 Good morning everybody another one This is Nathan Zowder from Drake, Ontario, and you are watching Trucker Josh Vlogs on YouTube As you can tell by the shape of it. It's a little different than the last couple underneath Same deal though tarped going to Brainerd. Let's go Just like I mentioned in yesterday's video After we're done unloading today in Brainerd yet, we're going to head over to Fargo, North Dakota There's a load waiting for us there. We'll put it on our trailer tomorrow morning. We'll head home with that When I get home, I'm gonna have to take a look at my starter I think the solenoid might be going on it or maybe there's just a bad connection Sometimes this morning when I tried to start it It's not cranking Fiddle with the ignition for a little bit and then it cranks over then it goes so Make me a little bit nervous. I can hear that the starter was spinning though So, you know how when the starter spins It spins and then it shoots out the gear right which turns the motor and then it sucks it back in I can hear it spinning. So I think it's just a little It's not shooting out the gear into the motor to The starter spinning is but it's not cranking the motor that could mean that I need a whole new starter. I Don't think it's the solenoid if the starters actually turning in there though. It could be I mean, I'm not the the the biggest expert. I've had this stuff happen to me before That's why I knew what the issue was right away. Oh, great. Here goes the starter so That's something we'll be dealing with along the way hopefully Well, we'll have the part waiting for us at home And we'll get a switched out when we get there. So hopefully it won't give us too many issues until then I just got to get this load delivered go pick up my next one. That one's gonna take me back fingers crossed at least it's just a starter right and not a blown piston or blown motor or anything Starters easy Practically it's a bolt-on part for most part for the most part I don't know what they're going for nowadays though. Probably a few hundred bucks like I always say We fix it and we move on When you come up to a problem, you don't panic, you don't stress out I'm talking to myself now because I usually panic and stress out Structuring about this the whole time Talking to myself now Stay calm. We have a plan. There's a part waiting for us back home. The truck is running now It does crank over the starter is turning. It's just it doesn't always want to grab the motor We're gonna be okay. It's fine. I'm on here Going in this direction when I'm headed down towards brainer and I can go right through here But this is obviously just one lane one way, right on the way back up to Ontario You have to go down a back road off to my left South of here, which is actually a better shape than this Practically pretty much just three bolts and then a bunch of A bunch of connections pretty much you go and you disconnect the batteries first And you disconnect the power source to the starter all the other little wires attached to it You touch those I'm gonna have to buy a couple of tools, but it's okay. I need a bit of an extension Put the new one in bolt it in Reconnect all the little wires reconnect the power supply and then go and reconnect the batteries when you're all done And trucker Josh can do in the park somewhere get a starter for myself and Bring it on back to the shop, and I'll work on it this weekend. You can see he's Unloading me really quick I'll be in and out of here tarps rolled up equipment all put away less than 45 minutes and off On the way to Fargo, North Dakota, which is another 239 kilometers two and a half hours of driving That's about 150 miles In there someone just estimating 150 miles I Want to try and find a spot to park at the Flying Jay though. I have my doubts that it'll work Because that flying Jay in Fargo I've been very disappointed in the direction of their parking lot in the last few years that parking lot used to be a Go-to for me. There was always spots to park Well, it got full, but you know, it was filled up with drivers that actually needed to park now You go to the Fargo flying Jay like I guess this is at the risk of me sounding like I'm complaining because I am bear with me Fargo North Dakota the Flying Jay a Third I'd say close to between a quarter and a third of the parking spots last time I was there with my father No, and we're looking for spots was drop trailers It almost looked like an entire like companies trailers were just scattered through at the parking lot taking up just two dozen parking spots just drop trailers and if it wasn't that it was people's personal vehicles parked in truck parking spots a Huge number of Bob tails and I understand that's a That's a truck stop by truck stop scenario usually I always When I'm Bob tailing I won't take up a full five's like 75 foot spot That spot someone with a trailer who's been driving all day needs that spot. I'm Bob tailing. I can go park anywhere sometimes there's a There's a Bob tail and RV side at flying Jay you can go park at sometimes There's a Bob tail section you can park in and people still park in the big spots Even though there's a section for them and then Or you could go you could park anywhere Walmart any any parking lot anywhere side of the street You're Bob tail. It's almost like you're driving a car like you can park anywhere You don't need a full spot But I would go to the truck stop park in a spot if I can't find anywhere else Go in have my shower get what I need for the night and then move my truck out of that spot and to a different lot Somewhere if I have to just so that someone who comes in who needs it because there's nothing more frustrating Then you know end of a long day you're coming in with a full load You get to the truck stop and half the spots are Bob tails Or half the spots are You know drop trailers So I apologize if I sound like I'm a little bit frustrated. I was last time I was there I'm not frustrated right now. It's a long time ago. I'm over it. Believe me sort of maybe not really Not really over it. I'm I'm still kind of upset about that But we got there and the whole lot there was only maybe like out of let's say a hundred parking spots There was only maybe 30 spots left for actual drivers who needed them and those fill up very fast Well, so very fast The reason I bring that all up now is because that's where I'm headed tonight and I'm going to get there Hopefully before midnight around 11 No between like