Ice Road Truckers (2007) s05e07 Episode Script
A Banged-Up Job
Tonight on Ice Road Truckers One flag there already.
The Canadian wilderness pushes Hugh and Rick over the edge.
Get outta here.
Get! What's going on here now? Alex comes face to face with disaster.
Just get outta there, auntie.
Can you make it over here? Ouch.
Yeah? And Lisa's dream job Let's just be careful.
Turns into a nightmare.
[Bleep.]
No.
Stop, stop, stop! Just hang on.
Right there's good for a minute.
Okay.
Hugh rowland and Rick Yemm are stranded deep in the frigid Canadian wilderness.
Well, he's having a problem with his trailer hitting his tires.
There, Mr.
bear? No, I can't get the trailer to get off my tires.
You're gonna have to adjust that leveler so you're gonna get more air in them bags.
Jack the whole thing up.
Oh, he's got to get her figured out.
Two days ago, Hugh and Rick picked up 25 tons of critical supplies for the remote village of Lac Brochet and headed out on the longest run of the season.
Oh, man.
Something bad just went down here, man.
But the brutal winter roads have wreaked havoc on the electrical systems and their tires.
Whoa.
Hang on there, Rick.
And now Hugh's suspension.
This is part of the thing.
You've gotta be half mechanic and half truck driver out here.
The damaged Springs have left Hugh's trailer sitting on his tires.
Okay, I got it loose there, Hugh.
Try and pull up on that handle a bit.
Pull up? Yeah.
Hey, we're getting more air pressure here.
Bags going up? Yep.
The only way to free the tires is to over-inflate the air bags that separate the cab from the 25-ton trailer.
Is it up from the trailer? Yep, she's up about an inch.
That's a little bit better, but it's-- that's better than sitting on my tires.
Okay.
Take another run at her here.
I got going here.
Okay.
Oh, yes.
I'm good.
The quick fix is just enough to get Hugh's tires spinning.
For now.
Yee-haw! Hugh and Rick are behind me.
We passed 'em.
Alex Deborski is out in front of his rivals.
But he's got problems of his own.
Whoa.
Back and front bouncing along.
Hopefully I don't go in this little lake and I don't break anything.
Ohh! My next goal right now is to make it to this intersection.
Hugh and Rick are gonna go to the left, and I go right.
Then I'm gonna start on supposedly the worst part of it.
After convoying the first 750 miles with Hugh and Rick, Alex will split off toward Tadoule lake then face the toughest stretch of road on his own.
Seems to be getting rougher.
Whoa.
Starting to feel maybe a little sensitive to all these bumps.
Sensitive to all these bumps.
That's why I'm slowing down.
The turn So what's going on here now? What's this? Oh, [Bleep.]
.
Oh, [Bleep.]
.
Let's get off the road here.
Ouch.
Oh.
You all right? Holy [Bleep.]
.
Hey, auntie.
We were going too fast, and then we come around the bend and the truck just went in the ditch 'cause it's too narrow.
Just have to let it be.
Just a couple drinks over the line, I guess.
We got lucky.
Got really lucky.
Lucky they didn't freeze to death.
Hours from civilization with the temperature at 35 below, Alex loads the pair into his cab.
Get in the back right now.
Oh, get over there.
Get in the back right now.
Hey, don't hit me! Hey, hey, hey, come on, you guys.
What are you hitting me for? Come on, you guys.
[Bleep.]
! What are you hitting me for? Can you please go in the back so I can drive? I can't drive with you guys fighting here.
Sorry, auntie.
You hurt my feelings.
Finally they get moving.
But it's gonna be a long night for Alex.
Hey, you got a lighter? No, I don't smoke.
Killed us, auntie.
Stole my smokey smoke.
Stole my cigarettes.
Spent all my money.
And you treat me like that? This guy's trying to drive you.
Name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit, amen.
Thank you, father, lord our God, for looking after this dummy.
Please continue to look after us and get us some safe.
Without wrecking anything or hurt anybody.
In the name of Jesus Christ and our lord, amen.
The father, the son, and the spirit, amen.
Don't burn my shack down.
Here we go.
Hugh is battling to keep his beat-up trailer rolling.
But his suspension is shot.
One flat there already.
Saw that one coming.
Their quick fix only jacked the trailer an inch off the tires.
And every bump Sends all 25 tons crashing back down on them.
Ain't nothing wrong with our iron.
It's all the other garbage that we had to pull behind us.
Nothing to do with us.
[Bleep.]
! There goes the second one.
Both the outside tires are flat now.
I lose one more, I'm gonna be dead in the water.
Sneak her in with two maybe, sneak her in with two maybe, but I doubt it.
That's it.
There's the third one.
Rick, I got three flat tires on this van.
We'll park it on top of this hill and see what's going go on with it.
With it.
[Bleep.]
.
And still a hundred miles from their destination, Hugh's trailer is finished.
Hugh's got three blown tires on that trailer, so trying to get a hold of Dave at the office there.
See what they're gonna do.
So I'm going to get as much sleep as I can right now.
That way when I gotta run, I can run.
Go to bed.
Get.
Nothing? Get out.
We're done for the night.
That [Bleep.]
Piece of [Bleep.]
Trailer is all broke to [Bleep.]
.
Get the [Bleep.]
Out.
We're gonna go to bed, get some shut-eye.
We've been driving all night.
Get outta here.
Get! Coming up Let's just be careful.
Lisa goes too far.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! And Maya Not good.
Is going nowhere.
That exhaust smell is is horrible.
In Coldfoot, Alaska, Lisa Kelly is ready to roll.
