 That's your daily reminder as well to turn on your CB. I rode many years without a CB in my truck. I've got a CB now. Now I'm a real trucker, right? No? Well, that's okay. Doesn't matter what you think. Let's go get our load. I have an empty 53-foot flat bed behind me. You saw me pick it up in yesterday's video. We had three trailers yesterday, Swiss trailers twice. This is Veterans Road in Kenora. Big sign here says no engine brakes in town. There's a snowstorm on the way though, so we have to hurry and get out of here. We're headed up north to Thompson, so the snowstorm is supposed to just graze the south end of the province, so hopefully we'll avoid the snow. We'll see. We'll see. One can hope. You guys aren't going to believe this. No, I'm not talking about how dirty old blue is. Full load. Ready to roar up the highways. Going to Thompson. That's it. I said the same thing as you. What? I thought I'd be getting all of this stuff too, I was asking them, oh are my tarps on the front there? Are they going to be in your way? I can move them for you. He's like, no, no, you'll be good. Okay, you can fit it all on the trailer. He loads this up. Where's the rest of it? I thought there'd be more. But yeah, that's the full load. We're sitting at probably about, oh, how much do you think these things weigh? I can look at the paperwork, but let's take a guess just for fun, right? Just hollow culverts or whatever you want to call these things. That's got to be what, no more than a couple hundred pounds. I'm going to say 300 pounds each. So maybe I got 600 pounds of freight on the trailer. Let's go check the paperwork. Forty-three KGs. So what is that, like, 200 pounds each? Oh, so I was being too generous. It literally feels like I have nothing on the trailer. That's a light load. And plus the air can flow right through it, so it's not like I'm pulling a parachute behind me or anything. It's going to be smooth sailing all the way up to Thompson. I'm supposed to be up there while I will be up there tonight. I'm supposed to deliver tomorrow morning. There's a snowstorm rolling into this region where I am now in Southern Manitoba, Southeast Manitoba. Actually, I'm in Ontario right now, but this region is supposed to get a snowfall starting tonight, but it's supposed to pass through here or possibly tomorrow. I got to check the forecast again. There's a snowstorm coming for this region anyways, but it's not supposed to hit up north. I should avoid it. I'm really hoping I am because I don't really want a light load like this in a snowstorm. In a snowstorm, I want to be as heavy as legally possible to give me the most amount of traction. The heavier I am, the more traction I have for those of you who don't drive a truck. Heavy is better in wintertime. Not exactly for fuel economy, but for safety and traction, right? Empty or light loads like this, these are great when the roads are nice like they are right now. They're a little wet, but they're not slippery. They're clear. I'm pretty sure we're going to have a good trip. I'm pretty sure. I don't want to jump the gun here, but I will say it's going to be a good day. One way or another, it's going to be a good day. We're going to make it a good day. As long as that weather doesn't hit me too early in the day. I mean, if it snows a little bit later, okay, whenever. But I just want to miss the big brunt of the storm. I was talking to my father-in-law, Jerry. He drives here too. I believe he's on his way to Montreal, so he'll be coming through here later today or tomorrow. I forget where he was exactly. I think he was out in Edmonton. He picked up a load in Missouri, went to Edmonton, and then he's going to Montreal. And apparently the snowstorms have just been sticking to him like glue, following him everywhere. So I accidentally passed off that bad luck to him, I guess, last time I saw him. My dad is at home right now. He just got home from a rounder out on the east coast. He came through here a few days ago. And he didn't say anything about driving through any big storms, so I guess he's gotten lucky as well. My father-in-law, Jerry, he's had this storm following him all the way up from Missouri. Hopefully he gets a little better luck on the way through here later. And my dad's freight liner is back on the road again, back in his truck. He got the hood and fenders painted, the visor, I believe he got painted as well. He's looking really good. I'll have to show you next time I see him. My father-in-law, he's not in that western star anymore. Now he's in a, he's actually in a Kenworth now. He's in a Kenworth T680, the condo on wheels. I got some chips. I haven't bought chips in such a long time. I've