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Ice Road Truckers Season 12 Episode 1
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00:00Ah, son of a bitch.
00:04Fearless drivers risk everything.
00:06Out here, you can freeze to death.
00:08Either you can just try not to die.
00:10Chasing big paydays.
00:12I'll make it work. If I get back hauls, I get double the money.
00:14To haul in crucial supplies.
00:17I'm ready to roll.
00:18Before the opportunity
00:19melts away under their chained tires.
00:25Woo!
00:26This season, veterans return.
00:29No hesitation. No practice run.
00:31Back to bumping up and down.
00:33See if an old man still got what it takes to get the job done.
00:36And rookies emerge.
00:37This is going to be one hell of a ride.
00:39Yeah!
00:40A new company reigns.
00:42Musky Creek, we have a very good reputation.
00:44We don't leave a load behind.
00:45While another confronts legacy.
00:48I started this business to pass it down to my boys.
00:50That was always the plan.
00:51I was introduced to trucking
00:53probably from birth.
00:55The winter window is shorter than ever.
00:58You gotta get going.
00:59Pull out!
00:59Pull out.
01:00Pull some ass.
01:01Forcing everyone to burn at both ends.
01:03It's exhausting when you can't get warm.
01:06Feel beat up, chewed up, and spit out.
01:08Aww!
01:09Fighting an unrelenting battle.
01:11Ow!
01:12Out all the way open.
01:14Where, where, where, where, where, where, where!
01:15Against the unforgiving wilderness.
01:19I'm just so afraid that I've got frostbite somewhere.
01:23Out here, it's me versus nature.
01:25On the western hemisphere's northern frontier,
01:39the race is on.
01:42You're going into the bush.
01:45It's you against mother nature.
01:47Mother nature is unpredictable.
01:50And the most ambitious company on the ice roads
01:53is Muskie Creek.
01:55My problem right now is, is that we have so much forecasted right now
02:01and so many commitments, I'm short on drivers.
02:04We've got seven loads to load tomorrow.
02:07My name is Bill Dan, and I'm the operations manager here at Muskie Creek.
02:11Apparently, there's an air leak on the air tank.
02:15Did anybody do anything about it?
02:17Our primary goal is to service northern communities via winter road access.
02:23With about six weeks of winter roads,
02:26we have to slam these loads in as quickly and as efficiently as possible.
02:30Some of the communities that we go to,
02:32their only source to get food, building materials,
02:35is by winter roads.
02:36It's crucial, in that short window that we have,
02:43we get as much freight up into those communities
02:46so that they can sustain for the next year.
02:52Bill?
02:53Todd?
02:54Nice to meet you, buddy.
02:55Nice to meet you.
02:56Yeah.
02:56I've heard a lot about you.
02:59I'm Todd Dewey, and I come from a little town called Port Angeles, Washington.
03:06Sweet!
03:07After spending five, six years up here being on the ice roads,
03:11you know, it becomes a part of you.
03:16I got four beautiful daughters at home,
03:19and they were at that age where they needed dad around,
03:21so I kind of took a step back from the ice roads a little bit.
03:24The last nine years of my life, I have really focused on family, home.
03:29Now that I'm an empty nester and the daughters are gone,
03:32it's like the ice roads have been calling me.
03:34Todd, Todd.
03:35I'm taking on this challenge this year because I have a chance to actually make some money,
03:41build a nest egg back for me and my wife now, and buying my own big rig.
03:45Musky Creek, we have a very good reputation.
03:49Whatever we commit to, we fulfill.
03:51We don't leave a load behind.
03:52So Garden Hill is where your load's going to be going.
03:55Okay.
03:55Then from there, you're going to cross the ice.
03:58Yep.
03:58Then you're going to travel down here to St. Teresa Point.
04:00That's going to be where I need you to pick up the back hole.
04:02Okay.
04:02You got it.
04:03Todd's burning 800 miles to Garden Hill.
04:06Then he's crossing Island Lake to pick up his back hole in St. Teresa Point.
04:12It's loaded.
04:13It's ready.
04:13It's secured.
04:14Just a load of screw piles.
04:15They go into the ground.
04:16You can't start the building until those are in, right?
04:18There's a housing shortage in Garden Hill, so all loads, materials, it's all critical.
