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00:00This time on Highway Through Hell
00:08Slipping and sliding
00:13Reliable
00:16In the danger zone
00:18Quiring
00:21Works the hill
00:25And cutting loose
00:30With auto
00:3143 metric tons of wood on that truck
00:35Anyone coming down from the summit
00:40Tell me what the roads are like
00:42On BC's Coquihalla Highway
00:45If it's all just flowing
00:47And we're fine
00:47The first snows of winter
00:50But when you get somebody that's like really nervous
00:52Then yeah
00:53Have drivers on edge
00:56It's gonna be an accident waiting to happen
00:58Those road temperatures from the summit all the way north
01:04Are like minus two minus three
01:05Patrolling the hill
01:07So it will be heavy wet snow
01:09Highways maintenance supervisor Curtis Brown
01:13Prepares for a month's long fight
01:16Once the snow picks up
01:19Don't be afraid to use the sand with the larger crushed rock in it
01:23We've focused closely on being proactive about storms
01:27Making sure that our key pieces of equipment are out there ready
01:30After last year's mild winter
01:33Tonight we're forecasted to get up to 25 centimeters of snowfall
01:38This year is expected to be different
01:42Experts are predicting we will need particularly warm jackets this winter
01:46Because it will likely be colder and wetter than usual
01:50The most common reason why the highway closes
01:54Is due to blockages
01:56Al is here
01:58Okay
01:58He's at Zopkius
01:59Sometimes your issues will snowball
02:01And it could turn into a nine hour closure
02:04You need tow trucks to pull trucks out of the way
02:07At the Zopkius brake check
02:10Veteran tow operator Al Quiring armors up
02:15Come on baby
02:16Can't control mother nature on the Coca-Cola
02:20That's for sure
02:21Their clan is changing
02:23And it seems like we're getting a lot of snow developing in a very short period of time
02:27Al, how are you doing?
02:31Good
02:31How's it going?
02:33I think it's going to be kind of a messy night
02:35We haven't had a West Coast storm for a while
02:38Yeah
02:38Looks like it's building anyways
02:40Each person's got a spot to keep an eye on their corner of the chaos
02:46Well I'll let you get ready
02:47Thanks Al
02:48You bet
02:49Appreciate it
02:53All right
02:55Here we go
02:56How's the highway to Cam
03:03That's on the coast
03:03Pretty rough
03:05125 kilometers north
03:10I got a feeling
03:11That's going to be a long night
03:13In Merritt
03:15Reliable towing
03:17Is ready for the cold snap
03:19We have geared up for winter
03:21I think we have enough talented people to work the trucks that we have
03:26I anticipate that it's going to be a very busy winter
03:30Blasting off from the yard
03:33A 35 ton record
03:35Go ahead up highway 5 here
03:38Piloted by operator John Dodds
03:41Sometimes it's not just the snow
03:43Sometimes it's cold enough
03:45The road's icy
03:46This is supposed to be the first major snowfall of the season
03:50And the roads are starting to cool down
03:52You guys will drive the speeds as if it's still summer
03:56And it's not
03:57That's a long line up
04:0246 kilometers north of town
04:05That's logical
04:06Just trying to crawl through
04:07A semi-trailer
04:12Headlong down a bank
04:14Dangerously budding into the highway
04:20Arriving on scene
04:24John gets his first look
04:28All righty
04:31The trailer is sticking out in the granny lane a little bit
04:34The wreck is the second of two crashes on the same stretch
04:40There was a response from EMS on the first accident
04:45And this guy came over the hill just a little bit too fast
04:49Actually hit the back end of the ambulance
04:51Put himself around and ended up jackknifed into the ditch
04:55One accident just kind of caused a bit of a chain reaction
05:00That's good, you're all right though
05:02But before traffic can safely resume
05:06It's pretty paved into the front bank here
05:09John must clear his wreck
05:11Hanging over the road
05:14Trying to get this done as fast as possible
05:16To avoid causing any other wrecks on the same hill
05:19Come on buddy, come on
05:21I just want to know what the coke's like
05:45There is some sort of blockage
05:4830 minutes north of Merritt
05:51Single lane
05:53A semi partially blocking the road
05:56He was going a little fast with the conditions
05:59Has reliable towing
06:02He hit his brakes a little too hard and he lost control
06:05In the danger zone
06:06When you're in a spot like this
06:08You definitely got to be watching what you're doing
06:10You got to crawl through on the hammerly side only
06:14Cresting a hill into an active crash scene
06:19The driver was unable to stop
06:22Colliding with an ambulance
06:26Before sweeping down the bank
06:30Joining the scene with a reliable 50 ton
06:36Slinging on the back there bud or what
06:38Merit manager Lane Perry
06:41We'll have you yet that way while I pull the truck up this way
06:44It's definitely going to be a challenge to get it up onto the road
06:49And at the same time sharing the road
06:52Idiots man
06:55Drivers in the live lane
06:57I know man
06:59There's going to be another one here
07:00Aren't heeding the conditions
07:03Oh slicky poo
07:05Everything's pretty slicked up from the wind
07:07You just want to make sure you keep your head on this way
07:11These are not looking good
07:15No one fixing it up then
07:19125 kilometers south
07:22What firings are we doing this thing?
