[Narrator] This time on Highway Thru Hell...
[Jamie] Tough job.
[Narrator] ...a Herculean lift...
[Jamie] Keep going, quick, quick.
[Narrator] ...has Jamie and Jas...
[Martin] One of the bags is out.
- [Narrator] ...airing up. - Oh!
[sawing]
[Narrator] A logging crew's hopes...
...hang on Rob's hook...
[Rob] That's not good.
Whoa...
[Narrator] ...and a trailblazing rescue...
[Ethen] Oh!
[Narrator] ...takes Reliable...
[Ethen] We're on the rock.
[Narrator] ...way off road.
Whoo!
[Narrator] Spring has arrived...
[Narrator] ...in British Columbia's interior.
I hate the snow. I hate the cold weather.
Spring has sprung, and the sun's shining.
I'm happy for that.
[Narrator] Charging down the Coquihalla highway...
[Narrator] ...the newest addition...
[Jamie] This is the big daddy.
[Narrator] ...to Jamie Davis's fleet.
Hercules,
a railway wrecker
with a 150-tonne lift capacity...
[Narrator] ...triple the power of a 50-tonne rotator.
As far as roadway wrecks are concerned,
Hercules is about the most massive machine
you can get on wheels.
We're gonna do this job today.
Another company called us out for this
to give 'em a hand.
[Jamie] I'm very proud of this machine,
and I'm looking forward to finding out what it can do.
[Narrator] Just ahead of Jamie...
[Mitch Mahood] Oof...
[Narrator] ...in the 50-tonne wrecker,
HR-100...
[Mitch] Oh, man.
[Narrator] ...Mitch Mahood.
It's my second time using the 50-tonne.
I'm excited to be able to show Jamie
what I've learned up to this point.
[Jamie] Wow.
[Jamie] Damn.
Looking at it, it's a nasty wreck.
Oh, it's pretty bowed out, eh?
[Mitch] The front's actually broken open.
[Jamie] Customer wants it brought up intact,
so we're gonna attempt to do that.
I have mixed feelings about this job.
I think it's a 50/50 deal here.
Having all the muscle you can have on this job,
you can lift whatever you wanna lift,
but this thing will tear up or rip up.
[engine starting]
[♪]
[horns blare, engines roar past]
[Narrator] 30 kilometres south of Kamloops...
[Narrator] ...Jamie's brought out his biggest iron...
[Jamie] Big job here.
[Narrator] ...for a heavy recovery...
[Jas Sran] What you doing on my job, boy?
[Narrator] ...but it's not even his.
- [both laughing] - How you doing?
- Good, good. How are you doing? - Good.
[Narrator] The job belongs to 21-year-old Jas Sran,
and his company, Coquihalla Towing.
Jamie helped me out right when I was starting out.
Since then, we've been pretty good friends.
I've learned a lot from him.
[Jamie] 10-tonne, big winch.
Well, that's all we need!
I bought Mighty Mo from Jamie,
but I'm running my 16-tonne today
just 'cause Mighty Mo is in the shop.
[Narrator] Jas,
and his brother Armann Sran,
have been running their tow business
for two years,
with support from their dad, Tejinderpal.
[Jamie] Jas is learning and figuring things out,
and he's got such a good personality.
This is gonna be a really tough job.
[Jas] Yeah.
[Narrator] Early yesterday morning,
the transport lost the road,
coming to rest on a head-down angle,
with its roof
lower than its wheels...
[Jamie] This is gonna be, uh, iffy.
We've got a head-down wreck here.
This thing's 20 degrees below the level line.
It makes everything a lot harder.
[Narrator] ...and the cargo...
[Jas] It's loaded with bread,
and the customer really wants this done fast.
[Narrator] ...has a time limit...
If we start unloading this,
we are gonna be here for days,
and I doubt the cargo will be able to be salvaged.
[Jamie] This is bad because of the load, right?
It's a load of bread.
We have a limited time to save that load.
