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highway thru hell s13e05
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00:00This time, on Highway Through Hell...
00:03This is just gonna be ugly.
00:06...rocking the rollover...
00:07She's a little heavy.
00:08...a fresh team...
00:10It's smokin'!
00:11...over the edge...
00:12No!
00:14It's not good.
00:16...Jamie...
00:17Back end's going over.
00:18...holds on...
00:20Oh, oh.
00:21That's stiffy, eh?
00:22...and aggressive...
00:24Hold on, hold up.
00:25...gets down and dirty...
00:28Oh!
00:32Anybody know how the crow's nest is?
00:35On Southern British Columbia's Highway 3...
00:39Take your time on a good windy and flat tail.
00:46Truckers navigate the Twisting Route...
00:50Just be careful on a couple of the turns there, eh?
00:54...through the Cascade Mountains...
00:57Anybody who's traveled Highway 3...
00:59...knows it's a switchback area.
01:02Rock face on one side...
01:04...then there's a cliff on the other.
01:06Very narrow roads.
01:09But as daylight fades...
01:12When she gets dark, it's a whole different game, you know?
01:18...and there's an accident.
01:25Oh, man.
01:28Right across the entire highway.
01:32Heading to the mess...
01:33...in a reliable towing pick-up...
01:36Speed is a lot of the factor around here.
01:40Merritt Regional Manager...
01:42Lane Perry.
01:43If you're not coming down that hill right...
01:46...somebody's gonna get hurt.
01:48This is my backyard.
01:50I like to be one of those guys that make sure that...
01:53...we're up there cleaning the roads up.
01:56Let's go!
01:58Following in reliable's 35-ton heavy...
02:01...big bloom.
02:02Got a call from the RCMP like an hour ago.
02:06Junior Operator Josh Bunz.
02:09We're just trying to get there as quick as we have.
02:13I come from a mining background...
02:15...and it's got a lot of similarities with towing.
02:19I always admired the tow trucks...
02:20...and I always thought the wreckers were...
02:22...very impressive pieces of equipment.
02:24Yo!
02:26Man, this sucks.
02:29That looks like it was a nasty ride.
02:31This is just gonna be ugly.
02:35Okay.
02:38Also on scene, another reliable 35-ton...
02:42...with Junior Operator...
02:44...Katelyn Weldry.
02:46This is my first rollover and recovery at night.
02:50What a bunch of carnage.
02:52Right?
02:53It is on its side, totally blocking the road.
02:56She's a little heavy.
02:58This is a fully loaded trailer.
03:00The cargo is produce.
03:02Mainly apples.
03:05With the wreck blocking both lanes of the highway...
03:10Okay.
03:11...the team needs to act fast.
03:15We want to get the truck off the road as quick as we can...
03:19...so everybody can carry on with their life.
03:23It sounds like it's gonna be a fun trailer pickup.
03:49On highway three
03:51The road's closed fourth way
03:55Yeah, there's a tractor trailer across the road
04:00The pressure's on
04:01Concerning, right?
04:03For Team Reliable to clear a semi blocking the road
04:08Okay
04:08It is a very critical artery from Vancouver to Alberta
04:14Definitely priority right now is to get the trailer out of the way and get the lanes open
04:20Apparently the driver was okay but he's brought to the hospital
04:26Half an hour earlier, the fully loaded semi
04:30Lost control
04:34Slamming into the rock face
04:38Before rolling over
04:45We're gonna pull the trailer away from the truck
04:48The quickest way to clear the highway
04:51Drag it right off the road
04:54Shriek
04:56Is to do it one piece at a time
04:59I want to get Big Blue straight on right here
05:02Okay
05:03We're gonna hook up Big Blue and hopefully just drag the trailer off to the side of the road
05:18We ran a snatch block just to make sure we're doubling our pulling power
05:22You guys ready?
