Shadowing Practice: #3575 | STORM SEASON | My Trucking Life - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Good morning, everybody.

We're here in hasty Minnesota.

Just got the truck all ready to go, the trailer ready to go.

The load is tied down tight.

I'm going to be home tonight.

We're going home tonight, Friday night, Saturday, and we're leaving Sunday around supper.

Got to deliver these in Saskatchewan Monday morning.

had a nice spot here this might be my new favorite

spot though this one's never available this one's usually the first

one to go you can push your trailer like i was

saying last night all the way to the back there to the grass

but this giant puddle is here and

that puts your cab right in the puddle

if there's a barrier up there i just pulled up so that i could step out onto the dry ground

and i'm ready to go well let's rock and roll

AC cranked everything ready to go lights on check make sure

my trailer's coming with me double trip check I'm just gonna spike the brakes here forward

beautiful all right let's get going I want to go home you want to go home I want to go home Ah,

my engine fan.

It keeps up a dust storm.

There we go, it turned off.

So I got my coffee.

I made it myself.

Somewhat of a...

What do you call those people?

Barista.

Guess it loses its...

edge when you forget the joke or what you were gonna say i haven't had the coffee yet that's the point

we're gonna get back on that highway right there we're gonna go that way

that is i-94 we are west of minneapolis in minnesota

and I have this load behind me

that I picked up in Iowa yesterday like I said before

it's going to Saskatchewan about five hours from my house it's got to deliver Monday morning

and it's Friday now so I'm gonna go home with my house is on the way literally stop there

and then head out Sunday evening so that I can be waiting at the customer in Saskatchewan

first thing Monday morning for them, get these things off my trailer and we'll see what they have up for me.

I haven't received any word about what's going on next week yet.

I'm expecting to hear sometime today.

I've got a short week next week because I've booked off Thursday and Friday.

Man, what is up with this traffic here right now?

Every time, every time.

Come on now.

Thursday and Friday, my sister did some home renovations.

And I wasn't planning this for a very long time.

So I'm going to go and help out with that.

Let's clear our throat first thing in the morning.

Another parade.

Oh, another one.

Look, there comes another one.

Why not?

I probably could have gone just now, but I'm just too nice.

I'm too nice.

I've got to get meaner, more aggressive.

Oh, and this Saturday, tomorrow, I'm going to go pick up my new seat for Old Blue.

That'll be fun.

Rockin' a roll, a slap of the bass. On the road.

Giddy up.

That was a smooth entrance.

What do you think?

I'd like to make an entrance.

We're in Drayton, North Dakota.

We're turning left.

We're at the Loves.

Get some lovely diesel fuel.

Prices have come down.

Pump price here is $4.30 US per gallon for diesel.

Gasoline sitting at $3.70 cents per gallon.

So fuel is coming down.

Okay, gotta hand it to them.

A little slower than I would have liked it to, but it's coming down.

And this man-eating pothole has gotten bigger.

Look at that.

It's the whole side of the road now.

Yikes, watch out.

You lose your soul down there.

Demons be down there.

You have reached your stop left, Travel Stop number 843, Drayton, ND.

The stop is on your left.

there she be fuel her up I'm sitting just just below quarter tanks

and we will continue on up the road there is a

scale coming up on the US side according to trucker path is open

and the one on the Canadian side is closed at the moment might change by the time we get there

but that's what the forecast is right now at the

US side is open Canadian side is closed tell everybody

that I am on duty not driving fueling oh I

can't wait to get my new seat oh I don't think

I can even imagine how good it's gonna feel right now

I don't even understand yet how good it's gonna feel oh I'm gonna go pick it up tomorrow

and uh bring it to my shop

and then I'll probably install it in a week

or two I don't have time this weekend we got a

full weekend lined up of stuff maybe next weekend as soon as possible though

but at least I'll have it in the shop right

and then to switch them out should be pretty straightforward it's like four bolts

and hook up the airlines but I've never done it before

so it's going to take me a little longer to do the first one.

And then that's probably when I'll take out this passenger one.

We'll see how much time I have that day.

It all comes down to time.

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The most valuable resource we have that I have.

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Wish I had more of it.

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Why can't the days be longer, right?

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Oh, because we'd fill them up with other work to do.

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That's why.

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Okay, let's get out there.

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So we got the load here to our yard and went home for the weekend.

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It's now Sunday evening and I'm going to continue with this load out to Saskatchewan

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so that I'm in position and ready to unload it first thing tomorrow morning on Monday.

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You'll see that this light right here is on.

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That's the light I was talking about that tells me when my trailer air system is engaged.

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so if I had a flat tire

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that light would come on in my mirror it's pretty bright at night actually

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so you notice it right away tells you

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that the air is active actively pushing into the trailer the reason it's on now is

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because when I parked it here over the weekend I dumped all the air out of the suspension

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so that my landing gear would be protected that's maybe a topic for another video

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but if you got any kind of air leak in your trailer at all sometimes you can't even hear it

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and you leave your trailer parked and loaded it'll leak all the way down right

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and as it does

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that it puts a lot of pressure on these landing gear you could damage them

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so whenever I park it especially when I'm loaded I dump all the air

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and so now it's just filling the trailer back up

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and that's why it's engaged that's why that light is on

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but I figured that was a good opportunity to show you what it looks like

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when it's on and that's uh that's our load We had a really good trip up.

