[Narrator] This time on Highway Thru Hell...
[Dylan Greenwood] Yep, keep holding it.
[Narrator] ...a tricky tug-of-war...
[clanking]
Whoo!
[Narrator] ...for team Reliable.
[Narrator] A life on the line...
[Narrator] ...in the Canyon.
[Narrator] And twisted carnage...
[Rob Barber] Every piece is in a different direction.
[Narrator] ...tests a crew...
[Allen Frisby] Oh, boy.
[Narrator] ...to the north.
[Frisby] Watch yourself!
[Narrator] 9:00 p.m.
in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon.
[siren wailing]
[Narrator] Dispatched from the town of Hope...
[Narrator] ...a technical rescue team.
When Search and Rescue gets called out...
...they're fighting time
from the minute they leave the station.
Yeah, let's go have a look.
[Narrator] Specialists in victim extraction...
[Renee Coghill] How's it going, Captain?
[Captain] Good.
[Narrator] ...Renee Coghill
is senior crew member.
[Renee] Okay, so the cab's up under here.
When I hear a call that's a semi versus semi,
you think it's gonna be pretty bad.
[Renee] Okay.
[Renee] But until you see it,
you don't really know what you're coming up to.
[Narrator] A driver's life
is at stake.
[Renee] It's really tight.
[engine starting]
[♪♪♪]
[horns blare, engines roar past]
[Narrator] On the Canyon Highway...
[Narrator] ....a trapped trucker...
[Renee] He's very solidly stuck.
[Narrator] ...has first responders...
All right, light him up in there,
deep down in that hole.
[Narrator] ...fighting to save a life.
[Jamie Davis] I think the biggest thing
on Search and Rescue's mind
is to get the patient out,
get them to the hospital.
[Renee] We need to widen this out, you know.
Time is of the essence here.
We need extrication equipment!
[Narrator] For years...
Okay, Anne, I'm trying to get you!
[Narrator] ...Hope Search And Rescue
have dealt with crashes in the mountains.
[Jamie] It's a really dedicated group
of community volunteers.
We've been to lots of jobs with them.
We're halfway up the hill.
[Renee] See what you can do.
[Narrator] But tonight...
[tool rattling]
[Renee] Is that opening it?
[Deputy Chief] Yeah, that's lifting it.
[Renee] Okay, awesome.
[Narrator] ...senior crew member Renee...
[Renee] That's max?
[Narrator] ...sees this is the most complex extraction
she's ever faced.
[Renee] His feet are stuck in this metal crevice,
I'm not even sure what part of the truck it was.
[Renee] This is going to be
the hardest that I've been a part of.
Uh...
Okay.
[Narrator] Two hours east...
[Dylan] We're just gonna try to get out there
as soon as possible.
[Narrator] ...supervisor Dylan Greenwood
has been dispatched
for Reliable Towing.
We're heading out to a rollover accident,
just about 10 kilometres south of town.
[Narrator] Minutes behind
in 30-tonne Black Sheep...
[Stephanie Shenkel] Whoo-hoo!
[Narrator] ...is a face...
[Stephanie] The whole truck's a bit special.
[Narrator] ...new to the iconic wrecker...
[Stephanie] Being in Black Sheep today
is going to be challenging.
There's a lot to learn.
[Narrator] ...operator Stephanie Shenkel.
Stephanie's our first female heavy driver.
She's already proven that she's knowledgeable,
eager to learn.
[Dylan] Thinking...
[Narrator] Arriving on scene...
[Dylan] It's pretty rough shape.
[Narrator] ...Dylan sees
this is no ordinary wreck.
[Dylan] It's not every day
that we would see a truck rolled in this position.
[Dylan] Look at the wall.
He must've rolled over on this side
and then went over to the other side.
[Narrator] The transport lost control...
...hammered a rock wall,
then slammed over,
topside facing the road.
[Dylan] Usually, when a truck rolls over
off the side of the highway,
it carries over to the momentum side.
[Dylan] I believe the driver's been taken to the hospital,
and is in decent condition.
I'd say we're gonna have to probably pick it,
pull it up the ditch edge.
[Narrator] The extraordinary situation
makes the recovery more challenging.