05:24Give her
05:26Lane takes on the controls
05:28They were separating
05:30So Josh
05:32Okay
05:32Can be his eyes on the kingpin
05:35Okay
05:36Hold on
05:36Go slow
05:38This trailer is fully loaded and it seems very heavy
05:41Yeah
05:42They're separated
05:44Okay
05:44Whoa
05:45With a loaded trailer weighing 45,000 pounds
05:50We're gonna get you to
05:52Turn around
05:53Turn around and be pointed towards the front of this
05:55Lane opts to clear it off the road
05:59Then we'll see what we can do
06:01Okay
06:02Before they figure out how to ride it
06:05Because there's so much weight in the trailer
06:07That's good, Josh
06:11We need to find the best angle to pull the trailer out
06:14There's holes right here past me that chain
06:20Soft strap around the front
06:24Strong enough?
06:26I think I'm gonna double it up if I got enough pain
06:28Cut
06:30Boom
06:31Two
06:34I want somebody on that end to just watch the trailer
06:38And I want somebody on that end to watch the trailer, okay?
06:43I'm worried that we may rip the trailer in half
06:47The integrity is what we're worried about
06:51Because all the weight is pushing on it
06:53And it's not sitting upright any longer
06:55Okay, here we go, boys
07:06Keep going, yep
07:10Just making sure that the trailer moves as one unit
07:15Because we don't want it to break up
07:17Yeah, it's all moving as one
07:19Yeah
07:23Smoking
07:25But as the trailer
07:28Inches off the road
07:30No!
07:33Hang on!
07:49How is the highway going to the valley?
07:53180 kilometers west
07:56Rush hour
07:59On highway one
08:04Wow, look at that!
08:08A green 50 ton is on the move
08:11Just another night on the highway one
08:13With Al quiring at the wheel
08:17Fifth wheel pin came disconnected somehow
08:22Heading out onto the highway for a trailer disconnect from a tractor
08:27Not a great spot
08:30The semi was traveling at speed
08:33Something happened
08:35When the trailer separated
08:40Probably made some sparks, I bet
08:44It's definitely clear that it came disconnected
08:48And it fell off the back of the truck
08:50It's a lot better than being flipped over on its side
08:53That's for sure
08:53And maybe when it pinned in, it didn't pin in right
08:59With rush hour just starting
09:01Al needs to remove the dangerous distraction
09:05The traffic is horrendous out there
09:08Backed up everywhere on the highway
09:10It's good as night as any to plant potatoes
09:16With the front of the trailer flat on the road
09:19It's pretty hard to get a chain underneath the trailer
09:24Al is forced to feel his way in
09:27To hook his chains
09:29I've told many, many broken trailers
09:33It's just a process of getting the chains set up
09:38And that'll give me enough that I can pick the front of the trailer out
09:45But as he finally lifts the trailer
09:51A closer look
09:55Reveals the trailer is severely compromised
09:59The trailer frame is completely broken
10:02This is going to become a real issue
10:04Due to haul this unit off the highway
10:06I'm just going to have a look in the trailer before we lift it right up
10:10I'm going to see what the actual load consists of
10:13And see how much weight is on the front of that trailer
10:17At this point we're hoping maybe we can just get it down to the parking lot here
10:22A towman's worst nightmare
10:24It's got a full load
10:26And the trailer frame is broken
10:29Oh, are you kidding me?
10:34Anybody know what's happening on Highway 1?
10:37Rush hour in the Fraser Valley
10:41Recovery in process
10:44Oh
10:46What is this?
10:48A dropped trailer
10:51Fragile, whatever it is
10:52As Al in a delicate situation
10:56You don't want to see a big fragile sign
10:59The load is ceramic tiles
11:02Weighing 80,000 pounds
11:05My mom always said I was a bull in a china shop
11:10And I see that
11:12It's like, whoa
11:13Let's close the doors
11:16To get the compromised trailer off the road
11:20We're just going to slide the axles at the back
11:24Al will need to use every trick he has up his sleeve
11:28It's the power of will
11:32See if we can get the axles underneath it a little
11:35We're going to move the wheels forward underneath the trailer a little bit
11:39So it's carrying more weight
11:41Yep, going, going, going, going
11:45Well, we've got to go a couple feet
11:47But it's sliding
11:49Yeah
11:51Transferring it more onto the wheels than the tow truck end where it's broken
11:56Yep, we're locked
11:59Are we able to get through there or is the traffic held up?
