 Hey, this is James from trial, Ontario Canada. You look watching trucker Josh blocks Good morning friends and Frontemies, how's it going? Oh, we got it. We got a leak We got a leak The whole needs a little spit shine one second one second Hold on guys hooking up the step deck. I got to go and Pick something up in Ross or Manitoba Bring it to one sec Pick it up in Ross or and bring it into Winnipeg and then come back here pick up a trailer a roll tight bring it into Bozerger Come here you why are you? Why are you leaking air? Try that. It's still leaking. I'm gonna have to do some convincing one second one second first thing in the morning You're messing with me What's going on here? Need a little bit more spit. I know it's a little gross, but it works I don't know why It does Try that one second told you okay. Here we go This is the trailer. It's gonna be my friend for the morning. I got these rocks off of there Why are there rocks on the deck? Don't want those bouncing off and going through someone's windshield. Oh They wouldn't it wouldn't like me very much and I prefer it when people like me. I Really do it makes life so much easier when people like you I don't want you there little buddy. There you go go down there with your friends That's how I saw another one over here. I did And one up there, too It's all this mud from okay, there's a couple up here That's where you belong okay. Oh I missed one. How do they miss these big rocks? Okay Let's go pick up our freight. I Wanted to be on the road already, but here we are trucking. That's how it goes. Oh Kick these tires here. Did I kick these on the way past? I don't remember so I'm gonna kick them again. I Kick them with my steel toes like that just to make sure that They're filled with air and not just any air compressed air premium compressed air don't want any flats because If the inside tire is flat the outside tire will hold it up, right and just by looking at it You can't tell got to the go there and kick it or hit it with a hammer or something or a tire whacker singer just to make sure that has air in it headed westbound on the south perimeter around Winnipeg and Everybody seems to be a little bit A little bit calmer than usual on the highway I Did already almost witness one rear end at the last traffic light People aren't watching ahead of them and when the light turns red traffic in front stops for the red light, right people do that The people behind them weren't paying attention and people behind them weren't paying attention People behind them weren't paying attention and by that point you can't even see that there's people stopping at the front of this whole line And suddenly one after another slam on the brakes one two three four and they just about pile up into each other But nobody hit anybody So there's nothing to report, but it was close All it takes is one person not paying attention and then everybody behind them is just assuming they're paying attention, right? never assume Or if you are going to assume just assume nobody knows what they're doing on the road That's what I do and I still get close calls every now and then Even when you expect everyone to do the dumbest thing they could possibly do it still surprises you when they actually do it Look at this oversized load up here. That is a huge front-end loader But at least they have it on a truck running down the perimeter in rush hour most days This is like a Winnipeg thing most days these tractors They just drive down the highway in the lane at you know, whatever their top speed is 30 mile an hour or 25 mile an hour whatever it is and They fly they drive down the highway traffic coming up behind them in rush hour at like 65 mile an hour a hundred kilometers an hour And there's in the lane just 30 mile an hour Almost every day you see that it's nice to see them actually transporting it properly on a trailer You know so they can keep up with traffic Because that's usually where the accidents happen when people aren't expecting a slow-moving vehicle And they're not paying attention and then bad things happen, but for some reason in Winnipeg The front-end loaders especially in wintertime when they're clearing snow and stuff to get from here to like over the river I guess the only way to get over the river or the quickest way for them is just to go on the highway and They they won't drive on the shoulder. They'll drive right in the lane, which is Dangerous in my opinion or what do you guys think? I haven't seen that anywhere else, but here in Winnipeg. It's a Winnipeg thing So that last load was pretty simple it was like six kids whatever just brought him into Winnipeg I'm hooked up to 547 now. This one's going to Boziger Once I have my own truck running here Beginning of June. I won't be switching trailers every day like this and doing multiple loads. I'll Be hooked on to a trailer and doing regional which is You know it could be it's sort of flexible I don't know where they need me to go as a regional driver, but we'll find out as we go It's not gonna be super long haul. I'm not gonna be gone for weeks at a time. I'm joining their regional fleet. So we'll We'll see I should be home on the weekends, but You know if I need the money and ain't to work I can always work through the weekend But it'll be back to a more of the old-school kind of trucker Josh vlogs on the highway diesel will be with me again every day and I'll be able to show you the life of an owner operator Here keystone We are trying to attract owner operators to come and work here So I figure this is a great way to show you From an owner operators perspective what life will be like here So I bought a 2008 Kenworth W900 flat top 244 inch wheelbase I'm gonna save the rest of all of the Reveal for when I actually get the truck Not too sure when the possession dates going to be yet, but it'll be next week sometime And as soon as I have it I got to bring it over here to our shop. They got to get the right decals on it Get it licensed get plates on it get it registered get the if-to-stickers all that stuff working And then it'll be coming home to my shop What a day it will be Truck I've wanted since I was eight years old Finally coming home with me So to Sam excited is an understatement very excited and I think I'll have a very good position I'll have the same dispatchers same Load gods that I'm working with except just instead of you know doing