[Narrator] ...but to recover it loaded...
[Jamie] These trailers are very weak.
[Narrator] ...is impossible with wreckers alone.
[Jamie] The load would go through the side of the trailer.
The only way to do this is with airbags.
[honking]
[Jamie] So we'll just start with the airbags.
[Narrator] Bringing in the specialized inflatables.
Jamie's new utility truck, HU 88...
driven by his younger brother...
[Kelly] Hang on.
[Narrator] ...Kelly Davis.
[Kelly] Sometimes the wrecks are so big,
you need extra people.
Don't you have guys for this?
[laughing]
We enjoy working together, we always have.
[Jamie] Well, the airbags are up here.
Yeah, bring two guys up.
This utility truck that Jamie has...
[Jamie] How do you say it again?
[Jas speaking in Punjabi]
[Jamie repeating]
[chuckling]
It's a pretty cool unit.
[Jamie] Yup, pull 'em up.
Two guys lift.
Yeah.
[Kelly] Nice.
I want that thing too. [laughing]
[Narrator] As the crew unloads the airbags...
[Jamie] Middle of the trailer.
[Narrator] ...Jamie sets up the inflation system...
[Jamie] Get a couple of guys on shovels.
[Narrator] ...and digs in to the dirty work.
[Mitch] Okay.
[Jamie] We need some gap
for these starter bags to fit under.
Oh, it's hard, eh?
[Jamie] Usually we're dealing with snow,
but in the dirt,
it's gonna mean some brutally hard work.
A lot more than we thought.
It's holding up everything.
[Narrator] While space is dug out
for the first airbags...
Let's get setting up so we're not wasting no time.
[Narrator] ...the team...
[Jas] The pocket, maybe?
[Jamie] Probably around the rear end.
[Narrator] ...rigs up...
[Jas] You got a shackle?
Right there!
[Narrator] ...and the wreckers...
get into position for the pull.
[Jamie] We want to be able to get the recovery strap
around the back end,
and then look for other places
where we can put some more bags under.
[Jas] That's good.
[Narrator] Hercules will cradle the trailer
with a strap,
and pull on the middle with its deck winch,
while HR-100
puts lines to the tractor and trailer,
and Jas's 16-tonne takes the back end.
- [Jamie] Everything good? - [Jas] Yeah.
[Narrator] Jamie's ready on the highway side...
[Jamie] How we makin' out?
[Narrator] ...but first...
[Jamie] Well, that's enough.
- Now we can get under, right? - [Jas] Yeah.
[Jamie] We'll get the airbags going
and get this thing happening.
Here, why don't you put that one just under here.
Close as you can.
[air compressor rattling]
[Jamie] There you go.
Okay.
Going up now?
[Jas] I have no experience with airbags.
They're completely different
from all the other jobs that we do.
[Martin] Stay back, stay back.
[Mitch] If that pops out, it'll take us right out.
[Jamie] Be careful, it could blow apart.
[Jas] Jamie is the airbag master here,
and I'm just gonna kinda follow what he says.
[Narrator] As the airbags lift...
[Jamie] Oof! [bleep]
[Narrator] ...the trailer is feeling the strain.
[Jamie] I don't know if she's gonna hang together.
That load is towards the roof.
It may break open.
More bags.
Another one here.
Right there, yeah.
It's a hard job, this one.
[Jas] Oh, yeah.
[Jamie] Because it's head down, you know?
We're below the flatline,
we're negative degrees here,
so just getting it
from negative to flat
is a big job.
Let's go tighten up our stuff on the other side.
[Narrator] ...Jamie...
[Jamie] Okay, wind 'er up.
[Narrator] ...decides to take an unusual step...
[Jamie] Little bit.
Okay, stop.
I only wanna take the slack and stop.
Most of the time,
we wanna let the airbags just do the job...
Hang on.
...but here is a kind of a anomaly.
They actually are needing extra lift from the machinery...
Good enough.
...because this thing is so head-down.
