Highway Thru Hell S13 Ep09
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00:44Want to build a house?
00:50Stop! Stop!
00:54House number one to the ghost.
01:00That's a little slushy in some spots, but it's fair.
01:14Going west.
01:16For the big city of Vancouver.
01:19All the way to the Big Apple, Robbie.
01:22Aggressive towing's Chris Mervin.
01:25Welcome to Vancouver, Bertha.
01:27And fellow operator Rob Lewis.
01:30Man, there's some huge puddles.
01:33Vancouver rush hour.
01:35Have been called to an unusual job.
01:39We are going to pull a boat out of False Creek today.
01:44There's nothing better than going fishing and catching something big.
01:49Welcome to Vancouver.
01:55Pretty fun doing a job down in that part of town.
01:59Arriving on the shores of False Creek.
02:03Here's our little yacht.
02:05A boat's driving.
02:09Merv gets his first look.
02:14At the challenge ahead.
02:17It's up on rocks.
02:19There's some big boulders and jagged edges.
02:22That is going to be a problem.
02:26It's going to be a challenge.
02:28It's going to be a challenge.
02:30It's going to be a challenge.
02:31It's going to be a problem.
02:54You see that?
02:56In the city of Vancouver.
02:58What are you pulling out?
03:01A stranded boat in False Creek.
03:04It doesn't even really look like it's underwater.
03:07As Team Aggressive in uncharted waters.
03:11The shoreline's definitely not very friendly for pulling a fiberglass boat along.
03:15Merv, you bearded beauty.
03:17What's going on, bud?
03:19Heading up the mission.
03:22Just another day in paradise.
03:24Mad props Marines owner and manager, Jeremy Birch.
03:29During a king tide?
03:31Blew it into the rocks, it got hung up.
03:34Is there a big hole in the other side or did it just run aground?
03:36I think it just dragged anchor and ended up here.
03:40With a boat stranded.
03:43And the tide going out.
03:46We've got the three foot tide at nine o'clock tonight.
03:49Going down? Yeah.
03:51There's a window of opportunity to move the vessel.
03:55We know it's going to sink. It's got holes in it.
03:57So we just need to relocate it to patch it up for the following flood tide.
04:02You got one line on that bow right now?
04:04It's not us.
04:06Several attempts were made to right it.
04:08The owner tried to save it.
04:10That's their stuff? That's not you?
04:12I was worried about you for a second.
04:14Come on now.
04:16Let's go.
04:18Earlier this year.
04:20It's moving.
04:22Merv and Jeremy teamed up.
04:24Today is a good day.
04:25To wrestle a sunk 72 foot scow.
04:29There's a lot of boat down there buddy.
04:31Out of the Pitt River.
04:35How come surprised at high tide this thing don't float?
04:38Today it's a different kettle of fish.
04:41The way it's sitting when it floods it just gets swamped.
04:45Let's just tie it off and have it hold here and then you pull the bottom out.
04:49We just need to yank it off the rock pile.
04:52Float it and remove it from the site.
04:53I'll go get spun around then we'll try from there.
04:56Luckily right now we're working with outgoing tide.
04:59Water lines are receding.
05:01We are trying to get it into a little beachy area here.
05:04Working at low tide.
05:06So you guys are going through the windows?
05:08We'll give the team an advantage.
05:10Yeah.
05:12Four hours from now this thing will be high and dry.
05:14We know that we're going to have full exposure on the ebb tide.
05:17Okay we're going to just tie that.
05:19That's going to stay geared to the rock.
05:21With the strap around the cabin secured to a boulder.
05:27They'll run a line from the rotator to the rudder.
05:31Riding it from underneath.
05:34So they can patch it.
05:36Then float it away in high tide.
05:41That is a long ways buddy.
05:43But reaching the wreck.
05:45That's a lot of danger.
05:46120 feet from his rotator.
05:49Keep him right here for now.
05:52Is the least of Merv's problems.
05:55I don't want cables running across.
05:59His line must cross an iconic Vancouver pathway.
06:06One innocent bystander tripping over it.
