In Regards to the responses with the truckers wives/families being interviewed, we actually have a pretty big area for that for the film we have a few local (Edmonton Alberta) interviews and are looking for more people who would be willing to do interviews so we can explore into this as much as possible. The big thing with this documentary, is we realize that there is a lot of grounds to cover as well that there is a TV series out there. But when you look at the average person watching something there much more likely to watch a movie then a tv series. You look ot movies like "Supersize Me" a lot of people watched it, but not even half that audience watches his tv series he did after that. With regards to the "Smokey and the Bandit" comment I said we are trying to get away from stereotypes like that we really want to broaden peoples skopes on who truckers are and there importance on society. How everything in your home was probably shipped to where you bought it from a trucker and so forth. Thanks again for the continued responses on this forum, because good or bad news gives us a lot more knowledge in what we need to do. So we canmake a movie that appeals to all the truckers out there and can try to get this to be as accuarate as possible in the scope of an 1 1/2- 2 hr movie. Alot of things will be done interview based at the truck stops for our initial run to Texas but we will be doing alot of extra stuff afterwards i.e. seeing about doing a haul with a trucker, visiting various warehouses and seeing the vast amount of merchandise that comes in on a daily basis, and many things that we will be picking up along our journey that we realize need to be addressed after talking to various people.

As a former broadcaster, radio and television.

I have nothing really to add to this thread, other than a warning label.

As many of you on this board are aware. The series "Ice Road Truckers" was a well done production. I have the utmost respect for the guys who produced it, and most of the drivers that were in it.

Now the warning. Hugh...being the self centered idiot he was/is. Did not think to demand that he sign off on the final product. I doubt he even thought there was a problem with it.

How many of you that watched the series will be responding to the ads Hugh places this fall. Knowing what a POS his trucks are. And what a complete %^$## he is to work for?

Hugh and his ego, cost himself a lot of money for his moment of fame. I hope he got paid good for it. I suspect he will only be running 1 truck this winter...instead of 4.

While producers want to retain editorial control, after all it is their product. You should look for an opt out clause in the signed release. Otherwise you can be made to look like a Jerry Springer candidate.

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Just in case you forgot..

Right Lane -- Lookin and learnin
Left Lane -- Turnin and Burnin

A Real Good Way To Do A Documentary Would Be To Attend A Driving School And Try For A Job Then When Somebody Hires You And Screws You Around They Give You More Crap And Less Pay Cause No Experience. I've Been Driving For 23 Years And Believe That New People Should Make What I Make After All They Do The Same Thing. And The Notion The General Public Has About Drivers Making Alot Of Money, There Heads Would Roll If They Seen The Hours Worked To Make A Good Living, After All From Fueling To Driving To Dot To Company Paperwork It All Adds Up . But I Still Love The Business But First And Foremost I Love My Wife, Children And All The Good People In My Life. And Peopl See A Few Bad Apples But We Are No Different Then The Rest Of Society Just More Exposed. And Last But Not Least I Have Met Some Bad Apples But I Have Met Alot More Really Good Drivers Out There.

May I make a suggestion?

Why not try having a crew with the driver as he rolls out of home to pick up the load.... and one crew stays with him, and follows HIM, while another stays with his family?? That way, you cover BOTH bases, and you get the closer to real story??

Bonnie

while your talking about trucking please include a segment on brokers . you know the guys & gals who feel you should pull a load 900miles for 66 cents a mile, pay tolls in il, in, and pa.to the tune of over $200 oh yeah and that fuel surcharge the govornment suggest they'll pocket that even tough they didn't buy a drop of fuel. Thats why their called the pedaphiles of the trucking industry.
Also please look at the fortunes made by wal-mart, super value and other dcs'. when they charge a driver $175 to have a forklift operator that they pay $9 an hour unload a truck and you take that times 100-160 doors times how many trucks a day they not only pay the employee,workers com,and ss but make a nice profit. again explain why a DRIVER is responsible to unload somebody elses' stuff. We get hammered with hos then we either unloasd or pay sombody else to do this . A DRIVER'S JOB IS TO DRIVE!!!! nobody I know went to lumper school.

Most brokers will lie about how much a load pays. This allows them to pad their pockets at either your expense or your company's expense. Follow a broker home and see what kind of mansion he lives in. Any truckumentary needs to expose the worm that is the lying broker, absolutely.

And don't forget the lumpers who have to pay their respective docks for the pleasure of being able to unload at those docks. This includes just about every lumper out there, which explains why they're always folks who came from places like ol' Mexico and are probably illegals. If a guy could take home 200 bucks per unload, there'd be nice-looking white boys on the docks unloading. Obviously that isn't the case, is it? Docks make a killing on lumpers, and it's all tax-free.

Like someone said in an earlier post, this truckumentary has potential to be something great. It'd be about three hours long and be a Michael Moore--type expose if it were what it should be.

If it turns out to be nothing more than a 90-minute pep rally that makes trucking appear to be a great job with no problems, it will have blown its opportunity. Trucking is fraught with issues that need attention. Truck drivers get more of the shaft than anyone in the economy compared with how important they are.

Give me the camera and I'll make it what it needs to be. I'll get death threats, poisoned, and shot at, but it'll be a delicious little piece when I'm done with it, I guarantee it.

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--Paved Dudley--

Yeah I drive a Swift truck
And that means one thing
It means she's slow
It's a typical company truck
It's just all show and no go

I'm gettin' passed by Yella
And even Overnite
I'm gettin' passed by ever' body in sight
46 days on the road
And I'm not gettin' home tonight

No, my hometown's nowhere in sight
And if you think I'm pissed off
You're right
46 days on the road
And I'm not gettin' home tonight


Love pissing off those trucking company insiders.

I doubt that Hugh will have empty trucks this next season. Look at Swift and JB. The whole world knows they suck the big one and yet they more or less stay full of drivers. Some people just aint smart enough to figure it out.

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Wow, I knew you guys had it bad with the brokers, but had no idea that it went to such extremes. I will definetly bring this up to the director to see what we can do to expose this.

We now have a couple of interviews with some families set up so we will be bringing that up and still looking for some more interviews from truckers or there families.

A side note, I've been plotting the course for the trip and trying to get a bunch of truck stops, just for an easier spot to do interviews and show some of the trucks. We are going through Montanna Wyoming Colarado and Texas heading right to Houston is there certain truck stops that would be good for us to stop in at, because sadly when trying to find the truck stops alot of them seem to just be diesel/gas stations.

well i have been reading all the post and hubby and i am new to the whole trucken stuff he now going on his 4 month in driving and my 4 month at home alone . lol any way i hope yall do all the great people that drive out there proud i think as long as you check all the fact out talk to real drivers and family and not make stuff up it will be great and i for one cant waite to see it . any way good luck on it all .

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.


Ralph Waldo Emerson

AGREED!

Drivers will be contacting him to drive for him next season!

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