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MAN: That wind is kickass.

NARRATOR: This time
on Heavy Rescue 401...

My eyes are sticking together.

..biting wind...

Zach, it's all on you.

..breaks Zach.

So, I gotta take cover here.
This is insane.

You can't take it like this.

Chatham performs...

..a delicate operation...

Whoa, whoa, whoa, watch your back!

..and an overturned tanker...

That's a big leak.

Fire.
Fire department.

..lets loose.

Spring is just
a couple of weeks away...

..but in southwestern Ontario,
March is still a lion.

By morning, the storm has passed,

and the snow
is already melting away...

..but the damage is done.

Unbelievable.

Fighting me way too much.
It shouldn't be doing that.

On the 401, near Ingersoll,

Bear Renders is an hour deep
into a losing battle...

I got a jackknifed tractor-trailer
facing the wrong way,

and I got to get
the front end spun around,

so I can recover it
the rest of the way.

It just doesn't want to work.

Solid ice out here
and nobody's moving over for us.

Icy, treacherous roads.

There's cars and trucks
in the ditch everywhere.

I've done everything I can.

But as the temperature
again drops below freezing,

the semi is locked hard
into the frozen ground.

When I first got there,
I tried the rear axle,

hoping that I could spin it around,
but when I started to pull there,

it went closer into the trailer,
causing more damage.

Now he's fighting with the front end

and to get the angle he needs,
he's been forced to improvise...

I went to a Holmes tree 150 feet
off the road,

trying to redirect the front end
and get it to come out.

No, I'm gonna lose my truck.

This thing's spun around degrees
and he's stuck in frozen mud.

Yeah, I can't move this truck.

Damn it.

On north America's busiest highway...

..closure...

..is not an option.

Roads are a mess.

Just to the west,

some help
is pulling onto the scene...

Ross Services' lead operator,
Mike Ross.

It's all or nothing some days.

Let's go have a look.

Hey.

I grabbed the front rim,
trying to spin it around,

but it still wants to turn my truck.

When Michael got there,
I felt relieved.

He's one of the best
operators I know.

It's lifting my truck
off the ground.

He had to work
off the shoulder there.

It's a tough job for the one truck.

Well, Mike's gonna grab
the back of the truck

and give it a little pull

and hopefully
we can get it spun around.

Let's see what it does.

As Michael's pulling the back,

I'm still hooked onto the tree
up on the hill,

so I still have the front axle

and I'm spinning it around
to face the right direction.

OK, can you straighten
your wheel out a little bit?

Lookin' better.

Yeah, I think we're done
all we can do there.

They've wrenched the front axle
from the frozen mud...

I gotta go and get that.

I'll tug it over
another three feet, I guess.

..but they still need to direct
the tractor onto the road...

Got 'er?
Yeah.

..and as they re-rig,
drivers are getting careless.

Get over, you stupid ass.

Idiots. Unbelievable.

On this icy road, any distraction
could lead to disaster...

Other people driving down the road

are looking at the wreck
that's in the ditch.

They're not looking
in front of them.

They can rear-end
this tractor-trailer

and cause a catastrophe.

Make sure they're even.

Turn your wheel, buddy,
turn your wheel.

..and as they begin
the final pull...

What the hell?

..one distracted driver
decides to get a closer look on foot.

Blocks the whole highway.

This guy blocks the whole lane
to take pictures of his partner.

This guy stopped
in the driving lane.

We need to get off the road.

I don't know,
you'd think that was common sense

that that isn't a good idea,
but some people, eh?

Almost got 'em out.

Just pulling it back sideways.

Once we got the truck on the road,
it felt awesome.

Holy.

Alright, we're outta here.

As the driver rolls his semi away,

the crew's next job
is already waiting.

We got this guy out,
but the day is still gonna be long.

90 miles down the 401...

..the final traces of last night's
storm have blown through...

