 Good morning. Good morning, everybody. I'm back in the truck. I haven't filmed much this past week But I was home over the whole week got a lot done. We got our house painted. We went on a nice date there I took you along for that one. You got a you got to come along on our anniversary date. You lucky people that was our last video and after that We had a few other things a few other projects that we'll talk about in the near future here But I needed time at home to get that all done And we got the ball rolling on many things. So now I'm back in old blue We're gonna go pick up a trailer and head to canora. There's a load there. That's waiting for me needs to go down to Minnesota There I'm looking for a step and really really nice step Nice step deck Let's see. I saw one over here. Which one says this is 101 116 D over here. There's 121 D but that has a red tag on it. Looks like 116 is right here. Oh Taking that one. I am taking that one Yep, that's our baby right there. It's coming with us. We're gonna go put some engineered lumber on it That's what they call it. I think it's fancy lumber. You got to tarp it. I hope this one's all good to go We'll do our pre-trip on it and find out I'm just gonna back just gonna scoot right under the oh, yeah before I go under there I want to put grease on my fifth wheel. I Or are they here? Hopefully they didn't burst inside here I bought a bunch of these just recently So you put them on your fifth wheel and you just leave them in the plastic and then when you go underneath the trailer They burst open and then they grease everything. I want to put these on at least every week But most times when I switch trailers especially but if I hold on to a trailer for more than a week Which isn't very common for me. I Put it on there once a week. I'll show you how we use these Don't think I've ever shown you this before. Oh, you see how the fifth wheel He's gonna slide right under there Go one of these Right there like that. He's a straw out of there. We don't need that on there We go do one on the other side as well Fingers dang it hard to get off. Oh, no, it's on my hand. It says right on there where to put it, right? easy to use grease packet for fifth wheel provides corrosion and rust protection able to withstand extreme pressures Waterproof and tacky grease extremely long-lasting Right, I think and then you just I usually let the air down out of my truck and get those underneath there just a bit And then lift it up. I actually want to move these back just a touch That when the trailer touches here it pushes it up there, right? So it's all greased What do the other side walk around here marker light March 2024 and it is currently September 2023 So it's good until next March trailer is safety marker light Marker light and signal Marker light tires inflated with premium autumn air It's good ABS light off good On the back we got brake lights and we got signal lights and we got marker lights Check these tires. Oh, yep Yep, you can tell that's premium autumn air just by the way way that they are You got a marker light and a signal light Marker light right here your light there rock. We got mudflaps Trailer looks like it's in good condition. I saw no cracks on the frame as I was walking around it Let's go. So good. Let's go get our look Everything's a mess back there. Don't mind this general area All I did is I threw it all in there Organize it later. We need to go get our load first Priorities first you get the freight make sure you get it tied down tarp get on your way make sure you're on time Then we can organize everything make everything look pretty in here Okay Let's just make sure our trailer is attached Pull forward it's like trailer break make sure it doesn't fall my truck and that trailer are now married over a hundred bucks It's like 130 bucks for switch them or do them once a week. That's 10 bucks a week Canadians are like 750 American being locked up, but you got to make sure anyway in winter time Sometimes the brakes freeze to the brake drums If you drop the trailer when the brakes are hot and then you set the brakes Then they freeze to the brake drums because the condensation There's another guy here Where are you going? You want me to you want me to go? Okay This is highway 59 south of Winnipeg. We're gonna turn left, which is north towards Winnipeg Canada to take the eastbound trans Canada two hours and 20 minutes with all the construction They got going on inside, Ontario. We're on schedule officially officially On our way hit me lights sunny day like this roads are clear We're actually making like a second lane that goes through here. I Know the plan is to like four lane divide This whole stretch all the way up to canora If I don't know maybe they can sneak four lanes right through here Then they don't have to blast a whole new high like a whole new other highway There's Columbia when they make highways through the mountains there. It's like this, but a hundred times bigger Carped and ready. Let's take it down to Brainer. We're sitting at about 78,000 pounds So I'm in a little rest area just before Fort Francis Which is that way and I've noticed something about my marker lights Now everything kind of looks normal up there from here right Look a little closer Look a little closer at the top ones can't see it. Oh, sir closer closer Close sir the front one right on the left here is burnt out. Well, it's not burnt out It's not working anymore, but the top and sides are still working So I mean it's not that obvious But it's obvious at the same time, right? So I went ahead and I ordered new ones Marker lights are quite important to have on the truck and if one is burnt out I need to get it replaced as soon as possible. All the other ones are working up there It's just the front of that one So they come in packs of five and I found the cheapest cheapest one I could find that is the exact same as this There was one on Amazon one seller that wanted over two hundred dollars for five of those No, no, that was the seller I bought from last time. They raised their prices almost doubled it I found another seller selling the exact same ones for a hundred dollars half price and that comes with five Lights and the whole housing assembly. I couldn't find these exact lights on Their own without the the assembly now that chrome assembly. I don't really need it But even on the website of the parts that come from Park Sam parTSAM Even on there They did not sell just the clear lens 17 led The lights that I was looking for it's a specific one because there's one that's super bright and there's one That's just normal. These are all the super bright ones So I didn't want to put just one normal one on there while all the other ones are super bright It's gonna look even worse than having that burnt out So I had to get the exact same one and their clear lens which are more rare Of course, that was my choice to put them on there So it's about 20 bucks a light. So now as these get older and other ones start to malfunction. I'll have spares It's always good to have spares. I'm at the gate And I'm first in line Yeah First in line for