[Narrator] ...but despite the added lift...
More weight seems to be in here.
[Jas] Yeah.
[Narrator] ...the load inside...
I can feel the airbags struggling to lift it up.
[Narrator] ...is proving heavier
than anyone expected.
[Mitch] So, it's not bread,
it's those pita wraps.
That would explain why it's so heavy.
[Jamie] We were told 20,000 pounds total.
I think we're dealing with a lot more weight.
A load of pita bread could be maximum weight,
42,000 pounds.
[Narrator] To help with the extra weight,
the crew starts to rig a second strap...
[Mitch] Okay.
[Jamie] Hang on, hang on!
[Narrator] ...but Jamie quickly calls it off.
I've decided not to use it,
because it's gonna apply that force
against the trailer.
Let it hang there.
The wall could crack open,
and your load's sitting on the ground.
Let's just do our airbags.
[Jas] Once the bags are actually in there properly...
- Mm-hmm. - ...it'll be much better, right?
Yeah, they have to be down a foot, at least.
[Jas] The airbags are tricky,
but we're just gonna get 'er done.
[Narrator] Staying the course...
[Narrator] ...the team...
[Jamie] Little my way a bit.
[Narrator] ...hustles...
[Martin] Get out, get out, get out!
[Narrator] ...to get the bags...
[Jas] Now we're getting somewhere.
[Narrator] ...completely under the trailer.
[Jamie] That's what you want, right there.
It's been a lot of hard work.
We're kind of at about the halfway mark.
What are you thinking?
[Jas] Maybe tighten up on that slowly as well, eh?
[Jamie] Not a bad idea.
[Jamie] Jas is developing and learning,
and... pretty sharp.
Yeah, at least
taking up the slack a little bit,
but it's very important now not to over-winch it.
[Jas] Oh, okay.
- [Jamie] The bags will blow out. - Okay.
[Narrator] As the air bags lift the trailer,
the wreckers will help take the weight
until the trailer is high enough
for their winches to take over.
[Jamie] Good to go?
Okay!
Mitch!
Other side, Mitch.
Front one...
We're trying to be gentle and take up the slack...
Kelly?
You want the weight to be on the bags,
or they'll blow out.
Okay.
Stop, stop!
Whoa! Nope!
[Narrator] 30 kilometres south of Kamloops...
[Jamie] Stop, stop!
Nope!
[Narrator] ...Jamie faces off...
Whoa!
[Narrator] ...with a formidable airbag job.
[Jamie] They want to keep pulling,
but with airbags,
if you don't lay off those controls,
you're gonna destroy the whole job.
Okay, okay, that's good.
[Narrator] Early yesterday morning,
the transport lost the road,
and landed with its roof lower than its wheels.
Now Jamie...
[Jamie] Now do yours. Do yours, Jas.
[Narrator] ...and Jas...
are fighting the negative angle.
[Jamie] This thing's so heavy, so head-down,
it's taking the bags and the machinery
to lift this thing.
How much you got on?
[Jas] Just keep the slack, right?
[Jamie] Yeah.
[Jas] We're just letting the airbags do the work,
and we're kind of just helping them up a little bit.
[Jamie] Okay, I'm gonna lift a bit.
[Narrator] Jamie climbs into Hercules...
...and takes control
of 150 tonnes of lifting power.
[Jamie] Doing this first recovery with this unit,
I'm learning here.
You have to be the gentle giant.
Having the ability to lift 300,000 pounds
at a touch of the fingertip,
I could boom up and just tear that thing apart.
[Narrator] Jas keeps an eye on the other side.
[Jas] Even if one of these airbags pop out,
the trailer can be ripped,
and it could be a mess
that we're cleaning up here for days.
Are they coming up okay?
[Jas] Yeah.
[Narrator] As the airbags inflate...
lifting up to 50,000 pounds
of fully loaded trailer...
I'm gonna go up a bit.
[Narrator] ...the heavy wreckers...
[Jamie] Give me a little, Kel.
