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Highway Thru Hell - Season 14 - Episode 07: Push, Pull, Or Drag
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00:05This time, on Highway Through Hell, off-road, and up a tree, reliable gets tricky, on a blind
00:20curve, Jamie heads upstream, and holiday cheer, for the biggest toy run ever, in Hope BC, Christmas
00:44is in the air.
00:54Drivers on Highway 1, push to get home for the holidays, but stuck on a blind corner, a disabled
01:11utility truck, called to the scene, Jamie Davis, is on a mission to retrieve it, with swamper,
01:34Martin Steffek.
01:36Yep.
01:38A service truck has lost its back wheels, it's on an off-ramp, and on a bad corner.
01:45With drivers racing by, Jamie, takes control of the traffic.
01:56For me, this job is all about safety.
01:59We're on a bad corner, you don't have good line of sight here.
02:03No!
02:04No, more.
02:05More.
02:06I'm going to oversee everything.
02:08There.
02:08That'll keep it.
02:12Okay.
02:13Let's go.
02:16But on the narrow six foot shoulder.
02:19It's dangerous, you know.
02:20In a 100 kilometer per hour zone.
02:25Drivers on the holiday rush.
02:27They don't seem to slow down for us, and they shouldn't move over.
02:32Pose a close threat.
02:33It's our lives too, you know that matter.
02:37Very easily, this truck could be hit by another truck coming around the corner.
02:41Oh my lord.
02:44Doesn't see it, bang.
02:46There's just going to be flagging for a bit.
02:50Please slow down.
03:16On highway one through Hope.
03:18So just take that one up.
03:20Okay.
03:20As far as you can go.
03:22Just five minutes from his yard.
03:24We're going to block the whole off ramp, Bob.
03:27Jamie and his team handle their own traffic control.
03:31You can't see coming around that blind corner.
03:34To remove a utility truck from a bad spot.
03:39I want you to stay about right in here.
03:42Yeah.
03:43But with no rear axle, they can't lift it from the front.
03:47In order to pick this thing up by the back end, the tow truck's actually got to be facing the
03:51wrong way in traffic.
03:53Signaling to drivers ahead of the corner, Jamie will block off the exit.
03:58Enabling his wrecker to drive the wrong way down the off ramp to the wreck.
04:08Okay you guys, you can come up now.
04:11With the off ramp closed.
04:14Oh, here we go.
04:15Long haul expert Mark Richards drives against the flow in a 35 ton record.
04:24I could not hook up to the front of this vehicle because it's his rear that's gone.
04:29I'm left with no choice.
04:31I have to go the wrong way on the highway.
04:35Let's do it.
04:36Also pitching in tonight, Jamie's latest recruit, Maxim Chamberlain Norman.
04:43There's not much thing that scared me right.
04:46Oh, look at this guy.
04:50Wow.
04:51But you never know if there's a transport that's going to come and not going to break.
04:57Whoa.
04:59Safely in position.
05:02Got to make sure she lines up.
05:04They move quickly.
05:06Stop.
05:08Bring it back a little.
05:09Whoop.
05:10To hook up.
05:13And get off the highway.
05:15Okay, stop.
05:17Yeah, now go up a bit.
05:20Yeah, there you go.
05:22I'm good on my side.
05:24Me too.
05:25Yeah, it's going to be a tricky, tricky haul.
05:27With the wreck loaded up.
05:29Put the straps on.
05:31Yep.
05:33Ratchet straps.
05:34Lock it down.
05:37You're good on your side.
05:38We are good to go.
05:40We are good to go.
05:42Utility truck in tow.
05:45Jamie will escort Mark's wrecker against the flow of traffic to the nearest turnaround.
05:53We got a little bit of a scary thing here to back up in traffic.
05:57Okay.
05:57Oncoming drivers.
05:59Okay, so you're going to follow me and back up and stay over that side.
06:02Continue to race by at over 100 kilometers an hour.
06:07Keep my lights off until I get to the other side.
06:09Yeah.
06:09Until you go to make the right turn.
06:11Okay.
06:11Okay.
06:13There's a fairly tricky maneuver to do what we're doing here.
06:16This isn't something we do every day.
06:19Well, I've never done this way before.
06:22You ready to go there, Mark?
06:24Yep.
06:25Okay, we're leaving now.
06:28It's a very scary feeling going the opposite way on traffic.
