Tonight on Ice Road Truckers...
Hugh and ray race up the haul
Road.
How bad is it, ray?
Back off, I'm spinning out.
Greg faces a
Mechanical meltdown.
I smell burning oil.
That definitely is never a good
Sign.
It smells really hot.
And one of the
Biggest loads of the season
Could be more than jack can
Handle.
Oh!
Fubar!
These are the
Truckers who make their
Living...
Yee-Haw!
On thin ice.
Over halfway into
The ice road season, the
Pressure to rack up loads is
Growing by the week, and drivers
Are doing whatever it takes to
Gain an edge.
Just outside fairbanks, hugh
Rowland is headed north, early
Enough to slide past the d.O.T.
Checkpoint.
We got going early this
Morning.
I had to dodge the scale.
We had to leave before sun-Up.
I got the warden down there
After my ass, and now I'm gonna
Have to change my name from
The polar bear to the ridge
Runner, I guess.
Hitting the road
Before the station opens isn't
Against the law.
It's hugh's way of working the
System to avoid an inspector
Who has got it out for him.
Is that what that says,
"Check"?
Yeah, check load.
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.
If something's not quite right,
It goes on my license so, uh,
That's just a trucker's
Nightmare, the scale house.
Yeah, they always look at me.
Especially art, 'cause I'm
Canadian.
And I think the guy likes my
Ass.
Veteran moves like
This have the polar bear at the
Top of the load count, tied with
Ray.
This is five or six trips now
That I've avoided the scales,
So it's doing good, and I've
Still got the horseshoe up my
Ass, and that's what I plan on,
To keep it there.
15 miles north of
Fabanks at the hilltop truck
Stop, heavy hauler carey hall
Is preparing to move the next
Mega-Load north to the oil
Fields.
This is called a pig launcher
Module.
It weighs about 57 tons.
Like, 14 feet wide, 17.6 tall.
I brought it from anchorage, and
I'm taking it to prudhoe bay.
The pig launcher
Plays a critical role in the
Maintenance and safety of the
Pipeline.
It's used to shoot inspection
Pods, commonly called pigs.
Using ultrasonic technology,
They scan for cracks and clean
Buildup in the pipes.
Moving this gigantic piece of
Machinery to prudhoe bay will
Take the power of two push
Trucks, but one of carey's push
Drivers is nowhere to be found.
I am supposed to be meeting
Mr. Jack jessee but, uh,
He's not here yet.
We were supposed to be leaving
At 9:00, and it's now 10:00,
So we're gonna leave jack.
He's gonna have trouble catching
Up, too.
On a deadline to
Deliver this load, carey decides
To tackle the first leg of the
Trip without his lead push
Truck.
He's hoping that jack will catch
Up before he reaches the first
Brutal hills of the dalton.
Back at the truck yard, the haul
Road ace is running late.
He's prepping a
Specially-Outfitted rig that's
12,000 pounds heavier than his
Own truck.
This whole truck is set up
For literally hauling all kinds
Of weight, period.
We've got a double frame on it,
A 20,000-Pound front end,
Two steering boxes,
A 20,000-Pound lift axle,
Probably, I think,
A 56,000-Pound rear end.
This thing is just made tough.
Just not used to this truck in
These kind of conditions.
I just gotta get used to this
Thing really fast.
Got a lot of play in this
Gear shifter, which isn't bad if
You know and are used to it.
I gotta have a real quick
Learning curve.
Driving an
Unfamiliar truck will make a
Tough job even tougher.
I just have to be one with
The truck, have a zen moment,
Ooh, and mesh.
So I think carey's already left.
It's gonna take him a while
But, you know, he's gonna be
There, putting on chains, and I
Think I'm gonna have plenty of
Time here but, you know, I've
Gotta get there so that I'm not
Slowing down the show when it
Comes to starting on the dalton
Highway.
Just up the road,
Ray veilleux is headed to
Prudhoe bay with his 13th load
Of the season.
Despite some rookie mistakes,
Ray has scrapped his way to the
Top of the load count.
I think it's all how bad you
Really want it.
I'm doing a good thing for my
Family by making the money, so
That's what I'm doing.
But as the weeks
Turn into months on the road,
It gets harder and harder to
Be away from family.