[Dylan] Usually,
you're dealing with the bottom of a truck,
lots of things to hook up to.
[Dylan] So, we rig
to the bottom of the fifth-wheel plate,
to the frame here.
[Dylan] When it comes to the other way around,
it's a lot more complicated.
[Narrator] With a 50-tonne heavy,
and Black Sheep...
[Dylan] We're gonna pick it up
and roll the trailer away from the ditch.
[Dylan] The rear,
go to the tailboard.
We'll rig a strap on here.
[Narrator] ...a one-tonne...
hooks onto the front end.
[Dylan] Tractor's gonna come with it.
[Narrator] Tonight...
Do you wanna run it?
[Stephanie] Sure.
[Narrator] ...Steph will be on Black Sheep...
There's your high-line, there's your low-line.
[Narrator] ...for the first time.
I'm gonna hang out on Stephanie's side of things,
give her a little bit of time and some teaching.
[Steph] Come on, pitter patter.
[Narrator] Last winter...
[Dylan] Pull that cable out, Steph.
[Steph] Okay.
[Narrator] ...Steph...
[Steph] Oh, for goodness' sake.
[Narrator] ...worked a deck truck.
[Steph] That was nice.
[Narrator] Now...
[Dylan] There you go. Keep coming.
[Narrator] ...she's stepping up.
Okay, front one in?
You're good on the front winch right now,
just go on the back winch.
Okay.
[Steph] Operating Black Sheep is very different
than any truck I have ever run.
[Dylan] Keep 'er coming.
[Steph] Okay.
[Dylan] The only way to learn is to start pulling levers.
Yeah, keep holding it.
[Dylan] Communication
is one of the top things you have to worry about
on a job like this.
[Dylan] Yup. Keep 'er coming.
Keep coming out on your side.
[Dylan] Having one truck so far away from the other,
you could pull a truck over,
or you could break something.
Keep 'er coming.
[clanking]
Ooh!
[Narrator] Near Merritt...
...a tricky maneuver...
[Dylan] Keep 'er coming.
[Dylan] It's not just a simple roll,
it's a reverse roll.
[clanking]
Ooh!
[Narrator] ...is suddenly sidelined.
[Dylan] Got a little excited with that hook point.
[Steph] One of the rig points that was chosen
was not strong enough for the pull.
[Narrator] Team Reliable needs to rethink.
We're gonna have to find a different place.
[Dylan] You were, like, right there.
It's like that itch you just can't reach.
[Narrator] To the west...
[groaning]
[Narrator] ...a trucker buried in crushed metal...
[trucker groaning]
It's okay.
[Narrator] ...has Hope Search And Rescue...
[Renee] Yup, that black one? Yup.
[Narrator] ...on a mission to save a life.
[Renee] When you go on these calls,
your adrenaline's going.
What do we have to do here?
This one's tricky.
[Narrator] In the crash,
the cab of one semi was crushed,
making extrication difficult.
[Renee] That'd be a big win.
Sawzall.
[Renee] All right, sawzall.
[Narrator] Plan "A"...
[Renee] There you go.
[Narrator] ...is to use a reciprocating saw...
Cutting!
[all repeating] Cutting!
...to free one of the victim's two pinned feet.
[sawing]
[Renee] You're in it.
[Narrator] The operator...
[Renee] Yup, you're in it.
[Narrator] ...is cutting blind.
[Renee] Keep going.
[Renee] The space is so small
that I have to be his eyes.
[Renee] Almost there, buddy, keep going.
He's literally a couple of inches away
from this gentleman's leg.
[Renee] Keep going, almost there.
Almost there.
[sawing]
[Jamie] You gotta really think about every move you're making.
It could mean life or death.
[Renee] And you're going to be through in a second.
There you go.
The clock's ticking.
Yeah, that's awesome.
Good job.
[Narrator] With the debris cleared...
[Barry] Can you move him up a bit?
[Narrator] ...the trucker's left foot...
-Ah, there we go. -There it goes. We got it.
Yes!
There you go, buddy.
[laughing]
[Narrator] ...is finally loose.
[Renee] It was a huge moment for us.
That's a feeling that you can't describe.
[Narrator] But first responders....
One, two...
