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00:00This time, on Highway Through Hell...
00:03Something burning?
00:06Indeed.
00:07Careful, careful.
00:08Murph.
00:09No way.
00:10Test the waters.
00:14Crush.
00:15Truck destroyed.
00:16On the coke.
00:17It's friggin' rigged.
00:19With Team Reliable.
00:21Wow.
00:22And Moving Day.
00:24Sounds really good.
00:25For Jamie's freshness.
00:27There? That's it?
00:31It's a different type of cold out there.
00:34In Northern Alberta...
00:36Cracky, that wind's cold.
00:41Sub-zero temperatures plunge the region into a deep freeze.
00:47We can get to minus 60.
00:50It's brutally, brutally cold.
00:54A thousand kilometers from home.
00:57Outside Grand Prairie.
01:00Lots of black ice.
01:01Jamie Davis' new 50-ton...
01:04H.R. 100 is on a long haul.
01:09We've gotta take a truck to the coast, you know, through mountain passes, and storm warnings on all of the
01:14forecasts, so it could be a bit of a nightmare trip.
01:19With the rotator down, basically, we're struggling with what equipment we have, but I'm glad I got the 50-ton.
01:30Thank you, Ernie.
01:32Just over a year ago, Jamie's prized L.A. Rotator returned to home base.
01:40That's where it got hit.
01:42That's where it got hit.
01:42Right there.
01:43Wow.
01:44Damaged after a brutal crash.
01:47It's worth painting.
01:48It's worth fixing.
01:50We'll make it good as new.
01:55Got it, careful.
01:58Today, Jamie's counting on H.R. 100 to make the 11-hour journey back home.
02:06There's nothing better than getting in the truck, heading out, and turn the tunes on, and you've got nothing to
02:11worry about.
02:19But three hours into the drive...
02:24Smell it burning, something burning.
02:28Jamie senses trouble.
02:30Temperature in the engine's going right up.
02:32I'll have to pull over.
02:34If I blew an engine in this truck right now, it'd be catastrophic.
02:38If I push it too much, we overheat...
02:42I could lose an engine.
02:45Hot, hot, hot.
02:48That's a big deal.
02:50Don't look good.
02:54Unbelievable.
03:17It's cold out there, poor guy.
03:19An hour east of the Rocky Mountains...
03:22Might be one of them long days.
03:25Jamie's Albritta Long Haul...
03:27We just blew a fan belt.
03:29Is heating up.
03:30So the belt went off and it started to get hot.
03:34Basically, your cooling system is going to overheat.
03:37We're in a pretty remote area here.
03:39Minus 38, so I have to try to just get off this highway.
03:44But with over 700 kilometres to his yard in hope...
03:49Hopefully, we can let the engine cool down and limp it into the next closest town and get repaired.
03:56Jamie looks to take advantage of the freezing weather.
04:01Cold air and the cool temperatures are actually helping me keep the truck cool.
04:05The engine should cool down pretty quick.
04:07Wait a few minutes.
04:09We've got no cab heat now.
04:11But it's a 37 kilometre run from here into the nearest town.
04:18I've got no heat in the truck now, so I'm going to just get suited up a little bit.
04:25But even at minus 40 degrees...
04:29With a wind chill...
04:32We're getting up to 200 degrees on the engine oil now.
04:36HR 100's engine continues to heat up.
04:40I'm trying to get as far as I can and hopefully I don't need to get towed.
04:45My air's going down.
04:47Now I've got two troubles.
04:50The California wrecker...
04:53I'm having problems with the brakes too.
04:56The weather's beat me up.
04:57It's no match for the Alberta cold.
05:01I have no air now, so I can't go anywhere. The brakes are locked on.
05:04You know, I'm stuck.
05:09So there's a blockage somewhere in the line, maybe some condensation.
05:13Winter's challenging for everybody.
05:15The air compressor's not building air. It's over at zero.
05:20Everything becomes two to three times harder than it should be.
05:24Unreal.
05:28It's getting pretty bleak.
05:30Locked brakes in sub-zero temperatures...
05:34We've done everything we can do.
05:37...are the final straw.
05:40We're in cold weather. The water pump's gone.