04:23Gotcha.
04:2410-4.
04:25My biggest concern is that he may have lost his edge.
04:30I really can't afford any mistakes to happen.
04:34You know, I'm coming up here with a super set of skills that not a lot of guys have.
04:42I'm 51 years old.
04:44I don't know if I've got what it takes anymore to do these roads,
04:46but I'm going to hit it hard, and I'm going to see if I can make myself some good coin.
04:50Am I nervous?
04:52Absolutely.
04:53See if an old man's still got what it takes to get the job done.
04:59600 frozen miles to the north.
05:03I am kind of nervous today to see what we find.
05:06Sean Harris, owner of Harris & Sons Transportation,
05:10is checking the ice thickness on Wollaston Lake to see if it's safe for big rigs.
05:15We're going to drill a hole or two and check the thickness
05:18and know how long before we're going to be able to go across that crossing with large loads.
05:27The Wollaston Lake community is only accessible by boat,
05:31or a 25-mile ice road when the lake freezes.
05:35They've had so much snow into Wollaston, it ended up insulating the ice.
05:39The ice would not thicken up.
05:40It wouldn't form properly.
05:41We're way behind on getting the roads ready to go for our heavy loads to cross them.
05:53My name is Sean Harris.
05:54I'm 51 years old, and I own a trucking business in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
05:57When I started this business, I called it Harris Logging and Transport.
06:03Years down the road, when the boys got involved, I changed it to Sean Harris' sons.
06:08At a young age, 17, 18, I went and got my license,
06:12and right out of trucking school, within three days,
06:15I was on the ice roads in northern Saskatchewan, and it was trial by fire.
06:21This is my 32nd winter on the ice roads.
06:23At this point now, we have 12 trucks.
06:26My company would take jobs that other people wouldn't touch with a tentacle pole.
06:30I've held some of the biggest recorded loads across the ice.
06:38The Wollaston run is very dangerous,
06:40because the water is always moving there.
06:43That's generally where the thinnest ice is.
06:45We're hoping today, when we punch through, we have over 20 inches.
06:56Optimum is 33 to 38 inches to haul what we haul on here.
06:59First and foremost, you're looking at the thickness to see how much ice there is.
07:11You want to look for the quality of the ice.
07:15You want it to kind of have a nice, clear look to it.
07:18This doesn't look like it's rotten or anything at the top.
07:24Find the bottom of the ice, right there.
07:2618, give or take.
07:32We're in trouble.
07:33We may not get in here this winter.
07:36It's always a stress, business-wise.
07:39I think the biggest stress is just the communities.
07:41And they can't get their stuff in there.
07:43They suffer.
07:44They're out of fuel right now.
07:45They're flying fuel in, because they can't get across here,
07:47when normally we'd be hauling across here weeks ago.
07:50We're running out of time.
07:51Ah!
07:56Back at Muskie Creek, another ice road veteran is joining the team.
08:05Hey, that's me, Bill.
08:06Letha.
08:07Finally, nice to meet you.
08:08You guys are, like, top dogs in town.
08:10You got, like, the most trucks, the most loads.
08:12We're at 32 trucks.
08:13Pounding about 500 loads per year.
08:15For, like, the last decade, I've been still trucking on the ice roads,
08:22but I bought my own truck, and I started my own business.
08:25Whoa!
08:27Well, that was interesting.
08:29Freezing wind, endless miles, and jobs that no one else will take.
08:34Well, I can't.
08:35I mean, oh, I'm going to jackknife.
08:37Ah!
08:38Oh, my gosh.
08:41I got a farm in Wasilla in Alaska, with two acres and 11 horses on it.
08:47Can you move any?
08:49Yay, good girl!
08:51Currently, my truck is sitting broken in the shop in Fairbanks, and it's not running.
08:56I need, like, a lot of money really fast to get it going.
08:59And these are the hardest ice roads, so I'm going to make more on them, and that's why I'm here.
09:04The worst-case scenario is if I don't make the money to fix the truck, I'm going to have to start selling horses.
09:12Garden Hill is where you're going to.
09:14There's going to be lots of hills to climb.
09:16Okay.
09:17Most important question, what am I driving?
09:21Dang!
09:23So Kenworth!
