one point of interest NOT mentioned is Canada runs HIGHER weights then the USA AND on the prairies they will pull 2 53 FT trailers with ONE tractor and a "conventional turn pike" set can weigh in around 141 thousand pounds
64,000kg or 140,000lbs is the standard legal weight across the country. I do heavy haul and regularly am around 85-100 long tons. It's fun but slow of the hills.
As a person from B.C. who’s been road tripping around the province lots, I’m surprised you didn’t mention the severe hazard of extremely tight and twisty mountain passes. Just last road trip in June I saw two separate crashed semi-trucks on the same night going through the winding mountain pass in Manning Park that nobody has any right to be going the speed limit (100 km/h) on
That’s just a skill issue. I run Super Bs all the time through the mountains. Maybe if companies would raise wahes and stop hiring cheap Indian O/O scum you’d see the driver quality improve.
While I’m very happy you’ve covered my home country here, I’m also kinda disappointed you didn’t mention logging operations in British Columbia. Perhaps in the future we could get a video on Pacific-Northwest logging in general?
The highways here get so bad that we have 2 reality TV shows about truck rescue services in Canada. Heavy rescue 401 [Highway 401 in Ontario], and Highway Thru Hell [Coquihalla highway, BC]
@@dustmybroom288 does the Coquihalla actually go over a mountain, like across a high mountain plateau, or does it stay somewhere down in the valley? When I take a look at the highways in the alps they all stay down in the valleys and it doesn't get that bad with the weather; And when looking at a much more rural place like Norway with the Skandinavian mountain range you definetly see a difference between the roads going over mountain plateaus and passes, and roads which cut through mountain ranges with a tunnel, avoiding the harsh winter conditions on top of the mountain
@@EnjoyFirefighting the highway goes up trough through the mountain valley. The highest point on the highway is 1244m ( 4081ft). Most of the highway had you travelling up or down through the mountains. This results is drivers being subject to the bad mountain weather
@@dustmybroom288 so it's an comparable elevation like the Brenner Highway across the Austrian alps; Sure, weather conditions don't only depend on the elevation, but I think it's still interesting that highways which are equally high up in the mountains here don't have as severe weather conditions and thus not as big problems for traffic
British Columbia: Longest combinations - 2 x 53' trailer (selected roads and areas) and add the tractor to that. Heaviest weights - 63,500 kg Mountain driving. Terrible winters. Now, the scariest part of all of this is: You can pass you driving test on a Monday and be hauling the above on a Tuesday morning. It is absolutely insane.....oh yeah, 'who will hire anyone green to do that?' you ask.... plenty of shitty outfits. There has to be a graduated licence system and training for weights, winter / mountain driving and combinations.
Add to this: there are a driving schools that can be bribed to rubber-stamp a certificate. I've seen professional semi-truck drivers who didn't know how to operate the trailer doors or how to use a ratchet strap, and many more that need a dozen tries to successfully back the trailer in to the loading dock. All of them freshly immigrated men from South Asia.
@@SanchoPanza-wg5xf Some schools offer 'mountain driving' but I have yet to see them out in the winter lol. I often see spun-out trucks half way up the hill - on Ladd 1, I have to call "shitty place to put your chains on, hope you can lift off", the same driver passed us all at the bottom (nice flat area) while we were throwing a set or two on. Almost every time it's a resident guy as most of the 'import guys' understand the loss in time by trying to avoid doing something that everyone else is already doing and don't want the tow fee. It takes two drivers (who should know better) to close down a hill and that affects us all, especially the plow and salt trucks trying to keep the roads passable. The heavy wreckers love it though ....cha ching, if you're spun-out and blocking traffic. IDK ...I've got 3 more winters and then I'm retiring and get me a job at Walmart greeting people.
They go slow here too. In Alberta our limit is 110km/h but passenger traffic usually move at 120km/h or about 75mph. For some reason truckers don’t stay in the slow lane.
also comes down to the slower you go the less fuel you burn means more in the bank at the end of the day.......seeing as Canadian trucks are spec'd to haul heavier then most states trucks we run different gear ratio's means the faster we go the more rpm we turn the more we burn, yank trucks tend to run like 3.55 ratios or less where as most canadian trucks run 3.73-3.90's which means turning 70mph can cost us 40% more in fuel.....that's a pile of money out the pipes.
A similar trip like Vancouver to Tuktoyaktuk would be like from Nuremberg, Germany, across Germany, Sweden and up to the North Cape in Norway, which is like one day trip further north than the Norwegian city of Tromsø which is about as far north as Tuktoyaktuk in Canada; Would be a 37 hrs long drive and a bit longer ferry ride in between Btw European long distance cabs have a bed, microwave, fridge and TV as well, but no doubt, they offer less space
I'm a Canadian trucker and I'd say you got most things right. I'd say the majority of the freight is east-west along the major highways or going south, 9/10 I'm on a divided highway. Since a lot of freight is does south of the border, we usually just use the US weight limits and tandem rules, since they're more restrictive than the Canadian rules. Quebec also has the 105 limiter rule :( I'm based out of Nova Scotia, and you can always tell who never needs to go to Quebec or Ontario because they'll be casually going down the highway at 120km LOL. US drive time rules are way more restrictive and limiting than Canadian, since they don't let you recap hours (system for keeping working without resetting) and in the US you must take a 30 minute break after 8 hours, while in Canada you can do your full 13 hour drive time in one 13 hour burst. As for weather, most companies will shut down trucks (order them to park and not move) in very poor weather. It's VERY common. The convoy protest is also pretty controversial among truckers. A lot of truckers (especially those hauling the Michigan/Ontario auto makers) HATED it because it blocked roads which blocked them from making money. Every Canadian trucker I've met is either hardcore pro or anti, split about 50/50.
i feel bad for truckers along the 401 who've seen the population shit over the past 3 years. So many more cars and inexperienced truck drivers on the highway now. Its very scary out there. I dont know how the OPP can handle the amount of flow thats currently taking place.
Weird thing about the speed limiter. I've been passed by trucks on Canadian highways while going over 120km/hr and a quick google search shows it's not a requirement.
Canadian trucker here. 105 limiter is just what your engine can get you to, you mash the pedal and it'll only go to 105. Loaded trucks are heavy and pick up a lot of speed going downhill, and you can use that momentum to rocket past other people. Only Ontario and Quebec have that restriction, a truck in NB, BC, NS, etc. can accelerate to whatever speed the truck is capable of.
