 Where are you going? I just want to talk. I just want to talk. I just want to be friends guys. I Just want to be friends. Don't walk away. Come on Well, I just want to be your friend. Oh the date is correct. It is March 30th 2021 today We had a snowstorm overnight It wasn't too bad They said it would be much worse here. We are I think the worst part of it is that it's super windy today We're sort of sheltered in town here right now, but I know the wind is gusting up all probably close to at least 60 kilometer an hour 60 clicks or like 40 miles an hour at least that's just my guess I know out in Western Manitoba I saw the forecast yesterday for there saying that wind was supposed to gust up to 90 kilometers an hour or 50 miles an hour So it's gonna be a Interesting day Okay, it's gonna be it's going to be a good day. We're gonna find something good about it Even if it takes us all day to find it And it's gonna be good Right, it's cold Just washed the truck yesterday too Manitoba just wants to remind us one more time. Hey, you're still in Manitoba You know, maybe a little warmer than usual, but here's a little snow just to put you in your place I'm pretty sure this will be the last one of the season. I'm pretty sure next weekend supposed to go up plat plus 20 or past plus 20 Which is you know upwards of 70 Fahrenheit. I think somewhere up there She's slippery It's slippery. Oh, we're gonna have fun, right? We're gonna have fun. I got my winter jacket with me Got my winter gloves with me. We're gonna go do some some winter trucking in March almost April every year and we act like we're surprised every year Look at this mess Look at this mess here. The guy in front of me. He's got a burnt-out tail light, too It's harder to see him when the snow blows heavier. We're a little bit sheltered now, but Check your lights. Oh, here we go. We're gonna break in the wind I'm hoping all this snow will be melted by tonight. Oh, and we're on sheer ice Wonderful. Wonderful. It's gonna be a good day. Oh, it's slippery. Oh, do you see that? All right, don't touch the accelerator on the ice. Don't touch the accelerator on the ice Oh, man, there's gonna be some bad accidents today I hope you guys all made it to where you were going safely if you're in the area Or across the prairies all the payday prairies got this same weather I think Saskatchewan got it worse than us Very windy the winds coming from my left out of the west there We're headed north and it wants to push me off the road It makes me a little nervous when we go over these icy patches Because it's very Very easy to start fishtailing if you don't know what you're doing I really hope that there's not going to be any bad accidents on here on this road today I really hope everyone's gonna be safe For once, I'm not being tailgated. Well, actually for the weather I am being tailgated But uh, usually on the way to work, there's usually a big lifted truck or something That's just right up my tailgate See this is all sheer ice right here Sheer ice I found the tractor Apparently they just unloaded it for now. I guess they needed the trailer for something else And this probably doesn't need to be delivered for a while. Sometimes we do this Sometimes we pick up freight that doesn't Actually, they don't want it delivered for a while So we just got to hold on to it until uh the delivery date sometimes not often but I've noticed it in the past I keep wanting to say that today is going to be a miserable day I wish I could uh, what's this guy doing now? How far back are you backing up? I wish I could share with you guys how windy it is. It's really windy and cold What is this interesting way of backing into that spot? No idea what he was doing Okay, let's go start up the old girls get her warmed up. We got some trucking to do today It's going to be windy. It's going to be cold It's going to be snowy. It's going to be icy But it's going to be a good day Right Keep saying it keep saying it's going to be a good day It looks like The good lord has smiled on us just a little bit this morning Usually first thing in the mornings. I come into work and get the truck warmed up and I check in with our deck division and See what they have for us in the morning It's usually my routine and then in the afternoon Maybe I switch over onto vans and I help them out towards the end of the day At least that's what I was told my routine is supposed to be and that's that's pretty much what it's been Uh this morning The van division has snagged me And I got to go hook up to a van trailer And uh go get the paperwork as soon as the truck is warmed up here Thank you god I was really not looking forward to strapping and tying down loads in this weather Say it's going to be a good day. I told you it's going to be a good day I'm not sure if you can see the wind right now blowing past our trailers over there It's hard to pick it up on the camera But the wind is gusting between 16 80 kilometers an hour, which is about what what is that? 40 to 50 miles an hour somewhere and it's It's pretty windy and it's it's a biting cold too So uh not that I don't like being on deck division great people to work for great people all around here I like everybody here. There isn't anybody here that I that I don't get along with And I don't mind doing that, but just on a morning like today It's a nice little treat. I guess to uh not have to stand out in the cold So