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00:05this time on highway through hell a chain reaction I can't believe the traffic puts
00:12Otto to the test quirings in the quagmire you got James in there with his boots with an old
00:24friend and reliable oh I love winter fighting the deep freeze subzero temperatures have hit
00:48BC's caribou region as the morning rush builds on highway 97
01:02two semis are blocking all lanes on the vital route to the north both drivers remained unseen
01:26responding in a 50 ton auto record it's good all night long and then six o'clock in the morning
01:32it
01:32freezes he's owner operator Rob barber the last couple days in our highways department they're
01:39going out checking the roads and they're good and then 10 minutes later they just ice right
01:43over to become skating rinks sometimes weather nature will kind of trick everybody
01:48records up there now arriving on scene you can't believe the traffic Rob is met by BC Highway Patrol
01:57Constable Lucas Dowson the highway isn't opening until this is at least done we're just trying to
02:05get the trucks out of the way to reopen the highway so we get all these people going to work
02:09going to
02:10school whatever they need to do the pressure is on to quickly clear the two wrecks holding up traffic if
02:18we don't get it off the road you're gonna have another accident
02:24if anyone just said that highway 97 is closed
02:53Just north of Quesnel, an icy chain reaction, 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 so that the
03:12highways can start to put their salt or gravel on the road.
03:20Traveling northbound, a flat-decked V-train lost control, spun around, and landed in the ditch.
03:29Tawed on its heels, a second semi.
03:33Trying to avoid the crash, jackknifed before 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-tun.
03:59The quickest way is just to pull forward.
04:08With another wreck to clear.
04:11Sir, is it driving along?
04:13Rob hopes the trucker can drive away on his own.
04:18There's no real big damage done to the truck, which will save time and saves me some work.
04:24One rig on its way.
04:28Highways maintenance.
04:29They're going to sand it, salt it, and then the traffic roll.
04:32And lay down some traction.
04:35She's open.
04:36We're rolling.
04:38Shee-haw!
04:40Traffic's released.
04:41There 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, and 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.
05:06It'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.
05:17The 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?
05:33Rob 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 45 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.
06:37Today, Al Quiring is joined by the next generation.
06:42Turn 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.
06:59Got it.
07:01That'll do.
07:02I'm glad I can hang out with him.
07:04That's what I live for.
07:05All right, here we go.
07:08Copy, Dad.
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.
07:30I'm going to 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.
07:54But to reach the wreck, I'm going to be knocking trees out.
08:00He 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.
08:40It's a new machine.
08:41It's mired down quite far down in the bog.
08:44It'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, look.
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 Coquihalla Highway.
09:08Bam! Just like that.
09:09After more than a decade in heavy recovery...
09:14This road's not even that bad.
09:17James 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?
09:32James is helping a friend.
09:35Well, one of the machines came across one part here and it sank.
09:40I got a panicked phone call saying that they were stuck.
09:43Better call Al.
09:46He's got some pretty big equipment.
09:48He'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.
10:03Very, 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.
10:17Aye, aye, aye.
10:22Anybody give me an update on 9-7?
10:24Single alternating gravity.
10:27Seven hours north, outside of Quenelle.
10:31Where are we?
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,
11:09I am 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.
11:29...is 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.
12:39I have to be cautious if something were to break.
12:49There's a chance of ripping open the tank, and then we have an environmental mess to deal with.
12:55Hey!
12:56Closed!
12:57Closed!
13:00Closed!
13:01Anyone hear anything about the 9-7s?
13:05Outside Quenelle...
13:07Closed in both directions.
13:10A B-train's fuel tanks...
13:13Closed!
13:14Closed!
13:16Threatened to rupture.
13:18I'm worried about breaking the fuel tanks.
13:21But after closer inspection...
13:23That'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.
13:41That'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 going to come right up to here.
13:51You're going to come up to here?
13:52Yeah.
13:54He's going to reposition himself.
13:57Run to more solid ground.
14:03Time to see the gap.
14:08I'm hoping that it's going to go a little bit better.
14:11In spite of a longer reach, Allen finds his footing.
14:16Hey, Rob.
14:18Is that pulling?
14:20Just a little bit.
14:23And with Rob's 50-ton helping...
14:26There we go.
14:28...the B-train is coming out of the ditch.
