Ice Road Truckers (2007) s05e10 Episode Script
Rookie Rebellion
Tonight on Ice Road Truckers Lisa is stranded We don't have food in this camp and so I've been living off the food in this truck.
Maya is stuck Dude, I'm, like, totally stressed with him behind me.
Between two haul road egos I'm not gonna sit here and kiss your ass.
You're just a disrespectful dude.
And Rick finally snaps.
[Bleep.]
Door of my truck like that again, I'll [Bleep.]
Kill ya! For four days The relentless arctic storm has battered Alaska's north slope.
In Prudhoe Bay There's no loads coming in and no loads going out My gosh, I can't go into that.
Leaving Lisa Kelly stranded.
I've been snowed in for, what, three days now? And haven't even gotten out of bed or my pajamas for two and a half days.
They don't have food in this camp and so I've been living off food in this truck and, uh, anybody, everybody at the camp here hasn't had access to food either.
I was gonna show you what I do When I'm bored and stuck in a storm, but playing with a camera, I guess, is what I do when I'm bored and stuck in a storm.
I've got a keyboard to, like, learn some songs on.
Oops.
But I really can't play worth a crap, so Whatever happens, happens.
It's hard to have any other attitude than that right now.
250 miles South in Fairbanks Good morning, the Michael Duke show.
Welcome to it.
Weather forecast coming up right now for the weather service.
Looking like partially sunny skies, light winds, and temperatures in the zero degree mark.
After four days of blizzards, the storm is finally breaking, and the DOT scrambles to reopen the road.
It's in bad shape so, uh, we're here to help these guys out and get 'em moving and get up the road and get it cleaned up for 'em, get 'em on their way.
At the Carlisle yard, Dave Redmon is ready to get back on the road.
Go in and check with dispatch and see what he's got for me to do today.
What's up, Mark? Morning, Dave.
How are ya? We're gonna start launching drivers.
We're gonna put you-- Put a group of you out first.
So there you go.
There's your grocery Vin.
Now, my plan is to have you, Tony, and Maya running out.
You guys are gonna be the first horses out of the barn today.
Dave will be part of a convoy bringing food and supplies to snowbound Prudhoe Bay.
They're running out of food, they're running out of fuel so, you know, these are probably the most wanted trailers that have gone up in a while.
For Maya, the convoy will be her first run behind the wheel of her own truck, but the 475 horsepower Kenworth T-800 is a far cry from the powerful 18-speed rig she trained on.
It's a cute truck.
Not exactly bad-ass, like I want, but you gotta start somewhere.
Something that they need up in Prudhoe Bay right away.
A lot of people are snowed in up there and there's a ton of snow and they need vehicles to get around.
By 9:00 A.
M.
, Maya and Dave are locked, loaded, and ready to roll, but they can't go anywhere until convoy leader Tony Molesky shows up.
I guess I'll just sit here and wait.
But it's not the first time Dave's had enough of Tony.
You're on my ass non-stop.
I mean, I can't even turn into a parking lot without you over there.
I feel like I'm [Bleep.]
eight years old over here, driving a [bleep.]
big wheel.
Tony's the type of person that just wants people to wait for him.
Nothing-- Nothing moves unless Tony's here, and if Tony's supposed to be here at 8:00, Tony'll show up at 10:30.
Half and hour later Tony finally arrives to go over the game plan.
- Ready to rock and roll? - Yeah.
I think we're the first three out of the door here.
I don't think anybody's been north in, like, two, three days.
So, uh, I guess we just shoot for-- Shoot for as far we can go, check on things at Coldfoot.
That's the plan.
I'm ready to roll.
Let's get the hell out of here.
Before they hit the road, Tony tries to bury the hatchet.
I don't know.
I'll just kind of hang back.
I want you to know where I'm coming from, though, man.
I understand where you're coming from.
Do you really? Yes, you're pissed because I [Bleep.]
pissed in your sandbox.
Well, yeah, you disrespected me and my truck.
We're not gonna mesh.
We're not gonna make it.
We're not, we're not, because you're-- You're wanting me to come over here and grovel.
Just be respectful, man.
You're just a disrespectful dude.
But you're the only one that says I'm disrespectful.
Then why are you doing this to me? I'm not.
I'm trying to stand here and talk to you, but you're just sitting there, you're looking for something.
I'm not.
You're sitting there, waiting for me to just say, "okay, dude, I'm sorry.
" No.
Okay, it's not gonna happen.
I'm not gonna deal with a disrespectful person, man.
Okay, that's fine.
That's my choice.
All right, okay.
That's not a problem.
Typical [Bleep.]
.
With bad blood till simmering, the convoy rolls north.
He's-- He's disrespectful on the road, you know, and, uh, it takes a respectful guy to drive up here.
Hey, I'm just doing the best-- I'm doing the best I can with what I've got to work with here, you know? I'm trying to stay really positive, but it's, uh, a little difficult.
Tony's not out to make anybody else happy and he's wearing on my last nerve.
We're gonna get our asses up to Prudhoe as fast and as safe as we can.
2,600 miles east, in the wilds of Northwestern Ontario We're lost.
Rick Yemm and Hugh rowland are lost in an uncharted no man's land.
Well, that's gonna be four hours we lose today alone there, just, uh, for this little wrong turn.
They're hauling fuel tanks to the remote outpost of Muskrat Dam.
We're regrouping here, and I'm looking And they've been lost not once but twice on roads that only exist for a few months a year.
I say we just-- Hey, I got an idea.
Let's just drive around.
We [Bleep.]
up again.
The wrong way.
Now it's double jeopardy as they backtrack over a seven-mile lake they just crossed.
Anything can happen, right? Anything can [Bleep.]
happen.
Getting certain section of ice that are, just the minerals in the water freezes them a brighter blue color than-- Or your don't have any snow cover and you can see it, it's, um, freaky.
One of the tricks is not caring.
If you cared about it, you'd have yourself a nervous [Bleep.]
breakdown.
Cucumber in there.
