reads90 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Ok who has been watching Ice Road Truckers. It is on Fox 8 here so be on Sky 1 there back in blighty Mad totaly mad. Taking a fully loaded Keniworth B double on to a lake of ice and then off roading it across land bits. And then they have to drive a 15mph and the trip is 300 miles. Would drive me a mad doing 15 mph for 300 miles. Have to do 15 mph so they don't go though the ice as going too fast would do this and stopping would also make them go through the ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Attryde Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 I have (History channel). Have to agree completely mad job. Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br00n1e Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Its interesting ....especially the one where they were hauling 2 tankers of fuel and the second one broke thru the ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 Its interesting ....especially the one where they were hauling 2 tankers of fuel and the second one broke thru the ice Yeah thats what they call a B double . Bet he need another pair of trousers. . This week they have a storm blow in and TJ goes missing in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob90 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Yeah thats what they call a B double . Bet he need another pair of trousers. . This week they have a storm blow in and TJ goes missing in it. When is fine programme on in the uk? Sounds good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br00n1e Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Thurdsays IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 Catch up is tonight at 9pm and the next is thrusday at 9pm. On the History channel. For Aus people Was tonight as 7.30pm on Fox8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pux Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Brill programme, and totally mad to do it, i think it's funny when they set the truck to cruise and go in tha back to fix up some coffee or food!!!!!! bonkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Baldwin Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Somewhere in the Northern Territories Canada. View from behind as you approach a B Double at 60mph. View as you decide to go for it, hold your breath and prey nothing, especially another B Double (!)- is coming the other way If that dosn't scare you, the lumps of ice thrown up by the wheels (North American trucks haven't caught onto Euro Spec 'spray suppresion' equipment) and rattling off the screen, roof and bonnet like machine gun fire certainly will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milemarker Type S Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Only caught one episode on History I think- only one word... 'Barking' I know the money is good but driving those huge rigs on ice???... I would be asking for an ejector seat just in case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Me and the misses have been following it. The misses said once you add the price of the truck in is the money realy that good for the risk of going trough the ice or hitting head on some of the trailes in a 100t truck..... sometimes it take 36h to get to a drop the return with out a load for $3000 thats £500 per day if you don't sleep there is eayer ways to make that.. And no she wouldn't let me go for my HGV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Couldn't believe last week's episode with the guy going off to the little-visited mine, via the hardly tested lake, with NO highway support whatsoever! Luckily some kind of tanker came along just at the right time when he couldn't get up the hill! And the guy with the beard (can't remember his name) - wouldn't want to be within 100 miles of him with the bad luck he has!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 And the guy with the beard (can't remember his name) - wouldn't want to be within 100 miles of him with the bad luck he has!!! But you do have to be some kind of tit to run out of diesel in conditions like that in the middle of town. Its the main thing between life and death then wonder why the mechanic gets the hump with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 But you do have to be some kind of tit to run out of diesel in conditions like that in the middle of town.Its the main thing between life and death then wonder why the mechanic gets the hump with you Methinks if the cameras weren't there, that would've come to fistycuffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 Pretty bloody stupid running out of fuel in -40 . Stuck in the middle of nowhere with no heater. But the next bloke who has the truck has a few problem with the same truck though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 when we were out in norway in march we did about 1000 miles on snow and ice at 45 mph but spent the whole time being overtaken often by cars going sidways past you (thats a little worrying i can tell you) but it's when lorrys towing trailers start overtaking you realise you really are going to slow blooby good fun though mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br00n1e Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Methinks if the cameras weren't there, that would've come to fistycuffs the mechanic did say he would give his napper a wee tap.................he did have some bad luck but most was self inflicted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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