http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:01:20 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-755541 season 2, episode 1. Hugh is working for someone else and not himself, lets hope his new boss screws him over the way he screwed his drivers over last year. 755541@blogcritics.org Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:01:20 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-754014 It's actually a very safe job the dangerous job is in making the ice road. There have been 3 deaths in making the ice road there was never any trucker killed and no truck went under. It is all hyped up for the tv series. I know someone that drove the ice road in the eighties and he said that it is as safe as driving on the highway. So I guess we should be calling Hugh polar bear puppy. 754014@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:32:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-749582 i am an irish international artic driver and all i want to say is the job ye do is easy compared to what i do driving to italy for last ten years every week with anything up to ten drops on the trailer week after week with not much sleep try that for pure hardship 749582@blogcritics.org Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:52:35 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-712170 $70,000 is if you're an owner/operator ~ no hired drivers make more than about $20,000. Still good pay for two months of work but not quite as sensational as the article says. My hubby has done the Tibbitt-Contwoyto road the last two winters and he and all the drivers he knows are a little unimpressed with the series. 712170@blogcritics.org Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:06:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-711286 Hi, Tony and I love the shows but unfortunately missed the first few shows! The show is probably one of the sadest but also one of the bravest shows to come to europe! My Family has nothing but the widest respect for all of truckers. Many writers of the message boards say they only do this for the money! Well maybe they do but they are still utterly brave and courageous. Tony and myself are hoping that they have created a magazine about this and if they do could we ask if we could buy it in the UK? Many thanks Jane and Tony 711286@blogcritics.org Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:44:11 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-699907 were can i get a dvd cover. pleeeeeeeee 699907@blogcritics.org Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:54:39 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-691267 Hugh is a child. A slow minded simpleton that wants all the respect but none of the responsibility. You don't give your employee's faulty equipment and then blame them when it fails. You don't put your people at risk of sever hypothermia and then blame them. Be a man Hugh, get off you ass and do your job, be the boss you claim you are, not the child your actions show you to be. 691267@blogcritics.org Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:37:13 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-633003 TJ TILCOX IS SEXY 633003@blogcritics.org Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:22:24 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-627493 The show is great,as trucker we all know that there is a lot more than what we see on tv.The work we need to do before we roll, is hard enough.butwith the temperature at below and counting it just doesnt give us the edge,but thats why we do what we do, we get her done...I would like to put my foot in there and just haul help me out and lets Roll. KEEP ON ROLLING GUYS.. 627493@blogcritics.org Sun, 2 Sep 2007 06:19:27 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-626717 Can't Get enough Ice Road Truckers? Check out Big O and Dukes on WJFK-FM (www.wjfk.com) talking about the show and don't miss Ice Road Truckers' Executive Producer and Narrator, Thom Beers' upcoming appearance on the show at 8 PM (EST) on Friday, August 31st. 626717@blogcritics.org Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:00:50 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-625300 I Love the show and so doesn't my TRUCK DRIVING husband. Now he wants to try it and he has been getting a lil closer all the time. I'm not sure I like the idea of him doing this but I am also assured he can do it well. Hard To make a dime these days but I think I would rather be a few dimes short. I'll keep my driver where the road doesn't give away as much. 625300@blogcritics.org Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:23:39 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-625138 Yeah,Sneaky Pete,tell us who you work for,give us a chance to see the shiny wheels. 625138@blogcritics.org Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:50:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-624225 IF YOURE GONNA CRY AND GRIPE........GET ANOTHER JOB........LIKE THE KING CRAB GUYS NEED TO DO ALSO. 624225@blogcritics.org Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:20:28 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-624066 I LOVE this show but I think they are all CRAZY!!Just hearing the ice cracking sends chills up and down....to me its not worth the money and I hope no one I care for ever attempts doing this. I'm pulling for TJ all the way just the same. 624066@blogcritics.org Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:18:04 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-624060 I absolutely loved that series. Even better than Trick My Truck. Alex and Jay are true class acts. I think Drew doesn't have a clue. How could anyone lose their whole battery box, 4 batteries, cables, and not even know it? He knew, he just didn't have a clue. And Polar Bear was the total comedy relief. Every time he talked, i laughed. It was so funny and alot of fun to watch. I can't wait till next season. Keep up the good work up there men. God Bless 624060@blogcritics.org Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:05:36 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-624013 I found the series to be an interesting look at a job with a unique set of challenges. Having said that, I think they could have made a better show if they would have toned down the hype. It's dangerous job for sure but the way they portrayed it you would think it was death waiting around every corner every moment. The constant background soundtrack of cracking ice along with shaking the camera for dramatic effect got a little tiring. You would think that stopping your running truck on the lake would be a guaranteed trip to the bottom. I