[Renee] Three--
No, it's not moving.
[Narrator] ...still have work to do.
[Renee] His right foot.
That's the last piece of this night
to get this guy home.
[Narrator] Renee needs a key piece of gear.
[Renee] It's called a combi tool.
It's sort of the all-in-one tool for us
when it comes to road rescue.
I'll try it, and we'll see.
We just need like a quarter inch.
I'm gonna max this thing out,
and we'll see.
-[Renee] Okay, you ready? -[Deputy Chief] Ready.
[Renee] And can you see his foot?
[Kevin] I can.
[Renee] Okay, if you see any movement...
We can't stop when it comes to something like this.
[tool rattling]
[Kevin] We're getting some movement.
-[Renee] Are we? -[Kevin] Down below, yeah.
[Renee] I can't see my bottom fork, so...
you just tell me when to stop here.
You have to always be doing something
to get that person out.
[Firefighter] Bloody close.
[Renee] I know.
I have to take this off.
[tool rattling]
[Renee] Yeah, I just saw it slide up.
[Kevin] Yeah, that just pulled forward a little bit.
[Renee] It's all right, bud, we're almost there!
[grunting with effort]
[grunting]
[tool rattling]
[Renee] Okay.
[Narrator] Now...
[Renee] Here, I'll move out of your way there,
you can grab his arm.
[Narrator] ...it's the moment of truth.
This is gonna be where we need to make that pull.
This is it.
Let's do it!
[Kevin] One, two, three!
[all grunting with effort]
[Renee] Yes!
[all cheering]
[Kevin] Good job, buddy! You did it!
[Renee laughing] Yeah!
We got you, man!
[Narrator] After being trapped for hours...
Every single person, on the ground, in the truck,
all had a role.
Thank you for all your help.
[Narrator] ...the victim...
[Renee] The guy was like
in the worst place of his life, right?
[Narrator] ...is stable,
and headed to hospital.
It was just an overall sigh of relief from everybody
that, you know, we did it.
[Narrator] Now...
all that's left is bent metal.
[Jamie] This wreck,
the competition is going to take care of it.
[Jamie] I'm happy people came together,
people survived,
people helped each other out.
[Barry] Hey, you guys did well.
I'm proud of my team.
[Jamie] I don't think you could get
a more dedicated group.
They're just good people.
They really are.
[Renee] That makes me happy.
[laughing]
[Narrator] 150 kilometres east...
[Dylan] Can you go get a fifth wheel puller?
[Narrator] ...Dylan and the Reliable team...
[Kurtis] Should be able to get a strap down there now.
[Narrator] ...have come up with a new tactic.
[Dylan] Behind the axles.
It's right in between if anything.
[Dylan] With this truck in the position it's in,
it just makes it a little bit more complicated
to roll over.
[Kurtis] There we go.
[Dylan] Perfect.
[Narrator] Hours ago,
the transport
flipped toward the road.
Now...
[Dylan] That'll be good enough.
[Narrator] ...they'll take a second shot...
[Dylan] We just want to make sure that we catch it.
[Steph] Yeah.
Just keep your hand on the boom.
Boom down.
[Narrator] ...at a reverse roll.
[Steph] The plan is to essentially
roll it into the ditch.
It's definitely more complicated than the average recovery.
[Steph] So now start going down?
[Dylan] Yeah, you're good now.
[Narrator] This time...
[Dylan] Perfect.
[Narrator] ...the maneuver...
[Dylan] Just grab a double hook.
Five-eighths or something.
[Narrator] ...is flawless.
I'm sort of dealing with the curves as they come.
[Dylan] Just carry the tail board over
and make sure it sits.
[Steph] Okay.
[Mike, over radio] Okay, when you're ready.
[Dylan] 10-4.
It helps to be able to use it as a learning experience
for someone else, as well.
[Dylan] Keep bringing it.
[Narrator] On Steph's first recovery
operating Black Sheep,
there's one more round to go.
[Dylan] Every foot it moves, it gains weight,
as we're pulling it through the mud.
[Dylan] Ooh, careful.
[Dylan] Things here are fighting us.
Ay-yi.
[Narrator] The final stage...
[Dylan] Ay-yi.
