Original subtitles

NARRATOR: Tonight on "Ice Road Truckers--"

We're making money hand over fist here.

NARRATOR: Lisa and Maya come to the rescue.

Getting loads up there is important,

but somebody's life is more important.

I mean, it is as slick as slick can get.

NARRATOR: Tony hits the skids.

TONY: Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!

NARRATOR: Dave is on the hot seat.

DAVE: I'm not here to make a bunch of [bleep] friends.

It's just best that I stay away.

NARRATOR: And the melting roads become every driver's worst

nightmare.

[bleep]

[theme music]

[music playing]

NARRATOR: On Alaska's North Slope,

the winter freeze gives way to spring thaw,

and the dash for the cash--

Here we go.

NARRATOR: --is heating up.

LISA: And if you want something, don't sit there and wait

for it.

Go get it.

NARRATOR: At the Carlile truck yard in Prudhoe Bay--

[music playing]

Yeah, it's not a very exciting load.

But you know what?

A load is a load, and as long as I keep moving forward

in the load count, I don't much care what they give me,

honestly.

NARRATOR: Over the last few weeks,

Dave Redmond has raced to the top of the load board,

but his hard-charging style has him

on thin ice with management.

PHIL KROMM: Yeah, at this point, things

aren't looking real good.

There's been quite a bit of negative

over the last few weeks with Dave.

And that's why Lane's had me out here to re-evaluate him and see

what's going on firsthand.

And so far, there's a couple of things that

are less than positive, so--

[bleep]

NARRATOR: Back under the thumb of trainer Phil Kromm,

Dave's make-or-break run got off to a rocky start.

I just touched that one side, broke that piece of plastic.

They're going to be a big problem?

Yeah.

Just kind of a rookie mistake.

NARRATOR: And it was all downhill from there.

Copy that there, Dave.

Copy that there, Dave.

Shut up.

That'll add to the load count.

I'm just happy to be on top, so that's all that matters.

[music playing]

Well, here we go south.

PHIL KROMM [ON RADIO]: Here we go.

I guess I'm back on the [bleep] list again.

I got to follow Phil again today.

It's, like, an everyday thing here.

You know, follow Phil, follow somebody.

It really takes the trip and just turns it

into a pain in the ass.

It really does.

You know, that's the problem when you're following

or chasing somebody, you know, you're always

at the mercy of the other guy.

It's just-- it's getting old.

PHIL KROMM: I've got to wonder if Dave's

paying a little disregard to safety

and taking a mindset of trying to up the load

count-- you know, his load count-- to try and get

as many loads as he can, and safety and the rules

are suffering because of it.

If that's the case, then something's got to be done.

Getting ahead of the load count,

I've actually left Maya and Tony behind a couple of times.

I've done a lot of things that maybe I shouldn't have.

Some of them might think I've been cheating,

but it makes me a little proud, I guess,

that I've got ahead of everybody.

But then again, I don't have much competition.

[horn honking]

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 500 miles south in Fairbanks--

Just got back off a couple days with the fam,

and heading over to dispatch to see what they've got going on,

see what's cooking.

Time to get some more loads done before all this ice melts.

NARRATOR: Haul Road veteran Tony Molesky is back on the job.

What in the heck?

NARRATOR: But the Carlile bosses have a surprise for him.

[horn honking]

[music playing]

TONY: [laughs]

Oh, yeah!

Nuh-uh.

Oh, man.

Wow.

Brand new truck, Tony.

NARRATOR: Company big dog Harry McDonald has personally

overseen the repairs to Tony's truck.

You drove it up?

I drove it up just for you.

Holy cow.

Nice - I don't do that for everybody.

TONY: I know. Yeah.

Looks really good.

I mean, it doesn't even look like it got wrecked.

NARRATOR: At the start of the season, Tony's brand

new Kenworth W900L was totaled in a nasty wreck.

But wow.

I'm going to look under the hood in here real quick.

This is amazing, man.

HARRY MCDONALD: Well, Tony Molesky's

been working for Carlile over 20 years.

He started when he was maybe 60 or so,

working in the warehouse.

And he's been driving for the last 15 or so.

It's all-new front end, all-new suspension,

an all-new hood.

This is a fiberglass hood, too.

I think it is fiberglass.

Yeah.

It's different.

So it drove nice?

Drove perfect.

New radiator, air-to-air, everything.

Wow.

Well, I can't wait to drive it. I'm ready to go trucking now.

Good to go.

I see how you are, pulling a fast one on me.

We tried.