@@jasserole LEGALLY No they can NOT be as long as the truck is IN Ontario once outside of Ontario there are NO limiter requirements and is quite common for shops near the border to enable/disable the limiters for a LOW fee as every engine used for the last 20 years have the limiter capacity built in and a "basic" tool can set it to whatever you want
3:44 it was a loud minority of truckers, who were unvaccinated and therefore not allowed to truck over the border, at the time of the Ottawa blockade. 4:02 it's not as if trucking in Canada stopped while Ottawa was blockaded
A Mexico trucking video would be cool too. Not only are the roads narrow not maintained and unforgiving with big American trucks. Something worth mentioning, cartels or other groups of people make makeshift checkpoints and sometimes steal your load. I know someone it happened to personally lol
During the freedom convoy, there was a guy that got so fed up with the noise that he went outside with a frying pan and a wooden spoon and smacked it for a long time no matter how many times people said to stop just to annoy them
Given Canadas size, it’s shocking that we don’t use our trains more. We have spent all our money on highways and neglected the most efficient mode of transporting goods and people
Canada's freight railways transport an enormous quantity of goods. The main regression has been that railways abandoned branch lines into communities so goods often need to get trucked to a rail terminal
@@web9529 You can thank "precision scheduled railroading" for that. learned about how bad it is from a 3 hour "well there's your problem" podcast. Short version: twinning is avoided to save on maintenance costs. Overly long trains that can't fit in sidings are used to save on staffing costs. The end result is that time-sensitive goods (like passenger rail) can no longer pass bulk freight.
@@AeiouCommander also CN + CP offering service SO BAD that they do NOT USE THERE OWN service !!! I used to work at a shop rebuilding drive cases for CP locomotives and they shipped the motor units by TRUCK from Montreal to BC
they are trying to expand the rail network in Canada, but it's prohibitively expensive, they are assessing the viability of doubling-up a section of rail from Jasper to the north coast, and it's supposedly gonna cost 16 billion dollars before they even have found any nasty complications or dealt with protesting tree-huggers and first nations delaying things.
Interest point about trucking as a lifestyle here but a job in EU, I recently saw a clip about how it’s the exact opposite for heavy equipment operators, here it’s very much a job, barebone machines as they come off the line used in construction and farming, apparently in Europe, construction companies will outfit their loaders and backhoes to the 9s for comfort and style at the requested of the operators! It’s their machines they use it 10-12 hours a day!
Once upon a time not too long ago, winter wasn’t that big of a deal for truckers, and commuters. Its only been the last 5 or so years that everyone seems to have forgotten how to drive in winter.
I have some friends who are truck spotters in Canada, from what I've been told the aftermath of the freedom convoy has not improved the relationship truckers up there have with the public, as most people living in the cities see truckers as dumb, dangerous, or unnecessary. Apparently Kenworth and Peterbilt drivers are at elevated risk of negative public/police interaction because those were the two brands of trucks most often seen at the demonstrations. To quote one of them, "anyone driving a fancy Peterbilt in Canada is public enemy number one". On a lighter note, Canada's truck manufacturing industry has a very interesting history, which most people don't know about. Many Canadian truck manufacturers had close ties to US or British manufacturers, either using their designs or using their parts. Sicard and Canada used cabs from Leyland and Dodge, respectively. Western Star had very close ties with White before leaving Canada, as did Garford with their American neighbors. And there's the trucks that Canada's most known for, their off highway logging trucks. I've heard it said that you can't call yourself Canadian if you don't know about and/or appreciate the trucks built by Hayes, Pacific, and Challenger. The off-highway logging truck manufacturers all died out by the late 90's, but the fact that a lot of them are still running after all this time is a testament to how well they were built and the craftsmanship of Canadian designers and assembly line workers. Additionally, American, French, and British manufacturers have all been active in Canada, creating a more well rounded market than what we have in America.
and a LONG history of building "AMERICAN" trucks in Canada like a LOT of freightliners came out of Ontario and Peterbilt's out of Quebec and Kenworth's from Burnaby BC
people do not see truckers as unnecessary. lmao they are a part of the world going round. everyone knows that. the convoy stirred people up because of its ridiculous rhetoric. it honestly had nothing to do with them being truckers lol
The same citified geniuses also look down their noses at farmers. "Why do we tolerate those polluting farmers anyway? Just buy your food from the grocery store like everybody else."
The absolute worst thing that North America ever did was downsize and get rid of it's rail network. In Europe you can go anywhere by train and it's cheap and simple. From big cities to small towns all over the place by rail. America and Canada used to have this too. Not anymore, not for decades. All that traffic and all that freight was put onto the roads.
You forgot some deeper aspects in Canadian truck driving like the winter roads aka. some mud covered with ice and snow and so many ice crossings. These truckers in Canada are putting their lives at risk to transport the goods. On average, 4K people die each year because their hauling over ice and then the ice breaks under their load. It isn’t just driving from Toronto to Calgary. It’s also from Winnipeg to Dakota Tipi First Nation Reserve for example.
Should look into trucking in NZ, we transport about 93% of all freight on the road. Work big hours, move big gear, and are tiny. Fun times driving here I'll tell ya
I'm surprised the truckers were not murdered for honking their horn that long, preventing people from sleeping and living their lives in general. I read that some people were going crazy because of the noise.
Forgot to mention obvious facts that Canada trucks haul way more weight compared to their US counterparts. Trailers are way more diverse as well. Singles have often multi axle set ups and various types of b-doubles and road train a-doubles are also more common, approaching Australian Road Train style.
Thanks for a wonderful series. Do you have a video on Australian truckers? Namibian and Botswanan truckers also lead adventurous lives. Zimbabwe is just plain terrifying
Here in New Jersey USA on Route 78 you can see truckers hitting 90 mph and that is insane not only that, you will see the 3 highway lanes used at the same time cause not only truckers can use the slow lane and the middle lane but also the fast lane evenwhen is illegalto do so for them, every other week there is an accident, at the same time the truckers are not at fault cause there are tons of crazy driving here by regular car drivers that they think that the highway is a racetrack, it's a love-hate thing with truckers with me, I hate when they cut me off or take me out my lane or pass me over 90mph when I'm going 80mph, I love them cause without them I wouldn't have food or items to survive in this crazy world.
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As someone from Alberta, I feel I should let you know that the national guidelines on speed are not followed or enforced here, and semis regularly reach 120-130km/h on the major highways.
@@ebelennaokoli6714 I am in the United States but I have a friend that is in african country and he wants to work in Canada as a trucks driver ,so i want to make some enquiry about it
Even in northwestern Ontario the logging or wood chip hauling are usually done with Western Star Trucks heavy spec 4 wheel lock and always liked big cat motors in them I always preferred westernstar trucks for Bush road heavy haul just built tough either hauling chips with super bs or 4 axle straight trailer for logs most if not all are hauled tree length on 5 axle or 4 axle usually licensed for 63 500 kgs and in winter get extra for snow build up a lot of mills lumber mills have closed so not much 16 ft logs just usually tree length soft wood or 8 ft soft wood I know the logging and chip hauling is always better in winter well when winter was winter you can get farther back when swamp roads freeze but this winter first green Christmas ever
I'm a new driver but I do my best and learn as much as possible from the older truckers. Many of them have respect for other truckers, the highways and the trucks they drive. Let's keep this up were all in the shits out here together and just putting it out there, our highways are not a fucking racetrack.
Québec also has an equivalent law requiring 105 km/h speed limiters. If you're behind a truck on an open highway you can set your cruise control to 105 and never touch it again, which is neat. The annoying thing is when a trucker sets it to 106 km/h and spends all day in the left lane trying to pass another truck going 105.
