#video #Highway Thru Hell - Season 14 - Episode 09: On The Razor's Edge
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00:05This time, on Highway Through Hell,
00:08Mangled pretty good.
00:10The new guy
00:10My truck's lifting up!
00:12Puts mighty mold
00:13Are you ready to do it, gentlemen?
00:14On the edge
00:15Steel Team Six
00:16Stuck in the middle
00:18What your fingers are, eh?
00:20Yeah, yeah.
00:20Quirings
00:21Look at the muck
00:22Muddy battle
00:23Where's that coming through?
00:24And Merv
00:25We do stand a chance of putting a crack at it, that's my worry.
00:28Tries to dodge
00:30We're looking probably 10 grand
00:32A costly mistake
00:33Nice and slow
00:37What's happening on the coke?
00:38Is it good going or running?
00:41High in VCs Cascade Mountains
00:44Minus 15 up on top
00:48Night falls over the coquihola
00:51Winter driving, you know
00:53Where high speeds
00:55And dropping temperatures
00:57Real quick
00:59Catch drivers off guard
01:02Some people need to not be on the road before you die
01:09Just south of Merritt
01:10Must have been a wild ride now
01:12A tractor trailer
01:14Lies 35 feet down the ditch
01:18Is that driver okay?
01:22He's all good
01:26Bound for the wreck
01:27In a 16 ton record
01:29Pressure's on
01:30A newcomer to the towing scene
01:33Coquihola Towing
01:35And 21 year old
01:37Jazz Sram
01:39So we're headed to a heavy wreck right now
01:42I own Coquihola Towing
01:45I just got a tow truck
01:46And that's history right there
01:49We're not really sure
01:50What equipment we need
01:52But when we get there
01:53We'll find out
01:54Jazz is just starting out
01:56His go-getter
01:57Hard worker
01:59He's picking things up quickly
02:02Oh, he smokes
02:03Rolling up to the crash
02:06Wow, wow, wow
02:07Jazz takes in the state of the wreck
02:12The semi's mangled pretty good
02:15Need some serious steel
02:16To take this thing out of here
02:19Go up there pretty high
02:23Earlier
02:24The southbound tractor trailer
02:26Lost traction
02:29And plunged into a ditch
02:31Its twisted cab pierced
02:34By the post of a wildlife fence
02:39Holy cow
02:40That's going to be harder to pull than normal
02:46Animal fencing is really important
02:48To the motoring public
02:50Imagine you're driving down the highway
02:52And you run into a 4,000 pound cow
02:57It could kill somebody
02:58The ministry has asked us
03:00To be extra careful
03:02So none of it gets damaged
03:04So the cattle don't escape from it
03:07And end up on the highway, right?
03:10We only got up until 10 to get this thing out
03:13Before the permit expires
03:15For the traffic control
03:17Every idle minute
03:18Shrinks his window for recovery
03:21We really got to be quick on this one
03:24That's a tough situation for recovery
03:26Carnage on the coke
03:27What a mess
03:50I just passed that wreck
03:52It's not ready
03:5323 kilometers south of Merritt
03:56Block on the right bank
03:58On the cocahola
03:59This is a big job
04:01A daunting wreck
04:03For rookie heavy operator
04:05Jazz
04:06I definitely feel pretty new at this
04:09And there's always more to learn
04:12Here to help with the recovery
04:17Jazz's father
04:18To Jinderpal
04:21And his brother and co-owner
04:23Arman
04:24Armani Sran
04:27So you're going to just yank it that way, right?
