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00:05This time on Highway to Hell, Reliables Balancing Act comes down to inches, Big Green is maxed
00:24out. And aggressive gets down and dirty. High in the Cascade Mountains, traffic makes
00:48its morning push through southwest British Columbia.
00:56The Cocahalla is the most important route before the province to transport goods as well as
01:02for people to travel throughout BC. It's a highway that's open 24-7 and it demands 24-7 attention.
01:15Truckers face a steep grade on their route to the coast, making the Zopkius brake check
01:22a vital stop.
01:25It says brake check, you gotta stop. You can go, you'll get a ticket.
01:31Before they descend the mountain pass.
01:35Did I hear somebody standing on the white boat at Zopkius?
01:42There's a truck in the ditch at the entrance of Zopkius.
01:48A little bit icy up top.
01:50Heading to the scene in 50-ton heavy metal, reliable towing lead operator Andy Cullum.
01:58You can handle pretty much anything in this truck. It's pretty well outfitted. Let's go get
02:03her done.
02:05Being reliable is leading in their big recovery truck. This comes with more pressure and responsibility
02:12to successfully pull everything off.
02:16Yeah, this tow truck got out of accident.
02:21Woo!
02:23Nasty!
02:26A semi-driver misjudged the edge of the road, sending a full load of refrigerated pork into
02:35the ditch, right at the entrance to the busy brake check.
02:42The brake check is where every commercial truck has to come, so you know there's going to be
02:45heavy traffic. We need to get this done. We need to get opened up.
02:49Let me figure.
02:51Backing up Andy in the 50-ton Hornet.
02:5466 gross.
02:5566 gross?
02:5566 gross.
02:57Yeah.
02:58Is Reliable's newest recruit.
03:00Slippery over here.
03:01Dalen Golish.
03:03It's pork in there, so everything's loose.
03:07I had three and a half years up north working on a 50-ton heavy wrecker and about two years
03:13in central Alberta.
03:14Very important not to open up that door.
03:17It's like a $10,000 fine or something for them if we break the seal.
03:22We're just going to kind of get our feet wet again and see where it goes.
03:25Being as we're in the brake check, we can't block the road.
03:29Okay.
03:30So we have to stay on the side.
03:34Limited angle on everything.
03:37They can't stop traffic for the recovery.
03:40This thing is right at the entrance of the brake check, where all the trucks got to come through.
03:45Pull up.
03:47Keep going, buddy.
03:48And the morning rush.
03:50Get him over there.
03:52He's building.
03:53It's going to get busy quickly.
03:55So we need to work as efficiently as possible to get this up right in and out.
04:00This is the best place ever for a wreck.
04:03Watch yourself coming into the brake check here.
04:05I don't like that at all.
04:29You can get into the brake check up here, or is it plugged?
04:33Near the Coquahola Summit.
04:35We're moving slowly.
04:38Come on, buddy.
04:40Team Reliable faces a semi in the ditch.
04:44That poor truck.
04:46At the entrance to the brake check.
04:49We got a load of pork, and then you have the weight of everything else.
04:54There's a lot of weight in play here.
04:58But they can't unload the seat can.
05:01That sucks.
05:02Or stop traffic.
05:04Figure we'll separate the can from the chassis, pull the chassis and the truck out of the way, and then
05:11we'll bring the can up.
05:14I'll get down there, then.
05:15We're going to undo the locks and take the chassis away from the seat can.
05:20The plan here is to turn the pins so that we can separate the box from the chassis.
05:27On a seat can chassis, you have two pins at the front.
05:30You have two pins at the back to lock the can in.
05:35Yeah, the back's off.
05:37If I can hook to the truck, we can pull it forward and off.
05:40To fully detach the chassis, they'll need a strong pull forward.
05:46All right.
05:48So we're going to try and get the chassis to come away.
05:55Makes me nervous.
05:57Fear would be that maybe the trailer shifts a little bit and put somebody in jeopardy.