It’s not as simple as saying one truck has their limiter higher. It’s usually the calibration. Not all trucks are calibrated with the same machine, and they’ll have varying degrees of tread left on their tyres. In the UK we’re limited to no more than 90km/h which works to 56. The amount of cars I can pass and their digital dashboard says 57mph shows the lack of consistent calibration, and then I can get passed by another lorry clearly not limited to more than 56, just that the calibration/tyre tread isn’t equal.
Two things: it's hard to broach this topic without a mention of NAFTA. This bolsters the number of truckers in Canada due to the volume of freight that is manufactured in Canada and sold in the US. Also, Canadian truckers, after delivering their loads in the US, are welcome to pick up a backhaul to return to Canada. What they are NOT allowed to do is move freight point to point within the US. Interestingly, this is sort of a Jones Act flavored rule.
The one thing the Minister of Transport needs to really really work on is rest areas. Not talking about truck stops. Just simple rest areas. With just simple parking and washrooms. It is something America has Canada beat in. I drive Sudbury and back 3 times a week. Other then few truck stops there is no where to just stop and take a break safely. Stopping on the side of the road to take a break is not a safe place especially when you start getting into just 2 lane highways and people are travelling at speeds 90km/hr or higher.
Really cool video buddy! I'm from the UK and I'm hoping to come to either Canada or the USA, but first, I've gotta pass my trucking license over here and get me 2 yrs experience, before I can make the move. I loved your video, only issue is, it's too short! I was really getting into it and enjoying the content and then it finished..lol..Can we get a longer and more in depth version please? 😅
@@Immortal.. Hi buddy! Well that would be great news if that is the case, but what makes you think that UK citizens get a different treatment than others? If I'm not mistaken, the measure was implemented because of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan, Canada, on April 6, 2018..is that right? As far as I'm aware, the Canadian government put this ruling in place to make sure that the trucking industry in Canada was more strictly regulated to stop this sort of thing happening again...why are UK citizens not subject to this ruling do you think? Thanks for any advice you can give!
@@adambishop5739 I came to Canada last year with no experience at all in a truck. What you need is a MELT course, think of it as a European driving school. Alberta has is in the process of abandoning MELT and making trucking a red seal trade (similar to mechanics) while some provinces like New Brunswick never adopted it in the first place. It really depends on where you want to go. That said you need a work permit before you can get as much as a drivers license. There are a ton of ways you could get that and it really depends on how old you are, where in the country you intend to settle, level of education, years work experience and in what jobs etc. There is an easy way that can sort of bypass some of these regulations if you are under 35 years old. Otherwise you really need work experience, but not necessarily as a truck driver (though it does help a lot with finding employment)
@@Immortal.. Hi Immortal, Thanks for giving up your time and for emparting with the advice you are offering, its really gratefully received. Just for ease of reference, I'm gonna number my queries/points: 1. Again, why is my being from the UK significant here, you didn't explain that yet? This is really important to me to understand, because if I don't HAVE to wait 2yrs before I can come over, then I want to make the move asap! 2. Where did you travel from to get to Canada (just curious and interested 🙂)? 3. Did you learn to be a truck driver in Canada then? 4. MELT, sounds alot like the UK CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence). Its entry level training, just so you have a good and clear basic knowledge of regimes and health and safety standards, along with certain other industry practices. I am currently studying it now. 5. I am 49, so I'm coming into it late, but skilled workers are needed in Canada right and my age is not a deal breaker? My hope is to get a job with an employer who would put me through all the VISA and immigration stuff, probably in exchange for some agreed level of employment tenure with them. I know this is one possible way to do it. 6. I would love to come to either Ottawa, Toronto, or Montreal . So, knowing all this about me, what do you think is my best route into Canada, permanently (bear in mind that I am currently doing a truck driving course here in the UK, which I hope to pass by the end of Summer, so I'll have very little or no experience for the next year or two anyways). Cheers for your help buddy!
@@adambishop5739 1. I had the Working Holiday Visa in mind, and not all countries are eligible for that. Most that are get a 1 year work permit, but Commonwealth nations 2 (and I think UK was recently upgraded to 3 years). It ends at age 35 though so that ship has sailed. 2. Germany 3. Yes 4. Exactly. They will teach you the basics but theres a lot that you will learn out on the road. 5. Depending on what stream you want to use to come over theres a lot of different ways. Age 49 is not ideal but no dealbreaker either. What you have in mind here is LMIA (Labour Market Impact Assessment), essentially the employer has to have a lack of workers and then petition the government to be allowed to recruit from abroad. This process is costly however so there are very few carriers that do this, and the ones that do are mostly hiring relatives from India. 6. Forget it. Montreal is Quebec which basically bans immigration unless you are a Francophone. Ottawa and Toronto are within the main population center of Ontario. The market there is completely flooded with Indians and cost of living has exploded in the past years. You will struggle to find a job and struggle even harder to find one that allows you to live in your own apartment without roommates. If you want to come over you can choose the Maritimes, the Prairies and maybe the Territories. What path you take is up to you and as I mentioned there are literally hundreds of streams. I spent many many hours researching all this, figuring out how to move here and replanning everything since the stream was cancelled. Theres a lot of work ahead in finding out what works for you. I suggest you start by looking at your past work history (10 years) and find the NOC (National Occupation Code) for that. This will let you know how high skilled Canada rates your experience and that opens or shuts many streams. If you are TEER 1-3 you can opt for Express Entry (the holy grail of streams) provided you have the required points. There is a government website where you can look up how many point you would get with the information provided, and another site where you can find the required points for past draws. If EE is no option you can use the AIP (Atlantic Immigration Program) which allows you to move to the Maritimes provided you have a job offer. This stream doesnt need LMIA though so its a bit easier, shoot your shot. If that doesnt work either you can choose from one of the many provincial streams (including the YT and NT). However this will take time (easily 2 years) and you probably need a job offer. This all depends on the province though, so have fun searching through a boatload of information :) You can check in with each province to see if they recognize a UK Class 1 (truck license) or if you have to go through MELT again. Having a license helps, but what you really need is either connections here or relevant work experience as a driver. 6 months are a start, once you have 1 year driving experience you are considered a skilled driver and employable for most jobs excluding specialized ones (heavy hauling, ice roads, dangerous goods etc). Keep your record clean too as that is very important. Speeding is bad, accidents are critical and can exclude you for 3-5 years before you are considered for work again (depending on many factors - just stay safe out there). Final note: The market has suffered a lot since its peak 2022 and this last winter was the worst freight market in over a decade. It has improved somewhat since spring but is still rather sluggish and nowhere near a boom. Too many guys entered the industry when rates were incredible and now they struggle to make a living. I suspect that things will pick up again once these drivers move on to other industries and the hiring situation will improve, but it also depends a lot on the US election in November as the Canadian economy is directly tied to the US. If you have any more questions feel free to reach out, but as I said you need to invest a lot of time to research the potential immigration streams in areas that interest you.
