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Follow the operations of Jamie Davis Motor Truck, a heavy vehicle rescue and recovery towing company based in Hope, British Columbia focusing on the hardships of operating along the highways of the BC Interior, especially the Coquihalla Highway, which is notorious for rapidly changing weather.
2012
Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue's 'A' team, Adam and Kevin, spend a busy morning clearing spun-out semis off the road when word comes that a multi-vehicle pile-up has closed down both northbound lanes.
A double-trailer load of lumber has flipped and spilled across a quarter mile of highway. Even with three heavy rescue trucks, Jamie's crew doesn't have enough equipment to do the job.
Jamie's right hand man Kevin shows up to a wreck without the gear he needs to control traffic. When Jamie confronts him, Kevin storms off the job.
To keep up with a busy season, Jamie hires a new guy, greenhorn driver Rob. When Rob turns out to be a slow learner - and then goes AWOL during a major blizzard - Jamie's patience is pushed to the breaking point.
Jamie isn't the only tow guy on the Coq. Lone wolf Al Quiring is a tough as nails wrecker and Jamie's main rival. Their dads did battle a generation ago, now Jamie and Al are fighting it out for the title - 'King of the Coq'.
Heavy snowfall has created avalanche conditions on the Coq. Plow crews are barely able to keep up. When traffic starts backing up in high-risk avalanche zones, highway authorities decide to close the road in both directions. A team of avalanche techs flies up the mountain in helicopters to drop concussion bombs and release the build-up, but bad weather hampers their first attempt. With the Coq closed overnight, trucks are using the back roads to get through.
In the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, on the Coquihalla Highway, a small job turns into a major headache and a father's dreams of his stepson joining the family business backfires as Brandon Kodallas' aspirations of being a gym instructor and his disdain to drive a manual transmission vehicles does not sit well with anybody else, while teaching Ken about rigging, something the Richmond-based city towie doesn't do.
A head-on collision between two semis has the crew battling to clear the charred wreckage and get the road open. While Kevin captures the action on tape, Samy does most of the heavy lifting, earning him a bottle of scotch.
When a semi full of mail goes off a cliff, Adam and the crew are sent out to unload and recover it. When a winter-worn cable snaps, narrowly missing Adam's head, Jamie's most senior driver threatens to go on strike.
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.
2013
Jamie Davis, eager for the winter season to begin, has one thing on his mind - amp up his manpower and his equipment, so he's ready for anything that happens on the mountain. He has brought back a big crew - Adam Gazzola, Narayan Samy, Kevin Ritchie, Rob Mitchell, Bruce Hardy, Ken Monkhouse, the new guy Gord Lundin, and Davis' stepson Brandon Kodallas. Everyone has big, but not always realistic, expectations for the winter ahead.
The closures of two major highways cause drivers to voice their frustration leaving Gazzola in a sour mood over all the grief he receives. Ken Monkhouse arrives at a job to find that the competition has gotten the jump on him. Responding to a woodchip wreck, Davis, Gazzola and Ritchie disagree on how to recover the wreck, leaving Davis to do his own swamping. Later, when a heavy SeaCan tips over, Davis and his rotator are pushed to their limit. Monkhouse, realizing he needs help in the car towing division, invites Kodallas for a lesson in a new truck, but Kodallas has words with his stepfather and walks off in a huff. Monkhouse then turns to the new guy - quiet, tattooed Lundin - testing him out on a tough tow lesson.
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.
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.
A trailer filled with costly pharmaceuticals gets imbedded 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.
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.
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 Scott smashes the Rotator. When Jamie then gets a call for a dream job it turns into the most challenging recovery of the season.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
2014
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 Coq open all by himself.
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 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.
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.
In B.C., 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.
Howie faces a seemingly impossible challenge after a massive wreck spills lumber across a busy highway. With his heavy wrecker in for repairs, Howie must use a few small trucks to try and tackle a very, very big job. In northern Alberta, the Rotator faces its first real test as the crew works to prove they can handle the heavy industrial wrecks and extreme weather.