06:03Look at that.
06:07Careful.
06:09Watch for flying pieces.
06:36Watch for flying pieces.
06:39It's one of those things we do when we're not towing on the Coca-Cola.
06:43Al Quiring is headed off the highway to an inside job.
06:50We're going to do a little bit of winch work for a local business.
06:54They've got some obsolete machines that are very, very heavy.
06:57So we're just going to help them out with the big tow truck.
06:59These machines are like 80,000 pounds.
07:03So it's kind of a specialized operation.
07:08An injection molding business...
07:11This is strange.
07:12...has called in an unusual request.
07:15All this equipment is obsolete now.
07:19So it's got to go.
07:20We're bringing in newer machines.
07:22Yeah.
07:22Al must tow the old machines out of the factory...
07:27...to hand them off to a 62-meter-tall crane.
07:31It's a 200-ton capacity crane.
07:34The first and heaviest piece of machinery...
07:38I would say 90,000 pounds.
07:40...is already outside the building.
07:43Good little traffic jam, eh?
07:45I pulled the machine out yesterday...
07:47...because the customer was pretty concerned about the cost of the crane.
07:51Taylor, probably softener's up here on those edges...
07:55...because it's going to pull in and they're quite sharp.
07:57Crane operator, Aaron Minier...
07:59Keep coming. Keep coming.
08:01Hold it there.
08:02...has been trying to lift the machine onto the lowbed trailer.
08:07Yeah, I don't think this thing is balanced very well.
08:11The injection molding machine consists of two parts.
08:16The injection unit, which heats and pushes through plastic pellets...
08:21...and the clamping unit, which presses the plastic into shape.
08:28Inside, it's a hydraulic piston in there.
08:31So that piston, I bet you, 30 inches around...
08:35...probably five feet long of solid steel.
08:38That's a big chunk of steel.
08:43Is it going to lift? Is it not going to lift?
08:50Still heavy on one end, eh?
08:52Oh, that's nasty.
08:55See, operators are having a hard time...
08:58...getting the center of gravity to balance, to pick that up safely.
09:02An unbalanced lift could cause the machine to slip, shock loading the crane.
09:10These cranes are not built like a tow truck where it'll take a big shock load.
09:14You break one of those straps, the crane's gone.
09:18Al lets the crane team...
09:19...you can only make suggestions.
09:23...work through their process.
09:25So you basically have to let them sort it out.
09:30Well, I think they just figured out, that's heavy on the other end.
09:33The costs are going to add up...
09:36...because we've got equipment standing by...
09:38...the tow truck, the low beds, the crane.
09:40Time's in ticking.
09:42Let's go!
09:46Is this accident at the brake check or what?
09:49Up on the coke...
09:51...tracks off the road there.
09:53...at the brake check entrance...
09:55...two reliable trucksters shouldn't take them too long.
10:00...team reliable separates a sea can...
10:04...from its chassis.
10:06I'm just going to take all my rigging off the back here...
10:09...and Andy will set up for the big pull-out.
10:11There's always pressure to get everything out as quick as you can.
10:15You have to keep the off-ramp open.
10:17Keep everything flowing and traffic moving.
10:21You ready?
10:22With the power of his three drive axles.
10:26Call this truck heavy metal.
10:29Tri-drive means it can tow a lot more weight.
10:32Andy will try to drag the rig.
10:34Just watch yourself there.
10:37...out of the roadway.
10:41Whoa! Andy!
10:43Hey!
10:47I had the brake check in the single lane.
10:50Oh, watch it.
10:51On the coquihalla.
10:54Ready?
10:56Reliable's attempt to drag a tractor and chassis...
11:00...away from the brake check entrance.
11:05Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
11:08Hey!
11:09Let's hit a snake!
11:11Taking the whole container with you!
11:13One of the rear tires caught on one of the floor braces of the container.
11:20Come back up and drag it over six feet.
11:23We just got to slide the back over and get it clear.
