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Aggressive and Quiring unite forces to take on a snowy recovery that threatens to fall apart; Reliable's Ty and Andy fight swamped-in heavy equipment; Jamie and his crew take on a gigantic haul; Kurtis Brown looks back on a season like no
other.
Jamie helps the victim of a crash; Dylan and team Reliable return for another swing at a heavy transport frozen in; Merv helps out Reliable's Ty for the final battle in a mudslide; Big John has a high-stakes unload and a semi stuck in the forest. Jamie shows his daughter the ropes on a backroad tow.
Aggressive's Jason and Merv team up with MSA's Kirpal and Sons for a triple wrecker recovery; Ty, Andy and a heavy recovery hopeful take on a mudslide wreck; Dylan, Rooster and Andy get pushed to their limits by a heavy transport frozen in.
Jamie and Rick tackle a massive double recovery; heavy fog tests Reliable's newest hire; Big John trains a familiar face to operate a heavy on an unusual jackknife; John and his daughter take on a wreck with a twist.
A fiery multivehicle crash is attacked by Dylan and new recruit Steph; Aggressive Towing takes on a two-rotator suburban showdown under live power lines; Jamie throws the next generation into the fire in the remote backcountry.
Jamie and his LA Rotator attack a b-train alone; Cary Quiring is under pressure to contain a hazardous problem and clear the highway; MSA discovers a repeat customer in a tough quagmire.
Jamie and the next generation take on an airbag wreck similar to a challenging one from the past; Dylan must rely on roadside ingenuity against a sideways semi; Al and Gord deal with four wheelers on the Coq.
Aggressive Towing mobilizes both rotators to help MSA on back-to-back recoveries; two young Reliable Mission up-and-comers are hours from civilization when a backroad recovery goes into night; Greg is helped by Jamie on a jackknife in winter.
A flash freeze launches Team Green into action; Dylan heads a two-wrecker recovery of a toppled lumber truck; Jason tackles a two-piece gravel wreck; a snowy recovery deals Jamie an unexpected snag; Reliable's Ty and Chris search for a wreck.
Aggressive Towing copes with a slick situation in the Valley while Reliable's new Highway 3 base battles a snowstorm; Jamie, Al and Kurtis hit the Coquihalla on an emotional day.
Bone-chilling temperatures challenge the teams to pull off recoveries in punishing conditions; Dylan pushes Reliable's military rotator in a new way; media gets a sneak peek at an extraordinary repair effort on Coquihalla, closed after floods.
Al and Merv team up for a snowy tug of war; with the Canyon Highway closed, Jamie battles a fuel tanker to keep trains moving; a blockage on the only route through the Cascade Mountains forces MSA into a bold move.
James Luke and the Reliable team contend with two detoured wrecks on the same punishing corner of a narrow route; MSA's Kirpal and sons must stretch a long line to reach a machine stuck on a farm.
Cary Quiring is tasked with keeping crucial goods flowing; a wreck that brings three heavies out tests Jamie's new LA Rotator; Aggressive Towing tackles a sideways transport
James Luke and over 20 tow trucks must recover 200 cars in a mudslide zone in mere hours; a second atmospheric river threatens the Fraser Valley, as the military is brought in to help engineer solutions.
Jamie's brother Jason fears for his home after being evacuated by air; Reliable clears vehicles in a slide zone to help reopen the first highway out of Hope; the Coquihalla rebuild begins in a race against winter.
With all surrounding highways closed after unprecedented flooding, drivers and residents are trapped in Hope as a raging creek threatens Jamie's shop and family home; Dylan tries to rescue residents trapped in a home surrounded on all sides by a river gone wild.
Jamie's new operator hits a Coquihalla mudslide, while highway crews are in a life or death race to evacuate motorists and save vital infrastructure; Team Reliable braves floodwaters to rescue stranded residents; Jamie's hometown is cut off by wiped-out roads.
Jamie and his brother team up for the most stunning wreck of the season; Al hauls a unique piece of equipment on a treacherous backroad; Brandon and highway crews face a difficult night on the Coq; Jamie adds a wrecker like no other to his fleet.
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.
The men of Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue fight to keep open some of the most economically important, most traveled and most inhospitable trucking routes in North America.
