 It's another morning. Another one has come around the corner. There comes the Sun Just like usual unless it wants to surprise us and come up over there. Oh Wouldn't that throw everyone off? I mean the surprise of the century So we got some trucking to do today I don't know what truck I'll be in because my truck is in the shop for today and tomorrow at least who knows You know how it goes it might stretch out to the rest of this week But for the next two days at least my truck is gonna be in the shop So I got to show up there and wait for a substitute Or to be assigned to substitute So I got all my stuff in the truck here that I need Didn't leave anything in that truck just in case Not worried about it being stolen. I'm saying just in case if I need it realize how that sounded after it came out All right, let's get over there Let's get trucking Usually I'd be going through the gate and going around to get in my truck right now. However, my truck Is in there Getting pampered, I guess We've come up with a title for her. I don't know if it's a name but a title caller We went last night and we went through all of the the options that you guys gave us Thank you for all your comments yesterday There was dozens and dozens and dozens probably over a hundred of different names that we could call the truck All of them were really good But mistress stuck out But she doesn't actually ever reveal her name. She's a little bit mysterious So we don't know what her real name is, but she's the mistress maybe Maybe once I get her all shined up Maybe Keystone will let me get a little Little decal or a decal for the door or for the hood or something that says the mistress anyway, I've got to go in here and Talk to people and figure out what truck I'm in today I have a substitute mistress today So I've got to go into the office here and figure out what truck they want to put me in for the next couple of days They said two days, but you know how that goes two days. You can usually These guys here are really good. I should say that two days It'll probably be two days But I'm just saying it might stretch into three and I wouldn't be upset as long as they get everything done I don't know what they're all doing But they showed me the list of all the stuff that needs to be done to the truck And it was like a page long with itty-bitty letters and little writing I know she's old, but wow I'm glad they're glad they're taking care of her. They take care of their trucks here. So I don't know if you follow me on Facebook or not But I did talk on Facebook this morning So that would be yesterday morning for you that we have a special need right now for new owner operators like 10 to 15 New owner operators at this moment the needs change from day to day I try to stay on top of that But you want to get a hold of max here at Keystone on their website keystonewestern.com if you're looking for a Change or if you're looking for new work there that all they ask is the ability the legal ability to work in Canada and The ability to cross into the US so you can either have Canadian citizenship a work visa as long as you can cross into the US Two years experience including driving in snow We got a lot of snow so And go check that out You got to have a good work ethic and a good attitude. All right, you got to wake up in the morning and say today's gonna be a good day All right, looks like we'll be in 2025 Which is the original truck that I showed you that I was going to be driving. It's got the black hood the black fenders Little bit of an older interior than the one I'm in But that's okay. I love that we got curtain side trailers now That's got to make things so much easier Okay, so I'm guessing 2025 is probably around the back Where mine usually is as well off we go To our muddy back corner, I'm not gonna park in the mud today though My truck is all full of mud down. You know how long it's gonna take me to clean that off Okay, so Some of you want to see this blue truck up close now one of these days. Yes, absolutely I'll give you the tour and I'll show you what that boom on the back can do I was gonna show you today, but things changed and we're not gonna be using it now But maybe they'll change your mind. This was I wasn't gonna be driving this one But I believe they were gonna be using and I was gonna be there on site And I was gonna be on flatbed and they were gonna be unloading me with that But plans changed That is a really cool unit. I'm looking forward to showing you guys that another day oh Wait 2025 isn't back here. Oh, oh, it's a bit bumpy here. Okay, so It's not back here. Where would it be? There's that one There's this one. This one's 30 10 That's not mine Okay, well he said that if 2025 isn't available that I should use 30 98 30 oh shoot. I can't remember now But that one has a sleeper on it I'll find it. I'll find it. It's probably in the lineup. Ah, yes, there it is There it is. I'm gonna park right beside it too. How about that? Here is the substitute mistress Almost exactly