04:30Yeah
04:30Their first priority
04:32Make sure the wildlife fence
04:34Under the wreck
04:35Stays intact
04:40Animal fences and culverts
04:42Are a key part of wildlife management
04:44On BC's busy highways
04:47They have this all fenced off
04:49So the animals can just walk under the highway
04:51Without disturbing the traffic
04:53Or being killed
04:55So we have to protect the animal fence
04:57It'll make the highways guys' life much easier
04:59And we want to keep them happy
05:03So you want to just tilt it all the way that way first
05:05Then pull it back
05:07It's a technical move
05:09Both at a time
05:10So Jazz calls in
05:12His newest piece of iron
05:14Mighty Mo
05:17That's a pretty cool truck
05:19Last winter
05:20On a joint recovery with Jamie
05:23All faithful
05:24Jazz was won over
05:27Almost there
05:28By the mechanical
05:29Mighty Mo
05:30I needed a heavy wrecker
05:32And I just knew it would be the perfect truck for me
05:34So Jamie
05:35They did her
05:36Sold it to him
05:38It's a beautifully restored machine
05:40And it's got a lot of life left in it
05:50Tonight
05:50Jazz is putting Mo to the test
05:53Truck and roll
05:54With one line to the front axle
05:58Yeah, that should be good
06:00To lift the cab off the fence
06:02When the truck starts pulling
06:04We're able to get a clean pull going upwards in one direction
06:08And another to the trailer's rear
06:10To drag it backward
06:12That's good to go
06:15We're going to try pulling it out with Mighty Mo here
06:19Manny's standing there
06:20Looking at that corner
06:22Seeing if the game fence gets damaged more
06:26Everything good to go
06:27Good to go, good to go
06:29I do not know how to run it like Jamie would
06:33But we're still going to give it a shot
06:36So we start yanking this bad boy out
06:43Yanking deep breath
07:02How's Highway 1 from Happy Lookin'
07:22There's not a lot of traffic here tonight
07:24During the day there's several hundred thousand
07:27Vehicles traveling that corridor
07:29Where are you on?
07:33Earlier
07:34To avoid an accident
07:36Pretty deep, but Eric
07:37A trucker
07:38Drove his tractor trailer
07:40Forty feet
07:42Into the grassy median
07:43For a clock in a minute
07:46Tonight
07:47What do you call him?
07:49Acquiring towing flatbed
07:51Chases Al
07:52Carrying a special dozer
07:55The old girl
07:55Does it one more time
07:56With his son Carrie
07:58At the wheel
08:00Their little D5
08:01Dozer
08:02Coming with
08:03There's added risk
08:05Working at night
08:06Oncomers
08:07Get blinded
08:08By all these lights
08:09They don't know
08:10What's going on
08:12Arriving on site
08:14Pretty happy
08:15To see an empty trailer
08:19Al heads down
08:20To assess the situation
08:23There's some obstacles
08:24There's a deep gully
08:26Get that air built now
08:29Just sneak in there
08:30With the little D5
08:31Hook onto the front of it
08:32And roll it up that hill
08:34And right out onto the highway
08:38The nimble D5 dozer
08:41Is half the weight
08:42Of its big brother
08:43The D9
08:44Easy boys
08:46And more maneuverable
08:49It's very important
08:50To get this job done quickly
08:53They got that truck
08:54Out of that ditch here yet
08:56The easiest way to do it
08:57Is with our little dozer
09:00They're working on it
09:02Go on
09:02Take this
09:04This down there
09:08Carrie
09:09Will attach rigging
09:10To the tractor's toe pins
09:12Go back the winch off
09:15Just watch your fingers
09:16There
09:16As Al unwinds line
09:20From the D5 winch
09:26Take a shackle
09:28I got one
09:32Good
09:33Got it
09:35Okay let's go
09:38The dozer's got so much power
09:40As the rotator
09:41On the winch
09:41But that field
09:43A week and a half prior
09:45Was under six feet of water
09:47Look at the muck
09:49It's pretty soggy in there
09:56Bugger
09:59Two hours northeast
10:01Got a recovery going on
10:04In the gray lane
10:06Keep pulling it
10:07Keep pulling it
10:09Coquihalla towing
10:10And their newest wrecker
10:12Mighty Mo
10:14Keep it going
10:15Are pulling a jackknifed semi
10:18It's coming
10:20Off critical wildlife infrastructure
10:26Okay it's off the pole now
10:28Is it?
10:29Yeah it's off the pole
10:30Keep pulling it
10:35Is the fence clear?
