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Oh, hey,

my friends.

It's me, Andy Manow.

Hope you're doing absolutely awesome today.

We're here in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

A new South Express.

And look, we get to check out some really cool semi -trucks.

Check this out.

Oh, wow, that's amazing.

Oh, this is going to be an awesome day. I can't wait.

Oh,

my friends, this is going to be great.

Oh, wow.

Check out this semi -truck.

It's huge.

You know, they use semi -trucks for all kinds of stuff, like hauling supplies.

Oh, lumber.

All kinds of goods all over the country.

We need to check out this engine first.

Make sure it's good to go.

All right, let's whack this right here.

There we go. There's one on this side, and there's one on the other side.

Let's check out this engine.

Oh, wow.

Oh, wow.

It's a big hood.

Oh, wow. All right, look at this.

It's a huge engine.

Well, let's get to checking it. Let's see.

First, we got our oil right here.

So we might need to check our oil to make sure it's good to go.

Let's see here. Oh, wow.

Check out this really cool dipstick.

Oh, wow. This is long.

There it is.

All right. Let's see. Let's wipe that off.

I think we're good.

Let's check it one more time.

Slide it right down in there.

here we go should tell us yep i think we're good it's full it's good to go

all right we'll slide that in there all right and we got some other tools here

we got our socket wrench oh just check some of these down here like our spark

plugs and things let's see all right that one's good one right here yep

we got to make sure that this truck It's ready for the open road because

sometimes semi -trucks have to travel really, really far.

Got to make sure their engines are just right so they don't break down.

Got a wrench here.

All right, here we go.

Right down here we got to get to.

That one's good.

Oh, that's perfect.

Oh, look, see?

We even got our fuel filter.

That's for that. Oh, that's our power steering fluid.

and our coolant for our radiator.

Wow, look.

That's the air filter.

It's huge.

All right.

Everything in here looks great. Let's close the hood.

All right.

Nice and easy.

Oh, there we go.

Wow. This is huge.

Look at this grill.

Humongous. Oh, and look.

We even got the really cool rear view mirrors.

One on this side of the hood.

And there's one on this side too.

So we got these rear view mirrors and these side view mirrors here too.

Got to make sure we can see all around the truck at all times.

Of course, having a humongous engine like this, it's got to take a lot of

Check it out.

Look at this fuel tank.

It takes diesel fuel. There's one on this side and...

There's another tank on the other side.

That's a lot of fuel.

Well, of course, they got to go a long way, so we got to have a lot of fuel.

Let's check out the inside.

It's really cool. Come on, let's go.

Check this out.

Inside of this truck is awesome. Oh, yeah, this is great.

First, let's crank it up.

You hear that engine?

This is great.

This truck's got some really cool stuff with it.

Like this steering wheel.

It's really big.

Oh, yeah. I love it.

Look. It's got some really cool controls.

We've got our gear shift right here.

It's got our drive, our neutral, and our reverse.

That's good.

And then, oh, we've got our brakes here. We've got a brake for our trailer out

back. Let's see. Even our trailer has an air supply.

That's nice.

Oh, and we have our parking brake for our actual truck.

That's really cool.

It's even got a horn. Let's check it out.

Wow, that's awesome.

Really cool.

It's got a special horn.

It's operated by this string.

It's called an air horn.

Let's try it.

Wow. Up on top of the truck, there's these silver cylinders, and that's where

the sound comes from. Let's try it again.

Oh, that's amazing.

Can I picture myself driving down the road and pulling the horn? That's great.

Oh, look.

It's even got a radio.

Let's try it out.

Oh, yeah. I like this tune. This is great.

Check this out.

My seat, it's even got some controls.

It's an air seat, so I can put air in it to lift it up, and I can let the air

out. Can you hear that?

That lowers the seat.

I've got to make sure that I'm really, really comfortable out on the open road

for these long trips.

You know, sometimes truck drivers have to eat on the road, and it's probably

of the coolest.

Features in this truck.

Check this out.

It's a sauce cup holder for our chicken nuggets.

I really like that. That way I can dip them and I can be safe.

Because we have to make sure that we are safe on the open road.

When we travel all these long trips, you know, sometimes we might even get

sleepy. This truck has something really cool.

