Ice road trucking

Ice Road Truckers are about Canadian Truckers the use frozen lakes for roads. Not snow covered roads.

So you started at 21 interstate. Good luck with this.

 

Shoot what's the difference your 200 miles from Canada anyway. Big $ also means big expenses. Forget da AK. Tx, SD, ect.

 

I don't know much about ice road trucking except for what I see on TV, but I really don't think a tractor from the lower 48 would hold up in those conditions. The tractors they use up there are really beefed up to make them more durable. They even have chains between the frames and axles to keep them from coming off on the rough roads.
I think maybe you should look into that aspect first before you take your tractor up there. I would think even a heavy haul tractor would need a lot of beefing up to run there.

 

Carlile out of WA state runs up there and has a hub there as well.. http://www.carlile.biz/Careers/Pages/Current-Openings.aspx

 

If you want to run the ice roads in Canada you must be based in Canada. Only Canadians can haul loads from Canada to Canada. You can go to Alaska but you must be trained. It would be a while before you would be allowed to take loads on your own. You would be put with a trainer until your allowed to go on your own and even then you would be running with other company trucks.

Also, if your trucks are not insulated with the arctic package you will be in trouble. Your heaters will not be able to keep up with the cold.

If your looking for a challenge head up to Williston or Minot North Dakota this winter and haul water, pipe or sand. You can easily make a ton of money if you can take it.

 

some one has been watching alot of tv lol

 

It is a life style glamourized by television, there is a lot more to it than appears on the surface, an off the lot truck will not last and is not properly equipped to reliably work on those pieces of crap they call roads and why you would want to destroy your truck for perceived "riches" is not necessarily worth it.
2 of my trucks work oilfield and run bush roads that are considerably better than ice road truckers and we still deal with the extreme cold in winter (and you have no idea what that's about until you spend some days working in -25/-30 weather) and wind chill makes it really fun. You truck runs non stop because it will freeze up otherwise even with a webasto heater, you still have air line issues, the extreme cold makes steel components brittle and most importantly you will suffer yourself. I have worked Oilfield for the last 35 years in Alberta foothills and there's nothing enjoyable about winter except when it ends. Short days, wind, snow, lousy roads, truck issues, yes it's my living because it's what I know, but I'd sooner be eating Cajun in LA with my Aunt and Uncle.
And no I'm far from rich!!..lol, no different than you I got bills to pay, "same shiit different pile"
And I run all pre-emission iron because it's easier to fix in the bush and less to go wrong.

 

There is a lot of drill pipe going North right now. Book a load with Carlisle and you can deliver to Fairbanks or Anchorage depending which oil field the pipe will go to. If you start running the Alcan you get a little taste for it. Your truck will take a beating and it will make you cry. I run a 2014 389 and it looks terrible already. My fuel tanks look like they have been shot blasted and covered in dents from rocks hitting them. Anything chrome is covered in rust and the paint is coming off the frame in lots of places. That is 75,000mls and no winter yet.

Also make sure you have lots of money for maintenance set a side. Carry lots of tools and spares, because anything you will have to have fixed on the side of the road is very pricey. I have paid over $200.00 per hour in the Yukon at Kenworth for after hour service.

See if your insurance will cover Yukon and Alaska. You will need trip and fuel permits for BC, Yukon and Alaska and make sure you learn the Canadian and Alaskan rules or they will have you for lunch.