Did you get a new truck?

Sneaking in on me.

Uh-huh.

It almost worked.

Thank you, Harry. I'm telling you.

Thank you very much. - Yeah.

We'll, uh--

All right.

Thanks, Harry.

Time to go for a ride, I guess.

Oh, this is just awesome.

What a nice feel.

Chrome kick panel.

Nice.

3,000-watt inverter.

They threw a couple extras in here for me, it looks like.

This is cool.

Just like home.

All right.

I want to drive, man.

Let's go.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Finally back behind the wheel of his rebuilt rig,

Tony's ready to roll.

TONY: Hasta la vista.

You want to take care of your 20-year guys,

because those are the guys out there that are taking care

of you, and so it's important to have those guys out there

and have them comfortable and keep them happy.

I'm super pleased with the way that the truck turned out.

Really happy to be back in it.

[horn honking]

NARRATOR: 2,600 miles east, the southernmost ice roads

in the world are melting fast, and the race between rivals

Hugh Rowland and Alex Debogorksi is neck and neck.

Had to wait 'til 10:00 this morning so we could chase a guy

down, fill up our tanks.

And lo and behold, sitting around like that,

we got two [bleep] loads to go back.

So we're just [bleep] laughing here.

I mean, [bleep],, we're just [bleep] here.

We're getting-- loads--

we only planned on loads coming up, and going home

empty every time.

We got backhaul, so we're making [bleep]

money hand over fist here, and I'm pretty [bleep]

happy about it.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Loaded up with 10 tons of fish

bound for Winnipeg, Hugh and Rick

are hoping to run up the count on their competition.

Nice that old Alex always thinks he so far--

he's so far behind, he always thinks he's ahead of me.

Well, he was talking trash that he was going to beat us.

Yeah, right.

Yeah, his trash talked never worked out for the last 30

years, so he should give up on it.

And he ain't no young guy anymore.

HUGH [ON RADIO]: Yeah.

We're old flak.

NARRATOR: About 300 miles south, Alex isn't going down

without a fight.

Man, I know that Hugh and Rick pride themselves

on being real hot rods, but I mean, what am I going to say?

If Hugh and Rick would go roaring by,

I just keep on going.

And they go roaring by, and I just keep on going.

They go roaring by, and each time, there's more pieces

missing off their gear.

NARRATOR: This 25-ton load of magnesium chloride

is used for road repair, critical for keeping lifelines

open to the isolated community of Little Grand Rapids.

RICK: Magnesium chloride for dust control on gravel road

and dirt roads.

You basically put it on the road, and you water the road,

and then you grate it and the road tightens up.

Yeah, we're providing a very valuable service.

I mean, this is something that people really need.

Hey, I guess you could consider the trucks a lifeline

for these communities.

Otherwise, these communities are almost like Alcatraz.

There's no way of getting in and out, except by airplane,

and possibly by boat for some of them.

NARRATOR: But each one-ton bag of compound

is strapped down separately, creating a dangerously unstable

load.

RICK: So I'm not a big fan of these little bastards.

I can't tighten them up hard enough.

You don't have very many winches on that trailer, though.

NARRATOR: If the bags are jarred loose,

the shifting weight could tip Alex's trailer.

RICK: Well, this load could be a challenge.

I'm not happy with those two-inch straps on it.

NARRATOR: As the day heats up, the winter road gets rougher,

and his load begins to shift.

RICK: It's starting to get damp.

We're sort of in a swamp here.

The water is coming out of the bush here.

[music playing]

Oh.

Hang on there, baby.

[bleep]

NARRATOR: 200 miles from civilization--

The pallets are broken, so.

NARRATOR: --the rough road has cracked one of the pallets

beneath Alex's 25-ton load of magnesium chloride.

RICK: So far, the disaster hasn't changed any

since it started.

My worry is that bag falling forward.

The problem is these bags are trying to fall off the truck.

The pallet collapsed on that one.

I don't know.

Even all the straps they got on here

might not fix this problem.

Definitely going to fall this way.

That's for sure.

Stuff falling apart, things breaking-- you

know, all the challenges of the ice road.

Little bumpy roads.

It's giving it a rough ride, as my load's having trouble

sleeping.

It wants to be awake.

It wants to be moving around.

Well, I guess we go bumper down the road a little more,

and see what happens.

NARRATOR: With the load still shaky,

Alex has no choice but to continue on.

RICK: That's what we got, so we got to get it there.

Part of the job.

Loads fall off all over the place

if they're not properly secured.

