 Chris from Tennessee You're watching TJV The Sun's up again, and I've got an empty step deck behind me. I'm gonna put some some wood on it high quality wood and Then I'm gonna put a tarp over it. We're gonna bring it down to Brainerd, Minnesota It's left right at the customer last night. They have a nice little area here where they make that possible for us very thankful It's very nice because it's nice to start your day right here Because that means we can get as far as possible today the plan for today Get this load to Brainerd get it unloaded they unload there till 10 p.m. So we shouldn't have a problem We'll get there we get it unloaded roll our tarps up clean our trailer up And then I got ahead to Thief River Falls, and I think I have a trailer swap to do there It's got to be confirmed yet But I do believe we're swapping trailers there and headed back to the yard which would get us back It's Wednesday morning today They'll get us back Maybe tonight if everything goes perfect, and we don't need another snowstorm hit another snowstorm We should be able to make it tonight Let's not get our hopes up though We might make it tomorrow, and then I'll drop that trailer off I'll figure out what I'm doing then and I'll probably head out and get another load So What am I doing here? Everything's warmed up ready to go Let's go get in line before someone else gets here. I don't have to wait for them Getting these tarps thrown on here Load of lumber. I've got 33,200 pounds on my trailer axles I've got 33,800 pounds on my drive axles And I've got 11,800 pounds on my steer axle We are good to go. I Really like it when places like this, you know Not only do they have that nice big tarping Building for us And we get to unload inside at the other side too, but They also have a scale here It kind of bugs me a little bit when you know There's let's say there's a shipper that loads a ton of freight every day It's a big industry big company right constant trucks coming in there And they're all heavy loads like all max weights every time And they don't have a scale on site Doesn't happen too often, but every now and then you're like, okay, so you're putting like 46,000 pounds on me I Gotta make sure I'm legal to leave the yard and go on the public roads How am I gonna do that if you don't have a scale? Right So most places do have a scale so that you know you're legal before you leave But other places like you sometimes you have to drive like an hour or two to get to to scale somewhere You can scale it out and then you had to adjust it and on a flat bed like mine if you if you Loaded on the trailer I tarp it and it's all wrong and I'm way overweight on the trailer or something and those axles don't slide What do we gotta do I gotta go all the way back to where I load it We have to take the tarps off roll them back up take the straps off adjust the freight Tarp it all again go back to the scale and if it's not right you do it again. You go back It's just a huge hassle So it's very nice to know right off the bat They load us up here before I even put my tarps on I go and scale it good Once I know my weights are good Then I go put my tarps on grab my paperwork and I'm out of here and I know I'm not gonna get an overweight ticket Most places have a scale, but everyone's a lot bugs me my kid Kind of risky, you know I can use my air pressure gauges on my trailer on my truck to show how much air pressure is in my airbags And that can tell me approximately how much weight I have but if you're loading me right up to max It's very hard to tell precise weights unless we have a scale That's one great thing. I love loading loading up here and where we're delivering to is a pretty nice place too So I'm gonna deliver there tonight yet and then from there We're gonna go up to deeper falls if nothing's changed still haven't gotten confirmation on that I'm gonna have to call in in a couple of hours Switch trailers grab a load out of there and drag that home might make it home tonight yet But I'm not gonna make it home if I stay sitting here Yeah, I get moving turn the lights on Buckled in so I don't fall out Got my coffee got my brain good I want to forget that anywhere Hate it when that happens. I'm actually really surprised that they haven't plowed this road Like I got here last night, right and there was still like just covered in snow And there's a ton of trucks that come up and down here every day and it's kind of like a hilly road They haven't even scraped it. Nothing just left it on the road just to get packed down It's kind of surprising to me, but if you are quick at math When I told you the weights on my axles in the last clip there You'll know that we're sitting in probably about like just under 80,000 pounds Which is our max legal weight for the United States Here in Canada Like you all know, I'm not even close to being overweight But that doesn't matter because I'm going to America Everything works just right it should take me about 10 and a half hours of driving to get down to Brainerd and get back up To the Emerson, Manitoba border 10 and a half hours and once I cross back into Canada I get a little bit of extra time right because our hours of service are a little different than I can get home But you