 Hi, my name is Jeff, this is Duncan, this is Bella and we're from Springfield, Massachusetts and we watch Trucker Josh Vlogs. Alberta, we're headed east. There's going to be a lot of driving today, not a lot of stopping. Only what's absolutely needed because I want to get home. The time is now 7.30 here in Alberta, that'd be 8.30 at home in Manitoba. I'm 1066 kilometers away, probably with 650 miles and I want to get home tonight as early as possible. So as soon as this guy in front of me lets me go, I don't know how fast this truck will carry me. Which isn't that fast, but I'm still going to try. I'll be home for tomorrow, drive 1.5 km on 3-street northwest. Home for tomorrow and for Sunday and I've got to leave again Monday morning down to Minnesota. I've got to deliver these steel racks on my trailer. So a lot of road footage today I'm guessing. Just crossing the prairies. I got my pay statement today and I moved on to percentage. What was it? It's been months already. Has it been a year? Close to a year since I moved to percentage, I used to get paid by the mile. Now I get paid by the percentage of the load and it's all a little bit different. The numbers are bigger, but there's also the fact that the expense numbers are bigger. A lot of the expenses that were covered by the office before are now covered by me. So things like the insurance on my truck is $1200 a month, I think, $1200 a month for the insurance on my truck and I still have a $5000 deductible if I get into an accident. So that's fun. Tollways before, tollways were covered by the office. So when I went through Chicago, I've never seen the numbers from tolls before. I never knew how much they cost. I thought they were a couple of bucks, right? Last month, how many times have we gone through Chicago once or twice? No more than twice last month. I have built up $500 of tolls just from driving through Chicago once or twice. $500 bucks last month. I had no idea it was that expensive to go down the Illinois tollways. How is that state not, like, drowning in money? Can you imagine the thousands of trucks, like hundreds of thousands, tens of whatever it is that go down those tollways in Illinois? Every day? I went down there once or twice, $500 in a month. What are they doing with all that money? You go to Chicago, you definitely don't know what they're doing with all that money. But anyways, that's besides the point. So tolls are expensive, so no more fancy tollways for me. I will be dodging those from now on as if. It's ridiculous. I can't believe, like, companies still send their trucks down those toll roads. If I had known they were that expensive, I would have asked to dodge them earlier. You have to go quite a ways around. They do that on purpose, because to dodge the Illinois tollway from Wisconsin to Chicago, you've got to go all the way down the I-39 to Rochelle, Illinois, past that, I think, and then I-80 in or I-88 in to Chicago. And then you still hit the tollway once you hit Indiana. But that's a long ways around. Is it, what, 30 to 50 miles further? So it depends on how much fuel you're burning, does it? Is it worth it? It seems like it. So no more fancy tollways for Director Josh, avoiding them at all costs from now on. I had no idea. So when you have to pay for your own stuff, things really come to light. They really, you're really showing how expensive and ridiculously expensive everything is. So all of the expenses related to my business now are mine, whereas it was sort of shared before when I was on mileage, now it's all mine. So yeah, my gross income, it looks bigger, it looks pretty fancy, pretty nice, lots of numbers, a few more zeros maybe sometimes. But then you look at the expenses a little further down the pay statement, and they also added a zero or two on there also. So really, I'm still better off on percentage. I'm still coming out ahead a little more, but not as much as you would think looking at the numbers, but I like this better, don't get me wrong, I like being on percentage. It feels, I feel more attached to my load this way, like you know, the load I have behind me right there, like, it's my load, rather than just, you know, I'm pulling it for someone else. So this is my load. I'm taking it to Minnesota, and then from there I'm reloading, and that's going to be my load, wherever that's going on. I just like the way it feels better, I guess, but yeah, the poor people at work, our lady who does our paperwork for our pay statements, she knows I watch my pay statement like a hawk. Not because I don't trust her, she's never made a mistake, never made a mistake, but every time I think I've caught her in a mistake or I've caught someone else in a mistake, every time, nope, I was wrong. But they know I watch it. You got to be careful with these things. You got to keep your eye on your pay statements. When you think there's an