06:34Good morning.
06:37Good luck.
06:38Good luck.
06:52A lot to compact in snow now.
06:57400 kilometers northeast.
07:00They're flipping a little bit.
07:03Near Revelstoke, BC.
07:06I heard there was a big wreck.
07:10The visibility is not great.
07:13A Benz towing 50 ton hurdles along Highway 1.
07:18With lead operator, Mike Topperchak.
07:22This section of highway is going to be a little bit foggy at times.
07:25That doesn't help matters.
07:27It's been a busy night up here tonight.
07:30Highway crew is trying to keep up.
07:31But there's only so much you can do on a day like this.
07:34Every available hand is out making sure the highway stays open.
07:38Mike is the operations manager for the day-to-day functions in Revelstoke.
07:44Very focused, highly skilled.
07:47Definitely the right guy.
07:52Just ahead.
07:58A refrigeration trailer knocked clean off its hitch.
08:03How the heck do you do that?
08:06It's in the ditch.
08:07It's well in the ditch.
08:08The loaded semi lost traction.
08:11Crossing lanes.
08:13Decoupling as it crashed.
08:17Gets well in the ditch.
08:19Arriving at the site.
08:21So...
08:23Mike...
08:23see here
08:26Gets a peek at the trailers frozen goods
08:31french fries
08:36This is probably right off
08:38But we also need to get that cargo salvage as quickly as possible especially the perishable mode like this
08:44While he waits for an unload crew
08:49The highway's foreman is determined to clear the tractor
08:54Their job is to make sure that the road is flowing as freely and smoothly as possible
09:00And we're in obstruction on that road right now. Oh, yeah ready to start pulling here
09:11Mike winches with a line to the tractors frame
09:18But the rear axles not really great it are deep in the ditch
09:24As I'm pulling I'm watching how the wrecks reacting
09:27I need to put down and re-rig somewhere better to get a better angle
09:31That's gonna be a little bit of a head-scratcher
09:39It's not pretty
09:41On Highway 1 near Revelstoke
09:45Mike from Ben's towing adds a second line
09:49Yeah, that'll work
09:51To dislodge a mangled wreck
09:58I'm going to try and bring the tractor up without bending or breaking the frame
10:03Right now the problem is just going to be getting it to the road in one piece
10:07Swapping a line to the far side
10:13Makes for a more gentle lift
10:16It's all pretty good for a buggered up unit
10:20And Mike's quick thinking
10:25It's the damaged unit back on the road
10:29Perfect
10:29They don't usually get folded up quite this bad
10:33But his tractor troubles are just getting started
10:37There's no really good way to tow a twisted truck like this
10:41It's not really much choice
10:44How am I going to pick this up?
10:49There's a lot of loose pieces, a lot of loose trim, loose plastic
10:53There you go
10:55In this case the frame is also bent and cracked
10:58My biggest concern right now is that if we go down the road that crack will get worse
11:03And we'll end up with us dropping the wreck on the highway
11:07Adding to the pressure
11:09Highway's authorities urgently want the blocked lane clear
11:14In this case it needs to be off the road
11:20So we're going to truss it up the best way we can to take it away
11:27Right there
11:30With a 10-kilometer drive back to home base
11:33Perfect
11:36Oh yeah, let's see if that's going to hold it
11:37Mike does what he can with the chains he's got
11:41Are you taking it to your yard or are you just going to dump it at the pullout?
11:44No, I'll come to the yard
11:47If I can pick it up here and it rolls it's going to keep going I'm not stopping
11:52All right, let's see if that's another
11:56Now his improvised rigging will be put to the test
12:03Not like that
12:05Any guy in this business likes his twisted metal likes a puzzling
12:07And this one is no different
12:09Just watch your toes
12:17No
12:20I think that was the frame letting go
12:23Oh boy, that's a mess
12:29Four and a half hours southwest
12:31Okay, we're leaving now
12:33On highway one through hope
12:36Jamie and his team
12:38It does play on your nerves
12:41Are extracting a disabled utility truck
12:44I can't do a three-point turn on the highway
12:48So I have to come up the highway the wrong way to get him off the road
12:53Now this is where it gets kind of dangerous
12:56With Jamie in the guide truck
12:59Mark's wrecker will tow the wreck half a kilometer against traffic crossing at a nearby turnaround
13:11People ain't used to seeing a truck or any other vehicle coming towards them when they're going one way and
13:17I'm coming at them this way
13:20Got a wrong way driver
13:23That's weird, man
13:25It's like, honey, what's this?