10:37Yeah
10:40I can breathe now
10:41That the truck is away
10:42From the culvert
10:43And we're not going
10:44To be damaging that
10:47They've cleared
10:47The first hurdle
10:49Now we're going to
10:50Start pulling it this way
10:51And straightening out
10:52The tractor and trailer more
10:54But pulling it straight back
10:56Chill
10:57Chill
10:57Chill
10:58Chill
10:58Has dug the wreck
11:00Into the bank
11:02Don't you think
11:03If you re-rig it
11:03Like right there
11:04Where my flashlight is
11:05Right now
11:07Rick that yo
11:09Yeah
11:10Pulling it right there
11:12The bank's a little less steep
11:14Once we get it
11:15About ten feet up
11:16So
11:18Our game plan
11:19Is to just get it up
11:20A little bit
11:20And pull it up
11:22Onto the road
11:23From the
11:23Childless part
11:29With Mighty Mo's trailer line
11:31Still attached
11:34They'll swap the line
11:36From the tractor's front axle
11:38To the fifth wheel plate
11:40Lifting up
11:41And back
11:42To overcome the bank
11:48Bring it on this side
11:52It would have been pretty cool
11:54If I just got it out
11:55With the Mighty Mo
11:56But in Jazz's hustle
11:58One
11:59Two
12:00Three
12:00To pull the line over
12:02Yo let it loose
12:04Let it loose go
12:06Yo watch out
12:07Man
12:1515 minutes south of Merritt
12:17Let it loose go
12:19Yo watch out
12:21A ten pound hook
12:23Did I hit you?
12:25Told you to watch out man
12:27Knocks Jazz off his feet
12:42He's got the energy
12:43He's got the enthusiasm
12:44But he's young
12:45He's gonna make mistakes
12:52I got it
12:54I'm fine now
12:56Lucky for Jazz
12:57He's gonna walk it off
12:59He gets away
13:00With a few bruises
13:02Things could have been
13:03A lot worse
13:04This line needs to go
13:05To the front
13:06Finishing the re-rig
13:08To the fifth wheel plate
13:10Okay alright
13:11Let's start pulling again
13:14Jazz proceeds with the plan
13:16Keep it going
13:18Drawing the unit
13:19Just let me know
13:20If anything's starting to go wrong
13:23Back towards the road
13:27Is it not moving?
13:30But as resistance builds
13:45My truck's lifting up
13:48The more catastrophic the risk
13:52Well you look dangerous
13:53If mighty mobile swung into traffic
13:56We would be in a lot of trouble
14:04Two hours southwest
14:06What's going on here?
14:09Down to one lane
14:10On highway one
14:11Okay let's go
14:13Al and his D5 dozer
14:17Are in a muddy battle
14:19In the media
14:22We got mud
14:23All balled up
14:24In the wheels of the truck
14:25Keep going
14:26Yeah I think it'll be alright
14:30It could add up to
14:3115,000 pounds
14:32So we're just gonna have to
14:34See if the little dozer
14:35Can pull it up this hill
14:36Working inside the tractor
14:38Steer that way Kerry
14:40Towards the
14:41You're dead
14:42Kerry cranks the wheel
14:45There you go
14:47And they finally
14:48Break the grip
14:49Of the mud
14:51We're dragging it down
14:54Once you start
14:55Getting it moving
14:56Once the friction is broken
14:58Then put her in gear
14:59And you'll probably
14:59Walk away with it
15:00You're good?
15:02Yeah
15:03Climbing 40 feet
15:04To the top of the slope
15:06Just watch your back
15:07Hey
15:09Al drags it
15:11Let's roll
15:12To an opening
15:14On the shoulder
15:15Pull your truck
15:17I had more
15:18But he needs
15:19To make a sharp turn
15:21It's a real tight
15:23To me
15:23Onto an active
15:24Highway 1
15:29We're gonna be alright
15:30With the trailer?
15:32The compact D5
15:34We're good
15:37Squeezes the 80 foot rig
15:39Through the opening
15:42Without disrupting traffic
15:43In the active lane
15:44It's gonna drive it on
15:46For me?
15:47Yeah I think so
15:48Okay
15:48I'm ready for you
15:49Whenever you're ready
15:51I think the D5
15:52Was a good call
15:54It was fast and easy
15:56Worked out tic-tac-toe
15:58And away we go
15:59To the races
16:04Teal team 6
16:07This job line
16:08As planned
16:08In, out
16:09As fast as we can go
16:13Well we're in and out
16:14In what?
16:1440 minutes?