Right now I am waiting for Tony 'cause we said we were gonna leave at 7:00.
So here I am.
Been here since 6:58.
Running lead dog on this convoy could launch Lisa's heavy haul career.
Harry said that when you get done with your--your next adventure that he's gonna transfer you into heavy haul.
[Bleep.]
Yeah.
I'm serious.
[Bleep.]
Cool.
That's what he said.
Now Lisa's raring to go but Tony's in no rush.
I'm anxious to get going.
I wanted to go all the way through to Prudhoe last night, and we stayed here.
We don't need to be sitting here.
He's not eating.
He's not anything.
He's just in there wasting everybody's time.
Here he comes.
Brrr.
You ready? Yeah, pretty much.
I'm ready.
Freakin' cold out, huh? Is that what it is? Sitting here, yep.
I heard 44.
Well, I'm sitting still too.
So Rock and roll.
Yeah, let's go.
I'm ready.
I'm ready.
Okay.
She seems to be in a good mood this morning.
Yeah.
Finally the 60-ton hundred-foot loads hit the road to Prudhoe bay.
Even going out of Coldfoot here this morning, it's about 40 below.
And we're just gonna take it really slow here for a while, get everything warmed up.
And Lisa is feeling the pressure.
If I'm late in beginning of the day and I get in a hurry internally, I have a hard time calming down the rest of the day.
You just need a lot of extra time for this, and I don't believe the extra time should be spent eating breakfast.
I think the extra time should be paying attention to your load paying attention to your load and your truck.
Carlile truck yard, haul road rookie Maya Sieber is ready to get back on the road.
Well, today I have a load of wiring cable.
I gotta go find my trailer and hook up.
It's gonna be fun in 40 below.
Drive all 500 miles of the Dalton herself and finally chalk up a run in the dash for the cash.
Help give Maya a hand getting finished up here so we can hit the road.
On the first attempt Big truck, big truck.
Watch out, watch out.
Oh! Oh, my God.
Her nerves got the best of her and Phil had to take the wheel.
It's a little bit of a ride-along, but that's okay.
Then mechanical problems cut her second trip short.
I feel something knocking underneath the floorboard by my feet.
Something rattling right under your feet? We just have to do it another day.
Now Maya's hoping the third time's the charm.
I'm excited to start driving today the whole way.
New day, new start, new adventure.
But just out of the gate That exhaust smetl is horrible.
Ah, [Bleep.]
.
My eyes are burning.
Okay, let's climb out.
We gotta figure it out.
A leak in the ventilation system is filling the cab with exhaust fumes.
Can't see it but it's there somewhere.
Stick your head right next to the servo.
You can smell it.
Not good.
No, that exhaust is bad.
You can't drive this truck.
It's just totally unsafe.
This stuff will put you to sleep, cause you to crash.
It can kill you.
Until the leak is fixed Let's just head to the shop.
Maya is going nowhere.
Nowhere.
Oh, my God, it's horrible.
Oh, my God, I feel like I'm gonna throw up.
We're in the shop, and they're looking it over, seeing if we can fix it soon.
I mean, it could be something cracked.
If it's something cracked, it could take a day to fix.
If it's something that needs to be tightened, we could probably get rolling in about an hour or so.
I don't know.
Back in Canada The temperature is 30 below, but the polar bear is steaming.
What a bunch of garbage.
Look it, there's not a [Bleep.]
Tread left on them.
Rubbed right down till they're flat.
The trailer has the weak Springs, and the trailer's been rubbing--been rubbing on them tires ever since we hit the winter roads.
Look at my truck tires.
Been rubbing on them too.
Brand-new tires.
We drug her as far as we could drug her, and we got one wheel and one skid left.
I might as well run into town.
Yeah, go get this unloaded and radio me when you find out what's going on.
Okay, sounds good.
While Rick heads for town, Hugh is stuck with his stranded load.
That truck, he can't pull that trailer anymore.
It's done.
These roads will beat up any truck, but when you gotta go a little faster to make it, it beats it up a little harder.
But that one ain't going nowhere now.
The suspension is gone in this trailer and it leans to the side.
You know, it wasn't so bad on the highway there, but as soon as we hit the bush road-- I mean, these are old spring trailers.
You don't want spring trailers anymore.
That's a thing of the past in the bush roads, man.
Nothing I can do.
I can't pull her any farther, and here I sit.
Brokenhearted.
With somebody else's junk.
As Hugh settles in to wait I'm looking at about an hour and half, maybe to two hours.
Rick will have to face the last 50 miles of harsh wilderness on his own.
This community is in the bush, another native community, another one that's isolated by the seasons.
The only time they can get this stuff in is through the winter roads, so these loads here are really important.
On the snow and the ice like this, momentum's everything.
If you don't have momentum, you can spin out.
It only takes a second to not pay attention and you're a mess.
Pay attention and you're a mess.
So Damn it, that's all I'm gonna get.
We're in a bad spot for getting stuck or spun out here.
That woulda really sucked if I got stuck.
These roads are pretty gnarly.
Back in Alaska It starts to get pretty narrow through the canyon here.
Oy.
Lisa Kelly leads the heavy haul convoy onto the frozen tundra.
And we're meeting a couple big ones.
Let 'em roll, Brian.
Let 'em roll, Brian.
We'll wait.
The trip, the wind picks up and the snow starts to fly.
Weather's looking nasty.
Blowing and drifting.
There's no one coming, right? Let's just be careful.
We're not trying to meet in this narrow [Bleep.]
.
Look out, look out! Whoa.
Whoa.
There's no one coming, right? Let's just be careful.
Look out, look out.
Whoa.
