 Good morning everybody. We're in Columbia, New Jersey. This is where we went to bed last night It was a full full day and we're a day ahead of schedule, which is fantastic And I've already got a reload plan to the southern Ontario that's taking me home And I've got to get that delivered in Winnipeg Friday afternoon. It's gonna be go go go. We're gonna be pretty rushed. It's gonna be fun Lays are focused the entire time, but we do have some pressure on us this trip, which is good I like it. That's what sort of makes it fun. It's a challenge, right? Give me a challenge. Tell me I can't do it I'll try and show you that I can We're in Columbia, New Jersey. We have eight hours to drive to Burlington, Ontario. They're gonna load me today yet After we get there, we'll have approximately five more hours to drive because we'll be in Canada So I'll be able to drive 13 hours a day once I'm there. We'll get loaded I'm gonna drive with four or five hours towards home. We have to go through northern Ontario We'll see where we get to maybe north bay try to get to there. No, it won't take 17 I don't think we'll figure that out later five hours down the road and then just go go go Today is Wednesday when I'm filming this. Maybe a different day when you're watching it It takes a few days to put these together So then Thursday all day and Friday I got to be in Winnipeg before end of receiving hours at like three or four o'clock. No time to waste I'm gonna go grab a coffee hit the road. The truck is ready to go. I'm gonna go double-check all the tires Check them all when I first woke up I want to check them again. I don't know why just in case it's happening to me before Just to make sure That they're filled with air Got a happy trailer still So just with kicking them like this, you're not checking them for air pressure Just checking to make sure they're filled with air just by kicking it But I am afford to wash this thing twice a week every week. I wish I could but I Used to try to wash it once on the road and then once when I get home I'll wipe it down It didn't take long plan for the plans to change right the plans have changed This rush load is been taken off of me because it's too rushed They don't want it there Friday afternoon. They needed their first thing Friday morning So they had to schedule it on to a team Which if you guys aren't in trucking team trucking is when there's two people in the truck and The truck never really stops moving except a fuel and switch drivers, right? They when one guy goes to sleep the other guy jumps in the driver's seat and takes off I'm not a team driver and I have no interest in team driving So team a team took it So our load is now in Quebec. We have a different load We're picking up some LTL there and hopefully we'll have some more LTL to pick up on the way back I hope so. I want a full trailer to go home with I'm gonna head up to Quebec through Champlain, New York To a town called La Prairie Quebec and we'll probably be loading there tomorrow morning All right Let's roll So I'm gonna have to backtrack a little bit now Because I came out here to the Pennsylvania border thinking that I was going into Ontario But no now I'm going up through Champlain, New York into Quebec, but it is a little disappointing, but At least we're moving right could be worse. It could just be sitting doing nothing Try to look at it that way Where's that guy going? Oh west 80 west. Okay. I thought the sign was saying 80 that way No, just 80 east that way 80 west that way. We were gonna be going down 80 west now. We're going back east Pretty much back to New York City almost to the edge of it in New Jersey and then back north Well, this is interesting. How am I supposed to see I guess I just got to trust my convex mirror here Stop line is up here Make sure that nobody come in there Oh no, oh That's traffic from there traffic comes from there. I get it now Okay, I thought traffic was coming from there That makes more sense Wake up josh, come on sometimes when the plan gets changed around this much my My brain starts to short-circuit. I had myself all psyched up Now the plan's changed. I got to recycle myself up No access to east Don't get me wrong. I'm still Happy with this load that I got here I just had to stop and I had to figure because I already had my fuel stops planned out I had my nights planned out where I was gonna stop so now that I'm going a completely different road I had to spend some time just figuring out where everything is I'm not too familiar with where we're going. La Prairie. Quebec is uh, it's like a suburb of montreal So I had to figure out where am I gonna park near montreal I think I found a spot I'm gonna fuel now because I want to fuel in the us before I get back up into canada, right because Canada's got their crazy carbon tax going on and I prefer not to pay that so I fuel up in the us Which is a shame because I'd like to give my money into my own economy to help canada But I'm trying to make money out here, right 200 meters This is a huge hassle just to get back onto the interstate over there Okay, all traffic keep right so you got to go this way and back around