09:25Nice!
09:27Call that.
09:28Yeah.
09:28Lisa's also running the 800-mile gauntlet to the remote community of Garden Hill.
09:36I just can't afford to not have the wheels turning.
09:46Plunging deeper into the frozen wilderness.
09:49We have a lot of miles to go today.
09:51Don Dewey is battling his first winter road in almost a decade.
09:56The road is in rough, rough shape.
09:57There's a lot of pieces on here.
10:05Heavy items.
10:06If they fall off, there's no way I'm going to manually and physically put them back on my load.
10:13Getting a lot worse now, buddy.
10:18Feel that right there?
10:20Yeah.
10:21Yeah.
10:21That's getting rough.
10:23That's getting rough.
10:27And I have definitely got something going on with my load in the back.
10:37Drill bed's sticking out about a foot on the passenger side.
10:40This is not good.
10:41See, there's cold.
10:51Well, this is screwed.
10:52This wood beam has slid out of here almost a foot.
10:58Here's a better visual.
10:59Let's get the wood that's slid this far.
11:01But half the problem is it's so cold and the deck is so slick and these pieces of wood are just sliding right on the deck.
11:07If it pushes too hard and slides with too much momentum and breath busts these straps, that whole thing's just going to slide right off the sides and this whole pallet of these drill butts are on the middle of the ice road.
11:18That's not good.
11:19Well, I got an idea in my head.
11:24I don't know if it'll work, but it sure is worth a try.
11:30There it goes.
11:32Oh, you've got to love the ice roads, right?
11:36Okay.
11:36Now, we can link these two together.
11:41It's a double lock.
11:42Pull the slack out.
11:43Pull the slack out.
11:43Pull the slack out.
11:47Pull the slack out.
11:49Double link that.
11:56Those are balanced.
11:58In theory, as I'm backing the truck up, that chain's going to come tight and it's going to pull that load down the trailer.
12:04That's what I'm hoping will happen.
12:08Okay, this is it.
12:09But we're going to give her a hell and give her a try.
12:12I hope this works.
12:19In the frigid northern frontier.
12:24At Muskie Creek headquarters.
12:29Gentlemen, looking for Bill.
12:31You must be Scott.
12:32Yes, sir.
12:32It's Scooter Ewell's first haul at a new company.
12:36Back home, he's an ice road veteran.
12:38But in these parts, he's a rookie.
12:41Looking forward to working with you this year.
12:42Are you sure about that?
12:43Is there something that you've got to tell me that I don't know all that?
12:45I live in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
12:52I own a couple trucks.
12:54I've been in business now five years.
12:56Trucking wasn't after calling for me.
12:58For me, being out on the road on a job, it's a sense of accomplishment, especially when you deliver to northern communities.
13:05And I also own Harley's Hard Rock Saloon.
13:09It's a bar in Yellowknife.
13:12This is my bar.
13:13You know, it's a community water hole.
13:16A lot of the ice road drivers, they will come to our bar.
13:19They love it.
13:20They have a great time.
13:22My wife, Kelly, and my daughter, Morgan, both work at my bar.
13:26And I have two daughters in Nova Scotia, Bianca and Zoe.
13:30And I'm praying for the best of them all the time.
13:33I really need this season to go well.
13:35In order to provide the cash to do the upgrades up there at the bar.
13:39You are clean and clear to go to Red Sucker Lake.
13:42You've been to Red Sucker Lake?
13:43No, sir.
13:43I haven't been in any of these ice routes.
13:45So this is all new territory for me.
13:48That's what kind of truck you're going to give me to.
13:50She hauls ass.
13:51Nice.
13:52Yeah.
13:53This International is a very special truck to Muskie Creek.
13:59Okay.
13:59The driver that was assigned this truck, East Service Muskie Creek,
14:03for a very long time.
14:05Two years ago, Erwin Friesen, we lost him.
14:10Erwin Friesen was a big part of Muskie Creek.
14:14He is one of the biggest reasons why Muskie Creek is where we're at today.
14:20He passed away two years ago when he was on duty doing a load.
14:24Sounds like some pretty big shoes to fill.
14:26I hope to make you proud and I'll be honored to drive her.
14:30Looking forward to working with you.
