 Diesel you want to give me a hand? Chevy you want to you want to help too? Okay It's got a project in the garage All right, so it's a big day. Theo's one year old now, and he's 25 pounds which means it's time to move them into the next stage of car seat Going from rear-facing infant seat To a forward-facing booster seat And there it is Chevy you're gonna help me put it in Can you help me put it in? That was a gift from grandpa and Nana Yeah, while I'm already this is the base I got to put this away with the other seat This is what it just took out of the back of the car. Excuse the mess here all my Christmas lights But hey, this is real life, right? I'm not a big Hollywood Nothing set up. I'm just a real guy So this is the base took that out Diesel and Chevy have been a great help. So now we got to put this one in here right into here Where the other seat was I guess we're not gonna need this mirror up here anymore Probably keep that with the other car seat because we will hopefully need it again So this is a 2014 GMC terrain and it's not really good for us It's a really good little family vehicle, but it is a small family vehicle It does what it needs to do. It's got four doors in the interior here See, there's not too much space in the front. The front is sort of like a car Not too much space The thing is when Brit and I go grocery shopping, we're taking up the front, right? And then Theo is here on this side and then his diaper bag and everything's on the other side over there And then in the back here, that's where his stroller goes So we have limited space for groceries and I know I know I know first world problems Well, I live in the first world and we have problems too. Okay It's just This is what I'm dealing with here. So the entire backspace of the terrain Is taken up by the stroller now we Tipped the stroller up and we have room back here So we can take some groceries, but not enough for our family to last us like two weeks not nearly we can't But we make it work big I'm saying this because we're like I was saying the last couple of days We're in the market for a bigger vehicle in the next two years Not right now right now, but in the next two years. Watch out diesel. Watch out, buddy. Watch out. What's your face? What's your face? There you go so In the next two years we want to upgrade to a GMC Yukon XL Not too sure if we go brand new we'd probably go like used back off at least or something Someone who a business who maybe leased it and used it just in the city So it doesn't have many kilometers on it. I obviously I'd like to go brand new Have you seen the price tags on those things if I had all the money in the world? We would get a Yukon GMC Yukon XL Denali Maybe we can pull it off, but I doubt it those things are starting at like a hundred and thirty thousand dollars, Canadian Even if you are rich You got to justify to yourself in your head spending that kind of money, but don't underestimate me I could justify it if we can pull it off. We'll pull it off, but it'll probably be a used one or on sale or on a good deal They're expensive vehicles, but you know If we can get into one that would be ideal because we want enough room for a friend and I our kids all of our luggage Our dogs as well all of their stuff And plus a room for extra storage, which means you need a GMC Yukon Preferably Yukon XL, but you know, you know me big dreams But if I want something bad enough I'll find a way to work for it. I don't expect it to be given to me. I don't expect it just to fall into my lab I expect to have to work for it. So it's not out of the realm of possibility that we get one I just know I'm gonna have to work really hard In order to get one. It's a good thing. I really like working and I really like my job So I don't mind working hard if we get a Yukon XL. We'll see Anyways, let's bring ourselves back down to earth here. We're spending too much time in dream world but remember You can always take things back from dream world if you're willing to work for it So let's get this car seat put in here. Let's figure this out So I have researched how to properly install this. It shouldn't take too long. I've already got it all set up. We had feel inside it In the house already just to make sure it was all adjusted properly for him and that it fit properly Here we go Yeah, nothing gonna have to take this mirror off and that's gonna be in the way Another reason why we would need a bigger vehicle. Look how big this thing is in here, right? That seats not even very far back But we're not gonna need this mirror on here because that's gonna be in the way So I'll have to take that mirror off to make room for this Let's do that right now before I ding it up with that. This thing is so much bigger than Theo's other one when we had him in here. I'll see if I can remember to throw a picture up here for you But when we had him in here He looked like a newborn again. Like how small he looked when we put him in his infant seat. He's a tiny little guy and Now he's a year old putting him in this seat. He looks like a tiny little guy again How do I get this thing out of here? We got to get this mirror