Tie it up, drive, check it, and see what happens.

NARRATOR: Back on the Dalton, Dave is struggling to fit in.

PHIL KROMM [ON RADIO]: Hey, Dave, maybe

you ought to check the fuel tanks while we stop here

at Coldfoot.

[bleep].

Shut up.

Nah, [bleep] that.

Nah.

I got things to do.

I ain't going to sit here.

I'm not here to make a bunch of [bleep] damn friends.

NARRATOR: But just up the road, fellow rookie Maya Sieber

is starting to find her place on the Dalton.

So are we going all the way up together,

or do you have plans to turn and burn halfway, or what's

the deal, you know?

Oh, we're going up all the way,

Right on.

Right on.

NARRATOR: Just a few months ago, Maya was a city driver looking

for a new challenge.

This is [bleep] crazy.

MAN: You're going to have to learn how

to drive through this stuff.

That's unlike anything I've ever seen before.

I was so overwhelmed when I first started.

NARRATOR: Now the rookie from New York

is getting the hang of it.

MAYA: Once I started learning the road,

it really became a lot of fun.

It's like, your adrenaline rushes

and you're ready for whatever comes your way.

[music playing]

You learning this road yet, Maya?

MAYA [ON RADIO]: Ah, little by little.

I like this part a lot.

NARRATOR: And for Lisa Kelly, after three seasons of relying

on other drivers for help--

Oh, yeah, yeah.

This is the stupidest thing on planet Earth,

and I feel stupid for not knowing how to do it.

I wanted to be the helper, and not the helpee.

NARRATOR: Running with a rookie is a chance

to share what she's learned.

LISA [ON RADIO]: So I was wondering what you think

about chaining up, because it's, like, 20 below and 15 below

and 30 below.

Yeah, I was thinking about that myself, and I'm like,

you know, if it's going to be that cold,

I'm totally fine with just going up there barefoot.

Yeah, because we're both really light, and it's 8:00,

so the clouds been out since 6:00,

and they weren't getting it all and scuffing it up.

I haven't seen any trucks yet to ask,

but I think we can get away with not chains-- how cold it is.

I think it's worth a shot.

Yeah, sounds good to me.

I definitely trust what Lisa tells me.

I mean, she's been driving this road for a long time.

She knows what she's talking about.

NARRATOR: But just a few hours into their run--

[music playing]

MAYA [ON RADIO]: I'm going to stop right here.

Well, I just pulled over up here behind Lisa,

and it looks like one of our Carlile drivers

has a truck problem.

Just see what's going on, and see

if he needs help with anything.

I don't know.

I haven't checked.

It just

happened.

It's family up here, and you just stop when a truck is down

and just see if there's anything I can do to help.

That's all you can do.

NARRATOR: Driver Rod Cahill is stuck with an overheated

engine.

Look.

Yeah, give that a try.

Wonderful.

Thank you very much.

You're welcome.

All right.

All right.

[music playing]

When you see somebody on the side of the road that

needs help, you totally forget about everything else.

Yes, getting loads up there is important,

but somebody's life is more important.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: At the truck stop in Coldfoot, Alaska,

Tony, Lisa, and Maya stop for a bite to eat.

- Are you doing good this year? - Not too bad.

Are you glad to have your truck back?

Oh, heck yeah. LISA: Good.

NARRATOR: It's not long before the conversation turns

to the two rookies on the road.

TONY: You're having an easier time, though, because you're

nice. You know?

I think a lot of people--

LISA: I think you're doing a really good job--

Yeah.

It's your attitude and your personality that shows through.

It goes a long way.

It's tough.

You got a driver driving for 20-plus years,

and then all of a sudden, they have to, like,

drive completely different.

It's like learning how to drive all over again.

LISA: And it's like being a rookie when you know you're not

a rookie. And I know how that feels.

I just wish he was a little more respectful.

I don't expect anything, but I don't like being treated

like crap in my own truck.

NARRATOR: Just outside--

Well, we're here.

[music playing]

Coldfoot.

Let's go get something to eat.

Yeah, I want to get a bite to eat.

And I think I saw Lisa's truck sitting out here,

so we'll go in and say hi to Lisa and get something to eat.

Age before beauty.

TONY: Some people just aren't--

if you don't show the road and the people respect up here,

it'll come back to get you.

Oh, I ain't got time for [bleep] social hour.

I'm tired.

It's a long day.

Phil can catch up.

It's not that I hate Tony.

It's just best that I stay away.

So if I'm not there, then there's

nothing for him to hang onto.