He don't give a [Bleep.]
.
You know, you never have enough time to worry when it happens so, it happens, then you can't stop it.
You're not gonna swim out.
You're not gonna do any of that, so So Cars sink slow.
Trucks with all this weight, they sink so fast, you couldn't jump for hard ice or nothin'.
A ride to the bottom, a good look around, and then open the window.
You're dying anyway, so might as well have a good look at the bottom of the [Bleep.]
lake that you're in.
Like I always say you gotta respect the ice or somebody dies.
Hugh and Rick reach the shore.
Yes, sir, we're off the lake.
But they're still 100 miles from their destination.
It's okay.
We'll get her back.
Just making a longer day out of it.
You know, when you go down the wrong road enough, you'll eventually find where you're going.
It's just if you're gonna run out of fuel or not.
Coming up - The Convoy crumbles.
- He's way too [Bleep.]
close.
100 miles north of Fairbanks, Tony, Maya, and Dave convoy crucial supplies to storm-ravaged Prudhoe Bay.
I hear they're running out of food up in Prudhoe.
Uh, we gotta get these loads there, you know, as quick as we can.
They needed this load yesterday, actually, but the road was so bad that we couldn't even take it up yesterday.
They're running behind schedule, thanks to Tony's late start.
These loads are a priority, you know, but apparently nothing's a priority to Tony.
You know, Tony comes in when Tony wants.
So now we're stuck with him up front.
Convoying's a-- It's really-- It's a smart thing to do to ride with somebody else on this road, and it's really important to be with somebody else, but when you're convoying with more than one person, it gets a little crazy, but we're making it work.
Maya's got a really light load, so she's just going way too slow down the hills as far as, uh, you know, me needing to get rolling because I-- Copy, you have a copy? I've got so much weight on that it's just hard to hold this thing back.
[Bleep.]
is wrong, Maya? Still adjusting to an unfamiliar truck, Maya's taking it slow.
You probably needed to take this load today rather than that one.
You know, the three of us are-- Are running together here, and it's really important to give each other a little bit of room.
It's always good up here to not be following too close and, uh, you know, keep your distance from the guy in front of you or the gal in front of you.
He's following way too close.
I mean, you don't even follow that close on pavement.
You're gonna follow that close on [Bleep.]
ice? Give me more fucking room between us.
I've got [Bleep.]
80,000 pounds and I'm trying to [Bleep.]
stay away from Maya, but she's coasting down the hill at [Bleep.]
15 miles an hour.
I'm [Bleep.]
stressed with him behind me.
I don't like it.
What's up? Oh, not much.
I just-- I wonder if we ought to let Dave get around up here.
I mean, just seeing as it's your first trip, it'd really be nice to let you take your time and do your thing without having to worry about holding anybody up, you know.
Yeah, that's cool with me.
He's pretty close most of the time, and that's on my mind.
Yeah, exactly, and this isn't Dave's first trip, you know, so whatever works, but if you're comfortable with that, Dave, you might as well get out in front.
That works for me.
I'm gonna let him get around soon.
It'll make everybody's life a little easier.
Instead of sliding in behind Tony, Dave leaves the convoy in the dust.
Man.
This is just crazy, man.
See, I'm not really interested in if they think I'm a team player or not.
I don't care.
You know, I did 'em a favor by running off and leaving.
I just want to go down the road and I want to get my job done and just basically be left alone.
By day's end, Dave rolls into Coldfoot alone.
Well, we finally made it to Coldfoot.
The parking lot's kind of empty right now, so it's kind of good for us.
At least now we've got a place to park and we can go get something to eat, anyways.
You know, if we take off again in the morning and we're all piled up, you know, running in a convoy, I'll probably just pass 'em up and leave 'em.
I got things to do.
At daybreak The clear skies have finally reached Prudhoe Bay, and for Lisa, four days of hibernation have finally come to an end.
This is a beautiful day and I don't know if it's time to leave yet, but it's time to go over and see if I can leave, 'cause I can finally move from this spot.
Yay.
Everything warmed up.
Lisa heads over to the Prudhoe Bay dispatch, hoping to pick up a back haul for the trip South.
How are you doin'? What I'm gonna have you take out of here, this reefer is loaded with Anchorage and Kenai backhaul and we need to get it going South.
Is it heavy? 'Cause I don't-- It's not heavy.
It's about 12.
6.
It's gonna be such a madhouse.
And they just want it to be controlled chaos.
Controlled-- It's hot to get to Anchorage.
We're gonna try to keep this show on the road, just keep things moving.
After four days trapped in her truck, Lisa's finally back on the road.
All those truckers that were stuck in Prudhoe, we were using fuel and food, we were just consuming it but not bringing them any renewable sources.
You know, we were down to the last two or three days' worth of food, and Prudhoe Bay is so dependent on this road and us truckers, so we're hoping these trucks, it's just gonna be this insane mad rush up the road to get everybody resupplied.
Back in Canada, Hugh and Rick's long journey through two provinces has grown longer after getting lost for the second time.
Well, it said Round Lake, so we took it, but that's the town of Round Lake, not the [Bleep.]
lake of Round Lake.
So hopefully we can get a-- Snag a back haul up here and it'll make up for lost time.
Finally they reach their destination.
We made her into Muskrat Dam here.
Turn and burn right here.
They don't do [Bleep.]
, though.
Here we gotta do what we do.
We load our loads, we strap our loads, and we have to unload our loads.
Go back farther.
Using a front loader and gravity, Hugh and Rick remove the You got her! And you can just sign, "delivered.
" We made it, we got unloaded in, uh, pretty much record time, but we didn't get a back haul this time.
No luck there, but we figured we better, uh, get out of dodge while the gettin' is good.
But just when it looks like the bad luck is behind them In Muskrat Dam, Ontario Trailer slid right in the ditch, man.
Rick's run of bad luck just got worse.
Distracted driving.
Rick can be a very good driver if he wants to be, but he's got to learn to slow down.