16:15I take a lot of pride
16:16In doing speedy recovery
16:19In less than an hour
16:21I'm peeling out
16:24Team Quiring
16:25And the nimble D5
16:27Get it done
16:29The boys know
16:30How to bring home
16:30The bacon
16:34Gotta pull them out of there
16:35Real quick
16:37Hey
16:37Keep up the good work
16:46Back up on the coke
16:48Really skinny out there
16:49In the left lane
16:50On a live lane recovery
16:53Near Merritt
16:58The 40 tonne iron horse
17:00Mighty Mo
17:05Risks swinging into traffic
17:08Look out, look out
17:10We're pulling the trailer
17:11Out pretty good
17:12But the front end
17:14Of my truck's in the lane
17:15He's starting to
17:16Swing towards the traffic
17:18Which can be a big problem
17:21Jazz releases tension
17:23And settles Mo down
17:26We're gonna try to
17:27Reposition Mighty Mo
17:28Looking for a better
17:30Pull angle
17:34Okay, we're gonna put
17:35The single axle right here
17:37And bringing in
17:38The 16 tonne
17:40For extra muscle
17:43Arm there
17:44Arm there
17:44Arm there
17:48Yeah
17:49If I had that
17:51Extra little bit
17:52Of pulling power
17:53It would just
17:54Make it perfect
17:55Give it one last shot
17:58With the second wrecker
18:00Adding lift
18:01To the rear
18:01Of the tractor
18:03Holy yeah
18:06Coquihola towing
18:07Try again
18:08Hold, hold, hold, hold, hold
18:11Don't pull
18:13But they're still
18:14Outmatched
18:24I don't really want to pull it
18:26But we need some more iron here
18:30Left with no choice
18:32Jazz decides
18:33To give it a rest
18:34For the night
18:36Learning this business
18:37There's things you have to fight
18:39And there's other things
18:40You should just walk away from
18:42I'm not too happy today
18:50We tried everything we can
18:52And everyone's super tired
18:53And cranky
18:54Leaving a wreck behind
18:56This is our first
18:59We're gonna pack it up
19:00And come back tomorrow
19:01And hit it
19:03With a different plan
19:05The recovery is done
19:06For the night there, guys
19:09There's always tomorrow
19:15Not bad at all
19:16It's pretty clear
19:18A new day
19:19On highway 5
19:24Coquihola towing
19:25Is back
19:26My ass is on the line here
19:28For a wreck
19:30They were forced to abandon
19:31We gotta get this thing out
19:33It's still a risk
19:35Being on the side of the road
19:38Yesterday morning
19:39The tractor trailer
19:41Lost control
19:42And plunged
19:4435 feet
19:46Down a ditch
19:48Today
19:49Jazz has brought in
19:51Reinforcements
19:52Another wrecker
19:54That's good
19:54A reliable 50 ton
19:56Hey hey
19:57And heavy operator
19:59Dalen Golish
20:01Jazz called us out today
20:02For an assist
20:03I had my
20:04Single axle
20:05Trying to lift it a little bit
20:06But the winches are just
20:07Not strong enough, right?
20:08My first time working
20:09Directly with him
20:11Should be neat to see
20:12How we work together
20:13It's in there pretty good
20:15Steep slopes
20:16Broken rims
20:17And blown tires
20:18And no air to the trailer
20:19There's just so many factors
20:21That are gonna make this a challenge
20:23What are you thinking?
20:24I'll take the heavy end for sure
20:26And I think straighten it all out
20:27In the ditch
20:28And drag it back 100 feet
20:29And keep working it back
20:30Till we're out on the shallow end
20:31Of the ditch
20:33Alright buddy
20:33Let's get rigged up
20:35It's critical that we work well
20:36With other contractors
20:37You never know when you're gonna need somebody
20:40Having as many partners as you can
20:42Really helps
20:45That should be good
20:47Yeah
20:48Let's try that
20:51With a high line from the 50 ton
20:53To the tractor's fifth wheel
20:55A low line to the trailer
20:58And two lines from Mighty Moe on the rear
21:02They'll aim for the gentlest path
21:05Up the bank
21:16I'm gonna tighten up
21:17Only got two hours of daylight here
21:20Scream if there's something wrong
21:22Yeah, we'll just watch everything
21:24Taking their controls
21:26Okay, let's go
21:28Jazz
21:29And Dalen
21:32Begin their pull
21:35It'll be a little challenging
21:36To be insane
21:39Slow, slow, slow, slow
21:41Dalen's got a hydraulic
21:42That works pretty fast
21:46Golly, get that line tight
21:48And I've got Mighty Moe
21:50A 40 ton mechanical wrecker
21:53Which pulls hard
21:54But it's slow pulling
21:57Just go slow
21:59Because I'm way slower than you
22:00Trying to feel it
22:02Yeah
22:02Two guys that haven't worked together before
22:04It's
22:06We're learning
22:08Let's just get it up a little farther
22:09When we're not in sync
22:11Something can go really wrong
22:14But
22:15As the trailer starts to crest the ditch
22:19Oh, he smokes
22:21Seems like it's starting to tap
22:22It's got to be a 60 degree slope
22:24We're working on a really, really steep bank
22:27Even if we are holding
22:28The tractor trailer
22:29We can still teeter
22:31And
22:32Potentially fall back over
22:33We're on the razor's edge for sure
22:37And now
22:38It's right on that teetering point, eh?
