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Highway Thru Hell Season 14 Episode 10
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00:05This time, on Highway Through Hell, a pricey load puts reliable in a pinch.
00:18Hang on, hang on.
00:20Merv tries to land a riverside catch, and Otto is under pressure.
00:28That's not good.
00:30On a chip truck recovery, on British Columbia's Coquihalla Mountain Pass, freight on its
00:49way to the coast, must survive the shifting conditions.
00:55You can never underestimate Mother Nature on the Coquihalla.
00:58One day it could be sunny, the next day it could be a snowstorm.
01:0250 kilometers north of Merritt.
01:06This route's about to get busy.
01:1210-4-1 on the ditch sideways.
01:18Heading to the crash in a reliable 50-ton record.
01:22We're on our way.
01:25Operator John Dobbs.
01:28Where are you now?
01:30It's 570, Maryland exit.
01:32All perfect.
01:35Andy's just behind me.
01:36Between me and Andy, we've got the truck power out here.
01:39I have no doubt that we'll be able to get this job done.
01:44It's go time.
01:45It's go time.
01:45Lead operator Andy Cullum follows in the 50-ton tri-drive heavy metal.
01:52Always get a rush when you pull up.
01:57He went in with quite a bit of speed, and he's pretty far down off the road.
02:05Flopped her pretty hard here.
02:08A semi is outfitted with a refrigerated sea can trailer full of meat.
02:14Good old sea cans.
02:16Downside to sea cans is they're more solid steel, solid walls.
02:21How much weight?
02:22I was told it's 55,000.
02:25They usually pack a little bit more weight into them,
02:28so there's a lot that can go wrong when you're pulling them over.
02:35Heading south to the port of Vancouver,
02:38the driver lost control, swerving into the ditch
02:44and landing his cargo 30 feet down the embankment.
02:52Three axles, heavy.
02:55After the impact...
02:56Broken tire rod.
02:58Not going to steer very well.
03:00The truck and trailer are in rough shape.
03:04This is going to be fun.
03:05And the premium load has a price tag of a quarter million dollars.
03:15It's extremely expensive meat, and we cannot let this fall.
03:19Oh, ouch.
03:47This is a price between birds and cowl.
03:49High on the Coquihalla.
03:52How much weight?
03:53I was told it's 55,000.
03:56John and Andy face a heavy weight recovery.
03:59We'll get one of us on each side of it and get it over.
04:02But the initial call.
04:04Is that what Jazz's plan was?
04:06Went to Coquihalla Towing's Jazz Saran.
04:10What's up, buddy?
04:12What's the plan there, Big Shoots?
04:14How's it going?
04:15John and Andy are pretty experienced operators,
04:18but at the end of the day, it's my reputation,
04:21my name on the door.
04:24It's on top now.
04:26Launching his company just two years ago...
04:29We're done.
04:30You did it.
04:31Jazz purchased Mighty Moe from Jamie Davis...
04:35Let's get her going.
04:36...and has been learning the ropes of the tow biz...
04:40Get it to your truck and then hold it,
04:42and I'll get the front end over.
04:43...with help from outfits like Reliable.
04:48Back in business, baby.
04:52Jazz is younger, but he's secured this wreck.
04:55We're just here in support.
04:57If he's got questions, I'm going to be there to answer for him.
05:00Stand it up, pull it back.
05:01Okay.
05:03Between the weight of the load
05:04and the distance away from the roadway...
05:08It's pretty steep, Moe.
05:09You got 250 tons for a reason.
05:11I don't think Jazz has handled something like this before.
05:15Double.
05:16Single.
05:17Also here is an extra pair of hands.
05:20Single grade through.
05:22Reliables, Dale and Golish.
05:25With containers, rigging points are an issue.
05:28We only have corner pockets.
05:30Yeah.
05:31The weight is an issue.
05:32It's very heavy.
05:35It's going to be a challenge.
05:37Definitely glad we have 250 tons.
05:39We're going to use a low line
05:41to help keep the truck level as we pull on it.
05:47Unless you got a better idea?
05:49No.
05:51Jazz is a good guy.
05:52He's learning.
05:55They're all learning good.
05:56Low lines to the axles
05:59and high lines to the corner.
06:01They'll just stand right up like nothing.
06:05John and Andy start the rollover.
06:15Hey, John.
06:18But moments in...
06:21You might want to have more pressure on the top line.
06:23I can't get any.
06:24John's record is struggling.
06:27He's off the ground, Andy.
06:29We have to keep our boots pretty low
06:31because we're pulling as far as we are
06:33and they're leaning the trucks pretty good.
06:35I'm pulling my truck over.
06:40Heavy load here.
06:57It's rated from Kiliwakia.