I live in Alberta and a family friend of mine used to be a Trucker. I once travelled with them from Edmonton to Kelowna, passing through the Rocky Mountains. It was beautiful. This was about 15 or so years ago.
@@1wun1 the scale houses DO HAVE and helds that will read out the ECM but is NOT used often as they can NOT be bothered but LEGALLY YES they do have to have one active there are a LOT of shops at the border that will set it for you for like $50 and remove it on your way back out
The North American trucks are also aesthetic. I guess growing up with has I have makes feel warming feelings see them though not when I'm driving/ride next them.
No it’s not. It’s a specially maintained highway with extra width. The speed limit is adjusted to conditions. The speed limit is only 120 under ideal conditions.
As an Ottawa resident who lived through the Trucker "Protests"... I'd like to remind everyone that the mandates that were in place were supported by 95% of Canadian truckers... And it was denounced by the Truckers Union
In that clip of the road at the last few seconds of the video, do you know where that is? I believe I know the exact location of that place and i’m super interested
It is just few days since I started watching your videos. Being trucker my self I'd like to see consistent info in each video for every country you cover. For example in the video for India you gave info about truckers salary, but in this video for Canada you didn't.
@@HumanlyRobotic it's basically that he doesn't put much of research into the topic of salary. My point is to keep the things consistent in every video so ve can have good comparative for each country. In the last video for Island he have two things. Mentions the highest speed allowed of 90km/h and says that it is rather slow by EU standards. I live in EU and I can tell you that in any EU country you can get speeding ticket if you get caught with speed of 90. For EU nominal speed is 80km/h only country that tolerates this is Germany but even in Germany you can get ticket if it is speeding camera on the highway. In this video he also mentions wages but he comments that are not great. So he could not find probably exact info how much are those . In the end he should research the topic better and keep the same info in each video for each country covered so we can make a good comparative picture.
Truck driving in Europe especially in the Nordic countries are more a lifestyle than just a job. So no driving in Europe is not just considered a job its also a lifestyle in itself. And many European trucks have the same amenities as peterbilts, kenworths etc.
I'd like to see a video about Canadian logging trucks, they're big, impressive vehicles and are interesting to talk about.
I've seen photos of a trailer for lumber and fuel it was a tanker half height with a flatbed deck on top of it
Yes! B.C was the center of this all.
@@realcanadian67 the massive pacific trucks manufactured here were insane.
@@steelfox1448 don't forget Hayes!
U play Fez?
one point of interest NOT mentioned is Canada runs HIGHER weights then the USA AND on the prairies they will pull 2 53 FT trailers with ONE tractor
and a "conventional turn pike" set can weigh in around 141 thousand pounds
Alberta is quite empty, its only scary when they are pushing 120km/h on a backroad.....
64,000kg or 140,000lbs is the standard legal weight across the country. I do heavy haul and regularly am around 85-100 long tons. It's fun but slow of the hills.
I'm pretty sure double 52ft trailers are also completely legal in Ontario
wait till you see the multi tractor road trains in australia with sometimes more than a dozen trailers
As a person from B.C. who’s been road tripping around the province lots, I’m surprised you didn’t mention the severe hazard of extremely tight and twisty mountain passes. Just last road trip in June I saw two separate crashed semi-trucks on the same night going through the winding mountain pass in Manning Park that nobody has any right to be going the speed limit (100 km/h) on
That’s just a skill issue. I run Super Bs all the time through the mountains. Maybe if companies would raise wahes and stop hiring cheap Indian O/O scum you’d see the driver quality improve.
100km on any windy road in Canada should be a road sin LOL it’s just too randomly icy in the least expected places (as an albertan)
Well maybe in the winter but Manning Park has places where 100kph is quite acceptable…
Im suprised a channel name Yukon isnt from Canada.
His channel description says he’s from the United States
I don’t know if that’s true or not
While I’m very happy you’ve covered my home country here, I’m also kinda disappointed you didn’t mention logging operations in British Columbia. Perhaps in the future we could get a video on Pacific-Northwest logging in general?
The video is under 5 minutes...you really think it's gonna cover everything?
@@truckfreak1027 Apparently he did.. lol :/
That would be pretty good as a resident of central bc
No logging, No ice road but 1/4 of the video is about Ottawa protest. hmmm
just because thats the only interesting thing you have in canada
The highways here get so bad that we have 2 reality TV shows about truck rescue services in Canada. Heavy rescue 401 [Highway 401 in Ontario], and Highway Thru Hell [Coquihalla highway, BC]
The Coquihalla goes over the mountains. As a result it is steep and is subject to mountain weather.
@@dustmybroom288 Yeah that's why he said they "get" so bad. As in the conditions change.
@@dustmybroom288 does the Coquihalla actually go over a mountain, like across a high mountain plateau, or does it stay somewhere down in the valley? When I take a look at the highways in the alps they all stay down in the valleys and it doesn't get that bad with the weather; And when looking at a much more rural place like Norway with the Skandinavian mountain range you definetly see a difference between the roads going over mountain plateaus and passes, and roads which cut through mountain ranges with a tunnel, avoiding the harsh winter conditions on top of the mountain
@@EnjoyFirefighting the highway goes up trough through the mountain valley. The highest point on the highway is 1244m ( 4081ft). Most of the highway had you travelling up or down through the mountains. This results is drivers being subject to the bad mountain weather
@@dustmybroom288 so it's an comparable elevation like the Brenner Highway across the Austrian alps; Sure, weather conditions don't only depend on the elevation, but I think it's still interesting that highways which are equally high up in the mountains here don't have as severe weather conditions and thus not as big problems for traffic
British Columbia:
Longest combinations - 2 x 53' trailer (selected roads and areas) and add the tractor to that.
Heaviest weights - 63,500 kg
Mountain driving.
Terrible winters.
Now, the scariest part of all of this is:
You can pass you driving test on a Monday and be hauling the above on a Tuesday morning.
It is absolutely insane.....oh yeah, 'who will hire anyone green to do that?' you ask.... plenty of shitty outfits.
There has to be a graduated licence system and training for weights, winter / mountain driving and combinations.
Add to this: there are a driving schools that can be bribed to rubber-stamp a certificate. I've seen professional semi-truck drivers who didn't know how to operate the trailer doors or how to use a ratchet strap, and many more that need a dozen tries to successfully back the trailer in to the loading dock. All of them freshly immigrated men from South Asia.
@@SanchoPanza-wg5xf Some schools offer 'mountain driving' but I have yet to see them out in the winter lol.
I often see spun-out trucks half way up the hill - on Ladd 1, I have to call "shitty place to put your chains on, hope you can lift off", the same driver passed us all at the bottom (nice flat area) while we were throwing a set or two on.
Almost every time it's a resident guy as most of the 'import guys' understand the loss in time by trying to avoid doing something that everyone else is already doing and don't want the tow fee.
It takes two drivers (who should know better) to close down a hill and that affects us all, especially the plow and salt trucks trying to keep the roads passable.
