Ice Road Truckers

[Vanilla]

Did anyone else catch the first episode of this on the History channel?

[mrsfocus]

Did anyone else catch the first episode of this on the History channel?

Sure did. Those guys are crazy, but its a good thing someone is willing to do the work. It reminds of Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs, etc. on the Discovery Channel. I'm glued to the TV.

[shanstress70]

Looks like a very interesting show... thanks! I'll start recording it.

[Vanilla]

It is wild, that is for sure, and as far as I am concerned, $75,000 for 8 weeks of work is not even CLOSE to enough for what they do!

[shanstress70]

I watched this show and thought it was great. My son has been pretending to be an ice road trucker every day since Sunday. He gets out all his toy truck and plays out all these deatiled scenarios... it's great!

[miztrniceguy]

great show....saw episode 2 also

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A railroad would sure come in handy. But, what do I know.

[StrawberryFields]

I watched this show and thought it was great. My son has been pretending to be an ice road trucker every day since Sunday. He gets out all his toy truck and plays out all these deatiled scenarios... it's great!

Oh cute.

I can almost see the little guy doing it with all of the sounds....those were such fun times when my guys were little :)

[northwinds]

I have been a truck driver for...... I can't remember HOW long now.... and I drove the Ice Highway for 1 1/2 months a number of years ago. NEVER AGAIN!!!!

It is alot harder than it actually looks, and those drivers have to have ALOT of talent and skills to be able to do that!

My hat goes off to those that can and do do that job!!

[Dr T]

Wow. I just saw the t.v. add/trailor or whatever that thing is called. Amazing/intense.

[shanstress70]

A railroad would sure come in handy. But, what do I know.

The roads are actually the tops of frozen water... no way to build a railroad on that. The only other way into these places are airplanes. These truckers get supplies to the people who live in the remote areas, like workers in the DeBeers diamond mines. There is only a short window to get there before the ice highways melt.

Here's an interesting article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7022601335.html

[Guest Username-Removed]

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A railroad would sure come in handy. But, what do I know.

The roads are actually the tops of frozen water... no way to build a railroad on that. The only other way into these places are airplanes. These truckers get supplies to the people who live in the remote areas, like workers in the DeBeers diamond mines. There is only a short window to get there before the ice highways melt.

Here's an interesting article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7022601335.html

You're telling me its all water, everywhere?

[shanstress70]

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A railroad would sure come in handy. But, what do I know.

The roads are actually the tops of frozen water... no way to build a railroad on that. The only other way into these places are airplanes. These truckers get supplies to the people who live in the remote areas, like workers in the DeBeers diamond mines. There is only a short window to get there before the ice highways melt.

Here's an interesting article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7022601335.html

You're telling me its all water, everywhere?

You could possibly find some routes over land, but you'd have to go around your a#$ to get to your elbow, as we like to say in the South! It would take probably 5 times as long for a trucker to get there. And time equals money.

[Dr T]

I wondered the same thing WORDFlood

[john doe]

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A railroad would sure come in handy. But, what do I know.

The roads are actually the tops of frozen water... no way to build a railroad on that. The only other way into these places are airplanes. These truckers get supplies to the people who live in the remote areas, like workers in the DeBeers diamond mines. There is only a short window to get there before the ice highways melt.

Here's an interesting article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7022601335.html

You're telling me its all water, everywhere?

I watched the (2nd?) episode the other day, they said they crossed 30 lakes over a 210 mile span. It is usually only cold enough to drive those big rigs over the ice for about 2 weeks a year. In the case of the Debeers diamond mine, they can helicopter in the small equipment, but the heavy equipment and major parts of the complex must be trucked in in the short time available. They showed one load that had sat in Yellowknife for a year because they couldn't get it on the road in time before the temps rose. They said the temps were -25 to -50, I assume they were talking in fahrenheit.

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I wondered the same thing WORDFlood

Yep, people dont think straight when they have mining fever