06:59300 kilometers southwest.
07:02Tell you, it's like driving up a river.
07:08Aggressive towing's 50-ton rotator
07:10follows the Fraser River.
07:12An old boat sank.
07:14With lead operator Chris Mervin.
07:17They called and said they needed a hand
07:19getting back to shore.
07:20Mad props marine go around
07:21and recover sunk boats.
07:23Every now and then he runs into one
07:24where he just needs a little extra pulling power.
07:27So they need you on standby down here.
07:29And backing up Merv tonight, Rob Lewis.
07:33This boat has been in the spot for about a month.
07:36So now we're going to get in there
07:38and get this thing hauled up.
07:41On the northern tip of Anasis Island.
07:48I think something is starting to show right there.
07:52The dropping tide starts to reveal tonight's salvage.
08:00There's the boat.
08:01There's the boat.
08:03I think it says low tides right around midnight.
08:06This boat, they had it tied to a piling.
08:09It eventually got a leak.
08:10The water took over and that was it for that boat.
08:14They're here.
08:15The Mad Props marine crew arrives,
08:19led by owner Jeremy Birch.
08:24We can start to see the roof.
08:27We got a problem on the south coast
08:29with, you know, direlect and abandoned vessels.
08:32This is one of them.
08:34We've removed dozens and dozens of direlect vessels
08:37and materials from the river netting
08:41and sunk docks and vehicles
08:43and the list goes on.
08:45Let's go.
08:47Let's move it.
08:48Working BC's rugged coast and the Fraser River,
08:53Mad Props specializes in difficult cleanup operations.
08:58A boat is stranded.
09:01Tonight, they're governed by the tides.
09:05Float it before it gets grounded out
09:07so that we don't have to stay here all night.
09:09Game A is to try to refloat the boat.
09:12We hold it upright while the tide's receding
09:14and then find out why it sunk, plug the holes.
09:18They'll need to finish before the tide dips too low
09:21to remove the boat.
09:23Get the containment all ripped apart,
09:25get them out of the way.
09:27And then we'll do the salvage.
09:35North of Merritt on Highway 5.
09:38I'm pulling my truck over.
09:41The reliable team-up is struggling.
09:45Come on, John.
09:45Boom up.
09:46Lift that thing.
09:47With a meaty sea can.
09:49Boom up.
09:51This boat is probably worth around $250,000 to $300,000.
09:55So the customer has requested us not to unload it,
09:59just pick it up and put it on the road.
10:02Hey, bud, go ask for the real manifest.
10:05This is definitely heavier than you're being told it is.
10:08We got two 50-ton winches on it,
10:11150,000 pounds of pulling power,
10:13and it's not even budget.
10:16She is heavy.
10:17Hold on.
10:19Let it down.
10:23Working on the live highway,
10:25we have limited space.
10:27Angles are a little different than what you need.
10:30Why are you so high off the ground?
10:31That's what I'm asking you.
10:32You're not getting any lift.
10:34No.
10:36Straps would do all the work
10:37if we can get one over the top,
10:39you know what I mean?
10:40Dalen...
10:40I bet you it would just roll right up.
10:43...suggests a different approach.
10:45Yeah.
10:47It's my opinion, anyway.
10:47Cross-strap the top of it.
10:52Wrapping straps across the far side of the container
10:55will give each wrecker a straighter angle on the pole,
11:01maximizing their winch power
11:03and cradling the semi upright.
11:09We ready?
11:12With the straps in place...
11:16Yeah, look at that.
11:17It's already coming.
11:19Round two begins.
11:31Is he going through the roof?
11:34He going through the roof?
11:38If we rip open the wall,
11:40then his load of meat is snow carbon.
11:44Is that just snow,
11:45or is he going through the roof?
11:47I can't tell.
11:51Hang on, hang on.
11:55What's going on with the highway 5?
11:58North of Merritt.
12:00Looks like somebody had a boo-boo in the district.
12:04So it's just snow,
12:05or is he going through the roof?
12:06Andy and John's sealed sea can
12:09is buckling under pole pressure.
12:12It's going to break.
12:14Hang on, hang on.
12:17I'm scared to go look.
12:20It would be a pretty bad thing
12:21if we ripped open a wall
12:22because they're not allowed
12:24to expose that load.
12:31It's not true.
12:32It's kinking, though.
12:34That definitely speaks
12:35to the weight of this
12:36pulling crossways on a steel box.
12:38To be able to kink it like that,
12:41you're pulling on some serious weight.
12:44They'll need more might
12:46to finish the job.
12:48I think if we add no to it...
12:50Okay.
12:51Because you can get Moe square here.
12:54Square?
12:54Yeah.
