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00:05This time, on Highway Through Hell, a chain reaction...
00:10I can't believe the traffic.
00:12...puts Otto...
00:13Give it a shot!
00:14...to the test.
00:16Hey!
00:16Level, level!
00:18Woo, doggie!
00:20...quirings in the quagmire...
00:22Got James in there with his boots?
00:24...with an old friend...
00:25No, no, no!
00:26Hey!
00:29...and reliable...
00:30Oh, I love winter.
00:31...fighting the deep freeze.
00:37Holy crikey, that wind's cold out there.
00:40It's like negative 17.
00:43Sub-zero temperatures...
00:46...little light in the air in there.
00:48...have hit B.C.'s Caribou region.
00:51Sure a lot of traffic.
00:52As the morning rush builds...
00:55...on Highway 97.
00:57Everybody, come into a stop.
01:03Two semis are blocking all lanes...
01:06...on the vital route to the north.
01:08Ah, it's not a gun.
01:11Both drivers...
01:12...remained unseen.
01:15So it's lots of icy up there, eh?
01:18Yeah, that's why it happened.
01:20Yeah.
01:21There's no way around them.
01:26Responding in a 50-ton auto wrecker...
01:29...it's good all night long...
01:30...and then 6 o'clock in the morning, it freezes.
01:32...is owner-operator Rob Barber.
01:35The last couple days...
01:37...in our highways department...
01:38...they're going out and checking the roads...
01:40...and they're good...
01:41...and then 10 minutes later...
01:43...they just ice right over...
01:44...and become skating rinks.
01:45Sometimes weather nature...
01:47...will kind of trick everybody.
01:49Wreckers up there now.
01:50Arriving on scene...
01:52You can't believe the traffic.
01:54Rob is met...
01:55...by B.C. Highway Patrol Constable...
01:58...Lucas Dowsett.
01:59The highway isn't opening...
02:01...until...
02:02Can we clear these?
02:02...until this is at least done?
02:05We're just trying to get the trucks out of the way...
02:06...to reopen the highway...
02:07...so we can get all these people...
02:08...going to work...
02:09...going to school...
02:10...whatever they need to do.
02:12The pressure is on...
02:13...to quickly clear the two wrecks...
02:16...holding up traffic.
02:18If we don't get it off the road...
02:20Stop.
02:21We need someone in the corner.
02:22You're gonna have another accident.
02:24We've got lines covered, so watch.
02:35Last one, gonna get a minute.
02:43I can't wait for a minute.
02:43It's all down.
02:45Catching aère...
02:49Somebody just said that Highway 97 is closed.
02:53Just north of Cornell.
02:56Yeah, there's two trucks crossing all lanes.
02:58An icy chain reaction.
03:00I'm just trying to get the road opened up.
03:03...has Rob rushing to reopen Highway 97.
03:08The prayer is to get the one truck out of the ditch and get a lane open
03:11so that the highways can start to put their salt or gravel on the road.
03:20Travelling northbound, a flat-decked V-train lost control,
03:25spun around, and landed in the ditch.
03:29Tawed on its heels, a second semi,
03:33trying to avoid the crash, jackknifed,
03:36before coming to a stop across the highway.
03:41Okay.
03:42With the driver at the wheel,
03:46Rob winches the tractor out of the ditch.
03:50I think that'll be okay now.
03:52Then drags it onto the road.
03:55Yeah, I'm moving now.
03:57With the 50-ton.
03:59The quickest way is just to pull forward.
04:08With another wreck to clear.
04:11Sir, is it drive-along?
04:13Rob hopes the trucker can drive away on his own.
04:18There's no real big damage done to the truck,
04:21which will save time and saves me some work.
04:24One rig on its way.
04:28Highways maintenance.
04:29They're gonna sand it, salt it, and then the traffic roll.
04:32Can lay down some traction.
04:35She's open, we're rolling.
04:40The traffic's released, there should be less chance of a secondary crash.
04:44Now Rob can turn his attention to the wreck in the ditch.
04:49Well, the front tires are hanging in the air,
04:52and it's sitting on its fuel tanks.
04:55But recovering the unit safely.
04:58If we just drag it backwards, that will guarantee we'll rip off.
05:01Will require a precision lift.
05:04It's not good for the environment, it's not good for us.