06:09That's all I need.
06:10Popular with pedestrians and cyclists.
06:13Vancouver's seawall is a bustling 28 kilometre route in the coastal city.
06:20The area we're dealing with it's a little pathway.
06:23For people to walk along and just enjoy the views.
06:28Excuse me.
06:30Just hold on here.
06:32But tonight.
06:34Back behind the cones please.
06:36Thanks.
06:37Seawall traffic is stopped.
06:39Try to get it right out to that knot by the edge there.
06:42Okay.
06:44And Rob walks out the rotator's line.
06:47We're just trying to use a lot of up on the boom.
06:50Almost max.
06:52That way at least we can get some good lift.
06:54And try to get it off these rocks.
06:59Good to go.
07:01Good to go.
07:03When you have a ton of cable out.
07:04Okay, let's do this.
07:06It definitely makes trying to guide it with the boom a little bit harder.
07:10That's going to weigh a lot.
07:14Careful.
07:16Heads up.
07:18Uh oh.
07:20Ah.
07:35A little bit of snow or a mix here.
07:39130 kilometers east.
07:42Road's air pretty thick.
07:44On highway one.
07:46Wet and fleshy there.
07:48Slippery conditions.
07:56Put a jackknifed semi in the ditch.
08:00Put a jackknifed semi in the ditch.
08:04Uh oh.
08:06An hour away.
08:08Oh yeah, completely different atmosphere here.
08:11Heading to the scene.
08:13Heavy wreckers on our yard.
08:15A 50 ton tri-drive heavy metal.
08:19We're going to highway one.
08:21And reliable towing's lead operator, Andy Cullum.
08:25Truck is in the ditch pretty deep.
08:28Today we're headed up to Hurling Island exit.
08:32Not far behind.
08:34Let's go.
08:36In a second 50 ton dubbed Hornet.
08:39There's a jackknifed tractor trailer.
08:41Recent hires, Evan Party.
08:44I like getting down in the ditch, getting dirty.
08:46Always willing to go help anybody out.
08:48Don't know anything until you actually get on scene, right?
08:51100% buddy.
08:53And Jace Summers.
08:55I love towing.
08:57Jace came from the same company that Evan came from.
09:01They've been a really welcome addition to our team.
09:06That's going to go high.
09:08Long time friends from the prairies.
09:11Oh, there we go buddy.
09:13Jace.
09:15Just want to get it off that fast later.
09:17And Evan are learning what it takes to be operators in the West Coast Mountains.
09:23It's a totally different world out here.
09:25Here we go.
09:27Whoa!
09:30Holy.
09:32It was snowing out earlier tonight.
09:34It's changing over to rain.
09:36It's going to be an ugly night.
09:38The team is joined on scene.
09:40Hey, how are you?
09:42By regional manager, Ty Kennedy.
09:45The truck itself is actually jackknifed into a creek.
09:48Holy, that's a deep drop, man.
09:52It's not one of the greatest places to do a recovery.
09:54It's a full PVC pipe, I heard.
10:00Traveling westbound.
10:03The lightly loaded semi
10:06hydroplaned on slush,
10:10jackknifed,
10:12and slammed into the ditch.
10:16From what I hear, he walked out of it.
10:19That's good.
10:21The driver is okay.
10:22No scrapes, no bruises, no bumps, no nothing.
10:25Okay, grab a chain. Go to the fifth wheel plate.
10:28With heavy metal at the front of the trailer.
10:31Got it? Yeah.
10:33Yeah.
10:35Hornet rigs to the back.
10:37When the semi went in the ditch, it planted itself pretty good.
10:41So we got to get it to come up and out.
10:44Sometimes that's a bit of a fight.
10:47He's pulling. Pull.
10:53Keep pulling.
10:55You're listening to hear
10:58the tension it's under.
11:03That's a lot of pressure on your boot.
11:06You always got to be on your toes
11:08with things like this.
11:12Pull.
11:14Pull.
11:16Heavy rain.
11:18In the Fraser Valley.
11:20It's just getting worse and worse.