[Narrator] ...of Reliable's wrestling match...
[Dylan] Keep coming.
[Narrator] ...in a muddy ditch...
[Dylan] When the truck's tensioned up,
you can feel that there's a lot of resistance.
[Narrator] ...is at a critical point.
You're, like, right at the edge.
Come on.
[Dylan] It can be pretty tippy
when it comes to the edge
when they lean over a little bit.
You gotta hold on for the ride
to get up to the top of the hill.
[Dylan] Keep bringing it.
There ya go.
It's good enough for me.
The truck's on its wheels and trailer.
[Dylan] Watch out, we're pulling!
[Kurtis] Okay!
Separate the units and prep them for tow.
[truck horn honking]
[Narrator] The 50-tonne tows the mangled tractor.
The last push
is up to new heavy operator Steph.
We had a really good night on this job.
[Dylan] And...
there you go.
Okay, slide the pin in.
Okay, put the little pin in...
It was a really great learning experience.
Okay.
[Dylan] Make sure it grabs the, uh, pin.
Okay.
Sounds good.
[Dylan] With every wreck,
it's a good opportunity
to be able to teach
the up and coming tow operators.
Time to head home.
[Narrator] 400 kilometers north...
[Narrator] ...near the city of Quesnel...
[Jamie] We're picking up a wreck
that's going to a body shop.
[Narrator] ...Jamie Davis
is a long way from home.
[Jamie] Going into the Interior and the North
is really, in my mind,
one of the better trips to go on.
[Narrator] In a local tow yard...
[reverse alerts beeping]
...Jamie is picking up.
[Jamie] This truck's gonna go down to get repaired,
so we have to deliver it.
Cold, eh?
[Rob Barber] Every time you come up here,
it gets colder.
[Narrator] Meeting Jamie...
is heavy operator Rob Barber.
I grew up in Quesnel, I was born and raised there.
[Rob] I think we're supposed to get a bunch of snow
later in the week.
[Jamie] Are ya?
[Narrator] Rob's family
owns Autow Towing company.
[Rob] That was straightforward.
This is now going to Williams Lake.
Autow has been in business about 44 years.
I've spent my whole life working.
[Narrator] Last winter,
Rob...
-[Jamie] Pull a little bit? -[Rob] Yeah.
[Narrator] ...worked with Jamie on a wreck near Quesnel.
I'm all out!
[Jamie] He's been around, does a great job...
...and he's just a good guy.
Have a good trip home.
Yeah, I will.
[Narrator] Jamie takes off for Hope
on Highway 97...
[Narrator] ...British Columbia's
main north-south route.
[Jamie] This highway is such a centre point
to delivering any commodity that people need by truck.
It's a crucial piece of highway, really.
There's no alternative route.
[Narrator] At 2:00 p.m...
[Narrator] ...a major crash.
Got a call involving a truck in the ditch.
There's no real injuries, so everyone's walking away.
[Narrator] In a 50-tonne heavy,
Rob rolls to the scene.
[Rob] I like doing recoveries.
I like to pull stuff out of the ditches,
solve problems.
[Narrator] But this wreck...
...is something else.
[Rob] Every piece is in a different direction.
[Narrator] On Highway 97...
[Narrator] ...a local tow-op...
[Narrator] ...is at a mangled crash.
[Rob] It's kind of a disaster.
It looks like a real mess.
Even that lead trailer's bent.
[Rob] It's just all bent
into a zed shape.
That's not much fun.
[Jamie] So I'm in 130 today.
[Narrator] With Jamie heading south to Hope...
[Jamie] We don't really have time to do this wreck.
It's really in Rob's area.
It's his job.
[Narrator] ...the B-train
and its 80,000 pounds of lumber...
Pretty much everybody in Quesnel
survives by a sawmill.
[Rob] Every bundle that's kind of half-assed decent
we can save.
[Narrator] ...needs to be dealt with.
[Rob] I got a crane coming.
[Narrator] Arriving on site
is a 12-and-a-half-tonne crane truck.
[Rob] Frisby's here, he's ready to go.
The Hiab can move from different angles.
As they have something in the air, they can rotate.
Okay, let's make magic.
[Narrator] Allen Frisby...
