 Good morning. I'm all dressed up in my Sunday best once again. Oh my camera's dying. I better plug you guys in You charging this thing on you plugged in Okay, so we're unloaded here now there he goes That get a big tow tow truck guy in here to pick those big drums off my trailer now I gotta send this paperwork in To the load gods to prove that I delivered it because they want proof of delivery So I'll send this into them You know, you can trans flow from your phone, right? Everybody knows that Take pictures. It's sort of like a fax or a scan and then it gets sent straight to the right people. Oh Whoops, I gotta put what trip number this is on here. Oh Boy, whoops. Okay. What's like what is a trip number? Put this on hand trip number So that they know what load this is So how are you guys doing? How was your day? How was your day? Let me know let me know Scan this in Bear with me here people we're getting this day going so I have an empty flatbed behind me now And I have a load of lumber that's waiting for me in Atchison just west of the city Except that next and send it in there we go my proof of delivery Is that the office and I can get paid because they won't pay me without that Because for some reason they think that I drop everything in my backyard or something I always need to prove that I delivered it Big pile of garbage here off to our right behind these trees. Yeah, it's like a mountain of Scrap metal Fridge couple washing machines Maybe it's a recycling plant. I don't know All right, so we have 30 miles to go to our Pick up the only thing is on my 70 hours that I can drive in a week. I've only got six hours left The six hours left and that's in that time. I've got to pick up this load and get going So I'm not gonna get very far today Tell you that much so probably still have a Full day tomorrow, but then I'll be home until next Saturday Which reminds me I have to call in and make sure that this load is able to deliver on Monday That they're not expecting me there like Wednesday And the forklift in front of me I Remember getting loaded here when I was on dry van. We used to pick up dry van loads of lumber here all the time Now the flatbed I've never been this far into their yard Just told me to follow him. So I have no idea where we're going. It's a pretty tight yard lots of wood here though So much lumber that gets sold. Oh Boy, oh, there's a big yard back here yet. Look at this Check this out. How far back are we gonna go? I have no idea what I'm picking up exactly Something something of this stuff When there's even more back there yet. Oh wow, I had no idea case So I'm probably gonna load right in this open area here. I'm guessing I'm gonna turn around and Guessing right in the middle here Okay, we're heavy We are really Really heavy. I'm taking a look at this load Let me show you we are loaded right up to the max for the US weights We're taking this all the way down to Wisconsin So I plug you guys in there first So we're all ready to rock now. I only have Five hours just under five hours remaining on my 70 hours. So I can't even go that far down the road I'm not even gonna make it to Saskatoon I might make it to north battleford Somewhere in there and then I'll have to do the rest tomorrow. I Believe there's a gym on the way that I could stop that today because if I don't stop today I'll have to stop tomorrow Like to stop it both of them, you know today and tomorrow I'd be great because I haven't been again since when when was the last time we were at the gym Was it in Michigan? Oh That's a long time. It's like five days again. Oh, man. No wonder I'm feeling kind of like a noodle I gotta get back there. I'll see if I can swing by the one. I think it's in Veggeville, Alberta, Alberta Veggeville, Alberta There's about an hour and 15 minutes east of here. It's on the way back I think we're gonna have to do that So easy so easy to make excuses about why I don't want to go to the gym today Oh, we'll go tomorrow. Oh, you know what? It's okay if I miss another day, not a big deal and tomorrow same thing If I have the opportunity and the time to go I go that's my rule just go when you want to go Otherwise, you're never gonna go No one ever really wants to go to the gym Everyone would much rather be at home eating pizza watching movies Unless you're Arnold Schwarzenegger. He'd probably rather be at the gym, but you know, not everybody's Arnold Schwarzenegger I can't speak for everybody I guess but for myself anyways if I have a choice. I'm gonna want To skip the gym, but hey, hello. Hello Hello, excuse me. I was on the right of way. You were pulling out of your parking spot. Excuse me I'll forgive you because I'm a forgiving person because I was taught to forgive No, not you. No, I only have so much forgiveness Rolling across the prairies of Alberta right now You know what I've noticed I actually get better fuel economy when I'm fully loaded Weird right I guess maybe just the momentum of all the weight just pushes me forward pushes me down the road I notice that when I have light loads or no load at all I actually get worse fuel economy than when I'm fully loaded As long as I don't have a load that catches a lot of air Like this load of lumber the air can just stream right around me, right? Doesn't have anywhere for the air to create drag But I'm fully loaded and I'm just