what's What is going on here? Okay, so This way you stop you can't turn right here though. That would make too much sense Right because we want to go down this road right here where this guy's going But you can't make a right turn you can see many people have you can see their trailers of drag dragged over there You got to go over here Across the road that you want to go down around here Watch out for traffic Merge into traffic And then make a left turn here and go back around to go down that same road You know, they like to keep driving interesting here in new jersey. I appreciate that Yeah, a good challenge Don't make it too easy And if you want you can go on another u-turn do it all over again, but we're just going to keep going straight I've got to get into that right lane Here is the entrance to the interstate finally I-8 east towards new york city. We're not going into the city again though Just making that clear not for a little while It actually wasn't that bad, you know going in and out of long island It was actually pretty smooth A lot of traffic sure, but not something I'd want to do like every single day, but I'd do it again Absolutely Why not My job is what I do I drive everywhere all weather conditions all road conditions cities countryside We don't got to go quite back all the way to the city area just a little ways back 87 Take the 287 north in brisard There's only seven spots there though and some parking on the street as well too is what I from what I could tell So it's not very big. So I want to get there as early as possible. Hopefully I can get one of those If I can't park around there, I'm gonna have to go all the way back to naperville. It's on the way there So I'm doing a bit of a risk. Hopefully I can get a spot Because the ultramar from what I've read on the reviews. They got nice clean showers And I'd like to have a shower tonight brush up on my French a little bit. Wee-wee. Ho-ho croissant It's in high school. I know a lot more than that. That's just not off the top of my head I don't use it often enough for me to be very good at it No, for those of you not from Canada, you guys know French is an official language of Canada Though it's not the dominant one. English is definitely the dominant language of Canada But when you go to Quebec, that's where you'll find French is dominant. So it's There's only French on the signs there the road signs You gotta know where you're going if you don't speak it But as long as you're polite to people, usually the I feel accommodate you and speak to you in English if you don't know French Every mile below the speed limit here sports dirt traffic Why do people do this? Why do you get on the freeway if you want to drive like residential street speed limits? I bet that thing's super fast super fast State law no idling diesel engines section 2 1 7 dash 3 New York state conservation regulations violators will be ticketed Half the trucks here have been idling the whole time I've been here Wonder how strict they are on that. I mean, I don't want to test it, but And they all got new jersey plates and New York plates. So they know They're not from they can't be like, oh, I wasn't I'm not from around here. I didn't know I'm at a rest area. Oh, what was it called again? It's a New York rest area Where's the sign? Where's the sign? Well, we're on 87 northbound anyways headed towards Quebec and I just pulled in here and just grabbed a bite to eat and Freshened myself up a bit. I guess you could say wash my hands put on some more deodorant Wash my face If you had to know Now we're gonna keep heading up towards Quebec. I still haven't gotten confirmation on this load up here, which makes me nervous They told me that I can let I'm good to start heading up towards Quebec And I've gone out of my way now I had to come 40 miles back like I was telling you earlier So 40 miles too far 40 miles back this 80 miles that I didn't have to drive But that's okay. I had to find a parking spot. I'm okay with that and I agreed to that But it it would be frustrating if I got like halfway up to Quebec and then suddenly be like, oh No, wait, you're going back to southern Ontario At that point, I'd probably ask for some, okay You're gonna need a little bit of Need a little bit of a top up on this rate here now because I did a lot of empty miles that I didn't need to do They always take care of me though. I wouldn't be worried about that They always they've always always taken care of me. They've never Told me to go somewhere changed their mind and tell me to go somewhere completely different Hundreds of miles out of my way without compensating me for that This was a little bit out of the way. I didn't have to go all the way to where I spent the night Technically, but I did have to because that's where the the parking was. I found a parking spot there And I agreed to to do this now But this is the this is the maximum of my going out of my way to change plans I have a I have a limit, you know, I'll I'll go a little bit extra out of the way But after a while you're like, okay, okay now. All right This is 600 miles that I didn't have to drive Not saying 600 miles is my