 Morning everybody We left Brainerd, Minnesota this morning and we're just rolling close Towards Clearwater, Minnesota I'm rescuing a load there There's a truck that has a load of shingles That's going back to Manitou back home and he broke down and the load needs to keep moving and I don't have a load so We're gonna do a switch. I'm gonna give the empty trailer to him So he can grab that as soon as his truck is fixed up And I'm gonna grab the load and continue on to Manitou with it probably deliver it in the morning So we're on a rescue mission today. All right. He's at the petrol service center here somewhere I got his phone number. I'm just gonna do a quick loop of the parking lot to see if I can find him in my trailer If not, I'll give him a quick shout figure out where he's at Oh, oh that was a pothole. Why didn't I see that? No idea who I'm looking for. I'm guessing he'll be close to the service center off to our left We'll just start here and we'll work our way around a lot We're around to the back here. We're looking for a load of shingles I'm not seeing him back here. We already said he was getting towed to but it's not here. Okay. Maybe he's on the other side of the building We'll go take a look if not we'll find a parking spot and give him a call Either the truck center next door here So here's McCall. He's around here somewhere. He's gonna come find me So there's the service center right there But I just punched in the address because I'm looking at the address of this stopping center that I'm at now and that says when you see it 9 50 And I was sent the address of 750 but I thought it's a clearwater travel center. I'm looking at it on google maps now There's actually another service center Just down the street over there. So that's where he must be So he said he's gonna come here and meet me anyways. So there's no confusion. I mean You can meet me and guide me back to where uh Where the trailer is I guess Okay, so he is just down the street right here I can see him around the corner there already A little switcheroo here and I'll be on my way. I thought I saw him there is Oh, it's tart Oh, wonderful At least he's leaving it tarp for me switcheroo here will be Ready to go So I got all hooked up Let him know I'll be there in the morning. It's too late to get there today now. It won't even be close but uh There they are And I had to double check the paperwork because I pick up from this place and I pick up shingles They're all the time. I've never been required to tarp it. It says on the paperwork whether or not it requires tarping All right, so I had to go and check the paperwork. Did this guy tarp it when he didn't need to? So I went to look at the paperwork now and sure enough it says tarping required Customer wants the customer gets That's okay. They want us to tarp it. We'll tarp it. I have no problem with that. I'm just kind of confused because We don't have to tarp it For other places that we go to So I guess it all depends on Who's ordering it? Maybe that's like a little extra box they can tick off when they're ordering shingles or something like hey Would you like us to tarp it? We don't have to use like an extra little perk Okay, because it obviously it costs more to haul freight like if you're gonna ask us to tarp it It's gonna cost you more for us to tarp it, right? That's an extra expense and an extra time for the driver. Luckily it wasn't my time but I will have to take those tarps off or roll them up and then I have to bring them back to our yard tomorrow So that driver when he gets repaired and back on the road, he can pick them up at our yard because that's his stuff but Tarping required So when you guys pick up shingles for you other drivers out there, wherever you pick them up from whether it be out of You know Shakopee or other places in minnesota. What's the other place that has shingles? There's another shingle manufacturer there And other places around the continent too that all kinds blame them So when you pick up shingles, are you required to tarp the shingles too? This isn't the first shingle load. I've had I've seen tarped but the majority them overwhelming majority of them No tarp is required. So I'm just curious like what's the status quo. Is it normal to tarp shingles or is this odd It's odd to me, but like I said You order some stuff you ask for it to be tarped. You're gonna get it tarped That's what we're here for. That's what we do So Anyway, uh, I better get on the road They close at 5 30 and probably gonna be there around 7 6 30 or 7 and I rushed to get here switch trailers as fast as I could and uh, it's just not gonna work out So we're not gonna be in such a rush to get back now because if I rushed I'd get back at 7 As long as I get into town But I'll be there at the crack dawn as soon as they open their doors We'll get the stuff off the trailer and uh, we'll figure out what's next after that Today's a wednesday when I'm filming this so tomorrow's a thursday I'm still available to do some work for tomorrow yet and the next day And the next if they want me to what is it? This weekend. Yeah, I could I could keep going. I would probably I should probably keep going until christmas now Because I've taken off some time for christmas. Obviously obviously So why not work through this weekend so