14:31It's pulling not too bad.
14:35It's moving fairly gently.
14:40With the final swing...
14:44Awesome!
14:45...the tractor is on solid ground.
14:48He's on the road.
14:50No damage.
14:51The tank, no marks, no leaks.
14:54So we did exactly what we had to do.
14:57An undamaged truck...
15:02...let's the happy driver...
15:04...get back to work.
15:07We're not going to do anything away.
15:09It's all driving away.
15:10He can continue his day.
15:12He's got to be fairly happy with the situation.
15:15Traffic started moving now.
15:17Awesome, thank you, driver.
15:20But before Rob can leave...
15:22You heard about the other?
15:23No.
15:24Well, apparently there's a new one.
15:26There's word of another secondary accident...
15:30Oh, we're popping there.
15:32...caused when traffic was stopped.
15:35If someone's not paying attention, they come roaring up...
15:38...to a deadline of traffic, and a secondary is definitely going to happen.
15:43We're going to go do that.
15:44Just up the road.
15:46I'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 hydrovac 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.
16:34What can we do...
16:36...to get this thing hooked on?
16:38...as team quiring in a quagmire.
16:42It's not safe.
16:43Being under the engine area,
16:45something could settle, and now you've got a worker trapped.
16:51We're going to rip that out of there.
16:54Over the years...
16:55Today's the day, buddy.
16:56...Al...
16:57...and team green...
17:00...go big or go home.
17:02...have built a reputation...
17:04...wind her up.
17:05Give her some throttle.
17:06...for tackling mud bog recoveries.
17:13Today, with the tow hook out of reach...
17:17...we're going to have to get up on top of the machine.
17:20...they'll draw on years of experience...
17:24...to create their own pull point.
17:27We're going to do it the old-fashioned way...
17:29...and just work a big-ass cable around the whole machine.
17:34With the hook point hidden underwater...
17:37...they'll wrap a cable around the pivot point...
17:41...and with a line from Al's D-9...
17:44...pull the excavator out of the mud.
17:50The top corner, back corner.
17:54A little more.
17:56You got it?
17:57Yeah.
17:59You don't want that big, heavy cable around the body...
18:02...for the work of that machine...
18:03...because it's just going to crush it all to bits.
18:05You've got to get that cable underneath.
18:07The strongest part of that whole machine...
18:09...is between the track frame...
18:10...and the excavator chassis.
18:13I should have brought my hip pointers.
18:16Just got to make sure...
18:17...that we got the belly wrap on the belly.
18:20I won't have the same mechanical advantage...
18:23...as grabbing it lower on the chassis...
18:26...but I'll have a better hold of it.
18:30So Al...
18:31We got James in there with his boots.
18:33...volunteers the newbie of the group.
18:37In the four and a half feet of water there.
18:41It's always the question...
18:42...who's going to get wet?
18:44Swimming, I go.
18:49Oh my God.
18:50I am so cold.
18:53I'm the little man.
18:54I'm the one going to get wet.
18:59Here's the cable.
19:00But in the freezing water...
19:02...James finds the pivot point...
19:04It's piled in the mud.
19:06...is 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...
19:15...and we're going to wrap the cable around it.
19:18Al enlists the operator's help...
19:21...to push the chassis out of the mud.
19:25Different situations call for different plans.
19:28Come on!
19:29...even with the excavator arm as leverage...
19:33Still stuck.
19:34...the machine refuses to budge...
19:37...but Cary...
19:39Get him to turn it!
19:41...has an idea...
19:43...can try it, yeah.
19:45...rotating the chassis to break free of the mud...
19:49...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.
20:09Oh, my God.
20:12Attaboy.
20:13Couldn't have done it without you.
20:16But we're ready to go.
20:18Al's going to 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 wedge...
20:35...it's 140,000-pound capacity.
20:38But even with the big D-9's pulling power...
20:41Get him to run the tracks, but tell him not to spin.
20:45...he'll need the operator's help.
20:47Okay.
20:49That machine is buried in the mud good.
20:50And that's going to increase the resistance.
20:53If you just winch, it's never going to break free.
20:59Okay.
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 gear.
21:23There's mud on the pedals.
21:24The operator is trying to get stable, nice and dry.
21:28The operator finally gets the tracks moving.
