Next on Ice Road Truckers...
The longer we wait around
Here, the worse it's gonna get.
We gotta get outta here now.
In a raging
Storm...
It's very dangerous.
I hope I [bleep] get out of
Here.
Jack battles the
Elements.
The motor's gettin' cold,
And if I leave it shut off too
Long, it won't start again.
Lisa faces a
Breakdown.
My truck is not working
Right.
Things could get ugly fast.
Ray is pushed to
The brink.
Been one of the [bleep] days
I've ever flippin' had.
I'm gonna quit.
And alex is a
Heartbeat away from losing it
All.
And the only thing that's
Holding you up right now is your
Blood pressure.
That's the one thing that
Automatically disqualifies you.
The first storm of
The season rolls into alaska
Like a runaway truck.
Big travel advisory right
Now, state of alaska warning
That there's a big blow going up
On the haul roads there.
Looking at temperatures today.
What does it say?
Well, somewhere in the
Neighborhood of minus 50.
High winds hammer
The north slope and drive the
Windchill down to minus 90.
Towering snowdrifts on atigun
Pass have caused the storm's
First casualty.
We were, uh, you know,
Cleaning the snow out and
Everything on atigun pass here
And, uh, we're letting a truck
Come up, and as he was coming
Up, he hit some loose snow and
He spun out.
The spinout has
Traffic backed up until the
D.O.T. Can get the truck out of
The way.
He was a old-Time driver.
He's been up this hill a million
Times, but it happens to the
Best of 'em.
160 miles north
In prudhoe bay, other drivers
Weigh their options...
Wait out the storm,
Or try to slam through it.
Even though haul road ace jack
Jessee has a deadline to meet,
Toughing out an arctic storm is
Part of the job.
The storm really hasn't moved
In, so we're kinda in a hurry.
They say it's supposed to come
In today.
You never know what time, so...
We're gonna check everything out
And get the heck outta here.
On his heels is
Hugh "the polar bear" roland.
All righty, sir.
So you have a deck set.
Okay. Thanks.
All right, have a great trip
Back.
Thanks.
Out in the yard,
Hugh's rival, alex debogorski,
Is fueling up.
Yeah, I was tryin' to sneak
Outta here while you were
Sleeping, but obviously I made
Too much noise and woke you up.
I was sniffing around last
Night, I knew where he was.
I don't know...I don't really
Have anybody to go with.
I should just haul with you guys
Maybe.
Yeah, we got jack.
Jack jessee probably'll be in
Front and...Yeah, if you wanna
Come along, no problem.
I may as well, I mean, uh,
May as well head back the same
Way.
Yeah, well, let's head her
Back and get a load.
While other
Truckers wait out the storm in
Prudhoe...The trio of ice road
Veterans heads into the teeth of
The storm.
Out in front, jack jessee is
Hauling two enormous shipping
Containers.
Connexes are ocean-Going
Cargo containers.
They're all uniform size,
20-Feet long, 8-Feet high.
Just a big sail I'm pullin' back
Here in this wind.
They both have about 20,000
Pounds in 'em, which'll be
Good, 'cause the wind's blowing
And if they were empty, it could
Bump me right off the side of
The road.
Every oncoming rig
Is a near-Miss situation.
Yeah, I had a [bleep] of a
Time back there seein' the
Delineators.
Before it's over,
This storm will put their
Driving and surviving skills to
The test.
My biggest concern is get the
Job done and get home and see my
Wife.
I wanna get home at the end of
Every trip.
Just behind jack is
Hugh, a veteran trucker who's
Faced down many a storm.
You deal with whatever the
Ice roads throw at ya, and ya
Gotta make the best of it.
Otherwise...if you stopped
Every time the [bleep] wind
Started blowin' and it started
Snowin' and blowin' and couldn't
See, you wouldn't make any
[Bleep] money, so...
That's my philosophy anyway.
What hugh enjoys
Almost as much as making money...
Beating alex.
I'm definitely gonna pull
More loads than alex, that's for
Sure.
Once I pass alex, he never
Catches up.
Same every year.
He's gotta live his life lookin'
Over his shoulder lookin' for
Me.
Right behind hugh,
Alex is hauling two stacked
Flatbeds known as a deck set.
