Original subtitles

>> WATCH OUT, HUGH!

>> male narrator: TONIGHT ON

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS...

>> OH, THAT ICE.

>> narrator: ALEX TESTS THE

LIMITS OF A NEWLY FROZEN LAKE.

>> THEY JUST--BOOF, AND THEY GO

THROUGH, AND THEY HIT THE

BOTTOM.

>> narrator: TWO ROOKIES TAKE

THEIR FIRST CRACK AT THE HAUL

ROAD.

>> BIG TRUCK, BIG TRUCK.

[horn blares]

WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT.

>> OH!

>> narrator: AND HUGH AND RICK

TOW THE BIGGEST LOADS...

>> AW, MAN!

>> narrator: EVER TO CROSS THE

CANADIAN ICE.

>> I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS

[bleep] STUPID [bleep].

♪ ♪

>> narrator: AT THE

POLAR INDUSTRIES TRUCK YARD IN

WINNIPEG, CANADA...

>> WHOA!

>> TIGHTEN HER UP NOW.

>> narrator: HUGH ROWLAND AND

RICK YEMM ARE GEARING UP FOR

THEIR BIGGEST LOAD OF THE

SEASON...

AN ENTIRE AIRPORT TERMINAL.

>> WHAT WE'RE DOIN' IS LOADING

UP A THREE-PART BUILDING.

IT ALL BOLTS TOGETHER WHEN WE

GET TO ST. THERESA.

IT'S ACTUALLY FOR THE NEW

AIRPORT UP IN ST. THERESA POINT.

[metal scraping]

>> narrator: EACH OF THE THREE

MODULAR STRUCTURES IS

12 FEET WIDE AND 62 FEET LONG.

LOADS THIS SIZE WILL POSE A

SERIOUS CHALLENGE ON THE

UNFORGIVING TERRAIN.

>> OKAY, YOU GOT A CROSS CHAIN?

THAT'S ALL THAT NEEDS.

>> WE CAN PROBABLY DO SOMETHING

FROM THE BACK I THINK, TOO, EH?

>> SHOULD CROSS-CHAIN IT AT THE

BACK.

WE'LL BRING IT IN, LIKE, OVER

THE TOP, JUST STRAPS.

BUT THIS HAS TO BE

CROSS-CHAINED, FOR SURE, ACROSS

THERE.

>> OH, YEAH, YOU'LL LOSE THE

BACK END.

>> narrator: WEIGHING 86,000

POUNDS EACH, A CONVOY THIS SIZE

HAS NEVER BEEN ATTEMPTED ON

THE MANITOBA ICE ROADS.

>> UH, WE'VE GOT HUGH AND RICK

HAULING.

WE'RE GONNA GUIDE THIS THING

THROUGH REAL SAFELY AND REAL

SLOW AND, UH, MAKE SURE IT GETS

TO ITS DESTINATION.

>> narrator: THE FUTURE OF

MARK'S BUSINESS IS RIDING ON

HUGH'S ABILITY TO GET THE JOB

DONE.

>> HE'S GONNA BE THE BEST GUY

I KNOW FOR THE--ADVISE US FOR

THE JOB.

>> BIGGEST, MOST IMPORTANT RUN

THAT POLAR INDUSTRIES HAS EVER

DONE.

>> WE CAN THROW FIVE STRAPS ON

THERE.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT'D BE GOOD.

>> IT'S A REPUTATION MAKER,

THIS ONE.

I MEAN, IF, UH--IF WE DON'T GET

IT UP THERE, I'M DONE.

PIECE OF CAKE?

>> PIECE OF CAKE.

>> YEAH?

>> NO PROBLEM.

>> I'M GLAD YOU GOT CONFIDENCE.

>> narrator: THE HEAVY-HAUL TEAM

HEADS OUT ON THE 500-MILE TREK

TO THE ISOLATED VILLAGE OF

ST. THERESA POINT.

[horn honking]

>> SO, MARK, HOW LONG YOU FIGURE

IT'S GONNA TAKE US TO GET IN?

>> UH, IT COULD TAKE US AS LONG

AS 30 HOURS.

>> THAT'S A BIG 10-4 ON THE

30 HOURS, BOSS.

>> I FIGURED YOU'D LIKE THAT.

>> narrator: MARK IS OUT FRONT

IN THE PILOT CAR.

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS.

[laughs]

>> narrator: AND DRIVER

VLAD PLESKOT ROUNDS OUT THE

CONVOY WITH THE THIRD MODULE.

>> NONE OF THESE GUYS HAVE

HAULED THEM BEFORE.

I'M THE VETERAN AT THIS.

WELL, WHEN I HEARD THESE WERE

THE BIGGEST LOADS TO EVER HAVE

BEEN ON THESE ICE ROADS,

I JUMPED RIGHT AT THE CHANCE.

I VOLUNTEERED RICK, TOO.

[laughing]

>> [laughs]

>> THEY JUST OPENED THAT ONE NEW

BRIDGE.

>> [over radio] WELL, IT'LL BE

INTERESTING.

>> JUST TAKE HER NICE AND COOL.

WE DON'T WANT NO [bleep]-UPS.

>> [over radio] IS EVERYBODY

THROUGH?

>> THAT'S A BIG 10-4.

[horn honks]

>> narrator: WITH THE NARROW

BRIDGE CROSSING BEHIND THEM,

HUGH, RICK, AND THE REST OF THE

CONVOY HAVE BIGGER CHALLENGES

AHEAD...

