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00:05This time, on Highway Through Hell...
00:08Supposed to be rear-force semi-trucks.
00:10...lumber mayhem...
00:12Damn.
00:13...causes carnage...
00:15...on the cove.
00:16Ambulance needs to get caught.
00:18Smells like chickens.
00:19...a farmer in the ditch...
00:21It's like a smorgasbord of wreck.
00:23...has aggressive on the line.
00:25Oh, oh, oh.
00:27And Alexis shows Jamie...
00:29This is the biggest thing I've ever told.
00:32...how it's done.
00:33Put the waves down.
00:37What's the status on Highway 5?
00:41You're working pretty hard.
00:44Be careful.
00:46On British Columbia's Coquihalla Highway...
00:49The files are out there.
00:53...maintenance crews work marathon shifts.
00:57That's good to hear.
01:01...to stay ahead...
01:02...of an endless winter storm.
01:05Oh, what happened?
01:07But at 10 p.m., south of Merritt...
01:11There's no lanes open.
01:13Completely blocked.
01:18...a lumber truck disaster.
01:21There's lumber all over the road up ahead of us.
01:24Right in there.
01:26...has caused a chain reaction...
01:29...littering the highway.
01:32Yeah, that's funny about it.
01:33...with crashes.
01:36We got a whole bunch of flashlights.
01:39First responders are quickly on scene.
01:42Where does it start?
01:44From Larson on?
01:45Yeah.
01:45...including the Ministry of Transport's road manager, Tom Agar.
01:50Once I arrive to an incident like this...
01:54...I definitely have to make sure...
01:56...is everybody okay?
01:58No fatalities.
01:59No fatalities.
02:01It's a complete war zone.
02:04We're shutting down the Coquihalla here.
02:09Heeding Tom's call, a reliable towing 50-ton...
02:13...launches from Merritt.
02:15Multiple vehicle collision.
02:17...with operator Dalen Kolisch.
02:21Supposed to be three or four semi-trucks.
02:24Reliables on scene.
02:25Here on the radio, there's a whole bunch of mayhem.
02:30Now we've got to work it out for us, for sure.
02:34In the opposite lane, a 35-ton heavy arrives from the valley.
02:40Holy...
02:41...with Ethan Boyd.
02:42Oh.
02:44I have to weave in and out of trucks and cars.
02:49It's just trying to get to this scene right now.
02:51It's gonna be really bad.
02:56Damn.
02:59It's just carnage.
03:00Everywhere.
03:01It's very overwhelming.
03:03We're gonna need a few more tow trucks and a lot more hands.
03:06This is not safe.
03:10Just crazy.
03:12Just crazy.
03:33Why are we all back there?
03:3538 kilometers south of Merritt.
03:37Big accident, but it's a big mess there.
03:40The coke is shut down both ways by a major multi-vehicle accident.
03:48Yeah, that's gonna take a while to clean up.
03:53Minutes ago, a southbound flatbed flipped, triggering an explosion of lumber and multiple crashes on both sides of the divider.
04:11Oh, it's a huge mess out here tonight.
04:12We have at least four or five trucks involved.
04:15Any scene like this, where it's chaotic, pressure is extreme, I'm confident in their abilities because of the team that
04:22we have there.
04:23But priority one for highway authorities...
04:26Oh, there's another one.
04:29...is one of their own.
04:31The highway crew's vehicle was involved.
04:33He'd come around the corner and all of a sudden there's lumber flying at him on the middle of the
04:38highway.
04:39I hope he's alright.
04:43Paramedics are trying to get through.
04:45Ambulus needs to get by.
04:47But one of the crashed semis...
04:49This has to move.
04:51...is blocking their path.
04:54Okay.
04:54It's not running.
04:56Once you guys get this out of the way, then you can move.
05:00Reliable's new merit manager, Nishan Mahal...
05:03We gotta get that parcel truck out of the way.
05:05...helps coordinate the scene.
05:08First thing is definitely making sure everyone's okay.
05:11Okay, you wanna hop on this then, Daylon?
05:13Okay.
05:14Just gonna hook on to the tow pin.
05:16Just try and release the brakes and just drag it up to the guard rail for now.