12:55Okay.
12:56John and Andy's trucks,
12:57they're strong trucks,
12:58but this is 50 or 60 feet
13:00away from the curb,
13:01and that would mean
13:03that we would need
13:03more pulling power.
13:08So we're going to put Mighty Moe
13:09in there and do it right.
13:11Let's get the lines on.
13:12Let's go.
13:18With Mighty Moe's lines
13:20on the top corners,
13:21they'll spread the force
13:23of all three wreckers
13:25across six points
13:27to lift the sea can
13:29without breaking it.
13:35That's good.
13:39You ready?
13:41Yeah.
13:42Okay, let's get this done.
13:45It's definitely old school,
13:47but Mighty Moe
13:48is a pretty powerful truck.
13:50Good to have it here.
13:58Whoa!
14:03It's not the fastest truck,
14:05but it pulls hard.
14:12Got to get that back end up.
14:18Can't keep up to.
14:23John, get tight!
14:43You see that?
14:44You just need some old iron here.
14:46Saved the day, Jazz.
14:47Looks like it.
14:54Woo-hoo!
14:55Old.
14:56But with the trailer upright...
14:58Look at the axles.
15:01Andy spots trouble.
15:03I don't think this thing
15:04can go down the road.
15:06No.
15:06Those are broken.
15:08The trailer's in pretty rough shape.
15:09I don't know if it's going
15:10to hold together
15:11if we have to try
15:12to pull it up the bank.
15:14Where's the adjuster guy?
15:16Andy brings in
15:17Wayne DuBow.
15:19Yep.
15:21Look at the axles.
15:23...to assess
15:24the valuable load.
15:26Wayne is the insurance
15:28adjuster for this.
15:30He is in charge
15:31of how we do things.
15:35We can't get it out
15:36because the trailer
15:37is compromised.
15:38The wheels will not turn
15:40to get it back up
15:41onto the road.
15:42What if we just
15:43transfer it?
15:44If we open the doors
15:46we're $250,000 gone.
15:48It's better to pay
15:49for a load
15:49or a train.
15:54A 200-ton crane,
15:56you're only going
15:56to need one.
15:57Okay.
15:58I can find someone
15:59right now.
16:00Jazz makes the call
16:02to delay the recovery
16:03and save the load.
16:06I'm going to call
16:07my buddy up
16:07down the coast.
16:08He has a bunch
16:09of cranes.
16:10Our plan is to
16:12lift the container
16:13out with the 250-ton crane
16:15that's going to be here
16:16in the morning.
16:17Once it's on the land,
16:18we'll come back
16:19and pull the chassis out.
16:20Sounds like a plan.
16:22Jazz made the decision
16:23to let the crane
16:24finish it tomorrow
16:25and that's a lot easier
16:27on us,
16:27so he did pretty good.
16:30We'll see how it goes.
16:39Three hours southwest
16:40on the Fraser River.
16:43All right,
16:44I'll move my truck, buddy.
16:44Okay.
16:46Aggressive is in a race
16:48against the falling tide.
16:51We're going to connect
16:51to this boat.
16:52We're going to try
16:52to hold it upright
16:54so that it's sitting level
16:55under the water.
16:56We've got it rigged.
16:58Once we get them hooked up,
16:59if everything goes
17:00as planned,
17:01we'll pull it
17:02and ride it.
17:08Okay.
17:09Rotting an old
17:10derelict boat.
17:11They don't like being
17:12pulled on real hard,
17:13that's for sure.
17:15Hopefully,
17:15what we can hook up to
17:16on it is willing
17:17to hold up
17:18to the forces
17:19we're going to apply.
17:24With a strap
17:25already rigged
17:26to a cleat
17:27on the stern
17:29and a new strap
17:30shackled to the bow,
17:33Merv will upright
17:34the boat
17:34for Jeremy
17:36to pump out the water
17:37and float it off-site.
17:45Okay.
17:47Okay, Merv?
17:49I'll feed you
17:50some cable here, Jeremy.
17:51Uh, so,
17:52let's just put some tension
17:53on and see what it does.
17:54Okay.
17:56Okay.
18:00Got her?
18:01Yep.
18:06We're moving.
18:07Keep going?
18:08Yep.
18:09You know,
18:10I'm a land tow truck
18:11and he's a marine tow truck,
18:12so it works.
18:13Yep, we're coming.
18:17Keep going.
18:21I got the bow
18:22of the boat
18:23almost out of the water
18:23here,
18:24and the stern's
18:24coming up now,
18:25so the tide's
18:28working with us,
18:29everything's working out.
18:31Boats are kind of finicky.
18:33It's very hard
18:34to know exactly
18:36what you're playing
18:36with or if you're
18:38going to break
18:39a piece off the boat.