13:27How come that truck is going this way on the road?
13:29He's going the wrong way
13:30That scares people
13:32He's on the wrong side of the road
13:35We want to make sure we don't have any problems here
13:39Jamie leads the way in reverse
13:43It's the scariest part right here
13:45This is the kind of job that puts the hair up in the back of your neck
13:48You have to have all these moving parts there. Everything has to work just perfectly
13:55Another semi coming
13:58It's the person who's not paying attention that scares me the most
14:03Here's a guy here right now
14:04Waiting for a break in traffic
14:07Driving a million miles an hour doesn't slow down
14:11As they approach the turnaround
14:14There's a car coming right now
14:15Mark picks his window
14:17As soon as that vehicle goes we go
14:20And crosses over
14:22Okay, go
14:24Go
14:26Come on, baby
14:29But the 40-foot combined unit
14:34Overshoots the turnaround
14:36And risks being hit if it has to reverse
14:40He shouldn't have done a wider turn
14:42Hard right, hard right
14:44Come on, come on, come on
14:50You got her
14:52At last Mark pulls back into the flow of traffic
14:58Now I'm a normal truck driving on the highway
15:02We got the job done
15:04Perfect
15:05See how touchy that was
15:07The moment that he's across in the right way in traffic
15:11I'm happy
15:13My stress level drops right then and there
15:15You gotta blow up that
15:17Amazing, right?
15:19Risky business but
15:20It's done
15:21Have a good night now
15:24Merry Christmas
15:29Near Revelstoke on Highway 1
15:32I think that was the frame letting go
15:33Mike is struggling to hook on
15:36To a tractor in rough shape
15:38This is definitely one of the more twisted ones I've seen in a while
15:42If they don't usually bend the frame that way
15:49Worried about dropping it on the way there
15:54Actually, you know what?
15:54We're going to put it down and rework this
15:56I'm not at all happy with that
15:58Adjusting his rigging
16:01Awesome
16:04I trust this up enough that it might
16:06Might maybe hold?
16:08Mike reinforces the frame
16:10With a chain binder
16:12It's going to hold together or it's going to cut itself apart for us
16:15One of the two
16:15For the 10-kilometer trek to the yard
16:19We want to bring it up in one piece
16:21Rather than have it break on the way up
16:24Okay, watch yourselves
16:27The re-rig with the chain binder
16:32Holds
16:33So we can shut down westbound and I'll slow crawl down the hill
16:36And with a sign off from the highway foreman
16:39Yeah, I cleared that one up really quick
16:42Mike
16:42We're going to roll out of here
16:44Is ready to go
16:48That's what they need to lift that hole
16:52You're just going to want to watch out when I go by
16:53Because I'm not sure how stable this thing is
16:56The name of the game is to get the road open
16:58So
17:00Push pull or drag, she's leaving
17:03The first mangled piece
17:06Oh, it's still on there
17:07Is headed to the yard
17:08Any recovery is a good recovery, right?
17:11Everyone's challenged and everyone's a little bit different
17:14This one's a little different
17:16But with the trailer still on its side
17:20That's a bit of a mess
17:21The job is far from over
17:25Done for the night
17:32Frosted rigged up
17:3410 kilometers east of Revelstoke
17:38Haven't cleared that thing yet
17:40On highway one
17:42Nope
17:44Last night's sideways semi-trailer
17:47Awaits recovery
17:49Not in good shape
17:52Here to prep the scene
17:55A Ben's towing one ton
17:57All right
17:58And an operator hailing from the other side of the globe
18:02Give it a go
18:03Max Mitchell
18:06I'm 28 and originally from New Zealand
18:09I'm an engineer back home
18:11Came over here to holiday
18:14And there was this job available and
18:17Three days later I had a job
18:19Plan here is just basically get the bogeys out of the way
18:26Earlier today
18:28An offload crew emptied the load of french fries
18:32Must have taken them all day to unload that trailer
18:37Now
18:38Take your grabbing both axles?
18:40Yeah
18:41Only the offload company's owner
18:43Bill Bremner remains
18:49You've never done one of these?
