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At age 83, I don't drive anymore and I seldom get out of the house. so I really enjoy sitting back and relaxing with a ride-along with you. Your commentary and excellent editing always make for an interesting trip. Thank you for sharing and for the time and effort you put into your videos. 👍
I enjoy your trip videos. I got my commercial license at 19 and had to give them up at 65 down to one eye... Now retired in my 70's its relaxing going along for the ride. Merci!
Your videos are great and I get to see parts of the country I will never get to see otherwise. I was in the St Louis area in April. Was stationed 60 miles South of there in the mid 60s.
Really didn't appreciate how vast (and beautiful) Canada is until I started watching your videos. Each one a new geography lesson. Je te regarde depuis la Nouvelle-Orleans!
Congratulations on a beautiful video! Your excellent camera shots and editing certainly put each of us in your passenger seat. I never spilled my coffee, never hung on for dear life, saw dams that were built to last and witnessed parts of Canada that few foreigners ever get to see. Stay safe as we wait for your next journey! God Bless you and your father!!
17 % grade is unbelievable. Then with an automatic transmission! Then top it off with gravel roads. I was hoping that you would not stall out on the incline gravel road. Then it happened. But you were able coax her up the hill! My hat is off to you 😊
Actually a rookie mistake. I should’ve got the weight off the lift axle at the bottom of the hill and I probably would’ve made it up one shot. 🤷🏼♂️. I got large enough shoulders to admit when I’m wrong
Good eveninig,watching your Video from Germany. I 'am Truck Driver too, width extra,lengt Heay haul up to 70 tons especially Wind farms. Thanks for your Video
Fantastic video. It was great to see the far North of your beautiful country. Thank you for taking the time to record and put it together. Definitely lucky with that chain. I suspect it may have broken when you went over that railway crossing. The trailer was at a very noticeable angle to the truck. Looking forward to each video, when ever you have time to upload them. Cheers from Australia.
Thank you for another fine heavy haul video! Well, you’re not the fastest motor vehicle driver on RU-vid but... at the end of the day, it is night time. 😊
Another great video. You Sir are a true professional. I really enjoy every one of your adventures. Very very nice you got to do this trip with your Dad.
Funny, i lost traction on that steep hill at manic 5 (was carrying 38mt of ammonium nitrate) forgot to lift the self steering 4th axles before the climb. I also lost traction at the same place you did on the gravel before the grader. But i did not made it to the mine because i flip my rig in the river at 1:34:38 on the right side right after the 2 little trees. i was lost in the dust raised by 2 fast southbound and slip at the narrower place of the road. so thanks to you i finally saw the las miles to the mine in a truck perspective !!!!
@@luckybananaheavyhaul3407 i was going maybe 12 miles mph but because it was a tanker, the wave made the truck flip on it's side ... very slowly, so slowly that i had time to undo my seatbelt shut the engine and put my feet on the passenger window. sound and look more scary than it was but still not a pleasant experience lol
It’s a crash gear box with an intelligent shift Volvo has something similar 12 speed 2 reverse I shift can be manual but every gear has to be accounted for. A realise on computer to Sense speed and weight and selects a gear can skip gears. A is more economical on fuel and get up to road speed more efficient.
Really enjoy your trips and navigation. Tried a couple of other heavies in RU-vid, crossed them off my list. I liked the music, it's both soothing and fills the miles with waking harmony. I've learned much about trucks so I notice more in passing. BTW, I got a kick out of your pronouncing the Kansas City suburb, "Boner Springs". Google fixed it, and, yes, I'll follow your route during the drive. Keep on truckin'.
