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Posted by the tractor vet on July 01, 2007 at 20:08:56 from (75.19.126.77):
In Reply to: OT Ice Road Truckers posted by Chuck (CA) on July 01, 2007 at 19:39:06:
Been catchen it a bit when i can get control of the HELM . Other then driven across frozen lakes and checking out your faith and relationship with the lord Don't see much differance then the old days of haulen coal out of the strip mines in the winter getting up a 2 in the morning and maken that 60 mile drive over the old back roads way before any snowplow got out to bust the drifts or salt and cinder the hills . Or haulen feed salt out to Ill. back in the Blizzards of 77 and 78 with the temps dipping down in the -35-40 degree range with out the 50-60 MPH winds . Now as for the money well from what i have seen sofar i was maken more per week haulen oversize . And avg. once a month the truckers dream load where one load paid over 10000 dollars or more and took two -three days to get it there then find a load that they called oversized that with a littel figuren ya made it legal but got the oversize rate plus the money for the premits that ya did not buy. myself i would not mind doing it for one season for the braggen wrights but then agin i don't care much for the cold.
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