05:07I don't have a rotator to lift it up in the air and relieve that pressure.
05:13With hardly any damage.
05:15I just don't want to hurt the truck.
05:17Yeah.
05:18The rig should be able to drive away.
05:21They can miss their trip and lose their day's pay.
05:24So we don't want to hold them up any longer than necessary.
05:28But to get the tool he needs.
05:31How you doing?
05:32Hello, how are you?
05:34Rob calls for backup.
05:36You kind of got to think out of the box and use the equipment that's around you.
05:40We could be here 25 minutes.
05:43We're waiting.
05:58What's the weather like down here?
06:00600 kilometers south.
06:03It's really pretty cold.
06:05In the Fraser Valley.
06:08Perfect weather for a hot tub.
06:11An 80,000 pound excavator.
06:18Is mired in mud.
06:2230 minutes out at the quiring yard.
06:25Okay, let's roll.
06:27A D9 dozer readies for action.
06:31Okay, watch out.
06:33Heading out into the backwoods to do some old-fashioned fishing.
06:38Today, Al Quiring is joined by the next generation.
06:43Turn it this way, just a bit.
06:45His son, 31-year-old, Kerry Quiring.
06:50Working with family, you can't put a price on that.
06:55All right.
06:58Got it.
07:00That'll do.
07:02I'm glad I can hang out with him.
07:04That's what I live for.
07:05All right.
07:06Here we go.
07:08Copy that.
07:11My family's business is on its fourth generation operating right now.
07:16With my dad gone, I've been doing my best to pass that on.
07:21Kerry's slowly working into it and taking over.
07:25For today's job, Al is leaving the heavy wreckers at home.
07:31I'm gonna steal mom's pickup and take one of the cats for a little joyride.
07:38Arriving outside a local farm.
07:42All righty.
07:46Al rolls out in the 110,000-pound dozer.
07:52I'm going through the bush.
07:55But to reach the wreck...
07:57I'm gonna be knocking trees out.
08:00...he needs to navigate the rugged terrain.
08:07You wouldn't get a wrecker in there.
08:09Not even close.
08:12Woo, doggie!
08:13We're just driving through the forest to potentially root up a Sasquatch somewhere.
08:21There's always a possibility, right?
08:26All righty.
08:29800 meters into the bush.
08:32Well, this is a big machine.
08:35Al gets his first look at the sunken excavator.
08:39It's a new machine.
08:41It's mired down quite far down in the bog.
08:45It's not very far from taking a gulp full of water through the air intake system and killing itself off.
08:51This is the fun part.
08:53But they also find...
08:56James, Luke.
08:57...a familiar face.
08:59It's funny to see you in the mud puddle and not chained up on the side of the Cocahalla Highway.
09:08Bam! Just like that.
09:09After more than a decade in heavy recovery...
09:14This road's not even that bad.
09:17...James Luke...
09:18Sorry.
09:20...has moved on to other pursuits.
09:23Did I miss twine?
09:24Uh, yeah.
09:26Did I miss big wrecks?
09:29Today...
09:29What's going on here? Why are we here?
09:32...James is helping a friend.
09:34Well, one of the machines came across one part here and it sank.
09:40I got a panic phone call saying that they were stuck.
09:43Better call Al.
09:46He's got some pretty big equipment.
09:49He's just the right guy for this job.
09:51Is there any hope of getting to that tow lug there?
09:53Trying.
09:55There's hooks on the lowest part of the machine.
09:58That would be the best.
10:00Mud and water is very dangerous.
10:02Very, very dangerous.
10:05But it's quite far down in the bog.
10:09And it's too dangerous to attempt to get in there.
10:13There's no way we can get in there.
10:17Ay, ay, ay.
10:22Anybody give me an update on 9-7?
10:24Single alternating traffic.
10:27Seven hours north, outside of Quenelle.
10:30We're waiting.
10:31A B train teetering on its fuel tanks as Rob needing a lift.
10:38If I drag him backwards or try to pull him sideways, we could rip a fuel tank.
10:44Arriving on site is a 12-ton knuckle boom crane truck.
10:49That's straight ice today.
10:51With operator Alan Frisbee.
10:54Rob just calls me if there's a lift out once in a while.
11:00I'm called the carapoo rotator.