500 MILES OF CANADA'S MOST

DANGEROUS ROADS.

2,700 MILES WEST,

IN FAIRBANKS...

DAVE REDMON IS THREE WEEKS

INTO HIS SEASON WITH NO LOADS

TO SHOW FOR IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> HAVE A SEAT.

I KNOW YOU AND TONY HAD A FEW

PERSONALITY ISSUES.

>> RIGHT.

>> I FEEL LIKE I'M [bleep] EIGHT

YEARS OLD OVER HERE, DRIVIN'

A [bleep] BIG WHEEL.

>> YOU ARE TALKIN' SO MUCH

BULL[bleep], IT'S STARTING TO

REALLY BUG ME.

[horn blares]

>> I DRIVE THE TRUCK SAFE.

I JUST DON'T LIKE BEING PUSHED

AROUND, YOU KNOW.

>> WELL, TALKIN' TO PHIL, IT

SOUNDS LIKE, UH, HE'S READY

TO LET YOU GET OUT THERE AND DO

IT IN YOUR OWN IN THAT TRUCK.

>> OKAY.

>> SO YOU'LL BE IN 1158.

THAT'S THE TRUCK YOU'RE GONNA BE

DRIVIN'.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT IS THE SAME TRUCK THAT

OUR, UH, FURRY, LITTLE FRIEND,

HUGH ROWLAND, DROVE LAST YEAR.

>> [imitates whip cracking]

COME ON, BABY!

>> THE ATTITUDE DIDN'T COME WITH

THE TRUCK, SO DON'T BRING

ANOTHER ONE INTO IT, I GUESS.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT

THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT?

>> I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME A

CHANCE.

>> ALL RIGHT, MAN.

DON'T MAKE ME REGRET IT.

>> I WON'T.

THANKS, BUDDY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> 1158.

THIS IS IT, I GUESS.

MAN, I'VE SCRAPPED BETTER TRUCKS

THAN THIS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PIECE

OF [bleep].

TRASHED ON THE INSIDE.

I HOPE THEY DON'T EXPECT ME TO

DRIVE THIS SON OF A BITCH ALL

THE WAY TO THE PRUDHOE AND BACK.

[clears throat]

>> WHAT DO YOU NEED?

>> UH, IT DON'T LOOK GOOD.

LOOKS LIKE A FLEET OF MONKEYS

HAVE BEEN LIVIN' IN IT.

>> NEW DRIVERS DO NOT START WITH

NEW TRUCKS IN THIS COMPANY.

YOU WORK YOUR WAY UP.

>> OKAY.

>> HUGH DROVE THE WHEELS OFF

THAT THING ALMOST AND, UH,

NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT.

>> narrator: THE TRUCK ISN'T

PRETTY, BUT THE MONEY'S NOT

ROLLING IN UNTIL DAVE'S ROLLING

OUT.

>> YEAH, ONCE I GET THIS THING

STARTED, I'M JUST GONNA HAVE

TO TAKE IT AND, YOU KNOW, RIDE

IT AROUND TOWN OR, YOU KNOW,

TAKE IT FOR A TEST DRIVE, YOU

KNOW, TO FEEL IF I FEEL SAFE

TO DRIVE UP THERE.

I'M NOT GONNA DRIVE AN UNSAFE

TRUCK OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS.

IT JUST AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN.

I DIDN'T COME HERE TO DIE.

>> narrator: BACK IN CANADA...

HUGH AND RICK BATTLE THEIR

43-TON MEGALOADS ACROSS THE

ROUGH FROZEN TUNDRA.

>> YEAH, THEY JUST OPENED THIS

SECTION OF ROAD UP FOR US THERE,

SO, UH, IT'S EITHER GONNA BE

IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE, OR IT'S

GONNA BE IN REALLY [bleep] BAD

SHAPE.

THEY MIGHT HAVE JUST SAID,

"[bleep] IT, IT'S GOOD ENOUGH."

[chuckles]

>> YEAH, YOU WAIT TILL TODAY.

SHE'S SUPPOSED TO WARM UP HERE

IN A LITTLE BIT, AND SHE'S GONNA

BE ROUGHER.

>> narrator: AS THE CONVOY PICKS

UP SPEED...

>> RICK AND HUGH, YOU COPY?

>> [over radio] YES, SIR.

>> narrator: MARK SENDS A

WARNING.

>> WE GOT A PRETTY GOOD ROLLER

UP HERE AT, UH, KILOMETER TEN.

>> THAT'S A 10-4.

>> [over radio] 10-4.

>> AW, MAN!

IS MY TRAILER STILL ON THERE?

>> JUST.

>> I SEEN SOME SHRAPNEL COME OUT

FROM UNDER MY TRAILER.

[chuckles]

>> RICKY, RICKY, RICKY.

YOU'RE GOIN' TOO FAST OVER THESE

HUMMOCKS.

HE BOUNCED THE TRAILER OUT OF

THE HUMMOCKS, AND THEN HE JUST

GETS IN A RUSH.

HE KNOWS BETTER, BUT HE GETS IN

A RUSH, AND...

THEY CAN SAY EVERYBODY'S IN A

HURRY, AND WE'RE NOT.

>> HEY, MARK.

>> YOU BLEW A TIRE AND BENT A

RIM, TOO.

>> WHAT'S THAT?

>> YOU BLEW A TIRE AND BENT A

RIM, TOO.

