[Narrator] This time on Highway Thru Hell...
[Narrator] ...team Reliable...
[John] Ah...
[Narrator] ...is all twisted up.
Hang on, John!
Shut 'er down, bud!
[train horn blasting]
[Narrator] A wreck near a rail line...
[Jamie] Up she goes.
[Narrator] ...tilts towards disaster.
[Jamie] I don't trust this angle.
[Narrator] ...and an odd-shaped job...
[Al] Here we go, boys.
[Narrator] ...has Al in a tight spot.
[Dave] Okay, hold up!
[Narrator] On B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway...
[Narrator] ...an incoming storm...
[Narrator] ...has drivers on high alert.
Winter driving on the Coquihalla
can be very dangerous if you're not prepared.
[Suki] You're going into mountain passes,
visibility is a problem a lot of the time,
and it's very unpredictable.
[Narrator] Just after 9:00 p.m...
[Narrator] ...a Reliable 35-tonne
is on the move...
[John Dods] It's pretty slick out.
[Narrator] ...driven by heavy operator
John Dods.
[John] We got reports of a semi truck and trailer
laying across the median.
[John] We're just heading up there
to take a look at the scene for the first time,
and see where we gotta go from there.
Wow...
That's crazy, man.
[John] This one's really bad,
and it looks pretty twisted.
[Kurtis Kristan] How you doing, bud?
[Narrator] Also on scene,
Reliable Merritt manager Kurtis Kristan.
[Kurtis] They said it was jackknifed on its side.
Not what I pictured.
[laughing]
Wasn't exactly what was described to me on the phone.
It's on the road, not fully in the ditch.
[Kurtis] It's snowing hard.
It's very hard to see a few feet in front of you,
so it's dangerous to motorists
on both sides of the road.
[Narrator] With the wreck
stretching across the ditch
and jutting into both hammer lanes...
[Narrator] ...Kurtis...
We're a bit of a hazard right now.
[Narrator] ...and John's top priority...
Use the granny lane, both sides.
[Narrator] ...is driver safety.
It's pretty dangerous right now.
[John] I'm just trying to get it out of the road.
We don't want to be blocking any lanes at all.
[engine starting]
[♪♪♪]
[horns blare, engines roar past]
[Narrator] On the Coq...
[Narrator] ...stretching
into both sides of the highway...
[Narrator] ...team Reliable sizes up the scene.
[John] He definitely went in hard.
[Narrator] The semi lost control,
jackknifed into the median...
before coming to a stop.
Let's see how she goes here and pitter patter.
[Narrator] Before they can start the recovery...
[John] I'm gonna pull 'er though here for now.
Public safety's always a primary thing out here.
All righty.
Let's get to 'er.
[Narrator] ...they'll need to get the wreck
fully off the highway.
[John] All right.
[Narrator] John repositions the 35-tonne.
[John] There we go.
Definitely a dangerous situation.
We want to drag everything into the ditch
to get it off the road.
All righty.
We're under pressure to get this thing out of here.
That enough?
Yeah, I think that's enough.
All righty, let's see what happens.
[John] We're in action.
[Narrator] With a single line
on the front of the rig...
[Narrator] ...John winches the tractor...
[Narrator] ...off one side of the highway...
...while pivoting the trailer out of the other.
[John] I think that trailer's, like, out now.
[Kurtis] I think so.
[Narrator] Safely in the median...
[John] We're in the ditch for sure.
[Kurtis] I was quite happy with that,
'cause we're off the road,
and we're not impeding traffic at all.
We can stay safe.
[Narrator] ...John and Kurtis take a closer look.
He's got four separate twists in this frame.
[John] When everything's twisted,
it torques quite a bit.
Everything becomes unpredictable.
[John] The way that fifth wheel plate's twisted...
[Kurtis] Yeah, there's a lot of pressure on it right now.
[Narrator] With the metal plate
under high tension...
[John] We got tons of pressure, and it could break, right?
[Narrator] ...pulling the trailer over
may cause it to suddenly give way.
[John] If we have an issue with anything,
it's gonna be right here.
[Kurtis] Yeah.
We don't want this to just snap apart.