The heavy wreckers love it though ....cha ching, if you're spun-out and blocking traffic.
IDK ...I've got 3 more winters and then I'm retiring and get me a job at Walmart greeting people.
I live near the Canadian border, now I understand why all of those Canadian trucks are going so slow on the interstate.
They go slow here too. In Alberta our limit is 110km/h but passenger traffic usually move at 120km/h or about 75mph. For some reason truckers don’t stay in the slow lane.
@@Michael_Livingstone Indians and pakis don't care about the rules of the road that's why they don't stay on the right.
I am a large truck driver in Morocco. I want to work in Canada. Is there any help?
@@redasmegle97 NO
also comes down to the slower you go the less fuel you burn means more in the bank at the end of the day.......seeing as Canadian trucks are spec'd to haul heavier then most states trucks we run different gear ratio's means the faster we go the more rpm we turn the more we burn, yank trucks tend to run like 3.55 ratios or less where as most canadian trucks run 3.73-3.90's which means turning 70mph can cost us 40% more in fuel.....that's a pile of money out the pipes.
Keep up the great vids man!
Was just about to head to bed, what a nice gift.
Just yesterday, there was something in the news about a trucker in Northern Ontario who committed 24 infractions in 24 hours. That’s dedication.
A speedrunner it would seem
That sounds like something my (deceased) father in law would've managed. He used to run from Barrie ON, to Calgary, in 24 hours or less
Sounds about right for Ontario truckers. Generally the stupidest, most incompetent people on the road!
@@crinkly.love-stick its 35 hours to drive that without stops, 32 if you driver through the US, seems impossible
@blackwatch6267 not when you disregard speed limits it's not!
This was back 20something years ago that he would do it.
A similar trip like Vancouver to Tuktoyaktuk would be like from Nuremberg, Germany, across Germany, Sweden and up to the North Cape in Norway, which is like one day trip further north than the Norwegian city of Tromsø which is about as far north as Tuktoyaktuk in Canada; Would be a 37 hrs long drive and a bit longer ferry ride in between
Btw European long distance cabs have a bed, microwave, fridge and TV as well, but no doubt, they offer less space
Can we expect a Chinese Trucking video any time soon?
是的，請！
Good job
Lol
Once we get an Indian one
who's waiting for that...................
I'm a Canadian trucker and I'd say you got most things right. I'd say the majority of the freight is east-west along the major highways or going south, 9/10 I'm on a divided highway. Since a lot of freight is does south of the border, we usually just use the US weight limits and tandem rules, since they're more restrictive than the Canadian rules. Quebec also has the 105 limiter rule :( I'm based out of Nova Scotia, and you can always tell who never needs to go to Quebec or Ontario because they'll be casually going down the highway at 120km LOL. US drive time rules are way more restrictive and limiting than Canadian, since they don't let you recap hours (system for keeping working without resetting) and in the US you must take a 30 minute break after 8 hours, while in Canada you can do your full 13 hour drive time in one 13 hour burst. As for weather, most companies will shut down trucks (order them to park and not move) in very poor weather. It's VERY common.
The convoy protest is also pretty controversial among truckers. A lot of truckers (especially those hauling the Michigan/Ontario auto makers) HATED it because it blocked roads which blocked them from making money. Every Canadian trucker I've met is either hardcore pro or anti, split about 50/50.
Those that hated it certainly did a good job keeping that fact to themselves in Quebec.
@@ZontarDow I have no sweet clue what quebec thinks I only speak the kings english
@@jetslizer2570 Then you must feel out of place in a country with so few who do.
@@ZontarDow english is the majority, anime pfp 🤣
@@jetslizer2570 you specified the king's english, an exceptionally manner. Or did you think the king's english means the entire language?
i feel bad for truckers along the 401 who've seen the population shit over the past 3 years. So many more cars and inexperienced truck drivers on the highway now. Its very scary out there. I dont know how the OPP can handle the amount of flow thats currently taking place.
Canadian government was to crack down on how they train truck drivers but I don't think they did shit yet.
@@c-v-n3322 more rules gonna b added next year
Weird thing about the speed limiter. I've been passed by trucks on Canadian highways while going over 120km/hr and a quick google search shows it's not a requirement.
Speed limiters can be temporarily overridden but also entirely possible they don't have one
Canadian trucker here. 105 limiter is just what your engine can get you to, you mash the pedal and it'll only go to 105. Loaded trucks are heavy and pick up a lot of speed going downhill, and you can use that momentum to rocket past other people. Only Ontario and Quebec have that restriction, a truck in NB, BC, NS, etc. can accelerate to whatever speed the truck is capable of.
@@jasserole LEGALLY No they can NOT be as long as the truck is IN Ontario once outside of Ontario there are NO limiter requirements and is quite common for shops near the border to enable/disable the limiters for a LOW fee as every engine used for the last 20 years have the limiter capacity built in and a "basic" tool can set it to whatever you want
In the video, he said it's only required in onterrible
@@volvodude101 and he's wrong, it's also mandated in QC. You will see signs mandating the limiter upon entry from NB, ON and the US of A
3:44 it was a loud minority of truckers, who were unvaccinated and therefore not allowed to truck over the border, at the time of the Ottawa blockade. 4:02 it's not as if trucking in Canada stopped while Ottawa was blockaded
Don't forget about the fact that one have one road connecting the east and the west. South Park nailed it with that one.
Highway 1 lol
I'd like to see one about Canada's towing industry
Ask VICE, they frequently do videos about gangs XD
@@Sequoia204 ?
@@Code1Productions Are you not aware of the towing company turf wars in the GTA? Stabbings, trucks set on fire etc.
Canadian trucker here. It is a job for me. I run day cab with turnpike doubles between switch points. I hate paperwork.
Lucky man get home everyday
video length is 4:20 because we smoke weed
I get a few regular short-haul truckers through the elevator on my farm, they blaze that shit in the cab every day.
A Mexico trucking video would be cool too. Not only are the roads narrow not maintained and unforgiving with big American trucks. Something worth mentioning, cartels or other groups of people make makeshift checkpoints and sometimes steal your load. I know someone it happened to personally lol
During the freedom convoy, there was a guy that got so fed up with the noise that he went outside with a frying pan and a wooden spoon and smacked it for a long time no matter how many times people said to stop just to annoy them
Our hero! XD
Must not have been very effective lol
One lady got hearing damage from all the honking
@@epiclife2636 some say the phantom honking can still be heard to this day
@@epiclife2636 Yes yes, and I heard a redditor's cat still got PTSD to this day!
Given Canadas size, it’s shocking that we don’t use our trains more. We have spent all our money on highways and neglected the most efficient mode of transporting goods and people
three reasons: General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler.
Canada's freight railways transport an enormous quantity of goods. The main regression has been that railways abandoned branch lines into communities so goods often need to get trucked to a rail terminal
@@web9529 You can thank "precision scheduled railroading" for that. learned about how bad it is from a 3 hour "well there's your problem" podcast.
Short version: twinning is avoided to save on maintenance costs. Overly long trains that can't fit in sidings are used to save on staffing costs.