I don't mind the deck work at all Uh, I sort of like the freight that we haul in the in the vans better though Just for me my own personal, uh, I guess likes and stuff because in the enclosed van trailers That's where we haul, you know the atvs the the cool cars and stuff like that and I like seeing that every day. I like I like hauling that kind of stuff But uh, yeah, I like the challenge of being on open decks too, and I like the roll types I like working with those that make it really easy though on a day like today. It wouldn't be very fun So i'm very thankful that i'll be on uh That van division snagged me up this morning thankful for that, but you know on a normal day Uh, even if it's cold, but as long as it's not windy, I don't mind doing the decks really It's uh I like doing both as long as it's like a mixture of both I like to do something different every day. That's one great thing I like about this job is that every day it's something different, you know, it's not the same thing over and over and over That would drive me nuts. I don't know if I could do that. I mean, I would make myself if I had to But I don't know if I'd be as happy I love what I do now. I'm very happy Very happy. It doesn't feel like I'm going to work They say if you love your job, you don't work a day in your life, right? And that's sort of how I feel I really love my job and I love the fact that I'm able to Share it with you as well and that I've uh Got in an agreement with them to be able to share My life here as well sort of show what we do here Maybe attract a bunch of you to come and work here with us That's that's what we would love to see we're hurting for drivers. Of course. We need drivers You're gonna hear me talking about that in videos come out I'm gonna try not to swamp you with it owner operators. We're always looking for owner operators if you have your own truck You have a good attitude. You have a good driving abstract. You got two years experience if you have your own truck I'm assuming you have two years experience already Uh, you're able to legally work in canada able to cross into the u.s all that stuff There's probably a position for you here. I don't know I could We could find out for you, but there's a A recruiter here is called max you can go to the website Uh, he's from western.com and get a hold of him. He's the guy with all the knowledge He knows what we need right now and he knows all the numbers Okay, enough chitchat It's time to go. It's a beautiful day. Love carts off in a hurry. That was quick Two levels worth I think there's what 26 in here probably more than that Maybe more than that So now I got to put these floors up I have more freight to go pick up with the same trailer, but We need the whole trailer. We can't have this second level in here Time to get to work That's what I meant the other time when I was Telling you guys that some trailers out there They actually do make trailers where the second floor is powered and it automatically like you can just push a button And it goes up and down But those trailers are very very heavy and you can't use them for anything but that These trailers all of this extra equipment adds about 1500 pounds to the trailer depending on whether it has the belly box or not that adds a little bit in there too, but Yeah, all those floors All put away and you can still haul pretty much Anything you want in here that would that you usually would but we we put up to 42,000 pounds in here and double check that because I think usually you'd be able to put 44,000 pounds into a trailer like this But because of the that way at the front there, I think we max out or stop at 42,000 I'm pretty sure or is it more around there anyways 2,000 pounds less than you would normally haul because the 1500 pounds there just gives an extra a little bit of 500 pound wiggle room Because everybody always tries to load more than they say they will right so we say A certain number they'll usually go at least 500 pounds over sometimes They'll try to put on 2,000 pounds extra on top of that all you drivers know what I'm talking about You go there and they tell you okay. It's going to be this way. It's going to be 40,000 pounds They load it up you scale. Hmm. Look at that. They put 41,000 pounds on you You got in sneaky shippers out there So you got to be careful with that because you got a little bit of extra weight, but Yeah, it works great and it's super quick. I mean I can put this whole floor down Or put it away in 20 minutes Maybe less. I never timed myself before maybe next time I'll time myself All right, picking up a roll tight rental 128 So we just have the blue ones Those are ours. I think here's some geese I'm gonna have to get in a fist fight with a goose for my trailer. I need the trailers there on the left Look at them. I'm gonna fight you right now. I got stuff to do Geese are violent. This is 70127 What did I say I was looking for? 67128 Crazy geese Yeah, I'm talking to you What what's you gonna do? What's you going to? He's gonna attack me anyways You know that canada geese Make for life. So that's a husband and wife That's why it's always sad to see one get that got run over on the highway Hey, they're just gonna sit there and taunt me They're not attack me when I get out of the truck. All right. This is my trailer right here too right beside them Oh boy walk the other way I will mess you up All of you I'll take