 Morning folks. This is day number one full day number one without the weasel with me. If you missed yesterday's video That's okay. You can go back and watch it anytime you like. It's on my channel. You can go subscribe We are here in the USA bringing lumber down to Warrens, Wisconsin And we have a reload go pick up in Gary, Indiana That's gonna take us to Toronto and then from there we're going back home. So we're still trucking and I left diesel at home just because of everything that's going on right now if you know things get worse At least I don't have to worry about him. He's safe at home so it's just me out here and We're taking this opportunity to clean up this truck Little bit here. I was gonna vacuum it up, but apparently My vacuum cleaners dead It didn't charge so we'll have to vacuum later I'm just sweeping everything out right now had to open the windows because it got a little dusty in here It's hard to keep this thing clean with a dog if you're wondering you want to get into trucking and you you want to have a dog with you That's cool. I've had a dog with me like for nine years almost nine years eight and a half years and It feels weird not to have him here But at the same time it's much much much easier to keep your truck clean without a dog in here So that's up to you if it's worth it to have a little bit of a dirty truck and have a dog with you Cool, it's worth it for me But if you like to have a spick and span spotless truck Maybe having a dog along isn't for you unless if you have one of those shedless dogs Those those unicorns that we hear about the dogs that don't shed anything like poodles. You want to have a poodle with you? I'll probably always have a dog once this whole thing's over a diesel will be back in the truck with me until he retires and Who knows one day maybe when he passes on maybe we'll get another dog. I'm I Don't know. I don't want to think that far ahead yet. Let's just think about today. All right Let's get on the road. We're here in Rothsay, Minnesota. We've got to make our way over to Warrens, Wisconsin Before we get going we got to do a good clean on our dashboard here, especially any of these buttons That my hands might touch disinfect everything every day. I do this at the end of the day, too That's what's most important at the end of the day is There we go. There we go. This I don't really touch a lot here, but I'm gonna clean that side I'm gonna clean this side too right away And if you're wondering Yesterday was the big test on this truck after came out of the shop again The engine is running very smooth. It had a valve adjustment overhead adjustment. I think that's what they call it Perne like a sweet little kitten just really nice. So let's cross our fingers and hope that it stays that way Every time I knocked on wood before the truck went back into the shop. So maybe we won't knock on wood this time I don't know. Let's Just hope for the best. I Don't want to go in the shop again for a long time But a nice decline on the on ramp here Help me get up to speed by the time I hit the freeway So I'm pretty heavy. I'm not gonna be totally up to speed To the shop in Langley, British Columbia there and I'll say wow the fuel economy is so much better now, right? Well now that I got the valves adjusted It's doing even better. I'm looking at probably burning $2,000 less fuel every month Which will pay for these all of these repairs in a matter of months right there that's how Big of a difference it can make if your valves are out of adjustment and if you got a bad turbo actuator That batteries that all they're not getting proper voltage through to the computers What other problems have I all fixed fix my water pump new water pump on here Pumps the antifreeze to the engine to keep it cool pretty much there anything and everything you can bolt onto this engine has been replaced now Except for the turbo. Let's hope that lasts a little while yet. We are just Purin along Really happy with the results through this pandemic want to keep driving. I don't want to have problems I mean, I got enough stress in my life right now as do you as do you I'm not saying I'm I have it the worst out. There's a lot of people right now that have it much worse than me Yeah, it's gonna get better It's going to get better Oh, it's time for another little break. The rest areas here in Minnesota have a Guy in there 24 one on 24 hours it from 7 a.m. To 8 p.m. I believe and they said and they disinfect every surface in there every 30 minutes So that's nice. Let's be able to wash my hands My freight behind me here still pulling it on down to Wisconsin My essential lumber I still don't know what I'm picking up in Gary, Indiana, though Apparently it doesn't need a tarp. That's all I know and it's going to Toronto Guess we'll find that out tomorrow Or do I pick it up on Tuesday? I'll have to check my record or my computer here But so far business is usual Everything is fine Haven't noticed any big difference really I Mean once I go through Minneapolis, maybe I'll notice that there's less traffic. I don't know. I guess we'll have to wait and see Kind of hope there's less traffic. It's been a little overcast about other than that. It's been Business is usual It's been a little more quiet in here because diesel is not in here I mean diesel is not a very loud dog, but usually I'm usually talking to him or you know Whenever I stop he's usually excited to go and explore and get out of the truck and now I stop I look back and it's a little quiet We're still having fun and I got to video chat with him before in the morning Looks like he's