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NARRATOR: Tonight on "Ice Road Truckers."

Come on baby.

NARRATOR: A battle of blood, sweat, and gears--

This is heavy hauling right here.

NARRATOR: --as the biggest loads

[radio chatter]

What the [bleep]?

NARRATOR: --and baddest drivers collide on the ice.

But only one--

In the end, I'm going to be on top.

NARRATOR: --can be the best.

Can I go now?

Look out.

Easy, easy.

NARRATOR: And with tensions at the breaking point--

Nothing today.

NARRATOR: --a veteran walks away.

Had it.

I'm out of here, man.

[rock music playing]

NARRATOR: In the Manitoba backcountry--

I gotta figure out a way to get that [bleep] saddle tank

fixed up.

NARRATOR: --Hugh Rowland and Rick Yemm

are only 50 miles from their delivery point in Red Sucker

Lake.

That enough?

RICK YEMM: You gotta go around the other side there, Hugh.

NARRATOR: But a loose fuel tank has them racing

to make roadside repairs.

Got her in.

NARRATOR: Yesterday, they gambled on a high paying

load of 20-ton cement trucks.

[inaudible] low to the air, hope we don't go through

the [bleep] ice.

NARRATOR: But so far, their onlydeposit is in this snow bank.

[truck crashing]

[grunt]

And in the light of day--

HUGH ROWLAND: Good?

RICK YEMM: Yeah, we got to pull it.

NARRATOR: --a tow strap and elbow grease

are all they've got to rig the busted tank.

RICK YEMM: Now this is going to hold her man.

Yeah.

[laughter] No duct tape but haywire up here, man.

You do what you got to do to get by.

There's no place to fix your trucks.

Do these runs and get them done.

And then hopefully it'll hold together

until we get back to Winnipeg.

[siren]

Go ahead.

This is [bleep].

We don't know what's going to happen here.

We can get [bleep] up.

I hope not.

It turns out that we might not be going anywhere.

NARRATOR: 2,000 miles to the northwest--

RONALD MANGUM: Fixing to walk in here to dispatch.

I'm going to come up here for a challenge.

I'm ready to go forward.

NARRATOR: Ronald "Porkchop" Mangum

is looking for another chance to run the Dalton.

RONALD MANGUM: I'm a truck driver.

I don't give a damn whether it's cow manure

or whether it's nuclear waste.

Whatever I need to take toPrudhoe, I'll take it up there.

Just have to see what happens.

NARRATOR: So far this season--

Son of a [bleep].

NARRATOR: --his Alaskan experience

has hit an all time low.

Eh, come up here to run the Dalton,

and I'm hauling dog food around town.

What's up, Marky Mark?

How's it going Chop?

NARRATOR: And getting back on the Dalton is priority number

one.

What you got for me?

We need you to get up to Prudhoe for us.

So I'm going back on the Dalton?

Yep, back on the haul road.

It's about time.

Just like I told everybody when I started this journey,

you can't stop the Chop.

Appreciate it, man.

All right.

Should be a good trip.

[phone rings]

Seriously.

That's the way it is.

NARRATOR: And convoy partner Darrell Ward

is just about to get the news.

I think you got a load of VSMs going out here today.

Going to run a little convoy with Pokchop.

Porkchop?

I thought I was rolling solo.

Well, I was just going to have you run with Porkchop

a little bit, have you lead the way.

What do you-- what do you-- how do you--

how do you want me to handle Porkchop, you know?

What do you want me do with the poor guy?

You know, maybe he'll learn something different from you

than he would from Tony.

You know, I respect what you have

for experience, OK Darrell.

You know, if we get out there and, you know,

help the other guys now.

That's-- that's a big plus.

- Sure. - OK.

I'll give you a hand.

I'll see what I can do with him.

Thanks Darryl. I appreciate it, man.

All right. All right.

You bet, Lane. - Have a good trip.

Yep. See you when I get back.

OK.

Hey Porkchop, I guess we're running the convoy.

I'll take the lead.

You bring up the tail end.

You know, I came up here at the same time Porkchop did.