city work and being home every night I'll have my sleeper behind me on the Kenworth and We're doing overnights all the time I'm not too sure yet exactly how many nights. I'll be gone at the time. I know some of you have asked that already I don't know I Don't we'll find out as we go Fine by the seat of my pants just a little bit here no idea what I'm doing I Bought trucks before But this one's different The one Volvo I had leased through the company here. So the paperwork was very minimal Well, there's all the paperwork there that had to be there, but it was done through work here So I didn't have to go find financing on myself on my own It's Kenworth. I had to go find find the financing on my own the freight liner the first truck that I bought we bought off my cousin's dad and That was $15,000 back then this truck is a little bit more the market is a little spicy right now for buyers It's a you pay a little bit more for trucks than you used to But this truck has sentimental value to me as well It had more value to me than the next person probably this was the specific truck that I was looking for the exact one Almost down to a T the only difference we can talk about this more later once I actually have the truck But the only difference the only thing I compromised on was the engine. I wanted a cat C15 single turbo engine This has a Cummins ISX in it But it's pushing almost 700 horsepower It's a beast Like 690 horsepower he showed me the dino sheets and everything this thing is a monster So that's okay. Plus Cummins are being manufactured. They're a lot more popular than cat engines nowadays So I figure it'll probably be easier to get parts and stuff. I Don't know the engine wasn't a deal-breaker for me It was just I was kind of hoping for a cat but no 700 horsepower Cummins. I'll take it too. That's gonna be fun. I Know some guys that used to run with him and they say like pulling 80,000 pounds up the hills They'd be like, you know Slow and down slow and down going up the hill and he'd just be walking away from them picking up speed so I'll get all the details and everything on the engine for you yet once we get it I'll go over everything in detail with you. I'm very excited about it. Very very excited. This is a Let me big day big moment for me and Brit is completely on board with the two I talked with her about it before I even started considering it She's on board as long as I'm on regional I can't be gone for weeks at a time and I don't want to be we're trying We're starting a family and we got that process started now So I want to be home as much as I can while at the same time Sort of living my dream as well like my dream is to be a dad have a good family Have a Kenworth W 900 Take my kids with me trucking take my wife with me trucking sometimes. That's that's you know a Piece of the dream So we're we're shooting for it now. I'm going for it dove in I Don't want to get to the end of my life one day and regret Not giving it a good shot So the wife's on board. I'm definitely on board It's gonna be an adventure. We still got our savings going on for our house We're gonna build a house within five years or so or in about five years around 2027. That's all still in the works. Everything is just Everything is rolling along the tracks here All we got to do is just keep her on the tracks right and make sure she doesn't derail there somewhere For now I got this trailer behind me I got a little bit of time yet before I have to leave and I'm gonna bring this out to Bozer and that'll be it for today This load is taking me north of Bozer Little northeast of Winnipeg Very close to Cotter's country. I love this area Everything's slowly starting to turn green though. You can see it on these trees off to the left here already We're getting there just coming up after this light pole Look at that. Oh I wish that this time of year wasn't so quick, you know, everything's gonna turn green We're gonna go to sleep wake up and there'll be snow on the ground I saw a video from Norway the other day and they already had like flowers and green stuff everywhere I thought Norway is supposed to be like as cold as here if not colder Why do they get nice weather already? I got about 15 minutes to my customer Hopefully we can unload this quick And that'll be the only things I'm doing today. I'm not sure what tomorrow is planned yet, but tomorrow is Friday Of course this delivery is down a gravel road I just washed the truck yesterday man. What is it? Was it dirty? When I did those loads the other day with the drive down those mud roads Truck got so dirty So I spent like an hour Or more cleaning it off yesterday Looks like I'm gonna be washing the truck again today What can you do right? You gotta gotta get her done. We've got some mud coming up over here Yeah, I can't avoid it all. I'm just gonna have to wash it again today I try to keep it clean, you know Oops Hey, you don't want to slow down too much here. It's gonna get a little soft We're running start at this one I'm just gonna send it. It's too late. It's too late She's dirty I was trying to go slower, but I can't go too slow. I don't want to sink in Just my luck. Oh well Good thing I got that nice pressure washer Thank you. You know who you are. It was actually a gift I really appreciate it Been using it every day Send it Come on Just signed my life away I signed the lease on the truck Ah It is real. It is go time. I bought a truck So I'm guessing uh taking possession of it next week We've still got to determine what day because there's a bunch of work being done to the truck yet There's be there's new transmission fluid going in new diff fluid A new clutch a new bumper on the front He's getting it polished I think that's been done already. It's looking great Uh, but but what else is getting done? There's a few other things that are getting done before I Before I take it as conditions of the sale and uh They said it takes about a week for the financing to all go through like for the funds to be transferred Because banks are slow So what is this Thursday today? So by next Thursday, hopefully the funds will have gone through and been released That means on friday or saturday. I should be able to pick it up next week A mixture of excitement and anxiety. It's a weird feeling Sometimes it's more anxiety and then the excitement pulls me back over to that side Then the anxiety pulls me back over this