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Highway Thru Hell - Season 14 - Episode 04: Under Pressure
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00:05This time, on highway through hell, a near miss, as reliable under pressure, Jamie's new iron,
00:22helping the competition, and team MSA.
00:30Face an emergency.
00:31That ambulance is here!
00:37What's the traffic like going in?
00:39You can only go as hot as the guys in front of you.
00:45In western Canada,
00:47Those stretch roads like running a gauntlet this morning.
00:51Highway 1 runs deep.
00:54Be advised, we got another slowdown.
00:56Through the mountains of southeast British Columbia.
01:02In one of the few open areas of the mountain pass,
01:07lies Three Valley Gap.
01:15He went in there, gangbusters, and lost it.
01:19Must have been a little rough ride.
01:23465 kilometres from home in Abbotsford, MSA's 50-ton heavy lion heads to the scene.
01:32We got a call for a loaded tractor trailer in the ditch.
01:37At the wheel, the youngest of the Bandwait family, Gurkirit, or Gurk, with his brother, Gursimrit, or Sim.
01:46We know that the wreck is in a wetland, so we're not sure exactly what that means.
01:50So, that may be a challenge.
01:53My dad's in the moose.
01:55Their father, Kirpal, and swamper, Koljit Kang, follow in the 35-ton.
02:02We're wanting more equipment to keep the boys busy and get the business going.
02:08Our new hire, Umar, he's in our tandem bed.
02:11We'll know in a little bit what we're up against.
02:16There's a tow truck on, Steve.
02:20That's pretty bad.
02:23The MSA team gathers at a pullout just down the narrow road.
02:28We'll walk down there first, take a look, because they're going to have to shut a lane down anyways, right?
02:35Two days ago, the semi lost control, hurtling down the steep embankment.
02:43Slamming onto its side in a marsh.
02:49There is water.
02:52If this trailer is sitting in the water, it's going to be bad.
02:57Let's see.
02:59Because it's going to be full with the water.
03:03But taking a closer look...
03:05Oh, yeah.
03:06...reveals...
03:07That's all diesel here.
03:09...a bigger problem.
03:11You can smell that diesel, eh?
03:13Yeah.
03:14There's diesel in the air.
03:19Oh, boy.
03:21Yeah, it snapped you.
03:44Oh, some guy coming off the road here.
03:4735 kilometers west of Revelstoke.
03:50We have a gap on both corners here.
03:53That's perfect.
03:54Team MSA is ready to rig.
03:57We'll be able to get our straps in and do our initial pick.
04:00But a spill will require clearance.
04:04Yeah, we've just got more diesel here than we had initially anticipated.
04:08Minutes later...
04:09The way it's sitting right now, it's all just puddled up in one spot.
04:13An environmental emergency response officer...
04:16Come right here.
04:17Yeah, there's already a path going down.
04:19...is on site.
04:21Five liters or 500 liters.
04:23If it's a diesel spill, it's a diesel spill.
04:25You have to report it.
04:27It doesn't look like it's spread anywhere.
04:30No diesel, nothing in the back there.
04:32The truck couldn't have settled in a better way.
04:35With the diesel confined to a small area...
04:38They want us to recover the truck first.
04:42Then they'll start the radiation process.
04:44Okay.
04:45They get the green light to begin.
04:48We'll get our trucks pulled through.
04:49And we'll get the show on the road.
04:52Because the diesel is confined to a small area,
04:55we're going to recover the wreck, get it out of the ditch,
04:57and then we'll deal with the diesel after the fact.
05:01We've got more than enough muscle.
05:02We'll be good.
05:03We're going to try our best to work quick.
05:06Toad truck's getting ready.
05:08It's a single lane both ways.
05:11That stretch of the highway is very crucial.
05:13There's no detour anywhere near there.
05:17Toad truck's on C.
05:35250 kilometres west.
05:3810 to 1.
05:40On Highway 5.
05:42About five minutes out.
05:44Reliable Towing's 35-tonne Elsa
05:47is on the move
05:49with operator John Dodds.
05:52We got a call for a rolled-over reefer trailer.
05:57Coming to a stop.
05:59It's a load of groceries and sushi.
06:06A reefer truck is broken in half
06:09deep in the ditch.
06:12The truck and trailer
06:14are completely destroyed.
06:16Half the wall is split open.
06:19With the unload crew nearly finished.
06:22Yeah, so we've got two skids left in there
06:25that still have some weight on it,
06:26so I'm just waiting for the medium-duty wrecker
06:28to get here.
06:31A 16-tonne arrives
06:33with Reliable's Jesse Manu.
06:36I might have you on this end.
06:39This is a nasty one.
06:41Start swinging this that way.
06:43This is definitely a big job
06:44without a 50-tonne.
06:46And then yard it up the hill
06:47on its side.
06:48Okay.
06:49So that it slides on the snow.
