Original subtitles

>> male narrator: TONIGHT, ON

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS...

>> IT'S 45 BELOW ZERO HERE.

>> narrator: AN ARCTIC FREEZE

WREAKS HAVOC ON NORTH AMERICA'S

ICE ROADS.

[grinding]

>> WOW, WE'RE SPINNING OUT.

[grinding]

[bleep]!

>> LOOKS LIKE AN APOCALYPSE OUT

HERE.

>> narrator: IN THE YUKON--

[ice crackling]

MASSIVE SNOWFALL CUTS OFF THE

NORTH'S ONLY LIFELINE.

>> THE ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED AS

MUCH AS IT'S BEEN OPEN.

>> narrator: BUT IN MANITOBA...

>> [laughs]

GETTING WATER SHOWING UP.

>> narrator: TEMPERATURES...

AND TEMPERS...

>> YEAH, I'M A [bleep] HOTHEAD.

>> narrator: ARE RUNNING HOT.

>> MAKE SURE HUGHY'S HAPPY, BUT

[bleep] RICK.

[country rock music]

♪ ♪

>> narrator: ON MANITOBA'S

WINTER ROADS...

[truck air horn blares]

>> HAMMER DOWN.

>> narrator: HUGH ROWLAND'S UP

EARLY, WITH A LOAD OF WATER

TANKS BOUND FOR THE REMOTE

OUTPOST OF WASAGAMACK.

>> WE GOT INTO ST. THERESA LAST

NIGHT.

THE GUYS WERE TIRED, SO WE

STOPPED.

WE SHOULD'VE WENT STRAIGHT TO

WASAGAMACK.

>> narrator: HE'S DOING IT

ON HIS OWN.

>> THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU

SLEEP IN 'TIL THE SUNSHINE BURNS

A HOLE IN YOUR EYES.

YOU GET BEHIND.

>> narrator: LAST NIGHT...

>> OH, RIGHT NOW I'M FEELING

PRETTY TIRED.

>> THEY'RE COUNTING ON US TO GET

IT THERE.

>> narrator: RICK YEMM IGNORED

HUGH'S ADVICE, AND SHUT DOWN THE

CONVOY JUST TEN MILES FROM THEIR

DESTINATION.

>> WE DIDN'T MAKE 'ER TO

WASAGAMACK.

WE [bleep] AROUND TOO MUCH

TODAY.

>> narrator: BUT THIS MORNING,

THE POLAR BEAR'S IN NO MOOD FOR

WAITING AROUND.

>> NOW WE'RE HEADING TO

WASAGAMACK THIS MORNING.

WE'RE GONNA GO UNLOAD THESE

SEPTIC TANKS, AND, UH, HEAD BACK

TO ST. THERESA AND, UH, PICK UP

A SHACK.

AND, UH, KEEP 'ER GOING, HEAD

DOWN, ASS UP.

[air horn blares]

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> WELL?

>> WE MADE 'ER.

WASAGAMACK.

TAKE THE TANKS OFF HERE AND

GO BACK FOR A SHACK, I GUESS.

WE SHOULD HAVE COME HERE LAST

NIGHT, WE'D BE FARTHER AHEAD.

>> narrator: WHILE HUGH CHALKS

UP ANOTHER DELIVERY--

[crash]

RICK'S JUST WAKING UP...

>> THIS IS A [bleep] JOKE.

EVERY SINGLE TRIP HAS BEEN

[bleep] UP.

>> narrator: TO FIND OUT HE'S

BEEN LEFT BEHIND.

>> [bleep] RIDICULOUS.

ALL THAT [bleep] RUSH-RUSH

[bleep] [bleep], NOW I'VE

GOTTA [bleep] WORK?

[bleep] SICK OF THIS [bleep]

[bleep].

WELL, IF IT'S SOLO TRUCKING, I'M

JUST GONNA GO HOME.

I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK, 'CAUSE

THAT'S NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR.

THE WHOLE THING WAS ME AND HUGH

COME OUT HERE AS A TEAM.

THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED UPON, AND

NOW...

IT'S THIS AND THAT, AND I'M

GONNA CALL HUGH A [bleep, bleep]

TOO WHEN I SEE HIM.

I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS

[bleep].

>> narrator: IN ALASKA...ALL

SEASON, EXTREME WEATHER PATTERNS

HAVE PLUNGED THE STATE INTO A

RECORD-SETTING DEEP FREEZE.

[wind whipping]

AND NOW THE NORTH SLOPE IS

GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER BLAST OF

ARCTIC AIR.

BUT AT TEMPERATURES BELOW -50,

MACHINERY STARTS TO MALFUNCTION,

AND IN THESE CONDITIONS, THE OIL

FIELDS WILL GO INTO A RARE COLD

WEATHER SHUTDOWN.

50 MILES NORTH OF FAIRBANKS...

>> NOW IT'S TIME TO GET THE JOB

DONE.

>> narrator: JACK JESSEE'S

RACING UP THE DALTON BEFORE THE

WEATHER SHUTS DOWN PRUDHOE BAY.

>> AND I GOT SOME LUMBER.

IT'S PRETTY DARN HOT, BUT IT'S

GOING WAY OUT ON THE OIL FIELD.

IF THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TOO

FAST, IT GETS TOO COLD, THERE'LL

BE A COLD WEATHER SHUTDOWN, AND

THEN THEY WON'T GET THEIR

LUMBER.

>> narrator: IF JACK CAN'T

DELIVER BEFORE THE COLD WEATHER

SHUTDOWN, IT COULD BE DAYS

BEFORE THIS LOAD REACHES ITS

FINAL DESTINATION.

>> YOU GOT AS MUCH TO DO IN A

SEASON AS WE DO, YOU JUST GET

THE LOADS MOVING, MOVING,

MOVING.

>> narrator: BACK AT CARLILE--

[air horn toots]

>> LOOKING FOR V1889.

HOT DAMN, LOOKY THERE.

>> narrator: RONALD "PORKCHOP"

MANGUM IS ALSO TRYING TO RACE

OUT OF THE YARD.

>> WHEN THE TRAILER'S SEALED,

YOU CAN'T OPEN IT.