Everything he does, he's in a mad rush.
With everything, he is, he's in a hurry, and I keep telling him, "slow down and, you know, you won't have a problem.
" Yeah, you want to just get my trailer pulled up out of the ditch there? Right on, man.
Fortunately for Rick, some heavy-duty help is on hand.
Well, the load delivered and we're getting the hell out of dodge.
We couldn't get a back haul.
Back in Alaska, at the Coldfoot truck stop Whew! [Bleep.]
! Man! Dave's been ordered to reconnect with fellow convoy drivers Tony and Maya and he's not happy about it.
Yeah, there's loads that need to go and, you know, this isn't my day to babysit 'em.
I've got to get going down the road.
It seems like we're always sitting around, waiting for Tony.
We were supposed to leave at 7:00.
Tony gets up, Mmm, whenever the [bleep.]
Tony wants.
Don't you think we have to chain up today or what? It's pretty damn cold out.
Let's go find-- Let's just go check it out.
All right.
If the road's good, man, I just-- It's up to you.
It's your call.
If the road's good and it's still Let's try it, yeah.
We'll talk about it later.
All right, see you later.
All right, let's go.
By 9:00 A.
M.
, the convoy heads north.
I got Tony up front and I got Maya up here in front of me and I guess I'm bringing up the rear, as usual.
Being held up by everybody's my middle name.
It's a beautiful day here, and we get to head up to Prudhoe Bay finally and get people what they need.
Well, day number two of this convoy.
You know, we just left Coldfoot.
But once again, Dave's impatience gets the best of him.
Dave's not really road friendly right now.
I don't like traveling with people who rush me or drive too close to the back of me.
It's just not enjoyable.
We're gonna get our asses up to Prudhoe and we'll just worry about us and worry about our trailer and our freight and get up to Prudhoe as fast as we can.
But Dave doesn't wait for an invitation to pass Maya.
And ditches the convoy again.
Dave, we should start communicating here.
I don't like that.
[Bleep.]
, princess Tony don't like it.
You know, the last time I checked, Tony wasn't in charge of [Bleep.]
, but he sure seems to act like he's in charge of everything.
You have like no driving etiquette whatsoever, and you were driving for do not drive like that.
Really no sense in driving slow on purpose.
You know, I'm not, uh, I'm not gonna babysit those two behind me.
I'm just gonna get on up the road and do what I need to do.
Carlile is not gonna be too happy with that.
You don't do that, and you don't-- Especially don't do that to people you work with.
Bottom line, he does not give a [bleep.]
about anybody.
And I don't think that works up here.
days stuck in the snow, Lisa's truck is struggling to get back in action.
But it was like up to 33 degrees and the wind was howling so, I mean, it was like almo-- It was above the melting point for a while.
Now it's 20 below, and so everything is, like, melting and then freezing, so everything is just like, blehh.
I just do not want to work on the trucks, the trailer.
As Lisa rolls South, she pumps her trailer's brakes to melt any snow that has accumulated around her brake pads.
Just gonna dry these out.
'Cause I literally, I can't even see my trailer-- The back of the trailer at all.
It's just buried in snow dust, so you definitely know that snow dust is going into the brakes.
I've done it twice now where I've forgotten to dry them off and it's gotten me into pretty close situations there, so I'm trying to think ahead.
I'm trying to be one step ahead here.
What you gotta do is drag them and it causes friction which causes heat, and when you get enough heat going on, that's when it melts it out.
You know, stepping on the brakes, using my brakes.
What do they say? If you don't use 'em, you lose 'em? So I'm gonna keep using my brakes.
But pumping her brakes is causing bigger problems.
I've got a flat tire.
Whoa! Just an hour after Lisa Kelly's run to Anchorage I've got a flat tire.
I'm gonna check these tires out.
I'm not going anywhere on a flat tire.
Lisa was pumping her brakes, hoping to melt the snow on her pads, but the constant pressure blew a tire.
But they were rolling when I left the yard, and trying to dry my tires out, maybe one got hung up somehow and drug it out.
That sucks, dude.
to Prudhoe Bay for repairs.
Now I'm just gonna limp this thing back.
I couldn't see my tires back there, going through those snow drifts, and I'm not making excuses, I promise.
I'm taking full responsibility for what happened.
It seems like every mistake is a series of wrong things.
I'm always learning a lesson from one thing and it was like one extreme to another, and I've got to find my happy medium.
Thank you kindly.
I was trying to dry my brakes out, and I guess I did a damn good job, 'cause I overdid it.
After four days snowbound and one last delay, Lisa is finally headed home.
I'm trying to make it to Coldfoot tonight.
It's one of those things where I'm just gonna go as far as I can for the night.
Just gonna-- Just gotta drive, you know? Four days cooped up in this thing is pretty treacherous when the wheels aren't turning.
I love my truck, but oh, my gosh, there's a limit.
the convoy is down to two trucks Northbound, starting up the pass.
And headed into Atigun Pass.
Let's see if we can keep you out of trouble.
Sounds good.
It's all about being in the right gear.
You don't want to use your brakes.
If you lock them on the pass, you're probably gonna go over, 'cause I can't see how a guardrail like this could stop you.
Maya's new truck is much less powerful than the one she trained on.
Southbound, down the pass.
And Atigun Pass will put the truck and the driver to the test.
Let's take it slow and easy and we'll take our time.
But as they reach the summit, they face a new danger.
Wow, this whole face looks like it's fixing to go.
There's a lot of snow up there and you can see, over to the left, there's already four slides.
The four-day blizzard has piled wet and dry snow in unstable layers.
Now, the slightest disturbance could send it all crashing down.
Snow is really built a lot on top of these mountains from the storm that just passed, so avalanches are constantly coming down.
Well, we made it down the pass.
No problems today.
Always have to stay focused, driving this road, always.
I mean, you never know what's gonna happen minute to minute.
She's really doing good.
She's got a natural ability to think.
I think she's a good thinker, and that's what it takes up here.
