 Whoops My wiper broke But this isn't my truck. This is 2025 the 2025 still doesn't have a driver Would you like to drive it? Let us know, but it's gonna need a new wiper first cuz I took it My passenger wiper Broke on me while I was wiping down my windshield this morning With you guessed it bullsnot. I was but bullsnot didn't break it. Don't worry. They're not responsible I I pulled the wiper arm back and usually it goes back right and I guess it must have been cracked already Or maybe I'm just the Hulk, but I I didn't they grief on it I didn't yank on it. I just pulled it back like like this, right? like that and it was on passenger side and Like you saw there just broke right off So we don't have those in stock here at our shop, but they're in Winnipeg you could order them They'll probably be here this afternoon But I need to get going. I have a load to take out to Kanora today So the guy has suggested why don't you just go and take 2025's then I can take my truck out with the wiper and Then when the wiper arm does come in, they'll just replace it on 2025 because no one's driving that truck right now anyway so Problem solved first thing in the morning. I replaced it myself. I was a Busy polishing my rust So I guess I should continue It's not all rust. I mean see See I'm working on it guys. Don't worry. I'm working on it. I'm working on it Okay, so I'm gonna Get going. I'll let's test them out. I haven't even tested them yet. Gotta make sure they work There's plans for the rust. Don't worry Don't worry. I've read all your comments. Don't worry there. We got plans in the works Try and get rid of that rust and you know You'll see. You'll see. Let's try this out. Ah Very nice Did I have it set right? Is it going high enough? Yeah, I guess it's about as good as you can do, right? So you can depends on how you install the wiper arm if it goes like further this way or further down. I think that's about I'd like it to go a little further up to be honest, but it's already sitting so high on the window there Well, at least there's a wiper, right? So today's topic of conversation Is sort of related to the other days with the diesel prices Surging and the prices going up This is more so along the the lines of how trucking companies are making it work with these high diesel prices And who's really paying for it? Who pays in the end for our increased? Cost of doing business So this article comes from the Toronto Sun It's from October 7th 2021 and it's titled companies or trucking companies keep on going. Thanks to the surcharge So what happens is sort of explains in the article here There's a fuel surcharge that we add on to all of our all of our freight and it that fluctuates with the price of diesel If you didn't have that most trucking companies wouldn't be able to make it with these increasing fuel costs So I'll read a little bit of the article here and let me know what you think So it says a critical cog in Canada's economy is insulated from higher fuel prices But that still does not protect the average consumer from paying more down the line Like all other parts of the economy the trucking industry is facing dramatically higher fuel costs this year, but Truckers can pass along the increase in the form of a fuel surcharge to customers who use their shipping services Essentially they charge their customers more as the price of fuel goes up Just in the last week fuel has gone up three or four cents a liter Said James steed who runs steed standard transport port instead Stratford. This is Ontario Ooh, I have a new message. I am reading an article. Oh, it's my load assignment Taking a load of sugar water to canara Right on I'm just gonna reply here real quick Excuse me. I know we were in the middle of a discussion, but I have to let them know that I received it and that I accept it I accept my fate And I have a full day yet because I haven't really I haven't started yet, so Back to the to the article at hand here So This was a trucking company that was interviewed in the Toronto area and it says The 108 year old trucking company is considered a smaller operator with just 40 trucks They run a their their family run business relies on the industry surcharge to stay afloat Since January 1st of this year 2021 Retail diesel has gone up by 45% according to the US Department of Energy a carrier Just can't absorb these costs with the fluctuating prices He says it would put us out of business if we didn't have a fuel surcharge That's the key part of dealing with the ups and downs of fuel pricing Fuel is considered the biggest second biggest cost for trucking companies after labour It is such a huge cost It would be crippling to not have those safeguards in place said Marco baguetto of the Canadian trucking Alliance Which represents 5,000 firms nationally baguetto says the surcharge system keeps member companies functioning The increase in shipping cost is ultimately passed down the food chain possibly ending with the consumer The customer will typically pay the price the fluctuations will be reflected in the contract That's the situation right now. He says as costs are increasing throughout the entire supply chain Dan McTeague of Canadians for affordable energy predicts a dire circumstance if current current trends continue So what I'm saying is when you go to the grocery store and you're wondering Why is the price of groceries skyrocketing? I used to you know I used to go shopping for my family and you know get away with paying two hundred dollars to feed my family now I'm paying three hundred or sometimes four hundred dollars. What's going on? Everything that you have comes by truck to the store all the food you eat comes