I don't think Porkchop's got what it takes.

I don't think he's going to last up here.

You know, we're going to be lucky if he doesn't put one

over the edge.

RONALD MANGUM: Darrell talks big.

He comes up here, blaze of glory.

He acts like he knows everything.

In the south, we don't have to let our words speak.

We let our actions speak.

In the end, I'm going to be on top.

He'll be scratching his head wondering what the hell just

happened.

All right, wheels up.

Good old Porkchop's going to sloe me down.

But that's what Carlile wants, that's what I'll give him.

NARRATOR: Back at the Carlile office--

Gonna go to dispatch, seewhat they got to go north with.

NARRATOR: --Austin Wheeler is looking for his second solo

load of the season.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Hopefully it's something more challenging

for me, like a--

like a wide load, or a heavy load,

or something cool like that.

Hey Mark, what's up?

Nothing.

What's going on, Austin?

Just seeing if you had a load to go to Prudhoe with.

So I have this cabin.

Like live-in cabin?

Like a live-in cabin, like a guy's house.

And it's gotta be done tonight.

The guy's living in the cabin.

So I can just say, hey, give this to Austin.

Sweet. All right.

Thanks Mark.

MARK: All right.

See you.

NARRATOR: The 22-foot long, 18-foot wide cabin

is a prime assignment for any heavy hauler.

We got a pretty big move.

That lane needs to get crossed down.

That's the kind of stuff I like to do.

Finally, they're realizing what I'm made of.

NARRATOR: And a major test for the 23-year-old.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Lane's given me this job, because he

has confidence in me.

I can't screw this up.

So I'll definitely be on my A-game.

NARRATOR: While Austin gears up for the big move--

JACK JESSE: Just pulling into Carlisle.

Lane better have something good for me today.

I'm going to want to get out of here fast.

NARRATOR: -- Jack Jesse's also looking for a top dollar load.

So what do we got today Mark?

We got this uh water truck.

What is this?

Austin, with a cabin.

Why's he doing it?

That's boss' orders.

Lane told me to give Austin the cabin.

Just trying to move freight, you know how it goes.

Don't be pissed at me, man.

I'm just-- I'm just the messenger.

All right.

MARK: Jack's a little bit pissed off.

He's seeing that Austin got an oversized load.

And he probably feels a little bit threatened.

We're way too busy to be--

be always catering to one driver or another.

NARRATOR: Today's load is a one two punch to the veteran.

JACK JESSE: I think he'strying to do too much too fast.

NARRATOR: Not only were his concerns about Austin ignored.

Maybe you better go out and take your load

and I'll worry about getting Austin up the road.

NARRATOR: He was also passed over for the heavy haul cabin.

Right now, I'm not happy the way things are going.

You take care of your veterans.

You make sure they've got the work that they want to do.

Because those are the ones that are

going to get you out of the pinch when you get into it.

Get this show on the road, I don't get paid to sit here,

regardless of what I'm hauling.

NARRATOR: On the remote Dempster Highway--

ALEX DEBOGORSKI: We're going.

NARRATOR: --Alex Debogorski is racing south.

NARRATOR: He's on a mission to pick up

another load of supplies for the remote communities

of northern Canada.

ALEX DEBOGORSKI: The road's beenclosed for two to three days

now.

And we're on our way to make use of that little bit

of open road.

NARRATOR: But for nearly a week--

ALEX DEBOGORSKI: Oh, the gate's closed.

NARRATOR: --Alex's mission has been put on hold

by a violent storm that shut down the road.

ALEX DEBOGORSKI: You've got to be kidding me.

NARRATOR: Now the road is open.

And Alex needs to take advantage of every second.

It's been a tough season this year,

that the roads are closed as much as they're open.

They might even be closed more than they're open.

So that makes for a tough season.

NARRATOR: Alex arrives at the meeting point.

But the load isn't there.

I'm at Klondike Corners.

And load I'm supposed to pick up isn't here yet.

That's not good.

[inaudible] with switch for Klondike Corner, you copy?

