 When I'm not protecting a certain VIP who lives on the east coast of the United States I like to watch diesel and a chauffeur trucker Josh Best channel on YouTube Good morning friends and new people if you're new don't forget to subscribe make new videos all the time We're here in the Dow's Junction, Iowa At the truck stop we slept here overnight. We woke up in the exact same spot. We went to sleep. I Love it when that happens Not a new neighbor beside us though Nice Peterbilt Diesel hey guys, it's your dog. Oh, yeah, I Know well. We are up before The Sun it is an ungodly hour But it doesn't take it doesn't take a lot to get up before the Sun at this time of year days are really short right now So enjoy the Sun Australia all you fine Australians, please send it back. We miss it Okay, so we're all ready to rock and roll All we got to do is put her in gear that always helps crazy automatics There we go a little bit of a tug test just to make sure My trailers definitely not going anywhere. I always like to triple double quadruple check embarrassing To lose your trailer on the freeway. I've seen it happen on the YouTubes Son I guess this guy's starting to light up now. That's good It's 7 a.m. We're rolling out of here to get to our destination. We're hopefully gonna be able to unload this lumber super quick He out of there by maybe 930 and then we got two hours to drive down to St. Joseph, Missouri to get a live load of steel A live load means that they're gonna load the trailer. I'm attached to they're gonna load me today As opposed to having a preloaded trailer there waiting for me where I just switched trailers So this takes a little longer. I got a load when I'm there and takes I've never done a live load So I'm not too sure what to even expect I'm guessing it's gonna take a while though because they got a stack of steel up That's what I'm doing here Karen trying to tell a story though They've always got a stack the steel up and balance it and there's all that done engine there They got to make it all level. I have a feeling it's gonna take most of the day Only one way to find out. We got to go pick it up We made it and they're taking their sweet time But that's okay because I'm not gonna make it to my shipping appointment today I'm probably gonna have to do it tomorrow Because I have an air leak in one of my tires Let's go take a look I don't know what's going on with it. It's not flat, but it's low So I'm gonna limp it down the road To the pilot where I can fuel it up or I'll fill it up with air and then A little further down the road to loves where they have a tire shop and they can take a look at it One of my retreads one of my retreads guys It's low You can see the difference on that to that. You don't want to go down the highway very far like this It's not completely out of air but I'm gonna have to go fill it up and hopefully we can get about 30 miles down the road to the next loves where they have a tire shop and They'll have to take a look at it probably just replace it I'm gonna keep it though because It's a slow leak, so I'm guessing maybe we can get a patch. I don't know I don't even know what the problem is. Maybe it's because it was super cold back at home The cold weather somehow let some air out somewhere It's not supposed to do that, but we're dealing with this this afternoon We're still early in the morning is 9 30 in the morning right now And they're not unloading me as quickly as I want or two anyway, so I'm gonna have to call them and say we're gonna load up tomorrow It'll just be a little bit more rushed Which is sad because I got to do my Christmas shopping this weekend sometime on the road yet Trucking it's always an adventure So what I'm gonna do So I'm just it's just down the road here There's a pilot like literally right around the corner so I can limp it there no problem And then I'm not on these guys yard here and I'm at a truck stop and they have air compressors there Fill it up get the air pressure right, and then we'll drive 30 miles down to loves Keeping an eye on it, and then we'll check our air pressure there again, and if it's still the same Maybe it was just the extreme cold weather that somehow You know something wasn't quite sealed right on the rim or something wasn't quite right and maybe use the cold weather that just This that's what I'm hoping for right and realistically I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to replace the tire at loves But I just I at least need to get to the tire shop because that's a lot cheaper than paying for the service call for them to come To me so ideally I would like to get to them, but we'll see what happens. We'll see what happens Terrible simply terrible good thing is Thursday. I can load that load tomorrow Though it throws a wrench in everybody's plans, and I can still get there but It's gonna be a little bit rushed I haven't done my Christmas shopping I haven't finished my Christmas shopping for Brit yet, and I was gonna do that on this trip I didn't want to waste time when I was at home and go do another one to spend the time with her I was gonna go shopping now thought I'd have more time. I