11:02How are you doing?
11:03Not bad.
11:04When it comes down to a lift that's got to come out to the side or lift something out, I
11:09am the guy that Rob gives a holler to.
11:12Just that tank is right on the ground.
11:15Okay.
11:16As long as I can get the pressure off that tank.
11:19He has the ability to pick the front of this truck up so that they're not going to drag on
11:23the ground.
11:24The slick, uneven terrain.
11:27The ground is covered with snow.
11:29Is far from ideal.
11:31I've got to make sure I don't slurp out from underneath when I do the lift.
11:35But it's a good angle for the lift.
11:38We are working on a hill on a bit of an icy slope.
11:42It's not flat whatsoever.
11:44For stability.
11:45I do not want it to start sliding.
11:48He deploys the outriggers.
11:55Then extends the crane arm.
12:00And rigs to the front.
12:02And I'm hoping I can lift it.
12:03That's a ways out for me.
12:05Yeah, I'm going to try a spot here.
12:07Rob hooks to the rear of the tractor.
12:11So once he picks it up, I will pull it backwards.
12:16With a line from the 50 ton to the rear, and a line from the knuckle boom to the front
12:22of the tractor,
12:23they'll lift and pull the unit onto the road.
12:30Please run down.
12:31Traffic is stopped once again.
12:34Give it a shot.
12:37As the knuckle boom takes on the 20,000 pound tractor.
12:43I have to be cautious.
12:45If something were to break, there's a chance of ripping open the tank, and then we have an environmental mess
12:54to deal with.
12:55Hey!
12:56Hello!
12:57Hello!
13:01Anyone hear anything about the 9-7s?
13:04Outside Quennell.
13:07Closed in both directions.
13:10A B-train's fuel tanks.
13:12Hello!
13:14Hello!
13:16Threatened to rupture.
13:17I'm worried about breaking the fuel tanks.
13:21But after closer inspection.
13:23It's okay.
13:25Nothing leaking.
13:26The fuel tanks are in the clear.
13:29That's good.
13:30I would call it a close call.
13:32Why did the road give out?
13:34I slid off my block.
13:36You went backwards, eh?
13:38The ground sank a little bit.
13:40I slid back.
13:42That's what I was worried about.
13:44That was my fear, is that there was not enough frost in the ground to hold me up.
13:49I'm gonna come right up to here.
13:51You're gonna come up to here?
13:52Yeah.
13:54He's gonna reposition himself.
13:57Run to more solid ground.
14:03Try this again.
14:08I'm hoping that it's gonna go a little bit better.
14:11In spite of a longer reach, Alan finds his footing.
14:16Hey, Rob.
14:18Start pulling?
14:20Just a little bit.
14:23And with Rob's 50-ton helping.
14:26Here we go.
14:27The B train is coming out of the ditch.
14:32It's pulling not too bad.
14:35It's moving fairly gently.
14:40With the final swing.
14:44Lots of.
14:45The tractor is on solid ground.
14:48He's on the road.
14:50No damage.
14:51The tank.
14:52No marks.
14:53No leaks.
14:54So we did exactly what we had to do.
14:56An undamaged truck.
15:02Lets the happy driver.
15:04Get back to work.
15:07We're not gonna do anything away.
15:09It's all driving away.
15:11He can continue his day.
15:12He's gotta be fairly happy with the situation.
15:15Traffic started moving now.
15:17Awesome. Thank you driver.
15:19But, before Rob can leave.
15:22Have you heard about the other?
15:23No.
15:24Apparently there's a new one.
15:26There's word of another secondary accident.
15:30Okay.
15:32Caused when traffic was stopped.
15:35If someone's not paying attention, they come roaring up to a deadline of traffic and a secondary is definitely gonna
15:41happen.
15:43We're gonna go do that.
15:44Just up the road.
15:47I've never had this many after crashes.
15:50It's kind of an unusual thing.
15:52Big trucks off the road there.
15:59A massive hydro vac truck has rolled into the ditch.
16:05A vac truck is just a really big vacuum.
16:07They're all steel.
16:09They're just big and nasty.
16:12Lots of bad things can happen to all of them big girls.
16:18Cold out there.
16:20Seven hours south.
16:22Too cold.
16:24In the Fraser Valley.