05:20Get him out of the way.
05:21Gonna fit in or not?
05:23Assigned to rigging...
05:25It's all the way through.
05:26Okay.
05:28...junior operator and reliable owner's son, Aidan Manch.
05:32We gotta get a strap to hook up to this and then we're gonna pull it off.
05:36Everything's chaotic.
05:37You gotta just get it done.
05:40I'd like to be able to drag it with my winch, but it's not an option today.
05:44With a divided highway too narrow to turn his wrecker around, Daylon has no choice but to tow in reverse.
05:55We have to go to plan B, drag it backwards.
05:58I'm just gonna crank it hard to the left and just get it out of the way so we have
06:02one lane, right?
06:03There we go.
06:04There we go.
06:05There we go.
06:07There we go.
06:08There we go.
06:08But as he leans into the pole...
06:12Oh.
06:13The loaded semi...
06:15Oh my.
06:19...refuses to budge.
06:22It doesn't have any air, does it?
06:24No, it's all out.
06:26We need the air system to release the brakes.
06:28Then we're going to have to figure out what we can do
06:30to get this moving quickly.
06:32Moving in close.
06:37Okay.
06:38I have to run air through it.
06:40Dalen runs an airline from the 50-tut.
06:43We're going to fill up the truck with air,
06:45release the truck and trailer brakes.
06:47But with the highway's maintenance driver,
06:49still awaiting medical attention...
06:52It'll take five minutes while the charge is up here.
06:55The fix can't come soon enough.
06:59We certainly want to make sure that EMS can get to the patient.
07:02Hopefully it won't have to sit too long.
07:20Oh, what a good night.
07:22200 kilometers southwest in the Fraser Valley...
07:30That doesn't look like a very good way to park that thing.
07:34Aggressive Towing's 50-ton rotator is called out...
07:38We're going to get her done.
07:40...with Chris Mervyn...
07:41As a leader role in Aggressive, I find I learn something every day.
07:45And Jayden Diff...
07:47I love running heavy.
07:49Every day's different, you never know where you're going.
07:52We got one in the ditch.
07:56We got a wrecker on scene.
07:59Holy!
08:03Well, that's going to cost you.
08:07I got a trailer upside down.
08:09It's got pieces of farm equipment.
08:11Definitely some value here.
08:14A representative from the farm is on scene.
08:17Is it actually up?
08:19The car was coming towards him.
08:21Headlights got in his eyes a little bit, I guess.
08:23And not much shoulder here.
08:25The trailer disconnected as it rolled.
08:28Luckily, the truck didn't go in with the trailer.
08:30Leaving the truck to drive away.
08:34Smells like chickens.
08:36But the farm where the equipment was headed...
08:40Brand new forklift, tractor, and...
08:43...crack system that we use in poultry facilities.
08:47Needs it tonight.
08:49We have a crew of 16 waiting on this equipment.
08:52So many pieces.
08:54Trying to figure out the jigsaw puzzle.
08:56Takes a lot of mental effort.
08:59It's like a smorgasbord of wreck.
09:02Sounds not even doable.
09:06Anybody coming in the coax here?
09:09Huge accident.
09:11200 kilometers northeast.
09:14Don't want anybody getting hurt.
09:16An ambulance waits for reliable towing.
09:19We just got to fill this up with air and then drag it out.
09:22To clear a path to a crash victim.
09:26Very number one.
09:27People come first.
09:31Okay, she's bottled.
09:32Here we go.
09:33With a problem, Semi's brakes now aired up.
09:38Should hold air long enough to get off the road.
09:46Ethan climbs in to steer.
09:49Alright.
09:51Fingers crossed.
09:54And Daylin...
09:55...begins the reverse tow.
09:59I'm backwards.
10:01So it's gonna be a challenge.
10:04You don't see that too often.
10:13Okay, perfect.
10:14The wreck is out of the way.
10:19We're gonna leave him here for now.
10:22Then we have a lane opened up partially.
10:25And the ambulance...
10:26He should be able to get through now.
10:29...can reach the injured driver.
10:33Yeah, everyone's moving.
10:36It's all taken care of.
10:38So EMS can get their job done.