>> OH, [bleep].

THAT'S WHAT I HEARD POP THERE.

>> JUST NOW?

>> JUST NOW, JUST OVER THERE.

>> narrator: WITH NO SPARE

RIMS...

>> BETTER HOP IN THERE AND

GET JOE ON THE HORN,

TELL HIM TO GET VLAD TO STOP.

>> narrator: THE CREW WILL HAVE

TO COME UP WITH A QUICK FIX,

OR THE $180,000 MEGAHAUL

ENDS HERE.

>> [bleep].

>> YEAH, [bleep] IS RIGHT.

>> WE'RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY UP.

>> narrator: 75 MILES UP THE

MANITOBA ICE ROAD...

>> AW, [bleep], MAN.

WHY ME?

>> narrator: THE OVERSIZED

CONVOY HAS COME TO A HALT.

>> NONE OF THESE TRAILERS HAS

SPARES ON 'EM?

>> narrator: RICK SLAMMED INTO A

HUMMOCK...

>> AW, MAN!

>> narrator: DENTING A RIM AND

CRIPPLING HIS MASSIVE LOAD.

>> THAT'S NOT--NOT GOOD FOR

SOME OF THE ROUGH STUFF WE GOT

TO HIT SOON.

>> I GUESS THIS IS WHY MARK

WANTED TO BRING A MECHANIC

ALONG.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE

[bleep] GONNA HAPPEN.

BUT IT HAPPENED.

>> BRING ME THAT SLEDGE ON THE

BACK OF OUR TRUCK.

WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO IS

HAMMER THOSE RIMS STRAIGHT

AND TRY TO RESEAT THE BEAD AND

GET 'EM AIRED UP AND GET 'EM

BACK ON, AND WE'LL GET 'EM

GOIN'.

>> narrator: ONCE A SEAL IS

BROKEN BETWEEN TIRE AND RIM,

IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO

INFLATE THE TIRE.

>> GOT AN AIR LINE SET UP HERE

FOR A SUPPLY LINE FROM THE

TRACTOR.

[air hissing]

>> I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA

MAKE IT, UH...

I MEAN, THE RIM IS "BENDED."

UH, THEY GOT NO JACK, SO I DON'T

THINK WE'RE GONNA PUT THE TIRE

BACK ON THE RIM.

[air hissing]

>> AH!

>> WELL, IF WE CAN'T GET IT

WITH AIR, WE JUST--IF WE CAN

FIND SOME ETHER, WE'LL JUST...

>> BOTH THE INSIDES ARE STILL

SEALED.

>> WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT.

>> ETHER!

>> I'M ON IT.

>> HUGH TRIES AN OLD TRUCKER'S

TRICK...

SPRAYING ETHER ON THE INSIDE OF

THE TIRE.

ONCE THE TIRE IS FULL OF FUMES,

HUGH WILL IGNITE THE ETHER.

THE HEAT WILL CAUSE THE AIR TO

EXPAND AND HOPEFULLY POP THE

TIRE BACK ONTO THE RIM.

THE DANGER IS THAT USING TOO

MUCH ETHER WILL CAUSE THE TIRE

TO EXPLODE.

[ether hissing]

>> READY?

KEEP PULLIN'.

AAH.

PUT THE WHOLE [bleep]

CAN OF IT IN THERE.

BUT EVERYBODY'S GOT TO BE READY.

>> WATCH OUT, HUGH!

>> THERE IT GOES!

>> YES!

[laughs]

>> GET THE AIR TO IT!

YEAH, HERE, BUDDY.

>> STOP WITHIN [bleep] INCHES.

>> narrator: HUGH'S OLD-SCHOOL

FIX...

>> LOOKIN' PRETTY GOOD THERE.

>> THAT'S PERFECT.

>> narrator: GETS THE CONVOY

BACK ON THE ICE.

BUT RICK'S MISTAKE HAS COST THEM

THE WHOLE AFTERNOON.

>> WELL, HE'LL HAVE TO GO

[bleep] SLOW DOWN.

WE CAN'T BE [bleep] AROUND

LIKE WE WERE.

>> [bleep].

>> narrator: A STRONG CONVOY

REQUIRES TOP PERFORMANCES FROM

EVERY DRIVER.

BUT NOW RICK LOOKS LIKE THE

WEAKEST LINK IN THE CHAIN.

AT THE CARLILE TRUCK YARD IN

FAIRBANKS...

>> HEY, HOW YOU DOIN'?

>> narrator: AFTER WEEKS OF

TRAINING, TOP NEW YORK DRIVER

MAYA SIEBER IS FINALLY READY

TO TEST HER SKILLS ON THE HAUL

ROAD.

>> TODAY'S GONNA BE MY FIRST DAY

DRIVING.

IT'S SOMETHING I COULDN'T WAIT

FOR, AND IT'S FINALLY HERE,

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED.

THIS IS SOMETHING I'M USED TO,

DEFINITELY--HOOKING UP TO THE

LOAD.

[engine turning]

>> narrator: AFTER YEARS OF

EXPERIENCE DRIVING SMALL TRUCKS,

THIS WILL BE MAYA'S FIRST TIME

HAULING A FLATBED.

>> DROP YOUR SUSPENSION.

JUST GIVE IT A SECOND FOR YOUR

SUSPENSION GAUGE TO DROP TO

ZERO, AND THEN YOU CAN BACK

UNDER.