It's called a sleeper. Check this out.

Oh, that gear.

We have a bed.

We can lay down.

Oh, this is cool.

It's nice and comfortable. We've got a place for a TV.

We've got some shelves for some snacks.

That's cool.

Oh, and this right here.

You can pull these to block out all of the light so we can take a nap.

Sounds like a really good idea. Let's try it.

Oh, yeah, this is cool.

Oh, comfortable.

Yeah, a nap sounds nice. Let's try it.

That was an absolutely amazing nap.

Let me show you the backside of this truck.

Look at these.

Have you ever seen these dangling?

While you're driving down the road on the backside of a semi -truck? They're

really, really cool.

They actually connect to the trailer.

They're color coordinated. We've got green.

We've got blue and red.

It's for the air brake.

And also for the lights on the back side of the trailer. It's really cool.

Oh, look.

Look at all of these tires and wheels.

There's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Oh, wait.

9 and 10.

There's 10 tires on this truck.

But hold on a minute.

We've got more on the trailer. So let's see, let's see. That's 10.

That's 11 and 12.

13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.

There's 18 wheels on this truck and the trailer.

I guess that's why we call it an 18 -wheeler.

That's awesome. They're huge.

Look at this, though.

This right here is called the fifth wheel.

We've got all this grease on here.

Makes it easier for the trailer to attach right here.

When it goes right there in that spot, it's something called the kingpin.

How the trailer attaches to the truck.

It's really, really, really cool.

And we've got these things right here. I don't know if you can see them or not.

Can you see those?

Those are the airbags.

And we have four of them.

Why do we have airbags on the back of a truck?

It's because they raise and lower the fifth wheel to get it to the right

to attach the trailer onto it. Oh, that's great.

Wow, we're really learning a lot about these trucks today.

I guess we might need to go get our trailer and fill it up. Come on, let's

Wow, look at that truck.

It's blue.

Oh, he's got a really long trailer.

I wonder what's in there.

That's kind of cool.

Can you see the wheels on the back, too?

Look at him.

I wonder how far he has to go.

Oh, wow, my friend.

Look, underneath the trailer.

Watch your head.

It's really low.

Look at this.

It's a kingpin.

This is what attaches to the fifth wheel.

This is what pulls the trailer.

It's great. Oh, and look. You can see the landing gear here.

That's what holds the trailer up to get the truck up underneath it. When you can

see the bar there, we can raise it and lower it. That's pretty cool.

Oh, and way back here in the back, you can see the wheels.

There's eight of them.

That's totally awesome.

Well, I think we got to get it attached.

Come on.

Let's go.

We got to have our safety goggles on. Oh, those are cool.

And we got to make sure we have gloves on, too.

Hard hat.

We're good to go. Come on.

So what's the first thing you got to do back here? All right. So the first thing

we look for is make sure we're hooked up. We're going to go up in here.

And we make sure that we're hooked up up in here.

The fifth wheel and the kingpin are locked in. And then we can hook up

everything. Awesome.

Oh, that's great.

And so which color is for which?

Okay.

Green is for electric.

So green is for your light?

Yes, sir. Oh, that's cool.

And my...

And these are the air. This is what releases all the brakes so we can go

the road.

Both of these.

All right, now we roll up our landing gear.

This is called a landing gear.

All right.

And you just roll it?

Just roll it.

Oh, wow.

Do you think I could try to roll it? Yes, sir.

Here we go.

Oh, wow. Oh, check it out.

Can you see? The landing gear's raising up.

That's awesome.

And so how far?

All the way up? All the way up. All the way up. Okay, here we go.

Almost. Oh, that's it. All right. There you go. All right. Want it to stop?

We're going to lock it back in place. Awesome. And then what we'll do, we'll

walk around and make sure all our lights are working.

Awesome.

This is great.

We're having so much fun learning about these similar trucks. It's great. Come

on, let's go.

Once we walk around, we make sure all our lights are working.

Oh, look, see?

Oh, that's pretty cool.

There's lights all over it.

Oh, look, see this one there?

Oh, that's cool.

Lights flashing.

Oh, can you check and see? Look, they're flashing.

So those are good to go.

Lights flashing.

Wow. Oh, and look, you can even see them.