Tony, I need to be pulled out Tony, I need to be pulled out of the ditch.
Or what? Yeah, I got too close to the delineator somehow.
The front end or what? Back's in too.
Be right there.
Trying to move over for a tanker.
She's in the ditch.
I should have stayed in front.
I thought I said something about us all being really careful through this section.
See how it looks like it's the road right here? It's not the road.
See, right there's the edge.
And it looks like the road right there.
That's the edge.
You can't even tell.
All I can say is patience pays off.
We can get your drivers back up on.
We'll just ease it on back.
Just try to get all your chains on.
I'm gonna go put a tow pin on.
I couldn't see the edge of the road.
I mean, I was moving over for somebody to come up, and I just moved over too far.
I wanna get out of this ditch as soon as possible.
As soon as possible.
I don't want people to see.
Though.
We're not gonna need too much.
Let's just take it really slow and not jerk real hard.
We want to be really careful that we don't tip the shack over.
Just I'll lean on you, I'll start leaning on you and then you can let out and come on back, huh? Hey, can you hear me? Yep, go ahead.
I'm just gonna tighten up here real quick.
Hang on just a second.
Okay, we're hooked up.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Come on, Lisa.
Can you turn your wheels to the left a little bit? Just a little bit.
There you go.
Can you straighten them out a little bit? I think I need to stop here just a second.
Stop.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! [Bleep.]
.
Still in the ditch.
While Lisa is stuck in the ditch, back in Fairbanks Maya's been stuck in the shop Maya's been stuck in the shop all morning.
The problem, and they fixed it, and we're gonna get on the road.
Found some exhaust leaks.
This pipe's actually supposed to be connected.
As you can see, it was definitely leaking.
The fumes were coming right up into the cab.
Real bad scenario.
We're starting many, many hours later than we wanted to, but at least we get to head out now.
This is a nice load to pull today.
It feels good around the turns.
There's a lot of traction.
Maya's finally on the road, hoping to show the Carlile bosses she can handle all 500 miles to Prudhoe bay.
It's nice and secure.
It's not moving around at all.
We got five big ones coming in, so be advised.
I'm meeting a bunch of big trucks right now coming the opposite direction.
And it's really narrow over here.
On the Dalton, oncoming traffic can be deadly.
And Maya's first run came to an end when she couldn't handle the pressure.
Ooh! Are you okay? You can't really tell what is the edge and what isn't, if it's a ditch or not, 'cause it's all white.
I just pay attention to the edge of the road a lot more 'cause I have to move over as much as possible.
Heads up.
Yeah, you don't have to go by him too fast.
You're okay.
Just slack off the throttle just slack off the throttle a little.
She made it through the traffic.
Hey, Maya.
But now Maya's got trouble on her tail.
We're almost to the Yukon river bridge, and Phil and Maya left, like, an hour and a half before us.
I don't know what they've been doing, having barbecues on the side of the road or something.
Hey, Phil, didn't we leave, like, an hour and a half after you? What have you guys been doing? They're ignoring us.
Maya, you been dragging your feet up there? Was he asking me? Yeah, he was asking if you were dragging your feet.
Well, they're just ignoring us.
Oh, well.
They know they've been dragging their feet.
Doing some training.
Oh, well.
I can't bash on Maya too bad.
She's making progress.
When I hear bull[Bleep.]
, I just ignore it.
That's how I handle it.
And especially for a new driver out here, that's, I think, is the best way to handle it.
It's good to see that you're not letting any of this get to you.
I would have quit this industry if I couldn't handle that type of negativity, because I've been through a lot in my life and I've dealt with a lot of negativity and a lot of jealous people and a lot of nasty people.
And I'm--I've learned that if I let if bother me I'm gonna have a miserable life.
So I just--I choose to ignore it.
tough little hill, I'll tell you.
It's nice and slippery around here.
Whoa.
Alex's run to deliver food supplies has become a rescue mission.
Along.
It happened so fast, I didn't have time to think.
They were getting pretty cold because it was around 35 below last night.
And we're giving them a ride to the community we're going to right now.
And Alex can't get his cargo or his passengers unloaded fast enough.
I feel asleep for a while.
When I woke up, these guys were already into some firewater so-- always blame it on us.
No way, you guys got-- don't blame it on us! Don't blame it on us, auntie.
You don't know how to drive.
[Bleep.]
Drink next time.
On these roads here, there's always--danger's always present.
You have to deal with the temperature.
Have to deal with the remoteness.
When a person does have a problem on this road, often they depend on the generosity of others coming along, on the good samaritan.
Yeah.
Just pick 'em up and give them a warm place to sit while we drive them home.
This is the northern store right here.
Thank you.
Hey, to you, all the best.
Be good, eh? See you.
Okay, well, thanks a lot.
Thank you.
With this load delivered, Alex rolls South Quite a long drive.
and a whole lot quieter.
Sort of like the torture test.
It was more of a torture test than anything else for the truck and for me.
Coming up Hugh finds a cure for cabin fever.
And Lisa is out of control.
Stop when I say stop.
Just gonna roll into Lac Brochet here and drop the load and then turn around and get the hell outta here.
Rick delivers his Unload it here in Lac Brochet.
Needless to say, an interesting trip.
Hugh's trailer come through with a lot of damage.
He's still stuck on the road.
The boss is trying to figure out some kinda plan to get him outta there.
They're pretty much gonna have to take that trailer, unload it, and drag it in empty.
While Rick waits for word on rescuing Hugh's trailer, 50 miles South the polar bear is getting restless.
I know what I can do.
I brought my new gun with me.
I should get my gun.