been losing some weight, so this is cheat day today, because I said so, okay? We're outsmarting ourselves because we're outsmarting the storm, right? The storm's going to be back there. We're going up there. Knock on wood. So we've just gotten on the Highway 6 here, starting to make our way up into Northern Manitoba. Highway 6 is the highway that goes between the lakes, like Manitoba, like Winnipeg. All the way up to Thompson and from there, all the winter roads sort of branch off from there into our northern communities, which are usually just winter flying communities or ice road communities. So Thompson is the end of the paved road. Sort of. It goes a little further than that yet, but it's sort of the end of the line in Manitoba before you get to the really small remote communities, a lot of mines and stuff. Delivering this stuff to a mine, I think it's a nickel mine. I don't know that much about my own province and what we mine. I know we have a lot of nickel mines up here, so I think that's where these culverts are going, and they must have been very urgently needed because they're, they're bringing me all the way up there. They ordered a 53 foot trailer, and they're bringing me all the way up there for these two bundles, so it must be pretty urgently needed. They're probably in the middle of a project, and I bet you they came short with some materials, and they need this to finish. So they, I don't know, I'm not on that end of this transaction or the end of, I don't deal with that. All those headaches are taken care of by our grade sales team and dispatch. I mean, I just go get it, bring it over there, but it must have been, it must have been needed pretty badly. Oh, I got myself a coffee too, and I filled it up too much, it's spilling everywhere. That's too hot to drink yet. Hmm. Yep. Do hot to drink. Oh, but it tastes so good. Hmm. Oh. I usually make coffee for myself in the truck now, right? And it just doesn't taste the same as coffee that you buy at a truck stop. This is Van Hoot Coffee, a good coffee brand, it's just better when other people make it for some reason. Hmm. Okay, I'm going to have to clean out that cup holder, because I know that's going to splash all over the place. That's one of those lids that doesn't close. So this Petrocanada here that we stopped at is just south of St. Laurent, Manitoba. Fun fact for you, this is the area that Lord Diesel was born in. This is his home region. I picked him up, I met a farmer at the gas station in town, a little ways up the road here in St. Laurent. Or was it here? No, I think it was actually right here. It was either at this gas station, it was 11 years ago. Oh, but it was the best, like best day ever, I should have, should remember that. I'm pretty sure it was in town at that gas station. I'll remember when I go past there, and he had all these puppies in the back of his pickup truck, and he met me there. I called him, I saw the ad online, and I paid 20 bucks for the best weasel. There ever was that lived, diesel weasel. Yeah, best 20 bucks that I've ever spent, paid in cash. Yeah, so this is right around the area. I don't know where the farm is where he was actually born, but chances are that the diesel has some siblings still in this area around here. I wonder what happened to them. I wish I would have gotten more than just diesel, but diesel's been with me for 11 years now. It all started right here, back up on Highway 6 here. We still have a long way to go, seven hours of driving that way yet. We're losing our sunlight, the time is now 19 minutes past 4 p.m. It'll be dark in about another half hour, so the rest of today will be driving up in the dark, hoping that the deer and the moose stay off the highway. Hi, hi, Captain. Wait, no, I'm the Captain. Very good fuel economy on this load. So like I said, I have seven hours of driving up the road this way. I have nine hours and 13 minutes of driving available to me on my e-log. Going up into the actual town of St. Laurent, I thought it might have been at the gas station coming up here just toward the left, it's called the Depe Nerm. It's just French for convenience store, but now that I'm rolling past here and thinking about it, it was definitely at the Petro-Canada where we had stopped there before, where I had, where I first met diesel. Building a lot of park. So thanks for watching today, everybody. Remember, as Red Green would say, keep your stick on the ice, and as Trucker Josh would say, make sure your park's straight. Have a good night. We'll see you tomorrow. Don't forget to subscribe, I'll make more videos tomorrow. I'm sure I'll find something else to complain about tomorrow. I'll see you in the comment section.