22:42The leaning wreck
22:44Has Dalen's 50 ton
22:46Holy cow
22:47On the brink
22:49If anything's slipped
22:50My tow truck's probably going down with it
22:53Stop!
22:55What's going on?
22:56I can't pull it sideways much more
22:58It's just pulling my truck on its side
23:00A tow truck is designed
23:02To work from the back
23:03And when you're working from the side
23:05It's just
23:06It's more
23:07Tippy
23:10Well, I'm going to have to turn around now
23:12Because we've got nowhere else to go
23:14Releasing his lines
23:16Dalen calls for a wrecker reshuffle
23:19Stop where you are
23:20Reassess
23:21Readjust if necessary
23:23Stop traffic
23:25He's got it stopped right now
23:27With only Mighty Moe
23:29Left holding the trailer
23:30Okay, don't let go
23:36Jazz brings in the 16 ton
23:39To take Dalen's place
23:43While the 50 ton
23:45Repositions
23:45To aim its winches
23:47At the tractor
23:49I need to back in
23:50So that we can
23:52More or less
23:53Slingshot this thing
23:54Back onto the highway
23:58Let's get her going
24:00It's pretty exhausting
24:01Re-rigging
24:02Trying to do the same thing
24:04Over and over again
24:05But that's what I signed up for
24:07You guys friggin' tug
24:08Like you've never tugged before
24:10On that end
24:10And I'll try and get this
24:11End up on the road
24:16Back in business, baby
24:21Fingers crossed, right?
24:23Opposing each other
24:24It has advantages and drawbacks
24:27The advantage is we have more room
24:29The disadvantage is it's less stable
24:31It's a gamble
24:34Come on
24:51We need to get this truck out of here, alright?
24:55And Jazz
24:59Roll the dice
25:01We're on a really tight timeline today
25:08Slingshotting a wreck
25:09Out of the ditch
25:13Come on
25:16Just hold
25:21Just gonna give them a little extra help here
25:24I'm gonna rig one more hookup behind the drive axle
25:27Just to get them where they need to be
25:32We're slowly pulling it up
25:34And it seems like it's working
25:36Where are you gonna hook that onto?
25:37Those chains
25:38With a second line from the 50 ton to the fifth wheel
25:44Dalen adds more pull
25:47To get the truck and trailer back on the road
25:50We're gonna get this out of the ditch tonight
25:53For sure
25:55Just gonna fight right till the end
25:57That's all
26:01The biggest relief for me
26:03When anything's on any kind of a bank
26:06Is as it starts to come more level
26:09That's what we want to see
26:15Get it to your truck and then hold it
26:17And I'll get the front end over
26:21So I just need six more feet
26:25Home free
26:27Alright
26:28Is there a tow hook?
26:30A quick line to the nose
26:35And the tractor is on the road
26:38Just made it
26:40Got it up
26:41It's in a good spot
26:41You're happy with that?
26:43Yeah
26:43Perfect
26:44Alright
26:44That's good
26:45After yesterday's near defeat
26:48It was a bit of a slow process piece by piece
26:50But you know what?
