 Hello from the legendary state of North Dakota. You're watching Trucker Josh Vlogs Peace enjoy the show. Another new day is here I'm at the rest area just inside of Ontario I have to go pick up a load of lumber in a town called Ear Falls. It's nearby here That load is going to a town called Isanti, Minnesota. It's near Minneapolis We're gonna get that taken care of today probably deliver it tomorrow morning And then I have a load already waiting for me down there coming back up home had a little bit of a Unfortunate meeting with a black bear last night In Manitoba on the way here into Ontario He he hit me. I didn't hit him. He hit me. He ran into my truck on the driver's side here Hit my steer tire ran right into it came out of nowhere It just it looked like a shadow running on to the road and Terrified me at first that it was a dog. It was a young bear. It wasn't a fully grown bear Luckily old blue suffered no damage The only damage was three of these lug nut covers were missing and This bumper is Slightly slightly bent. We'll have to bend that back into place Just so it looks like it just nicked this here and then it hit here took off three lug nut covers And then probably when flipping around Caught the edge of my steps here Caught my steps there And then rolled off into the ditch Like I said, I was pretty concerned that it was a dog so obviously Well hitting any animal your your heart sort of stops for a second. I didn't hit it. It hit me So I doubled back. I did a u-turn. I went back and wanted to go check on it Make sure it wasn't suffering. I didn't seem like I hated very hard So I didn't even know if I like fully if it just bumped me or grazed me Well at that speed I was going highway speed 100 100 kilometers an hour 60 mile an hour Even just grazing it and having to run into my steer tire like it did I found it and It was definitely dead instantly. It was a black bear. It wasn't a cub But it wasn't a full-grown black bear either. It was like a teenager or a young adult black bear and I pulled over Safely beside it. I want like I said make sure that it wasn't suffering. I Don't like animals to suffer And don't get me confused for those crazy animal rights activists or anything or I Like a good steak. I like to eat my meat But I don't like to unnecessarily allow animals to suffer regardless of if they're food animals or pets or wildlife I Don't like to see life suffering. I think all life is Special so I wanted to make sure that you know It wasn't sitting there Struggling but no, it was definitely it would definitely I won't go into details of how I Definitely knew that on YouTube here because there's a little bit gory but It was definitely gone instantly So I guess that's the best circumstance we could ask for for the bear. I mean Shouldn't have been crossing the road and jaywalking in the middle of the night Oh Poor guy poor guy. Well, I guess my seer axles are gonna need an alignment now I'm gonna run run with it the rest of this trip just to make sure I checked everything I stopped I pulled over I checked everything The bear didn't get underneath the truck at all so it didn't touch any of my lines or anything underneath there literally just grazed the outside of the truck here and I don't know if it was just in my head But after that on the way here, I felt like the truck was slightly pulling to the right as if like it hit this and sort of bump the alignment out just a little bit So when we get back I'm gonna bring the truck in get a steer axle alignment and wheel balancing in the front Just make sure everything is In its proper place Yeah That was my story from last night on the way here. I didn't film yesterday This is starting the trip here Like I said, we're going to Ear Falls, Ontario picking up some lumber bringing it down to a Santti, Minnesota and then we're Coming back up here. You can probably hear my engine heater in here You might say I don't need to use it in the summertime It warms up the fluids in my truck It's a nice day Before I turn over my my motor Since I have this option I like to get the fluids moving and warmed up a little bit before the engine starts turning and then let the engine warm up itself For about 15 minutes and then I start going It's just a habit. I've gotten into I guess but All right, that's my story Let's get truckin You see before I even turn over the motor now. I haven't turned it over yet. It's already sitting at 150 degrees Water temperature on this dirty gauge. I don't know. Uh, I feel better about turning it over this way See I'm gonna go with the key in here. So let's get going. Shall we? Race at our tripometer. I guess we turn this on Okay, let's get rolling. Shall we? Diesel's not with us again today. He's spending time with his family at home enjoying his semi-retirement I've been here for 10 consecutive hours now Which means that after I pick up my load I'm legal to cross into the United States on my hours of service If you haven't watched me before when you're on US soil You got to follow the rules of the US when you're on Canadian soil You got to follow the rules of Canada hours of service are similar between the two countries similar But not the same welcome to Ontario Thank you. Thank you very much So nice of you to welcome me so kindly with such a beautiful big sign I wonder what they do. No, I bet you they're twinning this. I bet you they're making it four lane They're taking charge of advice Our turn first thing in the morning. My shifts aren't always the smoothest. It's frustrating sometimes. It's always Bad gear Wasn't too bad It's very different shifting in a truck when you're fully loaded, you know at a gross weight of 95,000 pounds and when you're empty That's no excuse. I should be better than that 250 kilometers to earfalls and they should be able to load me up right away It'll be on our way. This is highway 105 northbound and so So different. So there are only 