Jamie and Greg fight an uphill battle against a flipped excavator, Big John is challenged by a defiant semi, Dylan and Scott test their teamwork on a technical recovery.
A double-rotator recovery has the Aggressive team on the edge; a crash near the border tests Kirpal and his sons; Dylan takes Reliable's offroad warrior out for its first blacktop battle; Rooster is on the front lines of recovery and fatherhood.
Al recruits reinforcements to get truckers moving; Dylan faces a heavy breakdown on a remote job; Merv pilots a warplane through a city while Brian and Greg grapple with a mysterious load.
Dylan and Brandon attempt to recover a tippy sem. James Luke and Cary battle to save a unique machine, as MSA Towing navigates unusual conditions. Jamie's classic iron is pushed to its limits with a wreck that doesn't add up.
Scott is dealt polar opposites in a surprise storm; Big John takes on a tractor buried in big timber; Merv gets a mangled holiday surprise; James Luke takes the next generation on a tow; an old friend brings a special gift for Jamie.
Gord is called on to rescue an unpredictable trucker; Big John and Rick Wood face the wreck of a lifetime; a stolen pickup dumped far up a snowy logging road reunites Dylan with his former boss and pushes Reliable's military rotator to its limits.
Greg responds to a crash after black ice forms on the Coq; heavy winter rains launch MSA into an epic fight with a big machine in a mudpit; an accident hits close to home for Brandon; Scott mentors the next generation on a defiant wreck.
Jamie and his team battle a B-train that's taken a deep dive on punishing terrain; Al takes on a spun-out trucker to keep an army of plows moving; Al's son Cary steps up in a quarter-million-dollar house move.
A crash brings Greg and Brian out for action; Team Aggressive wrangles a teetering truck; MSA takes on a major recovery affecting the busiest stretch of highway in B.C.
The biggest storm of winter yet sees an accident involving highway crew; Scott Bird takes on his first mountain storm in years with a greenhorn riding shotgun.
Jamie and Brandon respond to a semi sucked into a muddy ditch; a familiar face eyes a legendary tow company; Reliable's 50-ton wrecker takes on a tricky recovery; an upside-down camper and star-studded vintage pickup test a newly-formed team.
A logging truck tangled down a steep bank brings the entire Mission Towing roster out to battle. A surprise storm launches James Luke into unusual territory. Team Green takes on a dozer sunk into a peat bog; a legendary tow family faces a crossroads.
Al comes to the rescue of an overconfident driver, team Reliable gains a fiery personality, and Gary faces a heavyweight challenge.
Gord is tested by the snowfall, and the Reliable crew's military rotator faces double trouble where no roads go.
Just in time for one of Jamie's most challenging recoveries this season, a familiar face shows up at the yard and is recruited to help save a loaded car carrier; Al and Gord travel north to an epic job near a gold mining town.
Jamie attempts to lure back former lead operator Colin McLean by ordering his dream truck; Team Reliable tackles a smashed semi with a super-sized load of French fries; A blown tire launches a dump truck into the ditch and two teams into action.
Cam narrowly escapes a deadly crash when his 50-ton wrecker is struck from behind; Jamie and Greg climb into the backcountry to rescue an articulating rock truck clinging to a mountain slope.
Jamie Davis and the cast look back at some of their biggest battles with Mother Nature; Al, Merv, Colin, James and Ken Duperon discuss how each extreme weather condition has impacted recoveries; plus, a tribute to one of Jamie's original crewmembers.
Black smoke billowing above the Fraser Valley sends fire crews and Ken Duperon racing to the Mission Towing yard; a cracked trailer in deep snow becomes a delicate recovery for Rick and Brandon.
A back road job drifts towards disaster when James Luke's 30-ton wrecker Black Sheep starts sliding backwards; a tree through a trucker's windshield launches Brian up The Coq; Jamie's tow buddy Big John tackles a head-on crash near Revelstoke, BC.
Jamie gets a painful reminder of the hazards of being hands on while working on Mighty Mo; two simultaneous wrecks on the same stretch of The Coq double the pressure on Team Reliable.
Torrential rain and a raging river threatens Jamie's operation in Hope, BC; Al Quiring goes fishing for logs to save a community from flooding; a jackknifed semi hauling bottles of water tests Rick and Brandon.