off. Oh These cup holders come off. I better make sure I don't show him that Because it's he'll be taking those off How do we do this? Oh That one Oh, that's simple Okay, that's how it's supposed to be Not just a trucker When you see those truckers out there on the road, just remember there's a lot more to us than that big slow annoying vehicle You're following we have a life and family at home as well See now trying to figure out like I think I should probably move this up I gotta figure out how to move this take this head rest out of here. Maybe it's okay there, you know No, it's not actually because I'm gonna have to uh, I gotta get the center mount through there first. It's right First and I know it's a little bit dark in here right now hook this On to back here. There we go. Let's tighten that up once we're done It's the center mount All right, okay This on this side Put that in there there's a buckle on this side There it is there it is hooked in I just got to tighten it all up as booster seat comes with Different settings this side's French the other side's in English y'all trust me about that we're on to the first stage of Forward-facing and then second stage and then a sixth stage and after that it turns into a booster seat with this thing sitting straight up And it's just a booster seat and then once we get past that stage this whole back part of this Comes off of here and it just leaves the bottom seat and then it's just just a booster seat Because I didn't know this before we had kids like kids have to be in their booster seats For a long long time way longer than I was growing up. I feel maybe I'm wrong Maybe I wasn't a booster seat pretty long. I don't remember really I just Never thought I guess that was just normal to me, right? If I had a booster seat that was just normal But yeah, he's I'd have to research it again Don't they have to be there to let there like almost 10 years old or something am I am I like a way overshoot in this? Tell a certain weight. I think anyways Yeah, so this this is a car seat that is good pretty much straight from infant And we could use it for Theo as well when he was an infant Just we decided to use the other one because the other one was a click a click in click out and it connected directly to his Stroller, so it's just easier for us to get around but you could use this one from a newborn all the way up Till they don't need a booster seat anymore till they're a lot older You learn a lot when you become a parent and there's like they're pretty strict with this stuff, too Gotta make sure that the kids are secured in the car correctly and that's a good thing It's a good thing because I still remember I think I still lived in the wild days a little bit where they had station wagons Without seatbelts like that station wagons with like two or three rows of seats And then there's a seat in the back yet like in the back facing backwards And you could like wave at people and like make faces at them through the back window and traffic There was no seatbelts Or maybe there was we just didn't use them. I don't know You can't do that anymore. Nope. You're getting big trouble So I'm gonna just tighten this all up here and then we'll be done Now we've got to make sure that it's good and tight, right? So I'm gonna climb into it just like this and there's a cable on this side That tightens it down. So I'm gonna put weight in it and then pull it up to tighten it Okay Solid snug up this back one Done it's all set and ready to hit the road and as he gets bigger We lift have to loosen it up and just lift this headpiece up further and further Just so that the shoulder straps stay at or above his shoulders That'll be his seat in the car for the next however many years nice got a nicer seat than me Speaking of I'd really like to get a new seat for my truck eventually It's not near even near the top of my list of things that I need for my truck like old blue my big semi Eventually though, there's a bunch of other things I need to do first like the frame. That's Priority number one. Oh, it's gonna be an expensive job, but we're gonna get it done, right? So I don't have to worry about it again for a very long time So get that done and then I can start worrying about you know getting new seats in there I want to make sure that it's one that I pick out myself and I want to sit in it first. I Want a pretty fancy one. I mean You sit in that seat for hours and hours and hours every day day after day after day I want to make sure that it's one that's a perfect for me Eventually we'll get there though. Alright, so this is our storage room that we got to work on in the next week Hopefully and that's the base right there. This is the the old car seat See if we can do this with one hand Oh, oh, oh, there we go. Okay There we go We won't need that one again until we have another baby Click connect. That's what it's called It just made it so easy because you could just you know Click that out of there so easily and just click it into the stroller and leave him buckled in there But now he's too big for it And this is a rear-facing only I believe Yeah rear-facing So That's that