Working in Alaska

Try Carlisle, Lynden transport, Fairchild Freight.

I've run AK a little bit. As a carrier, you usually need to get a round trip rate going in because you have a heck of a time finding backhauls out of Alaska (Van / Reefer). It's fun, and beautiful. Too bad not more freight comes back down, but then again, if there was a lot coming back that would mean that the state changed and most likely lost the attributes of what makes it so appealing to begin with: solitude and not a bunch of mouth-breathing city folk.

You can ask for Sam at Fairchild. Tell him Vision Logistics sent you.

 

Check Fairchild Freight, as VisionLogistics posted.
Also check System Transport and TWT Refrigerated Services.

 

The Dalton? I think it is closed during the summer months like the ones in Canada. They need the snow and ice to help make the road stable for better travel I believe.

 

they still work. They just don't receive any supplies until the winter months. Oil and gas fields work 365 regardless of whether. Again same as in Canada, they can only get to those remote communities in the winter. In the summer months they use what was shipped to them.

 

Alaska is a lot different than Mississippi!!!! Not sure where you have run, but study up and be prepared for a whole new world. Better be mechanically inclined, able to throw iron, deal with not using gloves when in the cold(manual dexterity for the few minutes/seconds)... wind, white outs, so cold your breath is taken away, stuff breaks easier with the extreme temps, etc... Lots of bugs in the summer. But, it can be an adventure... check out C-List for jobs too. Good luck if you make it up there.

 

I grew up in Alaska in the territorial days before statehood and have spent most of my life there-most of it in trucking and heavy construction. I haven't driven the Dalton since the Yukon River Bridge was built, but it is/was an all season road. I used to haul over the Alaska Highway an did quite a bit of trucking in the Yukon and Northern BC. When the Trans Alaska Pipeline was being built truckers came from all over the country looking for an opportunity-a lot came ill-prepared and of course there were a fair share of "flatlander" jokes passed around, but in the end I think most of us tried to help those that weren't used to the conditions. It seems that no matter what part of the country they came from, those truckers with common sense and determination did well-the same ones that would do well anywhere. There were a lot of O/O's on that project, and most any truck that could make it up there got put to work and some of the 20 year old trucks hung right in there because the owners knew their trucks and made their own repairs-you need to be self sufficient. To the OP-I would recommend starting out in the summer when there is a lot of daylight and generally better driving conditions to learn the country and the conditions so you are better prepared when the weather gets colder and there is less daylight.
Good luck and safe travels.