Tonight on Ice Road Truckers...
A wide trailer on a narrow road
Spells disaster for greg.
What in the hell are you
Doing?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Steep slopes give
Lisa a run for her money.
Oh...
Whoa, whoa.
Alex loses control.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
And in the wilds
Of alaska...
All righty, you can do it.
Jack heads onto
Thin ice.
These are the
Truckers who make their
Living...
Yee-Haw!
On thin ice.
Fairbanks, 5 p.M.
Carlile calls in their ace
Driver jack jessee for a special
Mission.
What's happening?
Well, I got a special one
Here for you today.
Whoo-Hoo!
I like special.
Remember where bettles is?
Oh, boy.
You can weave your way in
There, right?
They're sending
Jack off the dalton highway and
Onto the bettles trail.
It's a rough ride through the
Alaskan wilderness and across a
Frozen river.
Okay.
Got some construction
Materials they need to get in
There before things get real
Rough on the road, so...
Hope I don't drop a tire in
It.
I'll call you if I do.
If you do, you call me, if
You've got cell service there.
I don't know.
It'll be that emergency button.
Jack's hauling a
Load of drainage pipe.
In the ten years he's been
Driving in alaska, jack's only
Ventured to bettles twice.
I remember the first time I
Drove into bettles, about six
Years ago.
I've never been back in there
Without chains.
I chained everything up.
I chained...put a steering tire
Chain on.
I've chained the whole tractor
Up.
I even put a drag chain back on
The trailer so, you know, it's
Gonna be a really rough ride.
Hopefully I won't fall through
The ice.
But sitting here, we're kind of
Wasting a little time.
We'll get it going again.
He's heading 200
Miles north to the bettles
Turnoff.
But, after a late start, he'll
Wait for daylight to break the
Trail.
Gonna go out to the edge of
The road out there, and I think
I'm gonna call it a night.
And it's just because this road
Is so rough.
You know, it's worth it to take
The extra time and make the
Right decisions.
At the other end of
The dalton, greg boadwine is
Southbound, fighting his way
Through an arctic blow.
It's howling like a banshee
Up here.
It's blowing.
It's definitely a little harder
To tell exactly where I am now,
With all the snow on the road.
This is right about the spot
That I snapped my rear end last
Week.
He's on a rescue
Mission to recover a load that's
Been stranded and return it to
Fairbanks.
For greg, it's a welcome
Opportunity...
Pretty much, if they ask me
To do something, I'm just gonna
Do it.
After he broke his
Rear axle and got busted for
Going 20 miles an hour over the
Speed limit.
You know, the max vehicle
Speed's a little high.
You got a 69 on here, which is
Not good.
I guess it is kind of another
Step in the redemption process.
Just gotta keep our eyes open
For it now.
Man, this should be the load.
It's a 15-Ton
Man-Lift on an 11-Foot-Wide
Trailer.
It's greg's first
Oversized load on the dalton.
It's the first time I've ever
Hauled one of these trailers.
Getting this
Back-Haul is the break greg's
Been waiting for, but this
Enormous load might be more than
He can handle.
It's completely foreign to
Me and so, just to be on the
Safe side, make sure I get back
And make sure this trailer and
Man-Lift get back.
At the carlile yard
In fairbanks, lisa kelly is up!
Before first light, looking for
Her shot at redemption.
I've got to weigh this thing,
I've got to get it over to the
Shop, and I wanted to be out of
Here at 6:00, so let's go.
After running into
The ditch last week...
Lisa's in a hurry
To put bad luck behind her.
Everything is just frozen.
Everything freezes when you put
Water on it.
But after getting
Her truck washed last night,
Lisa's having problems getting
Out of the yard.
Every time we wash it, it
Does that.
I just need to get in there in
Case I need the tools.
I guess all the water gets in
All the locks and all the
Cracks, and I think I was in my
Sleeper while he was washing it,
And I got sprayed with water in
My own bed.
Hey, dale, do you have a torch?
Gotcha. Thanks.
Got her fixed.
Thawed out and
Ready to go, lisa powers up
Before hitting the road.
First take two pieces of
Bread, and you put them on a
Napkin so you don't make a huge
Mess.
Take my really smart peanut
Butter, and you need to evenly
Spread it on both pieces of
Bread.
And if you put it on both sides
Of the bread, it protects the
Bread from getting soaked with
From your jelly.
Nobody likes wet bread.
Very low carb jelly that tastes
Very yummy.
I'm putting enough jelly on to,
Like, counter all the peanut
Butter.
It's pretty much got to bleed
Jelly.
And that's how you make a
Sandwich.