12:01With the pressure of traffic building
12:05All we can do is try our best
12:08Because we only got one time to lift it
12:12Al gambles on the trailer holding together
12:16Like a house of cards
12:18Be very ginger when you're making your moves
12:27Whoa
12:31What's going on?
12:33Two hours east
12:34It's a semi-rollover
12:37Hang on!
12:39On Highway 3
12:41What's the problem?
12:44Reliable's tipped semi
12:46The door bungled in
12:48Threatens to spill its load
12:50And it's starting to open up more and then the whole door just
12:54This load definitely needs to be unloaded
12:57The trailer's just going to break apart
13:01On a hairpin bend
13:03The semi lost control
13:07Smashing into the rock face
13:11And flipping onto its side
13:15I'll watch right here
13:17Offloading the cargo now will take hours
13:21Not getting through
13:23But with the wreck still blocking the highway
13:26I think I'm gonna keep going
13:28Lane risks it all
13:32You have to do what you have to do to get it open
13:38Easy
13:42Get
13:44Back
13:46With the trailer off the road
13:49We're good
13:51It gives enough room that both lanes of traffic can actually continue
13:56I think we ought to disconnect
13:58And we'll go and focus on the truck now
14:03Okay
14:05This truck is broken in three places
14:07So there's no real structural frame to grab
14:10We'll grab from the rear axle
14:12We'll grab from the spring hanger there
14:14Absolutely
14:15I like it
14:15Okay
14:20The plan is to get this tractor back on its wheels
14:24Hooked up to a tow truck
14:25Toed out of the way
14:27Just need all this stuff out of these live lanes right now
14:31I'll start feeding it through the holes on the rim
14:33If you could just help me make a loop
14:35Yep
14:38Just make sure that your hook isn't in the bite
14:42Okay
14:42That's when this sucker comes back over, right?
14:44Yep
14:50Okay
14:51Okay, here we go boys
15:02Keep going
15:08There he went
15:10Hell yeah, bro
15:12Okay
15:14Pretty exciting
15:15To see it land on its wheels
15:18Good
15:20Next thing we'll do Josh
15:22Get you right up in here somewhere where we can just drag this thing off the road
15:33With a quick re-rig
15:34Good?
15:36Yup
15:36Okay
15:40The tractor
15:44You taking your truck for a walk?
15:46Yeah
15:47Got a little leash on it?
15:49Is off the highway
15:51Traffic control on three, tow trucks are off the road, copy that?
15:55Copy that, thank you
15:56In 90 minutes
15:58Keep moving
16:00Keep moving
16:01He-haw
16:02Highway three is moving again
16:05Very impressed with everybody's work
16:08But the job is only half done
16:12That'll get unloaded in the morning during the daylight
16:15I think is the safest
16:18For now
16:19We're pretty well good to go I think
16:21Hell yeah
16:22The newest reliable members call it a date
16:26I love working with Kalen
16:28And Lane
16:29Fearless leader
16:30Let's go
16:31Good work man
16:32Thank you
16:33Good work
16:34Really good
16:35Proud to be on this team
16:38It was always exciting for me when we bring on a whole new group of people
16:43The recovery is done for the night
16:46Right on, thanks guys
16:51This is nice
16:54On highway one
16:56Uh-oh
16:58Al's fragile trailer
17:01Thing is bugging
17:03Has started to give way
17:07Pick something up that's broken and you're gonna hear settling, crumpling, banging
17:12Saving the 80,000 pound load
17:16We'll fix that
17:18Will require some roadside engineering
17:23I'm just gonna chain the underneath with a truss
17:27I'm hoping I can get it picked up
17:32To reinforce the trailer
17:34Al will use blocks to support the frame
17:38And a chain to secure it in place
17:42While he attempts to tow it down the road
17:48Think in your mind what you need to do
17:50And use the equipment that you have available with you
17:54Okay, turn your up
18:03There you go, yeah, yeah, yeah
18:06Oof
18:08But the true test
18:09Okay, here we go
18:10Will be transporting the fragile cargo
18:15Come on sweetheart
18:1914 kilometers
18:21Eve home
18:23Back to the yard
18:26My biggest concern is we're one big bump away from
18:31A mosaic anywhere
18:35Can't really see it but I've got a tight grip on my seat