know, I'm not gonna hold my breath You've seen how this Fall season and this autumn season has been treating me so far We'll see how far it'll let me get today. It also depends if there's a lineup where I'm going to unload There I've been having good luck lately I just pull in to pull my tarps off get unloaded. Boom. I'm out of there in less than an hour If that's the case today, then there's hope for us But if there's like four trucks in line, well, I Guess I'll start planning on where I'm gonna sleep Now this up here is this crazy corner The road comes from back here right and then it loops around and goes back that way speed limit on that highway is 90 kilometers an hour But everyone's doing like 130 I'm exaggerating a little bit, but people go fast down this road and average speed is probably 105 at least That's an Ontario thing speed limits are a suggestion to a lot of cars in Ontario Well that being said what I mean by what I'm saying is that I can't see them coming from there And I can't see them coming from there. So really you just got to wait here for a while. I don't see anyone coming So they make your move turn on your four ways Check your mirror see if there's anybody whipping around the corner there and just hope they're paying attention There are signs that are warning them like right up here around the corner There's a sign for this lane and a sign for this direction Letting them know that there's trucks turning in on a blind corner. So they have been warned They don't have an excuse really. I choose you Again, this takes us down to Deer River. It's 65 miles. Just a winter wonderland This is the part of winter that I say I'm totally okay with the snow is on the trees and the ditch on the houses It's not on the road. It's a beautiful time of year, right? Totally fine with it. It's only minus three Celsius. I wish all winter was like this. I Just don't like it when it's on the road in winter. It's it's still fall. It's still autumn coming into Deer River, Minnesota And there's a strange driving habit that the guy in front of me here is a little four-wheeler is partaking in That I'm sure a lot of you have experienced before Speed limit out in the countryside before we got to town was 60 mile an hour, right? The guy was doing no more than 45 to 50 Karen. I'm telling the story See he's slowed down now, but when we first got in town So he doesn't want to go the speed limit on the highway for whatever reason the roads are good But as soon as if we get into town speed limits 30 mile an hour, right? He's just blowing through town He must have realized he was speeding because now he's slowed down and I caught up to him here again, but Have you guys ever experienced that you're following someone who's on a two-lane highway and just Refuses to do anywhere near the speed limit and but as soon as they get to town or to a construction zone They just blow through it. They have no problem speeding in town They don't want to go too fast on the highway. Have you ever experienced that because that seems to be like a phenomenon? I wonder why why that is are people just not paying attention maybe or what do you think? Would make them do that I've always wondered that if if Because in my mind if you'd want to speed anywhere, right? You'd think it'd be out on the highway where there's no one else around Why do so many people insist on speeding through a populated area where you know, there could be children playing? But refuse to do the speed limit outside the highway where it's all free and open Strange right? Oh, he's going our way, too. If you've never noticed this driving habit in people before oh No, he's turning here. Oh good. Good. Good. Yes. Get off the road. Good choice Yeah, you you stay out of my way If you haven't noticed that driving habit in people before I can tell you're not a truck driver Every truck driver knows what I'm talking about. It's the same thing like when you're on a two-lane road Let's say going through British Columbia or Northern Ontario Two lane road speed limit is 90 kilometers an hour, right? But this there's always one person that wants to do like 70 Way below the speed limit right really frustrating, but you're being super patient You're waiting for a passing lane to come up right and as soon as the passing lane arrives Suddenly they can do 130 they just take off and you're like all right Well, I'm glad you decided to speed up right no as soon as the passing lanes over they slow right back down to 70 in a 90 zone And this isn't something that happens like every now and then like oh look there's another one No, this happens every single day. It's so strange So strange because I guess since I'm a I drive for a living I'm always aware of what my vehicle is doing what my speed is. I Guess there's just a lot of people out there who don't pay attention to how fast they're going if they're slowing down and speeding up they're just Meandering their way down the road Strangest thing so am I alone in this like am I the only one I'm not trying to complain here But I am I guess in a way roundabout way complaining because I want to know if you guys see this happening too I see it every single day. No joke not even exaggerating every Single day soon as you're on a two-lane