IT'S AGAINST FEDERAL

REGULATIONS.

>> narrator: HIS LOAD, A SEALED

VAN TRAILER, CARGO UNKNOWN.

>> PROBABLY GOT ABOUT 42,000

POUNDS OF DEAD ZOMBIES IN THERE.

WE HAD AN OUTBREAK THE OTHER

NIGHT, AND WE'VE BEEN SMOKING

THEIR ASSES LEFT AND RIGHT.

[beep, beep, beep]

I GET THE PLEASURE OF HAULING

IT. YAY!

>> narrator: BUT WHILE PORKCHOP

ROLLS OUT, IN THE OFFICE...

>> HEY, PHIL.

YOU GOT A MINUTE?

>> YEAH. WHAT'S UP?

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT PORKCHOP

QUICK.

>> narrator: FOR WEEKS...

[air horn blaring]

PORKCHOP HAS BEEN DOING WHATEVER

IT TAKES TO DELIVER HIS CARGO...

>> WHAT THE HELL, DUDE?

BACK OFF!

>> narrator: INCLUDING DITCHING

CONVOY PARTNER JACK JESSEE.

>> IF I SIT AROUND AND WAIT ON

HIM, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE NO MONEY

FOR MYSELF.

>> narrator: AND NOW, THE NEWS

HAS REACHED TERMINAL MANAGER

LANE KEATOR.

>> I'M STILL HEARING SOME THINGS

I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT,

ACTUALLY, A LOT CONCERNED ABOUT.

HE'S OUT THERE DOING SOME THINGS

AND TAKING SOME CHANCES THAT HE

SHOULDN'T BE.

>> AND I'VE HEARD SOME GOOD AND

SOME BAD WITH HIS PROGRESS, BUT

YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT MY

INITIAL CONCERNS AFTER HIS FIRST

RIDE ALONG WITH HABITS AND

STUFF, AND IT--IT'S HARD TO

CORRECT THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT EVENTUALLY IT'S GONNA

CATCH UP TO HIM.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHAT'S

GONNA HAPPEN, IS EITHER HE'S

GONNA GET HURT, OR SOMEBODY ELSE

IS GONNA GET HURT.

UM, I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO

IS I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF,

UH, YOU KNOW, GET OUT THERE WITH

HIM AND THEN JUST KEEP AN EYE

ON HIM FROM AFAR TODAY.

>> YOU BET.

I CAN DO THAT.

>> YOU KNOW, I HATE TO THINK

THAT WE HAVE TO SPY ON GUYS, BUT

THAT'S WHAT WE GOTTA DO RIGHT

NOW--JUST CAN'T LAY AWAKE

AT NIGHT WONDERING IF HE'S GONNA

MAKE IT TO PRUDHOE BAY AND BACK.

>> NOR CAN I.

>> OKAY.

>> OKAY.

>> APPRECIATE IT.

>> YEP. SEE YOU LATER.

YEP, THANKS.

>> RONALD MANGUM, A.K.A.,

PORKCHOP, A.K.A., PROBLEM.

PORKCHOP'S HAD ALMOST A FULL

SEASON TO GET HIS ISSUES WORKED

OUT, AND HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO

GET IT DONE.

>> LANE ASKED ME TO GO OUT AND

SEE HOW HE'S DOING.

RUN IN THE GENERAL VICINITY AND

LISTEN AND LOOK TO SEE IF--IF

PORKCHOP'S GETTING IT, BECAUSE

FRANKLY WE'RE CONCERNED THAT

HE'S NOT GETTING IT.

>> narrator: WHILE PHIL CHASES

DOWN PORKCHOP,

50 MILES UP THE ROAD...

>> WELL, WE JUST LEFT HILLTOP.

WE GOT THESE, UH, OVERHEAD

CRANES.

THEY'RE 46,000 POUNDS, BOTH OF

THEM AND OVER 85 FEET LONG.

>> narrator: AUSTIN WHEELER'S ON

HIS BIGGEST HEAVY HAUL

ASSIGNMENT OF THE SEASON.

>> THIS WILL BE MY SECOND, YOU

KNOW, LOAD THAT'S REALLY LONG.

WE HAD THAT LOAD OF LONG PIPE,

BUT THIS LOAD IS JUST AS LONG ON

THE STRETCH TRAILER.

IT'S A LITTLE HEAVIER TOO.

>> narrator: WITH BOTH THE

LENGTH AND WEIGHT OF THE LOAD

WORKING AGAINST HIM,

HE'S TRYING TO DELIVER BEFORE

THE COLD WEATHER SHUTDOWN.

>> SO FAR, THE WEATHER'S BEEN

GREAT.

IT'S ABOUT 10 BELOW.

THE ROADS ARE PRETTY STICKY, SO

I HAVEN'T BEEN HAVING ANY

TRACTION ISSUES.

WE'RE GETTING UP ON 52 MILE.

>> narrator: BUT HERE,

CONDITIONS ARE LOOKING GOOD.

>> I DON'T THINK I NEED TO

THROW A SET FOR THIS.

I KNOW I DON'T.

>> narrator: AUSTIN MAKES THE

CALL TO SKIP CHAINING UP AND GO

FOR IT.

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

>> WOW, WE'RE SPINNING OUT.

[bleep] GOD!

[bleep]!

[bleep]!

THAT WAS PRETTY CLOSE.

TRAILER ALMOST WENT OVER THE

EDGE OF THE ROAD, 'CAUSE WE WERE

SLIDING BACKWARDS.

>> narrator: HIS CALL TO HIT THE

HILL WITHOUT CHAINS BACKFIRED.

NOW HE'S GOT TO CHAIN UP

ANYWAY...

>> [bleep] OVER THIS.

>> narrator: AND PULL THE LOAD

BACK ON THE ROAD BEFORE OTHER

DRIVERS SPOT HIS ROOKIE

MISTAKE.

>> COME ON, BABY.

[bleep]!

NOT VERY HAPPY RIGHT NOW.

SLOWED DOWN WAY TOO MUCH, AND,

UH, ENDED UP SLIDING ON THE

ROAD.

