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NARRATOR: Tonight, on the season finale of "Ice Road Truckers"--
Last trap, hey, hey!
NARRATOR: --time's running out, as both teams
race to the finish line.
There's a lot of water.
These roads are melting fast.
A little rough.
NARRATOR: But in the battle for the winter roads--
She could totally break it.
Team Polar!
NARRATOR: --not everyone--
Look, he's going to back into the ditch.
NARRATOR: --will make it to the end.
[theme music]
On the winter roads of Manitoba, two rivals
have fought all season.
I started VP Express to put Mark out of business.
If it's the last thing we do this winter,
we're going to put him under.
I'm not taking this lightly.
I'm going to make sure that this is their first and last season.
NARRATOR: As spring arrives and roads are shutting down,
the load count is too close to call.
So it all comes down to the last few hauls.
They're going to shut the roads on us.
You know, we're not even just going day by day.
We're going hour by hour.
It was a good, good season.
But it's going to be a [bleep] end, 'cause she's warming up
real quick.
NARRATOR: 400 miles north of Winnipeg--
You know, this is the last big hard push to Wasagamack.
This is the last run.
NARRATOR: --VP Express drivers Todd Dewey and Boss Hugh
Rowland are in the final stretch of closing out
a half million dollar contract.
She's starting to get pretty slick out here.
NARRATOR: But the melting roads aren't making it easy.
MAN [ON RADIO]: It's a rough son of a bitch.
The temperatures are definitely climbing fast.
The warmer the temperatures get, the more the ice
starts melting, the slicker, the more treacherous the road gets.
A little rough.
We're here.
We finally made it.
That was a good trip right there.
NARRATOR: These two deliveries put VP in the lead.
We're going to get unchained and get everything ready to go.
We made it here, and, you know, that was a big relief.
I'm glad that this is the last big push up here.
NARRATOR: Todd offloads the trucks.
Hey.
NARRATOR: But the boss isn't ready to call it quits.
OK.
OK, I'll talk to you soon.
Yeah.
Bye.
We got a hold of MIT this morning.
And they're opening the road for God's Lake.
So the push is on there.
NARRATOR: As most roads are closing,
the trail to the village of God's Lake
is open after late-season maintenance.
But drivers have been given just 48 hours
to get supplies to the remote village.
[honk]
It's the season's final dash for the cash.
God's Lake, where are we at?
We're just finalizing the last couple of loads.
NARRATOR: At Polar, owner Mark Kohaykewch
is securing all the loads he can get.
Sounds good.
We're in crunch time here, so we've got to get everything out
before those roads closed.
- That's what we're pushing for. - All righty.
Thanks.
NARRATOR: The boss wants the business,
but it's not without risk.
God's Lake just opened up, and the season's ending.
I mean, this is crazy.
This is chaos.
I'm just hoping and praying that everybody
gets in and out of there safely with no wrecks
or breakthroughs.
NARRATOR: First out of the gate for Polar--
I'm out of here.
God's Lake, here we come.
NARRATOR: --Art Burke's tackling the swampy trail
with a van load of appliances.
I'm taking this up to God's Lake,
and then we're homeward bound, buddy, for Yellowknife.
The roads are kind of awful, but we can handle her.
Last trip, hey!
NARRATOR: Earlier in the season--
I don't feel there's any sense in me being here.
We've come to a mutual agreement here,
so we're going to let you go.
NARRATOR: --Art was sent packing by VP bosses Hugh Rowland
and Vlad Pleskot.
[bleep] you, VP.
[bleep] you all!
[chuckling]
NARRATOR: But now--
I'm feeling great, man.
It's the last run.
We can handle the last one.
NARRATOR: --he's helping Polar take on his former employer.
I see there's the old crow's nest backing in there.
I should swing around and tear the bell off it.
Thank [bleep] I'm not in that.
[honk]
[chuckling]
Oh, yeah.
I miss that a case of the [bleep] [inaudible]..
It's been a long season, broke down half the time.
I'm just hoping this is going to work so I can kick ass and get
this one over with really fast.
If you make it, you're a hero.
If you don't, you're a fool.
NARRATOR: Just behind Art--
Great.
NARRATOR: --40-year veteran Alex Debogorski joins the push
to God's Lake.
They could totally break it.
You know, there's a big rush to get everything
in before the roads close.
This is going to probably be our last run if we can make it
up there.