14:31He's built a little bit of confidence in me, but talk is cheap.
14:37Scooter's first foray on these ice roads is an 800-mile adventure to the northern community
14:43of Red Sucker Lake.
14:45Well, now we're going to check this load out, see what we're working with,
14:49making sure that nothing has kind of come off.
14:53The key thing is keeping your deck clean.
14:55Imagine that flying through your windshield.
14:57That'll kill somebody.
14:57And this here has to go.
15:00Each driver is responsible for securing their load, confirming it's safe and legal.
15:0614-6 from about to ruin Bill's day.
15:10Anything over 12 feet needs a pilot truck.
15:13We can't haul this load.
15:15He's not going to like this.
15:16And none are available anytime soon.
15:19We got some problems.
15:21What's the issue?
15:2114-6 is the issue.
15:2414-6.
15:26That's the width.
15:2714-6 is how wide we are.
15:30Yes, sir.
15:32Are you sure?
15:33Is that from the tracks or the blade?
15:38It doesn't look 14-6.
15:4214-6!
15:43I really wish you didn't f*** to my car flicks this morning, eh?
15:48You're going to learn to hate me or love me.
15:54400 miles to the northwest.
15:56I'm looking for the crews that are flooding to try and thicken the ice.
16:04Sean Harris is meeting the ice road maintenance crew.
16:08To build the road, the crew spends weeks plowing snow and checking the ice thickness.
16:14Where the ice is thin, they use lake water to thicken it.
16:19The fate of Sean's business depends on their progress.
16:23If the ice doesn't get any thicker, the community, they're not going to be able to get supplies like that in.
16:30And this road is very vital.
16:32It's the only lifeline in the wintertime for this community.
16:37How many holes are you guys going to drill?
16:39Two.
16:40Two for now?
16:41So what they're doing here is they've got thin spots where it's only 17 inches.
16:45So they drill holes.
16:47And now we're going to fire up the generator and we're going to start flooding this section of ice that's thin here, right?
16:51Yeah.
16:52Let's rock and roll.
16:56There we go!
16:57There we go!
16:57You can see what the boys are doing, putting water on existing ice.
17:03And they'll keep doing that and doing that and they'll build levels.
17:05And that's how we grow the ice.
17:08How long will you guys let this run here?
17:11Until she reaches the edges?
17:13And that's all you'll do today or will you drill another couple of holes and pump some more?
17:17Tomorrow.
17:18Tomorrow?
17:19We are late in the season.
17:22If you went across here loaded, you would absolutely go in the drink.
17:24It's just not thick enough.
17:25These guys are working overtime, trying to get a road open so their community can get the supplies in that they need.
17:33Halfway through his first run and not getting any closer.
17:45It's about to get real.
17:47Veteran driver Todd Dewey is gambling on an old trucker trick to slide tons of steel screw files back on his trailer.
17:55Come on, you son of a bitch.
17:56The road pounded a pallet of foundation screws over the edge.
18:01That's getting rough.
18:03Now, the fastest fix is ice road ingenuity.
18:08Okay, here we go, boys.
18:09F***ing yeah.
18:25Looks like it moved.
18:28F***ing yeah.
18:30It slid right here.
18:31You can see this block.
18:32See how far that block is sticking out?
18:34This block was sticking quite out here, so this whole thing is now slid right back into position.
18:39Now I'm going to re-rig it, and I'm going to try to do the same thing to the front and get it pulled over.
18:44Tell you what, I'd like being in the bush and figure s*** out.
18:46That's why I love being on the ice roads.
18:51All right.
18:52Re-rigging.
18:56Okay.
18:57Round two.
18:57Round two.
19:27Oh, hell yeah.
19:29We are back on the trailer.
19:32That's what the ice roads are all about, baby.
19:34Figure s*** out and just get it done.
19:39Get my load strapped and hit back on the road.
19:48I'm ready to roll.
19:49Mission accomplished, baby.
19:52My load is nice and straight back there.
19:54Ready to put some miles on here and get this load into Garden Hill.
19:58Just another beautiful day on the ice roads.
20:00I am hitting the ground running.
20:16Deep in the frigid wilderness.
20:18No hesitations.
20:19No practice runs.
20:21That first road.
20:22Knock it out.