that I can have more time off at christmas? I'll have to talk to the boss Aka my wife and see if we have any plans this weekend because I've learned and I know better You don't make plans until you've checked in with the boss to see if there are already plans that she's told you about Six or seven times I can't remember if she said there was something there might be something important going on this weekend I can't remember I'll have to ask again And then she'll tell me that she's told me five or six or seven times already and she's she's right She probably did all right. All right. All right. All right. All right Rescue mission Is underway Go grab some fuel in st. Cloud minnesota because it is Way cheaper there than anywhere else up near the border. I'd be paying about four dollars a gallon Here in st. Cloud my price is three dollars 19 cents a gallon What why is it such a big difference? It's only like eight hours apart I've already done this and I'm checking the trailer brakes and the connection one more time before I leave Save myself the embarrassment of losing a trailer on the road It is going That's rolling some fresh air in here. So yeah, it's only like 10 miles away Or we're going to stop for fuel And I think I'm going to go up to santa gath flying jay in canada up in manitoba for the night and grab a shower there overnight Or grab a shower there and then stay there overnight anyways That's one thing I love about pilot flying jay. I always say this is because it's on both sides of the border I can fuel here in the us Get my shower credit from fueling right Then use that shower credit in canada at a flying jay Very convenient. It's just flying jay doesn't always have the cheapest prices for me. Sometimes they do today. They definitely do You drop your prices on the juice You get my business. That's how it works I don't care if it's one cent if it's one cent lower than the next guy. I'm going there Every little penny and nickel counts Hungry too. Thanks. You have to grab something Or I can make a sandwich in the back. I probably do that to save some money Always like a gong show Pump 21 you're the lucky winner. How do you feel? All right, all right, the numbers are in so over those of you who care I care so I'm gonna let you know Uh, we did a partial fill up at deacons corner in manitoba yesterday, right at the petro pass just to top off the tanks Or was it the day before day before yesterday? uh, so We drove 1735 kilometers since we last fully filled the tanks Not that's after that's not after we fueled up last but Uh, we paid today a dollar 14 seven per liter canadian for fuel Or three dollars and 19 cents per gallon cost me five hundred 82 dollars canadian $428 us it's 134 gallons or five hundred seven and a half liters We averaged 37.9 liters per hundred kilometers since we last fully filled the tanks Six point two one miles per gallon Right there in the zone again But that was some cheap juice like I had to double check it full jet Nice Thanks pilot Actually, I should never ever refer to a dollar 14 a liter or 319 a gallon As cheap no no no no we're not normalizing these high gas prices So they're still high that should be under a dollar a liter under 80 cents a liter That should be under I'd say under two dollars a gallon would be nice We'll see what happens. We'll see what happens Doubtful because there's some people that are very powerful that are getting very rich off of this And I doubt that they want to be less rich No, I mean once you're a billionaire, I mean what's What is there in this world that you can't buy right? Why do you need more? Whatever whatever. I'm not mad at them for being rich good for them I think we should all be able to get rich as long as we all have an equal shot at education Equal shot at work Whatever you guys know what I say You guys know what I mean We're gonna swing into Fargo since we're definitely just gonna be delivering in the morning tomorrow I have some extra time So I'm gonna stop in at Fargo wash all the salt off my truck so that it doesn't rust away on me It's our next stop It'll be the blue beacon at the Petro in Fargo, North Dakota Cancel our truck wash shoot. I don't got time to wait that long I'm gonna go around here to See if it actually goes all the way around there. It looks like the truck there had fallen asleep. There was no one in front of Oh, yeah, there's a long lineup Yeah, you can see it off. It's gonna be off to the right over here Take a look at the north star truck wash at the stay mark Up on the north end of town here. I'll be able to see if there's a lineup from the freeway So if there's no lineup there, I'm just gonna jump over there Off to the right here. We'll be able to see if there's a lineup There's a Kenworth dealership and right after that is the stay mark where there's that north star truck wash 600 meters turn right on I'm gonna turn right right here. How about that truck wash again through here where this red truck is coming from Hopefully there you now. I saw other trucks parked back here. I don't know if they're waiting for the truck wash They are then I thought they were just parked on the street here if they are in line then And all these guys these guys all in line They are aren't they That's what I was planning on doing Karen, you know, uh, I