10:41I hope he's okay.
10:44The update yet?
10:46They're working on it.
10:49Soon...
10:50They just announced on the radio...
10:52The driver's condition...
10:55He's okay.
10:56...is stable.
10:57The paramedics checked him over and...
11:01Luckily, this guy was not too badly hurt.
11:06Just definitely really shook up.
11:09What's going on here?
11:11But hundreds of stranded drivers...
11:15Traffic is still blocked up.
11:17...are still waiting to get through.
11:21We're gonna be taking care of this one on the post.
11:24And there's another truck who hit some of the lumber.
11:28And the winter storm...
11:30We're gonna get some worse north.
11:33...is only getting worse.
11:36It's really important we clear the highway as fast as we can.
11:39We need a clear plan.
11:41This is like an apocalypse.
11:43Most of the freight heading out of Vancouver to the rest of Canada has stopped.
11:47It's just unbelievable.
11:53What's going on with Highway 5?
11:56Shut down on the Coca-Cola.
12:00He's closed up.
12:02Traffic is backed up for kilometres...
12:06...by a multi-vehicle incident.
12:14An hour and a half ago...
12:17...a lumber truck crashed...
12:19...causing a chain of accidents.
12:23Let's get him off the road first, okay?
12:26Now Team Reliable...
12:28Touch base after that.
12:29...will reopen the road in stages.
12:32Our priority is to get this northbound lane...
12:36...free of vehicles.
12:39Team Reliable will start by removing the semi...
12:43...that Dalen pulled aside earlier.
12:46Then must clear one more semi-wreck...
12:49...to release the northbound lanes.
12:54We just got the green light to move this out of the way.
12:56My plan is to spread out the two heavies that we have on scene here.
12:59One wreck each.
13:01I have to take him all the way to the Comstock gravel pit.
13:04After turning around, Dalen is ready to remove the first semi.
13:12I'm going to get it off the highway to the first safe point.
13:16Ethan brings in the 35-ton...
13:19...to tackle the second wreck.
13:22This guy hit the lumber.
13:23Now it's all wedged underneath everything.
13:26But it's tangled up in debris.
13:29You want to give me a hand?
13:31The lumber is...
13:32...is just in my way.
13:36We're just going to have to give me space for us to crawl under.
13:39Just chuck them.
13:41Throwing it out of the way.
13:44Whatever we have to do to get this thing rolling.
13:47We'll grab a chain and we'll wrap the axle.
13:50Lumber is just wedged in places.
13:54Usually lumber is not wedged in.
13:58It's just making hooking up a little trickier than usual.
14:01Good.
14:02Hayden rigs a chain...
14:04Pull me out.
14:05...for them to hook onto.
14:07Pull my leg.
14:08Ah!
14:12As I pull it, it'll pull on an angle, bring it right to my wheel lift.
14:16I've got to pull the truck off of the lumber so I can hook up to it.
14:22Watch out for lumber.
14:25Drawing the nose away from the loose boards.
14:29Slow.
14:34Ethan switches to his under lift.
14:39Watch out.
14:42To extract the wreck.
14:45Okay, I'm going to pull it out of the way.
14:48With both semis removed.
15:01Northbound traffic's three-hour delay...
15:04Woo-hoo!
15:05...is finally over.
15:08We never want to see anybody stuck on that highway for very long.
15:11We've got traffic moving northbound.
15:14Seeing the traffic move is awesome.
15:16This is definitely the first step.
15:19But the southbound lanes...
15:21I'm still waiting.
15:23...are still jammed up.
15:25Just waiting for Dylan to get back here and...
15:28...we're going to get this one going too.
15:30Traffic's piled up.
15:32It's not good to have them sitting there.
15:35You southbounders are going to be sitting there a while.
15:38That's friggin' real.
15:40We've got to get this highway flowing.
15:43Well, I hope it doesn't take six hours to get home.
15:4910-4-1 in the ditch.
15:51Two hours southwest in the Fraser Valley.
15:55Let's see what we got.
15:57Team Aggressive faces a flipped over farm trailer.
16:01This equipment, it is fairly new.
16:03It's important to these people.
16:05Too new to be sitting down there.
