Ice Road Trucker

[bigcountrysg]

Did anyone else watch this last night. My god them guys are nuts. Driving a 20 ton truck loaded accross a frozen lake. Forget about it. You would not catch me doing that job. It is on the history channel on sunday at 10pm est.

[Raul@Stealth Automotive]

damb i missed it lol.... thats what i get for being in chat all night lol..... im sure they will replay it sometime this week

[jfines@cox.net]

Yeah, I've seen it before. And I agree with you. Better be one large pay check waiting at the end. If you make it.

Of course I live in a desert and the only good ice is in my drink.....

[bigcountrysg]

Originally Posted by 7.3pwrstroke

damb i missed it lol.... thats what i get for being in chat all night lol..... im sure they will replay it sometime this week

It is a whole mini series, kinda like a reality show too. Being the characters are in a contest to see who can have the most safe deliveries. They got some vetran drivers, some rookies, some drivers with experince. Over all I think it is a great show so far. I will catch it again next week. My wife even liked it. So maybe we can watch it every week with each other.

[bigcountrysg]

Originally Posted by jfines@cox.net

Yeah, I've seen it before. And I agree with you. Better be one large pay check waiting at the end. If you make it.

Of course I live in a desert and the only good ice is in my drink.....

I think that would be a good spin off for this show. Sand Road Truckers, talking about semis going through the desert of like egypt or somthing like that. Having to deal with the extreme heat. I would not mind that as much as I would the ice. I mean you can still die in the desert but you can also survive alot easier in the desert just need lots of water.

[cj41foley]

I saw it, they are brave folks. I believe I would do it. A years salary in 8 or 9 weeks, heak yeah. You say it's to dangerous, well so is most of the jobs in this world. Just a chance I'd take. Looks like fun to me. Did you hear those trucks cranking up in that 40- weather, they sounded horrible.

[bigcountrysg]

Originally Posted by cj41foley

I saw it, they are brave folks. I believe I would do it. A years salary in 8 or 9 weeks, heak yeah. You say it's to dangerous, well so is most of the jobs in this world. Just a chance I'd take. Looks like fun to me. Did you hear those trucks cranking up in that 40- weather, they sounded horrible.

They sounded like my truck in the winter when I forget to plug it in. But you Alabama boys would not know nothing about that extreme cold of the north.

[bluestroker]

I saw the preview for it the other night I meant to watch it but i forgot I will have to remember for next Sunday that sounds pretty crazy just like those guys on the deadliest catch make good money but you could not make it to get your paycheck

[Keith T]

I used to do that when I was in the military. I was in Antarctica, and the runway was built on the annual sea ice. C141s would land unitl the ice get to e 7' thick, then they would stop flying in. We would use LGP D8s to drag sleds out to the runway with fuel bladders on them for the planes. Keith