It's hard to smile.
I mean, there's a lot of stuff
Going on.
I'm away from my family.
I miss my family, you know,
And I want to do good on the
Haul road.
I want to be accepted as one of
The guys, you know, and then,
Here I miss a gear, I struggle
With this piece of junk truck.
It's hard being happy.
They say, "put a smile on your
Face.
Be happy."
It's like, yeah, right.
Be happy.
That's my wife, that's my
Daughter, and that's my son.
That's brittany, and that's
Josh, and it really sucks
That I'm away from my family.
As he rolls north,
Hugh rowland appears in his
Rear view mirror.
He knows I'm comin'.
He's seen me.
He's at the top of the hill, and
I'm at the bottom.
Well, I see him in the
Mirror.
Hugh...
I'm spinning out, hugh.
Back off.
I'm spinning out, hugh.
I was born at night, but not
Last night.
You better pull over and
Chain up.
The polar bear sees
His chance to teach the rookie a
Lesson.
Oh, check this out.
He's gonna try to pull a little
Sandbagging over here, by god.
Man, I know I weigh 10,000
Pounds more than you.
Yeah, maybe two pounds.
You're heavier than me more
Than two pounds.
What are you talking about?
I'm passing ray.
Hey, you just hit my mirror.
Aw, you bastard.
I just sacked ray on the hill.
Getting sacked or
Passed bruises any trucker's
Ego.
That was a good move on
Hugh's part.
Aw, man.
I'm going, though.
I'm gonna catch up.
The last one to coldfoot buys
Lunch?
Last one to coldfoot buys
Lunch?
Ray...
That was definitely a
Canadian move there.
With ray on his
Heels and a lunch in coldfoot on
The line...
Yee-Haw!
Hugh kicks it into
High gear.
Back in fairbanks, greg
Boadwine's having trouble
Getting out of the truck yard.
His truck was supposed to spend
The weekend in the shop.
But a pool of
Leaking antifreeze tells greg
That no one has looked at it
Since Friday.
I had it scheduled for an
Apm.
It's basic maintenance,
Periodical.
It has to be done according to
Mileage.
The shop hasn't touched the
Truck.
The truck sat here for two and a
Half days.
I'm pissed.
How goes it, boss?
Morning.
How you doing?
Had better days.
Better mondays, even.
What's the matter?
Oh, I've got an antifreeze
Leak that sprung up over the
Weekend.
I don't know how it springs up
When it sits there.
The truck sat beside the shop
Over the weekend.
They didn't get it in at all.
Okay, so have you talked to
Them about getting the truck in?
I figured it was a better
Thing for me to walk away for
Now.
Got it.
I would have said bad things,
So I didn't say anything.
All right, I'll give the shop
A call and get your truck in
Right away, let them know it's
The, uh, first priority so we
Can get you on the road and get
You moving.
I do appreciate it.
All right, greg.
Thanks, tim.
Have a good one.
You too.
If it were up to me, right now
I'd probably go in there and
Start yelling and probably smack
Somebody, but I can't do that.
It's another costly
Delay for greg, and with only
Six loads delivered this season,
He's already at the bottom of
The pack.
30 miles up the road, the
Mega-Haul pulls over to prepare
For the first hills of the
Dalton.
We're gonna throw the chains
On for the big hills.
Hopefully, jack will catch up
Before that.
The ice road ace is
Well known for keeping his
Fellow truckers waiting.
Damn it!
I've been late for king james
There for three hours already
This morning.
Oh, it's taken him two hours
To get ready, to eat breakfast
And primp and preen, and it
Took me an hour and a half to
Take a shower and do my hair.
As carey's team
Chains up, pilot car driver leah
Thiele notices a problem.
Carey, I've got a flat drive
Tire.
What?
I've got a flat drive tire.
It's all the way flat?
All the way flat.
With one of the
Push trucks down with a flat
And the second one nowhere to be
Seen, carey's monster load won't
Be going anywhere soon.
Coming up...
Don't try this at home.
Carey throws
Gasoline on the fire...
And the haul road ace goes down
In flames.
60 miles north of
Fairbanks, carey hall is stuck
On the side of the road with a
57-Ton piece of equipment for
The alaskan pipeline, and one of
His push trucks has a flat.
