 Morning everybody picked up those tires in Burlington, Iowa They've got to go to a town called Langbank's a sketch one and the last time we were in my not We were talking about bad service that we had at another truck stop on the other side of town So I went to the Shats Crossroads now Amazing. It's very nice Thank you all blues ready to go now I'm ready to go From the border they're expecting me My custom says cleared already cleared last night, which is awesome So we're good to go. She's started her up Is our rolling down the road you want to come with me? Don't forget to make sure you're subscribed to my channel down below Make new videos every day as we're shuckin across North America My region and everything that I do is described in the description of all my videos The only thing that's changed is that we sold our land I was reading my description and video yesterday. Oh, that's still there Because I don't put that in every day. I just have it as default It always goes in there We had land and we're gonna build our dream house on it Our dream has since adjusted since we've had our baby and we're gonna be staying in town where there's more services available So we won't be building our house on that land anymore But that doesn't really have a lot to do with what we're doing right here today. So let's get to trucking I'll leave that subscribe button to you right down below the video pause the video right now Just go make sure you're subscribed. Sometimes you get unsubscribed for no reason just by YouTube. I don't know. I don't know Just make sure double check for me if you don't mind Hit that like button when you're ready to Let's hit the road customer. Let them know that hey, I'm at the bar or I'll see you soon Dining and dancing over there in case you want to go dancing. I've never seen that I don't think it's open anymore. There's a for rent sign in the window if you want to rent a dance hall Portal North Dakota it's your place. So this is portal North Dakota Just over the line there this little invisible line that runs runs through here behind that green building the line there That's North portal Very original with their town names out here. I know I believe this used to be just one town and then one day They're like, you know what we're just gonna cut you in half that half's ours that half's theirs So this is portal North Dakota. The other side is North portal Saskatchewan once we cross the line We're also in mountain time zone because Saskatchewan is smart and does not participate in the ridiculousness of daylight savings time So they stay the same all the time. So in summer time, they're off partying with Alberta in mountain time in winter time They fall back to Manitoba to keep us warm together So winter time there on our time Alberta summer time there with Alberta. So it's summer time We gain an hour as soon as we cross the border because here in North Dakota. This is still central time It's confusing, right? You got a right on the line You got to make sure you know what time zone you're in so that you can make your delivery appointment accurately I forgot that that happened. So I just looked at the time now I'm like, oh, okay So I should be at my customer at about two o'clock and I punched it into my GPS here and it says oh You'll be there at one o'clock Hey Better check her work, right? You never just trust your GPS a checker worker. You're actually taking me to the right place Why am I gonna save an hour? That's right daylight savings time. So we have to give credit where credit is due. I hate saying this. It's hard to say Thanks Karen Reminded me that once we cross the line I gain an hour. So I'm not gonna be at my customer at two o'clock I'm gonna be there at one o'clock in an hour early. It worked out for me At least it's not the other way around of being an hour late. I'll be an hour early So let's go and let's go get these tires off this trailer I'm gonna make a quick call into the office before I get moving see if they've got any plans for me I might be just heading back to Manitoba for a reload. Maybe they'll send me to Waverne that's close by sometimes I pick up loads there Call in and see what the load gods have for me. I got a kneel down and beg and grovel at their feet I'm just kidding. It's not like that. They're great people. They'll find me something That's why I'm happy that all those headaches are Or I don't have to sit somewhere, you know, like search through load boards myself looking for the perfect load They do that for me and then they ask me. Hey, how's this look? Hey, how's this one look? We got this on this and are this one which one do you want? You know what I mean my paperwork my IDs my passport all set ready Confirmed here. I have the message saying that my load has been cleared so I can show up at the window there And they're expecting me like I always say never show up to the border before they're expecting you They really don't like that. It messes up paperwork messes up your whole day They have to know what's coming. Who's bringing it in what truck where to come from? Where's it going? What's in it? And then they might want to double check and take a closer look at it. Maybe Depending, you know You when I hold when I used to hold drive ads for six years, you know, they'd ask what's in the trailer They'd have to you know, take what's on the paperwork and my word for it or they'd get me to back into the dog And they double check right, but I have an open deck now. I'm on open deck division. I like it a lot better actually And they can just see what's on my trailer like so what are you hauling my tires You see But you know, they may want to run me through scanners and stuff to see that there's nothing inside the tires and they they got to make sure that you know Canada and us are very friendly countries. We're I don't want to say we're practically the same because We're not we have separate histories and separate issues and stuff, but we're very we're like siblings, you know two brothers Are related have the same last name have the same family name have the same parents But they're two different people right they get married to different people and they start their own families That's sort of Canada and the u.s. We're siblings We get along very well, but we still need to know what goes across our border this way and what goes across our border that way You've got to keep track of everything. Otherwise, it's just chaos and you can't have chaos Everything has to be neat and organized Besides if you don't enforce this stuff You know, there's always bad actors that Take advantage of weaknesses and things like that right away So you it's a shame that we have to but we have to keep going keep an eye on people sometimes You know, there's somebody out there who's gonna ruin it for everybody, you know Usually at the border. I don't have an issue. I cross all the time like a couple of times a week Usually at Pembina and Emerson sometimes here at North portal and portal You know, I'm sure my name is all over in their system. They know me when I pull up They know my truck some of them watch my