 Good morning everyone from the icy tundra of Manitoba of southern Manitoba I know not technically the tundra yet, but you could have fooled me It's the first day after boxing day when I'm filming this so I'm filming this on December 27th It may be the new year already when you watch this it takes me a little while to put these together I apologize for the delay, but here we are. We had a great Christmas. I Hope you did as well. We're on our way in I have to go in to work today. Today is actually a stat holiday It's in lieu of Christmas I think is how they say it because Christmas and boxing day are stat holidays and they fell on a weekend this year So what they do is they give you a day off Afterwards so Monday and Tuesday are the stats But they asked if I could come in today. I said sure why not let's go do some truckin You know, it's really good to see Christmas time all these trucks It's the only time of year, but it's good to see everybody is at home I'm glad they're all I'm glad they were all able to make it home to be with their families I'm sure they'll all be headed out today or tomorrow. It's gonna be busy Here's all our city trucks lined up. Here's mine off on the corner All right girl, we're gonna have to cut your vacation short. We need to do some work here I'm just gonna scooch in beside you here. Okay. I'm just gonna scooch right through here. Excuse me. Oh There we go How you doing? Usually you'd want to see all the trucks moving. You're not making money unless the wheels are turning But there's one time a year when that doesn't apply and that's that Christmas time And I like to see that everybody was able to make it home to be with their loved ones and their families Very important to me personally So it makes me happy to see that this time of year We're gonna start up the old girl here and then Hopefully not get stuck. There's a lot of snow in the yard. I don't know what they're gonna get me to do today Maybe they're gonna get me to hop in the front end loader and clear the yard I don't know if I saw any of the yard stuff here today or not But it is supposed to be a holiday. So there's not very many people in today. I was told it would be an easy day But the weather has other plans We'll see how it goes Charged with air Everything seems to be working as it should no orders yet. I know I'm here So I'm gonna see if I can get out of my spot here make sure I don't get stuck and then Head around to the front Go say hello in person Make sure my logs and everything are all prepared for this so that I don't move and freak anybody out The government wants to know right away. Why are you doing? Why are you moving? It's a holiday No problem. Let's see what they got for us. The snow is getting worse It's gonna be a fun day I promise you that. There can't be much to do today. I mean everything is closed down For the most part a lot of businesses are closed down So I don't know how much there will be for me. It looks like I'm the only city driver in today though The yard guys aren't even here from what I saw so really how much could there be they told me it would be a shorter day But you know when they tell me that I'm always like god, that's cool But I expected my mind and might be a full day might be and I'm not upset about that They need me for the full day. That's what I'm here for With this snow, I wouldn't mind going sitting on the couch, but It is what it is we're truckers, right? We don't stop for the weather unless the weather gets really bad and this is Getting there I mean It could be worse, right? This door is in the front really see it in the camera. See if I Turn this way a little bit for you Across the way how the trucks turn the way. Oh, whatever. It's snowing and it's getting worse So I'm being sent home. You have a few things to get done today, but because of the weather Customers I guess that we were going to be delivering to aren't in either That's just a big mess, but oh well, at least we were ready to go There's gonna be a lot of snow. I offered to jump in the front end loader and clear the yard But they said nah, don't worry about it. Don't worry about it It's just gonna pile up again, right? Plus. I think they have guys that are Trained for that. I guess I'll go home and shovel my own driveway And my neighbor's driveway Tony got to keep his driveway clear. That's my job in the winter time He never asked me to but he doesn't have to I enjoy the the workout It's like it's an extra little workout because my driveway is pretty small. I can get it cleared in no time I go over and do his too. I Need to start exercising more my belly is Growing in ways that it should probably stop doing I Don't know how bad this blizzard is gonna get but we here is supposed to get worse yet Park and spot here plug her back in my pick up should still be pretty warm Straight myself up here a little bit thought I'd be getting stuck more, but no this truck's just a tank There's no stopping the old Pete. She starts complaining a little you just lock up the diffs and give her you ever pop on a