1 00:00:05,831 --> 00:00:08,703 narrator: At the world's northern edge, 2 00:00:08,704 --> 00:00:11,619 people and cultures cut off from civilization... 3 00:00:11,620 --> 00:00:13,230 This is an isolated community. 4 00:00:15,015 --> 00:00:16,885 narrator: Are briefly connected by a lifeline 5 00:00:16,886 --> 00:00:19,889 of roads paved with ice. 6 00:00:23,980 --> 00:00:26,242 This season, veterans return... 7 00:00:26,243 --> 00:00:28,505 No hesitations, no practice runs. 8 00:00:28,506 --> 00:00:29,811 See if an old man's still got what it takes 9 00:00:29,812 --> 00:00:30,942 to get the job done. 10 00:00:30,943 --> 00:00:32,857 narrator: And rookies emerge. 11 00:00:32,858 --> 00:00:33,858 This is going to be one hell of a ride. 12 00:00:33,859 --> 00:00:35,904 Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Ha! 13 00:00:35,905 --> 00:00:37,732 narrator: A new company reigns... 14 00:00:37,733 --> 00:00:39,560 Muskie Creek, we have a very good reputation. 15 00:00:39,561 --> 00:00:41,127 We don't leave a load behind. 16 00:00:41,128 --> 00:00:43,433 narrator: While another confronts legacy. 17 00:00:43,434 --> 00:00:45,175 I started this business to pass it down to my boys. 18 00:00:45,262 --> 00:00:46,829 That was always the plan. 19 00:00:46,916 --> 00:00:50,137 I was introduced to trucking probably from birth. 20 00:00:50,224 --> 00:00:51,486 My truck's on fire. 21 00:00:51,573 --> 00:00:52,922 Come on, tell me 22 00:00:53,053 --> 00:00:53,749 this don't get your heart pumping! 23 00:00:55,098 --> 00:00:56,446 Oh, ! 24 00:00:56,447 --> 00:00:57,579 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 25 00:01:10,548 --> 00:01:12,288 narrator: On a long and lonesome highway 26 00:01:12,289 --> 00:01:14,943 north of civilization... 27 00:01:14,944 --> 00:01:16,771 We got something broken. 28 00:01:16,772 --> 00:01:18,903 narrator: Todd Dewey is stranded. 29 00:01:18,904 --> 00:01:20,905 Oh, my gosh. 30 00:01:20,906 --> 00:01:23,082 narrator: He was forced to sleep in his truck 31 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:25,433 after the road ripped out his air lines. 32 00:01:28,827 --> 00:01:30,612 Ah, son of a bitch. 33 00:01:33,049 --> 00:01:34,484 The trailer brakes are locked. 34 00:01:34,485 --> 00:01:35,443 Hang on. 35 00:01:38,010 --> 00:01:41,883 Out here, every mile is a battle against nature itself. 36 00:01:41,884 --> 00:01:42,927 It's cold. 37 00:01:42,928 --> 00:01:45,540 You're by yourself. 38 00:01:45,627 --> 00:01:47,454 And just pray to God you brought the right tools. 39 00:01:47,455 --> 00:01:49,065 This is broke. That's broke. This is broke. 40 00:01:49,152 --> 00:01:50,718 This one's broke. That's broke. 41 00:01:50,719 --> 00:01:52,067 And this one's broken. 42 00:01:52,068 --> 00:01:53,851 That's my main air supply right here. 43 00:01:53,852 --> 00:01:55,940 Un--believable. 44 00:01:58,118 --> 00:01:59,596 narrator: The lines supply air pressure 45 00:01:59,597 --> 00:02:02,338 to the trailer's brakes and suspension. 46 00:02:02,339 --> 00:02:05,254 A pressure loss locks up the trailer's disc brakes. 47 00:02:08,171 --> 00:02:11,869 The lines must be reconnected and repressurized 48 00:02:11,870 --> 00:02:14,568 to unlock the brakes so the wheels can spin, 49 00:02:14,569 --> 00:02:17,397 or Todd's not going anywhere. 50 00:02:17,398 --> 00:02:19,921 Stuck out in the middle of nowhere. 51 00:02:19,922 --> 00:02:22,403 I can't even size this down. 52 00:02:22,490 --> 00:02:24,840 Pretty frustrating. 53 00:02:24,927 --> 00:02:27,189 It makes a guy think, why did I come back up here? 54 00:02:27,190 --> 00:02:28,321 Is this something I really want to do? 55 00:02:28,322 --> 00:02:30,062 I don't have anything to go from this 56 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:31,586 down to this small line to connect them-- 57 00:02:31,673 --> 00:02:34,022 hose clamps, nothing. 58 00:02:34,023 --> 00:02:35,719 There's about six different air lines, 59 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:37,112 six different fitting sizes 60 00:02:37,113 --> 00:02:39,375 going from the big to the small. 61 00:02:39,376 --> 00:02:42,161 And I don't even know if I have all the proper tools to fix it. 62 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:43,988 It's been a long time since I've been up here. 63 00:02:43,989 --> 00:02:46,209 I'm 51 years old and starting to feel it. 64 00:02:50,561 --> 00:02:52,606 Muskie Creek, we have a very good reputation. 65 00:02:52,607 --> 00:02:54,521 Whatever we commit to, we fulfill. 66 00:02:54,522 --> 00:02:56,175 We don't leave a load behind. 67 00:02:59,135 --> 00:03:00,614 . 68 00:03:00,615 --> 00:03:02,530 Muskie Creek has given me an opportunity 69 00:03:02,617 --> 00:03:04,226 to come back to see if I still have 70 00:03:04,227 --> 00:03:05,488 what it takes to be back on the ice roads. 71 00:03:07,404 --> 00:03:09,928 Oh, come on. 72 00:03:10,015 --> 00:03:11,886 I don't have the right parts to put it together, 73 00:03:11,887 --> 00:03:13,714 so I basically just half-assed the out of it, 74 00:03:13,715 --> 00:03:14,802 trying to make it work, 75 00:03:14,803 --> 00:03:17,066 and I don't think it's going to. 76 00:03:17,153 --> 00:03:18,632 The only part I can't get the screw together 77 00:03:18,633 --> 00:03:19,894 is this piece here. 78 00:03:19,895 --> 00:03:21,112 It's not going to be airtight. 79 00:03:21,113 --> 00:03:22,549 But it's enough to get some air, 80 00:03:22,550 --> 00:03:24,507 at least get back to at least moving. 81 00:03:26,293 --> 00:03:27,945 If I could just somehow get this son of a bitch 82 00:03:27,946 --> 00:03:29,512 to cross thread on there. 83 00:03:31,646 --> 00:03:33,386 Oh, come on. 84 00:03:33,387 --> 00:03:34,866 . 85 00:03:36,172 --> 00:03:38,217 Ow! . 86 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:40,132 cut all the way open. 87 00:03:59,804 --> 00:04:01,283 narrator: In the remote northern community 88 00:04:01,284 --> 00:04:02,719 of Garden Hill... 89 00:04:04,548 --> 00:04:06,767 All right. 90 00:04:06,768 --> 00:04:08,725 I don't know if that's going to make it. 91 00:04:11,163 --> 00:04:13,513 I don't think so. 92 00:04:13,514 --> 00:04:15,515 narrator: Lisa Kelly is struggling 93 00:04:15,516 --> 00:04:18,431 to load the last piece of her backhaul. 94 00:04:18,432 --> 00:04:20,912 Oh, he's going to be stuck there now. 95 00:04:21,043 --> 00:04:23,914 Are you able to push him with the loader? 96 00:04:23,915 --> 00:04:25,438 He finally got up and got the front wheels in. 97 00:04:25,439 --> 00:04:26,831 There's, like, a gap, like, that big. 98 00:04:26,962 --> 00:04:28,745 I'm like, it's going to swallow those wheels. 99 00:04:28,746 --> 00:04:30,051 And it did. 100 00:04:33,185 --> 00:04:36,927 narrator: A couple hours ago, Lisa offloaded across town... 101 00:04:36,928 --> 00:04:38,929 Hey, thanks for unloading that. 102 00:04:38,930 --> 00:04:41,410 I really appreciate it. - Yeah, no problem. 103 00:04:41,411 --> 00:04:42,498 narrator: And found out she'll make 104 00:04:42,499 --> 00:04:44,195 double the money for this trip... 105 00:04:44,196 --> 00:04:45,762 So I have a backhaul that 106 00:04:45,763 --> 00:04:46,851 I need you to look after for me. 107 00:04:46,938 --> 00:04:48,809 It's quite urgent. 