 We got a treat today everybody Blue 42 and I got another date We're going out to Saskatchewan. I got to bring this load To Regina for the morning and we got a pick up a one ton pickup a pick up truck got pick up a pick up Tie that down on to here and bring it back and we'll be back tomorrow evening sometime Sure, what's under here? Ah totes Have some sort Okay Well, it's already all tied down for me So there's not much I need to do I got all the equipment I need for my reload. So we're ready to go to the races I'm excited. I Always love going on these overnight. It might even be might even be a two-nighter But I'm pretty sure I'll be back tomorrow evening. We'll see I should unload this in Regina tomorrow first thing in the morning Run up to Saskatoon, which is what three hours away be there midday load up that pick up It's just one tie it down and then it's a nine-hour drive back Oh, so it'll be late tomorrow that we're back If at all tomorrow might just sleep in the truck and then go home in the morning the next day Now we'll see what happens. We'll see that All right Let's go. All right, we're gonna start by setting everything up in here I like to have a bed that's made behind me Satisfies my minor OCD believe me. I don't I don't have full-fledged OCD, but Certain things need to be organized for me My bed needs to be made. Okay, so the blanket's on here Then I'll be ready to go. It doesn't take long Makes you feel a whole lot better It's got to be the other way around See doesn't have to be perfect either There we go see I'm not much better. I'll make you feel better. Yeah, I guess I don't really need all of this on right now I'm gonna grab fuel on my way out of Winnipeg. So you know what? I'll just leave this stuff on for now. I Don't need this reflective vast on all the time. It's just sort of Part of my regular garb already. I'm just so used to having it on and it's just it's comfortable. It makes me feel safe I have all the stuff I need in here Got my mask Got my chap stick Got my fuel cards my ID just in case I forget who I am My wallet everything Right here nice and close. I think we're ready to go. I think we're ready Are you ready? I'm excited. We're in blue 42. We almost had to take this trip in a Volvo But the truck was not working with me this morning I don't have any luck with trucks in the wintertime apparently truck didn't want to let the brakes release This was one of our volvos. I was actually kind of looking forward to showing you the interior of some of our newer Volvos that we have But as fate will have it we're back in blue 42 Can't complain. This is my favorite truck and I think they know it too because when I went in there And I was like this truck that I mean it's not it's all working. You have any others Take 42 You read my mind. Thank you happy trucker right here. I Just gotta organize a few more things here. I had to replace a fuse one of my The outlet here that's charging my GPS Wasn't working. So I put my brain to the problem-solving mode And I found the fuse that was burnt out and I replaced it That's one thing that this t680 is lacking. Okay, I got it I always got to give a little bit of criticism even to the trucks that I really really like the criticism I have in this one. There's only two power outlets up here. Okay one there one there It's from my phone now. It's from my GPS The volvos have like 10. I'm exaggerating but there should be one like up here somewhere for the GPS to be plugged into And there should be yet these two down here plus maybe two more at least one more So there should be three down here I think and one up here for the GPS and possibly one up here somewhere for the dash camera That I would have if I was on the highway full-time. There should be a dash camera plug GPS plug and three power plugs down here I think that would satisfy my desire for power I'm just about ready to leave out the back gate here Just want to go make sure those straps are tight before I pull out of the yard Check them by hand before and they felt tight. I want to go and make sure now with the snipe My snipe was in here. Where is it? There it is Okay, this is a really long one. Let's go get the shorter one Okay, let's make sure this is Okay, give them all at least one more click right just to make sure that it's Tight and not going anywhere. That one's tight this one Tight can't trust the driver before you Even though they're probably a trustworthy person. So it's not a personal dig at them. It's just that you You got to check for yourself Doesn't matter who tied it down Even if it was my dad who tied it down before me. I trust him that he would have done it right but Before I take it out on the road I have to double check Once it's on the road Behind my truck. It's my responsibility. Oh, these are really loose. It's exactly why you check Is that it? That's it These orange ones here are just here to hold the tarps down pretty well. Okay Giggity-giggity Peter pattern. Let's get at her It's time to go if you haven't watched my past videos in blue 42 Here's what we're working with So far it's my favorite truck on our fleet go grab fuel and we'll be off to Saskatchewan Always excited to go to Saskatchewan I am actually I am I'm being honest Haven't been there in a while again. Here we go We've done our tug test to make sure that trailers is gonna come with us off we go But 44,000 pounds on the trailer behind me You flashing like that nice truck So you notice now my signal isn't flashing as fast as it was before We're on the ice here When it flashes twice as fast as usual that means you have a burnt-out bulb now I checked all my bulbs before I left and all the lights were working as far as I was concerned But as we were leaving I guess it burnt out Because when I turned my left turn signal on it was flashing twice as fast as usual So I turned around went right back to the yard and I realized it was my driver's side front signal Was burnt out the bulb was