The end result is that time-sensitive goods (like passenger rail) can no longer pass bulk freight.
@@AeiouCommander also CN + CP offering service SO BAD that they do NOT USE THERE OWN service !!!
I used to work at a shop rebuilding drive cases for CP locomotives and they shipped the motor units by TRUCK from Montreal to BC
they are trying to expand the rail network in Canada, but it's prohibitively expensive, they are assessing the viability of doubling-up a section of rail from Jasper to the north coast, and it's supposedly gonna cost 16 billion dollars before they even have found any nasty complications or dealt with protesting tree-huggers and first nations delaying things.
Interest point about trucking as a lifestyle here but a job in EU, I recently saw a clip about how it’s the exact opposite for heavy equipment operators, here it’s very much a job, barebone machines as they come off the line used in construction and farming, apparently in Europe, construction companies will outfit their loaders and backhoes to the 9s for comfort and style at the requested of the operators! It’s their machines they use it 10-12 hours a day!
How about a video about truckers who regularly use ferries? Maybe the Greek islands or something like that? Would be a nice truck meets ship episode
Once upon a time not too long ago, winter wasn’t that big of a deal for truckers, and commuters. Its only been the last 5 or so years that everyone seems to have forgotten how to drive in winter.
man why are these videos short wtf i want more.
I have some friends who are truck spotters in Canada, from what I've been told the aftermath of the freedom convoy has not improved the relationship truckers up there have with the public, as most people living in the cities see truckers as dumb, dangerous, or unnecessary. Apparently Kenworth and Peterbilt drivers are at elevated risk of negative public/police interaction because those were the two brands of trucks most often seen at the demonstrations. To quote one of them, "anyone driving a fancy Peterbilt in Canada is public enemy number one".
On a lighter note, Canada's truck manufacturing industry has a very interesting history, which most people don't know about. Many Canadian truck manufacturers had close ties to US or British manufacturers, either using their designs or using their parts. Sicard and Canada used cabs from Leyland and Dodge, respectively. Western Star had very close ties with White before leaving Canada, as did Garford with their American neighbors. And there's the trucks that Canada's most known for, their off highway logging trucks. I've heard it said that you can't call yourself Canadian if you don't know about and/or appreciate the trucks built by Hayes, Pacific, and Challenger. The off-highway logging truck manufacturers all died out by the late 90's, but the fact that a lot of them are still running after all this time is a testament to how well they were built and the craftsmanship of Canadian designers and assembly line workers. Additionally, American, French, and British manufacturers have all been active in Canada, creating a more well rounded market than what we have in America.
and a LONG history of building "AMERICAN" trucks in Canada like a LOT of freightliners came out of Ontario and Peterbilt's out of Quebec and Kenworth's from Burnaby BC
people do not see truckers as unnecessary. lmao
they are a part of the world going round. everyone knows that. the convoy stirred people up because of its ridiculous rhetoric. it honestly had nothing to do with them being truckers lol
The same citified geniuses also look down their noses at farmers. "Why do we tolerate those polluting farmers anyway? Just buy your food from the grocery store like everybody else."
The absolute worst thing that North America ever did was downsize and get rid of it's rail network. In Europe you can go anywhere by train and it's cheap and simple. From big cities to small towns all over the place by rail. America and Canada used to have this too. Not anymore, not for decades. All that traffic and all that freight was put onto the roads.
1:37 European daily driving limit is 9h vs. 13h in Canada.
I'd like so see something about Ghanaian trucking would be very interesting
Still waiting for trucking in the Republic of Turkey
I'd like to see a video on canadas oil field, and logging trucks as the backroad trucking they do is also very intresting
Really hope you cover trucking in mini Australia AKA trucking in Michigan with 42 wheelers
Thank you for making a video on my home country! Also, we have a province named Yukon!
I’d like to see a video on Chinese trucking
I watched highway through hell and decided based on that small tiny snippet of the entire country of Canada that it was terrible to drive there lol
You forgot some deeper aspects in Canadian truck driving like the winter roads aka. some mud covered with ice and snow and so many ice crossings. These truckers in Canada are putting their lives at risk to transport the goods. On average, 4K people die each year because their hauling over ice and then the ice breaks under their load. It isn’t just driving from Toronto to Calgary. It’s also from Winnipeg to Dakota Tipi First Nation Reserve for example.
Should look into trucking in NZ, we transport about 93% of all freight on the road. Work big hours, move big gear, and are tiny. Fun times driving here I'll tell ya
❤🎉 can we be friends, I'm also truck lover, you sound interesting.
I'm surprised the truckers were not murdered for honking their horn that long, preventing people from sleeping and living their lives in general. I read that some people were going crazy because of the noise.
That was the point of the protest
As opposed to the government destroying counteless livliehoods with their fascist lockdowns and mandates?
Forgot to mention obvious facts that Canada trucks haul way more weight compared to their US counterparts. Trailers are way more diverse as well. Singles have often multi axle set ups and various types of b-doubles and road train a-doubles are also more common, approaching Australian Road Train style.
a standard Canadian 2 axle trailer rig weighs in at 43500 VS US MAX of 39500 and doubles are 63500 KG
@@jasonriddell Well I'm not a Canadian nor a truck trailer expert, I just watch a lot of trucking content and notice that Canada has awesome rigs.
I drove from Southern Ontario to Edmonton and through northern Ontario I got passed by a transport truck doing over 110
And seen lots of truck turned over in the ditch from going to fast around corners out side of thunderbay
@ebelennaokoli6714 why?
Love your truckers , farmers and fishers, with out them there would be no food
You should make a video talking about Italian trucking
truckers in the British Colombia rocky mountains Will pass you at 130kph on a double solid. its pretty wild
Awesome and video, can you please make a video about Italian and dutch trucking? I'd love to see a video from you about those 2 countries
I have a question, would it be possible to drive european trucks or (cab-over) trucks instead of the nose trucks? Or is it not common in Canada?
Thanks for a wonderful series. Do you have a video on Australian truckers? Namibian and Botswanan truckers also lead adventurous lives. Zimbabwe is just plain terrifying
I have several years of driving experiences. i will be glad to explore my potentials in your country Canada, if given the opportunity.
Here in New Jersey USA on Route 78 you can see truckers hitting 90 mph and that is insane not only that, you will see the 3 highway lanes used at the same time cause not only truckers can use the slow lane and the middle lane but also the fast lane evenwhen is illegalto do so for them, every other week there is an accident, at the same time the truckers are not at fault cause there are tons of crazy driving here by regular car drivers that they think that the highway is a racetrack, it's a love-hate thing with truckers with me, I hate when they cut me off or take me out my lane or pass me over 90mph when I'm going 80mph, I love them cause without them I wouldn't have food or items to survive in this crazy world.
You could cover Indonesian trucking next. I think it may be interesting because of the country's many islands and the overall difficulty of driving.
This! And maybe splash a little bus topic inside as well..