'Cause it's really hard to make
A peanut butter and jelly
Sandwich while you're driving.
Too much...too much jelly on
This thing.
It's bleeding all over me.
Northbound, number two mile.
And today's challenge, as if
2 1/2 mile isn't challenging
Enough, today I'm gonna do it
While eating a sandwich.
Hmm, this should be interesting.
As lisa heads up
The dalton, 170 miles north,
Jack's ready to head off the
Dalton.
We're gonna go back into the
Village of bettles.
It's more like a logger's road
Or a jeep trail here.
You know, this hill, I imagine
It would be back in the early
'60s when they first started
Driving up here.
This is probably exactly what
They did.
They came through with a blade
And just made a trail.
Bettles was founded
In 1898, during the alaskan gold
Rush.
It was used as an airstrip in
World war ii and later became
A wilderness area.
Alaska was encouraged to
Develop this wonderful
Wilderness to develop a tourist
Industry.
And we're the transportation hub
For gates of the arctic national
Park.
The park covers
8 1/2 million acres, five times
Larger than yellowstone.
This is the original bettles
Lodge.
It's in the national register of
Historical places.
Each year, 5,000
Tourists flock here, hoping to
Catch a glimpse of the caribou,
Bears, and wolves.
There's a moose running right
Across the road in front of me.
Oh, no, he took the ditch.
15 miles down the
Trail, jack approaches the
Frozen jim river.
Usually every time I go over
The jim river, it's on a
Bridge on the dalton highway.
It's been a long time since I've
Been out here and actually
Crossed the ice.
See, I don't fall through.
This would not be a good way to
Start the trip.
Looks like we've got a little
Overflow coming up here.
Looks kind of fresh.
I'll bet you it's pretty slick.
An overflow forms
When water from below the ice
Seeps up through the cracks and
Rises above the surface layer.
Oh, man.
Oh, lord.
It's a sure sign
That the river ice is melting
Fast.
So it's a really big deal,
And we've got to be really
Careful when these overflows
Happen.
Jack scouts for the
Safest way to cross the thin
Ice.
If I get into this, I'll
Break through it with the truck.
Feel like I'm gonna step in it
And break through, and that's
Just 190 pounds.
Yeah, I don't think that'll hold
The truck up.
The road goes to the left and
The road goes straight.
I'm not sure which way is the
Safer way to go right now.
It's hard to tell, so I'm
Gonna walk over here and check
This out real quick.
I could easily drop it...ho,
Right here, look at that.
Get a steer tire down
Into that, and I may not come
Back out.
That's a lot softer right there,
And if I get off into that
Stuff, I know I'm toast.
I got one heck of a decision to
Make right now.
Next...
Uh-Oh!
Alex is sliding
Backwards.
Holy mackerel!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
And greg gets run
Off the road.
Hey, move out of the way!
So [bleep]!
In the freight
Yards of fairbanks...
Alex, how are we doing?
Alex debogorski
Is looking to get the jump on
His canadian rival.
Yeah, it seems that hugh
Hasn't come in yet to get a
Load, so it looks like I'll be
Out...get out of the gate before
He does.
Last trip, hugh
Stole a load out from under him.
They were gonna give it to
"Alice," but "alice" ain't here.
Well, I just stole your load,
Buddy.
Now alex is playing
Catch-Up.
Well, since hugh got a
Back-Haul out of prudhoe bay
Last trip and I didn't, so
Hugh's kind of got ahead in our
Load count.
But since I got here this
Morning before hugh did,
And if I can get to prudhoe bay
And back first, well, then I'll
Regain my lead.
There was a couple loads in the
Yard, and I got a load of pipe,
But there was a couple other
Loads there, and there was one
In particular looked pretty
Heavy.
Big reels.
So I'm not sure which load
Hugh's gonna get.
If he gets that one, that'll
Slow him down a little bit too.
I've got a mailbox load
Today.
Ooh, cool.
Two big reels.
Max right out.
Let's go look at that one.
Oh, she'll be grossing out at,
90,000.
90,000 pounds.
Now there's a nice load.
Nice and heavy.
This 90,000 pound
Load of electrical cable is a
New record for hugh.
Heaviest one so far.
I've had 86,000, but...
You don't want this [bleep]
Moving around.
She's top-Heavy, so I'm making
[Bleep] sure this is a good one.
I hope I make it across the
Scales.
They might not [bleep] let me
Go across the scales.
With his heavy
Cargo in tow...
Hugh heads for the weigh
Station where, last season, he
Had his share of run-Ins.
You're gonna get a citation
Today.
