Male narrator: Tonight on
ice road truckers...
>> Looks like the water's
overflowing on top of the road.
>> Narrator: The road is melting
fast.
>> The road gets really slick,
and it's really dangerous out
here.
>> Narrator: And every run is a
chance for disaster.
>> Whoo!
>> Hugh goes toe to toe with the
law.
>> You think maybe you were
speeding a little bit?
>> I don't know.
That's a long time ago.
>> Jack risks it all.
>> It's the most dangerous thing
I've ever hauled.
>> Narrator: And the d.O.T. Crew
races to stop a flooding river
that could shut down the haul
road.
>> Mother nature's at work
here, and we have to try and
control her.
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>> With only three weeks left in
the season, rising temperatures
and melting ice make the Dalton
more dangerous than ever, but
with the load count crown up
for grabs, the ice road isn't
the only thing heating up.
[Horn blares]
>> I think there's a little
competition there to get the
load count.
>> Yee-haw!
Whoo! Whoo!
>> [Laughing]
>> Narrator: Ray Veilleux is
leading the pack with 17 loads,
but just two loads back, last
year's champ, Jack Jessee, has
the rookie looking over his
shoulder.
>> Jack is gonna win regardless,
'cause he's Jack.
He's been here forever.
14, 13 years, whatever.
He knows it all.
He's always gonna win.
It's all about Jack Jessee.
He's the ace of the haul road.
That's all there is to it.
But every ace crashes and burns
once in a while.
>> Hey, Jack.
>> Hey, guys, what's going on
today?
>> Just the guy I was looking
for.
You know what this is?
>> Jet fuel, 1863.
>> Just got an order for some up
on the slope.
You're the guy.
I know you can get it done.
>> We'll get to done.
>> Be careful.
>> All right, see you later.
>> Narrator: When the haul road
melts, the safest way to
resupply the oil field is by
plane.
Stocking up on jet fuel
is a high priority and a very
high risk.
>> Jet fuel is extremely
volatile, has a low flash point.
It's the most dangerous thing
I've ever hauled.
If this stuff gets just too hot,
it can just go up for the heck
of it.
So I'm gonna take extra caution.
>> Narrator: Jack may be
chasing ray in the load count,
but there's no rushing when it
comes to hauling explosives.
>> You know, when the
temperature starts warming up,
and we hit 29 and 30 degrees,
things start to thaw.
The road starts to melt.
The road gets really slick, and
it's really dangerous out here.
>> Spring thaw creates dangerous
conditions for the drivers.
But it can also threaten the
road itself.
The Dietrich river is rising,
on course to destroy a critical
section of the haul road.
And the Alaska d.O.T. Is racing
to prevent catastrophe.
>> We're heading up the, uh,
Dalton highway now north of
Coldfoot.
We're gonna go up here and check
the Dietrich river.
Water's coming down and filling
up with ice underneath the
bridge again, and we're probably
gonna have to mobilize the heavy
equipment and come in here and
dig it and trench it and keep
the water from grabbing a hold
of the bridge.
What happens is, as the water
comes down, it builds up in
layers until it gets up
underneath the bridge.
As you can see, there's only
about two feet left between the
ice and the bottom of the
bridge.
The danger of the ice grabbing
the bridge is that it'll
actually get a hold of this
bridge and push it off its
foundation.
>> Narrator: The surface of the
river may be frozen, but
underneath the ice, water
continues to flow.
But the culvert beneath the
bridge creates a bottleneck,
damming the river.
Over time, water builds up
beneath the surface.
If the pressure isn't relieved,
the strength of the water can
lift the bridge off the pylons
and send it downriver.
>>F this bridge were to become
impassable, the effects would be
hundreds of millions of dollars,
because all the supplies to the
north slope oil fields cross
this bridge.
It would all stop right here
if this bridge were to be taken
out.
Well, we're gonna bring in the,
uh, Komatsu 270 excavator.
We're gonna bring in a bobcat
with a couple different
attachments...
To break the ice loose to build
the tunnel under the bridge for
the water to pass through when
spring break comes.
