 Morning everybody. I'm in Brainerd, Minnesota Getting my trailer unloaded before we head to Minneapolis put something else on it there, and that'll take us home Which is my favorite though. The weather is still really nice outside It's still nice to be able to do this inside So just about done the paperwork's already all taken care of My straps are rolled up my tarps are rolled up tied onto the deck behind me right behind my cab on the trailer And all my bungees are put away Soon as they get the rest of this wood off the trailer you can back out of here I'll be on our way Soon be a good day Just like that. We're empty Now I have to be careful But when I leave here I mean I've already started my day, right? So I guess actually I don't doesn't really matter at this point My appointment in Minneapolis is two and a half hours away from here. All right my appointment is at 5 p.m. And It's now 12 30 So I don't have to be there for a while So I think we're gonna leave here right away and try to get there early I'd rather wait there than here, right and Michael the clock's already started We're already going the day is already started so I'm gonna go over there And we'll probably have to wait a little bit But I know that the Lord God's back in the office have some special tricks up their sleeves and very Persuasive personalities They might be able to get me in early. They're gonna talk to their people their people gonna talk to their people their people get back To our people our people talk to me and I'll be like hey, could I get in a little bit early? And they'll be like maybe That's exactly the answer. I'm gonna get maybe so if I get over there if suddenly they have an opening like Someone didn't show up or someone cancels or something They can be like hey, it's your truck here We can load them now and I got to be there and be ready so that I can be like I'm there it doesn't take too long to load because it's like loads of shingles, right? So you throw on there's usually seven layers is for 13 skids Throw that on there through this over there thinking in my head thinking of myself in my head right now It shouldn't take too long We might make it all the way back. Oh, I gotta grab fuel on the way down there yet Oh, I got to figure out where the best fuel prices are Let's see. I have this app. It's called Wex W ex And It's connected to my fuel card So what I do is I log into this app And then it Shows me where the best fuel prices are within 25 miles of me or I can say on my route What's the what the cheapest fuel on my road because when you have a fleet card? You get discounts at different places like below Like posted price because we buy so much fuel that we get discounts and those discounts are reflected in these prices in here So I know what the true prices that I'm paying Very very handy. So let's see nearby here. We're looking at K 415 9 Okay, and let's see if I Search a long route let's say from here to Shakopee. Well, I've been told it's shock up here to shock a pee whatever Shacko pee Okay, from current location Search and it'll show me the map and exactly where all the stops are and what my prices are I'm guessing St. Cloud's probably gonna be cheaper than here And we're gonna be going right past St. Cloud They usually have pretty good fuel pretty good price And if St. Cloud isn't the cheapest usually right next door in Clearwater the TA is the cheapest I'm reading it's taken a really long time here though. I'm gonna figure this out and we'll plan our route down there and Let's get this day going There we go All empty just my tarps left Beautiful day out here beautiful day It's a great day to go truck. What do you say? Leaders that is 189 gallons to leaders Seven hundred and fifteen point four four three leaders. I was a big one today Thirty seven point four leaders per hundred kilometers not bad Thirty seven point four leaders per hundred kilometers in miles per gallon six point two three Six point two three miles per gallon is within our target range So in US dollars this fill up cost us 706 dollars and 10 cents and Canadian dollars was 957 98 lights right over there. That's the Canadian US border Canada is just on the other side. Oh man long day didn't get border clearance tonight yet, but That's no one's fault. It was too late I'm pretty sure my customs is clear, but I also need my Paperwork it's called an ACI. I think I need to wait for that to be clear either way. I've gone far enough for today I'm tired. I'm happy with how far I've gotten I'll wait for confirmation in the morning That I'm clear. I don't need to cross tonight anyway Just got about another hour and 15 minutes up to Winnipeg. We're gonna deliver these shingles And see what we got after that. I'm just gonna turn them burn I'm gonna try to keep making money the week's only beginning so Gotta keep these wheels running Gotta keep them turning so thanks for watching today everybody. I appreciate you hanging out with me It was it's a nice run started out in Brainerd went down to Shakopee or Shakopee Minneapolis came back up here Peppin up It's about a 900 kilometer day or so somewhere in there 550 miles. I'm done for today This is the scene here First thing in the morning when the sun's up This is a very popular truck stop since it's right at the border You can see here. There's a bunch of trailers drop right beside me over there I don't really like it that they do that because this is the last truck