It's got quite a bit of pressure,
and quite a bit of weight on this pin.
[Narrator] On the back side...
[John] Everything's still hooked up, bud.
[Narrator] ...the full load of concrete siding...
[Kurtis] Everything's still hooked up.
[Narrator] ...is still strapped on.
[John] It's super heavy stuff.
The fact that the straps haven't broke
is quite shocking to me.
[John] Starting to get pretty heavy.
[Narrator] As the winter storm closes in...
[John] We kinda just wanna get 'er done.
It's snowing heavy, right?
We wanna get off the road.
[Narrator] ...they'll need to act fast.
We've got some whiteout conditions
getting ready to happen here.
It's pretty dangerous.
[John] I think
if we chain this axle up...
[Kurtis] Yup, and flop 'er over?
[John] Come right over,
and then we can get 'er out of here.
We're gonna try to roll the trailer
and see if we can get it over.
[John] Oh, flagging's here.
Gonna have to get myself out of the ditch here.
[Narrator] With traffic control in place...
[John] Pulling down in the ditch here,
it's too soft.
[Narrator] ...John repositions out of the snowy ditch.
Ideally we want to be up on the roadway
in the hammer lane.
Ooh, through here.
Okay, that's a lot.
[Narrator] With a line to the frame
and a second to the rear axle,
they'll wrangle the rig
onto its wheels.
[Kurtis] You can only try and see.
[John] Hope time.
[John] We've got a 35-tonne wrecker here,
and we've got about 60,000 pounds of weight
on the trailer itself.
We're gonna see what we can do
with a couple lines doubled up.
[John] Is it moving at all, Kurtis?
[Kurtis] The top's flexing.
It's trying to tip up.
[John] So we're sliding a little bit.
John's having some issues.
[John] Yeah.
Watch yourself, bud.
It's quite outmatched.
[Kurtis] Ah... hold up!
I might need a second truck.
Hang on, John!
[Narrator] On the Coq...
[John] So we're sliding a little bit.
[Narrator] ...it's a Hail Mary pull...
I really hope it comes out,
'cause I don't want to have to come back.
[Narrator] ...for team Reliable's 35-tonne...
[John] Watch yourself, bud.
[Narrator] ...against a 95,000-pound wreck.
[Kurtis] Aah...
[John] We've got quite a bit of weight we're pulling.
The roadway's pretty slick at this point.
[Narrator] ...but worsening visibility...
[Narrator] ...and a live lane...
[John] We're just sliding out
into the one open lane,
and we're gonna cause an accident.
[Narrator] ...forces the team...
[John] Shut 'er down, bud.
[Kurtis] Okay!
[John] That's it for tonight.
[Narrator] ...to make the call.
We're gonna wrap it up for the night.
Snow's coming down really hard now.
You got it?
Not a good feeling, leaving something in the ditch...
There you go.
[Kurtis] ...but with the storm,
it's safer to come back with another truck.
[Kurtis] And that is why
we are getting off the road.
[Suki] The weather is the one thing
you can't predict.
It's critical for us to do the job safely.
No matter what comes our way,
we'll have people there to get the job done.
[Narrator] 170 kilometres southwest...
[Narrator] ...in the Fraser Valley...
[Narrator] ...authorities are teaming up...
[Rob Dyck] So I'll grab this guy coming in.
[Narrator] ...for a campaign
targeting commercial trucks
led by Abbotsford Police constable Rob Dyck.
[Dyck] What we have here is a joint force operation,
commercial vehicle safety enforcement.
Hey there, do you have your driver's license?
Your insurance?
We're checking the safety compliance of those trucks.
Chains look good.
[Paul Walker] Educating drivers,
and making sure that our roadways are safe.
[Dyck] Here's another one.
I'm gonna have a look at your chains and your cable.
-[driver] Okay. -[Dyck] Okay?
We do full inspections
to make sure
that they're in safe operating condition.
[Walker] Every stop is different...
[Dyck] Okay, sir, thank you.
[Walker] ...from a ticket
to vehicles being towed off the road.
[Narrator] Minutes into the operation...
[Dyck] Oh, nice.