108 00:04:48,810 --> 00:04:50,159 narrator: If she can get the backhaul 109 00:04:50,246 --> 00:04:51,900 to Muskie Creek on time. 110 00:04:51,987 --> 00:04:53,162 Tonight is the goal. 111 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:54,467 That's what I'm pushing them for. 112 00:04:54,468 --> 00:04:55,946 The math is simple. 113 00:04:55,947 --> 00:04:57,471 If I get backhauls, I get double the money. 114 00:04:57,558 --> 00:04:59,210 The stakes are really high this year 115 00:04:59,211 --> 00:05:01,038 because I need, like, a lot of money really fast 116 00:05:01,039 --> 00:05:02,693 to get my truck running. 117 00:05:02,780 --> 00:05:04,521 That's why it's important that I get backhauls 118 00:05:04,608 --> 00:05:06,609 and I get my truck home every time. 119 00:05:06,610 --> 00:05:08,350 We got to get it out today. 120 00:05:08,351 --> 00:05:09,351 It's whether they're going to actually be able 121 00:05:09,352 --> 00:05:10,353 to get it onto the trailer. 122 00:05:24,628 --> 00:05:26,150 Whoo-whee! 123 00:05:29,198 --> 00:05:30,807 Go that way just a little. 124 00:05:30,808 --> 00:05:33,506 Coming. 125 00:05:33,507 --> 00:05:36,683 Yeah, it's happening. 126 00:05:36,684 --> 00:05:38,599 I'm happy where it's at if you want to turn it off. 127 00:05:38,686 --> 00:05:40,818 Yeah, I'll make it work. 128 00:05:44,561 --> 00:05:47,041 The bus and the skid steer is going in to go get fixed. 129 00:05:47,042 --> 00:05:48,652 So they're going to appreciate getting it fixed 130 00:05:48,739 --> 00:05:50,784 and getting it back here so they can use the equipment, 131 00:05:50,785 --> 00:05:52,438 get their kids to school so they don't have to walk 132 00:05:52,439 --> 00:05:55,136 in this 40-below weather. 133 00:05:55,137 --> 00:05:56,180 Brr! 134 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,328 narrator: After a cold night in Garden Hill... 135 00:06:13,329 --> 00:06:14,329 Big old bump. 136 00:06:16,332 --> 00:06:17,986 narrator: Lisa's running 800 miles 137 00:06:18,073 --> 00:06:20,553 back to Muskie Creek. 138 00:06:20,554 --> 00:06:22,817 ♪ Driving a truck 139 00:06:22,904 --> 00:06:25,471 narrator: And she's hauling more than machinery. 140 00:06:25,472 --> 00:06:28,212 ♪ Driving a big old truck 141 00:06:28,213 --> 00:06:31,868 narrator: She's also carrying memories of an old job. 142 00:06:31,869 --> 00:06:34,393 It's getting cold. 143 00:06:36,178 --> 00:06:38,179 I used to be a school bus driver. 144 00:06:38,180 --> 00:06:40,050 I need a Class A without restrictions 145 00:06:40,051 --> 00:06:41,792 to drive big truck. 146 00:06:41,879 --> 00:06:44,098 But, you know, better to start somewhere, right? 147 00:06:44,099 --> 00:06:45,534 It was definitely challenging. 148 00:06:50,888 --> 00:06:53,063 I don't think I have heat going right now. 149 00:06:54,631 --> 00:06:56,153 Seriously? 150 00:06:56,154 --> 00:06:59,069 The freaking heat isn't working. 151 00:06:59,070 --> 00:07:01,420 It's fricking wintertime out here, man. 152 00:07:06,295 --> 00:07:09,253 Not having heat is going to be a serious problem. 153 00:07:19,917 --> 00:07:21,265 They don't call it an adventure for nothing. 154 00:07:27,969 --> 00:07:30,536 narrator: Racing through the northern wilderness, 155 00:07:30,537 --> 00:07:32,712 Scooter Yuill is making up time 156 00:07:32,713 --> 00:07:34,365 on his 800-mile adventure 157 00:07:34,366 --> 00:07:35,628 from Muskie Creek 158 00:07:35,629 --> 00:07:37,804 to Red Sucker Lake... 159 00:07:40,024 --> 00:07:42,112 narrator: After problems with his wide load 160 00:07:42,113 --> 00:07:45,115 delayed his departure. 161 00:07:45,116 --> 00:07:46,726 14'6". 162 00:07:46,727 --> 00:07:48,206 We can't haul this load. 163 00:07:48,293 --> 00:07:51,078 If we take the blades off, we're no trouble. 164 00:07:56,301 --> 00:07:58,172 I don't know if we're going to fit. 165 00:07:58,173 --> 00:08:01,697 I really don't know if we're going to fit. 166 00:08:01,698 --> 00:08:04,787 It's going to be tight. 167 00:08:04,788 --> 00:08:07,356 One thing I'm learning about these roads... 168 00:08:12,796 --> 00:08:16,147 Their bridges aren't very frickin' wide. 169 00:08:16,234 --> 00:08:18,714 That is tight, tight, tight. 170 00:08:18,715 --> 00:08:20,411 Good thing we did take the wings off this thing. 171 00:08:20,412 --> 00:08:21,849 She wouldn't have made it. 172 00:08:21,936 --> 00:08:23,154 That would have been scraping the edges 173 00:08:23,241 --> 00:08:25,416 and sharpening the blade. 174 00:08:25,417 --> 00:08:27,462 No room for error on this. 175 00:08:29,639 --> 00:08:31,031 Whew. 176 00:08:31,032 --> 00:08:33,556 There we go. 177 00:08:33,643 --> 00:08:35,602 Yeah. 178 00:08:35,689 --> 00:08:36,863 That's what I like. 179 00:08:41,390 --> 00:08:42,522 Conditions are really tough. 180 00:08:42,652 --> 00:08:45,263 Oh, that is flat. 181 00:08:45,350 --> 00:08:47,656 Holy . 182 00:08:47,657 --> 00:08:49,572 It is rough. 183 00:08:57,058 --> 00:08:59,103 Any more bumps, my boobs are going to smack me in the face 184 00:08:59,190 --> 00:09:01,844 and blacken my eyes. 185 00:09:01,845 --> 00:09:03,542 Being a fat guy out here is not easy. 186 00:09:05,196 --> 00:09:06,806 I'm getting my exercise though. 187 00:09:06,807 --> 00:09:09,548 I'm getting the hip twist in, getting the hip twist in. 188 00:09:11,072 --> 00:09:12,507 Yes, boy. 189 00:09:12,508 --> 00:09:14,335 Holy mother of-- 190 00:09:18,732 --> 00:09:21,211 Ice roads will always throw something at you. 191 00:09:21,212 --> 00:09:24,171 There's always a curveball coming. 192 00:09:24,172 --> 00:09:26,216 Like getting thrown around like a rag doll. 193 00:09:26,217 --> 00:09:27,740 Road conditions are pretty terrible, 194 00:09:27,741 --> 00:09:29,568 especially with the flat light going on. 195 00:09:29,569 --> 00:09:31,047 You can't see the contour of the road, 196 00:09:31,048 --> 00:09:32,745 and also you hit big-ass potholes 197 00:09:32,746 --> 00:09:33,964 that you can't even see. 198 00:09:37,881 --> 00:09:40,404 Oh, no! 199 00:09:42,190 --> 00:09:43,626 No! 200 00:09:48,239 --> 00:09:50,851 narrator: On a remote ribbon of ice 201 00:09:50,938 --> 00:09:52,939 that temporarily tethers northern communities 202 00:09:52,940 --> 00:09:54,375 to the rest of the world... 203 00:09:54,376 --> 00:09:56,160 No! 204 00:09:56,247 --> 00:09:58,161 narrator: Scooter Yuill's oversized load 205 00:09:58,162 --> 00:10:01,121 fits these roads like a fat guy in a little coat. 206 00:10:03,341 --> 00:10:04,864 Come on, Big Bird, dig in. 207 00:10:04,865 --> 00:10:07,127 Eat! 208 00:10:07,128 --> 00:10:07,954 Come on, baby. Come on. 209 00:10:07,955 --> 00:10:09,129 Come on. 210 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:14,135 When the going gets tough, there's only one choice. 211 00:10:14,222 --> 00:10:15,222 No! 212 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:18,225 Hammer down. 213 00:10:31,413 --> 00:10:33,067 Yeah! 214 00:10:33,154 --> 00:10:35,764 I almost lost her for good there. 215 00:10:35,765 --> 00:10:37,026 Ah. 216 00:10:37,027 --> 00:10:39,638 Good girl. 217 00:10:42,467 --> 00:10:44,773 I can't believe she pulled herself out through that. 218 00:10:44,774 --> 00:10:46,733 Oh, my God. 219 00:10:46,820 --> 00:10:50,692 I think Erwin just gave me a push out of that hole. 220 00:10:50,693 --> 00:10:52,172 Erwin's testing me 221 00:10:52,173 --> 00:10:54,130 to see if I'm worthy of driving this truck. 