The dash for the crash.
[chuckling]
NARRATOR: Across town--
Me and Darrell are trying to get out of here.
NARRATOR: --teammates Lisa Kelly and Darrell Ward
are also gearing up for the final run to God's Lake.
Let's get this show on the road.
This is the last run, and we didn't even
know we were going to get this one.
NARRATOR: The convoy is looking to put Polar on top,
hauling 40,000 pounds of cement bags.
We'll get this [bleep] done, and we'll get on the road.
We'll get these concrete bags off of here.
You got it, Darrell?
I'm ready.
I'm looking good.
Let's get on the road while it's still frozen.
All right, time's a wastin'.
Team Polar!
NARRATOR: As Darrell and Lisa hammer down--
God's Lake?
Yeah, two?
NARRATOR: --VP Express isn't far behind.
All right.
Thank you very much for the business.
Appreciate it.
Bye.
Sweet!
[chuckling]
NARRATOR: Vlad delivers the news.
Perfect.
I'll tell the boss man, and we're ready to hit the road.
NARRATOR: And with two cement trucks to haul,
the load count is anybody's game.
Well, this is kind of the last hurrah, going to God's Lake
here.
So it's going to be a longer haul, this one.
But like I said, the push is on, so we're doing her.
It's not over yet.
It ain't over yet.
We've got these son of a bitches loaded.
It's been one hell of a frickin' afternoon.
It's been a long frickin' day.
We've got a long way to go tonight.
It's going to be one of those days
where a guy is gonna just have to push himself
right to the limits.
NARRATOR: With their trucks loaded up, the race is on.
I'm just thinking that we should actually go tonight
because the roads are probably going to be better.
If we wait and go in the morning,
the roads are probably going to be [bleep]..
It might be still [bleep] tonight, too.
Who [bleep] knows?
This road here is like Supercross for 18 wheelers.
Nothing but frickin' air the whole trip.
Because if you ain't catching air, you ain't making it.
If you ain't going fast enough to make it up the frickin'
solid ice frickin' hills or the great, big, huge bumps that
are right before the hills, it's just nasty.
This is a horrible frickin' road.
Come on.
[bleep]
Ah, mother [bleep].
Hold her up, Doug.
You just got [bleep] stuck.
NARRATOR: Hugh backs up for another run at the hill.
Look it, he's horrible about backing up, dude.
Hugh cannot back-- look, he's going to back into the ditch.
Getting pretty close there to your driver's side
in the ditch, laying there.
He knows there's a big hill coming up.
Juice on the mother [bleep]. Get going.
I understand it's going to bounce
the truck around a little bit.
But you know what?
Put some wood down to the floor and get up the frickin' hill.
Yeah, it was dirty, so I thought I could go slow,
but I can't.
Yeah, you're going to have to give her a little juice.
Come on, you [bleep].
Mother [bleep].
NARRATOR: The boss makes it to the top.
But to keep VP on target--
Get it done.
NARRATOR: --the rookie's also gotta make it.
Damn it!
Hugh, I didn't make her.
HUGH [ON RADIO]: Son of a bitch.
NARRATOR: On the road to God's Lake--
Come on.
NARRATOR: --Todd Dewey spun out.
Hugh, I didn't make her.
HUGH [ON RADIO]: Son of a bitch.
She's a rough [bleep] [inaudible]..
I had to give her [bleep], man.
NARRATOR: Todd's forced to back down and give it another go.
Solid ice.
That hill is solid ice.
NARRATOR: It's the final stretch of the load count race.
And the VP rookie has to gun it, or he might not
make it off the road.
But higher speeds mean less control.
Hold on.
I'm glad that stretch of the road is over.
I don't know what else is coming up.
I knew that road was going to be frickin' treacherous.
I knew it from the frickin' beginning.
Ain't no doubt.
When you're an ice road trucker, man, there
ain't no rest for the frickin' wicked.
NARRATOR: While VP Express plows ahead, so does the competition.
[honk]
We're headed for God's Lake.
[inaudible]
NARRATOR: Darrell Ward and Lisa Kelly
are looking to score two final loads for Polar.
These roads are melting fast, and there's a lot of water.
Lisa's back there right behind me, keeping up well.
You see that open water back there?
Looks like it's melting.
Well, the roads had a little bit of water on it,
and the shoulders are really soft.