11:27Ugh!
11:29I can't work without gloves. You guys are nuts.
11:31New hire, Dalen, uses Hornet to pull the tires away from the C-can.
11:39That's good.
11:41So Andy can resume towing the rig out of the entrance.
11:51Probably drive now.
11:54Half the wreck is out of the way.
11:57What's the red belt scale doing?
12:00Let's help the driver just head through now.
12:04But the clock is ticking on the C-can.
12:08Loaded with half a million dollars of pork.
12:12Without the truck and trailer, the freezer doesn't work.
12:16Let me see where the trailer is.
12:19So keep everything sealed up and get it under a refrigerator again as quick as we can.
12:25Andy checks in with dispatch.
12:28What's the possibility to get the can back off that chassis?
12:31This chassis is not road worthy.
12:34Yeah, that's kind of what I figured.
12:35We don't want to send it down a hill with the ruined trailer.
12:38I'll get that sorted out. Thanks.
12:41Now they'll need to wait for a replacement trailer chassis.
12:46Good luck with that.
12:50In the Fraser Valley.
12:52Time's a ticking.
12:53A crane team struggles with a piece of heavy machinery.
12:58It's not a balanced thing.
13:00So picking it up with what the prescribed lifting points are according to the diagram
13:05is not going to work because the balance is off, so it's going to sit cockeyed.
13:12So like you see on the manual, it wants you to pick on the end and right here.
13:18We did that and teetered up.
13:20Now it's time for Al to add his expertise.
13:25Look at the picture again though, because it's looking like that ram is pushed out.
13:30In the diagram, it's showing it retracted, but in actuality, this hydraulic ram is extended.
13:37So the balancing is going to be completely different than what these guys are trying to do in the book.
13:43I would take those things and move them up to there.
13:47It's a little bit heavier on one side, so you got to adjust the center of balance.
13:54There we go boys.
13:55It's looking a little more balanced.
14:00It's a good lift.
14:04Let's throw her on.
14:11With the first unit loaded.
14:15One more piece.
14:17Al's up to bat with Big Green.
14:32Al backs in through tight quarters.
14:35This machine, we've got what they call machine skates underneath it.
14:40You guys ready?
14:43He needs to carefully roll the 45,000 pound machine.
14:49High center of gravity.
14:51Out of the building.
14:53It's towing, anything can happen.
14:56Just go ahead nice and slow.
14:59Once I pick it up, all the weight is on the skates.
15:02And that's the sketchy part.
15:04Just watch the wheels.
15:06There'll be a point where something could go wrong.
15:10But I feel I'm sketchy every day.
15:15Al has to rely on spotters to monitor the mood.
15:20Whoop.
15:24I feel sorry for those little wheels.
15:28Because they're packing a lot of weight.
15:34Hang on!
15:35Oh!
15:36Hang on!
15:37Oh!
15:37Oh, that doesn't sound good.
15:41Don't go flying into the brake check you see.
15:44Back up near the mountain pass.
15:47They're pulling a wreck out of the sketch there.
15:50Now the hard part.
15:51Team Reliable needs to move a 70,000 pound sea can without closing the brake check.
15:59We've got to get it far.
16:01Hopefully we can slide it up and out.
16:06Earlier this morning, the driver misjudged the shoulder and rolled his reefer container into the ditch.
16:18Because it's an international load going overseas on a container ship, it has to be sealed.
16:22There's a little green seal on all these things.
16:24It's a really big fine if we break it.
16:27So it's got to stay closed.
16:29With a half million dollar load of pork.
16:33The container's got no cooling of any kind.
16:36So we're under the gun to get it out quick.
16:39And a replacement trailer hours away.
16:42They can't make it here quick enough.
16:45Andy and Daylin get started.
16:49We go to work, let's stand this up.
16:51And then we'll see about moving over there.
16:53We're going to get the can into the brake check to get it out of the way of the traffic.
