37chief
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I am tired of seeing grown men tearing up good trucks. Also, Lisa Kelley isn't on this season. Stan
I`ve never even watched ice road truckers, seems too stupid. I gotta say though, Carlisle does not hire on folks with no winter experience and send them north, if they say they do they are lying. And the roller coaster? It is not one of the bad hills on the haul road at all, because it is a drop into a ravine, you can get a run on the hills from both sides. Nah, from someone who has lived on and around the haul road, it is not that bad, they exaggerate it big time. Anyone with a brain can drive that road, just go slower than a better road. Oh, and carlisle lost a big contract with BP for trying to make drama with a million dollar crane, tried to pull a hill without chains and about lost the crane(quoted from post at 11:59:34 06/04/12) Either they are truly idiots, Hugh & Rick or the producer/director has them running like that. If its not for TV, and I would lean towards that it is, no real driver would run off road terrain like that, Hugh bouncing off the headliner in the cab, and the hammering on the suspension. Last year the one owner was really angry with Hugh, because of the thousands of dollars of damage, any real driver knows the difference, I have a class A since before it was CDL, was Class 1 in NY.
Has to be for the show, new drivers, one from Montana, the other from South Carolina, and I'm not biased, but would Carlisle really be interested in people with no snow or ice experience, that roller coaster section of the haul road sure is not the place to learn, I've driven off road on pipe jobs, over log mats, also in snow storms, icy conditions, no way I'd want to fool with that haul road, has to be all for drama and the audience, ratings and so on.
The guy they fired last year, absolute jerk, he had the load count right up til the end, but the personality of sheer ignorance, if that was real, who would deal with it, I'd have fired him when the instructor was riding with him, on attitude alone.
(quoted from post at 11:59:34 06/04/12) Either they are truly idiots, Hugh & Rick or the producer/director has them running like that. If its not for TV, and I would lean towards that it is, no real driver would run off road terrain like that, Hugh bouncing off the headliner in the cab, and the hammering on the suspension. Last year the one owner was really angry with Hugh, because of the thousands of dollars of damage, any real driver knows the difference, I have a class A since before it was CDL, was Class 1 in NY.
Has to be for the show, new drivers, one from Montana, the other from South Carolina, and I'm not biased, but would Carlisle really be interested in people with no snow or ice experience, that roller coaster section of the haul road sure is not the place to learn, I've driven off road on pipe jobs, over log mats, also in snow storms, icy conditions, no way I'd want to fool with that haul road, has to be all for drama and the audience, ratings and so on.
The guy they fired last year, absolute jerk, he had the load count right up til the end, but the personality of sheer ignorance, if that was real, who would deal with it, I'd have fired him when the instructor was riding with him, on attitude alone.
(quoted from post at 19:32:28 06/04/12) I"ve gotten to know Alex, because he was hanging around our community the last two summers. A very nice man. I took him to one of my buddy"s pond and we went fishing with the kids. We all had a blast.
Keith, you might barely recognize Fairbanks anymore. The silver spur burnt down a few years ago, there is a pawn shop there now. Greer tank is right on the edge of town now, and town is still growing fast. From where Ernies place was at 3 mile, you can see the lights of walmart on a dark night.(quoted from post at 18:59:20 06/04/12) Never was any farther north than Circle Hot Springs. But did work for Greer Tank & welding doing some part time welding back in the mid 70s. Sure do miss Fairbanks. Bet it's changed alot since we were there. We were there on opening night of the Silver Spur night club, don't know if it's still there or not. Did drive on the icey roads, everybody did if you wanted to go anywhere LOL. Keith
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