16:26Oh that might be the problem.
16:28A sunken excavator.
16:31There's no way we can get in there.
16:33What can we do?
16:36To get this thing hooked on.
16:38As team quiring in a quagmire.
16:42It's not safe being under the engine area.
16:46Something could settle and now you've got a worker trapped.
16:52We're gonna rip that out of there.
16:53Over the years.
16:55Today's the day buddy.
16:56Al.
16:57And team green.
17:00Go big or go home.
17:02Have built a reputation.
17:04Wind her up.
17:05Give her some throttle.
17:06For tackling mud bog recoveries.
17:13Today with the tow hook out of reach.
17:16Ouch.
17:17We're gonna have to get up on top of the machine.
17:20They'll draw on years of experience.
17:24To create their own pull point.
17:27We're gonna do it the old fashioned way.
17:29And just work a big ass cable around the whole machine.
17:34With the hook point hidden underwater.
17:37They'll wrap a cable around the pivot point.
17:41And with a line from Al's D9.
17:44Pull the excavator out of the mud.
17:51Top corner, back corner.
17:54A little more.
17:56You got it?
17:56Yeah.
17:59You don't want that big heavy cable around the body work of that machine.
18:03Because it's just gonna crush it all to bits.
18:05Gotta get that cable underneath.
18:07The strongest part of that whole machine is between the track frame.
18:10And the excavator chassis.
18:13I should have brought my hip pointers.
18:16Just gotta make sure that we got the belly wrap on the belly.
18:20I won't have the same mechanical advantage as grabbing it lower on the chassis.
18:26But I'll have a better hold of it.
18:29So Al.
18:31We got James in there with his boots.
18:33Volunteers the newbie of the group.
18:37In the four and a half feet of water there.
18:41It's always the question, who's gonna get wet?
18:44Swimming angle.
18:49Oh my god.
18:50I am so cold.
18:53I'm the little man.
18:54I'm the one gonna get wet.
18:57Oh.
18:59There's the cable.
19:00But in the freezing water, James finds the pivot point.
19:04It's piled in the mud.
19:06Is blocked off.
19:08It's unfortunate that the mud is oozed in around it.
19:12Just push down and we'll see if we can get that house up and we're gonna wrap the cable around
19:17it.
19:18Al enlists the operator's help to push the chassis out of the mud.
19:25Different situations call for different plans.
19:28Come on!
19:29Even with the excavator arm as leverage.
19:32Still stuck.
19:33The machine refuses to budge.
19:38But Kerry.
19:39Get up to turn it.
19:41Has an idea.
19:43Could try it, yeah.
19:45Rotating the chassis to break free of the mud surrounding the pivot point.
19:51Okay.
19:53Hopefully this works.
19:54Turning the bearing, the rotak bearing.
19:57Keep going.
19:58That's it.
20:00We're doing it blind below the water line.
20:05Yeah, it's under now.
20:07I'm soaking wet and freezing cold.
20:10Oh, my God.
20:12Attaboy.
20:13Couldn't have done it without you.
20:16But we're ready to go.
20:18Al's gonna get the job done.
20:20Okay, here we go.
20:23Hooked to the 80,000 pound machine.
20:27Okay.
20:30Al gets ready for the pull.
20:33When you engage that winch, it's 140,000 pound capacity.
20:38But even with the big D9's pulling power.
20:41Get him to run the tracks, but tell him not to spin.
20:45He'll need the operator's help.
20:47Okay.
20:49That machine is buried in the mud good.
20:51That's gonna increase the resistance.
20:53If you just winch, it's never gonna break free.
20:58Okay.
21:00Are we ready?
21:01Yeah.
21:08Come on.
21:09Get him to back up.
21:11Come on, buddy.
21:12He's not even going.
21:14Keep tracking back.
21:16Attract.
21:17Attracting gear.
21:20Let's go.
21:21Come on.
21:22Put it in here.
21:23There's mud on the pedals.
21:24The operator is trying to get it all nice and dry.
21:28The operator finally gets the tracks moving.
21:35Okay.
21:36All right.
21:36Don't keep doing tracks.
21:38Put it in here.
21:39Keep her going.
21:41But the excavator.
21:43Come on, track.
21:44Go.
21:46Don't spin.