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These are really good loads.

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I really love these.

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So, we'll be unloaded first thing tomorrow morning.

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We don't have anything planned on us yet for Monday.

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I have to be back by Wednesday night because I'm helping my sister, like I've been telling you.

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Thursday, Friday.

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And I really want to install my seat.

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So, if they don't find anything more for me tomorrow after I unload, they just send me home.

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I really want to get my seat installed probably Wednesday.

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Because I went

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and picked it up this week by the way i haven't made a video of it yet

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but i did go

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and pick it up it's amazing it's like cooled cooling memory

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foam just your butt just sinks into it just feels like

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oh it feels like butt heaven it's amazing i can't wait

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to put it in my truck honestly i'd like to possibly do

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that on wednesday if they send me back home

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but i'd really like to fill up this week as much

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as i can i want to get another load in

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so maybe they'll send me to kenora and do another one i don't know

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see what they have available but

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if I do work until Wednesday evening then I'd like to install it in my truck on Saturday if possible

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but as soon as soon as we can I can't wait

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to show you guys the seat I've told you what it

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is already right the Bostrom wide ride Serta it's uh I'm

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looking forward to it's gonna be a whole new world for me

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because my back really needs it but oh you can see

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that rear axle lifted off the ground already that means my trailer is lifting.

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That's good.

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Filling with air.

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I'm going to wait until it's completely filled and that light turns off.

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And then we'll head out.

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About a five hour drive in Saskatchewan.

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I figured I'd film that right now and add it into the vlog.

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See that?

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Once that light turns off, we're ready to go.

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Oh, I got a purple spot in my eye now.

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It's really bright.

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Oh, I shouldn't have done that.

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Brighter than I...

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I knew it was bright, but man.

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I can't complete my pre-trip until that's done anyways because

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that has to turn off for me to pass my truck for a pre-trip.

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If this is on, that doesn't pass the pre-trip and I won't take it on the road.

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Unless if it's just to a tire shop.

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Like if it's just leaking a little bit like that's happened before.

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But if there's no leaky tire or anything and I can't figure out what's wrong, I don't want to take it out with that on.

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So you'll hear the air dryer go off, and the blow-off valve will go from the truck once it's done filling up the compressor.

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Shortly after that goes, this will turn off.

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It takes a little while.

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I got it at high idle right now.

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Once that turns off, then I've got to finish my pre-trip on the trailer.

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I'll shut the truck off walk around make sure there's no actual audible air leaks And we'll be on our way

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It's gonna be any time now wait for it Come on old wood come on

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Come on.

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And when it's fully out of air, it takes a little while to fill it all the way back up.

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Come on.

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There it is.

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Okay, now wait for this to turn off.

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I just want to look directly into it again.

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It's meant to get your attention in your mirror, right?

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And it works.

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Come on.

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Come on, I'm going to fall asleep.

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Let's go.

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Ah, there we go.

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That part of the pre-trip is complete.

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All right, now we'll shut her down, shut her down, shut her down.

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And now we'll do the walk around, make sure the lights...

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Oh, gotta put the brakes on.

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What am I doing?

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The way I do that is I just spike the trailer brakes.

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here like that and mine stays there some don't

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but you can always use a bungee okay so we should hear no audible air leaks i don't hear none brake lights

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marker lights everything working we'll test these out too

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yep that's oh look at this this one has really i

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haven't even used these yet i haven't even hauled a wide load yet i'm already missing some

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well okay well lights are all working back here anyway

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and there's no air leaks

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so i'm gonna bring you guys back in the track that's

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disappointing I mean they're still good to be used like that

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and I don't need them

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but I paid for those I haven't even had the chance to haul a wide load yet

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oh yeah a little bit bumpy here going around Porridge and Prairie I was expecting to hit some rain here.

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I looked at the forecast because

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when I was leaving home my mom actually messaged me and said that I might be driving into some storms.

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So I looked at it.

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Yeah sure enough around Portage here there was supposed to be a huge thunderstorm happening right now.

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Where's that?

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Maybe north of us over there but that's definitely not a thunderstorm.

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Maybe it's ahead of us yet.

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Maybe it hasn't reached here but...

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In this case, I like it when the weather forecasters are wrong.

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Hopefully it stays this way, but I'm sure I'll hit it somewhere.

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Well, I made it through the storm.

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You might see it flashing on the back of that trailer.

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There's a lot of lightning behind me.

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And I had two tornado warnings come through to my phone.

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But I made it through.

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Didn't see anything, didn't see any big winds or anything.

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I went through a little bit of rain, but that was about it.

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Nothing to write home about.

