 22 when I'm filming this minus 20 outside Celsius and Our light is still purple at the intersection. Maybe they'll just leave it like that forever Maybe the other one will go purple too. It must be a complete purple intersection. Now. I got a burp. Oh, let me speak buddy Mmm ready. Okay. It's a skid steer kind of day I just delivered a skid steer with tracks here to Portage La Prairie. I have another one that's going to Steinbeck I just called the receiver there and they're like bring her on down and trucker Josh Come on down. So they're ready for me. They're there till 5 and I'll be there around 4 o'clock. Oh I'll show you. I'll show you in a sec. One second. It's ready Through here, you'll see that one right over there. That's the one I just delivered here now. Very nice. I would Highly recommend them Let's see this And there's the second one This one does not have tracks Got wheels But I'd still highly recommend them I wish it was mine. I wish I was taking it home or to my land so that I could do something very useful with it because it looks Very very useful Yes, but Steinbeck needs it. So it's going close to my house, but not to my house So close, right? It's a new Holland. It is apparently proudly built in the USA With Chinese parts I'm just kidding, but seriously probably new Holland So these things are pretty hard to get a hold of apparently so people are ordering them all the way from the US and stuff And then we're bringing them up. These came from F check the paperwork again. They came somewhere in the US Well, obviously they came from the US because they are built in the US with purely American steel every nut bolt and tire Manufactured raid in America, of course Right Yeah, anyway My folder got driven over I got to clean this up here that orange folder I have I left it at the back here and as he was backing off He clipped it a little bit wasn't his fault, but I'm gonna clean that up right up from done talking to you and Gotta clean up these straps. Anyways, I did not use those straps to tie these things down I chained them down just to clarify, but these straps were like left in the bucket for some reason The driver before me left them in the bucket I'd like to have a conversation. I'd like to know why not like he was a big problem or anything So why do you leave the straps in the bucket? And why didn't you roll them up? So many questions must have been in a big rush big rush. Definitely didn't have the time all right, so let's bring that to its home in Steinback and We'll enjoy the ride there. Why not? Uh-huh. It's gonna be a good day. It's already been a good day It's been a very good day. I had some good news this morning. I had a meeting with the boss and the boss boss and the boss's boss like the Such good guys, you know, I always leave feeling good after I talk to them. I don't know Good guys good guys, so we have some good things coming down the pike and down the pipe in the future and Excited can't wait till summer. I Gotta tell you something. Okay. Okay. Keep my mouth shut Terrible keeping secrets There may or may not be a truck show or two or three coming up in summertime that I may or may not be Attending that's all you get So you get that's all I know All right, let's bring this bad boy to Stainback Stony Brook So since I'm not from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba here I don't know how to get back on to the eastbound trans-Canada because it's been closed on the west side of town Like the entrance onto the eastbound side has been closed for like 10 years and they still haven't fixed it or finished it So the only way I know of to get back on to the eastbound side is to go all the way through town To the east side of town Any of you from here know how you can access the highway from the other side? I mean, I don't mind driving through Portage. You haven't been here a while I never come here and there's a bypass on the highway, right? So if I do come past here, it's usually on the bypass nice little town Give it some credit It's got some problems, but what town doesn't right? Park through town I am this used to be the trans-Canada. See this is Highway Trans-Canada 1A Which means it's the trans-Canada that goes through town This used to be the main highway and we have to go through here every single time when you're going east to west across the province that before they built the bypass I Wonder how much traffic was affected when they built the bypass is all of the traffic through the entire nation Would have to go through here, right? So when they bypassed it like I know they lost all the truck traffic Which probably cleared things up here quite a bit and made things better in some ways like less truck traffic But I wonder if the businesses suffered at all. I mean, there's a Timmy's here. So you know it's making money It doesn't matter where you put a Timmy's you can put it like in the middle of a field Like 300 kilometers away from the nearest town. It'll be packed every day Line up around the field Find a gear there. There you go. Cab over truck over there. That's pretty cool I don't know why these trucks behind me are in the left lane. They're clogging up all of traffic Look at that though. That's nice You see usually trucks all stay in the right lane so that