 Hey, this is Jeremy from Northern Kentucky, and you are watching Trucker Josh and Diesel on TJV Good morning you you beautiful person that has nothing better to do right now than to watch Trucker Josh vlogs How's it going? If you're new or just clicking on my videos for the first time don't forget to subscribe check out my 2,500 other videos There's quite a few out there over the past Seven years something like that We'll make a new video every day. We travel across all of North America For the past year or so we've been sort of stuck in Western Canada mostly and the Midwest of the US But we wander out to Ontario sometimes you go to my past videos We've been to Newfoundland and and Yukon up north close to the Alaska border. We've been to California on some Personal trips down to Florida with the truck all over the place So if you guys want to check those out sure if you guys just want to subscribe and Join us for the ride That's cool, too Everybody's welcome. I got to get going here. We're on our way to Fort McMurray, Alberta We have a load of styrofoam on my trailer behind me That I picked up in Missouri So we've been driving for three days already today is delivery day And then I had a load in Fort Mac that was taking me back to winter peg that fell through so I'm going back Down to Edmonton probably to load tomorrow morning. I'll load a lumber that's gonna Take me back home to Manitoba Off we go So I was telling you yesterday a little bit that my E-Log system has been giving me problems And has been crashing on me It would turn off then it would turn on then it would turn off for a day Then it would turn on for a day and I've been having it's been messing up my log So I was ordered on to E-Logs and back to the yard ASAP So we have eight days of grace with the US But we're in Canada right now in Canada. You don't need E-Logs You can still be on paper logs until I think later this year or did that happen already? There's also an E-Log mandate coming through here in Canada And there's not nearly as big of a fight against it as there was in the US the US. There's a big thing When they did that in Canada, everyone's just now. Okay. All right, I guess we'll have to follow the law I Got I'm getting a new E-Log system put into my truck the whole thing the brains wiring and everything They've got to do that on Friday Maybe Saturday morning and then I got to get a new steer tire on this truck And we'll be back on the road Monday morning It looks like to deliver that lumber next Tuesday in Wisconsin. I showed you guys yesterday, right my My steer tire that needs to be replaced It had worn a little funny because it was on my passenger side and I didn't rotate them soon enough my fault So it wore down a little too much. So I rotated them and then it just by that point it's It's already all worn funny So it's been wearing really fast faster than it should And maybe it Maybe you might say that it's my steering that's out of alignment, but I'm pretty sure that's not the case I'll get that checked anyway. Just just in case Yeah, so that tire needs to be replaced I'm not looking forward to it because those tires cost like seven to nine hundred dollars seven hundred nine hundred dollars I'll have to look into it again I've got BF Goodrich's on here right now and they've done good for me other than the one wearing funny But the other one's fine Sort of want to stick with them. I like them They last a long time for me these are the steer tires I had on my old freight liner years ago Remember that I had my freight liner part for three years and then I took those tires off the freight line to put them on here And they've still been good for almost a year And the other one's gonna last probably through next winter yet if it doesn't start wearing funny And really impressed with the longevity of those BF Goodrich's I Prefer Michelin myself. I think they're the best but BF Goodrich is a very close second But from my experience, you know BF Goodrich has actually been better than Michelin. I actually have them slightly ahead of Michelin in my mind, but What are your favorite tires out there drivers? Let me know down below What are some good drive tires for winter roads here in Winnipeg all season I need them. I need to use them in summer too because I don't switch them, right? So what kind of tires would you recommend me to put on my truck at the the end of this season before next winter? We got some Alberta oversize loads here Wow Check these out. This is actually pretty common in Alberta. That's why these lanes are so wide, right? It's a wide highway Escort vehicles aren't getting in my way. So that means I can pass check this out Wow, what is that? So this Is Fort McMurray, I don't know what's on my window there. What is that burnt poop or what? I didn't see that there I've never been to Fort McMurray before Huge part of this town burnt. You can see off to the left all those trees. They're all burnt huge forest fire ripped through here a year or two ago and Burnt half the city to the ground Very sad tragic for the people who live here. It looks like they've been doing a really good job Rebuilding If you want to see pictures of it, it was devastating Go to Google and type in Fort McMurray, Alberta wildfire and look at the images Houses whole entire neighborhoods burnt right to the ground only the basements were left All of this off to the left that was all on fire I'm surprised. I haven't passed the sign yet the official welcome to the boonies I am way out here way way out here further than I've ever been I passed a couple of huge oil sand projects already massive I'm delivering this directly to one of them up the road here a little ways It was paved not this last section is still gravel. I'm surprised they haven't paved it, but Yeah, it is what it is amazing that underneath all of this is A whole bunch of black gold Are there any of you in my comment section that work out here or live out here? I Think most people would say they work out here a lot of people come from all regions of Canada to work here. I Mean correct me if I'm wrong because I don't work here, but I know some people that have and that do It's hard to find a job here that is under six figures a year Even driving truck you can make a ton of money like this guy in front of me is probably making double what I'm making But you got to live way out here in the middle of nowhere This where I got a turn. No, I got to keep going straight, right? Yeah Yeah, I got to go straight a little while longer They got me all dressed up all kinds of fancy Flame retardant coveralls and everything I need to buy myself a pair of these actually I should do that right now Order them off Amazon. I'm very lucky the the time so far that I've gone to a site like this They've had spare coveralls for the drivers because a lot of drivers don't carry them even though we should These are special coveralls that you need to use in special