..and on the westbound highway
near Tilbury,

one semi driver is on his way
for treatment

following a bad rear-end collision.

He's in pretty rough shape,
so hopefully he pulls through.

After a busy night on the road,

Chatham Towing's Trevor Girard
is facing one of his worst scenarios.

The way I understand it,
traffic was stopped,

the gentlemen in the rear tractor
I guess,

either didn't see it,
or something went wrong, anyway.

And this is the end result.

It never gets easy seeing
a cab demolished like this...

OK.

The OPP's put a hold
on the actual tractor unit

until they're done
their investigation.

So Trevor and crew

will need to preserve
the tractor as-is.

It will complicate the job...

It's a fairly big cleanup.

It's gonna take considerable time.

..but Trevor understands
the importance

of finding out exactly what happened.

My wife
is a professional truck driver,

so it's always
in the back of my mind,

you know, if, you know,

you hope you never
get that phone call, you know,

it's happened to your loved one.

Today, the Chatham crew
is stretched thin.

This second axle's
even knocked out, Ron.

Is it, the second one too?
Yeah.

His crew is busy across the region,

but Trevor's
got one veteran backing him up.

I got Ron Aarts out with me.

You know, he's been helping John
for, you know,

longer than I've been here,

and I've been here about 30 years.

Looks like a lot of steel forgings.

Heavy stuff, special order.

It's on a four-axle trailer,
so it's a heavy load.

I'm the last call,
if John's really stuck, he calls me.

We've got the OK
to begin our process on the one.

They're still investigating
the truck that caused it,

so at least now we can get started,

get this cleaned up
as fast as we can.

We're gonna chain this back axle up.

It took the hardest impact,
obviously, so...

It's not gonna be pretty,
but we'll get 'er off the road.

Just give me a little tension,
we'll see if that hook will set.

They just need the axle
to hold long enough

to limp the trailer
off the highway...

Put a binder on that one?
We can.

Beautiful.

That's got it, Trev.

OK.

Wanna pick up some of these blocks?
Start swingin' 'em up there?

We have to get 'em towards
the front, though, right?

Yeah, we can swing 'em
right to the front.

..but before they can move
the first truck,

they need to clear
the spilled cargo,

a dozen pieces of awkward,
heavy steel.

I wanna get it down at this end.

OK, the pin puller
is gonna drop the chain,

and then slide the, uh...
Yeah. Lift 'er.

We come up with the idea
of using a pry bar,

so we can try
and noose a strap around 'em,

but they're anywhere from,

you know,
five, to 1,000 pounds apiece.

She's definitely time-consuming.

Just get outta there, Ron.

It's going through
the back of your head, right?

How we gonna do this?
We got two guys here.

Where's these other guys at?
I don't know.

Ridiculous.

The 401's shut down.

You know, the police,
they want it open

and here we've got this basically,

it looks like an explosion
that's happened.

Yeah, when's the other
guys gonna be back here?

We gotta do something here,
'cause we gotta get this cleaned up.

Like, it's me and Ron out here,
and that's it.

This good right here, Ron?
Yeah, right in there.

On the westbound 401,
Trevor and Ron are scrambling

to clear scrap
from the brutal rear-end collision...

Go right by that tire and that skid.

..and hoping some relief
arrives soon.

There's only two of us here.

You're gonna keep working
as fast as you can

and productive as you can,
but you're wondering,

you know, how long
before your backup shows up.

I don't know what other ones
we can get under and lift.

As the police finish investigating
on scene,

Trevor needs to clear
the two trucks...

You wanna back up
and I'll set the axle on ya?

Sure.

..but they need
the tractor kept as-is.

They don't know if this guy's
gonna pull through or not,

so now they want to kind of keep
the actual tractor unit intact.

Are you actually doing the mapping?

No, Josh is going
to do the mapping right now.

OK.

Police collect all the evidence
they can at a crash site

before vehicles are moved.

