 I'll have to tarp it, it's that lumber load that I'll have to tarp it. Work being done here between the Manitoba border and Canora, Ontario, I believe they're twinning it all the way up to Canora, which is awesome. I've only been saying we should do that for the past, I don't know, 15, 17 years. I understand it's a lot of my highway here through the hills and rock of Northern Ontario has got to be just ridiculously expensive. But I'm glad we're finally like investing the money here for us. Huge dollar amounts that leave the country and go elsewhere overseas. Sometimes that's necessary, but most times I would love for that to be spent on projects like this making life better for us here up ahead here. They're blasting out some rock again. It looks like much cheaper to build roads on the prairies and to see it get done. I'm sure they'll have it done in the next 20 years. So hopefully before the end of my career, I'll be able to drive on this new twin highway. It's going to be great. Looking forward to it. Slide right on Veterans Drive Highway 658 and then approaching destination on the left side in relation in 200 metres on the left side. Destination on the left side 1775 Veterans Drive. We've got to go now. Quick, quick, turn right. So the last time I fueled up was in Saskatoon and then we pulled that loaded band trailer all the way to our yard home just south of Winnipeg. And then I picked up this empty step deck and pulled it here to Canora. So we'll see what kind of fuel economy we did. We did a lot better because I wasn't fighting the wind all the way home yesterday with that van trailer, but it was still like a big parachute billboard behind me catching all the wind. So that time of year again makes us appreciate the summertime a lot more. The numbers are in. So from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to Canora, Ontario here was 1,126 kilometres or 699 miles. In that time I burnt 433.05 litres or 114.4 US gallons. That equaled out to 38.46 litres per 100 kilometres or 6.12 miles per US gallon. The cost of fuel around these parts right now is going to be about, well, $2.20 per litre. That would equal $952.28 Canadian from Saskatoon to Canora, $952.28 or $707.49 US. So that costed me in Canadian funds 85 cents a kilometre or $1.36 per mile running down the road. Now those totals would be, what is this, 85 cents, 85 cents Canadian. So it costed me 63 cents US per kilometre or in numbers that my American friends understand, $1.01 US per mile yesterday is what it costed me to fuel this truck and deliver that freight and get here. So those are the numbers for my last tank of fuel. We're still burning close to between $900 and $1,000 a day in fuel at these fuel prices. Averaging anywhere from, you know, that's on an average day of about 1,000 kilometres or 600 miles, give or take. And I'm still hitting my target of 6 miles per gallon. We just got above it, 6.12. So we're doing pretty good. For old blue, that's a good, good number. We like to say above 6. And don't forget, just the cost of fuel per mile is not the actual cost of running this truck per mile. On top of that, you have insurance, which is over $1,000 a month. I believe it's about $1,400 a month that I have right now on this truck. Registration, all these ifta stickers, my permits. It equals out to be a few thousand dollars extra every month that gets added on there, several thousand dollars. And then on top of that, I still need to eat. We need to pay our mortgage. We need to pay for our house, have a little bit to put into savings. And then the maintenance on this truck yet. So it equals out to be quite a bit more per mile to operate this truck. But I just share with you the fuel costs because that's sort of the talk of the town right now, you know, fuel being so expensive. People like to know, well, what does it actually cost to fuel a truck like that going down the road? Now you know, maybe one day we'll go over all the other expenses. I'll be sure to warn you so that you're sitting down first. There's not much profit margins. I mean, we have a little bit of money to put into savings. That's true. You've got to be very careful with your money. What do they call it? A frugal spender? I can tell you this, you don't get into trucking to become Elon Musk and get rich. You do it because you love it. And because it has to be done, someone's got to do it. People need their stuff. And you can make pretty good money. I'm not saying you're going to be poor. You're going to be actually living above average in most cases. But that doesn't mean you can't, you don't have to be careful with your money and, you know, budget properly. But I'm not going to lie to you. You don't want to get into trucking and expect to own a yacht one day. That's not really in the cards, but it sure is fun. I'm not going to lie about that. I love my job. I wouldn't want to do anything else. I wouldn't want to be driving any other truck. That's what's most important. That's what's priceless. Do you enjoy your job? Do you enjoy what you do? Does going to work feel like going to work? Not everybody can say that they enjoy what they do. That's sad because I wish everybody could. I mean, what is the average wage in Canada right now? Is it something like $38,000 a year or $40,000? Somewhere around $40,000 a year, right? You'll make well over that in trucking. Whether you're a company driver or an operator, you'll make more than that. You'll make above the median income of the country. So it is a good job to have. There's a lot of sacrifices you got to make to be on the road all the time though. So continue on this road for 11 kilometers. With all the sacrifices being away from family and stuff, you know, you could hope it would pay above average. It took a few hours, but we got loaded and tarped. This guy's in a hurry. Yikes. On our way to Brainerd, Minnesota. They unload there until 10 p.m. And I'm hoping to be there by about, about four hours or so. So it's three, four, five, six, four, about seven, seven thirties when I want to arrive there. So I shouldn't have any problem getting unloaded. I don't have any plans yet from there, but things can change quickly. It's quarter to three now, so I'll be hearing from the office soon. You may have noticed the throne for the weasel is