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00:01Hang on to your teeth and buckle up your straps. Let's get her done.
00:06Hang on, she's gonna get a little rough.
00:08Faster, Todd! Faster!
00:11We're in trouble.
00:16Hey, Todd, you gonna call me?
00:18This road eats equipment alive.
00:20Rescuing those trucks is not gonna be an easy job.
00:23Get him unstuck and pulled out of there.
00:25Scooter over there took the easiest job!
00:27Todd do, he needs to dial his back.
00:30I just gotta get warm.
00:45What a day.
00:49We did a lot of work for nothing.
00:51Kind of a piss off.
00:53Right when you think you've been challenged with everything possible in a truck and a road,
00:58all of a sudden, something just frickin' slams your ass.
01:02You're like, are you frickin' kidding me?
01:04How is this even possible?
01:06This trip that you guys are going next is a long one.
01:19It's going to Fort Severn, way up north.
01:21You guys are gonna be gone for a while.
01:24We have a very small window to get all the freight in there.
01:27That's why there's six of you guys going.
01:29Three loads are going to the water treatment plant.
01:32Critical material.
01:33We don't get it in there.
01:34They can't finish the water treatment plant,
01:36giving clean drinking water to the community.
01:39The other three loads are building materials, helps them build homes.
01:43This is the very tail end of the season.
01:45If there's warm weather and they decide to shut down the roads, that's it.
01:49Linden was up there last year.
01:51Wayne, he's driving the picker truck with the crane on it.
01:54You're gonna need it.
01:55And you guys know Todd.
01:56He's driving the winch truck.
01:57You're also gonna be needing that, too.
01:59See, the way you're trying to tell us, Bill,
02:01is you're sending a bunch of babysitters with us?
02:03Oh, I see what you're saying.
02:05Yes.
02:06Yes.
02:07I want you guys to convoy in.
02:09You're stronger in numbers.
02:11And it's gonna take all six of you and the trucks to dig out those back holes.
02:15There's not a damn thing I can do to help you guys up there.
02:18On your way in there, you're gonna see a few trucks that have been buried in snow.
02:25That's your back hole.
02:26You need to get the two trucks unstuck and out of the snow on your way in.
02:30When you guys are together.
02:32Because after you guys offload, you're splitting up.
02:35Scooter, you're heading deeper into the bush to Piawanek to go pick up your back hole.
02:40Okay.
02:41Lisa and Todd, you're loading up the stuck trucks and hauling them back to Muskie Creek.
02:45But if those trucks don't make it back, we don't get paid, right?
02:49So you would like us to actually get them out and not add to the pile?
02:53Yes.
02:56Can't beg no promises on that.
02:58It's the last run of the season and I need you guys to focus and be serious.
03:03I don't care about the bet you guys got.
03:07Let's throw a hundred dollar bet down and see who can run the most miles this one in a row.
03:11But let's work as a team, right?
03:13Forget about the cameras, I'm being serious.
03:16Can I trust you guys?
03:17Yes.
03:18Yep.
03:19Yeah, absolutely.
03:20Any questions, any concern?
03:21No, we're ready to roll.
03:22Okay, let's make it happen.
03:27The thing about a convoy is teamwork.
03:29When you're all there together, when everybody's working together, things get done a hell of a lot quicker.
03:34It's always a good idea to designate somebody in the convoy to be the main shot caller.
03:41That's the position I'm used to taking on, because that's the job I do at home.
03:44Fuel up our survival fuel tank for the trip to Fort Severance.
03:52Going to Fort Severance, get the building material there, get the sewer tanks there.
03:56The community needs it.
03:57There's only a short window of time to get it up there.
03:59We're gonna be running hard, we're gonna be tired.
04:02Hopefully everything goes right.
04:04Convoys are good on a rare occasion because you've got lots of people and you've got more tools between you.
04:09But generally my idea toward convoys are there's a lot of needs, so there's a lot of stopping, and it takes a lot more time because everybody's waiting.
04:17We got it filled up.
04:18Good to go.
04:19I don't know what to expect, but I'm hoping that we can all work together as a team and get these loads in as quick as possible.
04:26Next stop, Fort Severance.
04:29The Muskie Creek Convoy is taking on the world's longest winter road on a thousand mile odyssey to rescue two frozen trucks before offloading in Fort Severn and splitting up to grab their backhauls.
04:51Eight hundred miles to the north west.
04:53Eight hundred miles to the north west.
04:54Eight hundred miles to the north west.
04:58Eight hundred miles to active.
05:01Eight hundred miles to the south, right.
05:04Energy dropping, clean up, Riley.
05:07Any stop picking up Riley, or?
05:08No, I'm going to raw dog it.
05:09Ten, more.
05:10I'll get it.
05:11That'll work.
05:16Riley and Zach are blasting north to meet up with Sean
05:19in Fond du Lac, so Team Harris can convoy into the
05:23Uranium City Ghost Town.
05:24Just turned onto the Fond du Lac road.
05:28And this is the end of the season now.
05:30Just try and get these last couple loads across.