18:41Will just take your time
18:43We're top downs in here
18:44I'd rather just be a couple extra minutes
18:48Be cautious
18:50As long as we don't hit a big bump
18:52We should make it to the yard
18:58Easy, easy, easy
19:03After 25 long minutes
19:05Right on, happy landing
19:07Al finally eases the trailer into home base
19:17We always look forward to getting that load over the county line when we pull into the yard
19:22Beauty
19:23Every day is a challenge
19:25That's what I enjoy
19:26It's the diversity of the recovery business
19:29We made it home for dinner
19:42I've never seen it this pretty out here
19:46The next day, back on Highway 3
19:52Reliable Towing's heavy metal is on the move
19:56Going up to a rolled over trailer
19:59With lead operator Andy Cullow
20:03Lane and Josh had taken care of the tractor
20:08I'm going to come up and take care of the trailer for them
20:14Hours earlier
20:15That one goes there
20:1750,000 pounds of apples
20:20You're just building middle out
20:22Were removed from the trailer
20:25Beautiful, beautiful
20:29Now
20:30I see a trailer on that side, right on the side of the room
20:36Andy gets his first look at the empty trailer
20:43Let's go have a look
20:48Let's go have a look
20:49Mmm, apple pie
20:52Door is toast
20:54The trailer's looking kind of rough
20:56That's not going to be very nice
21:01If you get it wrong
21:02The box could crumble and end up across the highway
21:08Okay
21:08Nobody told me it was this bad
21:12The trailer on its side there
21:15On Highway 3
21:16The whole wall's messed up
21:19Andy's in a solo face-off
21:21Nasty
21:22With a beaten up trailer
21:25The back door got pretty ripped up
21:27When we stand this up
21:29It could fall apart
21:32Being the flagship truck guy
21:36You're the person they call on to solve all their big issues
21:40Working by myself
21:42But when you're out alone
21:45You need to be on it
21:51You're holding?
21:52But to recover the trailer
21:54Holding
21:57He'll need to shut down the highway
22:07There's always a crunch on time
22:11You don't want to block the highway any longer than needed
22:16There's always a crunch on time
22:16A line to the top of the frame
22:18And a line to the rear axles
22:23Andy starts the pull
22:59Look at that
23:02Wasn't too bad
23:05Roll went good, nice and quick
23:07Fun times
23:11In less than 10 minutes
23:13He can let them go both ways
23:16The highway is reopened
23:18Yeah, thank you
23:22They opened it up
23:24We're gonna hook to the front of the trailer
23:26And get it off the highway
23:27Perfect
23:32Nice
23:33Nothing to it
23:36Looks not too bad
23:38We're strapping the door
23:39Because the door frame
23:42Is not so much a frame anymore
23:48The two-day recovery
23:54Is finally done
23:57It's not just one person or two people
23:59It's our whole team work together
24:02I'm really proud of the people that we have
24:06Everybody's starting to help out in the business
24:09It's good to see
24:11They cleared up that wreck
24:13Let's go home now
24:29Watch the snow
24:31Watch the snow
24:32Watch the snow
24:34Watch the snow
24:42Oh man
24:43A lone 4x4 wrecker
24:47It's quite a ways up there
24:49And Jamie Davis
24:52Are in search of a wreck
24:55It's deep this snow
24:58The off-road jobs can be quite interesting
25:01You don't know what's gonna happen
25:05Ten kilometres into the bush
25:08Jamie arrives to a luxury motorhome
25:12Teetering on the edge
25:14It's kind of straddled the ditch on the right side
25:16So it's gotta lean to it
25:17Hello
25:18The vehicle's owners
25:20Are tourists visiting from Europe
25:24I come slowly
25:26And don't see the eyes
25:28Then from one second to the other second
25:31It's go right
25:31And then it's finished
25:35You'll get people from out of town
25:36Or travellers that will go on the back roads
25:38And that will become really treacherous for them
25:43This one
25:45He's done a good job of making sure his camper van doesn't flip over
25:50But while the owner's makeshift rigging impresses Jamie
25:55I think we could take this off
25:57Afraid he falls
25:58Afraid that it's gonna fall?
