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00:05FIXING TRUCKS, DRIVING TRACTORS, BUILDING STUFF IN MY SHED, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I DO.
00:10BUT WHAT OTHER JOBS COULD I HAVE DONE?
00:15RIMSBY BIKE RACER GUY MARTIN IS LOOKING FOR WORK.
00:20YOU HAPPY, YEAH?
00:23I HAVE TO GO DO SOME INTERESTING JOBS.
00:25MEET THE FOLKS THAT DO THEM, SEE IF I CAN DO THEM MYSELF.
00:29THE MAN WHO LOVES TO GRAFT IS GOING TO TRY SOME OF BRITAN'S MOST CHALLENGING TRADES.
00:35YOU SEE THE SMOKE COMING OUT MY EAR, OLD MAN.
00:38COME ON GIRLS, LET'S GO FIND THE GRASS.
00:41AND LEARN FROM THE EVERYDAY HEROES WHO DO THEM.
00:44I'VE LEARNED ALONE DRIVING, WATCHING YOU.
00:46REALLY? MAGIC.
00:50BECAUSE THERE ARE JOBS, JUST LIKE THAT.
00:52AND THERE ARE GUY MARTIN'S PROPER JOBS.
00:55RIGHT ON MY STREET.
01:01THE JOB GUY IS ON HIS WAY TO THIS TIME IS A REAL TRUE FOR HIM.
01:06HE'S GOT TO GET TO PLAY WITH SOME OF HIS FAVORITE TOYS.
01:14I HAVE BEEN IN AND ABOUT TRUCKS MY WHOLE LIFE.
01:20GRANDDAD, WHO'S TRANSPORT MANAGER AT TX BROWNS.
01:22THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST SCANYA DEALERS IN THE COUNTRY.
01:25HIS DAD WORKED FOR HIM.
01:27HIS BROTHER'S A TRUCK FITTER.
01:28I'M A TRUCK FITTER.
01:29YEAH, I'VE BEEN SURROUNDED BY THESE THINGS MY WHOLE LIFE.
01:36WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG, YOU KNOW, WITH A BREAKDOWN OR A SMASH,
01:40WE'RE NOT LONG BEFORE THE COUNTRY GETS TO ITS KNEES.
01:44SO THE JOB WE'RE HAVING A GO AT NEXT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS, RIGHT?
01:49THESE ARE THE BOYS AND GIRLS THAT KEEP THE SHOW ON THE ROAD.
01:53WHETHER IT'S A CRASH OR A BREAKDOWN, WE'RE GOING TRUCK RECOVERY.
01:57WE'RE GOING TRUCK RECOVERY.
02:00WE'RE GOING TO DIE.
02:02I'M LOOKING GOOD, LADS.
02:07AND SO TO LEicestershire, HOME TO ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST-STANDING HGV RESCUE TEAMS.
02:16RIGHT.
02:19THEY'VE GIVEN ME A COLD.
02:23GOT TO HAVE A WORD.
02:25CROUCH RECOVERY IS A FAMILY BUSINESS FOUNDED AT A VILLAGE PETREL STATION IN 1948.
02:33TODAY, WITH A HUGE FLEET OF SPECIALIST MACHINERY, THINK OF THEM AS THE THUNDERBIRDS OF THE EAST
02:39MIDLANDS, READY TO RESCUE ANYTHING.
02:42THEY HAVE GOT 330 BITS OF KIT, 220 STAFF, TURNOVER, 50 MILLION A YEAR.
02:50SO, YES, IT IS A FAMILY OPERATION, BUT THEY'RE NOT MESSING ABOUT.
02:57TIME TO MEET THE NEW BOSS.
03:00HELPING GUYS THROUGH HIS WEEK OF RECOVERY WILL BE JAKE REICH.
03:03WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
03:05SUTTERLY NASHFIELD, NORTH NOTTINGHAM SHIT.
03:07AN OPERATOR WITH 18 YEARS IN THE TRADE.
03:09SO, GO ON.
03:10GO ON.
03:11RIGHT.
03:13I'M HERE FOR A WEEK.
03:14YEAH.
03:14WELL, FIVE DAYS.
03:15RIGHT.
03:15WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM ME?
03:17WELL, IDEALLY, END OF THIS WEEK, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO JUST, LIKE I'VE HAD A TRAINEE LAD
03:21WITH
03:22ME, YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT I CAN DO WITHOUT ME SECOND GUESSING QUESTION OR ANYTHING.
03:27I WANT TO BE CONFIDENT ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN BACK UP, LOAD THAT TRUCK, TOW IT AWAY, AND DONE
03:32EVERYTHING RIGHT.
03:33RIGHT.
03:33THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL IS.
03:34THAT'S THE GOAL IS.
03:35RIGHT.
03:35NOT DAMAGING THE TRUCK.
03:37NOT DAMAGING THE TRUCK.
03:38DAMAGE-FREE RECOVERY OF A CUSTOMER'S VEHICLE.
03:39DAMAGE.
03:40RIGHT.
03:40I LIKE THAT.
03:41DAMAGE-FREE RECOVERY OF A CUSTOMER'S VEHICLE.
03:43RIGHT.
03:44THAT'S THE END GOAL.
03:46THIS IS A WHOLE NEW DISCIPLINE FOR GRIMSBY'S MOST FAMOUS TRUCK MECHANIC TO LEARN.
03:52FROM TOING BREAKDOWNS TO TACKLING THE COMPLEXITY OF A ROLL-OVER OR JACK KNIFE.
03:58I KNOW A FAIR BIT ABOUT TRUCKS, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT RECOVERING THEM.
04:01SO MY EYES AND EARS ARE OPEN TO THE KNOWLEDGE.
04:07THE TOOL THAT GUY WILL HAVE TO MASTER IS JAY'S SUPER TRUCK, WHICH COSTS, WAIT FOR IT, 400,000 POUNDS.
04:17640 HORSEPOWER, 80 TON TRAIN WEIGHT ON IT, DOUBLE DRIVE, 6x4, XXL CAB ON IT.
04:22BIG OTHER THING.
04:23YEAH, LOVELY, MAKE.
04:24YOUR TRUCK.
04:25NO ONE ELSE DRIVES IT?
04:26NO.
04:26RIGHT.
04:28UNLUCKY GUY.
04:30WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN SHOW YOU ENOUGH THAT WHEN WE'RE ONSIDE IT ROAD, I CAN LET YOU LOOSE.
04:34RIGHT.
04:34AND YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
04:36WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
04:36WE'LL JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK RUN.
04:37I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
04:38YEAH, WHAT SORT OF KIT WE'VE GOT AND WHAT WE'VE RUN ON IT, SO...
04:42I MEAN, WE'RE A BIT SPORT WITH THESE NEW ONES.
04:44WE'VE GOT HOT AND WASH.
04:45OH BLOODY, YEAH.
04:47HOT AND WASH.
04:48YEAH.
04:48GO ON.
04:50LITERALLY, SOAP DISPENSERS AND PAPER TOWELS THERE.
04:53THAT'S NICE AND WINDER, THAT'S LOVELY.
04:58AND THEN, SO ALL THOSE TOOLS AND SHACKLES WE HAVE IN HERE, LOOK.