Two transport trucks make contact, ripping open their trailers and shutting down the main highway outside Golden BC; the crash launches Jamie Davis and his classic wrecker The General from his new winter base.
High winds in BC's Fraser Valley flip a trailer on a bridge and blow away Ken and the Mission crew; Reliable Towing's James Luke and Mitch Karr battle 70-kph wind gusts to recover a wreck loaded with lumber.
A recovery on The Coq turns into a roadside emergency for Team Reliable; Jamie and new operator Greg Mulligan get more than they bargained for when a semi plows into a snowbank.
Gord Boyd races to clear a jackknifed semi as snow plows battle to keep The Coq moving; a loaded 18-wheeler on the edge of a cliff tests Reliable Towing's Cam and Chace; a lost trucker needs help backing down a dark road.
A tanker crash in BC's Fraser Canyon lands rookie operator Greg Mulligan in the middle of an epic recovery; faced with 47-thousand litres of diesel and a mass of twisted metal, Greg's luck turns when Merv and Aggressive Towing's 50-ton rotator arrive.
An extreme arctic blast descends on Hope, BC delivering brutal cold and a bone-chilling battle for Jamie and his brother Jason; Al's son Cary is unexpectedly called in to cover for his father on the Coq Summit for the first time.
A raging truck fire tests Dylan and Team Reliable; a valuable surprise in the ashes; Jamie's rookie operator and veteran mechanic pair up to rescue a broken down semi.
On his first job in a heavy wrecker since his heart attack, Ken Duperon faces a load of pipe outside a prison; a familiar face switches teams and leads Reliable Towing on a major recovery.
A rolled logging truck launches Jamie Davis and his heavy wreckers to a remote crash site in the BC interior; Reliable Towing's James Luke scrambles to disconnect a flaming tractor from its trailer and is assisted by a surprising new hire.
The first snowstorm of the season paralyzes the Coquihalla Summit, launching Al Quiring and Gord Boyd into battle; Jamie Davis and a new operator from Ireland tackle a torn-up semi on a dangerous corner.
After surviving a near-fatal heart attack, Ken leads the Mission crew on its most daunting recovery in years; lodged in the trees, 200 feet below a mountain road, the damaged dump truck pushes Ken's team to the edge of disaster.
A lost load of lumber pulls Jamie and Colin Mclean into a battle on the banks of B.C.'s Skagit River; Al takes a chance with Big Green to rescue a sinking excavator; James and Rooster wrestle a twisted wreck near Merritt.
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.
Brandon and Cam team up to rescue a lumber truck tangled in a rock face on Highway 3; Al digs out a buried semi on a notorious corner on The Coq; a tractor fire puts James in the hot seat.
Jamie and his tow brothers discuss some of their toughest backroad adventures; Al, Ken, Jason and Mitch swap tales and share advice on some of their most spectacular off-road recoveries.
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.
A terrifying crash involving one of their own shocks Team Reliable; Dylan and Merv pair up to lift a heavy load of steel pilings off a highway; Cam races to rescue a fellow tow operator stuck on a blind corner.
A polar vortex brings extreme cold and brutal working conditions to truck drivers and heavy wrecker operators on BC's Coquihalla Highway. Colin fights to recover a frozen rig. Cam finds himself in a deja vu dilemma with one of Jamie's classic wreckers. And an up and coming operator slides to the edge of disaster.
James Luke and "Black Sheep" rush to clear a tractor trailer on its side loaded with heavy doors. An 18-wheeler filled with firewood tests Cam and Colin. And Gord and Al must perform a delicate manoeuvre to move a shipping container full of garbage off the Trans Canada Highway.
A tractor trailer clinging to the edge of a mountain road has Mitch, Merv and James pulling together to save the the load. After years relying on older equipment, Jamie Davis takes a sharp turn in the road - bringing home a surprise for the team. A major rollover tests a first time heavy wrecker operator. And the Mission Towing crew gets an update on Ken's condition.
A frightening collision in BC's Fraser Valley is captured on dash cam by one of its survivors. To open the road, Merv is dispatched in Aggressive Towing's 50-ton rotator. Jamie's in for a rough ride when he takes one of his classic wreckers on a two thousand kilometre journey north. And shocking news about a key member of the Mission Towing family hits home.