05:34Riley's hauling an oversized steel culvert that hangs off
05:37the back of his trailer, so Zach's got to follow behind
05:40in his pilot truck.
05:48We really need the boogie.
05:50Sounds good.
05:52Be prepared to stop.
05:54It keeps getting warmer, so it's very sketchy
05:57on the ice roads.
06:00Yeah, slippery there.
06:03I can feel it.
06:04It is slick.
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06:07I'm going to trade over, too.
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06:16Anything broken?
06:17Oh, my God.
06:18That was rotten.
06:19I just want to prove to my dad that I can handle the
06:22rough country.
06:23I can control my nerves in the sticky spots, and just to be
06:27able to do the job, basically.
06:29It's kind of a badge of honor to get trusted with this
06:32haul to Uranium City.
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07:41We're going to have to push really hard through the night to put some miles behind us and hopefully get out of here before this road bolt can pull you apart and we can't get out of here.
07:49We've got a crossing coming up called Hayes River.
07:56Here we are.
07:58We're going to just park right in the middle of the road here.
08:01Come on, please.
08:05We've got to stop right here until we get to where I can see Todd.
08:08He's on the ice now and we've got to wait a second until he gets across.
08:12At the river, everyone stops so Muscatine can check out the ice crossing first.
08:19If you don't want to dare try getting two trucks on there one time, you'll really be pushing luck on that.
08:25Yeah, pulling off there, Todd. You can come wherever you need to.
08:28Sounds good there, Todd.
08:31One truck at a time and we'll get across this and the real challenge is going to be the hill after.
08:36On my way. Here I come.
08:38I've always thought it was spooky getting onto the ice at night.
08:44Nothing else around, just you and your truck and the ice.
08:49You know, this isn't a normal ice crossing.
08:51This is a river crossing.
08:52You can tell by the texture.
08:53You can tell by the way it's frozen with the moving water.
08:57That it's not just straight and flat.
08:59Ice crossings at night are a lot more sketchy.
09:01You can't see the cracks in the ice.
09:05You can't see where the little pressure ridges are.
09:06You can't see the color of the ice.
09:20Okay, Scooter, looking good.
09:22Letty just rolled off.
09:23Go ahead and hit her.
09:25Hang on to your teeth and buckle up your straps.
09:28Let's get her done.
09:28Feels good.
09:33I'm trying to listen.
09:37Hey, Lisa.
09:39Bring her on.
09:41All right.
09:41Here I go.
09:45Can you hear all those cracks?
09:49Oh, that was a good one.
09:54All right.
09:55This is a nasty hill called Hayes Hill.
10:05And it takes everything you got to get up it.
10:07At the end of this long straight stretch right here,
10:10that's where the hill starts.
10:11So we've got this whole runway to get a run for that hill.
10:15And I'm taking every inch of that runway.
10:18And four.
10:19Okay.
10:21Hayes Hill is a half-mile, 8% grade battlefield.
10:25Paved with refrozen holes and ruts.
10:29Faster, Todd.
10:30Faster.
10:31Hang on.
10:32You're going to get a little rough.
10:36Come on, you son of a bitch.
10:38Let's go.
10:41There's the hillside.
10:43Here comes the bumps.
10:45I don't want to slow up at all,
10:47but we ain't making her.
10:50Come on.
10:51We're right there.
10:52Tell me this don't get your heart pumping.
10:54We're right there.
11:00Come on.
11:01At the ragged edge of the northern frontier,
11:05Hang on.
11:06Woo-hoo!
11:06The Muskie Creek convoy faces the opening salvo
11:10in their battle against the world's longest winter road.
11:13This is a long-ass hill.
11:15Hayes Hill.
11:16Ha, ha, ha!
11:17Tell me this don't get your heart pumping.
11:19Come on, we're right there.
11:23That's it.
11:24We're at the top.
11:25Yes!
11:26A million-dollar baby makes it again.
11:29Ha, ha, ha!
11:30Bring her on up.
11:32On my way.
11:35Me and Hills have not gotten along this year.
11:38Hey, puppy, you can do it!
11:40Come on, baby.
11:45Oh, come on.
11:48Not today!
11:49Not today!
11:52Ha, ha, ha!
11:53Can I come up yet?
11:54Bring it on up, Chris.
11:56That's all yours.
11:57Rowdy can do it.
11:59Rowdy's Rowdy.
12:02All right, you're good.
12:04Me and Rowdy beat the hill.
12:06We all made it up the hill.
12:08We still got a long way to go.
12:15600 miles east.
12:22I'm gonna park out here, Zach.
12:24Yeah, I go.
12:27Riley and Zach Harris are meeting Sean outside of Fond du Lac.
12:30After he spent the night on the ice with his load.
12:39Well, this is the big one.
12:41We're headed to Uranium City.
12:43About 55 miles, give or take.
12:46Right now, we're closer to the Arctic Circle than we are
12:48to the nearest major city.
12:50That's pretty cool.
12:51Like, this is the end of the road here.
12:52There's the high seam that's broken through.
12:55And it's flooding onto the ice.