[inaudible] with switch for Klondike Corner, you copy?

NARRATOR: Every second Alex waits

for the load is time he should be running up the Dempster.

WEATHER FORECAST: Weatherforecast for the Northern Yukon

region, winds east southeast 60 kilometers per hour,

with gusts up to 90 kilometers per hour.

Heavy snowfall in the evening expected

to accumulate up to three feet.

ALEX DEBOGORSKI: Well, I'm still waiting.

And it just really stresses me out.

[horn honking]

Well, looks like my friend is here.

Good day, sir.

Hello.

NARRATOR: Three hours later, the load of groceries arrives.

ALEX DEBOGORSKI: The rush is on.

NARRATOR: But with a storm on the way,

there's no time to lose.

I'm making a quick run up to Dempster.

It's going to be the fastest one ever.

The weather's nice here.

I have no idea what the weather's

going to be like a few hundred kilometers down the road.

In the north, weather can changein the snap of the fingers.

NARRATOR: 300 miles to the west--

DARRELL WARD: I'm here to make money.

I'm here to get the loads.

But I've got to take her easy, especially when

you got a rookie behind you that doesn't know the road.

NARRATOR: Darrell Ward is convoying with Porkchop.

RONALD MANGUM: Don't really like it.

Darrell's a hot rod.

He's already got one citation.

NARRATOR: And only 30 miles out of town, they're

not making good time.

RONALD MANGUM: When we get up here,

I'm going to pull over for just a second.

NARRATOR: On his return to the haul road,

Porkchop's playing it safe.

RONALD MANGUM: This is my shot to redeem myself.

I'm not going to make bad decisions.

I'm out here to be safe and do my job.

NARRATOR: And Darrell--

[bleep] me.

NARRATOR: --is forced to wait.

Well, I'll sit here and wait for him like I told him

I would.

Waste more time.

[grunting]

You want to get a [inaudible] all the time.

Can I go now?

NARRATOR: While the newcomers sit on the side of the road--

Oh, oh, we got a Porkchop here.

I don't know what they're doing,but we'll get ahead of them.

As far as the other guys, I think

they're all kind of gunning formy position, in my experience.

I think Darrell's the only one who's

got a chance to achieve it.

It just hasn't clicked for Porkchop yet.

It will click for him, eventually I think.

But he's not a haul road driver.

NARRATOR: Finally--

Let's chuck it up.

NARRATOR: --Porkchop's ready to roll out.

All right Porkchop, ready to roll.

All right.

DARRELL WARD: I don't know what goes on back there.

I'm always stopping and waiting on him.

I'm after the load count and this ain't working for me.

[bleep] pisses me off.

I mean, there's a deadline on the time

that you have to make this round, you know.

At this rate, it ain't going to happen.

RONALD MANGUM: This is my shot to come back.

Just got to take it easy and do what we got to do.

DARRELL WARD: You can't soar like an eagle

when you run around with turkeys.

NARRATOR: 2,000 miles to the southeast--

RICK YEMM: This [bleep] bites [bleep] man.

NARRATOR: --Hugh and Rick just found out their 20-ton cement

trucks are too heavy for the road.

It was the wrong road to begin with.

Because I think someone just didn't calculate the weight

and the-- and the journey.

MARK KOHAYKEWYCH: It's going tobe tricky getting these cement

trucks into Red Sucker Lake.

Not sure what some of the weightrestrictions are quite yet.

RICK YEMM: Mark dropped the ball,

didn't really think about it.

Mark's job.

NARRATOR: Now a miscalculation has put an end

to the lucrative haul.

Because chief of council, you know, they want you guys here.

They just don't want any problems, that's all.

Do whatever we got to do.

That's what I say.

Yep.

Let's go.

NARRATOR: And with the cement trucks over the legal limit--

[honking]

--they're forced to abandon theload and head back to Winnipeg.

Good?

That'll work.

Unfortunately even council, I have to walk you.

NARRATOR: Adding insult to injury,

Hugh and Rick are escorted out of town.

HUGH ROWLAND: We're getting a [bleep] police escort out

of town here.