Just trying to figure out where
All these violations are here.
Here, I'm gonna slip him a
20 dollars, see if he lets me go.
Oh, they want to strip-Search me
All the time.
The guy's in love with me in
There.
Every time I have to go across
There, they check my truck out,
Check my papers out, check my
Ass out.
Everything.
Holy [bleep].
Weigh station's closed.
I'm getting off lucky.
And there's vehicles there.
They must be just getting ready
To open it up.
I can't believe I made it.
Chalk one up for
The polar bear.
But with this load, beating the
Law out of town is the least of
Hugh's problems.
The old girl's gonna have a
Workout today.
Biggest challenge is spinning
Out on the hill.
Spinning out coming up.
Breaking loose going down.
That's the biggest challenge
Pulling a heavy load like this.
Northbound on the roller
Coaster.
It's all clear, hugh.
It's all clear.
Could be a bad deal here.
I'm feeling every one of them
90,000 pounds right now,
Especially when she just spins a
Little bit.
Come on, baby.
50 feet.
Come on, baby.
That was [bleep] close.
I love that [bleep] hill.
Nice, short, and [bleep] steep.
I don't think there's anything
Better than getting your [bleep]
Heart pumping a little bit.
I like it.
That's one major
Hill down.
But with alex 60 miles in front
Of him and a 45-Ton trailer
Behind him, hugh's load count
Could be in jeopardy.
No, I got a late start, but
I'll catch up.
It takes a long time to catch
Up, but I'll catch up.
Further north on
The bettles trail, jack is
Plotting his trip across the jim
River.
So I'm at the fork in the
Road.
I got two choices to make.
With a moving
Current underneath, river ice is
Unpredictable and jack has to
Choose his path carefully.
If I make 'em right...
Put my chains on and I drive
Through it, I get my freight
Delivered.
Make the wrong choice...
I fall through the ice.
I'm not gonna second guess
Myself.
I'm just gonna do it.
But even then, some of 'em are...
Some of 'em are just guesses.
I think we're about to have some
Fun.
Got to ease on good.
Okay.
Come on.
I better not get stuck.
I don't even think a wrecker
Will come out here and get me
Out if that's the case.
Come on, baby.
Oh!
Jack's 35,000-Pound
Rig breaks through the top layer
Of ice.
Come on.
You can do it.
Come on.
Okay.
Come on.
Finally, jack makes
It to the other side.
There's water running out,
But I'm gon' have to say that
Was a good decision.
I think it was safer putting the
Chains on and drive straight
Through it.
It all worked out good.
Back on the
Dalton...
Slick roads mean trouble for
Lisa kelly.
The sun's shining, the
Wind's blowing and those are
Some good signs that it's gonna
Be slippery.
She's approaching
One of the steepest drop-Offs.
The beaver slide.
The beaver slide is, like, a
Really steep downhill grade and
It's straight and it's long and,
You know, if it's slippery on
There, it could be a really
Long, fast ride down.
Northbound beaver slide.
You got the whole weight of the
Load pushing you down this hill.
There's more chances of missing
Gears and, you know, going too
Fast and getting out of control
Down it.
Come on.
Now we're at the bottom.
I think we survived it.
Two hours later...
Alex continues his charge north,
Making good time over his rival.
I got a reasonable lead on
Hugh today.
He's behind me.
I like to take advantage of this
Time right and if I don't, then
I'll regret not getting the
Extra load or two.
But the slippery
Road is about to put alex to the
Test.
He approaches the long, steep
Climb of koyukuk.
I don't think this looks
Really that good.
There really is nothing here
To grab on.
It's pretty well icy.
We're just trying to power our
Way up there.
Soon as it spins, we're done.
We're moving very slowly.
We're going around five miles an
Hour.
If alex loses any
More momentum, he risks sliding
Back down the hill.
And in a 44,000-Pound rig, it's
A trucker's worst nightmare.
Well, we had to start taking
A couple gears here to speed
Things up.
Whoa, baby.
Holy mackerel.
Nearing the top of
Koyukuk...
Whoa, baby.
Alex's truck is
Stalled and sliding backwards
Down the hill.
Uh-Oh.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Nothing a little...
Like a little bit of excitement.
After a 100-Foot
Backslide, he catches a patch of
Gravel and gets some traction.
Now on firmer footing...
Alex gives the hill one more
Shot.
We'll just start out in a
Little higher gear.
Try that.
We're okay now.
We're up the 20.
We'll make her over the top now.
Just have to worry about the
Next time I mess up.
Maybe next year again.
20 miles up the
Road, greg boadwine is
Southbound hauling the eight-Ton
Man lift he rescued in the
Night.