16:07Not ideal.
16:10Hey, there's a fish!
16:11But where it lies...
16:13Flopping around.
16:14Like a big one.
16:15Yeah.
16:16...is more than just a ditch.
16:18This is one of the tributaries that leads to the Chilliwack River.
16:21So we've got to get it out quickly and we've got to keep the place clean.
16:27That bottom one.
16:29Jump in there, yard on it.
16:30Before they can recover the trailer...
16:33I don't like getting wet.
16:34...they need to rescue each piece of equipment.
16:38I'm usually the one that has to get down in the water.
16:47I'll get it.
16:49The rules of dirty work?
16:51Can't ask you to do something I wouldn't do.
16:53I lucked out this time.
16:55It's Merv's time to get wet.
16:57This may kick, so watch yourself.
16:59Be ready to bail.
17:01With the restraints released...
17:03Yay, Merv in!
17:06I'll get these up.
17:08Merv reaches out with his rotator.
17:11To the edge of the roadway.
17:15Just by the axle.
17:17Yeah.
17:18Push the trailer over.
17:20Careful on them last ones, Jake.
17:24Okay, jump off, buddy.
17:26But the narrow road...
17:28We're working with outriggers that aren't even out right now.
17:30...leaves no room to stabilize the wrecker.
17:33In these confined spaces, we have very little shoulder to play with.
17:38Yeah.
17:39And extending the boom too far...
17:42The trailer's going to want to go away from the machine of anything right now.
17:46Risks tipping the truck.
17:48It's kind of sketchy, though.
17:51The rotator definitely stands a good chance of actually rolling over onto its side.
17:57To access the farm equipment, Merv will use a line to the frame to flip the trailer away.
18:05But reaching the boom too far out could tip the rotator.
18:13Merv...
18:13I think this is our best bet.
18:15...makes the call to proceed.
18:17A little bit risky.
18:20But it's worth a shot.
18:22Okay, let's get this out of the way.
18:24You're trying to be gentle.
18:27All in one good movement.
18:29But as the 3,000-pound trailer...
18:32Watch yourself. This may kick.
18:35...wavers...
18:35The rotator is getting tippy.
18:38You don't want to be jerky.
18:40Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
18:43She ain't moving.
18:45You're off the ground on the passenger side.
18:48Hang on.
18:50No.
18:55I wonder what's going on there.
18:57In the Fraser Valley...
18:59Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
19:02Merv's rotator is on the edge...
19:05Oh.
19:06...of a risky trailer flip.
19:09Did you get a little tippy?
19:10Well, it seemed like it wanted to a little.
19:13And if it hits its fulcrum...
19:15Bang, crash, boom.
19:17If we didn't stop...
19:21...it would be catastrophic for sure.
19:24With only a narrow shoulder...
19:27We need some dunnage.
19:29There's not enough room to get my outriggers to maximum.
19:32Yep.
19:34They'll have to shore up the outriggers.
19:38Try that.
19:40Nice and easy.
19:42Merv makes his second attempt...
19:47...at flipping the trailer away from the load.
19:53That's what we wanted the first time around.
19:58With this trailer out of the way...
20:01...we want to get all this equipment out.
20:04We'll deal with these yellow racks next.
20:08The Specialized Racks...
20:09What is it?
20:11It's like a system that we laid out in barns.
20:14It's for chicken catching.
20:15Okay.
20:17...are needed at a poultry farm tonight.
20:20For these guys, this is all high value items.
20:22So we want to get this customer's equipment looked after.
20:25We just go right here.
20:31But the racks...
20:32Okay, watch that line's going active, boys.
20:34...weigh a thousand pounds a piece.
20:37I might want to try to roll.
20:39It's heavy to this side.
20:42Just be prepared, right?
20:44When you have a suspended load...
20:46Okay, watch yourselves, boys.
20:47You don't want this thing swinging out of control...
20:50...and smashing into your employees.
20:52Heads up!
20:56Oh yeah, it's going heavy.
20:58Two hours to the northeast...
21:00...at the Coquihalla multi-rec site...
21:03The highway is blocked.
21:06...stopped southbound drivers...