07:25On Snowshed Hill
07:26Al discovers a flatbed B train in a bad spot
07:32I've encountered a few different things on the Snowshed Hill
07:36Time out in the middle of the highway
07:38He's just sitting in his truck waiting for the snow to stop
07:43Rock slides, Sasquatch attacks
07:46Could be anything that closes the road really
07:48I wouldn't sleep anywhere near up here
07:51Even a guy having a nap in the middle of it
07:59It's kind of odd that somebody would
08:01Just drive up that Smasher Hill
08:03And decide not only just to kind of block lanes
08:06But hop in the butt and go to sleep too
08:07It's time to go
08:10Top of the day
08:11Use that rest area back at the last town
08:15And try again tomorrow
08:17We're going to go up the hill
08:18Put it in gear
08:19I'm hooked on already
08:23I'm fast
08:25We're ready to go
08:26First, second, third, fourth
08:29Pick up speed
08:31We're not stopping anywhere
08:34Till we're at the top of the hill
08:35Follow me
08:37Let's roll
08:40Despite the rude awakening
08:59Come on, baby
09:00Al understands the grind of winter trucking
09:04They want to go to sleep
09:05Because they've been driving like this
09:07Having a hard time
09:10Staying in a warm sleeper berth
09:13Cuddled up in a sleeping bag is way better
09:15Than laying under a dripping truck
09:16Putting chains on by far
09:18But they just can't do that there
09:20Cut loose at the top
09:28The driver
09:30Oh, I wouldn't pull off anywhere here
09:34Remains eager for a place to snooze
09:37Don't sleep up here
09:39Because anywhere you pull off here
09:41There's going to be a foot and a half of snow
09:42So, yeah, you wake up in the morning
09:45We might not see you
09:46With a bit of practical advice
09:48I'll get out of your way so you can go
09:51Al sends him on his way
09:53It's not like a hotel hospitality or anything
09:56But it's looking after the motoring public
09:58Right on
10:01Well, you drive safe driver
10:02Have a good night
10:03We got an accident here
10:09An hour north
10:13John and Lane rigged to a trailer
10:16One on either side
10:18Sticking out onto the highway
10:21If you want to back right up
10:24I'm always concerned that
10:28We're working next to a live lane
10:30I'm more worried about the people
10:32That are coming down the road
10:34And could potentially crash into us
10:36Good
10:37With Lane's 50 ton
10:42Acting as an anchor on the rear
10:44John's 35 ton
10:47Will drag the trailer up first
10:50Before swinging the tractor around
10:53Onto the shoulder
10:54All righty
10:59Now for the fun part
11:03Hopefully it'll come up better this way
11:06Yeah
11:06John starts pulling on the rear of the tractor
11:10But with his wrecker in the air
11:17How far out am I there?
