much just cleared enough space for people to get in and out of The lot but no parking for some reason and they also have a big pile of garbage behind the store Which will attract wildlife and possibly bears. So just it's about you and if you pull in here I mean, I'm certainly nice enough store, but all of this to the left here. It didn't clear for some reason I was a little bit disappointed when I pulled in here have a nice little break, but there's Really the only way to park here is by blocking one of the pumps Or by blocking the driveway itself very strange But they do have a convenience store there and gasoline And diesel fuel just don't make plans to stay there overnight or anything. I guess Highway 16. This is a pretty remote stretch of road from here to What's the highway that we're gonna meet up with that goes up into the paw? Can't think of it off-hand right now. I know what it is. I can't think of it But this is Highway 16 is very remote. So make sure you got enough food and water warm blankets You probably won't have cell service for a long stretch down here Very icy to very Highway 10 that was the highway I was thinking of You know this guy here checking his load Go around him. We got another guy up here. It looks like he's broken down At least, you know, if you broke down it looks cell service here and you're right close to that convenience store Hugo says they come from a rough town not even on the same page They're not even in the same book. It's me something totally different. I actually can't say that Chicago's actually treated me very well It's been spent quite a few your destination is on the left Thank you. I've gathered that that's why I'm stopping with my signal on and turning too excited about this because it's very Secluded out here. It's gonna be cold and grab our fuel and we'll make our decision a little bit further Little bit further. All right. I came back into town. I just didn't feel comfortable sleeping at that petrol pass I grabbed fuel there But it's it was literally I think four miles out of town With nothing there. There's a few other trucks sitting there. That's true but if my truck stopped running for whatever reason or broke down or Whatever, I couldn't run it And my bunk heater stopped working at the same time I'd have to walk four miles and minus 30 with diesel Carrying him obviously because his paws would get cold And I don't know if I could carry him for four miles or how long would that take us I could wrap him in a blanket and I got enough clothes to stay warm. So I know we'd live But man, that would be a Wouldn't be a good experience So I came here there's a shell this guy's gonna pull in here, too Shell gas station and I went inside and asked if I could park here for the night And I'll be out of here in the morning and they said yeah, no problem. No problem Okay, thank God because I really want to stay in town here. I mean there's an inn across there I think there's a casino over there behind these trucks here. There's a 24-hour gas station So if If the worst happens, which I'm not expecting it to but just in case I Know that we'll be okay. I don't know how to walk four miles in minus 30. I mean I've learned my lesson Before it's not a good idea. You always prepare for the worst always You don't expect the worst But you prepare for the worst you expect the unexpected as my neighbor Tony would say so That's where we're at now Put together my video I have some time now I have about 13 hours before they're gonna unload me Diesel sleeping away back here. He ate his whole supper The thundershirt has been working great. I took it off for a section of time today While we were going down a pretty rough road and he did seem to get a little bit nervous He was sort of staring at me more you could tell when you know They get that bug-eyed look like something like they're just their anxiety is starting to kick in so I stopped I put his thunder shirt on and immediately just laid down and just relaxed So the first full day of using it on the road and it seems to really be helping We'll try it again tomorrow See who works again, and then we'll try it for a couple of weeks And I got my wife calling. I was just gonna call her she called me first So we're safe. We're warm and work together right weasel. Oh, I got my computer bag on you. I Was rude rude work together, right Two old buddies back on the road man long on the road here, but he loves the truck Just this truck scares him a little bit. I think cuz it's a little noisier than the other one. It's a little smaller a little more cramped But he's got he's getting used to it And most of the time he's at home with his family playing around with Chevy anyways Beating up Chevy, right? Be him up And give a game a Or does he beat you up? So thanks for watching We'll see you tomorrow right here gonna deliver in the paw first thing and we're gonna head back to Winnipeg there's a load waiting there for me. I Believe they're gonna try to get it picked up for me. It's in Winnipeg, but I don't think I'm gonna be able to get there before business closes So again, they're gonna try to get it picked up for me and bring it to our yard So I can just hook on to it there I have no idea where it's going from what I've heard with the other drivers that are doing the same stuff Sounds like it might be going to Grand Forks, North Dakota. I Don't know because we'll find out tomorrow. I don't really care where it's going They know that we have an appointment on the weekend, so I won't be going too far a lot of appointments As we're nearing the end of the third trimester, I have to balance working my tail off But also being home for the important appointment appointments I have to miss some of them and that's the hard part You sort of got to pick and choose which appointments you're gonna be at And I think this is never gonna end from now on the rest of my life Because there's always gonna be important events and dates in my kids life You know, there's gonna be the band concerts, the hockey games, the soccer games, whatever they choose to do If they're in gymnastics or have a little girl in ballet, whatever They end up doing with their lives. I don't care what they do as long as they're happy I don't want to be there And I want to experience that with them I want to be there with them, but I know as a truck driver Sometimes I'm gonna have to miss these important events and it's gonna be very hard for me, but We've got to put food on the table, but I will make one promise and One that I'll stick to is that the very important dates, the most important dates, I will be there I'll see you guys tomorrow. Don't forget to hit that like button, subscribe and hit that bell So that you get notified when my next video goes up. I'll talk to you later