>> narrator: CARLILE TRAINER

PHIL KROM WILL BE RIDING ALONG

TO EVALUATE HER SKILLS.

BUT MAYA'S GOAL IS TO DRIVE ALL

500 MILES HERSELF.

>> TIRES?

>> TIRES ARE GOOD.

>> WE CALL THOSE KNUCKLE

BUSTERS.

>> YEAH, I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.

I'VE LOST A FINGERNAIL.

>> OKAY.

THERE YOU GO.

>> I FEEL GOOD.

I'M READY TO GO.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

>> OH, [bleep], I DIDN'T SEE

THAT.

I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT DOOR OPEN

UP THERE.

I WAS JUST FOCUSING ON THE

STRAPS GETTIN' TIGHT.

THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF TO CHECK

ON A FLATBED.

>> narrator: READY OR NOT...

THE DALTON HAS A NEW DRIVER.

>> I'M HAULING LUMBER AND THESE

BIG FUNNEL-TYPE THINGS.

WHAT ARE THEY CALLED AGAIN?

>> HOPPERS.

>> HOPPERS, THAT'S IT.

>> WE'RE GONNA WORK ON A LOT OF

THINGS TODAY, UH...

TRUCK POSITION IN THE ROAD, AND,

MOST CERTAINLY, I WILL TELL YOU

WHAT GEAR TO BE IN BEFORE WE

DROP OFF THE HILL.

WE DON'T NEED YOU DROPPIN' OFF

IN TOO HIGH OF GEAR.

>> NO, THAT WOULDN'T BE FUN

FOR ANYBODY.

>> RIGHT.

GET DOWN INTO SIXTH OVER.

WE'RE GONNA DROP INTO 20 FOR A

MILE.

[gears grinding]

>> DAMN.

>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A...

A PRETTY SHARP CORNER AT THE

BOTTOM.

JUST, UH, CONCENTRATE.

YOU WANT TO BE GLANCIN' TO THE

OTHER SIDE OF THE CORNER TO

MAKE SURE NOBODY'S COMIN'.

IF SOMEBODY IS, YOU JUST HAVE TO

GET TO YOUR SIDE.

NOW, WHEN YOU CAN LOOK ACROSS

THERE AND SEE NOBODY'S COMIN',

USE A LITTLE MORE OF THE ROAD,

BUT YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR

THAT TO CHANGE.

MAKE SURE YOU STAY TO YOUR

SIDE...

'CAUSE WE CAN'T SEE ANYBODY

COMIN' YET.

THERE'S ONE GETTIN' READY TO

COME UP.

BIG TRUCK, BIG TRUCK.

[horn blares]

WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT.

>> narrator: JUST 30 MILES INTO

HER FIRST TRIP UP THE HAUL

ROAD...

>> BIG TRUCK, BIG TRUCK.

[horn blares]

WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT.

>> OH!

[horn blares]

OH, MY GOD.

HE WAS HAULING ASS.

OH, MY GOD.

>> narrator: THE CLOSE CALL HAS

MAYA ON EDGE, AND WITH BIGGER

CHALLENGES AHEAD, PHIL IS HAVING

SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT KEEPING

THE ROOKIE BEHIND THE WHEEL.

>> WHY DON'T WE GET UP HERE,

AND WE'LL PULL INTO THE

PULL-OUT?

MAYBE LET YOUR NERVES CALM DOWN

A LITTLE BIT.

GO AHEAD AND TURN IN.

TURN.

>> [bleep].

>> OKAY, I'LL DRIVE FOR A LITTLE

WHILE, LET YOU ENJOY THE

SCENERY, TAKE A LITTLE BREAK.

WE'LL CONTINUE ON, THEN.

AT THIS POINT, UM, I'M STILL

TRYING TO GET MAYA TO BECOME

FAMILIAR WITH THE TRUCK, AND THE

FIRST 56 MILES ARE PRETTY

SERIOUS.

THERE'S A LOT OF MAJOR HILLS.

>> HE'S GONNA TAKE THE MORE

SERIOUS HILLS.

I'M GONNA PAY MORE ATTENTION,

SEE HOW HE SHIFTS AND WHAT GEAR

HE'S GONNA TAKE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A

RIDE-ALONG, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

I GET TO SEE THE ROAD FROM A

DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

>> narrator: BACK IN CANADA,

ALEX DEBOGORSKI IS LOOKING TO

CASH IN ON HIS FOURTH RUN OF THE

SEASON.

>> WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THE

PEOPLE UP NORTH GOT THEIR FUEL

AND THEIR GROCERIES AND THEIR

NEW UNDERWEAR AND WHATEVER ELSE

WE'RE GONNA HAUL UP THERE--

PILLOWS, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS,

PARTS FOR THE DRILLS THAT ARE

OUT THERE LOOKING FOR GOLD AND

SILVER AND URANIUM.

THE FLOUR AND THE ICING FOR THE

WEDDING CAKES THIS SUMMER.

>> narrator: TODAY ALEX IS

CARRYING A FORKLIFT BOUND FOR

ST. THERESA POINT AND SIX BOATS

FOR THE ISOLATED TOWN OF

GARDEN HILL.

>> IF YOU GOT IT, THE TRUCK

BROUGHT IT.

IT'S JUST--DOWN SOUTH, YOU KNOW,

IT'S JUST LIKE THE HEART

BEATING.

THE TRUCKS JUST KEEP GOIN' ROUND

AND ROUND.