26:00Yeah I think we have to undo if we can
26:05It's time for the professional to go to work
26:09You just need the right tool for the job
26:11Okay
26:12Thanks
26:12I'll hold that
26:13Okay
26:18I'm in a plough by a little bit
26:21And then I'll back up
26:22Okay
26:24They've shipped this unit from Switzerland
26:26It's their prized possession
26:28So it's really important to pull this unit out
26:31And let them carry on the trip
26:34Now in position
26:36Jamie can start hooking up
26:38We're gonna pull on two points
26:40So that we're steering it back on the road
26:41And bringing it out at the same time
26:43But rigging to the $200,000 camper
26:47It's plastic
26:48Is a delicate operation
26:51Yeah, it's not good
26:53They're made to look pretty
26:55They don't have heavy rigging or pull points
26:59Jamie rigs a round sling to the rear axle
27:03If you don't do the right things
27:05You could have more damage
27:06Just around like this one
27:07But for the second pull point
27:09And we'll put the block in there
27:12Jamie turns to his surroundings
27:15We'll put this in there
27:17Yeah
27:19We've got some really good trees
27:20We can redirect the angle of our pull
27:22Using snatch blocks
27:24Okay, it's locked on, chain's good
27:27Yeah, okay
27:30The toe pin, a little bit weak
27:32But we will try
27:33Weighing over 8,000 pounds
27:37Jamie gambles on his rig point
27:40Hopefully it doesn't break
27:41A lot of weight in this unit
27:43I'm a little bit nervous on the front toe pin
27:45Being strong enough
27:48They're not meant for pulling on sideways
27:55Okay
27:58Hold it?
27:58Yeah
28:00He's steering the unit in the right direction
28:05Okay
28:06So that we can bring that front end over
28:21Yeah, we have to be careful a little bit
28:26Pull
28:27The trees start to realize the weight that's on it
28:32I'm a little nervous
28:35I don't want the tree coming down
28:40The driver's wife
28:45Spots a problem
28:46Yeah, I see, I see
28:48The back end's going over
28:50Oh, oh
28:51Oh, oh
28:55On a back country road
28:59I won't do any more on that one
29:02A high end camper
29:04So we'll stop
29:06Threatens to topple over
29:10We better stop before we do end up flipping this thing over
29:14It's coming up here, I don't like that
29:16We need to get a different tree
29:19The angle that we're pulling on
29:20Is lifting the back end of the van up
29:23And wanting to tip it over
29:25There?
29:26Yeah, we gotta go to that tree
29:30We've gotta re-rig it so that the angle that we're pulling on
29:33Is gonna pull down, not up
29:37Satisfied with the new pull angle
29:39Just hold on the brakes for a minute
29:42Okay
29:43Okay
29:44Jamie and the driver
29:46Restart the pull
29:47Okay, I'll pull him out
29:55Let him in neutral now
29:56Yeah, okay
29:59Ooh, that's tippy, eh?
30:07A little bit more
30:17What do you think?
30:18Are we on the road?
30:20After a quick inspection
30:23Yeah, it's on the road
30:25The luxury camper is out of the ditch
30:28It really makes me feel good to give them a hand
30:31Without any damage
30:33Thank you, the customer's doing all the hard work
30:36But before they leave
30:38Yeah, yeah
30:39They get on as a swamper
30:41Okay
30:43The owner chips in one last time
30:47You know, he's hands-on, perfect
30:49Now we go back to Halifax
30:51With more than 5,000 kilometres to go
30:55For now shipping to Hamburg
30:57The couple can continue on their journey
31:01No, it's okay, it's good
31:03I really enjoy the off-road, backwoods kind of recovery jobs
31:08Jamie goes the extra mile
31:11Just do your work, get it done, and it's all good
31:16Plowing the road on his way out
31:19I'm happy
31:24Beautiful sky
31:26600 kilometres southwest
31:29Yeah, you know it
31:30In the Fraser Valley
31:32Highway 1 looks great today
31:35A 50-ton rotator heads to an early evening call
31:39We're on our way
31:42With aggressive towing's Chris Mervin
31:45We're going to head into Chilliwack today
31:47A customer that fortunately has his truck in the ditch
31:53When you enjoy your job, you don't really work a day in your life
31:56I just got the rotator
31:59Four or five years ago it was me getting all those calls
32:02As I stepped back, Merv stepped up
32:06Hot on his heels
32:08In a 50-ton wrecker
32:11Accidents happen every day
32:12Junior heavy operator
32:14Jayden Dick
32:16We're running Merv's old 50-ton now
32:20Definitely a lot of pressure, there's a lot more that could go wrong
32:2520 minutes ahead
32:31The wreck
32:34Is deep in the ditch
32:36This roadway is actually a busy thoroughfare to get to the upper side of Chilliwack
32:46As daylight fades
32:48Is that playing there pretty good?
