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Old 05-26-2008, 02:46 AM
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Default Ice road truckers

the new season of ice road starts Sunday 6-1 they are on a different road with a different company.
 
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Old 05-26-2008, 07:45 AM
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Different road is right, last season they were on land. This year they are supposedly out on the Artic Ocean.
 
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And they can drive 70 kmh ( 43mph ) Yee ha...

Watch the corners though, they are very flat and icy... :wink:

They don't show these shows on Canadian Hbo from some reason...

The ice only looks about 1 foot thick, but that's as far as you can see the ice cracks, it's much thicker, rated for 140,000 lbs. :shock:

I think this truck made a wrong turn... onto thinner ice ? Good thing diesel is lighter than water...

 
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Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95
Different road is right, last season they were on land.
Eh? Actually they were on ice... ice on frozen lakes, for up to 4 hours at a time, with land crossings connecting them.
 
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I think this truck made a wrong turn... onto thinner ice ? Good thing diesel is lighter than water...

It's a Freightliner. No big loss :lol:
I watched last season. I certainly wouldn't want to work for that one guy.. damned if I can remember his name or company name, but he ran three FLDs, I think, and I think his personal tractor was a 9900i.. anyhow, he didn't seem to give much particular concern for his drivers.
 
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You must be talking about Hugh.
 
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