 Hi, I'm David. I'm Stacy. I'm from Leeds, England and you're watching Trucker Josh Vlogs. Looks like we got everything in order. I called the customer. I'm gonna be there like right at the end of the day. So hopefully they'll unload me today yet, if not, they'll have to do it in the morning. But he says there's a good chance they'll be able to unload me because they are there later. It's just that they're receiving hours are technically over at 4 p.m. But since it's just a load of lumber, it only takes five minutes to unload it. So he said they're doing other things after 4 p.m. But they could probably work me in and get me unloaded anyways. But I should talk to them later and see how busy they are. Alright then. Off we go. 464 kilometers to our destination. Karen here is telling me that we're gonna arrive there at about 340 p.m. That doesn't account for traffic or anything. And I don't know if I trust Karen yet because, I mean, we're a new couple. So, you know, trust is earned. It's not given. We'll see what she says. Mandy over there doesn't even tell me what time she thinks we're gonna arrive. I know she has that option, but I gotta press a bunch of buttons to get to it. I don't know how she works. She's old school. We can get ourselves on the highway here without hitting anything. Got my coffee. Got a little bit of breakfast. I got a banana and some mozza sticks. Not the best breakfast. Hey, I got a banana. You know what's interesting about Karen over here? I don't know if you can see it or not, but she is telling me exactly where every Walmart is. Oh, they come in love. She says right on the map there where every single Walmart is around me. I didn't even ask her to do that. She just knew what I wanted to see. She just knew I loved Walmart. I think this is gonna be a good relationship. We're in Minneapolis right now, going around the west side, going down to the south side, and then going to head down towards, I believe, its I-90. And that's gonna take us into Sparta, Wisconsin. It looks like I should be able to make it and get unloaded today. So that's good. Then we can get into Milwaukee area and get loaded first thing tomorrow morning. And I can head on home. Just making our way through Black River Falls, Wisconsin. We're very close to our delivery. It would have been nice if we could have made it all the way here last night. But that didn't happen. So it is what it is. The river here. Well, I remember this. I went for a walk down here once. In 200 meters, turn right on South Roosevelt Road, US 12. That's right. Me and Diesel went for a walk through here. It was the last summer or the summer before. I remember that bridge. I know it was off-camera, but just to your left is a huge, like, I'm guessing it's a hydroelectric dam or something. We got ourselves onto this road here. Looks like we'll be okay. Everybody left me enough room. Thank you very much. Never actually. It took too long this road for 42 kilometers. Okay, Karen. Thanks. I've never actually driven through here with the truck before. I usually stop at the Flying J, which is just sort of on the outskirts of town. It's that time again. Time for a bath. So I moved Karen down there. I like her a lot better there, actually. Not in the way. I moved Mandy, so... 300 meters. Make a U-turn if possible. Karen. Now, I'm going to have to explain to you that that was one of the things that me and Mandy get along with. She kept interrupting me. I'm going to start off on the right foot. So my satellite radio usually goes here, right? But I was telling you about my radio that I need to get that code right before I can use that again. Some satellite radios there. This here actually doesn't take up any space. Like, I'm sitting here and it doesn't block my view of that mirror there. I can still see that mirror there. I can still see this mirror here. It's resting on the dash. So I don't have to worry about it falling down and breaking. It doesn't rattle around. It's solid in there. I think it works good. It's time to get all of this dirt and bugs off here. What do you think, Diesel? Time for a bath? Yeah, you love baths, me bubble baths, you best baths. I know. I know, you love bubble baths. We're at the Blue Beacon here in Portage, Wisconsin. Looks like that guy's moving in there. We got one, two, three in front of us yet. Oh, yeah, and I haven't showed you yet. The trailer behind us there, empty. No more lumber, so we're on our way to Milwaukee. It's actually Oak Creek, Wisconsin. I've had to wait 37 minutes, so not too long. I'm behind this guy now next in line. Looks like they're doing his full unit truck and trailer. I'm just going to be doing the truck. It's not my trailer, so they want me to wash it. They can send me a PO number. So the wash is here at the Blue Beacon. I usually just do the classic wash. It's a regular truck wash. The Raynex and engine cleaner. They open the hood and they wash down the engine. I like everything to stay clean under the hood. I don't like it getting all full of dirt and whatever else. Sometimes you open up the hood of a vehicle and it's just dirty under there. I like to keep the engine looking clean. I don't usually do an in-frame wash. It costs a little bit more. I usually do that myself on my way home. I'll stop at a truck wash and just wash out the inside of my frame so that doesn't rust. Here they do a really good job usually of just getting everything else cleaned off. It costs about 80 bucks. Something like that could get up close to between, I'd say between 80 to 100 dollars Canadian for just the truck wash here and the motor wash. It's usually between 65 to 75 dollars American depending on everything you want. They got all kinds of different options. This guy's getting his trailer done and everything so he's going to be a little wild. Something I just thought of. This is Karen's first truck wash. Don't be afraid, Karen. I know it took diesel a while to get used to these truck washes. They used to freak them out like crazy. But Susan here. I don't know her name's Susan. She's never told me her name before. I don't know. Maybe we'll just call her Susan. I have an aunt Susan. That's kind of weird. Maybe it's something with a different name. I don't know what Karen. It's going to be her first truck wash. What do you guys think I should call my E-Log? She has a voice too. You want to hear it? You want to hear it? Watch. You have four hours and 30 minutes of remaining drive time. It's kind of soothing, right? What do you think, Diesel? No name? No name? Ideas? Well, we'll think about it. We'll see how Karen puts up with her first truck wash. She might have been through the truck wash with her past owner. I don't know. She's been with other men before so we'll see. She