06:52We're working up about a 50-foot drop,
06:55and we're going to be fighting snow
06:57in the hill the whole way up.
06:59Duane's here.
07:01Got a tandem deck now to help out.
07:04We've got a bunch of light-duty guys
07:06helping out in the heavy division today.
07:09Reliable operator Dwayne Smith
07:11rounds out the team with a deck truck.
07:14We're going to try to land it
07:15between all the trucks.
07:17Today's going to be a bit
07:18of a learning experience.
07:21Hey, here we go.
07:23John Dodds is a unique character.
07:25He's a hard worker,
07:27needs minimal supervision,
07:29and knows his way around a tow truck.
07:32I've got to separate them.
07:34Okay.
07:34There's no way it'll come up together, so...
07:36No doubt.
07:38I'm confident that he's going to be able
07:40to help the others that don't have
07:42as much experience in learning
07:43on these big wrecks.
07:45Oh.
07:47Run this one down to that front axle.
07:49We'll bring the other one to the trailer.
07:52We'll try to swing the tractor like this
07:55while we pull up on the trailer.
07:57Okay.
07:58We're going to run this one over
08:00and that one to the back.
08:01We're going to separate the tractor if we can.
08:04The fifth wheel plate's pretty twisted,
08:06but we're going to see what we can do.
08:08No snatch block.
08:09No snatch block.
08:12What's going to be tough about this one
08:13is getting the truck detached from the trailer.
08:17Merit manager Lane Perry is also on scene.
08:22They should just give it a try right now
08:23and see if we can separate.
08:26It's very important to support each other
08:28out on the road.
08:31Okay, tighten her up.
08:38John's 35 ton works the tractor...
08:41Think I'm good where I'm at now?
08:43...as Jesse's 16 ton...
08:45Try to straighten it out.
08:47...and Dwayne's flat deck...
08:48We've got to give John boy all the help he needs.
08:51Pull on the trailer's bogeys.
08:53It's my first time really getting out there
08:55with a bunch of new guys
08:57and trying to show them how to do it.
09:00You're coming up way high.
09:02I know.
09:02Okay.
09:05I'm going to be learning a lot from him.
09:07Heads up.
09:08And we're going to work together here
09:09and get this done.
09:11Oh, he's moving it.
09:14Under John's coordination...
09:17How's that?
09:17...the three wreckers...
09:19There you go.
09:22That's good.
09:23...pull the units apart.
09:25Gotta love that!
09:27We're under pressure to get this thing off the road.
09:30We've still got quite a bit of work ahead of us here.
09:33Fingers crossed.
09:38Two and a half hours east.
09:40Traffic in Three Valley Gap.
09:43They're alternating traffic.
09:44Squeezes by Team MSA.
09:48Floor steady.
09:51Given that the trailer is hauling mail,
09:53we're not allowed to offload it
09:55without the proper authorities.
09:57We're just going to flip it
09:57and recover it as is.
09:59Kapal's youngest son, Gurk...
10:01Without doing any damage.
10:03...takes command.
10:04You want to pull those straps out right now?
10:06Yeah.
10:07His boots are all soaked,
10:09so he's got to put the waders on.
10:12With Koljit swamping.
10:15Okay, Koljit, I'm going to go down.
10:17Yeah.
10:18Gurk is a good leader.
10:20Ladder, ladder!
10:22But sometimes, he's just a little bit too bossy.
10:27Whoa!
10:30Okay, Koljit.
10:32Take this strap
10:34and feed it
10:36underneath that corner there.
10:39Crossing our straps allows us
10:40to evenly distribute our weight
10:42all the way through the trailer.
10:43Make sure it's seated properly.
10:45Without causing any more damage.
10:51With the trailer's wall
10:53bearing the weight of the load,
10:55the 50-ton will take on the front.
10:58The 35-ton will cross over for the rear
11:01while also using its side puller
11:04on the tractor's drives,
11:06with the deck truck pulling on the nose.
11:11Tighten it up, Mr. Ben!
11:15Should we do this?
11:21Forced to recover
11:23the trailer loaded.
11:28Sim, let me catch up a bit!
11:32They start to roll it.
11:35Sim!
11:36Tighten up your highline a bit!
11:41Safely out of the water.
11:44This was the easy part.
11:47Getting the trailer
11:48upright without damaging it.
11:50Now we've got to get it out
11:51without damaging it.
11:53Yep!
11:54But without their lines...
11:56Keep tension!
11:57...the wreck could easily
11:58topple back over
12:00at any moment.
12:02Let's get there, I think!
12:03That's it!
12:03Kind of a vulnerable stage
12:05in the recovery right now
12:06because this bank is very steep.
12:10Last thing we want
12:10is this trailer to go back over.
12:13They couldn't have picked
12:14a worse spot.
12:18Looked like much activity
12:19going on in there.
12:21At Three Valley Gap...
12:27MSA holds a wreck
12:29from toppling back over.