Yeah, we gotta get the last of the supplies to the villages
before they're cut off for a whole year, till next winter.
We're going to get offloaded and get turned around
and come back before we can't get back, because I don't want
to get left behind and trapped on the other side.
It's even bumpier trying to keep up with Darrell.
Trying to play catch-up now.
Oh.
Damn you.
[chuckling]
That was so close.
You slider around corners.
It's really slippery out.
I have chains on, and I'm sliding like crazy.
Stupid sun.
Hey, Darrell, I just got sideways on that corner
back there.
[chuckling]
DARRELL: Just give it all it's got.
NARRATOR: While Darrell and Lisa gun for God's Lake--
OK.
What do we got here, buddy?
God's Lake.
NARRATOR: --Art Burke is already miles up the road.
They're counting on me.
This is the only time I've really
had the ball without some kind of a [bleep] up.
It looks bad up there, man.
It just opened too, didn't it?
Ooh.
A lot of them trucks behind us, the road might be [bleep] over.
I'd like to get the jump on them, eh?
Uh-oh.
Ah, [bleep] it.
Let's go this way.
We made her, buddy.
There's God's Lake right there, huh?
NARRATOR: After struggling all season,
the VP cast-off is the first to score for Polar.
And then I can kick ass out of here and boot her for home, eh?
Where the [bleep] did they go?
How you doing, Mark, boy?
This is Art.
Well, we're in God's Lake.
It's the last one we hear, boy.
We're kicking ass on her.
OK.
How do I get this backload?
OK, thank you.
Bye-bye, Mark.
Bye-bye.
NARRATOR: He's rewarded with the only backhaul bound
for Winnipeg.
I'll just boot her right over there and pick that up, eh--
is the plan, then get the hell out of here.
NARRATOR: But this load could be hazardous to his health.
OK.
Can you come back further?
Can we lift it right off the truck maybe?
NARRATOR: 20 canisters of flammable propane gas.
Well, I got my backload, last load.
That's it.
OK, cool.
OK.
I don't want them bouncing all around there.
The next thing you know, they'll blow the arse out
of the [bleep] trailer or something.
I don't know if it all goes in a great big flare
or a great big boom or how it works.
NARRATOR: Art's in for a rough ride on the melting road.
If the canisters come loose, one spark
could turn this into the last run he ever makes.
Away we go.
Now we'll kick ass for Winnipeg, man.
But now they'll shift around a bit, eh?
I don't want them to move at all.
NARRATOR: As Art heads out--
[honk]
--teammate Alex Debogorski arrives in God's Lake.
Everybody's in a rush, like a bunch of rats jumping off
a ship.
It's going to get really exciting here in a minute.
Here we go.
Another successful maneuver.
NARRATOR: The old pro ties the load count with his haul
of construction supplies.
Well, thank you again.
God bless you, buddy.
Take care.
NARRATOR: The veteran completes the final haul
of his 40th season.
I'm happy to deliver the load.
We'll bounce our way back.
NARRATOR: But now he's got to make it back
before it's too late.
It's just in the nick of time that we're leaving,
I'll tell you that right now, because next thing leaves will
start coming out, and here we'll be, sinking into the musky,
disappear into oblivion.
Spring is coming.
I mean, there's no if, buts, or maybe.
And the next step is the road's gonna disappear.
And I think it's fortunate that I'm getting off
the road before it disappears.
NARRATOR: On the road to Winnipeg--
It's just in the nick of time that we're leaving,
I'll tell you that right now, because the road's gonna
disappear.
NARRATOR: --Alex Debogorski is on a collision course.
There's not too much we can do with this one.
NARRATOR: Fortunately for Alex, he's not
the only driver on the road.
I'd appreciate it.
MAN: Not a problem.
OK.
Well, I'll see if I can pull the pin on and drop the legs down.
We're going to try to pull the truck out
from under the trailer.
I don't know if this is going to work.
I guess it doesn't matter.
We've got that much damage done on the truck.
I mean, that's about as good as that's going to get.
OK, watch out.
This might break.
Life in the fast lane.
What you do for love, eh?
Love or war.
MAN [ON RADIO]: Are you in?
Yeah.
Just go ahead and give her a good jerk.
Well, that's a good start.
The truck's out.
Now we gotta get the trailer on the road.
OK.
Watch out for flying chain.
I really appreciate it.
Thank you very much.
All the best.
Let's put her back together again.