26:51It's where it needs to be now
26:53With help from a brother in arms
26:56At the end of the day we work together
26:58High fives all around
27:00Jazz and his new wrecker
27:02Have battled through
27:03For a Coquihalla towing win
27:06I'm proud of Mighty Mole
27:08With a little bit of struggling
27:10We still got it done
27:11And we didn't give up
27:12Thanks for coming out, Dalen
27:14Great time
27:15It's my pleasure
27:15There's a lot of times
27:16Where we've had to call other companies
27:18To come out and help
27:20Jazz is one of those new up and coming guys
27:22He can call anytime
27:24And we'll come out and help him
27:26What I'm most proud of
27:28Is the way everyone works together
27:30And there's a lot of stuff going on
27:32But we held down the floor
27:35And we did good
27:56230 kilometers southwest
27:59I think we got some construction up here
28:05In the Fraser Valley
28:08Got something building in there
28:14Aggressive Towing's 50-ton rotator
28:17Wow, person coming through
28:19Yeah, baby
28:21Heads to a building site
28:23With lead operator Chris Mervin
28:26I've got a customer
28:27He's kind of just all excited
28:28About this piece of equipment
28:30That he's got stuck
28:30All our work isn't just based solely on highways
28:33We can be in residential areas
28:35We can be in construction sites
28:36Wherever the work is, we'll go
28:39But this site is a squeeze for Bertha
28:42We're playing in kind of a narrow little neighborhood
28:46Not a lot of room for a big wrecker
28:49Arriving on location
28:52Construction is at a standstill
28:54It's not the best parking spot
28:56Well, it's not a good parking spot for sure
29:00Helping Merv today
29:02Swamper Rob Lewis
29:04We got a crew that's shut down
29:06So the sooner we're out
29:08Then the sooner they get back to work
29:12How are you doing?
29:15Good, buddy
29:15How about you?
29:17Foreman Grant Friesen
29:18Is a regular customer
29:21You see how much it slid
29:23As soon as I release the brakes?
29:25Well, because it probably didn't compact
29:26The zoom boom shifted on the loose gravel
29:30These man lifts
29:32They basically get people up to the higher heights
29:34Instead of using a ladder
29:35Now it's stuck
29:37And threatening to collapse the new drainage system
29:43I can pick the whole thing up from here
29:45While Bertha can handle the 11-ton machine
29:48How long have the sidewalks been in?
29:50There's not enough room to get Bertha right beside the casualty
29:54The new sidewalk
29:56We do stand a chance of putting a crack in it
29:58That's my worry
29:59Yeah
30:01Can't handle Bertha
30:02One little chunk of crack in here
30:05We're looking probably 10 grand
30:09I don't want to crack this stuff
30:11These sidewalks were just poured maybe a couple weeks ago
30:14So they're not at full cure, full hardness yet
30:17Maybe I just pick up the one side
30:19And we get your guy to turn the tires
30:21And we'll walk it away from its stuck point
30:24Okay
30:25Then I'm only supporting 50% of load
30:29We're not going to put too much force on the sidewalk
30:35That's why we're only going to do two lift points
30:37Instead of picking up the machine as a whole
30:40I can keep booming out with you and following it
30:43Okay, Murph
30:44Okay, buddy
30:45We'll need some dunnage
30:47We'll put dunnage on this concrete
30:50Wood blocks or dunnage
30:52Will spread the weight of the outriggers across the slab
30:57Let's try to stack it
30:59So it puts the point load closer to the truck
31:07Good?