[Narrator] ...keep pace...
[Jamie] The bags, they're doing their job,
and we just keep going inch by inch.
[Kelly whistling]
[Narrator] ...but as the bags
reach full height...
[Martin] Stop.
What?
[Martin] One of the bags is out,
at the bottom!
Okay.
The bags lift 96 inches, they're outta lift.
As this goes up,
it comes out... - Yeah.
...but if you get them down more, they'll push more.
Okay.
[Jamie] As the trailer comes up,
the load is sliding down low, against the wall.
Let's shuffle these bags in.
These bags need to be positioned
as deep in as they can be.
Try not to be under the load, okay?
Dangerous.
When we're gonna move it in,
we go under the trailer then for the moment, right?
[Jas] Okay.
We have to really, really work these bags
to their best ability
to get them in where they need to be,
and if we don't do that,
we could have a fail.
[Martin] Careful, careful!
[Jamie] Two guys, that's it, two guys.
[Martin] Two guys! Hey, be careful!
[Jamie] Yeah, you know, danger, right?
[Jas] Kind of getting nervous.
I do not want this trailer to rip.
[Jamie] Keep going. Quick, quick.
[Narrator] 500 kilometres north...
[Narrator] ...near Quesnel
on the Barkerville Highway...
[Narrator] ...dispatched
in an Autow 50-tonne
is owner-operator Rob Barber.
[Rob] We had a logging truck crash.
In Quesnel, logging, it's our main industry.
Keeps all our guys working.
So they get us coming as quick as they can,
hopefully help them get outta there.
[Narrator] Rob arrives
to find the logging company crew
with a picker truck...
[Rob] He was here pretty quick.
[Narrator] ...unloading the wreck.
[Rob] A picker truck,
it's a self-loading logging truck
with a grapple
that can lift up the logs,
and then he can take all the wood to its sawmill.
[Narrator] With its valuable load removed...
[Rob] Look to see how much damage there is.
For what it did,
and moving some trees,
it doesn't look too bad, really.
Losing a logging truck is hard,
'cause they can't replace a truck overnight.
If I can get it out without hurtin' it,
maybe they can fix it and get him back to work.
[Narrator] ...but pulling it out unscathed...
[Rob] That one tree, I don't like that.
[Narrator] ...is easier said than done.
I just don't want it to get caught up in there
and bugger things up.
That can be unpleasant.
[Narrator] Five and a half hours south...
[Jamie] There you go.
[Narrator] ...Jamie's airbags
have run out of lift.
[Jamie] And I'll blow that one up,
and we'll do them all.
We're repositioning the bags one last time
just to make sure we get the height we need.
[Narrator] Jas and his team...
[Jamie] Good enough. Let's go.
[Narrator] ...are in a risky spot.
I'm worried about this thing hanging here.
It's big weight, you know, it's dangerous.
- Let's just get it in there. - [Jas] Okay.
We wanna get this done as quick as possible.
[swamper] Jas...
[Narrator] With the last of the airbags...
[Jamie] They're almost there, eh?
[Narrator] ...moved in under the load...
[Jas] It's not even too much weight on this wall anymore.
[Narrator] ...the recovery has reached a turning point.
[Jamie] It's time to do wreckers.
We're at that point,
once we've got them down where they need to be,
then it's on.
Mitch! Kelly!
Let's get on the wrecker!
[Narrator] With Mitch in the front,
Jas at the back,
and Kelly on Hercules's 45,000-pound deck winch,
Jamie climbs back into the railway wrecker...
[Jamie] You ready to go?
[Narrator] ...to lead the charge.
[Jamie] The point where the wreckers
are taking over from the airbags,
that's the most crucial part of a lift.
Okay, give 'er!
This is the most nervous point in a recovery, for me.
Pull!
Pull, pull.
Point of no return.
Whoa.
That's the moment it could go bad.
[Martin] All right, bags are out!
[♪]
Kel, give 'er!