18:51Not one of these, no
18:53When you're starting out you don't really know the limits of the truck
18:56It's going to be the strongest I think
18:58Because I don't think it's going to slide too much
19:01So you're sort of being thrown into it
19:05Using doubled up winch lines from his one ton
19:10Max tries to peel the axles away from the trailer
19:15You might have to rotate the back end around
19:17But something
19:20Is catching
19:22It's all there for a second bud
19:23Sure
19:24The front end of the bogeys is digging into the frame rail
19:27Which is kind of stopping this corner from coming over
19:31Luckily for Max
19:33Bill
19:33Still still has his offload excavator on site
19:41Free now
19:43That'll work better
19:47A gentle nudge
19:48And the bogeys
19:52There you go
19:53Are free
19:55All right
19:56From the eight foot ditch
20:01That'll work well
20:03Went pretty smoothly in all honesty
20:05With the bogeys out
20:08Max faces the real challenge
20:11Like okay you've got that stuck down there
20:16How are you going to get that out?
20:37250 kilometers southwest
20:39They got a good dump up here
20:42In the mountains near Kelowna
20:45They put the car out to try to get in
20:48Recreating her
20:51A reliable towing 50 ton
20:54Ventures far from home base
20:56Road trip
20:57With John Dodds
20:59On a solo mission
21:01A little bit more snow up here
21:03Than I thought there'd be actually
21:04I love working by myself
21:07I am a team player
21:08But sometimes it's just better
21:09To be in charge of the scene yourself
21:12I had about four people try to tell me
21:14That I'm going to need a rotator for this job
21:16And I don't feel I'm going to
21:22Not too sure what the back road's going to be like up here
21:26Just off the highway
21:27On a private back road
21:33A 30 foot camper
21:36Hangs on a river's edge
21:38You just never know what you're going to show up to man
21:41We're going to have quite the adventure today
21:50John
21:51Right the truck
21:53Is greeted by the owner
21:55Is this going to be home
21:56Until you build something up here
21:57Yeah
21:58Who plans to live in the camper
22:01While building an off-grid home
22:04She almost went in the creek
22:06We were towing the fifth wheel up the hill here
22:08And she just started spinning
22:10And then just slid right back
22:13This is his home
22:15It's his livelihood
22:16Thank god it only went where it did right
22:19We got to try to get this out in one piece
22:22But before John can get to work
22:24He barely fits
22:26He must find a way to get his eight foot wide record
22:30To the other side
22:32I got to lift the trailer over out of my way
22:35And then I can get around it
22:38John's only option
22:40I got to try to get up into this tree here
22:43Is to get resourceful
22:46By your right foot there's a nub
22:48Your knees basically on it
22:49Yeah right there
22:51I like doing these back road recoveries with limited room
22:56It gives you the ability to show off your skill a little bit more
22:59Yeah so basically I got to get to here so
23:02Hell yeah you got it
23:04Most of the time you would think of a tree being in your way as an obstacle
23:13I pride myself on making sure I can get something done using my head and thinking outside the box
23:1920 feet up the tree
23:21Oh
23:22That was my leverage
23:26Oh my
23:27John rigs a snatch block to redirect his winch line
23:34There you are
23:38That's right more risk more reward
23:41I couldn't work in an office
23:44By rigging snatch blocks to trees
23:47John will direct his pull from the opposite side
23:51Clearing the way for his wrecker
23:55Hey pull a bit see what happens
23:57With remote control in hand
24:00This tree is a little thin
24:03And a safety line to the owner's truck
24:06To stop the camper from sliding into the river
24:10Watch your head and stuff
24:11Oh yeah
24:12John tightens up
24:16I'm going to give her a shot and see how she goes
24:24Once we got enough room I'll get around it
24:28There she goes
24:31John's sequence of snatch blocks
24:34There's a shift
24:36Does the trick
24:38Okay I can get around that now
24:40If it looks good it looks good you know
24:43Okay I'll back up
24:47John's 50 ton squeezes through
24:51You can do anything with a straight stick that you can with a rotator
24:55Just takes more use of your brain
25:01The hard part's still ahead of us here
25:07Oh yeah she hit the rock hard
25:09The home on wheels took a hit going in
25:13Oh yeah
25:13Just bent right up almost into the floor
25:16And one wrong move could turn the rescue into a write-off
25:21You don't got to go far
25:23Nope
25:24It's down hung up on a large section of riprap rock