05:43I have no air.
05:45I was lucky just to get to the side of the road.
05:48I gave it a valiant effort, but I waved the white flag.
05:54Hey, what do you got for gear?
05:57Jamie calls a local tow company.
06:00Usually you're the person out helping people.
06:03I'll have your records on it.
06:06But in this case, I'm needing help.
06:08The same fitting? Right on.
06:10Perfect.
06:11I'm happy that I'm not in the ditch or having any kind of worse problems.
06:16But repairs to the record will take days.
06:21In the long haul business, 99% of the time we're on time and we get it there.
06:26But this is going to take a while.
06:30The tow truck picking up the tow trucks.
06:33Oh, that sucks.
06:55That's a wide statement.
06:59850 kilometers southwest.
07:02That's an understatement.
07:04That's a wide statement.
07:05In BC's Fraser Valley.
07:10An aggressive towing rotator heads to an unusual call.
07:15It is raining.
07:18With lead operator, Chris Mervin.
07:22We're going to head over to Pit River.
07:23We got a call from a company we do business with.
07:26He's got a sunk boat or something.
07:29Assisting Merv tonight.
07:31Definitely think we're going to get wet.
07:33Jayden did.
07:34This is my first marine salvage job.
07:37Watching Merv do something like this is pretty interesting.
07:39He's got lots of experience.
07:43Arriving at the banks of the Pit River.
07:45Let's see what we got.
07:48Merv and Jayden.
07:50It's an old wooden scow.
07:53Are met by the marine salvage crew.
07:56The bow is floating.
07:58Prepping for tonight's unique recovery job.
08:02We got the wooden scow about 80 feet offshore right now.
08:07What are you pulling out?
08:09Yeah, a boat.
08:13The wooden scow was used for transport along the river.
08:18But abandoned for years.
08:22It became submerged.
08:27Leading the salvage operation.
08:29So the things, I don't know, it's probably around 40 feet long.
08:33Mad Props Marines owner and manager, Jeremy Birch.
08:39It's been a neglected site for years.
08:42Quite a few items have already been removed.
08:45This is basically the last item that's been left there.
08:48We've got our two docks.
08:50You're hoping to land it on that?
08:52Yeah.
08:52Once you get it up and on, you're done.
08:54And then we'll wait till the flood tide and we'll get it out of here.
08:57Try to just get it in one shot, get everything from the area.
09:04Okay, grab one, Kai.
09:06Let's go.
09:07To reach the wreck, Merv will need to extend his wind slides over 150 feet.
09:15For the distance, we're trying to keep it as a single line just to try to get it closer to
09:19shore.
09:21But rigging to the sunken wreck must be done by boat.
09:28We're relying on Jeremy and his guys to hook up to something that's going to put up with the amount
09:34of strain we're going to put on it.
09:36Leaning on the Marine crew's experience.
09:39Okay, drop it down right there.
09:42They make use of every advantage they can get.
09:46It's low tide.
09:47So, got more exposure, more area to grab.
09:51Okay, get it clear.
09:57With two single lines cast from the rotator to the scow, they'll winch the wreck onto docks.
10:07Then sail it away for removal.
10:13Okay, Merv, you want to start taking it in?
10:16Merv.
10:17Okay.
10:19Starts reeling in the wreck.
10:25Just coming.
10:30Wow.
10:37Let's keep coming.
10:40But getting the 40-foot scow up onto the docks...
10:47It's getting pretty heavy right there.
10:49...is pushing the 50-ton rotator to the limit.
10:54There's a lot of unknowns when you can't see what this is pulling up against.
10:59It's a big ol' scow.
11:02And we can't tell if it's stuck in the mud or if it's full of silt.
11:06It's generally a big guessing game.
11:16You're off the ground on the passenger side.
11:25It's rolling the rotator over.
11:27Not good.
11:29You don't generally see the wheels of a rotator come up off the ground.
11:32They pretty much sit and they stay sat.
11:35It's such a high leverage point, right?
11:37Big lever.
11:40If we keep pulling this thing up, we're going to be in trouble.
11:43That's about all she's going to go here, boys.
11:50What's the latest on the coke?