Right at the truck there, see?

That's cool.

How long is this trailer?

40, 45.

45 feet wow that's a long trailer all right my friends let's go fill the

up let's go come all the way up here seat

belts oh all right there we go

let's go

It's Mr. Jonathan Miller. How are you, sir? All right. Oh, that's great.

All right. So, Mr. Jonathan, where are we going today?

We're going to pick up some chips, and then we're going to take them out to the

international market.

Some wood chips.

Yes, sir. Oh, this is going to be great.

All right. So, the wood chips. Yes, sir. Wood chips are used for all kinds of

sorts of things, right? Yes, sir. Kind of like all kinds of paper products,

paper towels.

Yes, sir.

Oh, toilet paper.

Weaving diapers.

Yes, sir. Wow.

This is going to be cool.

Oh, now we're pulling up under these big, huge green canisters.

Well, this is where the wood chips are.

Yes, sir. Oh, this looks really, really awesome.

Oh, wow.

This is awesome.

Check out those green canisters up there.

That's a lot of wood chips.

Come on, let's go.

Yes, sir. Pull this chain.

Yes, sir. And what's going to happen?

Chips is going to fall down. The chips are going to fall into our truck.

Let's go.

Oh, wow.

You see that?

That's a lot of wood chips.

chipper. It's chipping up wood and it's sending it up this big, huge conveyor

belt into these big urns.

Here we go. We're doing it again.

That's a lot of wood chips.

That means that's a lot of paper products.

Wow.

slowly pulls that chain.

We're driving through the lumber yard of Canberra Southern Pine.

Wow, look at that huge grapple lifting all those trees.

Jonathan is now showing us all the amazing equipment that they use here and

products that they make.

Look, it's another semi -truck.

Hey there.

That was an awesome tour.

We've got the trailer loaded.

Now we need to cover it with the tarp. That way whenever we're on our long

nothing falls out. All right, Mr. Johnson, so all we have to do is hit

buttons, right? Let me close it. The O is for open.

And the C is for close, right? So we got to close it. So we're going to hit the

C. Here we go.

Oh, wow.

Can you see it?

Oh, it's closing the top. And they're putting the top over it.

It's almost there. It's almost there.

Keep on going.

Keep on going.

Wow. And it falls off like that. Oh, so it's good to go? No, you've got to keep

on going. Oh, we've got to keep on going. Okay. You've got to keep on

Keep on going. Oh, so it wraps itself. Oh, that's really interesting.

And it's going to lock it into place.

It makes it tight.

Now we're all ready and set.

Well, Mr. Jonathan, thank you, sir, for an amazing day and teaching us about

these amazing semi -drucks. I guess we're ready for our long haul.

Oh, we got to have a big thank to New South Express for allowing us to come

learn about their truck.

Oh, check this out.

Handyman Howe and the Big Rig. Come on, let's go.

Oh, yeah.

How, how's a handyman?

If he can't be pissed, no one can.

Oh, hey, it's me, Handyman Hal.

Do you like trucks?

I do.

Oh, look, it's a tow truck.

In times when you are driving in your car, down the highway oh so fast and

far, the car breaks down and now you're out here stuck. Oh no! I think it's time

to call the tow truck. Awesome!

Well, we really cool trucks are awesome and they rule. When I grow up big and

strong, I hope to drive one too.

Vroom, vroom, beep, beep, I hope you weren't in fact asleep.

The trucks are waiting outside for you.

The trash can in the house is smelling bad.

Let's take you to the curb and we'll be glad we had.

Look what's coming now, we're in luck.

A super duper awesome garbage truck.

Awesome!

Wowee, really cool, trucks are awesome and they roll. When I grow up big and

strong, I hope to drive one too.

Vroom, vroom, beep, beep, I hope you're wearing fast asleep. The trucks are

waiting outside for you.

There is one more truck that I admire.

They can fly right through the sky and they have four big tires.

They drive around having fun and muck.

Of course, I'm talking about a monster truck.

Wowee, really cool. Trucks are awesome and they rule.

When I grow up big and strong, I hope to drive one too.

Vroom, vroom, beep, beep. I hope you weren't infested.

The trucks are waiting outside for you.

The trucks are waiting outside for you.