In Alberta and B.C., pipe trucks have rolled over and crews in both places race to open vital highways. Things for Al Quiring turn red hot when a trailer jammed with thousands of bottles of hot sauce is ripped open. Jamie and Brandon take a well-deserved break from clearing wrecks on the highway to compete in a car race on a frozen lake.
A massive build up of snow on the Coq 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.
A record snowfall brings B.C.'s vital Coquihalla Highway to a standstill and sends shockwaves across the region. Howie leads a team on a dangerous recovery that sparks an unexpected emotional reaction. In Alberta, Adam and Colin have to get a toxic chemical wreck safely back on the 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.
For the first time all season 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 faces one of its biggest challenges yet when they attempt a recovery with two big wreckers on a very narrow industrial road.
In BC, new-hires Phil and Wayne face big problems when they get their chance to run big wreckers. Al runs into trouble on a steep and twisting logging road. In Alberta, Jamie and Adam race to open two highways when both roads to Fort McMurray shut down.
In the season finale, Adam faces a tough personal choice about his future in Heavy Rescue. Jamie finds himself in harm’s way on one of the most technically difficult recoveries of the year. As Jamie looks ahead to next season, he makes a bold gamble that impacts both his BC and Alberta operations.
2015
When winter strikes, Jamie's crew has to save a snowplow stuck in the grip of an icy river. Jamie pushes further into new territory, changes rock the company and the entire community says goodbye to a Heavy Rescue legend.
Jamie's new crew in British Columbia struggles with a mangled trailer on a blind and icy corner of highway 3. When Colin slips up on a big recovery in Alberta, Jamie's brother has to take over the job - even though he's new to the rotator.
When a lumber truck and diesel tanker collide... the flaming wreckage becomes the biggest recovery of Colin's career. As snowstorms pummel the Coquihalla, Al Quiring heads up the hill, ready for battle. In freezing rain...John faces off against a mangled tractor and becomes a mentor in the process.
Al and Gord battle through a stormy night to keep the Coquihalla Highway open for Christmas. A semi plows off a bridge, stranding holiday travelers, and a remote logging road job forces Ken to relive his close call from last year.
Al Quiring is in a high-pressure race to open the TransCanada Highway before rush hour. Jordie from Mission Towing faces a semi ready to split in two. Jamie Davis is running a race too when a pharmaceutical truck plunges down a bank.
Freezing rain covers Hope in a thick layer of ice, crippling Jamie's operations. A good friend of Jamie's is called into action when two semis collide head on, leaving wreckage scattered across the TransCanada Highway and a major rail line.
Al and Gord work to rescue a loaded semi that's teetering on the edge of a 300-foot drop. Colin faces a white-knuckle drive on a remote Alberta back road, and Jamie tests out a new driver, who might be in over his head.
When Jamie and Jason Davis Heavy Recovery crews team up for a massive wreck, a close call forces Brandon to reconsider his future in the business; in Alberta, attempts to straighten out a jackknifed truck get twisted in unexpected directions.
Strategies collide when the Davis and Quiring families team up for a rare joint recovery that shuts down the busiest highway in B.C.; on the Coquihalla Highway, a big rig is left teetering in a seemingly impossible position.
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.
Al and Gord gamble on a job that's closed the highway and pushed both green wreckers to the limits; in Alberta, Jamie's crew battles a whiteout to reach a chain reaction wreck; in B.C., a wrecker is called in to help solve an underwater mystery.
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.
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.
2016
Jamie battles a truck fire on the Coq and reveals big changes to his operation.
Mission Towing races to an urgent call on a logging road; Jamie deploys his "air bag" recovery system to flip a tractor trailer.
Jamie's team deals with a jackknifed semi-trailer on the edge of a bridge; Mission Towing races to finish a recovery and open the road.
Gale-force winds sends a semi airborne and wreaks havoc on Jamie's operation in Hope; Al and Gord try to recover a massive mining truck.
It's Christmas and the highway is in chaos. The team works to right an overturned truck full of holiday cheer while Nik faces a test of his own.
Jonny feels the squeeze during a recovery, a rolling wreck puts Nik on edge, and Gord clashes with tenacious truckers on the Coq.
Al Quiring is pulled into a muddy war to rescue a pair of 40 tin excavators buried in a bog; Jamie and Scott are called to a mysterious wreck in The Canyon.