the same on the outside Let's go wake her up. Look at this guy. This is I guess one of our highway drivers And he parks his car here and he has a nice car cover for it. That's smart No, nah, you're too pretty to cover up. I gotta show you off Okay, so this thing isn't plugged in and it's a little bit chilly outside. So, um Let's hope she wakes up There she is the substitute mistress. She actually has a little less rust around her I'll say Good morning My new friend. Oh and the steering wheel is nicer in here, too Okay, well, let's see if she starts up. Let me get in here. I'm doing fine. Thank you Have a nice truck maybe I made a mistake going into the other truck Okay heat it is cold How do I turn the lights on in this thing? lights There we go. Oh Old school. This is the one that kind of gauges with the actual bulbs Behind there Yes, okay. Well today should be fun a little bit of a more retro look in front of us today We're on flatbeds first thing this morning. We're looking for trailer 331. That's 333 I don't see any more flatbeds here This truck's a lot quieter than mine I can barely even hear the engine 410 524 Yeah, must be on the other side We'll take a look over there. I've not seen it anywhere The only other place I could think of is out here in the back. We've got some trailers back there Wish I had that out, I guess This is the newest addition to the yard here. This is where I usually park you guys on 331 is 502 right there. It's gonna be a flatbed. I'm pretty sure There's a bunch 528 four or something 331 there it is right in the corner. Of course this guy's gonna be right in my way. Oh boy This should be interesting. Maybe I can still get it out of there This guy's getting a tire repaired. It looks like it's our tire shop All right her and this one doesn't have the the seat through back window so Old school or whatever you want to call it mirrors only Real trucking. How about we call that no back windows? There's tarps on that trailer. Somebody left their tarps on there, of course Of course, Dr. Josh nailed it first time every time, right? Okay, let's uh We'll hook up 331. I guess I should Double check, you know before I do anything I'll get the hoses hooked up here anyway billing. I should double check Bad boys up Let's see what they have us doing today. I don't even know what I'm picking up I don't know if I need those tarps or not. I just sent him a message asking I guess for now, I'll leave him up there Go and check the back here Inflated tires. Okay Let's check the suspension. It's filling. Okay. Just gotta give it a minute Lights all working Mud flaps in place Tire is inflated Looks like we're doing good older trailers where you can't slide these uh Ratchets that'll be fun. I think I'll probably have to wait for him to be done Okay, this should be uh Fun and interesting First make sure the trailer's attached Tuck test, okay Over so I can get it out. I'm moving further away from that trailer on that side It'll give me more space to swing around But I got these tires right here too All right, well if anything, we'll just look a little silly wiggling around here for a bit Not turn sharp at all. The trailer more that way. This truck is terrible for steering It doesn't move pick up 10 feet of farm equipment oris manitoba Stop by flying jay on the way grab a bean to cut. I'll leave the option open This truck cannot turn that is a full turn. Wow All the way into my trailer. I've got to pull that with me because this truck isn't as loud as The turbo sounds great though. Hey, how about the engine brake? What's the engine brake sound like? Right? It's all right Definitely not the worst definitely not the worst. Okay. Let's get on 59 south here. Let's give her see what this thing's got Fresh detail recently when I was supposed to get into it, but then I wouldn't start It's too cold. This is also an 18 speed truck Mine's a 13 This stuff I'm picking up is going to Harrison bird arkansas or arkansas Load me up back there right now. All right. So here we go. Got a little bit of everything I've already started tying it down It won't take too long. I've got our corner guards on there making sure that We don't cut our strap through on that edge Don't want to go too tight But we want to go just tight enough, you know One more just one more click there There we go. I'll go over that there and hold that down That's sort of wrapped around the back there Holding it from sliding back Mostly what it's doing is holding this the back end Onto there But that's it though About 10 feet Give or take It's a good day Flatbed really gives you the chance to get moving get the heart pumping and upwards All the way to arkansas That's where that stuff is headed. I told you that already right? All the way to arkansas I'm gonna take it back to our yard and they're gonna Throw it together with some other freight going to the region out there The guy I said yesterday also fast this freight is expected to get down there I don't know if it's got a time frame or if we're waiting