21:08I'm like pulling my hair out.
21:11...are losing patience.
21:14We got the last one here that's stuck up on the no post.
21:17They're just waiting for us to clear the highway, so it's really important that we get this cleared real quick.
21:22Oh man, unbelievable.
21:27Four hours ago, a lumber truck rolled over...
21:31...causing a series of accidents.
21:36Tow truck's on scene.
21:38And now, Daylin is back...
21:42Okay.
21:43...to clear the southbound blockage.
21:46It's on top of the no post, and we gotta get him off somehow.
21:50Do it as nicely as we can.
21:59With the northbound lanes cleared, while another tow company cleans up the lumber wreck...
22:06...Team Reliable focuses on the semi on the barrier...
22:10...to fully open the highway.
22:14Okay, let's see what happens.
22:18Rather than just dragging it off, possibly rupturing a fuel tank...
22:23Oh, I don't like doing this.
22:26We're gonna try and lift it...
22:31...pull the front end over...
22:34...and then set it down off the no post.
22:38That's great.
22:42That's what we want to see.
22:44At 2 a.m., Reliable's big gun, Heavy Metal...
22:49...arrives to help finish the job...
22:52...with lead operator, Andy Cullum.
22:55They're almost done, but there's still a little left for me.
22:58Hold on.
23:02Split the trailer and we'll get out of here.
23:05Look at that, like a pro.
23:08Good work, guys.
23:09Good job.
23:10Good job.
23:11Good job.
23:11Good job.
23:12Hard work.
23:13Paid off.
23:16Oh, yeah, I'm out of here.
23:19Daylin's 50-ton takes the tractor.
23:23Overall, it was relatively efficient and things got done as they should.
23:28Okay.
23:29And Andy...
23:32...takes the trailer.
23:35It's good to have a team you can rely on.
23:38You're good.
23:40Oh, excellent.
23:41This is definitely the first big one I've had and I'm glad I had such a good team.
23:46The last piece, the lumber wreck, is finally hauled away by another tow company.
23:52The teamwork kind of falls into place alongside your competition.
23:58Everyone's taking a roll and the work gets done.
24:02Mile coming up behind you.
24:05After a five and a half hour wait, the last of the traffic is finally released.
24:12I feel for these people that have to wait and sometimes it takes a little longer.
24:17But our priority is to get people moving.
24:2110-4, good to go.
24:24Well, that's the first good news I heard all day.
24:30We got something interesting here.
24:32Down in the valley...
24:35Ah, it's careful.
24:38...team aggressive is mid-swing.
24:42I'm going to set it over here and then we'll re-rig it.
24:44With a load of specialized farm equipment.
24:48This thing is upside down.
24:51So now if we grab...
24:53Yeah, the top.
24:55We got to get it back over right way up.
25:00Okay.
25:05It'll pick weird for a second.
25:16Merv swings the 1,000-pound rack towards the customer's trailer.
25:24Just guide it over there, watch.
25:26Don't go under it, buddy.
25:31There's potential to be crushed.
25:33There's potential to be, like, severely hurt.
25:35This is all yours.
25:38Okay, down.
25:43One victory.
25:47Yeah, same thing as before.
25:52Merv repeats the move...
25:55...with the second rack.
25:59You just start picking away at it...
26:01...and getting the pieces out of the ditch.
26:04Watch your heads, boys.
26:07There we go.
26:08We're not out of the woods.
26:10We still got quite a bit to get through here.
26:14Next up...
26:15...is a brand new forklift...
26:19...worth nearly $150,000...
26:25Yeah, she's seen better days.
26:27...that the owners would love to be able to save.
26:31We haven't been able to give it its first service yet.
26:33That's how new it is.
26:35You definitely want to have some control and some finesse.
26:40But Bertha makes everything look easy.
26:43Watch them.
26:48But the final piece...
26:53...a farm tractor...
26:56...is beyond repair.
26:58Okay, boys. Coming up.
27:01It's dope.
27:02It's been submerged underwater for a while.
27:05Ooh.
27:07Swingy-dingy here.
27:09Can't win them all.
27:14With the equipment out...
27:17One last piece to this puzzle, boys.
27:20Merv turns...