[officer] A crack there.
[Dyck] Whoa!
[Narrator] ...officers spot a threat.
[officer] The weld is cracked,
where the box is welded to the frame?
Structurally, something is going on with this bed
that needs to be addressed.
[Narrator] Further inspection...
[officer] On the tractor itself,
he has one, two, three more brakes
out of adjustment on the tractor.
[Narrator] ...shows the dump truck is unsafe...
So we need a very large tow truck for a dump truck.
[Narrator] ...and will need to be taken off the road.
[Dyck] Okay.
So this truck is being out of service,
and it's being towed.
Biggest concern right now
is that the brakes are out of adjustment.
It's a catastrophe waiting to happen.
[Narrator] Trucks without properly maintained brakes...
...can have devastating consequences.
Incredible.
We have a job to do
when it comes down to ensure the safety of our community.
[Dyck] Hey...
[Narrator] Arriving in the Mission 50-tonne...
[Andy Cullum] Busy day.
[Narrator] ...Reliable Towing operator
Andy Cullum.
Everybody's all on the same page,
and safety is key.
[Dyck] The rush hour's starting to come this way now,
so if we can clear it off, that's awesome.
I think it's good
that the police and the CVSE have gained forces
to take all these dangerous trucks off the road.
Being one of the guys that cleans them up a lot,
it's kind of relieving
that they're starting to catch all these trucks
with bad brakes and that.
It's a team effort
to make sure everybody's safe.
[Dyck] Thanks, partner.
[Walker] We wanna ensure that the civilian traffic
and the commercial traffic
that are on the same road side by side
get from point A to B safely.
[Dyck] Hopefully sent a message
to the trucking industry,
you need to take better control
and maintenance of your vehicles.
Lives depend on it.
[Narrator] 650 kilometres northeast...
[Narrator] ...in the Rocky Mountains...
[Narrator] ...a vintage 40-tonne heavy wrecker
is on the move...
[Jamie Davis] This truck's old and crusty, just like me.
[Narrator] ...with Jamie Davis...
Is this just around by that bad curve there?
Right... right at the turn, going up the hill.
[Narrator] ...and Rob Wall.
[Jamie] He's pretty close to the train, eh?
[Rob] Yeah.
Wow.
I'm amazed that this truck is down the bank,
and it's really close to the train tracks.
Like, I mean, really close.
[Narrator] The driver walked away without a scratch.
The truck basically has no damage to it.
Just stopped short of the train.
How lucky is that?
[Narrator] Jamie...
[Jamie] Here, pull some cable.
[Narrator] ...and Rob
quickly get to pulling lines
from the classic 40-tonne.
Better to come in here with some muscle,
get this pickup out of the ditch.
[Narrator] Authorities want the vehicle removed
from the working rail lines
as soon as possible.
[Rob] The pressure is to get it out of here.
They don't want stuff like that
left for any more time than it has to be.
[train horn blasting]
[Narrator] Any disruption to train schedules...
[Narrator] ...can be costly.
[Jamie] When that railway's shut down,
it's millions of dollars a minute.
[Jamie] Well, what about go through the hitch?
[Narrator] Just feet from the tracks...
[Jamie] Like this.
[Rob] Will it fit through? Yeah.
[Jamie] Yeah.
[Narrator] ...Jamie finds a solid rigging point...
[train horn blasting past]
[Jamie] Trains... [chuckling]
This is not a safe place to be.
It's a place to get away from.
You know?
Let's go.
[Jamie] Okay.
[Rob] Start winching.
[Narrator] the pickup starts its climb...
[Jamie] Up she goes.
[Narrator] ...up the 50-degree slope.
[Rob] If the cable ever broke,
and the truck ended up on the track
and hit by a train,
well, then we got a pile of explaining to do.
[Jamie] Now, will it sit there?
[Narrator] In the foothills of the Rockies...
[Jamie] Now, will it sit there?
[Narrator] ...Jamie's got a 6,000-pound pickup
on the line...
[Jamie] I don't trust this angle.
[Narrator] ...above live train tracks.
[Jamie] We've winched it up to the edge of the roadway,
and it's leaning on a pretty good angle.