Here's the little puppy.
Even has a bayonet.
Look at that baby.
That in there like that.
Some survival food and some oranges I haven't ate yet, moldy ones.
Yuck! Never missed once.
Even got a couple of shots under that can of soup.
There's my can of survival.
That's hilarious.
What a way to pass the time.
Back in Lac Brochet One of the other drivers is trying to figure out a way to get that trailer of Hugh's into town here.
I think I got someone to load up here, so Okay, let's get 'er done.
Right on, man.
Thanks.
Fellow truckers will head down and help load Hugh's cargo onto Rick's truck, then they'll swap out the broken trailer with a new one for Hugh to haul South.
We got her turned around here, and we're just gonna head back to where Hugh's trailer is.
Head back to town again.
Get it loaded again.
This is what we came to do, conquer these roads.
And they're bad roads, as you can tell.
There's a dead trailer for it.
Back in Alaska, Lisa's chance to join the heavy haul team may have just come crashing down.
Stop.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! [Bleep.]
.
Thought you said in a second.
No, we're not, not good.
Still in the ditch.
I couldn't see my trailer.
I couldn't see where I was going.
I didn't wanna dump mine over.
Do you want me to come forward so you can straighten it out and then-- no, no, let's just keep going.
Your steer axle's almost out.
I'm almost out.
Go ahead and crank it.
I got room.
I just couldn't see.
Yeah, okay, gotcha.
You owe me a lightforce light.
Okay.
Ah.
Lisa and Tony get behind the wheel to give it another shot.
Okay, we're hooked up.
Let's go.
Let's go.
But stop when I say stop.
The road yet? You're good.
Thank you.
I think she was probably a little flustered just wanting to get the heck out of the way and off the hill.
Let's just smile and not let it ruin our day.
Situations like that can get a lot worse really fast.
Back on the road Thanks for taking the lead.
No problem, no problem.
Lisa has learned her lesson.
That was a good reminder that we have to be a team up here.
Well, it doesn't matter if we leave early or not or what, we still have to take the same amount of time on the road.
And it's ridiculous for me to be mad at someone for being late how long I was stuck.
So it's my own fault.
I haven't been a very good team player lately, and I'm sorry for that, and I'm gonna be a better team player, 'cause everyone else was awesome to me.
I gotta be more careful.
I gotta think about more stuff.
The life lesson is have some patience and be a team player.
Patience and be a team player.
Mods reach Prudhoe bay.
Oh, my gosh, it's cold.
I'm glad it got here safe.
But it will be up to the boss to decide if Lisa's accident derails her promotion.
Tony, I'll be right behind you.
I'll wait for you.
No big deal, whatever.
So you can tow me out of snowbanks? Coming up, Maya races for the finish line.
When I get there, I'm popping a bottle of champagne and celebrating.
And Rick pushes himself to the limit.
Tired, I'm hungry.
It's all over but the crying now.
On Alaska's north slope We're only six miles from Prudhoe bay.
I drove the whole way from Fairbanks.
How do you feel? This is scarier when you sit in the passenger seat than when you drive it.
Maya is just miles away from finally conquering her first run.
I'm happy.
It's a big accomplishment.
But it's just the first trip of many.
When I get there, I'm popping a bottle of champagne and celebrating.
Celebrating.
No, I'm joking.
In the daytime.
This is a first.
You definitely don't want to park it in the ditch.
I'm just gonna stop.
Stop, stop, stop.
You're good.
I just got to Prudhoe.
This is the first load I delivered driving the whole way from Fairbanks.
It's been a long time coming to get to this point.
A lot of setbacks.
But I finally did it.
It's a big accomplishment to make it this far.
And rolling back South to Fairbanks, Maya is not about to surrender the wheel.
I'm feeling good.
That is a pretty awesome accomplishment.
That is why I came up here.
It's a constant challenge.
More than a month and a half into the season, the New York driver is finally in the game.
Deep in the Canadian wilderness Rick leads a convoy of truckers back to Hugh's stranded trailer.
This makes me regret getting up early in the morning.
'Cause we're at the end of the day starting the day.
Almost to the point where Ricky goes to lie down for a bit.
Okay, you should be able to pull over here and get straightened out.
Okay.
Unload it here.
We got everything lined up.
Just a matter of the transfer now.
The truckers get to work loading Hugh's cargo into Rick's empty trailer.
He wants to get going as quick as we can.
Ricky's gotta drive right after this, so We got the loader, we got the pallet Jack, we're fine.
It's all good.
It's all good.
Yee-haw, pallet number one.
Later Okay.
Finally.
Well, we're all buttoned up and ready to go.
Another long day.
Still don't know if I can get it unloaded tonight or not.
That's it.
It's all over but the crying now.
While Hugh hits the sack I have all the faith in the world in my little buddy.
Rick hits the road one more time.
The frozen wilderness is no place to lose focus.
With the success of the run on his shoulders, Rick fights through his exhaustion.
Yeah, you've never seen a harder working guy than Rick.
If he wants something bad enough, he'll do it.
I mean, no matter what he'll get through it.
He might go about it the wrong way sometimes, but he always seems to get through it.
Finally the lights Finally the lights of Lac Brochet appear.
They're not ready for us.
So looks like a hunker down for the night thing here.
Tired, I'm hungry.
You get frustrated.
It's been enough time here.
I wanna go, but You gotta do what you gotta do.
So ** bed.
Next on Ice Road Truckers This place is fucking worse.
The Canadians made it north but getting out it's a whole new battle.
I'm fucking stucked.
The biggest storm of the season This is the worst weather I've driven in years This wind And it's gonna get ugly Who the hell is gonna fix all this? Heavy haul is not for everybody.
