 Good morning from the wintery wonderland that is northern Ontario Snowing I did not approve of this. I don't know who did. I'm not happy about it But that's okay because we're trucking and that makes everything better. I love what I do a little too much. Don't I that's okay So we're just around the corner. This here is highway 71 it goes south down towards Fort Francis and Rainy River That up there is an intersection. That is highway 17. We are at the corner of the highway 17 and 71 Getting our day going here. We're gonna go put some freight on this trailer We're gonna put a tarp on it and we're gonna go back down to Brainerd. We've been doing the same thing back and forth all week Yes, like I said yesterday, it does get boring But that's okay because on payday, it's never boring We try to make it different every day for you Let's get going. We got afraid to pick up. We're gonna deliver the freight tomorrow morning So we just got to get the freight now make our way down to boat six six and a half hours down to Brainerd park there First thing in the morning first thing. We got to get this thing unloaded It was trailer empty and then I believe the plan is to get me Wiggling my way snaking my way towards home from there. We'll see what happens. It's trucking anything could happen. You never know All right, everybody Let's do it Sunday clothes on partially. There's always a Dress code where we're going to pick this up. They're very picky. One second. I got some Got some snowflakes on you Sorry about that How dare I right you guys don't want snow. I Don't want snow, but I will be in the snow for you so that you don't have to Just that kind of guy a brain bucket on I don't need it on right now. Let's go around the corner Let's go get this stuff. Let's get it on the trailer lights on for safety Seat belt on so I don't fall out Wait, no, I need a snack. I haven't eaten anything yet One second very important Snack best of champions Hashtag not an ad I just like these things. Oh It's gonna be good. We eat it on the way. Hey, let's get to the Shippa. I understand it needs to happen We have to have a white Christmas But can we please get the snow on the weekends? That would be great. Thanks We don't have too far to go today because this snow keeps up It's gonna be a little slow-moving. It's all right We're trucks. We're supposed to be slow-moving, right? Just above freezing at one degree Celsius Probably with 34 Fahrenheit So the roads are doing just fine. They're not slippery They're just wet But as the sun goes down later today, that'll change The temperatures will drop and the roads will turn to ice So we're going to have to be careful leave here once I'm loaded I'll definitely be checking the forecast and road conditions Or you can get make sure you know, you have places lined up that you can stop just in case We'll be worried about that tonight. I mean, it's uh, we'll see how much snow we get pretty predictable If you know what the weather is then you you pretty much predict what the road conditions will be At least we got that right? All we gotta do is figure out what the weather is. Remember that this next weekend I was gonna put it on last weekend already. I forgot It's not quite needed yet, but I at least wanted in the truck with me Well that escalated quickly. It's up. It's gonna be quite the interesting day today The shipper yet. I hope they're still loading trucks in this So far up until now, I've been lucky enough to kind of avoid the beginning of winter. I Guess it's got to hit us all at some point Exactly the same load as yesterday Exactly the same thing I put a strap over here Because there's a stack of four here and there's a stack of three here, right? So I don't want my tops flapping around here because that'll put strain on those corners right there I don't want those to rip. So I want to stay I put this strap over there to keep that tight But this strap over here to keep this tarp from sliding forward. The rest is all Bungie down Ready to rock and roll Another Christmas present for Santa another Christmas present for Santa only the skies have cleared up. No more snow So it's kind of good that we look a little longer here than usual Usually it takes about two hours to get in and out of here today took three hours But that's fine because in that three hours all the snow cleared and melted off the road and the sky's cleared. So I'm okay with that. I'm just gonna put my brain bucket away. It's Don't need to hold it in anymore in my truck. I know that and I'm okay with that I Picked this truck. This is my truck. It's the truck. I've always wanted I don't have to have a lot of space. I just have to like it It's just courses of angels the harmonies of the engine and the turbo and the tires. It's just It's an orchestra from heaven. It's international Falls, Minnesota Just got into the great United States once again a guest in our neighbor's house. I Promise to be a very good boy. I just want to bring you some of your lumber that you ordered And then go home. Oh glad that all that's only look at this. There's no snow here at all This is only like what a hundred miles or so south of canora where all that snow was this morning There's nothing here. My aza thing. That's been a good day so far. The sun goes down pretty early. So Into the night we go It's only like seven o'clock. They love to build two towns of two cities right beside each other It's like a Minnesota thing. We're here waiting for the morning When the gate will open and greet us I'm first in line That's actually a lie. There's a guy over there. Can you see him? It was a good night of driving. Oh and for this here. I've been talking with this for a while, right? Those lights I I've ordered a new one like this finally the move is all finished We've moved into the new house. That's what I was waiting for. I've ordered just a light bar Should be coming in soon. So that'll be fixed and My OCD can be Satisfied once again. Remember when it was that light up there on the top left remember when it was that one That wasn't working properly. I already fixed that one. I Was driving me nuts If you're gonna have lights on your truck, you better make sure your lights are working No point in having lights if only half of them are working, you know what else is driving me nuts You know what else I have to replace soon not yet, but Was not lighting up properly. I want to replace all of these. I already have some Saved on Amazon, but I'm gonna pick up once I think there's one on this side. That's not working right either Right there you are and it's right by my driver's step, right? It's right here. So every time I get in and out of the truck. I've got to see it I should like switch it to the other side Maybe that's what I'll do. I'll look at it then but yeah There's our new friend over there I'll meet him in the morning introduce myself For now it's time to go to bed This gate here will open at seven in the morning So shortly after that I'll have to wait until my logbook allows me to but as soon as we're able to I Will roll through that gate so he'll be unloaded before me. He got here before me already As soon as I'm able to I'll roll through there and we'll get this unloaded and then we'll start thinking of a plan to get home. I Think what the unofficial plan was at least the plan the other day was to send me to thief river falls from here To grab a preloaded trailer switch this one out I don't know if that's still the plan yet or not that hasn't been confirmed to me But that was sort of the the unofficial maybe plan If that's the case then as soon as I'm unloaded here I bolt over there switch trailers tie that load down and then head home time to go home again Looking forward to it The load here Is still all here every bit of it. It's great the tarps held firm. That's good My strategy worked to keep those corners from ripping through my tarps there the back is Looking good as well. Good Another successful delivery. All we got to do is get it off the trailer now Thanks for watching today No, it was another day just like the other days this week this week was kind of repetitive for me back and forth back And forth back and forth But it was exciting because I found a new cheaper way to get back to canora when I'm empty through rainy River, Ontario I'm Budet, Minnesota and I did the math. I kept track of my my mileage. It is pretty much exactly the same distance Very very close within the margin of error To go back up through rainy River and you save that $21 toll and you don't give your money to the toll man I gotta end this right here. So please when you're out there on the road remember Think of me out there I'm just one of millions that are trying to get home to their families So keep your head up when you're on the highway and keep your eyes on the road keep your stick on the ice pay attention I'll see you tomorrow