Because we hauled them loads up, and they were too heavy

in the first place.

Just so make sure that we're actually leaving them loads

there.

So we got to start watching our P's and Q's here

or we're gonna--

we're gonna end up in jail.

NARRATOR: 20 miles later, they reach the edge of town.

[honking]

There's two more loads sitting where they're not

supposed to be.

NARRATOR: This trip has been a complete loss.

HUGH ROWLAND: Adios [bleep].

NARRATOR: And the ticked off truckers hammer down.

It just kind of seems fitting with the year.

It's been a [bleep] fight.

Manitoba ice road trucking.

Oh, yeah.

No.

Are you kidding me?

Mister Rowland, you got a copy?

Ah, you got a copy?

NARRATOR: On a remote stretch of Manitoba's winter roads--

Mister Rowland, you got a copy?

NARRATOR: --Rick Yemm is stuck in a snowbank.

Ah, you got a copy?

NARRATOR: Hugh's out of reach.

And help could be days away.

RICK YEMM: Oh, god.

NARRATOR: Rick's only hope is a passing motorist who's

kind enough to lend a hand.

RICK YEMM: Get me out of here.

We didn't have enough room right here,

so I [bleep] took the snowbank.

I couldn't stop.

Whenever you're ready there.

NARRATOR: With the boost from the pick-up,

Rick's back on the road.

Wow, I did it all.

RICK YEMM: Let's go.

[engine rumbling]

Just with everything being chaotic with the loads that

we've dealt with so far, let's just say she's been eventful

for [bleep] ice road trucking season this year.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 1,600 miles to the Northwest.

Well, it's snowing.

The road's all white.

Can't see the shoulders hardly.

NARRATOR: Alex is 200 miles up the Dempster with a load

of groceries for Inuvik.

Building ice on the wipers.

NARRATOR: And he's racing north before the gathering

storm shuts down the road.

Snow dust all over the place, blinding snow dust.

Shoulders are hard to see because it's very gray.

So it's kind of a whiteout.

[music playing]

[banging]

Ooh, stay on the road.

I could feel that shoulder pulling me there a little bit.

NARRATOR: But as conditions get worse--

For this here, I want to put chains on.

NARRATOR: --The veteran throws on iron

to battle the building snow.

OK.

[snow crunching]

[music playing]

[gears grinding]

NARRATOR: But the deep drifts are giving him

a run for his money.

She didn't slip into gear very nice there.

NARRATOR: And one of the Dempster's toughest climbs

is just up ahead.

Oh God.

[gears grinding]

NARRATOR: Weighed down with 17 tons of groceries,

Alex is struggling to get traction,

even with a set of chains.

[high-pitched squealing]

That's it.

Can't do it.

What's going on right now--

I spun out.

For whatever reason, I can't climb up this hill.

So I expect I'm a little too heavy in the back end, which

means we need another set of chains on here, which is not

nice.

NARRATOR: Adding another set is the veteran's only move.

And we're going to make this pain in the ass work.

[grunts]

[heavy breathing]

[grunts]

[sighs]

OK.

[engine rumbles]

[snow crunching]

NARRATOR: Chained to the max, the grizzled veteran

gives it everything he's got.

[engine revving]

Oh, Lord, give me a hand.

Give me a little push.

In Jesus's name, amen.

[engine revving]

OK, baby.

You got no choice now.

I'll have this road so chewed up,

nobody will be able to use it.

[chains clanging]

Come on, baby.

[music playing]

Hoo!

Chewed all the way up.

[music playing]

[sighs]

Well, thank you, Lord.

NARRATOR: Alex is underway.

Finally, I made my way up.

What a rush, man.

NARRATOR: But the storm is growing,

and Inuvik is still 200 miles away.

Jeez.

Well, we're not done yet.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 450 miles to the west--

We're 22 feet wide, man.

NARRATOR: --Austin Wheelerpreps for his biggest assignment

of the season.

Lane sent me out here to dothis because this is the widest

load of the season for sure.

NARRATOR: But the newbie's first challenge

is just getting it loaded.