05:01LOOK AT THAT, IT'S TIDY IN HERE, ISN'T IT?
05:03YEAH.
05:03MAIN REASON IS, GUY, YOU CAN WELL IMAGINE IF WE'VE GOT A ROAD CLOSURE,
05:06THE POLICE ARE ON YOU, THEY WANT IT OPEN, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PUT HIS HAND ON STUFF.
05:10YEAH, I COULD LITERALLY BE BLINDFOLDING AND PUT MY HAND ON MY KIT ON THIS.
05:14BIGGEST PROBLEM IS MISSAS HAS DONE A SUNDAY ROAD, YOU'VE NOT HAD A JOB ALL DAY,
05:17COMES HALF PAST TWELVE, ONE O'CLOCK, YOU SIT DOWN, LITERALLY SPANNERS ARE IN YOUR HAND,
05:23PHONE RINGS.
05:24YOU'RE GONE.
05:24YOU'RE GOING OUT.
05:25YEAH.
05:26SO THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE.
05:27YEAH, YEAH.
05:27DINNER'S INTO DOG, YEAH.
05:30YEAH.
05:31ANYBODY THAT'S IN RECOVERY WILL TELL YOU IT'S SAFE, MATE, YEAH.
05:33RIGHT.
05:33IT CAN BE REALLY, REALLY TAXING ON YOUR FAMILY.
05:38AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGES OF BEING ON CALL,
05:42GUY'S GOT TO GET HIS HEAD ROUND THE FACT THAT RECOVERY AND WINCHING IS RATHER SCIENTIFIC.
05:47THIS IS WHEN WE'RE DOING WINCHING.
05:50RIGHT.
05:51SO WHAT WE CAN DO ON THIS IS FOR THE TOP BOOM, WHICH IS WHERE THE WINCH CABLES COME OUT
05:54HERE.
05:55THE OLDER I GET, THE MORE COMFORTABLE I AM WITH SAYING,
05:58I HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE WHAT I'M DOING.
06:00TREAT ME LIKE A MUPPET.
06:03START AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
06:05SO YOU'RE...
06:05I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL THAT.
06:06I'D HAVE TO...
06:07RIGHT.
06:07YEAH, IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.
06:09IF YOU'RE DOING SINGLE LINE AT SIX TON,
06:11YEAH.
06:12AND YOU WENT THROUGH A SNATCH BLOCK AND BACK,
06:13YOU'VE DOUBLED UP HERE, YOU'VE GOT TWO LOTS OF SIX.
06:16YES.
06:16IT'S ALL PHYSICS.
06:17IT GOES DOWN TO PHYSICS, DON'T IT?
06:18AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH EVERY DAY.
06:20HEY, I'LL LEARN THIS.
06:21IT'S ONLY THE FIRST MORNING ON THE JOB.
06:22I'LL LEARN THIS, YEAH.
06:23I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
06:25AND IT'S NOT JUST PHYSICS.
06:27IT'S PHYSICS IN DANGEROUS PLACES.
06:29THE PROFESSOR WILL HAVE TO REMAIN VIGILANT AT ALL TIMES
06:33FOR ROGUE DRIVERS.
06:35LISTING.
06:36MASSIVE PART OF WHAT WE DO AT SIDE THE ROAD.
06:38RUMBLE STRIPS.
06:39IF YOU'RE WORKING UP MOTORWAY, MATE,
06:40YOU NEED TO BE LISTING OUT FOR THEM RUMBLE STRIPS.
06:42IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING COMING DOWN HOME,
06:43DROP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HAVE A LOOK WHAT'S COMING BEHIND YOU,
06:46LIKE, BECAUSE...
06:46RIGHT, IS THAT RIGHT?
06:47YES.
06:48HAVE YOU HAD ANY NEAR DO'S?
06:49I HAVE.
06:50TOP OF A SLIP ROAD,
06:51SO, TECHNICALLY, IT WAS ALL COMED OFF, POLICE WAS BEHIND IT,
06:54AND I HEARD THE COMED, THUD.
06:56THUD.
06:57LOOKS UP AND THIS CAR'S COMING AT ME.
06:58THE CAR COMES DOWN, CLIPS ME, BARREL ROLLS ME,
07:01DOWN THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK, I'M RECOVERING.
07:03DRINK RATHER.
07:04YEAH.
07:04YOU WAS LUCKY.
07:05DID YOU ALL RIGHT?
07:06FINE.
07:06YOU WALKED AWAY?
07:07SHOOK UP A BIT.
07:10PHYSICALLY, ALL RIGHT.
07:11BIT BATTERED AND BRUISED, BUT YEAH,
07:13CRACKED ON DID THE JOB ANYWAY.
07:14AND IT IS GETTING MORE AND MORE COMMON.
07:16IS IT?
07:17YES.
07:17PEOPLE ARE BEING INJURED AT ROADSIDE.
07:19FINGERS CROSSED.
07:20IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS WEEK.
07:21NO.
07:24RECOVERIES TAKE PLACE IN ALL WEATHERS,
07:27SO GUY'S INDUCTION PLOWS ON IN THE RAIN,
07:30WHERE HE'S TESTED ON THE BEWILDERING ARRAY OF LEVERS
07:32THAT CONTROL THE TRUCK'S MOST IMPORTANT PART,
07:36IT'S GIANT TOE HITCH.
07:39I WANT YOU TO FOLD THE UNDERLIFT DOWN.
07:41YEAH.
07:42IF GUY GETS ANY OF THIS WRONG,
07:44THE COMPANY MAY RESTRICT HIM TO A WEEK OF JUST WATCHING
07:47AND NOT DOING.
07:49AND NOW WE'LL BOOM DOWN.
07:52A WRONG LEVER COULD EASILY DAMAGE A VEHICLE.
07:57SPOT ON THAT, MAKE?
07:58YEAH.
07:59AND THEN JUST AS YOU'RE GOING TO DO A PRE-LIFT,
08:01SO YOU'LL EXTEND THE UNDERLIFT OUT.
08:06PERFECT THAT, BUD.
08:07ALL RIGHT.
08:08YEAH.
08:08SPOT ON.
08:10SO YOU'RE EXTENDING IN.
08:12ON A REAL JOB, A CUSTOMER'S TRUCK WILL BE BALANCED ON THE END OF HERE.
08:16AND YOU WANT YOUR BOOM UP.
08:18ONE WRONG MOVE AWAY FROM FALLING OFF.
08:20AND THEN YOU WANT TO FOLD THE UNDERLIFT AWAY.
08:25SPOT ON THAT, MAKE.
08:26PIECE OF KIT.
08:28PIECE OF KIT, MAKE.
08:32FAIRLY F***ING PROOF, ISN'T IT?
08:34YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
08:35YEAH.
08:37AND WITH THAT STUNNING VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, THE INDUCTION IS PASSED.
08:41COME MORNING, JAY AND GUY WILL BE OFFICIALLY ON CALL.
08:45LIKE JAY SAID, NEVER GET COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
08:48ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
08:49SO YEAH, I JUST LIKE FEELING THE PRESSURE OF SOMETHING COULD GO WRONG AT ANY MOMENT.