Pull.
Usually when these tires come
Loose, like this one, the bead
Here, it takes a lot of pressure
To make the tire slip back
Around the inner rim on the
Bead.
You need something in there to
Make it expand.
Okay, now, you've got some gas
In your tank back there?
I need just a little bit.
To solve the
Problem, carey has an old
Trucker trick up his sleeve.
A little bit of gasoline,
And you just put it right on the
Inside of the rim and just
Ignite it, and it'll expand in
The tire, right back on the
Bead.
The danger of doing this is
Putting too much of whatever
You're using on there, and I've
Seen people actually blow tires
Up like this, so you only want
To use a small amount, just
Enough to do what you need to do
To get it sealed up.
Okay.
Whoo!
Igniting gasoline
Heats the air inside the tire,
Causing it to expand and push
The tire back into position on
The rim.
Roadside truckers' secret.
Don't try this at home, please.
With the tire
Sealed firmly to the rim,
They can patch the hole, but
Hauling a load this heavy,
There's no guarantee that the
Quick fix will hold.
Just as carey is
About to hit the road...
What's the deal?
Why are you late?
I was waiting on a permit.
What's this one?
A pig launcher module.
A pig launcher?
What does it weigh?
57 tons.
57?
In the early 20th
Century, hundreds of miles of
Oil pipelines were built across
America, and workers soon
Realized they needed a way to
Clean the inside of the pipes.
The solution?
Bundles of straw wrapped in
Wire, soon referred to as pigs
Because of the squealing sound
They made as they pushed through
The pipes.
The first smart pig was
Developed in 1961.
Smart pigs use ultrasonic waves
To detect cracks in a pipeline
Without interrupting the flow of
Oil.
Well, I'm glad you made it
Here.
That I made it?
I'm glad you made it.
Waited for you on the hilltop,
8:00 this morning.
Who was?
We were.
Well, you guys probably were.
You made it here just fine,
Obviously, without me.
See, you don't need me.
But I'll tell you what, I'll
Start working when we get to the
Big hills.
Hang on one second.
I've got to light a fire
Under your ass.
Come here.
No, we don't need no flaming
Going.
It's liable to take off.
When it comes to push
Truckers, jack is one of the
Best ones in the business, but
Sometimes I've got to light a
Fire under his ass to get him
Out of bed in the morning.
I'm ready to get back on the
Road and get trucking again.
It's time to get something done
For the day.
Let's go.
So it just felt like I
Thought, I'd catch up to him
About live and good, right
Before they really needed me.
Back at the
Carlile yard, lisa's been
Given her next load.
I got pipe.
Isn't that great?
So looks like good weather and
Stuff, so hopefully it'll just
Be, like, up and back.
Another load.
A strong season has
Kept her in the race for the
Load count crown.
This load looks familiar,
Huh?
I bet I know how it rides and
How heavy it is.
Doesn't mean I'll let my guard
Down though, right?
But just like ray,
Weeks away from home are
Beginning to take their toll.
It's hard being away.
I miss my animals a lot,
Because I don't get to see them
At all during this time away.
Back home in
Wasilla, lisa left behind
A jouse full of pets.
I'd let my cats come with me
If the company would let me,
But then we'd have to smell
Stinky all day.
Every time the cat goes in the
Bathroom.
And the horse, well, he's
The bad child.
Let's go in, let's go in.
I'm trying to teach him house
Manners, which is not easy.
His problem right now is biting,
And he's just mean.
And while she
Misses her animals when she's
Away, it's also a big reason
She's on the road.
A few years ago, lisa was forced
To sell her first horse, sky.
Ever since, she's been on
A mission to buy her back.
Once I get my bills paid,
I want to start saving to get
My horse back.
Sky's my horse.
She's my tennessee walker.
Through a series of
Circumstances, she wn't mine
Anymore, but she was sold back
To the lady I originally bought
Her from, so that lady is
Saving her for me.
Got to make money to buy her.
So I'm, like, really focused
On that this year.
She's my goal.
She's a good motivation, 'cause
I want her, I want her really
Bad, and I'm gonna do what it
Takes to get her back.