A cliffside recovery on the banks of the BC's Coldwater River puts James and Adam on thin ice. Colin's forced to make a roadside repair in the middle of a winter storm. Al and Gord race to move a house off a busy highway. And in Mission, Ken and Dylan take on a 50-ton concrete pump truck stuck at a construction site.
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.
In Hope, BC - Jamie, Colin and Cam battle heavy rains to recover a rolled semi blocking the highway through town. With traffic to The Coq cut off, and a trailer full of cooking oil starting to rip, Jamie's crew must roll the dice to get the road open. In the Fraser Canyon, a wreck on the edge of a creek has Mission Towing's Dylan Greenwood in a race to save a pricey perishable load.
When a dump truck and trailer crash into dense bush, Al Quiring and sons become heavy rescue lumber jacks. With the help of Gord Boyd, Team Green must overcome environmental obstacles and a twisted wreck trapped in the trees. After a tough break last winter, Cam Neno returns to Jamie's yard in Hope for round two.Â
Jamie tests the limits of his classic wrecker "The General" against a 180,000 lb. rock crusher in a gravel pit. Mitch and James scramble to save a truck and camper on an icy cliff. Colin finally gets a crack at Mighty Mo's push bumper. And Mission Towing's Ken Duperon trains a new operator in the middle of a snow storm.
On BC's Coquihalla Highway, an early snowfall catches truckers off guard and puts Jamie Davis face to face with a heavy fuel tanker. Sparks fly when James Luke and "The Black Sheep" try to rescue a semi in deep snow. And Al Quiring moves mountains - to help a record-breaking load over the Coq Summit.
An overturned load of heavy pipe becomes an all-out battle for Reliable Towing; Jamie considers buying another vintage wrecker; Mission Towing's Ken Duperon hustles to save a vehicle on the verge of sliding off a snowy mountain road.
A 40-ton boulder crashes onto B.C.'s Fraser Canyon Highway and launches Al Quiring into the crush zone; Jamie, Brandon, and Paris climb a deactivated logging road to retrieve a lost wreck.
A tractor-trailer trapped near Quesnel, B.C. proves to be one of Jamie's toughest recoveries of the winter; an abandoned wreck up a remote mountain road tests Mission Towing; the Christmas spirit inspires tow companies to come together for a good cause.
On one of the busiest nights of winter, Jamie has new operator Cam take the controls of "Mighty Mo"; a scattered load of lumber has James Luke and the Reliable Towing team in a race against a snowstorm.
A multi-vehicle crash thrusts Al Quiring's 24-year-old son Cary into a dire situation; a truck hauling new cars becomes a tricky recovery for Reliable Towing; Jamie ventures north to bring a wreck back from the Yukon.
After being rescued by Al Quiring, the driver of a hazardous load runs into serious trouble at the base of The Coq; a simple tow turns into a night of heavy rescue for Colin; Jamie experiences chest pains in the middle of a job.
Merv's called up The Coq to help Reliable Towing untangle three major wrecks less than a kilometre apart; Dylan races to recover a car dangling on a bridge; Colin rolls up on a heavy rescue "head scratcher".
A tour bus spins out of control, launching Al Quiring into action; Jamie gets to test a heavy-duty weapon bolted to the front of "Mighty Mo"; a new team on The Coq takes on a trailer with live pigs.
Mission Towing races to an urgent call on a logging road; Jamie deploys his "air bag" recovery system to flip a tractor trailer.
Jamie heads north into the BC interior to save a tractor-trailer on its side, with "Mighty Mo" sidelined and an avalanche of bad luck, the job turns into Jamie's worst nightmare.
Al and Gord search for a lost logging truck on a snowy back road; Jamie attempts a maneuver with Mighty Mo; Colin faces his fear while working on a semi.
Colin takes the controls of Mighty Mo during a whiteout storm; Dylan encounters a semi on the edge of a cliff; Jamie and Paris attempt to bring an old dozer back to life.
Al and Gord are called in to winch a 65-ton steel bridge across the Coquihalla River; Jamie takes a bad fall while operating Mighty Mo; a new recruit is put to the test on an epic backroad recovery.
