 Hello, my name is Joakim Oklund from Sweden and you're watching Truckie Josh Vlogs in fresh air Or is it just diesel fumes? I'm not sure what they're building still in place as they should be Wonderful lights are all working Wonderful wonderful a lot of snow on this side here tires still filled with that premium winter air nice I Haven't changed out Still had summer air in there. It's a little cold over there. No such thing as winter air I Get some of you with that every time the rest of you are rolling your eyes because I use that joke every winter, but I Got some of you thinking what right? Go on at least get one of you My dogs think I'm funny rock and roll rolling rock Rock and roll and rock and roll roll and roll and rock and and roll and You little tug test make sure my eyes did not deceive me One sec. There is attached. I knew it. Yes brakes are releasing as well Fantastic. Ah this poor guy. Hopefully he gets his truck fixed. Oh, look at that step on the bottom there But while it's in the shop get him to fix that step very dry night. That's for sure I'm not used to being so dry and feel it in my throat do another new day And we're going trucking man, it's gonna be a good day This guy's dropped his trailer here in the driveway. That's not a parking spot. I'm not even close That guy's not even a parking spot. It's dropped his trailer in the middle of the driveway That guy's going camping good for you buddy. You're braver than me He's actually a transporter. He's just bringing it to the dealership. Can you imagine camping in this weather? Thanks, there are people that do it a lot of people actually some people that we even know They just call it ice fishing the old camping out on the lake build a little hut on the lake on The ice and you know that little fire in there little wood stove or something and it doesn't melt the ice You know, you think it would right freaks me out. I've never done it Well, there's a lot of people they stay out on the ice overnight or they stay out all day Live and eat in there and they fish through a little hole in the ice What did I say was he talking about that trailer that was dropped in the middle of driveway to Well, if he dropped the blade in this driveway, maybe that's what he's talking about. It's a bumpy driveway That's why I don't like cbs. You can never really tell what people are saying, right? You know, they're saying something but And I even have the same accent as the guys up here so I can understand them better up here But if I go down south There's no hope that I'm going to understand anything that they're saying on the cb down there Oh Yeah, I'm not a big fan of cb radios. I have mine in here now I actually rode without one for years and years, but since we got old blue I figure she deserves a cb in here And I have it on it's nice to talk to uh people that pass by if they recognize my truck or some of my co-workers Oh, so it's been a net positive for me but I find it very hard to uh To understand what people are saying That next door is a walmart supercenter So, you know, this is a good neighborhood We're building that Isn't that cool? Well, they're building that but I'm bringing them the stuff for it looks like they're putting up the fourth story I'm wondering how many stories high can you go with just a wood frame? They're going up to level four here and it looks like the actually it looks like the rafters Or trusses are being put up On top of that so maybe four will be the top Or are they just finishing the third floor on the other side? I don't know This guy's unloading me over here And that freight right there that's my freight That's my freight. Well now it's theirs It was mine for a short time. We had fun Traveled through the bitter cold tundra of manitoba and north dakota To get here to the bitter cold of fargo north dakota This is the second apartment building that i've seen come up like there's tons of them So this is walmart on the south end of town. Uh, I think that's 52nd street right there If you look at a map of uh Of fargo, you'll see this is on the south end of town right behind me Running this way is i29 You know i29 past past the i94 south Our town you'll see the walmart here and this is a whole new development on google maps. It's just a big open field Huge neighborhood and development coming up here And trucker josh was a part of putting it together Well, he's bringing in the calvary Calvary has arrived calvary cavalry cavalry Cavalry the cavalry is here I don't know what i'm talking about most days The two of them now that are going to be unloading me. Wow, I feel special I'm getting a lot of attention today Dropping my stuff over there. I'm staying in the truck right now to stay out of their way And also because I don't want to freeze There's that also Close already. So you got the little skidster unloading the little stuff on the back You got this big guy here unloading one of the top pieces And as soon as they got that he's got it lifted up there. Can you see it in the mirror? As soon as he's got it off there, I'm going to quickly jump out and grab my tarps That are on top of this lower level up front I gotta grab those because those are mine There he goes You are mine You belong to me Come Come my children Come Come here Come here before I start swearing at you Come here Oh, they're like rock hard because they're frozen Ouch Oh Frozen solid That's lovely Come on, we're gonna get you up before he comes back Come here Come here To lean these up here We'll put them back on the trailer deck once Once we're done Man, these are not working with me Here we go Stay Just in case you never know So I had both of these closed up yesterday It was so cold It's about minus 20 Celsius outside right now So I opened up these top two There is no like real right or wrong way of dealing with this And not every winter cover is the same So, yeah, just sort of play it by Just eyeball it If your water is getting too hot, open them up If it's getting too cold, close them up There they go Like I've said