80 kilometers an hour Expected that how to go down to get to our load Well three kilometers down this gravel road, okay two miles times Here comes a logger truck brings the logs in manufacture them and they Cut them into a bunch of two-by-four two-by-sixes that might come in and I haul them out of here as a finished product teamwork So I had to run into their their office here Shipping office real quick just to figure out what I'm supposed to do This is I haven't been here in a while or I don't think I've actually been to this one Don't remind there. I think He was looking at me like he thought he knew me and then all of a sudden Hey, bud, if you're watching the video say hi to you here Hey, so I'm gonna go around the corner up here and I guess I'll do the responsible thing Buckle myself in so I don't fall out rolling across the parking lot To avoid those comments Bunch of new content onto this channel these vlogs are going to stay the feature of my channel This is the main Main thing that I do these daily vlogs. I want to add a couple of other shows and spinoffs on here as well I'm gonna separate them all into playlists that they're easy to Differentiating stuff, but I really want to up the amount of content. I'm posting on here So I'm just gonna throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and see what sticks I'll talk to you more about it in a separate video. You probably already watched it It'll help you understand more what's going on because you'll see a bunch of different content all all surrounding trucking and stuff And like my life just from different angles I'd like to do a silent vlog where it's like a second take of the same day like today and then a second take of the day With no words. Maybe not even music. I might add some music because sometimes you got to add something It's like a silent vlog. Just the story of my life in silence So those of you who hate listening to my voice and don't like my face that much. That's cool I'm gonna make a video for you. I don't know if I'd call it a vlog then Because a vlog is a video blog. It's talking. That's what a vlog is. You got to be talking Sharing your experiences verbally with your audience. I don't know what I'd call it if it's a silent vlog Just sharing Like the sounds of the truck the sounds of the highway the sounds of nature the sounds around me Giving you the story of my day without talking We'll see what happens. We'll see what I can come up with but I'll throw a bunch of stuff like I said I'm gonna throw a bunch of stuff in the wall See what sticks but this content my daily vlogs are going to be the main content on this channel They're gonna keep going ahead just like normal. So if you're subscribed here just for this content Don't worry. You'll still have a video I was told to come over here and Park by the sign that says truck parking And also let these guys know that I am loading well actually I'm not loading cargo yet. I'm just sitting here, but I In here Then they want me to fill out some paperwork here Shut this thing off No need to waste any fuel sitting here doing nothing We will not load you if you don't have proper PPE Number one you need a hard hat check Number two you need glass I'm assuming they mean Glasses not just glass mine are made of plastic. I'm hoping that'll be okay check gloves Check Put them on when I go outside workboats check The PPE should be on While you're strapping especially Okay, time in 2 p.m. The vehicle number The date today when I'm filming this August 9th 2022 Mandatory to sign the next page. Okay. Well, it's not mandatory sign this page manager I'm gonna sign this page to There you go, there's my autograph You're welcome Where else this guy here? Carrier guess I should wait till they actually load it till I sign it But whatever I trust them that they're gonna put the right stuff on I'll make sure I'll make sure we're picking up two by four by sevens 84 inch studs huh I'm being loaded right now as we speak. I've been instructed I must stay in my truck like a good boy. I Have to stay in here until they're done and until they've given me the the all clear to go out and tie it down I kind of like this way better because then I don't have to worry about them accidentally running me over and they Don't have to worry about where I'm at. They can just load up my trailer as quick as they can and then I can go and do my stuff It's like a typical load to by force I'm hoping my tarps won't be in their way But if they are like I said, they'll come and tell me to get out and move them if I have them tied down to the Trailer at the front Sometimes they want to put their lumber right up to the front of the trailer and then I have to put the tarp somewhere else I'll show you I'll show you a little later All right, so we've moved forward just a bit There's the load I'm gonna quickly Tie this down here real quick We'll be out of here Do you remember when we were talking about how sometimes these Fly up like this they come undone. I'm gonna show you how I fix these now See I've got my stapler. I've got a piece Rubber anything works cardboard rubber Just put this right on here like this and staple it on That'll hold I got that and it'll hold on Put another one back here and that should be good. Actually, I should probably put another one up here It's gonna want to rip this there. You see Yeah, that's how you fix that problem first thing Monday morning Six miles down gravel road. This is Tuesday. It's Tuesday. Whatever first load of the week That's okay because it's just dust you can just Dust it off. That's why they call it dust Most of it will blow off once I get up to highway speed Still kind of annoying world where absolutely every single road is paved Don't you think that's a world we could all live in? It's right Karen. Yeah, we're taking highway 105 back down to highway 17 And we're gonna be crossing into the united states at