 Hi, my name's Ken. I'm from Traverse City, Michigan, and you're watching TJV. Good the morning humans How's it going? We're here at this Residential lumber yard that we were talking about yesterday diesel. How's that make you feel? Yeah, I don't think we should be here, man. I don't think we should be here either Who puts a lumber yard in the like dead center of a residential zone? Like I'm not thinking I'm not telling you like it's It's not like on the edge No, it's in the heart of a residential zone and no, they don't got any truck routes leading to it They just got these tiny little residential streets where you have to run the curbs to get in here Like I went past the first time because I thought it was a house like I was saying in yesterday's vlog And then I called them and I'm like, where are you? I'm like, how am I supposed to get in there? Like, yeah, we know it's tight. That's not tight. That's ridiculous You need a yard sort of in on the outskirts of town not in the heart of the old downtown But oh well, it is what it is. Here we are. We're gonna unload it from here. We had to Joliet, Illinois I'm still not sure what we're picking up or where it's going But we're going to Joliet, Illinois after this to pick it up First we have to get unloaded See like they got homes and a park, the place structure here Right next to the lumber yard. It's hilarious Here's my uh, here's my load I don't want to unstrap it yet because I don't know if you're going to get me to move from here because this doesn't seem like this would be a place to unload lumber, but uh Apparently it is, apparently it is My next load he asked if I had eight-foot tarps Which I do right here So I'm guessing That that means my next delivery is going to require tarps Goodie I hear it's attached to a few pretty pennies though, so I guess we'll forgive them We're in the town of Hobart, Indiana. That's where we're unloading So if you guys are familiar with this town, you probably know How strange it is that they have a lumber yard in this neighborhood Very odd At least they have this like little turnaround area here for us like right where that guy's unloading there But that's just a residential street right there. We're just unloading right on the street I don't mind it. I mean I can do it if If if this guy can get in here, I can get in here and if I can drive in here, I can get out of here I'm not worried about that. I'm just saying it's odd And I wouldn't like it very much if I lived in these homes here Like when I go home, I want her to be peace and quiet I don't I want to get away from work and all the noise of work When I go home, that's why I wouldn't buy a house near an industrial or commercial area Or a city I shouldn't say that. I who knows what life will bring. I'm not against living in a city I just much rather prefer living way out in the bush away from all civilization Or I can do anything I want Almost I mean by that. I mean like I could run through my yard naked. No one would ever know I'm sorry to put that image in your mind, but you'll never know if I do it or not You you never I might do it all the time. You wouldn't know that's the kind of property I like to have Out of Chicago here get High River, Alberta, which is way up by The boundary with Northwest Territories up in Northern Alberta I've only been up that far north once I went to Hay River Northwest Territories When I was on dry ban Deliver some stuff up there. I have no idea what I'm picking up yet No idea. All I know is I've got a tarpon and I've got to be there Hopefully it's not too complicated. It's got some shiny pennies attached to it. So I'm guessing it's not going to be the most simple freight But hey, maybe maybe we'll get lucky It'll be simple easy freight to tie down, but maybe it'll just be very fragile or valuable. I don't know 3400 kilometers the load diving so that would be a little over 2000 because 2000 miles is to 400 kilometer 2250 is my best guess That's the entire load start to finish It's already pretty busy, but I can't really afford to They're very very picky here with their shipping and loading appointments. If I don't make it I don't think they're gonna load. I don't know what would happen because somebody's got a they still gotta ship it I don't know. They might just load me tomorrow then. They wouldn't be happy. Maybe they would give us a fine. I don't know I don't want to find out Well, they're loading me inside But this is a different Kind of dock. I guess you'd call it. Look how tight it is in here I can't even strap down my load in here I'll have to pull it out This side is the same thing to pull this whole load out of here. I got a tarpon yet Got some nice sharp edges at the top there, of course, of course Wouldn't be any fun without any sharp edges And they also Don't believe in air conditioning here. This whole building is just cooking. It's like an oven in here A lot of stuff going on though That guy's getting