After a long, troubled trip to Muskrat Dam The strap broke itself.
We don't want that tank to fall off.
It's full of diesel.
We're lost! I didn't make it, Hugh.
Hugh and Rick are finally headed back to Winnipeg.
You did get your paperwork signed, didn't you, Rick? Oh, [Bleep.]
, no, I didn't.
They don't even have a copy of my [Bleep.]
paperwork.
No signed paperwork means no paycheck.
God, I can't even find paperwork in this [Bleep.]
truck with all the [Bleep.]
I've got in here.
If you don't have the paperwork, you don't get paid for the load.
You get your [Bleep.]
paperwork.
Mark it down, every load, in your book.
Have a separate book.
Mark every load you take.
After three days lost in the maze of winter roads, Rick's got to backtrack 50 miles to Muskrat Dam and get his papers signed.
I've just always been a guy that attracts bad luck.
I feel like I'm snake-bitten.
Uh, you know, just these random occurrences happen a lot more often to me than anybody else.
But as Rick tries to turn around, he's got bigger problems than missing paperwork.
Rick's truck stalled.
We're gonna have to bump start it.
A Polar Industries pilot car will give Rick's truck a pull to get the engine turning over.
How's it going? Not bad.
What's going on here? I think he broke a battery cable on the truck.
It won't start.
We need to bump start it.
Come on, now, give her a shot.
It'll pull it.
After two days of disaster, Rick's had enough of being cold, lost, and broken down, and he's definitely had enough of doing it all in front of the camera.
Let's get some [Bleep.]
more drama for the [Bleep.]
[Bleep.]
.
Ever [Bleep.]
slam my [Bleep.]
door of my truck like that again, I'll [Bleep.]
kill ya! Yeah, you want to kill me? Want to kill me right now? Deep in the Canadian wilderness, after a disastrous run, a cameraman slamming his truck door is the last straw for Rick.
You want to kill me? You want to kill me right now? Yeah, I [Bleep.]
do! Don't be [Bleep.]
taking it out on my [Bleep.]
truck! Bring it now, come on.
Bring it on, bring it on.
Smash the door to my truck, I'll smash your [Bleep.]
face.
Bring it on, bring it on.
You want to [Bleep.]
go with me right now, I'll go with you right down to the ground.
[Bleep.]
[Bleep.]
Don't take it out on this truck! Away we'll go.
I don't think that Ford'll pull it, but, [Bleep.]
, I've owned Fords my whole life.
She'll pull her.
Well, what do you know? The thing's actually pulling me.
Nice.
I knew that Ford would do it.
That's one of them brand new raptors.
Something like 500 horsepower in there or something.
With his engine running Hey, buddy, you ready to rock and roll now? Yeah, I think so.
Okay, here we go.
Rick heads back to Muskrat Dam for his paperwork.
I struggle to keep my temper in check, and I lost it this morning.
Sorry, dude.
Oh, well, we were good for each other this morning, then.
We both needed it.
It was our therapy.
Dr.
Phil ain't got [Bleep.]
on that.
Roadside [Bleep.]
devil.
Back in Alaska with no convoy partners to slow him down, Dave Redmon delivers his load to Prudhoe Bay.
We finally made it ahead of everybody else, as usual.
This is the dash for the cash.
This isn't a daycare center, you know.
We gotta-- We gotta get some freight hauled.
We really ran away from 'em when we got to Atigun.
Uh, you know, just kind of curious how Maya did on the hill, but I wasn't gonna stick around to find out.
We needed to get going up the road and, you know, it's not my day to babysit everybody.
It's for a back haul, um, but it'll be a flatbed with a couple of scrap bins on it.
All right, I'll go get it hooked up.
Early bird gets the worm, and now I get to turn and burn and head back to Fairbanks.
And Maya and Tony can sit here and wait for a back haul, 'cause I got the only one.
As Dave heads South, his convoy partners are just pulling in.
Well, there's Tony, coming into town, late as usual.
Well, at least you made it okay, Maya.
Yep.
Nice load you got.
Nice and heavy.
Yeah.
What you guys been doing? Playing Patty-cakes? What? Just enjoying the ride.
Well, I guess if she wants to enjoy the ride, I guess, uh, nobody better to do it with but Tony.
Hey, I hope you didn't get the last back haul.
Got the only one.
Oh, what the hell? Now you're gonna have to bobtail all the way back.
Ditching the convoy has given Dave a lead in the load count and a bad reputation to go along with it.
The only thing I have to say about Dave is that he's-- He's disrespectful on the road, you know? And, uh, it takes a respectful guy to drive up here and to be a part of this family.
her load in Anchorage, but she's not ready to get back on the road quite yet.
I'm heading home.
You know, I've been gone for three weeks, maybe? This truck has become my home.
Feels like I haven't seen this place in forever.
Bubba? For Lisa, a day off means quality time with her Tennessee walking horse Sky and her miniature pony Rocky.
What are you doing? Look how cute he is.
Hi.
Come on, up, up.
Good boy, good boy.
You're so big.
He's hungry.
I don't know if I have anything.
I have, like, zero food.
Hey.
That's my finger.
Just lick.
You like that, huh? Okay, let's go out and get saddled.
This is one horsepower.
I'm used to 475 over there, under that hood.
Ready? Ooh.
I got stiff from riding in that truck.
I am so happy I get to ride.
I kind of wanted to go snowboarding.
We could always tow you behind a horse.
I've got my snowboard at the house.
Well, let's go.
This will be cool.
I've never done this before so let's, uh-- Go easy? Take it easy, see how it goes, and then we'll go from there.
See, I think I'll go this way.
Oh! Aah! No, go ahead, go ahead.
That's fun.
You guys should try that.
On the next Ice Road Truckers, slick roads put Hugh in harm's way [Bleep.]
While in Alaska, Dave is in the hot seat.
What's going on? 'Cause you were supposed to wait.
No, I didn't think we were supposed to follow anybody.
So, is that what's-- You must not have gotten that message.
I may get fired.