We're going to lift the cabin with this front-end loader.

It's the front-end loader that lifts 20,000 pounds.

So we just want to go three inches at a time

and just slowly work our way up like a ladder.

NARRATOR: A mistake here couldend Austin's heavy haul mission

before it starts.

We've got to make sure it's balanced.

Because of the weight of the front awning here,

it could tip right off there if it's too heavy.

Is everybody clear?

[wood creaking]

AUSTIN WHEELER: There we go.

Three inches.

[creaking] Whoa!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Hold up.

OK.

Got extra weight on that prow.

It shifted forward a little bit.

NARRATOR: The cabin is teetering on the forklifts.

NARRATOR: And the rookie'smargin for error is razor thin.

Yeah, let's take it up a little bit.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Just watch this here.

MAN: Straight up?

LANE KEATOR: Straight up.

Cut it.

That's good.

Watch that there.

Got two on the front, two on the back.

It's good for 20,000.

Well, we finally got this cabin loaded up safely,

and then it's tied down.

I definitely want to deliver it in the way we picked it up.

NARRATOR: But for the 23-year-old,

the hard part is just beginning.

He'll have to navigate thecity's narrow streets, avoiding

vehicles and low-hanging signs.

This is going to be a cool night move.

NARRATOR: While the new heavy hauler gets underway,

450 miles to the north--

It's not really anger.

It's just-- it's frustration, man.

NARRATOR: --Haul road ace Jack Jessee's

still stewing over Austin's choice assignment.

I show up and get a water truck, and Austin has a cabin?

You know, he just doesn't have a clue.

I'm more experienced handling these [inaudible] load.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: But the veteran can't afford to be distracted.

Look how slick that is.

Traction's going to be an issue.

NARRATOR: As he hits a slick stretch of road near Franklin

Bluff.

Whoa.

Whoa.

This road is slick.

It's throwing that water truck around,

and it's actually jerking me forward and back.

I'm sliding all over the road here.

I got to be extra careful, take my time through here.

This is the kind of spot you don't want to meet a truck.

This road is--

[truck horn blows]

And it's getting close.

Easy!

Easy!

Easy!

Stop!

Stop, stop, stop, stop!

NARRATOR: 40 miles south of Prudhoe Bay--

This is the kind of spot you don't want to meet a truck.

NARRATOR: --Jack Jessee's battling a slick section

of road with oncoming traffic.

And it's getting close. [truck horn blows]

Easy!

Easy!

Stop!

Stop, stop, stop stop!

[music playing]

That got intense.

That was [bleep] real.

Wow.

Trailer just locked up and almost slid off the road.

[engine rumbling]

[music playing]

Wow.

[air brake hisses]

[engine rumbling]

I could have brought the truck to a complete stop,

and that trailer could have just kept going.

And they would have drug me downand flopped everything over.

So that ain't good.

[engine whining]

[music playing]

NARRATOR: By the time Jack reaches Prudhoe Bay--

I don't know if I could've--

I don't know if I could've handled much more.

NARRATOR: --The close call still has him shaken.

If you don't take things serious around here,

that's when you're going to die.

This stuff damn near killed me tonight.

[air hissing]

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 270 miles to the south.

That damn chicken strip, or whatever they're calling him

now.

NARRATOR: --Darrell and Porkchop are

12 hours into a bitter convoy.

Porkchop.

My god, how could you go throughlife with everybody calling

you--

hey, Porkchop!

[bleep]

NARRATOR: And Porkchop's slow and careful pace

has them less than halfway up the road.

Yeah, I'm Porkchop.

Nothing stops the Chop, except for Atigun Pass, Beaver Slide,

any slick road.

That's the only thing stopping the Chop.

NARRATOR: Far behind--

Seriously?

You leave me?

What the hell?

NARRATOR: --Porkchop's struggling to keep pace

with the Montana log hauler.

Darrell wants to blaze a trail and go on up ahead

and be a hot rod, that's his business.

I'm not going to go off in a ditch

just to try to keep up with somebody.