12:31I think it might be better
12:32to get my truck
12:33in the front now.
12:34But they need
12:35to reposition their wreckers.
12:38Okay, I don't think
12:39I'm going to be able
12:40to let go of my top line.
12:42To pull the semi
12:43up the bank.
12:44We're going to have to
12:45shut down both lanes then.
12:46We got it up
12:48nice and smooth.
12:49So now we're going
12:50to reposition
12:51some of the trucks
12:51and get it back
12:53onto the road.
12:56Two days ago,
12:57the semi lost control
13:01and landed in the marsh.
13:05We're going to need
13:05to shut the highway down.
13:08Now...
13:11They need a complete
13:12closure of Highway 1.
13:14We don't want
13:15to shut the highway down
13:16but it's really
13:18the only way
13:18to do it at the moment.
13:20With traffic stopped...
13:22I'm holding on my end.
13:24The 50 ton repositions
13:26at the rear.
13:29So I backed
13:30and I turned my truck
13:31around so that
13:32we can get the moose free.
13:34The whole road
13:34is shut down here.
13:36And once I've got
13:38all the weight
13:38on the 50 ton here,
13:39we're going to get
13:40that high line
13:41off of the moose
13:41and we're going to
13:42get all the tension
13:43on the high line
13:43of the 50.
13:46Let this line out, bro.
13:50Okay, bro,
13:51that's good for now.
13:52But as the big
13:5350 ton takes the weight...
13:56You're not going to
13:57get more snug than that.
14:01Traffic is backing up.
14:03We have a time limit.
14:05And the clock
14:06is ticking.
14:08Clean up the mask.
14:09Let's get going.
14:15An hour north of Merritt
14:16on Highway 5.
14:19Rites are on.
14:19Tow truck's up there.
14:22Reliable wrestles
14:23with a destroyed trailer.
14:25Pull that way.
14:26We've got to hold
14:27tighter on it.
14:28Working with
14:29smaller wreckers.
14:30I'm going to do
14:31a high end or low
14:32off that front end
14:33just to have more control.
14:34and a crew
14:35new to heavy recovery.
14:37Hey, I'm still learning
14:38every day of my life.
14:39If you ain't learning,
14:40you might as well
14:40get dying.
14:42John's team
14:46starts dragging
14:47the wreck
14:47up to the road.
14:51We're close.
14:57It's coming up
14:58nice now.
14:58But as they reach
15:00the shoulder
15:04They're up
15:05against a live lane.
15:08He just needs
15:09to hold it long enough
15:10for me to get
15:11my ass over more.
15:13Jesse's 16 ton
15:15squeezes in
15:16to take the weight.
15:18Can't quit now.
15:20We're at the spot.
15:21We're at that spot.
15:22Can't quit.
15:23Get her up here.
15:25I'm going to get
15:26out of the way here.
15:28Now Elsa
15:29can make room
15:30So he'll definitely
15:31fight us.
15:32For the arrival
15:33of a tilting trailer.
15:36We've got about
15:36an hour left
15:37to be off the road.
15:39As darkness falls,
15:41their window
15:42to finish the recovery
15:43is closing.
15:45We're at the point
15:46where we just
15:47got to get this thing
15:48pulled up onto the trailer.
15:50But the wreck
15:51may not handle
15:53another pull.
15:54It's definitely
15:55not in good shape.
15:57Right now,
15:58my biggest concern
16:00would be just
16:01the structure
16:01is gone completely.
16:03That's a hell
16:04of a park job.
16:08Both lanes are blocked.
16:10Everyone's stopped.
16:1130 minutes west
16:12of Revelstoke.
16:14As far forward
16:15as possible.
16:16Highway 1
16:17is shut down.
16:19They're just trying
16:20to clear the highway
16:21into the hangout.
16:23While MSA
16:24quickly repositions
16:26for their next pull.
16:28Okay, get me hooked up
16:29in the front now.
16:30We're going to get
16:31the moose on the front
16:32end of the truck,
16:33the 50 on the back
16:34end of the trailer,
16:35and the 40 TV
16:36kind of in the middle.
16:39You know, jackknife,
16:40done it'll come.
16:43With lines
16:44from the 35-ton
16:46pulling the tractor,
16:47the deck truck
16:49on the drives,
16:50and the 50-ton
16:51pulling the trailer,
16:53they'll jackknife
16:54the semi
16:55to haul it
16:56up the bank
16:57onto the rope.
17:00Because
17:01most of the weight
17:02in the trailer
17:02is at the front,
17:03we're able to
17:04jackknife the tractor
17:05and essentially
17:06make a 90-degree angle
17:07with the tractor
17:08and the trailer.
17:09Going good.
17:10Even if we were
17:10to let go,
17:11it's not going
17:12to go anywhere.
17:13That's it.
17:14Oh, yeah.
17:17Pretty sure
17:18the road's closed
17:19and it's running
17:19and there's...