And Lisa's monster load is out of control.
You need to find a spot to pull over rapidly, safely.
Why?
Maya is stuck Dude, I'm, like, totally stressed with him behind me.
Between two haul road egos I'm not gonna sit here and kiss your ass.
You're just a disrespectful dude.
And Rick finally snaps.
[Bleep.]
Door of my truck like that again, I'll [Bleep.]
Kill ya! For four days The relentless arctic storm has battered Alaska's north slope.
In Prudhoe Bay There's no loads coming in and no loads going out My gosh, I can't go into that.
Leaving Lisa Kelly stranded.
I've been snowed in for, what, three days now? And haven't even gotten out of bed or my pajamas for two and a half days.
They don't have food in this camp and so I've been living off food in this truck and, uh, anybody, everybody at the camp here hasn't had access to food either.
I was gonna show you what I do When I'm bored and stuck in a storm, but playing with a camera, I guess, is what I do when I'm bored and stuck in a storm.
I've got a keyboard to, like, learn some songs on.
Oops.
But I really can't play worth a crap, so Whatever happens, happens.
It's hard to have any other attitude than that right now.
250 miles South in Fairbanks Good morning, the Michael Duke show.
Welcome to it.
Weather forecast coming up right now for the weather service.
Looking like partially sunny skies, light winds, and temperatures in the zero degree mark.
After four days of blizzards, the storm is finally breaking, and the DOT scrambles to reopen the road.
It's in bad shape so, uh, we're here to help these guys out and get 'em moving and get up the road and get it cleaned up for 'em, get 'em on their way.
At the Carlisle yard, Dave Redmon is ready to get back on the road.
Go in and check with dispatch and see what he's got for me to do today.
What's up, Mark? Morning, Dave.
How are ya? We're gonna start launching drivers.
We're gonna put you-- Put a group of you out first.
So there you go.
There's your grocery Vin.
Now, my plan is to have you, Tony, and Maya running out.
You guys are gonna be the first horses out of the barn today.
Dave will be part of a convoy bringing food and supplies to snowbound Prudhoe Bay.
They're running out of food, they're running out of fuel so, you know, these are probably the most wanted trailers that have gone up in a while.
For Maya, the convoy will be her first run behind the wheel of her own truck, but the 475 horsepower Kenworth T-800 is a far cry from the powerful 18-speed rig she trained on.
It's a cute truck.
Not exactly bad-ass, like I want, but you gotta start somewhere.
Something that they need up in Prudhoe Bay right away.
A lot of people are snowed in up there and there's a ton of snow and they need vehicles to get around.
By 9:00 A.
M.
, Maya and Dave are locked, loaded, and ready to roll, but they can't go anywhere until convoy leader Tony Molesky shows up.
I guess I'll just sit here and wait.
But it's not the first time Dave's had enough of Tony.
You're on my ass non-stop.
I mean, I can't even turn into a parking lot without you over there.
I feel like I'm [Bleep.]
eight years old over here, driving a [bleep.]
big wheel.
Tony's the type of person that just wants people to wait for him.
Nothing-- Nothing moves unless Tony's here, and if Tony's supposed to be here at 8:00, Tony'll show up at 10:30.
Half and hour later Tony finally arrives to go over the game plan.
- Ready to rock and roll? - Yeah.
I think we're the first three out of the door here.
I don't think anybody's been north in, like, two, three days.
So, uh, I guess we just shoot for-- Shoot for as far we can go, check on things at Coldfoot.
That's the plan.
I'm ready to roll.
Let's get the hell out of here.
Before they hit the road, Tony tries to bury the hatchet.
I don't know.
I'll just kind of hang back.
I want you to know where I'm coming from, though, man.
I understand where you're coming from.
Do you really? Yes, you're pissed because I [Bleep.]
pissed in your sandbox.
Well, yeah, you disrespected me and my truck.
We're not gonna mesh.
We're not gonna make it.
We're not, we're not, because you're-- You're wanting me to come over here and grovel.
Just be respectful, man.
You're just a disrespectful dude.
But you're the only one that says I'm disrespectful.
Then why are you doing this to me? I'm not.
I'm trying to stand here and talk to you, but you're just sitting there, you're looking for something.
I'm not.
You're sitting there, waiting for me to just say, "okay, dude, I'm sorry.
" No.
Okay, it's not gonna happen.
I'm not gonna deal with a disrespectful person, man.
Okay, that's fine.
That's my choice.
All right, okay.
That's not a problem.
Typical [Bleep.]
.
With bad blood till simmering, the convoy rolls north.
He's-- He's disrespectful on the road, you know, and, uh, it takes a respectful guy to drive up here.
Hey, I'm just doing the best-- I'm doing the best I can with what I've got to work with here, you know? I'm trying to stay really positive, but it's, uh, a little difficult.
Tony's not out to make anybody else happy and he's wearing on my last nerve.
We're gonna get our asses up to Prudhoe as fast and as safe as we can.
2,600 miles east, in the wilds of Northwestern Ontario We're lost.
Rick Yemm and Hugh rowland are lost in an uncharted no man's land.
Well, that's gonna be four hours we lose today alone there, just, uh, for this little wrong turn.
They're hauling fuel tanks to the remote outpost of Muskrat Dam.
We're regrouping here, and I'm looking And they've been lost not once but twice on roads that only exist for a few months a year.
I say we just-- Hey, I got an idea.
Let's just drive around.
We [Bleep.]
up again.
The wrong way.
Now it's double jeopardy as they backtrack over a seven-mile lake they just crossed.
Anything can happen, right? Anything can [Bleep.]
happen.
Getting certain section of ice that are, just the minerals in the water freezes them a brighter blue color than-- Or your don't have any snow cover and you can see it, it's, um, freaky.
One of the tricks is not caring.
If you cared about it, you'd have yourself a nervous [Bleep.]
breakdown.
Cucumber in there.
He don't give a [Bleep.]
.
You know, you never have enough time to worry when it happens so, it happens, then you can't stop it.