Like, maybe we can put a strap around it
and pull the front end over.
[Narrator] To get the rest of it onto the highway...
[Jamie] Rob, bring your truck around.
[Narrator] ...Jamie brings in the flatdeck waiting nearby.
[Jamie] Right about here.
[Rob] Just a strap through that wheel there, or...?
[Jamie] We'll put a snatch block
and just drag that front end over.
[Jamie] We're gonna run some rigging
and actually winch the front end of the truck on the road.
Okay, go, go.
[Narrator] Rob runs a strap to the rim...
[Rob] Okay.
[Jamie] Okay, go ahead.
Be careful here.
[Narrator] ...to bring the front end around...
[Jamie] Just go nice and easy.
Whoa...
[Narrator] ...but the wreck...
[Jamie] Okay, stop.
[Narrator] ...begins to tilt.
[Jamie] We better put a lower line on this thing.
There's a possibility that it could flip over.
Wanna run that other cable down?
[Narrator] For stability...
-Down around the bottom here? -Yeah.
[Narrator] ...Jamie adds a third line.
[Rob] Well, it's in there.
[Rob] Pull ahead?
[Jamie] Yeah, okay.
[Rob] Should be able to go there now.
If we can just winch the front end up,
it's going to be flat on the road.
-Keep going? -Yeah, keep going.
[Jamie] Might even be able to back it up now, eh?
[Rob] Yeah.
And the flatbed can take it away.
[Rob Chryk] Drive it up!
[Jamie] There we go!
[Rob Chryk] Perfect.
[Jamie] Well, that went well.
[Jamie] We got the unit on the road,
and the customer will come and pick it up,
and I think he'll be happy with it.
[Narrator] With the wreck cleared,
it's full steam ahead...
[Narrator] ...for the railway below.
[flatbed truck honks twice]
[Narrator] Five hours southwest...
[John] Still quite a bit of black ice out there.
[Narrator] ...John Dods is back on the Coq...
We got the 50-tonne joining us on scene up there.
[Narrator] ...with reinforcements
from the Valley...
[Andy] One more recovery.
[Narrator] ...the Mission 50-tonne...
[Andy] Hopefully it's not frozen to the ground too bad.
[Narrator] ...and Andy Cullum behind the wheel.
[Andy] We're up here tonight
to give John a hand to recover this wreck.
[Andy] Oh, look at that trailer.
There's nothing left of it.
This is gonna be a fun night with all this.
[John] I mean, it is twisted three different ways, right?
[Andy] Is the pin broken?
[John] It's still connected.
[Andy] I've never seen a hitch plate
bend three different directions
and not break off.
Must have been a fun crash.
[Narrator] The semi jackknifed
and slammed hard
into the centre median...
...but the 60,000-pound load...
[Andy] I don't know if we can leave
that much weight on something, so...
-So... mangled? -...messed up, yeah.
[Narrator] ...is still attached.
[Andy] Even with two wreckers here,
it's gonna be tricky to get it out.
So put the load on the ground,
take the scrap out of the way,
and get them to come and reload it
onto a better trailer.
Yeah.
[John] We've got all the equipment we need.
Andy's up here with his 50-tonne,
I'm up here in the 35-tonne.
The goal is to get this thing out and back to the yard.
[Narrator] The straps holding the load...
...are cut...
...releasing 60,000 pounds of siding.
If you just drop it on the ground...
[Andy] Whoo!
...chances are it will all survive.
[John] That's it. That's all of them.
I'll grab the front of the truck.
As I pull the truck that way,
you pull the trailer over away from the load.
The load will be safe.
[John] Okay. Yup.
[Narrator] Positioned down the hammer lane...
[Andy] It's going to that far tow pin.
[Narrator] ...the team rig up for the rollover.
[John] Tension's on now.
[Narrator] With a line from the 50-tonne
to the tractor,
and a line from the 35-tonne on the trailer's rear axles,
they'll untwist the trailer onto its wheels.
[John] Okay, when you're ready, let me know.
Ready?
[John] We'll just slowly start pulling it
up towards the road,
then see what we can accomplish here.