IT'S LIKE BLOOD FLOW, YOU KNOW.

THEY JUST KEEP THE NATION GOIN',

WHEREAS UP HERE, THE WEATHER AND

THE SEASONS--

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE TRUCKS GO,

AND THEN THEY STOP.

THAT'S IT.

NO MORE TRUCKS.

YOU GOT TO WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR.

SO YOU HAVE TO PLAN AHEAD, OR

ELSE YOU AREN'T GONNA HAVE IT.

>> [over radio] TURN TO THE LEFT

AND THEN BACK UP.

>> IS IT OKAY LIKE THAT?

>> narrator: IN THE BUSH,

GOOD EQUIPMENT IS HARD TO COME

BY, AND THESE PALLETS ARE THE

CLOSEST THING TO A LOADING RAMP.

>> OKAY, YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST

LIFT HER UP, OR YOU GONNA LIFT

IT UP AND PULL IT BACK AND JUST

SORT OF BOUNCE HER UP?

>> I'LL LIFT IT OFF AND...

>> CARRY IT?

>> CARRY IT OVER MAYBE.

>> BEST THING IS TO STAY OUT OF

THE WAY.

I DON'T THINK I WANT TO BE

RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS

PERFORMANCE.

DON'T LET NOTHIN' BUT FEAR AND

COMMON SENSE STOP YOU.

AY-YI-YI, YI-YI, YI-YI, YI-YI.

IT'S GONNA TIP!

IT'S GONNA TIP!

WENT BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT

WOULD.

IT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE NEW

MEANING TO DROPPING YOUR LOAD

OFF.

[both laughing]

>> narrator: IN ALASKA,

200 MILES UP THE HAUL ROAD...

DAVE REDMON IS FINALLY IN THE

GAME.

>> THIS IS THE BIG LEARNING

PROCESS RIGHT HERE.

YOU KNOW, I'M IN THE TRUCK BY

MYSELF.

I'M DOING EVERYTHING ON MY OWN

NOW.

NOW I CAN CONCENTRATE ON

FIGURING OUT WHAT WORKS FOR ME

AND NOT WHAT WORKS FOR SOMEBODY

ELSE SITTIN' IN THE PASSENGER

SEAT.

>> narrator: JUST AS DAVE IS

GETTING COMFORTABLE IN THE

CAB...

>> [over radio] AND YOU MIGHT

WANT TO TRY THAT.

IT HAS A SPECIAL SCREW IN IT.

>> WHO IS THAT, TONY?

>> narrator: HE HEARS A FAMILIAR

VOICE ON THE RADIO.

>> THINK YOUR ATTITUDE MIGHT

HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT?

>> I HAVE NOT HAD ONE--

>> EVERY TIME THAT I SAID THESE

THINGS, IT'S BEEN LEGIT--

ALL OF 'EM!

[over radio] GO AHEAD.

>> HOW YOU DOIN', TONY?

>> IS THAT DAVE?

>> YES, SIR.

[gruffly] HOW'S THIS?

IS THIS BETTER?

YEAH, YEAH, HE KICKED ME

OUT OF HIS TRUCK, SO I HAD TO

GET SOMETHING ELSE, SO I'M JUST

TRYIN' TO GET UP THE ROAD.

APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP.

>> YOU DO?

REALLY?

>> I DO, YOU KNOW.

I'M NOT A TOTAL DICK.

>> [laughs]

OH, MAN.

WELL, AS LONG AS YOU APPRECIATED

MY HELP, THEN THAT MAKES ME FEEL

A LITTLE BETTER.

>> ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.

THAT WAS TONY...

MY NEMESIS.

YOU CAN HAVE ONE PIT BULL

CHAINED TO ONE TREE AND ONE

PIT BILL CHAINED TO ANOTHER

TREE--THEY'LL GET ALONG JUST

FINE.

DON'T CHAIN 'EM TO THE SAME

TREE.

SOMETHIN' BAD'S GONNA HAPPEN.

>> narrator: WHILE DAVE PUTS THE

BAD BLOOD WITH TONY BEHIND HIM,

AN EVEN BIGGER CHALLENGE LIES

AHEAD...

THE STEEP, SLIPPERY GRADE OF

KOYUKUK.

>> YOU KNOW, DOWN IN THE LOWER

48, WHEN YOU'RE ON FLAT GROUNDS

IN IOWA AND YOU MISS A GEAR,

I MEAN, YOU GOT ALL DAY TO FIND

ANOTHER ONE.

UP HERE, YOU MISS A GEAR, THE

TRUCK COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP.

[gears grinding]

>> SECOND.

>> OH, [bleep].

>> ALL RIGHT, STOP.

BRAKES, BRAKES, BRAKES, BRAKES!

>> narrator: HIS LAST ATTEMPT AT

THE KOYUKUK WAS A BLOW TO THIS

25-YEAR VETERAN'S PRIDE.

>> BOY, I [bleep] THAT UP,

DIDN'T I?

>> YOU DID.

>> narrator: NOW DAVE GETS A

SECOND CHANCE.

>> WE GOT HERE.

THE PASS WAS CLEAR.

I'M NOT GONNA CHAIN UP FOR

KOYUKUK.

I'M JUST GONNA MAKE A RUN FOR

IT.

YEAH, THE FIRST TIME I WENT

UP IT, I JUST MISSED A GEAR.