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As someone from Alberta, I feel I should let you know that the national guidelines on speed are not followed or enforced here, and semis regularly reach 120-130km/h on the major highways.
hi, Where are you from ?
@@ebelennaokoli6714 I am in the United States but I have a friend that is in african country and he wants to work in Canada as a trucks driver ,so i want to make some enquiry about it
Even in northwestern Ontario the logging or wood chip hauling are usually done with Western Star Trucks heavy spec 4 wheel lock and always liked big cat motors in them I always preferred westernstar trucks for Bush road heavy haul just built tough either hauling chips with super bs or 4 axle straight trailer for logs most if not all are hauled tree length on 5 axle or 4 axle usually licensed for 63 500 kgs and in winter get extra for snow build up a lot of mills lumber mills have closed so not much 16 ft logs just usually tree length soft wood or 8 ft soft wood I know the logging and chip hauling is always better in winter well when winter was winter you can get farther back when swamp roads freeze but this winter first green Christmas ever
I'm a new driver but I do my best and learn as much as possible from the older truckers. Many of them have respect for other truckers, the highways and the trucks they drive. Let's keep this up were all in the shits out here together and just putting it out there, our highways are not a fucking racetrack.
waiting for Malaysia since we had our own terms which is "pilot darat"(Land Pilot) which had alot of stickers at their mirror
Québec also has an equivalent law requiring 105 km/h speed limiters.
If you're behind a truck on an open highway you can set your cruise control to 105 and never touch it again, which is neat.
The annoying thing is when a trucker sets it to 106 km/h and spends all day in the left lane trying to pass another truck going 105.
It’s not as simple as saying one truck has their limiter higher. It’s usually the calibration. Not all trucks are calibrated with the same machine, and they’ll have varying degrees of tread left on their tyres. In the UK we’re limited to no more than 90km/h which works to 56. The amount of cars I can pass and their digital dashboard says 57mph shows the lack of consistent calibration, and then I can get passed by another lorry clearly not limited to more than 56, just that the calibration/tyre tread isn’t equal.
@@explorernate Yes I know it's due to calibration variances but didn't think it necessary to explain all that
@@explorernatehi, Where are you from?
Two things: it's hard to broach this topic without a mention of NAFTA. This bolsters the number of truckers in Canada due to the volume of freight that is manufactured in Canada and sold in the US. Also, Canadian truckers, after delivering their loads in the US, are welcome to pick up a backhaul to return to Canada. What they are NOT allowed to do is move freight point to point within the US. Interestingly, this is sort of a Jones Act flavored rule.
same in reverse US truckers can NOT haul a Canadian load in Canada only IN OR out
The one thing the Minister of Transport needs to really really work on is rest areas. Not talking about truck stops. Just simple rest areas. With just simple parking and washrooms. It is something America has Canada beat in. I drive Sudbury and back 3 times a week. Other then few truck stops there is no where to just stop and take a break safely. Stopping on the side of the road to take a break is not a safe place especially when you start getting into just 2 lane highways and people are travelling at speeds 90km/hr or higher.
I was NOT expecting to see the neighbourhood I grew up in 0:57 😂
i'd like to see a video about truck driving in new zealand if you wouldn't mind
❤🎉 can we be friends, I'm also truck lover, you sound interesting.
Are they "Lot Moose/Meese" instead of "Lot Lizards" in Canada? They must do better with the warmer cabs.
I'm Kenyan driver living My country for fifty years driving American trucks for ten years experience, like it. It comfortable for long distance.
Really cool video buddy!
I'm from the UK and I'm hoping to come to either Canada or the USA, but first, I've gotta pass my trucking license over here and get me 2 yrs experience, before I can make the move.
I loved your video, only issue is, it's too short!
I was really getting into it and enjoying the content and then it finished..lol..Can we get a longer and more in depth version please? 😅
Theres a good chance you dont need 2 years if youre a UK citizen
@@Immortal.. Hi buddy!
Well that would be great news if that is the case, but what makes you think that UK citizens get a different treatment than others? If I'm not mistaken, the measure was implemented because of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash
in Saskatchewan, Canada, on April 6, 2018..is that right?
As far as I'm aware, the Canadian government put this ruling in place to make sure that the trucking industry in Canada was more strictly regulated to stop this sort of thing happening again...why are UK citizens not subject to this ruling do you think? Thanks for any advice you can give!
@@adambishop5739 I came to Canada last year with no experience at all in a truck.
What you need is a MELT course, think of it as a European driving school. Alberta has is in the process of abandoning MELT and making trucking a red seal trade (similar to mechanics) while some provinces like New Brunswick never adopted it in the first place. It really depends on where you want to go.
That said you need a work permit before you can get as much as a drivers license. There are a ton of ways you could get that and it really depends on how old you are, where in the country you intend to settle, level of education, years work experience and in what jobs etc. There is an easy way that can sort of bypass some of these regulations if you are under 35 years old. Otherwise you really need work experience, but not necessarily as a truck driver (though it does help a lot with finding employment)
@@Immortal.. Hi Immortal,
Thanks for giving up your time and for emparting with the advice you are offering, its really gratefully received. Just for ease of reference, I'm gonna number my queries/points:
1. Again, why is my being from the UK significant here, you didn't explain that yet? This is really important to me to understand, because if I don't HAVE to wait 2yrs before I can come over, then I want to make the move asap!
2. Where did you travel from to get to Canada (just curious and interested 🙂)?
3. Did you learn to be a truck driver in Canada then?
4. MELT, sounds alot like the UK CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence). Its entry level training, just so you have a good and clear basic knowledge of regimes and health and safety standards, along with certain other industry practices. I am currently studying it now.
5. I am 49, so I'm coming into it late, but skilled workers are needed in Canada right and my age is not a deal breaker? My hope is to get a job with an employer who would put me through all the VISA and immigration stuff, probably in exchange for some agreed level of employment tenure with them. I know this is one possible way to do it.
6. I would love to come to either Ottawa, Toronto, or Montreal .
So, knowing all this about me, what do you think is my best route into Canada, permanently (bear in mind that I am currently doing a truck driving course here in the UK, which I hope to pass by the end of Summer, so I'll have very little or no experience for the next year or two anyways).
Cheers for your help buddy!
@@adambishop5739 1. I had the Working Holiday Visa in mind, and not all countries are eligible for that. Most that are get a 1 year work permit, but Commonwealth nations 2 (and I think UK was recently upgraded to 3 years). It ends at age 35 though so that ship has sailed.
2. Germany
3. Yes
4. Exactly. They will teach you the basics but theres a lot that you will learn out on the road.
5. Depending on what stream you want to use to come over theres a lot of different ways. Age 49 is not ideal but no dealbreaker either. What you have in mind here is LMIA (Labour Market Impact Assessment), essentially the employer has to have a lack of workers and then petition the government to be allowed to recruit from abroad. This process is costly however so there are very few carriers that do this, and the ones that do are mostly hiring relatives from India.
