Last Ice Road Crossing for 2008

Don't now if you'll be able to do much with them kamera, they were taken with the camera on my phone, the batteries on my good camera always seem to die at the most in-opportune times!

But I will send you a couple if you pm me your email addy

 

I'm so sorry LostnFound I missed your question along the way...so will pass on what I know now.

Depending upon what you want to do & what you wish to haul these are the following carriers you would want to check out:

Linehaul LTL carriers that run Yellowknife & Yukon are: RTL Robinson Enterprises, Byers Transport & Grimshaw, these are all based out of Edmonton. If you decide on this you will have to do LCV...but it's ok you get used to it.

Deck Carriers: Continental Cartage

Fuel Haulers: RTL Robinson, ECL (Economy Carriers)

Reefer: Federated Co-op

And if you have your own authority you might want to check with Rene Transport as they are the exclusive carrier for Canadian Tire in the west, & they are often looking for o/o's but you must be independent.

There's not much to it, except that you & your truck must be prepared for the cold & the isolation. There's no truck stops, no cell phone service, you are totally dependent on yourself & the other drivers on the road. Nobody leaves ANYBODY stranded...at anytime of year. Oh, one more thing...invest in a good VHF radio...CB's are non-exhistent up there.

That's all I can think of at the moment, if anymore come to mind will pass it on.

Again, so sorry it took me so long to get back on this.

 

Do you mean the one that did the one on the rig near Fox Creek, Alberta? If that's the one you are talking about, well that one is not so hyped according to my hubby, he worked on rigs for 20 years & he said it was much like that in his days. It's slowly changing, but still pretty rough.

 

The ice was still rated for it's max weight 64 metric tons. It's pretty scary.

 

HAHAHAHAH I was wondering how long it would take someone to catch that! I had my daughter with me that trip...she's 27. I normally take all my pictures myself, but that trip I needed BOTH hands on the wheel & my full concentration to what I was doing, so SHE too the pictures.

If you look at ANY of my other pictures they ALL have the LEFT side of my hood in them LOL!