Mother nature's at work here,
and we have to try and control
her at times, and, hopefully,
it won't get too out of hand.
She always gets the upper hand,
though, and we'll have to
manipulate it to keep the bridge
intact.
>> Narrator: 100 Miles South,
Greg Boadwine is on a different
kind of rescue mission.
>> One of our other trucks broke
down with a vanload of
groceries.
Gotta hook on to it and get it
to Prudhoe asap.
>> It's his third in the last
month, and he's hoping that
being a team player will help
rebuild his career.
>> Here we go.
>> Been looking for ray.
Haven't seen him yet, but
probably catch up to him, I
would imagine.
He would be somebody to harass
and get harassed by.
Definitely speeds the day up.
>> Narrator: Just a few Miles
ahead is rookie ray Veilleux,
hauling short pipe and several
containers of nitrogen.
>> We're trying to make it
to Prudhoe.
This is a hot load.
It's gotta be there.
They're waiting on this stuff
at a drill rig.
>> Narrator: Nrogen gas is
used to prevent explosions
during oil drilling by reducing
the oxygen level in the Wells.
>> Anything going to the drill
rigs is pretty, like, high
priority.
[Horn blares]
>> Guess I just found ray.
>> Gotta keep truckin'.
>> All right, ray, I am chasing
you.
>> Narrator: They may be running
neck and neck today, but in the
load count, Ray's leading the
pack.
>> I think I got more loads
than just about anybody.
>> Narrator: And Greg is getting
smoked.
>> Apparently, this load
count's a big deal to some
people.
>> I'm here to make the money,
so that's what I'm shooting
for.
>> Narrator: Approaching one of
e Dalton's steepest hills,
smack talk takes a backseat
to strategy.
>> The last big hill on this
side is, uh, Koyukuk.
I usually spin out on that one.
>> Are you gonna get up there
and be the test dummy for all
the hills?
>> Okay.
>> [Laughs]
>> Narrator: All season, Ray's
racked up the loads by running
hard.
>> Damn it!
Come on.
>> Narrator: And taking chances.
A misstep on this hill could
cost him more than the load
count crown.
>> I'm gonna hit it as hard as I
can, 55 Miles an hour.
>> Don't miss any gears, buddy.
>> And then spin it out right
in front of you.
>> Narrator: With Greg so close
behind him, if ray loses
traction, he could slide
backwards and send both trucks
crashing down the Mountain.
>> All you can do is just
freakin' peg it all the way up
there as fast as you can.
Climb, baby, climb.
We're gonna spin out.
[Bleep].
[Gears grind]
Wrong gear there.
[Horn blares]
>> Ray just missed a gear.
>> There's no way we're gonna
make this.
Uh-oh.
>> Son of a [Bleep].
>> Come on, now.
Keep climbing.
Think we're making it.
Talk about luck.
I would have never thought we'd
make that one.
That was lucky.
Hey, Greg.
>> How many more hills you gonna
burn out on?
>> [Laughs]
>> Dude, go easy!
I didn't burn out.
I just missed a gear.
>> [Laughs]
>> It's good making it up
Koyukuk.
The next real hard one's gonna
be Atigun pass.
>> Narrator: 150 Miles South...
[Loud vibrations]
[Horn blares]
>> Hey, Jack, I just want to say
hi.
>> Well, hello yourself.
>> Can I tag along with you
for a bit?
>> Yeah, no problem at all.
>> Narrator: For Lisa Kelly,
the slippery road is a tough
customer.
Lucky for her, she finds the
haul road ace to show her the
way.
>> I didn't know if you were
gonna throw chains, because if
so, I'll follow your lead.
>> What do you think?
>> I don't know.
What do you think?
>> [Laughing]
Well, you're gonna have to
make your own decision there.
>> Yeah, it's definitely,
it's warm.
It's insane.
>> Woman: Lisa, got a copy?
>> Yeah, go ahead, Teri.
Okay, thanks.
Well, that clinches it right
there.
>> Well, there's your answer,
Lisa.
>> 10-4.