If we clear the scene
and want to come back later,

that evidence will be gone

and it will certainly
not be admissible in court.

So if they require
further investigation on a vehicle,

they need to preserve its condition.

We need to make sure
that the evidence

that we have on scene
is collected and maintained.

We don't want
to have it compromised.

That's crazy, eh?

It lifted the cab
right over the gearshift.

Today, it'll be an added complication
for a shorthanded crew.

That's probably the tough one.
Pull on it some more?

And it's starting to get dark

and Trev and I are going,
"What are we gonna do here?"

Well, let's just keep doing
what we do.

I'm still short in manpower.

I can't get an ETA on any help,

so it's, uh,
it's not good right now.

Where's these other guys at?

90 miles east...

..the storm has left its
mark around London...

..and on a county road
north of town...

..Ross Services veteran Dave Moss...

Hello, sir.

..has been called out
of retirement once again...

How much is in it Austin?

Roughly 15 to 20,000l.

..to help Austin Hutchinson
get a fuel tanker back on its wheels.

Obviously you have
to worry about a spill.

Where this accident has happened,
it's right on a bend.

It's kind of an S-curve.

When the tanker crossed
into the oncoming lane,

the driver tried to correct

and the shifting weight

of the liquid load
slammed his truck over.

How much road rash did it get?
Much?

I can't see it.

There's probably
a certain amount of road rash

to the side of the tank.

Because it's laying flat
on the road,

it's hard to determine
how bad that damage is.

Want to try and maybe
get one up here around the front?

We'll put one on the...
'Cause we can get frame up here.

Yeah.

Dave will pull down on the underside,

while Austin helps lift
and then catch the truck as it rolls.

Come on, muscles.

And as they start rigging,

owner David Ross
has joined the fight.

This is a big four-axle tank.

We're fortunate both
75 tonne rotators were available.

So Austin is working

under the two most
experienced operators in the company.

It's so slippery out here,

you don't know
until you start pulling on it.

These are gonna be catch lines.

Austin's doing a good job.

He's not a senior driver
at our place, but he's very capable.

But as a single dad and a provider,

Austin is highly motivated
to work his way up.

Do you want your mitts?
Here, here.

Some days it's a challenge
but I wouldn't trade it.

I don't want my hands cold on.

At some point or another,
I need to step up

and take on a bigger role
to fill the void

of some of these other guys

that are going to start
stepping away from the business.

Hang on tight.

As the sun goes down...

You need more strap, David?
Yep.

OK, give 'er a pull.
Yeah.

..Austin is rigged up and ready...

That's good.

The straps underneath,

that's going to be
our lifting point,

and we're gonna catch with
our two lines going over the top.

..but the boss sees a problem.

I'm concerned about this pipe
come into the manifold.

That manifold's the main manifold
for all the valves.

Oh, OK.

They need to re-rig.

Well, let's go behind the hanger,
and just onto the spring, then.

Go right around the spring
in front of the...

Well...
Eh.

My big operators
make million-dollar decisions

and they gotta make 'em quick.

Go right here.
Hm.

How about right here?

It's not something you can sit down
and draw out or something.

It's right now.

It's right now time.

We'll put it somewhere
but won't be there.

Either that, or we run
a strap between the rims.

Yeah.

He's one of those guys that's been
in the business for so long

and he has done so many recoveries,

that it's always good
to have an extra set of eyes.

OK.

Alright, let's tighten
these lines up one at a time.

We're just starting
to take some of the straps here.

We're getting ready to make a lift.

As they begin that lift,

no one knows just how much
hidden damage the tank has suffered.

Right now it's not leaking,
but as soon as you twist

a little bit on the tank,

if it's very thin where it's been
rubbing on the ground,

it can split open
and leak the product out.

OK, can you pull on the front axle?

And as they make
the first small move...

Tell the fire guys
to come here for a minute.

Fire?

Fire department to David.