12:58So make sure you guys got a lot of distance between you
13:00when you go through.
13:00Because there is going to be flood water
13:02come up through there.
13:03Okay.
13:03Just be careful.
13:04Don't let it scare you.
13:11Zach and Riley's final test
13:12is the deadly 55-mile ice crossing
13:15over one of North America's largest lakes.
13:20This is the boys' first trip up here.
13:22So that's pretty exciting.
13:23I'm glad I'm here to see it.
13:25I kind of think maybe they're a little bit nervous today.
13:27This is a huge crossing.
13:29Not a lot of people have been up here.
13:31A lot of people are scared to come this far.
13:37It's cracking.
13:38The hop's popping.
13:42We're coming up to a kiev that has broken open.
13:44It's pretty dangerous up here.
13:46Watch your speed.
13:47You just can't stop.
13:49Paying attention to the road.
13:56Yee-haw!
13:57Across the northern wilderness.
13:59Temperatures have dropped dramatically.
14:01We're down to negative 23.
14:04Ain't nothing like the smell of diesel,
14:06cold air, and the wheels turning.
14:10The Musky Creek crew is realizing
14:13they're not on a road.
14:15It's in there, eh?
14:17They're in a graveyard.
14:18Look at that.
14:20Another snowcat.
14:23This road eats equipment alive.
14:28The ground swallowed them up.
14:31If our trucks are in that deep,
14:33we're so screwed.
14:34If we can't get the trucks out,
14:39they don't get paid.
14:41So it's important
14:42because it's a big chunk of money.
14:46Yeah, I'm just a little rough,
14:48so you definitely want to give her
14:49as soon as you get across
14:50that little light bridge.
14:52Musky Todd's leading the convoy
14:54and telling the other drivers
14:56what to expect.
14:57Okay there, Todd.
14:58I'm up top.
14:59Followed by Todd.
15:00Headed your way.
15:01Lisa and Scooter
15:02with the other two
15:04musky drivers behind them.
15:06Pretty good hill there, Scoot.
15:08Here's your couple
15:08across that ice bridge.
15:10Get her, buddy.
15:11Roger that.
15:12Tight ice bridge
15:13and then a hill.
15:18All right, Lisa.
15:19That's all yours.
15:21Holy moly, that is narrow.
15:24I haven't really recovered from it
15:26going in the ditch
15:27off the ice bridge and...
15:29Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
15:32Oh, well, I'm right on the edge.
15:39Oh, gosh.
15:43We're going across the ice bridge.
15:46Hey, looks like we've got
15:47a little ice crossing coming up here.
15:50Oh, this is going to be fun.
15:51A half-frozen lake
15:52is the final obstacle
15:53between the musky convoy
15:55and their frozen backhauls.
15:57We definitely have had
15:58a couple of warm days,
15:59so that's kind of an issue
16:00that we want to get out
16:02and kind of look at the ice
16:03and make sure that
16:03it looks decent enough
16:05to run on.
16:06Should be frozen enough.
16:07What about the last two days
16:08that have been warm?
16:09It doesn't have an effect
16:10on this at all?
16:11You'll find out.
16:12That is not the kind of confidence
16:13I'm looking for here.
16:14I believe strongly in teamwork
16:16and getting along with each other.
16:17No one's above each other.
16:18I don't think we've got
16:19much of a choice here.
16:20We're going to just have
16:21to roll on it.
16:21These loads have got to get in today.
16:25Good luck, buttercup.
16:27I believe in you.
16:28Good luck, super town.
16:30You can fly out of it
16:32if you fall.
16:36Roger, good to go.
16:38Oh, yeah.
16:39She's cracking.
16:40She's popping.
16:40Making noise.
16:45Woo-hoo!
16:47Oh, you're good.
16:48Rolling, rolling, rolling.
16:51Here I come.
16:52I'm rolling.
16:55All right, here we go.
16:57When it's snow covered like this,
16:59you can almost deceive yourself
17:00into thinking that you're
17:01just on a winter road.
17:02But when you're looking down
17:04through the ice,
17:05holy moly,
17:07it's a pretty in-your-face reminder
17:09that you're actually on a lake.
17:12All right, I think I'm on the shore here.
17:15Headed to Fort Savern
17:16on the longest winter road.
17:18Oh, yeah.
17:32The most dangerous ice crossing
17:34we'll make all winter
17:35is on this lake.
17:36Halfway into their
17:3755-mile lake crossing,
17:40there's a frosty
17:41that is cracked significantly.
17:43The Harris convoy
17:44has hit the heave,
17:46splitting the massive sheet of ice.
17:47So that's a concern,
17:49especially with heavier loads.
17:51You know, we're going to have
17:51to play that one by ear
17:52just to go really slow.
17:54We can't really stop
17:55and assess it.
17:56We'll just kind of have
17:57to assess it on the go.
18:00There are very significant heaves
18:02where the heave is pushed it up
18:04and then you can't get across.
18:07And when you get to that heave,
18:08if you can't get across,
18:09then you've just traveled
18:1014 hours for nothing.