was thinking, you know what in 800 meters, I'm just gonna keep going Yep, why not? How about you speak up when you have something to say like how about you speak up when I need to turn or something Sorry me and Karen have been fighting lately meters go straight on See now she's just mocking me now. Now you're just mocking me I don't know why you gotta say just keep going straight if you just say nothing guess what I'm gonna do I'm gonna keep going straight like I was parked there. I'm always backing up. I thought he was parking there for night I'm looking at lots of spots here bud. There's one two three one two over there yet more over there I should stop trying to figure people out right So good day or good night Good evening. We are in santa gath manitoba at the flying j. That's where I made it to tonight. I'm gonna go and have a shower Uh, get some work done on my videos and stuff and then get a good night's sleep And I gotta be in steinback actually not too far away from us where I live Uh first thing in the morning We'll get this off the trailer in the morning and we'll run back to our yard I'll bring back the other driver's stuff to our yard there and tag it for him so he can get it when he gets back there Hopefully he gets fixed up soon I mean, I still can't figure out that because this did I tell you his drive shaft broke So I'm wondering did his diff sees his rear diff or something because his drive shaft going to the rear diff Just snapped right off like right at the u-joint snapped off so Apparently it happened right in the middle of an intersection two of course right poor guy. Ah Well, that's a stressful situation Hopefully he gets fixed up quick and hopefully that diff isn't seized Because I don't know what else would I guess over torque. Maybe it was just a little bit Maybe it was wiring out. I don't know. I don't know what's going on. I'll show you where I parked here though Uh, I think I got a safe spot. You'd be the judge. You let me know. Did I did I get a good spot here? Okay, so I'm right on the edge. Uh, the driveway is right beside me here I'll show you in a bit these guys coming in late, right because This is big boulevard right here. Nobody's gonna park up on the grass here At least nobody should park up on the grass here I wouldn't be surprised if they did Not supposed to park on the grass people I mean some people just need to be told that I got back as far as I could right up to where my wheels touch the curb I really like these trailers because we got the mudflaps back here By law you do have to have mudflaps on your trailers Obviously, you'll get pulled over and you can get a fine if you don't have a mudflap So we got mudflaps, but they have them on the back here, right? Which is so nice because Other trailers they have them like right behind the wheels here, right? You guys have seen them But what happens is then when you back up against a curb like this at a truck stop they get caught between the wheel And the curb and then you back against the curb and it rips your mudflap off Well, now you're in violation now you can't get back on the highway until you fix that Unless you're not supposed to get back on the highway until you fix that Some people need a reminder that they need some mudflaps Unless you're in Wisconsin, apparently Wisconsin doesn't care So once again, I'm still fighting with my bunk heater to get it to work. I better working right now We'll see if she keeps running So what's what's wrong with it is it's it's filled with soot most likely it needs to be cleaned out and serviced So, uh, I think there's an air breather like the air because it needs air in there for the flame, right? And I think that's filling up with soot So it's causing it to smoke a little bit give a little bit of white smoke and it doesn't want to uh Run at high speeds. So luckily for me the temperatures haven't been that cold. So I haven't had to like really crank up my my bunk heater I've been able to run it at low But in order for it to get going it has to like rev itself up and then it comes back down, right? Well, every time that it revs itself up, it snuffs out the flame in there because it's not getting enough oxygen In there. This is my theory. Anyways, you can correct me you Wobasto bunk heater Experts, it's called a Wobasto heater. That's the name of the heaters the name W. E. B. A. S. T. O. Wobasto So it seems I think I got it going like first try Wow Yeah, it's going Lucky lucky last night. I had to fight with it for two hours Luckily I had stuff to do but the whole time I was like going back and forth and trying to get a start I'm trying to sort of start up and then it would stuff out throw up in the stuff out So what happens is when it revs up the higher speed the like the fan to blow more air It would snuff out the flame and then the heater would just Wine down and then shut off and I have to turn the whole thing off turn it back on try again. It would light up and And then it would stuff out the flame But if I can get it to go like like this I got her to go now. I think What happens is it revs itself up gets warmed up and then Comes back down to like almost like an idle, right? A low low speed fan and then it stays running all night and it keeps my truck warm I don't have to idle my truck like I am right