We're happy with the way
it's coming up...

Hang on a minute, Dave.

That's a big leak.

..and then we see the leak.

On a county road north of London...

You're gonna have a big flood here.
We're leaking. Yeah.

It's in the middle of the tank,
that's why it's coming.

..the damaged tanker
is gushing fuel.

It's a significant leak.
It's pouring out pretty good.

Oh, yeah,
she's got a good hole in 'er.

Come on, let's go.
Tighten 'em up.

Take 'em up?
Yeah, keep them other two loose.

We need to get this truck
on its wheels,

so that we can get
this leak stopped.

The pressure's on.

How you doing, Dave?
I'm fine.

Get them lines all tight back there.
We're gonna put it up now, OK?

Once it's in the air,

you're pretty much committed
to what you're doing.

OK, keep going.
Pull it up?

Is your boom out all the way?
No.

Stick it out.

As the tanker nears
the upright position,

it will be up to Austin to take over
with the catch line and set it down.

You want a smooth transition.

You don't want any crashing
and banging

when you got flammable products.

Just keep them
other ones slack until I tell ya.

Keep going.

Don't stop.
You want me to keep lifting?

Keep lifting
until I tell you not to.

I'm out of red.

Hold it there, then.

Because of the product
that it's in it, it's liquid,

so, like, when you start to roll it,
like, it's like a bucket of water...

Get this one tight.

Keep going.

It sloshes, and you can flip them
right back over the other way.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, watch your back.

OK, she's coming down, boys.

Put 'er down.

OK. It's all him.

Let 'er down on the back!

Boom down, yeah. That's faster.

There it goes, right there.

Well, she's back on 'er wheels.

She's a little bit more messy
than we would have liked

but we definitely won the battle.

And with the truck upright,

the fuel has settled
below the puncture.

Oh, has it?

As the truck comes down,
the fuel stops leaking.

You guys did a pretty good job.

Yeah, it's not even down the ditch.

Austin did a fine job.

Yeah, and he had two of
the old school people with him, eh?

It's a solid victory
for two operators

at opposite ends of their careers.

I can go back home, where I belong.

I should be able
to hook that there, Dave.

These guys have been in the business
for a long time.

They've built a very reputable name
for themselves.

Alrighty, man.
OK?

Yeah.

He really tries to do a good job.

Some of the people just want to work
to 5:00 and go home.

Well, Austin doesn't.

I'd like to keep doing
what I'm doing,

and just try to bring
as much as I can to the table

to help them, and continue to grow
my own set of skills.

OK. Thanks for the help.

I'm definitely really happy
to be at Ross.

It feels like home.

90 miles east...

OK, don't worry about it.
Let him through.

..as evening pushes into night...

Keep 'em coming, guys!

..Kerry Schmidt and police
from multiple forces

are out on the road in Etobicoke,

working to get impaired drivers
off the road.

Had any alcohol to drink today?
No.

Any alcohol in the vehicle?
No, no, no.

Alright,
you have yourself a good evening.

Drive safely, OK?
Thank you so much.

So we're doing a RIDE check

and you'd be amazed how many times

we'll find drivers
who have either been out drinking,

or, you know, taking something
that's impairing themselves, a drug.

The RIDE is, reducing impaired
driving everywhere.

Tonight,
they're already making an impact.

Is this your car, my friend?
A little too many to drink?

Yeah,
that would have been a good idea.

Now this'll kind of sit with you
for a while.

When you start drinking,

you're not able to objectively
look at yourself

to determine whether or not
you are safe and ready for the road.

OK, oh boy.

Yeah, this won't go over well.

If you've been drinking,

just make that decision,
make that promise.

Aim for zero.

We demand and expect drivers
to make good decisions.

Continuing to drive
just puts themselves,

their passengers,
and obviously everybody else

on the highway at risk.

And police will be out
long into the night,

looking for drivers who aren't
making those good decisions.