Facebook and Think you're just gonna take like a second to quickly check something and Then when you look up you realize you've been on your phone for half an hour and Your truck is cold your feet are cold your hands are cold It's time to go home. I got distracted Shut the truck off here Just gonna quickly check something. It's been half an hour. Let's get out of here Stuff here one second Stuff in the pick up go Oh Linda vaugh Take the good old walk heater cord and pop Prugger back in to the middle of Peterbilt court. He's right there. I can do this in one hand that in there I'm right in there. No, oh No, we need two hands. Oh, man. I dropped it snow Hold on people There we'll see you on Wednesday. I always when it's snowing outside and you park your vehicle You always want to lift your wipers up that way. They don't freeze to the windshield and they don't get all full ice like that Now you clear your windshield with your brush and your scraper You put the blades down onto the nice glass Just I don't know if it helps or not. That's what I've seen other people doing it. So I just copied them Sure and all of our winter secrets with you guys Don't tell anybody okay Might not be perfect if you have winter washer fluid in there you give it a couple of squirts of that Come on high that winter washer fluid melts the ice that's on your wipers And there you go Decent I still got a little bit of ice on there. Don't I one second one second. We got to give the old Canadian wackeroo Second first you got to get him going. Okay Window down One more now remember these are classified Canadian secrets. I'm sharing with you It's between me and you and then they're gonna refreeze right away, right? Very close. So you got to turn on the heat up there All the way and get those wipers and this windshield warmed up There's also another way of doing this, which is another classified secret. I'm gonna share with you There's more than one way to clear your windshield and keep it clear during a winter storm you can either go this route by heating it and Melting the snow that hits your windshield You got to keep that hot air blowing on it then when you're going down the highway it gets very hot You got to crack your windows that some of the heat escapes But then when the snow hits your windshield, it'll melt and your wipers will stay warm so that you can wipe it Hey, but you're gonna be very hot inside the vehicle Now the other way the other thing you can do is Don't heat your windshield at all let it completely freeze. Okay first to do this you've got to get very cold So you got to open all your windows all the way pretty much cool your vehicle down to the outside temperature Okay, or this is best to do when you first start your vehicle and it's already cold Then when you start your vehicle crack the windows and turn it to floor heat only so that the heat is coming to the floor and not touching the Wind shield and coming around here before coming to the windshield it goes out the windows, right? So you're warm, but your windshield stays cold Then what happens when you're driving through a snowstorm like this the snow hits your windshield and it bounces off And it doesn't melt and stick to it Then you don't need to use your wipers at all But that doesn't always work and then if you do suddenly need to use your wipers They're frozen and they aren't gonna wipe properly and then you can't see anything. So that's the risk there There's always a pros and cons to Both methods and these are two very highly classified methods of keeping your windshield clear on the highway during a blizzard up here So we're going with the heated version today because I want to be warm and the other way you got to stay cold You got to keep that windshield cold So if you notice that the snow is starting to melt when it hits your windshield You got to open the windows all the way if you have to cool this place down to cool that windshield down So the snow keeps bouncing off of it because if it warms up too much You're just gonna be in a bigger mess than when you started Does that make sense? We're in 4WD. Let's let's get out of here 4WD activate come on Sorry, it's easy like that We'll get to trucking on Wednesday. There's a lot of snow here. Probably like a foot of snow here already Maybe not a foot man six inches a little over six. I don't know between six and 12 inches somewhere in there Maybe eight inches. I'm not a scientist. I don't know We're going to resist the urge to do donuts in the parking lot here And we're going to calmly collectively and professionally Leave the yard We're professionals It is tempting though. It's tempting And we have our land outside of town, but next year I've got to go and pull out all those roots and big stumps that are there, right? We're gonna get a nice flat even land So next to winter we're gonna have a big old clearing on private property that I own And anytime I get the urge to go and do some donuts and horse around a little bit I got a spot. It doesn't seem that bad yet, but I have a feeling that The highways