222 00:10:54,131 --> 00:10:56,177 The driver that was assigned this truck 223 00:10:56,264 --> 00:10:59,528 serviced Muskie Creek for a very long time. 224 00:10:59,615 --> 00:11:03,750 Two years ago, Erwin Friesen, we--we lost him. 225 00:11:03,837 --> 00:11:07,362 Erwin was a huge part of Muskie Creek. 226 00:11:07,449 --> 00:11:09,145 I hope at the end of the season, 227 00:11:09,146 --> 00:11:11,626 I've proved that I can handle this truck and this job. 228 00:11:11,627 --> 00:11:12,801 Ooh. 229 00:11:18,678 --> 00:11:19,982 narrator: 450 miles 230 00:11:19,983 --> 00:11:21,331 to the west... 231 00:11:27,338 --> 00:11:29,731 We just had a call from Curtis Contracting. 232 00:11:29,732 --> 00:11:31,778 He had one of his graders go through 233 00:11:31,908 --> 00:11:35,564 on the winter portage road from Stony to Fond Du Lac. 234 00:11:35,651 --> 00:11:36,608 That's in there pretty good. 235 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:37,783 It's in there good. 236 00:11:37,784 --> 00:11:38,914 narrator: Shaun Harris 237 00:11:38,915 --> 00:11:40,351 and sons Riley and Zach 238 00:11:40,438 --> 00:11:42,222 are teaming up to assist 239 00:11:42,223 --> 00:11:43,920 with an urgent recovery mission. 240 00:11:44,007 --> 00:11:46,488 We have to pick up an excavator for him. 241 00:11:46,575 --> 00:11:47,618 Are we going to have a pilot? 242 00:11:47,619 --> 00:11:48,664 Yeah, I'll run pilot. 243 00:11:48,751 --> 00:11:50,274 - OK. - I'll take my truck. 244 00:11:51,580 --> 00:11:53,494 My name is Riley Harris. 245 00:11:53,495 --> 00:11:55,714 I'm 21 years old. 246 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:57,585 Man, I was born on a truck. 247 00:11:57,586 --> 00:11:59,892 When you grow up with someone like my dad, 248 00:11:59,893 --> 00:12:02,896 it's kind of embedded into your DNA. 249 00:12:03,026 --> 00:12:04,723 He says he wants us to take over, 250 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:06,725 and he--he wants to retire, 251 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:11,077 but I know for a fact he'll never, ever retire. 252 00:12:11,078 --> 00:12:13,775 He'll be micromanaging until the day he dies. 253 00:12:13,776 --> 00:12:15,951 We butt heads quite a bit. 254 00:12:15,952 --> 00:12:19,781 This will be my first season running ice roads. 255 00:12:19,782 --> 00:12:22,001 A pit will be fine, as long as I don't do something stupid, 256 00:12:22,002 --> 00:12:23,089 like hit the ditch. 257 00:12:24,395 --> 00:12:26,092 It's a pretty big job. 258 00:12:26,093 --> 00:12:29,008 This is a good test for the two boys. 259 00:12:29,009 --> 00:12:30,966 Riley and Zach are going to drive the semis. 260 00:12:30,967 --> 00:12:32,620 And I'm going to take the lead on this one. 261 00:12:32,621 --> 00:12:35,144 I'll be the guy in the front in the pilot truck. 262 00:12:35,145 --> 00:12:38,104 narrator: The Harris team is convoying 600 miles north 263 00:12:38,105 --> 00:12:39,583 to Stony Rapids, 264 00:12:39,584 --> 00:12:42,151 with Shaun leading in a pilot truck, 265 00:12:42,152 --> 00:12:46,112 then Riley, and then Zach, each driving a big rig. 266 00:12:46,113 --> 00:12:48,723 So we're going to put the buckets on this truck, 267 00:12:48,724 --> 00:12:49,506 and you're going to drive it. 268 00:12:49,507 --> 00:12:50,943 Giddyap. 269 00:12:52,336 --> 00:12:54,861 I'm Zach Harris. I'm 31. 270 00:12:54,948 --> 00:12:57,472 I'm a cattleman, a farmer, and a truck driver. 271 00:12:57,602 --> 00:12:59,474 I grew up around farming, 272 00:12:59,561 --> 00:13:00,735 and trucking's been in the family 273 00:13:00,736 --> 00:13:02,084 for as long as I can remember. 274 00:13:03,304 --> 00:13:05,131 I was driving a truck 275 00:13:05,132 --> 00:13:06,611 without an adult in the cab 276 00:13:06,698 --> 00:13:08,177 at about three or four years old. 277 00:13:08,178 --> 00:13:09,875 I've never been on an ice road, 278 00:13:09,876 --> 00:13:11,616 but I think I can handle it. 279 00:13:11,703 --> 00:13:13,095 I'll just take it all in stride 280 00:13:13,096 --> 00:13:15,663 and start building on my skills a little bit more. 281 00:13:15,664 --> 00:13:18,319 Just don't die--that's my main goal for this season. 282 00:13:20,016 --> 00:13:23,019 can go sideways on that road pretty fast. 283 00:13:23,150 --> 00:13:25,325 For 15 years, my dad has been telling me, 284 00:13:25,326 --> 00:13:27,283 I want you to take over all this one day 285 00:13:27,284 --> 00:13:29,155 and then to run it for yourself. 286 00:13:29,156 --> 00:13:30,765 And now I feel like I'm really at a point 287 00:13:30,766 --> 00:13:32,811 where taking over is pretty close. 288 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:34,988 OK, right on. 289 00:13:35,075 --> 00:13:36,337 Crispy, you need to stay here, bud. 290 00:13:41,081 --> 00:13:43,257 Am I in the middle still? 291 00:13:43,344 --> 00:13:45,998 narrator: This job is Riley and Zach's first test 292 00:13:45,999 --> 00:13:48,174 to prove they have the skills to run their dad's 293 00:13:48,175 --> 00:13:49,915 winter road business. 294 00:13:49,916 --> 00:13:52,308 Holy , that's too tight. 295 00:13:52,309 --> 00:13:54,920 Dad's got a reputation for getting things done 296 00:13:54,921 --> 00:13:56,574 that nobody else wants to do. 297 00:13:56,661 --> 00:13:59,012 He's willing to put himself in pretty risky situations 298 00:13:59,142 --> 00:14:00,535 to get a job done. 299 00:14:00,622 --> 00:14:02,929 That puts a fair bit of pressure on me. 300 00:14:03,016 --> 00:14:04,538 This is my first trip to the ice roads. 301 00:14:04,539 --> 00:14:05,669 What do you think of--whoa. 302 00:14:05,670 --> 00:14:07,194 Oh, . 303 00:14:09,587 --> 00:14:11,154 , , . 304 00:14:19,946 --> 00:14:22,469 , . 305 00:14:26,039 --> 00:14:27,605 Holy . 306 00:14:27,692 --> 00:14:29,432 We blew a bag. 307 00:14:29,433 --> 00:14:31,261 It's this back one here. 308 00:14:31,348 --> 00:14:34,221 The air bag is the bulk of your suspension. 309 00:14:34,308 --> 00:14:37,441 When that air bag blows, there's almost nothing 310 00:14:37,528 --> 00:14:39,703 holding up that part of your trailer. 311 00:14:39,704 --> 00:14:41,663 narrator: Now the blown air bag 312 00:14:41,750 --> 00:14:43,751 must be removed and replaced 313 00:14:43,752 --> 00:14:45,492 before Team Harris goes anywhere... 314 00:14:45,493 --> 00:14:47,668 Ow. 315 00:14:47,669 --> 00:14:50,671 narrator: But their problems are just getting started. 316 00:14:50,672 --> 00:14:53,501 Now we gotta torch the nuts off 317 00:14:53,588 --> 00:14:55,110 that are holding the bag on. 318 00:14:55,111 --> 00:14:56,983 It adds an extra headache. 319 00:14:57,070 --> 00:14:59,114 Stress meter is high. 320 00:14:59,115 --> 00:15:01,726 narrator: The nuts attaching the air bag are rusted on, 321 00:15:01,813 --> 00:15:05,381 and they don't have a replacement air bag. 322 00:15:05,382 --> 00:15:07,253 Hello? 323 00:15:07,254 --> 00:15:09,169 We need to find another air bag right away. 324 00:15:09,256 --> 00:15:10,909 Nobody in town has one. 325 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:12,302 I'm going to Saskatoon right now to grab it. 326 00:15:12,433 --> 00:15:13,434 Oh, . 