>> Narrator: Just a few Miles
ahead, slippery conditions has
spun a rig off the road.
>> Did he go in the ditch?
>> Yeah, totally.
He's southbound, totally off
the road.
>> Oh, no.
Man!
Pandemonium.
>> Narrator: Coming up,
nature's fury unleashed.
>> Uh-oh!
>> Oh, my God!
Listen up.
Narrator: 100 Miles north of
Fairbanks...
[Winch grinding]
A 20-ton truck caught a tire in
the ditch and got pulled off the
road.
The driver was, uh, securely
seat-belted in the vehicle.
He got out.
Um, he was...He was still
shaken.
Narrator: Back in Fairbanks,
driver bill Nick is lucky
to be alive.
I was following the berm,
and the berm had melted back,
and I didn't realize it.
And I got the steer tire off
the shoulder.
The shoulders are steep, and
once you're off, you're gone.
Narrator: For state trooper
Adam Benson, scenes like this
are all too familiar.
Well, that looks like the
road edge, but that's just
hard-packed snow.
The margin for error is so
small that it just takes a
momentary lapse of, you know,
really focused attention on
what's happening around you,
and the next thing you know,
you're upside down or sideways.
You want more slack, Ben?
No, I got her!
We should be able to get it
up on the road now and be back
in business.
Have him turn that steering
wheel!
Narrator: Finally, the rig is
back on the road.
Any good day you can walk
away from something like this
on the Dalton is a better day.
As the road re-opens, the
wrecked truck is a clear warning
to Jack and Lisa.
I think I'm gonna be super
careful not to get too close to
the edge.
I'll switch with you.
You can take my tanker.
Yeah, I know.
Narrator: Running off the
road with 52 tons of explosive
jet fuel, the rescue effort
might not be so easy.
I'd rather jump out of a
plane without a parachute on
than tip a tanker over in a
ditch.
You know, if this stuff ever
did light off, I'm supposed to
get in touch with fire
departments and all kinds
of things, but the funny part
about it is, up here, there is
none.
The first thing I would do
is just be running like hell.
Narrator: Jack rolls north
over the Yukon river, where last
year's thaw led to one of the
most devastating natural
disasters in Alaskan history.
In the spring of 2009, the
historic town of eagle was
nearly wiped off the map.
Well, the ice started to
break on may the 3rd.
Narrator: For eagle resident
pat Sanders, the day began as
a celebration.
Look at that!
Oh, my God!
The mood around the town was
just joy, because that break-up
to us is just a sign of spring.
Whoo!
It's just miraculous to watch
the power.
Ohh!
Man!
Oh, look at that!
But then, later that evening,
the water really came up higher
than we'd ever seen before.
Narrator: Unseasonably warm
temperatures led to an early
break-up of the river's ice.
The usual slow stream of small
ice chunks gave way to huge
floating icebergs washing
downriver.
And that's when we became
very concerned.
Uh-oh!
Oh, my gosh!
The ice was going to be more
than just, "wow, it was a great
break-up, and it's over."
It wasn't over.
Narrator: Soon, the icebergs
tangled with debris, creating
an instant dam and choking off
the powerful river.
Just hours later, the Yukon had
breached its banks, sending
a torrent of icy water smashing
through the town.
My husband, all of a sudden,
he said, "Jean, we gotta go
right now."
There were icebergs higher
than houses.
You know, 50 feet high.
You could hear
two-foot-diameter trees snapping
off.
It sounded like a shogun going
off.
It took buildings and just
moved them around like they
were nothing, like they were
part of a Dollhouse.
Narrator: For three days, the
devastation continued.
When the flood subsided, a
quarter of the residents had
lost their homes,
and eagle's historic front
street was leveled.
Nothing manmade could have
withstood the pressure of the
ice that came up against this
building.
Just the power of the ice
and water together was...
It's hard to describe.
It really is.
Narrator: Back at the Carlile
yard in Fairbanks...
Single-handedly successfully
hauled the majority of the pipe
up to [Bleep] Prudhoe bay this
year.
Hugh's 17th load of the
season may be standard-issue
pipe...
