I am a trucker , I haul double trailers for a food company ,And in the state of Maine. We get some of the worst winters, I wish I had a webcam on my dash to show you what I go through . No one should have to die for a pay check.
Подъем реально крутоват,да и вес у него за спиной не хилый , он сделал все что мог ,даже невозможное, но и цепи не спасают ((( Сам дальнобой, респект однозначно !!!
intense!! whether this video is all real or not the fact is, this is a real circumstance that these drivers could possibly face.. All my respect to all truck drivers out there.. YOU MOVE AMERICA!! Keep on truckin!!
the people who do this for a living, and not just there on the ice roads but everywhere, deserve a LOT more respect than they get. Trucks carry vital goods under almost impossible conditions mostly without a word of thanks from the people who depend on them. Thanks for uploading
Didn't like how he instantly went with HC creating drama when driving and among drivers in general, contributing to IRT getting kicked off of the Dalton and a lot of the Canadian ice roads. But even so, it was done for viewership, and I watched the show (making me guilty in a way I guess), and nobody deserves to lose their life, was saddened to hear of his passing. From what I remember reading at the time, he died in a plane crash scouting locations for IRT/IRT-spinoff series.
Indeed this is a stunt... it was filmed for the History Channel's Ice Road Truckers as a pre-season teaser. The driver is Darrell Ward, one of the drivers on the show this season. He is a log hauler from the Rocky Mountains, but also has driven the ice road in Alaska a few season ago. Contrary to the show's billing him as a cold-turkey rookie to the Alaskan ice road, he really isn't. I think when he drove there before it was back in '08/09 and not for Carlile.
Funny, this was filmed in Montana. Beartooth pass, about 10 miles south of Red Lodge MT. 11,000 ft. Apparently couldn't find a road that was as dangerous in Canada or Alaska.
Justin Ford I once had a freightliner with a cat and great tires. A unstoppable truck. But I garrenty shift wrong it would be goin back down that hill faster then I was goin up Lol
I was in Yellowknife in Winter on the Iceroad,believe me,i know what Hell is! I have seen Trucks Breaking through The Ice. That is Hell. That Job is no Sugar Licking. For that Job You Need Balls! And i loved that job. Next Jeahr i will back again on The Iceroad.
@ShinyHagge is see your angle as well, but over here were not running in the snow 365 days a year. We go up the haul road a short period every year, after that the trucks go back to highway trucks. Therefor it wouldn't be profitable for us to use snow tires only a small amount of time each year.
I am local working for kia in west point. Its doesnt pay as well as walmart but its better than being on the ice in alaska. Not worth losing my cdl or life
Em lugar em condições extremas e pura bucha ir.tomara que o motorista não se machucou.quando o caminhão volta aí e só Jesus pra acudir.ass costela carreteiro brasil
Drivers are also real heroes of the world economy. Sometimes they are facing dangerous road and people. A company may produce large number of products but the same have to reach the fixed destination having so many miles for which they are to sacrifice to see their families and home made food for a very long duration. They are revenue makers to their boss or their company/firm. If they are driving buses they will show in their mind to realise the lives of passengers. We may celebrate world drivers day.
Don't have these issues in Australia.... Just 50'c+ summer temps across the centre and every venomous creature known to mankind trying to kill you when you're out changing tyres lol.
I love how is it blatantly obvious that there are 2 different drivers in the video.... one has very dark hair comin out the back of the baseball cap... the other has closely shaven fair hair... haha Also find it funny how darrell had to teach the stunt driver how to drive the truck.
Terrifying!! I had first hand experience on how easily you can lose control of a truck in snow and ice last winter, driving a fully laden tanker on hills and sheet ice. It only needs a slight camber to induce a jack knife effect. Brake and the trailer locks up and slides across the road. Don't brake and you gather speed that you can't lose easily. The exhaust brake locks the drive axle. The only way to keep traction on the drive axle is to lift the middle axle and leave the diff lock in!!
So apparently NO ONE on this thread has any idea that this was a setup simulation for the show??? If it was a true crash, there wouldn't be all the pretty camera angles in all the right places would there?
I love the way you drove the truck I'll always want to be an ice road trucker but my wife she's very scared that guy is a good driver it wasn't what is know you want to seem
With the title saying "stunt" I thought he was going to use the momentum to do a 180 and head back down the hill or something cool, not FAIL...... Still a pretty cool video though
maybe that could be why. my pete had 3000km on it when i bought it. It was the one that they drove from texas piggybacking two others. I never had to clutch it. The odd time going up a steep grade and grabbing gears, I will drop the clutch to take it out of gear. I looked at cornbinders back in 2000, but did not like the salesman. Told me I didnt need 4 way lock up, waste of money he said. Spec'd truck $15k more than KW and Pete....
Highway vehicles. Often, the maximum length truck + trailer 24m but you can run 25.25 m but is not often used in Sweden is + and American truck Peterbilt much more heavier then a Swedish truck + U.S. trucks can have up to 32 diffrent exchangers when only Sweden has up to 6 or 7 exchanger.
@RedtailFox1 hey hi thx for understanding truckers as i am one myself hope poeples will read you and give us more respect instead of treating us as criminals
not wrong. I have had many a conversation with teenagers who when asked what their father does, reply 'he is only a truck driver'. there is no ONLY about it, truck drivers get more respect from me than any movie star, any music artist, politician or public servant, simply because unlike all of the above, these are the people who do a crap job, with BS hours, for crap pay all so that the people off the street who treat them like crap can have a nice life with all the luxuries they expect.
2011 international prostar. it has a new eaton fuller 13 speed. it has to be double clutched it will grind gears evertime you try to float them or even single clutch the darn thing. i can drive a pete with an 18 with no clutch but this silly thing is tempermental as hell. i think mostly because the transmission is tight because it has very few miles or something.
w900... eso no es posible que suceda amenos que tengas una corriente de agua debajo de tu vehiculo que lo empuje contra traccion. hermoso w900 enmarcado en gelido paisaje. saludos desde texas.
I didn't know it was 2 minutes sorry, I'm not sure,I must have been thinking that a couple shots of the trialer axles I must have mistook for drive axles,but your right the drives are chained.
I understand your angle but here in Sweden we have fleets of 20-200 vehicles who choose good tires to avoid problems. And Sweden is still a small country compared to north america ...