way and then Whoo, like I'll say in the other day buying a truck is uh is a bit of a gamble Uh, you could make a lot of money Or you could lose a lot of money But hopefully we'll be like somewhere right in the middle and we'll just make some good money Who am I kidding? Let's hope let's let's go for let's go big Let's hope we make a lot of money. The truck seems to be really good. It's had immaculate care and maintenance I trust the guy who's selling it and uh, I trust the uh, the people here who have been doing the maintenance on it All the maintenance history on the truck over the last six years is available Uh, every single fuel up the old the driver took uh wrote it down neatly and recorded fuel mileage every single piece of maintenance Had all the paperwork ready to show the the rebuild the engine's been rebuilt that 600 000 kilometers ago complete in frame so that was uh What 600 000 kilometers that's what 300 600 000 kilometers is about 380 000 miles Uh, it's what's on that brand new engine brand new in frame so, uh I'm feeling good. I'm feeling confident about the truck I feel good. I made a good decision. I feel it's just now now the the the reality sets in and I've got to pay for this truck because Contrary to popular belief, I didn't have the entire funds for the entire truck just sitting in a bank account and just paid in cash Wouldn't that be awesome? No, no, I had to get the help of some financiers. So uh, I gotta pay them back. I hate debt I'm not opposed to debt because debt is necessary to gain the capital needed to Invest and make more money. You need money to make money. So sometimes debt is necessary to make money The point now is that I have to pay that debt back I have to I have to get that down to zero. We've gotten our credit cards down to zero almost completely now We've gotten a lot of our other debt down to zero We're doing good. We're in a good spot And i'm confident with the industry where we're at right now I know fuel is high, but I also know that the rates are high as well. Uh, I know that it's a crazy crazy time to be getting into this But I don't know how to explain this. I'm following my gut I have a good gut feeling about this. This is going to be good I don't know how you guys feel about gut feelings and stuff, but I always say follow your gut most times It's telling you to do something for a reason and uh I'm nervous. I'm not going to be not going to beat around the bush with you guys I'm nervous about buying a truck especially in this time paid more for it than I than I want or two That's for sure. This market is crazy right now Not too sure what's going to happen flying by the seat of my pants just a little bit But I've also it's it's like an educated guess what I've been doing an educated estimate an educated gamble I've looked into it and I think this is going to be good. I think this is going to be good I can't wait to show you guys the truck. It's beautiful. It's beautiful Oh, it's gonna look so good in the shop. It's gonna look so good in there I'm excited. I'm excited So there's no going back from it now You know, we haven't heard Britt's opinion on this truck yet What do you think I'm excited for you Are you excited? Are you okay with this? Yeah, as long as you don't go long haul again. Regional's fine. Long haul? Uh-uh No No dice So I did clear it with her before I went and bought it Numerous times. Yeah, I wanted to make sure that she was going to be okay because I know that once we sign this Uh, I'm locked in now. It's a 42 month term And then at the end there's a little buyout yet and then it's all mine But it's pretty much yeah in 42 months. That's when all of this the financing will be complete So for that amount of time I'm going to be uh Stuck doing what I'm doing unless if I were to sell it But I really don't want to sell this truck because this is a truck I've always wanted and I want to keep uh, I want to actually rebuild it from the ground up and make it a new old truck So regional it is I'm gonna be jumping on to our regional open deck division with it and uh, we'll be starting hopefully june 1st So that's coming up quick. I've got about a week until then so I got about well. It's a long weekend this weekend So I got tuesday friday saturday, you know tuesday friday saturday tuesday wednesday thursday friday of work yet And uh, so I'm just waiting to take possession of it. The truck is being safetyed and like I said a bunch of other work being done to it quickly First uh on condition of sale And from what I understand it's all mostly done already. We're just waiting for maybe the clutch Let's get finished and the new bumper to go on the front And then we can arrange possession that should be uh, probably late this week. I'm thinking but and new couches Every time I turn around in here. I'm just like wow Yeah, we went big We were just waiting for our income tax from this year to come through and I'd put away a lot of money uh from uh four taxes And it turns out we had a little bit of a return yet And so we used all of that cash and uh, we got our IVF on the way There's another oh, we could probably do an update on that soon in the next couple of days Just uh, there's one more procedure. She's got to go through yet and then that's On the road And I won't be far away from home. I'm not going too far. I'm not going long haul over the road But uh overnight's I guess overnight's maybe two nights at a time three nights. I don't know what they're gonna do But I'll be home on the weekends How you like your chair? It's very comfortable. It looks comfortable Oh it is That's hers and that one's mine Both pretty much exactly the same except that one's attached to the coach And this one rocks. It's for when we have the baby. She's got a rocking chair The baby that doesn't even exist yet, but we'll get there. We have planned our whole lives around it yet. So Or already we planned our lives around it already him or her for now. I'll just swaddle wiener Swaddle him rock him practice. He'd love it He's very upset that he's not allowed on the coaches I do put him on my lap, but he's not allowed to even touch the edges Spoiled Diesel you could sit on my lap too, but you're not allowed to touch the coach at all. You have to sit completely on my lap He doesn't look impressed. Well, don't don't have too impressed All right guys, well, we'll talk to you in tomorrow's video. We'll see you later