sailing along here doing better than I was doing yesterday with the wind pushing me And today the winds not even pushing me. It's a calm day It's interesting Is it Vegaville the town that we're stopping in here? What's this town called again? Yeah, Vegaville, Alberta It's just a couple of minutes up the road here. I'm gonna stop at the snap fitness lift some stuff up and put it back down And we'll probably make it to north battle for I'm thinking Looks like I can barely make it there. I have three and a half hours left on my 70 hour clock I'm gonna need about every one of those minutes to get to north battle for it But Maybe we'll stop now Lloyd Minster. I could stop in Lloyd Minster, but That's a little too long of a day tomorrow, then I'm too little too long of a day. I could do it, but If we can go a little further today, why not? I mean still got plenty of day ahead of us This used to be the actual Trans Canada that went right through the highway 16 Went right through Vegaville here until they built the bypass where the four lane now goes around the town So I've never actually been in this town, but I've driven past it hundreds of times There is so close to the beaten path right so close, but just off These kind of towns always remind me of radiator springs from that movie cars You know, they used to be a real hop and happen in place lots of traffic And then they built the bypass so that everybody could save two minutes But this town is still thriving this isn't like radiator springs at all it's still thriving lots going on here So snap fitness is supposed to be off to our right here. There it is All right, can I get in there with my truck? I probably shouldn't I'm loaded right now. I probably shouldn't go in there. I could fit in there doesn't say no trucks But their driveway is designed in such a way that it obviously means no trucks Okay, so we'll go around we'll park in the back All right, can I park on the street here? It looks like it Yeah, I'll just park on the street right here Here we go perfect So you don't even have to go and mess up anybody's parking lot Snap fitness is right on our right here now. So we're behind the building. I'll have to walk all the way around to get in but Whatever I move up a little bit. What am I doing? Move up. I can go all the way up to this yellow paint on the curb there Gotta leave room for the fire hydrant though. There we go All right, so diesel it's right there on the other side of you see it See it's it's right snap fitness diesel. You're gonna come and lift stuff up with me No, I'm good man. I'm in the old main. I'm gonna sit here. I'm gonna have my mid-afternoon nap You just woke up from a nap. You want another one that was my afternoon nap This is my mid-afternoon nap. I can't keep up with all your naps, man Hopefully nobody bugs you here diesel Sometimes people freak out when they see a dog in the truck Once I left diesel in the truck while I went inside This was actually in steinback and I forget where I went inside but I went I went somewhere for like 15 minutes I left diesel in the truck It wasn't even that hot of a day or anything But uh, it was Summertime and the windows were like halfway down They were down far enough that he could stick his whole head out the window And somebody called in on me and tried to get me in trouble that I left my dog in the truck people First off, this is his home. He lives here. He lives here with me Am I gonna call in on you when you leave your dog inside your house and you go out visiting or you go to work or wherever you go First off, you probably leave your dog alone all day. Well, you go to work. I take my dog to work with me He's with me all the time Calls in because my dog's in the truck He then I go out and look at the truck. He's sticking his head all the way out the window. Just give me this big smile You were perfectly fine. Hey diesel that was a lot like two years ago now Can't believe some people they just panic right away. He's fine. He's fine All right, let's do this It should take about 45 minutes to an hour. You'll be fine diesel. I'll leave the windows open for you again Don't have to worry about anybody Getting in here because diesel will literally bite their fingers off if they stick one finger in here. I'm serious He's ultra protective when I'm not around or when he's in like guarding mode. He gets pretty scary He won't let anyone near the truck never mind touch it You touch the truck I can always tell when someone got too close to the truck because everything I left on my dash and everything Is just all over the place because he just jumps up on the dash throws everything off I don't discourage it. I don't even he doesn't get in trouble if he does that That's what he's supposed to do Right diesel that's your job And you do it well So if you're gonna have a nap at least sleep lightly, okay, you hear anything You let him know who's boss, okay? Anybody sticks their fingers in here you bite him off All right, I won't you won't get in trouble if you do that. All right Oh It's a good workout. I know I got nothing to brag about yet, but Feels good feels really good. I can barely lift my arms right now. They're just like flubber That's good. That means I've worked them real good And my legs too whenever I do my legs Walking to the truck from the gym seems like it takes uh, it