20:23Lisa Kelly is one of the first drivers facing a freshly frozen river crossing.
20:28Nelson River, East Channel.
20:37I'm not sure where the river begins here.
20:39There's so much snow on the ice, I can't tell what condition the ice is in right now.
20:47If it's clear ice, it's a better quality of ice and holds more weight.
20:55If it's like white ice, there's more air in it, so it's more likely to crash.
21:00First one of a while, so I'm a little nervous on it, you know?
21:07We'll see.
21:08We'll see how this goes.
21:11All right.
21:12Let's do this.
21:13Let's do this.
21:17On a frozen northern river.
21:34Wow, that does not look good.
21:37A deceptive expanse of untested ice separates Lisa Kelly from her offload.
21:43The best strategy I have for a lake crossing is listening for the cracking.
21:52I'm going to go with slower.
21:55I'd rather be safe than sorry.
21:58The ice is supposed to make the cracking sounds, but how much is too much cracking, right?
22:02Because it's got a crack to fall through, so there's got to be a certain limit on cracking sounds.
22:08Is that an ice sign?
22:11Do you see that?
22:13A blanket of fresh snow covers the road and thin ice surrounding her,
22:18obscuring the border between safety and certain death.
22:23Danger.
22:24Open water.
22:25Good gosh.
22:26It's like that whole section is like open water.
22:32What makes this any thicker here?
22:34Here.
22:34Here.
22:34Here.
22:34Here.
22:34Here.
22:34Here.
22:34Here.
22:34Here.
22:35Here.
22:35Here.
22:35Here.
22:36Here.
22:36Here.
22:36Here.
22:37Here.
22:37Here.
22:38Here.
22:38Here.
22:39Here.
22:39Here.
22:40Here.
22:40Here.
22:41Here.
22:41Here.
22:42Here.
22:42Here.
22:42Here.
22:43Here.
22:44Don't go fast.
22:44I'm almost there.
22:45Don't go fast.
22:47Here.
22:47Don't go fast.
22:51First ice crossing of the year out of the way.
22:55Here we come for more.
23:09Here.
23:10Back at Musky Creek.
23:12It's 14-6 wide.
23:13What the f***?
23:15Scooter's stuck in the truck yard until his wide load is legal.
23:19If we take the blades off, we're no trouble.
23:22Beautiful.
23:24That's why you're the pro.
23:26You're talking about a wide guy with a wide load.
23:28I know my wings.
23:28So then where are your flags?
23:30I'm wearing my ears.
23:33Get the wings off, boys.
23:36On the road, problems start to arise.
23:38And then there's only so much I can do from the office.
23:42It's up to the driver.
23:43They have to be the solution to the problem.
23:47And we're golden.
23:54Where's my sage?
23:56I always keep a smudge kit with me.
23:58What's back old?
23:59Sweetgrass.
24:03I'm new to smudging.
24:04I've been doing it for the last few years now.
24:06I've been digging into my history, and I'm pretty proud of it.
24:10I'm Mick Mack.
24:12Mick Ma, actually, it's pronounced from the East Coast.
24:15There's a reason why they were called the First Nations.
24:17They were the first ones, and they know how to survive off the land.
24:21And I like learning from it.
24:23For me, it keeps me grounded.
24:25It keeps me centered.
24:26It keeps me going.
24:27It gives me hope.
24:28It's been a hard-do in a truck.
24:33We're going to pray.
24:35The rest of our trips are blessed.
24:39Spirit of Irvin, better keep on my good side.
24:42Scooter!
24:43We've got to get going.
24:44Let's get out of here.
24:45Pull out!
24:50We're rolling out.
24:52Copy.
24:52Copy.
24:52Copy.
24:52Copy.
24:52Copy.
24:58Copy.
25:04First load.
25:06Finally.
25:08I'm feeling much alive.
25:09I'm feeling much better.
25:12I'm feeling happy now.
25:13Heading into Garden Hill in the remote island lake region.
25:28Garden Hill, finally made it.
25:30Todd's racing to offload 45,000 pounds of steel
25:34so he can cross the lake and pick up another load by the end of the day.
25:38I'm going to get this thing unloaded, right back out on the ice roads.
25:43I got to turn and burn.
