the speed limit is 19mph loaded and 25 empty

in response to yoopr i`ve been to yellowknife with freight before, i`ve worked on drilling rigs where 35 below is a warm day and i`ve met many people employed with robinson or landtran on the ice road, hundreds if not thousands of short ice roads are built to move drilling rigs and equipment, sometimes only a few hundred yards and alot of em are built over solid ground because its not worth it to build a permanent road, the one on tv just happens to be the biggest.




and good luck getting a job up there if your not canadian, i`d like to try it some day *hugs his canadian permanent resident card* :lol:

 

Well, you don't get rich spending money when you don't have to. 8)

 

I wouldn't use a new truck, but the one I used would be set up for the climate, with back up systems.
The two thing I saw so far:
1.Lack of visibility ( high powered lights on the side of the roads, or some type of system to keep them on the road in a whiteout).
2.A back up air compressor since it seems that air systems are vulnerable in those parts.


I know hindsight is 20/20 but after all the years of running those roads,....it seems that some of this stuff is to be expected.

 

We've been waiting to watch it and, for the first time, we get to watch it tomorrow- it's on Sunday's right? Sorry, I skimmed all the other posts so if I'm repeating, sorry. We've heard about it over and over on the XM but our satellite system was messed up and now it's all fixed (at least for the time being :wink: ) and we get to watch it.

The really sad thing is that we're at home and the receiver etc is all in the truck and it's a real pain to swap it to the house and we're going to actually go sit in the truck and watch it with the truck parked out front. Sad sad sad. :roll: gotta do what you gotta do!

 

History channel Sunday night at 7pm Eastern time.

 

the new episodes are at 10pm eastern on sunday

 

right , the rerun from last week is on at 7 pm eastern time and the new one is on at 10pm eastern

 

Crud- I wish I'd have known about the 7 pm thing! We checked it out at 8 thinking they might run an older episode but 7 didn't even occur to me!

Well- it was a great show! Can't wait to see the ones I've missed and the ones that haven't aired yet! Man am I glad we got our dish fixed!

 

I have watched it a couple times and it is interesting. I DO hate to hear the truckers having every third word "bleeped out". :x Just makes us all look like a bunch of foul mouth idiots. Not that I can't and don't on occasion swear like a sailor when the need dictates, but I think those guys just f---ing this and f---ing that is just STUPID. You are on national TV. Grow up a little.

Just my decimal point zero two cents worth.... 8)

 

I did it once.
I picked up an airplane wing at Carlsbad,CA and took it up to Yellowknife in the middle of Febuary two winters ago. If was a nice day, only -27C (-17F) I forgot all about it. I was driving along, the highway was barricaded, and I was detoured through the bush and onto the MacKenzie River. It's about 1-1/2 miles across the ice. A super-b tanker was in front of me grossing 139,000lbs so I figured my gross of 43,000lbs had a better chance. I let him lead. everyone stays about 1/4 mile spacing, just in case. They have speed limit signs of 25kph. I rolled down my windows a crack and killed the radio so I could here the cracks and hissing. Once across your back onto the highway. In the summer there is a fairy there.
If you want to try it once, that's how you do it. Get a load to Yellowknife. No experience required. To go beyond there would be a different matter. Main point is don't speed, this is one of those places where speed truely does kill.