25:29If I just run a low line across it's just going to rip the whole bottom out of this trailer
25:35Rather than winching
25:36About eight inches
25:38John reaches out with his underlift
25:42Cheat in there
25:45Moment of sketchiness
25:46Booming up gives him lift
25:51Cracklin
25:54But as he pulls in
25:57As a tow company
26:01We are held responsible for any damages that we do to people's units
26:07I like the sounds of that
26:13Cracklin
26:14In the hills southeast of Kelowna
26:18This is going to be the sketchy sketchy part
26:20An off-grid camper rescue
26:23A little dodgy
26:26Is banking
26:27Sound is crunching
26:29On John Dodd's underlift
26:32What I am worried about is all the noise I'm hearing
26:35Up at the front tongue of the trailer
26:38To be someone's actual home
26:40Especially with how fragile these things are
26:43It's very important we get this out in one piece
26:45Just keep an eye on this little crack
26:47And yeah
26:52What's happening is we're getting a bite into this rock here
26:56I want to add more of a lift
27:00Yeah I'll go one on this side and one on that side
27:04So we got to get really creative
27:07Needs a little extra pull
27:12With his underlift still attached
27:15John will run lines to trees on either side of his wrecker
27:20Routing them to the camper's rear axles
27:23To overcome the rocky bank
27:29All righty
27:31Let's see how this goes for us
27:34Loading his lines
27:41John puts his winches to work
27:45Yeah she's coming
27:48How's that tree holding
27:51She's putting quite a bit of weight on that
27:55Yeah I know shifting
28:08Okay moment of truth
28:14We don't do if it doesn't work for John Dodds
28:21Good
28:22Yeah we're good we're out
28:26This one looks good
28:32You fared pretty good bud
28:33To everyone's relief
28:35As big as those boulders are
28:38That were underneath it
28:40The damage is minimal
28:43The story ended really well
28:44I was actually getting really worried about it there for a second
28:49Relaxing his grip
28:50John offers a courtesy toe
28:53Feels great
28:55I took some creativity and a lot of teamwork from both our parts
29:00To where the owner will live
29:02While he builds his new home
29:07You're a good man John
29:09No problem my friend
29:10Good man
29:10He came in with the expectation damage was going to get done
29:14Saved my camper
29:17And seeing that very little was done
29:19Is definitely got him feeling good
29:22Definitely not no rotator job though
29:28I feel good to be able to help
29:29I feel good to be able to do that
29:35They went on the highway 1 in
29:37Four and a half hours northeast
29:40Yeah, single way
29:41A Ben's towing 50 ton returns to the scene
29:46Hey Mike, are you on this channel?
29:49I'm on this channel, yeah
29:51With Mike
29:53That looks like I went pretty quick and easy
29:56Back to help finish what he started
30:00Sometimes jobs are quick
30:01Some of these jobs like this can just turn into a marathon
30:08Headed eastbound when it lost traction
30:10The semi-trailer caught an edge
30:14And broke free from its tractor
30:19One for you, one for me
30:21I think you can probably just go off the bumper there
30:24That'll be enough
30:24Okay, do you want me high or low?
30:26Low
30:27With Greenhorn Max hooking to the rear
30:31Mike hooks the front
30:34Perfect
30:36Working inside a single lane
30:38The shoulder on this particular stretch is measured in feet
30:41And not very many of them
30:43They must make use of every inch
30:48Am I still inside the line?
30:50You're good
30:51I'm gonna get ahead of you here and then let you to your end
30:55Max has been a very good student for his time here
30:58Yeah, I got a puppy
30:59This is going to be a bit of a challenge for him, but I know he's up to it
31:04Alternating between Mike's 50 ton
31:06Okay, we'll let you catch up
31:08And Max's one ton
31:10Pull on
31:17I'm gonna run out of line shortly
31:21They bring the trailer up as far as they can
31:25In their cramped workspace
31:28Okay, freewheel your line and we'll wait for traffic control
31:34But to get it fully out of the ditch
31:39They'll need to shut down a second lane
31:44We're taking this lane only
31:46So cut yourself hard over when you come ahead
31:50Okay
31:50Pulling traffic
31:52We're going to one lane
31:54All yours
31:55With a critical route down to a single alternating lane
32:00That's good, right there
32:05Okay, go ahead start pulling
32:06I'll keep up
32:08Mike kicks it into high gear
32:11Highway one is the main commercial corridor between bc interior and the rest of canada
32:17Keep rolling
32:17And they obviously they want to have us cleared and gone as soon as possible
32:21What's the hold up?