NARRATOR: The truck's out of the ditch.
It's damaged but drivable.
And until the rig's checked out, there's no telling
how much it will cost Polar.
The show must go on.
All the pieces are back together again,
they're all pointed in a straight line,
going the way we're supposed to be going instead of having
a conflict in the trailer wanting
to go one way and the truck going to go the opposite way.
If the truck and the trailer had an argument there,
and they wanted to go in opposite directions,
and I didn't help the situation by sticking my nose in.
Needless to say, we got a whole bunch of thousands of dollars
worth of pieces missing now.
NARRATOR: After 40 years on the ice roads,
fate has finally caught up with Alex.
Oh, well.
I don't have to worry about working in the trucking
business any more, I guess.
NARRATOR: As Alex limps the damaged rig back to Winnipeg--
God's Lake is where I'm going.
That's where Lisa's going too, because she's following me.
NARRATOR: --Darrell and Lisa close in on God's Lake.
Lisa got here right behind me, too.
She hung right in there.
I'll run with Lisa Kelly any day.
Looks like we made it, Lisa.
Right over here on the left, there's
a bunch of cement bags like what we have.
So this must be it.
NARRATOR: Unloading the cement bags puts Polar back on top.
I'm sure this is our last load for the season,
and we conquered it all.
Cool.
All right.
All right.
NARRATOR: Now they've got to race back to Winnipeg
before the roads shut down for the season.
It ended well, but then again, I'm not back yet either.
NARRATOR: Back down the road--
Yeah, that last 50 clicks is a brutal son of a [bleep]..
Yeah.
Yeah, that's definitely by far the nastiest road
I've been on yet.
NARRATOR: --VP Express boss Hugh Rowland and driver Todd Dewey
are trying to catch up to Polar.
So, did you want to stop here?
Or you just want to head out on the ice?
TODD [ON RADIO]: I'm fine.
OK.
NARRATOR: To get the loads delivered,
they'll have to cross Island Lake with 35-ton cement trucks.
TODD [ON RADIO]: Let me know when I can roll on there
and be with you.
10-4.
Any time there now.
TODD [ON RADIO]: Copy that.
That's a big lake, dude.
So I'm pretty tired.
But this is a huge ice run.
I mean, this is frickin'-- this is definitely by far
the biggest ice run I've ever been on.
This is a frickin' huge lake.
I think this is one of the biggest ice crossings I've
been on this season.
What a frickin' day, man.
What a day.
You know, I never dreamed in a million years
that, in the middle of the frickin' night,
in an 18 wheeler with an oversized load,
would I be on the frickin' frozen ice above water
on a huge frickin' lake driving.
This time of night, this lake with an oversized load,
you're going to the bottom so frickin' quick
you wouldn't have time to do nothing.
You would freeze frickin' solid by the time
you hit that frickin' water.
You'd be dead.
Oh, there's a monster crack in the frickin' ice.
Wow.
Did you feel the ice moving when I rolled over it?
[honking]
Mr. D, when you get to the end of that lake,
you just drive right over that hill there
and come straight across onto another one.
Thank you, Hugh.
I'm just getting ready to get off the ice here.
NARRATOR: They make it across the ice.
But they still gotta deliver to catch Polar in the load count.
It's been a hard push, and we'll
continue on through the night into God's Lake hopefully.
I don't know how far we'll make it,
but you have to push all the way through.
You don't have a choice.
NARRATOR: In God's Lake--
Once you hit it, don't stop.
NARRATOR: --Todd Dewey and Hugh Rowland's all-night run
pays off.
[chuckling]
That's how we do it, buddy.
Yes, sir!
Woo!
[chuckling]
NARRATOR: The cement trucks are delivered.
And now VP Express and Polar are locked in a load count tie.
This has been one hell of a journey.
We had to push through the night, get into God's Lake,
we got unloaded, so we are done.
We are a wrecking machine.
We're going to go, man. Let's [bleep]--
Let's hit the road.
Let's get the [bleep] out of dodge and head south.
NARRATOR: VP turns and burns for Winnipeg.
But 200 miles south--
[SINGING] We're rocking and we're rolling.
NARRATOR: --Art Burke is trying to bring in the tie-breaking
load--
if he can survive the trip.
Away we go now, to kick ass for Winnipeg, man.
I'm glad.
We'll be out of here before the [bleep] road closes up here.