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, BC.
Jamie calls in his brothers 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 on the Coq involving one of Jamie's crew.
A tragic wreck affects Nik and Neill, three generations work together to tackle an overturned semi, and a tough job puts a rescue veteran to the test.
A spectacular 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- tonne cement drum.
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.
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.
2017
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
2018
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's restored classic wrecker faces its first test; Colin, Merv and Jason attempt a heavy rescue; Al battles with an excavator buried in a rock-slide.
Mission Towing's Dylan Greenwood has to solve a puzzle of twisted metal when two big rigs collide. Jamie takes his Python wrecker off-road to rescue a propane truck, while Al Quiring has to save a snowplow hit by a semi on the Coquihalla.
Jamie and Colin work to recover a buried semi on the Trans Atlantic Canada Highway after a massive mudslide.
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.
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 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.
Jamie heads north in B.C. to rescue a tractor trailer that tipped on its side.
Jamie faces his toughest wreck in years, so he calls in a familiar face and a 50-ton rotator; Al attempts to free a 70-ton excavator from a mud hole.
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.
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.
Cam gets a chance to run Mighty Mo; the team races to clear a scattered load of lumber.
Jamie attempts to recover a trapped tractor trailer; the crew heads up a remote mountain; tow companies come together for a good cause.
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.
2019
On B.C.'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.
Jamie tests the limits of his classic wrecker against a 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.
When a dump truck and trailer crash into dense bush, Al Quiring and Sons become heavy rescue lumberjacks; with the help of Gord Boyd, Team Green overcame environmental obstacles and a twisted wreck trapped in the trees.
In Hope, 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, Jamies crew must get the road open.
Near Merritt, a parcel delivery truck is torn open, scattering hundreds of packages across The Coq; facing high winds, high speed traffic and the threat of falling rocks, Reliable Towing overcomes numerous obstacles to clear the wreck.
A cliffside recovery on the banks of Coldwater River puts James and Adam on thin ice; Colin makes a roadside repair in the middle of a winter storm; Al and Gord race to move a house off a busy highway.
Merv is dispatched in Aggressive Towings 50-ton rotator to open the road after a collision in Fraser Valley; Jamie takes a classic wrecker on a 2,000-kilometre journey north; news about a key member of the Mission Towing family hits home.
A tractor trailer clinging to the edge of a mountain has Mitch, Merv and James pulling together to save the load; after years of relying on older equipment, Jamie Davis brings home a surprise for the team.
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 polar vortex brings extreme cold and brutal working conditions to truck drivers and heavy wrecker operators on The Coq; Colin fights to recover a frozen rig; Cam finds himself in a dilemma with one of Jamies classic wreckers.
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.
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.
Jamie and his tow brothers discuss some of their toughest backroad adventures on HIGHWAY THRU HELL; Al, Ken, Jason and Mitch swap tales and share advice on some of their most spectacular off-road recoveries.
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.
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.
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.
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 Kens team to the edge of disaster.
2021
Gord is tested by the snowfall, and the Reliable crew's military rotator faces double trouble where no roads go.
Al comes to the rescue of an overconfident driver, team Reliable gains a fiery personality, and Gary faces a heavyweight challenge.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Heavy rescue legends look back on their wildest recoveries on a special episode of Highway Thru Hell.
2022
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
A flash freeze launches Team Green into action; Dylan heads a two-wrecker recovery of a toppled lumbar truck
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.
Jamie and the next generation take on an airbag wreck similar to a challenging one from the past; Dylan must rely on roadside ingenuity.
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.
2023
Jamie is on high alert with a wildfire threatening his own backyard in Hope; Team Aggressive must navigate tinder dry conditions on a back road bush recovery; Reliable Towing wrangles an overturned cattle hauler under smoke-filled skies; Jamie rescues a special semi.
Jamie joins forces with brother Jason and Aggressive Towing to pull off a triple rotator job on the Canyon Highway, Team Reliable's Ty and Andy contend with trees and tight space to pull out an RV, Jamie gets emotional when one of his favourite trucks goes down in flames.