18:44Whoa!
18:49Why is he
18:50breathing hard here?
18:51on the Fraser River's
18:52Anacis Island.
18:57Whoa!
18:58Too much.
19:01Merv
19:01loses his grip
19:03on a riverbank recovery.
19:05The whole cleat
19:06let go.
19:07Something's going to let go.
19:08Something always lets go
19:09and solve it.
19:11We were only hooked up
19:12to a cleat,
19:13and it's into a rotten boat,
19:15so the cleats
19:17are attached
19:17through fiberglass,
19:18generally into
19:19a little piece of wood.
19:20Much different
19:21than us grabbing
19:22a diff or a frame rail
19:23trying to pull a semi out.
19:25With the cleats ruled out...
19:27We're going to re-rig
19:28the skern.
19:30Jeremy looks
19:31for something stronger.
19:40Okay, come up
19:41alongside here.
19:42Don't lose that strap.
19:43That's a pretty beat-up boat,
19:45pretty rotten.
19:45They're never nice
19:46to work on,
19:47particularly
19:48when they're half sunk.
19:50Okay, now send me.
19:51Send me it.
19:53Beauty.
19:54We're just trying
19:55to add an extra point
19:56wrapping around
19:56the cabin there
19:57and see if we can
19:58share enough
19:59of the load
20:00and the force
20:00to try to
20:02finish getting
20:02this boat upright.
20:04With Bertha
20:05rigged to the cabin...
20:08Okay, just take
20:09the weight, Merv.
20:10Merv can pull harder
20:12and make up
20:13for lost time.
20:24Okay.
20:35And right on schedule...
20:37It's sitting perfect.
20:38The boat uprights.
20:42We've got a huge
20:43dropping tide tonight,
20:44so right now
20:45Mother Nature's
20:46assisting us.
20:47We'll get pumping,
20:48get it floating.
20:51Oh, it's moving out
20:52quicker than it's
20:53going in for sure.
20:55It's floating.
20:58We'll have a look,
20:59have a listen
21:00where the water's coming in.
21:01We'll patch it,
21:02float it,
21:03and tow it out of here.
21:05That's a nice boat,
21:06Rob.
21:06Yep.
21:09This boat wasn't
21:10in very good shape
21:11when it sank,
21:12and it was in
21:13worse shape
21:13when it came up.
21:15With the water
21:16pumped out
21:17of the interior...
21:19There she is,
21:20right there.
21:21Jeremy
21:22locates the source
21:23of the leak.
21:24That is why
21:25the boat sunk.
21:26That hose
21:27flew out.
21:28So we're going to
21:29patch it with
21:29trusty spray foam,
21:30and then we'll
21:32cover that foam
21:32with plywood
21:33and screw it in.
21:34We're out of here.
21:36Thank you, man.
21:38Team Aggressive
21:39did awesome.
21:40The Merv always
21:40pulls through.
21:42He's going to tie it
21:43up to his other boat
21:43and take it up river
21:45and get it hauled out.
21:46Marine salvage is fun.
21:47It's like keeping
21:48a highway open.
21:49You want to keep
21:49the rivers open
21:50and free-flowing.
21:51All right, Robbie,
21:52river's open.
21:53Let's get out of here, buddy.
21:57Friends,
21:57we're on our way home.
21:59Yeet, yeet!
22:15Oh, still in there, eh?
22:18On the north side
22:19of the Coquihalla Pass,
22:22it's always better
22:23in the daylight.
22:25A 200-ton crane
22:27has arrived
22:28to finish
22:29the sea-can recovery.
22:32Looks like they've got
22:33the weights all good to go.
22:34Jazz is responsible
22:36for the quarter-million-dollar lift
22:38under Wayne's watchful eye.
22:41Should be an easy lift now.
22:44Hopefully.
22:49Last night,
22:50the driver
22:51went off the highway,
22:53sending his lucrative load
22:55of meat
22:57into the ditch.
23:00Now Jazz
23:01is on a deadline.
23:03We're ready to go.
23:04To keep the cargo
23:05en route
23:06to its overseas destination.
23:09This load
23:10has got to be inspected
23:12and shipped out,
23:13so we are
23:14on a tight timeline.
23:16We're all rigged up,
23:17looks like.
23:17Yeah.
23:18Homebred food, eh?
23:25The crane crew
23:28has rigged straps
23:29to all four corners.
23:31Up, up, and away!
23:36Yeah, she's starting
23:37to come now.
23:38But with the sea-can
23:40over 30 feet away...
23:42It's kind of
23:44leaning over.
23:45Oh, yeah.
23:46Oh!
23:49at a weight
23:50of 70,000 pounds.