32:23One lane only
32:31East of Revelstoke
32:35A tricky trailer recovery as the trans canada highway
32:40Down to one lane
32:43You going?
32:44You going?
32:47Mike and Max
32:49Bring her right to your under reach
32:53Heave ho
32:54Good, just hold it, I'm going to pull
32:56To bring a toppled trailer back on pavement
33:00The goal is to do this with minimal traffic instructions
33:05Ah, it's going like it
33:11There, she's touching down
33:12Yeah
33:15That'll work, she's sitting flat
33:17Okay, Max, you can set her down and get out of there
33:21The trap can go through
33:24Max clears his record
33:26Looks like we're moving
33:29And the backlog on highway one
33:32Is released
33:34Nice guy
33:36Now we load it up and get it out of here
33:40But towing the trailer away is not an option
33:43We're going to land off the trailer because it's on its side and there's no wheels left
33:49And the tilting trailer
33:53Don't break it
33:55Needs a little help
33:58See if the excavator will give it a little bit of a push
34:01The excavator is a handy little piece of equipment
34:03It's got the blade, it can push things
34:06Ready?
34:07Yeah
34:10Watch that front corner, Max
34:13Let me know when it's up over the first axle
34:20The extra muscle from Bill's excavator
34:27Pushes the trailer all the way
34:30Yeah, that'll do
34:31On deck
34:33Enough
34:34It's up
34:36Coming over
34:38Yep
34:39Still plenty to learn
34:40But yeah, I think we're in a pretty, pretty good place
34:43And Team Reliable's Ben's towing
34:46Oh yeah
34:48I'd call that a load
34:50Takes the win
34:52Okay, I'm out of here
34:54The recovery plan went well, the highway's open and everybody's happy
34:58They got it all cleaned up
35:00Mike's built a very good team in Revelstoke
35:02He managed it all and I'm very proud of them
35:06That's amazing
35:10Five hundred kilometers southwest
35:13Well gentlemen, Santa came early
35:16In the Fraser Valley
35:17Merry Christmas
35:20Aggressive towing
35:23So if you want to use this table
35:26Is decking the halls
35:28Today we have our sixth annual tow truck toy run
35:32Every year it gets a little bit bigger
35:35Collecting toys for kids in need
35:38Jason Davis' daughters
35:40Mattia Davis
35:42And Jasmine Lewis
35:43Are aiming to outdo their previous toy runs
35:48This year we actually had the military reach out to us
35:51And they wanted to participate
35:52So they are here today
35:54Sometimes you don't know how they're going to top it
35:55But they come up with these ideas
35:57Makes us strive to want to keep doing it
35:59And making it bigger and better every single year
36:02This year making a surprise first time appearance
36:07It could be Mrs. Claus
36:09Incognito
36:10Jamie Davis
36:13You look funny too
36:14And his wife and business partner, Sherry
36:19In past years I've been out of town
36:21Or working or somewhere
36:23I'm here this year
36:25I'm going to hang out there for the day
36:26And enjoy it
36:31Howdy
36:33Hi
36:33See Merv, I wanted to be like you
36:35You want to compare?
36:37The whole towing industry puts in a big effort to throw this on
36:40And just to watch how many people turn up
36:43And all the items we get for donation is incredible
36:46I got more of a beard like him
36:49It feels great and everybody's lovely
36:52Lots of new faces and lots of old dudes
36:56The thing is itchier than heck
36:57You want to try it, Jason?
36:59No thanks
36:59Try it off
37:00No
37:00Just a little bit
37:00Come on
37:01How are you?
37:02Good, good
37:03I actually enjoy just talking to the guys that you know there
37:06We don't really see each other as much as you would think
37:08Because everybody's busy doing their thing
37:10This is my main man right here
37:13Every year I say this but every year it's true
37:15Do you think it'll fit you?