120 miles up the
Dalton, alex debogorski is
Hauling 50,000 pounds of pipe.
He's hoping a quick run today
Will help him to recapture
The lead he had on his rival,
Hugh.
Well, I understand ray's in
The lead as far as load count,
And I'm very happy for him.
I hope he gets more loads.
Yeah, I'm not really particular
About beating ray.
My only concern is to beat hugh.
So...and I'm probably nip and
Tuck with him, and I'm hoping
That, you know, I may get
A couple more backhauls and be
Able to beat him.
Alex gets word
Of a d.O.T. Patrol up ahead.
She may say something about
The headlight or may not.
He's hoping they
Won't notice a broken headlight
He hasn't repaired.
Very good, thank you.
What a bunch of baloney.
Alex has run into
The only heat on the ice road,
A roadside inspector who's
Conducting random spot checks.
I wonder if I could see
A copy of your most recent
Inspection.
Back at carlile,
The maintenance is done,
And greg is finally ready to get
Back on the road.
Hi, boss.
Greg, how we doing?
Not too bad.
Yourself?
Good.
Uh, load of pipe.
Fun.
All right, we'll take a look.
Okay, let me know.
Will do, thanks.
Fun, fun, fun.
Another flatbed full of pipe.
After a couple of
Weeks hauling more challenging
Loads, greg is back on pipe
Detail.
God, I'm tired of pipe.
But running dead
Last in the load count, greg
Needs every haul he can get.
Now let's see what we can do
About making a living again.
Let's go trucking.
50 miles later,
Greg rolls his just-Repaired rig
Into the first hills of the
Dalton.
This is the first good steep
Grade that's got a lot of length
To it.
That's really gonna test the
Motor, the truck, and myself
Out.
Suddenly...
Uh-Oh.
A sickening smell
Of something burning tells greg
His problems aren't over.
I smell burnin' oil.
That definitely is never a good
Sign.
I might be bleedin' oil
Everywhere.
[Bleep] son of a [bleep].
200 miles up the
Dalton, ray's found a way to
Keep his mind off his family
Back home.
He's racing hugh to coldfoot.
I'm coming for the polar
Bear.
I heard they took the polar
Bears off the endangered species
Act, and I'm coming to bag one.
The load count lead
And lunch are on the line.
Now I can order a steak
Instead of a cheeseburger,
Because those montanans,
They got a lot of money.
Whoo!
Here we go.
Hugh is up ahead now.
He's just laughing over
There.
I'm trying to catch up.
I'm cutting the insides of the
Corners.
Whatever I can get.
Hoping to overtake
Hugh, ray picks up speed and
Crosses into the southbound
Lane.
Uh-Oh.
Damn.
I'm spun-Out.
That's [bleep] priceless.
Oh, you bastard.
Now I'm spun-out.
I'm gonna chain up right here.
That's the funniest [bleep]
Thing I ever did.
For the second time
Today, the polar bear gets the
Best of the rookie.
Damn canadian.
Damn it!
Just outside
Coldfoot...
Uh-Oh.
I'm spun-out.
Damn it.
Ray is stuck on the
Wrong side of the road after
Trying to pass hugh.
That's [bleep] priceless.
So I'm gonna chain up right
Here.
Oh!
Oh, he's just towing [bleep]
Iron again.
Holy [bleep].
Well, I tried getting around
Him, and it's all slimy right
Here, so I gotta hurry up and
Chain up.
We're in the wrong lane.
What started as
A friendly competition has left
Ray in a dangerous spot.
He needs to chain up quickly
Before anyone comes over the
Hill.
So I gambled and lost.
All right, let's get off this
Hill.
If it gets off.
It should get off.
Up ahead, hugh
Warns the southbound traffic.
Hey, there's somebody
Spun-Out down here.
Hey, ray, watch out.
We got a truck coming at you
Here.
Uh-Oh.
Sometimes it just sits here and
Spins, you know?
Ray moves back into
The northbound lane without
A moment to spare.
Ray, she's clear.
It was a pretty ugly little
Spot, so I took my chance,
Lost.
This time, ray
Dodged a bullet.
But word of his close call has
Made it back to fairbanks,
And carlile boss lane keator
Is not happy.
We don't condone racing on
The haul road.
