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This is a pretty good show, anyone seen this?(History Channel) Hauling 60 ton rigs across miles and miles of ice on a road that was made especially for them. Can you imagine being in a truck on Ice with a whiteout? w00t and trying to remain on the makeshift road?

They are headed to yellowknife and the Diamond mines http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content...p;mini_id=54692 (http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Video_Clips&content_type_id=54825&display_order=6&mini_id=54692)



Snow4

But when they break threw the ice WOW get out your pocket book! w00t

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Snow4[/b]

It's all for you girls, so you can have your diamonds. :whistling:

It's all for you girls, so you can have your diamonds. :whistling:[/b]
Right ! and we thank you too. ! :whistling: After seeing what these truckers do to get to the mines, I can see why diamonds are so expensive !

Snow4

Great show! I watched it last night.

The wife and I watched it. I can't imagine driving acroos that stuff and hearing all the cracking. I bet they get paid well though.

It got me thinking about buying a truck. What an adventure!!

I saw the ad for it on the weekend. Missed it last night. I've heard about the ice roads in northern Canada since I was little. I think I posted some pics a couple of years ago of a tanker that had gone thru the ice.

I saw the ad for it on the weekend. Missed it last night. I've heard about the ice roads in northern Canada since I was little. I think I posted some pics a couple of years ago of a tanker that had gone thru the ice.[/b]


I remembered seeing those pics as soon as I saw what the show was about.

I saw the promo but did not get to see the show. Aren't there some lakes up north that they drive across when they freeze to save a few hundred miles? Is this what the show was about or are they building roads out ice?

I saw the promo but did not get to see the show. Aren't there some lakes up north that they drive across when they freeze to save a few hundred miles? Is this what the show was about or are they building roads out ice?[/b]

Check out www.tahera.com and www.diavik.ca they have links to their mines and ice road info.

Click (http://www.explorenwt.com/adventures/winter-adventures/iceRoad.asp)

i read feature about it in a weekend paper. i guess it's not too bad as long as the fellow that went before you took his time and didn't get ahead of the bow in the ice.

Just a bump to remind anyone wanting to see this show........It airs tonight 9:009 for last weeks show), and 10:00 for this weeks show not seen yet.

Snow4

Just got done watching it!! They are crazy!! NO way could I do that!

I love this show and watch it whenever it is on. I sure envy those low temps and would love to be out there riding.
Richard

I love this show and watch it whenever it is on. I sure envy those low temps and would love to be out there riding.
Richard[/b]
I think 15 minutes in the -45 degree temps would change your mind...

I think 15 minutes in the -45 degree temps would change your mind...[/b]
Perhaps you're right but, last February while riding in Gaylord it was -30 wind chill and the only issue I had with cold was my shield fogging up. This year I go to electric shield.

Richard

What's weird is these guy's are outside of thier trucks fixing airlines ect with no gloves on and just a carhart unzipped.. w00t w00t

My hands would be numb in no time in -40 degree wind. Things that make you go hummmm....again.!

Snow4

Perhaps you're right but, last February while riding in Gaylord it was -30 wind chill and the only issue I had with cold was my shield fogging up. This year I go to electric shield.

Richard[/b]
-30 windchill and -45 actual are way different. Imagine the windchill at -45 while riding your sled 60 mph. - brrrrrr......

then again, I wouldn't be out riding my sled in -30 windchill either - brrrrr....

Next week show is supose to have someone going thew the ice ! cant miss that one :thumbsup:

sun night @ 10 on the history channel

For those that are watching, who's your favorite trucker? I like alex and hugh . Out of the 2 young guys Jay has my vote one tough kid ! , tj needs to go back home to mom.

Last nights show they sent a guy home for speeding on the ice , no more trucking for him ! They sure take it seriuosly, cost him big bucks and he made no bucks . TJ had a fender bender in his new truck I think there going to send him home next week too.

This show is helping me get through the summer , just seeing all that SNOW .once in a while ill grab a ice cube and hold it to my face for a bit to try to get a REAL FEEL :D .

mutt

these pics are frozen nicely.......................... :christmas:

I like Alex and think Hugh is a big mouth. As a business operator I'm sure I could never talk about my employees like he does and not get sued. But then again, it is TV.

Richard

That middle picture, the raincap on the exhaust is up and it's got a snorkle intake. It appears to still be running.

yes the trucking part is cool but you should try building them...I spent many years in northern Manitoba building them to the first nations communities...

We have left 11 trucks on the winter road for the summer up on high ground.....the road went to &^%$ over night just like that....plus a cat...

I've even been on winter roads when it was 55 degrees out side yes on the plus side,,,I've even left cats on High ground for the summer phoned for a chopper on a sat phone to get out...it's the one thing I do miss it is a real challenge to build....we even built winter road across the tundra to Churchill....if I keep talking about this I might be going back to do it again this winter it is in my blood...and love doing it ....

I will post some pictures of them for you guys this weekend...darn I want to go build them again.....I was always the lead dog the guy on the lead dozer....



Rick

The pics vapour trail posted are the ones I had seen before.

