The worst episodes of Highway Thru Hell
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- 01
Team Reliable is in foggy chaos; Ken turns an off-road recovery into a joyride; Greg takes charge on his biggest recovery without the boss; Gord hustles to open the Coq's steepest stretch.
- 02
Near Merritt, BC a parcel delivery truck is torn wide open scattering hundreds of packages across The Coq. Facing high winds, high speed traffic and the threat of falling rocks, Reliable Towing must overcome numerous obstacles to clear the wreck. Al has to get physical after a dump truck crashes into a concrete barrier. And Jamie uses a "slick trick" to slide a heavy load off a highway.
- 03
Mitch discovers a massive wreck involving two semis; Reliable and Aggressive Towing join forces to recover a pair of entangled 18-wheelers; a tippy trailer abandoned on a soft shoulder tests Jamie; Gord finds himself in deep in a peat bog.
- 04
Near Hope, B.C., a burning truck hauling frozen chicken has Cam and Jamie in a race to move the smoky hazard off the highway; a flipped logging truck near Merritt turns into a tussle for Mitch and James.
- 05
A hardy crew of heavy towers working day and night on the most unforgiving highway in the world, the Coq, to battle some of the most dangerous and unpredictable situations. Through nasty weather conditions, tangled wrecks, and unforeseen problems, the crew is pushed to their limits to maintain one goal: to keep traffic moving. With majority of traffic semi-trucks, the job proves one of the most difficult and deadly in the world. Can they do it?
- 06
Jamie flies to Chatanooga to pickup a truck with a rotating boom that he's impatiently waiting for. The crew deals with two tough to flip turnovers loaded with lumber and wine.
- 07
Jamie brings one of his young boys along on an "easy" job only to see three more trucks crash during the job. A unknown load in a wrecked truck leads to an embarrassing debut for the rotator. Jamie has trouble with son Brandon's work ethic and new earrings.
- 08
Jamie's crew struggles with undersized equipment while overhead power lines threaten. A new driver learns the ropes though a mishap or two and turns up missing when the weather turns. After a long shift Jamie gives his team a break then is promptly faced with a two semi wreck on his own.
- 09
As his crew loses jobs to competitors, Jamie recalls the event that make him so competitive.
- 10
Even tow crews and snowplows can't work when avalanches start. But once the avalanche risk is averted Jamie risks his precious rotator to lift a semi up a cliff without damaging it.
- 11
A car lift leads to no end of frustration. Jamie questions his son Brandon's priorities but Dad is impressed when he get's a taste of Brandon's world.
- 12
Seems when it's not snow it's rock slides and them boulders hurt. But rock or snow make no difference to the highway department. They still want the roads reopen right quick.
- 13
Spring mean a drop in business and Jamie is worried about costs and unpaid bills. Layoffs seem inevitable. On the mountain a mail truck means special challenges which has Adam linking about quitting.
- 14
HIGHWAY THRU HELL: AFTER THE CRASH catches up with the heavy rescue crew as they reflect over the highs and lows on the mountain last winter. In between highlight clips, showing some of the best and worst times they had the over the season's eight gripping episodes, the guys talk about their toughest wrecks, worst injuries, stormiest weather, tense moments on the team, and why they stick it out despite it all. Jamie talks about being prepared for anything and how his amazing fleet of heavy rescue trucks helps him tackle it all. Ken, the new guy from the city, stops in...
- 15
Winter is back in full force on the Coquihalla Highway and Jamie Davis has bulked up with his biggest heavy rescue crew ever. The first big wreck of the season brings the crew out to a crashed truck with a double load of lumber that Jamie needs to recover without damaging its fragile roof. As the job drags on into the night the road freezes over leaving the team to juggle passing traffic and an awkward recovery.
- 16
Winter hits fast and furious, testing the endurance of the heavy rescue crew. Jamie's got to keep a wrecked load of wood chips from busting open all over the highway. Ken strikes out when he tries to recruit Brandon into car towing. Later, a fully loaded Sea-Can container flips, blocking Highway 3. The heaviest lift in two seasons pushes Jamie and the Rotator to their outer limit.
- 17
Jamie brings back veteran driver Scott by promising him a new state of the art heavy wrecker. But the new truck is months behind schedule, so Scott has to settle for a worn-out vintage truck. A grueling schedule pushes Adam to his breaking point and he goes AWOL, while Jamie is forced to abandon his Rotator on a backcountry road that is too dangerous to drive.
- 18
Tension between Jamie and Adam boil over as they struggle to flip a B-train on a narrow icy road. Adam comes close to quitting, but then backs off when Jamie makes him a promise. A two-car collision closes the snow shed and puts Ken's towing know-how to the test. A truckload of Christmas mail nearly goes off a cliff.
- 19
A trailer filled with costly pharmaceuticals gets embedded in a block of ice. A truckload of frozen chickens crashes into a tangle of trees. 65-year-old Bruce begins to show signs that he may be over the hill. Rob's promotion to lead flagger is short-lived when police revoke his license for speeding.
- 20
A local competitor challenges Jamie's status on the Hill. A trailer full of cat food bursts into flames - and Scott and Gord have to battle for two days to get the burning heap off the Smasher. Bruce gets into a fight that lands him in the hospital.
- 21
The biggest storm of the season is about to hit the Coq with a fury, just as Jamie discovers that his license has expired. His day gets even worse when someone smashes the Rotator. When Jamie then gets a call for a dream job it turns into the most challenging recovery of the season.
- 22
A semi hits a barrier so hard that it tears off the trailer's rear axle, blocking the Coq's most important exit. Scott tells Jamie he's fed up with the vintage truck he's been driving, and a mysterious new driver shows up in the yard to start work.
- 23
Heavy rescue has to recover a severely damaged trailer loaded with millions of plastic beads. Spring rains are causing rock slides on Highway 1. When a B-train loaded with lumber drives off a cliff in order to avoid a boulder, Jamie's called in to recover the wreck before it falls down onto an active railroad line.
- 24
Jamie and crew wrestle to recover a trailer loaded with apples off a dangerous bridge. A multi-vehicle wreck turns deadly for a Good Samaritan. Scott returns after two weeks of forced vacation, hoping to finally get his new heavy rescue truck.
- 25
Adam and Jamie are forced to use some fancy rigging to try to save a wreck on Highway 1 that threatens to spill its load all over the road. When a new competitor rolls onto the mountain and cuts the work in half Jamie is forced to realize he can't afford to keep his world class fleet of trucks on the Coq.
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