It goes against every basic
Principle of trucking up here.
There was no reason for ray to
Think he could get back around
Him on a hill, and he made
A rookie mistake.
Coulda been a really bad deal.
Ten miles south
Of coldfoot, alex is undergoing
A surprise d.O.T. Inspection.
Okay, can I see your log
Book, please?
If alex gets
A citation, it will spoil his
Perfect record this season.
Yes, ma'am.
Thank you very much.
She obviously never noticed
The headlight because she didn't
Say anything about it.
Alex escapes
Without a fine, bvt he's not
Taking any more chances.
I'll fix it when I get
To coldfoot.
Eureka, there's your headlight.
With two working
Headlights, alex is back in
Business.
But any hope of catching hugh
Today is gone.
Just 30 miles north of
Fairbanks...
It smells really hot.
Still smell burning oil.
Greg's day has gone
From bad to worse.
Now just a few hours into his
Run, he's sidelined again.
So we're not burning oil.
Always a good sign.
Ugh.
Might be in the rim.
It's the wheel seal.
We lost the wheel seal.
The bearings inside
A truck's wheels are sealed
To keep lubricant in and water
Out.
If the seal breaks, the bearings
Wear out quickly.
Before long, the tire can seize
Up, sending the entire truck
Spinning out of control.
If that hub dries out,
Seizes, I lose control of the
Truck, and we're on our side.
Either the tire can completely
Fall off or the whole hub can
Lock.
As soon as it locks, it pulls
Left, we're in the ditch
And possibly dead.
It can't haul this heavy load
Up there like this.
We're gonna have to go back and
Get it fixed.
Dropping his load
Will take the weight off his
Overheated wheels.
We can try to make
Half-Decent time back into
Fairbanks, try and get there
Before the shop shuts down
Tonight.
And hopefully the guys can get
Us taken care of right away.
So now we're really in a bit
More of a crunch to get this
Thing fixed and get back out
On the road.
Already behind in
The load count, it's greg's
Worst-Case scenario.
Briefly what happened today,
I got hosed.
It's that simple.
I got to drive 100 miles,
Waste a lot of my time,
For nothing.
150 miles to the
North, jack and the mega-Haul
Convoy are heading into their
First big challenge.
Well, we're just getting
Ready to drop in the roller
Coaster.
Pushing the 57-Ton
Load through the steep climb
Of the roller coaster will take
Careful coordination.
Our plan of action on this
One is gonna be we're gonna
Creep down to the bottom,
Put it in a gear that we know
Is gonna make it up the hill,
And we're just gonna walk right
Up the other side.
We're just getting down to the
Bottom.
I gotta use second, over.
Okay, that's good.
Hook up, jack.
Hook up right here.
The trucks must
Connect their bumpers and match
Gears for the climb.
Jack needs to make every shift
Count.
Fubar.
Dalton on the steep slopes of
The roller coaster...
Jack jessee has
Just missed a gear.
Fubar.
And he's pushing
One of the heaviest loads of the
Season.
Without the power of jack's push
Truck, the 57-Ton load begins to
Lose momentum.
Jack races to get back into
Position before the monster load
Comes crashing back down the
Hill.
Okay, let's try this again.
Finally, he finds
The gear and moves back into
Place.
There you go.
Hook up, keep pushing.
We got lucky.
Long as nothing got broke...
And the load made it up the
Hill, we can keep going.
Just south of
Coldfoot, ray has survived his
Spinout, but lost his bet with
The polar bear.
Time to go face the music and
Buy hugh some tater tots or
Something.
Oh, yeah!
Yeah, I just eat like a bird.
Can't you tell?
Yeah. Big bird.
Man, I bet you he can eat a
Whole bag of tater tots.
Ray's got a good sense of
Humor most of the time.
At least I get to laugh a
Little bit today.
There ain't too many days I get
To laugh.
Just always worried about
Family or worried about my wife
Or my daughter or something.
Hugh's up ahead now.
Speak of the devil.
There's ray right there.
I got him running scared.
Hey, I'm catching up.
But instead of
Stopping to cash in on his free
Meal, hugh blows past coldfoot.
Where you going?
I'm going to prudhoe bay.
You're freaking cheating,
Damn it.