11:22Day one.
11:24Keep pulling.
11:26That's a lot of pressure on your boot.
11:28Pull.
11:30It's a close call.
11:32Pull.
11:34Unreliable's jackknife semi.
11:37You alright?
11:39Yeah.
11:41Andy's line just broke.
11:43So we need to reassess the situation.
11:45Chain broke, I think.
11:47We need to figure out why the line broke.
11:49And then re-rig it and pull.
11:50The plate might have broke too though.
11:53Luckily nobody got hurt.
11:55Hopefully everybody learns from this
11:57and we move on.
12:00It's part of the job.
12:02Our issue is it's too dug in.
12:07Hours earlier.
12:09The semi hydroplaned.
12:11Jackknifing hard.
12:14Into a seven foot deep ditch.
12:17Changing this.
12:19So what do you want to do?
12:21We're going to pull the back of the trailer around
12:23and then pull it out facing that way.
12:25Makes sense.
12:27Take your cables off.
12:29I'm going to hook onto the back of the trailer
12:31and pull it around to un-jackknife it.
12:34Andy's new plan is for heavy metal
12:36to swing the trailer around.
12:40Evan, grab a chain and head down there.
12:42Grab the front of the truck.
12:43And then we're going to get the tractor up too.
12:46And with Hornet on the tractor.
12:48Are you hooked up?
12:50Yeah.
12:52Straighten it back to front.
12:54Sometimes it's handy to pull them all together.
12:56Alright boys.
13:00See what it does.
13:04It's moving it.
13:06Yeah, there you go.
13:07Yeah, perfect.
13:09I can definitely feel the tension
13:11in my truck and my cables pulling on it.
13:17Yeah, there you go.
13:19Nice.
13:21There you go.
13:23Keep going.
13:25Keep on it.
13:27Good.
13:30Stop for a sec.
13:32What I want to do is put another load on it.
13:34Stop for a sec.
13:36What I want to do is put another line on the fifth wheel.
13:38Jayce, grab his chain.
13:40We're almost there.
13:42We just got to put another chain on the fifth wheel here.
13:44A quick re-rig.
13:46Should be good there.
13:48Gives Evan a second line on the tractor
13:50for more control.
13:53I'm pretty confident this will work.
13:55Okay.
13:58Keep going.
14:01Alright, cops.
14:02I'm listening for what my truck's doing.
14:04Good.
14:06Yeah, there you go.
14:08Nice.
14:10I'm watching my cables.
14:12Come on, baby.
14:14Looking over the edge,
14:16making sure the truck's staying together.
14:18As the semi is almost straightened out...
14:20Hold on!
14:22...the trailer starts to tilt.
14:27What are they doing?
14:29An hour and 40 minutes west.
14:30Mission!
14:32In Vancouver's False Creek...
14:34Oh, there goes mine.
14:37...aggressive's marooned boat...
14:39It let go right at his knot.
14:41It sheared right there.
14:43...is hung up.
14:45It broke at your knot.
14:47Got quite a bit of resistance.
14:49It's against two boulders, so...
14:51Doesn't move at all, eh?
14:53No.
14:55It is an old fiberglass boat.
14:57Trying to find anything that's strong enough to hook up to
14:58is challenging for sure.
15:00If we put a block on the strap,
15:02get you to do the same thing,
15:04but we'll just try to right it a bit.
15:06But with the tide falling,
15:08they're running out of time.
15:10We're just going to get it into a position
15:12where we can do the repairs we need to do.
15:15With the rotator's line redirected off a boulder
15:19to the strap around the cabin,
15:22they'll pull it upright
15:24and get it patched in time for high tide.
15:29Untie the line there.
15:34That goes through the block.
15:36You got it.
15:39All the way back to my hook.
15:41Yeah, let's just utilize everything we have here.
15:44There's always more than just one way to do it.
15:47You keep trying until you get it.
15:49Come over here with it.
15:53Okay, we are rigged.
15:55Okay, here we go.
15:57Yeah.
16:08He's heavy.
16:1019,000 right now.