27:22Okay, let's do this.
27:24...to the 3,000-pound trailer.
27:27We're gonna lift it...
27:29...and swing it over.
27:31Watch your melon there, buddy.
27:33Put it back on the roadway.
27:35With traffic stopped...
27:38Merv must swing the 36-foot trailer...
27:45...and thread the needle...
27:50This is where we're gonna find out if what we've done is even possible.
27:54...onto a single open lane.
27:57We're playing on a very narrow road.
27:59Can you go up and keep it tight?
28:02We don't have much room even just for my rotator.
28:04Putting it beside her is gonna be a little bit challenging.
28:08That's what we gotta do. You're gonna hold it.
28:10We're gonna just run it right along the edge of my truck.
28:12Trying to maneuver in here.
28:15It's definitely a little nerve-wracking.
28:17You don't want to hit anything.
28:21I like living dangerously.
28:25Watch yourself.
28:28So we can roll in here to be all gravy.
28:31In the valley...
28:33It's okay.
28:34Coming to you, buddy.
28:36Team aggressive...
28:37You're good on this side.
28:39I'll pull you a push.
28:40Yeah.
28:41...has a 36-foot trailer...
28:44...running the gauntlet.
28:46It's very narrow.
28:47Got some power poles to worry about and some power lines.
28:51You got five feet to the pole.
28:54Five feet?
28:55Yeah.
28:56That can be a difficult maneuver.
28:59That's pretty tight between the wrecker and the pole.
29:02You're good there.
29:05Good, coming down.
29:08And that's the last piece of the puzzle.
29:11With the equipment heading to the chicken farm on schedule...
29:15Not bad.
29:16...the customer...
29:17Thanks, guys. I appreciate it.
29:18Big help.
29:19...can get back to business.
29:21No worries, buddy. Have a good night.
29:23See you, guys.
29:24With the customer being happy that we got it out fast,
29:27that's probably the most rewarding part.
29:28A little bit of fishing to do, clean up the ditches.
29:31A bit of mopping up.
29:34And it's a creek, so it's a sensitive area.
29:37Oh, there's a mirror.
29:40Getting it all cleaned up and get out of there.
29:42And it's time for Merv and Jaden...
29:47Okay, buddy.
29:48...to fly the coop.
29:50Grab this and we'll get out of here.
29:51Okay.
29:58We're good.
30:00The job went really good overall.
30:02Nice, quick, and easy.
30:04All right, buddy. Good job.
30:05Team aggressive once again.
30:07Knocking it out of the park.
30:13It's all clear, running.
30:17Impressive.
30:20It's all clear, running.
30:32Impressive.
30:37Sunny, nice, beautiful drive.
30:40The next morning...
30:42Cold and clear, eh?
30:43600 kilometres north, just outside Quenelle.
30:49Auto owner-operator Rob Barber rolls out.
30:54We're gonna head out to a minivan that left the road yesterday.
30:58In a two-and-a-half-ton light-duty wrecker.
31:03There's not a whole bunch happening for big trucks, so...
31:06I'm heading out to do a job with a small wrecker today.
31:09Hangman's Pit.
31:10It's on a bit of a sharp corner.
31:13Lane closure in effect there.
31:20There it is.
31:22Didn't look like a very fun ride.
31:27Probably the worst part of the whole road is right here.
31:30The van come around the corner too quickly and went sideways instead backwards down the hill.
31:36No serious injuries reported.
31:42Okay, we'll see if we can hook something up to it.
31:46The van seems to be a total loss.
31:50But you try to treat them all the same and not damage them when you pull them out.
31:54Hooked to the passenger side axle, the 55-year-old toe-op hikes up the slope.
32:01It's a steep climb.
32:03As we get older, it's a little tougher to take.
32:11Rob fires up his winch.
32:14A couple logs there could bugger things up on the way up.
32:18We just gotta try to get him up high enough to pop over top.
32:21Hopefully the wheels will not push on the log, causing more problems.
32:27Oh!
32:32Wheels are all rolling, so it just kinda crawled over those logs really well.
32:41It's just gonna come over top down.
32:42You know?
32:46Purged on the edge.