I'm not going out of my way to keep him happy,

just because he's special ed or something.

I don't know.

NARRATOR: Dave may have dodged Tony,

but he's also left Phil in the dust.

PHIL KROMM: Hello, Dave.

What the [bleep].

DAVE: I know I'm supposed to be following Phil,

but if I pulled out and kind of took the lead,

maybe it would kind of move things along a little bit?

We're not going to be best of friends.

It's obvious.

And that's just fine by me.

PHIL KROMM: When you start with the wrong attitude,

then more and more wrong comes of it.

It doesn't seem like Dave has long-term plans of being

on this road for this company.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 2,600 miles east--

You can definitely hear the popping and the snapping

when you roll down the window.

NARRATOR: Alex is just outside of Little Grand Rapids,

but the rough roads have wreaked havoc on his unstable load.

Different place, different roads.

Trips are harder, longer.

NARRATOR: At last, Alex arrives--

with the bags of magnesium hanging on by a thread.

After many trials and tribulations,

here we are, all in one piece.

14, 2011.

How's that? Right there.

There's the X.

There we go.

Hey, thank you.

You guys doing another backhaul, something I can haul back?

NARRATOR: Alex is in luck.

He scores a load of recycling, and hits the road back to town.

So push the bed against the wall

and throw the television out, I'm coming home.

It didn't damage anything.

The boys did a good job.

He even told me a couple of jokes.

Did you finally find out why the geese fly south, he said.

I said, no.

He said, because it's easier than walking.

And then the other joke wasn't fit for consumption.

[laughs]

NARRATOR: While Alex turns and burns, 150 miles down the road,

Hugh is on thin ice.

We're about 3 and 1/2 hours out

of Saint Theresa with our backhauls here.

We're just crossing one of the lakes now.

She's blowing up the sky.

The sky is gray here, and we got a little windstorm going out

here, so I hope we don't get in a [bleep] storm

before we get out of the bush.

That'd get bad.

But we're making good time today.

Easy money.

[music playing]

She's looking pretty [bleep] over there.

It'd be nice to have a clean run.

Though she was a run going up, so I

hope we have a clean run going back.

Put some cash in our pockets, maybe

have a beer when we get back to Dodge.

NARRATOR: And Hugh's not the only one

that's been cashing in on the winter roads this season.

Well, it's always good to get more than Rick and Hugh,

obviously.

But getting more loads gives me more money,

so I have more income, so the government of Canada

won't go bankrupt, because then I can pay my fair share

of the national debt.

And maybe there'll be a little bit extra left over for me

to take home to pay my own bills.

NARRATOR: But just a few miles into his trip--

The vehicle's down.

MAN [ON RADIO]: Yeah, the road's going to be closed for a while.

NARRATOR: Alex's bonus run comes to a screeching halt.

ALEX: Holy mackerel.

NARRATOR: Deep in the Canadian wilderness--

MAN [ON RADIO]: The semi's fuel tank was ruptured,

or something.

There's a lot of carnage back there, apparently.

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us

sinners now and in the hour of our death.

Amen.

MAN [ON RADIO]: Road's going to be closed for a while.

NARRATOR: A wreck on the road ahead has

Alex's backhaul on ice.

[music playing]

ALEX: I heard on the radio that there was a four-wheeler

just slammed into one of the big trucks coming southbound.

Four-wheeler hit a northbound truck.

NARRATOR: Just 10 miles up the road, a brutal collision

between a big rig and an SUV has littered the road

with twisted truck parts--

but it could have been worse.

I'm just coming down the road here and putting along.

I'm actually doing 30, 35 clicks an hour.

And coming around the corner, and I seen you guys coming.

It's been raining this morning.

It's been snowing, and we got a little bit

of slippery in the corner here.

I managed to keep the front end from smoking you

front-end-front-end, so he ended up sideswiping me.

Good thing nobody got hurt.

That's the main thing.

NARRATOR: Just before impact, the big rig swerves

into the ditch, preventing a head-on collision

and likely saving the lives of everyone in the other vehicle.

Well, I just didn't want to hit you head-on.

I seen you guys coming, and I seen you sliding,

and he hit the brakes there.

And I knew right away that I didn't

want to hit the front end.

Again, thank you so much for--

Sorry. My hands are a little wet.

--not only getting the hell out of the way and saving

our guy's life, but helping us get this thing out of here.

[music playing]

We'll chain her down, and that's it.

MAN [ON RADIO]: How's it going today?

Good.

Good.

We got two more of those direct in.