[♪]
[bang]
- Oh! - [Jas] Oh, my god!
[Narrator] On the Coquihalla,
south of Kamloops...
[Jamie] Give 'er!
[bang]
Whoa!
[Narrator] ...Jamie...
[Jas] Oh, my god!
[Narrator] ...and Jas...
[Martin] Hold it!
[Narrator] ...have lost a winch line...
[Jamie] Oh.
[Narrator] ...at a crucial moment.
[Jamie] Next thing you know, the chain's off...
That's when things can go wrong.
[Martin] Bags are out!
Nothing is supporting up.
[Jas] The airbags are out,
and now it's all up to us.
[Jamie] Hook it back up for me, will you?
Hook it back in the wheel?
[Jas] Yeah.
We don't want to be too slow,
because we don't want that thing to tip back over.
That's good!
Suck it up.
[Narrator] With the deck winch rehooked...
[Jamie] Pull, Kel.
[Narrator] ...the trailer...
Whoa!
It's coming in.
[Narrator] ...is brought down.
- [Jamie] Good! - We've got the unit upright...
but it still has a terrible lean to it.
Let's get Mitch unhooked now.
We gotta get him hooked up on the front.
[Narrator] The 50-tonne gets in position
to pull the wreck ahead...
[Jamie] Good there!
[Narrator] ...but as they hook up to the tractor...
[Jamie] I don't think this thing is strong enough.
[Martin] No.
[Jamie] I think we're gonna
have to take the whole bumper off.
This is gonna take time.
We just have to work at it,
keep going at it until we get it off.
I won't feel good until the unit's on the pavement.
[Narrator] To the north, 45 minutes outside Quesnel...
[Rob] That one tree.
[Narrator] ...Rob's logging truck recovery
is held up by a tree.
[Rob] Service truck got a chainsaw?
[Narrator] So Rob recruits one of the loggers...
[starting chainsaw]
[Rob] We'll have to cut it down
so it doesn't hurt the truck any more coming out.
[sawing]
[Narrator] With his work cut out for him...
[Narrator] ...Rob brings in the iron.
[Rob] I'll put a line on it,
give it a little tug.
So I'm gonna hook onto the hitch
that pulls the trailer.
[Narrator] The cab is torqued towards the ground...
[Rob] I think it'll stand up.
We hope.
[Narrator] ...so Rob uses the twist
to his advantage.
[Rob] Hopefully I'll just pull it backwards,
and the truck will roll over,
fall back on its feet.
That was easy enough, eh?
[Narrator] Now on its wheels...
[Rob] If someone wants to hop in there and steer it.
[Narrator] ...Rob must drag the wreck
up the bank...
...through three feet of wet snow.
[Rob] The brakes are on.
That snow, it's warm out, it's even heavier.
It could double the pull.
Okay!
[Narrator] But as the tractor crests the shoulder...
[Rob] Whoa, whoa!
Yeah, that's not good.
[Narrator] ...Rob spots a pressure point.
[Rob] Dragging a bit.
We could rip the tanks off.
The tanks on these logging trucks,
they kind of hang off the bottom of the truck.
They tear off really easy.
If I can get someone to watch that...
[Narrator] Raising his boom for more lift...
We'll keep the tanks up high.
Those tanks, are they coming okay?
[Narrator] ...the fuel
and air tanks
glide over the snow.
[Rob] It worked well.
The air tanks, they came out nice.
[Narrator] With the wreck out of the woods...
[Rob] I'm just gonna drive ahead
and drag it up off the road.
[Narrator] ...Rob moves quick
to reopen the highway...
[Narrator] ...and his customers...
[Rob] Not a broken window.
[Narrator] ...will soon be back to logging.
[Rob] Pretty amazing.
I'm just happy we got it out of the trees
without doing any more damage.
We can get loaded and get outta here.
So I'll haul it down to a shop to fix it
before it can go back to work.
[Narrator] It's a smooth finish...
[Rob] 'Kay.
[Narrator] ...to a busy season for Team Autow.