are gonna be a little bit sketchy And no one's even here now Look at that white out, eh? The building's over there. You can see in the distance how the fish eye lens doesn't really help They're about a half mile away You can't really see them. So visibility is a little over half a mile. There's some trees over there. Can you see them? Put a half mile One has gotten a Lot more snow since I left. So I guess it is actually getting worse. I was wondering if it was just in my mind But no, it looks like it's actually getting worse. Oh, that's a good thing I don't don't have to go play in the snow today. I'll just go sit on the couch and be a couch potato for the next two days How's that sound? I haven't been able to relax all of our Christmas holidays here yet because you know, go go go It's Christmas. You think that it's a holiday to rest and relax, huh? Oh, at least we got a lot of good food and we eat a lot Well, it's go go go, right? So it's kind of nice to have these two days now just to sit Here's my twin coming up beside me here. He was following me all the way in from work I got a better ton of cover though. Steinbeck's called the automobile city. A lot of car enthusiasts here, right? We love our vehicles. We love our cars our trucks And when I was young, you know, that was the thing to do too, you know To Main Street you drive up and down Main Street, you know And there's always those few friends that get carried away and you know they're racing up and down and that really hasn't changed It's just as an adult my attitude to it has changed. I Went to thinking oh, yeah, look at that cool guy over there to look at that guy You know what I mean like shaking my head instead of like I guess I've just gotten older. I Got a new shirt for Christmas. You're gonna like it One second here. Check this out. Watch out, Chevy. Excuse me. Huh? Chevy, what do you think? My teacher was wrong. I do get paid to stare out the window all day Hahaha Chevy, what do you think? Clever? Got it from mom and dad It was one of the Christmas gifts that came in a little late Not all of their gifts came in on time And as a truck driver, we understand why it's a little overwhelming at this season A lot of stuff needs to move. We're not in the Package or parcel delivery service So that's a total different sort of part of the industry altogether But you know, it does get busy around the Christmas season and also at the same time Everyone wants to get home to be with their family and loved ones Including all the drivers that are delivering all the products for your Christmas So it's it's a balancing act for uh dispatchers people in the office to try to get all of the freight out on time But also try to get the drivers back in time to spend Christmas in the holidays with their family so it's This time of year must be very difficult on them So big thank you out there to all the load gods and all the dispatchers and people in the office out there Yeah, yeah, I don't think I I would be cut out for it I've never tried either really, but I don't like sitting in an office I like staring out a window all it's all I've ever done and like my shirt says I was always told that I would never be able to make a career out of that and prove them wrong, didn't I? So that's that's what I like to do, but it's a balancing act getting everybody home And judging by all the trucks in the yard this holiday season. They've done a good job And hopefully all of your packages and parcels arrived on time. I know a lot of people have to wait and I don't know how it is in the package delivery world But it must be overwhelming it must be at Christmas time Especially now with amazon all this online shopping and everything But as I wrap this up it is already 2022. It is the new year. I hope you guys have a happy new year I hope you had a very merry Christmas. I hope you had a very happy whatever holiday you celebrate during this time I know there's a whole bunch of other holidays. I'll be at a happy Hanukkah if you celebrate that I'm sure there's other things people celebrate. Uh, happy Yuletide Uh, happy winter solstice celebration When happy, uh Whatever else there is. Oh, and to you uh eastern orthodox people out there rush in ukraine and all those people You guys are still waiting for your Christmas to show up So I hope you have a good Christmas in your case that I cover all the bases. I'm trying to cover everybody here If I missed you, I hope you have a good day. All right. If you don't celebrate any of this stuff Well, hey get with the program get jolly. Let's let's celebrate to find something to celebrate. It's the holidays, right? It's supposed to be happy. It's time of year Be happy dang it I'll see you guys in my next video through this holiday season like I told you my last one I haven't been filming every day. So I don't know when the next one's coming out But don't worry. I haven't disappeared. I'm still here. There are new videos coming and we're going to get back to a regular schedule In the new year here probably next week I'll see you later