[Narrator] But the wreck's extreme twist...
has team Reliable on guard.
[John] With the amount of tension on this,
you definitely want to be careful,
'cause anything could happen.
[Andy] Whoo!
[Andy] You can hear the stress.
You hear the weight on the cables.
You can hear the trailer making noises.
Hold on.
[Narrator] South of Merritt...
[Narrator] ...on the Coq...
[Narrator] ...team Reliable...
[John] Just go nice and slow.
[Narrator] ...unwind a twisted wreck.
[Andy] Whoo!
A lot of the twist is coming out of this
as we're going.
[John] Oh, there we go.
[Andy] Good.
Next step for me is to pull this thing
up onto the road...
...split it up,
and take it back to the yard.
[John] Okay!
[Narrator] The wreck is finally on the road...
[Andy] We're gonna have to get this pin apart.
[Narrator] ...but the fifth wheel plate...
...refuses to budge.
[Andy] It's 'cause it's twisted.
[Andy] This trailer's so damaged,
the actual plate where the kingpin mounts is bent,
so it's not wanting to release.
[Narrator] Andy...
[Andy] Bring the Landoll in.
[Narrator] ...has a trick up his sleeve.
What we're actually gonna try to do
is put the Landoll under the trailer
so we can lift it off the pin.
Okay, back up to it.
We're trying to relieve the tension on the kingpin
so the jaws will release,
so we can pull the trailer off the tractor.
[Narrator] With the Landoll wedged underneath...
[Andy] It's gonna be kind of tricky.
[Narrator] ...Andy lifts the trailer,
easing the tension
off the kingpin.
[John] Oh, look at that!
Whoo!
[Andy] We're free.
[John] Definitely lucky that it came apart,
and lucky that there was no injuries
while we were getting it apart.
[Narrator] 38 hours after John first arrived...
[John] Landoll's gonna move,
I'm gonna move,
Andy's gonna hook the tractor.
[Narrator] ...the wreck
is finally on its way.
[John] I'm feeling pretty good about how the job went.
Working with Andy is always a pleasure.
[Andy] Good job.
A recovery scene
is trial and error until you get success.
You just can't give up.
[Narrator] A cleanup crew will pick up the load tomorrow.
I have confidence in all my employees.
It makes it a lot easier to send somebody out
when you know that there's a team behind them.
I'm very appreciative of the work they're doing.
[Narrator] 180 kilometres southwest...
[Narrator] ...in the Fraser Valley,
a green heavy wrecker is sticking close to home...
[Al Quiring] Not every day is a Coquihalla job.
[Narrator] ...with Al Quiring at the wheel.
[Al] My family's business
is not just based on highway towing.
It's servicing the people
that live in our community as well.
Hopefully we can do a good job for 'em. [chuckling]
Here we go.
[Narrator] But today's job...
...is anything but ordinary.
[Al] We're just gonna go do
a cement drum switchover
from one truck to another.
Hey, there, Dave.
[Dave] Morning, Big Al!
[Narrator] Overseeing today's mission...
[Dave] We're playing musical drums.
[Narrator] ...is supervisor Dave Matthew.
We've got a very good relationship
with several different concrete companies.
[Narrator] ...but rigging to the drum...
[Al] I got a few straps.
[Narrator] ...will require
a special touch.
There's no lifting lugs engineered in these things.
[Narrator] So Al...
[Al] See them team colours?
[Narrator] ...has borrowed some equipment.
I stole this right off of Jamie's truck.
[laughing]
[chuckling] Shh...
[Al] How far up does that come?
[man] Just over the midpoint.
[Narrator] Al moves with confidence...
[Al] We put a chain on that.
[Narrator] ...because this isn't his first standoff
with a cement drum.
[Al] Use both lines.
[Narrator] Seven years ago...
[Al] Just hold it.
[Narrator] ...Al rescued a drum
that rolled into a ditch.
You don't see that kind of stuff every day.
We came, we pulled that out, and there it goes.
[Narrator] But today...
[Narrator] ...Al is working with brand-new equipment.
[Al] Should we have a practice drum
to work on first? [chuckling]
We've gotta be on our A-game for the rigging...
