 Good morning everybody, it's Wednesday almost halfway to the weekend and Noon today, it's official. I've seen a lot of you commenting on my fuel economy on my pickup down there My economy is not doing very well this week because I've been idling it a little bit more In the mornings and afternoons to warm it up after it's been sitting out in the cold So yeah, right now we're doing sixteen point four liters per hundred kilometers. That's not good Average on this truck would be about 13 to 13.5 liters per hundred kilometers So the Europeans eyes just got very wide. I understand your vehicles there do much better on fuel If I were to get like a Chevy spark or like a really tiny little itty-bitty go-kart death trap wagon I could probably get my fuel economy down to about I'd say maybe seven maybe six on the highway, but That is what it is. There's a big V8 under the hood here And In many seasons here you need to have a truck you need to have four-wheel drive You don't really buy a pickup truck for fuel economy. You buy it for a purpose for use You can use it to work to pull to haul and four-wheel drive and stability on the road And it'll look cool obviously I'm just kidding But no I get about well, you know some days in the summertime I can get about 12 liters per hundred kilometers 12 and a half over the week. I'll translate that into American for my southern neighbors We haven't caught up with the rest of the world yet That's such a metric Just poking at you just poking at you. Okay. Don't leave yet. There's lots more vlog Don't leave yet. I was just kidding. I was at sixteen point five liters per hundred kilometers I'm gonna translate that to US miles per gallon because there's different kind of gallons We do use gallons in some way here in Canada, but they're Imperial gallons. They're bigger better, I Don't know why I'm bugging you guys so much today. They don't hate me. I'm just just bugging it So that's fourteen point two five or fourteen point two miles per gallon That's what I'm getting in my truck right now It's not the best I've been idling it a lot to warm it up before I go in there While this truck is warming up I idle that truck just so that I'm not cold It's all for comfort, right? Comfort thing but in summertime. It's a little different the truck all vehicles They also use more fuel when the arrow inside is cold in general So even if you don't idle it to keep it warm, you're still gonna use more fuel to Operate so let's say I've gotten 12.5 liters per hundred kilometers In summertime that was to thirteen point five somewhere. I say somewhere in there a 12.5 liters per hundred kilometers with 18.8 US miles per gallon That's what my truck's average if you're wondering what a Chevy Silverado a 2017 Chevy Silverado is doing I do mostly highway a lot of highway, but sort of 25% town city 75% highway. I'm sure I can do better in that I'm not having the best week with my truck as a little judge. This is your economy That's not what I get all the time and it's just been a bad week and with fuel prices right now What I'm paying per week. I drive about 500 kilometers per week or about 300 miles and I've been paying about a hundred and ten to a hundred and twenty five dollars a week in gas It used to be eighty dollars It's now up to at the max 125 this week will probably be about 125 because I'm doing pretty bad That's where we're at with fuel situations in the pickup step deck roll tight On my way I'm only picking up 10 feet of freight and too long today gonna put it up on the kick I found one. Let's see if it's empty. It is in the empty lineup. So I'm assuming it should be empty What is empty? It's just got that That riser and Okay, that'll be a quick. I'll clean that up real quick We'll take this one. All right. I see another step deck over there But that's one of those older 48 footers. This one's a 53 footer 414 DTR You're coming with me gonna have some fun today, we're gonna go pick up 10 feet of freight big plans big plans a Little bit of time in the trailer just organizing things a bit I had to put that riser down on the lower level chain it in place and organize all those straps just so that They were all secured as well these step decks that we have these step deck roll tights They don't have storage boxes on them. So there's nowhere to put the equipment So he always like the chains and binders and stuff There's hangers for it at the front of the trailer, right? They those can be secured But it's the straps they have to stay with the trailer on these ones And we always got to make sure that they're Secured in there because you don't want them rolling around and possibly Getting out the side or something and then falling out into traffic, right? That wouldn't be good. So Make sure those are all in place Everything else is buttoned up sealed up best it can Get that 10 feet. I'm told to put it up on the step The step is usually what about 12 feet long So it shouldn't be a problem. Just throw it up there real quick And head back. I'm sure there'll be more for me to do when I get back. It's a cold icy wind Facing south you can tell because there's the Sun. It's just above the southern horizon It's as high as it's gonna get today and from behind me in the north We got an icy wind just pushing that polar air down here to southern Manitoba And it's supposed to get down to minus 18 Celsius today, which isn't that cold for Manitoba But it's the coldest of the season so far. It's It's gonna get a little chilly tonight See they do have a compartment back here for straps and stuff, but the thing is I don't know why they put it here You can't open it because these things are in the way And you can't move them out of the way. There's Bolts and stuff in there that prevent these things from sliding any any further so You can't open that But it's there I guess You got smaller wheels on the back here than our other ones this Stepdeck the lower deck sits a little lower than our other ones You can see it's a bit of a bigger drop than our other ones So the shipper here is a good guy. I like him real friendly guy good to talk to you. He's not quite ready I'm a little bit early for my appointment. I'm actually quite early for my appointment So I'm just gonna wait here in the truck for a little bit until he is ready Stay warm Who's gonna get chilly winter time is almost here. Okay minus 18. That's not the coldest How do I translate that there Google speak to me? What is minus 18 Celsius in Fahrenheit? degrees Celsius is minus 0.