[Rob] It was just kind of nice and comfy,
and everybody was happy.
Overall, we had a fairly decent winter.
[Narrator] Back down south on the Coq...
[Jas] Here, I got this, if it'll be better.
[Mitch] Ah, yeah!
[Narrator] ...Jas and Jamie's team...
[Martin] Yeah, there ya go!
[Narrator] ...are removing the bumper...
[Martin] It's comin'!
[Narrator] ...to pull the wreck forward.
[Jas] A rabbit bumper.
It's just for small animals or anything on the highway.
The hooks are so weak,
and you can't even do a hill pull with 'em.
[Mitch] We're good now. We got it.
[Narrator] With Mitch hooked up,
Jas climbs in to steer the truck...
- [Mitch] Ready? - [Jas] Yeah.
[grunting]
[Narrator] ...and Jamie returns to the railway wrecker...
We wanna make sure it doesn't flip over.
[Narrator] ...to hold the leaning trailer.
[Jamie] We all have to work in sync with each other
in order that we have this working out okay.
[Narrator] Mitch begins...
to winch out the nearly 75,000-pound wreck
as Jamie keeps pace with Hercules.
I have to swing with the load
as it gets pulled out.
Slow and steady.
[Mitch] If I pull too much,
and he's too far back with his boom,
it could tip back over.
[Martin] It's wobbly. It's just very bad.
[Mitch] Oh...
[Narrator] On the Coquihalla, south of Kamloops...
[Martin] It's wobbly. It's just very bad.
[Narrator] ...a fully loaded tractor-trailer...
[Mitch] Oh...
[Narrator] ...threatens to tip back into the ditch.
Is he winching it ahead or what?
[Narrator] Mitch...
[Mitch] Do you wanna turn the wheel
a little bit to the left?
[Jas] Yeah!
[Narrator] ...gets Jas to steer toward the road...
I'm gonna do a little swing, okay?
[Narrator] ...while Jamie maintains tension
with the railway wrecker.
[Jamie] The Hercules truck has to ensure
that trailer can't flip over again.
[Mitch] We're almost there!
He's almost got 'er up.
[Jas] I can just drive it out.
[Mitch] Brakes!
[air hissing]
[Narrator] After seven hours of work...
[Martin] We make it look too easy.
[Narrator] ...the wreck is finally out.
[Mitch] Nothing the boss man can't handle.
That was a hard job.
That wasn't an easy one.
It feels great that the unit's out of the ditch,
the trailer's not broken in half,
the load's not sitting on the ground,
and the airbags have done their job.
[Jas] All right.
[Jamie] All that's left here
is for the customer to deliver the load.
[Narrator] ...and Jamie's new railway wrecker...
[Jamie] This truck worked like a charm.
[Narrator] ...has lived up to its name.
[Jamie] I'm gonna look forward
to doing more recovery work with Hercules.
It's just such a powerful machine.
[Narrator] After a long day's work...
[Jas] Have some pizza.
[Narrator] ...the two companies share a moment to refuel.
[Jamie] What do you got?
[Jamie] An all-meat? Yeah, I'll take that.
Thank you. [laughing]
Jas and his crew did a great job.
[Jas] Okay.
It was cool working with Jamie.
Crazy to see machinery this big.
That's it!
[Jamie] I enjoy working with Jas.
I see hard work ethic in him.
[Jas] Ready to roll!
Makes me want to help him along.
I think having the community,
and being able to help each other
is a big deal.
All right, we're outta here.
[Narrator] 265 kilometres southwest,
on a Fraser Valley logging road...
[Andy Cullum] Whoo!
[Narrator] ...Reliable Towing's military rotator
hits the back country...
[Andy] Got the speed now.
[Narrator] ...with Andy Cullum...
It's always fun to go off-road.
[Ethen] Ho ho!
[laughing]
[Narrator] ...and Ethen Boyd.
[Ethen] These jobs can be very fun,
but you never really know what you're getting into.