It's his first oversized load
And a big change from the pipe
He usually hauls.
A trailer like this is
Completely new to me.
I've never hauled one of these.
That's actually wider than the
Truck by a substantial amount.
I'm really paying attention to
Everything a lot closer,
Especially when it comes to
Meeting somebody.
That's the only thing I'm really
Concerned about.
And when I say, "really
Concerned," I am extremely
Concerned.
Pretty close.
Hauling an
Extra-Wide trailer through
Oncoming traffic takes skill and
Precision.
On a narrow stretch of roa
The driver is forced dangerously
Close to the center.
But if he doesn't allow enough
Space, disaster.
That extra foot off each
Side, I'm definitely wondering
About 'em.
It'll be a foot closer to the
Guy...
And a foot closer to the ditch,
So.
I don't know.
Makes the road a lot more
Narrow.
Got one, two, three trucks
Coming ame.
Right now, I am gonna be in a
Nasty little spot.
Son of a [bleep].
My unexpected challenges so far.
Learn as I go, take each mile
At a time, and hopefully pick up
A little bit knowledge along the
Way.
Keep on truckin'.
60 miles away...
Jack jessee is closing in on
Bettles.
Starting to push some hours
Here.
It's starting to get later.
Ugh.
I really don't remember it being
That rough.
I'm just hoping I'm gonna get
Offloaded and back out here
Tonight.
Gate to the arctic national park
And preserve.
National wildlife refuge.
That's who's supposed to get
This stuff, so I don't know if
Anybody's gonna be there now
Though.
It's evening time.
The lights are on, but nobody's
Home.
Well, this is a dilemma.
Going over to the lodge, I
Guess.
Tell me where somebody is.
It's not that big of a town.
It's good if I can find somebody
To get my trailer offloaded.
Uh, yeah, we can get her on
The phone too.
Dad, where'd those two guys
Come?
Yeah, these guys just brought
A bunch of pipe in from
Fairbanks...
What are these...
Over the road.
Dad, what are they doing?
Oh, just truckin'.
As the ranger takes
Off to track down the loader,
Jack gets busy dropping his
Load.
Can you come here a second?
Can you tell me how bad I just
Busted my head wide open?
In the isolated
Town of bettles, jack jesse just
Took a shot to the head.
Ah!
Jack's hand
Slipped, and the 15-Pound iron
Winch bar cracked him on the
Forehead.
Can you tell me how bad I
Just busted my head wide open?
You all right?
My bar just popped me in the
Head.
Okay.
All right.
He banged his head, I'll be
Right back.
Stay tight.
They're gonna wanna film this
Too.
You can quit now, amos.
Should've had a hard hat on.
I don't wanna drip blood all
Over this floor.
Can we step outside?
Yeah, let's have a look.
Okay.
You ready?
Yeah.
Yeah, you have a hole there.
Nice little hole?
The way it was bleeding, I
Figured it was a nice little
Hole.
But what we ought to do is...
Really?
...At least get you sitting
Down, get your feet up, get some
Snow and some ice.
Back on the haul
Road...
With 90,000-Pounds of cable in
Tow, hugh is charging over the
Dalton's steep hills.
Another good bingo.
My god, we're knocking 'em off
One-By-One.
Determined to catch
Alex, hugh hasn't stopped once
To chain up.
Been lucky today.
Every shift is a potential
And now it's his
Turn to climb koyukuk...the
Incline that sent alex sliding
Backwards.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Here we come, girls.
It's a hard approach you got,
Uh...
A curve there, you got a bridge
There, and, uh...
And you gotta get past the
Guard rail before you hit any
Kind of stuff that you can get
Any traction on.
Everything okay there,
Northbound?
Yeah, I just spun out up here
At the top.
You can come on by.
Here I come.
Pushing my [bleep] luck here on
Some of these hills today.
I was spinning on lots of them.
But I thought, "one more to go,
[Bleep] it.
I can make her."
You [bleep].
She tangled up [bleep].
Hugh's back on the
Move.
Just a ten-Minute glitch,
That's all.
Well, 20-Minute...ten to put on,
Ten to take off.
But he's lost time
And a chance of catching alex on
This run.
Over in bettles, jack is
Back on the job...
I've got a ding in my head,
Man, be careful.
With a bandaged
Head and a bruised ego.
It's nothing.
It's not a big deal, it's
Nothing.
Uh-Uh.
Just got in too big of a hurry.
Should've had my hard hat on,
And I ended up getting...getting
A little overzealous on it, and
My winch bar came and popped me
In the side of the head.