25:46I got another load I got to get picked up and delivered right away.
25:50Let's get this load off of here.
25:54I don't know how this is going to work.
25:55We're about to find out.
25:57The problem with unloading this is the forklift is not big enough
25:59to move these pallets off the back of this trailer.
26:02We're going to grab this whole pallet and see if we just slide a whole pallet at one time
26:05right onto the ground.
26:08I guess we'll try that.
26:09Let's see what happens.
26:16Go fast!
26:31In the remote northern community of Garden Hill,
26:34Veteran driver Todd Dewey is racing to turn and burn
26:42so he can pick up his next load.
26:45It's a little messy, but it worked.
26:47Can't damage these things due to the fact they're just solid steel.
26:50We thought this was the only way we were going to be able to get it unloaded
26:52with the machines that we had.
26:53Let's get the hell out of here.
27:07I've got another ice road to do.
27:10Came up with a good solution for the bush, didn't we?
27:13Nicely done.
27:14450 miles to the west.
27:29Sean Harris is strategizing with his business partners,
27:32sons Riley and Zach.
27:34My boys, they've both been driving since they were five years old,
27:37and at 15, probably knew more than guys who've been doing it 20 years.
27:40But they need a plan to salvage the season
27:43if the Wollaston Lake crossing doesn't open.
27:47Wish I could sit in Mexico as much as you do.
27:49Riley is a mini-me, and that's not generally a good thing.
27:54One day when you have 32 years under your f***ing belts,
27:57then you can go to Mexico too.
27:58I had that under my belt before I was 20.
28:01Oh, this f***ing guy.
28:03He is hot-tempered, but he's a hard worker,
28:07and he'll do whatever he has to do to get the job done.
28:11You've got to have a couple handsome, capable sons
28:13for you who can do that.
28:15Zach is the exact opposite to myself
28:18and his younger brother Riley.
28:21Zach is probably one of the most relaxed,
28:23easygoing guys you'll ever meet.
28:26We've had lots of snow up north, so...
28:27Chris!
28:30Piss off!
28:31Crispy, my third son, is a pot-belly pig.
28:35When we got him, he was no bigger than a loaf of bread.
28:39What's going on?
28:40Now he's about 250 pounds.
28:42And he used to ride in the semi with me all the time.
28:45He absolutely loved it.
28:46He'd put his little feet up on the dash
28:47and look out the window.
28:49Like, I don't have enough problems in my life.
28:52Wollaston is absolutely closed right now,
28:54and I'm getting extremely nervous.
28:58The season is going to be a short one.
29:00We've had an ungodly amount of snow this year.
29:04When you get a lot of snow early,
29:06it insulates the water,
29:07so then those cold temperatures
29:09can't absorb to freeze
29:11as fast and as hard as we need it.
29:14So I think right now we're going to do some things
29:15that we don't normally do this time of year.
29:17Yep, no, we'll do what we've got to do.
29:19We're going to have a tough winter.
29:26Approaching Island Lake, outside Garden Hill.
29:30Ice crossing just opened up.
29:32It's only open for light traffic,
29:34which means it's not open for full weights yet.
29:36Veteran driver Todd Dewey is facing a 13-mile lake crossing
29:40on ice, barely thick enough to hold his empty truck.
29:46That's kind of spooky if you think about it.
29:48It's been ice.
30:05It means anything can happen.
30:12Here we go.
30:13He's on a deadline to pick up a backhaul today
30:17that's going to Muskie Creek.
30:20And the fastest way to St. Teresa Point
30:22is across the lake.
30:26The ice is not as thick as it's supposed to be.
30:28But if you have a will in place,
30:29set up for your family,
30:30because most likely you ain't making it home.
30:31That's what could go wrong.
30:33It's life and death up here.
30:43I'm a little concerned right now.
30:45I'm not hearing a lot of noise out of the ice.
30:52The cracking of the ice is always spooky,
30:54but that's part of the ice crossing.
30:55You want to hear cracking.
30:57That actually means that the ice is really, really strong.
31:00When you can't hear any noise at all,
31:02that's not a good sign.
31:06I don't like that.
31:06I don't like that one single bit.
31:08Not at all.
31:09Cracking sounds indicate the ice is flexing
31:14to relieve stress from the truck's weight.
