 Hello beautiful people, my name is Angela and I'm from British Columbia, Canada. You're watching Trucker Josh and the Diesel Diesel Good morning everybody We are just rolling out the Simonson Truck Plaza in Grand Forks, North Dakota. We didn't make it as far as we wanted to yesterday Well, that's because my engine decided it needed to do two regents Well, actually it needed one regen, but I messed up the first one right at the end I'm gonna have to redo it all over again because that's how this truck works. Thanks, Bobo So I sat there for two hours at the border. They're just on the US side of the border. It's truck stuff They're waiting for it to regen properly And we got here got tired went to bed end of story today's a new story a new page We're on our way down to Well, Brian County, Georgia. It's a town called Ella Belle Ella Belle Ella Belle, Georgia We're delivering these fiberglass fuel tanks for underground at a new love's travel plot Plaza So it's a three-day drive from here. It's 2700 something Karen, why aren't you telling me where to go? You forget? Come on Karen get with it. We're already moving. It's about 2700 kilometers from here. I think which is Two and a half days of driving a little over two and a half days of drive We'll meet it'll be three days have about five dollars worth of tolls to the highlighted route. There you are Karen. Nice to see you Thanks for joining us But we got one toll to go through Once we get into Illinois, of course, we're gonna go down I-39. I believe that is straight south from Rockford and There's one toll we got to pay and it's Five bucks unless if this guy wants to go straight through. What are you doing? Oh, you use your turn signal awesome? You go first buddy. I'll wait I'm slower than you. There you go. Gotta get right across here. Anyway, what a pedestrian to okay? Okay, well, I'm a pedestrian a lot of the time, too. I'll wait for you, buddy You want me to go? No, you go. No, you go now. I insist you go No problem, bud. Good for you. Keep walking. It's healthy for you You see if the pedestrian has the right of way to crosswalk like that. I always stop Even if they tell me to keep going I'll stop because they have the right of way What it bothers me is like when there is no crosswalk like you And you're trying to get across the road and people stop and completely obstruct traffic Just to try to let you cross and I keep telling them. No, you have the right of way. You keep going I don't have the right of way here. Maybe I'm the only one that thinks of that. Well construction already wonderful I love starting the day with construction You know, I wake up in the morning and I think man, I hope there's lots of construction today It's just makes my day some of this land. I gotta give truck wash My truck is filthy Dirty girl. Well, we're pulling into the petrol pass. Not the petrol pass. That's in Canada petrol stopping center here in Fargo, North Dakota Turn right on 49th street south. What do you know, Karen? I don't know where I'm going on the boss. We're going to blue beacon This truck desperately needs a truck wash from our trip out to Alberta We are filthy filthy filthy You know, the trailer's not mine, but you know, I'm gonna I'm gonna pay to get it washed anyway just because I'm you know I want to have a clean unit to roll down into the south. Hopefully I won't hit any bad weather from here to the south, but I mean We'll see I want to have a clean unit though the whole thing So wash the truck and it's not that much more to wash the trailer too and you know I'll do a nice thing. I'll do a favor for them. I won't even ask for reimbursement I'm doing it for myself. I'm not doing it for them. I want to have a clean unit I want to look good And the whole thing is just filthy and it would look really weird if I had a really clean truck and a filthy trailer I don't want that. It's gotta look good. It's gotta look good So that's okay Maybe I'll keep the receipt We'll see Let's get into line here first Oh, and they have a oh, there's nobody in line here. I was expecting to have to wait a while even practically drive right in Oh smokes only smokes there. Oh Oh, did you look at that there? Is that one closer? Is that one open? I think they're both open Nobody's telling me not to go into this one. So Here we go See if they tell me to Go to the other door They got me in right away. This is like the Quickest time they've ever gotten me in here. I don't think I've ever been able to just drive up to the blue beacon here in Fargo and Just drive right in and start getting washed right away. This is awesome So this won't take anything out of my day This is where I was hoping to spend the night Thanks, Karen Well, we're gonna get the whole unit washed And I'll let you know what the cost is because usually I just do the truck right because this is my truck It's not my trailer And why would I wash someone else's trailer all the time, right? But I'm taking this one down to the south. It's a little bit of a special trip for me. I want to have a whole clean unit I'll keep the receipt for the trailer. I'll see I'll see it's not my trailer. I'll see if they'll But whatever if they don't want to I didn't ask them if I could wash the trailer if they wanted to wash So if they say hey you did that on your own for yourself too bad Then whatever it's not a big deal. At least I don't know how much it costs to wash the whole unit, right? I doubt they'll they'll say that though. They're they're really good people when I tell them I've washed their equipment for them I'm sure they'll be appreciative and be like, oh, thanks. It needed it here. We'll pay for it What I'm trying to say I guess is I'm prepared to pay for it myself So that I can look good rolling down to the south I just hope I don't hit any really bad weather that gets it all dirty again on the way down. That would be terrible I should have checked the weather Let's check my weather app right now. Actually, I'll check it with you Uh weather and radar Weather radar, let's see we're going down to the south Come on load up What what is this? Okay We're going to look for uh Uh that uh rain and snow Nope, we're