23:53He's got a boom in with it?
23:57It's just
23:58within the load limits
23:59of the crane's
24:00200-foot boom.
24:05Swinging out.
24:07You can't have that swing.
24:10Gets the heart pumping.
24:17On Highway 5.
24:19Oh!
24:20Three hours
24:21from the coast...
24:23He can't have that swing, right?
24:25...Jazz has enlisted
24:26a crane...
24:28There he goes.
24:29He's getting her up now.
24:30...to get the
24:3170,000-pound sea can...
24:33Stay clear.
24:34...back on its way
24:35to port.
24:37It's nice being back
24:39in the daylight,
24:40but there's much
24:41more traffic as well.
24:42I'll watch out for that.
24:44Briefly holding traffic...
24:46Hit!
24:49...the quarter-million-dollar
24:51container...
24:53...is swung safely
24:55on deck.
24:56Yee-haw!
24:57Yeah!
24:58Finally, man.
24:59Let's get that delivered.
25:01The load's safe,
25:02the seal's still intact,
25:04and it's gonna make it
25:05on time to the shipyard.
25:09Let's get her rigged up.
25:11But Jazz still needs
25:13to recover the tractor
25:14and trailer.
25:15We have this big crane here.
25:17We're just like,
25:18why not just lift it up?
25:19Put it onto the road, right?
25:22Crane's way better
25:22than a wrecker here
25:23just because we don't have
25:24to move any barriers,
25:26and we can just pick it up,
25:27put it on the side.
25:29With traffic still flowing,
25:32the crane swings the trailer
25:38up onto the road.
25:41There you go.
25:42But the empty trailer chassis...
25:45Yeah, that's good right there.
25:47...is the easy part.
25:49Give it a whirl
25:50and see if we can lift
25:51that truck up here.
25:52It'll save a lot of time
25:54and effort.
25:55The mangled truck
25:56is much riskier.
25:58It would be better
25:59if we could get something
26:00on your frame rail or something.
26:02Your call on this one,
26:03would you want to try
26:04lifting it out
26:05or you want to just
26:06pull your cables
26:07and suck it out?
26:08If we rip the tractor
26:10open right now
26:11while pulling it up,
26:12all the liability
26:13would be on us.
26:14Yeah, I can rig it up
26:16for you guys.
26:18It'll be fine.
26:20Placing his trust
26:21in the crane crew...
26:24Ready to run the leaf spring?
26:25Yeah.
26:26Everything rides
26:27on Jazz's rigging.
26:29So we've got to be
26:30really careful
26:30what we do
26:31and what our next steps are.
26:33You want it?
26:34I'll stop right here.
26:38Jazz sets up
26:40a web of chains
26:41hooked to the axles
26:43and front tow pin.
26:44Okay.
26:48But even if
26:49his chains hold...
26:52Coming up.
26:54There you go.
26:55The busted up tractor
26:57may not.
27:00Structural integrity
27:01is not really there.
27:04Moment of truth.
27:06I'm just visualizing
27:08the fact that I'm ready
27:08to break loose
27:09at any moment here.
27:11To Jazz's relief...
27:17You're good.
27:20The tractor touches down
27:22in one piece.
27:24I wouldn't have done
27:25it any other way.
27:27Working together...
27:28It's a win
27:30for everyone.
27:32Hey, buddy.
27:32Missed all the fun.
27:35These guys know
27:36what they're doing.
27:37Yeah.
27:38I would have done
27:38the same thing.
27:40A good plan.
27:42Me making the call
27:43to get the crane
27:44out here was great
27:45and it built up
27:46our confidence as well.
27:48We're just ready
27:48for the next wreck
27:50so we can tackle it down.
27:51Makes our life easier.
27:53Hook it up
27:53and tow it back
27:54when these guys are done.
27:55Jazz did really good.
27:56He was able to get it over
27:58and he did pretty good
28:00at leading the charge.
28:01He's figuring it out
28:02pretty good.
28:04That's pretty much it.
28:05It's a wrap.
28:06Okay, buddy.
28:07We'll see you at the yard.
28:09All right.
28:10One of my goals
28:11is to bring the industry together.
28:13That's the theme
28:14that I preach with my team.
28:15But the only way it works
28:17is that they work together.
28:22It's wide open.
28:41500 kilometers north.
28:44Treacherous conditions
28:46on Quennell's Highway 97.
28:48Be extremely careful.
28:50Have drivers on edge.
28:55It's pretty wet and dirty.
28:57A 50-ton auto wrecker
28:59takes a priority call.
29:01It's a pellet plant
29:03just outside of town.
29:05With owner Rob Barber.