Alex is always up for a
Throwdown with the polar bear,
But this morning he's proceeding
With caution.
On his last run...
Holy mackerel!
Alex took out two delineators
When his trailer caught an edge.
He faces a driver's review and
An eye exam when he arrives in
Fairbanks.
I guess when I came down the
North side, I was goin' a little
Quick.
Basically, the trailer, uh, went
To the side.
I mean, I felt it in the seat of
My pants.
He needs to pass
Them both or he'll lose his
License.
It does happen sometimes.
I guess I coulda been going a
Little slower comin' over the
Top.
After 29 years on
The ice road, this could be
Alex's final run.
460 miles south, two young guns
Are rolling into fairbanks,
Planning to turn and burn.
Well, we oughta just get into
Town, grab a load, and just get
Back up here to get what we can
Before the end of the pay
Period.
Yeah!
Ray veilleux is
Just glad to be on the road.
Something's burnin'.
On his last run,
An engine problem turned out to
Be less serious than he feared.
We're gonna fix it and get ya
Back on the road late tonight
Or in the morning.
Nartor: Now...
All right, baby, come on
With it.
Let's see what you got.
They're warming up
For the race north...
There ya go.
As they sprint into
The yard.
Right behind you.
Ray veilleux and I are
Runnin' together, so hopefully
We'll get another load, turn
Around and get back to coldfoot
This evening.
First in line,
Greg boadwine.
Uh, well, kinda what it is up
There, blowin' like crazy.
Pass is supposed to be about
30to 40-Mile-An-Hour winds
Tonight's what they're saying.
Greg, how we doing?
The weather up
North has greg wondering if he
Or his truck is up for it.
I got a question for ya.
Yeah.
My...Annual is due on the
First, and...What do you think
The pass and everything's doing
Up there?
The pass is not good right
Now.
Uh, it's blowin' like crazy
From 62 mile all the way into
Prudhoe.
I think you'll be in trouble.
Uh, why don't we see if we can
Get you in the shop tonight?
Greg's truck is
Scheduled for mechanical
Inspection.
For greg, it's a mixed
Blessing...missing out on a load
But avoiding the storm.
We met up with ray there to
Run through all this together,
So he had kinda a buddy system
Goin' on, but he might be a
Little disappointed once he
Finds out the bad news.
But I don't know...with the pass
Blowin' shut, I think I'm gonna
Try and talk him into staying
Down here and...
Slowing down...one truck
Off the road is enough.
What?
Don't be talking him into
Sittin' in town if I can find
Someone else for him to run
With.
Okay.
Loads stacked up like crazy.
Oh, really?
Yeah. Get your truck over to
The shop, and we'll go from
There.
All right, we'll do that.
Thanks.
After all is said
And done, ray will have to face
The storm alone.
I think you're scared!
Hey, scared is safe at times.
Oh ho ho ho!
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Have fun up there, buddy.
You get stuck up there, we'll
See you tomorrow.
All right.
Have a safe trip.
I'm definitely disappointed.
It sucks that I'm sittin' here
While ray's getting ready to
Head north again.
Delays...Suck.
450 miles north,
Jack, hugh, and alex have hit
The open tundra and the full
Force of the storm.
Nobody can see [bleep] at
All, so we're just kinda
Guessing at what the hell we're
Doin' here.
Gusts of 45 miles
An hour push the windchill to
Minus 93...
And the visibility to near zero.
Heading south, jack jessee is
Out in front when suddenly...
Oh, that's not good.
Oh, that's definitely not good.
That is my air cleaner gauge.
It's, uh, it's collected too
Much snow inside it.
If I don't get this thing
Changed, it'll actually shut the
Motor down.
And this is definitely a place I
Don't want my motor to shut
Down.
Now the engine
Warning light comes on.
The clot in his air filter has
Moved to the heart of his truck.
It's telling me right now
That I don't have time.
I may not be able to save this
Motor.
A hundred miles
South of prudhoe bay in a raging
Arctic storm...
Jack jessee's got
Serious engine trouble.
We got the storm comin' in, I
Got all this snow flying in the
Air, it's plugged up my air
Cleaner.
As snow is drawn
Into the air intake, it clogs
The air filter.
As the blockage builds up, the
Engine is deprived of the air it
Needs for combustion...until it
Shuts down.