regular traffic that moves a little quicker than us can get around Us on the left for some reason this guy behind me is Oh, he's turning left. Okay. See there's always a reason don't judge people There's always a reason but the guy behind him wasn't turning left This is uh, what is this their government building here? their law office courts There's quite a bit of history in Portage La Prairie See this guy. He's coming up in the left lane here why Now this whole road is going to be plugged up with slow moving trucks and cars that can move a little quicker Can't get passed Why do If you're one of the people that does that like honest question Why Why plug up the whole road? I've given that Is that something that bothers you too, or is it just me might just be my own pet peeve What do I keep telling you everybody? It's either minus 50 or it's this We're lucky. It's not windy knock on wood. It's just the never-ending winter I mean, I like it. I love the snow coming down. I love how beautiful it makes everything look Nice and fresh But come on Come on already again More snow At least it's the end of the day. My trailer is empty behind me now. I unloaded both skid steers So now I was pretty much right next door to my house Now I've got to bring this truck and the trailer back to the yard and then go back to my house While trying to stay on the road at least the road's not bad yet I mean it might look bad to people who aren't used to driving in winter. I get it, but uh You can see the pavement. So that's pretty good. Just another manitoba afternoon Isn't that a song? No, well it is now This is the road in the area. I grew up on this nothing feels more like home than right here Right in blooming schnart Established 1876 1574 that's when blooming or was established That's when the steamboats landed at the rat in the red river All of this was all useless swamp land. Nobody wanted it The british didn't want it. They deemed it unusable The french didn't want it. They settled along the rivers. They deemed it unusable The indigenous didn't want it because they couldn't hunt on it because it was all swamps It was just no man's land. Nobody wanted this land So in we came We came from the netherlands and northwestern germany and if you know anything about the netherlands and that part of the world They know how to irrigate and how to drain swamps and how to Deal with water. Let's say they know how to deal with water very well So we came in here. We built all the canals We drained all the swamps Built up farms and now the area is one of the most prosperous if not the most prosperous region of our province And 250 years ago. It was deemed unusable by everyone else Look at it now Full of snow. You can't see it. I know But wait till summer then you'll see it Yeah, we were the menonites It's a a sect of christianity that was being persecuted We left actually the netherlands of germany. We went and actually spent about 200 years in uh, I believe what is now called ukraine Spent 200 years there and then the soviets came in they didn't like us very much because they don't like religion people So, uh, we got persecuted there. So hey, we came to canada And nobody wanted this land The menonites took it Nowadays, we're just canadian. I mean, I don't Identify as anything other than canadian I was born here. This is my native land. This is my country This is where we will forever stay Unless if it gets really bad and you know with the way things are going nowadays, you never know We might have to flee this place too. That's a topic for another vlog. That's a topic for another channel altogether It's the state of canada right now. My goodness My goodness What a mess. I hope it's better by the time you watch this, but it's probably gotten worse. Uh, to be honest, it's probably gotten worse End of the day is here. Let's certify it. Oh, it's it's done Done like dinner speaking of dinner. I want to go home. I'm hungry Let's log out of here just in case if someone Shop jumps in my truck and moves it around that it doesn't go on my elog Done. Okay Okay, let's grab a pen here. One thing we've got to do before we leave. You've got to grab our calendar right there and uh Cross that off Tuesday In the book tomorrow is wednesday Halfway to the weekend tomorrow Keys got everything What's wrong? My thermos. I knew us for getting something. That's why I was sitting around. You're staring at the dashboard. There's something I'm missing Got a little bit of snow today, but his car is almost covered right up Hicks Locked and secure Oh look, there's a beautiful pickup right there. Oh look at that Let's plug in my semi truck It's called semi truck because it's only half a truck has no sleeper Oh this thing's old, but she's uh She's still good to go She's never gonna die. This thing will go forever. She may not look the prettiest But she's reliable if you just got to treat her right One second you gotta come on Got a little bit of attitude, but ah there see Everything's fine. Everything's fine Oh, yes, I got a big grease spot on this jacket. Look at this. I got other jackets at home that I can use but Whoops my bad Oh, I touched Anthony Owens as opposed to touch story of my life What does that mean? I don't even know I don't even know I shouldn't say that that