Oh, my favorite trailers.
Narrator: But every load is a
new challenge.
[Truck thuds]
[Bleep] Old trailers.
[Bleep].
Well, I should still be able
to get up there.
Have to try her again.
Narrator: With a load this
heavy, hand-cranking the trailer
isn't gonna work.
She won't come up high
enough.
Yeah, I'll have to go get
that forklift.
Narrator: Hugh calls in some
extra truck yard muscle to get
the job done.
It's just an old trailer,
and it, uh...
I'll just have to make sure
she's hooked up right.
They'll just lift it up, crank
the legs down, and I can get
under it.
That's probably good.
Okay, let's rock and roll.
Narrator: Hugh hits the road,
hoping the delay didn't cost him
his chance to sneak past the
d.O.T. Inspection point.
Been lucky the last [Bleep]
[Bleep], I think it's three
trips, maybe even four trips,
I been lucky here.
I've just got my knucks crossed
again.
Make sure that, uh, my favorite
[bleep] D.O.T. Man ain't there,
and, uh, wants to give me a
strip search and a cavity check.
Is that what that says,
check?
Yep, check load.
They bust my balls 'cause
I'm Canadian.
I've been trying to avoid that
guy.
He costs me nothing but time.
My [Bleep] [Bleep]Hole puckers
right up every time I go by
there.
If I get by there again, I'll
be a happy guy.
There's the "open" sign.
Well, worst-case scenario here
is, uh, they put me out of
service and fine me.
[Laughing]
That wants my ass.
Narrator: Coming up, Hugh
gets busted.
You averaged 60.6 Miles
an hour, which is 10 Miles an
hour over the speed limit.
Narrator: And the d.O.T.
Faces down the flood.
Narrator: Just past Coldfoot,
Jack and Lisa are each hauling
their 15th load.
Hey, Jack, I heard on the
radio Greg and ray are in front
of us a little ways.
I know Ray's doing good
on the load count.
That's great for ray.
Narrator: Two loads behind
the leader, the reigning king
of the haul road has nothing
to prove to a rookie.
If you compare loads, Ray's
to mine, he's got more of them.
I've been out here ten years
just about.
I've got plenty of loads under
my belt.
I know only losers say,
"winning doesn't matter, it's
how you play the game," but,
um, what's important to me is
making money, so it's not about
the number of loads that I'm
doing.
It's about the dollar signs.
Ray's been doing a lot of
pipe, which is, uh...
It's quick to hook and unhook,
get from point "a" to point "b,"
drop it, grab something else,
and just go again.
I've moved pieces that take
longer to move.
Narrator: While Jack moves
his jet fuel on toward prudhoe
bay...
Back in Fairbanks...
And, basically, the couple of
reasons is...
Hugh can't get past the
d.O.T. Inspector.
Here's the 17th.
Ten hours from prudhoe bay to
Fairbanks?
There's just no way that's
possible without either speeding
or...
No, I didn't stop nowhere.
You think maybe you were
speeding a little bit?
I don't know.
That's a long time ago.
Let's go inside.
This is what I noticed, looking
over this.
This is the day that I'm
concerned with.
10 hours from prudhoe bay to
Fairbanks.
From prudhoe there...
You averaged 60.6 Miles an hour,
which is ten Miles an hour over
the speed limit.
You were breaking the speed
limit laws during that period.
Maybe you had a wind behind
you?
[Laughing]
I'm just telling you that the
average speed between here and
here, these two points, is
above the speed limit.
Well, I'll tell you what,
so 60 Miles an hour is out
of the question, so...
Okay.
All righty.
So, I must have [Bleep]Ed
up on the log book.
List of violations that I
found today.
"Driver did not indicate"
location.
Driver did not add hours
correctly.
Driver recorded ten hours to
drive from prudhoe bay to
"Fairbanks, Alaska."
Okay, what happens there?
Thank you.
Don't let it happen again.
Okay.
Whee-hoo!
They gave me a green light.
They ain't throwing me in jail
this year.
[Laughing]
Narrator: Despite three
violations on his log book,
Hugh is counting it as a win.