31:18If the ice is too thin or too weak
31:20to flex under the stress,
31:22it could shatter,
31:25releasing Todd and his truck
31:26into the clutches of the deadly frigid depths.
31:38And...
31:38On the ice!
31:42Hell yeah!
31:46Let's go get my next load
31:47and turn to burn.
31:59On the other side of the lake...
32:03I'm headed to Garden Hill
32:04for some building supplies
32:06for the communities.
32:07The hills are very abrupt
32:11because it's not a road.
32:12There's no, like, grades.
32:13Like, they didn't build it
32:15to be driven.
32:16So when you come upon a hill,
32:19it's not smooth
32:20and it's really abrupt and sharp.
32:22The Musky Creek truck
32:23is getting a beat down
32:25as Lisa faces a final series of hills
32:28standing between her and the offload.
32:30A little rowdy at the moment.
32:32It's supposed to get worse.
32:33I've got to check this out,
32:46and this is a horrible place to do it.
32:49Sounds like it's under the hood.
32:50It's really loud right here.
32:54It's really loud right here.
32:54Oh, thank you, Lord.
33:08Oh, there's the bottle.
33:28There's the hose came up.
33:31The road to Garden Hill
33:32A little rowdy at the moment.
33:36Battered Lisa and her truck
33:38and knocked out the hose
33:41that moves compressed air
33:43from the turbo to the engine.
33:45Without the turbo,
33:47she doesn't have the torque
33:48or the power
33:48to pull her load over the hills.
33:51Thank goodness the hose clamp
33:52is still there.
33:53My gosh.
33:55I actually think
33:55I'm going to have to turn the truck off
33:56because there's pressure
33:57coming out of there.
33:59You might not be able to get it on.
34:01But turning the truck off
34:04is kind of a bush no-no
34:05because it might not start again.
34:14As the engine cools
34:16in the unforgiving temperatures,
34:18diesel fuel thickens
34:21like day-old Thanksgiving gravy,
34:24preventing the truck
34:25from restarting.
34:33Easy, Tiger.
34:37Okay.
34:40It's cold.
34:44I've got to get out of the way.
34:50I'm kind of in a hurry
34:53because I want to get
34:54out of the way of the truck
34:55and I want to make sure
34:56my truck cools down too much.
34:58And that's going to
34:59really screw me.
35:05Get the truck started here.
35:07All right, love.
35:09You ready?
35:11Because it's cold.
35:17Get the body out.
35:21All right.
35:24I'm going to get out of this guy's way.
35:44I feel really bad for
35:45both of them up on that one.
35:47Skinny spot, of course.
35:50All right.
35:51Back to bumping up and down here.
36:07Back across the lake.
36:08So I finally made it into
36:12St. Therese Point here.
36:13It's always exciting to get
36:14in a backhaul.
36:15That just means you're actually
36:16getting paid for the way back to you,
36:17not just the way there.
36:19So double paycheck.
36:20I'll take that any day of the week.
36:22Todd's picking up a boat
36:23to haul back to Musky Creek
36:25for repair.
36:26Hi.
36:27Hi, I'm Todd.
36:28Nice to meet you.
36:29Hi.
36:30This is an isolated community.
36:32We usually go
36:33from one community
36:34to another community
36:35using those boats.
36:36It's very important.
36:39The only way we can think
36:40is delivered.
36:42That's just like Santa.
36:45The trailer is this wide.
36:47And the boat is this wide.
36:50There's no margin for error.
36:54Okay.
36:55Let's go real slow and easy.
37:00Keep going.
37:01You're good.
37:03That's just making me nervous.
37:05I know, we do.
37:10Go ahead.
37:11You're okay.
37:11Come on.
37:13Keep coming.
37:14Keep coming.
37:15You want to just turn
37:16as you're going on like that.
37:18Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
37:21Just hang tight right there
37:22for a minute.
37:24Yeah.
37:25We need to get this
37:26straightened out.
37:27Yeah.
37:27Yeah.
37:27Yeah.
37:28Yeah.
37:28Yeah.
37:28Yeah.
37:29Yeah.
37:29Yeah.
37:29Yeah.
37:29Yeah.
37:30Yeah.
37:30Yeah.