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We are now about 20 minutes from Whitewood.

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We're in Saskatchewan already.

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I'm going to stop at the Co-op or the Petro Pass, whichever has better parking.

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Right at the corner of the TransCanada on Whitewood.

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Or at Whitewood.

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I really hope this guy doesn't shine his high beams in my mirror when I pass him.

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That's such a pet peeve of mine.

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Hey, it's okay to merge back in now.

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Pow!

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Blind me.

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That's not helping.

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Waiting for it.

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Please don't.

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Please don't.

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They usually wait until you turn your signal on.

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Okay, here we go.

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Oh, thank God.

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Thank God they didn't flash their high beams at me.

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Nothing ticks me off more than that.

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I get like, like my blood boils.

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I don't need you to blind me in my mirror.

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And people defend it over and over.

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I've been talking about this for 15 years on YouTube.

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And there's still these guys out there who defend it.

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Tooth and nail.

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Get all angry about it.

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And it's these guys that have no idea

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that the trucks they're driving have an actual feature built in by the engineers who built their truck. That do that. That dim your lights.

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For that, that's the only purpose that's there there on a Peterbilt

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and Kenworth you push your your signal lever right you pull it up you get high beams right

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but you push it down your lights dim you might be like oh why did they do

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that it's so

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that you can signal people in front of you it's safe

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to merge back in you don't need to do the whole

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kapow with your high beams anymore they've engineered this special feature just for you

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but yet people still refuse to use that

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and they still want to blind you in your mirror every single time

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and they'll defend it i'm just oh you just want to like pull over

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and just smack them right biggest pet peeve biggest pet peeve do not shine your high beams in my mirror

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unless you really wanted an angry trucker josh I have very bright lights that are pointed backwards.

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I know I would never shine them in your eyes, but They would give you a good dose of your own medicine

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If I chose to turn them on right in your eyes as you did to me

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Use the feature that was engineered specifically for that purpose driver.

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It's safe to turn back into the lane That's what it's there for my friends.

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That's what it's there for.

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I decided to park at the Petro Pass.

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Here in Whitewood, Saskatchewan.

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Co-op is just across the street over there.

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That's where I often park as well.

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Today, this is our home.

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Not too busy here.

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There's me, this guy here, another guy on the other side there.

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And then that guy over there

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so one another guy there one two three four five trucks

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here i've been here at times where this whole place is just jam-packed

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and it's a gravel lot right so there's no lines painted obviously

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so everybody parks wherever they want and you gotta be careful

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that you don't get blocked in in the morning whereas over

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at co-op over there across the street where am i pointed over there

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there it's it's a gravel lot also

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but there's only parking on this end there

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and it's much easier to determine where we should and shouldn't park so usually you won't get blocked in there

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this lot however is just a little different

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but we'll be good here tonight we'll wake up in the morning we'll get this delivered

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and we'll uh see what fate has in store for us right

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trucking fate we'll see what they uh want to send us

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but i am tired i have had a weekend at home

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which has been exhausting

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but rewarding i love being at home with my family with my kids there's nothing better than

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that no place i'd rather be but it does take a lot of energy out of me

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so I'm gonna go back there

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and sleep thanks for tuning in I appreciate it guys tune in tomorrow

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and I'll see you right here on my channel don't forget to subscribe

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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 302 sentences and 2935 words to shadow. The speech runs for 22:08. The speaker talks at a steady 133 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
trailer noun	/ˈtɹeɪlɚ/	Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
leak noun	/liːk/	A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
beam noun	/ˈbiːm/	Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
peeve verb	/piːv/	To annoy; vex.
unload verb	/ʌnˈloʊd/	To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
brake noun	/bɹeɪk/	A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or…
tire verb	/ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/	To become sleepy or weary.
install verb	/ɪnˈstɔl/	To connect, set up or prepare something for use
shine verb	/ʃaɪn/	To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
audible adjective	/ˈɔ.dɪ.bəl/	Able to be heard.
puddle noun	/ˈpʌdəl/	A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
thunderstorm noun	/ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/	A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases…
gravel noun	/ˈɡɹævəl/	Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
merge verb	/mɝd͡ʒ/	To combine into a whole.
gallon noun	/ˈɡælən/	A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
turn off verb	To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
come down verb	To descend, fall down, collapse.
back up verb	To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
fill up verb	To make (something) completely full.
head out verb	To leave, depart; to go on ahead.
walk around verb	To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
blow off verb	To vent, usually, to reduce pressure in a container.
book off verb	To call off from work.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I'm going to be home tonight.
What do you call those people?
I'm expecting to hear sometime today.
Let's clear our throat first thing in the morning.
I've got to get meaner, more aggressive.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been telling · I've been talking
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	haven't had · haven't received · I've booked
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is tied · is closed · would be protected
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	might be · might change · might see

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 133 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thunderstorm /ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/, tooth /tuθ/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shine /ʃaɪn/, renovation /ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/, suspension /səˈspɛnʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like trailer, leak, beam.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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