16:12We're trying to stay underneath
16:14safe working load limits.
16:21Well, we're getting up to 30.
16:22The boat
16:24Are we moving it at all?
16:26is refusing to budge.
16:3038.
16:32And the strain on the cabin
16:34Ah, we're hitting 40s now.
16:36Oh.
16:39proves
16:41Holy!
16:43too much.
16:45No bueno.
16:48This is raining pretty hard.
16:50This is raining pretty hard.
16:52On Highway 1
16:54I thought that was going.
16:56Reliables jackknifed semi.
16:58I definitely thought it was too.
17:00Teeters on the edge.
17:02Andy, let's put a low line. Pull it back.
17:05The rear wheels of the trailer,
17:07we're just getting it to hold to secure it
17:09to prevent it from going back down into the embankment.
17:13Okay.
17:20The trailer, now level.
17:23Heaven.
17:25And on the road
17:27all eyes
17:29You got her, buddy. Let's go.
17:31are on the tractor.
17:38You're just sliding everything over, yeah?
17:41Nice.
17:43Two hours after they arrived
17:46Hey, she's up.
17:47Hey, she's up.
17:49She's out.
17:51The semi is back on solid ground.
17:55She's open.
17:57The damaged tractor
17:59Perfect.
18:01is released.
18:03And with a new tractor
18:06And it'll be open soon.
18:08the customer can finish their delivery.
18:11The ultimate goal is to make sure our customers are serviced
18:14and people are happy in the end.
18:15That was a good job.
18:17It's another win.
18:19That was a good job, boys.
18:21Let's go home.
18:23Let's go home and go to bed.
18:25For Team Reliable.
18:27I gotta dump all the water out of my boots.
18:29We're soaked. We're just happy to be done.
18:34Get out of this awful weather, go home,
18:36have a nice cup of hot chocolate.
18:43Heavy, heavy now.
18:45Back in Vancouver,
18:47MAD Props and Team Aggressive's shipwreck recovery
18:53is starting to fall apart.
18:57Yeah, yeah, I'll stop.
19:00We're just trying to pull the vessel off
19:03and do minimal damage.
19:05With a tide falling,
19:07Jeremy and Merv
19:09Take your strap you got on it, the cabin,
19:12we're gonna go around the bow, come around the nose.
19:14change their tactics.
19:16It's best just to rethink, regroup,
19:19and set something else in motion.
19:21Go.
19:23The tide has dropped enough,
19:25gonna make sense to just skid it out by the bow
19:28and pull it over to that side of the shore.
19:30We gotta get the end of the strap up.
19:33Quick and dirty, hook it up,
19:36yank it off the rocks, pull it in.
19:39Don't go in the water.
19:40Don't go in the water.
19:42We gotta actually get some force on it
19:44to pull it off the rocks.
19:46Hold it there.
19:51With the rotator's lines doubled up,
19:55they'll hook to a strap on the front of the boat
19:59and pull it to shore.
20:11Hey, whoa, Merv, bring it out.
20:21Looming it.
20:26The boat is finally free from the rocks.
20:31A little more, Merv.
20:33Yeah.
20:35But now...
20:37She's going down right now.
20:39...it's taking on water.
20:41Have a listen how fast it's coming in.
20:44Oh, yeah, it's pouring in.
20:46Yeah, she's underwater.
20:49She's sunk down all right.
20:53There's apparently a boat there.
20:56On the shores of False Creek...
20:58It's underwater.
21:00...it's taking on water.
21:01On the shores of False Creek...
21:03It's underwater.
21:05...a shipwreck...
21:07It's got a huge tear in it, so she's going down.
21:10...as the team of aggressive towing and mad props marine
21:14sunk.
21:16It's taking on water.
21:18I mean, it's sinking.
21:20Quite literally, it's sinking in the water.
21:22Okay, that changes things a little bit.
21:24We definitely gotta work in order to get it up on to shore.
21:27See, all we need is a bit more access.
21:29Yeah, a little bit more.
21:31Gotcha.