We'll pad that up, Dave, if it's gonna touch.
[Al] ...to make sure that we're able
to complete that whole maneuver
in a single rig-up.
Is that front piece unbolted?
[Dave] Should be completely loose up front.
[Al] The bolts are out?
[Dave] Yup.
[Al] Okay, going up.
[Dave] Watch your fingers there.
Whoa.
[Al] Are we clear of the truck, on the far side?
[Dave] Yeah, you're good, yeah.
[Al] Okay, I'm just gonna pull ahead.
[Al] Any time you're lifting anything
over top of another truck
is a challenge and a risk.
[Narrator] With the almost 10,000-pound drum
hanging in mid-air...
[Al] Yeah, we'll just get it close.
[Narrator] ...it's out with the old...
[Al] It's pretty shiny, that one.
[Narrator] ...in with the new...
[Dave] Yeah, it's all rebuilt.
[Narrator] ...but maneuvering the 20-foot-long mixer
will require precision driving.
[Al] Being that my wrecker doesn't rotate,
you've got to be pretty much on your mark,
know exactly where that boom is going to be.
[Al] Here we go, boys.
You can damage a lot of things very quickly.
One of it is your customer's truck.
[Dave] Okay, hold up!
[Narrator] At a concrete yard
in the Valley...
[Dave] Can you go that way at all?
[Narrator] ...Al lines up
a 20-foot-long drum...
[Al] We're pretty close.
[Al] Slow and easy...
[Al] Little more.
...one step at a time.
Just easy.
Easy, easy.
[Dave] Perfect.
[Narrator] ...but the job isn't over yet.
[Al] I'll move it with the crane.
[Narrator] The 10,000-pound drum
needs to be lowered into place.
Definitely takes a little bit of a knack,
but it's good practice.
It's boom time, right?
It's hands on the control,
and staying proficient with the equipment.
[Dave] Let this end down.
[Narrator] With a master's touch...
[Dave] Gotta go to you about six inches.
[Narrator] ...Al nudges the drum...
[Dave] Down just a little bit.
Hold 'er there.
[Narrator] ...into place.
[Dave] Beauty.
[Narrator] After careful inspection...
Working on getting the holes lined up.
[Dave] Okay, Al, we're done. We're good!
[Narrator] ...it's mission accomplished.
[Al] Be nice sometimes to have a rotator,
but we can do it.
It's like a three-legged dog, you get used to it.
Yeah, we don't need a rotator.
-Don't need rotators. -[laughing]
We just used good old fashioned Vulcan wrecker...
All right, we're good to go.
[Dave] Okay, Al. Thanks, buddy.
[Al] ...and some good old fashioned knowledge
and know-how.
[Dave] Another happy customer.
[laughing]
[Al] Let's roll.
[Al] Now that we've got this job done,
we're onto the next one,
and that's the important thing.
[Narrator] 85 kilometres northeast...
[Narrator] ...an evening blast of snow
hits near Hope.
[Narrator] Heading to a call
in a Reliable Towing 50-tonne...
[James Luke] It's a mix of snow and ice right now,
so we're dealing with a hell of a mess.
[Narrator] ...operator James Luke.
[James] Look at that lineup of traffic.
Wow.
That's a lot of trucks.
[James] Traffic's backing up
up and down the highway.
[Narrator] A kilometre down the road,
at the front of the line-up...
I've been stuck here since 10:00, so...
[Narrator] ...is James's customer.
[grunting]
Never seen it like this.
[Narrator] With traffic
gridlocking the highway...
[James] Okay,
I'm going to start moving some of these trucks.
[Narrator] ...James will have to create a path.
[James] I'm gonna try and figure out
who's gotta go where,
so if you see them move, just stay still.
[James] I'm going to try and guide some people
off to the side of the road
so that I'm able to get up there
and deal with this situation.
I need you to pull right up behind that truck.
Stay in this lane.
[Narrator] But a path cleared...
[James] Keep going, keep going.
Oh, lord.
[Narrator] ...quickly gets clogged again.
[James] We got a good path,
but now everybody's trying to move forward.