08:53THIS IS GOING TO BE MINT THIS.
08:56GUY WILL BE RESCUING REAL CUSTOMERS,
08:58IN THE REAL WORLD, WITH A VERY REAL COMPANY REPUTATION AT STAKE.
09:04YEAH, NOWHERE TO EYES.
09:05LIKE, LOOK AT THE TRUCKS.
09:08BRIGHT ORANGE.
09:09NO-ONE'S GONNA MISS YOU.
09:10AND YOU'VE JUST MUCKED UP, YOU'VE DROPPED A WAGON OFF YOUR ITCH,
09:12OR YOU'VE MADE A PIG'S EAR OF IT.
09:14AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHO YOU WORK FOR.
09:16YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF PRIDE IN THIS PLACE.
09:20I DON'T WANT TO BE THE BOY TO MUCK IT UP.
09:33YEAH, FIRST MORNING ON THE JOB.
09:36WHAT ARE WE ON?
09:37WELL, WE WAS HERE AT HOUR FIVE, I THINK FOR A SIX O'CLOCK START.
09:40THERE'S AN OPERATION CENTER DOWN THE ROAD.
09:42ALL OF THE WORK COMES INTO THERE, AND THEY DISTRIBUTE IT TO WHOEVER.
09:47SO WE'RE WAITING FOR JAKE'S PHONE TO GO.
09:49ALL RIGHT, THAT?
09:50GUY SPENDS THE TIME PRODUCTIVELY.
09:52YEAH, THAT'S YOU, MATE.
09:54TINKERING WITH LORRIES.
09:55MIND YOUR FINGERS, GUY.
09:58OH, YEAH.
10:01LOOKING AT LORRIES.
10:04HALF A MILLION QUID SAT THERE, YEAH.
10:07YEAH.
10:10MAD.
10:10OR DISCUSSING LORRIES.
10:12DRAG IT UP WITH A LOCK WHEEL, THEN.
10:13YEAH, IF IT'S QUICK TO GET THE ROAD OPEN, YEAH.
10:16THEY'VE GOT WHAT WE CALL SLIPPERY GYMS.
10:18YEAH.
10:19SLIPPING ON DIESEL, AS MY DAD USED TO SAY, GIVE OFF.
10:21SLIPPING ON DIESEL.
10:23TALKING LORRIES.
10:24TALKING LORRIES.
10:25TALKING EXHAUST, TALKING LIGHTS.
10:26JUST TALKING LORRIES, YEAH.
10:29BEFORE LONG, THOUGH, THE BOYS ARE CALLED INTO ACTION.
10:32JAKE, WHAT'S THE PLAN?
10:33WE'VE GOT A JOB.
10:33GOT A JOB COME THROUGH, MATE.
10:34GOT A WINCHART, LOOK.
10:40WE'VE GOT THIS JOB, AND THEN WE'VE PUT IT DOWN.
10:42THEY WERE ON ROUTE, LOOK.
10:43YEP.
10:45WE'RE ON IT, MAT.
10:55THE JOB IS 60 MILES NORTH OF THE M1,
10:58WHICH GIVES THE CONTROL ROOM TIME TO PROVIDE SOME EXTRA INTEL.
11:03THIS IS AN OFFICE HERE.
11:05MAX!
11:07TELLA, MATE, YOU ALRIGHT?
11:08YOU OR GUY, WHEN HE'S NOT DRIVING, HAVE A LOOK AT THE WATSAP.
11:10THERE'S SOME PHOTOS ON THERE, GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
11:12LOVELY, SAM.
11:13ALL RIGHT THEN, MAX.
11:13THANKS FOR THAT.
11:14GOOD MAN, SPOT ON.
11:14IN A BIT, MATE.
11:15TA-DAH.
11:16I DON'T THINK THAT'S DRIVING AWAY.
11:19HAVE YOU GOT ANY GLOVES?
11:19I'VE GOT GLOVES, IF NOT.
11:20I AIN'T GOT ANY GLOVES.
11:21NO, WE'LL...
11:22AS YOU CAN SEE, MY HANDS GET A FAIR.
11:24I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU WANT TO GET MUKED IN AND CRACK ON,
11:27BUT THEN WINCH CABLES, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE GOT A BIT STICKING OUT A ROPE LIKE THAT.
11:31SO I HOPE FOR SAFETY.
11:32COMPLETE POLICY, IT'S OBVIOUSLY ARVEZ, BOOTS AND GLOVES.
11:35YEAH.
11:35I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S WHERE WE'RE WINCHING, LIKE.
11:37YEAH.
11:45RIGHT, IT'S DOWN THERE, LOOK.
11:46JUST SEEING.
11:49ARE WE THINKING HERE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A DRIVAL STATE?
11:51YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO NEED THIS ROPE CLOSING.
11:59AN ARTICULATED LORRY HAS SKIDDED OFF A SLIPPERY CORNER,
12:02AND THE WHITE CAB UNIT HAS SPUN ROUND INTO THE TRAILER,
12:05WEDGING ITSELF INTO A FIELD.
12:11NO RESCUE IS STRAIGHTFORWARD,
12:13BUT WITHIN SECONDS OF APPROACHING THE SCENE,
12:16EVEN THE ROOKIE SPOTS, THIS ONE, HAS AN ADDED COMPLICATION.
12:19WHAT ARE YOU THINKING THERE, BOSS?
12:20SPLIT THE DIESEL TANK?
12:21IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT TO SPLIT THAT.
12:23I CAN SMELL IT, YEAH.
12:25YEAH, IT'S F***ING OUT, IN IT.
12:26OBVIOUSLY, IT'S FULL TANK, IT'S SQUASHED IT.
12:29YEAH.
12:29IT'S WHERE YOU GO TO HAVE ROOTS OF GETTING SOMETHING TO SUCK IT OUT WITH.
12:32IT'S STILL COMING, MAT.
12:33DIESEL LIKE THIS ISN'T FLAMMABLE, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY GREASY.
12:38LETTING FUEL SLOSH ALL OVER THE ROAD JOIN THE RECOVERY
12:41WILL JUST MAKE A SKIDDY CORNER WORSE.
12:44SOUND JOB.
12:45SO IT'S OUT WITH THE PUMP.
12:50WHAT TO DO, THAT PUMP IS.
12:55GET IT OUT OF THE EMPTY, YOU SAY.
12:56GET IT OUT OF THE EMPTY IN THE EMPTY.
13:01THERE IT IS.
13:03I'VE GOT THE THICK OF IT OUT.
13:05MOST OF IT'S ON ME, MAN.
13:08JAY HAS ALREADY CLOCKED THE NEXT ISSUE.
13:11IF THEY SIMPLY DRAG THE TRUCK OUT FROM WHERE THEY'RE PARKED,
13:14IT MIGHT STAY JACK-KNIFED.
13:16IF WE PULL THIS BACKWARDS BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE THAT THAT TRACTOR UNIT'S ON THERE,
13:20IT MIGHT NOT PULL ITSELF OUT.
13:22IF WE PULL IT WHERE I'M POSITIONED AT.
13:25IF YOU CAN SEE, LOOK, THAT STAY IS ALREADY OUT THE GROUND.