11:22He risks swinging into moving traffic
11:25Borderline, if we spin again
11:27We'll have to change it
11:29That's right
11:30We got quite a bit of weight we're pulling
11:33The roadway is pretty slick at this point
11:35It doesn't help that the landing gear is just being a big giant anchor right now for us
11:42Restricted by a live lane
11:48You can't turn the wrecker and take up the whole road to get full pulling powered
11:54You're limited to the little bit of space you have
11:57They keep pulling the loaded semi
12:01It's coming, it's just plowing the bank on its way up
12:04But it's grounding out on the crest
12:07Okay, hold the weight
12:11So they pause to switch lines up
12:16We're going to have to change again
12:21So this one will end up being our truck line
12:24We need to get this one off the road
12:27For public safety and safety of us
12:29We don't want to be up on the road
12:31With a quick re-rig to the front of the tractor
12:36Watch yourself, there's a record of work in there
12:38On the cocahola
12:40They try again
12:42They try again
12:43On the cocahola
13:05Reliables uphill tractor pull
13:08Is going sideways
13:14You're great traffic
13:15We've got to be quick so that traffic doesn't come down the hill and hit us
13:24Earlier tonight, unable to stop for an active crash scene
13:29The semi hit an ambulance
13:33Then went down the bank
13:35Throw my stiff legs up quick
13:38Quick, quick
13:39Before this guy gets hit, we all get hit
13:42Not wanting to become another casualty
13:45We don't want to get hit
13:46Pretty smooth?
13:48No, I'm going to back up
13:49Hit
13:51John backs away from the active lane
13:55All good
14:03It's just a lot of snow and a lot of weight coming up this side
14:12It's pretty much a straight drop here
14:14Pulling up a 40 degree slope
14:17Yeah, I'd get a low line on this side
14:19Okay
14:20Just to pull the trailer down
14:22And that'll kind of lift up on the fifth wheel plate
14:26And give that tractor some lift too
14:27Okay
14:28They need to counter the resistance on the front of the wreck
14:32Go for it
14:34With Lane's 50 ton levering down on the rear
14:39Fighting us a little bit here on this thing
14:46John gets the lift he needs on the tractor
14:53Cab gave a good twist
14:56Until he runs out of room
14:59Pull ahead, swing it the rest of the lane
15:07Okay
15:07A quick reposition
15:11Just watch yourself, Lane
15:17I'm going to swing it up
15:18And the nose
15:22It's coming up nice snow
15:26Finally comes around
15:29There we go
15:31Touching down with a flashy finish
15:36Battery cables
15:39The wreck is back on the road
15:42Fun in a way
15:44And rewarding
15:45Because you get to see everything that you've done
15:47At the end of the day
15:48For Lane and John
15:50Teamwork and quick thinking
15:52Okay, good on this side
15:54You got it
15:55Made for a safe and speedy recovery
15:58Alrighty, let's get this freaking thing out of here
16:01And go home
16:02Thanks for coming out
16:03Awesome
16:04We got her out
16:05We're hooked up
16:06And it's time to get this thing out of here
16:07And go home
16:08With Reliables Wreck
16:10Heading off the highway
16:11It's clear sailing
16:13The area is safe
16:15For the next recovery team
16:17That's the number one goal
16:19Is to keep the public safe
16:21Open the roads
16:21Keep the commodities flowing
16:23Oh, I love winter
16:25What's going on, driver?
16:42400 kilometres northeast
16:45400 kilometres northeast
16:46400 kilometres northeast
16:46400 kilometres northeast
16:48What's the hold up, man?
16:49Fort Revelstoke
16:50Lies Reliables' Revelstoke Division
16:54Ben's Towing
16:56One of the things of having
16:58Several different locations throughout BC
16:59Is to be able to provide
17:01The best service we can
17:02To our customers
17:02Okay, Mike, you copy
17:05Heading out from home base
17:07You can check on LAD, too
17:09If anybody's seen a breakdown out there
17:11A 50-ton heavy
17:14Winter's here
17:15Launches onto the Trans-Canada
17:19A little bit wet
17:20A little bit slushy
17:21With heavy operator
17:23Mike Topperchak
17:25It's a different kind of highway
17:27Than anywhere else
17:28A lot of people say
17:29That highways like Coke
17:30You see a lot of destruction there
17:33A lot of carnage and chaos
17:34But there's nothing like
17:37What you see on this highway
17:38If you're prepared
17:40It can be a lot of fun
17:40If you're not prepared
17:42It can turn bad very quickly
17:44Linking BC to the rest of Canada
17:47Through the Rockies
17:48And surrounding mountains
17:50Highway 1 by a Revelstoke
17:53Is an essential trade route
17:55With no viable alternates
17:58In case of a shutdown
17:59All your groceries
18:03All your dry goods
18:04All your mail
18:04Are all running on this corridor
18:06Any of the nearest detours
18:07Add nearly 12 hours to your trip
18:09So this is the route
18:10And there's no other option
18:12When this road's closed
18:13Everything's stopped
18:14And it stays stopped
18:16Until we open it
18:17Oh yeah, we're hitting snow already
18:21At 4.30 a.m.