18:11Here, precision is essential.
18:18Too close together
18:19and the truck's combined weight
18:21could split open the heave.
18:24And if they stop,
18:25the static pressure
18:26at the edge of the ice sheet
18:27could do the same.
18:28There's been many pieces
18:31of equipment lost
18:32and some lives lost
18:33on this stretch here for sure.
18:35This Lake Athabasca
18:36is a deep, deep, cold lake.
18:38This is the last place
18:39you want to fall.
18:40You never want to fall
18:41into the water anywhere,
18:42but this is the absolute
18:43last place you want to do that.
18:51Right where you are right now,
18:53you work in these dangerous places
19:16and your family never wants
19:17to get that call,
19:18but sometimes it happens.
19:20I do my best to try
19:23and be safe and careful
19:24so I can come home
19:26to my wife and daughter
19:27and I don't want to leave
19:29my family without me.
19:33Pretty good reminder
19:34that it's not a joke out here.
19:36Well, that's why you be careful
19:37around those pressure engines.
19:38Just slow right down.
19:39They're not to be with.
19:41This ice crossing
19:43and haul into Uranium City,
19:44it's not for the faint of hurt.
19:46It's a challenging one.
19:47It looks serene
19:48and anybody can do it,
19:49but it looks like that.
19:56What the was that?
20:03I've got an issue
20:04with my foot.
20:05We need to rectify it on the fly.
20:07I'm going to hop out
20:08and do my foot latch up
20:09when we go.
20:10Watch you don't slip.
20:12I'm always very in awe
20:14of my dad.
20:15I mean, he's almost superhuman
20:16in some ways.
20:17He's willing to put himself
20:18in pretty risky situations.
20:20It's a little bit scary.
20:21My hood latch has come undone.
20:23I don't know if it's broken
20:24or just popped open
20:25and it's rattling
20:26and we can't come to a dead stop
20:28on the ice,
20:28so we're just going to slow it down
20:30and hop out and do it up.
20:32To run these ice roads,
20:33you kind of got to be
20:34a little bit crazy.
20:35My dad is not scared of anything.
20:38He goes harder
20:39than 90% of the people I know.
20:42It's absolutely dangerous
20:44to get out of the cab
20:45while you're moving,
20:45but it's even more dangerous
20:47to stomp on the ice.
20:48Hey, Dad, you know what I got me?
21:09On one of the world's
21:23longest lake crossings...
21:24Hey, Dad, you got a copy?
21:26My dad likes doing sketchy s***.
21:28Sean Harris is fixing his hood
21:30and gambling that running on the ice
21:32beside his truck
21:34is safer than stopping
21:35next to the ice heave.
21:37Not my first rodeo.
21:53Yeah, I guess this would be Beaver Lodge.
21:56We just pulled up to Beaver Lodge Portage.
22:00Yeah, copy that.
22:01At the north shore of Lake Athabasca...
22:03The overland portage
22:04is pretty rough in some spots.
22:06You got to be careful.
22:07Yes, sir.
22:10A portage separates
22:11the Harris convoy
22:12from the final ice crossing
22:14into Uranium City.
22:23Oh, Lordy.
22:26Oh!
22:27That sounded very destructive.
22:30I went through those holes.
22:31It didn't look a lot better.
22:33It's a portage.
22:35Like, we basically just went
22:37over top of a hill.
22:42When you come onto the ice there,
22:44the holes on the ice,
22:46they don't look deep,
22:47but they are.
22:47I got some coal boxes
22:56that are just
22:56walking their way out,
22:58so I'm hoping to hang on.
22:59We're almost there.
23:07There's so many holes
23:08to try and navigate here.
23:09And there is water
23:13flooding the ice.
23:15That's scary.
23:21We're getting through
23:22the worst of it,
23:23the whole thing.
23:23That was sketchy
23:31incorporated, that one.
23:39Well, we made her.
23:41Way to go, guys.
23:42Way to go.
23:43That was awesome.
23:44This town is frozen in time.
23:47It hasn't advanced
23:48since 1982.
23:54There's a uranium rush
23:55in the new settlement.
23:57In no time at all,
23:58the place has become
23:59a uranium capital.
24:01Uranium City
24:02is one of my favorite
24:03places to go.
24:04Just the history there.
24:08The output here
24:09is 35,000 tons
24:11of ore per day.
24:12So the new settlement
24:13is boomed down
24:14on a scale
24:15never seen before.
24:17They had upwards
24:17of 40 or 50 mines.
24:21In the early 80s
24:23when the uranium prices
24:24dropped,
24:25it became a ghost town.
24:27It just absolutely
24:28decimated the community.
24:30It's like it's
24:30frozen in time.
24:31It's like it's
24:32perpetually 1984 there.
24:33And that's what's
24:34really cool about that town.
24:36This place is beautiful.
24:38It's like time stopped
24:40and it never changed.
24:41It's pretty cool.
24:43This is the boys'
24:45first trip up here.
24:46So that's pretty exciting.
24:47This truly is
24:48one of my proudest moments
24:49with these two.