21:35Okay.
21:36Don't keep doing tracks.
21:38Put it in gear.
21:39Keep her going.
21:41But the excavator...
21:43Come on, track.
21:44Go.
21:46Don't spin.
21:47...is sinking deeper in the mud.
21:51The tracks need to turn a little bit.
21:54Not too fast.
21:56Because you're just digging yourself in deeper.
21:59Go, go, go, go, go, go.
22:01Go, go, go.
22:02Go, go, go.
22:03Go!
22:03Go, go, go, go, go!
22:08Go!
22:10In the Fraser Valley...
22:12Go, go, go, go!
22:14...team green's mud bog excavator rescue...
22:18Go!
22:19...is spinning.
22:20Go!
22:21...out of control.
22:23The track starts spinning.
22:25It's heavy.
22:26Really heavy.
22:28Just sticking the back end down into the ground deeper,
22:31dragging his heels in.
22:33Just wait, wait, wait.
22:35For better traction...
22:37Okay, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
22:39...al heads for firmer ground.
22:42It's too slippery,
22:43so I'm gonna get up on top of some roots.
22:50Here we go, boys.
22:5150 feet into the bush...
22:55...al starts to winch again.
22:58Okay, go, float.
23:01Push with the stick, like the bucket.
23:04Hell yeah.
23:08Let's move in.
23:10Oh, he's figuring it out now.
23:12Here we go.
23:13With a nudge from the boom...
23:20Yeah, we're coming up.
23:22...the excavator walks out of its would-be watery grave.
23:28There you go.
23:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
23:32That 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 gonna 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, they pulled, they 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, it'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 Kerry,
24:18this is like the best part of my whole life.
24:21Not too bad.
24:21Working with my dad on these jobs.
24:24It is very special.
24:26Yeah, we're gonna get out of here.
24:31Walking the big iron out of the bush,
24:34it'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
24:49that keeps us busy throughout the year.
24:53And that's all she grew up.
24:56Safe travel, driver.
25:01Look at the site.
25:04Outside Cornell, on Highway 97.
25:07Yeah, it's gigantic.
25:08Another secondary wreck lies sideways in a ditch.
25:14He touched his brakes and laid over.
25:19Minutes earlier, a massive double wreck
25:22had traffic backing up over 350 meters
25:26when an approaching back truck lost control.
25:31The driver avoided crashing into the back
25:34of the lined-up traffic
25:35by putting his truck in the ditch.
25:40First to the scene,
25:42a 35-ton heavy from another tow company.
25:45It did pick up.
25:47It moved a little bit.
25:48And operator Stuart Haver.
25:52Stu got here and attempted to pull it over
25:54and didn't quite work.
25:56It's a Hydrovac.
25:59A Hydrovac truck is used for digging
26:02using heated, pressurized water
26:05while vacuuming the slurry back into its tanks.
26:11Fully loaded.
26:13It is heavy.
26:14Uncomfortably heavy.
26:16The truck weighs 60,000 pounds.
26:19The vac truck probably outweighs both of us.
26:22With Stu's 35-ton outgunned.
26:26Are you going out, then?
26:27Yeah.
26:28Rob adds his 50-ton into the mix.
26:31Feels good to help out another business.
26:33With two of us, it should be okay.
26:35But today's recovery...
26:37I've actually never stood one up.
26:39...will be a first for Rob.
26:41So I'm kind of unconfident right now.
26:45Okay, keep pulling off the boat.
26:47For the best angle of pull...
26:49We'll jump out.
26:51Rob must block the highway
26:53for the third time today.
26:58You don't want another secondary.
27:01So we'll try to get traffic going as quickly 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?
27:43Oh, yeah, I can't lose again.
27:46North of Quesnel.
27:48Yeah, keep pulling!
27:49A 60,000-pound rollover
27:52has Rob coordinating with the competition.
27:57You kind of always want to be able to
27:59holler 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.
28:31...to 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.
28:41You want to run lying down and pull it this way.
28:43Drag your ass over.
28:44Yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:46I'm going to get Stu to grab onto the back tires
28:49and 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 going to happen.
29:07And the massive back truck...
29:09Yeah, it's all done.
29:10...is back on its wheels.
29:13Wrecks on the road.
29:15Yeah, it's a good feeling.