sounds bad Uh All my electronics, I don't leave any of these things in the truck That right there is like uh 1500 dollars It's just that little pile and then there's my lunch the most important part All that stuff whatever this this is where the snacks go cookies All right What else do I got here? How am I extra two? All right girl sleep well, eh stay out of trouble I'll be back for you Locked her up so nobody steals this bad girl, you know very desirable truck. Look at this thing Hasn't quite fallen apart yet, so she's stuck Oh so much potential though, eh so much potential in this truck One day we're gonna get her to her potential One day same with those over there. Yeah Yeah All right, it's time to go home Where's my keys where's all my keys Where'd all my keys go? Oh, they're down here see I've got to keep all my keys on my fancy little My fancy little uh Keystone Thingy here. This is what keeps me organized My whole life is right here my truck the gate key My mail key my house key My lock on my hitch cover that says Silverado and my motorcycle alarm And then See that comes with me everywhere I go Okay, all right. Oh, there's snow on the hood Cause you live in Canada, that's why Let's go brush off the snow brush off the snow My snow brush in here, haha Look at all that. What a mess. What a what an ugly mess man Get that off of you so you can see the Chevy beneath it and make it look a lot better Man, there you go. You never want to cover up a Chevy No, you don't cover up true beauty Never That's nice. That is like fluffy snow. That would be great for snow shoeing Cross country skiing snowmobiling All that stuff feels great for that Didn't know what was supposed to snow today Nobody told me Usually I would have left my wipers up then but if you don't tell me it's gonna snow. How am I supposed to prepare myself? Jeepers That is fluffy snow that is wonderful terrible for making snowballs though terrible for snowball fights Doesn't work at all All right, let's give them the test. Oh, yeah Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah Good wipers We are still in 4wd from before I've got a manual shifter. I don't have a push button shifter So I have to always put it in 4wd before I park it because if I park it in two-wheel drive Sometimes it it's too cold. It doesn't let me put it in four-wheel drive And then I'm stuck We're going home. What's the time? What am I getting out of here? Looks like I'm gonna get out of this place here first Oh It's almost so much snow everywhere. I've got so much snow this winter. Okay. I don't need the four-wheel drive anymore There we go. Come on. It is six quarter after six Got handed some paperwork yet. So by the time I leave here six thirty Long day again Always lots to do we need more people. Do you want to come drive here? Seriously, let us know. We have we have openings owner operators company drivers van division Uh flatbed division regional division long-haul division City drivers we need them all You want to work for the best place ever you you let us know Let me know. I'll put you in touch. You got to be a canadian citizen or have a work visa and immigration already set up We don't do any of that And you got a legal right to work here and two years experience with a valid class one license with a decent driver's abstract. Okay If you can if you can do that for us and provide that for us You got a job waiting for you put my name in the reference though, please Get a little kickback for that on this way This away. Oh, where's my button? Where's my button somebody told me that if I put my watch this gate button is it gonna work from here? Of course now it's probably gonna work. No, it didn't work. What if I put it to my chin? Didn't work. Yeah, there it goes. Ha It works for some reason when you put the gate button to your chin it works from further away I thought people were just pulling my leg. Maybe they were but jokes on them because it actually works Put the thing on your chin and it uses like your head as a magnifying signal and the signal goes further You can open the gate from further away The more you know The more you know All right, everybody. It's been fun. I hope you enjoyed it. If you did hit that thumbs up button. Don't forget to subscribe I make new content all the time and I'd love to have you as a part of this team here team tjv or a family family tjv Family channel you can let the kids watch my content and they won't hear anything. They're not supposed to hear You just have a playing in the background And we don't hang out together every day We're just gonna check on this street light out here. Okay real quick. Is it still purple? I think it is Whoa, ho, ho slippery. Ho slippery Just spinning like crazy. Look at this. Look at that fish tailing all over the road Gotta get that air moving on that window. Yeah, it's still purple if you're wondering Still purple Okay, we gotta start counting how many days It's a black light. It can tell if you're vaccinated or not It's a government conspiracy Are you moving over for me bud? Thank you. Good sir. Thank you Wasn't moving over for the longest time. I'm coming through bud I'm coming on whether you like it or not. You get your little trailer out of my way I'm going home. I have a mission. There's food at home