25 MILE IS ONE OF THOSE--"IN A

PICKLE" HILLS IS WHAT I CALL IT

BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT,

YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET STUCK IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, YEAH,

MAYBE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC, THEY

CAN SEE YOU, BUT THE SOUTHBOUND

TRAFFIC COMING OVER THE HILL

CAN'T SEE YOU UNTIL THEY'RE

ALREADY COMMITTED TO THE CORNER.

SO YOU COULD GET HIT AND DIE,

OR, I MEAN, GET PUSHED OFF THE

SIDE OF THE BANK.

WE WERE BLOCKING BOTH LANES.

IT'S A DANGEROUS CORNER TO BE

ON.

>> narrator: ONLY 100 MILES INTO

THE TRIP, THE STEEPEST STRETCHES

OF THE DALTON ARE STILL AHEAD.

>> NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU

SPIN OUT ON THAT HILL, IT'S

ALWAYS DANGEROUS.

>> narrator: BACK AT THE CARLILE

YARD...

>> OH, WE'LL GO SEE WHAT I'VE

GOT FOR A LOAD TODAY.

>> narrator: DARRELL WARD'S

RETURNING TO THE ROAD AFTER A

BREAKDOWN THREW HIM OFF THE LOAD

COUNT LEAD.

>> THIS IS YOUR TRIP.

YOU'VE GOT A LOAD OF LONG PIPE.

>> OH, RIGHT ON.

>> AND YOU'LL HOOK UP TO HER,

AND YOUR PILOT CAR SHOULD BE

MEETING YOU OVER THERE ABOUT

8:30 OR SO.

>> OKAY, I'LL BE ON MY WAY.

>> ROGER THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MARK.

>> SEE YA.

>> MY ALTERNATOR'S OUT ON MY

TRUCK.

MY TRUCK WENT IN THE SHOP AND

GOT FULL SERVICE, AND, UH--YOU

KNOW, I GOT A LOAD OF LONG PIPE

GOING NORTH, AND I'M ON THE ROAD

AGAIN.

>> narrator: BUT HIS RETURN TO

THE HAUL ROAD WILL BE HIS

BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET.

TODAY, DARRELL'S BEEN TRUSTED

WITH LONG PIPE, ONE OF THE

TOUGHEST LOADS ON THE DALTON.

>> 45 BELOW ZERO HERE.

HOPE THIS TRUCK DOESN'T GIVE ME

ANY PROBLEMS TODAY.

>> narrator: AND WITH THE COLD

WEATHER SHUTDOWN LOOMING,

DARRELL'S GOT NO TIME TO WASTE.

>> MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOOD

AND ROLL ON.

>> DARRELL, YOU COPY?

>> YES, SIR.

>> SOUTHBOUND, DROPPING OFF

BACK HERE.

>> COPY THAT.

>> narrator: PILOT DRIVER

JOHN GRIMES IS OUT AHEAD...

>> SOUTHBOUND, GOT LONG PIPE

COMING UP THERE.

>> [indistinct].

>> narrator: WARNING ONCOMING

TRAFFIC TO STEER CLEAR OF THE

85-FOOT LOAD.

>> NORTHBOUND, I HAVE A CAR

BACKING OFF HERE.

>> THANKS, BUD.

>> YOU BETCHA.

[beep, beep, beep]

>> [bleep]!

>> narrator: BUT JUST 20 MILES

OUT OF TOWN...

[beeping]

>> WHAT THE HELL?

WHAT THE [bleep] WE GOT GOING

HERE?

>> narrator: WARNING LIGHTS SHOW

THE ENGINE IS DE-RATING, WHICH

MEANS THE TRUCK ISN'T RUNNING AT

FULL STRENGTH, AND DARRELL'S

GOT LESS HORSEPOWER TO GET THE

LONG PIPE UP THE ROAD.

>> WHEN AN ENGINE DE-RATES,

YOU'LL BE PULLING HARD, IT'LL

[bleep] DE-RATE ITSELF RIGHT

INSTANTLY.

IT DOESN'T, LIKE, GRADUALLY

START DOING IT.

WHEN IT DOES IT, YOU'LL BE GOING

ALONG AND JUST BOOM, YOU'RE

DE-RATED.

>> narrator: DARRELL'S GOT TO

DECIDE WHETHER TO PLAY IT SAFE

AND HEAD BACK TO THE SHOP...

[beeping]

>> THIS [bleep] BLOWS, DUDE.

>> narrator: OR HOPE THE

HORSEPOWER HE HAS LEFT IS ENOUGH

TO GET HIM TO PRUDHOE BAY.

>> JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS RUN

AND GET BACK IN THE LOAD COUNT,

WHATEVER IT TAKES, YOU KNOW?

>> narrator: AND HE MAKES THE

CALL TO ROLL THE DICE.

>> GOTTA KEEP THE LOAD MOVING.

>> narrator: IN THE HEART OF

CANADA'S RURAL OUTBACK, ON THE

DEMPSTER HIGHWAY....

>> I'M THROUGH THE GORGE.

I'M ALMOST TO JAMES CREEK.

>> ALEX DEBOGORSKI IS RACING TO

THE JAMES CREEK D.O.T. CAMP ON A

CRITICAL MISSION FOR THE PEOPLE

OF THE NORTH.

>> EVERY DAY THE ROAD'S DOWN IS

ONE LESS DAY TO WORK, SO EVERY

DAY WE CAN KEEP IT OPEN, THE

BETTER FOR ME, THE BETTER FOR

THE COMPANY.

>> narrator: HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS

THE ROAD CLOSED AT HURRICANE

ALLEY, CUTTING OFF THE ONLY

LIFELINE TO CANADA'S ARCTIC

COMMUNITIES, AND ALEX IS

DELIVERING THE SNOW BLOWER

THE D.O.T. NEEDS TO REOPEN THE

ROAD.

>> IT'S BEEN A BAD WINTER FOR

THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY

HERE BECAUSE THE ROAD HAS BEEN

CLOSED AS MUCH AS IT'S BEEN

OPEN.