The moment a truck stops, the
Drifting starts.
Snow piles on until it can bury
A driver alive.
I'm about to climb my first
Hill.
I've got to need more air for
The motor.
Jack's air filter
Gauge hits the critical mark.
Anything over 35 can
Jeopardize the motor and
Possibly kill the engine.
He alerts hugh.
I think I'm gonna have to
Change this before I get into
Clear air and clean weather.
So put that truck in
Neutral and just rev that
[Bleep] right out of it.
If the motor doesn't get
Enough air, I won't be able to
Pull the hills.
Jack is forced to
Pull over, but hugh decides
He's not stopping for anyone.
Anything can happen in this
My mission is to get back to
Fairbanks.
Yeah, I'll probably make history
Today, 'cause I left king james.
Jack has only
Minutes to change the air
Filter.
The moment he shuts off the
Engine, he's on borrowed time.
The extreme cold quickly saps
The power of his batteries
Until they're as good as dead.
The way this thing goes in,
I have to slide the whole thing
Out, and this gets really tough
To do.
Uhh! There we go.
Okay.
All this snow is packed in here.
This snow has the
Dry, hard consistency of sand.
So I'll get it cleaned out as
Best I can, grab the new air
Filter as fast as I can because
The motor's getting cold and if
I leave it shut off too long, it
Won't start again.
This is my only spare, so I have
To get out of this wind and snow
Before I run out of air
Cleaners.
Jack replaces the
Air filter but his problems
Aren't over.
Okay, here we go.
Come on.
Dang it.
Until he gets the
Engine started, he can't get out
Of the way.
And suddenly...
Whoa!
Whoa, baby.
Oh, that's jack there.
After narrowly
Missing jack, alex radios back
To offer help.
You okay?
Yeah, I think I'll be all right.
Stopping when it's blowing is
A bad thing to do because it
Gives the potential for somebody
To run into you.
It looks like there's nobody
There, you know?
You don't hear much
Communicating.
The next thing, somebody's gonna
Run into you.
Jack has the
Battery power for one more crank
Of the starter.
Come on, you can do it.
Come on.
There we go.
Yeah.
The big diesel
Roars to life.
Whew!
I dodged a bullet on that one.
Jack is back on the
Road but not out of trouble.
In fairbanks, lisa kelly is
Running against the wind of a
Different kind...being a woman in
A man's world.
Because I'm the girl,
Everybody's watching twice as
Hard, and so if I get one simple
Load, everybody's gonna say
Something negative about that.
It's like, "boy, I wish I had
Tits and an ass so I could get
Easy loads."
And that is horrible for me as a
Female.
But I kind of screwed up with my
First load because I took the
Easier load.
All right, pull it in.
Me and ryan are swapping loads
Right now.
On her first run,
Lisa had to trade down a load.
Just say when.
While she bought
Back some of her pride helping a
Fellow trucker, it wasn't
Enough.
I think that might help me
Get a little step closer to be
Able to fit in and show that I
Can pull my weight up here.
Lisa wants a shot
At the big loads and the
Long-Term respect that comes
With it.
She takes it up with the boss.
Hey, lane.
Hey, what's going on?
Got a minute?
Yeah, come on in.
What's going on?
Uh, I was just kind of
Wanting to improve this year.
Like, I had set some goals, and
I kind of wanted to, like, let
You know what they are and
See if you could help me out a
Little bit with them.
What are you thinking?
Just wanting to take a couple
Bigger loads this year.
You know, I can't take light
Loads once.
I'll never hear the end of it.
So the biggers are better.
You know, you still got a
Ways to go to learn, and I
Appreciate you coming to me and
Talking about this, 'cause there
Are things that we could do to
Help.
And I could definitely use
Some shop time just to grow as a
Driver.
Right, right.
And then one last thing is,
Um, I was wondering what you
Thought about me snowboarding
Down atigun.
That's scary.
But for now, no
Matter what the boss says,
Lisa still needs the luck of the
Draw at dispatch.
Good morning, tim.
Good morning, lisa.
How we doing?
Good, how are you?
Not too bad.
Are you ready for another one?
Yep, ready to go again.
All right, uh, another load
Of pipe?
Okay.
All right?