327 00:15:13,521 --> 00:15:14,738 Yeah. 328 00:15:14,739 --> 00:15:16,392 So I'll be back in three hours. 329 00:15:16,393 --> 00:15:17,654 OK. 330 00:15:17,655 --> 00:15:18,613 See you in three hours. 331 00:15:20,658 --> 00:15:23,269 We could be struggling to get the out of here. 332 00:15:34,585 --> 00:15:36,760 Oh, come on. 333 00:15:36,761 --> 00:15:38,327 narrator: Stranded in the middle 334 00:15:38,328 --> 00:15:39,850 of a remote ice road... 335 00:15:39,851 --> 00:15:41,983 I just sliced her. 336 00:15:41,984 --> 00:15:45,117 narrator: Veteran Todd Dewey is frozen and bleeding 337 00:15:45,118 --> 00:15:47,511 as he MacGyvers the lines on his trailer 338 00:15:47,598 --> 00:15:50,339 so he can limp back to Muskie Creek. 339 00:15:50,340 --> 00:15:51,906 In order to make it work, I'm putting stuff together 340 00:15:51,907 --> 00:15:53,995 that does not belong together. 341 00:15:53,996 --> 00:15:55,823 This is just what Mother Nature does 342 00:15:55,824 --> 00:15:57,390 to your trucks and your equipment while on the road. 343 00:16:01,699 --> 00:16:05,746 I could also put these together for a service line too, 344 00:16:05,747 --> 00:16:07,487 jerry-rig this together, 345 00:16:07,488 --> 00:16:08,575 and hopefully, it just works. 346 00:16:10,621 --> 00:16:12,492 If I can cross-thread this one into this, 347 00:16:12,493 --> 00:16:14,276 I think I got a better chance of survival here. 348 00:16:16,236 --> 00:16:18,019 It's not going to be 100%, but as long as we can hold air, 349 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:19,760 it doesn't come apart, we're golden. 350 00:16:23,591 --> 00:16:25,635 That's not going to come apart. 351 00:16:25,636 --> 00:16:26,680 Sweet. That's going on. 352 00:16:26,681 --> 00:16:29,379 That's what I'm talking about. 353 00:16:29,466 --> 00:16:32,164 Now if I can connect this one to this one... 354 00:16:33,688 --> 00:16:36,082 Ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha-ha! 355 00:16:36,169 --> 00:16:38,648 Now I'm happy. 356 00:16:38,649 --> 00:16:41,608 There it is, nice and secure. 357 00:16:41,609 --> 00:16:43,088 That can't fall down. 358 00:16:43,089 --> 00:16:44,742 So our air line is now connected. 359 00:16:44,829 --> 00:16:46,439 The brake line is fixed. 360 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,311 Hopefully, she just holds together 361 00:16:48,398 --> 00:16:51,096 for the rest of the trip back, no more complications. 362 00:16:51,097 --> 00:16:52,010 Let's get out of here. 363 00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:53,576 It's not right. 364 00:16:53,577 --> 00:16:54,577 It's far from being correct. 365 00:16:54,578 --> 00:16:55,622 But it's good to hold air. 366 00:16:55,623 --> 00:16:56,753 And that's all that matters. 367 00:16:56,754 --> 00:16:57,929 We can get back to rolling. 368 00:16:58,017 --> 00:16:59,452 The bush fix! 369 00:16:59,453 --> 00:17:00,931 I got a long journey ahead. 370 00:17:00,932 --> 00:17:03,325 I don't know if it's going to work. 371 00:17:03,326 --> 00:17:04,501 Hopefully, it holds it together 372 00:17:04,588 --> 00:17:05,327 the rest of the way in. 373 00:17:07,765 --> 00:17:09,853 If it does, it'll be a miracle. 374 00:17:09,854 --> 00:17:12,466 There's always that chance it might not. 375 00:17:12,553 --> 00:17:15,163 narrator: Todd's bush fix needs to hold together 376 00:17:15,164 --> 00:17:17,165 for the rest of his 650-mile 377 00:17:17,166 --> 00:17:19,950 journey back to Muskie Creek. 378 00:17:19,951 --> 00:17:21,910 I cut my whole fingernail clear to the top, 379 00:17:21,997 --> 00:17:23,780 from the front to the back all the way. 380 00:17:23,781 --> 00:17:25,391 Luckily, I didn't rip the fingernail all the way off. 381 00:17:25,392 --> 00:17:27,697 That would really hurt. 382 00:17:27,698 --> 00:17:30,223 This ice road has been nothing but just 383 00:17:30,310 --> 00:17:31,832 kicking my ass the whole entire trip. 384 00:17:31,833 --> 00:17:34,400 It has not stopped one time. 385 00:17:34,401 --> 00:17:37,881 Nothing on the ice road comes easy, nothing. 386 00:17:45,455 --> 00:17:47,195 narrator: Also fighting her way 387 00:17:47,196 --> 00:17:48,502 out of the frozen wilderness... 388 00:17:48,589 --> 00:17:50,329 I am cold. 389 00:17:50,330 --> 00:17:53,071 narrator: Lisa's pressing on with no heat... 390 00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:55,073 It's getting considerably worse. 391 00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:58,337 narrator: And now she's flying blind. 392 00:17:58,338 --> 00:18:00,513 My windows are fogging up. 393 00:18:02,690 --> 00:18:03,690 Ugh. 394 00:18:03,691 --> 00:18:05,735 That made it worse. 395 00:18:05,736 --> 00:18:07,563 When you're heat in your truck isn't working, 396 00:18:07,564 --> 00:18:10,088 like, your windows start frosting up and freezing over 397 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:11,699 because there's just no circulation 398 00:18:11,786 --> 00:18:12,742 of any air in there, and the only way to do that 399 00:18:12,743 --> 00:18:14,004 is roll a window down, 400 00:18:14,005 --> 00:18:15,223 and it gets even colder in there. 401 00:18:15,224 --> 00:18:17,095 Is that a hill? 402 00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:19,185 I can't even tell. 403 00:18:19,272 --> 00:18:20,446 Oh, yeah, it's a hill. 404 00:18:20,447 --> 00:18:22,535 Now, how far down does it go? 405 00:18:22,536 --> 00:18:24,364 Oh! 406 00:18:24,451 --> 00:18:26,496 Not that way. 407 00:18:26,583 --> 00:18:28,410 I wonder what would happen if I tried the torch 408 00:18:28,411 --> 00:18:30,587 and heated the windshield up. 409 00:18:30,674 --> 00:18:32,762 It's really scary when you lose the heat in your truck, 410 00:18:32,763 --> 00:18:35,025 because you're in these extreme cold conditions, 411 00:18:35,026 --> 00:18:36,375 and then you immediately go 412 00:18:36,376 --> 00:18:37,812 right into problem-solving mode. 413 00:18:39,770 --> 00:18:40,988 Whoa. 414 00:18:40,989 --> 00:18:42,946 Oh, dang. 415 00:18:42,947 --> 00:18:45,732 It's doing something. 416 00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:47,734 I got a little bit of a hole going. 417 00:18:51,913 --> 00:18:53,131 Let's try that for a little ways. 418 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:55,089 It's cleared up for a minute. 419 00:18:58,137 --> 00:18:59,921 Let's see how fast and far I can make it 420 00:19:00,008 --> 00:19:01,357 before it all fogs up again. 421 00:19:03,272 --> 00:19:06,144 I should probably light my shoes on fire 422 00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:08,408 so I can have some warm toes for a minute. 423 00:19:08,495 --> 00:19:10,365 It's freezing cold. 424 00:19:10,366 --> 00:19:12,933 My heated gloves are almost dead. 425 00:19:12,934 --> 00:19:16,806 And I don't have very much torch left. 426 00:19:16,807 --> 00:19:18,374 I don't know how to deal with this situation. 427 00:19:18,505 --> 00:19:20,419 It's so cold. 428 00:19:20,420 --> 00:19:23,987 How do I keep enough heat that I don't die out here? 429 00:19:23,988 --> 00:19:26,076 Now it's going into nighttime, 430 00:19:26,077 --> 00:19:28,036 and it's going to start getting even colder. 