tomorrow morning. So 7 30 that gate opens right there And these wheels will be rolling right in there First Unless if someone tries to cut in front of me won't let that happen So this marker light that's burnt out. I've been debating whether or not I Need to replace it right now. I know the video you can't really see it because my other lights are so bright But it's this left one on the front here. I'll show you one more time if you couldn't see it in the last clip I guess You see it right in the video. It makes it look like it hardly makes a difference But in real life you can definitely tell And if there's one thing on my truck that I have a little bit of OCD over It's the lights Ask my wife ask my family my parents when I was a kid growing up lights I like lights and it's gonna drive me absolutely insane if one is not lit up correctly So I've been thinking you know Maybe I should Hold off Maybe I should we got a whole bunch of things going on at home right now that need my attention But at the same time I need to maintain my truck And I always preach that you should fix the little things when there's when they're little and not wait until they're big things, right? I don't want to wait until all of them are burnt out and suddenly I have to buy all 10 right for the top for both rows on the top and When little things happen to the truck, I like to fix them right away. I don't like to let them faster because even if even if that No more lights burnt out like that if one fails. I'm guessing at least another one's gonna fail soon That's why I bought a set of five, right? If one fails usually another one's gonna fail soon. It's faulty. They're not supposed to fail like this it happens But even if it if none of the other ones fail if I leave that light to be fixed later Well by the time I get around to fixing that light later Something else will be broken and then if I leave that to be fixed later Something else will be broken and then I've got three things to fix instead of just the one all at once It's best just to take care of them right away And besides if I had a driver in this truck, I would definitely without question I wouldn't even question it I just replace it because I want my driver to drive a nice truck, right? And I'm my own driver. I work for myself So I think my driver should have a nice truck where all the lights work I'm a good boss. I think Just want my driver to be happy with the truck. He's driving Driver just happens to be me even if it was someone else I Wouldn't want them driving on a truck with a burnt out light looks bad Everyone notices that or maybe it's just me Because I'm kind of OCD when it comes to lights If I walk through a truck stop and I see someone with a burnt out marker light Sometimes I just stop there and stare at it Not to be rude But just because I can't stop staring it just my brain is just like short-circuiting. Why is a light burnt out? Fix it. It's not that expensive So the lights I found yeah, it was a hundred bucks for five It's about 20 bucks each. They are clear lens LEDs. So they are more expensive than the incandescence They are super bright LEDs. That's for looks and for safety. You want to be able to be seen on the road And I also really like lights I was kind of warring with myself in my head tonight whether or not I should just cancel that order but I Think I'm at the conclusion now that I need to fix things when they're small And then I'll have lots of extras right because One burns out or one one is faulty chances are there's gonna be another faulty one So far all of them are all the rest of them are working fine is what it is Is what it's always something in trucking. It's always something. There's always something going on like in fall here I got to replace these steer tires. Yeah, that's gonna be close to $2,000 between 1,500 and $2,000 for new steer tires I got to do that. I think with the way they're wearing I think I'll be able to get away with maybe doing them around Christmas or New Year's Maybe even the beginning of the new year that I can put those expenses on next year Make it look on paper like I made more money this year So it's good when you're out there looking for houses, right? Thank you Put those expenses on this year's expenses. Well, then that's got to be shown I'm tired. I think I'm gonna go to bed Got to be up early. Remember I'm first at the gate, but that doesn't mean I'm not gonna get you know Bump down the line if I don't get up in time Because I can't block the gate obviously and if I don't get up on time you you can guarantee it That someone's gonna come down this driveway blow right past me and go right through that gate They don't care that I'm waiting here for all they know I got here at like five in the morning and I'm sleeping So I have to be with it gate opens at 730 that means I've got to be up and around Ready to go at seven So the second they open that I Mean there if anybody comes in here Anybody comes in here and tries to cut in front of me. I can jump out of my truck and say So thanks for hanging out with me today everybody I got to go back there and clean up this mess It was embarrassing I got to the border and they at the international falls crossing They like to jump in the truck and just make sure you don't have any, you know Kidnap victims or something in your sleeper. I want to make sure that you don't have any fresh fruit Those two things you don't want to have either one of those, you know You don't want to have any kidnapped victims in your sleeper and you definitely don't want to have any fresh fruit in your truck either They don't like either of them So they'd be anyways they took a peek in here and they jumped in the truck They peaked and sniff around a little bit make sure that I'm all good that I'm way Say I'm that I'm not up to any bad things and I got nothing to hide except my mess I Was so embarrassed I got back into the truck I totally forgot that I didn't put anything away yet, right? I literally literally got in the truck. I was in such a rush this morning I just threw it all in the bed and just took off and now I'm here at my destination I'm gonna organize it off when I got back into the truck and I was looking I was like, oh that guy just thinks I'm the biggest slob right now He probably saw the truck and he's like, oh good one good truck driver I tried to keep the outside of the truck looking clean and nice, right? Yeah, he steps inside. He's like, oh He's one of those Just mess everywhere Everything is just all over the place. Oh I'm not that person. I'm not that person. Okay. I'm a little bit that person but not this bad Not this bad. So I got to go clean that up and make things right with myself in my head Everything's got to be neat in order all the lights have got to work and everything's got to be in its place Sometimes it gets a little messy Sometimes this gives looks a little bit chaotic a little bit a little bit But everything has its place and all the lights have to work And then I can sleep well at night Thanks for watching everybody stay safe be safe and as always Drive safe out there. Please Talk to you tomorrow