18:24When I see traffic coming
18:25So that means the road's not
18:27May not be entirely blocked
18:28Uh, never mind
18:31That looks kind of blocked me
18:33This is a bad situation
18:37A jackknifed semi
18:40Has the vital corridor
18:42Completely cut off
18:44This is an ASAP job
18:47This is as fast as we can get it done
18:49The better
18:49Loading with electronics
18:55Highway authorities
18:57Highway authorities are anxious
18:58To clear the growing backlog
19:00Of motorists
19:01Let's go, let's go, let's go
19:03But a quick investigation
19:06Everything in the back end is done
19:08It's the axles tweaked
19:10And everything
19:10Reveals the tractor
19:12Won't be an easy move
19:14Wouldn't be surprised
19:16If they rode it off
19:16This one in particular
19:17Has had a bit of a rough ride
19:18And it's twisted his axles out shape
19:20I can get it straightened out
19:22And lay it open real quick
19:23I'm just gonna need to turn around
19:24Aiming his winches
19:30Can I borrow you?
19:32Just pull that out
19:33And enlisting the help
19:35Of the highway's rep
19:36Just gonna throw a chain on there
19:37Quick
19:37Mike Riggs to the tow hook
19:43Hoping for a quick pull out
19:51Alright, let's rock and roll
19:54You're a driver
19:56Hop in
20:04We'll see what it looks like
20:05When it gets out
20:06Let's at least get traffic flushed
20:07As he starts straightening
20:10The jackknife
20:10Oh, that's good
20:13Oh, bitch
20:19Mike hits a snag
20:21There's some damage
20:24Somewhere in the truck
20:25The air system
20:25In that situation
20:27It locks up all his brakes
20:28And with traffic building
20:30In both directions
20:31We're gonna have to reinvent this
20:34A little bit
20:34Because it's not gonna be
20:35What I want
20:35He needs to quickly
20:37Come up with a new plan
20:39Definitely not get by this one
20:41Driver's head west
20:45On Highway 1 near Revelstoke
20:49I got a truck jackknife
20:51A total traffic shutdown
20:54As Mike from Ben's towing
20:59Whole back end is destroyed
21:00Scrambling to get wheels rolling
21:03It's a matter of finding where to put air
21:05It's a matter of finding where to put air
21:05And to release his brakes
21:06When trucks jackknife
21:07Typically when they make contact with the cab
21:10They'll break the cab mounting components
21:11Oftentimes they can break the air lines
21:14And electrical lines
21:14That supply the trailer
21:15Yeah, that's it right there
21:20He discovers the problem
21:22Yeah, you broke an air line
21:24Full of fuel and it's leaking
21:27But air isn't the only thing pouring out
21:30Of course it is
21:32No such thing as a simple jackknife
21:34Hey, I need a tractor out east
21:37Right away please
21:38And grab the plug-in dyke
21:39And bring it with you
21:40Mike puts an urgent call
21:42To home base for a repair kit
21:44ASAP please
21:45If it's not contained
21:47That's going to eventually leach down
21:48And into the river
21:48And into the watershed
21:49But with authorities
21:51Breathing down his neck
21:53What's the hold up?
