 Hey everyone, this is Chris from Grimsby in the UK. You're watching Truckadjosh Vlogs Enjoy Beautiful snowy day out there Chevy beautiful Good day to be at home So I've been at home a few days already waiting for my truck. I brought my truck in Well, let's see. What's today today is Tuesday. I brought my truck in while I went in yesterday Monday morning for a safety and Here in Canada every year you have to get your truck safety They do a very thorough inspection of your entire unit and they find anything that doesn't quite meet the requirements of a safety or Getting close to not meeting it and they replace it so your truck is good to go and safe to operate on the road, right? That's the idea. So they found a bunch of little things that they need to fix They replaced the windshield and that took all day yesterday the windshield and the inspection That might be them messaging me right now. I just sent a message in Letting them know that my truck should be done by the end of day and the people there now See what they said. They said good So I'm not too sure What all exactly need to get done? They went through the whole list of things because they have to get my okay And they called me yesterday end of the day and I was hoping that everything would be done by then already But you know, it's reality. They have to order in the parts They have to install the parts. They have to test the parts before they sign off on it and give it back to me Because if anything is not done, right, they know I'll be back there the next day with a upside-down smile with Not so much of a smile as a frown Should say I'll be I won't be happy and they don't want that obviously they want happy customers Everybody wants happy customers So to keep me happy fix my truck and fix it right the first time and they know this They know this and they I've never had a problem with them. So We'll get the safety done We'll get back on the road and we have to take that trailer down to Cresco, Iowa I'll probably be the Thursday morning. That's what I'm thinking. They wanted me there tomorrow already If I can leave this afternoon I could be there by then but It's all a waiting game. Welcome to trucking. Right. So we're at home today. I got a few projects I need to get done. We've gotten a lot of snow out here Uh Tell in our backyard And a lot of that snow is staying on our roof So I've got a roof rake and I'm gonna be spending the day today Pulling the snow off the roof Get myself all buttoned up It's not too cold out today. That's why I want to get the roof raked today all snow taken off the roof today Because it's only like minus six today. So it's actually a pretty nice day out This season has been really nice actually. We've had a pretty good winter hasn't been that cold at all We're in the deep freeze time of year where it's Usually hovering between minus 20 minus 40 plus wind chill and it's been minus six all year. So Pardon me. Not all year all week. It's been minus six whole week. No, it has not been minus six all year We do have summers here. Canada isn't that cold So some of the Christmas lights have had to come down unfortunately Christmas is over. So we still got these icicles up here that we left up there, but in order for me to scrape the roof Had to take these off See see how much snow is built up there. You can tell where I've right over here I had to take the red and green off Because they were falling off on their own as I was pulling the snow off and We need to get the snow off through one thing. It's heavy like look at all this snow that came off already For one thing. It's heavy putting extra weight on the roof. It's an old house. Don't want that having to deal with any more weight than it has to and also because We have issues We put a new roof on last winter and that should fix the leaking because there was leaking that was coming into our House water coming into our house. We put a new roof on but the reason the water was melting and then it was forming ice Dams and then you know pushing up underneath the shingles was that our heating goes through our attic Our furnace blows the hot air through these like insulated vents that go through the attic into the house and spread it around the house, right? This summer. We're actually moving that to under the house so that the heater The heat will travel under the house instead of in the attic because that heat is warming up our attic on one side of our house it was causing the The snow at the peak to melt and trickle down to the bottom where it freezes and then that continues to happen all winter until you Got this huge dam of ice at the bottom and all the water pooling up behind it And that's it's it's not a good system whoever installed this furnace wasn't thinking about that Maybe they didn't think that would happen, but it did and that was before we moved here So now we got to fix their mistakes It's the story of this house. We're just fixing past mistakes. It's an old house But we love it. This is home and we're gonna keep working at it until It's tip-top by the time, you know, we retire this place will be Immaculate the yard and everything speaking of the yard. I Think I think this might be the last summer using our old lawnmower I think in summer 2021 we may be ready to buy our new tractor It's gonna have a bucket a teller We might even get to we might get a zero point turn lawnmower. I don't know I'm gonna get John Deere, so I got to go talk to them yet, but Little over a year and a half. Maybe fingers crossed That'd be fun. We could finally start landscaping. So we're gonna need our trusty truck To help us out here because I need to get up higher. This is the roof right here. It extends to 25 feet And that's the snow we're trying to get off You see how that side the top there has no snow on it and that side did I Scraped that off yesterday already That side Is what's causing the problem? So it works like this You can push it over the snow and then it's curved in a way that when you pull it back The snow comes with it and it digs into the snow. I Don't know if you can see it or not and see if I can balance myself on the bucket here for you without Breaking my neck. There you go. See there's still ice being built up in the valley there And that's not good Because look at the top there's no snow where ice up there, right? And