Jamie and Colin work to recover a buried semi on the Trans Atlantic Canada Highway after a massive mudslide.
Mission Towing's Dylan Greenwood solves a puzzle of twisted metal when two big rigs collide; Jamie takes his Python wrecker off-road to rescue a propane truck; Al Quiring is dispatched to a semi versus snowplow on the Coq.
Jamie's restored classic wrecker faces its first test; Colin, Merv and Jason attempt a heavy rescue; Al battles with an excavator buried in a rockslide.
As British Columbia's heavy rescue heroes gear up for another winter, Jamie, Al, Jason, and Ken team up to look back at each other's recoveries and take a look ahead at the new season.
Jamie Davis travels across North America to explore the roots of heavy rescue, from the first tow truck, to the latest modern machines; his classic restoration, the Mighty Mo, finally comes to life.
One of the worst winter storms in years forces officials to shut down The Coq; working through blinding snow, freezing rain and even an avalanche threat, heavy rescue crews help truckers and drivers out of the closure zone.
A missing truck driver trapped inside a wreck for two days draws Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue and first responders into one of the most difficult and emotional recoveries in years.
Jamie takes The Python off road for the first time; Jamie's brother Kelly battles high winds and a power pole to save a semi loaded with pipes; Gord Boyd picks up a new heavy wrecker for Quiring Towing.
Jamie's 13-year-old son gets a lesson in wreck recovery after a semi crashes down a 150-foot embankment; rock slides north of Hope trigger road closures and an explosive clean-up; Dylan puts on his hip waders to fish a truck out of a lake.
Jamie and his fleet of heavy wreckers are paralyzed in his own yard by a massive snowfall; a tow-up in deep powder turns into big trouble for Colin; Al and Gord rescue a teetering semi during the morning rush on Hwy 1.
An oversized load tests Jamie and his rebuilt wrecker HR-126; a gravel hauler ricochets off a rock wall leaving a twisted mess for Kelly and John; swamper Gord Lundin gets a chance to operate his own tow truck.
A truck driver survives a crash on The Coq during a snowstorm; hampered by heavy snow, rocks and extreme cold, Colin and Kelly finish the tough recovery and meet a tight deadline.
Jamie's newest classic wrecker, The Python, is put to the test on a tractor-trailer embedded in a row of trees; Ken and Dylan are called up an icy mountain road to recover a flipped logging truck.
A winter storm unleashes chaos on all highways around Hope, B.C., forcing Jamie's team into an all-night battle; Jason and Merv tangle with a fully loaded tractor-trailer in a snowy ditch; a heavy rescue birthday boy finally gets his present.
A crash in the Fraser Canyon has Colin and crew working below an unstable rock slope; Jamie charts a new course for his business, setting out on a 20,000-kilometre journey; a heavy rescue "legend" helps Dylan on an ice recovery.
A troublesome winch line forces Jamie and cousin Paris to find a quick fix; Jordie faces a twisted wreck that crashed through an airport fence; Al tries to save a logging truck from a rising river.
Jamie helps Colin recover a massive wreck near the Rock Cut; Brandon confronts his fears on the big job; Al Quiring tackles an overturned truck loaded with lava rock.
Winter strikes hard and fast as Jamie Davis and his heavy rescue crew face tough new challenges in Hope, BC; a former operator returns but a spectacular wreck pushes him to the edge on his first mountain recovery.
Al Quiring attempts to pull up a logging truck that plunged 700 feet off a cliff; Jamie and Scott team up on a heavy roll over in Fraser Canyon.
Jamie's rookie driver is dispatched to rescue a convoy of oversized loads on The Coq; Scott battles to keep a lumber truck from tipping; Mission Towing tries to fish a 40-thousand pound relic out of a river.
A crash between two tractor-trailers has Jordie's crew working through the night; Scott is forced to get inventive to finish a job; Al and Gord try to get a handle on a 30-ton cement drum.
The Quiring family works together to lift a semi loaded with industrial paper rolls; an original member of Jamie's towing family battles the physical and mental toll; Nik and Neill tackle a twisted B-train that's shut down Highway 7.
Jamie calls in Jason's rotator to tackle a recovery in the Canyon; the Mission Towing team juggles a lost load of telephone poles; emergency responders race to a crash involving one of Jamie's crew.
