Spider
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Post by Spider on Mar 20, 2008 22:16:30 GMT -5
I don't know about looking great. From what I've seen on the show, they pretty much see snow, ice, and not much else. I suppose that the lure to make a years wages in a very short time is the incentive. -50 degrees F wouldn't be my cup of tea no matter what the pay was like. That and driving over frozen lakes with the ice actually cracking under the truck would be a bit much for my nerves. I suppose somebody has to do it.
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Post by dieseldoc on Mar 21, 2008 0:15:15 GMT -5
If I were younger I'd go up there, but it wouldn't be to drive. I'd open up a shop to fix the junk there running on the ice. Could make a killing in a short amount of time doin that too.
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78KW
Regional OTR Driver
Hard Time don't last...Trucker's do!
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Post by 78KW on Mar 26, 2008 23:15:23 GMT -5
I would love to do it just once. I will not even pretend not to be scared, but I would love the challenge. I just turned 30, so I guess I better get to it soon, huh?LOL Doc, you could make a fortune just on a few drivers if you remember the 2 or 3 fools from last year on the show. Especially the guy who broke something every trip.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2008 7:50:30 GMT -5
Ray,
I looked into it (for fun, ya know), and in order to run the ice road out of Yellowknife you must be Canadian. Now, maybe there's an ice road in Alaska you can run, I don't know.
You mean to tell me that you'd take your new Peterbilt on the ice? I figured you'd want to use the blue KW T600 and hope it fell through!
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Post by spotlight on Mar 27, 2008 16:12:33 GMT -5
All the years that I drove nationwide and Canada were enough of a challenge for me. I'm retired now so, thanks but no thanks, I'll keep my feet planted right here. Yep, no sense of adventure. Win
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Post by cdntrucker on Mar 28, 2008 0:28:45 GMT -5
oilfield or ice.......
I would rather chain up and down every mile on a greasy, icy, snow whiteout lease road @ -40F than drive the ice.
Dad drove ice a couple years, Mackenzie Delta to Yellowknife. Storms come out of nowhere, drive blind at 5-10 kms hour. Hard on iron and men. Made some coin and lost his nerve. He's back in the oilpatch (land) now.
No thanks,
GC
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78KW
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Post by 78KW on Mar 28, 2008 0:29:27 GMT -5
I figured you had to be Canadian, which is only fair. As to dunking my old T600, it needed bath anyway, LOL!!!!!! ;D I wouldn't try to make a living at it, though. As I said, if I were to ever have the chance, I'd be VERY cautious. I remember when I heard of this for the first time. I was 15 or 16 then. American Truck Historical Society wrote an article about it and I was fascinated. I developed a new respect for all drivers, but a high respect for these individuals.
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Post by cdntrucker on Mar 28, 2008 0:47:05 GMT -5
Yeah, Canadian...proud of it.
Back in the day, we moved rigs into Pink Mountain, British Columbia.
Engineering 101. The most efficient way from point A to point B is a straight line. That is the way they built the roads. Climb 1500 ft at 12 to 14%. Every chain on and a Kittycat in front and back. Mountain on one side, gorge on the other. That is a shot of adrenaline. But, going up is the easy part, coming down sucks, no kitty on that trip.lol.
GC
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78KW
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Post by 78KW on Mar 31, 2008 19:12:17 GMT -5
Wow. that's wild. YOu would think the CAT would stay hooked up to help with braking if you were heavy enough.
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