431 00:19:44,531 --> 00:19:46,401 narrator: In a race to haul crucial equipment 432 00:19:46,402 --> 00:19:47,882 into the frozen north... 433 00:19:47,969 --> 00:19:50,798 Now we got an extra headache. 434 00:19:50,885 --> 00:19:52,886 Stress meter is high. 435 00:19:52,887 --> 00:19:55,018 narrator: The Harris convoy is stuck at the starting line 436 00:19:55,019 --> 00:19:56,803 with a blown airbag. 437 00:19:56,804 --> 00:19:58,109 What do you think--whoa. 438 00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:59,328 Oh, . 439 00:20:02,070 --> 00:20:03,810 narrator: Without it, the trailer can't absorb 440 00:20:03,811 --> 00:20:06,204 the abuse of the ice roads. 441 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:09,207 Now the clock is ticking on their rescue mission 442 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:11,906 to haul a huge excavator to a remote community. 443 00:20:11,993 --> 00:20:13,602 God. 444 00:20:19,174 --> 00:20:20,218 There we go. 445 00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:25,397 Well, I got her. 446 00:20:27,574 --> 00:20:28,575 Put it right there. 447 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:33,448 We do most of our own repairs in-house. 448 00:20:33,449 --> 00:20:35,886 And that just comes from being raised on the farm. 449 00:20:35,973 --> 00:20:38,453 They're all buttoned up. 450 00:20:38,454 --> 00:20:41,021 My dad was a mechanic, so he taught me everything I know. 451 00:20:41,022 --> 00:20:42,545 And I've passed that down to my boys. 452 00:20:42,632 --> 00:20:43,676 Perfect. 453 00:20:45,418 --> 00:20:46,722 Get the show on the road. 454 00:20:51,075 --> 00:20:52,467 Zach, you're good to go, buddy. 455 00:20:52,468 --> 00:20:53,774 We're out of here. 456 00:20:53,861 --> 00:20:54,817 We don't have time to mess around. 457 00:20:54,818 --> 00:20:56,689 This excavator is a 911. 458 00:20:56,690 --> 00:20:58,430 It needs to be there now. 459 00:20:58,431 --> 00:20:59,866 gotta roll now. 460 00:20:59,867 --> 00:21:01,215 We're behind the eight ball. 461 00:21:02,652 --> 00:21:04,175 All right, everything's OK? 462 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:05,351 Everything looks normal? 463 00:21:14,490 --> 00:21:17,100 narrator: 750 miles east... 464 00:21:26,110 --> 00:21:28,024 I am so cold. 465 00:21:28,025 --> 00:21:30,026 I'm sick to death of being cold. 466 00:21:30,027 --> 00:21:33,073 I can't even see anymore. 467 00:21:33,074 --> 00:21:34,727 narrator: Daylight's dropping 468 00:21:34,728 --> 00:21:37,425 and taking the temperature with it. 469 00:21:37,426 --> 00:21:40,123 All right, I gotta figure this out. 470 00:21:40,124 --> 00:21:43,605 I'm thinking I'm going to check fuses first. 471 00:21:43,606 --> 00:21:45,781 narrator: And without a heater, 472 00:21:45,782 --> 00:21:49,785 the frozen wilderness is closing in on Lisa. 473 00:21:49,786 --> 00:21:51,483 It's getting colder and colder as we go, 474 00:21:51,484 --> 00:21:53,703 obviously, 'cause it's like, now it's going into nighttime. 475 00:21:53,790 --> 00:21:56,009 And it's going to start getting even colder. 476 00:21:59,361 --> 00:22:01,754 My blower motor is out. 477 00:22:01,755 --> 00:22:03,321 And I'm looking on here to see if 478 00:22:03,322 --> 00:22:09,544 I can find a blower motor fuse. 479 00:22:09,545 --> 00:22:11,677 Heat's pretty important. 480 00:22:11,678 --> 00:22:13,809 On the ice roads, my truck is the reason that 481 00:22:13,810 --> 00:22:17,770 I'm living out there and that I can survive. 482 00:22:17,771 --> 00:22:19,989 Yeah, I'm not seeing anything that's, like, obvious. 483 00:22:19,990 --> 00:22:22,863 But I'm going to pull-- 484 00:22:22,993 --> 00:22:25,647 there we go. 485 00:22:25,648 --> 00:22:27,997 Not burned or anything, so it might just be 486 00:22:27,998 --> 00:22:30,478 the actual blower motor itself burned out. 487 00:22:35,441 --> 00:22:39,008 It's scary when you don't have heat out in minus-40. 488 00:22:39,009 --> 00:22:40,270 Oh, there we go. 489 00:22:40,271 --> 00:22:41,968 OK. 490 00:22:41,969 --> 00:22:43,186 I don't see anything corroded. 491 00:22:43,187 --> 00:22:46,973 I mean, it looks good. 492 00:22:46,974 --> 00:22:49,889 So there's nothing I can really do. 493 00:22:49,890 --> 00:22:51,325 I'm out of ideas. 494 00:22:59,029 --> 00:23:02,336 Hey, does anybody get a copy that's near God's Lake there? 495 00:23:08,778 --> 00:23:11,824 Does anybody get a copy that's near God's Lake? 496 00:23:15,437 --> 00:23:17,395 Hey, Lisa, is that you? 497 00:23:17,396 --> 00:23:18,788 Yeah, it's me. 498 00:23:18,875 --> 00:23:20,006 Who's this? 499 00:23:20,007 --> 00:23:21,051 It's your worst nightmare. 500 00:23:21,138 --> 00:23:23,314 It's Scooter from Muskie Creek. 501 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:24,489 Right on. 502 00:23:24,490 --> 00:23:26,666 Do you know how to or where 503 00:23:26,753 --> 00:23:31,539 I can find anybody that can fix my heat for me in the cab? 504 00:23:31,540 --> 00:23:34,151 Not right off hand, but we can meet up 505 00:23:34,238 --> 00:23:36,502 and take a look and see what your issue is. 506 00:23:36,589 --> 00:23:38,372 Where are you at? 507 00:23:38,373 --> 00:23:41,680 I'm heading towards Red Sucker Lake. 508 00:23:41,681 --> 00:23:44,160 There's a big pullout area by some tanks there. 509 00:23:44,161 --> 00:23:46,467 Did you want to meet there, and we'll take a look at it? 510 00:23:46,468 --> 00:23:48,035 Yeah, that sounds good. 511 00:23:48,122 --> 00:23:49,992 Let's meet there and see if we can't get this fixed. 512 00:23:49,993 --> 00:23:52,387 I'm freezing cold. 513 00:23:52,474 --> 00:23:54,954 And I have nowhere warm to sleep. 514 00:24:04,791 --> 00:24:07,096 This must be you here with all the blinky lights? 515 00:24:07,097 --> 00:24:09,143 This is me, blinkety-blink. 516 00:24:14,017 --> 00:24:15,888 Want to play bumper cars? 517 00:24:15,889 --> 00:24:17,151 Sure. 518 00:24:22,548 --> 00:24:24,636 I thought she was coming for me, for sure. 519 00:24:26,377 --> 00:24:28,944 You saw, I got him freaked out. 520 00:24:30,817 --> 00:24:32,166 Hey, Scooter. 521 00:24:32,253 --> 00:24:33,296 Lisa. 522 00:24:33,297 --> 00:24:34,429 I got no heat. 523 00:24:34,516 --> 00:24:36,648 Do you know anything about it? 524 00:24:36,649 --> 00:24:39,390 Show me. Let me take a look. 525 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:41,436 - What's that say, the-- - This is the-- 526 00:24:41,523 --> 00:24:43,394 - The HVAC cab control. - Yeah. 527 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:45,918 Yeah, that's the-- that's the one, isn't it? 528 00:24:45,919 --> 00:24:47,224 I actually took this apart too. 529 00:24:47,311 --> 00:24:49,226 And there is nothing I can do about this one. 530 00:24:49,313 --> 00:24:50,532 Where'd my picture go? 531 00:24:50,619 --> 00:24:52,054 There it is. 532 00:24:52,055 --> 00:24:53,056 I'm cutting your head out. 533 00:24:53,143 --> 00:24:54,492 Now, I put-- 534 00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:56,537 That's a great angle. 535 00:24:56,538 --> 00:24:58,321 Stick a jumper wire in there, and see if it works. 536 00:24:58,322 --> 00:24:59,627 I'm not doing that. 537 00:24:59,628 --> 00:25:00,759 I want to see you get electrocuted. 