21:33But with a tide due to rise over 13 feet
21:37in a matter of hours...
21:39Well, I can let off.
21:41...repairs must wait
21:43until they can get it to higher ground.
21:46Yeah, let off and I'll run a strap.
21:49We're just gonna get it into a position
21:51where we can do the repairs we need to do.
21:54But now, the seawall between Merv's rotator...
21:58I cannot believe the foot traffic here, man.
21:59...and the boat...
22:01It's almost worse than working on the highway.
22:03...hits the evening rush hour.
22:06We're turning it into a bit of a danger here.
22:09Every time we have to stop people,
22:11then we end up with big crowds of people
22:13watching what we're doing,
22:15so it is a little bit hazardous at the same time.
22:20Okay, let's back her in there.
22:22You guys stop everybody.
22:23Okay.
22:28Merv repositions closer to shore.
22:32It's safer and it just keeps things moving.
22:39Okay.
22:41With the tide...
22:43Fun part.
22:45...now at its lowest point...
22:47Ready? Yup.
22:54Okay.
22:59It's turning.
23:02...a final tug...
23:04Okay, whoa.
23:06...and the boat clears the water.
23:09Oh, look at that. It's a beautiful thing.
23:12Up close...
23:14Look at this.
23:16...Jeremy sees the extensive damage.
23:18It's blown apart.
23:20We'll get it patched, get it floating,
23:21and get it out of here.
23:23But for now...
23:25Thanks, Merv. Yeah, buddy.
23:27Talk to you soon. Yes, sir.
23:29Merv's job is done.
23:33Just another day at the zoo.
23:35Another fine job in collaboration with Team Aggressive.
23:39A for effort here.
23:41Stuff's always changing.
23:43Keeps your mind busy, keeps you busy,
23:45and I find that fun.
23:47It's clear sailing.
23:48It's clear sailing.
23:55The ocean froze over.
23:58Yeah, it's windy and cold out there, eh?
24:01The next day...
24:03Arctic wind's coming down.
24:06...the Mercury is tumbling.
24:09BC is in a deep freeze
24:11with dozens of cold weather records shattered.
24:14Environment Canada is calling it
24:16an entrenched Arctic air mass.
24:18Calls for frostbite and hypothermia
24:20have been soaring across the province
24:22as temperatures plunge.
24:24Oh, that's too cold.
24:26On Highway 5, east of Hope...
24:29Try and keep warm.
24:31...the deep freeze
24:33is catching drivers off guard.
24:39Yeah, she's a little nippy-o.
24:44She ain't be damagin' trucks.
24:46Mighty Moe
24:48heads to an urgent call for help...
24:52The pointer's definitely here now.
24:55...with Jamie Davis operator Mitch Mahood.
24:59We've got to go up the rock cut today,
25:01just outside of Hope,
25:03and grab a tri-drive fuel truck.
25:05We want to try and get there as quickly as we can,
25:08make sure the driver's OK.
25:12There's work to do.
25:14Mitch has racked up
25:16tens of thousands of kilometres
25:18So, get it done.
25:20as a long-haul driver for Jamie.
25:23Where's that thing going to?
25:25He's doing New Mexico, Denver, Colorado.
25:28He's going everywhere.
25:30Is the front axle out of this thing?
25:32No, it's intact.
25:34You're always learning something new,
25:36so I don't ever find it boring, that's for sure.
25:38Thanks, eh?
25:40Yeah.
25:42Today,
25:44he's running Jamie's 40-ton vintage homes...
25:48His fuel froze on the way down from Merritt.
25:51...to rescue...
25:53Yeah, there he is.
25:55...a casualty of the extreme cold.
26:02In these temperatures,
26:04a frozen truck ain't gonna start.
26:06It's like minus 20 to 25,
26:08running highway speeds,
26:09you're gonna be up to minus 35, 40.
26:11The Arctic blast...
26:13Morning, boss.
26:15...has frozen the truck's engine lines.
26:17It's definitely the right temperature
26:19to be freezing fuel.
26:21I can pick you up right from here.
26:23Are you able to drop your air for me?