He's supposed to be, you know, taking the lead on this.

You see who I can count on.

[music playing]

Man screwed me up on my load count trying to run with the--

the convoy.

NARRATOR: A convoy only moves as fast as the slowest driver.

I guess I'm going to go ahead and wait for him up

here at Coldfoot.

NARRATOR: And getting too far ahead means Darrell's forced

to let Porkchop catch up.

He's a long ways behind me.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Two hours later, Porkchop pulls in.

And Darrell is looking for answers.

[music playing]

Hey, what took you so long?

Hey, I thought we was going as a convoy.

I was just trying to play by the rules.

Yeah, and all I was doing was looking at the hours

that we have to make it from point A to point B.

You can always shut down wherever you're at.

Not when you're after the load count.

I'm out here to make money.

I have to make my loads on time.

I ain't out here to win a race.

I'm out here for my kids.

This is about being here and making a few dollars.

The only way I make any money is to get my loads delivered,

get another one, and get back.

Dragging our feet ain't working, so, you know,

that's the way it is.

NARRATOR: Only halfway up the road, the day's driving hours

are used up.

So Prudhoe Bay will have to wait.

I've got a schedule to keep.

Now I'm stuck here in Coldfoot for the night.

I've had it.

He's cocky and he's arrogant.

He's got to take it back a couple notches

and understand he needs to slow down.

I run my speed, I would say.

I'm playing it by the book.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 250 miles to the south--

AUSTIN WHEELER: This is heavy hauling right here.

NARRATOR: --Austin Wheeler is being put to the test

after Carlile bosses picked the 23-year-old to take

on an oversized cabin.

You know, we're 22 feet wide.

Even things on the side of the road you gotta watch out for.

On a road like this, there's a lot of private drivers, a lot

of people trying to go home.

You got on-ramps where you can't see traffic.

We take up the whole road, and I mean the whole road.

NARRATOR: The oversized load turns the city streets

into a hazard-filled obstacle course.

[car horn honking]

Where Austin has nothing to relyon but his skill and the eyes

of his pilot car drivers.

Should we weave through these

Lights?

We gotta be careful when we'regoing under these streetlights.

They hang low, so we want totry to catch them in the middle.

OK.

[music playing]

PILOT CAR DRIVER [ON CB]: As far left as you can possibly

get without catching that sign, I guess.

I'm going to go under it real slow.

[music playing]

PILOT CAR DRIVER: It's pretty close to that sign.

Hey, oh, no, no!

NARRATOR: Just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska--

PILOT CAR DRIVER: As far left as you could possibly

get without catching that sign, I guess.

NARRATOR: --The biggest challenge of Austin's season--

PILOT CAR DRIVER: It's pretty close to that sign.

NARRATOR: --Hits a bump in the road.

PILOT CAR DRIVER: Hey, oh, no, no!

Yeah, you hit the street sign there.

Oh, man, didn't even see it.

Oh boy.

Definitely a tricky haul.

NARRATOR: With the cabin already damaged,

there's no more room for error.

We're about to go under an overpass.

It's real close to the ground.

NARRATOR: And a mistake here could destroy the cabin,

shut down the road, and end Austin's heavy haul dreams.

This is going to be rough.

I'm just going to drive under it real slow.

[music playing]

Holy [bleep],, that's really close.

[music playing]

That one was definitely close.

NARRATOR: Clear of the overpass, Austin's made it

to the delivery site.

Well, we arrived here to our destination.

I'm going to go in here and look at it.

NARRATOR: And Carlile boss LaneKeator and the cabin's owner

are on hand to see if Austin passed the test.

[music playing]

Good?

[brakes squealing]

PILOT CAR DRIVER [ON CB]: I think that's about it.

All right, let me-- let's go up here and look at this.

This is-- this is the only part I was worried about.

Look up there.

- Oh yeah, it just separated it.- Yep.

That's all it-- that's all it did right there,

so that's good.

Just separated just a little bit.

And the sign didn't even break, so I was totally stoked

about that.

NARRATOR: The damage is nothingmore than a disconnected drain

pipe.