A two hour cab ride into the Quebec Shield region of the North Shore. Brings back lots of memories of driving around in Yukon, Northern and Central BC, and where I was born on the shield rock of Georgian Bay. Never been east of Quebec City and never up to the iron mines of Quebec and Labrador. I enjoyed every minute of your video. So much to look at along the roads. Buildings, approaches, traffic especially in that North Shore town where the ferries loaded and unloaded. The actual topography of the land as you go along the Gulf up onto the shield analyzing tree and road sign height, construction of the road, road signs, run off and snow melt gullies. The dance between the trucks, the corners and that grade. Nice that you got to film a little of the assembly of those components. Crane must cost a fortune, to own, to get to and from jobs and to rent. Thanks for posting your videos. Now I have to get on Google Earth and look and see where you went. I'm dying to find out is that is the North Shore and Labrador railroad with the robotic locis or if that one is further east. [I was wrong it's the Cartier Railway - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartier_Railway] Brian Mulroney came to mind as well. Merci et salut
those dirt roads remind me a bit of when i was delivering in oil rigs in the woods in Alberta ! but the call is different ! it s more small curves more hill and most of the places you call empty going in and heavy coming back. Even when i m loaded i call empty so they know wich way you re going. they call heavy on the way back because most of the transports are tankers loading at the rigs ! And you need to be on a specific channel on the FM ( vhf ). it s not like well you go on channel 24 ! lol it s a named channel it s private and there s a code name. ! I worked 10 years from Edmonton, AB. and i loved it ! that s where the money is ! 😋🤠
It seems every area has its own little way of talking on the radio. I kind of mix them all together sometimes. When I worked north of Yellowknife we used to convoy 4 trucks together and the leader did all the radio work
Thanks for another great video, Doug. An unusual load and great scenery. Loved the shots of unloading at the end. Nicely edited. You must have had a ton of video footage to go through to get this.
Brought back memories when you crossed the Pierre Laporte Bridge to Quebec City. Drove over it a lot times when I started my many trips to Levis for work 30 years ago. Enjoyed watching!!
It was great seeing you truckin with your dad. Wish we coulda had a better shot of him, but it's all good! And cherish every moment you have with that man. My dad passed away almost a year ago, (last July), and I didn't get to do everything I wanted to with him, but I won't get into that here. He wasn't a truck driver, but he was a workaholic... Looking forward to riding with you on your next big 'truckventure', stay safe!
Top class driving, top class scenery, very professional all round production, great that you did the trip with your Dad, not enough of those family bonds in the world today, a big “chur” from Kiwiland.
another 2 hr marathon, YES!! i knew the bridges at the border crossing looked familiar, sarnia ont, my home town. just watch that 2nd overpass, an oversized load demolished it a few years ago!
Thank you for this amazing video and the amazing views, i have been to quebec a bunch of times but i have nvm been that far north so thank for this amazing view and this amazing videos
man it must be so cool to get paid to drive across the north Americas, I really hope that one day ill be able to do heavy hauls like this, keep up the great work dude, absolutely loving it
Toujours intéressant, belles routes et beaux paysages. La combinaison moteur-transmission-différentiel semble bien fonctionné dans les montées (a part la consomamtion de carburant) Heureusement qu'aux Bergeronne on ne passe plus dans le centre du vieux village avec son chemin étroit, en courbe et en côtes. ✌✌✌✌✌
That "highway" looks like highway 40 in Alberta. It's not used by much mining, but is used lots by Forestry (mostly lumber trucks), and in summer by recreation drivers. There are many other highways which are gravel out here, which is why I undercoated my vehicle when I got it back in '14.
Nice seeing your dad. As a fellow bilingual Anglo I laughed when your dad called you on your radio call for "camion stallé" with "camion cassé" lol. Great video, keep 'em coming!
Hi Doug another awesome video and such beautiful scenery to enjoy and the drone shots are a credit to the amount of time you take to make an awesome video and so cool to do a trip with your dad so wishing you both safe miles cheers from tim in queensland australia ( keep on trucking )
Another great video and I found this one very much enjoyable because you were with let’s call him the senior man on the job and I could not think of anyone else I would choose to work with more than my dad or my son cherish these moves with the senior man later on when us older guys are at home you will have these as documentation to show to your junior men when you are the senior man be safe big guy and tell the senior man nice job
Fantastic ride !! Born and raised in northern Ontario iron mining town, some guys transferred to Sept Illes to continue in the plant there. Northern Quebec is much like N Ontario away from the lake. I worked open pit copper on Vanc Isl, during university days. Had a lot of fun following along on Google earth maps. Thanks for the great ride along, and all the excellent road skills. Take good care out there !