11:54On the Coquihalla, just north of Merritt.
11:58Highways closed northbound.
12:04A catastrophic collision between semis.
12:09Looks like you've rear-ended somebody.
12:15On route, a reliable 35-ton.
12:18That is slushy and icy and everything else.
12:22Heavy operator Bob Potts is back in the saddle.
12:28I love going out there and doing my recoveries.
12:33It feels great to get back to work.
12:36But the highway.
12:38Actually, where we are right now, this is where someone rear-ended be.
12:44Is also a painful reminder of Bob's own crash.
12:49What happened to me?
12:51I was in shock.
12:57There's parts everywhere.
13:00Weeks ago.
13:01Wow.
13:03Bob was rear-ended while hauling a wreck.
13:07Glad you're okay, Bob.
13:09Oh, me too.
13:11Tonight.
13:13I just hope where we're going, no one else is hurt.
13:17Trauma is hard to shake.
13:19And each individual deals with these things differently.
13:24Following behind in a highway tractor.
13:27Bob's a really interesting character.
13:30Merritt Regional Manager, Lane Perry.
13:34It worked with him at a different tow company when I was younger.
13:38Ironic, I'm his boss now.
13:41I'm quite pleased to see Bob back to work.
13:45Perfect time, because we definitely need him.
13:49Arriving on scene.
13:55Oh, wow.
13:56Looks like truck is destroyed.
14:01Lane and Bob take in the devastating rear-ender.
14:06Excuse my language, but it's frigging rigged.
14:11Didn't look like a truck anymore.
14:15I'm just blown away that the driver was able to get out of there.
14:29They're just going to move the trailer now.
14:32As the other semi involved is removed.
14:36We may be able to just yard it out.
14:39I'm just trying to jump in and get this road opened.
14:42Bob and Lane focus.
14:45Okay.
14:46On the demolished tractor and its trailer.
14:51We're going to pull it out together.
14:55Yeah, to the frame.
15:01Yeah, perfect.
15:05Just tell me it'll win.
15:09Tighten it up.
15:13Okay.
15:14See how it responds to tugging on it.
15:24It's moving.
15:31Yeah, boy.
15:34I like it.
15:36A little more.
15:41Hang on, Bob.
15:44The trailer is now on the road.
15:46We could probably just take the one line of the snatch and move it over here.
15:51We're going to try and pull the front of the tractor up onto the road.
15:56But rigging to the mangled cab comes with risk.
16:02If you do a bad hookup, it could hurt you.
16:05It could hurt somebody else.
16:10We'll pull on mainly on the truck here anyway.
16:13Okay, I'll do that right now.
16:14I've been there.
16:16And I don't want to get Lane hurt or myself.
16:21Now, what?
16:22Go with that ground.
16:29It's wild.
16:33Everything's just so brittle.
16:35It's definitely going to be a challenge to get it up onto the road.
16:38Okay.
16:42Wow.
16:43Holy.
16:59300 kilometers southwest.
17:03You're off the ground on the passenger side.
17:06No way.
17:08On the pit river.
17:10That's about all she's going to go here, boys.
17:14Team aggressive's sunken scow.
17:17Okay, yeah, you moved it up.
17:19Pretty good.
17:21Is hung up.
17:24Usually we just drag him to shore and then Bob's your uncle, but we were trying to land it on
17:28top of barges.
17:30It is a little bit more resistance for us dragging it up and out of here.
17:33Yeah, if we can force it under there, it might help pick a little.
17:37Yeah.
17:38You betcha.
17:39Okay.
17:40We are going to have to re-rig so Bertha is going more to a lift than she is pull.
17:45You know what?
17:45We'll cut a hole in the bottom.
17:47Do it a helping hand.
18:00With a new pull point, they'll re-rig to the underside to help lift the scow onto the docks.
18:13We're just going to give her another go here.
18:20And we're going to keep trying to do what we can.
18:23Giving up's never really an option.
18:27I'm moving a bit.
18:30Happy?
18:41Be careful of them lines.
18:43With just single lines, we're operating with really low working load limits.
18:50They're sinking pretty good, Merv.
18:52Doing some landscaping.