Any alcohol to drink tonight?
Uh, no.

Be safe. Thank you.
Drive safe.

200 miles southwest...

Traffic's backed up huge over there.

..traffic has been crawling
off the 401

and onto detour routes
for over six hours.

About time these guys showed up.

And with Trevor and Ron
prepping to start the main recovery,

the rest of the crew
has finally started to arrive.

Ah, man.

What a mess, eh?
Oh, you wouldn't believe it.

Led by Chatham owner John Verkaik.

When I first come at the scene
and seen what happened,

man, you just say,
"God, not another one like this."

You want to go behind the cab
or what are you thinking,

or just grab there?
The front corner of the trailer?

Trailer get it all up?
Pull 'er out.

We're going to attempt to pull
the truck and the trailer up.

Gotta kind of be nice to it
'cause there's a hold on it.

They did not want anything touched
of the cab,

because sometimes
we take the cab off

or squeeze it down.

The tractor is critical
to the OPP investigation.

So I'm wrapped around the outside
of the tranny mount, motor mount...

Oh, yeah.

..but just separating it from
the trailer could tear it apart.

I'm gonna put most of the force
on the trailer, pull-wise.

I'll see what happens here.

This tractor itself
is so demolished.

I'm unsure at this point
if this frame's gonna stay together.

Sliding good.

And she's out.

Plan A worked.

Going to pull the tractor out.

There we go.

It's free of the trailer...

The tractor's so badly mangled.

..but now they have
to somehow move it off this road.

We couldn't put it on our float
because it was too high.

What if we take the boom
and just lower it?

There's a hold on it.
Yeah.

He doesn't want...
He said if we can, don't.

Well, there's not much we can...
You can't take it like this.

It's one hurdle
after another with this wreck.

It's just,
it's fighting right to the end.

Damn.

On the 401 outside Tilbury,

westbound traffic has been shut down
for close to seven hours...

..and the Chatham crew
can't clear the road

until they move the tractor.

You can't take it like this.

We couldn't put it on our float
because it was too high.

To preserve the integrity
of the police investigation,

they need a new plan.

It would have been a lot easier
just to take the cab off it

but they want
to kind of keep it intact,

so you try to keep them happy,
right?

Hey, Jay.

Operator Jason Verkaik
has just joined the crew...

Anything holding it on still?

..and he might have an idea.

You wrap chain at far enough back,
then cradle everything.

Yeah, let's try it.

We're just gonna tow it in.
Eh?

We're gonna tow it in.

They'll try to chain
the tractor together,

so it survives the trip
but the damage is extensive.

You can't tow that home, man.

The cab is right off the chassis,

the engine is hanging loose in it,
the transmission is gone out of it.

Yeah, the drive shaft's
ripped out of it, too.

If the boys think they can do it,
let 'em do it.

Gotta give 'er a shake.

With the rigging in place...

There we go.

..it's time to see
if the chains will hold.

I thought we were gonna lose
the engines and all,

but then the guys
did a proper rigging on it

and nothing fell.

I can get hooked up to the trailer

and then we can make our way
back to town.

We're going into...

I think it's around
a 40-hour marathon here,

so it's gonna definitely feel good
to get home tonight.

An impossible job
and impossibly long stretch of work,

is finally behind them.

That's it!

Gonna be a nice night
to go home and relax.

Who knows how long
you're going to be there for,

but we're gonna go home.

Just to the north...

..the next day,

the last of the storm
has passed through Sarnia.

Not perfect, but better than it was.

At the Preferred Towing yard,
a visitor is rolling in.

Welcome to Sarnia.
Hey, Andrew.

Long ways from home.
Yeah.

How ya doing, buddy?
Good. You?

Welcome.

Herb's Towing co-owner Andrew Vink
is visiting his old family friends,

Gary and Collin.

So I was just down there
on personal business,

picking up a snowmobile trailer
and, you know,

being so close to Gary,

I just thought I'd pop in
and say hi.