26:25OK, I appreciate that.
26:27I had him drop his air,
26:29so I'll crawl under there
26:31and chain the axle to the frame,
26:33so when I pick it up,
26:35it gives me more clearance
26:37between the ground and the truck.
26:40Aren't just hard on machinery...
26:43If you want to hop up to stay warm,
26:46you can hop in my truck if you like.
26:48You don't want to get frostbite.
26:50...they're punishing on the body.
26:53Oh, I can't feel my hands.
26:55They're frozen already.
26:59Oh, it's cold.
27:01I can't feel my fingers, my nose, my toes.
27:03There's ice in the desert.
27:08Mitch lines up Mighty Moe to hook on.
27:23Just a little frozen.
27:26The wheel lift is still kind of frozen.
27:30But the cold...
27:32Come on.
27:34...is now getting to the vintage iron.
27:37I'm trying to lift the back of this tanker truck.
27:40Really?
27:42Come on, you old girl.
27:44I'm realizing that a lot of the hydraulic fluid
27:46isn't fully defrosted.
27:48Hopefully Mighty Moe has enough strength
27:50to pick this up.
27:52Yeah, it's being stubborn.
27:56Are you actually going to do this to me today?
27:59No.
28:03Minus 21 with that wind.
28:06Just east of hope.
28:09Come on, you old girl.
28:12A deep freeze...
28:15Here we go.
28:17...is slowing down.
28:21Mighty Moe's hydraulics.
28:32I'm going to have to raise the RPMs on the truck.
28:36Move the fluid around faster.
28:40And I'm hoping that it builds up enough pressure
28:43to get it high enough off the ground
28:45so I can actually tow it.
28:47Mitch's plan...
28:52There we go.
28:54...works.
28:56That's as high as we're going to get it.
28:58But it's off the ground.
29:00Not too bad at all.
29:02The fuel truck is secured.
29:07All right.
29:14But the 10-kilometer tow to town...
29:18Well, it's going to be interesting.
29:21Take it easy there.
29:23...in flash-freeze conditions...
29:26Is that Jamie Davis truck?
29:28On his way up the hill.
29:30Is White Knuckle driving?
29:33A little icy here and there.
29:37Drifting a bit here at the front end.
29:42We're in the thick of it now.
29:44If we hit black ice...
29:46All right.
29:48...it would definitely be a not good situation.
29:53I'm finding lots of black ice, so keep your eyes open.
29:56Oh, she is heavy.
29:58Don't have the greatest traction for steering right now.
30:03Oh, Betsy.
30:06When you're calling that kind of weight behind a tandem wrecker,
30:09you really have to know what you're doing.
30:12Mitch's experience as a long-haul driver...
30:16Lots of sand and gravel.
30:18This is a good sign.
30:21...pays off.
30:23We're getting into the bare pavement.
30:24Yeah, there we go.
30:29Mitch will get it done.
30:31Every time.
30:34He's a guy I can count on.
30:36Mitch delivers the tanker...
30:40...to a mechanic shop and home.
30:44Successful mission.
30:46To thaw out.
30:49That's why we're here.
30:51Just to help people get home.
30:52I love helping people.
30:54It's kind of like paying it forward.
30:56Down the road, you end up getting it back when you least expect it.
30:59She's on the road!
31:02Good job there, guys.
31:03Good job there, guys.
31:21Get her scattered. Let's get her.
31:24510 kilometers northeast...
31:27I tried tootin' my air horn, but it's frozen.
31:31The Arctic cold snap...
31:33It's minus 20.
31:35...has also hit Quesnel, B.C.
31:41A 50-ton heavy wrecker...
31:44It's the coldest we've had this winter.
31:46...leaves the auto yard.
31:49We're just not used to that temperature quite yet.
31:52With owner and operator Rob Barber heading out for a job on Highway 97.
32:00It snowed last night, so the road's a little bit more treacherous to drive on.
32:04We're going north of Quesnel. There's a lumber truck that rolled over on the highway.
32:08Surrounded by forests...
