Original subtitles

NARRATOR: Last Time on "Ice Road Truckers--"

We're already making money.

NARRATOR: No winner has been declared in the war between VP

Express and Polar Industries.

Mark from Polar, you can kiss our lily white asses.

[laughter]

NARRATOR: And there's no easy money on the winter roads.

Woo!

Rodeo.

You gotta be kidding.

I'm terrified.

NARRATOR: Lisa and Alex are 800 miles

into the Canadian wilderness.

Lord, give us a hand.

NARRATOR: And still haven't delivered for Polar Industries.

I'm doing a lot of worrying, and I just wanna

get my worrying part over with.

I've been misled since I got here,

if you want to know the truth.

NARRATOR: And the bosses at VP Express--

Whoa.

Left Art Burke behind.

Well, this is a [bleep] situation, now, ain't it?

[theme music]

NARRATOR: At a fuel stop four hours north of Winnipeg,

in 40 below--

Well, I'm just about at my wit's [bleep] end.

Well, the [bleep] truck won't start.

NARRATOR: VP Express driver Art Burke

is stranded with a broken down rig

after being left behind by his new bosses, Hugh Roland

and Vlad Pleskot.

I don't know if that's a [bleep] fuse,

or what in the [bleep] it is.

I gotta figure out a way to get that [bleep] box.

There's no one here to bum a [bleep] wrench off of, eh?

I haven't got a [bleep] wrench, and no one here

has got a [bleep] wrench.

What the [bleep] are you going to do?

NARRATOR: And with no one around to help,

he's running out of options.

I'm not quite sure what the [bleep] to do here.

Everything is frozen solid, eh?

There might be [bleep].

Is that guy pulling out, or is he coming in?

Well, maybe those guys have got a wrench?

Wonder if I got room to get in here?

Surely, I do.

NARRATOR: Polar Industries driver Darrell Ward pulls in

on his way back to Winnipeg.

Good day, boy.

What's going on?

I've been [inaudible].

Found myself in a [bleep] jam.

[bleep] starter's froze.

Now I can't get it [bleep] started again.

Have you tried jumping-- crossing the solenoid

on the starter? - Tried it.

Just turns.

Goes "wow, wow, wow."

I'll pull up there.

You know, I've never left anybody stranded.

If I can help them out, I'm going to help them out.

Think we can get her going?

I'm gonna hook a chain to it so I can pull start it.

NARRATOR: Darrell's got a plan--

try to pull start Art's truck, and hope the engine

fires up once the rig is rolling.

All right.

Turn the key on.

Got to get him going, so he don't freeze to death out here

tonight.

Show these boys how it's done, Montana style.

We got her, buddy.

She's running.

I knew we'd get it going.

Thank you very much.

You betcha.

You betcha, Art.

Any time.

Oh, you-- oh, you're big on it.

Oh, you're big on that one, killer.

All right.

That's what you do.

Anywhere you go, when somebody's broke down,

especially negative 40.

NARRATOR: Art's back in the saddle,

thanks to the competition.

Hugh and Vlad left one of their own trucks

behind out here.

I would never leave one of my drivers

in a situation like that.

Well, did you see the other guy help us there when when he

[bleep] came? He told us there--

I didn't know him from [bleep].

That's just what you do.

It's not in this [bleep] outfit.

And that's one of the [bleep] reasons that this outfit is

going to have a hard time keeping up.

If you're not pleased with the guy

you're working for, you're not going

to work to the best of your ability, eh?

And you can put that in your little [bleep] show.

NARRATOR: While Art heads back to VP headquarters,

350 miles north--

Well, we're into Shamattawa.

I held my breath that whole time.

NARRATOR: Team Polar is about to score again.

After a long couple of days, we finally made it here.

Shamattawa.

Shamattawa, Manitoba.

NARRATOR: Lisa Kelly--

Made it.

NARRATOR: And Alex Debogorski have survived a 36 hour

trip over one of the most rugged roads in Manitoba.

This terribly rough road here is 200 kilometers.

Most of the way, we're going 10 miles an hour.

Because it's so rough.

NARRATOR: This delivery is part of Polar's $100,000 Shamattawa

contract, and gives them a healthy lead over rival VP

Express.

I'm really glad I got out here, got this stuff delivered.

Got the first time jitters out of the way.

There we go.

I'm excited to be trucking, OK?

I love trucking.

I just do.

NARRATOR: But for Lisa, the trip's only half over.