So we got a job going on.
Do you want to go?

Seriously? Yeah.

Are we bringing the new 'tator?
We are.

Hey.
Play with some new toys.

Play with some new toys.
That's awesome.

Alright, you guys have fun.
Sounds good.

These two guys are both the sons
of owners,

both in the same position...

She's a beast.
Man, she's beautiful.

So it's really neat
to see these two go out

and do a recovery together.

It won't be a big job...

Oh, yeah.
A bit more, and she was going over.

Yeah, it's pretty lucky.

Alright.

..but three other companies
turned it down

over concerns of flipping the car.

We'll try to bring
this side up first

and see if it wants
to level out for us.

His car is undamaged
in the current position

and he wants to keep it that way.

So Collin wants to lift,
rather than pull.

The new rotator is ideal for the job.

This truck, you can tell
it's a marvel of engineering.

Yeah, I've got to admit, I got a,
I got a little truck envy.

We got it now?

And Andrew is the ideal example
for Collin's own career.

I'll be your eyes on this side?
Yeah.

It's looking good.

There we go.

I grew up going to the tow shows
and meeting Andrew and Herb, so.

Your ass end's
completely clear off the ground.

OK.

You know, we always have
this kind of friendly competition.

Oh, yeah, that's good, Collin.
Perfect. Beautiful.

I can relate our business to theirs.

They're going through
pretty much the same phases.

Look at that.

We all have the same business model,

and always want to raise the bar
in the industry.

Nice.
Nice job.

I think I'll have to make a trip
down to Herb's Towing

and do a wreck with Andrew sometime,

see how they do it up
on the east end of the highway.

Thanks for coming along.

Any day of the week.

As the sun sets on the eastern end
of the 401,

the storms that battered
the southwest are moving in.

There's high winds, blowing snow.

As the weather gets worse,
Andrew's father, Herb,

is heading to join his son's crew
just off of Highway 417.

Andrew is off for the weekend,
so I'm stepping in

and at the same time, it gives me a,
a good picture of what goes on.

Looks like a mess.

He came out of the exit

and turned a little too sharp
and the trailer fell into the ditch.

We've got a load of specialised soil
and some fertiliser.

That's 46,000 pounds.

It's got no strength on the side,
so it's gonna be awkward to lift.

Gettin' a little nippy.

As rotator op Bill Fell
joins the crew,

heavy gusts are hitting hard.

Temperature's dropping, eh?

The wind goes right through you.

It felt like minus 30 with the wind.

It made it the coldest night
of the winter.

OK, Bill, we're going to take
the small rotator,

unhook the tractor...
Yeah.

We're gonna slide it back
and then we're going to upright it.

With cold like that,

you want to do it
as fast as you can.

OK, Steph?
Yeah?

Put a rim sling on this one
and a rim sling on the front one.

Please and thank you.

Here comes, Zach.

Just after 06:00pm,

junior operator Zach Thompson
arrives on scene.

Better late than never.

I was on the way back
from another tow job.

The closer I got
to where everyone was working,

I realised,

wow, the weather's deteriorating
pretty bad out here.

OK, Zach, you're gonna go to there,

keep the front end
from going towards my truck.

Herb stepping in
to lead the crew tonight

is a prime opportunity
for the 22-year-old rookie.

Put your, uh...
Clevis?

..clevis there.
and there is no way it'll come out.

Alright.

Every time he's on a scene,
it's more stressful

but you know that
you can prove yourself to him

and become a better operator
with him around.

Pass me the hook?

You gotta go slower.

I can't, like, I'm...

Hey, stop. Stop.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Earlier this winter,
when Herb supervised Zach...

Whoa.

Let me get on the control
for a minute.

..the boss's patience gave out.

You don't wanna do something

and show him
that you're not capable

of what you're doing.

Just like that.