37:30Yeah.
37:31Yeah.
37:31Yeah.
37:32Yeah.
37:32Yeah.
37:33Yeah.
37:34This is a lot of work.
37:39Who said the ice roads
37:40are easy, right?
37:42The boat pickup
37:43was a little bit more
37:44than what I expected.
37:45I'm tired.
37:48Okay, stop.
37:50It's been a long day.
37:52The boat is loaded
37:53and I'm done.
37:56Gosh, that was a lot
37:56of frickin' work.
38:00You've got a lot
38:01of ice road left
38:02to go to get out of here.
38:12Let's make some tracks.
38:14After a slow start
38:15on his first run
38:16on his first run.
38:16Oh, yeah.
38:17It's gonna be a fun run.
38:18Feel it already.
38:20Scooter is finally free
38:22in his natural environment.
38:30She's gonna be tight.
38:32One oversized inbound.
38:34This is a road
38:35that I've never been on.
38:36All these roads
38:37I've never been on.
38:39It's gonna be
38:40all kinds of fun.
38:41Here we go.
38:42Oh, yeah, baby.
38:50Springs are working hard.
38:53Oh, yeah.
38:54That felt good.
38:55Straight up the sink
38:56there on that one.
38:58Holy...
39:03It's rough.
39:05It's terrible.
39:12Is it really?
39:13Whoa!
39:14We're just in
39:16touch of it in.
39:17And it's terrible.
39:20It's gonna be interesting
39:21to see what happens here.
39:25Not much room
39:26at the narrow-ass road
39:28and we are wide.
39:31So am I,
39:32but so is the load.
39:32As Scooter
39:38races into the bush,
39:41Ty's heading
39:42in the opposite direction.
39:48Get a little bit
39:49of shut-eye
39:50back up this morning
39:51bright and early.
39:55Oh!
39:58Feel that right there?
40:00This road
40:01is really beating
40:02the truck around,
40:03really beating
40:03the load around.
40:11Ah, son of a bitch.
40:14We're losing air
40:15pretty quick.
40:16We got something broke.
40:20The brakes
40:20are completely locked.
40:22Hang on.
40:22See, the whole bracket
40:32that holds the airline
40:33up is completely
40:33laying on the ground.
40:36Oh, my gosh.
40:38This is broke.
40:39That's broke.
40:39This is broke.
40:40This one's broke.
40:41That's broke.
40:42And this one's broken.
40:43That's my main air
40:44supply report.
40:44The trailer's disc brakes.
40:47Unbelievable.
40:47It's going to take
40:51a while to fix this.
40:52We ain't going anywhere.
40:53We're...
40:54This season...
41:02Oh, gosh.
41:05Oh, gosh.
41:05The ice road truckers
41:07battle brutal roads.
41:11Any more bumps,
41:12my boobs are going to
41:13smack me in the face
41:14and the lack of my eyes.
41:15and all massive loads.
41:21Holy crap.
41:23I don't want to
41:23tip this over.
41:25Hey, you know,
41:26keep going.
41:27Right there.
41:27Perfect.
41:29The main concern is
41:31busy ice crossings
41:32being a maximum weight.
41:33Come on.
41:34Come on.
41:34Come on.
41:35You can do it.
41:36You can do it.
41:36You can do it.
41:39The drivers
41:40must work together.
41:42Can you not
41:42stick around with it
41:43while I'm under here?
41:44Because if this falls,
41:44I'm dead.
41:45Don't worry, Zach.
41:46Your little brother's
41:47coming to the rescue.
41:50Hey.
41:51Now back up straight.
41:54Or fail alone.
41:55We ain't going anywhere.
41:57Ah!
41:58My God.
41:59Come on.
42:00This
42:00is their one shot.
42:04The trick's on fire.
42:05Come on.
42:05Tell me this
42:06don't get your heart pumping.
42:07Ah!
42:08Oh.
42:09Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
42:11Ah!
42:11Ah!
42:11Ah!
42:11Ah!
42:11Ah!
42:11Ah!
42:11Ah!
42:11Ah!
42:11Ah!
42:11Ah!
42:12Ah!
42:12Ah!
42:13Ah!
42:13Ah!
42:13Ah!
42:14Ah!
42:14Ah!
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