29:07I'm heading out
29:08to a chip truck
29:09that's fallen over in the ditch
29:10and lost its load.
29:13Following in a 25-ton heavy...
29:15Let's see what we can do.
29:17Rob's nephew
29:18and second-in-command,
29:20Kyle Langlois.
29:22Being a connector highway
29:24up to Alaska,
29:25this highway can get busy.
29:27Highway 97
29:28is the most important route.
29:31It's the essential route
29:32to get anywhere up north.
29:34And you've got to keep
29:35that traffic flowing.
29:37That's not good.
29:40Trailer slid over
29:41and toppled the truck
29:43onto its side.
29:46Well,
29:48let's go see
29:48what they get to do.
29:53There's a mirror.
29:55The semi
29:55was carrying wood chips
29:57into the pellet plant
29:58when it misjudged the turn.
30:01I mean,
30:02it's super light,
30:02it's sawdust.
30:05These walking floor chip trailers
30:06are super expensive
30:07and there's probably
30:08a waiting list to get one
30:09so we'll try to make sure
30:10we don't hurt it
30:11so it can go back into use.
30:15You want me up front or...?
30:17Yeah,
30:18I'll go on the trailer
30:18because I can put my room up high.
30:19Okay.
30:21Let's do a quick closure.
30:23With just one lane
30:25in each direction,
30:28they'll have to close down
30:30the critical highway.
30:33We don't want to close it,
30:35so we try to keep it
30:36as short as we can.
30:38Pre-rigging high lines
30:40from the 50-ton
30:41to the top of the trailer.
30:47The 25-ton
30:49will hook to the tractor.
30:51Just trying to get set up
30:53before we go on the road
30:55until there's less time
30:58buckering up traffic.
31:00See what happens?
31:05We're going to close it
31:06for a couple minutes
31:06if that's okay.
31:08Okie dokie.
31:10Keeping the closure
31:11to a minimum,
31:14Kyle and Rob
31:17waste no time
31:18getting started.
31:20Other people have places
31:21to go.
31:22A lot of the times
31:22it's essential for them.
31:24If it's essential for them,
31:25it makes it essential for us.
31:29That's it.
31:30But rushing the flip
31:33could damage
31:34the specialized trailer.
31:36Pull more
31:37in the front.
31:46Woodchip trailers
31:47are not meant
31:48to be pulled on
31:49on the side.
31:52Not having a roof.
31:53They're kind of flimsy.
31:56Huh?
31:57You can pull through
31:58a wall pretty easily
31:59if you don't pull on it
32:00just quite right.
32:06Oh, oh, oh.
32:11Oh, we're getting past
32:12there.
32:13Sure you guys
32:13going around.
32:15North of Cornell
32:16on Highway 97.
32:19This is only one way
32:20to go, man.
32:27Oh, oh.
32:31Otto's specialized
32:32chip trailer
32:33is upright.
32:34A little more weight
32:35in the corner
32:36than we hoped.
32:38But wrenching it
32:39onto the road
32:40is risky.
32:42These walking floor
32:43chip trailers,
32:44it's all aluminum
32:45so you can't pull on them
32:46with any weight.
32:47Get off the road
32:48for a bit?
32:49Yeah.
32:50With traffic building,
32:52they pause
32:52to recalibrate
32:54the plan.
32:55When we have
32:56to shut the highway
32:57down, that's a lot
32:58on an operator's mind.
32:59We don't want
32:59to be there too long.
33:01He's awful.
33:02Let it single again
33:03for a while.
33:08Yay!
33:10Yeah, let things
33:11blow for a few minutes
33:12and then we'll
33:12put the trailer
33:14up on the road
33:15and separate it.
33:17The damaged tractor
33:18is likely a write-off.
33:21Once that north
33:22goes by,
33:23I'll do another
33:23quick closure.
33:25But Rob
33:26wants to keep
33:27the trailer
33:28as close
33:29to working condition
33:30as possible.
33:33Okay.
33:36Re-hooking
33:38to the rear.
33:39Let's hope it moves.
33:41Rob avoids
33:42tugging
33:43on the fragile wall.
33:46It's coming.
33:48You just want
33:49the trailer
33:49to come straight
33:50up the banks
33:51so you're not
33:51pulling unnecessarily
33:53hard on something.
33:57That's good.
34:01With the trailer
34:02back on level ground...
34:05It's good for
34:06single lane now.
34:09Up there.
34:10Traffic is moving
34:11again on the critical route.
34:15So now that we've got
34:16it up on the road,
34:17we're separating
34:18the tractor
34:18from the trailer.
34:20Keep going.
34:20Keep going.
34:22You've succeeded.
34:24The public can keep
34:25rolling and they can
34:26keep going to where
34:26they need to go.