error, you should, you know, politely confront them on it or politely bring it up. You don't want a confrontation. They're all such nice people that are in the office, like great people, and they've never made a mistake yet, but I have tried or I have thought that I've caught them a couple of times. No, so far everything is good. I've just forgotten that I got to pay my own tolls now. I'm pretty sure they must have told me when I signed my, well, it's in my contract. Maybe I didn't read the fine print. Maybe I didn't read the whole contract before I signed it. Don't look at me like that. Do you read everything in the terms of service and in every contract before you sign it? You probably do when money's involved. I know. I don't know why I didn't read that part, but. Trevor Dosh is paying his own tolls now, $500 of them for May. Illinois, I am not happy with you. Why are you so greedy? So about 2000 smashed bugs later, we're traveling around the perimeter of Winnipeg. I just got to quickly park this thing at the yard and head on home, be home for the next couple of days. This is Friday when I'm filming this, tomorrow we're planning on, well I got that early breakfast with my friend and then we're planning on going to Bert's dad's stepmom's campsite for Father's Day and we got to get some lawn mowing done again, it's summertime, it's all we do yard work in the summertime. So I may see you just on Monday, I'm not sure if I'm going to make a video tomorrow and I don't do any filming or work on Sundays anymore, so Monday may be the next time you see me after this, we'll see. I'd like to make a video tomorrow, I'm not sure how the day is going to go yet. For now I'm just trying to get it, it's been a long day, I'm kind of tired, I've already driven 1065 kilometers, a little over 650 miles maybe, we stopped three times today, so it's been a long day for me, just staring at this flat, straight road, but it has gone by pretty quickly, I can't believe we're in Winnipeg already. It's one thing about these long days in the summertime, the days feel a lot longer, because the sun is up longer, I love this season, everything's green, everything's growing. Would you guess it? Construction, everywhere, every city, every place, every road under construction. You know one day they're going to invent some kind of surface that we can pave our roads with, that doesn't need to be redone every six months, it's going to be great when they invent it, whoever invents it's going to be rich, I don't know what it's going to be made out of yet, but it's going to be awesome. You know I wouldn't be surprised if Illinois started paving their roads with gold, I think I mentioned that today already didn't I, it's been such a long day already, I don't remember what I've all been talking about, I'm pretty sure I talked about the Illinois tolls already, I would expect them, I should say that, I would expect them to be paved with gold, at least with silver, next time I go there, came out they charging tolls, eggs, now we're about what, 10 minutes from our yard, so this past weekend was father's day here in Canada, I think America had the same day right, North American thing, I learned something, I learned something new this year, apparently Australia has father's day in September or something weird like that, I guess that's their June, weather wise for them right, so father's day supposed to be nice and warm I guess, makes sense, so I went home for Saturday and Sunday, had a great weekend, and we're back in the truck, this is now Monday morning when I'm filming this, we're hooked up to the same trailer with those same steel racks behind us, and we're going down to Minnesota, we're going to unload there tomorrow, on Tuesday morning, and then we're going to reload there with a load that's taking me to Calgary for the following Monday, so there's no rush to get to Calgary, I'm going to be coming home in between, my truck ready to go here, I've already done my pre-trip, I'm hooked on, I'm good to go, the world knows I am here, I'm about to start driving, E-Log is on, ah GPS, I gotta set this, so yeah I'll be home Wednesday night, if everything goes right, which shouldn't have a problem getting home for Wednesday night, be home for Thursday, Friday, and I'll leave Saturday afternoon, it's about a day and a little bit drive to Calgary, so I'll get a little bit of a head start on Saturday, Sunday will be a full day of driving, Monday will unload in Calgary, so I'm only gonna be gone now for a day or two and then I'm back home, that's kind of nice, nice little short one, so let me get my GPS all set up here and we'll be on the road, come on Mandy, speak to me, your volume off or something, there you are, I knew you wanted to talk to me, it's been a couple of days, I knew you missed me, okay 842 kilometers or so, let's get it, oh this isn't good, this doesn't look