IT HAD NOTHIN' TO DO WITH THE--

YOU KNOW, THE HILL OR ANYTHING.

IT WAS JUST--IT CAME UP ON ME

TOO QUICK.

I DIDN'T THINK THE GEAR THROUGH,

AND I MISSED IT.

BUT THAT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN

THIS TIME.

LOCKED BOTH MY LOCKERS IN,

AND I'M FIXIN' TO GET ON THIS

BITCH.

HERE WE GO.

JUST [bleep] WITH US.

SLOW DOWN [bleep] QUICK, TOO,

BUDDY.

THAT'S IT.

WE'RE GOIN' UP JUST LIKE THIS.

IT'S A CHALLENGE REALLY TO GET

UP THAT HILL.

I MEAN, THESE GUYS THAT DO IT

EVERY DAY, THEY--

THEY FLY UP THIS HILL LIKE IT'S

A SPEED BUMP IN A PARKING LOT.

YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT WAS, UH...

IT WAS MY FIRST EMBARRASSING

MOMENT HERE--WAS THAT HILL.

>> narrator: HALFWAY UP ALASKA'S

DALTON HIGHWAY...

ROOKIE MAYA SIEBER IS SUPPOSED

TO BE HAULING HER FIRST LOAD.

BUT A CLOSE CALL ON A BLIND

CORNER...

[horn blares]

>> BIG TRUCK.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> narrator: HAS TRAINER

PHIL KROM BACK BEHIND THE WHEEL.

I STRUGGLED.

YOU'RE GONNA STRUGGLE.

ANY NEW DRIVER ON THIS ROAD

IS GONNA STRUGGLE.

>> OH, MY GOD.

WHAT THE [bleep] WAS THAT?

>> BLEW A TIRE OR AN AIRBAG OR

SOMETHIN', SO WE'LL STOP ON TOP

AND SEE WHAT'S GOIN' ON.

>> OH, THIS IS NOT A PLACE

TO GET STUCK.

WOW.

>> WELL, HERE...

A LITTLE MORE OF THE CAP

COME OFF, BUT NOT SO MUCH THAT

IT TORE ANYTHING UP, SO WE DID

GOOD.

>> narrator: WITH 17 GOOD TIRES

LEFT, PHIL DECIDES IT'S SAFE

TO FINISH THE TRIP.

AND HE GIVES MAYA ANOTHER CHANCE

TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL.

[owl screeching]

>> OH, MY GOD.

[bleep] OWL SCARED THE

[bleep] OUT OF ME.

[laughing]

OH, MY GOD, DID YOU [bleep]

SEE THAT?

>> [laughing]

[screeching]

>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

I WAS LIKE, "WAIT A MINUTE."

>> OH, THAT WAS GOOD.

>> I DIDN'T WANT TO HIT IT.

>> narrator: AS THE SUN RISES,

2,600 MILES EAST IN CANADA,

RICK AND HUGH ARE ON DAY TWO

OF THE BIGGEST HAUL EVER

TO HIT THE MANITOBA ICE ROADS.

[horn honking]

>> IT'S TIME TO GET BACK TO MY

ROOTS.

THE WINTER ROADS, THE ICE ROADS,

THE BUSH DRIVIN'.

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE.

THAT'S WHERE I SHINE.

ANYBODY CAN DRIVE UP AND DOWN

A [bleep] HIGHWAY.

THIS LOAD HERE IS WORTH ABOUT

TEN TRIPS UP THE DALTON.

>> narrator: THE CONVOY IS

APPROACHING THE TIGHTEST SECTION

OF THE TRIP--

20 MILES OF TWISTING HAIRPIN

TURNS.

>> OH, MAN.

>> narrator: MANEUVERING THE

60-FOOT-LONG OVERSIZED LOAD

LEAVES NO MARGIN FOR ERROR.

>> OH, I'M GETTIN' A BUNCH OF

[bleep] MARKS HERE.

>> [on radio] THAT TURN JUST

KEEPS GOIN' ALL THE WAY TO THE

RIGHT, RICK?

>> YEAH.

>> IT IS.

I CAN'T EVEN STEER IN THIS

[bleep] SOFT [bleep].

I'LL JUST PUSH THE [bleep]

FRONT END AROUND HERE.

WHAT THE [bleep]!

THEY DON'T EVEN [bleep]

BRING SHACKS ON THIS [bleep]

ROAD.

>> narrator: THE TURN IS

PUSHING RICK TO HIS LIMIT.

>> I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS

[bleep] STUPID [bleep].

>> narrator: AND KNOWING MARK

AND HUGH ARE WATCHING EVERY

MOVE...

ADDS TO THE HUMILIATION.

>> WHAT THE [bleep] HELL?

>> HOW WE MAKIN' OUT THERE,

GENTLEMEN?

>> narrator: AFTER 22 FAILED

ATTEMPTS...

RICK HAS ONE OPTION LEFT--

BRUTE FORCE.

>> [on radio] DID YOU MAKE IT?

>> YEAH, I DID.

I'M [bleep] SICK OF THIS

[bleep], MAN.

I'M GONNA UN-[bleep]-PIN

THIS THING IN A MINUTE.

>> narrator: NOW IT'S HUGH'S

TURN.

>> GOOD JOB, MR. ROWLAND.

>> [laughing]

>> MUST BE COMIN' AROUND THERE

QUICK.

>> HOLY [bleep].

>> TWO HAIRPINS, AND I DID ALL

THE DAMAGE TO THE [bleep]

TRAILER.