34:27And the specialized
34:29chip trailer
34:30can soon get back
34:31to work.
34:33It's been a good day.
34:34We didn't do any damage
34:36and we were able
34:37to kind of clean
34:38things up as quick
34:38as we could
34:39and keep things
34:40moving along.
34:41He's open now,
34:42so we're rolling.
34:47It's a little better
34:48than Hope.
34:51500 kilometers
34:52south in Hope, B.C.
34:54It doesn't last
34:55pretty long.
35:00A Jamie Davis
35:0130-ton heavy
35:03rolls out
35:04on Highway 1.
35:06I take pride
35:07in my ride.
35:09with operator
35:11Quen Wiley.
35:13I've been towing
35:14for about 13 years
35:15now.
35:16This year,
35:17Jamie put me
35:17in a 2020
35:18Peterbilt HR-130.
35:21So this is your
35:22first track
35:23using a big truck?
35:24Yeah, it is.
35:26Jamie's newest
35:27recruit,
35:28Maxim Chamberlain-Norman,
35:30will be assisting
35:31on his first
35:32heavy recovery.
35:34I'm going to show you,
35:35teach you
35:36how to hook up,
35:38how to recover,
35:38how to do
35:39all these things
35:39the same way
35:40I was taught.
35:41Perfect.
35:43Quinn,
35:44he's kind of
35:45the go-to guy
35:45in Hope
35:46for anything heavy.
35:47For Max
35:48on his first job
35:49here,
35:50he couldn't ask
35:51for a better place
35:52to land
35:52to actually
35:53get some training.
35:5580 kilometers
35:56up the Fraser Canyon,
35:57they pull over
35:58just past
35:59Boston Bar.
36:02Oh,
36:02that's a long
36:03ways down.
36:06This wreck
36:07is steeper
36:09than what
36:09I was told
36:10and from
36:11the looks of it,
36:12there's a lot
36:12of parts
36:13not attached
36:14anymore.
36:15Wowee.
36:17Looks like
36:17you rode the rail
36:18for a bit,
36:18eh?
36:19I think so.
36:21On scene
36:21to help
36:22fish out
36:22the battered
36:23SUV
36:24is long-haul
36:25driver
36:26Mark Richards.
36:27There's no such
36:28thing as a little job.
36:29A small job,
36:30a big job
36:31can cause you
36:32pain
36:33if you don't
36:34pay attention.
36:36And you're gonna
36:37pull it up
36:37from the back?
36:39No, we're gonna
36:39think our best bet's
36:40gonna be
36:40grab it by the front
36:42and pull it up.
36:42We got that rock
36:43to worry about.
36:45Between them
36:45and the wreck,
36:47there's a minefield
36:48of boulders.
36:49There's some rocks
36:50and there's no wheels
36:52so you have
36:53to know
36:54before to pull
36:55where it's gonna go.
36:57Have you pulled
36:57the drive shaft?
36:58Yep, yep.
37:00It is my first
37:01big wreck.
37:02It's been maybe
37:03at least 10 years
37:04that I'm waiting
37:05for what I'm doing
37:06right now
37:06so like
37:07I like that
37:08and you know
37:09I'll get better
37:10and better.
37:10Sometimes you can
37:11tie it up
37:12with a strap
37:13but in this case
37:17years ago
37:18I was max.
37:19I was going
37:19down the hill
37:20up and down
37:24learning different
37:24ways to hook
37:25on to things.
37:29Max,
37:30make the chain
37:31tighter.
37:35There you go.
37:37Perfect.
37:38He's done
37:39one or two
37:40smaller recoveries
37:41that aren't
37:42this major
37:43so it's a good
37:44learning experience
37:45for him.
37:47Mark,
37:48Max,
37:50make sure
37:50you guys
37:51are out of the way.
37:52Scrambling
37:53to a safe spot.
37:55I don't want
37:56to be here
37:56so I can see
37:57the truck.
38:08Max's lesson
38:09gets off
38:12to a rocky start.
38:15Nope.
38:16That was definitely
38:16not a moment
38:17I wanted.
38:19Yeah,
38:20you got an accident
38:20here just on the
38:21other side
38:21of this corner,
38:21guys.
38:23North of Hope
38:24on Highway 1
38:25in the Fraser Canyon.
38:28That rock
38:29is going to be
38:29a giant pain.
38:32Quen walks
38:32Maxim
38:33through his
38:34first heavy
38:35recovery,
38:36a wrecked
38:37SUV
38:37down 60 feet
38:39of rough terrain.
38:42There's rock
38:43and it's
38:44everywhere
38:45and you can't
38:45blow the oil
38:46pan or you can't
38:47blow the fuel
38:48thing.
