Ice Road Pics

[Piece Of Work]

Amazing photographs, I envy you!

[wildkat]

Amazing photographs, I envy you!

Thanks, I wish I could have got them a bit clearer. Naw, DON'T envy... It's just different...and damned COLD!!

[COLT]

Tuktoyaktuk ice highway last week, 70 kmh speed limit. Wait this is a spur road...

[wildkat]

I have some more from my last trip across the MacKenzie Crossing last trip. The road was closed last Friday (thank God!) There was 2 FEET of water on the road & you could literally FEEL it moving underneith you. YIKES!! I think I held my breath most of the way (3.5 kms/2 miles) across! I told my dispatch that I wouldn't go again till the ferry was in the water unless he provided me with plontoons, an outboard motor & oars!

LadyNorth...PLEASE tell me how to post pics....

[Mars]

I have some more from my last trip across the MacKenzie Crossing last trip. The road was closed last Friday (thank God!) There was 2 FEET of water on the road & you could literally FEEL it moving underneith you. YIKES!! I think I held my breath most of the way (3.5 kms/2 miles) across! I told my dispatch that I wouldn't go again till the ferry was in the water unless he provided me with plontoons, an outboard motor & oars!

LadyNorth...PLEASE tell me how to post pics....

You need a site to host the pics and then hit the ing button, insert the site name and hit the img button again.

insert image:

[COLT]

Lady North is at work tonight. Open up a Poto Bucket account, download pics, left click to highlight the image code, right click to copy, come on here and right click paste. Presto ! How far up that road do you go Wild cat ? Been there myself. Very interesting at times :shock:

[wildkat]

Lady North is at work tonight. Open up a Poto Bucket account, download pics, left click to highlight the image code, right click to copy, come on here and right click paste. Presto ! How far up that road do you go Wild cat ? Been there myself. Very interesting at times :shock:

I was on the Lupin Mine road..all the way..and on the Mackenzie Highway going to Yellowknife (my regular run) most everyday. I try to stay out of the Yukon, we don't do alot of work there & have some o/o based around there (Whitehorse, FSJ) for that. You live in John?

[wildkat]

I have updated the photobucket with some recent photos. As you will see there was ALOT of water on the ice. Two feet deep in places. I had water marks 1/2 way up my fuel tanks! And was making a "wake" just like a boat. LOL

The pilons in one of the photos marks a HUGE hole!

[COLT]

Yep John. When you said Mackenzie crossing, I thought of the one north of F.T. Simpson. That road turns to winter road @ Wriglely, goes up to Norman Wells and Colvile lake etc. It's an interesting trail. Last year I was up that way, hang a left @ a place called Little Smith (a hill) cross the Mac again there and into the mountains we go... Next year, I'll be up there lots. It's very easy to post pics from photobucket...

[wildkat]

Yep John. When you said Mackenzie crossing, I thought of the one north of F.T. Simpson. That road turns to winter road @ Wriglely, goes up to Norman Wells and Colvile lake etc. It's an interesting trail. Last year I was up that way, hang a left @ a place called Little Smith (a hill) cross the Mac again there and into the mountains we go... Next year, I'll be up there lots. It's very easy to post pics from photobucket...

Yep, there's a few crossings in the winter on the MacKenzie. I know the one you are talking about...one of the most hated roads in the NWT!
I was only on that one once..one too many for me.

The Provedence crossing is at least a "road" not a goat (ummm cariboo) trail!

[COLT]

A bit of a leak on the road to a drilling rig north of Inuvik., Anyone know why the pic will end up in the middle of your text?

[wildkat]

A bit of a leak on the road to a drilling rig north of Inuvik., Anyone know why the pic will end up in the middle of your text?

Haven't a clue, am kind of new to this stuff. That pic is going THRU a "puddle" was 1/2 way up my fuel tanks, couldn't see my steps & was told was about 6" below my door ( I have a 379 Pete LOL).

[COLT]

I can imagine your vent lines slurping up water into your fuel :shock:

[wildkat]

I can imagine your vent lines slurping up water into your fuel :shock:

Actually I am lucky, my vent lines are at the top of my tanks & since I run monsterous fuel tanks the line only hangs about 4" down from the top of the tank. Thank God for small favours!

[wildkat]

Boy oh boy...blonde moment!!! That pic you have is almost identical to the one I have I looked at it a bit closer & realized you were pulling a TANK not Rocky Doubles LOL

[wildkat]

[quote="wildkat"]

A bit of a leak on the road to a drilling rig north of Inuvik.Anyone know why the pic will end up in the middle of your text?
, /quote]

Haven't a clue, am kind of new to this stuff. That pic is going THRU a "puddle" was 1/2 way up my fuel tanks, couldn't see my steps & was told was about 6" below my door ( I have a 379 Pete LOL).

Try hitting the enter key a couple of times before adding your pic. That seemed to work for me

[COLT]

Wildkat might like this, Please stand by... Technical dificulties with my brain or more likely youtube... Arg, gota take a break before I blow a blood vessel in my brain...

[LadyNorthStar]

Wildkat might like this, Please stand by... Technical dificulties with my brain or more likely youtube... Arg, gota take a break before I blow a blood vessel in my brain...

Yea, blame it on youtube...riiiiighhhttt.

[COLT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXHu4AG1ZGI Dempster highway last week, Lose definition of the word highway in the artic...

[wildkat]

Yep, been on that highway enough to know THOSE bends in the road. LOL Yukon & NWT definitions of highway is somewhat different from everyone else's is it not?