international falls minnesota from fort francis, ontario Kicking up a lot of dust back there Finally got that windshield Cleaned it's been dirty all day. They're driving me nuts And you really notice it the most when you're traveling directly into the sun So I had enough pulled over here and dried and I believe this is highway 502 right here I haven't actually traveled down this highway before so I'm kind of looking forward to something new That right there is the dried and paper plant. It stinks Very much very much Stinks And I would take you down here into this beautiful dandelion park But apparently it's private property Well, mr. Domtar, I will respect your sign and your rope. It's a very nice rope That is your park And your river Look at that the house the other side of the river over there how the backyard comes right down to the river that is beautiful Man, that's my favorite thing about traveling around Is seeing all the different amazing Homes and properties and the way people landscape their yards Really gets me excited about our build One day one day we're gonna keep making videos one day This is pretty much the main industry here in dryden I'm pretty sure that would be the The first plant the old one and then The newer one and then the newest biggest one. I don't know for sure. Don't quote me on that. I'm not from here But kind of looks like the progression of time It's right here on the river here And it's time to go explore this highway Another highway that I haven't been down before I don't I don't See that that often that doesn't happen that often Time to go This load here is sitting at about 77,780 pounds gross Legally, I'm allowed 80,000 pounds gross in the u.s. But From the the loads I've been used to pulling the last couple of weeks across the prairies in canada on the tri axle This feels like a piece of cake. It feels light as a feather And this is pretty much my max weights close to my max weights for the us on a tandem trailer No tri axle for us this trip A little bit of a break for old blue You've been working hard Deserve a little break only pulling 80,000 Okay, let's go So I had marked this stop down as a load check as checking my straps I'm not too worried about lumber loads. Usually they don't go anywhere in the straps so you can crank them down pretty tight And it's pretty good. We have a long way to go today yet We're going to cross the border in a couple of hours Nobody coming there seats through my window back in my mirror Oh, yep. See now there's a pickup coming another good reason to have this window on your sleeper It really opens up your blind side. So it's not so blind right after this SUV we're going Paper plant really stinks these residents here deal with it all the time. I took this bottom Cover off here for now. I was rattling after replace it. I just put it to the bottom I'm a window still not totally clean See that So hard to get a windshield clean. This is Fort Francis right in front of us here That's the us over there across the water. I don't even see it from here or not, but it's a little ways over that way We gotta go this way and then go across the bridge and go that way We're going to America Stopped here to make sure all my paperwork was in order that everything was good to go Order and talk to the good custom agent now I hope they like me Promise I'll be real good. I'm way too nice. I should have gone There's a car coming. He's out there somewhere. He's coming Here he comes my niceness. That's all I got left Got a little bit more left, but I'm saving that for the for the border guards. Gotta be super nice to them in the us side I'm just trying to make sure we Get out of here the right way So here at international falls crossing into fort francis. So crossing into canada. There's a toll I'm not too sure how much the toll is But crossing into the us there's no toll. So it only costs you money to leave the us. It doesn't cost you any money to come in Miles an hour Not kilometers an hour Welcome to america everybody play of flags here. You got the us flag the canada flag The minnesota flag the ontario flag And i'm not sure what the other ones are minnesota welcomes you. Thank you good people of minnesota So nice to be welcomed by your lovely sign I will be very good. Oh, why did they put this thing here? Oh in the world Oh no, why did they put that there? but That's very much in the way I needed that space to make my turn I guess I could have taken it wider, but I didn't I didn't really expect them to put a little sign right there That's okay. We made it work. We made it work No chickens were harmed south us 53 this way Flashing yellow light here means that uh, I can turn left, but They're not going to stop Here again, it's 30 miles an hour Canadians when we come to the us miles an hour is the small numbers on your speedometer on the inside The smaller numbers those are miles an hour If you're from the us then the smaller numbers would be kilometers an hour And there she is lurking in the dark A little bit of a dark lot That's the only one I could find I know you probably can't see me right now This is the carlton travel center in carlton minnesota. It's very dark here. Everything's closed up But just across the street over here Is a quick trip Gotta look both ways make sure we don't Get a run over That would ruin my visit to the states The parking here at this truck stop Was all full of course because this is the one with the 24-hour store that's open So everyone's all parked up here and there's a gravel lot Across the street over there That's pretty much completely empty. I'm like the fourth truck that's parking there. You could probably fit about 20 trucks in there Everything's closed up there. So I'm just walking across the street I'm gonna grab some food here Grab something for breakfast too, so I don't got a run over here in the morning That'll be it. I only had 17 minutes left on my elog