around 10 30 is what I'm gonna get there. I'm guessing it's gonna be the same scenario I talked to the manager there flying J I asked him what was up with all the drop trailers and apparently they don't have authorization to drop them That's why I bring it up. It's not like they had permission No, this like some company there is dropping trailers and just leaving them there either all weekend or all week and not Asking permission Which then the next question would be like I just told them You know what if you're not allowed to drop trailers at the truck stop parking That's a big rule. It's a big taboo unless you go and ask permission They usually give you a day or a four-hour period or whatever they they got to get your plate number down and stuff And you know, they'll give you a certain amount of time It's not like they never let you park there or drop your trailer there But this this was over the top and if they hadn't asked permission and they're just dumping all these trailers And you're not leaving them there for days. I told them, you know what? told them Get a wrecker out here get them all out of here bring them to some big impound lot somewhere and let the owner of them deal with it That's what I would do But maybe I'm way off base. Maybe I'm out of line You know, I'm willing to be wrong if I'm wrong and I'm just if that's just the way it is Okay, if that's if that's within the boundaries of the rules and I have nothing Inconvenient for us drivers who need a spot at night, but if you're okay with it and you own the place Hey, it's your place, right? You're a place. I guess I'll just bring my business somewhere else There's a nice stay mark down the road not as big of a truck stop chain But they have awesome truck stops. There's the loves across the street and I can go over there I got a fuel card for loves to I'm gonna start fueling over there. I Mean they never have dropped trailers at loves In Fargo never but they don't have a big very big parking lot either so It's not just this Fargo or this is the thing I've noticed this in many different places across Canada too a Lot of truck stops in Canada sort of turn into almost warehouse yards, you know guys They just pull in there. They think they can just leave everything they own there And you know, they'll like they'll take a spot because they live nearby with their truck And then when they leave on a trip They'll put their personal vehicle in that parking spot and just leave it there for weeks while they're on a trip Just to save their spot for when they get back, right? And they don't always ask permission to do that either and sometimes their cars get towed and other times the Just Staying them saying like that. I don't know. Have you guys noticed this where you are too? Am I the only one I need to know I need to feel like I'm not alone Paperwork signed everything's off the trailer except for my equipment, which has been secured put away properly Nice and neat and now We'll go check out the situation in Fargo. What's the situation? Another load complete another happy customer if I didn't show you You wouldn't believe me. I got a parking spot like right near the front, too Right in an open spot where I could drive straight out in the morning It's a safe spot. It's what I call it Well, I don't got to worry about my neighbors ripping off my hood first thing in the morning because they can just drive straight out here To the wide open lawn. I was not expecting that and it looks like all of the drop trailers from The last time are gone They held true to their work. Maybe I made a difference. I Mean I did talk to them about having like two dozen drop trailers in their lot last time I was here I didn't think they'd actually listen nice They probably had nothing to do with me There they probably had lots of complaints. I was probably just one of many Looks like we got lucky tonight And it's good to see that you know this whole parking lot is filled up with drivers who need them You know every spot is filled by a driver who needs that spot Total total like black-and-white difference from the last time I was here Maybe that was just a bad day today was a good day found parking Got a load on the north side of Fargo tomorrow morning And I got sane before I think I told you already a couple times. I want to get unloaded tomorrow almost Friday I'm gonna get loaded first thing and then get to Winnipeg get unloaded and then go home And then I'm hoping I can find a starter for this truck I'm hesitant turning this truck off right now. I'm just gonna leave it running till I get home Because last time I shut it off The starter didn't want to engage the engine. It was spinning, but it didn't want to engage the engine So I want to make sure I can get home. I can get the part and just replace it myself I'm pretty sure like I was saying just three bolts and a couple of wires and we're good to go Never done it before but I'm gonna figure it out Save myself some money. I Just got to find that part so if I call into my regular shop Where I take this thing for services See if they have it if they don't have the part then I'll call Kenworth and Winnipeg see if they have the part I'll find it somewhere. It's a starter. I mean, it's gotta be pretty common, right? I Hope I don't have a big long wait on it. Anyways, thanks for joining me today everybody though. It's been a fun day Tune in tomorrow for some more fun. We're gonna go all the way back up to Winnipeg. Oh But first I'm gonna go to this wonderful wonderful place that's in my head Or dreams come true every time every time so I have to lay down right over there This is like my my routine and lay down right there. I close my eyes and before you know it. I'm in dreamland Do you guys dream at all? Is it true that some people never dream if you've never had a dream in your life? Let me know down below in the comment section. Do you dream every night? Do you remember your dreams? My dreams are weird I remember them only for about an hour after I wake up and I'll remember them vividly and Sometimes they'll even make perfect sense Like it'll be a whole storyline and nice beginning middle and end and I'll wake up like wow that wrapped up really nicely What a nice story that was and an hour later. Don't remember a thing about it I never remember my dreams for very long, but I know I have them. What's it like for you? Can you control your dreams? Sometimes I can most often I'm just along for the ride. Let's talk to you guys tomorrow