didn't really want to be rushed I wanted to find a nice big mall somewhere just you know take my time wandering around there for a few hours find something nice for her but We'll make it work. We'll make it work I Don't know if this has anything to do with the fact that they're retreads We will find that out for you remember. I was gonna keep you updated on that but The thing that bothers me the most is now I'm gonna have a different tire tread on that tire because they're not gonna have the same tire tread Over here it loves So I have one tire that doesn't match all the rest one will not be like all the others and that's gonna drive me mad Okay, small change of plans. I was talking to the forklift operator here who's unloading me asking if they had an air compressor here and They don't actually but he did recommend me to a great tire shop here in town and I gave him a call and they're gonna Help me out and hopefully fix my tire. Maybe they can just patch it right away if there's a small little pinprick of a leak Yeah, at least they can take a look at it, right? So it's just across town here. It's called KD tires apparently behind McDonald's which is good Well, actually it's probably not good. I shouldn't eat McDonald's it's bad for you, but it tastes so good McDonald's fries Big Macs Let's focus on getting this tire fixed so they're gonna take a look at it and we'll see what they say If I gotta replace it, maybe I can replace it right here in town And then I don't have to worry about limping it all the way to pilot It's two kilometers closer. So about a mile and a half closer. I don't have to limp it as far and Then I won't have to stop again at loves and maybe we can get it fixed in time that I can get to My shipping wait, no, if I went to my shipping right now get there at noon. No, we're not gonna make it today Have to get unloaded or get reloaded first thing tomorrow morning Now either way, we're not gonna make it so Trucking I said that already this is trucking Nothing is really ever set in stone. It's always fly by the seat of your pants. Let's see what happens. Let's try our best We'll see what happens So here we are limping across town I'm glad the tire is not completely flat Otherwise it would make this even this difficult Where do I got to turn Karen? You don't let me know right so this is Osceola Osceola, Iowa. Is that how you pronounce it? Osceola West McLean Street US 34 Okie-dokie then Nice little town very nice, so we're just south of Des Moines If you guys are from here there there it says that OSCE OLA Osceola Osceola Do any of you live here? How do you pronounce that? Wonderful wonderful people here So friendly Dog lovers they had a dog in the in the office there to greet you when you come in that that's a business I like I always tell the shippers whenever they have a dog in there That's my favorite shippers my favorite kind of shippers the one who has a dog greet me So you want to smell her diesel a pet in her? Well don't look at me like that. I still love you You're a smeller Nice nice female dog they had in there apparently she had just been fixed So she was a a little drugged up because the surgery and we must have been like very recently and Yeah, so well-behaved Dog lovers in there. Of course we got into talking about our kids our fur kids Great, so K&D or KD tires in Osceola Am I pronouncing that right Osceola, Iowa if you're in the area keep them in mind if you need any tire work They really helped me out. They're really friendly too Good guys See if I can get out of here. It's a little bit of a tight lot We've got a back out onto the street Well, can I turn around back there? I don't think I'm gonna have enough room to turn around in here But it was just a valve stem That's all it was $50 to fix it. Oh Thank God. I don't have to get a whole new tire. Just bought these things All right, see so I'm gonna pull in here first Hmm, I think I'm gonna pull onto the road or back onto the road behind me because I've got to go To our left that way, but I've got to back out that way because I can't blindside it onto the road or I'm not going to First we'll put our hazards on our do anything and get away with the flashers And all right, let's drag our butts back onto the road I have contacted the shipper once more. Let them know my new ETA. Let them know I'm on the way And they said, okay Bring her on down Trekker Josh Wait for you. Okay, so they're loading a different trailer. I already told you this right? Oh, I'm giving her gear It's gonna be a good day. It's a good day already. I'm so glad that The tire repair was only 50 bucks and I thought I was gonna have to buy a whole new tire Man, I just bought these things. So it wasn't actually the retreads fault Can't hate on them yet And so far they're lasting really well by the looks of it, I'll get like Four or five hundred thousand kilometers out of them, which is like 300,000 miles if they keep wearing at the rate that they are now my guesstimate My steer tires on the other hand those need to be replaced pretty much every year What's going on over here? You got the farmer grade coming down. No, no, no, I'm getting