for other freight to combine with it Or maybe it's just part of one order I don't know these things. All I do is drive a truck You tell me you'll pick something up. I'll pick it up. I don't know the details That's when I was eight years old Don't forget to tell your kids to do the arm pump when we go past Gives me an excuse to honk it again I'll be in this truck though today tomorrow at least I don't mind the truck. The truck's not that bad Has a gauge for every little thing. The whole truck is thinking. I think it's getting put into a curtain side lots of time Scaring myself for no reason. They have horses here now. I Didn't think they had horses there. It's pretty cool Maybe that's new so I'm just so they know I'm back get up beside that rosin old truck Quickly go inside and figure out what they want me to do with this stuff Excuse me mr. Minivan I know you got to get the kids to hockey practice, but I'm just sneaking in here Actually, you know what they don't like it when we park here I don't go park inside the gate Because when we park there we block the shop from getting trailers in they'd really prefer it if we don't park there I'll go park just up here and figure out how to walk back walking is good for us, right? Still waiting for my key fob Hey, there's bill Yard manager. That's a great guy. Always in a good mood. Always in a good mood. Really nice working with him I love working with people that are always in a good mood, you know people that are always grumpy It's difficult to get things done sometimes, but no He's a definitely a good worker Probably why he's the yard manager. He's been here a long time too So I can't remember did I explain to you guys already? You can be a lot of head cam footage now because I don't have all my mounts in this truck And I'm not going to set them up in this truck because I'm not going to be in here permanently So, uh, I hope you guys like that view. It's actually my favorite view. It's just I like to switch it up But while we're in this truck, we'll just stick with that for the most part It's just the easiest leaves my hands free and uh, you know, it gives you the best view So they just had me drop it in the loaded lineup for now I guess they'll have the The shunt truck come and grab it later and pull it out and make it unload it later and Figure out what they want to do with it then So I've got a few more things to do yet here today I'll talk to you in a bit today, but we're gonna quickly get this loaded up and bring it back to our yard yet A bunch of tanks. I'm not even sure where they're going yet I'm gonna have one two three four five on the top yet. I think Super light. I mean, look at this stuff. It's like plastic. I could probably yeah, see this Super light And really easy to tie down as well. So I'm gonna get immediately dirty I'm gonna go home and looking like I had a full day's work or something. I can't have that too often Close to uh, our maximum height, but according to my calculations and my measurements We're okay. That's why they sent us here on a step deck and not a flat. It would have never worked on a flat I'm not done yet. It needs more straps, but that guy up there is what we were concerned about and To my measurements we're still fine pretty close to maximum height, but Still legal. So I'm gonna finish tying this down. We're gonna pull this back to the yard. I've already filmed quite a bit today We'll take our straps back And uh, or maybe we might leave them on there because I probably won't be in this truck again tomorrow I'll decide that when I get there. Anyways, I gotta finish working here Oh, that's nice. Oh, it fell right in the puddle Welcome back to flatbeds This load is going to Sford house manitoba Which is way up north I believe that you can only get there on the winter roads and the ice roads. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they Have paved roads going in there. That's pretty far north. It's pretty cool Okay, so we're gonna bring it back to the yard Drop it. We're gonna go home. Okay. Let's see if we can get out of this. Uh There's a lot first So nobody uh jumps in our way, right? So that's how those work hit anything It's the whole plan the whole plan is to not hit anything. See there's a dock behind us there I kind of want to get my rear end Into there this truck doesn't turn Got her aimed properly that way good My calculations were correct So we sort of want to back towards that dock like we're gonna Back right down there and we're going to cut it hurt this way now. All right Now we can get out how much difference it makes if you can turn just a little bit sharper The sun is setting behind us Another day is done a lot of flat bedding today. We did one trailer drop On a van trailer, but a lot of flat bedding making sure I Keep my skills home Flat bedding is nice for getting you active. It makes forces you to walk around the truck a lot more, right? I think I'm all going to be on vans more often, but You know, wherever they need me. That's where I go