No fines, no points,
no [Bleep].
Good show.
I hope it's the final chapter
at the scales.
I can't tell you.
Yee-haw!
[Horn blares]
Narrator: 300 Miles north,
on the frozen Dietrich river...
There's the pipe in all its
glory.
Hear the ice crack?
Think we'll fall in?
I don't think so.
[Laughing]
Kenton bear from the d.O.T. Is
checking the overflow that
threatens to wipe out the
bridge.
This is some, uh...
It's about four inches deep.
It's water and slush on top
of the ice.
Now, this shiny area here's
the water flowing out on top
of the ice.
It's probably a couple of inches
deep.
Then over here, we have the...
the leading edge here as it's,
uh, creeping along, heading
downstream on top of the ice.
And it's heading down here to
the bridge underneath the, uh,
pipeline and the highway.
Narrator: Downstream, an
excavator is busy digging a
massive hole in the ice, big
enough to handle a rush of
30,000 gallons of water.
What this trench is gonna do
is it's gonna funnel all the
water that's happening between
now and spring break on
downstream, so it stays out from
underneath the bridge.
When the ice builds up
underneath the bridge, it'll
actually grab a hold of the
beams, pull it off the girders,
in the worst case scenario, and
we're trying to prevent that.
Narrator: But as the long arm
of the excavator tries to dig
under the 14-foor-tall bridge,
there's a problem.
Don't hit the bridge!
Narrator: After going as far
as they can with the shovel,
k-bear calls in a bobcat with a
pneumatic hammer to finish the
job.
There's about 20,000 or
30,000 gallons of water over
there that's gonna come right on
through to this side.
We're gonna be standing in a
lake over here.
Narrator: With the overflow
creeping closer and the pressure
under the bridge still not
released...
K-bear decides to run a back-up
plan.
Yeah, I got the steam tech
boiler over there.
We're gonna run the long hose
out, put the steam hose on here.
We'll get some steam going
through here, and we're gonna
melt a trench.
I'm gonna turn the switch on,
and we're gonna get some steam
and melt some ice.
Get some water flowing.
Either he's gonna get there
first, or I will.
We have ignition.
Narrator: Two hours later,
the bobcat is close to breaking
through.
If you break through to that
water, that's your cue.
Get out of this hole.
Yeah.
Well, there's a lot of water
over there.
It's gonna get messy quick.
Here we go.
Narrator: Coming up...
Look out!
Narrator: The dam breaks...
And Jack gets busted.
Oh, no.
Narrator: 30 Miles north of
Coldfoot on the frozen Dietrich
river...
I want to see the water,
and lots of it.
It's right there.
Narrator: The d.O.T. Is about
to unleash a river of raging
water.
Gonna have mark finish up
underneath the bridge here.
We're gonna get one more cut
on the face, and this is gonna
be full of water quick.
Good to go!
We broke the dam underneath
there with the bobcat.
If we had a canoe, we could take
a check ride right down our
trench all the way to the end of
trench.
[Laughing]
Narrator: With the water
flowing,
the shovel moves back in to
finish the job.
Quite a bit of water
blasting down through there.
I think we got the river
flowing again under the bridge.
The few days that it takes to
do this trenching and get the
ice out from the bridge is a
small price to pay, 'cause if we
lost this bridge, it'd be a
multimillion-dollar deal, and
it'd shut down the Dalton
highway, and they wouldn't be
able to supply the north slope,
keep the oil patch going.
Narrator: As the spring melt
accelerates,
overflows begin to pop up all
over the Dalton.
At the base of Atigun pass,
ray and Greg proceed with
caution.
We're right behind Greg.
Greg's, like, 200 yards ahead
of us.
Nice.
Great.
Looks like the water's
overflowing on top of the road.
Right now, we're running for
Atigun pass, so we're just
trying to get up some speed
here.
Narrator: Ray needs momentum
to make the 4,700-foot climb
with his 11-ton load.
As soon as they start up...
[Horn blares]
Another convoy comes barreling
back down at them.