538 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,674 Yeah, I bet you do. 539 00:25:02,675 --> 00:25:04,110 I don't think it's a switch. 540 00:25:05,765 --> 00:25:08,636 You need a new blower motor. 541 00:25:08,637 --> 00:25:11,596 So there's no way to fix it or bypass it with a wire? 542 00:25:11,597 --> 00:25:13,293 Blower motors go, they go. 543 00:25:13,294 --> 00:25:14,642 You're . 544 00:25:14,643 --> 00:25:15,818 Sorry. 545 00:25:15,949 --> 00:25:18,821 That's kind of what I figured. 546 00:25:18,952 --> 00:25:20,519 Thanks. - I'll send you the bill. 547 00:25:22,303 --> 00:25:25,348 I am still without heat. 548 00:25:27,830 --> 00:25:33,052 That means I'm sleeping in my truck in my winter clothes. 549 00:25:33,053 --> 00:25:34,881 Well, thanks for trying. 550 00:25:34,968 --> 00:25:36,446 Yeah. 551 00:25:36,447 --> 00:25:37,884 You need professional help. 552 00:25:37,971 --> 00:25:39,711 That ain't no joke. 553 00:25:41,801 --> 00:25:44,324 Do you want to meet up in the morning? 554 00:25:44,325 --> 00:25:45,718 All right, meet up for coffee? 555 00:25:45,805 --> 00:25:47,022 - Yeah. - I'm sorry I couldn't 556 00:25:47,023 --> 00:25:49,634 help you out, but you go get bundled up, 557 00:25:49,635 --> 00:25:51,461 and I'll see you in the morning. 558 00:25:51,462 --> 00:25:52,463 See you tomorrow. 559 00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:53,595 Come rescue me. 560 00:25:55,336 --> 00:25:56,336 Jeez. 561 00:25:59,514 --> 00:26:02,778 narrator: Winter road drivers always sleep with their cargo, 562 00:26:02,909 --> 00:26:06,172 and that means a long, cold night for Lisa. 563 00:26:06,173 --> 00:26:08,304 I'm sleeping in my truck, like this. 564 00:26:08,305 --> 00:26:09,915 I don't have many choices. 565 00:26:09,916 --> 00:26:13,135 It super, super sucks. 566 00:26:33,504 --> 00:26:35,505 I'm so sick of being cold. 567 00:26:35,506 --> 00:26:37,203 Oh, man. 568 00:26:44,385 --> 00:26:46,386 My toes are just freezing. 569 00:26:46,387 --> 00:26:49,041 narrator: Lisa Kelly is an ice road veteran. 570 00:26:49,042 --> 00:26:52,827 But after her first night in a truck with no heat... 571 00:26:52,828 --> 00:26:54,873 - You look cold. - Yeah. 572 00:26:54,874 --> 00:26:57,528 narrator: The ice queen needs to thaw out. 573 00:26:57,659 --> 00:26:58,312 Why don't we grab some breakfast, some coffee, 574 00:26:58,442 --> 00:26:59,442 and warm up? 575 00:26:59,443 --> 00:27:00,574 That would be good, 576 00:27:00,575 --> 00:27:02,316 'cause my food is all frozen. 577 00:27:02,403 --> 00:27:04,839 Makeup's frozen. 578 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,232 That's OK. 579 00:27:06,233 --> 00:27:07,059 I didn't do my makeup and my hair 580 00:27:07,060 --> 00:27:08,974 this morning either. 581 00:27:08,975 --> 00:27:11,717 This place is awesome. 582 00:27:12,979 --> 00:27:15,284 Ooh, that's hot, 583 00:27:15,285 --> 00:27:17,112 which is a word I haven't said in a few days. 584 00:27:18,767 --> 00:27:21,421 Lisa Kelly, her personality is unique, 585 00:27:21,422 --> 00:27:23,163 so we both kind of clicked really good. 586 00:27:23,250 --> 00:27:25,468 What's your opinion on these roads? 587 00:27:25,469 --> 00:27:27,122 It seems like to me that it's, like, kind of 588 00:27:27,123 --> 00:27:27,949 a tortoise and the hare type deal, you know? 589 00:27:27,950 --> 00:27:29,472 Yeah. 590 00:27:29,473 --> 00:27:31,257 Go fast enough to actually get there today, 591 00:27:31,258 --> 00:27:32,650 but go slow enough that you're not just braking 592 00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:33,738 and going in the ditch. 593 00:27:33,739 --> 00:27:35,479 I'm a "veteran" now 594 00:27:35,566 --> 00:27:36,784 and not a rookie anymore. 595 00:27:38,265 --> 00:27:40,440 You like my load? 596 00:27:40,441 --> 00:27:42,790 I keep picturing myself as this 27-year-old little girl. 597 00:27:44,532 --> 00:27:46,403 And then these new guys show up, and they're like, 598 00:27:46,490 --> 00:27:47,404 I've been here a year. 599 00:27:47,491 --> 00:27:49,580 I was like, that's it? 600 00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:51,103 How many miles you figure 601 00:27:51,104 --> 00:27:52,626 you're going to put on this year? 602 00:27:52,627 --> 00:27:54,062 As many as possible. 603 00:27:54,063 --> 00:27:55,804 I need to make some money. 604 00:27:55,891 --> 00:27:58,110 So I got a proposition. 605 00:27:58,111 --> 00:27:59,981 OK. 606 00:27:59,982 --> 00:28:01,854 Let's throw $100 bet down and see who can run 607 00:28:01,941 --> 00:28:03,419 the most miles this winter road. 608 00:28:03,420 --> 00:28:05,334 - $100? - Yeah, something keeps it fun. 609 00:28:05,335 --> 00:28:07,859 It keeps it fun. 610 00:28:07,860 --> 00:28:09,512 I think you're going to lose. 611 00:28:09,513 --> 00:28:10,992 A bet is a bet. 612 00:28:10,993 --> 00:28:12,473 Ah... 613 00:28:12,603 --> 00:28:13,691 . 614 00:28:15,041 --> 00:28:16,695 That's awesome. 615 00:28:16,782 --> 00:28:18,434 This is going to be a really interesting season. 616 00:28:18,435 --> 00:28:20,045 I hope so. 617 00:28:20,046 --> 00:28:21,046 Let's order breakfast. 618 00:28:21,047 --> 00:28:24,353 Let's get some food. 619 00:28:24,354 --> 00:28:26,355 narrator: Burning south after a narrow escape... 620 00:28:29,098 --> 00:28:30,709 It feels good to finally get this trip behind me 621 00:28:30,796 --> 00:28:33,188 and be rolling in with my backhaul. 622 00:28:33,189 --> 00:28:35,408 narrator: Todd's limping his truck back to base 623 00:28:35,409 --> 00:28:38,541 on a bush fix that should have been impossible. 624 00:28:39,892 --> 00:28:41,196 Ow! . 625 00:28:41,197 --> 00:28:44,026 The bush fix! 626 00:28:44,113 --> 00:28:45,766 It makes a guy second guess it. 627 00:28:45,767 --> 00:28:47,594 Was it really worth it to come back up here 628 00:28:47,595 --> 00:28:49,423 and put my whole body through this? 629 00:28:49,510 --> 00:28:51,729 I'm a little sore from pushing and pulling 630 00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:53,513 and prying bolts on 631 00:28:53,514 --> 00:28:55,210 and trying to put air lines back together, 632 00:28:55,211 --> 00:28:57,647 and my fingertip's cut in half. 633 00:28:57,648 --> 00:28:59,562 I didn't think it was all going to hit so hard, so fast 634 00:28:59,563 --> 00:29:00,955 right on the first trip. 635 00:29:03,567 --> 00:29:05,786 This is a lot of work. 636 00:29:05,787 --> 00:29:07,570 My mind's young, 637 00:29:07,571 --> 00:29:09,224 but my body's definitely getting old. 638 00:29:09,225 --> 00:29:10,878 You want to know why the main reason 639 00:29:10,879 --> 00:29:13,359 I'm excited to get back in today? 640 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,666 Because I smell like armpits and ass. 641 00:29:16,667 --> 00:29:18,146 And I want a shower. 642 00:29:19,583 --> 00:29:21,715 Finally, Muskie Creek! 643 00:29:21,716 --> 00:29:23,586 This is exciting. 644 00:29:23,587 --> 00:29:25,197 Damn, it's good to see this place. 645 00:29:28,114 --> 00:29:29,506 Looks good to me. 646 00:29:29,593 --> 00:29:32,552 This load has officially been delivered. 647 00:29:37,427 --> 00:29:38,950 narrator: 750 miles 648 00:29:38,951 --> 00:29:40,213 to the northwest... 