SO, THE IDEA IS TO KEEP IT OPEN

AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, AND AS MUCH

OF THE TIME AS POSSIBLE, SO THE

FREIGHT GETS HAULED THROUGH.

'CAUSE PRETTY SOON HERE THE

ROAD'S GONNA BE CLOSED BECAUSE

THE ICE BRIDGES ARE GONNA GO.

THE RIVERS WILL START BREAKING

UP, AND THAT MEANS THE ROAD IS

FINISHED.

WELL, HERE'S JAMES CREEK IN THE

DISTANCE.

OKAY.

WHAT'S THE CHANCE OF FINDING

ANYBODY HERE?

UNTIE IT?

YOU GOT HER.

>> narrator: BUT ALEX'S DAY IS

JUST GETTING STARTED.

>> SON OF A GUN, LOOK AT THAT.

[laughs]

>> narrator: NOW HE'S GOT A

HEAVY DUTY LOADER HEADED FOR

CREWS IN INUVIK.

>> FIGURE THIS ONE'S TIGHT

ENOUGH.

I'D SAY THAT THING IS PUSHING

60,000 POUNDS, IF ANYTHING,

MAYBE 50,000.

SHOULD BE A GOOD LOAD.

IT'S GONNA BE FULLY LOADED.

>> narrator: THE ROAD'S CLOSED

UNTIL THE D.O.T. CAN GET THEIR

GEAR, IT'S UP TO ALEX TO GET IT

DONE.

>> OKAY. BOOM-BOOM.

HERE WE GO AGAIN.

>> narrator: 1,700 MILES TO THE

SOUTHEAST...

[engine chugs]

>> WE GOT A 57-SOMETHING-FOOT

SHACK WE'RE HAULING TO WINNIPEG.

>> narrator: STILL HOURS AHEAD

OF RICK, HUGH'S DOUBLING DOWN.

>> SHE'S A LITTLE LONG FOR MY

TRAILER, BUT I'LL PUT HER ON

THERE AND--MAY HAVE TO MOVE MY

FIFTH WHEEL AHEAD SO I'VE GOT

SOME WEIGHT ON HER.

WEIGHT ON MY TRUCK, SO I DON'T

SPIN OUT.

>> narrator: UNDER PRESSURE TO

GET IN AS MANY LOADS AS

POSSIBLE, HE'S FOUND A BACKHAUL

BOUND FOR WINNIPEG.

>> IT'S A 50-FOOT SHACK ON A--

I THINK IT'S A 43-FOOT STEP

DECK, SO WE GOT 10 FEET

OVERHANG, PROBABLY.

I GOT NO WEIGHT ON THE BACK OF

MY TRUCK.

IT'S ALL ON THE ASS END.

IT'S GONNA BE BOUNCING DOWN THE

ROAD, SO GONNA HAVE TO BE

CAREFUL AND WATCH IT.

>> narrator: LOCKED AND LOADED,

HUGH ROLLS OUT WITH HIS SECOND

LOAD OF THE Y.

AND THERE'S STILL NO SIGN OF

CONVOY PARTNER RICK YEMM.

>> HEY, WHERE'S YOUR PARTNER?

YEAH, WHERE'S RICK?

>> WHERE'S RICK?

I'M NOT SURE.

HE EITHER FOUND A LITTLE HONEY

UP THERE, OR HE FOUND A WATERING

HOLE, WHATEVER IT IS.

'CAUSE HE AIN'T BEHIND ME NO

MORE.

HE'S LOST IN ACTION.

[air horn blares]

>> narrator: WHILE HUGH HEADS

OUT WITH HIS NEXT HAUL...

RICK'S JUST PULLING IN TO

OFFLOAD.

>> WELL, THINGS GOT A LITTLE

SCREWED UP TODAY WITH ME AND

HUGH THERE.

SO HUGH JUST WENT AHEAD.

>> narrator: AND HE'S STILL

FUMING ABOUT BEING DITCHED BY

THE POLAR BEAR.

>> AND HOW MANY MORE WAYS CAN I

SAY THAT THIS IS [bleep]?

I DON'T KNOW HOW THINGS

GOT MESSED UP.

I'LL TELL YOU, I'VE SEEN SOME

STUFF HERE, I JUST SHAKE MY

[bleep] HEAD.

WE COME UP HERE, WE DO THIS JOB.

IT'S KIND OF WHAT THE WHOLE

PURPOSE OF TRAVELING TOGETHER

WAS, BUT SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T GO

THAT WAY.

I DON'T RUN SOLO.

[crash]

NEVER, EVER LIKED BEING

MISTREATED.

NOW IT ENDS.

SEE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NOW.

>> narrator: IN ALASKA...

>> SEE, ALL THIS LUMBER'S

PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART

I GOT HERE.

ONCE IT GETS TO PRUDHOE, IT'S

STILL GOT A LONG TRIP TO GO

BEFORE IT GETS DELIVERED.

>> narrator: JACK JESSEE'S

RACING NORTH BEFORE

EXTREME TEMPERATURES SHUT DOWN

PRUDHOE BAY.

>> YOU MAY NOT THINK LUMBER

COULD BE ALL THAT IMPORTANT, BUT

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY LUMBER MILLS

UP THERE, AND THERE'S DEFINITELY

NO HOME DEPOT.

EVERYTHING THEY GET COMES OUT

OF FAIRBANKS.

THE TEMPERATURE'S DROPPING.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN BEAT THE COLD

WEATHER SHUTDOWN.

SOMETIMES YOU NEVER KNOW.

SOMETIMES A FEW MINUTES CAN

MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

>> narrator: IF JACK CAN'T MAKE

IT IN TIME...

HE WON'T ABLE TO DELIVER THIS

LOAD TO THE OIL FIELDS.

>> WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT THE HELL?

IS THAT CHAIN LOOSE, OR--

UH-OH. I'M ABOUT TO LOSE THE

PICKUP.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO STOP PRETTY

QUICK.

THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT GOING ON

HERE.

YUP, YUP, THAT ONE GOT LOOSE,

AND THAT ONE GOT LOOSE.

NOW I GOTTA GO TIGHTEN THESE.

