I watched this again last night. I cant say id fancy working for hugh (the gaffer). He spent most of his time ■■■■■■■■ about his other drivers :unamused: :unamused: . Has anyone else wondered why they dont double-man the trucks? They dont seem to be following any hours laws so why not just put two drivers in and keep the trucks moving constantly? The old local boy alex seems the most clued up of the lot- dont let it stress him at all from what ive seen.
The young lad tj was on last night, it showed him in his cab with ice under the bunk.
Simon:
It’s on the History Channel Spardo (Channel 529 over here)…
I don’t know if we pay for that or if it’s on Freeview.
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Nah, not only do you have to pay for the channel but sign up for Sky as well (which involves some jiggery pokerey with my address, you are supposed to live in the UK 
, tell that to the millions across Europe filling Murdoch’s coffers 
) . I have a an aversion to Murdoch, an aversion to Sky, and an aversion to paying for TV. 
The hours thing is odd up there. You keep going but it has to look the part because the RCMP tend to nab you when you get back on public roads and they want it legal. Takes a little doing and you often appear to have averaged 50mph on the ice.
Ice under the bunk is common enough. You can’t leave water bottles on the floor of the sleeper, and every can of food you have will freeze solid even with the engine running if it is in contact with the floor.
A major draw of the winter roads is that you get away from the tarmac for a while. You are sent up with a bunch of guys who get along well. It is very important that there be no emnity as it could all go horribly wrong. I can’t help but think there is a little stage management went on in the series.
Thanks for that bob.
It does look a beautiful (although extremely harsh) environment to work in.
I noticed the only bloke to help Alex when his landing gear froze up was a Polish driver .
Good to see there not just invading england
Fair play to polski though he was prepared to spend a lot of valuable time helping the other driver.
Me and the wife are in the process of emmigrating to Canada and have been following the series closely. If i get the chance to drive on the ice roads then i’ll give it a go. Can’t wait. 
Depends where you go, Sandman. In Manitoba there are the really rough roads and few people want to do the job. Many say it but few follow through. It is exciting. You go to places where there is literally nothing for hundreds of ks in any direction. The Northern Ontario runs are really good for that, too.
If you want to try it then make sure the firm knows and get at least one winter on the roads first before you try going North. Then remind them from time to time and they will let you try it when they have a crew there.
I hope that the other drivers would have helped him out. I really hope that he wasn’t being passed by drivers because that is downright dodgy.
jeh_lon:
I saw some sort of american unit on the M25 on Thursday or Friday (can’t remember which day, must be my age
if your talking about the black pete on friday on the M25 its mine got tired of trying to get in to the small trucks over here and had mine shiped over from the states
ice roads are fun after you get going i used to drive on them for 5 yrs got friends that still do it keep wanting me to come back up keep telling to find someone eles not hard to get on with a company doing it
carl1967:
[ if your talking about the black pete on friday on the M25 its mine got tired of trying to get in to the small trucks over here and had mine shiped over from the states
The cab of a Pete is bigger than a Euro truck to get into 
Cabover or conventional, you must be talking about the sleeper - the working area is like a coffin. …Snug.
first wathced this program when i was over in america on hols. I like the fact they have to keep going and not allowed to stop on the ice as it will crack. Do you think if i told VOSA i drove non stop for 15hrs because i didnt want to stop in case i started sinking into the tarmac i would get away with it!!!■■?
I watched the one on history channel this week and a guy couldnt get his landing legs up so a good old polski came over to help! see there getting over there now as well!
carl1967:
ice roads are fun after you get going i used to drive on them for 5 yrs got friends that still do it keep wanting me to come back up keep telling to find someone eles not hard to get on with a company doing it
Finding companies that do the roads is not always easy, especially if you are moving over here from the UK. I was the first brit expat to go, and I will be the next, but the amount of interest generated amongst the newcomer brits is amazing, and many of them want to try it. I imagine the firm will let some go up on the shorter runs this year, but those who have driven a winter are in with a good shout of getting at least half the season on them.
I think that I would certainly be ready to stop after 5 years, too. The strain on my back and neck was pretty bad afterwards.
not usually my sort of thing but it was quite good last night
bobthedog:
I can’t help but think there is a little stage management went on in the series.
not as much as stuff like megamovers - my missus hates me watching it, cos when they want to build a little ‘drama’ like “the sling on one side is too long, meaning that the whole 300ton column can’t be lifted before the storm comes in” I sit there shouting at them just put another shackle in it you ■■■■■ - which they do 5 minutes later hey presto
I sit there shouting at them just put another shackle in it you [zb] - which they do 5 minutes later hey presto
I seem to have heard those words a few times before 
Lucy is the same re: megamovers, in fact i cant remember the last time I managed to watch it without getting something thrown at me when I point out they seem to be doing everything the most complicated way possible.
*Weighs up very nice BIG glass paperweight and aims at Rik’s head at just the thought of Megamovers*
Only watched megamovers couple of times…quite good.
yep it’s a great programme, but why do they feel the need to embellish proceedings with made up problems? oh yeah, to satisfy the short attention span of the average viewer I spose, especially as it’s made by/for yanks [climbs down from high horse]
p.s hope the swelling goes down and single vision returns soon rikki, ouch
I found the link for the picture album. You will have to forgive some of the pics as I just put the whole lot up without being choosy.
Lots of adverts for people wishing to emigrate to Canada and become a driver there. The only trouble is the age limit is about 50 years of age. Liz
scanialady142:
Lots of adverts for people wishing to emigrate to Canada and become a driver there. The only trouble is the age limit is about 50 years of age. Liz
Where could I find one of those adverts Scanialady? I would move to Canada in a heartbeat If I had the chance.
The adverts are in this months Truckstop News. Sorry they have had trouble updateing their website, due to them moving from Kent to the North West.
truckstopnews.co.uk/issues.a … 59&Page=19