BUT IT'S NOT A LOT OF DAMAGE,

JUST THE SIDING ON THE THING,

SO...

NOT MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT IT NOW.

IT HAPPENED, SO...

>> narrator: 130 MILES

NORTHEAST, ALEX IS HEADED TO

GARDEN HILL TO MAKE HIS SECOND

DELIVERY

>> YEAH, THE PEOPLE DRIVIN' BY

ARE ALL SLOWIN' DOWN AND LOOKIN'

AT THE BOATS.

THE LAKES ARE USED--

THE WATERWAYS ARE USED FOR

TRAVEL.

NOT HAVING A BOAT IN THIS

COUNTRY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE

IS THE SAME THING, OR WORSE,

THAN NOT HAVING A CAR.

>> narrator: BUT IN THE DEAD OF

WINTER, IT'S SEMIS THAT RULE

THESE WATERWAYS.

AND ALEX IS THE FIRST LOADED

TRUCK TO CROSS THIS

EIGHT-MILE-LONG NEWLY FROZEN

LAKE.

>> CAN'T SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF

THE LAKE.

IT'S A HUGE LAKE.

THIS LOAD OF BOATS IS THE

HEAVIEST LOAD THEY'VE HAD YET

THIS YEAR.

TRUCKS ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO COME

THROUGH HERE TOTALLY EMPTY.

OH, THAT ICE THERE'S NICE.

BOY, ISN'T THAT SOMETHIN', THAT

ICE, EH?

SO CLEAR.

THOSE CRACKS--YOU LOOK AT THOSE

CRACKS...

THAT'S A LITTLE--

SEE, THAT'S A LITTLE PRESSURE

CRACK RIGHT THERE.

>> narrator: THE FIRST TRIP ON

A NEWLY OPENED ICE CROSSING

IS ALWAYS THE MOST DANGEROUS.

>> WELL, IF YOU FALL IN THE

HOLE, I MEAN, IT'S JUST--

YOUR TRUCK'S GONNA GET WET.

YOU'RE GONNA END UP DOWN ON THE

BOTTOM OF THE LAKE IF IT'S WIDE

ENOUGH.

>> narrator: AND TRANSPORTATION

DEPARTMENT TESTS HAVE SHOWN

IF A BIG RIG CRACKS THROUGH THE

ICE, THE DRIVER HAS ALMOST NO

CHANCE TO GET OUT IN TIME.

>> THEY JUST BOOF, AND THEY GO

THROUGH AND THEY HIT THE BOTTOM.

MOST OF THE TIME, YOU'VE GOT A--

YOU'VE GOT A...

YOU GOT A FEW SECONDS TO GET OUT

OF A TRUCK.

ANYWAY, IF IT GOES THROUGH,

I GOT BOATS.

[laughing]

>> narrator: JUST ACROSS THE

LAKE...

[horn toots]

>> ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST.

>> WELL, AROUND HERE, BOATS ARE

QUITE A BIG THING.

>> OH, NO, THEY'RE JUST LIKE

CARS IN THE WINTER--IN THE

SUMMERTIME.

>> EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE ONE.

>> IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE OUR

CUSTOMERS ARE HAPPY.

THE STORE MANAGER WAS HAPPY.

JUST HAVE TO TIDY UP THE STRAPS,

AND, UH, CLEAN THE DECK OFF, AND

WE'RE READY TO HEAD HOME.

>> narrator: 30 MILES FROM

PRUDHOE BAY, ALASKA, DAVE REDMON

IS ROLLING NORTH WITH HIS FIRST

LOAD OF THE SEASON.

>> SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF SLOWIN'

DOWN A LITTLE BIT, JUST TO BE

A LITTLE BIT MORE CAREFUL.

WE GOT SOME DRIFTING SNOW, AND

THE ROAD'S BLOWING FROM THE EAST

TO THE WEST PROBABLY 20, 25

MILES AN HOUR, AND IT'S...

IT'S MAKIN' FOR SOME PRETTY

CRAPPY VISIBILITY.

NOT ONLY IS THIS ROAD, YOU KNOW,

DANGEROUS, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A

SHEET OF ICE.

YOU NEED TO JUST TAKE YOUR TIME.

IF IT TAKES YOU TWO DAYS TO GET

THERE, IT TAKES YOU TWO DAYS TO

GET THERE.

AT LEAST YOU GOT THERE.

>> narrator: FINALLY, DAVE ROLLS

HIS LOAD INTO THE PRUDHOE BAY

TRUCK YARD.

>> I'M GONNA DROP THE TRAILER AT

THE CARLILE YARD, LITTLE EXTRA

CASH IN YOUR POCKET.

IT'LL ADD ONE MORE LOAD TO THE

LOAD COUNT, AND...

MAYBE I CAN CATCH UP TO SOME OF

THESE YAHOOS RUNNIN' UP AND DOWN

THIS ROAD.

>> narrator: AND WITH ONE TRIP

UNDER HIS BELT, THE ALABAMA

SLAMMER IS ONE HIS WAY TO

EARNING HIS PLACE AS AN ICE ROAD

TRUCKER.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF TRUCK

DRIVERS IN THE UNITED STATES

AND IN THE WORLD.

AND THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF

'EM THAT CAN SAY WITH PROOF,

YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE DRIVEN

THIS DALTON HIGHWAY AND

DELIVERED FREIGHT,

AND I'M ONE OF 'EM.