Thank you.
You have a good trip.
Thanks, see ya.
Lisa scores a load
Of pipe.
It's not glamorous, but it's
70,000 pounds, the heaviest
Load she's hauled this season,
And she's taking it into the
Storm.
My goal this year is to make
Good choices.
Right now I'm focusing all my
Energy and all my time into
Being as good as possible.
80 miles north
Is rookie ray veilleux, also
Hauling a heavy load of pipe.
This is my third load going
To prudhoe, and it is the
Heaviest load so far of the
Season.
Ray is running by
Himself, unaware of the
Dangerous weather ahead.
As he climbs the first hills,
He feels the immense drag of his
Cargo.
I can feel that it's heavy.
It's a little harder to pull.
It drags me down a lot on the
Hills, so I've really got to pay
Attention on my downshifting
Because as I grab another gear,
It just about stops the whole
Flipping truck.
As he makes the
Crawl up the icy slope, he goes
For the critical downshift.
Come on.
Don't stop here.
Now we're screwed.
Missed a gear.
Now we're screwed.
Ray has come to a
Dead stop in a bad place.
At any moment, a
Big rig can come around the
Corner and slam into him.
The first vehicle
Approaches.
Luckily, it's a carlile pilot
Car.
Did you like that one, deb?
I missed a gear.
A lot of rookie [bleep] going on
Here this morning, deb, huh?
I'll just scoot up.
I'm coming back down towards
You.
It's a little level down there.
Okay.
Deb clears the
Road.
We got a four-Wheeler and a
Big one backing up, off of
Three.
Backing down a hill
Is never a good idea.
Tire chains would give him the
Traction he needs, but putting
Them on at the crest of a hill
Is a risky move.
He decides to go barefoot,
Factory tread on slick ice.
Look at that.
Bring it on.
I'm good, bring it on.
No chaining.
Just got in some gravel there.
Got a little better traction.
Ah, that really sucked.
It's all business now.
No more messing around.
No more screwing up.
180 miles up the
Road and heading south, hugh
Rowland finally emerges from the
Storm.
When you go over the next
Hill, around the next corner,
[Bleep] changes, so...
Piece of [bleep] cake!
Man, I love this job.
Going for broke has
Paid off.
Everybody said, "you're
[Bleep] crazy to leave," and I
Said, "well, going slow is
Better than not going at all,"
So I [bleep] headed out of
There and drove right out of the
Storm, and everybody's sitting
And waiting today, and I'm
Driving.
Now I'm ahead of everybody now,
So I got lucky.
Took the gamble and I won.
Next stop,
Coldfoot.
Coldfoot is known as the
Farthest north truck stop.
In 1981, dick mackey drove a
School bus up there and started
Serving hamburgers out of it.
The truck drivers liked that.
They decided it's a pretty good
Place to have a truck stop, so
They started dropping off empty
Crates that could be used to
Build a better camp.
Board by board,
Truckers dropped off the
Building materials, carpenters
From the pipeline project drove
The nails.
It's the only truck stop in the
World built by the men who used
It.
And when you walk in the
Front doors over here, right
Behind the counter is a support
Timber that holds up the main
Part of the roof here, and
That's signed by all of the
People who had pitched in to
Build the place.
At the coldfoot
Truck stop, the polar bear packs
It in for the night.
Well, it took a while to make
Her through that storm, but made
Her to coldfoot, anyway.
Go have something to eat and
Think I'll sack out here for the
Night.
Just as hugh pulls
Out of the storm, lisa rolls
Right into it.
I've never been in a
Situation where I've had to pull
Over.
I've kept going, no matter how
Bad it was.
I don't mind fighting snow
Drifts and blows and stuff.
Uh-Oh.
What the [bleep] is going on?
Something's going on.
My truck is not working right.
The truck's not doing anything,
And the "check engine" light
Came on.
A warning light can
Be the first sign of a
Breakdown.
I don't want to put myself
In a situation where things
Could get ugly fast.
I'll see what's wrong with the
Truck.
If it's something that's, like,
I shouldn't go on any farther,
I might just go back.
In earlier runs,
She's had to radio for help,
But this time she's determined
To troubleshoot the problem
Herself.
One, two, three.
One, two, three, four.
Code 34.