16:59They rig to the corner pockets of the sea can.
17:03The max weight on the container is 77,000 pounds, which is about 34,000 kilograms.
17:09So that's heavy.
17:14Working from the shoulders, high and low lines from Heavy Metal and Hornet will roll the sea can upright.
17:23So that it can be dragged into the brake check.
17:28Pull on the high one.
17:49The sea can is upright.
17:52But now they have to move it.
17:55We need to pull it sideways.
17:57That's not as easy.
17:58That's not as easy.
17:59It's very heavy.
18:00And there's no wheels under it anymore.
18:02So we've got to work it out for us.
18:04So I'm going to put the snatch block on there and the hook back to there.
18:08Try to pull it up and out.
18:14Try pulling.
18:16Andy and Daylin try to slingshot the sea can between them.
18:21Terrible with this one.
18:23To bring it up to the road.
18:29Hang on.
18:32We're fighting each other too much.
18:34Andy, you're pulling me over with you.
18:42In Abbotsford.
18:43I'm lifting it now.
18:45Al Quiring is rolling the last piece of heavy machinery.
18:49Might just barely do it.
18:51To a waiting crane outside.
18:57But exiting the building.
19:04The plan goes sideways.
19:08The skate came off.
19:09They hit the lip and it came off.
19:12Replacing the machine skate.
19:14Oh.
19:15Will be a costly delay.
19:18Time is money.
19:20But there's another option.
19:22We might be able to get it from here.
19:24It's going to be tight.
19:25Al has pulled the 40,000 pound machine.
19:29Just within reach of the crane.
19:31All the weights there.
19:32So I'll pick here and here probably.
19:35Doesn't look heavy.
19:37But boy is it ever.
19:39With Al standing by for support.
19:43I want to be boomed up towards me.
19:46So we pull it away from that door.
19:48They've got one shot to make the lift.
19:52We're cutting into my lunchtime though.
19:54So I gotta go.
19:56Yeah.
19:56I don't take it.
20:01Coming up on the line.
20:02Nice and slow.
20:05Hey Darren.
20:06Let it drag a bit.
20:11You're good.
20:12It's at it.
20:12The last thing you want to do is be in a pickle.
20:15And not have a fork to get yourself out of that jar.
20:18I'll make sure we get this lift on.
20:22Still too far out that way.
20:25Coming up.
20:27That's looking better.
20:29Might not be too bad.
20:33Nice and slow.
20:34We're just going to drop it on the ground.
20:36There's no drop here.
20:37The low bed will return for the final piece.
20:42We got the project completed.
20:44I mean it took a little bit of time for the initial lift.
20:47Okay. I got you.
20:49You know on the most part, it went tic-tac-toe.
20:53Yeah. We'll be good.
20:56Hey Al.
20:57Good job.
20:58Thanks for coming out.
20:59All right.
20:59Couldn't have done without the crane guys back there either.
21:02Customers happy.
21:03Sometimes the clouds part.
21:05And rose petals do fall.
21:06I'll tell you.
21:08Firing to do this thing.
21:14You got a jam up at the brake check.
21:17Up the coke.
21:18Good.
21:20I didn't recover you there, but...
21:21At the Zoptius brake check entrance,
21:25Daylen is on the losing end of a tug of war with a loaded sea can.
21:32Hang on.
21:34Because we can't close any part of the lane,
21:37we gotta work on the shoulder.
21:40It's gonna be a challenge.
21:41We're fighting each other too much.
21:44Andy!
21:44Hey!
21:45They're pulling me over with you.
21:48I gotta let go.
21:50Wreckers are designed to work off the back end,
21:53not off the side.
21:55They adjust their low lines.
21:58We just gotta figure out the equilibrium.
22:00Back to where we can see now.
22:02To slingshot the sea can onto the road.
22:06I'm gonna winch in.
22:31I'm on the white line there.
22:34All we gotta do now is just break free.
22:36My end.
22:37You land, you do the rest.
