[bigdad7]

the final numbers were a little confusing since they were mixing o/o stats to employee stats ....is the 60000 gross or net that the top drivers made for 36 runs....and is that canadian or us dollars...

[steelhauler2007]

That is Canadian dollars.I believe you have to be a Canadian resident to do that kind of work.Hell you can do the same thing in the U.S during the winter.

[Bonkers]

Originally Posted by steelhauler2007

Hell you can do the same thing in the U.S during the winter.

For about $1000 a day?? I'd like to know more about that position.

You do not need to be Canadian to get on the ice road, but the process for an American is the paperwork equivilant of swallowing a pine cone and passing it. The cliffnotes version basically says you will need to pay big $$s for the permits AND a canadian corporation needs to sponsor your employement. Realistically there are plenty of Canadians willing to go so not much incentive for a company to go through the headaches - you would need to be a VERY special driver to get considered.

Also if you pay attention to the show only 125 out of 800 drivers made it to the last week. There were a lot of accidents and injuries - and history has contracts on the drivers so no air time for you - so you really, REALLY need to ask yourself if thats what you want in a job.

If its all about the benjimans then your better going out for the crab fishermen - more profit and no red tape.

[BigAtrukn]

I drive local for Schneider, and yesterday morning after finishing my run i ran into Tj down here at the Fontana, CA OC. Hes going through orientation here and moving from Canada down to LA. It was pretty random but hes a cool guy an let me take a picture with him. He said not all that you saw on the show was real, a lot of dramatization.

[PackRatTDI]

Originally Posted by BigAtrukn

I drive local for Schneider, and yesterday morning after finishing my run i ran into Tj down here at the Fontana, CA OC. Hes going through orientation here and moving from Canada down to LA. It was pretty random but hes a cool guy an let me take a picture with him. He said not all that you saw on the show was real, a lot of dramatization.

Wow, that's what I call a pretty random chance meeting right there.

[Hat Rak]

Originally Posted by BigAtrukn

I drive local for Schneider, and yesterday morning after finishing my run i ran into Tj down here at the Fontana, CA OC. Hes going through orientation here and moving from Canada down to LA. It was pretty random but hes a cool guy an let me take a picture with him. He said not all that you saw on the show was real, a lot of dramatization.

Hey did he take the white vovlo with him?

[Kurbski]

BigAtrukn wrote:

He said not all that you saw on the show was real, a lot of dramatization.

I have to agree..it's pre staged, low budget reality TV imo.

[Bonkers]

Originally Posted by Hat Rak

Hey did he take the white vovlo with him?

No, the Volvo wasn't his truck to begin with so when he moved to LA he had to start over. But he does swear by them now - said repeatedly that he'd rather drive Volvo then anything else.

[AlexJ81]

I wanna see the picture you have with him. TJ was my favorite one

[proffit]

its possable to net 60K doing ice road runs.... the bitch is, to run the ice roads you have to be a candian citizen.

US $ can $ its pretty much par... so no need to discuss $$$$

to be eligable for the ice roads, you need a min. of 2 yrs winter experience, and winter experience dont mean driving down a sweet ashfault double lane road, with nice long green grass growing beside it.

up north thiers almost no accidents at all, actually the main road into the diamond fields is about 800 miles long, and last yr thier was about 10 collisions (paint scratches/fender benders) and only 1 injury, ( buddy rolled a truck and got a booboo on his shoulder)