THIS WAS JUST STARTING TO WOR--

GET EVEN WORSE.

THESE CHAINS GET TOO LOOSE

AND PICKUP BOUNCES AROUND A LOT,

IT CAN SNAP THE CHAIN.

ALL THE JARRING AND JERKING,

IT'LL SNAP IT.

MAN, THIS [coughs]--THIS LOAD IS

JUST DRIVING ME NUTS.

>> narrator: THE LOAD'S

RE-SECURED, BUT EVERY SECOND

COUNTS IN THE RACE AGAINST

MOTHER NATURE.

>> SO WE'RE GONNA HAMMER DOWN TO

PRUDHOE.

'CAUSE IT'S GETTING COLD UP

THERE, AND I'VE GOT TO GET THIS

LOAD UP THERE.

>> narrator: WHILE JACK TRIES TO

MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME...

>> SO FAR SHE'S LOOKING GOOD.

ROADS SEEM TO BE IN PRETTY GOOD

CONDITION.

>> narrator: PORKCHOP'S ALSO

HEADING NORTH, WITH A 50,000-

POUND VAN TRAILER, UNAWARE THAT

JUST BEHIND HIM...

>> CAUGHT UP TO PORKCHOP THERE.

>> narrator: TRAINER PHIL KROMM

IS WATCHING EVERY MOVE.

>> I FEEL LIKE A DOUBLE AGENT,

RUNNING COVERT OPERATIONS, JUST

KIND OF SHADOWING ALONG BEHIND.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS PROBLEM

IS.

IT'S LOOKING TO ME LIKE

HE'S ROLLING OFF THE HILLS TOO

FAST.

HE JUST SEEMS TO BE FOOT FLAT ON

THE FLOOR.

THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN.

I THINK HE MAY BE ACTUALLY

CRACKING UNDER THE PRESSURE.

HE'S STRUGGLED A BIT OUT HERE,

AND WE'RE CONCERNED.

>> narrator: BUT AS BOTH TRUCKS

ROUND THE NEXT BEND...

>> ARE YOU BACK THERE, PHIL?

>> narrator: PORKCHOP SEES HIS

SHADOW.

>> EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS GETTING

"PORKCHOPPED," IT'S PORKCHOP'S

TURN TO GET "PHILLED."

SO, I'M GONNA FIND ME A LITTLE

PULL-OFF UP HERE AND I'M GONNA

HIDE, AND I'M GONNA HAVE A

LITTLE BIT OF FUN.

>> narrator: HIS PLAN, STEP ON

THE GAS, FIND A PLACE TO HIDE,

AND LET PHIL GO BY.

>> HE JUST KEEPS PULLING AWAY.

I CAN'T SEEM TO KEEP UP.

>> narrator: BUT PORKCHOP'S GOT

NO IDEA THE GUY HE'S MESSING

WITH HOLDS HIS FATE IN HIS

HANDS.

>> WELL, I HOPE I GAIN A

LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT OUT OF

PHIL FOR IT, WE'LL SEE.

THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO.

>> WELL, I-I KIND OF SUSPECT

PORKCHOP KNOWS I'M BACK HERE.

>> I'M GONNA HIDE AND WAIT FOR

HIM TO PASS, AND THEN I'M GONNA

PULL OUT RIGHT BEHIND HIM.

AND I'M GONNA BE SNEAKY.

HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE.

>> narrator: BUT THE DALTON

VETERAN STAYS A STEP AHEAD.

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

>> FIGURED I'D BREAK UP THE

MONOTONY AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT

OF FUN WITH YOU OUT HERE.

>> YOU BETTER GO BACK TO SCHOOL,

MISTER.

>> OH, YOU THINK SO, HUH?

>> IT'S A OLD TRICK.

>> [laughs]

>> YOU WANT TO EARN CREDIT, THEN

SHOW ME YOU'RE LEARNING

SOMETHING OUT HERE.

I WANT TO SEE REAL PROGRESS,

MISTER.

>> narrator: AND THE STUNT

HASN'T HELPED PORKCHOP'S

REPUTATION WITH HIS FORMER

TRAINER.

>> JUST MAKING LIGHT OF--OF WHAT

WE'RE DOING OUT HERE, AND IT'S

REALLY GETTING UNDER MY SKIN.

I TOLD HIM IN THE BEGINNING THAT

THIS IS A SERIOUS JOB.

TH-THERE'S SO MUCH HORSEPLAY,

AND I'M GONNA TALK TO LANE ABOUT

IT.

>> narrator: WHILE PORKCHOP

SCREWS AROUND...

[air horn blares]

>> WE'RE ALMOST TO THE BEAVER

SIDE.

>> narrator: AUSTIN WHEELER'S

TRYING TO PROVE HE CAN HANDLE

HIS LOAD OF OVERSIZED CRANE

ARMS.

>> GOT A REAL TAIL-HEAVY LOAD.

HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE GETTING UP

SOME OF THE HILLS, AND I'M STILL

HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS LOAD

THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE ON OTHER

LOADS, BECAUSE THOSE BEAMS FOR

THAT CRANE ARE SO LONG THAT

IT'S COVERING MOSTLY THE WHOLE

AREA OF THE TRAILER.

>> narrator: THE COMBINED LENGTH

AND WEIGHT OF THE LOAD IS GIVING

AUSTIN TROUBLE ON THE ICY DALTON

INCLINES.

>> THE ROADS HAVE BEEN PRETTY

SLICK TODAY.

IT'S A LITTLE WINDY OUT.

IT'S BEEN DRIFTING A LITTLE BIT.

HOPEFULLY WE MAKE IT TO COLDFOOT

IN, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MORE

HOURS OR SO.

>> narrator: BUT AGAIN, AUSTIN

TAKES ON A HILL WITHOUT

STOPPING TO CHAIN UP.

>> THE ROAD IS SUPER SLICK

TODAY.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I'LL MAKE

IT UP THIS TIME, BUT I'M GONNA

TRY IT.

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

REALLY?

OH, [bleep].

WE'RE SLIDING.

[engine revving]

[tires sliding]

WE'RE SLIDING DOWN THE HILL.