21:48Is sinking deeper in the mud.
21:51The tracks need to turn a little bit.
21:54Not too fast, because you're just digging yourself in deeper.
21:59Go, go, go, go, go.
22:00Go, go, go.
22:01Go, go.
22:02Whoa!
22:02Go!
22:03No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
22:08Whoa!
22:10In the Fraser Valley.
22:12Whoa, hey!
22:14Team Green's mud bog excavator rescue.
22:18Go.
22:19Is spinning.
22:20Go!
22:21Out of control.
22:23The tracks start spinning.
22:25It's heavy.
22:26Really heavy.
22:28Just sticking the back end down into the ground deeper,
22:31dragging his heels in.
22:33This way.
22:33Wait, wait.
22:35For better traction.
22:37Okay, hold on.
22:37Hold on.
22:38Hold on.
22:38Hold on.
22:38Hold on.
22:39Al heads for firmer ground.
22:42It's too slippery, so I'm going to get up on top of some roots.
22:50Here we go, boys.
22:5150 feet into the bush.
22:5550 feet into the bush.
22:56Al starts to winch again.
22:58Okay.
22:59Go.
22:59Push with the stick.
23:03Like the bucket.
23:04Hell yeah.
23:08It's moving.
23:10He's figured it out now.
23:12Here we go.
23:13With a nudge from the boom.
23:20Yeah, we're coming up.
23:22The excavator walks out of its would-be watery grave.
23:28There you go.
23:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
23:31That was just enough to get it up.
23:35That's it.
23:36He's out.
23:38Once we got coordinated, it came out easy.
23:42The fella's going to be able to go back to work tomorrow,
23:44which makes me happy.
23:46All right, fellas.
23:48All in all, it was a good day.
23:50They came.
23:51They pulled.
23:51They went.
23:52They did an awesome job.
23:53I would love to work with acquiring family again.
24:00As long as I don't have to be in chest-deep water again.
24:05Awesome.
24:06James.
24:06Awesome.
24:07It's like chocolate and peanut butter.
24:10But he was in the mud, so I'm okay with that too.
24:13That was a little exciting.
24:15Right on.
24:17Any day I'm working with Carrie.
24:18This is like the best part of my whole life.
24:21Not too bad.
24:22Working with my dad on these jobs.
24:24It is very special.
24:26Yeah, we're gonna get out of here.
24:31Locking the big iron out of the bush, it's another successful mud bog battle.
24:38All right, let's burn some diesel.
24:39For the acquiring family.
24:42Let's roll.
24:43My family's been well known for handling these big jobs.
24:48And it's just one more thing that keeps us busy throughout the year.
24:54And that's all she grew up.
24:56Safe travels, driver.
25:01Look at the site.
25:04Outside Cronel on Highway 97.
25:07Yeah, it's gigantic.
25:09Another secondary wreck lies sideways in a ditch.
25:14He touched his brakes and laid over.
25:19Minutes earlier, a massive double wreck had traffic backing up over 350 meters when an approaching back truck lost control.
25:31The driver avoided crashing into the back of the lined up traffic by putting his truck in the ditch.
25:41First to the scene, a 35 ton heavy from another tow company.
25:45It did pick up. It moved a little bit.
25:49And operator Stuart Haver.
25:51Stu got here and attempted to pull it over and didn't quite work.
25:56It's a hydrovac.
25:59A hydrovac truck is used for digging using heated pressurized water while vacuuming the slurry back into its tanks.
26:11Fully loaded.
26:12It is heavy, uncomfortably heavy.
26:16The truck weighs 60,000 pounds.
26:19The vac truck probably outweighs both of us.
26:22With Stu's 35 ton outgunned.
26:26Going out then?
26:27Yeah.
26:28Rob adds his 50 ton into the mix.
26:31Feels good to help out another business.
26:34With two of us, it should be okay.
26:35But today's recovery.
26:37I've actually never stood one up.
26:39Will be a first for Rob.
26:41So I'm kind of unconfident right now.
26:45Okay, keep pulling off a little.
26:47For the best angle of pull.
26:49We'll jump out.
26:51Rob must block the highway for the third time today.
26:58You know what?
26:59Another secondary.
27:01So we'll try to get traffic going as quick as we can.
