ICE ROAD TRUCKING- Carlile Trucking

Just me, but you might want to run all of the I-70 and I-80 a winter or two B/4 heading up that way. Then if that feels right, Go For It. All The Best 2U

 

First time on here and would like to drive the Ice roads next year, just retired from the military have been driving in all weather in Idaho. can dive lowboy which includes 2x3x2 trailers, box, flatbed, oversize and normal loads. been driving for over 20 years. My question is what is a good company for seasonal work for ice roads?

 

Man this thread is over 5 yrs old but welcome to the truckers report. You can start a new thread and ask the same question. Good luck.

 

I am from Alaska and though not an Ice Road Trucker I have drive the Haul Road many times in winter and can say this. What I do in Juneau is 10 times more dangerous. We truly drive in Icy conditions. When its deep winter and Temps drop to well below freezing your warm tires stick like glue. Once temps rise is when things get dangerous. Safer than doing multiple stops in Queens any day.

 

Good Companies are Alaska Interstate Construction, Colville, Little Red Services, Lynden, Carlisle, and many others.

 

If you're counting military driving to commercial driving you may find out that some companies do not consider military experience as OTR experience. I know that nowadays the military has just about the same kind of trucks you see on the highway. The problem is you just do not get out that much and on base driving is no where near the OTR types. If you do have OTR experience make sure you can prove it, I had to.

 

Gashauler i ran the state of idaho and montana running normal over the road trucks, hauling military vehicles, for the military. i have 2 years OTR 2 23 yrs ago. and for the military i was out 5 days a week and home on the weekends.

 

Then you were like I was. I too had a few years OTR driving military trucks hauling specialized heavy equipment and other things. That type of experience you should have no problem with. All I had to do was show some log books and orders and they excepted that. There are no contacts and every company I went to understood that.

What most will not except is the military driver that stays on base or once in awhile goes out on the road only driving military type tactical vehicles. And rightfully so.

When I was out for months at a time I ran independent and really answered to no one. It was great being the only active duty at a research facility with huge funding. Get the item there and go on to the next one.

 

understand about most military drivers that run on post. Yea i had one person to report to most of the time it was a phone call a day to just to report on how things were going, On our post there are 3 full time federal truck drivers that haul everything from card board boxes to M-1 tanks
So what is the best way to get a job up there in Alaska? Also not sure if i have my log books from years ago.

 

Why do they keep saying "Make a years wages in three months." Then? What's the point of risking life and limb if you still have to work the rest of the year?