burned out. So I replaced that real quick and now we're on the way It must have burnt out just as I pulled out of the yard. I'm pretty sure it was working I mean now I'm second-guessing myself like really was it you know, I go around checking all the lights But did I just miss that? Just a reminder to be thorough make sure your signal lights are working before leaving the yard. I Caught it right away. So just went back replaced the bulb. We're good to go Otherwise I'd have to buy a bulb myself on the road And you know and bring in an expense sheet and stuff and that's just easier to get it replaced right away Off we go 600 kilometers six hours of driving. I guess that'd be 360 miles approximately And then we'll unload in the morning and it'll be a little bit of a longer day tomorrow So we got to go up to Saskatchewan first City of Brandon here. Here's the sign Don't actually go through the city the city's over there But we are gonna stop at Timmy's, you know, I haven't been through here in a very long time the last Overnighter we took out west of Manitoba into the Saskatchewan in this truck was to Always I called again Napanee Napanee Or something up north and we took the other highway then yellowhead. I Haven't been through Brandon here in quite a while probably over a year again. They not have been through here recently I remember where the Timmy's is unless if they moved it I'm just gonna say right now. They better not have moved it It's just at the other end of town here off on the right. There's a truck parking or truck stop right beside it And a husky truck stop across the way I can see the flag at the husky truck stop already We have 366 kilometers left to go to Regina, so we're not quite halfway there Another half hour of driving and we're pretty close to halfway there This truck rides like a Cadillac, but you already knew that I can't stop talking about how nice these t680s are You know, I was in the Volvo this morning getting ready. I wasn't filming yet And the Volvo turned out not to be ready to go So I'd jump into blue 42 here and just jumping from the newer Volvo was a Volvo was at 868 70 It was the newer one with the big wide sleeper is the biggest Volvo you can get here Jumping from that one straight into this one This truck is absolutely Better in my opinion as a deeper sleeper Just more breathing space now I haven't been able to compare this truck to a freight liner Cascadia or whatever the new freight liners are because we don't have any of those We don't have any freight liners on our fleet That's the kind of Volvo I was talking about right there You catch a glimpse of it here the freight liner cascades are a little wider in the cab here And that they actually have quite a bit of space in there as well the people who have them Really go to great lengths to defend them and their superiority in their mind I don't really want to say one truck is better than the other because I just have my opinions in my opinion I like the Kenworth, but I'm also biased you have to remember that I Am absolutely biased I I've always liked Kenworth and speaking of Kenworth in line Kenworth got a new building here Look at that. I don't think it's even open yet Inline Kenworth, that's where Andy the Kenworth guy works at that's the the Winnipeg head office. I guess they got a Second location here in Brandon now Nice good for them Good for them. I like to see more Kenworth on the road. Hey, there's Smiddy's right there. There's Husky over there Oh, it's so now. Sorry. I saw over there is also so over here I guess they're both the same and there's Timmy's right there and there's a sign up on that Light up there that says no right turn on red I'm not sure why these people are on the shoulder. That's not a turning lane. I don't think they know that though I haven't been here in a while, but I remember that because people always do that What do I know I'm not from here, maybe it is a turning lane All right, guys, let's go. I want my Timmy's So I'm gonna go around to the back park in the back Check on our load there And then the Sun's gonna go down right away, and I guess I'll see you in Regina. I'll probably stop in Balgoni Balgoni Bologna Probably stop there and spend the night there at the Flying Jay. I see nothing has changed so far I don't know what that is that truck parking that looks like as a private lot. Ah, you see here We are park right back here You got to remember to leave a lane through here so trucks can get through here. I remember Many times you come here and people would park right across here not leaving any driveway for people to get through to the exit And then you're stuck you can't get out. It's a nice truck. People can go around that way if they want I can't believe it's not fuller here. Usually there's a lot more people here. Ah, that seems good. That seems good Feels good to be out here again Jack it on real quick. Get out check our load I've got my driving slippers with me today I take them with on these longer trips because they're easy to slip on and off to quickly run in and grab a coffee Rather than like I got my boots over there, but they take so long to put on and off So call me Lacey. That's okay. I Can't forget the zipper toward come on now There we go Let's go take a look at our load shall we turn our headlights off while we're parked here. There it is Looks like everything is still as it should be It's still looking good and good Looking good Looks like a pretty old tarp on the back here. I'm just doing the job. I'm gonna run and grab my coffee We'll talk to you a little later. So sketch a wound We're actually not changing the time zone Karen. They're in central time right now in spring time They'll be in mountain time Saskatchewan doesn't change their clocks so half the year they're with us in Manitoba and the other half the year they're with Alberta out west Whenever I take an overnight, I always hit a blizzard Glenfell, Grenfell. I believe that's what