Tough times in Alberta force Colin to weigh his future; the Mission Towing crew races to clear a wreck that's shut down the rail line outside Hope, B.C.
Al Quiring has to rescue a pair of 40-ton excavators buried in a bog; Jamie and Scott are called to a mysterious wreck in The Canyon.
On his first night on the Coq, prairie tow operator Jonny Tipton faces his toughest recovery; Quiring Towing's Gord Boyd clashes with stubborn truckers on the Coq, then reveals a lifelong personal battle.
On the busiest travel week of the year, Al works to clear a burning tractor trailer off the Coq; Colin rescues a delivery truck loaded with Christmas parcels.
Gale-force winds send a semi airborne and shut down the Trans Canada Highway; Al and Gord try to recover a massive mining truck.
Jamie and his team deal with a jackknifed semi-trailer on the edge of a bridge; the Mission Towing team races to finish a recovery and open an active logging road.
Mission Towing races to an urgent call on a logging road; Jamie deploys his "air bag" recovery system to flip a tractor trailer.
Jamie battles a truck fire on the Coq and reveals big changes to his operation; the surprise return of a former team member.
Jamie takes control of the rotator for the first time in months; Jamie turns to his competition for advice about a major decision that will determine the future of Heavy Rescue.
As Jamie reaches a difficult crossroads, he looks back over four seasons, revisiting his most challenging wrecks and recoveries; familiar faces from past and present explain what drives them to this dangerous world; a look behind the cameras.
A wrecker is called to a river bank to help with an underwater mystery that may be linked to a deadly crime. Jamie's crew battles a whiteout.
A simple job turns into an urgent puzzle when a flipped semi pulls Jamie back out on the road; Randy Jacknife faces one of the biggest and heaviest challenges of his career against an overturned truck trapped under its load of steel.
The Davis and Quiring families team up for a rare joint recovery; a big rig is left teetering in a seemingly impossible position.
When recovery crews team up for a massive wreck, a close call leads Brandon to reconsider his future in the business; attempts to straighten out a jackknifed truck get twisted.
Al and Gord from Quiring Towing rescue a loaded semi that's teetering on the edge of a 300-foot drop; when a new client needs Colin's help, he faces a white-knuckle drive on a remote Alberta back road; Jamie tests out a new driver.
A downpour of freezing rain covers Hope and the Coq in a thick layer of ice, cutting off communication and crippling Jamie's operations; Ken Monkhouse heads to a job up a remote, ice-covered hill and re-lives the worst day of his life.
Al Quiring races to recover a trailer and open the TransCanada before the morning rush; Jamie runs a race of his own when a semi carrying a load of pharmaceuticals plunges down a bank; in Alberta, the burdens of running the shop solo take a toll on Colin.
A semi plows off a bridge, leaving a trailer and three RVs dangling over a raging river; John must get holiday traffic moving and prove himself on a multi-part recovery unlike anything they've faced.
When a lumber truck and diesel tanker collide, the flaming wreckage is the biggest recovery of Colin's career; as snowstorms pummel the Coquihalla, Al Quiring heads up the hill; in freezing rain, John faces off against a mangled tractor.
Jamie's new B.C. crew struggles with a mangled trailer on a blind corner; when Colin slips up on a big recovery in Alberta, Jamie's brother must take over the job, even though he's a rookie on the rotator; Brandon steps up to a new role.
With winters first blow, new recruit John must save a snowplow stuck in an icy river; while Jamie pushes further into new territory, changes rock the company, forcing Colin to take on a new role; the community says farewell to a Heavy Rescue legend.
In the season finale, Jamie finds himself in harm's way on a very difficult technical recovery. Later he makes a bold gamble impacting both his BC and Alberta operations. Adam faces a tough choice about his future in Heavy Rescue.
Al runs into trouble on a steep and twisting BC logging road. In Alberta, Jamie and Adam race to open two highways when both roads to Fort McMurray shut down. New-hires face big problems when they get their chance to run big wreckers.
For the first time Howie and Adam end up on the same BC wreck and the old Coq vet doesn't like how the new guy is running the show. In Alberta, the crew attempts a recovery with two big wreckers on a very narrow industrial road.