my limit, but you get what I mean Yeah It's been a good day though, and it's gonna be a good day. The weather is nice outside. Uh Everyone I've run into so far in my day not too many people, but they've all been nice Park beside this guy from Quebec here. He's got a nice Kenworth w 990 I prefer the w 900. I don't really know what they were thinking with the w 990. I'm speaking about kenworth I mean, it's a good truck, right? It's a good truck, but uh, they better not discontinue the w 900 I know they discontinued the the 389 now right now. They had the 5 89 With the weird sloped windshield Peter built Peter built Peter built Peter built. Let's sit down Let's have a let's have a heart to heart here You are an iconic brand A symbol of the trucking industry from way back since the beginning same thing with kenworth Your flagship truck has always been your long nose Pete whether it be the 389 the 379 I believe before that there's the 359 Oh, do I got that right the long nose Pete classic looking truck a little Take it As you will I know I'm just a driver out here that just drives. I I'm not the engineers I'm not the people who are making these things. I'm just gonna say Don't mess with your classic model of trucks Keep them as simple as possible. See I I didn't even like the 389s because they changed the headlights I like that like the w 900 mine has the square headlights Universal fit so easy to replace them parts are much easier to find The new trucks even this w 990 they have customized like custom headlights, right? So if your headlight breaks or whether you have to go and get a specific headlight or headlight bulb, right? It's just makes it more difficult. It seems like everything is over engineered with these new trucks They go like it's like the engineers have gotten bored and they still have to make something They have to do something because they're getting paid So they have to justify their their salary by engineering something new when nothing new needs to be engineered It's fine the way it is Leave it, but no they have to go and change everything A little bit of this here. We'll put a sensor here. We'll put a sensor here. Ooh custom headlights That'll look really nice. You know, you're not even thinking ahead to oh when that headlight burns out Oh, they're gonna have to replace the whole headlight assembly and that's $1,500 I'm not talking about the 389. I'm talking about other trucks Turn left. I know Karen, right? crazy Okay, even she's upset I could go on and on I could make a video all on its own ranting about these new trucks That they're way over engineered. You're putting way too much thought into these things Keep them simple Stop changing them. I know you want to make them better economically. Okay Focus on that but I think With all due respect the engineers at kenworth peterbilt and all these other trucking manufacturers need to calm down settle down Tune it down. You don't need to over engineer everything. What you're doing is you're making it way more complicated for us to maintain these trucks on the road Way more expensive way more complicated Way more things that can go wrong because every little new engineering trick that you put in there that you think is making it better That's just one more thing that can break and that's one thing. That's another couple of thousand dollars to fix most likely You don't need it. Don't add it Cool it just Right That's all you get. That's all you get for today. Maybe I'll make a video. You guys want to see that Let me know down below in the comments. You want to see a full on just dedicated video to just a rant about the new trucks? Let me know down below. Let's get back on the road If i'm not careful I can just slip right into a full on like 15 minute rant about things We got to save that for another video. That's not what this video is about This video is about our journey from New Jersey and New York up to Quebec Stopping at a speedway truck stop in about an hour and 15 minutes According to my apps that is the cheapest fuel on my for my fuel cart on my route today Hopefully they don't change it by the time I get there It's hard to find some cheap juice out of New York. Let me tell you There goes another toll that hurt We now find ourselves just south of albany new york According to my intelligence that I've gathered. This is the cheapest juice On my route up to Quebec So here we are Build it and I will come If it's cheap we're supposed to go in this way, right? Okay, so we go in this way, but on the pumps up ahead there It says exit this side only so we got to go around here I've never been here before so this could be interesting And you know me when I go to a truck stop for the first time I'm like a deer in the headlights. I have no idea what's going on And you can't just park anywhere right figure it out because you're in everybody's way And you're a 75 foot unit so if you make the wrong decision you can get yourself in a pickle right away And you got to back out and everyone's mad at you so nice slow and easy This one was pretty simple to figure out here At least they have proper like legible signs, right? I believe my fuel