21:56And the vital corridor still blocked
21:59Okay, I'm going to see
22:01If I can muscle this thing out
22:02But I don't know
22:02If it's going to cooperate with me
22:04Mike needs to get things moving
22:07We've got a lot of pressure
22:09On these morning wrecks
22:10All the trucks are gearing up for the day
22:12They're going to be coming hot on us
22:14We need to have the road open
22:16In addition to a second winch line
22:21He runs an airline to the trailer
22:23We can release the brakes on the trailer
22:26And that'll help us out
22:27That's better
22:32Hitting the sticks
22:36There we go
22:37This time
22:39The wheels roll
22:41Our first goal is to
22:43Get the wreck straightened out
22:44Get at least a lane open
22:47So we can get traffic flowing in some sense
22:48A few more feet
22:52And the westbound lane
22:58Is wide open
22:59That's as good as that's going to get
23:01Traffic control
23:06Releases the waiting drivers
23:11We're just dealing with mop up stage here now
23:19It is what it is at this point
23:21There's going to be clean up no matter what you do
23:23As soon as you crash like that
23:24That's the end of it
23:25As day breaks
23:26Emergency supplies arrive to contain the spill
23:32Each side is 155 gallons
23:34So let's assume anywhere from 100 to 150 gallons leaked out
23:38We're going to put some floor dry down
23:39And Mike seals the leak on the fuel tank
23:43Contain the diesel as much as we can
23:45That's what we want right there
23:52With the kingpin released
23:55Okay pins pulled
23:56Landing gears down
23:58Good stuff
23:59The unit is disconnected
24:05Okay we'll get these wound up
24:08We'll get you to turn this around
24:09We're going to need a hold here in a minute
24:14I've got to get around the trailer
24:15And Liam's got to get up the road to turn around
24:16The axles have been twisted on the truck
24:22We can't tow it as a combination to a safe spot
24:24Any better it would be textbook
24:34Liam's going to tow the tractor into town
24:36Yeah you're good to go
24:37And I'll see you back in the yard
24:38And I'm going to take the trailer
24:4090 minutes since Mike's arrival
24:45Okay I'm going to clear out going the other way
24:48The crucial leg through the Rockies
24:51Has been restored
24:53The roadways in BC are a vital link
24:56To our overall economy in Canada
24:59So our job is to clear the road as quickly as possible
25:03Good times are good times right
25:05Highways is happy we got it done quick
25:06I'm happy that highways is happy
25:08Thank you for being out here
25:10There's supposed to be another storm rolling in
25:17400 kilometers southwest
25:20I can't get anybody awake around here so just send me that call
25:25At his yard in Hope
25:27Jamie Davis takes a much needed break from the office
25:32I carry a lot on my shoulders
25:33I carry a lot on my shoulders
25:34I deal with the maintenance
25:36I dispatch the long haul trucks
25:39I deal with accountants
25:40It does sometimes become quite a bit
25:43With another storm just hours away
25:49We go up the cork all the time
25:51There's always guys breaking down on the hill
25:53Jamie and his 25-ton wrecker
25:57Lucy have a short window
25:59A lot of snow on top
26:01But not down below
26:02To come to the aid of a valued customer
26:06It is actually brutally tough on this hill
26:09Today's environment is ultra competitive
26:12For me it was important always to have customers that you dealt with for a long time
26:18People that know you
26:19And they would phone you back
26:21I've heard that there's a recall on the idlers
26:35He's going to take it into the shop
26:39So we can close her up
26:40And get it fixed properly
26:41Not roadside
26:45Despite the incoming storm
26:49These are my favourite little lift straps
26:51They're real good
26:52Securing the truck for transport
26:55Is not to be rushed
26:57We used to use chain all the time
26:59But when you put the chains on
27:01It's too hard to get them to be 100% tight
27:04They're always coming loose
27:05And I actually like this the best
27:08That'll get us up the hill
27:10It could be catastrophic
27:13If a truck wasn't tied off properly or came off
27:17I'm just going to get the tools
27:18Get ready to take the shaft out
27:19The final step is Jamie's least favourite
27:23Nobody likes pulling shafts
27:25But that's got an automatic transmission in it
27:27And you can't even pull that by feet
27:29They don't lubricate
27:30And you can do a lot of damage
27:32With motorists speeding by just inches away
27:37Oh, watch out!
27:41Okay, I'll get under there and start
27:42He crawls between the wheels
27:45Now blind to approaching drivers
27:47You know, you're doing 110 or 120, whatever it is
27:52And easy for somebody to just not be paying attention
27:56For that one iota of the minute
27:58That's how those accidents happen a lot of times
28:00Slow down
28:02That's not supposed to come in here a little bit
28:08On the coquihalla
28:11Oh
28:13It wouldn't make any sense for that guy to slow down at all, would it?