NARRATOR: Roads are closing, and the clock is ticking.
But with a trailer of explosive gases,
Art can't afford to put the pedal to the metal.
The sun is beating on the road,
and there's one spot down here.
There's a spring coming up through it or something.
The water is, like, a foot deep.
And then once the springs break through, she's over, buddy.
We were lucky to get in there when we did, see?
I knew, I knew, we had to kick [bleep] ass, man.
Well, she's throwing some sliding today, eh?
Whoa, baby.
All you need is to [bleep] bang one around
and then bang them together and get a spark.
You know she's gone.
Great big boom, make a flat deck right out of her.
NARRATOR: While Art tries to bring home the title for Polar,
time's nearly up for the ice road truckers.
We're just on our way to go and shut the roads down
for the year.
NARRATOR: MIT's Tim Smyrski's riding out to shut them down.
Have to close them all.
Mother Nature's pulling the plug on us.
She tells us when it's over, and a lot of the times
the water starts to build up on top of the ice,
and that tells us it's time to shut them down
because if we don't shut them down, boom, the trucks
will go down below the ice.
And we always try and keep them on top of the ice.
NARRATOR: As routes are closed, it's a desperate race
back to Winnipeg.
When spring temperatures reach the back country,
the frozen swamp the roads are built over starts to melt.
Trucks that don't make it out in time
will sink in thawed out bog.
It's warm out here.
I'm gonna get out of here before the [bleep] ice melts and turns
to [bleep].
NARRATOR: Every driver is scrambling to make it off
in time.
We're going to get off this thing.
Yeah, she's melting.
The water is halfway across the road.
That's why they don't want anybody on here right now.
We need to get the hell out of dodge
and get off that ice road.
And it's time to go home.
My final run is over.
Take this thing to Polar and park it.
Just in time.
We just about go her licked.
It ain't gonna be long.
[honking]
NARRATOR: Road by road, the season comes to a close.
There we have it.
Closed for another season.
NARRATOR: At Polar headquarters, one driver
has already made it back.
Overall, how did you-- how do you enjoy Manitoba ice roads?
I've never driven these roads before,
so it's a challenge to me.
MARK: Yeah.
Darrell Ward's wrapping up with boss Mark Kohaykewch.
You succeeded with every challenge we threw at you, so
with saying that, you know, we'd love to have you back, Darrell.
You know what, Mark, give me a call.
I will come and take care of whatever problems
that you guys have been having.
Right on.
So in saying that, Darrell, I'm going
to give you your final check.
- All right. - Thank you very much.
And you know what?
I rarely do this, Darrell, but you did a hell of a job
this year.
We threw some creative challenges at you.
You pulled it off.
So with everything you've done for us,
above and beyond the call of duty,
here's a bonus check for you.
Nice.
Yeah.
I've never had anybody do that for me, Mark.
I'm going home to start a new life,
and I appreciate the bonus.
You got it.
Come back next year, buddy, and kick us over the top.
Pleasure. It's always been a pleasure.
Team Polar.
The year's over.
I got an opportunity to come back here next year.
These guys are real happy with my performance.
When the winter roads freeze up and they give me a call,
I will come back to Polar.
NARRATOR: As Darrell heads out on a high note--
Aw, [bleep].
NARRATOR: --Alex Debogorski's season is also over.
You know that headache rack was brand new.
NARRATOR: But he's delivered a huge financial hit to the boss.
This is going to be a write off.
NARRATOR: On the slick road back to Winnipeg,
Alex suffered one of the worst wrecks of his career.
We're done.
The back panel, side panel, ferry.
The window, we lost three inches in the window.
Yeah.
Holy [bleep].
NARRATOR: The cost to repair the damage is more than the price
of the truck, totaling the rig.
MARK: Not good, Alex.
Not good.
I don't think that truck's going to make it.
I think it's done.
NARRATOR: At Polar headquarters in Winnipeg--
Well, I feel--
I feel bad about it.
You know.
NARRATOR: --it's judgment day for Alex Debogorski.
We put a lot of pressure on the guys
at the end of the season to get in and out.
I do fault Alex a little bit, but you
know what, I'll take a little bit of responsibility
in the sense that we did put pressure on them to get in
and out before those roads closed.
My main concern is you didn't get hurt, for number one,
and my customers got their freight.
And that's what's important to me.
You can't really take it back after you wreck it, though.
Yeah.
