Getting a job on "Ice Road Truckers?"

Yes we have internet but get more than 10 min out of town of any community in the the Yukon and there is no cell service till the next community. Not like say Alberta or BC where it stretches between towns.

 

You have that right. I have AT&T, it partners with Rogers in Canada.

When I went to Alaska last year, I lost signal about 120 miles into BC on the Alcan Highway. Did not get it back until Alaska.

 

Who's the cell phone carrier up there? My experience is similar to roadmedics.

 

Bell and Latitude Wireless are the carriers. Latitude is a local company.

 

I have trouble drinking from a cup with "ice" in it while driving on dry "roads". Thats a job the Canadians don't have too fear losing to NAFTA.

 

When I first saw Ice Road Truckers on the History Channel, my first impression was, it was a driver recruitment ad disguised as a reality show. I went to some Canadian sites that discussed it heavily, and got the impression Americans were turned away because they were not Canadian-licensed. I never contacted any of the company mentioned on the show, but after giving it some thought, the show fails to mention one other factor. Though they use high-tech equipment to test the thickness of the ice, they fail to mention there are pockets of warm water currents that may cause a section of the frozen lake to grow thin when warm pockets of water current passes through, hours or days after they've already taken test measurements to ascertain the integrity of the frozen lake. Evidence that warm pockets of water currents exist is by looking at the melting ice glaciers and rising ocean sea level, which has resulted from global warming. If you're going to seriously apply as an ice-road trucker, besides getting a Canadian CDL, I'd strongly advice getting a sizeable life insurance policy. I'd say a minimum $1 million, so you're wife & children are set for at least the next decade after you've gone down to your cold watery grave. On the positive side, the water is so cold, you'll only suffer 3 seconds at the most, before hypothermia sucks every heat out of your body; then your heart stops, followed by ceased brain activity resulting from the lack of oxygen going to your brain cells. Dying from severe hypothermia is not as bad as dying from a gun shot wound. You only suffer a short few seconds. Here's a link if you want to follow up and submit a resume to be an ice road trucker.

http://www.ice-road-truckers.com/general/how-to-get-an-ice-road-trucking-job/

Read the fine print of your insurance policy to make sure they don't stipulate conditions that disqualify your family from cashing in on your death. For example, if you were shot and killed by police while committing a crime, that's stipulated in most insurance policies now a days as qualifying under "acts of suicide." Make sure your insurance policy doesn't have vague wording like "highly dangerous occupations" as qualifying under "acts of suicide."

 

Id be to scared of a breakdown in the middle of my sleep cycle and never waking up again

 

Oh Good Lord!

And I wonder why these threads have me shaking my head

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passingtrucker if you'd take your head out of the sand for 2 seconds you'd realize that it's not that dangerous, I run those roads every year...Hollyweird hypes it for the show, there's no basis in reality...NONE

There are RULES that must be followed...it's WAY safer than regular highways for that matter.

READ MY LIPS: NOTHING BUT HYPE!!

 

That would be my take. Ice is dangerous-but alone on ice is not nearly as bad as being in traffic. You screw up alone you have no one to blame but yourself. In traffic you got to get away from as many others as possible or you can find yourself in deep s@#t from some idiots driving.
I heard the original company refused to do a 2nd season because it was making the job look a lot more dangerous than it is and too many drivers were hamming it up for the cameras. And most of the hauls these TV guys were doing were not that far. Some only 30 miles. I'm sure it can be very dangerous, but surely these companies are not sending these guys on any suicide missions.

I'm sure you guys got plenty of blankets and some supplies in case you get stuck somewhere for a few days. We do that here in CO,WY, etc. Normally only unprepared drivers wind up really trying to fight for their lives in a bad storm.