You're gonna hold?
Great.
Narrator: Headed uphill, Greg
and ray should have the right of
way.
Damn, this sucks.
I lost all my freakin' speed.
Can't get your momentum back up
on these hills.
Just too [Bleep] Steep.
[Gears grinding]
That ain't good.
Oops.
Missed that one.
You movin'?
Yeah, I'm gonna have to chain
up.
This sucks.
Nobody wants to be in the middle
of the road stuck.
See, and we just went through
a bunch of water.
Now my chains are all...
Got a bunch of ice frozen
all over it.
Rookie crap, rookie crap,
rookie crap.
I am the new guy on the haul
road.
It's okay.
Even if you're calling
yourself the new guy on the
road, you're definitely the
veteran with the chains.
Least I didn't lay it over
on its side yet.
Touche.
[Horn blares]
Narrator: 90 Miles back,
Jack and Lisa continue their
push to prudhoe bay.
What's going on?
You're gonna have to wait till
we get over this hill and
somewhere else.
You stop at the bottom, you
won't make the top.
Got your eyeballs floating?
[Siren wails]
Narrator: Suddenly, Jack has
someone else in his rearview
mirror.
Oh, no.
You haven't had enough bells and
whistles yet today, Becky?
I guess not.
Narrator: With road
conditions this slippery, the
d.O.T. Is out in force to make
sure truckers are running safe.
Lisa keeps rolling, but Jack's
dangerous load grabs the
inspector's attention.
Afternoon, Jack.
How you doing?
I'm doing good.
Can I please see your log book
and your last inspection?
Absolutely.
Get me your log book...
Oh, you're killing me.
Your license, your medical,
your vehicle registration.
Okay, medical card is good.
You can have that back.
Okay, here.
Shipping papers.
Oh, shipping papers.
Emergency response guide
information.
Like your little orange book
or m.S. Data sheet?
I gotta have one of those?
Yeah, you do.
How long have you been hauling
tanks?
Yeah, but I always know what
I'm hauling.
Okay.
You gotta have that book with
you.
Did you know that?
I should have known that.
Narrator: Any trucker hauling
hazardous material is required
to carry an emergency response
guide with safety information
in case of accidents or spills.
What happens if he can't find
it?
He's gonna get a violation
on his inspection report.
This is orange.
No, Jack, no.
"Emergency response" on it.
That won't work?
Good try, Jack.
You can see my back-up just
arrived so if Jack gives me
any trouble when I read his
violation off to him, I got some
back-up here.
Trouble.
Put your hands up against the
truck.
Ain't that the truth?
You do have one violation
on the inspection report.
The failure to have your
emergency response guide
information with you.
Right.
Um, sign right there for me,
please.
There's three copies, so please
sign all three.
It was right of them to do
what they did.
They're just doing a job.
I guess it more hurts my pride
that I didn't have everything
I need, 'cause I usually do.
I usually have everything right,
ducks in a row.
It's still a mark, and that
mark's gonna stay with me now
for, like, three more years,
I think.
Narrator: Coming up, Hugh
makes a big move.
Any sudden movements, and
we're in the ditch, I'll
guarantee you that.
Narrator: And Alex ups the
ante.
Il go $100.
Narrator: Midnight,
prudhoe bay.
[Horn blares]
Is that all you had for
paperwork?
That's it.
Aw, you got the van.
Yeah.
Narrator: Most of the day's
loads have rolled in to the
Carlile yard.
You said you got a ticket
for not having the orange book
in your car, but didn't I give
you one?
Yeah.
Well, how did you not have
it?
'Cause I gave it back.
I said I didn't need it back
till later.
Oh.
I said it didn't matter.
Well, I just sped up the
"later" so I wouldn't forget.
Then I end up getting pulled
over not having it and needing
it, 'cause I couldn't find one
in my truck.
It's funny, isn't it?
[Laughing]
No.
You should have kept it.
Uh, well, in hindsight, yeah.
Narrator: 200 Miles South,
the polar bear is still
trucking.
I'm just cooking on her
tonight.