Just totally screwed it.
[James] Unfortunately, people got in the way.
There's not enough room for me
to get the heavy wrecker through.
I gotta start all over again.
[Narrator] ...but James has a Plan B.
You're, like, right around the corner from me.
[Jordan Brink] I'm on the offramp.
[James] There's another driver
that's just literally right in front of me.
-Okay, bye. - Okay. Bye.
[Narrator] The light-duty truck
will meet James at the front of the line...
[James] I'm gonna walk up to him
and figure out a new plan.
[Narrator] ...where operator Jordan Brink is standing by.
[James] Just two random dudes getting the job done.
Yeah, we are.
[James] We're gonna winch that guy in the blue truck out.
[Narrator] But using a one-tonne
to pull a fully loaded semi...
[Narrator] ...won't be easy.
The challenge is the trucks weigh a lot less
than the actual semi does.
[Narrator] So James...
[James] When he pulls,
we'll have to get you to help.
[Jordan] Okay!
[Narrator] ...enlists the driver's help.
[Jordan] Ready when you are!
[James] Keep pulling.
It's not the proper truck we're using...
Okay, come forward.
...but these trucks can do a lot...
...and I'm hoping and praying
that this one-tonne will get the job done.
[Jordan] There she comes.
[James] Keep going.
[Jordan] Nope, I don't think we're gonna do it.
[Narrator] On Highway 1...
[Jordan] Come on, bite.
Come on, baby.
[Narrator] ...it's a heavyweight challenge...
[James] You're moving him.
[Narrator] ...for a Reliable one-tonne.
[James] Straighten your wheels!
The wheels straight, yeah.
[James] We just need to listen
to what the truck is saying to us...
[Jordan] There we go.
...and don't give up.
[James] Just remember, little bits at a time, right?
The closer we are, the stronger the pull.
So far, so good.
[Jordan] Come on, baby.
He's starting to break out of that snow.
[James] Come by, a little bit.
Keep coming, keep coming, keep coming, keep coming.
Okay!
[Jordan] Yee-haw!
[laughing]
-Who needs a heavy? -Yeah, who needs a heavy?
We managed to pull a fully loaded 53-foot truck
out of the snowbank,
and got it up on the road.
The driver's pretty happy.
It feels good to have the guy back on the road
and on his way home.
[Narrator] With the job done...
[Narrator] ...James...
[truck honking]
[Narrator] ...heads for home.
[Suki] James is the type of operator
you want on a job like this.
He's got the experience.
He's up for any challenge.
[Narrator] Days later in the Valley...
...celebrations are in full swing...
[chatting and laughter]
Oh, no, it blew up good.
[Narrator] ...for James Luke
and his partner, Tia.
Tia made me see life in a different way.
There's other outlooks in life than money and work.
She's pretty awesome.
Today is the day
that we find out the gender of mine and Tia's baby.
[laughing]
[James] I'm just standing back. It's all up to Mark.
It's a big responsibility for Mark.
[starting engine]
[James] Mark, my best friend,
he is actually gonna use his car to do a burnout...
that will reveal the gender.
[revving engine]
Oh, my god.
[James] Days like today are so important
because I missed out on so much of my life before
with work.
[engine revving]
-It's a boy. -[laughing]
[engine revving]
[James] I'm hoping
that I'm gonna be able to spend more time with family.
Three, two, one!
[cheering] Whoo!
This will be my third child.
It is exciting having a newborn.
[laughing]
Oh, boy.
It's gonna be awesome.
I can't wait.
It's gonna be entertaining.
[laughing]
[Narrator] Next time
on Highway Thru Hell...
[Narrator] ...Jamie and his rotator...
[Jamie] Give 'er.
[Narrator] ...between a rock wall...
[Jamie] Go ahead slowly.
[Narrator] ...and a tight space.
[Narrator] Things heat up...
[Don] Look at it smoke now.
[Narrator] ...on a precarious haul...
[Narrator] ...and a sunk excavator...
[Andy] Holy crap!
[Narrator] ...leaves team Reliable...
-[Ty] Come on! -[Narrator] ...dangling.
-[Andy] Whoa!
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