32:51Team Aggressive arrives on scene
33:03A lot of real estate
33:04Yeah, tons of fun
33:05It's a very narrow roadway we're dealing with
33:09Not gonna have much outrigger out either
33:11No
33:12Overall
33:13Overall, not much room to play with
33:15But this wreck
33:16We're looking at
33:18The roll-off truck in the ditch
33:20Is no ordinary dump truck
33:24The roll-off truck, they can actually roll the bin on and off
33:27This is gonna be a big problem
33:29It definitely is a specialized vehicle
33:32Hopefully they'll hold up
33:33It's not something that you can really yank on or pull on too hard
33:38The unit
33:39The worst part is eventually it's just gonna be a sharp drop-off and a sploosh
33:44Is sitting in a foot of water
33:48It's a very deep ditch
33:49It has definitely got water flowing in the bottom of it
33:51Holy
33:53Man, it's like
33:54All good, all good, all good, all bad
33:57Anyone know what's going on?
34:00In the Fraser Valley
34:03Yeah, one million old doesn't try to pick a truck in a ditch
34:06On a narrow stretch of road
34:09Is she empty or loaded?
34:11Merv and Jayden
34:12Empty
34:13Face a specialized roll-off truck
34:18Stuck in a waterway
34:20It's fully in the ditch
34:21On its side pretty much
34:24Hold on, big rig
34:27Good enough
34:28I don't think your boots are gonna help you in that
34:30Yeah, no
34:32I'm not a huge fan of water
34:33I don't really like swimming or being wet
34:36Okay, so this cable goes to this rail
34:39Working in tight quarters
34:41That way when I swing my boom it comes out proper, yeah
34:45Merv takes full advantage of his rotating boom
34:50We're looking to keep a lane of traffic open at least
34:55And the rotator just makes it easy to achieve that
34:59Hey, you can hold the snatch block up off the ring up
35:04Yep
35:08With the 50-ton pulling the front
35:11And the rotator lifting the back
35:15They'll coax the truck out of the ditch
35:21Try one, we'll see if we can start making that come up
35:24We got that shackled side loaded pretty good
35:27With 16,000 pounds on the line
35:33Watch your head, it may go flying
35:35Okay
35:37All eyes are on their rigging
35:40Fighting the bank on the way up
35:42Adds a lot of extra strain to the wrench cables
35:46Keep going
35:48Keep going
35:49But as they winch against the bank
35:56The wreck
35:59Threatens to tip
36:00Okay, hold on
36:03I do not want to make the phone call to say it rolled over
36:10Want that second line on or?
36:12I think what I want to do is put a grey strap on it and come around the backside of
36:15the bin
36:17We're going to wrap a strap around it just to give it a little more support
36:19We'll chuck that up and over
36:22This truck's probably worth, you know, $150,000
36:25I can't see the other side
36:27We want to make sure this thing comes up down on its wheels and stays on its wheels the whole
36:31time
36:33But rigging to the other side
36:35Ah, I'm the wreck monster
36:37Means someone has to brave the water-filled ditch
36:42Still getting wet
36:44Oh, that's cold
36:45Yeah, mm-hmm
36:47Being the junior guy on scene, I've got to get down and dirty when I have to
36:52That's really freaking cold water
36:54Oh my
36:57Yeah, it's not going to be warm water
36:58Man
37:00Cold water builds character
37:01I have more than enough character, I don't need to be in that cold water
37:08Okay, send her to the moon
37:09Ready?
37:10Yeah
37:10They don't call them swampers for nothing
37:14Back to work
37:16With the extra line now in place
37:19Pull a little bit here
37:20Pull a little bit?