Yeah, a little.
A man of his word,
Ray settles his debt.
This goes to hugh.
He beat me on the way up here,
So I owe him dinner.
So give him that.
After the close
Call, ray decides to rest up
Before tackling atigun pass.
It's been a long day and I'm
Gonna get some sleep.
It's a smart
Decision, since the horseplay
With hugh isn't playing well
Back in fairbanks.
He shouldn't have been
Running with hugh.
Hugh's not the guy to learn
From.
His mouth and his actions
Outrun his abilities.
Renegades, they don't last at
Carlile.
They don't last on the haul
Road.
Back on the haul
Road, lisa is losing daylight...
And she's well aware that
Driving at night requires extra
Caution.
Nighttime always carries its
Own things.
Like, especially if you don't
Know the road, you're gonna be
Going slower in the nighttime
Because you can't see what's
Ahead.
But it's also go slower in the
Nighttime for me because you
Can't see what critters are
Gonna...or what are hiding in the
Ditch.
There's always a possibility of
Something running across the
Road for you.
And if it's something big like a
Moose or even a porcupine.
You want to try to at least miss
Porcupines.
They don't feel good running
Over and I never have.
I just heard that they're a
Really...really solid animal.
But if it's, like, a bunny...
You still...you don't want to hit
Bunnies and birds and stuff like
That, but don't go off the road
Trying to avoid it.
You know, the animal's this big
And you're this big.
You're not even gonna feel it
And it's not worth wrecking your
Truck for or going off the road
For.
But lisa knows
That sometimes a run-In with the
Local wildlife is unavoidable.
The one time that I hit the
Moose was a real good reminder
Of how heavy I was.
I mean, I already knew I was
Heavy, but once she came up out
Of the ditch and you've got
Everything locked up trying to
Stop for her...
It keeps pushing you forward.
I almost missed her too.
I almost missed her, but I
Didn't want to, like, swerve
Too hard and, like, just start
Knocking everything over.
So I ended up just catching the
Tail end of her with the corner
Of my truck.
Tonight, lisa will
Play it safe.
I'm gonna stay here in
Coldfoot for the night.
It's pretty late and I just want
To start fresh in the daytime.
Everything rode really well.
The road was in good condition.
Tomorrow, I'm gonna go to
Prudhoe and back to coldfoot and
Spend the night here in coldfoot
Again.
240 miles north in
Prudhoe bay, hugh delivers his
Victory load.
Well, that was a [bleep]
Awesome day.
Good weather all day.
Good trip.
Snuck out of dodge early this
Morning before the scales were
Open so I didn't get strip
Searched.
Get something to eat and call
Her a day.
After staying the
Night in coldfoot, carey hall
Rolls out of town with the pig
Launcher, but once again, jack
Jessee is running on his own
Time.
Got a good start out of
Coldfoot before noon and we just
Got to go up to the shelf and
Get chained up and wait for
Mr. Jack jessee to get done
Eating his blueberry pancakes
So he can help us get over the
Pass.
Waiting up ahead is
The biggest challenge of them
Atigun pass.
But taking on atigun will have
To wait until the haul road ace
Finishes breakfast.
I guess he was ready to go
And I wasn't.
That's 8.15.
Out of 100 and that't's all
I get back?
[Laughs] that's right.
God.
I know from coldfoot to
Wiseman, he only needs one
Push truck.
This is where experience comes
In.
And once more, jack
Catches carey just in time for
The big climb.
Jack's already made one mistake.
Damn transmission.
A missed gear on
Atigun could send the entire
Convoy over the edge.
I've been doing this for
Years and I don't think about it
Happening.
I don't want it to happen, but
It happens.
People miss gears.
This is gonna be the real test,
Getting up atigun.
There we go.
Warm day.
It's glazing things up.
Snow's gonna get a little weird.
Spitting out some chunks.
I wouldn't be surprised if we
Didn't start spinning a little
Bit, but hopefully it won't be
Too much.
Looks like a long ways to the
Bottom.
We're gonna be in second, over.
Sort of nice and easy and slow.
That way we got plenty of motor
To play with if we start to have
Any skipping or spinning
Problems.
When you're push-Trucking, you
Have to have a lot of faith in
The guy in front.