gone. I brought diesel home last night. He's having a little bit of a hard time on the road. He's gotten pretty used to being at home with his family, and he's gotten quite a bit older. This is my load. They had to load it like this so that I was legal, weight-wise. It's a special lumber underneath there. And the way it's loaded here, I couldn't get away with just two tarps, or the back of that top stack would be exposed. So I had to use all three tarps today, which takes a little bit of extra time, but that is what it is. Yeah, it's just me on the road this week, or for the rest of this week. What is it today? Wednesday? It's about Thursday and Friday yet. It doesn't start snowing. I mean, it's snowing a little bit right now already, so I hope it doesn't get any worse or less of snow for, uh, I think the rest of my life. I think I'm, I'm done with it. Yep. If I never saw snow again, I'd be okay. Perfectly fine. These lights, take a look at that. Christmas lights. That makes me so happy. Oh, and we get to stop and look at them too. The one time I'm happy for a stop light. Look at that, right there. That, that big smoky bear behind this bright sign. There. See it? Those are the same Christmas lights that Steinbeck decorates with. Paper plants always stink so much. Anyway, it must be a paper plant. Looked at my paperwork. They, uh, searched my truck. Did a quick little search through it. They, they often do it this border crossing by the building while they check out my paperwork and my passport. And then another officer comes and sort of rummages through my truck a little bit here. They don't break anything and they never have. Never have. The worst they've done is they've walked into my truck with their dirty boots. I've always hated that, but, uh, I have towels down on my floor now anyway, all the time. So when they do mess up my floor, at least I can just take the towels home and wash them. It's not my actual floor. They look at my cooler to see if I have any fruit. I'm sure I'm not hiding any kids in there or something. I got that big blue bag in the back, right? And they want to see in the truck to make sure I'm not trying to like smuggle people across the border. Hours. I'm here in Brainerd, Minnesota and, uh, like 16 minutes left while I was getting unloaded. So I parked right here, pretty much outside their building. There's some parking on the street. This is where I'm going to have to stay. There's supposed to be a big snowstorm rolling in tomorrow. Of course there is. Why is it snowing in Minnesota and Ontario tomorrow? Oh, that's right, because Trucker Josh is in Minnesota and Ontario. That's why I'm so sorry, guys. I'm sorry. It follows me everywhere. It's driving me nuts already. So because of the snowstorm, what's likely going to happen is I'm going to run up to Kenora tomorrow, pick up the load, and then go home. Hopefully before the snowstorm gets too bad, we're supposed to get like 20 to 30 centimeters or one to two feet of snow depending on where you are. It's supposed to be pretty bad. We're going to see how it looks tomorrow because that can change. Right now it's looking like it's going to be pretty bad in the afternoon tomorrow and evening and overnight into Friday. So I've got to talk to Dispatch yet just to confirm this. But what I think is going to happen is I'm going to go to Kenora, pick up the load, take it home, and then wait for the storm to pass. And then on Sunday, head out to Brainerd from home and deliver it Monday morning. Friday is Remembrance Day in Canada. It's Veterans Day here in the U.S. So everything is closed anyway. So if it's storming tomorrow, I'm not going to be able to get back here in time to get unloaded anyways because I'm going to get stuck in the storm. And I've been stuck in a snowstorm two weekends in a row already. I don't want to make it a third. So it's that time of year where we got to keep looking at the forecast and making our decisions based on that the best we can. I really don't want to risk it again. I've had enough snow already for this season and I know it's just going to keep snowing and snowing and snowing until next spring. So we've got to try to avoid it when we can when it gets really bad and not risk getting stuck in the middle of nowhere because this road is pretty remote. It's not as remote as going north, but between Kenora and Brainerd here, it's a two-lane road, not very many places to park. And if the storm gets really bad, it can get pretty dangerous. We'll see. I'm not afraid of driving in the snow. If it's just snowing, I don't mind. Heavy snowfall, I don't mind, but a storm like with wind gusts and blowing snow, bad visibility, I prefer not to. I kind of have this thing about living till I'm old. Like I want to live longer yet and I don't want to end my life now in a snowstorm because I thought I could make it. So I have a pretty high threshold. Like I said, I'll drive through the snow. I'll drive through heavy falling snow. It's when it starts blowing around, visibility goes down. And at night, when it's snowing, it's hard to see as well, but we'll see tomorrow. I'll make the call tomorrow and we'll see what happens. But that's likely what we'll do. And we'll go home tomorrow night, which is Thursday night. I'll be home Friday, Saturday, and then Sunday. We'll begin our week next week. I'm tired of snow already. I'm tired of it. And it's only November. It's not even winter yet. But winter starts December 21st, right? Yeah. That's where we're at. But thanks for hanging out with me guys. I appreciate you watching my videos and listening to what I have to say. And I appreciate you coming back here every day. If you're new, welcome here. More info about me is down below in the description. You can click the little button that says more below my video. There's a whole bunch of stuff down there. You can find all my social media. You can follow me on all the social media other than YouTube. And I post videos here almost every day as much as I can. Anyways, just showing my life as a truck driver up here between Canada and the US. Or Canada, Southern Canada, and Southwestern Canada and Northwestern US. That's usually where you know what I mean. Hit that subscribe button if you haven't already. 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