Enjoy your videos, excellent sound and crystal images Did smaller oversize from Kansas to Fermont in winter, beautiful scenery, It was sweet for me I use to work in Gagnon I’m between moves right now Manitoba to New Brunswick and hope to get back into it soon Prends soin, keep up the good work Ron
Man I can’t wait to get back in to heavy haul neck deep in it I’ve been off for a year now I stopped at a 3axle stretch rgn but man I’m aiming at moving up to we’re u are one day I love the videos my friend
Seeing you go up the mountain reminds me of when we visited Yugoslavia (as it was then, now its Slovenia), and it was hairpin bends going over the mountains from Austria. It was so scarey. I think its the only time I didn't take photos as I felt that if I moved, even an inch, we'd topple over the side, which had no barriers, and looking down, it was misty, so couldn't see the ground. Never again🤣🤣. The gravel road reminds me of watching Ice Road Trucking, but without the ice🤣. Nice ariel footage of you both crossing the bridge. Really wild out there. Beautiful
Not really that far north. Not like Northern Norway. Fermont is at 53°. Skagerrak Strait is at 58° and Yellowknife is 62.5°. Honningsvag is in another category entirely at 70.6°. Bet the Northern Lights are great there as they are in Yellowknife. I wonder if the massive amount of iron in the ground in the Fermont region might manipulate the Northern lights due to the magnetic field created by the iron ore. Strangely enough my brother designed a satellite mounted camera to study the northern lights over Scandinavia that was launched by the European Space Agency.
@@gragor11 what the hell you on about. All I wrote is that what I have seen on numerous occasions it's even better at bear island, and spizburgen tell me have you been there. If you haven't then shut up
You haul big loads and then you go and catch a tichy fish!! I thought they were all monsters in Canada! Well that was my attempt at humour!?! As usual I really enjoyed the journey and the quality videos you do! So “Keep on Trucking!”
Another GREAT BEAUTIFUL TRIP, I loved the scenery. I am surprised you only had 1 broken chain, I am sure you had maintenance look over the trucks when you got back, especially the tires and suspension. Where to next?.
I think the biggest breaker of chains is that bounce flex in the lowboy. Seems like even as tight as you can get a binder that bounce flex will create just a tad of looseness followed by the snap in the chain when the trailer flexes back
Great video so far Doug. You are just crossing the St Lawrence river, and the bridge next to the one you're driving on looks very similar to the Forth Bridge at Edinburgh, Scotland. My number 1 bucket list, is whale watching. The most gorgeous majestic creatures ever. Approaching the dam after leaving the motel. It looks about as large as the dams in Germany that the RAF took down with the bouncing bombs🤣. Very impressive.
Bingo. " ... Maurice FitzMaurice from Britain, who worked on the construction of the Forth Bridge, ..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge#Second_design_and_collapse_of_September_11,_1916
@@luckybananaheavyhaul3407 yes I to noticed the bridge , if you do get over here you will notice as you get north of Inverness that you are above the tree line ( no trees to be seen ) and single track roads as well , as to fishing its mostly fly and its expensive on the TAY the anglers normally arrive by helicopter 😀
My wife and I have been watching all of your videos. They are great but you need to talk a lot more and give up the young music. Heck I am 77 years old and I would love to hear you talk. I have 2.2 million miles across America. Some refers and some dual 45' trailers and of course some plain old 45' trailers from Chicago to NY and back, enough that I can tell you where all the pot holes are. Love you're work, Keep it up, and TALK!!!
In a way, I can understand your wanting more talk. But for me, a lot of the stuff I watch has too much talk. There's lots to listen to besides words, sometimes words get in the way, keep you from feeling that big truck rolling along the road. I like having the time to pay attention to what's outside that window. I get to hear the motor, listen to the road, simple, real, feels good.
I am not saying talk all the way through the video. I was just suggesting maybe tell what the load weighs, how long it is, and maybe how the fuel milage is. Thats all. Heck I would even offer myself as a second in the jump seat and keep notes and tell everyone my experience now compared to when I was a driver. Any time any place.
@@luckybananaheavyhaul3407 I am not saying talk all the way through the video. I was just suggesting maybe tell what the load weighs, how long it is, and maybe how the fuel milage is. Thats all. Heck I would even offer myself as a second in the jump seat and keep notes and tell everyone my experience now compared to when I was a driver. Any time any place.