22:41If I just pick up this end,
22:42then clutch pull it over there.
22:45With truck traffic showing no signs of slowing,
22:49Andy hooks up...
22:51There we go.
22:53...for a quick move out of the entrance.
22:56Once we get this out of the way,
22:58it'll be safer for everybody in the brake check.
23:01Get everything clear.
23:03Get everything flowing again.
23:07Loaded with a half million dollars of pork.
23:13The guy's plugged into it now,
23:15making sure it's chilled, so...
23:17The sea can is secured.
23:20All we need is somebody to bring the chassis out.
23:24And ready to be loaded on a new trailer.
23:28The ugly part's done.
23:30Now the hard part.
23:32The exit is clear.
23:33They got rid of the semi.
23:50Close to winter we call it.
23:52100 kilometers southwest.
23:55Is that what it's called?
23:57Down in the soggy Fraser Valley...
24:06...a farm hand trying to level the field...
24:11This thing's really stuck in here.
24:12...has dug himself into a muddy pit.
24:16The new kid, he had to move pile material over there.
24:20And for some odd reason, he decided to dig a hole.
24:24Decided to get it incredibly stuck.
24:27But the crew sent to retrieve the excavator...
24:31Yeah, let's take her out.
24:32...is in over their head.
24:35The machine usually can get itself out,
24:37but someone made a real big mistake on this one.
24:41Water and clay and mud, so it's just like quicksand.
24:45Holy moly, man.
24:48Bringing in extra muscle in the form of a 50-ton rotator.
24:53We got an excavator buried in the mud.
24:56Aggressive towing's lead operator, Chris Mervin.
25:00I don't know if the excavator slid into the hole...
25:03...or if he just drove it in.
25:04I mean, it's definitely not supposed to be in there, though.
25:07See if we can give him a hand.
25:08And bring Robbie with me today.
25:10Rob Lewis is also on hand to help Swamp.
25:14My job today with Merv is my normal.
25:18Merv gets to stand and operate, and I go do the dirty work.
25:27We did good.
25:28You'd been digging, boys.
25:30Yeah.
25:31If we get all the mud out...
25:33Yeah.
25:34If it doesn't help, we're in the water table.
25:36So it keeps filling up.
25:38You can see there, look.
25:39Well then, shovel quick.
25:42Ten feet down, the excavator has reached the water table.
25:47An aquifer stretching underneath 208 square kilometers of farmland.
25:54Why so deep?
25:56No idea.
25:57Can you see that pin in there or no?
25:58That's what we're working on.
26:00Getting closer?
26:02Deep in the mud.
26:05There's a pole point on the underside of the excavator.
26:10I like having the shovel operators on hand.
26:12Makes my job a lot easier anyway.
26:14Today we had help and I didn't have to do the dirty work.
26:18And I'll back up.
26:20I'll come this way and we keep the ass end of my truck.
26:24Somewhere close to this gravelly looking stuff.
26:27If Bertha breaks through that, she's likely going to end up just as deep as the excavator in this muck.
26:33That excavator is in there.
26:35We want to stay on top, that's for sure.
26:38Once we break through is when you start to have problems.
26:41I'm a little nervous, I mean I don't want to look like that thing either.
26:48Look pretty clear right now.
26:50In the farmlands of the Fraser Valley.
26:54Clear as mud.
26:55Merv gets positioned.
26:57I'll try wiggling my truck in.
26:59To rescue a dug in excavator.
27:04Just driving in here, I'm leaving some nice ruts.
27:08This is about as close as I'm going to get to them.
27:10Getting Bertha in a position where she's straight on with the excavator gives the most advantage to being able to
27:15pull that excavator out of the mud.
27:18Try to create some lift to get the nose of them tracks back up on top.
27:22If we can break the suction, we'll be winning.
27:26This kind of mud, it just sticks to you.
27:28It makes everything heavier and harder to deal with.
27:31Hooking on to the dugout pin of the excavator.
