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Originally Posted by AquaW900L
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I don't think it would be to bright to run a $100K truck up there. Besides going through the ice or putting it in the ditch I wonder what their insurance premiums run up there?
Well i know they are not going to run trucks like that up there but atleast trucks that look better maintained i guess i should say
I agree, I didn't mean for it to come across as a smart ass (which I think I did
reading it tonight) Sorry. I just would think they probably have a truck just for running the ice and a nice truck they run the rest of the year. When they showed the guy preparing the trucks for the ice, the hood has up where you could see the engine and it looked like it had a lot of new parts on it.
I thought the show was great but they missed a lot of things that a truck driver watching the show would be interested in that they didn't discuss, it's like they filmed it for a Mr and Mrs History channel buff. I would think the people most interested in watching the show are in the trucking business?
My questions are:
What is the speed limit on the ice and if they are heavier do they have to go slower?
Are the tires studded?
How long can they drive? Sleeper time for reset?
At -40 and -50 below do normal anti-gels work or do they run a different fuel?
Do they have internal tank heaters for the fuel?
Any type of tracking devices (qualcom?) if they do go through the ice it will re-freeze and they will never find you?
I would like to know more about the technical side about the ice truckers but then the average viewer might get board with too many facts they know nothing about? I figure yooper might know quite a bit about this? Any knowledge to share yooper?