37:21Yeah
37:24They begin round two
37:31Keep going
37:32Keep going
37:33But as the roll-off truck
37:35Yeah, keep going
37:37Makes its way up the bay
37:42It's plowing a lot because we're bringing up a very steep angle
37:45That's all bound up
37:48We're definitely adding resistance
37:55Hang
37:57Hold on
37:59Hold on, hold on
37:59Hold on, hold on
38:02What's happening?
38:03On a narrow roadway
38:06We're in clear, pulling the truck out to the ditch
38:10A 16,000 pound truck
38:12Hold on, hold on
38:14As Team Aggressive bogged down.
38:19I can make my end come up, no problem, but yours is a fight right now.
38:23Just with the way we're pulling, it wants to pull the nose through the bank.
38:27To encourage the wreck to roll forward instead of sideways.
38:32Pull forward five more feet.
38:38Jaden repositions his 50-tot.
38:44Try rolling her up and out now.
38:47We need to get it on such of an angle where the tire starts riding up the dirt.
38:51Tell me when.
38:52Yeah.
39:05Pull in a little bit more.
39:14Pull her up a little bit here.
39:19That's the first wheel.
39:20Yeah, keep going like that.
39:23Claws its way onto pavement.
39:25Almost there, buddy.
39:28Hold it.
39:30What we should do, switch that to the other side now that we're up here.
39:34A final re-rig.
39:37Okay.
39:38Give her.
39:40And Jaden pulls the second wheel.
39:47We're on the money.
39:49Back up onto firm ground.
39:51Okay, Nicky Bird.
39:52Head out of there.
39:53Leaving the rest to Merv and his rotator.
40:02There we go.
40:03Watch Merv do something like this.
40:05It's pretty interesting.
40:08Probably pretty close to your truck, so let's go take a look at that.
40:14It can be a difficult maneuver.
40:16Picking one end of the truck and swinging it between two.
40:20Hell yeah, brother.
40:22Hey, she's ready to load.
40:23Almost.
40:24It's like, almost.
40:25The customer will probably be pretty happy that it stayed in one piece.
40:31I always enjoy working with Merv.
40:34Everything went smoothly and the truck's out of the ditch.
40:38Good job, homie.
40:40See you back in the yard.
40:42Jaden went swimming.
40:43He did awesome.
40:46Definitely nice.
40:48One day maybe having my own swamper.
40:52I got it all cleaned up.
40:55Gotta say, those guys do a pretty good job, eh?
40:58Yeah, that's for sure.
41:10Days later...
41:11I was going there, bud.
41:13I'm just taking her easy, man.
41:15At aggressive towing's headquarters...
41:19You've still got four hydraulic lines that gotta be undone and fed through.
41:24Merv...
41:25Just checking to make sure I've got everything.
41:27And Jaden...
41:29Make sure the aggressive fleet...
41:33Is ready to launch at a moment's notice.
41:40Critical that we...
41:41We're not down a bunch of trucks.
41:44Past few years, for sure, work-life balance has changed.
41:48Hi.
41:50Hi.
41:50How are you?
41:52Aggressive boss Jason Davis...
41:56Has been stepping back from the gritty part of the family business.
42:03Merv's now the forefront person that goes out.
42:06Just checking everything.
42:08And, you know, the Jadens are coming up in the world.
42:14The time that I missed spending with my kids growing up, I might spend that time with my grandkids, for
42:19sure.
42:24Heads up!
42:25It's nice to know that your team is ready to go anytime.
42:30Yeah!
42:31You can rely on the do-whatever.
42:33Awesome!
42:35Yeah, it's perfect. It's great.
42:38Lunch break!
42:42Next time, on Highway Through Hell...
42:45Something burning?
42:47Indeed.
42:49Careful, careful.
42:50Merv...
42:52...tests the waters...
42:56...trushed...
42:58...on the coke...
43:01...with Team Reliable...
43:04...and Moving Day...
43:06...sounds really good.
43:07...for Jamie's Precious.
43:09There?
43:09That's it!
43:36There?
43:37There?
43:39There?
43:40There?
43:41There?
43:41There?
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