not going to hit any rain or snow All the way down to georgia Sweet clear skies all the way down. That's awesome. Let's uh check for tomorrow too Good so this uh Should work out pretty well. I'm excited I wish I got to go down to the south more often. I used to be in georgia all the time You guys remember that? Have you been watching that long? I used to pull dry vans. I did that for six years And we had regular contracts that were in uh around Atlanta, georgia And so I was in florida all the time. I was out in newfoundland I went up to uconn once in canada What everywhere except for the southwest of the united states So I really wish we'd sort of gain some contracts down there because I'd love to go there not california But you know, I'd love to go to you know, utah, arizona. I think it'd be a lot of fun, but Texas I haven't been to texas Oh, I don't think we've ever gone to texas that one I have before but it was in the past when I was running for someone else All right, I think they're gonna need me to move up here soon. Let's do in the final rinse here So the total came out to $113 american came out to $155 canadian So the trailer was 41 50 american and in canadian is about 50 bucks. So it was $50 to wash the trailer So usually the truck wash what I what I do All right, what I've told you guys before is I get the uh the classic wash Plus the rain ex Oh, we're good to go right on One second. Let me get out of here Right on thanks guys Okay, so I get the classic wash with the rain ex the undercarriage wash and the motor washed Usually that costs me about 75 to 80 american $100 canadian This time I added on the classic trailer wash And that added on 41 50 american $50 canadian so not bad $150 for a truck wash. I know it sounds pretty steep, especially to you guys probably don't drive trucks And who just you know are used to paying 15 bucks to wash your car It's 100 bucks to wash this baby 150 to add the trailer to have the trailer wash too, but I'll I'll bring them the receipt. I'll see what they say I'll see what they I'll I'll be ready for them to say no But I'm pretty sure they'll be appreciative that I washed all the salt off the trailer Because our trailers get so dirty and no one ever washes them No one ever does because who would who would spend their own money here except for this crazy guy to wash the trailer But I like to look good And I'm I'm driving a Volvo. I understand so there's only so good. I can look but you got to try your hardest to at least try you know I already got those points against me Now that I'm saying there's anything wrong with a Volvo but if you're trying to look good Volvo is not usually the truck that you buy in North America, but This old girl is treating me. Well, she's special because she's mine Uh, I want a Kenworth W9 Like any good North American or Peterbilt Freightliner, you know something built or engineered and designed here But uh volvos are very good trucks. They actually have a very high safety rating They're a Swedish truck. So they're a European truck and they're the only European truck in North America. So, uh I think they're the only trucks with a crash test safety rating as well I don't know why the American trucks don't do a crash test, but uh At least this truck is safe This truck has an airbag on the driver's side not for the passenger though because I guess Volvo didn't care about the passenger the the airbag over here And I'm not too sure if the new trucks. I'm pretty sure all new trucks have airbags But I know Volvo is like one of the first ones to come out with an airbag for trucks And uh, they're good trucks. They're good. It's just uh, if you want that prestige And that uh, respect that comes from driving a sweet classic truck on the highways of North America Like of Canada and the United States you want to have a long nose Peterbilt Kenworth or Freightliner My opinion only. Okay. Don't I don't speak for all truckers. Okay. That's just in my opinion So one day one day, but this truck is a great tool right now. She's been treating me well. She's running well The engine is solid. It doesn't leak any oil Uh, she's over a million kilometers already still going strong oil still good doesn't even need a rebuild yet They go they you know, I got a lot of room A lot of headspace a lot of good things about Volvo The looks on the outside aren't one of them hashtag my opinion So, uh, we're gonna wait here just a couple of minutes. I'm gonna have a little snack And then we'll head back out on the road No, no, no, no, no The forecast said clear skies all the way down to Georgia. What's this? What's this? Even my wipers are mad They do that when they're cold. I need to replace the motor soon Remember trust the weather rank what we call the weather rankers or the weather people Look at this so much for a clean truck Still on the west side of the city Well a good thing it only missed it for about five minutes looks like we're in the clear right now We're in Minneapolis going around on the 694 and I just got passed by an ambulance. You can still see them over there in the distance The ambulance is down here. They have blue lights with the red lights for some reason that's Uh, that's not really what I want to talk about. I don't talk about how bright those things are like You wanted to make sure I knew you were coming, you know mission accomplished Wow, I still got purple spots in my eyes They're led little flashy emergency lights. They're blinding Like I let him pass me obviously right then he sat in front of me because he's going about the same speed as traffic I had to slow down and let him get further ahead because I was getting a headache From his red and blue strobe light bulbs that were blinding me. I couldn't see where I was going Like never mind complaining about people with their high beams on anymore I'll take somebody with those bright led high beams in my face over that ambulance Driving in front of me to the left on by 694 east Like I was thinking man the lights are so bright You're gonna need another ambulance to come scrape me off the pavement because I can't see where I'm going I don't think you're helping very much. You're just