38:53Nope.
38:55That was
38:55definitely
38:55not a moment
38:56I wanted.
38:58But
38:59confident
39:00in his rigging.
39:01Hope for the best,
39:02expect the worst.
39:04Quen keeps
39:05pulling.
39:09Holy
39:09that should get
39:11us over the rock.
39:14Come on,
39:15girl.
39:16Keep going.
39:18She is.
39:20The SUV
39:21clears the rocks.
39:23Keep going.
39:24But other
39:25obstacles
39:25will be less
39:27forgiving.
39:27Actually,
39:28Mark,
39:29grab your truck
39:30and run the
39:31winch line
39:31because it's
39:32getting too
39:32close to those
39:33trees.
39:33It's not
39:34wanting to go
39:35where I want
39:35it to go,
39:36so I need to
39:37come up with
39:37a better plan.
39:39So now we're
39:39just going to
39:40run a winch line
39:40out,
39:41hook it on.
39:44Okay,
39:45you got the
39:45cable?
39:46Yep.
39:47Adding a line
39:48to the front,
39:49Quen can
39:50steer the wreck.
39:52Should help
39:53reduce that
39:54risk of it
39:55going into
39:56the tree stump.
39:59He's going.
40:08That'll do it.
40:10And at the top
40:12of the hill,
40:13a concrete
40:14no-post
40:15remains a barrier.
40:17To get this
40:18SUV over
40:19the no-post,
40:20it's going to
40:20take a bit
40:21of finessing.
40:28Quen must
40:29carefully coordinate
40:30the two wreckers
40:32to clear the
40:33two-foot wall.
40:34Now that we're
40:35right up close,
40:36now we're going to
40:37start pulling away
40:37from each other.
40:38So what I'm going to
40:39do is I'm getting
40:40him to move up
40:41and then I'm going
40:42to slowly pull
40:43as he's turning.
40:44On that here.
40:46Yeah.
40:46That way it should
40:48come right over
40:49gently because we
40:50don't want to be
40:50rough with the
40:50vehicle.
40:51Perfect.
40:52I'm not a teacher
40:53in a training school
40:54by no means,
40:55but for Max to
40:57be on his first
40:58time swamping
40:59and going down
40:59the bank
41:00and coming back
41:01up again.
41:06There's lots
41:07of opportunity
41:07for him to
41:08learn here.
41:10Quen uses a
41:11re-rigged line
41:12to swing the
41:13rear over.
41:16There.
41:17Okay.
41:18But as the
41:18back wheels
41:19come over the
41:20edge.
41:21It's a bit risky,
41:22but as long as
41:23you're paying
41:23attention,
41:24you should be
41:24fine.
41:25The wreck
41:28nearly collides
41:30with the boss's
41:32property.
41:32Heart attack
41:33moment.
41:35That was
41:36close from the
41:36truck.
41:37We're a couple
41:38inches away.
41:39That's a phone
41:40call I really
41:41don't want to
41:41make to Jamie.
41:44Okay, pull.
41:47At last,
41:50the SUV is
41:51out.
41:53Get the car
41:54ready for
41:54transport and
41:55then we're
41:57out of here.
41:58Everything went
41:59really well.
42:00We got the
42:00truck out of
42:01the ditch.
42:01I didn't hit
42:02my truck.
42:03It's a
42:03successful end
42:05to Maxim's
42:06first big wreck.
42:10Max did
42:10really well.
42:11He'll be one
42:12of the guys I
42:12call when I
42:13get a wreck
42:14and need a
42:15second guy.
42:16Working with
42:17a big wrecker
42:18today, it's a
42:19dream and it
42:20came true.
42:21So now it's
42:22not a dream
42:23no more.
42:23You're good
42:24to go.
42:27Old guys rule,
42:28but we still
42:28need some
42:29young talent.
42:29Okay, let's
42:30get out of here.
42:31Let's get out
42:31of here.
42:32That's kind of
42:33a new evolving
42:34thing at our
42:34place.
42:35You know,
42:35re-energize
42:36ourselves.
42:40And I hate
42:41to say it,
42:41but you know,
42:42we need that.
42:50Next time on
42:51Highway Through
42:52Hell, a split
42:54semi has
42:57reliable in
42:58a trailer
42:59slam down.
43:01Hang on.
43:02Team aggressive
43:03stands back.
43:04Don't go under
43:05that pipe.
43:06Under a touchy
43:07load.
43:08Hold, hold, hold.
43:08And a perilous
43:10storm has Al.
43:12How are you
43:13doing tonight?
43:13Sending off
43:14an old friend.
43:16He's off
43:17into the sunset.
43:17Let's go.
43:47You
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