28:20Jamie hurries to detach a drive shaft
28:22It fucks me, man
28:25They don't get it
28:26And get out of harm's way
28:28Thus being on the hill
28:30They just don't get it
28:33You know, they call it the smasher for a reason
28:36You're going to move as quick as you can
28:38Efficiently as you can
28:39Pick that thing up
28:40Get the shaft out of it
28:41Air it up
28:42And let's get off the road
28:43We'll get my remote
28:45Oh, I got it right here
28:47Extending his wheel lift to roll the truck backward
28:52Perfect
28:53He aligns the drive shaft to remove the final bolt
28:58All right
29:01Hate to load shafts
29:06It's freaking heavy
29:08Then chains it up for safe transport
29:12Hey guys, we're good there
29:14The dirty work's done and now it's driving
29:17All right, we're good to go
29:19With his rig secured
29:22Jamie's longtime customer
29:25All right
29:27Lifts off for safety ahead of the storm
29:30We're going to pull them up to the top
29:32And find a safe place to separate the units
29:34And then we're going to tow the truck down to the repair shop
29:37We really value that old-time, old-school relationship
29:43With a customer who knows you
29:44He's going to phone you
29:45He's loyal to you
29:47That's a good feeling to have
29:49It really is
29:49There you go
29:51There's a guy with the phone in
29:53How's the weather?
30:10500 kilometers north
30:13It's a shift in the weather
30:15I can't find that gear
30:17In Quesnel, D.C.
30:21It was just really icy last night
30:23An auto-towing 50-ton
30:26Lumbers down Highway 97
30:29It's really separate
30:31With Rob Barber on duty
30:34The first little bit of winter driving
30:37Usually takes a couple snowfalls
30:39To feel comfortable
30:40Just a little bit too much speed
30:42Plans go sideways pretty fast
30:45We're just pulling up the accident scene now
30:50Just ahead
30:52A lumber bee train that lost the road
30:58Holy crap
31:00We've got to get that off the highway
31:04It's down in front of the truck
31:06It's way behind the truck
31:07Some of his wood really went a long ways
31:10Hey Rob!
31:12Joining the scene
31:13With his 12-ton folding knuckle boom crane
31:17Today I'm the clean-up guy
31:18Odd job specialist
31:21Alan Frisby
31:22When he gets into predicaments
31:24It's me
31:26He'll give a call
31:27And we'll come out and help him out
31:28We'll start retrieving the lumber
31:30So Rob can get his truck full out of there
31:32Wow
31:34There's like 43 metric ton
31:37Of wood on that truck
31:38But before they can get to the bee train
31:41We can't roll it over
31:43With the wood on it
31:44They'll have to release
31:46Its load of lumber
31:48So that we can
31:49Try to get at it a little bit better
31:51And roll the truck over
31:52In the world of heavy recovery
31:56Let's watch your feet
31:57Cutting straps
31:58Has proven
32:01To be dangerous business
32:05That's it?
32:08All of them
32:09You got the sphincter tight?
32:14Having cut his share of straps over the years
32:17Rob has innovated
32:21I think it's a painter's stick
32:24And then it's got a hook system
32:26You can just hook the strap
32:28And it just slices through it
32:29So you can be far enough away from it
32:31That it shouldn't get you
32:33A lot less chance of ever getting hurt
32:37There he is
32:38He's just gonna come in right there
32:43They now need to transfer the wood off site
32:46In the bin, yeah
32:48Okay
32:49Let's hit the ground, boys
32:51So they brought in some extra hands
32:55Four o'clock staff
32:57It's gonna start snowing pretty quickly
32:58They said
32:59To help beat the clock
33:01We have a snowstorm on our way
33:03So we've quickly got to get this done
33:04Because if we get a dump of snow
33:06We'll have to dig everything out in the morning
33:10We'll try to get as much done
33:12Before the snow comes
33:13500 kilometers south
33:22Back down on the coke
33:26An afternoon dump of wet snow
33:33Has a big rig
33:38Carrying sea cans stranded
33:40It's icy and slushy on top
33:43Slippery
33:44I guess we have too heavy load
33:46We lost traction up the hill
33:47Chain gave up
33:49So we need a tovic truck
33:51Still working the hill
33:55Since last night's storm
33:57Al swoops in for the rescue
34:02Some of these trucks
34:03Only put chains on one axle
34:05And they get most of the way up the hill
34:07They start spinning
34:08And
34:09Sparks smoke
34:11The smell of burnt concrete
34:13There are a lot of broken chains
34:16Back up a bit
34:18You get off those chains
34:19They've got it all wrapped up in the wheels
34:21And they're like this
34:23You're all right
34:25Good chains
34:28The last cheap chains
34:30They'll get you through the scale
34:31But they won't get you up the hill
34:32But with no chains on the driver's tires
34:36What do you got for weight?