[Frisby] They always say,
if Al can't do it, no one can do it.
[Narrator] ...gets ready...
[Rob] There's five lifts on this side that are clean.
[Frisby] Yeah, let's grab those two on the top.
[Narrator] ...for a daunting game
of pick-up sticks.
[Rob] Right now we're gonna try to offload the trailer
that's partially on the road.
[Frisby] You ready?
[Rob] Yeah.
[Narrator] Winding up cautiously...
[Frisby] With the remote control,
I can watch my loads,
I can watch my rigging,
I can watch my truck.
[Narrator] The first 8,000-pound target...
[Frisby] I'll go down here with this,
slide it under.
[Narrator] ...lands smoothly...
[Frisby] Perfect.
Okay, get out of the way.
Let's see what happens here.
[Narrator] ...but...
[Rob] That one strap broke already.
[Narrator] ...the second lift...
[Frisby] I don't know how this is going to hold.
[Narrator] ...is a different story.
[Frisby] If that takes off,
that's two bundles we have to pick up.
When I pick 'em up in twos,
you got a lot of force on the outside rolling it in.
[shuddering] Ooh...
It makes me nervous when I hear that.
Coming at ya...
Coming at ya.
[Narrator] With the payload bowing...
[Frisby] I'm going to have to put 'em on the ground.
[Narrator] ...Frisby makes the call...
[Paul] Watch yourself.
[Frisby] Let's single it out.
Pull him out, we'll grab him, we'll put him up.
[Narrator] ...to reset and load these bundles...
[Frisby] Okay, I'm going up.
[Narrator] ...one at a time.
[Frisby] You've gotta be one step ahead.
You can't wait till the last minute
because...
that's where things can go wrong.
[Narrator] But as dusk sets in...
Okay, so...
we got four more to go?
Yeah.
[Narrator] ...the pressure builds.
Let's go for it.
[Rob] On 97,
most of our freight is overnight,
so we can't really have them being stopped or slowed down.
[Frisby] Going down.
There's the other truck.
[Frisby] You gotta be right on top of it.
It's priority one.
Keep comin', keep comin', keep comin',
close enough.
[Rob] Whoa!
[Frisby] The last one.
[Narrator] Just after 5:00 p.m...
Damn, it's cold!
As the sun goes down, it's extremely cold.
[Narrator] ...enough lumber is salvaged...
[Rob] How come this doesn't happen on summer days?
[Narrator] ...to attack the piece...
We'll just kick the trailer in the ditch.
[Narrator] ...that's obstructing the highway.
[Rob] Use the crane
to push the trailer into the ditch.
Good enough.
It's just the easiest, quickest solution for tonight.
It gets dark, you gotta stop,
and start tomorrow again.
[Rob] I'm wearing better boots tomorrow.
I hope it's warmer.
We'll come back
and deal with everything else tomorrow.
[Narrator] Six hours south...
[Narrator] ...in a 40-tonne rotator...
He's probably off in a pull-out.
[Narrator] ...Jamie is on the move again.
[Jamie] It's busy.
I want to do as much work as I can.
We'll probably have to winch it out.
If you're not turning, you're not earning.
One time, I did a wreck right over here, too.
[Narrator] Riding with Jamie...
Yeah.
[Narrator] ...is his son, James Junior.
[Jamie] You're dealing with a very dangerous, curvy highway,
and it's a long ways to the bottom.
This road gets really bad sometimes.
[Jamie] If you're a young guy in this business,
it makes you aware
that anything can happen at any time.
[Narrator] Today's call...
[Jamie] There it is.
[air brakes hissing]
[Narrator] ...is a tow after a minor crash.
[Jamie] It's just a light sideswipe.
[Jamie] I expected the damage to be a lot worse,
but it's not.
It looks fairly easy.
[Narrator] But Jamie...
Is it open?
It's all locked up.
[Narrator] ...discovers a snag.
We have common places to hide the keys on trucks.
Oh, that's a heavy hood.
I'm losing valuable time.
Any keys anywhere?
This guy took the keys with him.
[James Jr.] So what do we do?
[Jamie] Without the key,
the whole thing becomes problematic.
That makes everything so much tougher.
Darn.
[Narrator] On Highway 3...