13:28YEAH.
13:28THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED AS YOUR ANCHORAGE POINT.
13:30IT NEEDS TO PIVOT THERE.
13:32YOU SEE HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT?
13:35JAY USES HIS EXPERIENCE TO LINE UP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD,
13:39WHILE GUY WILL BE RELYING ON A BIT OF HIS FARMYARD WISDOM.
13:44THAT'S GENERALLY THE WAY WITH TOING.
13:47WE GET TRACTORS STUCK, PULL THEM OUT THE WAY THEY WENT IN.
13:49DON'T TRY AND MAKE.
13:50DON'T TRY AND PULL THEM INTO MORE DANGER.
13:51PULL THEM OUT THE WAY THEY CAME IN.
13:54RIGHT, BOY, GO ON.
13:55WHERE DO YOU WANT US?
13:56RIGHT.
13:57THERE'S THEM SNATCH BLOCKS FROM YESTERDAY MORNING.
13:58CAN YOU REMEMBER WHERE THEY ARE?
13:59YEAH, I DO.
13:59DO YOU WANT TO GET ONE OF THEM?
14:00YEAH.
14:02THE PLAN IS TO DRAG THE TRUCK BACK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
14:05WHERE IT FIRST LOST CONTROL.
14:08SO THEY SPOOL THE WINCH OUT AND PUT IT ROUND THE TRUCK'S REAR AXLE.
14:11IF YOU CAN JUMP IT HERE AND I'LL GUIDE IT TO YOU, YEAH?
14:13SAM, JUMP.
14:15DO YOU WANT THAT MAT TO LIE ON AT YOUR EIGHT?
14:16YEAH, IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
14:17I THOUGHT YOU'D SEE THAT.
14:18HE LAUGHS
14:19ROUND THIS SIDE, THEN, MATE.
14:21THAT'S IT, MATE.
14:21YEAH.
14:23DO YOU WANT TO LINK THEM TOGETHER?
14:24JUST LINK THAT TOGETHER, BUD.
14:26LIKE THAT?
14:26THAT'S IT.
14:27YEAH?
14:28YEAH.
14:28DON'T HELP ME FIND THAT.
14:29RIGHT.
14:29WE'LL HAVE TO RAIN UP FOR THAT.
14:32SO YOU NEED TO NOW GO ONTO YOUR REMOTE?
14:34YEAH.
14:35THERE, LOOK.
14:36I SEE.
14:38FLICK IT ONTO REMOTE.
14:41YEAH.
14:42YEAH.
14:42GREEN BOTTOM.
14:43TIME TO FIND OUT IF GUY'S CONNECTED THE TRAILER PROPERLY.
14:46RIGHTO, GUY!
14:47AND IF JAY'S GOT HIS CALCULATIONS RIGHT.
14:51RIGHTO, MATE.
14:51YOU READY?
14:52YEAH, WINCHER IN.
14:53JUST GEAR IT UP.
14:54GO ON.
14:54MAKE YOUR HAVIT.
14:57GO ON.
14:58JUST SETTLING.
14:58YEAH, JUST SETTLING, MATE.
14:59YOU'RE RIGHT.
14:59IT IS THE TENSEST PART OF THE JOB.
15:02AND, PEE.
15:02YEAH, GO ON.
15:03KEEP GOING.
15:03YEAH.
15:06JUST KEEP DOING WHAT I'M DOING.
15:07KEEP THE BOTTOM.
15:07JUST KEEP GOING WHAT YOU'RE GOING, MATE.
15:08YEAH.
15:12SHE'S COMING AROUND LOVELY NOW.
15:13YOU'RE HAPPY?
15:14YEAH.
15:14YOU SEE HOW IT'S PULLING IT OUT OF THE JACK KNIFE NOW, LOOK?
15:16YEAH.
15:17YEAH.
15:17SHE'S COMING OUT LOVELY AT THAT.
15:19GO ON.
15:19WHAT'S THAT NOISE?
15:20TYERS?
15:20IT'S JUST THE TIES GOING SIDEWAYS ON THERE, LIKE.
15:25WHAT I'M DOING IS WE'LL GET HIM STRAIGHT SO WE'VE GOT ENOUGH
15:26ROOM TO TURN THE WRECK AROUND TO GET PAST YOU.
15:28GET IN FRONT OF HIM, YEAH.
15:30DON'T EVER KEEP WINCHING AND BLOCK YOURSELF IN.
15:33NEXT ON.
15:34RIDDO, MATE.
15:34THAT'S US.
15:35YOU STOP WINCHING.
15:36WINCH OUT.
15:37THE RECOVERY HAS WORKED PERFECTLY.
15:40AND OUR GUY IS OFF TO A GOOD START WITH HIS NEW JOB.
15:43GIVE US A BIT MORE SLACK, MATE, SO I CAN GET THAT OFF.
15:46HE'S MAD FOR IT.
15:47YEAH.
15:48SOUND JOB, MATE.
15:49VERY HANDS-ON.
15:50VERY MECHANICALLY MINDED SO I'M NOT HAINING TO REPEAT MYSELF TO HIM.
15:53Tell him once, go, we need it off.
15:54Yeah, of course we do, and he's on it.
15:56Jay has no problem putting Guy on the spot
15:58and testing him about the technicalities.
16:01What would you do now to drop that trailer?
16:04Just think about what we've done to recover it.
16:07Well, you put the shunt brake on, so you put the power brake back on.
16:09Exactly that. That's what I'm looking for.
16:11Legs down, pull the pin, yeah.
16:13Otherwise, you'd be running down the road.
16:14You know, because there's so much happening,
16:15you could quite easily forget that.
16:17Yeah. Spot on, mate, that.
16:19A relief truck arrives to tow the trailer away.
16:23You will get a bit of bend in that boom, look.
16:24I can see that.
16:25While Guy and Jay hitch the damaged unit up
16:28for a trip to the repairers.
16:32First impressions of Jay?
16:34Absolute pride in his work.
16:35Happy?
16:36The ultimate professional.
16:38Right, come on underneath, look with us.
16:41Just twist your fork a little bit.
16:43That's it.
16:47That's it.
16:47Yeah, boom up now.
16:48Yeah, I turned up here with about...
16:5110% knowledge, I suppose.
16:53...of truck recovery.
16:56I've had a day with Jay.
16:58Probably 11% on.
17:02What to learn, mate?
17:03Mate, honestly, yeah.
17:04For a job like that, I think you've done cracking, mate.
17:08I was impressed with how little faff there was,
17:11and it's because people know what they're doing.
17:16Next stop, a garage in Sheffield.
17:19But not before indulging in a key part of a job like this,
17:23chewing the fat.
17:25That's what I like, Guy.
17:26You generally don't know what you're going to be doing
17:28from one day to the next, who you're going to meet.
17:29That's what I've been about here ever since I was a kid.
17:31Yeah.
17:32I started at my dad's at a bloody 12-year-old,
17:34like, fixing trucks.
17:34Used to do all the school holidays.
17:36Yeah.
17:37You know what I mean?
17:37I love the job.
17:38Yeah, well, ironically,
17:39I got suspended from school for not going.
17:41Right.