loaded that loads a lot easier in mine Torped it outside here Just starting to feel a few raindrops. Oh, that'd be great if it would rain This was a mess Mess of a load a little bit of this a little bit of that Literally just mix matched all over the place. Check this out Look at that lob-asided weird load It's all tied down under there all tarped It's going to high level Alberta 3,500 kilometers I guess we should giddy up and go Oh and days like this sometimes sometimes on a day like this I kind of think back to the days of swinging the doors on the drive in and just driving away With my load my handles were the good days didn't get paid as much then though So I guess if you look at it that way, these are the good days Oh, I really didn't want to spend all day here, but here we are Don't always get to do what you want to do Like I was telling you before there's a couple of shiny pennies somewhere in there Attached to the load haven't found them yet, but maybe once we deliver them they'll show up We're going to try to get uh All the way up to high river Alberta. I think I'm going to try and stop at home I don't know when hey, how do I get out of here kind of flattering they like me so much they locked me in Or maybe I just took too long I'm pretty sure if I drive up to it it'll open Excuse me Like to go now Excuse me Ah, there you are gotta get pretty close to this one I want a gate like this on my driveway at my house Just big big gate over excessive, you know All the neighbors will be wondering what are they doing? Who are they? Wonder what they do in there You'll never know ha ha because I got a gate big gate Have a safe trip that sign says well, thank you. They're so nice Hope I got everything because well now that I'm out of there They're probably probably not gonna be able to get back in there aids on because the sunshine Is so good it's too good for my eyes We have five hours and 30 minutes available on our 14 hour day today We'll see where we can make it to The positive side of this is that this is a very light load. It's only like 2000 pounds It's like nothing So fuel economy will be on our side Okay, my gps wants me to turn Right, I mean pardon me left, but uh the ditch in front of me says I should probably turn right Excuse me. Hey Let me on the road. Thank you Now do I do a u-turn here? Is that what I want to do? I'm gonna do a u-turn doesn't say no u-turns. I'm doing a u-turn See I gotta swing this thing around It's not 40 acres, but I can turn it around I think Looks like a lot of other trucks have done it. I'm looking at the pavement There we go One good thing with the Volvo is it can turn on a dime Now that we're going the correct direction Me and if I'm lucky I'll be able to get home tomorrow night For the night and then spend uh Saturday morning The next morning there. I have to have this load in High River, Alberta by 2 p.m Monday mountain time. I can't be late or they won't unload me one of those appointment times. That's very strict Have to be there at 2 p.m. No later. No earlier 2 p.m. Monday This is the end of the line for us today We're at the petrol stopping center. I'd like to get a truck wash here tonight yet before going to bed And uh We're gonna sleep right here Start tomorrow morning still a 3,242 kilometers to go Still probably go 2,400 miles 20 or 2,000 miles. No more than that 2,200 miles At least we got a good place to stop here And this truck desperately needs a wash. I really need to start washing it more often I just wish it didn't cost like it cost like 70 bucks Costs like 70 bucks american which is almost a hundred dollars canadian to wash the truck, but I wish they'd come down on their price just a little bit at the blue beacon We'll find ourselves a parking spot and I'll check in with you then Well, we got a pretty good spot to park and work's not over yet I'll be here This truck's off for about 12 hours. So I got some time to do so. It's a little bit extra Yeah, we're gonna be here for uh a little while yet tomorrow morning I'd like to stay here for about 12 hours a little more than my 10 hours and then tomorrow we'll get going I might be able to get home more if I don't get any delays And nothing goes wrong I should be able to get home Tomorrow night spend the night at home Saturday morning And then Saturday noon I can leave towards high level Alberta And I should be able to get there still with plenty of time for my strict non-negotiable Monday 2 p.m. Delivery appointment watch. I bet you anything when I get there at like 1 30 Monday afternoon I they probably aren't even gonna unload me until like 4 30 Guaranteed it's it's always when they make those like strict strict appointments Those are the times where they're like super slack and super slow Right Oh, I'll be there for two. I'll be there for 1 30 actually half an hour early Just because I'm hardcore like that We'll see what happens. 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