Damn it.

See.

What's this?

Did you-- you must have tied that fuel line off?

Yeah.

Yeah.

So how was that for a thrill.

They come around that corner really quick, eh?

You'll see right where it is. ALEX: So you just--

And all four of them just-- and he locked them up,

and I went for the trees I put-- instead of hitting him head-on,

I put the nose into the trees.

Don't send me the bill.

I can see a new paint job.

See you guys later.

Mudflaps bust off.

There's a stack.

The guys that got hit are carrying the car.

That's funny.

Well, I heard about the wreck.

It was ahead of us.

Somebody was going too fast, came

around a right-hand corner, ended up in the wrong lane,

tractor trailer on the other side.

The driver of the big truck was smart enough

that, instead of hitting them-- it was head-on.

So the driver just stuck his nose in the trees,

and that way the four-wheeler slammed into the fuel tank,

ripped off the stack.

Worked out well for everybody except the smashed

Yukon and the smashed truck, but it'll all make it to town--

eventually.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 2,600 miles west--

LISA: Northbound over the top.

There's another one coming a little ways behind me, guys.

NARRATOR: --Lisa and Maya continue

rolling north together.

MAYA: I'm in the mood for whatever comes my way today.

Some days, I'm not.

Some days I'm just like, eh, I don't want

to deal with this blow or this storm or this [bleep],,

but I'm pretty awake today, so I'm ready for whatever.

[music playing]

LISA: Uh-oh.

NARRATOR: And one thing an ice road trucker needs

to be aware of is fellow travelers on the road.

Maya, there's some mountain goats.

MAYA: Oh, my god.

They're goats.

Look at them.

They're little babies.

Oh, man.

I want to take a picture.

[horn honking]

[horn honking]

[horn honking]

LISA: Shoo-shoo.

Shoo-shoo.

[horn honking]

[horn honking]

Look at 'em go.

Boing, boing, boing, boing.

The most dangerous places are their playgrounds.

I don't want to be trying to avoid a goat going down

the pass.

I would run over those sheep before I ran off the road.

Sorry.

I don't want to, but I would have to.

They're cute though.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 100 miles north, Tony rolls his 50-ton load

of diesel fuel into the yard at Prudhoe Bay,

but the job isn't over yet.

How's it going?

Pretty good.

I'm going to send you with tanker KW10031.

Nice.

And you're going to Nuiqsut and take a load of fuel

to the gas station.

TONY: Yeah.

Right on.

All right, I'll go get hooked up to this trailer

and get out here. - Yeah.

Drive safe. - Thanks, man.

- Take it easy. - See you later.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Tony's new rig is about to hit the ice.

TONY: What I'm hooked onto is a load of gasoline today.

And this will supply the village with gasoline

for their vehicles--

snow machines, four wheelers, whatever runs on gasoline.

Everything looks good, so we're ready to go.

NARRATOR: With the ice road melting fast,

the remote community of Nuiqsut has only a few weeks

left to gather supplies that will have to last all year.

We try to haul these guys as much fuel as possible

while the ice road is in.

It's the only way in and out of this place, is over the ice.

The ice roads out here to Nuiqsut

are generally built over the tundra, the lakes,

and the rivers.

So you really never know what you're

on top of at any given time.

The ice has been really, really slippery.

You can tell it's getting towards the end of the ice

season.

The sun's been beating down.

And it looks like a Zamboni.

Gets pretty greasy at times.

I mean, it is as slick as slick can get.

Dropping down onto the Colville River,

we can only do about 10 miles an hour

so we don't buckle the ice as we hit it.

That's one thing that you have to be concerned with is

the speed and weight of your truck dropping down on the ice

and suddenly causing a wave that'll crack the ice in front

of you all the way across.

Sometimes that's difficult, because it's just

a sheet of ice.

Oh, [bleep]!

Doing a little bit of slipping.

Stop, stop, stop, stop!

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 50 miles west of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska--

TONY: Oh, [bleep]!

Doing a little bit of slipping.

Stop, stop, stop, stop!

[bleep]

Dropping down onto the Colville River,

and I slid all the way down the hill, actually.

Not good.

Guys want you to do 10 miles an hour

dropping down onto the river, and it's just not possible

right now with the sun beating down on it.

You're driving across a frozen river with 10,000 gallons

of gasoline.

It kind of gets you wondering, once in a while.

You know, wondering if you're going to make it across.

[music playing]

You can actually hear the ice flexing.

Really faint, but you can really hear it, honest to god.