The Alberta crew faces a complex recovery with a million dollar truck while Jamie struggles with an unstable wreck. Colin is forced to go it alone after a freak snowstorm leaves the highway littered with crashed vehicles.
Record snowfall brings BC's vital Coquihalla Highway to a standstill. Howie leads a team on a dangerous recovery that sparks an unexpected emotional reaction. In Alberta, Adam and Colin work to get a chemical tanker safely back on the road.
A massive build up of snow on the Coquihalla highway means avalanches are imminent if something isn't done fast. In Alberta, Adam and Brandon face off in a clash that will change the course of the winter season.
Things for Al Quiring turn red hot when a truck jammed with thousands of bottles of hot sauce rips open. Jamie and Brandon compete in a frozen lake car race. Crews in Alberta and B.C., faced with flipped trucks, race to open vital highways.
Howie faces a seemingly impossible challenge after a massive wreck spills lumber across a busy highway. In northern Alberta, the Rotator faces its first real test, working to prove it can handle heavy industrial wrecks in extreme weather.
In BC, a truck full of wine is sliced in half... Less than 24 hours after Jamie ships the Rotator to Alberta. Howie must tackle this monster recovery all on his own. And a cascade of wrecks on two different highways mean both Al Quiring and Adam Gazzola must face their own night from hell.
A sudden winter storm slams B.C. - but Jamie is powerless to help. Two of Heavy Rescue's crew face a life-or-death situation on a remote logging road. In Alberta, Adam calls for reinforcements when he just can't budge a truck that's flipped over a bank - forcing Jamie to make a tough decision about moving his flagship Rotator out of B.C.
A close call on the highway shows Brandon that fear is his best friend when it comes to staying alive. Jamie's called to help save a woman trapped in an overturned truck submerged in an icy river. In Alberta, tempers flare in the extreme cold as the new crew is put to the test.
Jamie realizes he can't do it all alone in Hope and hires a new driver. But the newest addition ends up needing rescuing himself after he crashes Bruce's legendary blue truck. Jamie's stepson Brandon is forced to prove himself after his plans to join the Alberta team are put on hold. And rookie operator, Colin, learns just how tough his new boss Adam can be... when a seemingly simple job goes sideways.
A new winter season starts with Jamie Davis heavy rescue split in two: Adam has taken half the fleet north to Alberta's rich and dangerous oil fields while Jamie stays back to fight and keep the Coquihalla Highway open all by himself.
A new competitor on the Coq has cut Jamie's business in half, and the one job he lands in weeks ends up being a complex recovery that no one seems willing to pay for. Heavy rescue faces a life and death decision - shut down or leave the Coq for the oil rush boomtown of Fort McMurray and some steady cash. Determined that "closure is not an option" for Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue, the crew packs up and heads north in search of the new highway thru hell.
Producer and Host Mark Miller joins the crew of Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue for "Beer O'Clock" for a pre-game build up to the season finale. Jamie, Adam, Scott, Ken, Bruce, Kevin and the rest of the guys share beers and trade stories about season 2 on the Coq. Find out which wrecks made it to the Top Five List as they reveal the hairiest behind-the-scenes moments from the most challenging, gnarliest, most grueling recoveries of the winter. Discover some of the surprising impacts being on TV has had on them - and on the Coq. No subject is off the table as the crew turns the focus on each other and share their personal struggles. How did "Comeback Kid" Scott rate on his return to heavy rescue after a decade out of the game? Were his frustrations with the vintage Five Star General legit? What happened with Ken's big ambition to kick Jamie's car towing business into high gear? Why did 65-year-old Bruce have such a tough time handing over the keys to his Holmes wrecker and switching to a lighter truck? How did rookie Gord do on his first winter on the Coq? And what's the deal with Chris? Never towed a car? No license to drive a heavy wrecker? As we build up to the premiere of the final episode, the crew looks at their own future. Is the competition and rotation driving Jamie off the Coq? Will the guys be back to keep the highway open next winter? Stay tuned.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
As his crew loses jobs to competitors, Jamie recalls the event that make him so competitive.
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.
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.
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.
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?
The men of Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue fight to keep open some of the most economically important and most travelled trucking routes in North America.
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