32:11Quesnel is driven by lumber.
32:13...timber is a crucial resource in this region.
32:17Keeps all of our people working.
32:19There's the lumber truck.
32:25Unbelievable.
32:27Wood went up the bank.
32:28Like it's up in the tree line.
32:32It's kind of in a bad corner.
32:37Huh.
32:39So we'll have to see this truck go as quick as we can.
32:41I wonder if that trailer uncoupled and was banging around, and maybe it caused him to go off-road.
32:47The back trailer has completely been tore off the truck.
32:52Arriving to assist in their 25-ton.
32:56Ready to go.
32:59Rob's nephew and auto operator, Kyle Langlois.
33:05Oh yeah.
33:08When we get called to these lumber racks, they get challenging because they're a mess.
33:13Howdy. Want to build a house?
33:17It's turning kind of cold.
33:19Not much fun. Lumber trucks suck.
33:22And the longer we let it sit here, the more it'll freeze in.
33:25It's a big job to restack all that.
33:27It's a crazy game of pick-up stick.
33:32What's the weather like?
33:3420 minutes outside Cornell.
33:36Really freaking cold.
33:38On Highway 97.
33:40We should be able to jump in and just kind of move the truck forward and then just plop it on its feet.
33:47Otto's uncle and nephew team.
33:51Face down a tangled wreck.
33:53There's so many different scenarios with lumber, and it just turns into a real big mess.
33:58Want me to grab the shaft right now while it's up like that?
34:01Yeah, if you want to pull the shaft out of it.
34:05Might as well grab it while it's upright like this, rather than laying on the ground.
34:11Kyle has been working with Rob since he was 15.
34:16Grab a couple chains and get ready.
34:19It's family. It's reliable.
34:21I need to try to train him so that he can maybe take it from me and do his own thing.
34:27Uncle, he's got plenty of strengths.
34:30He's been doing this since he was very young.
34:34Wrap it right on there.
34:36The knowledge that he has coming from my grandfather to him is incredible.
34:42Working with my uncle is more of a privilege because I get to learn more.
34:48Hook on somewhere on that trailer so we can pull it forward.
34:51They focus on the tractor and front trailer of the busted B-train.
34:59You've got to watch that you don't destroy the truck to get it out from underneath all the lumber.
35:06So we'll just try to drag the truck sideways, away from the wood.
35:11With Rob's 50 ton on the tractor.
35:13Back up and give myself an angle.
35:15Angle, yeah.
35:17Kyle will use the 25 ton.
35:21Good.
35:24On the trailer.
35:27Yeah, you go ahead.
35:31Okay.
35:34What's happening?
35:36Take away.
35:37What's happening?
35:39Take away.
35:41With one live lane for alternating traffic.
35:47They don't want us to close down because we're on a notorious bad corner.
35:52Team Otto.
35:54Where the excitement starts.
35:56Gets to work.
36:00Are you pulling?
36:02Yeah.
36:04No trucks are working hard.
36:07Back one, Kyle.
36:13More back.
36:15Yep.
36:20But as the 35,000 pound rig rolls over.
36:25Busted up pretty good.
36:28It reveals a badly damaged tractor.
36:33The dip in that sleeper.
36:37Can you suck that right over?
36:40The truck seems to be kind of a total loss.
36:45It's coming.
36:48Stop, stop the front.
36:55We'll get the truck and lead trailer the rest of the way up on the road.
37:00We'll get it disconnected and then we'll go up and grab the pup after that.
37:08Detach the trailer.
37:14Disconnects them.
37:19Separated nice.
37:23Rob winches the pup trailer.
37:30Out of the wood pile.
37:33Pull ahead a little bit.
37:37And onto the flat.
37:39Good.
37:41Now the end.
37:43Once this is done, I'll be able to warm up.
37:46Is in sight.
37:50With any luck, the brakes release.
37:53We're hoping that everything isn't frozen and the lines will take air and the brakes will come off.
38:02Oh boy.
38:04But they're not coming out of the cold.
38:05Not good.
38:07Just yet.