very promising, we're about two miles from the US border right now and I can already see the trucks lining up, oh well they're moving at least, they're not at a dead stop, but there's a lot of trucks trying to pass the border this Monday, goodie, like I said it looks like they're moving pretty good though, so it shouldn't be more than like a 20-30 minute wait here, it could be worse, it gets a lot worse in places like from Ontario into Michigan, so this is just really bad for this border crossing, all the signs coming up here, they have new signs that they put up at the coming up to the American border crossings on the Canadian side, they've got these new signs that say no marijuana at the border, as if people are dumb enough to try to cross the border, well then again I shouldn't say that, because now that it's legalized in Canada, people might not realize that it's still very much illegal in the United States and if you try to cross the border with something illegal like that, they're not going to look at you very favorably, you know they're gonna give you a hard time, they're gonna send you home and you might not be able to cross the border again, because you tried to cross the border with, what do they call it, illegal paraphernalia or whatever, so even though it's legal up here, if you try to cross the US border with it in your pocket or in your car, you might lose your privilege to go back and visit the US, you might have to go get a lawyer to get a pardon just to go back and you might be banned for who knows how long a year, maybe a couple years, I actually heard a story of that of a Canadian who bought some legal cannabis and was gonna bring it with him on a trip to the US to do some shopping, that idea he is now banned from entering the United States indefinitely from what I've heard, I'm sure he could you know down the road get a lawyer to possibly fight for a pardon, but it's gonna be a lot of money a lot of paperwork now to ever be able to visit the US again because now they don't trust him, just a heads up, there's signs at the border here that say no cannabis at the border, they mean it, it's coming up here in a bit, here comes the sign on the right there, also you guys should know if you're truck drivers, you're still not allowed to smoke it, even though it's legal here in Canada now, I've discussed this in past videos, but if you're new, if you're a Canadian driver and you want to drive into the United States, you're going to have to pass a drug test to enter the United States, now that drug test is not by Canadian standards, that is a drug test to see if you pass by American standards because you're going to be driving on American territory, American law says that you cannot have any of the chemical THC in your system, you can't have any, you can't smoke, you can't smoke it, alright, you go and buy it legally here in Canada, you smoke it with your friends on the weekends, okay, you are not going to be able to drive a truck into the US, and if you do, things that could happen to you are, if you get into an accident, as a trucker in the US, the first thing they're going to do is they're going to send you for a drug test, they're going to test your blood, if they find out you have smoked, even legal Canadian cannabis on Canadian territory, they find out you are going to be held liable for everything in that entire accident, you're going to be sued like crazy, you're going to be held liable for all the damages to all the vehicles involved, all the health care bills of all the Americans involved because they don't have free health care there, you got to pay for it, they're going to be coming after you for that money then, because you were on illegal drugs, or you had illegal drugs in your system, or you could get pulled in for a random drug test, on a roadside drug test, they do these things, it's never happened to me yet, but I've heard it happens, for no reason, and if it comes back that you have smoked in the last while, or if they can find it in your system, even they can take your hair follicles and they can find out if you smoked a few months ago, if they find out, you're going to be parked right there, find, and they could even put you in jail depending on the state, I believe, they're pretty serious in the US, pretty hard line stance against it, the biggest risk that you would put on yourself is that even if you're not high at the time, you get into an accident, a bad one let's say, even if somebody cuts you off, it's not your fault, you're not at fault 100%, they're still going to send you for a drug test, and if you come back positive that you do have some of it in your system, from a couple of weeks ago, it's now completely 100% your fault, your life is over, I don't know they could send you to jail, they're definitely going to find you, you're definitely going to be held liable for everything, all