17:42I didn't go because they told me I can't go no more.
17:44You're right.
17:44Yeah.
17:44But I learned more being with my dad than I ever did in school.
17:49Yeah, you're right.
17:50Especially life skills and stuff like that.
17:52Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:52Yeah.
18:00The mission finishes with a set of photos
18:03to prove Jay and Guy haven't created any extra damage.
18:07He's asking if you want to take another photo,
18:09and then you go to your next position
18:10and just work your way around.
18:15How have I enjoyed my first day as a road warrior?
18:19I'm not a road warrior.
18:21I must have been sat with Jay in a wagon,
18:23recovering her truck.
18:25It's been mint.
18:25I loved it.
18:26Great job.
18:27Great job.
18:3546 M1 South.
18:36Pass the services.
18:38Back at the yard,
18:39it's time to prep for tomorrow.
18:42Call pass at 69.
18:47Go on, boy, where do you want us?
18:49Towards the end of shift there,
18:50so company policy is get washer off.
18:53Down, mate.
18:53Down.
19:02Well,
19:03I didn't expect this to be happening today.
19:05I've got a guy marching,
19:05washing my truck for me, like, yeah.
19:11Gently, what a bloke.
19:12You wouldn't normally get...
19:13Guy don't see himself as a celebrity, does he?
19:15But, end of the day, he is.
19:16You wouldn't get any other celebrity.
19:18I have his on,
19:19hands covered in oil,
19:21cracking on,
19:21washing your truck,
19:22and doing it right.
19:28And after washing,
19:30comes the refuelling.
19:32What,
19:33eight to the gallon?
19:34Just around about eight,
19:35at the best.
19:36What, at the worst?
19:37Yes.
19:38We could be down to around about
19:39four and a half to five.
19:40Four and a half to five to the gallon?
19:42And your normal car's doing, what,
19:4430 or 40 to the gallon?
19:45Yeah.
19:46Yeah.
19:47800 quid to fill it?
19:49Around about there, yeah.
19:50Expensive job.
19:59Right, yeah, so, um,
20:01here we are.
20:02Work a late shift.
20:03Yeah.
20:04They give you your own digs to stay in.
20:05Come and have a look at this.
20:08This is going to take some beating.
20:13Here we are, number one.
20:16Here we are, the key in the car.
20:18Have a look at this.
20:19Have a look at this.
20:22Hey.
20:23Fridge.
20:26Oh, my word, cow juice.
20:29Here we go.
20:32Trucker's toothbrush.
20:35When in Rome.
20:40Oh, my word, I can turn that on, can't I?
20:46I can turn that on.
20:49I love it.
20:51I love it.
20:53You know me, I love learning new things.
20:55Hey, I won't be very quick.
20:58I don't know, maybe, I wouldn't be the most efficient,
20:59but if I had to go do it now, I'm sure I could do it.
21:02I might make a mess, but I could do it.
21:04Can't wait for tomorrow.
21:05Genuinely do not know what's going to happen.
21:07Hopefully we have something interesting,
21:11something that's a bit exciting.
21:13You know, just go, right, I'll get my head down.
21:15Thank you very much.
21:29Guys back on shift at the recovery yard
21:32and facing one of the challenges of an unpredictable job.
21:37Keeping yourself busy in between shouts.
21:42Go on, do you want me to get the shovel out, boy?
21:44I think there's an art to sweeping floor.
21:46What do you think?
21:47I'm not good at much, but I'm all right at sweeping up, mate.
21:49Just out that door, left hand side, mate.
21:51Sound job.
21:54But it doesn't take long for someone to send up a distress flare.
21:57Yeah, yeah, yeah, send that one down, mate.
22:00We'll get set off straight away.
22:01Cheers, Max, thank you.
22:03Go on, boy, what's the plan?
22:04A lot of recovery, mate, one in Birmingham.
22:05Oh, right, that's us, then.
22:06That's us, then, mate. We'll get cracking?
22:07We'll crack on.
22:08Sound job, boy, sound job, right.
22:09I'll take off, it's not going to piss you down, is it?
22:12I just think, how much do I take off?
22:13Take my jacket off.
22:14I've got my bloody winter gear on.
22:17The boys leap immediately into action.
22:21Add a cheese knife, you don't mind, yeah?
22:22Yeah, that'll do, mate.
22:23That looks like it's got pickle, that more you.
22:25Yeah, that'll do me.
22:25Hey, I'm not a fussy man, boy.
22:37With the job about one hour away, there's plenty of time for chat, as well as fine dining.
22:44And what do these two alpha nights of the road discuss?
22:50Holidays.
22:51Yeah, we've been on cruisers for the last few years, and that's converted to me, that.
22:57Honestly.
22:57I wouldn't have thought of admitting, you know, being stuck on that boat, honestly.
22:59I can't knock it till I've tried it, but I'd have said that's not for me.
23:02No.
23:03For what?
23:03Yeah, you know, because you think I'm stuck on this thing, there's nothing to do.
23:06With the same folk, yeah.
23:06Yeah.
23:06Same folk.
23:07Yeah, but two and a half thousand staff or something, there are 5,000 people on this
23:12ship.
23:13You don't see the same person twice in a fortnight.
23:15Yeah.
23:16Honestly.
23:16Yeah.
23:17Yeah.
23:17And I've been to cities that I wouldn't have thought I'd go into.
23:20Like where?
23:22Well, Barcelona, because there's that much to do and see around Barcelona.
23:25Yeah, yeah.
23:26All right.
23:26I'd never say never, then.
23:27My missus ain't a big flyer.
23:29Yeah, but hey, we're eyes and ears open to different politics.
23:32Yeah.
23:37What's what you're doing here?
23:39You just come wrong side of Ireland, didn't you?
23:40You just come wrong side of Ireland here, yeah.
23:43Yeah.
23:43We're on here somewhere, you reckon?
23:45Yeah, we're looking for electric, haven't you?
23:4818-tonne rigid, mate.
23:50On this lane, some...
23:52Ah, I can see something down there with some address flashing.
23:54It's normally a good sign.
23:55Yeah.
23:57All right, so I'll go to that locker.
23:58Get me eye-vis out, then.
23:59Yes, mate.
24:00Yeah, yeah.
24:01Here's your man, look.
24:02He's got his thumb up for us.
24:04Good man.
24:05We've got parked cars behind him, mate,
24:07so we're going to be going for a front-minute front-minute.
24:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
24:12Jay's happy for Guy to take the lead on this lift and shift.
24:17Our hero starts his inquiries...
24:19How you getting on, mate?
24:20...with the driver of the broken-down truck.
24:23Will she drive, mate?
24:24Sorry?
24:25Will she move?
24:26No, she won't, mate.
24:26What's happened, mate?
24:28Coming along here.
24:29Yeah.
24:30Got the faults up, coming up on the dash.
24:32Yeah, orange lights, red lights.
24:33Red lights.
24:35Lost all drive.
24:36Did you?
24:37Literally lost all drive.
24:38Just glided into here.
24:40I had a mechanic come out.
24:42He's had a look at it.
24:43It's funny he's got the faults.
24:44He's got 49 faults up.
24:46With a few issues, then.
