Truck & Transportation History

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thats onnea the reasons why alaska residents dont pay state income tax [yet anyway]...

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...the yearly slidein scale permenmet dividend fund [pfd fund as its know in alaska] issa yearly check issued to every man /woman /and child that hassa valid alaska residency......since 1980 it has ranged from 500 dollars to as much as 3 thousand dollars [US].......

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...contrary  to populer belief ....the amount of the yearly pfd that is issused has really nothin ta do with the price of crude oil at the time.nor how much that the state has collected from the oil industry......but ...rather based on the profits of the state of alaska,s investments...

...they have [or did have] millions invested in stocks and bonds and many outher funds.....

the state even owns many commercial properties all over the world

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....those expectin ta see much outta the pfd fund fer the next few  years though are gonna be very dissappointed iam fraid [if it  will still exist at all]

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...fer some reason though..........we in alaska haveta pay the highest fuel cost of anywhere in the united states....even though we have 3 refinerys in state....[2 of which are directly connected and draw from the trans alaska pipe line]

......go figgir

jim k tomer .......the altar boy

Yes it gets kind of pathetic at times. The discovery channel had a crew at one of our job sites in Philly for 4 days video taping us doing our thing 3 weeks ago. It is for a new show that starts after first of the year. They were always asking us to make things more dramatic.

Just call me tater salad!

One thing the show pointed out was the dangerous aspects of the road which can only be verified by those who have driven it.  The camera angles and the producers may tend to make things look a little worse than they are but only those running the road could attest to the danger.

My question would be," Why hasn't the road been improved"?   With all the money being made off diesel prices that road should drive like a dream. 

Dan Cornett

Just call me tater salad!

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......although the first series left somewaht ta be desired.......the second season got somewhat better.......

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the first year was filmed outta yellowknife northwest territory canada.....

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the second year was filmed outta inuvic northwest teritory canada...

.....the 3rd one appears ta be in alaska......

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....onea the allstars that now works for me now .....was runnin the ;;;haul road;;; [the dalton highway] all last winter [workin ferra different company] while the film crews where there....[outta fairbanks alaska]

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....there was lottsa comments on the history channel site fer several years now bought goin ta alaska and filmin the ;;haul road;; .....and i guess they toke the advice.....

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while down here in the lowere 48 ......i get asked all the time if iam onea those ;;;ice road truckers;;;;......lottsa people think thats all there is up north....and they dont realize that the ice road season is very short....[we actualy have summers also...sometime close ta 100 degrees].......[but iv also  been out runnin at  minus 78F ..ambiant...no wind chill factor involved]

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...when asked ....i have ta reply.... yes ...iv done lotta ice road truckin myself[includin many loads out on the beauford sea]..........but.....many dont realize that many [mosta] times ,the real challenge.is gettin ta the ice roads!!!!!.....

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fer me....goin ta prudoe bay issa 375 trip onna 2 lane blacktop....anda addtional 517 miles up the narrow gravel dalton highway[haul road] .........each way....

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think iv posted some pics before.........but ill see if iv got anymore when i get back up north again.......

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even though i aint been on the dalton hwy since last october myself.......somea my ;;;buds;; may show up on some segment though...

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..gotta few trips  fer this summer goin up the dalton myself[after the film crew;s gone]

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....weeell see ............but it may be worth watchin this year

jim k tomer .......the altar boy