There's 800 miles between Shamattawa and Winnipeg,

and each mile without a load gives VP Express a chance

to catch up in the load count.

I'm glad I made it there, but I've still got to make it back.

NARRATOR: Back at the offload site--

You're going to take back the Zoom Boom.

NARRATOR: Alex scores a bonus back haul.

This is the equivalent of getting a birthday present

or a Christmas present.

You know what I mean, jelly bean?

NARRATOR: Now he's got to head back down the winter

road with a 32,000 pound Zoom Boom

forklift, headed for the repair shop.

Anyway, let's drive this thing out of here.

Load is secure.

We're ready go back.

All them potholes are waiting for me.

[laughter]

NARRATOR: This is the last haul in the first round of loads

for Shamattawa.

And if Alex can get it delivered,

he'll trigger another round of high dollar loads

for Polar Industries.

The fun starts right here.

NARRATOR: At VP Express, Art's finally made it back to town.

Thought we'd bring you in here and tell you a scoop on where

your next trip is.

All right.

NARRATOR: And to keep freight moving,

Hugh's giving the struggling newcomer another shot.

We've got [inaudible].

We have to get in there.

So try to do your best.

Oh, we're going to handle it, buddy.

If I know you're trying--

[interposing voices]

Hugh and Vlad [bleep] off and left me to fend for myself, eh?

But I let it go.

Kind of.

It's frustrating, a little bit.

But we're just starting out here,

so we all had to cool our jets and just, you know, take it

as the time comes.

We don't need cowboys.

We just need somebody that will take that load,

and delivered that load. Comes back--

Well, and that's the thing.

We've got three going out today, right?

Yeah. Yeah.

NARRATOR: But with dozens of loads waiting to be hauled

north, Hugh's hedging his bet by bringing in another winner road

hopeful.

I'm way out of my element, driving on the ice roads.

The stories I have heard is that it's real dangerous.

I'm going to be nervous.

If you make a wrong move up here,

it's not just going to be a wrong move.

It's going to be a dead wrong move.

People saying, well, why would you want to go do that?

And it's a pretty simple answer.

I have a family to take care of.

If I gotta put my life on the line

to make sure my girls have a good life, then so be it.

That's what's going to happen.

If the ice roads don't kill me, then being away from my family

will.

Hey, Todd. Hey.

How's it going? - Good.

How are you guys?

Right on.

Good see ya.

NARRATOR: Todd Dewey's got plenty of experience moving

massive logging equipment through the mountains

of the Pacific Northwest.

But he's never driven on the ice.

Nobody likes new guys.

You know?

So that's where all the responsibility is going

to come on my shoulders, to prove to these guys

that I've got what it takes.

He's never been on an ice road before, so I mean,

he can truck--

I don't care if you've trucked 50 years.

If you've never drove on the ice,

I'm not going to let you up there by yourself yet.

NARRATOR: Today Hugh's got to get his rag tag

team up the road, and hope at least one of them

figures it out.

We got three [bleep] loads of freight here.

We've got everything from roofing materials

to plastic water tanks.

We got lumber, and they're all right on the knots for weight,

so we've got to be careful here.

OK.

Let's get hooked up.

Art.

He's going to get one more kick at the cab here,

and I told him what's behind us is behind us.

So if he can [bleep] pull her off, well, maybe he can stay.

But we can't put up with the [bleep] that went on last time.

This is our first year together, me and Vlad,

so we don't need a bunch of horse [bleep] going on

with a bad name for VP going up down the road.

We don't need to end up like Polar.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: For Todd, this will be his first shot at driving

the Manitoba ice roads.

Oh, [bleep].

NARRATOR: While for Art, it could be his last.

[truck horn]

Let's make the best of her, and let's get going.

We should have been on the road 3 and 1/2 hours ago.

All the fiddle farting around.

That's the good thing, we thought

we'd leave at 7:00 today.

I think Art was thinking PM there, Hugh, not AM.

[laughter]

That's OK.

I'm not giving up.

If I'm here to do this, man, this is part of the gig.

You've got to just ride the rough spots.

If he's trying to break me, he's going

to have to [bleep] work at it.

NARRATOR: In the Canadian wilderness,

on a closed section of the road--

We're on our way up to check the ice,

to make sure that the roads are safe,

so that we can't get them open to get the freight moving.

NARRATOR: Winter roads manager Tim Smerski

is checking every inch of the ice

to see if it's safe for big rig travel.