The Canadian wilderness pushes Hugh and Rick over the edge.
Get outta here.
Get! What's going on here now? Alex comes face to face with disaster.
Just get outta there, auntie.
Can you make it over here? Ouch.
Yeah? And Lisa's dream job Let's just be careful.
Turns into a nightmare.
[Bleep.]
No.
Stop, stop, stop! Just hang on.
Right there's good for a minute.
Okay.
Hugh rowland and Rick Yemm are stranded deep in the frigid Canadian wilderness.
Well, he's having a problem with his trailer hitting his tires.
There, Mr.
bear? No, I can't get the trailer to get off my tires.
You're gonna have to adjust that leveler so you're gonna get more air in them bags.
Jack the whole thing up.
Oh, he's got to get her figured out.
Two days ago, Hugh and Rick picked up 25 tons of critical supplies for the remote village of Lac Brochet and headed out on the longest run of the season.
Oh, man.
Something bad just went down here, man.
But the brutal winter roads have wreaked havoc on the electrical systems and their tires.
Whoa.
Hang on there, Rick.
And now Hugh's suspension.
This is part of the thing.
You've gotta be half mechanic and half truck driver out here.
The damaged Springs have left Hugh's trailer sitting on his tires.
Okay, I got it loose there, Hugh.
Try and pull up on that handle a bit.
Pull up? Yeah.
Hey, we're getting more air pressure here.
Bags going up? Yep.
The only way to free the tires is to over-inflate the air bags that separate the cab from the 25-ton trailer.
Is it up from the trailer? Yep, she's up about an inch.
That's a little bit better, but it's-- that's better than sitting on my tires.
Okay.
Take another run at her here.
I got going here.
Okay.
Oh, yes.
I'm good.
The quick fix is just enough to get Hugh's tires spinning.
For now.
Yee-haw! Hugh and Rick are behind me.
We passed 'em.
Alex Deborski is out in front of his rivals.
But he's got problems of his own.
Whoa.
Back and front bouncing along.
Hopefully I don't go in this little lake and I don't break anything.
Ohh! My next goal right now is to make it to this intersection.
Hugh and Rick are gonna go to the left, and I go right.
Then I'm gonna start on supposedly the worst part of it.
After convoying the first 750 miles with Hugh and Rick, Alex will split off toward Tadoule lake then face the toughest stretch of road on his own.
Seems to be getting rougher.
Whoa.
Starting to feel maybe a little sensitive to all these bumps.
Sensitive to all these bumps.
That's why I'm slowing down.
The turn So what's going on here now? What's this? Oh, [Bleep.]
.
Oh, [Bleep.]
.
Let's get off the road here.
Ouch.
Oh.
You all right? Holy [Bleep.]
.
Hey, auntie.
We were going too fast, and then we come around the bend and the truck just went in the ditch 'cause it's too narrow.
Just have to let it be.
Just a couple drinks over the line, I guess.
We got lucky.
Got really lucky.
Lucky they didn't freeze to death.
Hours from civilization with the temperature at 35 below, Alex loads the pair into his cab.
Get in the back right now.
Oh, get over there.
Get in the back right now.
Hey, don't hit me! Hey, hey, hey, come on, you guys.
What are you hitting me for? Come on, you guys.
[Bleep.]
! What are you hitting me for? Can you please go in the back so I can drive? I can't drive with you guys fighting here.
Sorry, auntie.
You hurt my feelings.
Finally they get moving.
But it's gonna be a long night for Alex.
Hey, you got a lighter? No, I don't smoke.
Killed us, auntie.
Stole my smokey smoke.
Stole my cigarettes.
Spent all my money.
And you treat me like that? This guy's trying to drive you.
Name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit, amen.
Thank you, father, lord our God, for looking after this dummy.
Please continue to look after us and get us some safe.
Without wrecking anything or hurt anybody.
In the name of Jesus Christ and our lord, amen.
The father, the son, and the spirit, amen.
Don't burn my shack down.
Here we go.
Hugh is battling to keep his beat-up trailer rolling.
But his suspension is shot.
One flat there already.
Saw that one coming.
Their quick fix only jacked the trailer an inch off the tires.
And every bump Sends all 25 tons crashing back down on them.
Ain't nothing wrong with our iron.
It's all the other garbage that we had to pull behind us.
Nothing to do with us.
[Bleep.]
! There goes the second one.
Both the outside tires are flat now.
I lose one more, I'm gonna be dead in the water.
Sneak her in with two maybe, sneak her in with two maybe, but I doubt it.
That's it.
There's the third one.
Rick, I got three flat tires on this van.
We'll park it on top of this hill and see what's going go on with it.
With it.
[Bleep.]
.
And still a hundred miles from their destination, Hugh's trailer is finished.
Hugh's got three blown tires on that trailer, so trying to get a hold of Dave at the office there.
See what they're gonna do.
So I'm going to get as much sleep as I can right now.
That way when I gotta run, I can run.
Go to bed.
Get.
Nothing? Get out.
We're done for the night.
That [Bleep.]
Piece of [Bleep.]
Trailer is all broke to [Bleep.]
.
Get the [Bleep.]
Out.
We're gonna go to bed, get some shut-eye.
We've been driving all night.
Get outta here.
Get! Coming up Let's just be careful.
Lisa goes too far.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! And Maya Not good.
Is going nowhere.
That exhaust smell is is horrible.
In Coldfoot, Alaska, Lisa Kelly is ready to roll.
Right now I am waiting for Tony 'cause we said we were gonna leave at 7:00.
So here I am.