24:48So, I think the only thing that's working at the minute
24:50is the tachograph and the radio.
24:52Okay.
24:52Now, sound job, mate.
24:53Right.
24:55We've got a plan.
24:56Yeah, all right, Jay.
24:58Powertrain module issue.
24:59It sounds like an engine.
25:01Right.
25:01Yeah, that's not roadside repair, though.
25:03Yeah, by the sound of it.
25:05He was here for an hour, mucking about.
25:06Come get to the bottom of it.
25:07Right.
25:07So, tell her away.
25:09It may only be day three, but our guy reckons he's got the hang of this.
25:14So, tied up to you, what you want to do on this.
25:16Sit there, flicker onto your remote.
25:17Obviously, you want to be down there underneath, see what you're doing now.
25:19The golden rule is damage-free recovery.
25:23Green button, power up.
25:25So, the challenge here is hitching a real customer's truck up
25:29without accidentally punching a hole through its floor.
25:38Boom down a bit, do you think?
25:39Boom down, mate, yeah.
25:40You're about level at that.
25:43That's it.
25:44Extend after that.
25:49Boom up.
25:50Boom up.
25:51Not to catch there, is it?
25:53No, that would be that.
25:54Are you happy?
25:59Perfect, that.
26:00Blimey, he's done it.
26:03Back up over your axle.
26:05On the outside of the axle.
26:07Yeah, so you've got the other side of the spring hanger now, haven't you?
26:09Then you'll have a hook on each side.
26:11Yeah, I have, yeah.
26:11Chaining your right chain bond to your left.
26:13That's making a little bit more sense now, boy.
26:18Only a little bit now.
26:19Only a little bit.
26:22Now Guy has to make the vehicle safe to tow,
26:25which is a test for his mechanical instincts.
26:28Four bolts, innit?
26:29Yeah.
26:30Ideally, then, half shaft.
26:31I'd pass the half shaft it, mate, yeah.
26:34Removing the half shaft will prevent a lot of damage.
26:38Taking the half shaft out.
26:40When the truck's been towed,
26:41we want to stop the gearbox from turning.
26:43We'll turn the gearbox without the engine running.
26:45The oil pump's not working.
26:46It'll seize the gearbox up.
26:50So we catch all his oil in this.
26:52So we're just making sure from an environmental point of view
26:54we're not causing any problems.
26:55I'll put my rag right back,
26:57and I'll rotate it so you're pushing the rag onto the back,
26:59just so you're wiping it.
27:01That's it.
27:02Because then when you pull it out,
27:03you're not dripping all of it floor.
27:04Perfect.
27:04Yeah?
27:05Perfect.
27:05So you dunk back at shaft now.
27:07They'll love this on telly.
27:08Wipe your shaft, guy.
27:09Nobody likes a dripping shaft.
27:11No, we do not, man.
27:13No, we do not.
27:15There's only one set of splines on this.
27:17Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:19Sling them bolts in there.
27:20Put them in there, look.
27:21Keep them up.
27:21Everything all neat and tidy together.
27:25One, obviously,
27:26we don't want to be putting them in a customer's vehicle.
27:28Dirty bolts of that.
27:29No, we don't.
27:30You know what diff oil could smell like.
27:31To be honest,
27:33I quite like a bit of EP-19.
27:36The half shaft gets stored in a special hidey hole.
27:39Mate, that's tidy, that.
27:41And then the pavement gets a spring clean.
27:45Bit of brake cleaner, look.
27:46Mate, mate, mate.
27:47You know, just where we've made a bit of a mess.
27:48Mate, you know the score.
27:51There's one last check
27:53to make sure Guy is properly on the ball.
27:56You're chained on.
27:58You've got your ear in.
27:59Yeah.
27:59Chaft's out.
28:01We just need one more thing doing.
28:02Back lights.
28:03Back lights on, mate, yeah.
28:04And he nails it.
28:07No, can't come off.
28:10All that remains
28:10is to say goodbye
28:11to a grateful driver.
28:13It's more of a Submarino then, mate.
28:15Exactly that.
28:15Exactly that, mate.
28:17Hi, hi.
28:17Nice to meet you.
28:19I've known he was coming over
28:20to watch a lorry.
28:23In this world,
28:24our guy is bigger than Beyonce,
28:26which does hold the job up a bit.
28:29Are you all good?
28:29Yeah!
28:30You killed it.
28:31Good lad.
28:32Nice one, mate.
28:33Cheers, mate.
28:34See you later, mate.
28:35Cheers, mate.
28:36Good job.
28:37Jay always keeps his mind on the job.
28:39I've just realised, Guy,
28:40before we've set off, mate,
28:41we've got seven and a half ton weight limit
28:42straight in front of us.
28:43Yeah, yeah.
28:44Dead End Street,
28:45seven and a half ton weight limit,
28:46so we're going to have to turn this around here
28:48before we carry on.
28:56No, listen, easy.
28:57I'll get on his...
28:58I'll get on his side.
29:18Cheers, mate.
29:24Tidy work there, mate.
29:25We're good.
29:26Tidy work, mate.
29:27Tidy work.
29:33Didn't take long, did it?
29:35No.
29:35No.
29:37The recovery's a success,
29:39but the job's not over.
29:40When you're driving a load this big and cumbersome,
29:43you can't switch off for a second.
29:46On the way in,
29:47we had a 15-foot bridge, didn't we?
29:48Yes, we did.
29:49Yes, we did.
29:49So it was no good then turning this around
29:51and it being 16 foot tall.
29:54So you've had to take that into account.
29:55When I was in earlier, yeah,
29:57to check the handbrake,
29:57I had a quick clock at the height marker in it,
30:00you see?
30:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:01But what you've got to take into account is
30:03it's marked up at 14 foot three.
30:05Plus what you've lifted it.
30:05Plus what we've lifted it, yes.
30:07I know for a fact,
30:0815 foot here,
30:09we're absolutely fine.
30:10Go on, do you want me to watch here?
30:11No, Sam, mate.
30:12No stress?
30:13No stress.
30:13Right, OK.
30:15And we're at 15,
30:16you're right, OK.
30:17OK, I like your confidence.
30:18You watch your mirrors here, look.
30:19Watching your mirrors.
30:20I like your confidence.
30:22Yeah, you look how much you've got there.
30:28Oh, you're swinging a cat in there.
30:30Plenty.
30:31Yeah, hey, boy.
30:31Plenty.
30:31Hey, boy, that's the experience, innit?
30:33Fair play to you.
30:36Out on the open road,
30:38there's chance to evaluate
30:39how well the job went
30:40and in particular,
30:42acknowledge Guy's customer service.
30:43Service skills.
30:46Approaching the driver
30:47and talking to him
30:48like he did,
30:49well, from my eyes,
30:50I think he's paramount.
30:51Yeah, he'd been sat there six hours.
30:52No wonder he was
30:53pleased that we'd got there.
30:55We get people
30:56that haven't been
30:57in that situation
30:58and scenario before,
30:59so they are
31:01slightly worried.
31:02They're panicking
31:02because they're out of the elements,
31:04they don't know what's happening,
31:05so you have to almost
31:07comfort them a bit in that.
31:08We're doing this
31:09on a daily basis,
31:09so it's the norm to us.