27:35Everyone out?
27:37Merv starts pulling.
27:41Keep moving.
27:43We're not sinking in too bad yet.
27:45If we're sinking, then that means we're really pulling on this excavator.
27:55But they need the power of both machines.
27:59Hey, Robbie.
28:00Got the boom out?
28:02To pull the excavator out before it drags Bertha in.
28:08By using the excavator's arm and the tracks, we're actually breaking suction at the same time as Bertha's winching on
28:14it.
28:17Try to get his tracks this way.
28:22Just as the excavator breaks free.
28:26You're okay.
28:28It threatens to tip back in.
28:31Can you spin your arm to the backside?
28:35But with the boom, now keeping it stable.
28:39Okay, you can start walking back.
28:44Keep going.
28:45The machine...
28:46Slow though, slow.
28:49...finally rolls onto firm ground.
28:57One excavator out of the mud, boys.
28:59I'm really happy to get it out.
29:02Teamwork.
29:03It's always teamwork.
29:04Yeah, good.
29:05Yeah, she's a little muddy after that little bath.
29:09These boys on scene, you know, they're willing to dig, they're willing to get muddy, and, you know, they've got
29:13great attitude.
29:14Hey, thanks a lot. Appreciate it.
29:15Yeah, no worries.
29:16Thanks for the help.
29:16Appreciate it. Thank you.
29:17Thanks for digging.
29:18Appreciate it. Thank you.
29:20All right, let's get out of here, Robbie.
29:21We set out to get this thing out of the hole, and it's no longer there.
29:28So overall, 10 out of 10.
29:30Progressive did a good job.
29:44She got cold fast.
29:47An hour northeast.
29:50I pulled into Brave Jacklin. Holy smokes, it was slippery.
29:53High on the Coca-Cola.
29:56Pretty greasy up here.
29:58Night has fallen.
30:01Oh, it got slippery out.
30:03And a replacement trailer.
30:05It's about to get busy here.
30:08Finally arrives for Team Reliable.
30:11So we've got to deal with the can.
30:13We're both going to come off of this side, so that he can pull under from that side.
30:19I think we'll be all right.
30:20It'll be fine.
30:22If not, we'll blame it on Hunter.
30:24Hey, no.
30:25Swamper Hunter Bradley will lend an extra hand on the lift.
30:32Hunter's here now to help us break things.
30:35Keep going!
30:36And get a little experience. He's trying to move his way up.
30:40Well, how far is that reached?
30:42We can use all the help we can get.
30:47We like max lift.
30:48Yeah.
30:49This is 77,000 pounds in reach at half boom.
30:53There's just no room for air, right?
30:55We need to line everything up.
30:58Okay, let me set up to match you then.
31:00To be able to lift all that weight.
31:03Okay.
31:03That should be good there.
31:08Let's see if we get it high enough.
31:12Lines from Heavy Metal and Hornet will run to the top corners of the sea cam, lifting it four feet
31:21off the ground, so a driver can back the new chassis underneath.
31:31As it lifts up, it's going to go towards the truck.
31:36You'll see. We'll help you when it gets there.
31:39You got one shot.
31:41With the driver prepped, it's showtime.
31:45Okay, send her up.
31:50Okay, I'm off the ground.
31:52Okay, I'm set.
31:54Up.
31:54Up we go.
31:56I think for any 50 ton wrecker, this is a hell of a lift.
32:16How close are we to that truck?
32:19Bring that truck back.
32:20I think he'll fit under.
32:23Get him slow.
32:25You have to hope that you're high enough that it doesn't get bumped when the chassis backs under it.
32:31If he's going to touch it, just stop him.
32:35That guy's skills are going to basically make or break this.
32:39Slowly.
32:40If he can back under it nice and straight, then we're in good shape.
32:44But if he's got to readjust a bunch of times and can't get it, we might be in trouble.
32:51With only inches to spare on one side.