Mother[bleep].
Just went right back to work,
And got the job done.
I don't wanna take my hat off
Now.
Show my big [bleep] bandage.
250 miles south,
Greg boadwine is also getting
The job done.
All I've got left here are a
Couple downhills.
Just taking them easy.
On a mission to
Rescue an abandoned 15-Ton
Manlift, greg is only a few
Miles away from hauling his
Oversized load into fairbanks.
It's a good way to learn.
I mean, I don't like to learn
The easy way.
I'd rather get thrown right in
The mix and have to learn.
I will definitely be able to go
Home tonight feeling pretty
Satisfied, a little reassured.
This is a personal and
Professional success for me.
And I'll take what I can get
Right now.
Just been a hell of a good day.
Coming up, alex
Makes his move.
Just wanna get going, because
It'd be nice to pass hughie.
Come on, baby!
But the polar bear
Has other ideas.
I've got the polish
Icebreaker in my sights, and I'm
Gonna take him down.
On the shores of
The arctic ocean, alex has
Completed the first half of his
Plan...beating hugh to prudhoe
Bay.
And now the question is, will
There be a backhaul?
Okay.
We got...
Uh, some crated motors and
Turbine-Type stuff out there
For you.
Oh, great.
Nice to have an actual load
Going back for a change.
This one will even
The score with hugh.
You see our friend, the brown
Bear...or polar bear?
Not yet.
He must be still hibernating
In coldfoot.
I wanna get going because it'd
Be nice to pass hughie
And wave to him going the
Opposite direction.
But as alex hits
The road, all he can do is pray
Hugh will be too late to get a
Backhaul.
But ten minutes later...
Hey, randy.
How you doing, sir?
Good, good.
Good.
It's a dedicated reefer van.
They really wanna get this out.
Ready to roll.
All right, there you go, sir.
Okay.
Thanks, randy.
Holy [bleep]!
I'm too [bleep] fat to get in
Here.
I think alex is about ten
Minutes ahead of me, so I got my
Foot duct taped to the floor.
I figure I'll catch him on the
First [bleep] hill here.
Back in the prudhoe
Yard, lisa will be finished with
Her run as soon as she drops
The load.
Oh, this ain't gonna work.
But once again,
Lisa's struggling with frozen
Gear.
This sucks, I can't move it.
I'm never gonna get this down.
It's the hardest part of this
Job, is winding...Frozen landing
Gear.
Hey, randy, it's lisa.
Yeah, how you doing?
Good.
I'm over at 100% pad, trying to
Drop this pipe, and I cannot get
My landing gear to work.
So I was wondering if I could
Drop it on blocks of wood,
And if you have any blocks of
Wood over there?
Sure.
The yard crew comes
To her rescue.
That close enough?
That will work.
Ah.
It's ridiculous.
And lisa chalks up
Load number nine.
Unfortunately yeah, it's part
Of working up here is this cold
Weather, and struggling and
Fighting equipment, and just
Having a hard time getting it
Done.
20 miles south...
Come on, baby!
The polar bear is
In hot pursuit of his rival,
Alex.
Whoo-Ha!
Here we go.
The lucky backhaul
Will put hugh back in the race
For first place, with 11 loads,
And keep him one-Up on alex.
But hugh isn't satisfied just
Staying ahead of alex on the
Load board.
He's out to pass him on the road
Too.
I'm gonna take him down.
He'll [bleep] his pants, I know
He will.
He don't even know I'm back
Here, I don't think.
Uh-Oh, this doesn't look too
Good.
And a loose strap
On alex's trailer may be just
The break hugh's been waiting
For.
I'm gonna hit the top of the
Next hill, I'm gonna stop and
Make sure the straps haven't
Been cut or anything.
I'm a little concerned about it.
Ah, what the heck?
This one here looks a little
Cockeyed.
Okay.
Alex is right here, he just
Pulled out [bleep] right in
Front of me.
Ah, crap.
How's it going, alex?
He won't talk now.
He won't [bleep] say a word now.
That's priceless.
He's mad now.
What'd he do?
Hide around the corner, peeking
Around?
Guys like hugh just bring the
Worst out in me, you know?
And just all I wanna do is beat
Him at anything he does.
Every time I pass alex I'm
Happy.
Ah, he'll never catch me now.
No [bleep] possible way.
Not even in his own mind he
Can't catch me.
On the next Ice Road Truckers...
Tempers flare.
Dirty rotten no-good.
Dragging that strap again.
Lisa and hugh are
In a tug-of-war with their
Loads.
Tell them to stuff it up
Their ass if they try to blame me for it.
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