Should be pretty interesting in this truck.
[Suki Manj] The military truck,
it's a solid unit.
I have no doubt that it'll handle any situation
that comes its way.
[Narrator] At an off-roading trailhead...
[Andy] How's it going?
[Wayne] Thanks for coming.
- No problem. I'm Andy. - Wayne.
[Narrator] ...they meet Wayne Bell...
[Andy] How far up are you?
It's two and a half to three kilometres
down a side-by-side trail.
[Narrator] ...who needs help
with a stranded all-terrain vehicle.
Okay.
[Narrator] Andy is familiar with side-by-sides,
as an active member of a local off-roading club.
It's always good to get out in nature,
and let everything go.
Whoo!
See what we can do.
[Narrator] Today, Andy...
[Andy] You know how rough this ride's about to be.
You gonna come up with us, then?
- Yeah. - Okay.
[Narrator] ...will take on the trail...
Let's get 'er done.
[Narrator] ...with the 6x6 military truck.
[Andy] It's pretty rough.
Being six-wheel drive will really help out
with some of the more difficult parts of this trail.
[Narrator] ...but soon...
[Ethen] Whoa!
[Narrator] ...the truck's eight-foot width...
Side-by-side's a little smaller.
[Narrator] ...meets the overgrown forest.
[Ethen] Holy cow.
[Andy] A narrow trail
and a big, wide truck like this...
Whoa!
...there could be some challenging points.
[Narrator] One kilometre in...
[Wayne] Okay, this is the gnarly spot.
[Narrator] ...is the most difficult section.
I'm gonna go check out what we're doing.
[Narrator] A dried-up creek crossing...
We got this big boulder right here.
[Narrator] ...will be a tight squeeze.
Keep the left tire up here.
[Wayne] I'm gonna stand up over there
where I can see you.
Sounds good.
It's the most challenging part of this trail.
Rock obstacles,
and fitting such a large truck through them.
Are we ready?
[Narrator] ...Andy
has to steer the 30-foot wrecker...
I don't know about this.
This might be too tight.
[Narrator] ...through the narrow corner.
How far am I from the rock on your side?
Should have enough room if you can clear that tree.
We might just scrape this rock.
We're out in the wilderness.
If we get stuck out here today,
it's a very big deal.
Yeah, we're still good on this side.
Straight. Go straight.
We're on the rock.
[Andy grunting]
[Narrator] 35 kilometres into the bush north of Mission...
Reliable's 6x6...
[Ethen] We're on the rock.
[Narrator] ...is in a tight spot.
[Ethen] It's definitely a dangerous place to be.
If something happens,
you're out there, you're stuck.
[Narrator] With some precise maneuvering...
Just keep it that way.
[Andy] We're good?
[Narrator] ...Andy...
[Ethen] We're okay.
[Narrator] ...gets the eight-foot-wide truck...
You're clear of the boulder.
[Narrator] ...through the gauntlet.
[Wayne] You got it, Andy!
Whoo!
[Wayne] Nicely done.
[Ethen] That's driving at its finest, Andy.
[Andy] I got into towing
from being an avid outdoor enthusiast.
Whew!
Good job.
I'm pretty comfortable to be up here.
[Narrator] ...but with the road ahead
only getting tighter...
[Andy] We should turn around in this open spot.
[Narrator] ...the 6x6...
[Andy] It's gonna be tight.
[Narrator] ...will have to complete the approach...
in reverse.
[Andy] Yay, we made it.
It's not too damaged.
It looks like it's pretty repairable.
We'll hook 'er up and drag it back out.
- Go through there? - [Ethen] Yeah.
[Narrator] With the side-by-side rigged...
Andy climbs into the turret...
...and extends the 18-foot boom.
[Andy] We don't want it to hit the truck
as we pull it away.
[Narrator] To prevent further damage,
Andy has an idea.
[Andy] Ride in there and drag the brake
so it doesn't smash his light bar,
or his roof or anything. - Yup, okay.
