"Truck stops" on the History channel

[DZink24]

Keep your eyes open on your local listings tonight, the history channel will be airing an episode on the world's biggest truckstops. Also, sunday the Ice road truckers will also be on the History channel.

 

[jgillott]

Got to catch the second half of it last evening. Very good show.

 

[69RoadRunner]

I hope they don't cover the ones that the former NJ governor visited.

 

[Signal73]

Saw the truckstop show, cant wait for the Ice road showOo.

 

[PKozlowski]

What about Ice Road Truckers on the History channel, Sunday

 

[Signal73]

They have a show at 10Pm about the job.

 

[CTD 600]

I saw the show. It was very informative and presented many facts from the past and introduced the future technology of trucking and truck stops. They also talked about bio-diesel and "Bio-Willie" fuel.



(from the show's introduction)



"Catering to more than twenty million truckers, truck stops are bigger and better than ever. These mega-pit stops are essential to the trucks and truckers that haul eight billion tons of freight annually. Tour the world's largest truck stop that offers fuel, food, parking, private showers, a movie theater, a dentist office, and a barbershop. Look at how 18-wheelers can power up their rigs with a high tech parking lot hookup called IdleAire; complete with heat, air conditioning, a telephone line, a computer with high speed internet, and of course satellite TV. We'll also see how 30,000 gallon underground diesel storage tanks are manufactured. And we'll weigh and inspect a truck while it's barely slowing down. In an interview with Willie Nelson, we'll explore one of the most unique truck stops in the United States and the revolutionary fuel it sells: biodiesel. "

 

[JApol]

What about Ice Road Truckers on the History channel, Sunday

Did any one notice that some of the the wide load banner trucks were CTD's?

 

[DZink24]

Was this a one time episode or is it gonna be a series?

 

[Signal73]

I dunno but i hope they re-run it cause i worked late and missed it:{

 

[MRosinski]

Did any one notice that some of the the wide load banner trucks were CTD's?

I was shocked to see more furds I dont think any truck gets shut off out there unless its getting plugged in though.

 

[mberry]

The Ice Road one is 8 weeks I believe. They have one episode per week of hauling. I did see the Dodge truck. I also saw where the guy covered the engine compartment and turned on a 150K BTU heater to keep the engine bay warm while he went inside a building.

 

[DZink24]

That is crazy. It got down to 1 degree (-20 or so WC) here last winter in Rochester, NY. Fuel filters were plugging, air brakes were freezing, yada yada yada. I CANNOT for one second imagine what an air temperature of -20, -30 or more feels like.



How these guys keep the trucks on the road (most of the time) and don't get stuck either entering or exiting the lake surface is beyond me. I think they said something about the road opens when the ice reaches 16"- way to thin for me. I do know that those lakes in the Arctic can freeze upwards of 5-7 feet towards the middle of winter. That I could believe, but 1 1/2 feet- no way! Not for 40-80 thousand pounds.