17:22But as the
17:23jackknife pole
17:23starts showing
17:26progress...
17:26Got an ambulance
17:27running hot
17:28on Iowa 1.
17:30How far
17:30is that ambulance,
17:31man?
17:32Word comes
17:33of an approaching
17:35ambulance.
17:36The pressure
17:37is on.
17:38We don't want
17:39to hold
17:39the ambulance.
17:42Go, boom up.
17:43Boom up.
17:45Just as the wreck
17:46crests the road...
17:48The ambulance.
17:49He's coming up
17:50on you pretty hard
17:51here, buddy.
17:56Yo, that ambulance
17:57is here!
17:59This recovery
18:00is important,
18:01but somebody's
18:02life is in danger.
18:03Slide your thing
18:04over if you can.
18:06Kaljit,
18:07take that line off!
18:08It doesn't matter
18:09what.
18:10We have to get
18:10this ambulance go.
18:11Hey, Kaljit!
18:12Drop it, drop it,
18:13drop it, drop it!
18:14We have no choice.
18:16Got it!
18:18Boom down!
18:19Boom down!
18:20Boom down!
18:21Boom down!
18:24Boom in!
18:25On Highway 1...
18:26Yo, hurry up!
18:28...with their recovery...
18:30Wait!
18:30Wait!
18:31...perched
18:32on the precipice...
18:33Oh, my God!
18:35Yeah, you can come up,
18:36though.
18:36You can come creep up
18:37right here.
18:37...MSA must pause...
18:39Kaljit, back me up here.
18:41Yeah.
18:42...to make way
18:42for an ambulance.
18:45Have a safe night.
18:47Now that the first responders
18:48have passed
18:49through the recovery scene,
18:51it's time to get
18:52our trucks back positioned.
18:55Take this line,
18:56I'll do this line.
18:57Yeah.
18:58They reattach
18:59their lines
19:00to the rest.
19:02Go...
19:02Go on!
19:06As traffic
19:07is backing up...
19:09We have a lot of people
19:10waiting on us
19:11in both directions,
19:12and they can't go anywhere
19:13until we open the highway.
19:17Okay, watch your face!
19:18Yeah, give her!
19:20Give her!
19:21Give her!
19:22Give her!
19:22Give her!
19:22Give her!
19:23The moose and deck truck
19:25are pulling the tractor.
19:26Over there!
19:28It's working.
19:29We're almost there.
19:30We're going to get
19:30this thing out.
19:32Kaljit, how's she looking?
19:33It's good!
19:33It's good!
19:34Give her!
19:36In recovery work,
19:37there's always pressure.
19:39Hold it!
19:40And you've got to get it
19:41out of there
19:41as quick as possible.
19:43It's hitting perfectly
19:44on the asphalt.
19:45With traffic still stopped...
19:47Any idea how long
19:48it's going to be down?
19:49...and their 15-minute
19:51closure window done.
19:53Should be clear shortly,
19:54hopefully.
19:57They work quickly
19:58to open a lane.
20:00Just drop it.
20:01Let me move my truck
20:02forward.
20:05Sam will use moose.
20:08Okay, hook one
20:09of my lines up.
20:10I'm just going to
20:11drag this thing.
20:12Tell him to drive.
20:14To drag the rest
20:15of the wreck
20:16onto the road.
20:22I say just unhook
20:24the tractor right here.
20:25Okay, sure.
20:27Get this one lane
20:29open for alternating
20:29traffic or we're going to
20:31hook up and get out of here.
20:34MSA clears the far lane
20:36and traffic on the
20:38Trans-Canada Highway...
20:40They're backing it up.
20:41No, we're moving now.
20:43I'm feeling it.
20:44...is finally rolling again.
20:47The wreck is out.
20:48We have a proper
20:50environmental team lined up
20:51to come clean up the
20:52fuel spill.
20:53Let's go up!
20:58Like I said, we'll be home
20:59in time for dinner tomorrow.
21:01Not tonight.
21:04It was a tough job
21:06and it was dirty
21:08but we did it.
21:10At the end of the day,
21:12we got the job done
21:13so everybody's happy.
21:15Teamwork makes the dream work.
21:17Yeah.
21:18We're getting ready to go,
21:19yeah?
21:21Bye, you're done.
21:21Good night.
21:24There's more, thank you.
21:28There are still crews
21:30working on the highway.
21:31High on the Coquihalla.
21:34Lower down.
21:35North of Merritt.
21:37Hook your line to it
21:38and we'll start stocking it
21:39while I pull it over.
21:42Team Reliable
21:43must winch a demolished wreck
21:45onto a tilting trailer.
21:48All right, here we go!
21:50While they're pulling it up
21:51with the winch,
21:52I'm just keeping it straight
21:53on the trailer
21:54and helping it go up
21:55a little bit better.
21:57Keep it going!
22:00But the frame
22:02is biting.
22:03Digging into the trailer.