You're not gonna swim out.
You're not gonna do any of that, so So Cars sink slow.
Trucks with all this weight, they sink so fast, you couldn't jump for hard ice or nothin'.
A ride to the bottom, a good look around, and then open the window.
You're dying anyway, so might as well have a good look at the bottom of the [Bleep.]
lake that you're in.
Like I always say you gotta respect the ice or somebody dies.
Hugh and Rick reach the shore.
Yes, sir, we're off the lake.
But they're still 100 miles from their destination.
It's okay.
We'll get her back.
Just making a longer day out of it.
You know, when you go down the wrong road enough, you'll eventually find where you're going.
It's just if you're gonna run out of fuel or not.
Coming up - The Convoy crumbles.
- He's way too [Bleep.]
close.
100 miles north of Fairbanks, Tony, Maya, and Dave convoy crucial supplies to storm-ravaged Prudhoe Bay.
I hear they're running out of food up in Prudhoe.
Uh, we gotta get these loads there, you know, as quick as we can.
They needed this load yesterday, actually, but the road was so bad that we couldn't even take it up yesterday.
They're running behind schedule, thanks to Tony's late start.
These loads are a priority, you know, but apparently nothing's a priority to Tony.
You know, Tony comes in when Tony wants.
So now we're stuck with him up front.
Convoying's a-- It's really-- It's a smart thing to do to ride with somebody else on this road, and it's really important to be with somebody else, but when you're convoying with more than one person, it gets a little crazy, but we're making it work.
Maya's got a really light load, so she's just going way too slow down the hills as far as, uh, you know, me needing to get rolling because I-- Copy, you have a copy? I've got so much weight on that it's just hard to hold this thing back.
[Bleep.]
is wrong, Maya? Still adjusting to an unfamiliar truck, Maya's taking it slow.
You probably needed to take this load today rather than that one.
You know, the three of us are-- Are running together here, and it's really important to give each other a little bit of room.
It's always good up here to not be following too close and, uh, you know, keep your distance from the guy in front of you or the gal in front of you.
He's following way too close.
I mean, you don't even follow that close on pavement.
You're gonna follow that close on [Bleep.]
ice? Give me more fucking room between us.
I've got [Bleep.]
80,000 pounds and I'm trying to [Bleep.]
stay away from Maya, but she's coasting down the hill at [Bleep.]
15 miles an hour.
I'm [Bleep.]
stressed with him behind me.
I don't like it.
What's up? Oh, not much.
I just-- I wonder if we ought to let Dave get around up here.
I mean, just seeing as it's your first trip, it'd really be nice to let you take your time and do your thing without having to worry about holding anybody up, you know.
Yeah, that's cool with me.
He's pretty close most of the time, and that's on my mind.
Yeah, exactly, and this isn't Dave's first trip, you know, so whatever works, but if you're comfortable with that, Dave, you might as well get out in front.
That works for me.
I'm gonna let him get around soon.
It'll make everybody's life a little easier.
Instead of sliding in behind Tony, Dave leaves the convoy in the dust.
Man.
This is just crazy, man.
See, I'm not really interested in if they think I'm a team player or not.
I don't care.
You know, I did 'em a favor by running off and leaving.
I just want to go down the road and I want to get my job done and just basically be left alone.
By day's end, Dave rolls into Coldfoot alone.
Well, we finally made it to Coldfoot.
The parking lot's kind of empty right now, so it's kind of good for us.
At least now we've got a place to park and we can go get something to eat, anyways.
You know, if we take off again in the morning and we're all piled up, you know, running in a convoy, I'll probably just pass 'em up and leave 'em.
I got things to do.
At daybreak The clear skies have finally reached Prudhoe Bay, and for Lisa, four days of hibernation have finally come to an end.
This is a beautiful day and I don't know if it's time to leave yet, but it's time to go over and see if I can leave, 'cause I can finally move from this spot.
Yay.
Everything warmed up.
Lisa heads over to the Prudhoe Bay dispatch, hoping to pick up a back haul for the trip South.
How are you doin'? What I'm gonna have you take out of here, this reefer is loaded with Anchorage and Kenai backhaul and we need to get it going South.
Is it heavy? 'Cause I don't-- It's not heavy.
It's about 12.
6.
It's gonna be such a madhouse.
And they just want it to be controlled chaos.
Controlled-- It's hot to get to Anchorage.
We're gonna try to keep this show on the road, just keep things moving.
After four days trapped in her truck, Lisa's finally back on the road.
All those truckers that were stuck in Prudhoe, we were using fuel and food, we were just consuming it but not bringing them any renewable sources.
You know, we were down to the last two or three days' worth of food, and Prudhoe Bay is so dependent on this road and us truckers, so we're hoping these trucks, it's just gonna be this insane mad rush up the road to get everybody resupplied.
Back in Canada, Hugh and Rick's long journey through two provinces has grown longer after getting lost for the second time.
Well, it said Round Lake, so we took it, but that's the town of Round Lake, not the [Bleep.]
lake of Round Lake.
So hopefully we can get a-- Snag a back haul up here and it'll make up for lost time.
Finally they reach their destination.
We made her into Muskrat Dam here.
Turn and burn right here.
They don't do [Bleep.]
, though.
Here we gotta do what we do.
We load our loads, we strap our loads, and we have to unload our loads.
Go back farther.
Using a front loader and gravity, Hugh and Rick remove the You got her! And you can just sign, "delivered.
" We made it, we got unloaded in, uh, pretty much record time, but we didn't get a back haul this time.
No luck there, but we figured we better, uh, get out of dodge while the gettin' is good.
But just when it looks like the bad luck is behind them In Muskrat Dam, Ontario Trailer slid right in the ditch, man.
Rick's run of bad luck just got worse.
Distracted driving.
Rick can be a very good driver if he wants to be, but he's got to learn to slow down.
Everything he does, he's in a mad rush.
With everything, he is, he's in a hurry, and I keep telling him, "slow down and, you know, you won't have a problem.