29:17Went 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 we get a pleasure, my friend?
29:30Yeah.
29:31There is competition,
29:32but it's nice to work together.
29:35What?
29:35Yeah, that's wrong.
29:36Now Stu's going to tow it away
29:38and 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 eye out, guys.
29:58You bet, thank you.
30:13It's cold out there.
30:14The next day, 570 kilometres south.
30:19Ah, it's brutal.
30:21On mountainous Highway 3.
30:25He's going to get real busy real soon.
30:29Early morning freight runs are picking up.
30:32Keeping the economy going
30:34by keeping the freight rolling.
30:38There's a lot of responsibility.
30:41Heading to a call.
30:42A reliable towing, 50-ton heavy.
30:45Two coals.
30:47With lead operator, Andy Cullum.
30:50Currently, it says it's minus 30 right where we are.
30:54For BC, that's extremely cold
30:56because it's very humid.
30:58So the trucks tend to freeze up.
31:01When the weather hits on this section of highway,
31:04it can take some drivers by surprise.
31:07Close behind in a 35-ton.
31:10All righty.
31:12Is heavy operator, John Dodds.
31:15It's starting 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.
31:26Is that a Jack Knight 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.
31:41It was scary.
31:42As soon as I took the curb,
31:43I 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.
32:02It's cold!
32:04To swing the cab out of the snowbank...
32:07Where am I hooking this?
32:09...swamper 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 going to spin it back out of the ditch the same way it went in
32:23and have it come back out as a pretzel.
32:26Andy readies his 50-ton to anchor the back of the trailer.
32:32What 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.
32:45Not ideal!
32:47The coal 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.
33:12Stop.
33:13We're good.
33:15Feels great.
33:15Get 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!
33:27...the morning rush is inches away.
33:31Just about killed me.
33:33We've got to hurry up and get this done.
33:35See that?
33:37It's not a safe area to be in.
33:39Are we ready yet?
33:41Let's go!
33:43Let's go!
33:44Go!
33:52That's a fully loaded trailer.
33:55So, we've got some weight behind it.
33:58It's gonna fight.
34:01She's slippery.
34:03Oh, I love winter.
34:07What are these guys doing running out of here?
34:10There's a recovery.
34:11On Highway 3...
34:12On Highway 3...
34:15Ah!
34:17Andy's 50-ton is losing a tug-of-war...
34:21...with a fully loaded semi.
34:25Road conditions are super icy,
34:27and all we're doing is dragging Thor down the hill
34:30towards the wreck here.
34:32So John booms up on the other end...
34:36Hey, we called!
34:37...for more lift.
34:39We got it out.
34:41Now we've got to get at the front end of it.
34:44Yeah, we're gonna move my rim sling up to the front.
34:47And get the tractor straightened out.
34:50Yeah, there 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.
35:02...and the 35-ton pulling the tractor around...
35:06All righty.
35:07We're in action.
35:10Team Reliable...
35:12Yee-haw!
35:15...straightens out the jackknife.
35:18Woo-hoo!
35:20Yeah, we got her.
35:22Working with Andy.
35:23It's always fun.
35:24Okay, pull ahead.
35:27Carefully, slowly.
35:29We like to make sure the drivers are taken care of.
35:32Get everybody on their way and safe and sound.
35:36With no damage to his truck,
35:38the driver continues on with his delivery,
35:42and freight traffic on Highway 3
35:44is back to full strength.
35:53We have people that we can count on when the chips are down,
35:58so we're gonna meet any of the challenges
36:00that come this winter.
36:02Thanks, guys, for doing that.
36:0510-4, good to go.
36:12100 kilometers west
36:15at the Jamie Davis Yard in Hope...
36:18I'm checking everything.
36:20...his newest hire from the East Coast...
36:23They're all there.
36:25...Maxim Chamberlain-Norman
36:27prepares for his first solo mission.
36:32I'm going to the Coca-Cola
36:34and 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
36:44and get business
36:44because everything's happening up the hill.
36:46On the Coke nowadays,
36:48you're going to fight for that job.
36:50You know, it's just not coming to you like it used to.
36:52Hopefully, you'll 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.
37:04Up the hill,
37:05Maxim arrives at the summit
37:07on the hunt.
37:10I try my best to find something.