road. They really stick out because you can't get around them So that was dear River I Got to turn right up ahead here on the six a little less I'm waiting for that driver and I want to Cue all the typical trucker jokes right now like oh, it must be nice to get paid by the hour Wonder how much he's making an hour So yeah, as soon as as soon as he gets done there I might walk over there figure out what's going on I've been waiting here for quite a while already. I'm all all my tarps are rolled up Everything's all ready to go. I just need to get in there Get my freight off just like that. That's that's how it sounds when you speed it up Just all the freight just falls off And then I gotta I gotta get it. I gotta get over to thief ever falls tonight Patience right? What am I? What have I always said? To be a truck driver you have to have patience And believe me You're gonna be tested. There is a test to this quiz. There's a quiz to this test There is a quiz and a test Your patience will be tested every day And like this now, I don't know what's taking so long All they have to do is take four lifts off two like they can take it off in two And one on that side one on this side get them out of there And I don't know what took so long rolling his tarps up either He had help doing it too And I don't think I'm that fast like I rush You don't want to drag your feet you work as fast as you can safely right? I got all my stuff done Patience Josh patience Patience let's draw let's draw a happy face. That'll make us happy. Let's do a little Bob Ross. Okay We're gonna make this window a happy window. They took their sweet time. That's okay. Sometimes they're quick. Sometimes they're busy We should have no problem getting to thief river falls getting our new trailer. It's sitting there already preloaded waiting for us trailer 126d Tie it down real quick. It won't take long. I think it'll be like eight straps See how far we can get towards home tonight yet. I mean if when you get back, it'll be really late But I am already cleared to cross the border with that load or that load is cleared You can make it to the border on my hours. I can cross And of course it started snowing Because it wouldn't be a trucker josh vlog without snow Falling from the sky Hopefully it doesn't get too much worse than this. This isn't so bad. I don't think the camera's even picking it up But it is snowing dusting In 600 meters turn left on Washington street. I'm on 210. It's spitting on us So to speak The heavens are spitting on us. Hopefully it doesn't get any worse You get as much out of this week as I can yet tomorrow's Thursday. Turn left on Washington street. I'm on 210 Tomorrow is Thursday, so If I can be in the yard in the morning get unloaded I can still get a couple more loads done this week yet always pushing ourself to the max the legal maximum I'm gonna go park at their truck stop and sleep here and then go get my trailer in the morning I'm able to get into the yard at night, but uh, it doesn't really matter if I pick it up tonight or in the morning If I'm gonna get a good rest I'm a little tired to tie it down and everything You know, you don't want to do that when you're too tired then you might miss something Been driving for almost 600 miles already So, uh I'm trying to navigate my way around this roundabout Call it a meat tractor trash. I know I don't care. I still hate them the park for night and We'll just go and pick up the load the morning tie it down in the morning That's fine. I'm not going to get home any later anyways because I'd have to go to bed Right after I pick the load up just because Thanks thief river These are new they uh, they built these In the last couple of years. It used to just be a regular stop sign here, you know, like a normal intersection Now we got this thing less I gotta go turn all the way this way and turn all the way this way Wear out my steer tires Drag my trailer over that little bump Wear out my my other tires There we go. Here's their little truck stop I don't think it's a 24 hour truck stop, but it's truck stop This is where I will lay my head down. This is home tonight Well sort of home is where the family is and the family's not here so Not quite home, but the closest thing I got tonight Oh Found a spot here in the Back of seems pretty quiet here. I'm tired Very so first thing in the morning. I'll wake up. I'll run across town switch the trailers that I was just telling you Yeah, I forgot to drink my v8 Trying to get my vegetables in And then we'll head home By the time I get home tomorrow, there probably won't be anything for me to Leave with tomorrow. Well, my people will go in a general direction But I'm thinking I'll be able to go home for the day. Maybe like for supper for the evening afternoon Maybe he'll send me to kanora again. I don't know We'll see what they decide Oh How would work kind of nice Especially if they had another backhaul like this I probably get home on saturday then though. It all depends We'll see what they got for me For now. I'm going straight to bed. I'm not even editing my video nothing No energy for that tonight. We can worry about that tomorrow morning Have a good one everybody. 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