the furnace comes up out of our furnace room right there and then goes through the attic that way now It goes through insulated tubes and stuff, right? But they're not insulated enough Waiting for a phone call from the shop This is the next day so we cleaned off the roof yesterday got the whole thing done And it's snowing again today, so that's lovely just add a little bit extra on there at least all the weight is off the roof Our house shifts a little bit. It's a pretty much on a It doesn't have a basement, right? So it's just on a slab or on stilt or whatever So when it the weather gets cold or when you take weight off the roof it shifts loudly during the night To scare you at the perfect time So in the middle of the night you'll hear this And there's just like you know the frame foundation just shifting I don't know not the foundation but the house shifts and when it gets really really cold that makes things contract as well Right, and then when it warms up it expands and as the house sort of breathes and moves with the environment And when you take the weight off the roof it's freaky. So last night I Swear there was someone trying to get into the house So I was like ready to fight off someone already is freaking out because I'm where are they? I can hear them out there, but it turned out. It was just the house Kreegan Yeah, that would have made an interesting vlog though. Hey So I'm in jail Trying to break into my house. I Wish we had Different laws like in the US But that's a Topic for a different time topic for a different time So as you can tell I'm kind of bored here. I'm sitting here farming. Oh I'm a farmer. I'm not sure if you knew this or not Let's see here. Hey Hey, why is this frozen? What why is my game frozen? Hey Excuse me Well, that is not very nice. I was gonna show you my game now. I'm gonna have to I Guess turn the computer off computer anyone turn off. What's going on here? Well, that's weird hasn't done that all weekend. So yeah, I'll show you in a bit what I'm doing here But I'm a farmer My spare time not just a trucker. I Just built the big shed and it's gonna show you Man, I hope my game saved. I hope my game saved It's supposed to automatically save every 15 minutes, but control alt delete Nothing, okay, we're gonna have to do a hard reboot Alrighty then I Am the boss me. I will tell you when to turn off and when to stop working. It's gonna reset it It's on board. I'm bored. I Wanted to be on the road right now already. I've got all of my stuff ready to go here All I need is the truck You coming with me on the trip Chevy But all my stuff ready to go here Anyways, so I gotta I'm gonna call them back in 15 minutes because I wanted to be on the road this morning Like I was telling you and I have to leave this afternoon or I'm going to be a little late Not delivering the load I'm delivering can be delivered whenever but they don't receive on Fridays And today is Wednesday, and it takes the whole day to get there. So if I leave this afternoon I'll be there tomorrow afternoon on Thursday and on Friday I have to go pick up a load of glass and That glass has a couple of very shiny nickels attached to it And I don't want to have to give it up to someone else because those are my nickels Mine And if I take too long to get down there They're gonna give it to somebody else and then I'll just be left with pennies And we don't even have pennies anymore in Canada, so I don't even know what I get So let's hope that they have good news for me soon Apparently of course My check engine light was not on right it wasn't on but sometimes for some reason You know it's popped on before and then turns off like half an hour later, and I've had it checked out before apparently It's a sensor And it doesn't happen very often doesn't have very often fixed a couple of times But that the check engine light wasn't on right it brought it there of Course when they bring it into the shop for the safety the check engine light comes on right now They got to run all their diagnostics figure out what's going on figure out if it's the same sensor or if it's a different one So that's why the truck is in the shop today because the check engine like decided to come on exactly when Exactly when I took it into the shop I guess it's better that it goes on before it goes in there so they can fix it, right? but it's just I need to get going chasing chasing some money here and Sitting here farming as fun as farming is it doesn't actually make me any real money I mean I have a bunch of money and actually I'm quite quite a bit in debt So no, I don't have money in my farming life either Even in the fake world. I have no money. Oh Let's start this thing up again. I wanted to show you my farm. I was very proud of it My wife thinks I'm a dork. That's okay. I'm going to reboot this whole game and everything and hope that it saved it Whatever if it didn't that's fine Yeah, so hurry up and wait. It's the name of the game. Hurry up and wait. I can't even do proper circles I don't have enough room here. Watch out, Chevy. Watch out, Chevy. Here I come. Watch out. Beep beep beep beep Yeah, I hate that noise too. Okay, so this is what we do while we wait for wait for our truck There's nothing left to do Chevy Say hi to the good people I'm bored We could play I have a couple of toys you could play with Or we could scratch our ears. That's always fun Chevy, where's your toy? Well, it's really itchy. You want some help with that? Want some help with that? Where's your toy? Can you bring me a toy? You bring me a toy. Where's the toy? Go get it. Go get the toy Diesel will go get it diesel. Can you find me a toy? Go get a toy. I'm bored Go get go get a toy. Bring it here Get a toy. No, you got to bring it to me. Bring me the toy You don't want no Sorry, dad You just fart You're a little court jester, aren't you? Well, at least you made me laugh. Did you hear that? So I guess I will talk to you again when I know more about What's going on? Hopefully I'll have good news for you I'm gonna give him a call in 10 minutes. I Got a hold of the gods at the shop They didn't have the news I was hoping for but it's not the worst news The truck will be done by end of day today, but it will be done at the end of the day today So I called the customer where we're going to be delivering You guys mind