Friday, December 24, 2010

stuck in the ice

while working in the northwest territorries, i was driveing water truck.
to get water u just drive out on the ice of a lake or swamp, which is everywere, and lay a samll peace of dynamite on the ice, then get behind the truck and set the dynimite off with a battery from the truck or even a flashlight. this dnyimite was the kind that blows down, not up,  the blast shakes u and hurts your ears if u dont have them covered. i was real impressed by the blast the first time i did it. even scared
anyway, i drove out on the ice to get water. i blew the hole in the ice, put the sucktion hose in the hole and waited for the truck to fill up.
when the truck was full i loaded the hose back on and was ready to leave
i let the cluch out and just as the wheels started to turn the ice broke. just one back wheel went thro the ice and there i sat in the ice hole
soon a drill truck came by to pull me out.  we hooked up the chain ans started to pull. i heard something break and everybody yelled to stop.  we had pulled the truck about a foot forward but the rear axle was still stuck in the ice hole. had colpletely broken the rear end and springs from the truck
i got in a lot of shit over that, but i fgured there were about 6 guys there when they pulled on the dam truck,,,, why didnt one of them think about what would happen,,,,,,, hell no,  lets blame the greenhorn driver that got it stuck . and i guess i was suposed to know there was a soft spot in the ice right were i parked the tires. i was amased only the tires went tho, i would think when it droped the whole truck ,loaded with water, would have gone tho the ice. then ofcourse the ice would have held the doors closed so i would have drwn is i didnt freeze to death first.

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