Here's the keys to your house safely in the hole

where you wanted it.

I appreciate you bringing it all the way to the North Pole.

No problem.

I'm glad you're happy with it.

NARRATOR: And Austin's earnedanother notch in his heavy haul

belt.

LANE KEATOR: This is going tobode well for him in the future

here at Carlile.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 280 miles to the north.

Going to take about a couple minutes.

NARRATOR: After a night in Coldfoot,

Darrell and Porkchop are back on the road,

chaining up before climbing Atigun Pass.

I'm out of here, man.

Rock and roll.

NARRATOR: But while the Montanalog hauler is ready to go--

Threw that set the wrong way.

Son of a bitch.

NARRATOR: --Porkchop's still going at his own pace.

Well, I guess I'm going to let Porkchop catch up with me

over on the chain removal area.

Oh, I don't think Porkchop's thrown chains out much.

The only way you're going to learn

is jump in and do it yourself.

[chains jingling]

[music playing]

Here we go.

I had to sling some iron on the truck.

Let's hope for the best, and expect the worst.

NARRATOR: As Porkchop's just getting started--

Aggravating.

NARRATOR: --Darrell's already made it over the pass.

Well, there's 30 minutes out of the day gone.

[whistles]

I need to get on up the road.

[music playing]

Oh, here comes Porkchop.

[air brakes hissing]

Just delays me.

We made it to the bottom, baby.

That's all that matters.

Ready to roll?

10-4.

Roll on, brother.

I'm going slow and steady, justlike the tortoise and the hare.

Slow and steady wins the race, baby.

[music playing]

I'm kind of supposed to take him under my wing a little bit

and help him out, but I getannoyed with [bleep] stupidity.

This really sucks.

I got to run by myself if I'm going to make any money.

NARRATOR: Darrell and Porkchop are still

200 miles from Prudhoe Bay.

But over on the Dempster--

We made it in one piece, and it

looks like we made it on time.

NARRATOR: --Alex is pulling into Inuvik after driving

through the night.

I got a load in Dawson City, rushed it up here to Inuvik.

No, I ran-- I ran it pretty hard this trip.

And I guess I'm going to go and wash my laundry.

[chuckles]

NARRATOR: Back on track, Alex racks up another load.

And with Darrell stuck in a convoy,

the Haul Road Ace pulls into the lead.

[music playing]

In Fairbanks--

I've done my share this year for the company.

You know, they've asked a lot, and I haven't complained

and I've given them everything they wanted.

Now it's my turn.

NARRATOR: --Jack Jessee's back for another run up the Dalton.

Morning, Mark.

What's going on, Jack?

I am looking for a load.

Everything that I got dispatched

is already getting ready to go, and I don't have any.

You got nothing?

Nothing today.

Austin's working, isn't he?

I've already dispatched out what I-- what I had earlier.

So what, I just sit in town all day, don't make any money?

I can't do anything about not having freight.

There'll be something here for you tomorrow.

Yep.

If you guys can't even take careof me around here like this,

don't bother.

And you can tell that to Lane.

Jack!

Jack!

You know, I do my part this year, and I can't get a favor.

And it's just--

I don't even know why I showed up.

MARK: Where you going to go?

Somewhere I can work.

It's a waste of fuel to come in here.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Next time on "Ice Road Truckers."

I don't know what's up with Jack right now.

NARRATOR: With the Haul Road Ace MIA--

Watch out, Jack Jessee.

I've got your number.

NARRATOR: --Everyone's gunning for the top spot.

Dig, bitch.

Get off my ass.

My nice guy level is running out.

NARRATOR: On the Dempster--

15,000 pounds overweight.

NARRATOR: --Alex pushes the limit.

There's always thepossibility of breaking the ice

and going through.

NARRATOR: And on the winter roads--

They stopped us. They threatened to arrest us.

Well, somebody pissed somebody off.

[bleep] a bunch of [bleep] [bleep]..

NARRATOR: --Complete meltdown.

Gotta make sure nobody goes in there.

[music playing]

We're in lockdown.