if I hang out here with you for a bit and stare at this big black box on the wall cool, so I Called them and I called the customer down in Iowa and let them know or ask them What they're receiving hours were and they don't receive after 2 30 p.m. Tomorrow and Usually they're not open to receive the next day on Friday, which would mean that the load could only be delivered Monday So I put on my best trucker Josh Convincing you voice and I said Would you please please unload me on Friday? I'm paraphrasing. That's not the words exactly used But anyways asked them nicely if I you know could unload Friday if I were to get there Friday And they were very nice But he said you know what we have guys here first thing in the morning They're just not here very long, but if you could be here first thing 7 30 a.m. We can get you unloaded Friday mmm Good so everything should work out and I shouldn't be too rushed So I have about three hours. It's noon right now. They said I should be done by three So I'm gonna go well my sister's coming here to pick me up because my wife is at work right now and I Need to go get my pick I can't bring my pick up there because then I'll bring my pick up there bring the semi home to get loaded up And stuff and then my pick up will be over there And even if I bring all my stuff to load up the truck there and then leave from there My pick up will still be over there with no way to get back here. You know what I'm saying? So my sister's coming down here She's gonna give me a ride to the shop in town so that I can pick up the truck and Come back here pick up the weasel. He's gonna come with me He's just you know napping before the big trip right over there Sound asleep and then we'll come back here We'll get loaded up the wife will probably be back home from work around 430. I might be out of here by then If not, then I'll kiss her goodbye and it'll be off to the races And we'll get our trailer and book it down to Iowa. We'll be down there tomorrow evening I am scared to see what my bill is gonna be my truck has been in the shop for three days now And probably what what's the going rate now like a hundred and fifteen bucks an hour Plus all the parts so I had a I'll go through it all with you tomorrow in tomorrow's video of what all got replaced and what got fixed I know there was a a wheel bearing that had to be replaced There was a brake pad that needed to be replaced and a few others little things which turned into big things and a Lot of time spent in the shop. Oh, so I don't know how much they're gonna bill me for It'll be a few thousand dollars. We'll just say that So, yeah, just hanging out here with my boys Everybody's having naps. I'm just staring at that black box hasn't told me anything yet, but Speak enough my other smaller black box is over here and I got my game running. I can show you my farm now You guys excited. This is my farm That's Jose. He's my worker Not to be confused with Jorge. He's my other worker He's a weeding the field for me right now. It's nighttime. It's hard to see Maybe I'll show you this during the day and get the sun to come up See, this is my Combine y'all have to show you this during the day one second. You see it That's the glare how fast the clouds are moving. I've sped up time Trying to get the sun to come up Over there so I can show you guys the farm. I am a dork aren't I so this is my new Telehandler right here It picks up all the pig food and puts it back in the pig pen because they're messy creatures This is my new shed that I got built I'll have to show you this another time There's my pigs over there pigs Like I said, I got Jose over here weeding a field for me. This is actually not my field But I'm weeding it for a friend and I didn't have time to do it. So I hired Jose here to do it for me He's doing a good job. It's good worker Oh now the sun's coming up. You see that sunrise beautiful. So now you can see my stuff more Let's let's slow down the clock here so that we're not racing through time here so much. Okay, real time. There we go Okay, so yeah, I bought this telehandler just recently to help out around the farm And then inside the shop here. You've got my JCB I bought this tractor because it's the fastest and I can get around the map the fastest with it My combine back there just bought this new air seeder over here This part holds all my sugar beets that I feed to the pigs Just store that in there These are my pigs my large pig pen Oh, they need some hay Well, I got another smaller pig pen down down the hill over here Right down here. You gotta go around Gotta do some landscaping so that's not such a big drop there yet. And here's the smaller pig pen That's that On a couple fields and stuff. I know a lot of you play farm simulator 19 as well, too And it's actually pretty fun. It's addicting Spend a lot of my free time whatever free time I do have farming Learned a lot about the farming process all you actual farmers out there are just laughing away at me I know but I'm a farmer. I Don't care. I'm a farmer. I have a whole farm here. Look at this. Look at all this equipment over here Yeah, I got a small cultivator a big cultivator a plow a manure spreader a slurry spreader a fertilizing Spreader a sprayer See all that Yeah, a Baylor a small weeder This is how I spend my time when I have nothing to do which is almost never so it's been kind of fun Waiting for my truck. It passes the time it takes a lot of time So, uh, I guess we'll continue this video tomorrow. Sorry this video has not had much content It continues to snow and I just cleaned the roof of snow. So that means when I come back in a week or so Or a couple of days actually I'll just be going down to Minnesota. I will come in back when I come back I'm gonna have to clear off the roof again Fantastic, you can see all my footprints in the snow there I'm clearing the roof off It was quite a bit of work. It took a good four and a half hours four and a half five hours So is life in canada So thanks for watching everybody. Thanks for Keeping me company on this boring day while we wait for the truck tomorrow's vlog will start with us going to get the truck or As we arrive at the truck and I'll show you what all got done to it and what took three days to accomplish So I'll see you then. Thanks for hanging out. I will see you later