Primary engine speed, loss of
Signal.
Just need to make sure all my
Gauges are good here.
With a
Malfunctioning speed sensor,
Drivers are not allowed to start
A run, but once they're on the
Road, they have the option to
Keep going.
I haven't seen that code
Before.
Okay.
You make money for trips, not
For sitting around.
Lisa makes the call
To go ahead.
With the storm coming, I'm
Hoping we make it okay.
Wow, it's really snowy down
Here.
We're going right into the mouth
Of the monster, and we know it.
Jack jessee...
Rolls into coldfoot.
Well, we made it.
After a day in the
Storm, jack's ready to call it a
Night.
I have an important message.
But his trip is
About to take a big u-Turn.
"You need to switch with
Doug, with trip number...
Tanker number, in coldfoot.
Looks like I'm switching to a
Tanker, and I'm gonna go right
Back up to prudhoe.
'Cause the wind wasn't blowing
Enough, I didn't have enough
Fun, so I gotta do it again.
Hey, doug, I'm gonna get out and
Drop mine and, uh, then I'll
Come over and find you over
There and get ready.
I'll be ready to go.
They really need this fuel up
Here but, boy, I just got out of
That blow.
After slugging it
Out with a monster storm all
Day, jack is going right back
Out for round two.
This storm's gonna get worse
Before it gets better.
Next, the first man
You want to see and the last
Place you want to break down.
Okay, hold on.
I'll do my best.
And a legendary career on the
Line.
Your blood pressure is the
One thing that automatically
Disqualifies you.
100 miles out of
Coldfoot is jack jessee.
The storm is just getting
Worse.
I don't know when it's gonna die
Down.
And on an open road that we
Haven't met anybody yet, that's
Never a good sign.
Just when he rolled
Out of the blizzard...
Uhh! We made it.
A change in orders
Sent him right back into it.
The tanker's a day behind
Already so, I mean, I've got to
Get it up there as fast as I
Can.
Then, out of the
Void...
Hey, this is terry.
Is there anyone out there on the
Road tonight?
This is terry, calling out for
Some help.
Hey, terry, what's happening
Today?
Yeah, hey, jack, it's good
To hear your voice.
I'm down at the base of
Atigun and the car won't start
And, uh, and my gears...my
Gears are off.
Okay, hold on.
I'll do my best.
We're so far out, and we've
Got 480 miles of no cell phone
Coverage.
No 911, no anything.
This environment up here, this
Is no place for anybody to be
Stranded.
Well, I'm gonna stop and see if
I can't lend a hand.
Terry.
Go ahead and turn the heaters
Off.
Roll you into up or down or
Whatever you want, but go ahead
And shut the motor off.
Well, my battery light came
On.
I have no idea, um, what it is.
I hope jack can figure it out.
In this cold,
Frostbite strikes in less than
Five minutes.
Luckily, jack sees the problem
At once.
Yeah, we're losing juice.
You see that?
We found out what's wrong with
The alternator.
It's got a bad wire.
Few truckers pack
Soldering equipment.
Fewer still can solder in
Sub-Zero temperatures.
It's putting him behind
Schedule, but there are times
When deadlines take a back seat.
In my opinion, this is more
Important than any hold-Up I
Have to worry about because this
Is somebody else's life that I'm
Dealing with here.
Life before load in my book, and
If they don't like it, that's
Their problem.
We are successful.
This one has been fixed.
Sometimes this is also my job.
I didn't ever realize I signed
On to be a mechanic too, but
Sometimes in the life of an ice
Road trucker, you never know
What you're gonna expect.
100 miles north of
Jack is lisa kelly, on the
Approach to the 4,700-Foot pass.
I am coming up to atigun
Pass pretty soon, and the last
Hour or so, I was just kind of
Deciding whether I'm gonna chain
Up or not.
That's always the question.
It's snowing pretty good, so
There's more chance of spinning.
Lisa's already
Dealing with an engine problem,
And she's not taking any more
Chances.
I'd rather err on the side of
Caution, so I'm pretty much
Putting it in my mind I'm going
To chain up.
I'm just gonna slow down here.
These are my "just in case"
Chains, my "when in doubt"
Chains.
I almost got it, but my gloves
Are so bulky, I'm getting caught
In the chain there.
