It’s easier than it looks
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Having recently spent a week in Alaska with the Ice Road Truckers, I have made three important discoveries: 1. American trucks are crap! I spent most of my time in a 2010 Kenworth W900L and it was like being back in the 1970s. Admittedly the bunk was big – but from the driver's seat it was cramped, uncomfortable and loud. Whoever designed the dashboard should be ashamed of themselves, and visibility was downright appalling.
2. Ice road trucking is easier than it looks on TV. OK, so the weather and road conditions are bad, but the trucks have double-drive, winter tyres and chains, so grip is superb. Most of the drivers on the Dalton Highway only ever drive on this road, so they know it like the backs of their hands. I wonder how they'd cope with making a delivery in central London. I believe that driving in the UK is more challenging. After all, Alaskan drivers don't have to deal with speed cameras, traffic wardens, tachographs, congestion, crime, a lack of parking and impossible delivery slots. They can drive for 15 hours straight in a 20-hour working day, they are treated
with respect by the public and they get paid more than $100,000 (£63,000) a year for doing a job they love.
3. Trying to write your name in the snow when it's 40˚
below freezing isn't easy!
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