31:07Yeah
31:11All we got to do is rig there
31:14And then we can do the lower point on the carriage on the front
31:18Okay
31:20While Rob rigs to hook points on one side
31:25Grant prepares to drive the lift ahead
31:32Grant will pick up the side
31:34And Grant is going to steer back this way
31:38Okay, she's going to wiggle a bit here, buddy
31:40So as long as you're holding on, you're all buckled in
31:43Well, we're tied in
31:44With Murph on the handheld controls
31:48All right
31:49The rotator
31:50Okay
31:51Takes the weight
31:53Lift up your boom a bit
31:55It's leaning pretty precariously over top of a ditch
31:58There you go
31:59Yeah
32:02We exert too much force
32:03We could flip this thing right over
32:05Okay
32:06Turn hard left
32:08Keep going
32:09Nice and easy
32:14Nice and easy
32:16At a Fraser Valley build site
32:18Turn hard left
32:20Merv and the foreman
32:22As soon as I turn the wheels, the brakes are going to release on that
32:25It shouldn't go too far
32:27I got you held now
32:28Okay
32:29Lift and steer
32:30A zoom boom out of a precarious spot
32:35Still looking good on the sidewalk
32:36While taking care
32:38Not to damage the cement walkway
32:41We're working around some pretty fresh concrete
32:43We don't want to crack them
32:45Okay, walk a little bit nice and slow
32:47Okay
32:50A little bit more Grant
32:56Hold it
32:57Lifting the machine's weight off the collapsing area
33:01Swing your boom that way a little bit
33:03Beauty
33:05There you go
33:05Grant is able to drive the zoom boom
33:08There we go, buddy
33:11Okay, hold it
33:12Onto solid ground
33:14Okay, I'll kick my rigging off for you, buddy
33:19And back to work
33:25Nice and slow
33:29We did get this thing out pretty quick
33:32I don't know if there was a record
33:33But it was a good one
33:35Piece of cake, Merv
33:36Another easy one, buddy
33:39Let's pack up old Bertha here
33:49And with no damage to the fresh concrete
33:52I wouldn't even know we were here
33:54Team Aggressive
33:56Notches another win
33:58Lifting up all that dunnage and seeing no cracks
34:01That's a plus
34:04Alrighty
34:04Hey, buddy
34:05Thank you, Merv
34:06I hope not to see you too soon again
34:08Come on now
34:08He can start making money again
34:10And we can get on to the next one
34:17The weather is not the greatest
34:19But the roads are actually pretty decent
34:2260 kilometers southeast
34:24The ground's still soft all around
34:29An MSA flat deck rolls out
34:32I'm ready for it
34:39I'm ready for it
34:48With Gurkirat, or Gurk Banwait, at the wheel
34:53It's going to be a very tight area
34:56So I had to go with the deck truck
34:59Pulling on to the rural property
35:02There's a surprise waiting
35:03Is that dad?
35:05Probably is
35:06We had no idea he's going to show up
35:08Checking in on us
35:10Checking in on the boys
35:12Their father, Kirpal
35:14Is already on site
35:16They're telling me, dad, stay home
35:18But sometimes I have to push them
35:23It's in his blood, I guess
35:25He just wants to be there
35:26He wants to help
35:29That's no bueno
35:31The trio takes in the job at hand
35:34We're supposed to be towing this burnt truck
35:36This thing was, like, brand new
35:40It's obviously been in a fire
35:42So it doesn't look like a highway truck anymore
35:45The wreck's structural integrity
35:47This is going to be an issue, eh?
35:48Is only their first problem
35:52You can't run these trees over
35:53Just swing wide there
35:56We'd have been better to just f***ing back in, man
35:59You back in, nose in that way
36:01I think we should do that
36:03The hedge growing directly in front
36:06Makes the job even more complicated
36:10Because I don't think we can drive around outside
36:13No, you can't
36:14You can't pull it this way
36:15You have to pull it this way
36:16The toughest part of getting this onto the flat deck
36:20Is that we can't get as straight as we want
36:24It's a little bit soft right there
36:28I don't know
36:30I don't know if we're going to be able to maneuver to line up to it
36:34Gurk is forced to approach the burner on an angle
36:39I think I should move the whole truck this way
36:41No, you don't have to
36:42Just turn the wheel the other way
36:44And back it up
36:47Working with my dad is always a learning experience
36:50Sometimes he has, you know, a little bit of a different way of doing things
36:54You don't want to be driving back and forth, back and forth up there, bro
36:57That's what I'm saying
36:59He's always just been hands on
37:01You don't have to
37:03Just go turn the wheels and come back
37:09Gurk repositions his truck
37:11Straight, go straight now
37:12Go straight
37:13With dad looking over his shoulder
37:17Straight, straight, straight
37:18Turn the wheels the other way
37:21Wheels the other way
37:22Other way, other way
37:23Other way
37:24Why don't you use left or right?
37:27My dad's getting older
37:28And he can still do the work
37:30And he loves it, but
37:33How am I supposed to know what other way is?