WE'RE BACKING BACK DOWN THE

HILL.

THIS IS WHAT SUCKS ABOUT A

TAIL-HEAVY LOAD.

IT'S JUST PART OF THE JOB.

IT'S NOT LIKE I [bleep] UP OR

[laughs] MISSED A GEAR OR

NOTHING, IT'S JUST--YOU SPIN

OUT.

YEAH, I-I COULD SEE IT'S YOUR

FAULT IF YOU SPUN OUT WITH A,

YOU KNOW, GOOD LOAD, BUT

SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHERE IT'S

SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE WHOLE

TRAILER--

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL PUT CHAINS ON, AND WE'RE

GONNA [bleep] WEAR THEM ALL

THE WAY TO KOYUKUK.

I AIN'T KEEP PUTTING 'EM ON AND

TAKING 'EM OFF AGAIN.

>> narrator: AND AGAIN, HE'S

FORCED TO CHAIN UP IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE DRIVERS

AT THE TOP OF THE HILL HAVE TO

WAIT.

>> HEY, AUSTIN?

>> DON'T BE PLAYING WITH

YOURSELF NOW.

>> [chuckling]

ALL RIGHT.

>> WHEELS, WOULD YOU QUIT

SCREWING AROUND?

[various truck horns blare]

>> HOLY [bleep].

>> ANY TIME, MISSY.

>> THAT HILL'S SLICKER THAN

[bleep], YOU GUYS.

>> THAT AIN'T BURNING OUT,

THAT'S MISSING A GEAR.

>> WELL, [bleep] YOU, I BURNED

OUT.

I DIDN'T MISS NO GEAR.

>> WHAT THE HELL DID YOU BURN

OUT ON?

SOMEBODY THROW A [bleep]

BANANA PEEL OUT THE WINDOW

THERE?

>> YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT

THAT.

TAIL-HEAVY, BUDDY.

THERE'S ICE, THOSE BLACK MARKS

THERE?

YEAH.

I DIDN'T MISS NO GEAR.

>> WHATEVER, ROOKIE.

>> I DIDN'T MISS A GEAR.

>> narrator: IN CANADA...

ROAD CREWS ARE STARTING TO CLEAR

THE MASSIVE SNOW BUILDUP THAT

SHUT DOWN THE DEMPSTER...

>> STARTED OUT HAULING A 30,000-

POUND BLOWER TO JAMES CREEK,

WHICH I DELIVERED WITHOUT ANY

HITCHES.

ENDED UP BLESSED WITH A

BACKHAUL.

>> narrator: AND ALEX DEBOGORSKI

IS RUSHING A LOADER TO INUVIK,

TO HELP WITH THE CLEANUP EFFORT.

>> A 60,000-POUND LOADER, TO

BRING BACK TO INUVIK.

I'VE NEVER HAULED THIS MACHINE

BEFORE.

PULL'S GOOD.

>> narrator: THE 60,000-POUND

LOADER IS TWICE AS HEAVY AS THE

BLOWER HE HAULED THIS MORNING.

>> I'M JUST COMING ON THE PEEL

RIVER CROSSING.

>> narrator: AND WILL PUT TWICE

AS MUCH PRESSURE ON THE RIVER

ICE.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

>> JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU.

HELP US THROUGH THIS DAY.

COME ACROSS HERE EARLIER WITH

30,000, I'M GOING BACK WITH

ALMOST TWICE THAT WEIGHT.

[ice crackling]

CAN HEAR THE ICE CRACKING HERE.

>> narrator: IF THE ICE FAILS

UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE LOADER,

THE OPEN DOOR GIVES ALEX HIS

BEST CHANCE TO LEAP TO SAFETY.

>> JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU.

ALMOST THERE.

WELL, I MADE IT ACROSS WITH

THIS HEAVY LOAD.

>> narrator: BACK ON SOLID

GROUND, ALEX ROLLS INTO INUVIK.

>> WHISTLE RIGHT BY AND DROP OFF

MY LOAD, THEN I'LL BE DONE.

>> narrator: WITH CREWS HARD AT

WORK TRYING TO OPEN THE ROAD,

ALL ALEX CAN DO NOW IS WAIT.

BACK IN ALASKA, AT THE PRUDHOE

BAY YARD...

>> WHOO, DOGGIE!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN

PARADISE!

>> narrator: PORKCHOP'S BRUSHED

OFF HIS RUN-IN WITH PHIL.

>> HAD A PRETTY GOOD RUN UP HERE

TO PRUDHOE.

A LITTLE ON THE CHILLY SIDE, BUT

HEY, THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT FUN,

RIGHT?

EVERYTHING'S HERE, EVERYBODY'S

SAFE.

LET'S GET THIS LANDING GEAR DOWN

NOW, BY GOD.

I REALLY HOPE I'M TURNIN' AND

BURNIN'.

BY GOD, WE JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT

HAPPENS.

>> narrator: WHILE PORKCHOP'S

FEELING GOOD ABOUT DELIVERING

ANOTHER LOAD...

[line ringing]

>> LANE, WHAT'S HAPPENING?

IT'S PHIL.

>> HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?

>> narrator: PHIL KROMM'S GOT A

DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE TRIP.

>> YEP, WE'RE IN PRUDHOE, AND--

>> HOW'S IT GOING DOWN THERE?

>> OH, I'VE GOT SOME HUGE

CONCERNS STILL.

TODAY, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF

PLACES WHERE I COULDN'T EVEN

KEEP UP WITH HIM.

>> YEAH?

>> THERE--THERE SHOULDN'T HAVE

BEEN ANY PROBLEM FOR AN

EXPERIENCED DRIVER TO KEEP UP

WITH HIM, AND I COULDN'T KEEP UP

WITH HIM.

>> OKAY.

>> YOU KNOW, HE HASN'T CRASHED,

BUT THE RISK OF AN ACCIDENT IS

STILL TOO HIGH IN MY BOOK.

IT'S JUST--I DON'T THINK IT'S A

GOOD COMBINATION, YOU KNOW?

WE'RE TRYING TO WRAP THINGS UP,

WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT DONE, AND

I THINK THE RISK OF--OF HAVING

HIM OUT HERE IS TOO HIGH.