before, while I'm stopped here, even though it's cold outside I have uh It's an engine heater That keeps my engine warm And a bunk heater that keeps my cab warm Though it's getting pretty hot in here right now I think the sensor for that bunk heater is like on the outside wall And the outside walls are sometimes a little cooler than the air inside here I have it turned all the way down and it's just Blasting me with hot air I'm actually gonna open the window a little bit I'm actually a little warm Let's get out of here I have an empty step deck behind me I'm headed back for a new load on the other side of the border There's a couple out there sort of working on right now I'm not sure exactly which one is gonna be mine But we'll figure that out later I'm hoping I can make it around this corner here This is extremely tight little corner Yikes Can't hit this snow bank here Or I'm gonna push my bumper in Okay I think we're good We're good Okay This way now Lots of space Tell me I can't do it I'll show you I can I got in here That means I can get out Let's go to Flying J Swing in there for a coffee And make our way back north I still need to clear this a little bit better here This is extremely narrow I'm gonna need to take it wide to get around this And this is a busy intersection here Okay well this way On this way Oh yeah plenty of room Plenty of room We're supposed to be getting a snowstorm here today yet So I want to get out of here This autumn season This fall season has just been nothing but snow up here Snow snow and more snow Now that you're watching this It's officially winter now though right So now winter has finally begun December 21st was the first day of winter Interstate 29 North Oh it's slippery here I've got no weight on my trailer So old blue is just struggling a little bit here To gain some speed Some of you have been asking recently A lot of Europeans Wondering what we do for winter with our tires We run the same tires year-round here They're very expensive My drive tires are probably four to five hundred dollars each My steer tires are about nine hundred dollars each Unless if those prices have gone up recently Which is probably the case To replace all of your drives in the back All eight tires you're looking at four to five thousand dollars So nobody is going to buy a set of winter tires And a set of summer tires Spending ten thousand dollars on rubber No I don't just buy tires that are all season These tires do good in the winter You want to get tires that are good for fuel economy But also have good bite They can bite into the snow you know The owner before me put firestone tires on this truck They've actually been performing really well for me I actually kind of like them I've never had them before These are our low profiles I usually stick with Michelin or BF Goodridge myself The steer tires on the truck right now are Michelin Those are the best steer tires you can get Say to Gath, Manitoba, pull it into the Flying J here Just top off the tank So some good old dinosaur juice But I was taking off the 23rd To next week after Boxing Day the 28th But there's nothing left for me to do this week There's no work Everybody, all the warehouses and customers And receivers and shippers are all shutting down for the holiday season And there's no where for us to go get freight and deliver it to Everything's shutting down for Christmas And I don't blame them Any other time of year I'd be like Ah come on No this is Christmas It's very important I wasn't going to work for today and tomorrow yet But it is what it is It's the Christmas season and it's very important to me Christmas gatherings This Christmas is about family That's the biggest part of Christmas You're supposed to be together with your family It's more important than everything else going on in your life You put everything else aside in this season And you come spend time with your family I'm fortunate I like my family both sides I really do So it's not difficult for me to say All right we're putting everything aside It's okay that I don't got any work right now I'm giving up work I probably could have work If I wanted to work through Christmas But there's no way I'm missing these family gatherings So as soon as we get back to the shop We are officially on Christmas holidays We want to park old Blue with full tanks Says she's nice and happy and well fed She deserves Christmas dinner too You done good old Blue It was a cold ride But you uh you did your job You did very good Very nice Oh I know what we can do I can install my new steering wheel that I got from Jim And uh new uh let me show you Let me show you I have it with me Because I was hoping to be able to install it on the road But uh I didn't have the time Check it out Okay my new steering wheel And I have a matching uh shifter to match Match this Exactly uh exactly what I wanted This is exactly the steering wheel I was looking at getting So 18 inch And don't forget about those train horns I have not forgotten about those I have a plan for them Don't worry So after Christmas I'm going to be running very hard Very very hard Because mid-march I'm starting my paternal leave So I'm taking four to six weeks in uh From March 17th to the end of April Or uh whenever we're comfortable with me Leaving after the After we have the baby It's our first baby We have a lot of learning to do Uh it's going to be quite busy Maybe a little overwhelming Especially for Britt She's not planning on getting a C-section But if she does end up needing one There's going to be uh I'm going to need to stay a little longer to help her Because uh her body has to heal up She can't do any lifting or anything So I got to be there to help her with that But uh yeah So after Christmas Once Christmas vacation is over Good movie Good movie We're going to watch that tonight But once Christmas holidays are over I'm going to be running my My royal tail off Until mid-march So that we can afford to have me Off the road for up to six weeks We can do it We can do it but uh I