24:50When they were growing up,
24:52there's been years
24:52where I just wasn't around
24:54as much as I probably
24:55should have been.
24:56Gives me pride
24:56that we're doing
24:57something together.
24:59I think that's where
25:00my load is going
25:01right there.
25:03We have arrived.
25:08Feels good we made it.
25:10Feels better
25:10when we get all
25:11the shit off me.
25:15We need to get back
25:16to the Stony Rapids.
25:18It's a long ways
25:19but we got to get back there
25:20because we got to load
25:20tomorrow morning
25:21for another client.
25:23Awesome!
25:24Deadly, deadly.
25:26Okay, we got to take a picture.
25:29There we go.
25:30We're done.
25:37600 miles to the east.
25:41Where are the trucks?
25:42Are they here?
25:43We're here, buddy.
25:45The musky convoy
25:46has arrived
25:47at their buried paychecks.
25:49Yeah, buried in the snow.
25:50Oh, my God.
25:53On your way in there,
25:54you're going to see
25:54a few trucks
25:56that have been buried
25:57in snow.
25:57That's your back hole.
25:58Get them unstuck
25:59and pulled out of there.
26:02Unbelievable.
26:02Oh, we got one truck
26:03that's even still
26:04connected to the trailer.
26:06How do you even dig
26:07through that snowbank
26:08to even get to them things?
26:10That is unbelievable.
26:13Their mission
26:13is to extricate
26:14the stuck trucks
26:15before they offload
26:16and split up.
26:18The snowbank looks solid.
26:20It'll take all six of them
26:22and their machinery
26:23for any chance at success.
26:26There's no way
26:27with all of us
26:28even digging,
26:28it'd take us four hours
26:29to even dig a path
26:30just to get to the back axle
26:32on this one
26:33and maybe start pulling it out.
26:37That's a s***.
26:38In the wild northern wilderness,
26:48the Harris convoy
26:54is fighting their way out.
26:56Ah!
26:56There's so many holes
26:59to try and navigate here.
27:00The conditions of the ice
27:07change so much.
27:09It's at the end of the year
27:10and the ice is sagging
27:12a little bit.
27:12It's been traveled on,
27:14cracked and re-cracked,
27:15and then all of a sudden
27:16there's going to be
27:17one big crack
27:17and it's going to be too late.
27:18It's been a little rough.
27:26Oh, f***.
27:29F*** me.
27:37It's f***ing bottomed out here
27:39or this f***ing old fellow
27:40from Thunderheak.
27:41Even in four-wheel drive,
27:42eh, she won't come up?
27:43Oh, I'm like,
27:44sitting on the bumper,
27:45I think.
27:46You're stuck?
27:46Oh, yeah, you went through.
27:49Holy f***.
27:57Back with the musky convoy...
27:59We might be able
28:00to dig this one here,
28:01get it wedged on the front.
28:02We might be able to do the most part
28:03pulling it straight forward
28:04with the trailer
28:05and everything on there.
28:06Todd Dewey's jumping in
28:07to lead the recovery.
28:09But I'm once wondering
28:09if Wayne can put his picker truck
28:11and try to pick the ass
28:12end of this truck up first.
28:13I'm sending Todd,
28:15Wayne, and Lyndon
28:15to help you guys up there.
28:17No lifting with the picker truck.
28:19No pulling with it.
28:20If I can hook around here,
28:22you're trying to break it
28:23with a winch,
28:24then he can lift it.
28:24Yeah.
28:25Be nice to the equipment,
28:27you guys.
28:27If one of our units
28:29are dead on the road,
28:30it's a $20,000 tow bill.
28:33We're gonna have to get
28:33your trailer unhooked
28:34to get you truck in position
28:35on where you think
28:36you can pull,
28:37get your cables hooked up,
28:38get this figured out.
28:39Well, let's get them geared up.
28:41Get the shovels
28:42and let's start digging
28:42these trucks out.
28:43They're in there.
28:46What are we doing?
28:47A lot of digging.
28:48Wow.
28:49This is gonna be fun.
28:51We're gonna dig this frame out.
28:53We're gonna try to get
28:54the winch truck
28:55on this backside,
28:56get the whole cable
28:57wrapped around this frame,
28:58see if we can't pull it up
29:00and maybe twist the sides
29:01and start breaking
29:01these back tires free.
29:03Todd's plan is for the team
29:04to dig out the snow,
29:06then use Musky Todd's
29:08winch truck
29:09to pull out the stuck rig.
29:12Run that train through
29:13and then you hook the cable,
29:14the hook back to the cable.
29:17I hope this works.
29:18Careful where you're at.
29:20Everyone's back out of the way.
29:21Yeah.
29:22Yeah.
29:22Yeah.
29:23It's gonna slide this truck around.
29:33Yeah,
29:33it's just gonna push today
29:34and get it busted out of there.
29:36Not even moving it.
29:39I think it's a little more
29:40frozen in there
29:40than we think she is, guys.
29:42Yeah,
29:42but I think it should be
29:43close to the rear ends,
29:44not around where it's at.