I'M JUST BRINGING YOU AN HONEST

ASSESSMENT, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S--

IT'S UP TO YOU, BUT YOU KNOW HOW

I FEEL.

>> THANKS.

>> THIS ROAD ISN'T FOR

EVERYBODY.

UM, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT FOR

PORKCHOP.

HE'S DEFINITELY OUT OF HIS

LEAGUE HERE.

IT'S DEFINITELY A LACK OF

ABILITY.

>> narrator: 285 MILES TO THE

SOUTH...

>> HOW YOU DOING BACK THERE,

DARRELL?

>> GETTING ABOUT HALF THE

THROTTLE, YOU KNOW?

[beeping]

>> narrator: DARRELL WARD'S

QUESTIONING HIS CALL TO KEEP

DRIVING WITH HIS TRUCK AT LESS

THAN FULL POWER.

>> PULLING THESE HILLS AWFUL

SLOW, YOU'RE GETTING WAY AHEAD

OF ME.

>> 10-4. I'M BACKING OFF

HERE.

GETTING WORSE, HUH?

>> YEAH, SEEMS TO BE.

>> narrator: AFTER TEN HOURS,

HE'S BARELY HALFWAY UP THE ROAD.

>> I'M DOING THIS ROAD,

I'M PLUM THE [bleep] OUT OF

POWER.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, EITHER.

[bleep].

>> narrator: AND NOW HE'S HIT

GOBBLER'S KNOB, THE STEEPEST

GRADE ON THE FIRST 200 MILES OF

THE ROAD.

>> HOPE I CAN GET UP OVER THE

TOP.

[beeping]

THERE'S FRESH BURNOUT WORKS ON

THE HIGHWAY.

I'M GONNA END UP WIPING MY FEET.

HERE WE GO AGAIN, [bleep]

DROPPING ANOTHER GEAR.

>> narrator: DARRELL TRIES TO

MAKE THE CLIMB...

BUT THE TRUCK KEEPS LOSING

POWER.

>> I MEAN, IT'S LIKE THERE'S

NOTHING THERE.

[pedal banging]

JUST TOTALLY [bleep] NOTHING,

MAN.

TOTALLY--HARDLY ANYTHING NOW.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

DROPPING GEARS.

[bleep]!

I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT.

I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT.

>> DON'T TELL ME I'M GONNA HAVE

TO PULL YOU WITH THIS F250 HERE.

>> IF THIS KEEPS UP YOU MIGHT.

GET UP HERE IN THESE HILLS, I

DON'T KNOW, IT MIGHT NOT BE A

BAD IDEA IF WE GOT SOMETHING

WHERE I CAN HOOK ON TO YOU AND

JUST, YOU KNOW, IF I KNOW IT'D

HELP ME GET OVER THE HILLS, FOR

SURE.

>> YEAH, 10-4.

>> LET'S JUMP OUT, GET ME HOOKED

UP, AND, UH, SEE IF WE CAN GET

ME TO THE TOP OF THE KNOB AND

WE CAN GET IN THE BIG PULL-OUT

AT THE TOP OF THE KNOB AND I CAN

CHANGE MY FUEL FILTER, AND

HOPEFULLY THAT TAKES CARE OF MY

PROBLEM.

>> 10-4.

>> narrator: IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE HILL, THERE'S NO ROOM TO

SAFELY WORK ON THE ENGINE, SO

DARRELL'S GOT A CHOICE.

RISK HIS TRUCK SHUTTING DOWN AND

BLOCKING THE ROAD, OR FIND A WAY

TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP.

>> YOU GONNA BE DOING ABOUT 40?

>> YOU JUST PULL AS HARD AS YOU

CAN.

>> MAN, FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE, WE'RE

READY.

>> narrator: HIS PLAN IS TO HOOK

UP TO THE PICKUP AND GIVE

THE WEAKENED ENGINE A BOOST.

>> I'M AT 20.

>> WE'RE OKAY.

I AM AMAZED.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS WORKING

THIS WELL, MAN.

I WAS HARDLY GETTING UP THOSE

OTHER HILLS.

I'M WALKING RIGHT UP THIS

HILL, YOU KNOW?

I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET ME TO

THE TOP.

YEAH!

I DID IT!

I DID IT, MAN.

>> narrator: SAFELY IN A

PULL-OUT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL,

DARRELL'S LOOKING FOR ANY WAY TO

GET HIS TRUCK BACK ON THE ROAD.

>> WELL, SHE'S GOT A FUEL

PROBLEM, ALL RIGHT.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN DRAIN THE

WATER OUT OF THE FILTER.

THEN HOPEFULLY IT'LL RUN BETTER.

I HOPE THAT'S ALL IT IS.

DOESN'T TAKE VERY MUCH WATER IN

THESE FILTERS TO PLUG 'EM UP.

IF IT AIN'T ONE THING, IT'S

ANOTHER.

THIS [bleep] TRUCK, ALL IT'S

BEEN DOING IS GIVING ME

PROBLEMS.

>> narrator: PUMPING WATER FROM

THE FUEL LINE SHOULD HELP THE

DE-RATING ENGINE.

IT'S NOT A PERMANENT FIX, BUT IT

MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO GET HIM BACK

UNDERWAY.

>> I THINK I GOT IT.

SOUNDS A LOT BETTER, MAN.

IT'S HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS

AGAIN.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO.

WELL, SHE SEEMS TO BE RUNNING

ALL RIGHT NOW.

GOT MY FUEL FILTERS DRAINED OUT.

LET'S HOPE I GOT HER TAKEN CARE

OF.

>> narrator: 180 MILES TO THE

NORTH...

>> WE GOT THIS LUMBER ON HERE,

AND IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT.

I'VE GOT A TIME SCHEDULE, I HAVE

TO MEET ON, MAN.

>> narrator: JACK JESSEE'S

TRYING TO REACH PRUDHOE BAY

BEFORE THE TEMPERATURE HITS 50

BELOW.

>> I'M WORRIED ABOUT A COLD

WEATHER SHUTDOWN GOING ON UP

THERE.