the healthcare, all the physiotherapy, whatever these people have to go through, all the damages to their vehicles, their lawyers are going to come after you like you wouldn't believe, and then you're going to be deported from the US and you're never going to be able to visit the US again, and I don't know about you, but in my opinion, that's a shame, I would be crushed if I could never leave Canada again and go anywhere, you know, Canada's a big country, but there's so much world outside of our country yet, like you'd love to go to Europe, well now you want to go to Europe, they're going to ask if you have a criminal record, a criminal history, I guess what, now you do good luck in life, try getting a good job, they're going to ask for a criminal record report, that's going to show up, good luck you're just better off as a truck driver, I'm not, I'm pretty neutral on the whole cannabis thing, I don't care this way or that, I'm kind of libertarian in that sense, I don't, I don't really care, but if you're a truck driver and you want to drive into the US, don't do it, it's a bad idea, bad idea, if you're just within the Canadian border and you never leave Canada, check with your company and their policy, most companies still have a company policy that you can't, but that is up to each individual company now, like ours we still have the policy in effect, the more you know, before you smoke, think, like I said, this doesn't come from a place in my heart where like I don't want you to smoke, I really don't care, if you want to be a truck driver, I'm just telling you, it's a bad idea, so we're still waiting, got all my paperwork here already, still waiting, wasting my log hours away, I wonder if I have any US currency, I'm gonna need some US currency, I got like no way I do, I have like 13 bucks, I just need enough to grab a coffee, over to the left in the sky there, you can see a huge military plane, which I think is a bomber, it's just been circling Fargo here for as long as I can see it, approaching town, it's the third time it's been going around the city, getting lower and lower, what's it doing? It's off camera right now, but still circling, just flying around Fargo, a few hundred feet in the air, that's a huge plane, so we're about to turn eastbound on Interstate 94, here in North Dakota, we'll be crossing into Minnesota, it's just off to our left, as soon as we cross the Red River of the North, as they call it in the States, in Canada it's just called the Red River, but apparently there's another Red River in the southern United States, so they have to clarify, this one is Red River of the North. Mandy, I already told them, you're a little late, I already told them that we're going to turn down 994 east, thanks anyway. I wanted to go to the truck wash here, but things are a little tight this week, so I'll have to wash it next week, can only work with what I got right now, so for now I just need to get this load delivered, pick up my next one. So I'm not going to be there first thing in the morning with this load, the reason being is my reload is only going to be ready in the afternoon, and if I arrive there early in the morning, that means my E-log is going to be ticking all day, for no reason, while I sit and wait for my reload at the exact same location. Thanks for the reminder Mandy, but I don't want to be sitting there and wasting my E-log, so I'm going to deliver it probably about midday, around lunch, I think, or just after lunch, that way they can quickly get these racks off my truck, then just reload me soon after that, and then I waste as little time on my E-log as possible, because I've got to load up that glass, right? Loading it takes at least four hours, just for them to load it if they're quick. They're not always quick, usually takes six to eight hours for me to get out of there. It's taken as long as 12 hours before. So if I get there first thing in the morning, I might run out of hours before I'm even loaded, and then technically I'm not even supposed to work outside the truck tying it down and tarping it. So, well there's that bomber again. What is he doing? Is he going to bomb us? Looks like an American plane, I mean I wouldn't know what any other plane would look like. They all kind of look the same, you know, two wings. US Air Force must be running drills and training or something. No one else seems alarmed by it. They're all just going about their day. America! Military all over the place, no big deal. They're the good guys, which is kind of true. I don't mind seeing the American military around. When I see the American military, I actually feel better. Like when I'm at a truck stop, sometimes you see a convoy roll in. Oh good, the good guys are here. At least you know nothing's gonna happen, right? Or if something does, they'll take care of it. We're going to be getting into low tone pretty