I think I need more slack.
The more you do this a year, the
Faster I'll get.
Yeah.
That'll be better.
We're doing what we gotta do to
Be safe, making the best
Decisions we should.
Just five miles
North of lisa, rookie ray
Veilleux faces the same
Decision.
As you're coming up to the
Hill, you know you're coming up
And you're thinking in your
Mind, do I chain up or don't I
Chain up?
Chaining up is gonna take 15, 20
Minutes.
Getting tight on the hours here,
'Cause this load is dragging us
Down, so we gotta do everything
We cano try to make that up.
We're gonna hit it without the
Chains.
Once again, he's
Going barefoot.
And up the hill we go.
This morning went a little slow.
I thought it was gonna go good,
And then I wasn't paying
Attention.
I lost the gear, so I spun out
Up on the top.
Come on, come on, come on, come
On.
This is bad.
Come on.
Whoa!
Shoot!
I'm done.
Rookie crap, rookie crap, rookie
Crap.
The steep hill of
The pass is one of the last
Places in the world you want to
Stop.
Hey, I just spun out over
Here.
On the cb, ray
Hears a familiar voice.
Uh, I copy that.
Um, are you blocking the, uh,
Thing or can I get through it?
No, your best bet is to
Kind of drag your feet.
All righty, will do.
I'll let everybody know.
Well, you don't have to tell
Everybody, but okay.
That's not what I meant.
Sorry.
Oh, I can't flippin' believe
This day.
I'm chaining up, 'cause I
Screwed up.
So now I get to look like an
Idiot.
For the second time
Today, the rookie has gambled
And lost on going barefoot.
Wow, we got, like, life.
Look at that.
We're getting a line going on
Here.
One, two, three, four.
Four people waiting.
I was, like, questioning whether
I should chain up or not.
But now I'm glad I did, because
He spun out.
As the trucks pile
Up behind him, ray struggles
To get the chains on quickly.
This sucks.
I think I'm gonna have to go
Find another job after this.
Oh, jeez.
I just want to quit now, man.
I think I've had enough.
All right, I'm out of the way.
Even when he's back
On the road, he can't escape the
Rookie move.
Ray, did you burn out
On the pass?
Can you believe that, dude?
Were you barefoot?
Yeah, I was.
That's embarrassing.
I just want to get to prudhoe
And get it behind me.
I hope the worst is over.
But bad luck just
Keeps on coming.
Uhh!
My engine light's going off now.
Oh, why me?
What a crappy day.
One of the [bleep] days I've
Ever flippin' had.
Ray came to the
Haul road hoping to turn his
Fortunes around, but instead
He's struggling to hang on.
I think I've had enough.
I'm gonna quit.
When I get back to fairbanks,
I'll just put in my resignation
Papers.
After a 500-Mile
Run, hugh rowland heads into
Fairbanks.
I'll go across the scale and
Then I'm heading into the yard
To drop the trailers, hand in my
Paperwork.
He's just tackled a
Monster storm, but this is what
He dreads.
I hate going to the scales
'Cause they always seem to find
Something wrong.
Last year, carlile
Drivers got 16 violations.
Nine of them were hugh's.
Unfortunately, you're gonna
Get a citation today.
I'm just trying to figure out
What all these violations are
Here.
Here, I'm gonna slip him a 20
And see if he lets me go.
If he gets a
Ticket, he could lose every
Dollar he made on his run north
Or lose his license.
So basically, right here, um,
Where you went into, uh, "on
Duty, not driving," you gotta
Notate where you're at,
City and state, every time you
Change duty status.
Okay, I see what you mean.
I'm supposed to have, uh...
Yeah, see, you...
On duty, at the yard.
Okay, yeah, in fairbanks.
So there's that.
Drivers are
Required to keep accurate log
Books, but paperwork isn't
Exactly the polar bear's strong
Suit.
"Miles driven today" isn't
Filled in either.
This time, the
Number of violations could cost
Hugh his job.
"Mile 28, check."
Is that what that says?
"Check"?
Yeah, I checked both.
All entries are supposed to
Be legible.
I can read them, barely.
Um, so just kind of try to clean
It up a little bit.
I'm not trying to teach you some
English here, but...
Make sure you put "ak" in there.