[Ethen] I'm going to ride in the side-by-side...
[grunting]
...to brake and accelerate if needed.
All right, let's boogie.
Cross our fingers that this goes smooth.
[Narrator] With Ethen on board...
[Ethen] Whoa.
[Narrator] ...the rough three-kilometre journey...
...kicks off.
It goes slack, then it goes up, slack...
It's like riding a bronco.
[laughing]
Ah!
Holy crap.
[laughing]
I'm getting tossed around like crazy.
I'm gonna get my head taken off out here.
[Narrator] Up ahead...
[Andy] That's it.
[Narrator] ...they need to cross
back over the creek bed.
[Wayne] Oh, man.
[Andy] All right.
Let's do this.
With Ethen inside, it's a little crazy.
[Wayne] I don't know if this is a good idea or not.
[Ethen] I'm driving it without being able to steer.
I'm completely relying on Andy.
[Wayne] Come on, baby, get up there!
This is super sketchy.
It's really steep...
Almost.
Lots of loose rocks.
It's hard to get it to bite.
Oh, there we go.
Whoa.
I'm at risk of rolling.
It's intense.
He's right at the edge of it.
[Ethen] Keep going, Andy.
We can't turn back. - Whoa!
[Ethenmost...
[clanking] There's the rock.
[Narrator] North of Mission...
Oh, there we go!
[Narrator] Reliable's riverbed rescue...
[Ethen] Whoa!
[Narrator] ...has Ethen...
[Ethen] I'm right at the tipping point.
[Narrator] ...along for a wild ride.
[Ethen] I'm leaning the opposite way,
so I don't end up on... on my lid.
Hey, Ethen, it's Wayne.
[Narrator] The owner...
[Wayne] Can you put it in drive,
and drive it forward just a little bit?
[Narrator] ...tells Ethen...
to give it some gas.
[Ethen] I'm giving it throttle...
to make it over some of these obstacles.
- [Andy] There we go. Perfect. - [Wayne] Right on.
Whoa!
[Andy] Now we should have this.
[Narrator] Having overcome the tricky crossing...
[Andy] Go have a look at this.
[Narrator] ...Andy checks in on his passenger...
Holy cow!
I was like this.
[Wayne] Yeah, no, I saw you
sitting like this. [laughing]
Nothing I could do. [laughing]
[all laughing]
The adrenaline is just, it's unmatched right now.
[Andy] We're good to go.
[Narrator] ...but they still have a kilometre
of overgrown trail.
Oh!
Oh, my goodness.
[laughing]
[Ethen] This short little trip,
pretty smooth sailing
now that we're on the main road.
It's a lot of fun.
[Narrator] Arriving back at the trailhead...
It was a good adventure.
[Narrator] ...the injured side-by-side
is loaded onto the owner's trailer.
- [Wayne] That's good. - [Ethen] Okay.
[Andy] Wayne's happy
we got his machine out without any further damage.
[Wayne] Thanks, guys.
Couldn't have done it without you.
- [Ethen] Yeah, any time. - Appreciate it.
It was fun seeing you get around that corner.
Yeah, we get things places most people don't wanna try.
Good day, successful day.
[honking]
It's time to clear out and get outta here.
That's it!
[Ethen] All right, let's rock and roll.
[Suki] With the people we have,
the different experiences we have,
I'm so impressed
with the ability to get the jobs done.
Now, that's a great feeling, so I'm impressed.
I think the future's really bright for this company.
[Narrator] In Hope...
[Narrator] ...from Jamie's yard,
it's just a stone's throw...
to Silver Creek.
[Jamie] It's kind of our little secret swimming hole.
This is where I come and hang out,
enjoy nature.
It's a changing world.
The economy, global warming,
the industry itself, pretty unpredictable...
lots of competition.
I think the secret right now is to be diversified.
Different equipment that we have
for different clients,
in different industries, not just transport.
Things will work out.
Sometimes you just gotta let the river run.
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