32:56Slowly come back.
32:58You're good. Keep coming back straight.
33:01The driver tentatively reverses under.
33:06Keep going.
33:08All this is being done in a parking lot that is a complete sheet of ice.
33:17Slowly.
33:22All he's doing is spinning.
33:25Is he spinning?
33:27Get on.
33:29Get on.
33:30Whoa!
33:34Get on.
33:35On.
33:37At the softest brake check.
33:40He's spinning.
33:42Reliable's precarious seek-end transfer.
33:46Wrists slipping away.
33:49The driver of the chassis is reversing in the ice with an empty trailer.
33:54This guy's got no traction.
33:56Throw a couple of chains on him.
33:59You want to throw one on the other side too, Andy?
34:01Yeah.
34:04Right here.
34:08Nothing like throwing chains while balancing 70,000 pounds in the air.
34:14Not supposed to admit that we're scared, but I'm scared a bit.
34:17The more time under tension, obviously the more chance of risk, right?
34:22What if the wind picks up? What if? Crow flies? What if?
34:26The sooner the better. Get it done.
34:29Well, he should be better now.
34:32But even with chains, the driver struggles on the uneven surface.
34:41Do you want me to get in there and do this?
34:43How many 53 footers have you backed up?
34:46Unless you back it up and I'll guide you in.
34:52Andy steps up.
34:54Do I try?
34:56To show them how it's done.
34:58I now have the challenge of trying to line this trailer up front and rear.
35:03No pressure.
35:06In a sheet of ice with no drive time in the seat of this truck.
35:12It's just, get her done.
35:14Should be good straight on.
35:18When the chassis backs up under the container, they only have a couple inches for the pocket to sit into
35:25the locks.
35:27So this has to be done pretty accurately.
35:31But this time, with Andy behind the wheel...
35:35Okay, keep going.
35:37Oh!
35:38The chassis is lined up for the pricey load of pork.
35:43Can I get this thing off my boom now?
35:47Ready?
35:48Okay, out.
36:04Woo!
36:05She's on.
36:07Over there.
36:09Perfect.
36:13Nice.
36:15We got it set down on it.
36:17Everything's secure and ready for transport.
36:20Alright.
36:22We work well as a team.
36:24Good work, man.
36:25Good job.
36:26Yeah.
36:26At the end of the day, we saved hundreds of thousands of dollars potentially for the customer.
36:30I think overall it was a good wreck and a good recovery and a good day.
36:34Relief.
36:34Big relief.
36:36Pressure is extreme, but the job stays the same.
36:39We have the right equipment, we have the right people, and the work gets done.
36:42We didn't die.
36:44We didn't die.
36:45We didn't bend nothing.
36:46Nope.
36:46Do you want to do it again?
36:47Win-win.
36:47No, I don't.
36:48Sure do.
36:49This was an easy one.
36:54Turn on a good job, Chief.
36:56Come on, hold.
37:09Anybody just come off the coke and they tell me how it is?
37:12The next day on the coke.
37:14Pretty ugly up there this morning.
37:18Rising temperatures.
37:20Looks pretty messy.
37:22Bring treacherous conditions.
37:27Last night they have a lot of snow.
37:29Heading up the hill in a Jamie Davis one-ton.
37:32I'm going on top of the cocahalla.
37:36There's a transport, Peterbill, that is stuck on the ice.
37:41Rookie operator, Maxim Chamberlain Norman.
37:44Yeah.
37:45Today is my first time that I'm going to recover a summit.
37:48This will be a big job for Max.
37:50You got to be quick.
37:52You got to be efficient at it.
37:54Yeah, I'm supposed to be able to do the job.
37:57Think on the fly.
37:58I solve problems when they happen.
38:01Pretty slippery.
38:03Stuck in wet snow.
38:05You know, just get it done.
38:06Do it.
38:07Maxim's first stuck semi puts the greenhorn to the test.
38:13They've been waiting, right?