This is not easy terrain to travel in.

There's an awful lot of obstacles to overcome.

This is total wilderness.

We're using our ground penetrating radar

to electronically measure the ice thickness as we travel

along.

It's telling us so far on this run,

we've got a maximum of 75 centimeters of ice.

NARRATOR: The ice here is over a half a mile

long, but less than 30 inches thick.

And so far, it's looking pretty uniform.

We're going to open it.

NARRATOR: Every new road that opens

means more money for the company that lands the contract.

Polar Industries.

Hey, how are ya?

Great.

Excellent.

So how many loads you got for us?

Excellent.

Thank you.

Bye, bye.

NARRATOR: And today Polar Industries owner Mark

Kohaykewych beats out VP Express,

scoring a new contract to the town of Little Grand Rapids.

There's another couple loads for us.

It's gonna be awesome.

NARRATOR: And Darrell Ward jumps at the challenge of the newly

opened road.

All right, what do you got for me?

I got 12 concrete blocks going up to little Grand Rapids.

Then we'll have another load for you probably tomorrow,

or the day after.

I was told when I had come up here that I'd have a back haul

every trip.

You guys ain't given me one back haul yet.

It's still early in the season.

Might have to go down the road down here,

and get a back haul from VP.

You know, I came up here to try to make enough money to get

started over again and reunite with my son and my daughter,

Reno and Tara.

I have to get the loads in.

This is where my life depends on it.

Their life depends on it.

Can't even get my window down.

I go out across the water, and I can't get my window down--

can't get the doors open, you gotta take the window down.

NARRATOR: With money on the line,

Darrell's not going to let a broken window stand in his way.

I'm just gonna lay a hammer behind the side of my seat,

and that way, when I go down, I'm

just going to smack the window.

NARRATOR: He'll face the ice with 50,000 pounds

of concrete barriers, and a hammer.

All righty.

I gotta bust a window out if I go through.

NARRATOR: While Darrel takes a new job for a Polar,

120 miles north--

Rival Hugh Rowland is just trying to get his team

to the winter roads.

We were about four hours late leaving,

but we've gained a little bit of time here.

NARRATOR: And the fate of the company

is in the hands of struggling driver Art Burke and ice road

rookie Todd Dewey.

This is new to me, up here.

You know, I'm way out of my element.

Must be doing something right here,

to have the boss behind me pretty much all afternoon here,

since we got rolling.

I haven't heard any complaints yet,

so it looks like I'm doing what it takes to lead the pack here.

Doing a fine job, buddy.

NARRATOR: After 10 hours on the highway,

Todd's already earning the praise

that's eluded Art all season.

Todd's up ahead.

I'm in the middle this time, instead of the front.

The boss--

RADIO: You've got 550 horses there, Art.

Please open her up a little.

See?

He doesn't like the speed I'm going.

Never happy, eh?

Brain fart here.

He wanted to follow.

Well, he's got a chance to follow,

and he still can't keep up.

This is how I drive.

If he doesn't like it, [bleep] put somebody else in the truck.

I'm not out here to really win a [bleep] race.

NARRATOR: The convoy's about to hit the Wasagamack Winter Road.

150 miles of brutal Manitoba backcountry.

Yeah, just ride straight here, right?

NARRATOR: It'll be rookie Todd Dewey's chance

to show he's got what it takes.

And a shot at redemption for Art Burke.

This is definitely a whole new life experience, right here.

Because it's negative 40 degrees outside.

Can't keep the--

[bleep]

Sweet [bleep]!

Oh, lord!

Road's definitely starting to get a little more, uh--

a little more rough.

Burke, you gotta put on your rodeo hat now.

Everything is frozen so freaking hard up here,

and there's so much ice and snow on the road

that you get the big ice drifts, or whatever they are.

It'll bounce you right out of your frickin' seat.

Hold on there, guys.

The ice road's picking up here on the bumps,

and we've got some big holes in the road.

I just went over 'em.

You guys are going to be hitting them here any second.

[bleep]

This is like four wheel drive in a big rig.

Oh--

[laughter]

Supposed to be doing [bleep] 40 through here.

I don't know why we're going so [bleep] fast, man.

The guy definitely wants to, you know, slow down.

I've got a [inaudible].

At the same time, you know, a guy

wants to keep his momentum going.

You know, you hit a little bit of a hill, or whatnot,

you don't want to be going too slow.