" Yeah, you want to just get my trailer pulled up out of the ditch there? Right on, man.
Fortunately for Rick, some heavy-duty help is on hand.
Well, the load delivered and we're getting the hell out of dodge.
We couldn't get a back haul.
Back in Alaska, at the Coldfoot truck stop Whew! [Bleep.]
! Man! Dave's been ordered to reconnect with fellow convoy drivers Tony and Maya and he's not happy about it.
Yeah, there's loads that need to go and, you know, this isn't my day to babysit 'em.
I've got to get going down the road.
It seems like we're always sitting around, waiting for Tony.
We were supposed to leave at 7:00.
Tony gets up, Mmm, whenever the [bleep.]
Tony wants.
Don't you think we have to chain up today or what? It's pretty damn cold out.
Let's go find-- Let's just go check it out.
All right.
If the road's good, man, I just-- It's up to you.
It's your call.
If the road's good and it's still Let's try it, yeah.
We'll talk about it later.
All right, see you later.
All right, let's go.
By 9:00 A.
M.
, the convoy heads north.
I got Tony up front and I got Maya up here in front of me and I guess I'm bringing up the rear, as usual.
Being held up by everybody's my middle name.
It's a beautiful day here, and we get to head up to Prudhoe Bay finally and get people what they need.
Well, day number two of this convoy.
You know, we just left Coldfoot.
But once again, Dave's impatience gets the best of him.
Dave's not really road friendly right now.
I don't like traveling with people who rush me or drive too close to the back of me.
It's just not enjoyable.
We're gonna get our asses up to Prudhoe and we'll just worry about us and worry about our trailer and our freight and get up to Prudhoe as fast as we can.
But Dave doesn't wait for an invitation to pass Maya.
And ditches the convoy again.
Dave, we should start communicating here.
I don't like that.
[Bleep.]
, princess Tony don't like it.
You know, the last time I checked, Tony wasn't in charge of [Bleep.]
, but he sure seems to act like he's in charge of everything.
You have like no driving etiquette whatsoever, and you were driving for do not drive like that.
Really no sense in driving slow on purpose.
You know, I'm not, uh, I'm not gonna babysit those two behind me.
I'm just gonna get on up the road and do what I need to do.
Carlile is not gonna be too happy with that.
You don't do that, and you don't-- Especially don't do that to people you work with.
Bottom line, he does not give a [bleep.]
about anybody.
And I don't think that works up here.
days stuck in the snow, Lisa's truck is struggling to get back in action.
But it was like up to 33 degrees and the wind was howling so, I mean, it was like almo-- It was above the melting point for a while.
Now it's 20 below, and so everything is, like, melting and then freezing, so everything is just like, blehh.
I just do not want to work on the trucks, the trailer.
As Lisa rolls South, she pumps her trailer's brakes to melt any snow that has accumulated around her brake pads.
Just gonna dry these out.
'Cause I literally, I can't even see my trailer-- The back of the trailer at all.
It's just buried in snow dust, so you definitely know that snow dust is going into the brakes.
I've done it twice now where I've forgotten to dry them off and it's gotten me into pretty close situations there, so I'm trying to think ahead.
I'm trying to be one step ahead here.
What you gotta do is drag them and it causes friction which causes heat, and when you get enough heat going on, that's when it melts it out.
You know, stepping on the brakes, using my brakes.
What do they say? If you don't use 'em, you lose 'em? So I'm gonna keep using my brakes.
But pumping her brakes is causing bigger problems.
I've got a flat tire.
Whoa! Just an hour after Lisa Kelly's run to Anchorage I've got a flat tire.
I'm gonna check these tires out.
I'm not going anywhere on a flat tire.
Lisa was pumping her brakes, hoping to melt the snow on her pads, but the constant pressure blew a tire.
But they were rolling when I left the yard, and trying to dry my tires out, maybe one got hung up somehow and drug it out.
That sucks, dude.
to Prudhoe Bay for repairs.
Now I'm just gonna limp this thing back.
I couldn't see my tires back there, going through those snow drifts, and I'm not making excuses, I promise.
I'm taking full responsibility for what happened.
It seems like every mistake is a series of wrong things.
I'm always learning a lesson from one thing and it was like one extreme to another, and I've got to find my happy medium.
Thank you kindly.
I was trying to dry my brakes out, and I guess I did a damn good job, 'cause I overdid it.
After four days snowbound and one last delay, Lisa is finally headed home.
I'm trying to make it to Coldfoot tonight.
It's one of those things where I'm just gonna go as far as I can for the night.
Just gonna-- Just gotta drive, you know? Four days cooped up in this thing is pretty treacherous when the wheels aren't turning.
I love my truck, but oh, my gosh, there's a limit.
the convoy is down to two trucks Northbound, starting up the pass.
And headed into Atigun Pass.
Let's see if we can keep you out of trouble.
Sounds good.
It's all about being in the right gear.
You don't want to use your brakes.
If you lock them on the pass, you're probably gonna go over, 'cause I can't see how a guardrail like this could stop you.
Maya's new truck is much less powerful than the one she trained on.
Southbound, down the pass.
And Atigun Pass will put the truck and the driver to the test.
Let's take it slow and easy and we'll take our time.
But as they reach the summit, they face a new danger.
Wow, this whole face looks like it's fixing to go.
There's a lot of snow up there and you can see, over to the left, there's already four slides.
The four-day blizzard has piled wet and dry snow in unstable layers.
Now, the slightest disturbance could send it all crashing down.
Snow is really built a lot on top of these mountains from the storm that just passed, so avalanches are constantly coming down.
Well, we made it down the pass.
No problems today.
Always have to stay focused, driving this road, always.
I mean, you never know what's gonna happen minute to minute.
She's really doing good.
She's got a natural ability to think.
I think she's a good thinker, and that's what it takes up here.
After a long, troubled trip to Muskrat Dam The strap broke itself.
We don't want that tank to fall off.
It's full of diesel.