37:13But the competition
37:15is already one wreck ahead.
37:18It's a pressure on you
37:20because you need to bring money
37:22to the company, right?
37:2630 minutes into his patrol,
37:28a stopped four-wheeler
37:30catches his attention.
37:35I can see that
37:36he's looking for help.
37:40Hello.
37:41Do you need a tow?
37:42A closer look.
37:44Oh, there's a flat right there.
37:46Reveals a tire
37:48in less than pristine condition.
37:51I don't like that.
37:53Holy.
37:54You never know
37:55how the flat's going to end up.
37:57Do you have a spare tire?
37:59No, no spare tire.
38:01Yeah.
38:02With no spare,
38:04Maxim hooks his first job.
38:08I was pretty happy
38:09that 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
38:19and his girlfriend.
38:21They've been waiting,
38:23so you need to do
38:24what you can to help.
38:25The customers.
38:26We have a schedule, so...
38:29Have a deadline
38:29to meet their tour group
38:31in Banff.
38:32Let's do it.
38:34So Maxim gets to work.
38:38The customer always a priority.
38:41This is my first ever tow.
38:46And I try to remember
38:47how to do it
38:48from what Jamie told me.
38:52So I'm going to get you
38:53into this little tow truck here.
38:55A week ago...
38:57What the...?
38:58Jamie gave Maxim
38:59his first lessons...
39:02The mixture is straight.
39:04...to pull off a dolly tow.
39:07Okay, so realize
39:08the pressure that's in here.
39:15I'm going to put the dolly
39:20in the back.
39:21On his own.
39:23I hope I get it right.
39:25When it's your first time,
39:27it'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.
39:51I 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.
39:59I feel a little pressure.
40:04There's a broken-down car
40:06down the right-hand side of the road.
40:09On the Coquihalla Highway...
40:13Come on, you.
40:14...a flat tire tow...
40:16I can't push it.
40:19...has Jamie's newest operator
40:21struggling.
40:23Just because it's a flat,
40:25it's different, eh?
40:27You've got a lot going on
40:28on your first job.
40:30The equipment,
40:31being on the highway,
40:33you have to think about
40:34the customer.
40:36I'll find a way.
40:37He's got to roll with it
40:39as it goes.
40:40There's a way.
40:41For Jamie,
40:42I need to show that
40:43I can do it.
40:45With the customer
40:46on a deadline...
40:48I think I'm going to need
40:49to do it from the back.
40:54Maxim shifts gears.
40:56If it don't work,
40:59you need to find
41:00another way to do it.
41:03Repositioning,
41:04he takes the tow
41:06from the other side.
41:10I have high hopes
41:11for Max.
41:13He's probably going
41:14through some nervousness
41:16and self-doubt.
41:19But he just has to work
41:21his way through
41:21the problems.
41:23Unless it doesn't work.
41:25And he'll get the hang
41:26of it pretty quick.
41:31Hopefully it'll work
41:32this time.
41:37There we go.
41:40Maxim's quick thinking
41:41to switch sides
41:45has made the difference.
41:50That's it.
41:51I'm happy.
41:53That's all.
41:55The job is all done.
41:56Sorry to make you wait.
41:58Well, I think
41:59you're professional.
42:00Well, I try to.
42:04It's helping people
42:07and 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
42:21with a win.
42:23Max has done
42:24his first job successfully.
42:26I think he's happy
42:27with himself.
42:28I'm happy with him.
42:30Good job.
42:31Being able to prove
42:32yourself is a big deal.
42:34Not many kids
42:35have that ambition.
42:36And he does.
42:39And I think
42:41Max will go
42:42a long ways here.
42:44Good time.
42:45Good time.
42:46Right on.
42:50Next time
42:51on Highway Through Hill.
42:52You got one shot.
42:54Reliables Balancing Act.
42:56How close are we
42:57to that truck?
42:58Golly, come back.
43:00Comes down to inches.
43:02Oh!
43:03Light just barely do it.
43:05Big Green.
43:06Oh!
43:07Is maxed out.
43:08That doesn't sound good.
43:10That excavator is in there.
43:12And aggressive.
43:13Try to get his tracks this way.
43:15Gets down and dirty.
43:17Watch yourself, Spice.
43:19Gets down and dirty.
43:21We'll be back.
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