I don't know what Todd is trying to prove here

at this speed, but he's not really impressing me.

There's a reason why the speed limit is 40 miles an hour.

You know--

I gotta keep on this road.

These roads are bumpy as hell.

Absolutely just beating me up, beating the truck up.

Like that right there.

Ouch.

That hurt.

You know what kind of speed you usually run on these roads

up here, buddy?

Well, whatever you're comfortable with.

Just when it gets rough, slow down, drive accordingly.

I'll do that, bud.

I'm gonna have to slow her down a little notch here, or two.

I don't want to frickin' break down out here.

This is not the spot to be breaking down.

NARRATOR: 30 miles west of Shamattawa--

Just got done delivering.

I'm empty, I'm chained and I'm going to hit the river.

NARRATOR: Lisa Kelly's hammering down

to get off the winter road, and get back

in the race with VP Express.

The river is kind of our entrance and exit

to Shamattawa.

NARRATOR: But first she'll after retrace her steps

over the Hayes River crossing, and navigate the shifting

islands of river ice.

People ask me what it's like to drive on ice,

and I just tell 'em, that's what I do.

That's what I've always done, so that's all I know.

So it's normal to me.

So when people are like, oh, you're

crazy for driving those ice roads, it's like,

maybe we're all crazy.

That's it, we're all crazy.

All right.

[music playing]

Holy-- I just saw it, like, move.

Yeah, I'm, like, driving all over this crack,

and it's, like, moving.

Wow.

Oh, [bleep]!

Scared me.

[music playing]

I totally saw the ice move.

Yippee-kay-ay.

We're out of here.

NARRATOR: Off the ice, Lisa gets back up to speed,

hoping to make it off the winter road by nightfall.

I'm gonna go on through and get to Gilham tonight.

NARRATOR: 10 miles back--

The Zoom Boom shouldn't move.

I'll have to check the chains and just keep an eye on it.

Be able to see if the tires are moving at all.

NARRATOR: Teammate Alex Debogorski's hauling a forklift

that'll trigger another round of loads for Polar Industries.

I guess the biggest concern is that we're

going to go onto the lake now.

NARRATOR: If he can get across the shifting ice

Lisa just crossed.

Open to 37,500.

I think the Zoom Boom's all right,

but I'm hoping it's below the, uh--

what the weight restriction is on this ice crossing here.

NARRATOR: But he'll after it do it hauling 32,000 pounds.

I see there's a few cracks in the ice.

[music playing]

You can hear a little bit of cracking.

Oh!

Well, we're back on the road.

We made it across safely again.

Thank you, dear Lord, God, for getting Lisa and I

to Shamattawa safely, and help us to make it safely back,

and look after our families.

In the name of Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

In Jesus' name, amen.

NARRATOR: Alex still has over 100 miles

to go before he brings in this load for Polar.

But 300 miles south--

They just opened this road up.

They're still working on it.

NARRATOR: Teammate Darrell Ward's

just heading out onto the newly opened road to Little Grand

Rapids.

And the trail is littered with wreckage that sank into the ice

when the road was built.

Being the first one out here, you never

know when you're going to run into those problems.

NARRATOR: A pickup truck that got stuck on the ice

last season has the road down to one lane.

Kind of makes for tight quarters for me to get by.

NARRATOR: And there's not enough room to get his loaded trailer

through.

Look at that.

Looks like you're stuck in the mud.

Yeah, we're stuck in the mud, man.

This thing has been there since last spring, so--

Man, that thing is glued tight, isn't it?

Looks to me like you'd be better off to light it on fire.

How about we hook her on the frame here,

and you winch it out of there?

You think that's going to work?

If not, it's going to [bleep] it up good.

[laughter]

NARRATOR: With a load to deliver,

Darrell is taking matters into his own hands.

Want to give it a pull?

Something's going to break.

All right!

Let's see what happens.

[music playing]

There it came.

Get out of here, and go get rid of this load.

NARRATOR: Darrell's cleared a path for himself

and fellow truckers.

But rivals VP Express are also charging forward.

We've had a pretty good day today.

The run's been going pretty smooth.

NARRATOR: With ice road rookie Todd Dewey at the head

of the three man convoy.

We've still got a little ways to go on the ice road here.

We're kind of hoping to get to our destination,

and get these loads unloaded off.

NARRATOR: But now Todd's facing the first ice crossing

of his career.

So this is my first big lake.

You got a copy, Todd?

TODD: Roger, go ahead.