Been here since 6:58.
Running lead dog on this convoy could launch Lisa's heavy haul career.
Harry said that when you get done with your--your next adventure that he's gonna transfer you into heavy haul.
[Bleep.]
Yeah.
I'm serious.
[Bleep.]
Cool.
That's what he said.
Now Lisa's raring to go but Tony's in no rush.
I'm anxious to get going.
I wanted to go all the way through to Prudhoe last night, and we stayed here.
We don't need to be sitting here.
He's not eating.
He's not anything.
He's just in there wasting everybody's time.
Here he comes.
Brrr.
You ready? Yeah, pretty much.
I'm ready.
Freakin' cold out, huh? Is that what it is? Sitting here, yep.
I heard 44.
Well, I'm sitting still too.
So Rock and roll.
Yeah, let's go.
I'm ready.
I'm ready.
Okay.
She seems to be in a good mood this morning.
Yeah.
Finally the 60-ton hundred-foot loads hit the road to Prudhoe bay.
Even going out of Coldfoot here this morning, it's about 40 below.
And we're just gonna take it really slow here for a while, get everything warmed up.
And Lisa is feeling the pressure.
If I'm late in beginning of the day and I get in a hurry internally, I have a hard time calming down the rest of the day.
You just need a lot of extra time for this, and I don't believe the extra time should be spent eating breakfast.
I think the extra time should be paying attention to your load paying attention to your load and your truck.
Carlile truck yard, haul road rookie Maya Sieber is ready to get back on the road.
Well, today I have a load of wiring cable.
I gotta go find my trailer and hook up.
It's gonna be fun in 40 below.
Drive all 500 miles of the Dalton herself and finally chalk up a run in the dash for the cash.
Help give Maya a hand getting finished up here so we can hit the road.
On the first attempt Big truck, big truck.
Watch out, watch out.
Oh! Oh, my God.
Her nerves got the best of her and Phil had to take the wheel.
It's a little bit of a ride-along, but that's okay.
Then mechanical problems cut her second trip short.
I feel something knocking underneath the floorboard by my feet.
Something rattling right under your feet? We just have to do it another day.
Now Maya's hoping the third time's the charm.
I'm excited to start driving today the whole way.
New day, new start, new adventure.
But just out of the gate That exhaust smetl is horrible.
Ah, [Bleep.]
.
My eyes are burning.
Okay, let's climb out.
We gotta figure it out.
A leak in the ventilation system is filling the cab with exhaust fumes.
Can't see it but it's there somewhere.
Stick your head right next to the servo.
You can smell it.
Not good.
No, that exhaust is bad.
You can't drive this truck.
It's just totally unsafe.
This stuff will put you to sleep, cause you to crash.
It can kill you.
Until the leak is fixed Let's just head to the shop.
Maya is going nowhere.
Nowhere.
Oh, my God, it's horrible.
Oh, my God, I feel like I'm gonna throw up.
We're in the shop, and they're looking it over, seeing if we can fix it soon.
I mean, it could be something cracked.
If it's something cracked, it could take a day to fix.
If it's something that needs to be tightened, we could probably get rolling in about an hour or so.
I don't know.
Back in Canada The temperature is 30 below, but the polar bear is steaming.
What a bunch of garbage.
Look it, there's not a [Bleep.]
Tread left on them.
Rubbed right down till they're flat.
The trailer has the weak Springs, and the trailer's been rubbing--been rubbing on them tires ever since we hit the winter roads.
Look at my truck tires.
Been rubbing on them too.
Brand-new tires.
We drug her as far as we could drug her, and we got one wheel and one skid left.
I might as well run into town.
Yeah, go get this unloaded and radio me when you find out what's going on.
Okay, sounds good.
While Rick heads for town, Hugh is stuck with his stranded load.
That truck, he can't pull that trailer anymore.
It's done.
These roads will beat up any truck, but when you gotta go a little faster to make it, it beats it up a little harder.
But that one ain't going nowhere now.
The suspension is gone in this trailer and it leans to the side.
You know, it wasn't so bad on the highway there, but as soon as we hit the bush road-- I mean, these are old spring trailers.
You don't want spring trailers anymore.
That's a thing of the past in the bush roads, man.
Nothing I can do.
I can't pull her any farther, and here I sit.
Brokenhearted.
With somebody else's junk.
As Hugh settles in to wait I'm looking at about an hour and half, maybe to two hours.
Rick will have to face the last 50 miles of harsh wilderness on his own.
This community is in the bush, another native community, another one that's isolated by the seasons.
The only time they can get this stuff in is through the winter roads, so these loads here are really important.
On the snow and the ice like this, momentum's everything.
If you don't have momentum, you can spin out.
It only takes a second to not pay attention and you're a mess.
Pay attention and you're a mess.
So Damn it, that's all I'm gonna get.
We're in a bad spot for getting stuck or spun out here.
That woulda really sucked if I got stuck.
These roads are pretty gnarly.
Back in Alaska It starts to get pretty narrow through the canyon here.
Oy.
Lisa Kelly leads the heavy haul convoy onto the frozen tundra.
And we're meeting a couple big ones.
Let 'em roll, Brian.
Let 'em roll, Brian.
We'll wait.
The trip, the wind picks up and the snow starts to fly.
Weather's looking nasty.
Blowing and drifting.
There's no one coming, right? Let's just be careful.
We're not trying to meet in this narrow [Bleep.]
.
Look out, look out! Whoa.
Whoa.
There's no one coming, right? Let's just be careful.
Look out, look out.
Whoa.
Tony, I need to be pulled out Tony, I need to be pulled out of the ditch.