22:06Quite a bit of load
22:07still in the front.
22:09We're fighting it a bit.
22:10And the trailer's winch
22:13is struggling.
22:14They don't have
22:15a huge winch on it.
22:19John moves in
22:20to lift the corner.
22:22So we're just going to have
22:24to assist it a little bit
22:24with 35 tonne
22:26and see if we can't get it up.
22:27Well, I'm just going to
22:28hook another truck
22:29to the back
22:29now that I'm up front
22:30lifting it.
22:31Okay.
22:33Jesse moves in
22:34to secure the wreck
22:35with the 16 tonne.
22:37It's not too heavy,
22:39but it's quite a mess.
22:41All right, here we go!
22:47They pull again.
22:49Just a little bit
22:50though at a time, right?
22:52And the wreck
22:54inches onto
22:55the tilting trailer.
22:56Okay, how's that side looking?
22:59We're doing okay.
23:01We've got an accident here.
23:03Lower down.
23:05To speed the process up.
23:07Okay, let me unhook.
23:08Yeah.
23:09And move to the front
23:11because I can drag
23:11the front.
23:13John will try
23:14a new tactic.
23:17I'm going to hook
23:18a line up
23:19and try to drag
23:21backwards
23:22while he's winching
23:23the trailer forwards.
23:25He'll pull
23:26the tilting trailer
23:28under the wreck.
23:30It's not something
23:31I've ever done.
23:33In this situation,
23:34the winch just isn't
23:35cutting it,
23:36so we've got to do
23:37what we've got to do.
23:39Try now.
23:46But the wreck
23:49Hold up, hold up!
23:51We just split.
23:52Hold on!
23:53Is at its breaking point.
23:55We're going to rip
23:56the floor right here
23:57in half.
23:58It's definitely
23:59not in good shape.
24:02Okay, suck on it
24:03a little bit.
24:06He's ripping the wheels
24:07out of it.
24:10Watch yourself!
24:13On Highway 5...
24:15What's going on, buddy?
24:17Reliable's recovery
24:18is coming apart.
24:20He's ripping the wheels
24:21out of it.
24:22But it's all part...
24:24I know.
24:24...of John's plan.
24:26Gotta love that.
24:28All right,
24:28I'll just take saw in here.
24:30I'll get rid of all
24:31these lines.
24:32Okay.
24:36In this situation,
24:37the trailer
24:38was already
24:38a write-off anyways.
24:40We're just going to rip
24:41the bogeys right out
24:42the bottom end
24:42of the floor,
24:43tow them back separate,
24:45and it'll be a lot safer.
24:47Looks good to me.
24:48It's a pretty big
24:49learning curve.
24:49There's a couple
24:50techniques we learned
24:51today that
24:51that I probably
24:53wouldn't have learned
24:54anywhere else.
24:55With the bogeys
24:56cut free...
24:57I'm going to get it
24:58ready for transport here.
25:00Lane preps the trailer.
25:03We're just going to
25:04take it down
25:05to the next exit
25:06and clean it up
25:07and get it ready
25:08to get back
25:09to our home base.
25:12The longer
25:12we're in a lane,
25:13the longer
25:14we're hazards
25:15to other drivers
25:16on the road as well.
25:17I'm just going to
25:18flop it
25:18and tow it back.
25:21Using the 16-ton...
25:23What do you want me?
25:24We're going to hook you
25:25on the front axle.
25:26And Elsa...
25:27on the rear...
25:29Okay, load her up.
25:31...inches
25:32from a live lane...
25:35Okay, let it off.
25:37Okay, everybody
25:38watch your heads.
25:41John...
25:43...rolls the bogeys.
25:45Okay, hook it up.
25:47Get it out of here.
25:48Just watch behind you.
25:50I'm always concerned
25:53working next to
25:54a live lane.
25:57I really wish people
25:59would get the fact
25:59that we're just trying
26:01to do a job
26:04and get the road
26:06back open.
26:07Incoming!
26:11Accident almost happened
26:12right beside us.
26:13Oh my God!
26:15John's seen enough.
26:17Just time to get this
26:18thing loaded
26:18and get caught.
26:20And pulls his team...
26:22If you're loaded,
26:23get out of here.
26:24Thanks, boys.
26:25...for the night.
26:26Yeah, you're perfect, buddy.
26:28Hard part's over,
26:29at least.
26:30The tractor we're gonna
26:31have to come back
26:32for tomorrow.
26:33pretty good towing.
26:35Pretty good towing.
26:48The next day,
26:50300 kilometers southwest
26:54in the Fraser Valley...
26:56Today, my dad wanted
26:58a day off from towing.
27:00Quiring Towing's
27:01Big Green
27:01is on the move.
27:03He told me to take
27:04his record.
27:05We've got a small project.
27:06But it's Al's son,
27:08Kerry Quiring,
27:09behind the wheel.
27:11Not every day
27:12is a tow day.