27:04But I don't know if I got enough to even move it.
27:07With the 35 ton at the front.
27:11We'll give it a tug, see what happens.
27:14Rob's 50 ton will do the heavy lifting at the rear.
27:19Let's hope it moves.
27:20The center of gravity is really high on a vac truck.
27:24Once it comes out of the ditch, it can roll down into me.
27:28Keep pulling.
27:30I'm gonna run out way too fast.
27:36Oh, oh.
27:39You want 97?
27:42Oh, yeah, I keep pulling again.
27:45North of Quesnel.
27:48Yeah, keep pulling.
27:49A 60,000 pound rollover has Rob coordinating with the competition.
27:57You kind of always want to be able to holler back and forth.
28:01Whoa, whoa.
28:03To get someone to stop or speed up.
28:06Okay.
28:07So you kind of work on the same page.
28:12Oh, I come over really gentle.
28:14To see so much weight safely roll over.
28:18It's impressive.
28:19But before they can open the highway.
28:23Do you want to hold it upright and I pull it forward?
28:26They'll need to swap positions.
28:29Yeah, you'll definitely anchor better.
28:30I can hold it.
28:31To pull the wreck onto the road.
28:34It's still leaning quite heavily in the ditch.
28:37My truck is a little bit heavier.
28:38We'll put it out front.
28:41If you want to run lying down and pull it this way.
28:43Drag your ass over.
28:44Yep, yep, yep.
28:46I'm gonna get Stu to grab onto the back tires and drag it sideways as I pull it forward.
28:52Give it a little tug.
28:55So it lands on the road.
28:58A little bit more.
28:59Only 45 minutes since Rob's arrival.
29:03Way less grunting than I thought was gonna happen.
29:07And the massive back truck.
29:09Yeah, it's all done.
29:10Is back on its wheels.
29:13Wrecks on the road.
29:15Yeah, it's a good feeling.
29:16Went really well.
29:18They're starting to move now.
29:21I'm amazed it opened this fast.
29:25Traffic's released.
29:26We didn't get another secondary accident.
29:29Can you do the pleasure of my bread?
29:30Yep.
29:31There is competition.
29:32But it's nice to work together.
29:34What?
29:35You're not wrong.
29:36Now his dupe is gonna tow it away and I can just go home.
29:40After clearing three connected wrecks.
29:43Highway 97 is finally open.
29:47I have never had a day with that many crashes.
29:50But nobody got hurt.
29:51It was a successful day.
29:54Keep the Chinese out of that, guys.
29:57You guys, thank you.
30:12That's cold out there.
30:15The next day, 570 kilometers south.
30:19Ah, it's brutal.
30:21On mountainous Highway 3.
30:25He's gonna get real busy real soon.
30:29Early morning freight runs are picking up.
30:32Keeping the economy going by keeping the freight rolling.
30:38There's a lot of responsibility.
30:40Heading to a call.
30:42A reliable towing 50-ton heavy.
30:45Two coals.
30:47With lead operator Andy Culloch.
30:50Currently, it says it's minus 30 right where we are.
30:54For BC, that's extremely cold because it's very humid.
30:58So the trucks tend to freeze up.
31:01When the weather hits on this section of highway,
31:04we can take some drivers by surprise.
31:07Close behind in a 35-ton.
31:10All righty.
31:12Is heavy operator John Dodds.
31:15Starting to become morning rush.
31:17So we want to be in and out of there as fast as we can.
31:20We'll see what happens.
31:22Just below the peak of Sunday Summit.
31:27Is that a jackknife trailer?
31:30That was a wild ride.
31:33Arriving on scene.
31:35You all right?
31:36Andy, make sure the driver...
31:39Yeah, I'm okay.
31:39...is unharmed.
31:41As soon as I took the curb, I started sliding and I lost completely control.
31:47Despite the wild ride...
31:49Might be able to drive it down the hill and we're done.
31:52The semi remains in good condition.
31:56This guy got so lucky.
31:59He didn't even put a scratch in the truck or the trailer.
32:03It's cold!
32:04To swing the cab out of the snowbank...
32:07Where am I hooking this?
32:09Swamper Kyle Crofts...
32:11Back up here!
32:13Hit!
32:14...hooks John's 35-ton to the rear of the tractor.
32:19Done!