32:51Rob tows it a few feet forward toward flat ground.
32:56Since I was 17 years old, that's all I've done.
32:59You learn tricks or an easier and quicker solutions.
33:07Don't wanna pull it too far up, cause it, uh, it could roll in and bump into my truck.
33:12So we'll just leave it on the edge and then we'll hook up to it.
33:16The van's on top of the bank.
33:18And I'm thinking that it was on well enough.
33:22Just before the final hookup.
33:27Oh, oh!
33:34I just barely touched it.
33:36And the way it went.
33:39Well, that bites.
33:43What's going on there, anyway?
33:45In the Caribou region.
33:51Oh, they're not legal.
33:54Little bastard.
33:55An easy recovery for a seasoned operator.
34:00Just barely touched it.
34:02As Rob's starting again from the bottom.
34:06I just bumped it right there.
34:08And just when I touched it, it took off.
34:12Kind of embarrassing.
34:13That's probably the first time I've ever had that do that.
34:17Must be Monday.
34:18Aye, aye, aye.
34:21It's not my proudest moment.
34:23To have to pull this out of the ditch the second time.
34:27I didn't want to have to do this.
34:29Rigging again.
34:30To the front axle.
34:33He traces his steps.
34:35That's a lot of exercise for a fat guy going up down this hill.
34:38Up the 30-foot slope.
34:43Well, it should be very similar the second time.
34:45Taking the controls again.
34:48As long as there's no more mishaps.
34:50This time, Rob keeps his eyes on the prize.
34:57I was really lucky that nobody was behind it when it went down.
35:02It's a good lesson.
35:05You always have to kind of stay on your toes.
35:09On his second try.
35:11Let's get up across the road.
35:17That's good.
35:19Rob does it right.
35:22We got it all on the road this time.
35:24Not on that slippery edge.
35:30Towing.
35:31It's all I've done my entire life.
35:35But we're all learning.
35:41Okay.
35:42I mean, if you're not learning, you're dying.
35:46Keep rocking. Keep rocking.
35:48Same travel, driver.
35:54Lots of snow.
35:56That's for sure.
35:57800 kilometers east.
35:59Hope you got long pants on, because it's freaking cold.
36:04In the foothills of the Rockies, a two-and-a-half-ton Jamie Davis wrecker takes to the back roads.
36:13Five minutes up the road to do a tow.
36:16Today, Jamie's tagging along with his 20-year-old daughter, Alexis Davis.
36:23Alexis has been enjoying the business, towing cars.
36:27I made an invoice.
36:29I'm definitely more involved than I was last year.
36:33You've already made the invoice?
36:35Oh, that's organized.
36:37She's like my new boss.
36:40Okay.
36:42Arriving in a residential neighborhood.
36:44What cargo?
36:46I think the big van there.
36:49Alexis.
36:51Spots their target.
36:53Oh, is it the van?
36:55Needing a tow to the shop.
36:57Now that's a heavy load.
36:59A 30,000-pound former mail truck.
37:03My first thought is, we can't tow this heavy, right?
37:06But we're gonna get it out.
37:09Upping the difficulty.
37:11It's icy in this area here.
37:13You're gonna spin, right?
37:14It sits on a slick driveway.
37:18We'll have to put a chain on it.
37:19We'll winch it ahead, okay?
37:21It's just a quick pull out of a slippery little spot.
37:26Running a line from the two and a half ton, Alexis takes the controls.
37:34I want to stand back.
37:37She's developed into a really good operator.
37:42Definitely have more confidence.
37:43Okay, stop.
37:45Fuck, I know what I'm doing.
37:49Positioning her truck.
37:53Alexis preps for the tow.
37:57With Jamie's help.
37:59My dad's good to work with.
38:02I don't have to prove myself to him.
38:05It's more like, just get the job done.
38:07Mm-hmm.
38:12That'll work.
38:12But with the load secured.
38:14So now, I'm gonna take this down the hill.
38:17Jamie decides to get behind the wheel.
38:20This is a pretty steep hill.
38:22If you get into a runaway, it could be a problem.
38:27I'm her dad.
38:31And when we're doing these jobs, I worry.
38:34And look at the angle of the road.