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Oh, we finally hit zero in America speak What do you know? It's zero degrees out tonight That's about that's not even half as cold as it's gonna get come January February. We'll get down to minus 30 And then the wind chill will bring it down to about minus 50 maybe minus 60 if we're lucky for Manitoban, so bring it on We don't stop just cuz a little snow and a little cold Nope, you got to keep the wheels turning. You got to keep the economy chugging along. You got to keep going Business doesn't stop just because it gets a little uncomfortable So we got one piece loaded up here already he's coming around with the other piece We'll strap her down close her up. It's always a hassle getting these Steps off here is remember the other ones that we have open from here both ways, right? these ones you have to Line it up on that strap it together and the whole thing from the front Goes to the back You see the difference there the commercial is that used to be on the air like Boris has bite Barks ain't got nothing on this this winds got bite It's not even that cold yet. It's biting hard. Seriously I'm sheltered here right now. Don't worry. I'm not complaining. I'm just Well, yeah, no way I am complaining Manitoba's cold, okay It's okay for us to acknowledge this fact. That's okay That's the first step in the process of healing Kind of sheltered from it here right now. They got a big tent over there blocking the wind and plus the trailer sort of Just a little bit extra Better have too much strap than too little strap Right. We got the straps over this holding this down. We got straps going underneath here holding that piece down over there So we're we're good to go now for the fun part of getting this thing closed Lots of fun lots and lots of fun. Where's this stuff going? This stuff is going to Grand Banks Newfoundland This is going way out to Newfoundland. Wow Cool. I got to get over there. Hey, see this is how I had secured this before Chained this riser down here with just enough space to leave the straps So they can't get out and then when this thing's closed that steel Covers up that whole part there. So there's there's no way for them to go anywhere. This is the tricky part about Getting this top piece to go back over the stuff you see these rollers here that are hanging off the edge They've got to make it into that track there about the first wheels in there and the first wheels in there So I've already got it in that's the toughest part now. We just got to push it forward Get those second second wheels to go in I always want to go in The thing when they put you down there You still see it see if I can I go to this side Make sure that this one here is also Going in properly Perfect further forward than that but anyway, we've got the Upper part in the tracks now. So what I can do is I can release these straps that are holding it together I'm gonna roll that forward I unlocked that other side behind you on this side here yet this one roller. I want to get into that track yet though Yeah, it's being stubborn Don't be stubborn. There you go. There you go. See it's doable Just takes a couple of these Sometimes they're hidden. It's a baggy jacket. Okay You see and those hooks are gonna hook in there. I do that from the outside I'll tighten it up at the back once these hooks are in place here And I'll tighten it all up and We'll be done The other side's locked up. You see those little hooks in there there. You see that? See that's controlled to this side Let me push this forward One second got him hidden under this jacket Hope I don't get searched I'm packing them. It'll be nice on the right back because we're headed south So we'll have a nice tailwind pushing us along. You know what? I'm taking this jacket off cab is very small It's I barely fit in here The jacket is just an extra bulk that I don't need All right Up sealed up lights are on truckers and gear brakes are released Clutch because I'll be singing their beautiful harmonies again. Love that sound You know, I think that's the thing I most I most miss about being on the highway day after day I was just listening to that like 10 hours a day the beautiful harmony That's kind of a nice picture right there actually Too bad it means the sun's gone already and I'm not even home yet. I haven't even left work and the sun's long gone already What can you do? My truck is cold You know if we're being a canadian from manitoba, I sure complain about being cold a lot, don't I? Ah, I beat you to the comment section. You were gonna say it. I said it first He complains a lot I know it's cold I don't like it just because I live here and that I'm used to it doesn't mean I have to like it Okay, there's no rule that says that in the rule book And if it does, I haven't seen it. So point me to where it says that I have to Well trucks trucking's done for the day. Let's go home. See what the boys are up to I think the wife is working tonight again. Uh, I'm not too sure. I guess we'll find out when we get home Oh, and we're back. Oh, don't stomp on your little brothers man. Stay down You stay down. I know you know better than to put a pause on me. I know you know better Uh, uh, no one gets pet when they jump up. Nobody Look at my wolf, okay? We're taking your wolf outside Actually, y'all I forget that too heavy. I'm gonna go leave it in here Come on guys. Let's go outside. Let's go outside. Make sure all the Christmas lights are still working You ready? You guys weren't as excited today to see me. What happened? Were you all sleeping? Did I wake you up? I woke you up, didn't I? All right, come on. Come on, let's go In the yard One more. Come on Go go go Looks like everything is still as it should be Oh, our light didn't get as much sun today. Obviously It's still bright enough You can tell it's a little bit dimmer How's it going guys? Where are you? There's the weasel. I see a weasel. I spot with my little eye A weasel Oh, he's a fast weasel. He's a fast weasel. Look, I found a piece of ice. No, it's mine I don't know if I've mentioned this today yet, but it's cold Thank god for natural gas that is nicely heating our home, right? Thank you, Alberta Appreciate it I think I'm getting a little bit of arthritis in some of my joints. Maybe it's just that they're cold, maybe Maybe it's I have instructions from the boss That I need to vacuum So we ought to keep the boss happy And get the house vacuumed before she gets home Right, Diesel, you gonna help me? I'm supposed to go in the vacuum, not in my mouth The nice thing about having such a small tiny house It only takes like 10 minutes to vacuum the whole thing Britt has added another Christmas tree to our collection This is one of those ceramic ones It runs on battery power, but She's always wanted one of these the star needs to be glued in place yet We actually ordered a this is a 12 inch one. I think we ordered a where is it smaller? We ordered a bigger one anyways yet There's gonna be another big one coming in the mail The newest of our Christmas decorations I like it What do you think Chevy? Very nice. I've been steering it all day Stay tuned. We'll have another vlog for you tomorrow. I still don't know what I'm doing tomorrow I never I don't always know what I'm doing. We find out when we get there You'll have to tune in. I'll see you then Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already and if you're new Welcome here the description of all my videos tells you all you need to know about me and everywhere you can find me See you later