27:13It's been very sporadic.
27:16So we do get creative
27:17with the work
27:17that we are finding.
27:19Today's job
27:20brings him
27:21to a surprising location
27:22in Hope.
27:24Looks like he's
27:24driving Al's truck today.
27:26As Kerry arrives
27:27at the Jamie Davis yard.
27:31Today, we have a small job
27:33helping take a cement drum
27:34off of a truck
27:35that he has to tow.
27:37The concrete truck
27:38took significant damage
27:40when the driver rolled it.
27:42How you doing?
27:43Good, man.
27:44Good.
27:44Nice to see you.
27:45Our families
27:46have been competition
27:47since birth.
27:49Competitors for decades.
27:51These three bolts
27:52on both sides.
27:54Okay.
27:55Today is a team up
27:56between the two
27:57legendary towing families.
28:00Can't recall a job
28:02I've actually worked
28:03alongside with Jamie.
28:05Take that hydraulic tank off.
28:06Mm-hmm.
28:08And here he is
28:09helping me
28:09to help my customer.
28:11It's going to be a good day.
28:13Okay.
28:14We just help each other out.
28:15and it's a good
28:16positive environment.
28:19Kerry will disconnect
28:20the drum.
28:21And then we'll just
28:22wrap a chain somehow.
28:23I've got big straps.
28:26Which is filled
28:27with hardened cement.
28:29I'm going by how...
28:31Dad's got a diagram
28:32on the tow truck.
28:33Oh, does he?
28:34Yeah.
28:36We estimate the weight of that
28:38to be around 55,000 pounds.
28:41The hardest part
28:42is getting out
28:42of that hopper.
28:43Is it?
28:44It takes a special machine
28:46to lift a load
28:47this heavy.
28:49Pretty big weight there,
28:5055,000 pounds,
28:52so it's not a light load
28:53what's going on there.
28:56Jamie's rolling out
28:58his newest secret weapon.
29:05A Kershaw railway wrecker.
29:09He's named
29:10Chromio.
29:12In the last few years,
29:13I've been buying
29:14older railway wreckers.
29:18If you put a railway wrecker
29:19beside a rotator,
29:21they just outlift
29:22and outwork
29:23the rotator
29:24every day of the week.
29:26Today,
29:27Jamie's newest iron
29:29will be put to the test.
29:32I don't think
29:33I've lifted a cement drum
29:34loaded before,
29:36so this is a first for me
29:38and it's a first for Chromio.
29:40If it works, it works.
29:43If it don't,
29:45well, you've got egg
29:45on your face.
29:50In hope,
29:52Jamie positions
29:53his newest railway wrecker.
30:01Looks good, though, Jamie.
30:03Pretty looking crane,
30:05so we call it Chromio.
30:06Chromio?
30:07Yeah.
30:11Chromio
30:12is Jamie's
30:13second railway wrecker.
30:14We need the paint job.
30:15Dread all the crusty.
30:17Last season,
30:18he added crusty
30:19and its 125-ton lift
30:21capacity to his fleet.
30:22Go down.
30:24Okay.
30:25I guess we're good to go.
30:29Chromio
30:30is even more powerful
30:31with a capacity
30:33of 130 tons.
30:36This machine's pretty cool.
30:38This machine's pretty cool.
30:38Even Jamie's son,
30:40James,
30:41has come out
30:42to help
30:42with the inaugural job.
30:44It's got high lifting capacity,
30:47probably highest we have,
30:48so it's good to test it out.
30:51Lifting the 55,000-pound cement drum
30:55will be its first test.
30:58Chromio can lift
30:59130 tons
31:00or 260,000 pounds.
31:02So get this off
31:04for this side.
31:05Really is the perfect job
31:07for Chromio.
31:08But first,
31:10they need to balance
31:11the machine.
31:12Little ones here,
31:13big ones on that end.
31:15Jamie's newest hire,
31:16Maxim Chamberlain-Norman,
31:18is also training
31:19on Chromio.
31:21It's the best place.
31:22One pad on this side,
31:24one pad on that side.
31:25If I can do the job here,
31:26I can do it everywhere else.
31:29We just have to balance
31:30it a little.
31:32They raise the crane.
31:34We've got to make sure
31:35we get it really close
31:36to level.
31:37And level the legs
31:38for stability.
31:40Yeah, right there.
31:41Okay, let's shoot her down.
31:44So I got the three bolts off.
31:46With the drum detached,
31:49on the hook, James.
31:51They rigged straps
31:52for the lift.
31:53Okay.
31:54This is like a big egg.
31:56And the challenges really
31:58are to try to find
31:59the right lifting points.
32:00Then we'll pass you this,
32:02sir, James.
32:02You reach.
32:03Pull it through.
32:05Each strap has a capacity
32:07of 80,000 pounds.
32:11Okay, pull the slack.
32:13Rigging has to be just right
32:14to make this happen
32:15and to make it safe.