29:46Let's wrap around
29:47the tire on that side.
29:50Try to pop it loose this way.
29:51I guess we'll try this
29:52and see if we can get it
29:53to a boss.
29:54Like, this is,
29:54this thing's in there.
29:57So we're trying to wrap
29:57this around the axle,
29:59see if we can pop one axle
30:00three at a time
30:01and pull it sideways.
30:03Everybody clear?
30:06All right,
30:07second try.
30:08Hopefully,
30:08we don't gotta do this
30:09a third time.
30:12Come on, baby.
30:13Pop.
30:16Oh, my God.
30:17Hey, easy, easy, easy.
30:19Work out loose.
30:21It's gotta go like this.
30:26You're flexing that frame
30:27every time you do it.
30:28It's not really
30:28breaking it loose, is it?
30:30It's wiggling it.
30:32It's trying.
30:33Why don't we just put it
30:33around one part of one frame
30:35in between these duos
30:36right here,
30:37try to yank one piece out,
30:38you know what I'm saying?
30:39Yeah, but just yanking on that
30:40one, we're just gonna try
30:41to slide it all sideways.
30:42We're trying to lift up.
30:43The frame,
30:43not the tires,
30:44the frame.
30:45Watch what we just did
30:46right here,
30:46and it wouldn't do nothing.
30:47Yeah, but we took
30:48the whole frame.
30:48I'm taking one piece
30:49of the frame.
30:51I'm a team player.
30:52You can't just go in
30:53like a bull in china shop
30:54and try to do something.
30:55This has to be set up
30:56properly to get through here.
30:58So we're trying to hook
30:59a cable one by one
31:00to each tire
31:00and rip one part
31:02of the tire
31:02out of the muskrag
31:03and maybe twist
31:04the front end out.
31:07I mean, I guess
31:07we could shovel
31:08until it's down level,
31:10but that would be a pain.
31:11It'd take hours.
31:14Hold on.
31:15This tire's exposed here.
31:17I know, but we've got
31:17to break them
31:18one by one out.
31:19I'm just saying.
31:20You want to dig this one out
31:21because I've dug
31:21the other three out,
31:22Scooter.
31:22I'm just saying.
31:23It could pop out.
31:24Feel free to start
31:25digging, buddy.
31:27You bust this wheel
31:28out right here.
31:29It'll come right out.
31:30If he pulls on that angle,
31:32that'll bend his fender
31:32right down to his tire.
31:34Right here,
31:35he should back up.
31:35If he gets to bake,
31:37it'll pop these out.
31:38You want me to back up
31:39that way?
31:39No, we already tried
31:40to pop them out.
31:40It wasn't working like that.
31:42It's not going to work
31:42that way.
31:43Don't get it, dude.
31:44I swear to God.
31:46Drop his attitude.
31:48I've had four ways
31:49it's going to be done.
31:49He over-talked me,
31:50did it opposite,
31:51and then went back
31:51to the same way
31:52I said to be done.
31:54Look at the Scooter over there.
31:55Took the easiest job.
31:56Todd Dewy needs to dial
31:58his back.
31:58Yeah, I know how
31:59those go.
32:00There you go.
32:01Trying to make me out
32:02to be laden
32:02to push another people
32:03out of the way.
32:04Two oldest guys
32:05over here getting it done.
32:06I have no patience
32:07for bullies.
32:09I don't put up with that.
32:10When someone starts
32:10talking down to me,
32:12look out.
32:12I'm just saying.
32:20You want to dig this one out
32:21because I've dug
32:21the other three out, Scooter.
32:23I'm just saying.
32:23I'm just saying.
32:25Feel free to start digging, buddy.
32:27I have no patience
32:28for pulling bullies.
32:30On the world's
32:31longest winter road...
32:33And I'll clock them
32:34right here.
32:35...an impossible mission
32:36is tearing apart
32:37the Musky Creek convoy.
32:40Don't ever talk down to me.
32:41Hey, Scooter!
32:45Are you mad at me?
32:47Oh, my gosh.
32:48Don't worry about it.
32:49Let's get this
32:49thing, Dougie, going.
32:51Hey, what are you
32:51upset with me about?
32:53Talking down to me.
32:54How'd I do that?
32:55Over there.
32:57Sometimes it's hard
32:57for me to step back
32:59and just say,
32:59Todd, take a breath.
33:00Just get on.
33:01Keep your mouth shut, Todd,
33:01which is obviously
33:02really hard for me to do.
33:04Todd, you gotta pass
33:05the shovel over
33:06once in a while, then.
33:07You think I can tell
33:08him what to do?
33:09I like both of them
33:10a lot.
33:10They're both good people
33:11and it's just a lot
33:12of misunderstandings
33:13and just big personalities.
33:15Hey, don't be mad at me.
33:16I didn't want...
33:17If I hurt your feelings,
33:18I'm sorry.
33:19I'd like me to talk down to
33:20you know I love you.
33:21Don't you dare
33:22try to kiss me.
33:23I've been lonely
33:23from my wife.