>> narrator: DAVE'S FIRST LOAD

OF THE SEASON FINALLY GETS HIM

ON THE BOARD, WHILE ALEX JUMPS

ONE LOAD AHEAD OF HIS CANADIAN

RIVALS.

[horn honks]

FOUR HOURS AFTER DAVE, ROOKIE

MAYA SIEBER BRINGS HER FIRST

LOAD OF THE SEASON INTO THE

YARD.

>> IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT--

IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT IN

THE DARK, ISN'T IT?

>> IT'S MORE DIFFICULT IN THE

DARK, ABSOLUTELY.

>> YEAH.

>> I THOUGHT I DID GOOD.

I NEED TO BE A LITTLE SMOOTHER

ON MY SHIFTING, BUT I'M STILL

GETTING USED TO THE TRUCK.

>> MORE CONFIDENCE WITH EVERY

MILE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THAT'S GOOD.

>> narrator: THE HAUL MAY BE

OVER...

>> ROLL THIS OVER THERE.

WE'RE GONNA PUT THIS ON THE

OUTSIDE.

>> narrator: BUT THERE'S MORE

WORK TO DO BEFORE MAYA CAN CALL

IT A NIGHT.

>> AFTER GETTIN' TO KNOW MAYA A

LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY, I THINK

SHE CAN STEP UP TO THE

CHALLENGE, HELP ME CHANGE THIS

TIRE.

HAVE YOU EVER USED A ONE-INCH

AIR RATCHET BEFORE?

>> NO.

>> GO AHEAD AND BUZZ THOSE OFF

IF YOU WOULD.

GET A FIRM GRIP AND PULL THE

TRIGGER.

[ratchet whirring]

KEEP A HOLD OF IT.

ALL RIGHT.

>> AND THE BAD ONE.

COURSE, IT HAS TO BE THE INSIDE

TIRE.

>> WELL, YEAH.

OKAY, LET'S PUT OUR ORIGINAL

BACK ON THE INSIDE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SURFACE

IS CLEAN.

>> GOTCHA.

>> GET A NICE, FLAT CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE TWO WHEELS.

JUST GOTTA PRY IT--GOOD JOB.

[ratchet whirring]

PFFT!

>> OH, MAN!

>> [laughing]

>> SO MUCH FOR MY SHOWER.

I GOT A MOUTHFUL OF DIRT.

[laughs]

HOLY [bleep], I'M SWEATING.

>> [laughing]

>> WHOO!

GET THIS CRAP OFF OF ME.

[ratchet whirring]

>> OKAY, THAT SHOULD DO US.

>> YAY, BACK ON THE ROAD.

>> narrator: 2,600 MILES EAST

IN CANADA, HUGH AND RICK ARE

ON DAY THREE OF THEIR HEAVY

HAUL CONVOY.

[horn blares]

>> JUST GONNA BE [bleep]

HAPPY WHEN THIS [bleep]

LOAD'S OVER AND DONE WITH.

>> narrator: IT'S BEEN A

GRUELING TRIP.

>> AW, MAN!

>> WATCH OUT, HUGH.

>> narrator: ESPECIALLY FOR

RICK.

>> [bleep] SICK OF THIS

[bleep], MAN.

IT'S A FRUSTRATING JOB, BUT

IT'S GOTTA GET DONE.

AS MUCH AS I WANT TO TURN BACK,

YOU CAN'T, SO...

>> narrator: BUT THEIR TOUGHEST

CHALLENGE LIES AHEAD.

>> [on radio] NOW, BOYS, UH,

JUST KEEP YOUR EYES AND YOUR

FEET PLANTED--WE GOT A NICE

CROSSING COMIN' UP HERE.

>> narrator: AS THE TRUCKS REACH

THE SHORE OF SLEMON LAKE,

WHICH WILL BE THE LONGEST ICE

CROSSING OF THE TRIP, HUGH SPOTS

A PROBLEM.

>> WE'RE A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER

THAN WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE

HERE.

>> narrator: EACH LOADED TRACTOR

TRAILER WEIGHS 43 TONS.

BUT THE LAKE'S WEIGHT LIMIT

IS ONLY 40 TONS.

>> ALL RIGHT, PUT YOUR LIFE

JACKET ON, RICK.

>> WE'RE ACTUALLY OVERWEIGHT

FOR THESE LAKES, SO WE GOTTA GO

REALLY SLOW.

MAKE SURE WE GET OUR [bleep]

SPACING HERE.

OR SOMEBODY COULD DROWN.

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>> narrator: NEXT WEEK...

>> NOW, THIS IS ICE ROAD

TRUCKING.

>> narrator: THE TROUBLE IS JUST

GETTING STARTED.

>> THE ICE IS GOIN' DOWN A FOOT.

>> narrator: AS RICK AND HUGH

ROLL THEIR MONSTER LOAD DEEPER

INTO THE CANADIAN WILDS.

>> HE CAN'T GET OUT OF HIS

TRUCK.

>> ISN'T THAT SOMETHIN'?

>> narrator: LISA HAS OVERSIZED

PROBLEMS OF HER OWN.

>> DANG IT.

>> LISA ENDED UP DROPPIN' BACK,

WAY BACK.

>> AND DAVE CUTS LOOSE.

>> [bleep] BASTARD!

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DRIVE

THE MOST DANGEROUS ROAD IN THE

WORLD WITH NO DAMN SEATBELT?