649 00:29:45,566 --> 00:29:47,873 narrator: On a frozen scar cutting across the tundra... 650 00:29:52,312 --> 00:29:55,009 narrator: The Harris family is on an urgent rescue mission 651 00:29:55,010 --> 00:29:57,099 to deliver an excavator. 652 00:30:01,016 --> 00:30:03,235 narrator: And they're within striking distance. 653 00:30:03,236 --> 00:30:04,324 When do we start pulling hills? 654 00:30:06,195 --> 00:30:08,370 I had that same thought. 655 00:30:08,371 --> 00:30:10,459 I've always wanted to drive on the ice roads. 656 00:30:10,460 --> 00:30:13,114 I've heard a lot of stories about 657 00:30:13,115 --> 00:30:14,942 how dangerous the job can be. 658 00:30:14,943 --> 00:30:16,945 But I think I can handle it. 659 00:30:38,488 --> 00:30:40,446 Stay to your left and then just take her slow. 660 00:30:49,804 --> 00:30:51,500 Ooh. 661 00:30:51,501 --> 00:30:52,893 . 662 00:30:52,894 --> 00:30:54,635 Whoa. Ooh, . 663 00:31:00,728 --> 00:31:02,077 me. 664 00:31:05,298 --> 00:31:06,908 The shoulder just gave out. 665 00:31:09,476 --> 00:31:11,825 Oh, I don't know if she's going to chew her way out of that. 666 00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:26,580 I might have had a close encounter 667 00:31:26,667 --> 00:31:29,364 with the shoulder of the road here. 668 00:31:29,365 --> 00:31:31,584 All of a sudden, it just felt like the whole 669 00:31:31,585 --> 00:31:33,978 passenger side of my truck just fell out from under me. 670 00:31:33,979 --> 00:31:36,807 It was a sudden drop and a hard stop. 671 00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:39,114 Yeah, I'm going to need a little tug here. 672 00:31:40,986 --> 00:31:43,552 Exactly what I said. 673 00:31:43,553 --> 00:31:45,380 dummies. 674 00:31:45,381 --> 00:31:47,034 I'm not that far in front of you. 675 00:31:47,035 --> 00:31:49,516 I can back up and pull you out. 676 00:31:49,603 --> 00:31:50,690 Start backing up, Riley. 677 00:31:50,691 --> 00:31:52,735 OK. 678 00:31:52,736 --> 00:31:54,608 narrator: To help his brother, 679 00:31:54,695 --> 00:31:56,957 Riley needs to back up over a mile 680 00:31:56,958 --> 00:32:01,136 with a 100,000-pound excavator on his trailer. 681 00:32:09,362 --> 00:32:10,579 Oh, my God. 682 00:32:20,242 --> 00:32:24,507 narrator: On the edge of the northern frontier, 683 00:32:24,594 --> 00:32:26,987 a soft shoulder is teaching Zach Harris 684 00:32:26,988 --> 00:32:29,772 a hard lesson on humility. 685 00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:36,475 The whole passenger side of my truck 686 00:32:36,476 --> 00:32:38,129 just fell out from under me. 687 00:32:38,130 --> 00:32:39,782 Don't worry, Zach. 688 00:32:39,783 --> 00:32:41,263 Your little brother's coming to the rescue. 689 00:32:43,135 --> 00:32:46,181 "Zach-cident" is a word for a reason. 690 00:32:46,268 --> 00:32:48,313 It's a word that people have created... 691 00:32:48,314 --> 00:32:49,401 Come on. 692 00:32:49,402 --> 00:32:51,403 We got to hurry it up here. 693 00:32:51,404 --> 00:32:53,493 Because I've earned a little bit of a reputation 694 00:32:53,580 --> 00:32:55,624 for having mistakes and oopsies. 695 00:32:57,323 --> 00:32:58,846 I do my best to avoid it. 696 00:32:58,933 --> 00:33:00,281 But it just seems to find me. 697 00:33:16,559 --> 00:33:17,691 Got him. 698 00:33:20,389 --> 00:33:23,088 OK, anybody learn any lessons there? 699 00:33:23,175 --> 00:33:25,611 You talked the , and I paid the price. 700 00:33:25,612 --> 00:33:26,743 Yeah. 701 00:33:26,830 --> 00:33:28,310 You . 702 00:33:28,397 --> 00:33:30,095 heads out of your asses. 703 00:33:30,182 --> 00:33:31,617 The best thing about working for my dad 704 00:33:31,618 --> 00:33:33,358 is he can't fire me when I screw up. 705 00:33:35,665 --> 00:33:37,101 What'd I say? Eight minutes? 706 00:33:37,102 --> 00:33:38,667 What was it, 7 1/2? 707 00:33:38,668 --> 00:33:39,843 Maybe. 708 00:33:39,930 --> 00:33:41,801 I didn't have my timer on. 709 00:33:41,802 --> 00:33:44,151 OK, get those hooks out and let's get going. 710 00:33:44,152 --> 00:33:45,283 I bet it wasn't even eight minutes. 711 00:33:47,329 --> 00:33:50,201 I've tried to teach them everything I can. 712 00:33:50,202 --> 00:33:51,985 But there's just some things you don't teach. 713 00:33:51,986 --> 00:33:54,509 They have to learn that themselves. 714 00:33:54,510 --> 00:33:57,208 Sometimes they're going to learn the hard way. 715 00:33:57,209 --> 00:33:58,687 Don't get too close to the edges. 716 00:33:58,688 --> 00:34:00,341 It'll make you pay. 717 00:34:03,911 --> 00:34:07,045 narrator: 650 miles to the southeast... 718 00:34:07,132 --> 00:34:11,874 I'm just so sick of being cold. 719 00:34:11,875 --> 00:34:15,443 It's exhausting when you can't get warm. 720 00:34:15,444 --> 00:34:18,578 narrator: Lisa's fighting through the frozen wilderness. 721 00:34:18,665 --> 00:34:20,883 Seriously? 722 00:34:20,884 --> 00:34:22,756 Thirsty. 723 00:34:25,019 --> 00:34:26,629 OK, yeah, that's going to work real good, 724 00:34:26,716 --> 00:34:29,936 running out of water and another day to go. 725 00:34:29,937 --> 00:34:33,636 I'm out of every kind of heat source that I can think of-- 726 00:34:33,767 --> 00:34:36,899 toe warmers, heated gloves, the propane bottle. 727 00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:38,598 Like, the only thing making heat right now 728 00:34:38,685 --> 00:34:41,992 is my metabolism. 729 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,733 And we all know how that goes when you turn 40. 730 00:34:46,823 --> 00:34:49,521 It's scary when you don't have heat out in minus-40. 731 00:34:49,522 --> 00:34:50,696 You could get hypothermia. 732 00:34:50,697 --> 00:34:51,915 You could get frostbite. 733 00:34:52,002 --> 00:34:54,439 I mean, you can freeze to death. 734 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,355 You're just pretty much in complete survival mode. 735 00:34:57,356 --> 00:34:59,227 I just thought of something. 736 00:34:59,314 --> 00:35:02,142 It's worth a shot, right? 737 00:35:02,143 --> 00:35:05,973 If I could just get my toes warm for a second, I'd be OK. 738 00:35:09,933 --> 00:35:15,373 So I know sometimes the blower motors get stuck, 739 00:35:15,374 --> 00:35:17,897 and you can see if you can just knock it loose. 740 00:35:22,207 --> 00:35:24,861 narrator: As daylight ticks away and temperatures plummet, 741 00:35:24,948 --> 00:35:26,472 Lisa clings to hope 742 00:35:26,559 --> 00:35:29,169 that the blower motor is just stuck. 743 00:35:29,170 --> 00:35:33,565 She tries one final technique, percussive maintenance. 744 00:35:33,566 --> 00:35:37,004 That should be enough, honestly. 745 00:35:37,091 --> 00:35:38,484 Let's see if that's working. 746 00:35:40,094 --> 00:35:42,008 Dang it. 747 00:35:42,009 --> 00:35:44,445 Yeah, not working. 748 00:35:44,446 --> 00:35:46,143 I am desperate. 749 00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:48,057 Your brain doesn't have time to worry 750 00:35:48,058 --> 00:35:50,496 a whole lot when all you're doing is trying to survive. 751 00:35:50,583 --> 00:35:52,888 Ooh! 752 00:35:52,889 --> 00:35:54,674 The engine part's warm. 753 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,724 Good thing engine's a source of heat. 754 00:36:01,811 --> 00:36:03,900 narrator: Out of options, Lisa resorts 755 00:36:03,987 --> 00:36:06,425 to using the engine heat to warm up enough 756 00:36:06,512 --> 00:36:09,514 for a final push back to Muskie Creek. 