Jamie clears a snowed-in semi at the foot of the Rockies before an avalanche control operation ends; Al fills a crucial role in a billion dollar infrastructure project; Reliable's Ty and Andy wrestle a wreck to keep rush hour moving; Dylan uses the military rotator on an icy backroad recovery.
MSA and Reliable team up for a wreck on the Canyon Highway's notorious Killer's Corner; Jamie uses a rollover as an opportunity to teach crew new skills; Team Quiring meet the challenge of a swamped-in dump truck with a bulldozer; the anniversary of last year's catastrophic floods is cause for reflection.
Reliable's team are challenged by a sideways semi that could lose its load of groceries at any moment; a snowstorm keeps Al busy while BC Highway Patrol arms motorists to brave the Coquihalla; AJ does a solo job for Jamie, battling through deep snow on a back road.
Merv helps Abbotsford Police deal with a wreck on the vital Highway 11 route to the US border; Team Reliable battles a twisted lumber b-train shutting down Highway 7; MSA's Kirpal works with his son Gurk to rescue a semi on the verge of tipping into a ditch; Jamie is impressed by AJ's skills when they rescue a trailer from a landslide.
A crash on the Canyon Highway requires the technical skills of Hope Search and Rescue to rescue the driver; Dylan mentors Reliable operator Stephanie on her first heavy job; a new team in the north take on a huge job with the help of a crane truck; Jamie puts his son Junior on the controls of his prized rotator for the first time.
Team Aggressive navigates their way through the snowy chaos to join Reliable Towing's Dylan on a recovery; Jamie uses his LA Rotator to help truckers stuck in the snow; Highways Maintenance and Al have their hands full guiding drivers up the highway; AJ braves the snowy backcountry by himself to rescue a stuck service truck.
Jamie's on high alert as he's the first responder to a pileup while on his way to another crash; Team Quiring works with BC Highway Patrol to clear a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1; a shocking crash into a residential home.
Team MSA debuts their brand new 35-ton up on the Coquihalla to take on their first double heavy job with their own trucks; Aggressive Towing's junior operator Jaydan struggles to pull out a severe jackknife; blistering winds test Jamie with a subzero recovery.
Al and Jamie have a rare reunion while both working the summit of the Coquihalla highway, Reliable Towing's John and Andy must close a vital brake check while recovering a rolled-over semi, Team Aggressive uses an unconventional solution to get a stolen piece of equipment out of the ditch.
Al heads to a semi in a snowbank but a second rig hits it before he gets there; Jamie puts his LA Rotator to the test on a technical elevated roadway recovery; Kyle wrestles with doing a dump truck rollover without the help of his Uncle Rob.
Merv leads Team Aggressive to get a lumber b-train out of the ditch; Reliable Towing races to recover a semi down a deep bank off the highway, Don and Mike from Peninsula Towing play a vital role in getting a house to a waiting barge before the tide goes out.
As the holiday season approaches, Reliable Towing is faced with their biggest wreck of the season. Jamie enlists Rob's log truck driving experience to pilot a torn-up trailer safely down Highway 1. Merv uses the full might of his rotator to right a flipped crane truck.
A winter storm bears down on the Coquihalla as Team Reliable takes on a twisted trailer; Abbotsford Police and CVSE run a joint operation to clamp down on trucker safety violations; Jamie rescues a pickup that has gone off the highway and into a busy railway.
At the foot of the Rockies, a jacknifed semi put the pressure on AJ as he runs a heavy for the first time; Jamie brings his LA Rotator out to help a local tow company recover a loaded tractor-trailer, Ty and Andy take on a waterlogged excavator sinking into a wildlife habitat.
Jamie lives out his worst nightmare when he's part of a massive crash that takes out his LA Rotator; Al helps a relative haul a superload up the hill; AJ and James Junior must rely on their know-how to pull a brand-new pickup out of the mud.
AJ is excited to do his first tow-up on the Coquihalla but he's forced to make it work with only a medium-duty wrecker, Jamie feels the loss of his heavies this season as he does a snowy recovery on the summit; Team MSA takes on a tippy dump truck on Fraser Valley farm.
2026
Jamie debuts another heavy duty to his fleet as he and Co. work to recover a nearly intact semi on a snowbank. Autow has its hands full when dealing with an overturned excavator off a narrow backroad. John Dodds nearly has a close call as he deals with 2 stuck semis on Icy Highway 5A.