18:55Judging by the way Bertha's standing up on our side, we're obviously a little above that working load limit.
19:01That's a lot of pressure.
19:03Merv.
19:03I'm letting out I'm one pulling on the other.
19:06Changes tactics.
19:08You're trying to...
19:09Pop that. I'm already helping over.
19:10Yeah.
19:18Oh!
19:22Make sure you guys got your water wings.
19:25On the pit river.
19:29Oh!
19:31A submerged scow.
19:36I think the strap might go.
19:39Refuses to resurface.
19:42Broken.
19:44Pretty crazy, saying you're broken.
19:46It's not supposed to be like that.
19:48Supposed to be like that.
19:51Not something we tend to see.
19:53Whack the truck pretty good.
19:55Decent cable.
19:56Owie.
19:58Bertha.
20:01We've come to the end of the maximum safe working load of this strap and it sent everything back to
20:07Bertha.
20:09Battlescopes.
20:11And we are struggling.
20:14The team pauses.
20:16I just don't know why the ass ends so heavy.
20:18To reassess the recovery.
20:21Oh, man.
20:23For making no headway.
20:24And running into the night.
20:26They make the decision.
20:28Okay, well, why don't you let it go?
20:31Shut her down.
20:34To call it a night.
20:36In the interest of safety and brain cells.
20:40We'll shut her down and try it again.
20:45For some reason, that thing just isn't acting the way they usually do.
20:52But the crew will be back tomorrow.
20:56We're definitely not walking away defeated.
20:59We just gotta enact another plan.
21:01And then we're gonna come back and give her our best again.
21:09Five northbound coast.
21:13285 kilometers northeast.
21:16There she goes.
21:18On the Coquihalla.
21:21Wow.
21:23Oh, hey.
21:24A slip chain.
21:27Did that break?
21:29It let go on the bumper.
21:31As Lane and Bob.
21:33Racing to clear the highway.
21:36An accident as bad as this one.
21:39Rigging is always tricky.
21:41I'm just wrapped right around the frame now.
21:45Alright, tighten it up, Bob.
21:47With the hook reset.
21:50See how we do.
21:52They try again.
22:02Hopefully it works.
22:10The total tractor.
22:14Right on.
22:18Is finally back on the road.
22:22Wow.
22:23There's nothing left of this thing, man.
22:26We got the truck out of the ditch.
22:28And now we have to separate it.
22:35Given how structurally compromised this truck is,
22:41definitely makes things a little harder.
22:48Okay, we'll try that.
22:50We have to make this safe to tow it down the highway.
22:54Because if something falls off, it could hurt somebody.
22:58Okay, now boom up.
23:03Okay.
23:04Okay.
23:08With a totaled unit removed.
23:13Lane backs in with his tractor to take away the trailer.
23:18It's a lot of work for something to prep to go down the highway.
23:21Good job, Lane.
23:24Good job, Lane.
23:25As the team prepares to leave.
23:29Off we go.
23:33The image of the destroyed tractor weighs on everyone's mind.
23:40When I got into the accident, I could have been crippled.
23:44Never work again.
23:46I feel really lucky.
23:50I'm just so happy that everybody gets to go home at the end of the day.
23:56All cleaned up again.
23:58On to the next.
24:02It's our whole team work together.
24:04And that's key.
24:08So is the coconut oil open yet?
24:11Yeah, it's all cleared up now.
24:21A little cloudy?
24:24Yeah, it's not ready.
24:27The next morning on the pit river.
24:31Oh, it's a beautiful day for victory.
24:34Mad props marine salvage.
24:37All right, let's do this.
24:39And aggressive towing are back.
24:42We're going to have to get squared up to it.
24:44For round two with a stubborn scowl.
24:48We're just looking to get this thing pulled back to land now.
24:54We've removed the docks from the area.
24:56It makes more sense to haul it up right where it's at.
24:59So if we can get one chain in a loop around that end where the blue is?
25:04Yeah.
25:07Definitely a lot nicer working during the day.
25:09We can actually see what we're pulling on.
25:11With the rotator positioned straight on for more leverage.
25:16We're going to put some snatch blocks in lines and some big old chains.
25:20Merv can now double his pulling capacity.