38:36Will somebody get hurt?
38:37And it's slippery.
38:39So I have to take over here and get it to the bottom of the hill.
38:44Father and daughter set off for the shop.
38:47So what are you worried about then?
38:49I'm thinking about the weight of the load.
38:52With 30,000 pounds of mail van on the hook.
38:57You could slide on ice right over that way.
39:01In ice and snow.
39:04That's quite the way it's down.
39:06It's like a big hand pushing you down the hill.
39:09This could be deadly if we do the wrong thing here.
39:13It's a big truck. Big, heavy truck.
39:15In Eastern B.C.
39:17Holy, this is up high.
39:20Jamie.
39:21Somehow we can...
39:23We're nice and easy.
39:26Mentors his daughter, Alexis, as they take a 30,000 pound tow down an icy mountain road.
39:34If you had to, you grab the shoulder and the snow will stop you.
39:40With Alexis, it's really important for me to teach her the safety part of it.
39:45Holy man.
39:47Finally...
39:48All right.
39:49So we're down the hill.
39:51They make it to the highway.
39:55Let me out of here.
39:56Where Jamie...
39:57Not too much.
39:59...wants Alexis...
40:00Perfect.
40:01...to take back the wheel.
40:02Okay, let's get pulling.
40:04This is going to be the biggest thing I've ever towed.
40:07Mm-hmm.
40:10The bigger things get, don't pull fast, right?
40:14Yeah.
40:15I think Alexis has a lot of strength in her.
40:19She doesn't know it yet, but she has it.
40:22We just drive nice and easy.
40:25Slow and steady.
40:33Keep trucking nicely.
40:35One week later...
40:37Another day in paradise.
40:40In the Fraser Valley...
40:43Well, y'all ready?
40:45Mm-hmm.
40:46Jamie and Alexis...
40:48It's your lucky day.
40:49Yeah.
40:50Yeah.
40:52Oh, sick.
40:54Pick up a brand new addition to the fleet.
40:57A two-ton, 22-foot-long flat deck.
41:02What do you think of it?
41:04I wasn't expecting it to be this nice.
41:10Where's the key?
41:11Where's the key?
41:12What's the keys?
41:13Yeah.
41:14Uh, uh...
41:16Oh, yeah, here's the key.
41:19And it's for Alexis.
41:22Start her up.
41:22I liked my truck before.
41:27But I'd say it's definitely, um, an upgrade.
41:30You're gonna have to teach me how to use a deck.
41:33Watching Alexis grow, I'm really impressed with her all the way around.
41:37You wanna put it ahead with this one?
41:41So, her moving into this truck, for me, is where she deserves to be.
41:47One thing about having a new truck, there's responsibility, right?
41:50Mm-hmm.
41:51Now you have a truck payment.
41:52But I'm gonna be doing a lot more work.
41:54Well, hopefully.
41:54And that's the idea behind us buying the flat deck.
41:57Mm-hmm.
41:57Right?
41:58You ready to go?
41:59Yeah.
42:06Nothing like a new truck rolling off the lot.
42:08Yeah.
42:10We don't talk about it, like, too much.
42:13But I think he's proud because he bought me a brand new truck.
42:19You'll be the coolest deck truck girl ever.
42:21Oh, yeah.
42:21Yeah.
42:22That's how he's showing his affection.
42:26I like my truck.
42:27I wonder if I'm gonna get to drive it ever.
42:29No.
42:30You're not gonna love me?
42:31No, you're gonna get it dented.
42:33I'm gonna dent it.
42:34Yeah.
42:35As her dad, I'm pretty proud of her.
42:38She's passionate about it, involved.
42:40I think that's pretty special.
42:56Yeah.
42:59Yeah.
43:02Yeah.
43:06Yeah.
43:07He's coming through.
43:08And Merv.
43:09We do stand a chance of putting a crack in it.
43:12That's my worry.
43:13Tries to dodge.
43:14We're looking probably 10 grand.
43:16A costly mistake.
43:18Nice and slow.
43:44All the ghosts.
43:45Hell yeah, I think you're gonna remember what's there.
43:48You should find all things coming from and on and on, and on.
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