Well, you could buy it.
You can take it back to Yellowknife with you if you
want.
[chuckling]
You know what, Alex?
It was a good season overall.
We'll start again next year.
Right?
OK.
Thanks, Alex.
Thank you.
No matter how much experience you have, these winter
roads in Manitoba, if you don't respect them,
they'll take you out.
NARRATOR: Polar may have lost a truck.
Well, this is the last drive home.
I can hardly wait to get my little butt back to Winnipeg.
NARRATOR: But they've gained a load count victory
thanks to Art Burke.
[chuckling]
What do you think?
These are my new driving glasses, boy.
They look pretty sharp, eh?
I had them from day one.
I was just never happy enough to put them on, boy.
[chuckling]
NARRATOR: The former VP Express employee delivers the load
for Polar Industries.
Yee-haw!
Nice [inaudible],, and it's just one more feather in my hat.
I think she's got enough right there, boy.
Had the ball, kicked ass, last trip, everybody's happy.
[SINGING] Happy days are here again.
[chuckling]
NARRATOR: Polar's celebration is underway, as they squeak out
the victory over VP Express in the battle for the Manitoba
winter roads.
I think we solidified our reputation a little bit
more this year.
We're where we want to be, and we're going
to continue to grow like this.
The VP Express, as far as I'm concerned,
is no competition to Polar Industries.
What do you got to eat?
Pierogies, cabbage rolls, some coleslaw, and moose sausage.
Oh, yeah?
There you go.
I got exactly what I wanted out of this season.
I had a frickin' blast, loved every second of it,
and I'll have memories that I'll never forget.
I just want to thank everybody for coming.
I really feel like I've accomplished a lot out here,
knowing that I've conquered these roads.
I came up here the perfect time.
I have my children, and I have my high school sweetheart back.
And to come up here and make enough money
to put Ladonna and I down a new road
and keep my children on the right track,
this is going to be the most perfect summer I've ever had,
no matter what.
To sum the whole thing up, I'd say, thank god it's over.
[chuckling]
I found the beginning of this very, very, very stressful.
But all that went away.
I learned a lot.
A lot.
When I'm laying on deathbed, boy,
and I'm thinking of all the things that I did,
this season will definitely be on there.
Everybody, ready?
Another successful season.
Right on.
NARRATOR: But across town, VP Express
is having their own celebration.
We're wrapping the season up.
We're having a good time.
I love race days.
NARRATOR: They may have come just shy of beating Polar,
but Hugh and Vlad have established themselves
as a force in Manitoba.
It's been a phenomenal year for me and Vlad here.
We're pretty happy with ourselves.
I mean, VP Express ain't going anywhere.
We're here to stay.
And I know one thing for another--
I'm going to put them out of business next year.
NARRATOR: Despite being their first year in business
together, VP carved out an exclusive contract
with Wasagamack, and the future of the company
is looking bright.
This is just a cheers to say it's been great.
It's been one hell of a year, and I've had an awesome time.
This season has been great.
Even this is our first year, I have huge plans for VP.
We've got a contract for next year for more loads
than we hauled up there this year already.
So by next year, we'll be hauling the most loads
up the ice road than anybody.
NARRATOR: As spring comes to Manitoba,
the truckers head home, surviving another season
on thin ice.
Sharp corner, sharp corner.
You can't ask for any better of an experience in a guy's
life, if you like driving truck like I do.
It's been an awesome feeling.
It feels like a huge accomplishment.
It's rough.
It's not for the meek, I'll tell you that, eh?
It takes a certain type of bird, that's for sure.
Holy mackerel.
[bleep], get out of the truck.
Yeah, I made a difference this season.
I make a difference every season.
I make a difference every day.
Sometimes it's a good difference,
sometimes it's a bad difference.
You're just trying to make more good differences.
[chuckling]
I've got a lot of memories of these roads,
and I'll remember these roads forever
because these roads are the roads that put me
on the right road.
[chuckling]
It's still a blast driving through them
hills and, you know, across the rivers.
You watch the sun come up and the sun go down
and the moon come up, the moon go down.
And you're just driving where nobody else gets to go.
There ain't very many people that get to do what we do.
Yeah!
I love trucking, and it's in my blood.
And I can't imagine life without trucking.
But it takes a different breed to come out here and do this.
The ones that survive, you're like,
yeah, you're pretty badass.
That's awesome.
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