25:24Grab my remote, please.
25:26Let's see what we can move.
25:31Yeah, Merv, you want to start taking it in?
25:33Yes, sir.
25:35Let's go.
25:37Let's move it.
25:39Oh, today is a good day.
25:42Merv makes landfall.
25:47Okay, let's back up a few feet here, guys.
25:50But now on shore.
25:52Pulling the 40 foot scowl.
25:55Come on.
25:57Comes with new challenges.
26:00The resistance we're running into more or less is just drag against the bank.
26:05It's heavy duty creosote lumber.
26:08Built in the old days, so they built things real heavy, heavy duty.
26:14There we go.
26:16But the rotator and the snatch blocks come through.
26:20Looking way better.
26:21Yeah.
26:23It's crazy how deep it was.
26:26Holy.
26:27As the scowl emerges from the river.
26:30There's a lot of boat down there, buddy.
26:33It's more than the team bargained for.
26:36Well, it turned out to be 72 feet.
26:40Hope for days.
26:42But the bigger boat.
26:44Of that chain, let's rip.
26:45That block's in perfect distance to pick somebody's head off.
26:48Will test the limits of their rigging.
26:51Pretty worried that something's gonna break or something's gonna snap.
26:54Watch yourself, buddy.
26:56I don't wanna buy you a new head.
27:08Aboard.
27:10Hope for days.
27:12On the pit river.
27:15Watch yourself, buddy.
27:16I don't wanna buy you a new head.
27:19Aggressive shoreline haul out.
27:24Abort.
27:26Is suddenly sidelined.
27:35Was it a chain?
27:40Yeah.
27:41You're obviously pulling pretty good when you can send a Snatchbox flying through the air.
27:46Garbage.
27:48Is that the tail end of it right there?
27:52The entire wreck is now on shore.
27:57It's a lot bigger than I thought.
27:58Yeah.
28:00But they've run out of room.
28:03We really don't have too much of an area to put it.
28:06So the team...
28:07They'll have to cut section off.
28:09They'll make it lighter.
28:12Improvises using an excavator Jeremy brought on site.
28:22They'll work in sections to bring it up the bank.
28:37We're winning.
28:43All we can do is just keep pulling it up as far as we can.
28:50Yeah, we'll stop her there to give them some room to work.
28:53Yeah, you bet.
28:56And then crush that section and re-rig and pull it back up some more.
29:02Work our way through it.
29:06Here she comes.
29:08As the last section of the scow makes its way...
29:12Snap her right off.
29:14...the two-day mystery...
29:16It's an old piling.
29:18...breaches the surface.
29:20Is it?
29:21This is what was holding us up last night.
29:24Pilings are used for mooring tie-ups, for scows and log booms.
29:30Surprise!
29:32...designed to be immovable.
29:37The piling ultimately buckled against Merv's 50-ton rotator.
29:43And just the fact that we managed to exert enough force to shear that piling off
29:48and still drag that barge to shore is a pretty amazing feat.
29:52We got all kinds of surprises down here.
29:56The scow fully on dry land.
30:01Aggressive's job is done.
30:03It's great. Always is. And until the next one, buddy.
30:07There's no such thing as Cant working with Merv.
30:10He doesn't give up easy.
30:12So we got a lot in common that way.
30:14Here's the go-to guy.
30:15We've won this one after the next one.
30:18Bertha definitely has a couple war rooms from this job.
30:21But in the end, I think it's still a win-win.
30:27Nice work.
30:37850 kilometers northeast.
30:43In Hinton, Alberta.
30:46Thank you very much, Jan. Thanks for looking after us.
30:49Yeah, you bet.
30:50See you later and thank you.
30:52Jamie's long haul.
30:54I'm picking up the truck from the breakdown.
30:57Is back on track.
31:03We got the 50-ton fixed up.
31:06I'm happy to be back doing business again and getting things on the go.
31:13Feels good to get back in her again.
31:15Jamie.
31:16Jamie, David.
31:16Don't call me.
31:21Three hours down the road.
31:24Spooky.
31:25Really spooky.
31:27Jamie approaches a familiar stretch of highway.