sites like this Flame retardant it sort of spells or sort of speaks for itself, but It doesn't burn as easily as other stuff So this is what they require us to wear here when I'm outside my truck But since I'm inside my truck now. I'm all done All ready for them to unload me. I don't think I need to wear this anymore So I'm not allowed to show around the site here either while I'm on site So just inside my truck. I think I can take this off. I don't think they're gonna need me out there anymore I got all my straps off tarps are off rolled up strapped to the back of the deck already Bungies are all taken care of all they need to do is take my stuff off and I'm out of here I don't even need to get out again. It's been a good day though So from here we head back to Edmonton, which is I don't even know how far away it is Couple hours, right three three four hours. I don't know. I'll have to put it into my GPS here Mandy Speak to me flame resistant not flame repurrent I think that's the same thing isn't it but it says flame resistant FR This fit perfectly and it was a 46 tall cool, I Need to order one of these right now. I have to leave this here. I have to give it back. Unfortunately, apparently they're like a hundred and seventy bucks Nice of them to let me borrow them though Can't even fold properly. Can I these oil sand sites have a lot of rules? Not only were I like I picked up this load. They had so many rules and regulations Same thing here Wow, they must have had a lot of accidents that they got to be so careful. They got to have so many rules I Keep saying to people all you got to do is get me to sign a waiver when I come on a property I'll go check in sign this waiver. It can be very simple It can be in large font so that everyone can read it if you hurt yourself on our site It is not our fault if you hurt someone else on our site. It is your fault Sign on the dotted line. It's not that easy If only it was right they can't do that because they don't want anyone else getting hurt So they got to make sure that they babysit you the entire time you're there to make sure you don't hurt anybody or yourself Nothing you can do about it It does help to prevent accidents, I mean their whole slogan was around keeping their workers safe there So it's good. They're strict on their rules. That means that no one will get hurt. I Needed something quick and I don't know this town and I don't know where I can park and I needed coffee So we got Burger King coffee and a Burger King burger diesel You think people will forgive me? No comment I'll show you my trailer real quick where it's just about to leave Fort McMurray and it's actually about five hours Down to Edmonton from here. We'll be loading there tomorrow morning. There we go Got my tarps all the way at the end over there Well Fort Mac it was fun Or is it Fort McMurray because there's a Fort McKay up north of Fort McMurray. Is that Fort Mac? I always thought that Fort McMurray was Fort Mac when people were talking about it It'll make more sense Fort McKay was Fort Mac Somebody let me know Look at the city of Edmonton Truck stops in the city here to have parking for me. I very highly doubt there will be any So I'm gonna drive 13 kilometers on highway 16 West And we're gonna take highway 16 out to Atchison Alberta, which is just Pretty much 15 to 20 kilometers or like 10 to 15 miles West of the city and there they got some big truck stops They got the ESO I mean the you know the Husky ESO there the Petro Canada, and there's much more Probability that there are spots there for me. That's where we'll spend tonight Tomorrow morning we'll come back into the city load up that lumber and head home I won't quite get home tomorrow. I'll get close maybe But be home the day after I told you already and then I'll be home till Monday morning and then Monday morning. We're continuing down to, Wisconsin So we got Husky ESO off to our right got a bit of a bigger lot We got Petro Pass off to our left bit of a smaller lot, but I Prefer Petro Pass. I don't know why We're gonna go try Petro Pass first and if there's no spots there We'll go over and check Husky over there on the right Either way, we're gonna make a parking spot or what are the two places? This is two lanes. I was treating it as one. Okay, there's two lanes here. Let's pick one One of these two places will be our home tonight As soon as we get to go ahead here from Mr. Green Look at that double red light can does the camera pick that up both those red lights They have two red lights just to make sure you see them. There we go How come they don't got double green arrows any slight then to just you know, it's not really fair. I Like green way better than red Alrighty here we go. Hey look pretty packed there bud. Oh room for me We'll see we're in the parking lot. So headlights go off Not everybody can do that, but I can so I will well Park here in front of mr. Carholler, right? Suits to say I can't park right here. Oh, we'll do a lap of the lot first and See what come up with there's I don't think I can park here because this is where the fuel guy comes in Rings fuel don't want to block that access. Otherwise, they'll be waking me up in the middle of the night telling me to move Not again, who am I kidding? It is already the middle of the night. I want to go to bed That'd be a place I can park around here somewhere Just packed right up to the eyeballs All the way around the edges can you guys see that as the camera picking that up they need more lot lights here Three spaces I'll go around the front first Looks pretty full in here. Nobody saved me a spot I Told you I was coming nobody saved me a spot. It's not very nice. Not very neighborly Somebody drop the trailer here. That's not nice either. I could have used that spot. Oh There is an open spot here I just can't get into it because that guy's parked there on the right and This guy's not parked one of these guys is not parked straight I'll do another lap if I don't find anything else I can try and squeeze in there We had to go across the street to the husky. I Think I found a spot. I At least I made one at least I'm right on the edge over here smet barriers over here on that side of the driveway right there I don't know It's a spot now Good enough for me. I'm tired. I need to go to bed. It's been a long day again It's the middle of the night again tomorrow there's a Sunshine at the end of the rainbow That's what I was gonna say. Where did that come from? There's a light at the end of the tunnel. There's a saying that makes sense The load we're picking up tomorrow is taking us home sweet home where we have lots of work waiting for us. I Actually really enjoyed yard work. It's gonna be great. I'm gonna be home for a few days and I'm getting a whole new e-log system And a new tire I'm going to bed now though because I can hardly stand up So if this isn't the parking spot well too bad it is now because I'm going to sleep