Here are some opening pictures of the Tadoule Lake Winter Road this was done just after Christmas one day it was -60 nasty below...there is more water running in the north in the winter then the south....under ground you can see in one picture the road was put though and we frozze the water way up and she came over the snow bank...yes that is how we lived 4 guys in them beds...
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Rick

Do they just use the straight blade on the CATs? When we were sledding thru Cochrane Ontario 1 February we saw a 'dozer w/ what looked like a single furrow plow that would be used behind a horse. Only this plow was the width of the 'dozer.

Hi Rick, I just love looking at them pics. Could look at stuff like that for hours on end. Never saw the one of the trailer before.

revrnd, sounds like you're talking about a V plow. Lots of them kicking around out here yet. Not that many in use anymore though. They'll put them on the graders sometimes if the snow drifts get real deep.

Ryan

Ryan I think nailed it sounds like a V plow to me too...

on the mighty D-6-D that has a angle blade it loses the snow into a windrow....the D-5-H the one I ran being the lead dog it has a 6 way blade...you control it right from inside the cab....you also have to have a good eye to read the lay of the land because if you can't you can get in real trouble real fast...I have a friend who went though the ice 70 feet down with the ship...he is here today to tell the story he did have a Mustang suit on...I have been off the roads for 2 years now, it is mandatory now to wear on ice...

any how here is the last time I was on the winter road it was in April 05 on the God's Lake, Oxford House Road...it was 55 degrees yes it was pushing the limits I new we might make it in but new I was not coming out the snow was gone the water was running big time.....they had 2 Trucks stuck on the other side of the mighty Hayes River witch I new had a Bridge across it now...other wise I would have said no to going...I also had a Quad with me and a Tundra as scouts looking for open creeks... it was a rush if you like living on the edge this is it....on this run I ran day and night to get into the trucks no sleep till we got them out and put on high ground..but when we did get time to sleep we stayed at a five star hotel I made the Hilton sweet

After we got the trucks on high ground we could not get them into the place they wanted to go because of open creeks we are going to try to get out so we only traveled in day light hours...sleep at night...you can see the ice rotting on the mighty Hayes River thank God for the bridge...boy how I loved doing this I can't say it enough we did not make it out in 36 hours another creek and swamp got to soft so I put it on a rock of the summer and called help chopper and in came chopper...the chopper did pick up the trucker first a day before us.....I was just thinking I have 5 weeks of Holidays I could go back and do it again or at least doing the opening of the road which I love to do.....

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WoW.....What a challenge Rick ! Very Interesting Pics. I agree with Ryan I have looked at them over and over. Thanks for Sharing the story behind them too.. :thumbsup:

The ones with the bed made under the tarp and blade really tell how tired you guys were and then there is the guy by the campfire just sleeping on wood... He was probably exhausted.

Snow4

Ok the excavator I did it all on my own the ice broke I was sitting on 4 feet of ice too....you think the big football line men can move quick not as fast as me I did not even get my feet wet..I tell ya does your hart do some racing when this happens .....I`ve been in 2 times with a hoe never with a dozer but should have been in with the dozer...
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It wasn't a V plow on the 'dozer. I saw the plow head on & the snow would've been pushed to 1 side.

How do you get anything done if you're taking all these pics? :p

Was it a one way plow do you have a picture of it .....ha ha... :lmao:

Always keep a camera on hand a picture says a thousand words...and it can explain thing better.....



Rick :D

ttt- to remind people of the show....tonight :thumbsup:

Snow4

That middle picture, the raincap on the exhaust is up and it's got a snorkle intake. It appears to still be running.[/b]
The lights are on too. Leave it running - gotta keep it warm in the cab. lol.

New show.........Now.

Hey there is snow in it.... :thumbsup:

Snow4

FYI:Season Finale tonight on the History Channel.

They are running a day long Marathon of the previous shows today with the season finale to follow tonight.

I have enjoyed this show this year but have come to the conclusion that Hugh would not be a nice person to work for at all.

Snow4

This show always puts a chill down my spine! :thumbsup:

This show always puts a chill down my spine! :thumbsup:[/b]
Good Show........I would have rather seen Alex win the " Dash for the Cash" but after Hugh's little accident who really won? I hope next season's show is as good :thumbsup:

Snow4

Good Show........I would have rather seen Alex win the " Dash for the Cash" but after Hugh's little accident who really won? I hope next season's show is as good :thumbsup:

Snow4[/b]

Me too. I don't like Hugh. I think he's an ass.

I like the show but I think it would be nothing without all the theme appropriate background music, the comentator saying just the right thing, and special camera angles creating intensity. :wink: I wish they would have showed more of Hughes accident with regards to the other vehicle and what really happened. It seemed like they created this intense moment and then skipped all the details :whatever: , or maybe its just wasnt that big of deal to begin with.

I was just joking with the wife last night that it would be funny to make a television series out of any one of our jobs. I then proceeded to be the commentator and give play by play while she makes customers travel arragements :p

Amazing pictures and enjoy viewing them. I think I would love to try this for a season. Any information on how to get hired up there?
Richard