We got to get rid of the lead
weight around my neck,
[bleep] Holding me down.
Narrator: And early-morning
run-in with the d. O.T...
You were breaking the speed
limit laws.
Narrator: Forced Hugh to slow
down.
I gotta do everything
according to [Bleep] The
rulebook.
Narrator: If he wants to
win the dash for the cash,
he's going to have to do it
without breaking the
50-mile-an-hour speed limit.
You know, I just gotta go
a little...
A little steadier, a little
harder, and, uh, sooner or later
that's how I always catch up
and get an extra load on 'em.
Narrator: But old habits die
hard.
Come on!
[Bleep] Or get off the pot.
Let's [Bleep] Move it.
This guy's riding his brakes
for some reason.
Hate guys that touch their
brakes all the time, 'cause you
don't know what...
they must be almost unsure.
And you gotta stay half a mile
apart on ice.
You cannot be doing that.
The roads are slipperier than
hell.
I can't stop, I can't slow down,
so the next best thing to do
is speed up.
Hang onto your ass with both
hands.
We're going in.
Narrator: Hugh is trying to
shoot through a ten-foot-wide
gap with an eight-foot-wide
truck.
Any sudden movements, and
we're in the ditch, I'll
guarantee you that.
Come on!
Come on, stick with it.
Baby, you can do it.
Come on.
[Laughing]
You get a little bit excited?
I [Bleep] Love it.
Makes the heart go a little bit
faster, and...[Laughing]
[Horn blares]
Narrator: Hugh heads to
prudhoe with his 17th load,
but he's only got a week left
to make a run at the rookie.
With the end of the season in
sight, the ice road truckers
take time to catch up before
the final push to the finish
line.
Thank you.
[Laughing]
It's really good pulled pork.
Narrator: And it doesn't
take long for the load count
competition to surface.
I'll bet you I'll haul as
many or more loads as you guys
this year.
[Laughter]
I'll go $100.
Why don't you start out slow?
As long as it is not a race
of any sort, just a cumulative
count towards the end.
Sure.
Narrator: At the bottom of
the load board, Greg is quick
to offer a different spin on the
bet.
I'll change it on you a bit.
Instead of making it a bet for
the loads, all the money goes
to a beer fund so we can sit
around after we're all back
home safe and just blow a bunch
of money on anything we want.
I say it's 100 bucks to the beer
fund.
Beer fund?
100 bucks for a beer fund?
Yep, and whoever wins has to
go... since they made the most
loads, they gotta go pick up all
the beer.
I'm just gonna drink.
[Laughter]
I'm thinking, so I'm holding
onto the beer money.
What do you guys think?
I probably trust you.
I think so.
That ought to work.
All right.
You look trustworthy.
So hand it over.
You can hold mine.
So where's your buddy, uh, Hugh?
Well, we're gonna be calling
Hughie here, since you got 500
in the pot.
Let's see if we can make it 600.
Hughie, my short-peckered
friend, how are you?
[Laughing]
We just made a bet about
who's gonna make then most
loads, and, uh, that's
100 American.
None of that cheap Canadian
stuff, eh?
So you're gonna be in for
100 bucks.
Okay, bye.
[Laughs]
Be safe about it.
Get there in one piece.
Make sure everybody gets
back.
Sounds good.
Make some money.
I like the money part.
Well, I'm gonna go home
and rest up.
See you guys out on the road
tomorrow.
Soon as I stand up, I might
fall over.
Narrator: Next, on the season
finale of ice road truckers...
>> So I got more loads than
anybody else.
I'm pretty proud of myself.
>> Narrator: Rookie ray races to
defend his lead.
>> Let me around.
>> [Bleep] That.
>> Narrator: But the ice road
veterans...
>> Hold on for the ride.
>> Narrator: Aren't going down
without a fight.
>> The throne is empty right
now.
That's up for grabs as far as
I'm concerned.
>> Narrator: As the battle to be
king of the haul road reaches
the boiling point.
>> [Bleep] Burnt out.
>> [Laughing]
>> Ray [Bleep] With my safety.
[Bleep] War now.
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