late tonight anyways. Probably like past midnight. So it'll work out fine just to unload around one o'clock I think tomorrow afternoon. I think that's windshield before. That's a lot of good that did. I love summertime. I really do. I hope these are all mosquitoes. I hope every bug that is splattered on my windshield right now. I hope they're all mosquitoes. Every last one of them. The more I kill, the better. Mosquitoes are so bad at our place this year, man. I don't know if they're bad where you are, where you're watching this, but where we are home, man. And they're big this year, man. You gotta be careful. Look, carry you away. We're just rolling around the south side of Minneapolis here. I'm going to go to the first rest area or truck stop I find outside the city. I just wanted to get through the city tonight so I don't got to deal with the traffic tomorrow. See where we end up. We're still about 60 miles from our destination but we've got enough time to get there tomorrow. All right, here's our exit. Rest area south of Minneapolis. We're 57 kilometers or you know 35 miles or so from our delivery and pickup tomorrow. I'm ready to go to bed. I don't know about you guys, but I'm ready to pull off here and hopefully they got parking for me. What do you guys think? Time is 12 17 in the morning. 550 meters to new market rest area. New market rest area. Oh, here's people parking on the ramp already. I don't know if I should park here or if I should risk it. If I go all the way up there and there's no parking, I can't back down the ramp again and park behind this guy. I'm going to risk it. I'm going to I want to park closer than this. I don't like parking on the ramp if I don't have to. In 200 meters, arrive at new market rest area. Let's see this trucks this way, autos that way, this way. Oh shoot. Shoot. It does look full, doesn't it? There's people parked in the back already. I really don't like it when people park in the back like this because if any of those spots open up behind them there, I can't get in there. No one can get in there. Let's see what's past this guy here. That's a terrible spot to park, man. I wouldn't do that. It's just me. Yeah, this is crazy. Yeah, that's the exit there. No space. Well, diesel and some light on in here. A spot opened up. Lucky us. This is where we're going to spend tonight. How do you feel about that? How do you feel about that? Can I come sit down here with you? Lay down here with you too, buddy. It's a room. It's a room for a trucker Josh around here with the wheel. Good boy. Good boy. Very nice weasel butt. Very nice weasel butt. You're a good boy. Diesel. Come here. Come here. You know what? I can kill you. Turn the camera off, mate. Turn the camera off first. Fine. You want to be camera shy? That's fine. So yeah, we're at the new market rest area. Found a parking spot. Luckily, luckily one opened up. Otherwise, I don't know what we'd do. I guess we just keep going on until the next parking area. Oh, the joys of trucking. Never enough parking. And you know, very rarely do they create more parking areas, but more often than not, they make less parking areas, at least in Canada. It's just never ending struggle. Thanks for joining me today and I believe this vlog started last end of last week. So it was Friday. I didn't film anything on the weekend, but tomorrow we have to unload these racks and then reload glass and head home. See how close to home we can get tomorrow. I probably won't get all the way home tomorrow. I doubt it because we'll be there all day loading up, tarping and stuff. Take care, everybody. I'll see you in the morning. Again, if you want to send in an intro, you know, I've been using these intros from you guys. I usually try to include tomorrow's intro at the end of the vlog here. 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Remember that email isn't just to contact me for anything that's just for a business email for these intros and also I have no mailing address. Uh somehow uh somehow there was a letter that had made it through to my mom and dad uh please don't do that guys. Please don't. I don't have a mailing address for you guys to reach me at this point. I'll create one in the near future for you but for now uh there's just no way no place to mail anything to me. If you want to mail something to me you could always email me again at tjviatemail.com and request an address and uh we can work it out from there. I've been yapping long enough. I need to shut my mouth and go to bed. I need to set up this whole bed yet. Diesel you want to set up the bed? You want to go inside? Quiet Mandy. Your job's over. Go to bed. Hello and greetings from the Netherlands. I'm the New European from the south west of the Netherlands. First I want to say please subscribe to my channel. The link is down below. 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