Al and Curtis battle the first snowstorm on the Coq, Reliable deals with a ditched semi that struck an ambulance up on the Coq, Mike from Ben's Towing deals with a semi blocking the only route through eastern BC, Autow deals with lumber off highway 97.
Rob from Autow faces a daunting Super B-train logging truck buried under tons of timber on the Barkerville Highway.
Deep in the mountains, MSA wrestles a sideways semi back onto Highway 1; Reliable Towing's John Dods leads a crew of new operators with a torn up tractor trailer on the Coquihalla; and more.
Rob, Al, Reliable, and Jamie’s rookie juggle dangerous B-trains, muddy rescues, and first-time towing challenges.
A half-million-dollar rollover, a giant factory machine, and Maxime’s first semi job push crews to beat the clock.
Jamie, Reliable, and Autow battle blind corners, mangled trailers, and holiday chaos on BC’s busiest highways.
A huge Coq shutdown, sunken farm gear, a rookie slip-up, and an icy father-daughter tow test crews across BC.
Coquihalla Towing joins Reliable for a deep-ditch rescue as Quiring, Aggressive, and MSA face mud, hazards, and tension.
Crews fight to recover a meat-filled seacan, raise a riverboat, clear Highway 97, and train a rookie in a 60-ft ditch.
Aidan tackles a heavy tractor, Aggressive stabilizes precarious pipes, and Kurtis Brown leads his final Snowshed Protocol.
Jamie and rookie Jas handle a risky airbag job, while Rob and Reliable battle overturned loads on remote BC backroads.
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Al Quiring
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Dave Pettitt
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2020
The seasons first snowstorm 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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Torrential rain and a raging river threaten 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2025
Jamie realizes he's been given the wrong information; Team Reliable wrestles with a cable barrier on Highway 1; Aggressive Towing battles with a heavy B-train down a deep ditch in the Fraser Valley.
Jamie’s return to the nightmare of a wreck in the mountains turns into an epic family effort. Merv schools Jaydan on a back road job.
Team MSA takes on their most challenging recovery ever when a tanker is sucked down a hill by a mudslide.
Bob from Reliable Towing wrestles with a burning semi on the side of the Coquihalla; Jamie hauls a snowcat for a snowmobile club in the Rockies; Team MSA brings Gursharan's brother-in-law Kulji to his first recovery job on the busy Fraser Highway.
Team Reliable's Laine trains two junior operators while clearing a flipped semi; Al wrestles a broken trailer with a fragile load off the busy Highway 1; Jamie climbs into the mountains to rescue European tourists and their imported motorhome.
Jamie deals with his newest wrecker breaking down during a long haul; Merv takes on an unusual job pulling a sunken barge out of the river; Bob Potts makes his return to Team Reliable and does his first recovery after his own crash.
Rob and Kyle navigate tight spaces around a tractor-trailer on Highway 97; Cary uses his late grandfather's old wrecker to rescue a trail worker's equipment; Jamie is impressed by his twin daughter's skills while recovering a car on a snowy backroad
Al Quiring coordinates with Kurtis Brown's highway maintenance teams for Snowshed Protocol and Jamie uses Mighty Mo to help newer operators rescue a semi before the storm.
Merv brings his rotator to Vancouver to help recover a stranded boat in False Creek and Team Reliable fights wet conditions to pull a jackknifed semi.
Jamie works a semi recovery off the highway without his go-to heavy wreckers; Sim races to finish a recovery when he learns his inlaw has been in a nearby crash; Cary feels the pressure of safely traversing the Coquihalla.
Reliable's Evan Pardy puts his wrecker to the test recovering a truck broken in two from a narrow bridge; Al Quiring flexes his technical skills on a massive dump truck spill; Autow's Kyle Langlois takes the lead on a burnt-out wreck.
Jamie unveils his new railway wrecker to pull up a semi that's gone off Highway 1; Team Reliable's Andy tackles a gravel truck that's rolled off; MSA's Gurk takes on the controls of the 50-ton for the first time for a foggy Fraser Valley recovery.