757 00:36:09,515 --> 00:36:11,820 The problem is, sitting here, 758 00:36:11,821 --> 00:36:13,518 it just doesn't get me any closer. 759 00:36:19,916 --> 00:36:23,136 I'm just so afraid that I've got frostbite somewhere. 760 00:36:40,415 --> 00:36:42,938 narrator: At the end of an ice road deep in the bush... 761 00:36:42,939 --> 00:36:44,331 Yeehaw! 762 00:36:44,332 --> 00:36:46,028 Well, I made her. 763 00:36:46,029 --> 00:36:47,508 How was the roads coming in? 764 00:36:48,510 --> 00:36:50,120 That was fun. 765 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:51,818 narrator: Scooter's adventure isn't over 766 00:36:51,905 --> 00:36:54,821 until the trailer's empty. 767 00:36:54,908 --> 00:36:58,780 You got to get yourself this way, back that way. 768 00:36:58,781 --> 00:37:02,044 You're going to slide right off the edge there, man. 769 00:37:02,045 --> 00:37:04,699 Yeah, try to get you back up on the trailer. 770 00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:09,182 Go forward, your right stick, real slow. 771 00:37:09,183 --> 00:37:11,837 Then slowly bring your left stick forward, 772 00:37:11,838 --> 00:37:13,969 your other stick at the same time. 773 00:37:13,970 --> 00:37:15,537 I think it might be OK. 774 00:37:15,668 --> 00:37:17,234 Whoa. 775 00:37:22,631 --> 00:37:25,155 OK. 776 00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:27,200 Yeah, that didn't work out too good, did it? 777 00:37:32,772 --> 00:37:34,469 You're into my tires. 778 00:37:37,385 --> 00:37:39,605 It was going good until it wasn't going good. 779 00:37:42,695 --> 00:37:45,436 We got a long night ahead of us. 780 00:37:45,437 --> 00:37:48,701 You can plan for a perfect frickin' offload. 781 00:37:48,788 --> 00:37:50,267 It'll never happen. 782 00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:51,573 I thought, hey, we'll bang it off. 783 00:37:51,660 --> 00:37:52,617 We'll do this, and we can go. 784 00:37:52,618 --> 00:37:53,618 Never happens. 785 00:37:53,619 --> 00:37:55,490 I knew this-- 786 00:38:11,071 --> 00:38:13,028 Oh, -- 787 00:38:24,345 --> 00:38:25,476 narrator: In the remote northern community 788 00:38:25,477 --> 00:38:27,739 of Red Sucker Lake... 789 00:38:28,741 --> 00:38:30,655 Oh-- 790 00:38:33,049 --> 00:38:36,618 . 791 00:38:36,705 --> 00:38:39,404 narrator: Scooter's oversized load is more trouble 792 00:38:39,491 --> 00:38:40,882 at the end than it was at the beginning. 793 00:38:43,756 --> 00:38:45,758 Fork should have been on the other way, 794 00:38:45,845 --> 00:38:47,106 underneath the blade. 795 00:38:47,107 --> 00:38:47,976 The blade's like this. Fork's in here. 796 00:38:47,977 --> 00:38:48,977 Lift up. 797 00:38:48,978 --> 00:38:51,372 Snowcat level. 798 00:38:51,459 --> 00:38:53,592 No, get it under the blade. 799 00:38:53,679 --> 00:38:56,507 What are you doing? 800 00:38:56,508 --> 00:38:58,379 Get both forks under the blade. 801 00:39:11,958 --> 00:39:13,263 Holy . 802 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:14,656 A little unorthodox. 803 00:39:16,397 --> 00:39:17,659 Well, that was something else. 804 00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:23,796 How's the trailer look? 805 00:39:23,883 --> 00:39:24,710 Bent the rail. 806 00:39:24,797 --> 00:39:27,059 Yeah. 807 00:39:27,060 --> 00:39:28,277 Should we get the rest of this unloaded? 808 00:39:28,278 --> 00:39:29,627 Will it go easier? 809 00:39:29,628 --> 00:39:30,585 Oh, it'll go easier. 810 00:39:30,672 --> 00:39:31,586 OK. 811 00:39:44,033 --> 00:39:45,730 Well, what can I say? 812 00:39:45,731 --> 00:39:47,209 We got her done. 813 00:39:47,210 --> 00:39:48,559 You up at the beginning, 814 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:49,995 but you crushed it in the end. 815 00:39:49,996 --> 00:39:51,258 Thank you. 816 00:39:53,652 --> 00:39:55,522 This is my first time in this area. 817 00:39:55,523 --> 00:39:56,871 I appreciate you guys letting me have-- 818 00:39:56,872 --> 00:39:58,307 letting me come to your community. 819 00:39:58,308 --> 00:40:01,572 I'd like to offer you some tobacco. 820 00:40:01,573 --> 00:40:03,878 Offering tobacco, it's a practice 821 00:40:03,879 --> 00:40:05,837 that's been around for generations. 822 00:40:05,838 --> 00:40:07,709 Thank you. 823 00:40:07,796 --> 00:40:09,668 It's part of my heritage. 824 00:40:09,798 --> 00:40:11,887 It makes me feel good because I'm giving something back. 825 00:40:11,974 --> 00:40:13,236 - Thank you. - No problem. 826 00:40:13,323 --> 00:40:15,107 I really appreciate the hospitality. 827 00:40:15,108 --> 00:40:17,371 The community is really happy. 828 00:40:17,458 --> 00:40:21,114 Snowcat will help them build the winter roads easier now. 829 00:40:21,201 --> 00:40:23,681 It's all in one piece, despite it going 830 00:40:23,682 --> 00:40:24,770 off the side of my trailer. 831 00:40:26,772 --> 00:40:27,686 I'm bushed. 832 00:40:27,773 --> 00:40:29,382 I'm beat up, tired. 833 00:40:29,383 --> 00:40:31,471 I'm ready for bed. 834 00:40:31,472 --> 00:40:32,777 Do it all again tomorrow. 835 00:40:32,778 --> 00:40:33,953 That's what we get paid to do. 836 00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:34,866 That's why we do it. 837 00:41:01,328 --> 00:41:04,156 I made it back to Muskie Creek. 838 00:41:04,157 --> 00:41:07,942 I'm ready to put the truck in the shop and go get warm. 839 00:41:11,643 --> 00:41:13,513 Not only is it one of the toughest trips, 840 00:41:13,514 --> 00:41:16,038 but all the problems just made it that much harder, 841 00:41:16,125 --> 00:41:17,212 like, really? 842 00:41:17,213 --> 00:41:19,519 Really, we got to do this? 843 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,217 I haven't ever had to drive that long 844 00:41:21,304 --> 00:41:22,957 without heat before-- 845 00:41:22,958 --> 00:41:26,788 ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever. 846 00:41:26,875 --> 00:41:30,051 This truck needs to sit in a shop. 847 00:41:30,052 --> 00:41:33,621 Probably not good enough. 848 00:41:33,708 --> 00:41:35,535 It feels really good to help out the communities 849 00:41:35,536 --> 00:41:37,537 when you take the stuff in there that they need 850 00:41:37,538 --> 00:41:39,409 because it just-- it's a cool part of the job. 851 00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:41,019 I mean, it's not just a paycheck. 852 00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:42,761 It's actually helping people. 853 00:41:42,848 --> 00:41:44,849 Good riddance. 854 00:41:44,850 --> 00:41:46,938 But I need that truck to run. 855 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:50,943 That's my moneymaker. 856 00:42:21,234 --> 00:42:24,541 Oh, gosh, oh, gosh. 857 00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:25,978 Holy crap. 858 00:42:26,065 --> 00:42:27,326 My truck's on fire. 859 00:42:30,896 --> 00:42:33,550 Ah! 860 00:42:33,551 --> 00:42:35,248 Can't move forward. 861 00:42:35,335 --> 00:42:36,857 I'm going to try to move backwards. 862 00:42:36,858 --> 00:42:39,078 Ah, come on. 863 00:42:39,165 --> 00:42:39,991 This is going to be a nightmare.