32:20We're gonna spin it back out of the ditch the same way it went in,
32:24and have it come back out as a pretzel.
32:26Andy readies his 50-ton to anchor the back of the trailer.
32:31What the hell's going on?
32:33But the winch line...
32:36...refuses to budge.
32:39It's frozen.
32:40Are you kidding me?
32:42The winch is frozen.
32:44I'm not ideal.
32:48The cold is taking its toll on the equipment.
32:52Let's see what we got here.
32:54But Andy came prepared.
32:58I carry a torch because success is the only option,
33:02so we make things work.
33:06Try again.
33:11Okay. Stop.
33:13We're good.
33:15Feels great. Get the winch working.
33:16Now let's put it to use.
33:18Okay.
33:20As they finally hook Andy's line...
33:25Hey, just watch yourself.
33:27The morning rush is inches away.
33:31Just about killed me.
33:33We gotta hurry up and get this done.
33:35See that?
33:37It's not a safe area to be in.
33:40Are we ready yet? Let's go!
33:43Let's go! Go!
33:52That's a fully loaded trailer.
33:55So...
33:55We got some weight behind it.
33:57It's gonna fight.
34:01She's slippery.
34:03Oh, I love winchers.
34:07What are these guys doing on the hill here?
34:10There's a recovery.
34:11On Highway 3.
34:15Ah!
34:17Andy's 50-ton is losing a tug-of-war.
34:21With a fully loaded semi.
34:25Road conditions are super icy.
34:28And all we're doing is dragging Thor down the hill
34:30towards the wreck here.
34:32So John booms up on the other end.
34:35Hey, we called!
34:38For more lift.
34:39We got it out.
34:41Now we've gotta get up at the front end of it.
34:44Yeah, we're gonna move my rimsling up to the front.
34:47And get the tractor straightened out.
34:50Yeah.
34:50There you go.
34:52Try to keep your wheel turned to the left.
34:54We're gonna get the driver working with us.
34:57With the 50-ton anchoring the trailer.
35:01Yeah.
35:02And the 35-ton pulling the tractor around.
35:05All righty.
35:07We're in action.
35:10Team reliable.
35:12Yee-haw!
35:15Straightens out the jackknife.
35:18Woo-hoo!
35:20Yeah, we got her.
35:22Working with Andy.
35:23It's always fun.
35:25Okay.
35:26Pull ahead.
35:27Carefully.
35:28Slowly.
35:29We like to make sure the drivers are taken care of.
35:32Get everybody on their way.
35:34It's safe and sound.
35:36With no damage to his truck, the driver continues on with his delivery.
35:42And freight traffic on Highway 3 is back to full strength.
35:49That's it.
35:50Job done.
35:53Go home and go to bed.
35:55We have people that we can count on when the chips are down.
35:58So we're gonna meet any of the challenges that come this winter.
36:01Thanks, guys, for doing that.
36:0510-4.
36:06Good to go.
36:13100 kilometers west at the Jamie Davis yard in Hope.
36:18I'm checking everything.
36:20His newest hire from the East Coast.
36:23Oh, dear.
36:25Maxim Chamberlain Norman prepares for his first solo mission.
36:32I'm going to the Coca-Cola and helping people.
36:38Hey, Max.
36:39You ready to do patrols up on the hill?
36:41Yeah, I'm ready.
36:42We have to be a little more aggressive and get business
36:44because everything's happening up the hill.
36:46On the coke nowadays, you're gonna fight for that job.
36:50You know, it's just not coming to you like it used to.
36:52Hopefully, catch a fish.
36:54Yeah.
36:54Okay.
36:56I think he's ready to go out on his own.
37:01We'll give him a shot.
37:03Up the hill, Maxim arrives at the summit on the hunt.
37:10I try my best to find something.
37:13But the competition is already one wreck ahead.
37:18It's a pressure on you because you need to bring money to the company, right?
37:2630 minutes into his patrol, a stopped four-wheeler catches his attention.
37:35I can see that he's looking for help.
37:40Hello.
37:41Do you need a toe?
37:42A closer look.
37:44Oh, there's a flat right there.
37:47Reveals a tire in less than pristine condition.
37:51I don't like that.
37:53Holy.
37:54You never know how the flat's gonna end up.