videos. I know that because they've told me That's usually that a very Decent experience a good experience. They're not there to be my friend. I show up at the window They ask me all that they need to know usually they'll be like, you know, where'd you come from? Where'd you go? How long were you gone? Did you buy anything? Is there any weapons aboard? Is there Any drugs alcohol tobacco on board? Do you have anything to declare you're not allowed to take fresh fruit or meat across the border? Yeah, typical questions and sometimes they'll like throw throw in a weird one in there just to throw you off Or they'll ask you the same question, but like three different ways Just to see if you'll come up with the same answer Just just answer them. They're just doing their jobs speak when spoken to I never go into detail I mean if they want to know the details, they'll ask I'm not going to tell them my life story. They want to know more they'll ask and I'll tell them more Got nothing to hide so I got nothing to worry about Don't be nervous when you go up there They're just doing their jobs I mean unless if you got something to hide then you should be nervous because they're gonna they're gonna find out They're they're trained to know these things All right enough bibble babbling Let's give her let's get across the border. All these trucks are cutting in front of me. Oh dear. My fault. My fault. I stopped Now they're getting in front of me I'll see you on the other side The great white north Currently the great green north. I like that one better Is that you wanted to use the 44 kilometers? I was about to tell them 44 kilometers Yeah, I don't care. I got googles. They were both giving me different routes I chose to go with google I will tell the government now that I am on duty unloading cargo. I always want to know what I'm doing. What are you doing now? What are you doing now? What are you doing later? Blah blah blah. Why does it want to switch me back onto american hours of service? I'm nowhere near the border right now my friend. No, this thing's acting weird on me here Now it wants to change back to canada. Well, why can't you change in the first place? Of course, we're in canada Technology, I tell you there we go. Okay, we're on duty for unloading cargo Are you happy government? It's letting you know Let you know pretty soon It's gonna get to the point where they're gonna demand you pull over if you have to sneeze no sneezing and driving And if you're sitting in the parking lot and you fart Someone from the government's gonna pop up on your window right here and say hey Did you log that as on duty? I'm just joking. It is a little bit excessive. I think but I understand the need for regulation and laws You don't want it just to be a complete free for all. I'm not a libertarian in that way I'm a conservative guy. I mean Sometimes it's a little bit restrictive But we get the job done anyways, right Can't hold back all of this Get the job done Get the job done I'm gonna put my sunday shirt on so that I don't get run over. My zipper hasn't been working that great on this thing lately I'm gonna have to get a new one soon. Let's see if it works now. It opens it I know I'm working on it and trying to bring my weight down That's what I tell the scale every time I roll over it. I know I'm a little heavy. I know I'm not going on a diet. I'm just trying to get more active I know I'll talk to you when we're out of here. I can put on my Scottish hat when I do that. I have one I think it's still in here Right. It's in here somewhere So we have our marching orders. My trailer is empty We're gonna call it a week Going home. The trailer in the yard is the tri axle I don't want to drag around a tri axle for longer than I have to just in case it's needed for a heavier load, right? Head back to the shop Should be at the shop tonight then sometime I think Unless if something else comes up Nice and sunny like 10 minutes ago across under Manitoba and boom A little moist out there for the crops. I think all the farmers around here have got their fields seeded already so I'm thinking they're probably pretty thankful for this rain I'm in the burden Manitoba on the west side Over a few hours from our yard It should make it to the shop tonight You did good another week old blue. That was a good week Slowly Finding places for everything in here Definitely not finished yet probably have to build quite a bit of shelving in here but First things first, I mean maybe this weekend I'll get to Tape the lines on the floor again like I had in the other shop Oh whatever that's okay for now I rinsed her down before I brought it in here It's time to go home and hold my baby That was a good day, you know started off in Minot, North Dakota Delivered into Langbanks the sketch one And then came home empty dropped the empty trailer off the triaxial because I don't need it and leave it there for someone who does need it And old blue is back home So I guess I'll talk to you soon. I gotta go home right old blue You have a good night Enough we go a bit of a short week this week while we left early monday morning And when I'm filming this it's a thursday evening feel a little slow towards the end of the week sometime I wish I would have scheduled old blue in for a service tomorrow then if I would have known I'd be home that's what I would have done but Usually I schedule the services for mondays because it's easier to make sure i'm home on a monday because I leave during the week And If i'm taking a load through past the house and I happen to go past here on the weekend It's much easier to stop in and make sure I just stay home a little extra longer So that the truck can get serviced on a monday, right? Fridays is kind of unpredictable sometimes i'm home fridays sometimes i'm not Not complaining though. I've got some work. I gotta do at home. I'm gonna start painting the outside of the house soon I don't think I don't think that'll be a this weekend or this month project. I think that's going to be a july project I gotta get a hand sander palm sander Sand down the old paint just a little bit and uh, I already got the paint and everything to uh Repaint the outside of the house Oh, there's that there's always projects. There's always something to do, right? And now that we have a baby in the mix too The list is endless And that's why I say everybody's trucking life and trucking work life balance is different When I show you how my life is it's not necessarily how your trucking life is going to be When you're on the road you got to find out where your balance is And what works for you? I know kurt on trucking with schmidt was saying the same thing uh about a week or two ago I would how staying out longer for him doesn't really equal more money Depends on the load. I guess. I mean i'm on percentage. So it depends on what you're hauling Depends on many empty miles That depends on a lot of factors, you know, it's not the same for me every month either It's not like a set in stone like every single month is the same. I don't work by the hour I work by the job and the jobs are always different