Or what? Yeah, I got too close to the delineator somehow.
The front end or what? Back's in too.
Be right there.
Trying to move over for a tanker.
She's in the ditch.
I should have stayed in front.
I thought I said something about us all being really careful through this section.
See how it looks like it's the road right here? It's not the road.
See, right there's the edge.
And it looks like the road right there.
That's the edge.
You can't even tell.
All I can say is patience pays off.
We can get your drivers back up on.
We'll just ease it on back.
Just try to get all your chains on.
I'm gonna go put a tow pin on.
I couldn't see the edge of the road.
I mean, I was moving over for somebody to come up, and I just moved over too far.
I wanna get out of this ditch as soon as possible.
As soon as possible.
I don't want people to see.
Though.
We're not gonna need too much.
Let's just take it really slow and not jerk real hard.
We want to be really careful that we don't tip the shack over.
Just I'll lean on you, I'll start leaning on you and then you can let out and come on back, huh? Hey, can you hear me? Yep, go ahead.
I'm just gonna tighten up here real quick.
Hang on just a second.
Okay, we're hooked up.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Come on, Lisa.
Can you turn your wheels to the left a little bit? Just a little bit.
There you go.
Can you straighten them out a little bit? I think I need to stop here just a second.
Stop.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! [Bleep.]
.
Still in the ditch.
While Lisa is stuck in the ditch, back in Fairbanks Maya's been stuck in the shop Maya's been stuck in the shop all morning.
The problem, and they fixed it, and we're gonna get on the road.
Found some exhaust leaks.
This pipe's actually supposed to be connected.
As you can see, it was definitely leaking.
The fumes were coming right up into the cab.
Real bad scenario.
We're starting many, many hours later than we wanted to, but at least we get to head out now.
This is a nice load to pull today.
It feels good around the turns.
There's a lot of traction.
Maya's finally on the road, hoping to show the Carlile bosses she can handle all 500 miles to Prudhoe bay.
It's nice and secure.
It's not moving around at all.
We got five big ones coming in, so be advised.
I'm meeting a bunch of big trucks right now coming the opposite direction.
And it's really narrow over here.
On the Dalton, oncoming traffic can be deadly.
And Maya's first run came to an end when she couldn't handle the pressure.
Ooh! Are you okay? You can't really tell what is the edge and what isn't, if it's a ditch or not, 'cause it's all white.
I just pay attention to the edge of the road a lot more 'cause I have to move over as much as possible.
Heads up.
Yeah, you don't have to go by him too fast.
You're okay.
Just slack off the throttle just slack off the throttle a little.
She made it through the traffic.
Hey, Maya.
But now Maya's got trouble on her tail.
We're almost to the Yukon river bridge, and Phil and Maya left, like, an hour and a half before us.
I don't know what they've been doing, having barbecues on the side of the road or something.
Hey, Phil, didn't we leave, like, an hour and a half after you? What have you guys been doing? They're ignoring us.
Maya, you been dragging your feet up there? Was he asking me? Yeah, he was asking if you were dragging your feet.
Well, they're just ignoring us.
Oh, well.
They know they've been dragging their feet.
Doing some training.
Oh, well.
I can't bash on Maya too bad.
She's making progress.
When I hear bull[Bleep.]
, I just ignore it.
That's how I handle it.
And especially for a new driver out here, that's, I think, is the best way to handle it.
It's good to see that you're not letting any of this get to you.
I would have quit this industry if I couldn't handle that type of negativity, because I've been through a lot in my life and I've dealt with a lot of negativity and a lot of jealous people and a lot of nasty people.
And I'm--I've learned that if I let if bother me I'm gonna have a miserable life.
So I just--I choose to ignore it.
tough little hill, I'll tell you.
It's nice and slippery around here.
Whoa.
Alex's run to deliver food supplies has become a rescue mission.
Along.
It happened so fast, I didn't have time to think.
They were getting pretty cold because it was around 35 below last night.
And we're giving them a ride to the community we're going to right now.
And Alex can't get his cargo or his passengers unloaded fast enough.
I feel asleep for a while.
When I woke up, these guys were already into some firewater so-- always blame it on us.
No way, you guys got-- don't blame it on us! Don't blame it on us, auntie.
You don't know how to drive.
[Bleep.]
Drink next time.
On these roads here, there's always--danger's always present.
You have to deal with the temperature.
Have to deal with the remoteness.
When a person does have a problem on this road, often they depend on the generosity of others coming along, on the good samaritan.
Yeah.
Just pick 'em up and give them a warm place to sit while we drive them home.
This is the northern store right here.
Thank you.
Hey, to you, all the best.
Be good, eh? See you.
Okay, well, thanks a lot.
Thank you.
With this load delivered, Alex rolls South Quite a long drive.
and a whole lot quieter.
Sort of like the torture test.
It was more of a torture test than anything else for the truck and for me.
Coming up Hugh finds a cure for cabin fever.
And Lisa is out of control.
Stop when I say stop.
Just gonna roll into Lac Brochet here and drop the load and then turn around and get the hell outta here.
Rick delivers his Unload it here in Lac Brochet.
Needless to say, an interesting trip.
Hugh's trailer come through with a lot of damage.
He's still stuck on the road.
The boss is trying to figure out some kinda plan to get him outta there.
They're pretty much gonna have to take that trailer, unload it, and drag it in empty.
While Rick waits for word on rescuing Hugh's trailer, 50 miles South the polar bear is getting restless.
I know what I can do.
I brought my new gun with me.
I should get my gun.
Here's the little puppy.
Even has a bayonet.
Look at that baby.