Pop, pop, crack, crack.

[music playing]

Yee-haw.

We made it.

Nothing went boom.

NARRATOR: After 90 miles of melting ice,

Tony delivers his load to Nuiqsut.

Been a long day getting across the ice.

Got a load of gasoline, the last loads of the year,

and we're just rolling into town.

It's definitely fulfilling to see the people

and to get the respect from the people that we deliver to.

It makes me feel like I'm doing my job

and I'm making other people happy.

It kind of gives us a sense of accomplishment.

You know, that's part of why I do what I do.

NARRATOR: Back in Canada--

[music playing]

We're making some pretty good time here.

We'll be up there for daylight-- or before dark, anyway.

That's for sure.

As long as we don't get in a wreck like some other people

back there.

RICK: Slower.

But there's another trip done.

And we're starting to see the road really come apart now.

Well, buddy, we made her out of there,

and just about to the payment, and just about to a hot meal.

HUGH [ON RADIO]: [bleep] here [bleep] here.

That's how it goes out here.

10-4.

NARRATOR: Hugh and Rick race to town.

[music playing]

Just a few hours behind, Alex is keeping it slow and steady.

ALEX: Hugh and Rick look like they go fast.

I've gone fast all my life.

I don't look like--

I make a point of not looking like I go fast.

I don't like speeding tickets.

I don't like breaking the law.

I don't like trouble with the police or the DOT.

I don't like trouble with the safety guys on the road.

The trick is the big things to do safely--

not bust my truck, not must the load, not bust the trailer,

not piss anybody off.

I've always gone-- all my life, I've gone fast.

It just doesn't look like I go fast.

NARRATOR: As the winter road season hits the homestretch,

the race between the two Canadian rivals is a dead heat.

[horn honking]

HUGH: I think Alex is just getting tired.

I think he's just-- like I said, he's get pretty long

in the tooth there, and it's time for him to pack her up.

One bit of advice for Rick and Hugh,

don't let your alligator mouth get your tadpole butt

in trouble.

[laughs]

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Back in Alaska, Dave Redmond rolls towards Fairbanks

alone.

DAVE: I'm not sure where Phil's at.

We haven't heard him on the radio here in a little while.

But I don't give a [bleep].

Yeah, this last 40 miles before you get into Fairbanks

is probably the worst part of the whole damn road.

You know, you can't go but about 30 miles an hour.

It's really hard to see.

People sneak up on you all the time.

All the critters will be on the damn road.

If there's any critters out, they'll be here.

It's all twisty, windy, uphill, downhill.

I can barely keep my eyes open.

It's just all the bull [bleep] that goes with this job.

It just wears on you after a while,

because I've got to stay out here for months at a damn time.

That's probably the toughest part of the job, is being away

from my wife.

You just make you wonder why you keep doing this.

Is it worth it?

Thank God, the city lights of Fairbanks.

Couldn't come at a better time.

I'm just so [bleep] tired.

[music playing]

This is a sight for sore eyes.

NARRATOR: Finally, Dave hits the yard.

Pull in here and drop this thing and we can go to bed.

Finally here.

[bleep] damn.

[bleep] back hurts.

My [bleep] body hurts.

My head hurts.

[bleep]

It's just been a rough night.

Get this damn trailer dropped, turn our paperwork in,

and be done with this [bleep].

NARRATOR: An hour later, Phil rolls in,

and he's not happy with what he's seen.

Just some stuff that I expect to see

at this point in his training, and I didn't see it,

so I'll talk to Lane about it in the morning,

and give him that information, and he can put that together

with what else he's got.

And I'm sure he'll be talking to Dave.

NARRATOR: Dave's 25th load of the season

will keep him at the front of the pack,

but Dave's days on the Dalton may be running out.

Have you seen Dave Redmon this morning?

- I haven't seen him. - No?

OK.

Haven't seen him since yesterday afternoon.

Is he planning on going today?

I had him on the list.

OK.

Well, don't give me anything until I talk to him, OK?

All right.

I need to visit with him first,

and then you may need to come up with a backup plan, so--

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Next on "Ice Road Truckers," Tony finds trouble

on the Dalton--

[honk horning]

TONY: Somebody should be teaching them how to drive.

NARRATOR: --Lisa steps up.

If I'm allowed to follow, I just do.

But if I need to lead, I'm really good at it.

NARRATOR: And while one rookie fights for the job--

You've made some mistakes.

That is bull [bleep].

NARRATOR: --the other may already be finished.

Ooh, I'm slipping.

[bleep]