stop before Canada Canada is just a mile that way and this is where we all come to stop when we're waiting for border clearance so that means that this is also The spot where a lot of guys will come in drop their trailer when their loads aren't cleared But go across the border to go home if there's problems with the load turns I've done it before too when there's a plan for another driver to come pick up the trailer If I'm in a rush to get somewhere to get home or something. I can cross the border And if I don't have a trailer on I can cross the border. No problem It's the load that needs to be cleared for the border with customs So if the load's not cleared or there's an issue with the paperwork or something's just Taking a really long time and there's no, you know end in sight or no solution in sight What we could what we can do Is trade this load with another driver If I need to get going I can unhook go and another driver comes and hooks on to it here And it takes it across the border when it's cleared. It doesn't happen very often, but That means that trailers would not be left here on their own, right? But I see a lot of a lot of trailers left here for a long period of time. I don't know why But they're taking up parking spots But I'm pretty sure they are registered with The truck stop inside and maybe they even pay them for it. I would hope so If you're doing that, I hope that you're paying them to leave your trailers here But I don't know what their deals are if they have any deals worked out with the ownership here All I know is that we never used to see this many drop trailers here. I don't know everything So it's first thing in the morning. I'm just waking up just wrapping up yesterday's vlog for you Because I was so tired when I got here It was a good day of driving like just steady driving I got here as fast as I could We ended up getting here at like 1 30 in the morning So today the next day for you I can only get rolling Or I can only start my pre-trip on the logbook legally at 11 30 in the morning So once that's done, we're gonna get these shingles into Winnipeg and we'll get them delivered around 1 p.m. Today And then we'll see what's next after that. I don't have a plan after that yet But I'm sure by the time we get there there'll be something in the works So far this tire that was wearing faster because it had higher air pressure isn't wearing any faster than this one still We did lose quite a bit of tread off of that before I realized what the problem was That was a well, it wasn't my fault that it was filled up 15 psi More than the tire beside it the guy who put the tire on should have equalized the air pressures, right? But I did realize that it was wearing funny and I didn't know at the time that that could be because of air pressure 17 years of trucking. I'm still learning basic things that I should know, right? I learned that now that if your tires aren't If one tire is wearing much faster than the other tire first thing you check is the air pressure And I know you guys in the comment section you guys all knew this already, right? So you guys all told me and my father-in-law told me my dad told me everybody told me as soon as they saw my video And then I went and checked it and sure enough 15 psi higher in the one that we patched and that causes this one We're down a lot faster than this one and all the rest But we saved it in time. It'll be okay. They'll balance out over time. These tires are doing really well These are those black lock Chinese tires that I bought. They're from the hand-cooked family of tires They're $500 Canadian the tire As opposed to about what was it? $800 More than that For a full set of eight Michelin tires good Michelin tires, it was gonna cost me about just under $8,000 I think yeah just under $8,000 for eight black Hawks Cost me four thousand even That's why I went with these lots of saving those you've been watching. I know I'm repeating myself more so for that for the new people These are black Hawks BDL 71s my tire size is 295 75 hour 22 and a half So they're a little bit low profile not as common to find but Really like these tires so far they're wearing very evenly like aside from my mistake over there all the tires are wearing nice And since they were a little over half price as long as I get a little over half the distance out of them that I would the regular tires I got my money's worth right? They're holding air and what are we supposed to do? Everything's getting so expensive, right? I want to support local North American companies. I do but I also have mouths to feed And I want to get ahead I want to make some money Decided to go with these tires give them a shot. I'll be your guinea pig I'll keep updating you on how they're wearing and how how they're doing and See if it was a good choice or not, but so far I'm happy with the purchase So I've got a walk around the rest of the truck check my tires if you're wondering why I'm holding a little mini bat This is my tire thumper. This is what I thump the tires with I don't just walk around with this thing all the time Maybe I should in some places, but I'm gonna go check the rest of my tires get my truck ready, and we'll see you in tomorrow's video right here So please subscribe hit that notification bell so you don't miss it We're gonna deliver these in a winter peg and we'll see what's next. I'll see you tomorrow Be safe out there. Please on the road drive safe