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ICE ROAD TRUCKER - IT'S NOT EASY PULLING A HEAVY LOAD - Even at 1/14th scale | RC ADVENTURES - YouTube
Channel: RCSparks Studio
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- [RCSparks] You see, that's the problem
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with ice road trucking,
people don't understand
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the amount of preparation
and the amount of thought
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that has to go into these kind of things.
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You can't just take any normal
truck out onto the ice roads.
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You got to be able to
have the proper tires.
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You wanna be able to get out there
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and make sure you have
the traction when you go.
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You can only do ice road trucking really
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when it's under the certain circumstances
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and you have enough ice
that's even passable,
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'cause the conditions are dangerous.
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This truck is locked differentials
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in the rear at all times.
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Using it on the asphalt
doesn't work very well
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because a heavy load
will actually push this,
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'cause the differential's
don't allow it for it to turn.
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So, ice road only.
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Little nervous today but at least I know
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that I'm gonna have
plenty of pulling power
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with the ROC 412.
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The 1200KV is gonna
give me lots of torque.
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And that's the thing I
really need to think about
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when I'm out on the ice.
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'Cause I don't want to
get the truck and the load
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going too fast or else
it'll create a ripple
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on the ice and get a wave going underneath
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and I definitely don't want
to see this truck going
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under the ice, that would be catastrophic.
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But I'm gonna get out there
while the goin's good,
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get the truck loaded up.
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So here I am with the trommel.
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This weighs in scale weight
almost 50,000 pounds.
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It just comes in at just
under 50,000, 49,000.
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But we gotta get this outta
here for no other reason
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than the viewers have been asking for
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a Ice Road Truckers and
there's very few conditions
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under to which it can work but we're gonna
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make it happen today.
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There we are, that's better, good.
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Okay let's get outta here.
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Come on baby, you can move.
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There we go.
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There ya go,
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that is a heavy trommel in soft soil.
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It's not even the ice road, sometimes
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it's just getting access
to it that's a challenge.
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And then finally the ice.
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This trommel trailer,
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is enormous.
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Coming out onto the ice is
like the most nervous part.
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Here we go- whoa, look at it push there.
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The reason it's pushing
is because that front tire
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of course is not driven,
it's just a steering tire
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and if it gets anything
caught underneath it,
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it's impossible to turn.
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We'll push past it though.
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I got lots of traction.
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That one tire needing
to get that snow melted.
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We'll run over a fracture
in the ice right now,
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we'll see if we can get
it turnin', there it goes.
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Crazy, I can hear the ice cracking.
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Here's a pressure ridge
where two slabs of ice
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have come together, pushing
one up over the next.
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Just try to maintain
speed as I go across here.
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Uh-oh, that was what I was worried
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about right there, traction.
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People are gonna be tellin'
me I should've chained up.
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It ain't so easy with these trucks.
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Not a lot of room in there
to wiggle around with.
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But I'll say that a little more
speed will help me through.
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When in doubt throttle out.
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Let's get some traction going.
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Up and over there's that ROC 412 pullin',
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pullin' come on, uneven terrain.
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Look at that, I should've
gone around this completely.
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That's the problem when
I'm payin' more attention
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to the camera than I am to driving.
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Yeah, now I'm stuck, let's
roll her forward a bit.
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Keep that momentum movin' forward.
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Total traction loss.
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It's 'cause of that front tire
has that snow in front of it.
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Wiggle my way through.
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Slow and steady always
wins the game in haulin'
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I'll tell you what,
especially on the ice road.
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Just tryin' to navigate some of the rifts
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in the ice with the right amount
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of speed can be a challenge.
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Come on baby.
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Yes!
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Yes!
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You can see the ice, look it,
there's bubble underneath it.
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Oh, stuck right there.
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Except I kinda cockeyed sideways.
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So close,
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yes, traction is mine!
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Well I gotta say after spending some time
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on the ice runnin' back and forth here
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I don't see what all big danger's about.
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