33:24Hold it, Lisa!
33:28On the north shore
33:36of Lake Athabasca...
33:37Apparently, Zach
33:38has fallen through the ice.
33:41Zach is dropping
33:42through the ice.
33:44Even in four-wheel drive,
33:45she won't come up?
33:46Oh, I'm, like,
33:47sitting on the bumper, I think.
33:50Holy...
33:50I'm hugging.
33:51I'm going.
33:52Looks like Zach
33:53just went through here.
33:56So I'm going to pull him out.
33:58We have an absolute
33:59time-sensitive load.
34:00If we don't get them
34:02on the truck
34:02and headed out
34:03on the ice tomorrow,
34:04I get penalized for that.
34:07Son of a bitch.
34:10You're stuck.
34:12You ready?
34:17All right, go.
34:18Here.
34:20That's f***ing gnarly.
34:30Oh, yeah.
34:30Riley and Zach
34:31are both new to these roads.
34:33I've tried to teach them
34:34everything I can,
34:36but I am a firm believer
34:38of learn to do by doing.
34:39And sometimes you have
34:40to fall on your ass
34:41and learn the hard way.
34:43Well, we had another
34:44sack-cident.
34:45Hey, now.
34:46Don't be hurtful.
34:47Arribing in the uranium city
34:52with the two boys
34:52truly is one of my
34:54proudest moments
34:55with these two.
34:56It truly feels like yesterday
34:57that they were both
34:58standing on the seat
34:59at four or five years old.
35:01And now to this,
35:02it's, uh,
35:03life's good today.
35:04Happy place.
35:05We've been out here
35:19for four hours
35:20digging on these trucks.
35:22They're a lot more buried
35:23than what I think
35:23any of us expected
35:24to actually run into.
35:27Hey, do up!
35:28As daylight ticks away,
35:30the musky convoy
35:31is doubling down
35:32on power.
35:37He's flexing.
35:41Look at that.
35:43Yeah!
35:43Yeah.
35:47Well, the back's moving
35:49with the front snap.
35:50It wants to come.
35:52It wants to come.
35:53It wants to come.
35:53All four of them free.
36:01Oh, that rear's free now?
36:02Yeah.
36:02So we can pull
36:03the whole ass over.
36:05We got the S-end broke free,
36:06so all the tires
36:07and the axles
36:08are broke for the musk rack now.
36:10We're gonna reposition
36:11these trucks.
36:11We're gonna actually
36:12bring the picker truck
36:13around now
36:13to see if we can't
36:14lift it up a little bit
36:15slowly, but surely
36:16maybe break the tanks free.
36:18A lot more work
36:18than we thought
36:19it was gonna be,
36:19that's for sure.
36:20Out of options...
36:23If this doesn't work,
36:24we might be stuck.
36:26...they're gambling
36:26that they've weakened
36:27the frozen north's
36:28chokehold enough
36:29for the crane
36:30to pull the truck free.
36:32Here's all you, buddy.
36:34There you go.
36:34Suck your head.
36:41Whoa.
36:43You see that?
36:43Almost.
36:44That's a little more
36:45stuck than we thought.
36:47That's all the pressure
36:48you can lift is maxed.
36:49Suck her back in.
36:50It's not gonna lift it,
36:51Wade.
36:51We don't want
36:52to break your
36:52crane.
36:54Picker truck's
36:54not tough enough
36:55to do it.
36:56That isn't designed
36:56to pull this much weight.
36:58I've done a lot
36:59of toying in my life.
37:00This is...
37:00This is something else.
37:04I think it's a lost cause.
37:07If we had an Esquivator,
37:08that'd be great.
37:10That's the proper gear
37:12we need.
37:12No one can say
37:13we didn't try.
37:13Hey.
37:18Hey.
37:19What's going on?
37:20Just trying to get
37:21this truck unstuck.
37:22Yeah, you guys.
37:23See you.
37:23Yeah.
37:24Hey!
37:25Bill wants to talk
37:26to you three.
37:28What's going on, Bill?
37:29Hey.
37:30You know,
37:30just trying to get
37:31a TA
37:32because I've got
37:33a bunch of people
37:34that I got to report to.
37:35The last thing
37:37that you really
37:38want to have
37:39is customers asking me
37:40in regards to
37:41when their freight
37:42is going to get delivered.
37:43Have you guys
37:43to get them loose?
37:45Well, we're trying to,
37:46but...
37:47We're trying to.
37:47They're married, Bill.
37:48We needed more gear.
37:49We needed a loader
37:50or an Esquivator here
37:51digging this out.
37:53It's upsetting
37:54when you send
37:54a convoy up there
37:55with your most
37:57valuable equipment,
37:58a picker truck,
37:59a winch truck,
37:59and we still can't
38:00get the job done.
38:01I know we're like
38:02never-die kind of people,
38:03but it's not working.
38:06It's big money.
38:07I actually make no money
38:08if they don't
38:10get these trucks unstuck.
38:11It's disappointing
38:12we didn't get it out
38:13because we all
38:13just worked our asses off.