HOPEFULLY I CAN GET THERE BEFORE

THE WEATHER GETS--SETS IN AND

GETS REALLY COLD.

BUT I CAN ONLY DRIVE SO FAST.

I CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.

GOTTA KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED

ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS MOTHER NATURE'S DEAL.

IT'S OUT OF MY CONTROL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY RUSH

LOAD HERE.

I'M STARTING TO FEEL THE

PRESSURE OF GETTING IT UP.

>> narrator: BUT AS LIGHTS

BREAK THROUGH THE DARKNESS...

>> WE'RE JUST COMING INTO

PRUDHOE.

ABOUT 50 BELOW HERE.

PLACE IS A GHOST TOWN RIGHT NOW.

>> narrator: IT'S NOT LOOKING

GOOD.

>> I'M SURE THEY'RE IN SHUTDOWN.

HELL, I'D BE IN SHUTDOWN.

WELL, I'M KIND OF FEELING A

LITTLE LETDOWN.

WELL, THERE WAS NOTHING REALLY I

COULD HAVE DONE ABOUT IT.

THE WEATHER IS THE WEATHER.

NOBODY CAN CONTROL IT.

JUST DEAL WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT.

I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE GOT

IN THERE BEFORE THEY SHUT DOWN.

MAN, THIS LOOKS LIKE AN

APOCALYPSE OUT HERE.

THERE AIN'T NOTHING GONNA

HAPPEN.

>> narrator: IT MEANS THIS LOAD

WON'T REACH ITS FINAL

DESTINATION UNTIL THE SHUTDOWN

IS LIFTED.

>> BASICALLY, WE'LL GET INTO THE

YARD TONIGHT, UNHOOK MY TRAILER,

AND WHEN IT WARMS UP AND THEY

CAN DO SOMETHING WITH IT, THAT'S

WHAT THEY'LL DO.

>> narrator: AND THERE'LL BE

NO BACKHAUL FOR THE HAUL ROAD

ACE.

>> THERE'S REALLY NOTHING I CAN

DO NOW.

IT'S TOO COLD TO DO ANYTHING

OUTSIDE.

I'M JUST GONNA GO TO BED.

>> narrator: DESPITE THE

SHUTDOWN...

JACK HOLDS ON THE TOP SPOT IN

THE LOAD COUNT, WHILE ALEX TURNS

AND BURNS INTO A TIE FOR SECOND

PLACE.

IN MANITOBA...

>> SHE'S A LITTLE LONGER.

ABOUT 12 FEET LONGER THAN

WHAT SHE SHOULD BE.

>> narrator: HUGH'S ROLLING SOLO

WITH AN OVERSIZED SHACK BOUND

FOR WINNIPEG.

>> NO SNOW LIGHTS, NO TRAILER

BRAKES.

MINOR--[truck rattling]

>> narrator: ON THE RAPIDLY

MELTING WINTER ROADS, HE'S

RUNNING OUT OF TIME TO MOVE

CARGO AND CASH IN ON HIS

PERCENTAGE OF POLAR'S PROFITS.

>> [laughs]

GETTING WATER SHOWING UP.

THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN.

[bleep] WATER IN THE MIDDLE

OF THE NIGHT, RUNNING ACROSS THE

ROAD.

IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, BUT WE'RE

MAKIN' HER.

THERE'S ANOTHER LOAD UNDER MY

BELT.

WELL, WE'LL GET TO SLEEP IN

APRIL, THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS SAY

EVERY YEAR.

>> narrator: HUGH'S EARLY

MORNING START SCORED HIM THE

RARE WINTER ROADS BACKHAUL...

BUT IT LEFT RICK YEMM ALONE AND

BEHIND.

>> LIKE, I'M A [bleep] HOTHEAD.

YEAH, I'M A [bleep] HOTHEAD.

BUT I'M A HOTHEAD FOR A REASON.

WHAT? AND I WAS SITTING THERE

[bleep] STEWING ON IT, AND I

THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

I DON'T GIVE A [bleep]."

I SAID I JUST DON'T LIKE THE

[bleep] THAT'S GOING ON.

AND I--AND I'LL [bleep] TELL

HUGH, "YOU'RE THE ONE WHO

[bleep] WENT RIGHT ALONG WITH

TAKING OFF."

LIKE, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME.

I SAT AT THAT [bleep]

BLOODVEIN TURNOFF FOR HIM FOR

FIVE [bleep] HOURS WAITING

FOR HIM LAST YEAR.

'CAUSE WE TRAVEL TOGETHER.

I'M THE NICE GUY OUT OF THIS.

HE DOESN'T GIVE A [bleep].

MAKE SURE HUGHY'S HAPPY, BUT

[bleep] RICK.

WHY?

HE'S THE POLAR BEAR.

HE'S EVERYBODY'S [bleep] HERO.

I JUST HATE IT, 'CAUSE I BENT

OVER BACKWARDS, AND I GET THE

SHORT END OF THE [bleep] STICK.

TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND.

JUST TREAT ME WITH SOME

[bleep] RESPECT.

[bleep] THE POLAR BEAR!

>> narrator: NEXT TIME, ON

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS...

>> ALL RIGHT, I'M READY TO ROLL.

I'LL BE SURPRISED IF I DON'TWIN

THE LOAD COUNT.

>> narrator: THE BATTLE FOR THE

LOAD COUNT LEAD LEAVES A PATH OF

DESTRUCTION.

>> OH, [bleep]!

>> MAYBE THEY NEED TO COME DOWN

TO THE LOWER 48, LEARN

HOW TO DRIVE A REAL TRUCK.

>> narrator: SOME WILL DIG

DEEP...

>> I NEED TO GET LOADS, MAN.

IT'S ALL ABOUT LOADS RIGHT NOW.

>> narrator: SOME WILL GIVE

IN...

[bang, rattle]

>> MAN, DID I [bleep] UP HERE?

THAT'S TEN YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING

THIS, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE

LOST ANYTHING OFF MY LOAD.

>> narrator: AND OTHERS ARE JUST

LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.

>> MY NGEROUS GOODS ARE

SHAKING ALL OVER.