We're in alaska.
Okay. "Ak."
Yep.
They bust my balls 'cause I'm
Canadian.
After this, it'll probably
Happen again, right?
How long are you gonna be up
Here?
A couple months.
He gets off with a
Warning, but not before sending
A warning of his own.
Hah!
I know one american's ass I'd
Like to kick.
No, I don't love them d.O.T.
Guys.
I hate 'em.
Fellow canadian
Alex is next to roll into town
To face the music on a bigger
Infraction: Taking out the
Delineators.
Okay.
I heard we had a little incident
This trip with the delineator
Going off the north side there.
Yeah, I was going off the
North side probably a little too
Fast and what happened, I
Applied the brake too hard and
So the trailer locked up.
You stopped right away and
Checked to make sure everything
Was good, though, before you
Continued on?
I didn't really look in the
Mirror.
I could feel the trailer wasn't
Doing what it was supposed to be
Doing.
Well, uh, I mean, did you
Realize right away that you took
Out a delineator or...?
It was at night.
It kind of caught me a little
Bit by surprise coming over the
Top of it and...
Alex's confusion
Could mean his eyesight or his
Reflexes are impaired.
Now he'll need to pass a full
Medical exam before he drives
Again.
Well, it's not an age deal at
All.
It's a d.O.T. Requirement.
So, I mean, a driver has to have
The d.O.T. Card, a medical card,
A physical.
Okay, very good.
All righty? Great.
Alex heads to the
Doctor's, his season, if not
His career, hanging on it.
Yeah, it's not a good thing.
I'm, uh, I'm gonna miss at least
One round trip, maybe more and,
Uh, that'll give hugh a chance
To catch up.
And of course, that's less money
For the old, uh...to put in the
Bank account.
Less loads, less money.
Outside in the
Yard, greg boadwine gets a
Second chance to get out of
Town.
Today, his truck is good to go,
But the tires on his trailer
Aren't.
That one's flat.
Flat.
Time to go to the trailer shop,
Guys.
Come on.
Definitely another delay, and
I'm starting to think that's
Just what I'm supposed to deal
With this year is delays, so...
If I don't go truckin' today,
I'm going drinking tonight, I'll
Tell you that much.
Alex may also need
To drown his sorrows after his
Medical exam.
Come on in.
What can I do for ya?
Alexander?
He knows the test
Results could end his trucking
Career.
Two years ago, alex's ice road
Season ended when he suffered
A blood clot, and the stress
Of 29 years on the ice roads is
Still taking its toll.
Do you wear contacts or
Glasses?
No.
F-E-L-O...
F-E-D.
Go ahead, I'll take that for
You.
You have a seat right in this
Blue chair.
We're gonna get your blood
Pressure.
The provider should be in
Shortly.
Hi. Alexander?
Yes, ma'am.
I'm a nurse practitioner,
Here to do your exam.
Say "ah" for me so I can see
Your tonsils.
Ah.
Have you had some ear
Problems in the past?
No.
Very good.
Okay, just breathe normally for
Me.
No?
Let's see.
Go ahead and sit up for me.
Okay, alex, in reviewing
Everything we just did, your
Blood pressure is really the
Only thing that is keeping you
Back.
That's the one thing that
Automatically disqualifies you.
Alex's career could
Be over, unless...
And I'm gonna recheck your
Blood pressure and see if we can
Just get it under the 140.
Okay, calm thoughts.
Okay.
Well, that's much better.
You're about 120 over 80.
So it looks like everything on
You is just perfect.
Thank you very much.
You're welcome.
Take care.
See you later.
As the week ends,
Jack's ahead with four loads.
Alex hangs onto his lead over
Hugh...
And more importantly, to his
License.
You know, as a driver, I've
Got to try to protect that
License, you know, by trying to
Stay healthy.
I gotta keep doing this stuff
Until I can't do it anymore.
My wife and I have 11 children.
I'm gonna have to make money to
Support 'em.
I'll do ice road trucking as
Long as I can do it.
Next week on
Ice road truckers...
Oh, hold on.
Greg heads for the
Ditch...
Two ice road giants
Go head-to-head...
I'm not here to make friends.
I'm here to make money.
And the biggest
Storm of the season slams down on Atigun Pass.
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