34:38My load is about 130,000 pounds
34:41It's heavy
34:42It's very heavy
34:43And 60 plus tons on the hook
34:47Yeah, and then as soon as you can
34:50Start shifting gears
34:51As soon as you can
34:53We want to go up the hill
34:56Floor barrels open
34:57The tow will put Al's 50 ton heavy
35:06To the test
35:08Start picking up speed
35:10Breaking a truck up there
35:14During a snowstorm
35:15It's not good
35:17But when things let go
35:19You got no control
35:21All things go boom
35:22Heavy load here
35:27On Snowshed Hill
35:29Gotta pedal the clutch
35:32Pedal the throttle
35:33A super heavy tow
35:35A little bit of hopeful
35:36As Al pushing Big Green
35:39To its upper limit
35:41Pucker factor on the seat sometimes
35:43Hauling a container load
35:45In excess of 130,000 pounds
35:49One bad shift
35:52Could sap their momentum
35:54We're going to actually
35:55Start picking up gears
35:56Because the two of us
35:58Are starting to work together
35:59To get efficient traction
36:01To make it up that hill
36:03Looks like you're getting
36:05Bumpy and you didn't hear
36:06Cruising through the final stretch
36:13Big Green
36:15As the B-train's driver
36:17To thank
36:17Did not like a pro
36:22People don't want to shift
36:23Because they think
36:24As soon as they shift
36:24They'll power up
36:25But I got
36:26Yeah, that's what I was
36:27I need to do more
36:28Excellent
36:29Yeah, that was awesome
36:30Jason Wright
36:31He made it up to them
36:33After 14 hours on the coke
36:36Al's shift is done
36:41You know, here's a helping hand
36:43Let's get to the top of the hill
36:44Have yourself a safe trip
36:46To wherever you're going
36:47I've been doing that
36:48For years up there
36:49And that's what I think
36:51Will carry my family's business
36:52For more generations to come
36:54I want to be done by dark
36:59Because we got more snow coming
37:01Outside Quennell
37:03Team Otto
37:04I don't know if that'll come apart or not
37:06Here we are
37:07The caribou rotator
37:08And Alan Frisbee
37:10Okay, perfect
37:12We'll make it look beautiful
37:13Are making light work
37:15Of a heavy lumber offload
37:17Each bundle
37:18I'm going to guess
37:19Three to four thousand pounds
37:21At the most
37:21So I got about
37:22Six thousand pounds there
37:24Maybe eight
37:25Come out of there like nothing
37:27I hope
37:28My crane is a folding knuckle boom
37:32It's a 12 ton
37:32We get into areas
37:34That are a little more challenging
37:36Heads up
37:38Watch that side
37:43Don't slide on you
37:45It's a high value load
37:48All fur, premium wood
37:51That can still be salvaged
37:53It's really nice wood
37:55It should be worth about 120,000
37:57For the quality of wood
37:59That's on the truck today
38:00They're done
38:04Cool
38:05With enough lumber
38:09Out of the way
38:09The next challenge
38:12Is to land the wreck
38:13Roll it back onto its wheels again
38:15And then
38:16He'll drag it away
38:17I'll rig up my lines
38:19And I'll attach a couple chains
38:22Where am I tagging onto
38:23With two lines from the 50 ton
38:26To the tractor
38:27And Alan's crane
38:30Rigged to the trailer's midpoint
38:32They'll roll the unit
38:34Onto its wheels
38:35Snow incoming
38:37But with a snowstorm
38:39About to hit
38:40Let's get her
38:41The team pushes
38:43To get the recovery
38:44Done fast
38:45Let's go
38:46I get a call
38:48For a road closer
38:48We don't want to be
38:51Taking forever
38:52Because time is money
38:54Stopping traffic
38:56Rob moves in
38:58Are you confident
39:01It's not going to hit your truck?