38:09Caused me grief.
38:11Once it freezes in, it's just hard to get the wheels to turn again.
38:14The one on this side.
38:16Just grab it a little bit.
38:19That blows.
38:23What's the hold up?
38:25In VC's northern interior.
38:28A lumber truck, what a mess.
38:31Rob wants to roll out.
38:33With any luck, the brakes release.
38:36But the trailer's wheels aren't rolling.
38:41I'm struggling quite a bit to get the brakes to release.
38:44Rob decides it's time for brute force.
38:50The brakes are frozen, so we're going to try to beat on the drums so that the wheels will roll.
38:55I hear a sledgehammer, and I can already tell Uncle's having a hell of a time with this.
39:03Okay.
39:09They're all working now.
39:13I'm going to try to take the two trailers to a closer yard to save time.
39:19I'm going to try to take the two trailers to a closer yard to save time.
39:24Okay, I'll be back. Hopefully.
39:30With dusk approaching.
39:32Getting colder.
39:34And temperatures falling.
39:36I'll get it chained up and ready to go.
39:39Kyle works fast.
39:44To secure the tractor.
39:46It'll be going back to our yard. It's not driving out of here.
39:49Okay, I think she's building there.
39:54Rob returns.
39:56It'll probably be frozen like the other one.
40:00For the front trailer.
40:02I didn't want to have to do this.
40:06And a final bash on the drums.
40:09When you're hitting those brakes with a sledgehammer, that jolt goes back into your body.
40:15It moved when I did that one brake.
40:18I didn't think they'd be as hard as they were to get them to release.
40:22So I got big hope.
40:28I can finally get the wheels to turn.
40:30These things don't like to roll when they get frozen.
40:33Kyle works to free one of his friends.
40:36Kyle works to free one of the tractor brakes.
40:43We're leaving the lumber here.
40:46Secondary person is going to show up today and clean it all up for us.
40:52Uncle and nephew are ready to roll.
40:57Always happy to be going in the tail light direction.
41:01My tail lights are going towards town.
41:06Okay, I'm out of here.
41:09Glad that it's over with.
41:11Heading for home now.
41:14She's cleared up now.
41:16Fantastic. Glad to hear it.
41:27After hours.
41:29All right, kiddo. You want to clean my truck?
41:31At the auto yard.
41:34Do you want me to open the hood and show you how to get to the outside?
41:37Okay.
41:39Kyle's 13-year-old daughter, Summer,
41:43helps him out with the family business.
41:46You ready for the climb?
41:48Yep.
41:50Put a foot up there.
41:51This?
41:52Yep.
41:54Just like he did when he was a teenager.
41:57Step up on the wheel.
41:58You can put a foot on the frame right here.
42:01I've taken Summer on a couple calls with me just to show her what it's like.
42:06I don't know why I wouldn't have custom coveralls.
42:09My daughter's a little more special than I am, I guess, for her grandmother.
42:13Yep.
42:17She smiles a lot about it, so I'm hoping that that's a good sign that she likes it.
42:22What do you think, kiddo? Are you going to join us one day in the tow trucks?
42:25Yeah, maybe.
42:26Maybe?
42:28I think women that are wanting to come into towing is a great idea, and I would say go for it.
42:33I think that would be pretty cool.
42:39Yeah, I don't mind getting my hands all greasy.
42:42A small family business where you can read each other, you know what each other's like.
42:47Hold on.
42:49Let's go see.
42:50Okay.
42:51Ready?
42:52Yes.
42:53And you look forward to it.
42:56Good job, kiddo.
43:03Next time on Highway Through Hell.
43:07That's crazy, eh?
43:08A snowbound semi.
43:10Watch your back.
43:11Whoa.
43:12Puts Jamie.
43:13Give it a little lift.
43:14In the danger zone.
43:16The back end is sliding.
43:19An unexpected turn.
43:21An unexpected call.
43:23Is he okay?
43:25It's close to home.
43:27There's a bad shape.
43:29And Kerry races.
43:31Watch out for the semi.
43:32To make it home for the holidays.