the town's called headed west I got another 56 kilometers or 30 miles to Balgoni And at this rate, we're gonna be there in a few hours and I bet you all the parking is taking up already. I Wouldn't be surprised Look at this guy. Look at this guy coming here. Now, but always gonna hit this truck. Oh that came close Patience buddy patience. I know this traffic is testing my patience too, but I should say the way there is There's somebody well, like I said in the last clip there's somebody at the front of this convoy about 30 trucks up that's excessively cautious, which is okay Better than the opposite like that pick up that just passed us But his excessive cautiousness is Getting on the nerves of people behind me Somebody's gonna end up in the ditch tonight yet. It won't be me Won't be me. Hope not anyway. It's not gone wood We're just passing by Indian head now if you guys are familiar with the trans-Canada and Saskatchewan We have another 45 kilometers Maybe like 32 miles so we haven't gone very far, but it's felt like an eternity Grain hauler in front of me is getting impatient. I don't know if he's actually gonna try and pass this truck in front of him or Don't I see another vehicle getting impatient back there in the in the passing lane? I think he's just stopping other reckless people from passing us So he he's just been sitting in that passing lane there for a while, but he's not actually passing He might be doing us all a favor just to Stop people from flying past us and you know side-swiping us We're losing control and hitting one of us. No idea. You can't even tell where the lanes are right now All you can do when you're in a situation like this is you see the edge of the ditch there off to the right And then you see the edge of the ditch off there sort of to the left You just stay between those lines Just stay right in the middle This isn't the time to pass people Believe me, we'd all like to be going faster But it is what it is. Just take a deep breath. Oh, here comes somebody here. Come somebody Look this guy. I guess that guy didn't hold that one back. I guess you got around him I think he's coming past. Yeah, he's coming past. Oh Dear, okay He passed the guy behind me. All right. Well, I don't know where my lane is bud So I'm just gonna stay where I know I can drive. I'm not getting sucked into the ditch You want to come pass me? What is that a u-haul truck? You hit me buddy. I'm not gonna be happy. I was gonna kind of ruin my day I'm trying to have a good day here. Some people's kids. You get past that grain hauler I really hope we don't see an accident happen in front of us I have no idea where the edge of the road is on that side, right? I don't think he knows either because I can't see it. I'm sitting up higher than him So if I can't see it, he has no idea where that road ends and if he gets sucked into that median It's probably gonna be a little while the wait for the tow truck. Here comes another one. He's clipping too He's clipping. Don't wipe out and hit me, man. Is that three people that have blown past us in this? Here comes another one This one's only got one light. Looks like a motorcycle from here. Gotta fix your headlight bud. Two of them are two Oh, and another one's coming. We got another one Okay, anyone want to place bets or any of these guys gonna hit the ditch Or you think they're all gonna make it okay. It's not be funny if there was a mounting sitting here It's intersection, you know, just watching traffic making sure people were behaving Wouldn't that be funny? Here come another two or another one behind them yet. Nothing stops used to sketch on people man You got to get home to watch Yellowstone Nothing's gonna stop you home. Feed the horses Feed the cows just about hit my probably looked closer than it was but Oh, oh, and he can't get past many flashing his high beams at that guy there Expecting him to get out of the way. Now. He has high beams on that guy's mirror As if it's his fault that the road is covered in snow and he can't go faster. Oh go any baloney Let's see if there's any parking spots available here for us. No, we That was a very long ride from whitewood to here. Oh, and we got someone going extremely slow on the Only off ramp here There she is You know, oh good. It looks like there's lots of parking Nice. I was not expecting that. That's awesome. I guess since the the blizzard is over now We got through it. I guess since we got through it a lot of the drivers Decided to keep going Not me. I want to park I Got a deliver in Regina in the morning. That's just like I don't know 10 minutes down the road from here There's lots of parking. Thank God Nice. I was really worried All right, I Always turn my headlights off in a parking lot, but leave your marker lights on Just so that you don't you know shine your lights into people's cabs and stuff. That's a little bit rude Look at all this parking. Oh Nice nice. Now, where are we gonna park? I got to find the perfect spot. I Don't do this very often anymore and I remember my I remember my methods. I'm like a dog I got a circle a lot three times first before I park We're gonna try to skip the circling part and just find a good spot right off the bat Somewhere where no one's gonna back into me somewhere where I got quiet neighbors I was thinking of that spot right over there, but that's a cattle hauler. Don't want to park beside him, especially if he's loaded Even if he's not loaded. He's probably gonna stink. It's not his fault, but I'm gonna go see if there's anything at the back over there nice truck though, eh Nice He kind of took up two spots though. That's not so nice. It's hard to see where the lines are when it's all full of snow A lot of these guys are just happy to have made it here and find a parking spot They don't care if they're straight or not and can't really blame them How about this spot here? Snow pile right there. I'm gonna back in beside beside this Super B. I think