Ice Road Truckers

Narrator: Now...

Ow.

Narrator: on "Ice Road Truckers"...

Art: This ice road is coming to an end, b'y.

Narrator: the final push is on...

Whoa!

Narrator: but with the roads quickly failing...

Todd: Son of a bitch!

Come on!

Narrator: it's gonna be a fight...

Holy (bleep)!

Narrator: to the finish.

Lisa: Oh my God I can't see anything.

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Narrator: All across the north spring has sprung...

- I'm riding over our ancestors right now.

Narrator: and Lisa Kelly's making waves

on the dissolving winter roads of Ontario.

- It's been a super short season though.

I mean, I've never run so hard

and I feel like I just don't have enough runs.

Narrator: Lisa is looking to finish strong

after one of her wildest seasons ever.

She suffered low points...

Lisa: Oh no! Oh (bleep), I'm gonna jackknife.

Narrator: Like a violent jackknife

and an ill fated attempt to rescue Reno's rig.

Lisa: Three-two-one.

Narrator: But she also rose to new challenges...

Lisa: I don't want to hit it I want to go slower.

Oh my God.

Narrator: Like taking an oversize load

on the gutsy run across a narrow bridge.

Oh-oh yeah!

Nice!

(Laughing)

Narrator: Now...

Lisa: Ow.

Narrator: she is just trying to complete

one more profitable run.

I am going to Bearskin

with a van load of building supplies.

I'm hoping it's enough to get in and get back out

and I'd love to do another short run,

jam it in there, get it done but it might not work.

I'm gonna be muddy when I get done with this trip.

Oh there is nothing better than being muddy.

You wonder why I don't wash my truck.

It's totally a status symbol.

If you can tell what color my truck is

I haven't done enough work yet. (Laughs)

Narrator: While Lisa gets down and dirty...

just 10 miles ahead...

Steph: This is my last load of the year.

yeah.

Narrator: Steph Custance is also tackling

the disintegrating trail to Bearskin Lake.

I have a load of trusses

and I gotta hurry up and get in there

because the weather's so (bleep)ty

that they're closing it down early. So this is it.

I gotta make sure it's worth it

and I gotta get it in safely and in a timely manner.

I'll do whatever it takes to do that.

I can't ditch it now I'm so close to being done

and going home to my kid.

Almost home, baby, I'm almost home.

Narrator: While Steph pushes to the finish...

back in Winnipeg at Polar headquarters...

Art: This is my last run b'y.

No offence to anybody in Winnipeg,

but I can hardly wait to get my little arse out of here

and back to Yellowknife, b'y.

Narrator: With his last haul of the season ready to go

Art Burke's got spring fever.

- So you're gonna be going to North Spirit

and to Dear Lake. It's a split load.

Art: What-what are they doing with this?

- This uh, they're redoing all the lighting in the airport,

at both airports so just get in and out.

I know it's late in the season,

that roads gonna turn to muck. Gotta hit the road fast.

- Okay, my son. - Okay, man. Take it easy.

Art: Okay we'll see you when I get back.

Okay.

All right.

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My last trip this season,

hopefully it'll be a good trip.

Yeah, there's a risk of this one coming loose

that's for sure.

Very good risk.

Matter of fact I'm expected to come loose.

But we'll deal with that when it happens.

Hopefully I'll catch it before it falls on the ground, eh.

Away we go...

into the wild blue yonder.

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Narrator: 100 miles north

in Pickle Lake...

Just hooking up my trailer

and see if I can't get this oversize load into Big Trout.

Looks like it's got quite a bit of a challenge

ahead of us I'll tell you that.

This ain't gonna be no easy journey.

This thing is oversize and heavy.

Narrator: Todd Dewey's hooked up to a monster...

Todd: I got a massive oversize camp shack.

Seriously wide, seriously heavy,

over height.

Narrator: Todd's been tasked with a job

that's as tough as they get,

hauling an 80 foot by 14 foot wide camp shack

into Big Trout Lake before the winter road's close.

Todd: Mark put the pressure on me yesterday

and told me when he gave me this load he said,

you know, you-you're the only guy I'm trusting right now

to get it in.

Failure's not an option

but I-I'm telling you right now

I think we're gonna have one epic run here

and I don't know what's gonna happen.

Let's rock and roll to Big Trout, boys.

Let's get out of here.

And we're off.

Guess now we can let the real nightmare begin.

Narrator: The road to Big Trout is a narrow corridor

filled with twists,

turns and steep hills

that make ordinary hauls challenging

and mega hauls like Todd's

an outright gamble.

- I tell you what if I look nervous

it's because I am.

'Cause I don't know how far we're gonna make it in here.

I have absolutely got a death grip

on this steering wheel.

The snow's pulling the front end

all sorts of different directions,

only one little narrow path right in the middle

and I'm taking up the whole entire road.

If there's any truck's driving on this road

it's gonna be such a nightmare.

Like this is almost stupidity.

Slow and steady, that's gonna be my motto today.

We've got a long way to go and we're just getting started.

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Holy smoke would you look at that.

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This is exactly what I'm talking about right here.

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Hey, guy I'm gonna try to get plowed off

to the side of the road here. I'm really wide.

Trucker: (radio) Okay, I'm gonna try to give you

as much room right now that I can.

- There you go just keep on going.

Come back out a little bit.

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Okay just keep 'er going I'll get over there too.

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Whoa! Holy (bleep), look at that.

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Take it slow guys, go slow guys, slow-slow-slow.

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- Come on, watch it, watch it.

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Todd: Woah! Stop-stop-stop!

Narrator: In the wilds of northern Ontario...

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Son of a bitch!

I'm getting stuck right now too.

This is exactly what I'm talking about right here

in these skinny-ass narrow roads.

Too wide of a load, too deep with fresh snow,

now we're all stuck.

Ha-ha, look how close we are. Look at that.

You don't get much closer than that right there.

We're only half hour into the trip

and we're already three trucks stuck,

almost collided trailers.

Yep we're stuck.

Rough start to the winter road, buddy, a rough start.

Got a wide load it makes it really hard to pass trucks.

I mean, can't get much closer than that, can ya?

If we get his drivers dug out he can probably move.

I'll grab my little shovel.

Stuck. Gotta get these other two trucks unstuck first.

Get 'em moving and then get myself out.

Narrator: With the trailers flush against each other

there's zero room to maneuver...

Todd: Yeah, we gotta get these little snow drifts.

Narrator: Which means it's time to start shovelling.

Todd: I think once you get it dug

I think you can start movin'.

I-I might be able to start backing up a little bit too

once we get you guys going.

Backwards, not forwards.

Okay.

Yeah, that should get 'er movin' I think.