you all on one hand tied behind my back. This is our trailer and I've got to do the walk around on it There's two geese right there. Look at me Come at me, bro What you gonna do? You know, I am yeah. Yeah How's it going? Hey Yeah, you walk away. You walk away tough guy Where are you going? Hurry up. I just want to talk. I just want to talk. I'm just trying to make friends all right, so lights are Lights are working back here. I know I can hear them telling all those friends over there by me There's a crazy guy with a camera over there. Watch out. Hey Let's get him. I just want to be friends guys I just want to be friends. Don't walk away. Come on I just want to be your friend Story of my life fan Okay, okay, so I'm being a little bit overdramatic. What trying to sell you a vlog here The geese aren't that violent. They're very libertarian They just do their own thing and they want you to do your own thing if you don't bother them They won't bother you. However, if they feel Uh the need to just walk across the highway. They got wings, but sometimes they just want to walk across the highway They will take the liberty And just walk across And they don't care if you're honking at them coming at them on the highway in a big truck They're they're just gonna keep walking. What was this? Well, I thought this was my new directions. I just hooked up to this trailer now Yeah But uh, if you do mess with them though, this is this is where it comes in They won't mess with you unless you mess with them if you chase them or like, uh Make them feel threatened In any way, they'll turn around and they'll jump at you and they'll start swatting you with their wings and biting you with their With their beak and they will attack you and they've been known to attack small children that aren't Really aware of the fact That that could happen because they're just birds, right? You just want to just like this now Like I wasn't threatening them at all. I was just sort of uh following them Right, they don't they're not going to bug me for that. But if I were to start running at them Like a kid might like a child might run after them, right? Because it's fun They're having fun. They're playing games chasing a bird. They'll see it as a threat They'll turn around they'll actually start attacking the kid and it'll probably traumatize the kid Like they're not lethal. I don't think that they could be lethal, but they could probably do some damage I mean if they peck you right in the eye and There's that risk but other than that though, they're just gonna pinch you with their beak and Maybe like try to knock you out with their wings and stuff and scratch you with their With their feet. I don't know what would happen. I don't know I've never gotten a fight with one once but go on youtube. Okay after you're done this video Go to the search bar and type in canada goose attacks or attack of the goose or you know goose attacks or something You're gonna laugh your butt off. There's a lot of uh good footage of that they it happens A lot of them around here at this time Uh, they're all looks like they're all just hanging out here Just trying to keep warm Because uh this unseasonably cold day But like I said before a fun fact about canada geese is they mate for life with their monogamous They mate for life with one mate. So you always see them in pairs. You see there's a pair over there Here's a pair over there Over there they're sort of sitting in an all all in a big group over there Maybe those maybe that's the singles club over there. I don't know Could always be the singles club. Here's a pair over here walking over here Another pair over there That are the pairs there. It's like a husband and a wife and it's it's very sad when uh one gets run over Because then the other one's all alone So it is actually I think it's illegal just to obviously just to run them over on purpose So if you see them on the roadway Be careful or near the roadway because they don't fly over the road like a normal bird like these guys over here That just flew over my truck. No, they don't care that they got wings No, they're just gonna walk straight across using their feet Right across the highway in single file not like all rushing across the road. No leisurely in single file Don't mean to interrupt the singles party here, but uh, I've got to roll through Walk to the side of the driveway. Don't walk down the middle of it Excuse me Here's me oh This guy's gonna take me on You see how much bigger I am than you You've got their little pigeon friends hanging out with them There you go. See your wings do work. How about that? Excuse me you guys you guys Get out of the way Okay, so Uh last part of the day there went pretty quick We picked up that rental And uh, I went and loaded it up with about 10 feet of freight and stone wall brought it back here And uh, we're moving it on to a different trailer So i'm taking that same roll tight rental that we had yesterday And I got two pickups tomorrow One in Toulon one in arberg up north of winnipeg And uh, we'll see what happens with that That's my assignment for first thing tomorrow morning though 7 a.m. I'll be here hook up and we can Start moving that way but for today All the trucking is done Look at this yard Look at this yard What a difference one day makes Diesel it's winter again What happened What happened? Fina Fina this is not how I left things What did you do?