[James Jr.] So what do we do?
[Narrator] ...a routine tow takes an unexpected turn.
[Jamie] Darn.
[Jamie] The fact that there's no keys here
will make a simple job take three times as long.
[Narrator] Jamie and his 19-year-old son...
[James Jr.] I trust that my dad
can get this job done smoothly.
So I'm gonna back the truck up alongside here
so I have a-- something to stand on,
and I have to get in up in there, so....
[Narrator] ...need a different approach.
[grunting with effort]
[Jamie] I'm a bit vertically challenged.
[Jamie] I have to stand on the tow truck
to reach down in there to work.
Okay.
That way, you can be on top of it,
push the wire in, and open the door.
[Jamie] Do me a favour,
and tell me when I'm hitting the button there.
[James Jr.] Okay.
Did it open?
-Uh... -No?
I mean, you're pressing it.
I got it, I got it.
Want me to open it?
Yeah.
-Okay, that's good. -Oh, yeah.
The door unlocks, there you go.
Okay, I'll pull ahead, James.
My dad, he can help me learn.
All challenges can be overcome.
We're going to winch it ahead.
Okay.
[Narrator] Now Junior...
[Jamie] So I'm gonna get you to do the winching.
[Narrator] ...will get his first shot...
[Jamie] I don't think he's ever run it.
[Narrator] ...on the L.A. Rotator.
This way or that way?
Just try it, try it.
[Narrator] Pivoting the boom...
[Jamie] Right there.
Now black one.
[Narrator] ...Junior...
[James Jr.] It's pretty cool to be able to run something
with 40 tonnes of power to it.
[Narrator] ...gets a taste of big iron.
[Jamie] Swing the boom that way a bit.
[Jamie] James is doing good.
He's gotta feel it and learn it.
I think we're good, right?
That's about as far as we're gonna go with it.
To be able to do the thing that he does every day,
it is definitely cool.
Maybe I'm gonna be your swamper from now on, eh?
[chuckling]
I'm happy that James is out there working with me.
Red one, hold down.
Any time you can spend with your family is important.
I was having fun lying down there,
I was having a rest.
[James chuckles]
[Jamie] Okay, we're outta here.
[Jamie] We just had to get in there
and get the job done.
[Jamie] That wasn't that bad,
to do that little bit of work though, eh?
[James Jr.] No.
[Jamie] Any time you tow a truck,
getting home safe,
that's a win for me.
[Jamie] Now let's take it easy.
[Narrator] 500 kilometres north...
...the battle against a twisted B train...
[Frisby] So I can get the straps out.
Perfect, boys.
[Narrator] ...is full-on for Rob and his crew.
[Rob] That one definitely needs some body work.
[Rob] Today,
trying to get the truck and the trailer out.
The clutch pedal and the shifter
are holding it on.
[Frisby] Really?
So you're gonna take this first,
and then you're gonna pull this one out and around?
-[Rob] Yep. -And pop it out?
Yeah.
[Narrator] After a long morning
of salvaging lumber...
[Frisby] Working with Rob,
make sure that he's gonna be happy,
get the job cleaned up and moved on as quick as we can.
[Rob] We'll start separating that truck up.
[Narrator] ...it's go time...
[truck horn honking]
...for the recovery.
We're gonna try to get the B-trailer
onto the roadway, get it out of the way.
[Kyle Langlois] Okay, let's start with the pup
because I wanna pull it back this way a little bit.
We're gonna set it up on the road right here.
[Narrator] Joining the effort...
[Frisby] Kyle's here.
Working with my nephew's good.
He's been in our family business now
for five or six years.
[Narrator] ...is 34-year-old Kyle Langlois.
I love running the heavy.
It's a total different ballgame.
[Kyle] You want to hold the front while I do that then?
[Frisby] Yeah.
[Kyle] If somebody asked me
if I was a sucker for punishment,
I'd have to say, yeah.
[Narrator] Kyle joins forces...
[Frisby] Okay, we'll use that one.
[Narrator] ...with the crane truck on site.
You ready, Al?
[Frisby] You ready?
[Kyle] Yep!
[Kyle] He can move side to side,
he can lift.
He kinda has what we call the Cariboo Rotator.