In storage. Oh, and here's his height Recording thing height record my sister Cheryl made this for us And the first entry is already here right there One year March 22nd, 2024 Almost two and a half feet. We're working. We're not hardly working, but I'm gonna get These springs up there replaced I was supposed to have the rest this week off like I've been telling you to get a lot of stuff done Turns out we got a little bit a little bit swamped at work And I've got a head into work freight needs to be delivered tomorrow So actually the day after more but it needs to be picked up tomorrow So I'm going into Winnipeg to pick up some freight in the morning And then I'm delivering that to Thompson the following morning Thompson Manitoba, which is eight hours north into the province of Manitoba here and Watch your spider web didn't I? Sorry, I'm just sort of Half-panicking right now because I had a whole bunch of stuff I was gonna get done with the truck and now I can only get a few things done So I had to sort of prioritize which things in the springs here made the cut Those things broke being held up mostly by a bungee up there right now And about anyone so I'm gonna replace that so we can head out on the road tomorrow Head up north deliver first thing in the morning the next day and then head back here got a Easter gathering It's good Friday this coming Friday So I have an Easter gathering on Friday, and I have another Easter gathering on Sunday First thing is first We got this piece here, which holds Holds the lines You know, so what happens sometimes? You make plans and you know, you think you're gonna have time to get stuff down and then plans change and you're needed Duty calls as they say And I had most of my tools at home too because I have a whole bunch projects. I was gonna get done at home I still have to put together that treadmill when we get back. I have it in the back of the pickup right now And I've got to edit like six videos and it's five o'clock already Not gonna get it all done one of these days, you know One of these days I'm gonna be caught up and then it'll be like I got it all done And then I'll pull on the pile of things will follow me That's okay. That's life. That is the way it goes Better to be busy than bored That was so old the thing just broke off There you go All set and ready. I need to get a new bar for across there on the top. It still works. I Bumped it at one point and that's still good Still does the job. It holds my airlines Up so they're not just sitting on the catwalk here, right? When I'm hauling a trailer. Okay, so now I've got to get that treadmill down here And I've learned something today. I learned something every day in today's lesson is that treadmills are heavy That's a That is a that's a lot of a lot of treadmill in there Figure out how to put it together We had one right We had a treadmill at our old house, but it got wrecked It's still in my shop. I have to throw it out. It's garbage There's a new one anyone know how to put together a treadmill Well, you ever wonder what a disassembled treadmill looks like now you have your answer That looks like a lot of work. Oh comes with tools nice Should be pretty simple. I think And how complicated can it be? Looks like there's some damage on it. I have to get the wife's green light before I open it any further It's not bad Or rubbed on it or something There I got the green light. We're gonna keep it. I'm not gonna send it back Damage isn't that bad. It's just disappointing. You know when you Get something new you expected to arrive Without any damage. That's sort of what my job is all about as a truck driver, right? This was damaged in transport This cord here was packaged incorrectly it was rubbing on there and we're pretty sure that this thing came straight from China because It took two weeks to get here two or three weeks to get here So it took a little while so I'm guessing probably came straight from the plant in China and somebody there Didn't stole away that cord properly and the whole ride here over the ship and over the oceans and through the trucks And on the trains and to our door It rubbed on there. So that's why I say as a truck driver. It's more than just driving the truck It's making sure stuff like that doesn't happen to the freight you're hauling Minor I'll give you one more look at it. It's It's very minor Not worth sending it back over. It's hard to get it. Yeah, there's a light right above me So the shadow wants to There you go. You see that you just expect stuff to come without that kind of stuff It's probably gonna be more dinged up right away But that's different because when you damage your own stuff, it's your fault, right? At least then all the damage is yours, but Man, it's okay. No big deal. You man out there understand though you husbands When something like that happens, you always got to check with the boss first Before you go any further you shut down all production. You shut down the whole thing Till you get the boss give you the green light. I'm trying to think of the best way to get it out of that box It is pretty heavy, but it'd be easiest just to cut the box out from