31:31We're just coming along the area where I hit the black ice and wrecked the rotator last year.
31:38That's where it happened, right there.
31:46It was a sheet of ice.
31:50One year ago, Jamie's LA rotator crashed on this same stretch of highway.
31:58Only cab blown right off the back end.
32:03Really disappointing and just a bad day for me.
32:06Oh, that sucked.
32:10Pulled over to collect himself, Jamie makes a phone call.
32:17Hello?
32:19You'll never believe where I just drove by.
32:22You know where I crashed the rotator?
32:24Hello.
32:26It just gives me butterflies every time I go by there.
32:30More goes on up there than you really think after you have a crash.
32:34And it takes a long time to get over it.
32:36Got out of bed this morning early and I'm driving early again, you know,
32:39when the black ice is still on the road and I'm thinking, oh no.
32:42Sherry and I talk about things that aren't going right or problems.
32:45We rely on each other when things are bad.
32:49And, you know, that's important.
32:51I'm glad that at least you got to drive by it and not go back in there.
32:55Yeah.
32:57On the tough days, we just talk about things and try and get through it.
33:01Nice to hear your voice.
33:03Yeah, you too. Have a good day.
33:05Bye.
33:10Back on the road, Jamie heads for home.
33:15It's hard to put the crash behind me.
33:18Yes, it's fading, but I don't know if I'm going to ever get over that.
33:25It scares me, I'll tell you that. It really does.
33:35How's that road looking behind you there?
33:38In eastern BC.
33:40She's slippery.
33:41On the doorstep of the Rocky Mountains.
33:46A Jamie Davis towing 12-ton heads to a back road job.
33:53I don't know really what we're going into here.
33:57With operator AJ Case.
34:00That's kind of why I over packed on my chains.
34:03Really cold overnight.
34:05But where we're going today is going to be pretty dang icy.
34:11A truck hauling firewood, sidelined on a delivery.
34:18We're kind of in a remote area.
34:21If you don't get firewood delivered, you're not going to have heat.
34:24Oh.
34:26Also on scene.
34:29Yeah, they got up that far and then started sliding down and spinning
34:32and probably panicked a little.
34:36The truck's owner.
34:39How much firewood you got in?
34:401300 pounds.
34:42This thing looks really good.
34:44Like there's no damage whatsoever.
34:46But with little room on the narrow road.
34:49Snatch block through that tree to the front.
34:52And pull and anchor the back.
34:56AJ turns to his surroundings.
34:59I'm anchoring and redirecting off of the tree.
35:14That should be good.
35:16I'm going to go across the way to a tree.
35:19With a snatch block coming back towards the front of the truck.
35:26And I'm going to run my passenger sideline directly across down to the rear of that truck.
35:34And basically slingshot it right out of the ditch.
35:39There we go.
35:43Using a handheld remote.
35:45I just hope we don't pull that tree out of the ground.
35:48AJ must coordinate both of his winch lines for the 10,000 pound pole.
35:56There's a lot on the line.
35:58You got to pay attention to what you're doing.
36:00Things can take a turn really damn quick.
36:04My main goal is to get it out of here without doing any further damage.
36:12I'm watching the customer's truck to make sure it's not binding on anything.
36:27There we go.
36:35Finally.
36:36Perfect.
36:37The firewood truck is back on track.
36:41And he's coming right out, which is really good news.
36:44And on its way to its next delivery.
36:48Recovery went really well.
36:49There was no damage done to the customer's vehicle.
36:52And getting this load of firewood out of the ditch and to the customer is pretty ideal so that people
36:57can stay warm.
36:59Be safe, man. We'll catch you another day.
37:01Be safe, man.
37:06Beautiful sunny day.
37:08To the southeast in Hope, B.C.
37:13Oh, it's nice to be getting in here, you know.
37:16After a thousand kilometers and delayed for days.
37:21Be good to be in my own bed tonight and relaxed.
37:26Jamie and his 50-ton are finally back to base.
37:31It's really nice to get the truck back.
37:33Nice to be back home.
37:35Hey.
37:35Nice to see you.
37:37I made it.
37:39I'm really glad that he made it home.
37:41Give me another one.
37:43You know, everyone's safe.