39:04As long as you don't slide
39:05It will be good
39:06There's barely nine feet
39:10Between the wreck
39:11And the crane truck
39:12It seems pretty tight
39:14Here
39:14Seems like it might be a little close
39:16To his truck
39:17When he rolls it over
39:17But he feels
39:19He's got lots of room
39:20And he's pretty comfortable
39:20With that
39:21With Alan on his handheld controls
39:24Are we ready?
39:25Rob
39:26Let me lead it
39:27Makes his move
39:29So that
39:30Doesn't slam on the ground
39:31Quite as hard
39:31It's going to be
39:33Unplight
39:33Keep her going
39:37Come on
39:39Oh my
39:40It's going to slam on the ground
39:50It's going to be
39:51Unplight
39:52Otto's lumber
39:53B-train rollover
39:55It's coming on its own now
39:57Oh my
40:03Slams into place
40:04Yeah
40:05It was a good one
40:06All right
40:07It's done
40:08It was tundra
40:10Put it up on the road for you
40:12With a final tug sideways
40:17The B-train
40:18He can now
40:20Take it
40:20Is back on solid ground
40:22That's going to turn around now
40:25And hook onto it
40:26Rob plans to roll it off the main drag
40:32To a safe pull out
40:34Yeah we're in a hole in one piece
40:36But a mechanic on sight
40:40We're at the bulkhead
40:41Oh
40:42Discovers
40:43We're at the valve
40:44A showstopper
40:46It's not an air leak
40:48When the guy rolled the trailer over
40:51He broke a valve
40:52If we can't fix his airline
40:54We're going to have to cage all five axles
40:56To release all the brakes
40:57Which will take forever
40:59I don't think I got a valve
41:01I go look
41:02The tickle trunk
41:03We can be here a while
41:06If he doesn't have all the story things to do it
41:09Kind of part of life right
41:12You try to keep enough crap
41:14That
41:14You can fix junk
41:16I have a friend with an auto wrecker
41:18And I try to collect junk from his place
41:20It's unreal how much he use it
41:23What are the chances of me actually having that
41:26Coupler
41:27Rob's tickle trunk treasure
41:32All like it was meant to be
41:34Saves the day
41:36I think we're going to be golden
41:37It's kind of nice when you have that little pile of extra brass goodies
41:41Should be good
41:42Hopefully I'm going to go push the button
41:44And we're not going to hear any air leaks
41:45You're rolling
41:48These wheels are turning
41:50With the trailer's brakes released
41:55Impressive to watch
41:56Rob and Alan pull off another win
42:00Everything went smooth
42:01Again working with Rob
42:02He's good at what he does
42:04Al's always awesome to work with
42:06He relies on me
42:07I rely on him
42:08It's 85 feet for the truck
42:12And 38 feet for me
42:14There we go
42:16Headed for a safe space off the highway
42:19Okay
42:20I'm leaving the scene now
42:21Rob is optimistic
42:24About Otto's road ahead
42:27Today went really well
42:30There was a lot of pieces there
42:32To clean up
42:32And get moved off the road
42:34This winter at Otto
42:36We're hoping for
42:36A good snowfall
42:38And some cold weather
42:39Not to blow any trucks up
42:41Next time
42:51On highway through hell
42:52A loaded lumber wreck
42:55You actually can't see the truck
42:57Has Otto
42:58What a mess, man
43:00Grappling
43:01Bit of a funky smeller
43:02That's amazing
43:03A messy manure tanker
43:05Really starting to smell around here
43:07Takes a turn for Mur
43:09Let the festivities begin
43:11And a mystery man
43:13We've had a guy
43:14In front of the gate
43:15All day long
43:16At Jamie's door
43:17Hello
43:41We've been waiting for you
43:46What a mess
43:47We've been waiting for you
43:48We've been waiting for you
43:48We've been waiting for you
43:49What a mess
43:53In the nearer
43:53To my gosh
43:54We've been waiting for you
43:55To be beaten
43:55For me
43:56To be觀ции
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