card should work right here at the pump If not, I'll just go inside you care My price here was three dollars. Where is it? Three dollars seventy six nine So three dollars seventy seven cents a gallon us Or a dollar 33 a liter canadian with the conversions included Bought 117 gallons that was 443 liters We got 1244 kilometers Before we fuel since our last fuel it cost me 40 cents a kilometer Canadian 35.6 liters per 100 kilometers is our fuel economy or 6.61 miles per gallon so That's that's pretty good So uh, if you want to know it in americans speak because most of you are americans 40 cents canadian First I guess we got to do the conversions right 40 cents cad to usd. That is 29 cents 30 cents american So you go 30 Sants times 1.61 cost me about 48 cents us per mile That was my fuel economy in total cost me $441 usd Or $591 cad $1.33 per liter just over the border in canada I'm probably looking at closer to a dollar 60 liter I know it's come it's confusing with the two different currencies You got to bear with me if you're new to the channel because i'm based in canada I run on metric and in canadian currency So if I just say dollars cost x amount of dollars without telling you anything You just got to assume it's canadian dollars if anything i'm talking about is in american dollars I'll specifically specify that like this is x amount of dollars usd Or x amount of american dollars that's i'm i run in uh in metric and i do per liter So i try to convert everything so that everybody can understand what i'm talking about most of the world also Runs in metric So when i talk in leaders in metric most of the world knows what i'm talking about But i try to do the conversions because i know that Like the majority of my audience is in the united states and they don't Speak in metric they speak in freedom units. I understand that so i'm doing my best to Make everybody understand what i'm talking about when i'm talking about measurements Speaking of measurements The distance from here to where i need to be is not getting any shorter. Let's get on the road Oh yikes, look at this mess. Oh my look at these potholes Albany Just from left on i 787 Wow I'm gonna go around albany new york. This is the capital of new york, isn't it? You would naturally think that new york city is the capital of new york state, right? Wrong I'm pretty sure it's albany There's like a castle over there There's tons of old architecture here. Wow some old churches This will be a fun city to go explore. It's off to the left. Is the camera gonna pick it up to the left on i 787 north Beautiful historic city. Wow, oh five driven through here. Definitely not recently. I don't remember all that Like 19th century architecture to left on i 787 north I have activated my flashy thing on this road for 10 kilometers This person looked up at me and smiled so they saw it It was too much work to move over to the other lane to let me in. I just slowed down. That's okay It's okay. I forgive you. I forgive you this time Stop That statue is being charged for hate crime. So you see exactly what this is about How anybody who's telling you to walk into the trap of the leftist and the machine You're being set up They need a reason They need a justification Another story is by passively with smiles on our faces Speaking up about what we believe in what we want to It's making money having kids Hacking your family And then voting Yes, uh Uh fire back at the shores of that radar and and this is the First time at least that i'm aware of that the us has actually had one of its aircraft over 11 friend So I got some more bad news So the load that i am loading or is supposed to be loading tomorrow morning here in montreal where i am now Is now only going to be loading the day after tomorrow And it's only 28 feet so I have another 20 feet left on this trailer. It's a 48 foot trailer So tomorrow we're going to be working hard to try to find an extra 20 feet of ltl to load onto my trailer To get us back to winnipeg. There's something we have lined up, but I don't I don't line these things up There's people back home that do that for me and We'll see what they uh Work out because they're working on all the details and the rate and everything too They do all that work. So I don't have to but They got to work on the rate and make sure that it's good and then If it's good, we'll we'll pick up maybe about 20 feet worth tomorrow and then we'll come back here and park And pick up the rest of the next day and then head back home And then it's about 2,200 kilometers 2,300 kilometers to get home about just under 1,500 miles to get home It'll be very difficult to get that done in two full days even on canadian hours of service driving 13 hours a day So it's probably going to be two days and a little bit to get home Because it'd be too late to go home at that time anyways wake up the baby and the dogs and everything So A little bit of a disappointing day, but I did get a great parking spot though There's that There's only seven spots here where I'm parking and I got one of the best one right on the side Right on the edge. 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