31:11Joe Puglick,
31:12side of the road,
31:13broke down,
31:13could potentially,
31:14the first time
31:14they've ever been
31:15in that scenario,
31:16you're making
31:17their terrible day
31:18that little bit
31:19more bearable for them.
31:20You are, yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:21Just by just
31:21putting the mine at rest.
31:23Yeah, we do get
31:24a bit of a buzz
31:24when you effectively...
31:26A bit of job satisfaction.
31:27Yeah, yeah.
31:27Well, hey, boy,
31:28that's worth a lot,
31:29that's it.
31:29That's worth a lot.
31:37The lads reach the repair yard
31:39and get ready to unload.
31:41Just obviously,
31:42yeah, just be careful
31:43if we're obviously
31:44we're not alive enough
31:44for a stage now.
31:48You all right?
31:49Yeah.
31:52No mess in here,
31:53fuck on that,
31:54fuck on.
31:55So I had no input
31:56in dropping that off,
31:57it'd done it by his own accord.
31:58Yeah, there were no
31:59jerky movements with it
32:00or anything,
32:01lowered it down nice,
32:02plenty of clearance
32:03underneath the vehicle,
32:04so spot on that.
32:06All right,
32:06so fold her up?
32:07Fold her up, mate,
32:07yeah?
32:12That's spot on that, mate.
32:13Yeah, job done,
32:14job done.
32:15I'm learning,
32:17I'm slowly getting there,
32:18but having a word
32:19with the lads in there,
32:20I says,
32:20go on,
32:20it's got this fault,
32:21what do you think that'll be?
32:21He said,
32:22that could be a solenoid
32:23inside the box
32:23or it could be
32:24a wheel speed sensor.
32:24I'd just be interested
32:25to see what that was.
32:26Just talking to the apprentice there,
32:27just started,
32:28he didn't have a clue,
32:29but he's into it,
32:29he's only been here
32:30a few months.
32:32It's been another job
32:33well done
32:34and our guy
32:35is fitting into this world
32:37rather well.
32:39I can't fault the chap,
32:40literally, yeah.
32:41I'd say if we was doing it
32:42at out of a ten,
32:43it'd be way up
32:44probably at eight out of ten.
32:45It's called,
32:46it's called Armist Collective,
32:47which is what you want.
32:48You don't want anybody
32:49that's flapping
32:50on a job like this.
32:51Exactly, mate,
32:52I'll go put them back.
32:54Once they've tied it up,
32:55Guy and Jay
32:56seize the opportunity
32:57for a lunch break
32:58and manage to get
33:00a table for two
33:01on the back
33:02of a skiplory.
33:05That's a sort of
33:06normal thing, isn't it?
33:07Office jobs,
33:09one hour dinner breaks.
33:11Yeah.
33:12That's not the norm
33:13in this job, is it?
33:14Not the norm at all, mate.
33:15No, definitely.
33:15We don't get an hour
33:16dinner break, no.
33:17Definitely not.
33:17We'll have breaks
33:18to keep us legal,
33:20but, as you can well imagine,
33:21with the industry
33:22that we're in,
33:23we are on it,
33:25as such.
33:26Yeah.
33:27If we get the police
33:27ringing us up,
33:29the road's closed,
33:30we've got to open this road
33:31as quick as possible,
33:32we're not going to tell them,
33:33we'll be with you
33:34in 45 minutes,
33:35we're just having
33:35a dinner break.
33:36It ain't going to wash,
33:37is it?
33:38No.
33:40Waiting for the phone
33:41to go, then?
33:42Yes.
33:43Yeah.
33:45Right, yeah.
33:59Guy's final day
34:00as a recovery operator
34:01will see him tested
34:03with the job's
34:04biggest challenge,
34:05a truck rollover.
34:08The goal was,
34:10at the start of a recovery job,
34:11was can I man
34:13a juicy scenario?
34:15Right, can I control
34:16that situation?
34:17Well, what we're going to do,
34:18we're going to make
34:18our own juicy situation.
34:21We're going to roll
34:21the truck over,
34:22and can I write it?
34:24I think I've got
34:25the general gist
34:25of what needs to happen,
34:27hopefully.
34:31There's 101 things
34:32that could go wrong.
34:34It could fall over
34:35on someone,
34:36crush a load of puppies.
34:38There's just,
34:38there's loads of things
34:39that could happen,
34:40loads of things
34:40that could happen,
34:41but we try not
34:42to think about those.
34:44The power of positive
34:46non-thinking.
34:48It's as complex
34:49as recovery gets,
34:51involving two
34:52of the company's
34:53biggest cranes
34:53and lifting specialists,
34:55Steve and Pat.
34:58Guy will have to use
34:59all the knowledge
35:00he's learnt this week,
35:01and a bit more.
35:03This is what we get up for.
35:05On here?
35:05Yeah, yeah.
35:06Something to go
35:07and get your teeth
35:07stuck into, like.
35:09But first,
35:10they have to make
35:11the truck have an accident,
35:13and they've got
35:14just the man for the job.
35:15Go on, give it a bit.
35:17Keep it going,
35:18keep it going.
35:19All right.
35:20Send it.
35:27Just like that.
35:28About.
35:29Just like that.
35:34I think we've achieved
35:35putting it on its side.
35:37Steve is an instructor
35:38with the Institute
35:39of Vehicle Recovery,
35:41and gives Guy
35:42a crash course
35:43in the physics
35:44behind this rescue.
35:45Yeah.
35:46And we're saying
35:46it's what, 20...
35:47We're saying it's 20 tonne.
35:48Let's just use 20 tonne
35:49as a figure.
35:51Sometimes I think
35:52people think
35:52we just turn up,
35:53we just attach a winch
35:54to it and pull,
35:55and just hope for the best.
35:57Work out where
35:58the centre of gravity
36:00would be,
36:01multiply it by
36:01the distance
36:02of your pivot point,
36:03which is the bottom of your wheels.
36:04Yeah.
36:05The reality is,
36:06quite often,
36:06there's a lot of
36:07sort of physics involved
36:08in trying to use things
36:09to get the best
36:10mechanical advantage
36:11and make the job
36:12a lot easier for yourself.
36:13We're going to run out
36:14of panels on that trailer.
36:15I've tried,
36:16I've tried right here,
36:17and I've cocked it up
36:18a couple of times,
36:18but I think now
36:19you've explained it,
36:20I've sort of got
36:20the general gist.
36:25The teams start
36:26rigging for the lift
36:27by jacking the trailer
36:29up on airbags,
36:30so it's easier
36:31to pull the winch cables
36:32underneath.
36:36Yeah, same light.
36:38Guy ties them securely
36:39around the axles,
36:41hopefully,
36:41while the cranes
36:43are manoeuvring
36:43into position.
36:51A set of winch controls
36:53are handed over
36:54to the newbie.
36:56Sound job.
36:58But we've not told him this,
36:59but there's nearly
37:00one and a half million pounds
37:01worth of kit
37:02that he's operating there,
37:03so, yeah,
37:04there's a lot of pressure
37:05on his shoulders
37:05not to mess this up.
37:07Go on,
37:08what's the score?