causing more problems Same thing with police lights When they got someone pulled over on the side of the road at night Like yeah, you got to slow down move over But you can't even see the lanes some of the time those lights are so bright And you don't know if the officer is like walking around the vehicle or if they're doing a sobriety test with the other driver What they're doing you don't know if they're inside the vehicle. You don't know where the officer is So you try to go way around right by 694 east But the whole time as you're approaching the police vehicle with his lights on on the shoulder You're just straining your eyes getting this headache And then you pass them you got some big purple spot in your eyes for the next 10 minutes. Yeah The emergency lights of today. I understand you want to be able to be seen during the day Karen i'm telling a story this is important Because I I always support all the you know the first responders and police but man I wish they had a dimmer switch for their for their Emergency lights that night just a little bit just just tone it down just a little bit Because I know you have to have them super bright so that we see them during the daylight hours, right? Continue on this road for 21 kilometers. That has nothing to do with what i'm talking about karen stay on point here If they could just like have an automatic dimmer switch or something They're right. It would it would it would be so awesome It'd be so I think what do you guys think you guys have all you guys all know what i'm talking about These really really bright emergency lights. Okay, I know that they're important But don't you think they could turn them down just a little bit at night? I don't know. Am I the only one? I'm probably just the He's completing again And I guess we know what that ambulance was for now Apparently there was an accident up ahead a mile or two So we're waiting it's down to one lane up there they say a lot of these people are taking this exit here Exit 41a and b But I took a look at it already on the gps and it's not a viable Alternative for me. It's I'd be better off just staying here on the road Google says it's about a 28 minute delay, but we're moving along pretty well I'm too sure what happened. I think it's There's an underpass. We got to get under yet Well, this guy wants to get in here now You guys aren't just passing me on the right and trying to get in front of me, are you? I got to start paying attention to my mirror Because if I see anyone do that because they do that to me Quite often and more often than it should happen. What you'll do is you'll see cars behind you They'll cut out into like this turn lane and then they just want to get in front of you And they'll cut back into the lane in front of you if you give them space if I see you doing that I'm not letting you back in Nope, if you're that impatient, I got to wait here. You got to wait here too Just so you can be in front of the semi a lot of people do that Angrifying So here's our problem why we're not moving This lane on the right is still exiting right? It's an exit only these two lanes on the left They are the through lanes Now there's been dozens of people already that have been pulling out of these through lanes into that Exit only lane there that's supposed to exit and then at the last minute trying to get back into these through lanes In front of as many vehicles as they can which means that this lane that I'm in here the through lane isn't moving very well So those guys are doing it up there again too A couple of semis were doing this and it brought the entire freeway to a standstill because a couple of truckers Wanted to get in front of all the traffic I saw them pull out and I know that they saw the sign that it was an exit only Before they did that and then yeah They the whole freeway came to a stop because those drivers then had to wait for someone to let them back in And someone was dumb enough to let them back into the through lane. I wouldn't have done it If you got yourself into that mess now you're in the exit lane Now you exit and you find a different way to get back on the freeway But you're already committed to exiting you're in that lane now you got to exit Right. That's that's the way I think If you didn't want to exit you knew full well that was an exit lane you just wanted to get in front of traffic Not cool. Look at this van. The van's doing the same thing right here This guy in front of us is leaving lots of rooms the tons of people get in front of him Hold the line Okay, there we go. Good. Now traffic is moving better. You see because people aren't cutting in front of us anymore I don't know. Maybe it's just because I drive for a living and I I just see these things and I know how traffic works But you know, they know better. You know that you know, they know better, but they just do it anyways So anyway now that we're through that I haven't seen the accident yet. So maybe they it's already cleaned up But We're getting close to the east side of Minneapolis. We're pretty much almost at the Wisconsin border I'm guessing we'll be, you know, I know we'll be sleeping in Wisconsin somewhere tonight. I'm just not too sure where yet Maybe around Black River Falls. I don't know. We'll see how far I get All righty, we're pulling into Black River Falls and I'm thinking this is where we're going to spend the night I'm not too tired yet, but I want to take the time tonight to have a shower To uh lay back. Maybe watch a Netflix video that I that I downloaded while I was at home. Maybe just Relax a little bit on the right side. Fine. Jay. Travel plus a number 756 Okie-dokie there Karen. Thanks for that I'm gonna grab some fuel right now first and uh, this way I'll get a nice parking spot. We started Or we'll end nice and early. We can start early tomorrow morning I think that'll be good. I don't know. What do you guys think? It's 9 30 now We'll see let's grab our fuel then we'll make our decision But I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna park and stay here for the night from here We're 1,953 kilometers from our destination in Georgia. We can do that in two days