seems like it's like 10 miles Okay, so we've been here almost an hour and a half. It's time to get rolling Let's see if we can make it to north battleford north battleford is let me see Google give me your knowledge Give me your wisdom. Oh, why is one? North battleford. I want to get there How far away is it? learn me Okay, here it is here it is Directions come on google. Don't disappoint me two hours 47 288 kilometers and the speed I go A little over three hours And I have three hours and 17 minutes available to me I think we can make it. I think we can make it if I gotta speed up a little bit. I'll speed up a little bit whatever okay So we're gonna go park at the petro pass there overnight We're going tomorrow and then it's about a 10 hour drive home From there tomorrow. Who's talking to me? Who goes there? What do you want? Oh, it's an email What happened? What happened? What happened? Oh something I ordered from amazon was delivered Nice to know I don't know what my favorite part about headed heading back east is one side You want to know what my favorite part about heading back east is? I don't have to stare into the sun all evening This is gonna be great We're headed well we're pointed west right now But it's because we got to go around the block here and head back east I've been driving into that sun for four days Every evening's right in my face Okay, okay go go go check it. There you go. See I can't go until you go I need a little bit more room It's always funny when people are waiting for you at a corner They're clearly in your way right you need to swing wide and you can't get around the corner with them there But they're still waiting for you to go first Like they're trying to be polite and courteous so they're like no no you go no you go Right on 168 and I'm looking at them like no you have to go I can't go you're in the way no you first I insist You need to move This is gonna be a tight corner here too yikes Gotta turn right here. Hopefully nobody cuts in beside me on my right looks like people are smart This is Alberta people are smart here. They know what they're doing And nobody's nobody's coming nobody's coming you guys aren't gonna go around them. Are you turning? See this big truck is turning the pickup behind him. I don't know if he's turning or not because he doesn't have a signal on Okay, so you are going straight. Well, why did you why didn't you just go around him then? I'm so confused Okay, nobody hit me Nobody get in my way here. I go Here I go toy Oh, I feel so good now It's like whenever you leave the gym it's better than Knocking back an ice cold beer after a hard day of work, you know, it's it's better than that. It's just Well depending on the day, I guess I should say it's not better than that, but it's It's better for you than that Beggarville look at the little town like those houses over there all identical Little love shacks. Oh, it's a motel. Oh, that's cool. If you stay at that motel in Beggarville You get your own little mini love shack Cool No noisy neighbors or The neighbors won't hear you whichever side of that you're on cool Off on our left there. Look at that Don't mind this guy jaywalking It's weird. It's like two towers that they built into one or the two towers individually I don't know. Why why do these things amuse me? I'm amused by the strangest things I think I'm just excited to be headed home. I think that's what's going on These orange pillars mark the border Between Alberta and Saskatchewan I always wonder still When you live in a town like Lloydminster where half of the town is in one province and half of the town is in the other province And one province has higher taxes than the other province Why does everybody even bother living on the on the side with higher taxes? Why don't you just move to the side with lower taxes? And is the education the same on both sides? If one side's getting a Saskatchewan education The other side's getting an Alberta education. Is there differences in funding? You would think that one side has got to be better than the other they can't be exactly the same Any of you live in Lloydminster, what's the differences when you live on one side or the other? How about registering your vehicles? Is it cheaper to register your vehicles? If you live on one side rather than the other They must be pretty equal. Otherwise, like I said, everybody would just move to the other side of town Where it's cheaper. That's what I would do. Am I the only one thinking this way? Can't be Why do I think of these things? I don't know. I haven't figured that out yet. I'm a weird guy These are the things that go through my mind on a daily basis. I'm not normal I don't know what's wrong with me You got to think of them, right? To me that's normal. That's what I would think of I want you to pay close attention to this truck right beside me As he pulls forward. Look at his mirrors. Look at his mirrors That is the Dodge Ram and he doesn't have his tow mirrors out Wow, that one does though. He makes up for it Okay, well in his defense he needs them because he's got that big thing on the back It is very rare already these days that you find a Dodge Ram that doesn't have his tow mirrors out Sometimes you'll even see Dodge Rams that don't even have towing packages on them. They don't even have a hitch They got their tow mirrors out