When we ask you to think about your typical trucker what picture forms in your mind? A leathery old guy in dirty jeans smoking cigarettes? Maybe with a bit of a “dad bod” and a big scruffy beard? We’re probably on the right track. Let’s be honest, although we know there are female truckers out there – who can do the job just as good as any guy – we tend to associate a certain type of man to the job. That was of course until we met the ladies of Ice Road Truckers, including the drop-dead blonde-bombshell Steph “Hammer Down” Custance.
Ice Road Truckers rolled onto the small screen in 2007 and has slowly gathered a small army of trucking fans. The reality series features a team of drivers who specialize in tackling some of the most dangerous ice routes in Canada and Alaska. The drivers transport massive loads across frozen lakes and rivers to take supplies to remote locations. For the most part the drivers are men but there have also been two females featured on the show. The first was Lisa Kelly, an experienced tough as nails driver, and more recently 22-year old Steph Custance joined the show. Here’s what you should know about her:
1 How She Landed Up On Ice Road Truckers …show more content…
Here’s Steph’s story: “I was with the guys at work; one of my guys at work took me to a boxing match last summer, and we were having some beers, and I had to quit drinking because I was driving…I mentioned I had a Class 1 [driver’s license], and my friend happened to know somebody who knew somebody [who worked for Ice Road Truckers] and he was like ‘No way! You’re a Class 1?’ So I drove for him, and sent him some pictures of me fishing–I didn’t know exactly what they wanted, but I guess I gave it to ’em…these guys started callin’ me, and they were like, ‘You made it on the show!’ And I was like, ‘No