6. Forget it. Montreal is Quebec which basically bans immigration unless you are a Francophone. Ottawa and Toronto are within the main population center of Ontario. The market there is completely flooded with Indians and cost of living has exploded in the past years. You will struggle to find a job and struggle even harder to find one that allows you to live in your own apartment without roommates. If you want to come over you can choose the Maritimes, the Prairies and maybe the Territories.
What path you take is up to you and as I mentioned there are literally hundreds of streams. I spent many many hours researching all this, figuring out how to move here and replanning everything since the stream was cancelled. Theres a lot of work ahead in finding out what works for you. I suggest you start by looking at your past work history (10 years) and find the NOC (National Occupation Code) for that. This will let you know how high skilled Canada rates your experience and that opens or shuts many streams. If you are TEER 1-3 you can opt for Express Entry (the holy grail of streams) provided you have the required points. There is a government website where you can look up how many point you would get with the information provided, and another site where you can find the required points for past draws.
If EE is no option you can use the AIP (Atlantic Immigration Program) which allows you to move to the Maritimes provided you have a job offer. This stream doesnt need LMIA though so its a bit easier, shoot your shot. If that doesnt work either you can choose from one of the many provincial streams (including the YT and NT). However this will take time (easily 2 years) and you probably need a job offer. This all depends on the province though, so have fun searching through a boatload of information :)
You can check in with each province to see if they recognize a UK Class 1 (truck license) or if you have to go through MELT again. Having a license helps, but what you really need is either connections here or relevant work experience as a driver. 6 months are a start, once you have 1 year driving experience you are considered a skilled driver and employable for most jobs excluding specialized ones (heavy hauling, ice roads, dangerous goods etc). Keep your record clean too as that is very important. Speeding is bad, accidents are critical and can exclude you for 3-5 years before you are considered for work again (depending on many factors - just stay safe out there).
Final note: The market has suffered a lot since its peak 2022 and this last winter was the worst freight market in over a decade. It has improved somewhat since spring but is still rather sluggish and nowhere near a boom. Too many guys entered the industry when rates were incredible and now they struggle to make a living. I suspect that things will pick up again once these drivers move on to other industries and the hiring situation will improve, but it also depends a lot on the US election in November as the Canadian economy is directly tied to the US.
If you have any more questions feel free to reach out, but as I said you need to invest a lot of time to research the potential immigration streams in areas that interest you.
What are the weights they are allowed to carry . Here in the Uk total weight is 44 tons
I live in Alberta and a family friend of mine used to be a Trucker. I once travelled with them from Edmonton to Kelowna, passing through the Rocky Mountains. It was beautiful. This was about 15 or so years ago.
I was hoping for at least 1 Yukon reference in this video, I hope to hear it in the ice roads video :)
Nice video! I actually recognize some of the locations in the video from Alberta and BC! It's a great trip on the Trans Canada Highway
It's great until ontario, then it's rocks and trees and road salt and shopping malls and ugliness...
i'd like a video on ocean trucking in the great conventional cabs O' the sea
Wouldn't that be just shipping?
@@sirBrouwer no, it is a truck of the sea, instead of oceans of concrete they drive across vast road networks on the sea
If an American truck goes into Canada does it's speed need to be limited as well?
Yes.
As long as you don't drive above the limit nothing happens
@@1wun1 the scale houses DO HAVE and helds that will read out the ECM but is NOT used often as they can NOT be bothered but LEGALLY YES they do have to have one active
there are a LOT of shops at the border that will set it for you for like $50 and remove it on your way back out
I drove through the Yukon last summer. Spent about two weeks in Tagish and Whitehorse. Beautiful landscape.
The North American trucks are also aesthetic. I guess growing up with has I have makes feel warming feelings see them though not when I'm driving/ride next them.
The Coquihala has a 120km/h speed limit with no separate limit for trucks.
It's too fast
No it’s not. It’s a specially maintained highway with extra width. The speed limit is adjusted to conditions. The speed limit is only 120 under ideal conditions.
@@skinnflint Nah.. not on such stretches
As an Ottawa resident who lived through the Trucker "Protests"...
I'd like to remind everyone that the mandates that were in place were supported by 95% of Canadian truckers... And it was denounced by the Truckers Union
In that clip of the road at the last few seconds of the video, do you know where that is? I believe I know the exact location of that place and i’m super interested
Have you done a video about Scandinavian truck driving
Ah, we got my country. Thanks! I gotta deal with snow on my route today.
So all trucks made after 1995 have speed limiters of 110 km/h? Because I swear I see modern trucks going faster than that when I take the 401.
bit worried about the frequency of these uploads
Wait, its not moose's dragging sleds through the snow. They actually have trucks?
We don't need mooses, we INVENTED the snowmobile!
Yeah but I assure you, they're fueled by maple syrup though
was surprised there wasnt another protest again last February. Protesting has to be safer than trucking in February in Canada.
Another effect of the trucker protests that is still felt today by some, is permanent hearing damage...because people do live in downtown Ottawa.
I'd love to see a video about Trolleybuses. This one was great as always!
120 kph on the coquihalla trucks too
That Ontario limiter is news to me as I rarely see a truck below 115
Do Finland / the Nordics, our HCT trucks are awesome.
The truck on your screenshot is the one I’m currently driving.
It is just few days since I started watching your videos. Being trucker my self I'd like to see consistent info in each video for every country you cover. For example in the video for India you gave info about truckers salary, but in this video for Canada you didn't.
Might be because of how much they vary, trucks who work the border aren't paid much but up north it's a pretty well-paying job.
@@HumanlyRobotic it's basically that he doesn't put much of research into the topic of salary. My point is to keep the things consistent in every video so ve can have good comparative for each country. In the last video for Island he have two things. Mentions the highest speed allowed of 90km/h and says that it is rather slow by EU standards. I live in EU and I can tell you that in any EU country you can get speeding ticket if you get caught with speed of 90. For EU nominal speed is 80km/h only country that tolerates this is Germany but even in Germany you can get ticket if it is speeding camera on the highway. In this video he also mentions wages but he comments that are not great. So he could not find probably exact info how much are those . In the end he should research the topic better and keep the same info in each video for each country covered so we can make a good comparative picture.
Hey Yukon. I just wanted to ask if you can make a video on new Zealand truckers:) thank you for the good content you make bye
Way of the road bubs, way of the road
Now I know how Ricky’s dad from trailer park boys lived
Way of the road
ser camionero en eeuu es un estilo de vida, en europa un trabajo, en sudamerica y otros lados sin buen desarrollo economico es muy triste
Love your videos. A bit short for my liking but it's not like you can do 40 minute documentaries of this topic.
Can you make a video on South Korean Trucking
I am Mutesasira Geofrey and I am truck driver in Uganda 🇺🇬 like to work in Canadian
Truck driving in Europe especially in the Nordic countries are more a lifestyle than just a job. So no driving in Europe is not just considered a job its also a lifestyle in itself. And many European trucks have the same amenities as peterbilts, kenworths etc.
you've done philippines, india, japan maybe indonesia next?
Cab you do Puerto Rico since is smaller than Jamaica?
As a Canadian i can 1000% confirm the weather