Posted by Dean Olson on September 17, 2012 at 06:40:36 from (98.196.66.64):
In Reply to: Ice Road Truckers posted by Phil Scarborough on September 17, 2012 at 04:17:39:
Hugh and Rick are owner operators. Your opinion that no big company would hire them is exactly right. I also believe that those guys would never work for a big company as they don't pay nearly as well as an experienced smart business person/operator can earn.
Driving under those conditions, ice and snow, does take a whole additional skill set. Having said that it's no big thing. That is a skill set easily learned by a big majority of people.
I've been driving for about 5 years now and some of the incidents I've seen in real life make this show seem tame. Hugh and RIck are really good compared to some of the folks I've met out on the road. It's really scary to know they're out there.
Operating a tractor trailer is hours and hours of shear boredom till some 4 wheeler does something stupid. It's kind of like a video game, you have to be super alert to watch out, and react to, what the idiots are going to do next.
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