 I'm Steve Berg, and I'm from Rogers, Minnesota, and you're watching TJV. Don't forget to mash that like button. Morning everybody. Me and Paul and Law here are tarping our loads, getting them ready to go. They're both going to Brainerd, Minnesota. Off we go! Brainerd, Minnesota where we're going to drop these loads off at the same place. And we're both going to head down together. I think it's called Middlebury, Indiana. Somewhere around there. Just worried about getting this load finished. I'm sitting at approximately 77,000 pounds gross. The ferry behind me is sitting at probably about 78. So we're well below the legal limit for weight in the U.S. This is Suneros, Ontario. I'm hoping to be able to find a coffee here. And his is actually completely different, but it's going to the same place. It's the same in that it's lumber, but it's totally different kind of lumber. I have Aspenite board, I believe, and he has 8'2'' by force. That's his load. Wrapped up like a nice little Christmas present. I'm pretty sure I was using this truck for city work. Not too long ago. Now it's his. He's doing something. And you get to watch a little movie while you're making coffee too. Oh, there it is. That name is because we go through here quite a bit. On the other side of the river here is International Falls, Minnesota. That's actually over there. We're going to go to the bridge. It's the first time crossing into the U.S. commercially. So they may ask them a few extra questions. I have no idea. I'm pretty sure it'll be the same questions that I always get asked. Where are you going? Where are you from? What's your hauling? You got any fruit? Stuff like that. Obvious ones. Any alcohol, any weapons. Got to give them your passport. Your paperwork for the load. That shouldn't have a problem. And once we cross, we have another 3 hours down to Brainerd. We'll unload there in the morning. And then tomorrow we'll make the journey down to Indiana. Got to pick up some utility trailers there. Lots and lots of construction on this highway. We came down Ontario Highway 71. Now we're on Ontario 11. I think they call them the King's Highway. King's Highway 11. There wouldn't technically be the Queen's Highway 11. Though the Queen is getting up there in age. I have a feeling within my lifetime there may be a King. She's holding onto that throne pretty tightly though. For those of you who don't know, most of you do. In the US, their head of state is their president. In Canada, our head of state is Queen Elizabeth II. The US is a constitutional republic. Canada is a constitutional monarchy. Similar systems, but not really. We're very close friends though. They used to be part of the family. They got upset. They moved out. It's all in the past. Any time now. Any time. I want you to be green. No? Okay. Please turn green. No? Oh, there's traffic coming. No, it's gonna be a while. Okay. Got to wait for that traffic coming over there to get past here. And then we'll get the green light to go. Fun times. Fun times. That's the rest of the traffic. Not very good. Aha! Green! Ha! I love green. It's one of my favorite colors, not really. Blue is my favorite color, obviously. Look at this mess. Look at this mess. This whole thing. I guess if they want to pull their camper trailers out of their right now, they're out of luck. That's so well. No camping for you guys till the road is finished. Take that. Look at this trees. They got vines growing all the way up it. Or those branches. Who knows? Who's to say? Looks like any American town, like I always say. You got your Dairy Queens. You got your McDonald's. You got your Pizza Hut. You got your Super 8 Motel. Boston Pizza's a Canadian company though. Which is weird because it's called Boston Pizza, right? Quite a few people living here. I don't know what the main industry would be here. This is kind of far off the beaten path, you know? If you're in Fort Francis, you're either here to cross the border into international falls. Or you're here because you live here. There's quite a few people. There's quite a few jobs here then. Here's a Tim Hortons. Maybe they all work at Tim Hortons. Do they have truck parking? Of course they don't. Of course they don't. Nice challenger there though. Alright, we're almost there everybody. So I'll see you on the other side. See if you can spot the differences between a Canadian town and an American town. I'm just waiting for Paul-on-Law to get the clearance as well. It should be through here in just a minute or two. And then we've really got to find a place to clean up a little bit. There's been no stops between where we loaded this lumber and the border here. It'd be really nice to be able to clean up a little bit and even just wash my hands. No washrooms, no nothing. The one place we did stop at for coffee didn't have washrooms. They had outhouses. That's a difference. That's not a bathroom. That's an outhouse. So once he comes around the corner here behind me then we'll continue on down the road. We'll find a nice American truck stop with running water. It's just that we went down a kind of a remote stretch of highway on the way here. 71 had nothing on it except for the Suneros there where we stopped at that trading post. And for some reason they didn't have bathrooms there. Most places do have bathrooms just so you know. Running water is not a foreign thing in Canada. Running water is the standard. Apparently not on highway 71. Just from dealing with the tarps. Like I have dirt all up and down my arms. I'd love to get changed. Another three hours. We won't be able to get unloaded today. Did I tell you that already? We'll get unloaded tomorrow. There won't be any pilot flying Jane on our way there which is unfortunate because there you get free showers when you fuel. Alright we're good to go. Times recently. It's probably going to be a regular town that I passed through. We have a lot of freight that gets picked up over here that come back home from the US but we need to get down there. Down empty so picking up lumber in Northwestern Ontario. Bringing it down here is a nice little you know nice little load to fill in the gap. But we still have kind of a big dead head on this load. That'll be all day tomorrow. Sometimes you got to go the distance and take a load from Minnesota to Indiana. And that wasn't the plan originally. The plan was to pick up a new load in Minnesota but that load fell through. So this was our only other option really. Excuse me. International Falls Bass Championship. Cool. Or is it the base championship? He got stuck out of light I think. A straight stretch of road. I have to pick up a load that goes back to Canada. I can't take a load from Minnesota to Indiana. That doesn't work. And this wasn't the original plan. So in order for me to go get those trailers in Indiana after I drop this load in Brainerd, Minnesota I'm going to have to go empty to pick that one up. Oh kid. What are you doing so close to the lane? There you go. Right on. He wants me to honk. I love getting the arm pump. I'm all excited now. That just made my day. I'm going to pull in right here and wait for him. Right in front of their sports stadium. He's a little bit behind me. I know he's got his GPS but I'd rather run together. I don't run convoy very often. I'm actually not a fan of running convoy very often. I usually run by myself. But this is a special trip. It's his first one. And I want to make sure there's no issues. I want to make sure he's comfortable. He doesn't feel like I'm running off on him. Here he comes. Is this kid crossing the street? Nope. We're in Deer Falls, Minnesota. It's a Cinex gas station here. We were headed that way. Just make sure he's ready. Are you ready? Bar's Furniture. I think it's closed. I'm going to buy a shop. A little elbow grease required. We ended up at Casey's just west of Brainerd, Minnesota. I can't see it in front of me there. I'm sure there's some truck park in there. Nice truck stop. We can grab some coffee here in the morning. And we actually have two different unloading locations. Same company. And both in Brainerd. So we'll talk about that tomorrow. I'm going to go get him. Paul and Longeri unloaded first. And then we're going to get me unloaded. And then we're going to make our way down to Indiana. It's getting pretty dark out. And it's time to go to bed. So thanks for watching everybody. Please don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already. Hit that like button if you liked it and leave me a comment down below. Check out the links beneath the video in the description. Lots more of me on the internet. All over the place.