That in there like that.
Some survival food and some oranges I haven't ate yet, moldy ones.
Yuck! Never missed once.
Even got a couple of shots under that can of soup.
There's my can of survival.
That's hilarious.
What a way to pass the time.
Back in Lac Brochet One of the other drivers is trying to figure out a way to get that trailer of Hugh's into town here.
I think I got someone to load up here, so Okay, let's get 'er done.
Right on, man.
Thanks.
Fellow truckers will head down and help load Hugh's cargo onto Rick's truck, then they'll swap out the broken trailer with a new one for Hugh to haul South.
We got her turned around here, and we're just gonna head back to where Hugh's trailer is.
Head back to town again.
Get it loaded again.
This is what we came to do, conquer these roads.
And they're bad roads, as you can tell.
There's a dead trailer for it.
Back in Alaska, Lisa's chance to join the heavy haul team may have just come crashing down.
Stop.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! [Bleep.]
.
Thought you said in a second.
No, we're not, not good.
Still in the ditch.
I couldn't see my trailer.
I couldn't see where I was going.
I didn't wanna dump mine over.
Do you want me to come forward so you can straighten it out and then-- no, no, let's just keep going.
Your steer axle's almost out.
I'm almost out.
Go ahead and crank it.
I got room.
I just couldn't see.
Yeah, okay, gotcha.
You owe me a lightforce light.
Okay.
Ah.
Lisa and Tony get behind the wheel to give it another shot.
Okay, we're hooked up.
Let's go.
Let's go.
But stop when I say stop.
The road yet? You're good.
Thank you.
I think she was probably a little flustered just wanting to get the heck out of the way and off the hill.
Let's just smile and not let it ruin our day.
Situations like that can get a lot worse really fast.
Back on the road Thanks for taking the lead.
No problem, no problem.
Lisa has learned her lesson.
That was a good reminder that we have to be a team up here.
Well, it doesn't matter if we leave early or not or what, we still have to take the same amount of time on the road.
And it's ridiculous for me to be mad at someone for being late how long I was stuck.
So it's my own fault.
I haven't been a very good team player lately, and I'm sorry for that, and I'm gonna be a better team player, 'cause everyone else was awesome to me.
I gotta be more careful.
I gotta think about more stuff.
The life lesson is have some patience and be a team player.
Patience and be a team player.
Mods reach Prudhoe bay.
Oh, my gosh, it's cold.
I'm glad it got here safe.
But it will be up to the boss to decide if Lisa's accident derails her promotion.
Tony, I'll be right behind you.
I'll wait for you.
No big deal, whatever.
So you can tow me out of snowbanks? Coming up, Maya races for the finish line.
When I get there, I'm popping a bottle of champagne and celebrating.
And Rick pushes himself to the limit.
Tired, I'm hungry.
It's all over but the crying now.
On Alaska's north slope We're only six miles from Prudhoe bay.
I drove the whole way from Fairbanks.
How do you feel? This is scarier when you sit in the passenger seat than when you drive it.
Maya is just miles away from finally conquering her first run.
I'm happy.
It's a big accomplishment.
But it's just the first trip of many.
When I get there, I'm popping a bottle of champagne and celebrating.
Celebrating.
No, I'm joking.
In the daytime.
This is a first.
You definitely don't want to park it in the ditch.
I'm just gonna stop.
Stop, stop, stop.
You're good.
I just got to Prudhoe.
This is the first load I delivered driving the whole way from Fairbanks.
It's been a long time coming to get to this point.
A lot of setbacks.
But I finally did it.
It's a big accomplishment to make it this far.
And rolling back South to Fairbanks, Maya is not about to surrender the wheel.
I'm feeling good.
That is a pretty awesome accomplishment.
That is why I came up here.
It's a constant challenge.
More than a month and a half into the season, the New York driver is finally in the game.
Deep in the Canadian wilderness Rick leads a convoy of truckers back to Hugh's stranded trailer.
This makes me regret getting up early in the morning.
'Cause we're at the end of the day starting the day.
Almost to the point where Ricky goes to lie down for a bit.
Okay, you should be able to pull over here and get straightened out.
Okay.
Unload it here.
We got everything lined up.
Just a matter of the transfer now.
The truckers get to work loading Hugh's cargo into Rick's empty trailer.
He wants to get going as quick as we can.
Ricky's gotta drive right after this, so We got the loader, we got the pallet Jack, we're fine.
It's all good.
It's all good.
Yee-haw, pallet number one.
Later Okay.
Finally.
Well, we're all buttoned up and ready to go.
Another long day.
Still don't know if I can get it unloaded tonight or not.
That's it.
It's all over but the crying now.
While Hugh hits the sack I have all the faith in the world in my little buddy.
Rick hits the road one more time.
The frozen wilderness is no place to lose focus.
With the success of the run on his shoulders, Rick fights through his exhaustion.
Yeah, you've never seen a harder working guy than Rick.
If he wants something bad enough, he'll do it.
I mean, no matter what he'll get through it.
He might go about it the wrong way sometimes, but he always seems to get through it.
Finally the lights Finally the lights of Lac Brochet appear.
They're not ready for us.
So looks like a hunker down for the night thing here.
Tired, I'm hungry.
You get frustrated.
It's been enough time here.
I wanna go, but You gotta do what you gotta do.
So ** bed.
Next on Ice Road Truckers This place is fucking worse.
The Canadians made it north but getting out it's a whole new battle.
I'm fucking stucked.
The biggest storm of the season This is the worst weather I've driven in years This wind And it's gonna get ugly Who the hell is gonna fix all this? Heavy haul is not for everybody.