having a good wheeze occasion back at home Black River Falls, Wisconsin is where we will rest our head tonight as long as we can find a parking spot here A little less than a half hour down the road from where we got to be in 12 hours 11 and a half so we got lots of time We're gonna be able to snag a nice clean sanitary shower It's so quiet in here. It's so empty. I miss the weasel And I miss Britt and I miss all the other dogs Huh, so this is what it's like trucking all by yourself Like I said yesterday, I've only Gone on a trip without one of the dogs Usually it's diesel, but I've only gone on a trip without one of the dogs Like just a couple of times and that was just for a couple of days Just to deliver to a site on the oil fields where I'm not allowed to have dogs But uh Yeah, I'm doing okay. I'm doing okay. I'm just uh a little bit extra stressed out. I think because of all the recent Maintenance and stuff. I've been having to endure with this truck and with everything else going on Uh I'm doing all right I mean i'm in the same boat as all you guys. You guys know exactly what i'm talking about This two shall pass they say so uh for now we're gonna keep trucking doing the best we can uh The truck was running pretty smoothly all day like I was really impressed the valve adjustment just smoothed out the engine But towards the end of the day I don't know if my mind was just playing tricks on me or you know if it was the voices in my head or What it was, but I thought I felt It start to shake again It wouldn't go out of adjustment that quickly I just had it adjusted so can't be that Maybe it was just the road beneath the truck I don't know every little bump and jitter now. I'm like, oh, what was that? No more no more i'm done No more no more Shop time. I can't put my truck in the shop every time I go home. There's no profit in that So uh, I parked it for the night here where I'm black river falls I mean the truck's still running good the engine still sounds healthy I got here I still have full power Could have just been the roads that could have been my head Oh So what i'm gonna do is i'm gonna Have a good sleep Try to sleep this all off wake up in the morning deliver this freight We'll head on down to gary indian will hopefully get reloaded tomorrow yet. That'd be really nice If I can get loaded tomorrow afternoon. It's about four and a half hours from here So it's about a half hour to my delivery get there for nine o'clock. Hopefully be out of there by 10 Four hours from there in 10 11 12 1 2 Be there between two and three. Oh, but I got to go around chicago So it's it's going to be later in the afternoon. We'll see if they'll load me And we'll take that up to tronel. It'd be nice if I could get loaded tomorrow. Just keep moving. I just want to Keep on moving it's been a pretty good month. It's been a better month For loads than past months But I want to continue this I need this to keep I need to keep this ball rolling I need to keep this goodness just going on. I need this truck To keep running. I need you To treat me well please But every day I edged closer and closer towards Getting that w 900 I told you already already got a quote from andy All I got to do is wait by my time Get myself in the right position. Hopefully have no more problems with this truck And if all the stars align And the loads keep coming And the world turns itself right side back up And everything works out just fine. I'm going to push myself to get into that truck As soon as possible. I think that's what I'm feeling right now But like I said the voices have been talking to me all day telling me that my truck's about to no fall apart All I all I'm saying is that with a new truck? Yes, you got those big payments to deal with right? That's why you get yourself financially prepared first That aside at least then you have warranty Warranty on everything for a while Then at least you have a couple of stress-free years. Hopefully I mean new trucks break all the time too I mean you can buy a brand new truck and that thing can be in the shop every weekend too It's a roll of the dice It's a risk being out. It is what we call trucking There is no guarantees and every day is a roll of the dice. You just throw the dice out there hope for the best Oh, see what happens See what happens That's trucking You got to love what you do you got to love this to do it for a long time and I I do love I love it, but it really bothers me when things keep going wrong. But what what can I say? I mean I could be a doctor and I'm sure doctors hate it when things keep going wrong for them too I mean, but at least when things go wrong for me people aren't dying So, I mean my bad day is probably a lot better than their bad days That's got to be stressful dealing with people's lives, especially right now Shout out to all you healthcare workers out there. I I didn't mean to bring that up I forgot that this whole virus thing. I didn't I wasn't referencing Referencing the virus but a shout out to you on the front lines all you nurses and doctors out there You guys must be stressed to the limit and beyond right now So you're probably rolling your eyes at me talking about my stress. So I apologize I'll shut up because you guys You guys are in it a lot worse than me right now in the in the game of the stresses I've been talking for long enough here. Oh Hope you guys are well. Hope you guys are healthy. Stay safe And tune in tomorrow. We're going to continue on here. We're going to deliver some freight We're going to pick up some freight. We're going to keep on trucking because that's what we got to do