Carey's excellent up front.
I've been with him many times.
Being back in the back, it's
Kind of a stressful job
Sometimes.
Here we go.
Nice and easy.
Can't see anything.
You can't steer.
You don't know what's coming up.
The trust factor there, it goes
Way beyond most other jobs.
Finally, they reach
The top, but surviving the climb
Up is only half the battle.
Jack moves out in front to help
Keep the 57 tons of rolling
Steel under control for the long
Ride down.
In atigun pass, there's not
A runaway truck ramp.
We don't have those up here.
We have to do it right the first
Time.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Coming down atigun
With 57 tons on his back bumper,
Jack struggles to keep the
Mega-load under control.
In atigun pass there's not a
Runaway truck ramp.
We don't have those up here.
We have to do it right the first
Time.
Yeah, 200,000 pounds coming
Down atigun running away would
Not be a pretty sight.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
There you go.
Hold up, sir.
We're gonna creep right up to
The bottom.
An hour later...
Jack and the pig launcher reach
The other side and begin the
Final push to prudhoe bay.
150 miles north, lisa rolls into
The truck yard.
I just arrived in prudhoe.
There's what I brought up.
I'm glad I finally got it here.
Now I'm gonna go fill up, see
What's available, and take it
Back.
Narrato eager to catch the
Load count leaders...
Hey, trina.
Lisa scores a
Paying backhaul for her trip
South.
Lisa's new assignment is a van
Full of flammable material.
I put these placards on the
Trailer because there's a little
Something flammable on board.
It should be good.
It should...
It should be fine hauling it.
With the morning
Temperature at 30 below, the
Van's brakes have frozen solid.
But that's not gonna stop lisa.
I looked at those tires and
I figured they weren't moving in
A million years and I just gave
'Em a good couple of hard smacks
And they're all rolling.
I'm actually quite pleased.
The turn and burn
Will give lisa her 12th load of
The season and put her one step
Closer to buying back her horse.
When I get my sky back,
I'm the kind of person that's
Gonna saddle her up and wander
Off in the woods for a couple
Days and just go camp out and
Wander around.
I can't wait.
It's gonna be so much fun.
The next morning,
Ray is up early to grab a
Backhaul.
This is a pretty good load to
Go back to fairbanks with.
It pays.
Pays better than getting nothing
To go back.
So it's a drill rig and two
Explosive boxes.
Rolling south with
Load number 14, the
Least-Experienced driver on the
Road is now at the top of the
Load count.
Well, I guess it pays off,
You know, for busting your butt
A little bit, you know?
You work hard and you get the
Bigger paychecks.
But ray's road to
The top hasn't been easy.
Today's a real nice, cold,
Clear day and the last time I
Had a real nice, cold, clear day
Coming back from prudhoe, I went
In the ditch on top of ice cut.
Last week, a rookie
Mistake nearly cost him his
Life.
Ice cut, southbound.
And I'm not going in the ditch.
I'm coming to see my handiwork
Here.
I wanted to see my ditch I
Augured myself into up on top of
Ice cut.
Looks pretty big.
Yeah, if you're gonna go in,
You better go in good.
Looks like I went in pretty hard
There.
Well, this is my hole.
I can claim this one.
Yeah, I'm leaving my mark.
Looks like it's gonna stay all
Winter.
Take a lot of snow to fill it
In.
Yeah, I hope I don't make too
Many marks like this anymore.
As ray leaves the
Scene of his accident, he
Finally understands that the
Only way rookies survive long
Enough to become veterans is by
Learning respect for america's
Most dangerous road.
You know, just doing the haul
Road and running the ice road
In the winter...I'll tell you
What, boy.
That'll make your hair gray
Pretty damn quick.
Your best bet is to stay busy.
Make as much money as you can.
That's about it.
Hope to go home in the
Springtime if you could live
Through the wintertime without
Getting killed on this freaking
Road.
Next, on Ice Road Truckers...
The haul road's
Top drivers join together in the
Largest convoy the dalton's ever
Seen...
To supply a native village about
To be cut off from civilization.
Trying to get out there as
Fast as we can.
To make it, they'll
Put everything on the line.
I would rather die doing
Something I love doing.
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