Yeah, just hang tough up there.

Don't go over, like, 15k on there with the load you got,

cause we're heavy.

Whatever you do, don't stop on the ice.

Copy that.

Well, you hear people saying, oh, I

didn't see about the trucks, that

have broke through the ice, and people have drowned.

And they're like, why would you want to go do that?

I don't know if it's balls of steel,

or it's just flat stupidity--

but I always get it done, one way or another.

I've got a little bit of go left inside me, you know?

A little nervous, you know?

Just going to try and take her slow here.

Get the feeling of it.

OK.

You know, my truck is loaded right to the maximum weight

limit that these roads are open for right now, so

40 tons of weight sitting over just a [bleep] load of water.

That's a-- that's--

that's a nerve wracking sound, right there.

Definitely a whole different little ballpark here.

It's kind of scary here.

You start hearing that ice crack,

you know, your natural instinct is to just put the pedal down.

You know, you just want to haul ass.

And you can't.

That's a scary feeling.

This thing starts to go, I'm gone.

I'm out the freaking door, quicker than you

can snap your freakin' fingers.

Oh, sweet lord.

OK, I'm across safely, guys.

That's quite the sound there in that ice crack

underneath your tires there, Hugh.

[inaudible].

Well, I don't know how keen I am on crossing this

with max weight.

I don't know what the [bleep] problem is.

[bleep] the hold up up here?

Let's [bleep] go!

NARRATOR: On the road to Wasagamack--

Well, I know how keen I am at crossing this with max weigh.

NARRATOR: Art Burke's brought the VP Express convoy

to a standstill.

[bleep] the hold up up here?

Let's [bleep] go!

OK.

I think Hugh was a bit of a [bleep]..

Who the [bleep] wants to work for a person like that,

you know?

He never even [bleep] called me to tell when we're going,

or [bleep] all.

I'll just say [bleep],, just take my time.

He'll wait for me.

[bleep] going on now?

I can hear her crackin' big time.

OK, up this hill.

NARRATOR: As Art reaches the other side--

Uh-oh.

NARRATOR: Veteran Hugh Rowland makes quick work of the ice.

How's she going up there, Todd?

You having a blast yet?

NARRATOR: And keeps pressing his team toward their goal.

Now we're just clicking right along.

You betcha, Hugh.

This is great.

Looks like I'm coming up on our Wasagamack side here, Hugh.

10-4.

Yeah.

You get there, just hang a left.

Now, when you get in the [inaudible] there,

just softens off of the hill there.

See who's kind of coming up on us.

Roger that.

Hang to the left.

NARRATOR: At the end of the day, Hugh's managed to get his team

over the winter road, and VP Express racks up

three more loads in their half million dollar Wasagamack

contract--

bringing them closer to their rivals at Polar.

I think Hugh was actually pretty impressed with me today,

driving the truck.

You know, I was able to hold my own.

Lead the pack all the way up here, and not

have any big complications, or any problems.

So you know, I think the boss was pretty happy.

I think it's going to work out pretty good for me.

When we pulled into Wasagamack here,

I was a little bit pissed off.

Overall, man, this has been a pretty good [bleep] trip.

But don't brag or shoot your mouth

off, because right over the hill might be your turn, eh?

Todd led the group all the way up here.

We figured out that Art's not a leader, he's a follower.

Art won't be leading the pack anywhere any time soon.

Todd definitely knows what he's doing.

That's a good thing for us.

NARRATOR: And for the first time this season,

things are looking up for VP Express.

As night falls--

I'm empty, heading back to Gilham.

And see what Mark's gonna do from there.

NARRATOR: Lisa Kelly's the first polar driver

to make it off the winter road.

Kind of a long day, yeah.

NARRATOR: She's driven nearly 1,000 miles,

and delivered one load to Shamattawa.

I feel like I just aged 10 years.

NARRATOR: And now she's geared up

to take another haul in the morning.

I'm tired, but definitely, I feel like I survived it.

I made it.

I did it.

So I'm gonna go to bed.

And get some sleep.

NARRATOR: 300 miles south--

Darrell's still got a chance to bring in a load for Polar.

Little hold up back there with that pickup.

Kinda cost me a little bit of time.

NARRATOR: He's got 50,000 pounds of concrete barriers

to take across the newly opened Family Lake ice crossing,

and a window that he can't roll down.

Looks like the last ice crossing I

got, and then I'm into Little Grand Rapids, I guess.