38:15But you know what?
38:16We gave it everything we had.
38:18Now it's time to bag it up
38:19and hit the road.
38:23Hello?
38:28Awesome.
38:35As the sun sets
38:41on the northern frontier...
38:42We're gonna go to bed
38:45for the night
38:46and it'll float in the morning.
38:48...darkness has caught up
38:49to the exhausted
38:50Musky Creek convoy.
38:58Hey, I can feel some heat.
39:00Yeah.
39:00Finally.
39:00It's nice.
39:02What a day.
39:04You know, your long hours,
39:06it does take a toll
39:07on your body.
39:08By the end of the season,
39:09you're tired,
39:10you're burnt out
39:10physically and mentally.
39:12But I will never quit.
39:13I will just keep pushing.
39:15I will just pull off
39:16whatever I can get done
39:17to make the job complete.
39:18So we are really
39:19on the world's longest ice road.
39:21That is so incredible.
39:22You did a lot of work
39:22for nothing.
39:24Kind of a piss off.
39:25What a season, huh?
39:26You've been so up
39:27and down this year.
39:29Right when you think
39:30you've been challenged
39:31with everything possible
39:32in a truck and a road,
39:33all of a sudden,
39:34something just frickin'
39:36slams your ass.
39:37You're like,
39:37are you frickin' kidding me?
39:39And then it's the challenge
39:40of your imagination
39:41and pushing yourself
39:42to your limits on
39:43trying to figure out
39:44what can I do
39:45to get myself
39:46in and out of this situation
39:47and there's nobody else around.
39:49You're roughing it.
39:49You're roughing it.
39:50It's not like highway driving
39:51where you've got a truck stop
39:52and a warm place to stop
39:53and go in for a shower
39:54and relax.
39:56We're on our own out here.
39:57Yeah, it's been five days
39:58with no shower now
39:59as we speak.
40:00Yeah.
40:00That's why we're wearing
40:01lots of clothes.
40:02Yeah.
40:03For me, I don't like being cold.
40:05So then when my heat
40:06went out in my truck,
40:07I was like,
40:08I can't even get in here
40:10and get warm.
40:11And that's why
40:11it's not a way of life
40:12for everybody else.
40:13There's a lot of people
40:14that could never do this job.
40:15The best way to sum up
40:16ice road trucking
40:17is imagine every emotion
40:19that you have,
40:20shove them all into one big ball
40:22and let them all out
40:22at the same time.
40:23That's what it's like
40:24driving the ice roads.
40:25You know, it's hard
40:26being away from home,
40:27being away from the families,
40:30being away from your family,
40:31your horses.
40:33Scooter's a long way from home
40:34and his wife and his daughters.
40:37But I just love the challenges
40:38of being out here.
40:39I also like you.
40:40I like the challenge
40:41because I feel like
40:42unless you're challenging yourself
40:44that you can get complacent
40:45and then you're not really
40:47learning new things.
40:48It's so different
40:49of a life out here.
40:50I know I do it
40:51just to get my mind clear.
40:53There's a lot of hours
40:54that you're going
40:55and you just...
40:57You can do a lot of thinking
40:58without the interruption
41:00of the phone ringing
41:01and the hustle and bustle of life.
41:03Absolutely.
41:04I've been doing it
41:0515 years up there.
41:06It gets in me.
41:07Like, I have to do it.
41:08It's like...
41:09It just gets in your blood.
41:10Yeah.
41:10It's like it just starts
41:10coursing through your veins.
41:11I don't know how you guys
41:14feel about it
41:15but I'm overly proud
41:17and honored
41:18to be running
41:18with some great truck drivers
41:20even though we're struggling
41:21and we're frustrated
41:22and we get upset
41:24at each other
41:24once in a while
41:25because we're just
41:26very frustrated
41:27with everything
41:27that's happening.
41:29Todd's a...
41:30I'm just joking.
41:31Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
41:34And after all the rewards
41:36of delivering the loads
41:37to the communities...
41:38That's more rewarding for me.
41:39Then you get home
41:40to get that big paycheck
41:41and that's really rewarding.
41:43Let's be honest.
41:44Yeah.
41:45Sounds like we're gonna
41:46all work together
41:47in the morning.
41:47We'll get these loads off here
41:48to get this community
41:49the least of goods
41:50that they needed
41:51before this road
41:52goes to absolute crap.
42:03So, I found you guys a dozer.
42:05We're gonna get these suckers
42:10out here one way
42:11or another
42:11we're gonna get them loaded.
42:12Oh, wow.
42:14It is solid.
42:15I don't know
42:16if we're gonna be able
42:16to get this.
42:21It's hard to get used
42:22to watching your mirrors
42:23and seeing a croc
42:24follow you down the road.
42:26If we were to stray
42:27either side
42:28we'd go through.
42:29Hang on, baby.
42:30Here we go.
42:33Come on, big bird.
42:34Get her.
42:35Come on.
42:35Come on.
42:36Come on.
42:36Come on.
42:37Come on.
42:37Come on.
42:37Come on.
42:38Come on.
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