38:14So you need to be quick and do what you can to help him.
38:20With only 5,000 pounds in the trailer,
38:23it's too light to get traction.
38:27Even if you have a good truck, you can't go nowhere
38:29with no weight in the back.
38:31Did you try to put the chain on?
38:33Yeah, but it's just quick.
38:34The chain is broke.
38:36The truck just spin and spin and spin,
38:39so I'm going to put some salt in front of the tire.
38:42I'm going to shovel a little bit.
38:43Every second the semi sits in the snow.
38:47The truck needs to get out of there.
38:49Puts the driver further behind schedule.
38:53Pretty pretty slushy and it's a big mess.
38:58Okay, I'll go get my shovel.
39:02You need to make sure that there's no snow
39:05in front of the wheels.
39:09I can't leave him here.
39:13Do you have a job to do?
39:18Now, it's up to the trucker.
39:23Are you ready to drive?
39:25To drive his rig.
39:27Back up a little bit and have drag go forward.
39:31Out of the slush.
39:33Yeah, slowly.
39:37The slush and water.
39:42You can't go nowhere with a semi.
39:45Put your wheels straight.
39:48But now, it's moving a little bit.
39:51Don't stop.
39:54Continue.
39:56But not enough.
39:59Move.
40:03Anyone know what the Coca-Cola summit looks like right now?
40:08I'm just climbing up the hill here.
40:10It's crazy.
40:12At the Zopkius brake check.
40:14Yeah, slowly.
40:17Maxim's first heavy recovery.
40:19Don't stop.
40:22Is slipping away.
40:25And his customer is losing valuable time.
40:29I'm going to need to pull you.
40:31You always need to think ahead.
40:33Because you always need to have a plan B and plan C.
40:36Maxim hooks low on the bumper near the mounting bracket.
40:41You ready?
40:43I'm confident that I'm going to get him out of there.
40:46Dropping his spades.
40:48And raising his boom.
40:51Maxim winches with the one-ton.
40:56Pulling the semi out of the deep slush.
41:02Pull it out.
41:03I got him out.
41:05Now he's going to try on his own.
41:07And he can still continue on his journey.
41:11Through trial and error, Maxim finally gets it done.
41:17That's how we learn.
41:20All my life I learned the hard way.
41:23I'm a lone wolf.
41:25I just do my own way and that's it.
41:28I'm glad you're out of the winnowing.
41:31I win at the end.
41:34If I don't win, I learn.
41:37With the driver a little behind schedule, but safely on his way,
41:43Maxim heads back to Hope.
41:48I try my best and I hope I'm going to make Jimmy proud.
41:53But the job has taken longer than expected.
42:00On this job, there's no reason to, you know, make this any longer than it has to be.
42:07You know, just get it done, do it.
42:10Hey Max, how'd your call go?
42:12Hey, it went good.
42:14I hook it in the bottom and when I awl, I awl slowly.
42:18But it came out.
42:20When you go out on your own, you're challenged to figure out the problems of that job yourself.
42:25So that's okay. Things happen. It's how you deal with it, right?
42:27Well, it's like a newborn fawn. I mean, it takes a while to learn how to walk.
42:32You know, that's the part about being a new guy.
42:35This industry needs new, fresh, young talent.
42:39And you got the job done, so that's what matters.
42:42Who knows?
42:43It could be Max.
42:44Okay.
42:46Thank you, Jimmy.
42:47No problem.
42:51Next time on Highway Through Hell.
42:55Off road.
42:57Oh, that was my leverage.
42:59And up a tree.
43:01Reliable gets tricky.
43:03On a blind curve.
43:06Come on, come on, come on.
43:08Jamie heads upstream.
43:11Merry Christmas!
43:12And Holiday cheered.
43:14I got more of a beard like him.
43:16For the biggest toy run ever.
43:18I feel like I need some hairspray.
43:42That's nice.
43:46New socialist music.
43:47You see me on my page I stopped.