I think that's where I'm at, so I'll get my hammer and--

get on across the ice.

I got my hammer, I'm gonna ride on across the ice here.

If I have any problems, at least I can bust the window out,

seeing as my window doesn't roll down.

There ain't a school out there to teach you how to do this.

It's all done by the seat of your pants.

School of hard knocks.

You do not get a diploma.

You get a tombstone.

NARRATOR: On a newly frozen lake, 220 miles from Winnipeg--

If I have any problems, at least

I can bust the window out, seeing as my window doesn't

roll down.

NARRATOR: Darrell Ward's the first test

the ice with a loaded big rig.

Sounds something like a horror movie.

Middle of the night, ice cracking.

Loaded semi out on a frozen lake.

How frozen, I don't know.

We're the first ones to cross it.

In the daytime, you can see off in the distance.

You see fresher ridges, and see cracks.

Pushing the weight limit right to the limit, too.

[music playing]

I'm almost there.

I can see the lights, I can see the island.

Thank God I didn't have to use the hammer.

NARRATOR: Darrell's made it to Little Grand Rapids,

and brings in the first haul on the new road for Polar

Industries.

Call it a night.

I'm going to unload it in the morning, and--

go from there.

NARRATOR: 300 miles north--

Well, we might as well be a million miles from the nearest

town.

NARRATOR: Alex Debogorski's also trying

bringing a load for Team Polar.

I'm going as fast as I can go for the road.

Not very fast.

NARRATOR: A successful delivery will trigger another round

of loads for Polar's lucrative Shamattawa contract.

But after 14 hours behind the wheel,

he's tempting fate with every mile.

Just keep my eyes open, and just keep going that way.

[inaudible], one of the other.

922, and 932--

70-- 68 kilometers to go.

Just going, going, and going.

I think I'm just going to close one eye.

Let that one eye sleep while the other one keeps watch.

OK.

They're charging up the flying saucers

for another night of flying.

They're getting slightly cooked by the microwaves that

are interfering with the radio.

My other truck there, I got a sandwich

that lives under the passenger seat,

and it comes out at 3:00 in the morning and discusses politics.

It's a left-wing sandwich.

Who's going to name a sandwich?

I'm not that crazy.

[laughter]

I figure the road's going this way.

We're getting-- Ah--

(SINGING) [gibberish]

[laughter]

Better pay attention.

I'm gonna be laughing all the way into the snowbank.

Almost there.

I could have went slower, but if I go too much slower,

I'll be going backwards.

Well, I'm happy we're here.

I didn't think I was going to make it.

NARRATOR: Alex delivers his forklift,

securing more loads for Polar Industries

and putting the pressure on VP Express.

Well, our Zoom Boom's still there.

Which is a good thing.

I'll go get some sleep, and then in the morning,

when they drop off the Zoom Boom, I'll get another load.

NARRATOR: The next morning, at Polar headquarters--

OK.

NARRATOR: Boss Mark Kohaykewych is quick to capitalize

on his team's success.

And he's making sure the competition feels the heat.

I'm sending our A trucks up to Shamattawa.

What I've constructed the guys to do

is to park outside of VP's shop and do

all their pre-trip inspections.

We want to make sure that our competition down the road

knows that they're not going to [bleep] with us this year.

These guys are going to open up shop down the road from me,

put up a big sign, so when I'm sitting in my office,

I can look at his sign.

All it's doing is motivating me to work that much harder

to make him look like an ass.

It's gonna be a long season for you boys.

[truck horn]

It's not-- I'm not taking this lightly.

I'm going to-- I'm going to make sure that this

is their first and last season.

The goal here is not to beat Hugh in the load count.

The goal here is to shut him down before he starts.

You know, he's a salesman.

Mark's got a lot of loads.

I know that.

Well, we'll see at the end who's got more loads delivered.

NARRATOR: Next time on "Ice Road Truckers--"

I'm tired of the [bleep] around,

and I'm going to do it myself!

NARRATOR: VP Express is riding high.

This is our strip.

NARRATOR: But what goes up the winter road--

We gotta get the [bleep] out of Dodge before I freeze

to death.

NARRATOR: Must come down.

This is [bleep] ridiculous.

I'm working for [bleep] clowns.

NARRATOR: And for the drivers at Polar--

Whoa!

This thing's about to go off the edge.

NARRATOR: There's no shortcut to victory.

Yeah!

Whoa!

Holy [bleep]!