37:45Come on out of a seat by the fire and relax.
37:47I need to just sit and zone out for a while.
37:50After the accident, it's taken more than a year to shake it and get your game on again, get your
37:57nerves back.
37:58Yesterday was a bad day.
38:00Tomorrow's a new day.
38:02I'll sleep good now. I'm home.
38:04Yay!
38:08Anybody tell me how the number three eastbound is tonight?
38:13As night falls on the Crow's Nest Highway...
38:16Who knows? Pretty thing can happen.
38:19A Jamie Davis towing, Special Envoy heads out.
38:24We're on the way to Highway 3.
38:26With AJ on a final mission for the day.
38:30We're well below zero degrees tonight.
38:34But tonight's job...
38:36I think we're coming up on him pretty quick here.
38:38...will be a step in a different direction.
38:41Sedestrian walking on the southbound side.
38:48Is there an accident or something?
38:50On Highway 3...
38:53Nope.
38:56AJ hones in on his target.
39:00Are my eyes deceiving me?
39:03A veteran on a special mission.
39:09How you doing?
39:10Good brother, how you doing?
39:12Getting cold, but I'm still kicking.
39:15What's the story here?
39:18Sedestrian walking on the southbound side.
39:23For weeks, Marcus Jefferson...
39:26I started at Tuk Tuk Tuk.
39:29As being on a march across Canada to raise awareness for mental health.
39:36I was serving in the military.
39:38That's where I found endurance sport.
39:40It alleviates my mental stress.
39:42And I just want to share that with the world through physical activity.
39:46A long ways to go.
39:4722,000 more.
39:53Tonight...
39:54AJ's keeping him company.
39:56One of the things I really respect about what you're doing is...
39:59As a tow truck driver and being...
40:01Sometimes you're first on the scene to an accident.
40:04We see some pretty gruesome stuff.
40:06And it's okay to talk about it, right?
40:08With first responders, you guys...
40:10Anybody that's seen anything traumatic in their life...
40:13A lot of people don't want to open up about it.
40:15It's a stigma.
40:16And I just want people to know that they can get over their traumatic events.
40:21Talking about it's the only way to get through to that.
40:23Real experiences and connecting with people.
40:26If you can share your stories with somebody that's experienced something similar...
40:30That's helped me a lot.
40:31I'm glad I had the pleasure of coming down to talk to you.
40:34The pleasure's all mine, brother.
40:36Before saying goodbye, AJ leaves a parting gift.
40:41You know what? I've got more of these at home.
40:44So, I'll give you this one.
40:46Oh, man. Right on, brother.
40:48I feel better knowing that he's going to be seen.
40:51Man, I appreciate this.
40:53This is going to go a long ways, bro.
40:54You have a good one, buddy.
40:56I honestly do wish him the best.
40:59And that this does raise awareness.
41:15The next day, in the Fraser Valley, Jamie pays a visit...
41:24Looking real good.
41:25To his prized LA rotator.
41:28The rotator's, you know, had its repairs done.
41:32And it's ready now to go to the body shop.
41:41Sounds really good.
41:45When I see the rebuilding of the rotator, it's kind of the brightness or the sunshine in my day.
41:57Loading it onto a tilting trailer...
42:01There.
42:01That's it.
42:03Jamie is sending it off for its next stage of repairs.
42:08It looks like hell to most people right now.
42:11But I can see we're all beautiful and back together again, and I just can't wait.
42:18It's made me realize that, yes, there's bad days, but there's also good days.
42:26Don't lose any sleep over your bad days, because the good ones are just around the corner.
42:39The next time, on Highway Through Hell...
42:45Be ready for it to shift.
42:47Mangled metal.
42:49The cab's gonna fall off.
42:50Reliable makes the cut.
42:53Give it a little tug and see what happens.
42:55A sideways semi...
42:56Has autos...
42:58That sucks.
42:59Over the edge.
43:01Coming down.
43:02Oh, there's a car right there.
43:04And training day.
43:06Watch yourself when you get to the end.
43:08With the twins.
43:09No, no. You're gonna go in the ditch.
43:28Come on.
43:29The...
43:34Dohers...
43:35You...
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