[Frisby] You're okay!
[Narrator] Pivoting the unit
10 feet in the air,
Kyle...
[Kyle] All right!
[Narrator] ...and his 25-tonne wrecker...
My truck has 30,000-pound winches on it.
[Kyle] My underreach will lift it up.
[Narrator] ...make quick work...
The condition of the pup trailer looks good.
[Narrator] ...of the first piece.
[Kyle] I'll bring this trailer to town,
then I'll come back out for the wreck.
[Narrator] Hours later...
[Narrator] ...the massive recovery...
[Narrator] ...is chasing daylight
on a vital route.
[Rob] Highway 97 is the main corridor to the north.
It's the only path up there.
[Narrator] Overnight freight runs
will be slowed...
[Rob] Gonna move this one,
lift off of it,
and then we'll attempt to pull that,
the truck backwards.
[Narrator] ...until the job is done.
[air brakes hissing]
Yeah.
[Rob] The first trailer and the trucks are jammed.
We can't separate them
until we get them on the road.
Look at the frame of that truck.
It's had a bad day.
[Frisby] Yeah, it's hooped.
[Narrator] Rob recruits the local crane again.
[Frisby] Okay, watch yourself, guys.
My crane is a knuckle-boom crane.
It's bringing the cab!
[Frisby] You can almost imagine
you can reach out to grab what you need.
There ya go.
[Frisby] It's a challenge.
It keeps you on your toes.
[Rob] If you pull on that front end,
we'll put it right here.
The more out I am straight is better.
[Narrator] But now
they'll need to close the entire road.
Highway 97 is everything to our communities.
[Frisby] Just hold the traffic.
Hopefully, we can get this cleaned up
as quick as we can.
[Narrator] On Highway 97...
[Rob] He's just gonna grab the front tire
and pop it up behind us.
[Narrator] ...the race is on...
[Frisby] Okay, you ready?
[Rob] Ready.
[Narrator] ...to open the gateway to the north.
It's the final stage of the night.
We've gotta make sure
that everybody finishes off in a bang.
[Narrator] Wrangling 30,000 pounds...
...of tractor and trailer...
[Rob] Can you stick it right behind ya?
[Frisby] Do not cut corners.
This is when all else goes wrong.
[Rob] That should be good.
[Narrator] ...it's a marathon...
Good.
[Narrator] ...with a bitter chill.
[Rob] That was good!
[Frisby] Perfect, I like it.
As soon as that sun goes down,
it's not much fun to be out in the cold.
It makes it hard on equipment, hard on people.
We seem to find a way to get through it all.
[Rob] We'll try to get the cab back on,
so it, uh, will go down the road.
[Narrator] But Rob and the team...
[Frisby] Hook it, or...?
[Narrator] ...can't call it a night yet.
[Frisby] Okay, you guys, just watch it.
[Frisby] The problem we got
is the cab is sitting offset to the frame of the truck.
[laughing]
A little tweak and you can drive it.
-Yeah. -[laughing]
[Frisby] You see what's gotta be done,
you do it.
It's just second nature to us.
[Rob] He's just going to hook onto the truck
and drag it out of here.
[Narrator] Now back on site,
Kyle...
[Kyle] I love it,
I love the cold.
[Narrator] ...and his 25-tonne truck.
It's always a good feeling to know that the job's done.
[Kyle] Oh, boy.
[Kyle] Not only for our fact,
but for the fact that the public can keep rolling.
Watch your fingers and toes.
[Rob] Towing, it alters every day.
Nobody crashes the same.
-Good job. -Good job!
[Rob] That's what's interesting about it,
every day can be different.
[Rob] We're out of here.
[Narrator] Next time on Highway Thru Hell...
[Narrator] ...a massive storm...
Snowbank's chucking me everywhere.
[Narrator] ...drives Merv...
Oh... my god!
[Narrator] ...into chaos.
Hoo-hoo!
[Narrator] A whiteout workout...
-[sighing] -[Jamie] The jobs,
one after another after another.
[Narrator] ...for Jamie.
Holy...
You need to get going, right away.
[Narrator] ...and a first-timer...
Come, come, come, come!
[Narrator] ...gets traction with Al.
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