around it I think this is around about the time when we're supposed to open up the instructions There is so much waste in packaging nowadays But I understand like what I was saying before you want to make sure that when you're transporting stuff that The stuff doesn't get damaged that is all secure in there, but really That's a lot of styrofoam and I'm no tree hugger, but that's a lot of styrofoam for what? It's just gonna go in the garbage and look at that. Look at all that garbage. It's just garbage Not that that's the actual treadmill, but all that just for packaging I mean, I'm glad they do that so that it arrives good, right? But I mean It's got to be a better way Had to call the boss down again It's more damage and this one's worse So we had this little scuff down here, right? Not a big deal, but we got this now This is what you get when you order stuff online and don't go to the store to get it That's really frustrating so We decided at this point. It's too complicated to send back So all that And it still works. We believe I haven't tested it yet. Hopefully it works I'm just gonna glue this together So you can't really tell Really disappointing though. I don't know when that got cracked if that was in transport or what but We ordered this thing on Amazon Most people would go to the store right and buy it. We just don't have the time. We've been very very busy And we need to get a treadmill in here. Oh, that's the price you pay So I got to go find some super glue right now Try out my glue skills Not gonna lie. It's really disappointing Gorilla super glue I really like gorilla products. I'm not doing an ad for them You guys use their stuff I use their glue all the time to glue their tape their velcro Mostly they're glue though Okay, so I'm just gonna put a few dabs in there hold it together for about 10 20 30 seconds Hopefully that'll hold it and Hopefully that'll be good Sesame Street to the rescue. Let's just put a weight down on this section So You can see that there's a little bit of glue Popping out here yet, but that's okay So this is glued shut and I wait for that all to dry and all those little like bits that are sticking out You'll just be able to break off Once it's dry And yeah, you'll be able to see the crack there I'm gonna put a sticker over it or we could even paint this little section here All right, there's all the mess and here is the Dreadmill you lift it up and this here Till you can hear a little click down there It's got wheels there you can grab up here pull it back and roll it around wherever you want it and to Bring it down. You just kick this here and Let it slowly come down like that That's pretty cool You don't have to worry about it like I'm falling down really fast. It's got a nice shock on there. I like that Huh cool now to test to see if it works Plugged in Somebody's getting tired upstairs. I'm getting tired too Okay So This cup on to you. That's the safety switch. It comes off of there. It stops All right, so we got her plugged in Let's try this thing out Wornness Oh, oh There we go do this thing up. Come on. That light is glaring right on. All right And there we go Nice Let's see if this thing works perfect And that's my sort of idea to store it. We'll see if it stays there or not. I like it put the Little autumn in there just in case if something bumps that shock This thing's not gonna come down very quick, right? But just in case something bumps it At least that's there to stop it before it comes all the way down, right? I don't know. I'll see where Brit wants it. It doesn't know I matter to me where it goes Well, I'd say that was a successful evening other than the slight damage on the treadmill So it's the next morning right now. I've got to get ready to head out. I'm here with a little blue Getting it all ready to go And I've got a head up north to Thompson So that's up into northern Manitoba if you look on the map, it sort of looks like it's in central Manitoba, but To us here in Manitoba. That's like that's in the northern part of the province anywhere north of there or a Little ways north of there. There's some roads, but most of the towns and stuff up there are Seasonal access once you go past Thompson. I mean you can go up to Gillum We've been up there before split lake you take the ferry across to York Landing been up there and Now some gravel roads that go past here, but a lot of the communities north of Thompson During the summer you have to fly in or you can take the train up to Churchill I think there's a road that goes all the way to Churchill. Oh, but that's like the one time There's not much up. There's what I'm trying to say. There's not much up there past Thompson So we're gonna go up there. It's about eight hours north. I gotta go pick up my load and win a peg in the morning so I Was planning on spending a little bit more time at home. I had a little bit more stuff to do but Duty calls so we gotta hit the road. I'll see you tomorrow. Everybody. Thanks for hanging out with me at home We're back to trucking in the morning. I'll see you then don't forget to hit that bell so you don't miss it I'll see you at 4 p.m. Central time