 Good afternoon, you're watching Trucker Josh Vlogs. This is Mike Parker from Jackson, Mississippi Don't forget Brit Chevy Frank and Wiener Y'all enjoy everybody We're about to go pick up our freight getting this ready That's my bat within range. So when I get there I can Suit myself all up. We'll pick up a load of pipes or something. Let's get rolling You guys ready? Let's quit Drupal checking that my trailer is gonna come with me We're actually not loading pipes like I thought we were I thought we'd be loading like plexi pipes or plastic pipes or something Or we can see them out the window there Concrete pipes going to be taking these back to Winnipeg a couple of trucks in front of me here now one two three four that I can see for sure and They're loading another couple over there. I don't know how quick this process goes here This is my first time here but Well, we'll figure it out We'll figure it out We found a new truck stop Must have just been built and by the looks of it Not very many people know what's here yet. So I'm letting you know We're just West of Calgary on trans-Canada Highway West of Chestermare before Strathmore. So between Strathmore and Chestermare There's a new truck stop here. What do you know big Esso? Well, it's a parking in the back here And they've got a Burger King a KFC a convenience store Come check it out. It's always nice when we get some extra parking added Right now. We just got to let people know what's here. Don't let too many people know though Okay, because then I won't be able to get a parking spot here next time Okay, so this is our load here We're sitting pretty at about 93,000 pounds of gross There's 57,000 pounds of concrete on my trailer and probably but another 5,000 pounds of equipment straps and chains Okay, so Got this little piece up here and then we have my tarps in there And then we have the dunnage in here, which is holding this from rolling forward with a chain over it. That's also my tarps are Doing something probably not doing much to help but Makes me feel better. They're they're helping And then I was told when I was tying it down by the guys that I didn't need to tie these two down underneath here I just had to tie the top one down and that'll hold these two down. Well, you know me. I'm like, nope Now good enough for me. I wanted every single one tied down It's every single piece is tied down every single piece has corner protections either rubber With those plastic or this to protect my straps. This is a lot of concrete That's why we have the tri-axle so I can haul more weight, right now at the back here We have another piece of dunnage which is being held down by this chain now This chain is really really tight on here. You can see it's dug into the dunnage itself It's not gonna go anywhere This is How they told me to tie it down and that's how everyone else was except a lot of people weren't tying down The bottom ones like they told me that you don't have to tie down these bottom ones Where are you going? Going to Winnipeg and they started sort of laughing at me You know, that's why I say even when people laugh at you for what they think is using too much equipment or too many straps Just ignore them Use the amount of straps you think you need and then a few more Better to have too many than too few. There we go You'll see me rolling across the prairies taking this to Winnipeg I'm gonna see if I can unload tomorrow Friday, but I think it's gonna be a Monday morning delivery so go home for the weekend deliver this Monday morning and then Grab a new load from there and head out next week I like it It feels good. It's good feeling load behind me It's working old blue pretty hard, but she likes it. Don't worry. She likes to work So, yeah, this is the new S. I didn't even know it was here. I almost drove right past it, but It's got a SL card lock. I don't have a fuel card for here, but I Have a debit card that I can use in the store to buy stuff I wanted to quickly stop here before we get into Saskatchewan because Saskatchewan's got way more expensive fuel It's way cheaper here in Alberta So I want to top up my tanks here and then head east This load is pretty heavy, but We have an advantage on this trip. There's a strong wind coming out of the west towards the east and it's sort of pushing us along like a sailboat We're pretty heavy. So it's not enough to push us completely, but it is helping quite a bit It's annoying when you're outside the truck because your hat always wants to blow off You're only running after things but when you're in the truck on the road It's nice having that extra a little sail in your or a little wind in your sail Little sail in your wind folks. That's it. That's all she wrote. That's all I got for you. I got nothing else I'm out of energy. Can you see my face? Look I can I can make myself look awake. Is it working? I'm good coach. Send me in Another 10 hours. Maybe not. Maybe another 10 hours in bed. How about that? Ah Well, thanks for hanging out today It was a good day So we started off in Calgary. It took pretty much all day or all morning and that afternoon to get loaded I think I got out of there like 230 mountain time, which would be 330 here Central time. Oh, actually I'm still in Saskatchewan. I'm still in mountain time Saskatchewan doesn't do daylight savings time because they got that right So half the year they're over with Alberta mountain time like this year during the summer months they go party with Alberta and then in the winter months They come keep warm with us manitobans. They help keep us warm in the winter time. So winter time. They're on a central time and Mountain time during this time here. Anyway, it's confusing. I wish daylight savings time wasn't a thing what a What a useless invention Also that people can what have one more Extra hour of daylight or just a little bit more daylight in the mornings. Is that what it's for? So everybody's got a mess with their entire schedule and their entire life just because a few people Want the sun to come up a bit earlier. I'm not a fan of daylight savings time I'm actually on the team that says let's end that nonsense. Let's just pick a time Like we'll still have our time zones like Newfoundland time Atlantic time Eastern time central time mountain time Pacific time. We'll have those time zones across Canada Let's just pick a time set either it's daylight savings time or not daylight say whatever it is Stop changing the clocks twice a year Messing with everybody's heads Who thought of that idea? Why was that considered a good idea? That's that's the page. I'm on. I don't know what page are you on you like daylight savings time? Are you a fan? I haven't really met anyone that cares It's usually either people just don't care or they're very much against it and I'm very much against it so Which can't do a lot lion or are you one of the fans that are like absolutely daylight savings times the best? I love it. I love changing clocks twice a year. It keeps it fresh. Is that you? That's cool if it is I don't understand that but I don't have to understand you. It's different people Tomorrow we're getting home though. I'm hoping I can deliver these these spent core concrete pieces tomorrow yet I'm gonna try I'm gonna try hard We made it to Atchison Alberta on this trip in time to get unloaded, right? Maybe I can do it again tomorrow We can rush home I'm delivering these to a job site. That's like right around the corner from our yard in Grand Point So it's literally it's it's right there So I'm guessing if I don't make it in time tomorrow, or if they don't want to unload me tomorrow I'll do it Monday Monday morning, and then I'll go Maybe they'll have another reload going to Atchison again. I don't know I don't want to pull these heavy loads every time, but I mean the pay is a little pays pretty good But old blue needs a break every now and then and she's been pulling hard She's been working hard. She's been working harder than harder than me really I mean Shifting gears holding holding the steering wheel Waving it passing drivers. I mean that's tough work, but She's been pulling a lot of weight. I'll give that to her Let's see if my computer here tells me when they want it I'm just gonna look in my messages here in my almighty computer device here This is how the load gods communicate with me. I send requests up to the skies and then from the skies come their their their loads They throw them down just like that See this is the only time this thing gets in the way is what I'm trying to read this screen here It's right in the way of this thing. Okay, they picked it up in Calgary today. Yeah, that's right Okay, oh We have a little bit of flexibility apparently they want it anywhere is between the fourth and the eighth of August Well today was the fourth So they Could receive it Friday Saturday Sunday or Monday Think I'm gonna try to get it off my trailer tomorrow because I don't have to worry about it Monday morning There's one less thing to do on Mondays But if it comes down to it, it looks like they've already made plans that they don't load me Monday morning That's okay, too, whatever. I'll get up early on Monday Go bring it to them if I have to and then go pick up whatever they got next for me If it's another load of floor joists cool. 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