thought it was ironic when they showed several rigs along with a crane sitting near the hole where the tanker trailer went in. No one seemed concerned that it might give way at any moment. I agree with the person who said that more time spent talking about the drivers and the mines would have added to the show. 624013@blogcritics.org Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:55:16 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-623708 Wow, can't believe the season is over already, can't believe how addicted I was to it. Watched the last episode just yesterday and it absolutely rocked. At first I thought that anyone that survived a whole season up there was just lucky but now I see that it requires a lot of finese to get those machines up and down those roads over and over again. Yes there is blood, sweat and tears as well as cold and ice but there is also magic. Wasn't it strange how that crow came to Jay? It was almost as if it was a sign he would be one of those to make it through the season, almost as if he were chosen. 623708@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:06:36 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-623515 God, I thought my boss was a selfish asshole, but damn Hugh, you take the cake. I agree with Rick, starving is preferreable than employment with you. You can't give your employees sub standard equiptment and expect them to perform for you. It seems they were all pretty gun ho for doing the best possible job for you at the start of the season. Its easy to be know as the best (Polar Bear) when you don't have a shit truck. The accident at the end was poetic justic in my book. maybe if you slept alttle more you wounldn't be so grumpy. 623515@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:43:08 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-623197 wolfslowrider go back to sleep huey boy IS an asshole i dont no what kind of work you do but how would you like huey boy for a boss think about it huey boy is nothing more than a selfish PUSSY and a big one at that 623197@blogcritics.org Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:02:59 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-622985 Great show!!! What a motivated and extremely dedicated grouup of "double-tough" drivers. I spent twenty-two years in the Navy, 8 years onboard Aircraft Carriers and 14 years in the Navy Seabees. After retiring in May 2005, I am now trucking with a Springfield, MO. based company. My girl friend turned me on to the Ice Road Trucker show last month. I told Janine that I'd like to apply for an "I R T" job, she said if I did, I'd better apply for a new girl friend too! I guess I'd better stay down here in the lower 48 states. Love the show! Please continue the series. "I R T" Fans, Kevin & Janine. 622985@blogcritics.org Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:38:21 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-622710 This is to hugh I personally don"t think your nothing but, just being yourself and not an asshole but,just being a funny guy and a boss and i think your right about rick!an, as i watch the show! rick had plenty of times to get the heat fixed in your truck and all he did was sit around and drink! now for the other yahoos that drove for you i was stressed out, sitting there watchin the show wondering why you hadn"t fired their asses! especially DREW himself well keep up the good work hugh! an forget about what evereyone has to say about you and remember that your running a business an not looking for freinds! 622710@blogcritics.org Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:29:53 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-622282 Greetings ice road truckers from tropical Pennsylvania!!! Really love the show! My favorite driver is Alex. He sure sets a good example on the road, and gets the job done! Every driver has their good points, so hats off to all of them! May God bless! 622282@blogcritics.org Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:57:09 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-621670 The impressive thing about what these guys do is the temperature. Anything man-made, especially if it's mechanical, fails when it gets too cold. I've seen it happen here in Chicago at 0 degrees, and I can't imagine how much stuff would break at -40. Of course, now that the show's been on television all over the continent, next year there will be scads of "Ice Road Groupies" who will make their way up to Yellowknife in the hopes of paying a driver to ride shotgun for a run. I wonder what Nuna and Tli Cho will think of that? 621670@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:00:42 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-621380 Hugh is a funny guy. I have met his type before. Tough as hell and makes no bones about it. Basically, he is an asshole. It was clear he wanted to get the most loads than anyone in the season, and did. What really irks me is that he let Drew and Alex (his best friend!) suffer in his shitty trucks while he no doubt kept the best equipment for himself. I actually think he would not have let Alex beat him if he could at all help it, and clearly he stood by and let his workers suffer. Hugh is the type of boss who cares only for himself and holds his own workers in disdain. If that is how he treats his on employees, I would hate to be the man's costumer, much less give him any of my money. What bosses like Hugh always fail to realize is that treating one's workers fairly is in one's own best interest. A worker who resents you will never hesitate to fuck you over when given the chance. On the other hand, treat people with respect and they will do right by you---even when your back is turned! 621380@blogcritics.org Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:29:59 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/12/083330.php#comment-621270 I, too, like the show. I watch it because I like trucks. Have all my life. Jay is my favorite. For a young guy he sure seems to be "on the ball." He's more mature than his years would suggest. Why do you suppose he's the one trusted with the dangerous loads? Hugh is a prick. I would like to know what his employee turnover rate is. As a business owner, if you want to make money, and Hugh makes no bones about it..he wants to make money, you have to start with your "internal customers". Internal customers are your own employees. Hugh cannot expect his employees to buy into his philosophy by treating them in such a manner. He makes for good tv but he makes for a lousy owner. That point is proven nearly every episode. 621270@blogcritics.org Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:09:05 EDT