now. I'm just letting everything sort of settle down I've also got to keep my computer. I'm working on the computer here So I have to keep my batteries a little bit charged while I'm doing that But I shut my truck off for me And uh, this bunk heater gets me warm. I can't believe it worked on the first try today Wow Right on So what I've been told or what I've read what I've been told by the google Is that what I should probably try first before bringing it in for a service Or taking it apart myself trying to service it is run run it on pure kerosene on high for a little while So next time I let my shop or at home I'm going to go buy a little tiny jug of kerosene And I'm going to take the fuel line that goes into the diesel tanks because it runs off diesel fuel Take that and just pop it right into a little jug of pure kerosene And I'm going to crank the heater up on high and just let her give her And from what I've heard That will that that could clean it out on its own just run it through care I should be doing that every year Every year just run it on cycles Just get it going right up on high running off pure kerosene and just leave it on high for a while Let it clean it all up. So I'm gonna try that see if that works And if it still gives me problems after that Uh, I don't feel comfortable taking it apart myself. I mean I've looked it up on youtube. I know how to do it now But it all comes down to time and how valuable is my time Speaking of time this guy is sliding his axles right in the middle of the parking lot and blocking the whole park Look at this. This driveway here is plugged right up Another guy coming in this guy can't get in because that guy decided that right there That uh, that was a perfect spot to stop and slide his axles And he thinks that everything's fine. He's like this guy's like what what? Oh Boy, are we gonna get some trucker drama here? Like this guy should know that is not where you slide your axles that you can't block everybody in What if any of these trucks needs to go? What if they have a night appointment to deliver a produce or something and they need to get out of here They can't get out of here because that guy's Blocking everything sliding his axles Huh anyways, huh Trucker stuff, right There's always it's always something it's always something I really think is he gonna honk is he gonna honk? He's trying to sneak by right now. Well, I gave him a hunt. No, he won't honk. It's truck stop That's a truck stop you honk you wake up you take off more drivers that way, right? But when people are learning how to drive trucks There should be a course aside from the driving course itself A course that is mandatory for everybody to go through You know what let's do it every five years. I'd be okay with that Everybody has to go through the course of common courtesy And you have you have to do it You have to do so everybody knows and everybody's on the same page. Oh, here's another guy You know they're trying to get in now. Oh, he's just gonna give her he's just gonna go right past See it is possible to get past him. It's all he is It's just inconveniencing people right which is it's rude it is rude so What do you guys think? every five years or so And if you've had your license for five years in order to keep your license you have to go through a short course You could even do it. Well, you can do it online now. I would say but then everybody would just skip through it, right? Even do it online on a website or something Or go into the dmv. I don't know there has to be something Right or at least when you get your license at least the one time. Okay, we can agree on that I can compromise on that if you guys don't want to do it every five years fine But some of these guys one of these guys out here they need it every year Whatever as long as when you first get your your class one cdl. You should have to go through a mandatory intensive Foral in depth course on common courtesy What do you think? Let me know down below in the comment section. Maybe we can get something done and change that That would be a good change. This guy's still here walking around common courtesy and how not to be rude And how it's important not to be rude and how you shouldn't want to be rude And how do I identify when you are being rude? I think I think it'd be a good idea. Okay. I'm gonna wrap it up here. I've been babbling for a while now. Bibble babbling I gotta get some work done. This is getting warm in here now this heater. Yeah, it's on First try Oh, that is that makes me so happy. It's gonna be a nice warm night. I don't have to struggle with this thing. Okay Remember everybody out there drive safe. Don't be rude. Be courteous All right, that'll be a new one again and my vlogs off be safe out there. Keep your head up. Stay alert on the road Pay attention Oh my this guy's gonna back into that truck. This guy's gonna back into that truck. Oh Oh Oh, I want to hit the crunch. Oh come on camera focus Oh, I wish I could see the other side. He is so close So close Hey, he didn't hit him. He didn't hit him Oh Man, I'm just looking for youtube gold here, right trucker drama end of the day Everybody's tired. Everybody's grumpy People blocking everything. He's been there for 10 minutes now. Okay. We'll see you tomorrow everybody take care