should be pretty experienced. Is that a dude with a man bun on top of that load there? Isn't there some kind of law against that? Are you going to jump right from there, Mr. Man Bun? You're going to do it, aren't you? Do it. Do it. There he goes. There he goes. Give her. Oh, he's going to like repel down. That was actually pretty smooth. Pretty smooth, Mr. Man Bun. So for this wash, I got the classic wash. Oh, here, I'll just pull up here and I'll give you guys the rundown. I don't want to ruin my hat, Wendy. Oh, she's losing my hat. One second. I can't go over this until I get in my head. Is that guy telling me to move? No, he's telling the guy behind me to pull in. He's flashing in my mirror. Where my hat? Where my hat at? Okay, here we go. Now we can talk business. All right. Okay, so this is the Blue Beacon in Portage, Wisconsin. I got the conventional classic wash, which was $47. All in U.S. prices. I got the engine wash. There's $10 undercarriage rinse, which was $6.50. And the Raynex complete tractor, which was $9.50. Came out to after tax $77.02. Convert that to Canadian in today's exchange rate for when I got this done just under $103. Adds up quickly, doesn't it? Okay, so throw this in here because I am going to claim that on my taxes. Get some money back from Uncle Sam. All right, so let's go find a parking spot and go inside. I'm going to grab another coffee. And we're going to roll on down the road. It's getting into evening, though. So I'm hoping I didn't just do something bad, you know? Because the bugs aren't too bad down here. They're worse up on the prairies where I'm from. I hope that I don't get completely destroyed by bugs tonight. I don't want to sleep here. I'm still like two hours away from where I need to be, right? So I want to keep going. But I didn't want to stop tomorrow and get a truck wash because tomorrow I'm not going to have as much time. I'm not going to be in a bit of a rush. Whoa, Karen, calm down. I've got to... Oh, Karen, you made me lose my track of thought. I've got two pickups tomorrow. And after that, I'm going to be booking at home because I want to go home, right? I want to stop and wash the truck. I already stop on the way home, usually at the wand wash. Like I said, just on the way home once I drop the trailer off. And that's just to wash the inside of the frame. Because even if you pay these guys to do it, they're not going to do as good of a job as I'm going to do. And that's not me tooting my own horn. I'm just saying these guys, they're in a rush. And I just trust myself with that a little bit more. But they do a good job on everything else, like everything they did today. They did a really good job on them. Sometimes you've got to watch them though because sometimes Blue Beacon, they'll rush through it if they've got a long lineup. They'll try to rush you out. Keep an eye on it. Make sure that they get everything that they need. They did almost miss some stuff on my windshield. I got them to take care of it. They didn't do the best job on the windshield. Like down there, I don't know if you can see it. There's still some gunk there. Up in that side in the corner I can see as it's drying now, there's still some gunk there. But whatever. Better job than I would have done myself. There's a truck driver coming up behind me. The LED fog lamps on. Where's the fog? I don't see the fog. Why are your fog lamps on? You think it makes your truck look cool? It doesn't. It doesn't. I guarantee you, go look at the side packaging of that. I bet it doesn't say DOT approved. I'm glad you can see because no one else can. Why? Why? They're called fog lamps to help you in the fog. You don't need them in traffic. We're entering Milwaukee here. You don't need your fog lamps in the city. Come on, man. You don't need them on the highways at all. Bothers me. Because honestly, what does it help? Does it really help that much? That much that you need to blind everyone else? Or if you can't see that well, maybe you shouldn't be driving a truck at night. It's my own personal thoughts, my own personal opinions. Karen agrees, right, Karen? Better agree, Karen. Look at that little death trap right there beside me. Look at this thing. Can you imagine if I hit that guy? There'd be nothing left of him. He's not even wearing a helmet. Look at that thing. Dude, that space wasn't for you. Space was for this little guy. Look at him. He's going to come in front of me. I want him to go in front of me so you can see him. Look at this guy. This is a go-kart. Three-wheel go-kart. I've seen them in Canada, too. This one just looks a little fancier than the ones I've seen before. Look at him. No helmet, nothing. I bet you that thing's a lot of fun, though. It looks really weird, though. Is that rear-wheel steering on that thing? No, it's front-wheel steering. What a weird little thing. And then there's this other car that Prius wants to get in here, too. I already let two people in. Another guy. There's like three people here who want to get in here. I'm not going to let all of you in here. I didn't even have a signal on. If you put your signal on, I'll make room for you. Oh, he wants to ask this guy. I wanted to talk to that guy. There's only one lane open up ahead. Male-hwucky. So I do have a little bit of bugs on my windshield again, but that's okay. It's not nearly as bad as it was, and the truck still looks nice and clean from what I can see in the mirror, sir. What do you want, Karen? Karen dings at me a lot. Every time she wants me to do something, she's... That's okay. It's all right. See? It's okay. I like it. It means she likes me. She wants to develop a relationship with me. Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Karen, why didn't you tell me there was a sharp corner coming? All right, so, uh, we're going right to the customer. They said that we can sleep right there. That's cool. Apparently, there's a couple of restaurants around there. If I want to get breakfast in the morning, they're going to be there at 7 a.m., and open, but, uh, it'll make it really easy for us. Then I can get up at about 6.30, get myself awake and ready, and be ready for them at 7, get unloaded. Maybe I'll even be out of there by, like, 8. And on my way home. I can't make it home from here in one day, but I can definitely get to, uh, St. Paul. I'll be home the next day. So tomorrow is, what? What's tomorrow? Wednesday? Wednesday. Thursday. I don't know if we're going to find a parking spot here. I don't like it when they do these diagonal spots, because the spots on the left, I'd have to blindside back in. If there's any spaces available, there is one there. Nope, there's a bomb tail in there. Hi, from United Kingdom, you're watching Trucker Josh on TJV.