37:18Okay, around the ears
37:19Yeah
37:19You gotta be down a bit
37:21I'm sorry
37:22I'm so impressed with the ability to bring the industry together
37:25There you go
37:29Convoy's almost here
37:32Finally it's the main event
37:35A Christmas convoy
37:39Merry Christmas
37:42Look at all the people
37:45And a strangely familiar guest of honor
37:48Welcome to the toy run
37:58At aggressive towing
38:02There we go
38:06The sixth annual Christmas toy drive is underway
38:12And with over 50 tow trucks from across BC
38:16Wow, that's a lot of trucks
38:19It's their biggest
38:22And brightest
38:23And brightest to date
38:24All of us in the industry I think take pride in that
38:27It shows their dedication to helping people
38:31There's the army
38:32Look at that
38:34It's even caught the attention
38:36All the kids
38:37Of the big man himself
38:39I feel like I need some hairspray
38:44Jasmine, Tia
38:45I've known those girls since
38:48Like that
38:49And
38:51I'm very proud to see them take the initiative
38:55To organize this whole toy run
38:59How are you today?
39:01You're so cute
39:02All they gotta do is walk up with a good fresh chocolate chip cookie
39:06And they're in
39:08After six years of toy runs
39:11Being able to see the trailer fold up is definitely a rewarding feeling
39:15Santa will be leaving with his heaviest haul yet
39:19It helped shed a better light on the towing industry as a whole
39:23It's kind of inspirational to see all these tow truck guys come together and help Santa out
39:27What's your name?
39:28It's all for a good cause
39:30For me to be able to go this year was a good thing
39:35There you are
39:37Merry Christmas
39:41This is definitely no holiday yet
39:44About 600 kilometers north
39:47I don't want to be near for Christmas
39:48I gotta be at home
39:50Near Quenelle, BC
39:54A tough luck lumber hauler
39:56Has Rob Barber
39:58And Kyle Langlois from Otto
40:01This is new
40:03Working the holidays
40:05Tighten up
40:08It's hard because
40:10Someone's gonna work Christmas day, Christmas eve
40:17Every tow truck operator's wish at the end of a season is probably a little vacation time
40:23Are you as happy as I am to see that come up?
40:26But we're the only ones that are out there to keep the traffic flowing
40:30The super heavy super bees back on the road
40:34I like that
40:36With an improvised two wrecker tow-up
40:38I've never seen a truck meeting two tow-ups to get up a hill before
40:47But despite being on the clock
40:50Does he look better like that?
40:52Or like this?
40:54The team back at the auto yard
40:57Like that
40:57Does their best to brighten holiday spirits
41:01Is there any more lights in?
41:03Yeah, our days during the wintertime are short
41:06So it's nice when you see the lights light up the yard
41:12Good afternoon Otto, Kim speaking
41:14It's hard, right?
41:16It's a festive season
41:17Everybody wants time off to do stuff
41:19And you don't always get it
41:27But the following morning
41:29Beautiful sunny day
41:33So what kind of tree are we going to look for today, girls?
41:35I want one that's soft
41:38On a rare day off
41:40Kyle's on a special mission with his family
41:43You don't want a pokey one?
41:45No, they hurt
41:46They're all going to be pokey
41:48Yeah
41:48Every Christmas time now we go out and we get a real tree
41:52Oh wait, that one, that one, that one
41:54That one's nice
41:55That one's nice
41:56Okay, let's go take a look
42:00We found the tree
42:02Think it'll fit?
42:03Yeah
42:03Hopefully
42:04I actually look forward to these and enjoy them
42:07Because they don't happen a lot
42:10More throttle
42:11There you go
42:13I want it
42:16Doesn't really matter what the tree looks like
42:18It's a family event
42:19It grows memories for everybody coming out and doing this
42:22Up and over
42:23That's hard
42:24Today's haul
42:26We got a tree
42:27Is the kind of job every toman wants
42:31Heading into the holidays
42:33It's kind of nice to be able to stop
42:36Ready, girls?
42:36Yep
42:37Yeah
42:37And make the best of it for the short amount of time that I do get off
42:42Can we get another Christmas tree?
42:44Go on to the basement
42:50Next time on Highway Through Hell
42:53It's supposed to be three or four semi trucks
42:56Lumber mayhem
42:58Damn
42:59Causes carnage
43:01on the coke
43:01The ambulance needs to get bought
43:03Smells like chickens
43:04A farmer in the ditch
43:06It's like a smorgasbord of wreck
43:08Has aggressive on the line
43:12And Alexis shows Jamie
43:15This is the biggest thing I've ever told
43:17How it's done
43:18Quite the way it's done
43:44In the middle of nowhere
43:50It is being a andŚ©
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