32:17Okay.
32:21Yeah, we're ready.
32:23Good to go?
32:24Yeah.
32:26Lift off, Jamie.
32:32We looking okay?
32:34It's a bunch of weight.
32:39Yes, sir.
32:43Nice.
32:44With the slippery
32:4555,000-pound drum
32:48suspended 20 feet
32:50in the air.
32:51Stand right here.
32:52Okay.
32:53And to make sure
32:54I don't hit that, okay?
32:55All right.
32:57Just look at my mirror.
32:58Terry uses Big Green
33:00Get ready to run.
33:03To move the cement truck
33:07out from underneath.
33:17Stand back, James.
33:21I'm feeling my oats right now,
33:23you know, like I'm feeling
33:25pretty positive.
33:27Go down.
33:30Once I'm lowering that down
33:32and we're putting it down
33:33on the downage,
33:34it's like, yeah,
33:36this is a good machine.
33:38It went as planned.
33:42With Romeo here
33:43and Super James.
33:47Jamie is gritted
33:48ear to ear.
33:49You know,
33:50I don't blame him.
33:51Jamie has always
33:52loved his toys.
33:55If he can get it up
33:56all the way
33:57and latch it even.
33:58The last task
33:59is getting the truck
34:01ready to be towed.
34:03Beautiful.
34:04You know,
34:05he's seen me grow up.
34:06It's nice to have
34:07that friendship.
34:09Yes, at the end of the day
34:10we are competitors,
34:11but I appreciate Jamie's help.
34:14Kerry will come back
34:16for the drum another day.
34:18All right,
34:18you're good to go?
34:19Yeah, thank you, Jamie.
34:20Yeah, no problem.
34:21I'll click the gate for you.
34:22Yeah.
34:23It's a successful team-up
34:25between Jamie Davis
34:26and Quiring Tully.
34:29And for Jamie,
34:31another bold move
34:32into the world
34:33of railway wreckers.
34:35The advantages
34:36of having a railway wreckers
34:38you have
34:38a more economical machine,
34:40huge lifting capacity.
34:43They're a good tool
34:44for us in our toolbox.
34:53An hour and a half north.
34:55There you go.
34:57John Dodds
34:58is back on Highway 5.
35:00Getting this tractor
35:02pulled out of here.
35:03With Team Reliable.
35:05We got the new guys
35:06back out today
35:07and they're going to be able
35:08to finish the job
35:09that they started.
35:14Okay, hold the weight.
35:15Tighten up.
35:19I'm just going to get
35:20Dwayne to hook the front end
35:22and drag it over.
35:25Now, in the safety of daylight,
35:28John leads his team
35:29to wrap up
35:30the tough recovery.
35:33Alrighty, tighten her up.
35:37Come on, baby.
35:40Come on, baby.
35:42I'm proud of the guys.
35:44I just don't want it to roll, right?
35:46For being out here
35:47and doing their best.
35:49Let yours out.
35:53Come on, fuck you.
35:56Reliable's two-day recovery
35:57is nearly done.
36:01So, that went pretty good
36:02all in all.
36:03Tractor's out of the ditch
36:05and we're out of here.
36:08John did great coordinating it.
36:10I'm really proud
36:11of what my team accomplished.
36:13Alrighty, guys.
36:14We'll see you at the yard.
36:15I think they did a great job.
36:17Right on.
36:17Good job, Team Reliable.
36:20Thank you much.
36:23Be safe out there.
36:29Six hours north.
36:31That storm's supposed to come in here
36:33a little bit later, huh?
36:35That's what I heard.
36:39An auto two-ton
36:40heads out to a recovery
36:42on Highway 97.
36:44We're going to try
36:45and get this car done
36:46as quick as we can.
36:47With operator Kyle Langlois.
36:51We're calling for
36:5210 centimeters of snow tonight.
36:54So, we want to try
36:55and get out of there
36:56before that snowstorm
36:57starts coming in.
36:58Following in a deck truck.
37:00A small SUV
37:02flipped off the road
37:04down a very big embankment.
37:07Kyle's older brother, Paul.
37:10Highway 97 north of Cornell.
37:12Oh, that is an ugly road.
37:15If it gets weather,
37:17it changes fast.
37:19Paul is back
37:20after taking a break
37:22from the towing industry.
37:24Business has been good.
37:25Paul's come back.
37:26He wants to try
37:27and give it a shot again,
37:28see how it goes for himself.
37:31It helps us big time.
37:34They're setting up the cones
37:35for recovery.
37:38Pulling up on scene.
37:40We notice the car,
37:41it's quite a ways down
37:42in the ditch.
37:48It's a little steeper
37:49than the pictures
37:51that I got,
37:51so it's time to get back
37:53in shape for the winter.
37:55We deal with so much
37:57seriousness out there
37:58when we're in an environment
38:01like we are in this scene.