37:35Okay, but let the deck go that way
37:38Okay, I'm watching, Grisimran
37:40Straight back
37:41We don't want our dad working as hard
37:44And doing all the rigging and heavy lifting
37:46With a flat deck as close as it can get
37:51Right on the outside of this
37:53Just choke it
37:54And then we'll use our double hook link that we have
38:01They'll need their winch to pull the wreck ahead
38:09Okay, hold it
38:11As Gurk runs the controls
38:15Sim backs the deck under the burner
38:18Okay, okay, hold it there, Sim
38:21But as they get the front wheels
38:24To start climbing the deck
38:29Hold up
38:33Sim, back it up
38:35Nice and easy, bruv
38:36Nice and easy
38:39Yeah, oh yeah
38:40No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
38:46Yeah, oh yeah
38:47On a Fraser Valley farm
38:49No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
38:52Team MSA is grappling
38:55Hold on
38:55Why is the truck moving back?
38:58Then just tighten your winch up
39:01With loading a burned out wreck
39:07I don't think it's going to work, dude
39:09It's just rolling
39:09Because axle number three is rolling
39:12You want to take the bumper off?
39:15If we can clear this tree here
39:17I can turn hard, right?
39:18And then we'll be lined just perfectly
39:21Axle number two is off the ground
39:23Let's just drive this thing out of here
39:25And everyone has different ideas
39:28No, I was just going to back up
39:31Tensions are very high at this point
39:33Because we have very different approaches
39:35To the same problem
39:36He can just drive straight
39:37And this thing will just straighten itself right out
39:40Yeah
39:42It's causing us to bite heads a little bit
39:45Sim, when your mirror clears the tree
39:47Start turning to the left
39:48What you're saying is not going to work
39:50The deck's going to get way out of line
39:51I'm going to back up
39:53It's not going to work, bro
39:54Just do what I'm telling you
39:55Block the tires
39:57Sim saying let's block axle number three
39:59And he can back up
40:03Laying Glocks down to stop the roll
40:08Let's give her a go here, brother
40:12They try again
40:20Okay, that's fine
40:21Keep coming, keep coming
40:26And this time
40:28My brake's on right now
40:30Yeah, that's good
40:31The burner finally climbs the deck
40:34Yeah, you're good there, that's fine
40:36There's no time to fight
40:37Put the snatch block right there
40:39On how to do this job
40:41Pull the cable out
40:44We just have to get it on there
40:46And get out of here
40:47Go right around the axle
40:48So it's all bent
40:50Turn this on to the chassis
40:52But as they secure the wreck for transport
40:55Hello
40:56Hi
40:57A call comes in
40:59No way
41:01Beauty
41:03And suddenly
41:04Cuts through all the tension
41:09Oh
41:11Gersharn has a baby girl
41:12Eldest son
41:14Gersharn
41:14Just had a baby
41:19Congrats, pops
41:22Grandpa
41:23Karpal's first grandchild
41:26Grandpa
41:28Wow
41:29I'm an uncle
41:30I just became an uncle
41:33And it's just
41:34A crazy, crazy, crazy feeling
41:39There we go
41:41Look at that
41:44All your stresses are gone
41:45It was a pretty magical moment
41:48I'm not going to lie
41:48I'll remember that for the rest of my life
41:53That's awesome
41:55My dad's very happy
41:56I want to have him relax more
41:59Spend more time with family
42:01And take that weight off his plate
42:03Oh, I'm feeling great
42:06That's awesome
42:07This is my first grandchild
42:10Everything has changed now
42:13I'm taking steps back
42:14Let them do the work
42:15I'm more than happy
42:20First baby
42:21It feels unreal
42:22We're trying to finish this up
42:24Quick and get home
42:25So we can go to the hospital
42:26And finally see her
42:30She's third generation
42:31Bandweight
42:33First of the next generation
42:36Not end of an era
42:37But start of a new one
42:38For sure
42:41I'm pretty pumped
42:43I'm going to drop this off
42:44At the yard
42:44And go to the hospital
42:50Next time
42:51On highway through hell
42:55A pricey load
42:56Good old sea cans
42:57Puts reliable
42:59I'm pulling my truck over
43:01In a pinch
43:02Hang on, hang on
43:04Merv tries to land
43:05A riverside catch
43:09And Otto is under pressure
43:12That's not good
43:12Pull more in the front
43:14On a chip truck recovery
43:17vero
43:17Of course
43:36Even the enemy
43:37Arr
43:37Every
43:37Who
43:37Am
43:38For
43:38And
43:41Without
43:41getting
43:41Who
43:44Might
43:44Who
43:45Was
43:46Was
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