by truck to the store It just doesn't magically appear like at Hogwarts Wouldn't that be awesome if there would just be a wizard and just a wave of his wand and food would appear But then I'd be out of a job. So thankfully That that doesn't happen here in our muggle world So you still need truckers like us to bring it to you and when you look at the fuel prices Remember those fuel prices are skyrocketing up The trucking companies can't absorb those prices. There's no way they'd all be out of business And then we'd have nothing and there'd be no trucks on the road. No food on the shelves We can't have that so somebody's got to pay this extra cost Fuel surcharge gets charged to the receiver or the shipper whoever's paying for the shipment that surcharge They can't absorb either or they would go out of business and then you have no supermarkets And then I have nowhere to deliver stuff to and then you have nowhere to buy food at everything collapses So they pass that extra cost that we incurred with a rising diesel prices They pass that on to you through the prices of their products whether it be food or you know If you go to Best Buy you buy a TV or or anything Anything around you all came to you by truck and it all took diesel fuel to get it to you Even if it comes from overseas those truck most of those Containerships I believe run on diesel fuel if I'm right. I'm not a I'm not a boat guy I'm a truck guy. So correct me if I'm wrong in the comments But with the riding price of diesel that extra cost that you see at the pumps Remember I fuel about $1,000 a week just in this truck and that's just doing city work here I would run through that in two or three days when I'm on the highway easily Thousands and thousands of dollars every month just one truck now think about it There's millions of trucks on the road right now just in North America Not to mention the rest of the world and diesel prices have gone up 45 percent since January All of that price goes down the line To you at the store when you're buying your stuff Unfortunately, so that's why we keep fighting for lower fuel prices so that the cost of living all together can stay low But I'm sure all of you knew this already. I might be preaching to the choir But for those of you who might not be in the transport industry Now you've got a little insight into it. So that was a good chat. Let's go do some trucking Now, you know why we always get a little worried when fuel prices keep skyrocketing skyrocketing and don't come back down If if it doesn't stop rising Eventually there's gonna be a point where no one can afford anything and then we're in big trouble So let's keep hoping and pushing for lower fuel prices Because it's the only mode of transport we have right now We just don't have the infrastructure for any type of transport at this point Just diesel fuel is what powers the world right now And we should we should continue to keep working towards other forms of energy Cleaner energy. I'm totally on board with that. But in the meantime Let's not Let's not take our own legs out in the meantime Okay, we got to keep everything moving forward and keep working towards cleaner energy at the same time There has to be a plan for a smooth Affordable transition you can't just snap your fingers and boom no more diesel fuel. We're all going electric. Well That that can't work. It just doesn't work that way, but we should start moving in a in a better. I agree because Eventually there won't be any more diesel fuel. We got to keep that in mind But we also have to have a plan. We got to be smart. We got to keep life affordable for everybody Otherwise, we're all in big trouble. So I'm glad I'm not in the position to make these decisions I'm not really in the know of what would be best to do. I Don't know. I just drive a truck So the trailer I'm supposed to be hooking on to to bring to canora is supposed to be ready at noon I'm going to be there two hours early to see if it's possibly done early I hear rumors that sometimes on Fridays they get it done early So if we get lucky we can get a two-hour head start and if not Well, then at least we're sitting there right on their doorstep when it is ready so we can hook on and go All right, we've got a big blue box behind us Tri-axle 51,000 pounds of goodness inside it pre-trips done and I'm all ready to rock The lady trailer it's got the skirts Heavy heavy 1,000 pounds in the box It's a tri-axle so we're still legal Definitely gonna be a nice smooth boat like ride all over to canora, but it's gonna be a slow boat like ride a little bit of extra effort Get up to speed good thing the ground is there to hold us up Following distance between me and the cars in front of me And you know exactly what's gonna happen every other car on the road is gonna look hey in open lane And jump right in there not realizing Heavy truck coming behind them. It's all part of the job He's gone keeps driving red light Woman pulls up beside him again gets out comes and bangs on the way We'll sit in the median looking at him. He starts speeding up Turns on a siren and chases after him and that only makes the truck driver drive faster So he chases after him for a while going faster and faster and eventually the truck driver decides he should pull over He says driver. Why were you speeding and said officer? I'm sorry my wife left me two weeks ago The officer said that's no reason to be speeding Driver looks up at him and says no for a police officer, and I thought it was you trying to bring her back to me Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian brothers and sisters out there. Thank you to all the turkeys Wouldn't be Thanksgiving without you