38:02You know,
38:03we can play around
38:04a little bit more.
38:05Good?
38:06All right.
38:08That hill is so steep.
38:11I just want to throw
38:12a hook on that thing
38:13and we get her out of there.
38:21Oh, you camel stuck on me.
38:23That just about
38:24became interesting.
38:26My brother and I
38:27get to work together.
38:28It's almost like
38:29our childhood
38:29comes out in us sometimes.
38:31The cable almost
38:32put me on my butt there.
38:34It's going to be
38:34an interesting
38:35little recovery.
38:39Single alternating traffic.
38:4225 kilometers
38:43north of Cornell.
38:45I'm still on my desk.
38:48The driver of an SUV
38:49is lucky to be alive.
38:52The condition of the car
38:53I think there's no way
38:55this person's going to be okay.
38:57You can see
38:57just on the edge of the bank
38:59where she came off.
39:01She would have done
39:02a barrel roll
39:03in the air.
39:06She's very lucky
39:07to walk away
39:09from something like that.
39:13They rank low
39:15for a reverse roll.
39:18This side I rigged down
39:19to the tire.
39:21The lowest point
39:22that it's got right now.
39:27You good?
39:29All right.
39:30We're going back up
39:31or around?
39:31I'm going up.
39:32Going up.
39:33You going to stay down here
39:34to watch it just in case
39:35I need to re-hook?
39:36Yeah, I can do that.
39:37Okay.
39:38Kyle heads up the slope.
39:41Oh, this is going to be fun.
39:43To operate from the road.
39:45It's called a reverse roll.
39:47We roll it the other way
39:48away from us
39:49rather than rolling it towards us.
39:58The roll reveals
40:00more carnage of the crash.
40:06What do you think
40:06if we put both
40:07on the front, Paul?
40:09It would be a good idea
40:10because you got
40:10a tree down in front of it.
40:13That way it will come up
40:14and over.
40:15Just disconnect the green one
40:17and leave that chain
40:18hooked up.
40:18Yeah, yeah.
40:22Let's see how he does here.
40:28But as Paul climbs out
40:29of the crash scene,
40:32it's like a battlefield
40:33out there
40:34on some accidents.
40:36He's reminded
40:37of why he took a break
40:39from the family business
40:40five years ago.
40:43I was first on call
40:44for fatalities,
40:46rescuing bodies.
40:50I've seen things
40:51that you just don't want to see.
40:54Your body just says
40:57time's up.
40:59you can only deal
41:00with so much.
41:05Suffering from PTSD.
41:09I had a breakdown.
41:15Paul stepped away
41:17from towing.
41:20Coming back,
41:21I really had to put
41:22my problems aside.
41:24I know they exist.
41:26They're always there.
41:28That's what the time
41:29took me to realize
41:31was that my problems
41:33are always going to exist.
41:35It's just now I'm able
41:37to carry on with them
41:38and I'm happy
41:39that I can be back
41:41with the family
41:42and working again.
41:44Yeah, she's good.
41:47She's good.
41:50That pulled out
41:51really good.
41:52Kind of went the way
41:53I wanted it to go.
41:54So now I'm going
41:55to get out of the way.
41:56Paul's going to get it
41:57on the deck truck
41:58and we're going
41:59to get out of here.
42:01Last step.
42:03Paul and I both grew up
42:05doing the same thing.
42:06You know,
42:07helping Grandpa
42:08when we were younger
42:08and going out
42:09on wrecks with him.
42:10So if him and I
42:12can continue on
42:13to be able to work
42:14side by side
42:14and, you know,
42:16see the future together,
42:17I think it'd be
42:17a pretty cool opportunity.
42:24Yeah.
42:25Let's get her out of here.
42:28I think this job
42:29was really good
42:30and it was nice
42:32to work with Kyle again.
42:35You did good.
42:36The car came out
42:37actually fairly smooth.
42:38So, time to head
42:40back to the yard.
42:41Not like anything else.
42:43You do what you gotta do
42:44to keep her going.
42:46Thank you, guys.
42:50Next time
42:51on Highway Through Hell,
42:52a chain reaction
42:54I can't believe
42:55the traffic.
42:56puts Otto
42:57Give it a shot!
42:58to the test.
43:00Hey!
43:01Let's go!
43:02Woo, doggy!
43:04Quirings in the quagmire.
43:06We got James in there
43:07with his boots.
43:08with an old friend.
43:09No, no, no, no, no, no!
43:10Hey!
43:11Boom!
43:12And reliable.
43:14Oh, I love winter.
43:15Fighting the deep freeze.
43:17Oh, I love winter is good.
43:19Just put your hands together
43:20not lilı.
43:23cadsh...
43:30Yeah, I love winter.
43:35Oh, I love winter.
43:41institutional chips
43:41Oh, I love winter.
43:41ambiguijs.
43:43Sorry, aberrancy
43:44Oh, there you have
43:51You
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