We're lost! I didn't make it, Hugh.
Hugh and Rick are finally headed back to Winnipeg.
You did get your paperwork signed, didn't you, Rick? Oh, [Bleep.]
, no, I didn't.
They don't even have a copy of my [Bleep.]
paperwork.
No signed paperwork means no paycheck.
God, I can't even find paperwork in this [Bleep.]
truck with all the [Bleep.]
I've got in here.
If you don't have the paperwork, you don't get paid for the load.
You get your [Bleep.]
paperwork.
Mark it down, every load, in your book.
Have a separate book.
Mark every load you take.
After three days lost in the maze of winter roads, Rick's got to backtrack 50 miles to Muskrat Dam and get his papers signed.
I've just always been a guy that attracts bad luck.
I feel like I'm snake-bitten.
Uh, you know, just these random occurrences happen a lot more often to me than anybody else.
But as Rick tries to turn around, he's got bigger problems than missing paperwork.
Rick's truck stalled.
We're gonna have to bump start it.
A Polar Industries pilot car will give Rick's truck a pull to get the engine turning over.
How's it going? Not bad.
What's going on here? I think he broke a battery cable on the truck.
It won't start.
We need to bump start it.
Come on, now, give her a shot.
It'll pull it.
After two days of disaster, Rick's had enough of being cold, lost, and broken down, and he's definitely had enough of doing it all in front of the camera.
Let's get some [Bleep.]
more drama for the [Bleep.]
[Bleep.]
.
Ever [Bleep.]
slam my [Bleep.]
door of my truck like that again, I'll [Bleep.]
kill ya! Yeah, you want to kill me? Want to kill me right now? Deep in the Canadian wilderness, after a disastrous run, a cameraman slamming his truck door is the last straw for Rick.
You want to kill me? You want to kill me right now? Yeah, I [Bleep.]
do! Don't be [Bleep.]
taking it out on my [Bleep.]
truck! Bring it now, come on.
Bring it on, bring it on.
Smash the door to my truck, I'll smash your [Bleep.]
face.
Bring it on, bring it on.
You want to [Bleep.]
go with me right now, I'll go with you right down to the ground.
[Bleep.]
[Bleep.]
Don't take it out on this truck! Away we'll go.
I don't think that Ford'll pull it, but, [Bleep.]
, I've owned Fords my whole life.
She'll pull her.
Well, what do you know? The thing's actually pulling me.
Nice.
I knew that Ford would do it.
That's one of them brand new raptors.
Something like 500 horsepower in there or something.
With his engine running Hey, buddy, you ready to rock and roll now? Yeah, I think so.
Okay, here we go.
Rick heads back to Muskrat Dam for his paperwork.
I struggle to keep my temper in check, and I lost it this morning.
Sorry, dude.
Oh, well, we were good for each other this morning, then.
We both needed it.
It was our therapy.
Dr.
Phil ain't got [Bleep.]
on that.
Roadside [Bleep.]
devil.
Back in Alaska with no convoy partners to slow him down, Dave Redmon delivers his load to Prudhoe Bay.
We finally made it ahead of everybody else, as usual.
This is the dash for the cash.
This isn't a daycare center, you know.
We gotta-- We gotta get some freight hauled.
We really ran away from 'em when we got to Atigun.
Uh, you know, just kind of curious how Maya did on the hill, but I wasn't gonna stick around to find out.
We needed to get going up the road and, you know, it's not my day to babysit everybody.
It's for a back haul, um, but it'll be a flatbed with a couple of scrap bins on it.
All right, I'll go get it hooked up.
Early bird gets the worm, and now I get to turn and burn and head back to Fairbanks.
And Maya and Tony can sit here and wait for a back haul, 'cause I got the only one.
As Dave heads South, his convoy partners are just pulling in.
Well, there's Tony, coming into town, late as usual.
Well, at least you made it okay, Maya.
Yep.
Nice load you got.
Nice and heavy.
Yeah.
What you guys been doing? Playing Patty-cakes? What? Just enjoying the ride.
Well, I guess if she wants to enjoy the ride, I guess, uh, nobody better to do it with but Tony.
Hey, I hope you didn't get the last back haul.
Got the only one.
Oh, what the hell? Now you're gonna have to bobtail all the way back.
Ditching the convoy has given Dave a lead in the load count and a bad reputation to go along with it.
The only thing I have to say about Dave is that he's-- He's disrespectful on the road, you know? And, uh, it takes a respectful guy to drive up here and to be a part of this family.
her load in Anchorage, but she's not ready to get back on the road quite yet.
I'm heading home.
You know, I've been gone for three weeks, maybe? This truck has become my home.
Feels like I haven't seen this place in forever.
Bubba? For Lisa, a day off means quality time with her Tennessee walking horse Sky and her miniature pony Rocky.
What are you doing? Look how cute he is.
Hi.
Come on, up, up.
Good boy, good boy.
You're so big.
He's hungry.
I don't know if I have anything.
I have, like, zero food.
Hey.
That's my finger.
Just lick.
You like that, huh? Okay, let's go out and get saddled.
This is one horsepower.
I'm used to 475 over there, under that hood.
Ready? Ooh.
I got stiff from riding in that truck.
I am so happy I get to ride.
I kind of wanted to go snowboarding.
We could always tow you behind a horse.
I've got my snowboard at the house.
Well, let's go.
This will be cool.
I've never done this before so let's, uh-- Go easy? Take it easy, see how it goes, and then we'll go from there.
See, I think I'll go this way.
Oh! Aah! No, go ahead, go ahead.
That's fun.
You guys should try that.
On the next Ice Road Truckers, slick roads put Hugh in harm's way [Bleep.]
While in Alaska, Dave is in the hot seat.
What's going on? 'Cause you were supposed to wait.
No, I didn't think we were supposed to follow anybody.
So, is that what's-- You must not have gotten that message.
I may get fired.
And Lisa's monster load is out of control.
You need to find a spot to pull over rapidly, safely.
Why?