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 Portia Nicole |
Great Site and Blogs for Ice Road |
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Posts: 5199 Wed, 15-Aug-07 1:21 AM
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http://pontoonlake.spaces.live.com/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c02_owner=1
I'm posting this link again since we have new members on the board. This site has excellent pics and blogs from Ol' Sam about the ice road and many of his other adventures. Enjoy! |
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Rhonda Ingalsbe |
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Posts: 16 Thu, 16-Aug-07 10:58 AM |
Thanks for the link!
Rhonda, mom to 6 in northern Michigan |
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blackmalepoet |
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Posts: 22 Mon, 10-Sep-07 9:59 PM Automotive Writer Extrodinaire |
Thanks Portia!
I will check it out! Sincerely, Ken aka refugee from the HC blogs... 
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xristy |
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Posts: 998 Mon, 10-Sep-07 10:51 PM
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Hi Ken!
Icemannwt from this board is Ol' Sam, that is the link to his blogs and pics. I have to warn you, once you started reading it, you'll be hooked! 
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Gracie Lou 76 |
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Posts: 1 Tue, 11-Sep-07 3:35 PM |
Hiya everyone,
I'm another HC refugee. I hope you folks don't mind me crashing the party! 
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Speedbump |
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Posts: 13857 Tue, 11-Sep-07 3:57 PM
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Both of you are welcomed here just as though you were the first to be here!!! So pull up a chair and don't be shy about posting. Mr. Blackmalepoet we
actually have quiet a few writers here on this board I'm sure you'll get to know them.
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blackmalepoet |
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Posts: 22 Wed, 12-Sep-07 11:23 AM Automotive Writer Extrodinaire |
ah.. Portia, Gracie, Speedbump... feels good to be here.. at least I can get my Canadian fix for the next year or so.. lol and xristy.. thanks for the heads
up! I am a serious history buff and enjoy learning....
In real life, write new vehicle reviews here in the lower 48... the company I own distributes my work and the work of my writers and editors to newspapers around the country! Again.. thanks for the warm welcome! Sincerely, Ken aka blackmalepoet |
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Posts: 13857 Wed, 12-Sep-07 11:47 AM
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Your most certainly welcome Ken. I love history myself. I just came up with the idea today to compare how school was taught in the one room class way back when
as compared to today's school system. One thing they have in common is both parents did work even at home and the kids were still educated. Still working
on how to approach it just an idea for now.
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Hideeho.
Looks like the IRT discussion has come to the end of the road..........at least, until the second season and/or re-runs start. Too bad I got in so late. Golf anyone?
Cheers. Ol' Sam. |
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Posts: 46 Thu, 13-Sep-07 9:32 PM |
Hello up there is anyone home/
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Speedbump |
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Posts: 13857 Thu, 13-Sep-07 9:47 PM
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After 15 and half hours I'm home finally.
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Posts: 46 Fri, 14-Sep-07 7:45 AM |
I'm a HC refuge who is looking for more information on the ice road truckers them self and how it all works. I realize that the "Show" is just
that and there are a lot of other things that go on. One of my simple questions is......do you get paid by the load per pound, trip, or a combination of both
for driving the ice road?
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realitycheck56 |
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Posts: 801 Fri, 14-Sep-07 1:42 PM Man of Knowledge |
Akita01 wrote: There are a number of carriers paying the trucks on the road so the pay scale is varied . Some get paid by weight or axle configuration an a per mile basis and others are paid flat trip rates . The mines usually pay the carriers contracted on a per load basis plus a fuel surcharge which varies from week to week . Again there are probably about 5 or 6 carriers that pay differently .
Hiding from HC hit man
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realitycheck56 |
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Posts: 801 Fri, 14-Sep-07 1:45 PM Man of Knowledge |
Gracie Lou 76 wrote: Gracie Lou Freebush from New Jersey , I would also like to extend a warm welcome to you and even though I am just a guest on this wonderful forum I look forward to exchanging posts with you and also request you allow yourself to be placed in the hot seat for some interesting conversations .
Hiding from HC hit man
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Icemannwt |
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xristy wrote: "Icemannwt", because some low-life crack dealer already had "Iceman". "Ol' Sam", for the name of the 151 proof rum we
used to drink. "Pontoon Lake", because that's where my country estate used to be. "Preludeblogarctic", because Prelude Lake is
close to the Ingraham Trail and Pontoon Lake, and has about the purtiest Territorial Park in the NWT.
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Akita01 |
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Posts: 46 Fri, 14-Sep-07 9:20 PM |
Thanks realitycheck56 for the info. I had noticed that on the HC blog you had said that they were looking for a way to get cargo
delivered for less then 50 cents. a pound, is that an approximation of all that averaged out?
Last Edited By: Akita01 Fri, 21-Sep-07 11:55 AM.
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Icemannwt |
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Akita01 wrote: I disagree, the drivers are handsomely compensated for their efforts. Do your job, don't get cocky, obey the rules and don't screw up. There's a pot of gold at the end.
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Speedbump |
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Posts: 13857 Wed, 19-Sep-07 12:06 PM
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Icemannwt wrote: Isn't that the basic rules for any job???
Do it (isnt that why you were hired???) Dont get cocky (you tend to screw up when your over confident) Dont screw up (means you have learned from other's mistakes) and your pot of gold (A.K.A. paycheck)will be there waiting for you when you have done so??? |
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Icemannwt |
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Right on Speedy! If you want to take big risks and all the worries and stress that go with it. Buy your own rig. If you just want to sit
behind a windshield and jam gears without a care in the world, then be a company driver. If you're late, screw-up, break or lose something, expect your
employer to be pissed, the money to make amends comes out of his pocket. He's the one with the big investment to protect. Be thankful you have a driving
job in N America and a big pay cheque to match, so you can buy all your free-time toys. Your lap-top computer for instance.......
RTL always paid us well and on time, at times to the personal detriment of his own familie's food and well being. RTL drivers were extremely loyal and often drove the extra mile. Look at me, still loyal over thirty years later.
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Speedbump |
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Posts: 13857 Wed, 19-Sep-07 5:25 PM
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You said "big paycheque" Ok so how, in your opinion, doe sone get this BIG pay check??? By staying at a company where your just a number and work up
that way? Going owner operator? Going to company where they ae driver oriented but don't pay all that much? or Working for mom and pop companies that know
who youare where you live and treat you good but has few miles? or anything else you can think of??? (No we haven't had much luck with he "name
brand" companies, the one small company we worked for still owes us but IRS shut them down, and when we were leasing a truck the costs were way too high
to make a profit on.)
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Akita01 |
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Posts: 46 Wed, 19-Sep-07 11:13 PM |
Icemannwt wrote: I apoligize for the ripped off portion, I'm trying to understand the trucking industry as it pertains to the Ice roads. I have thus discovered that is
like all the other jobs out there to a degree. You negotiate your pay with the knowledge of what is expected. I didn't mean to open a can of worms here,
I'm asking stupid questions causing agruments to gleem a little more information with zero background. Please I will try to ask in a way that doesn't
offend just don't shoot first and kick me later to see if I have anything else to add.
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