in front of you, but no No, I am going in front of you Highway tractors belong on the highway. Let me pass you bud You got two straps hold nothing. He's gonna lose it. He's gonna lose it I sort of want to stay back here and see if it flies off Take the entrance to the right on I Don't want to be behind of that flies over there larryus But I feel is frustrating. I feel them though, you know, it's hard transporting a mattress it is So we're in st. Joseph here right now Getting close to our customer When I called them apparently there's another driver Who's gonna be there who's picking up a load at like three o'clock and they said the other load will be ready in the morning Every time Karen But I don't know if I'm the guy who's getting loaded today or if I'm getting loaded in the morning So I'm just gonna show up there and if I'm the guy who's getting loaded in the morning I guess we'll just go find somewhere to park for the night. I Was under the impression it was me, but now I'm confused There's two of us. One of us is getting loaded in the morning Take the entrance to the right on 759 4th Street stockyards in that right in 300 meters. All right here. No, not here Got to be more specific Karen be more Pacific There's a lot of a lot of things going on here. This is spider web Spider web of road this one. Okay, this one 759 759, okay this one So I guess we'll see You see this is what I mean by the US actually having roads that make sense like all of these overpasses. They're amazing Winnipeg hasn't quite caught on to that Revolutionary thought yet, or you could just build a road over the railway tracks and over the other so no one has to stop Never thought of that This is a yield sign, so I am yielding and I am going This time I went through a yield sign. I had a bunch of comments You didn't stop at the stop sign trucker Josh. It was a yield. I even said it was a yield that's Still filled up my comment section with stop sign No kilometers turn right on left view drive I don't know where you come from But where I come from the triangle signs that say yield in the middle are yield signs Not stop signs the ones that are Weird shape was an octagon With the other word stop in them of those are the stop signs We put words on them so that we can't really mess them up We're here somewhere in the great wildness of Iowa Exit 112 on the I-29 I've got four minutes left on my clock This truck stop that they got here this Phillips 66 the better parking for me or I'm making a spot I'm saying I got four minutes to park this rig I'm sure there'll be lots of what this isn't a very popular truck stop That's why I picked it when I was planning my trip today Kind of figured that it's not gonna have a whole ton of people getting in my way Taking up all the parking Sometimes I kind of like to stay at the little mall and paw truck stop in a little quieter one Oh the Senex on this side What are you doing buddy? How do I get in there? I think I missed my turn. I Definitely missed my turn didn't I? Okay, there we go. Okay, there's another driveway over here. We'll just take this driveway. Oh Thank goodness. They thought of people like me and put two driveways in All right, I wasn't even going that slow when that guy blew past me Whatever whatever I'm okay with it. I'm okay with it We have three minutes left to park this rig. Good thing. I didn't miss that turn. Well, it would have been bad My spot here. I can park somewhere. Oh, they got a McDonald's. That's terrible. Oh, just tempting you with those beautiful golden arches Oh sweet, I can park right against the back here I guess Okay, well, we'll do that then How about that actually, you know what? Yeah That's a guy kid actually Yeah, I gotta pick a spot to park We're gonna go in here At least then we're in a proper spot Hopefully this guy doesn't have his reefer on If he does that's okay Nope, he's not loaded. Not with anything that needs to be kept at a temperature right on You have zero hours and one minutes of remaining drive time You don't say That's cutting her as close as you can cut her. Yikes put ourselves in the sleeper here There we go Can't cut it any closer now. That was the end of my 14 hour day What so next stop Karen, how far do we got to go to our next stop? Proceed to the highlighted route. I don't want to cross at that border crossing. Give me another one. I Wanted to cross a kutz Alberta, but the Lord God said no, don't cross it kutz. There's some kind of issue Gotta cross it north portal. That's the one north portal So there's two thousand two hundred and sixty five kilometers To red deer Alberta where we're bringing the steel that's behind us now. That's right I haven't even told you or showing you the load yet. I'll show you tomorrow morning. I'll have to tune in subscribe So you don't miss it Two thousand two hundred and sixty six Divide about one point six one. We got one thousand four hundred and seven miles to go And we have three days to do it and we got Friday Saturday Sunday So you got plenty of time plenty of time to find a nice mall somewhere and go do some Christmas shopping Because I need to get that done Christmas is coming