37:57Huh.
37:57Do you have a spare tire or you want to?
38:00No, no spare tire.
38:01Yeah.
38:02With no spare, Maxim hooks his first job.
38:08I was pretty happy that I found something.
38:12Chilly out there.
38:13You look like you're freezing.
38:14He offers shelter.
38:16I don't want you to freeze.
38:17To the driver and his girlfriend.
38:21They've been waiting, so you need to do what you can to help.
38:25The customers.
38:26We have a schedule, so.
38:29Have a deadline to meet their tour group in Banff.
38:32Let's do it.
38:34So Maxim gets to work.
38:38The customer always a priority.
38:41This is my first ever toe.
38:46And I try to remember how to do it.
38:48From what Jamie told me.
38:52So I'm gonna get you into this little toe truck here.
38:55A week ago.
38:57What the?
38:58Jamie gave Maxim his first lessons.
39:02The mixture is straight.
39:04To pull off a dolly toe.
39:07Okay, so realize the pressure that's in here.
39:12Today.
39:15Here we go.
39:16Maxim puts his new skills to the test.
39:19I'm gonna put the dolly in the back.
39:21On his own.
39:23I hope I get it right.
39:25When it's your first time, it's more stressful.
39:29I don't want to mess up.
39:31Under watchful eyes.
39:34Maxim gets the first side.
39:36Here.
39:37Locked in.
39:38Okay.
39:39But on the flat tire side.
39:44Hi, Max.
39:45Is it okay?
39:46It don't go in there.
39:47Things aren't going as planned.
39:50Ah.
39:51But I can't put it on the wheel.
39:53No, I think I can't.
39:55I can't tow a car with a flat.
39:57I don't know what to do.
40:00I feel a little pressure.
40:05There's a broken down car down the right hand side of the road.
40:10On the Coquihalla Highway.
40:13Come on.
40:14A flat tire tow.
40:16I can't push it.
40:19Has Jamie's newest operator struggling.
40:23Just because it's a flat, it's different, eh?
40:28You got a lot going on on your first job.
40:30The equipment, being on the highway.
40:33You have to think about the customer.
40:36I'll find a way.
40:37He's got to roll with it as it goes.
40:40There's a way.
40:41For Jamie, I need to show that I can do it.
40:45With the customer on a deadline.
40:48I think I'm going to need to do it from the back.
40:54Maxim shifts gears.
40:56If it don't work, you need to find another way to do it.
41:04Repositioning, he takes the tow from the other side.
41:10I have high hopes for Max.
41:13He's probably going through some nervousness and self-doubt.
41:19But he just has to work his way through the problems.
41:23Unless it doesn't work.
41:25And he'll get the hang of it pretty quick.
41:31Hopefully it'll work this time.
41:37There we go.
41:40Maxim's quick thinking to switch sides...
41:45...has made the difference.
41:48Yeah. Oof.
41:50That's it.
41:51I'm happy.
41:52That's all.
41:55The job is all done.
41:56Sorry to make you wait.
41:58Well, I think you're professional.
42:00Well, I try to.
42:04It's helping people...
42:07...and make my day.
42:09Let's go.
42:09Yeah.
42:12Maxim's first solo job.
42:16You're towing somebody else.
42:20He's towed away with a win.
42:23Max has done his first job successfully.
42:26I think he's happy with himself.
42:28I'm happy with him.
42:30Good job.
42:31Being able to prove yourself is a big deal.
42:34Not many kids have that ambition.
42:36And he does.
42:39And I think Max will go a long ways here.
42:43Good job.
42:45Good job.
42:46Right on.
42:50Next time, on Highway Through Hill...
42:53You got one shot.
42:54...reliables balancing act...
42:56How close are we to that truck?
42:58Holy, come back!
43:00...comes down to inches.
43:02Oh!
43:03Flight just barely do it.
43:05...big green...
43:07...is maxed out.
43:08That doesn't sound good.
43:10That excavator is in there.
43:12...and aggressive...
43:13Try to get his tracks this way.
43:15...gets down and dirty.
43:17Watch yourselves, boys.
43:39As for sure.
43:43Two minutes.
43:46You can see you at the back in the back in the back,
43:49You can see you at the back...
43:49You can see you at the back in the back of all the stories.
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