have to work hard for it So I may have to miss a few of the appointments Leading up to the birth She's due on April 1st And I plan to park the truck March 17th It's a Friday So for two weeks before the birth Just in case it's early And four weeks after Uh I'm planning on being home And all the vlogs for those six weeks Will be revolving around the baby So now the tanks are topped up We're ready to go home for Christmas vacation Merry Christmas to each and every one of you Have I said that yet? Merry Christmas To you sitting right there I hope you have something big or fun planned For the Christmas season It's the best time of year Okay talking fuel right now I want to talk about the difference between fuel prices In the U.S. As opposed to Canada More specifically North Dakota And Manitoba Now here in Manitoba The diesel price has been Around two dollars And six cents per liter Consistently for about a month now About that And that's where it's sitting at right now I'm paying two dollars and six cents per liter Which is a dollar fifty one U.S.D. Per liter So U.S. dollar U.S.D. Dollar fifty And uh you times that by Three point seven eight five Which is one U.S. gallon We're paying five dollars And seventy two cents Per gallon Per U.S. gallon So converted to U.S. dollars We're paying five dollars and seventy two cents Per gallon U.S. gallon Here Sixty miles that way Is a loves travel center And then there's a flying J About a hundred miles down in Grand Forks They're paying four dollars And five cents per U.S. gallon Why is it so much more expensive here Like it is always more expensive in Canada Than it is in the U.S. That's always just a given But why is it right now Such a huge gap Like That's a dollar sixty seven U.S. Per U.S. gallon Difference Here What Just to go to Fargo and back Costs me a hundred dollars more each way So it's two hundred dollars more of my money Canadian money Than it would be fueling in the States I just don't like fueling down there In this season because it gets so cold And the biodiesel that they use down there Is a different mixture than the clear diesel We use up here It's not as good for cold temperatures And it gels up easier Even their winter diesel number one So I like to fuel up up here Is it that much more expensive Because of the winter mixture we have up here Is that the only reason or what's going on here We're usually pretty close Within like You know ten to twenty cents per liter The U.S. what they're paying Sixty miles that way A dollar forty five Canadian per liter For diesel fuel A dollar forty five With all the conversions and everything done We're paying two dollars and six cents here Two dollars and five cents whatever I said before Two dollars and six cents Why? Sixty cent per liter difference I need answers Who's got the answers for that one That's a ridiculous gap Sixty miles apart An imaginary line between us Let's be real it's a real line But you can't see it right You get it What? They're gonna make us pay for the good stuff Dollar forty five a liter Over there That's still too expensive Just to let you know It should be more around about a dollar To eighty cents to a dollar And then I'll start getting happy It should be closer you know to fifty cents But you know maybe I'm just getting old I remember the good old days when You know I was like fifty cents a liter for diesel Two dollars and five cents I've never seen the gap that big between the two countries Wow Summertime I guarantee you I will be fueling In the United States absolutely every chance I get And I'm not done complaining and ranting yet The rent is going on further We're gonna find out what my average fuel amount is Okay I'm gonna speak in Canadian here Just because it's what I'm more familiar with So let's say five hundred liters Okay let's pick our nice even number Even more than that Five hundred and fifty liters Okay that would be about a regular fill up for me Now to fill my truck up with five hundred and fifty liters Which is three hundred and forty two US gallons Okay so five hundred and fifty liters Times sixty cents cost me an extra three hundred and thirty dollars On a regular average fuel up to fuel up up here An extra three hundred and thirty dollars every time And that's about every day if I'm running hard That's a tough pill to swallow And I'm just finding this out now Just right now with you That can't be That can't be There's gotta be something wrong in my calculations Three hundred and thirty dollars more every time I fuel up From in from about a quarter tank I mean you would think that I'm putting straight liquid gold into my tanks For that price right I'm gonna be thinking and pondering on this Doing some serious recalibrations in here These prices have gotta come down in Canada They've gotta come down Gasoline has started to come down Hello what about diesel fuel Okay I'm done complaining for now And rant is complete Let's go home Old blue you did good You did good And I'm home now for the holidays And I'm very excited about that I got a marker light down here replaced just now This one was the wires had ripped off of it So it's working again But it's good to be home This is the hub that fell off that I showed you this before I already got a new one on the passenger side I'm gonna replace that this weekend as well I got it right here Right there I'm gonna replace both of them Cause that fell off and this one has dents in it And that's unacceptable That's been there for since I bought the truck Hope you have a merry Christmas Merry Christmas old blue Behind that door is my welcome home Are you guys ready Chevy chevy that's enough Chevy calm down Yes I missed you too buddy I missed you too Diesel come here Diesel come show me your rope This is my world with yo yo diesel come here Hey diesel come here show me your room What's this? What's this? Oh my goodness, what is this? You have this big rope? You think it's yours? You think it's yours? What if it's mine? What if it's mine? It's so angry! So passionate! So passionate!