37:09You've just got to look
37:10what you're doing
37:10all the time.
37:11Yeah.
37:11Yeah, like,
37:12don't push a lever
37:13unless you can see
37:14what it's going to do.
37:15Yeah.
37:16That's it, really,
37:17like,
37:17and then you can't
37:18fuck up.
37:19Come on.
37:22More inflatables
37:23support the trailer
37:24as it's lifted,
37:25while on the other side,
37:26crash bags
37:27will cushion the fall.
37:28But it's a windy day,
37:30so they need to be
37:31held in place by hand.
37:33More pressure for Guy.
37:35If I didn't trust him,
37:36I wouldn't have had him on it.
37:37You kind of have to have
37:38two guys in the danger zone,
37:40if you like,
37:41so if you don't trust
37:43the people on the controls
37:43the other side,
37:44then it's no good.
37:49Time to winch.
37:51If you winch up now.
37:53Yeah.
37:56Pat's controlling
37:57the crane on the left
37:59and Guy's controlling
38:01the crane on the right.
38:04Oh, yeah,
38:04it's a bit quicker
38:05than that, isn't it?
38:05The need to lift
38:06perfectly in sync.
38:09Right, hold it there.
38:11I'll catch up with you.
38:15Yeah.
38:161.6 tonne,
38:171.7 tonne,
38:191.8 tonne.
38:19In with the blue a bit.
38:22Learning on the job.
38:24Yeah, you're right.
38:25You're right.
38:25So you reckon
38:26that's on the point
38:26a bit of going.
38:271.6 tonne.
38:28Yeah, yeah, yeah.
38:29We'll just send it.
38:37Good job.
38:38Well done, mate.
38:39You know the score,
38:40are you?
38:42To be fair,
38:43from what guys,
38:43from where we were
38:44at the beginning of the week
38:45to where we are now,
38:46our lads wouldn't even be
38:47at this stage now.
38:51None of these boys
38:52are university graduates.
38:56But they can make amazing
38:57things happen
38:57just by using common sense.
39:00And now they've got a trustworthy
39:02extra set of hands,
39:04the team decide to ramp things up
39:06by experimenting with a new technique
39:08for the very first time.
39:11Sometimes on a motorway,
39:13they're pushing you and pushing you
39:15and pushing you
39:15to keep lanes open
39:16and stuff like that.
39:17So what we want to show
39:19is possibly
39:20you might be able
39:21to do this in two lanes
39:22with a motorway
39:22rather than three.
39:26And you've never tried this?
39:27No, no.
39:29By using three wreckers,
39:32they think they can
39:33right the truck
39:35under control
39:36in midair.
39:40Are you ready?
39:40Yep.
39:45A successful lift
39:46depends on constant communication
39:50to ensure nothing
39:51gets out of hand.
39:57Is that not getting
39:58a bit near your wagons?
39:59Yeah, that's all right.
40:01If that wind got into that,
40:02that'll do some damage
40:03to the side of your motor.
40:04Oh, you're all right.
40:05It's coming up now.
40:05It's finding its centre, isn't it?
40:07Oh, you think it was
40:08just settling then?
40:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.
40:09It was just settling,
40:13inch by inch,
40:15they rotate the truck.
40:17Come out a touch, Jay.
40:19Out with a blue.
40:21I was going to say,
40:21what are we doing next?
40:22Are you ready?
40:23You've got it.
40:23Are you ready?
40:24Yeah, go on.
40:24In with a white.
40:27If the fan
40:28and I had to do
40:28something as quick, mate,
40:29I'd be knackered.
40:31Using the smallest
40:32possible footprint,
40:34the truck is now
40:34the right way round.
40:36It means a motorway lane
40:37alongside could stay open,
40:39which means this lot
40:41have just created
40:42a revolution in recovery.
40:4599.9% of the population
40:47would not have a clue
40:49where to start
40:50doing that,
40:51would they?
40:51If we all lower it down
40:53together now, I reckon.
40:54Both down together.
40:57Give yourself a bit of credit,
40:58boys.
40:59What an amazing achievement.
41:01That's absolutely beautiful,
41:02that is.
41:03Happy?
41:03Very happy.
41:05That's awesome.
41:05I mean, I'm happy I didn't
41:07knack her out,
41:07which usually happens.
41:09So thank you very much.
41:10No problem.
41:11Maybe he understood
41:12those physics after all.
41:14In any case,
41:15it's time to head back
41:16to the yard
41:17for the final time.
41:18And Jay has a treat
41:20lined up.
41:22Keys, innit?
41:23It's what?
41:23Keys are in it.
41:27I'll have a go.
41:29It's the biggest gesture
41:31a truckie can make.
41:33Yeah, a guy mine's
41:34the first person
41:35to have drove
41:35that truck apart from me,
41:37so, yeah.
41:39I'll just be steady
41:40away in this fight.
41:41I'll be bloody nervous.
41:41Yeah, yeah, yeah.
41:42Yeah.
41:45I'll grow all the faith in you.
41:48I'll take it, break it,
41:49and I'll break your legs.
41:57One of the best weeks
41:58I've ever had.
41:59Without a shadow of a day.
42:01We could prove
42:01I'm in a truck tomorrow,
42:02I think.
42:04Hey, boy, boy, boy,
42:05I've learnt a load
42:06driving watching you.
42:07Really?
42:08Magic.
42:09Yeah.
42:10I grew up with me dad.
42:11Was he a dab hand?
42:12Oh, mate, honestly.
42:13One thing I'd say about me dad,
42:14he can drink
42:15and he can drive.
42:17Yeah.
42:19This is a very practical job
42:21for definitely practical people.
42:24It's puzzles
42:25and problem-solving
42:26with Tonka Toys.
42:32Is that Danny B?
42:33That's Danny B.
42:38Could I do it?
42:39Would I do it?
42:40I love it.
42:42But I'd love it more
42:43if I was seeing the job through
42:44and fixing the problem.
42:45You know what I mean?
42:46We're dropping the problem off
42:47at a workshop
42:47for them to fix.
42:48Well, that's sort of
42:49what I want to do.
42:50That's what I want to do.
42:52Can I have a phone number, buddy?
42:53Of course you can.
42:54Yeah, yeah.
42:54Go on.
42:5507.
42:55Yeah.
42:56There you go.
42:57There we go.
42:58I've loved it.
42:59Thanks very much.
43:00No, more than welcome, mate.
43:01And you're welcome back
43:02any time as well.
43:03Yeah?
43:03Yeah.
43:04Yeah.
43:04It's definitely food for thought.
43:06They've said,
43:06if I want to come back,
43:08there's a job going.
43:09You know what I mean?
43:09I ain't a bit of holiday relief.
43:11I'd be here like a shot.
43:12No question.
43:14Right, I've got you a present.
43:16You've had me stinking your cab out
43:18for a few days, buddy.
43:22Yeah.
43:23Right.
43:24Absolute pleasure, mate.
43:25You are the man.
43:25You are the man.
43:26Thanks a lot.
43:27You are the man, Bob.
43:28Thank you very much.
43:29Yeah, lovely.
43:29Right, I'll have a look
43:30back at Grimsby, mate.
43:31That weather's coming,
43:32I think, innit?
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