Zach and Bill's first task,
disconnecting tractor from trailer.

That wind is, uh...
Hoo-hoo.

It's kickass.

The weather is a little treacherous.

Hoo-wee.

My eyes are sticking together.

Face was frozen,
you couldn't even open your eyes.

Your nose was frozen solid...

OK, Bill, try sliding.

OK, pull, Zach.

Before Zach can even start...

I can't see my snatch block.

..he's forced to stop.

Yo, I gotta take cover here.

This is insane.

Oh, my god, I can't feel my cheeks.

On a back road off of Highway 417...

OK, Zach,
just the drag winch a little bit.

OK.

OK, in.

..Zach is fighting the conditions
just to stay at his controls.

So, we're dealing with wind
and snow

and it's night-time
Andrew's not there.

OK, pull another six inches.

Snug it more?

OK.

Whoa.
Now pull.

This is insane.

Come on, baby.

There we go.

They've wrestled the tractor free
but as they turn to the upright,

the conditions
have taken a heavy toll.

Fingers are cold, aren't they?

Your hands are very important.

You can't have frozen fingers
if you're operating a rotator.

You cannot.

OK, Zach...
Oui.

On the controls.

When your gloves are freezing,
you really gotta pay attention,

and you almost have to eyeball it,
see how much that lever's moving

because you don't have the correct
feeling in your hands anymore.

OK, Zach, very slow on your...

On my drag?
Yeah.

Boom in, uh, Bill...

..and boom up at the same time.

OK.

As you turn, she'll come down a bit.

OK, perfect.

Yeah, that came over nice
and smooth, man. All textbook.

The tractor was quick.

Now they're facing the trailer

and 46,000 pounds
of soil and peat moss.

We can't flip it over
with all the weight in it.

If we do that, we risk
ripping the whole trailer apart

and we don't want that.

You want to double it or no?
Yeah.

The first step,
drag it onto the pavement.

Let's hope it comes back
onto the road in one piece.

Bill, can you look on the other side
and just make sure that the...

That we're not tearing everything
apart?

It was across a six
or an eight-foot ditch,

which meant that a major portion
of it wasn't supported.

OK? OK, guys, whenever you're ready.

Go slow.

Yeah, she's dropping,
she's dropping.

You got another six feet
to go at least.

Bring 'er right tight to ya.

OK, good.

Good job, boys.

OK.
I taught you well.

Time to unload this crap.

It will take at least three hours
to offload

and the dropping temperature
is draining the crew.

The quicker
we could get the job done,

the safer it was for everybody

and the cold made it
tremendously treacherous.

You ready?
Yeap.

OK, let's do this.

This was the most labour-intensive
wreck we've had all year,

and wouldn't you know,

it happened on the coldest night
of the year.

Pretty much the workout done
for the weekend.

Happy that's over.

Good job.

Now the upright.

Put a strap underneath,
ready to roll it back over

and put the strap on the top here,
too.

OK.

There's one strap there
and one strap here.

Zach's wrecker
will work from the front

with Bill on the rotator
on the back end,

rolling the trailer in mid-air
and setting it down.

You got enough?

And by now, they've been working
in the minus 30 conditions

for six straight hours.

Finding out
that we're doing a mid-air roll,

it'd be my second one
I've ever done.

Zach will need to time his move
perfectly with Bill,

lifting and then rolling

and the wind will make it
even tougher.

Whenever this trailer's completely
up in the air,

and nothing
is touching the ground anymore,

it would act like a kite.

Swinging around.

OK, Zach?
Yeah.

I want you to do yellow and red
both at the same time

to lift up a bit
and then mostly yellow.

OK.

Keep pulling slowly,
just feather it slow.

Up.

You can lift on the bottom one,
Bill.

Zach is attempting
his second-ever mid-air roll...

That wind is treacherous.

..and the weather isn't helping.

You've got a 53-foot kite out there.

If the wind did catch it,
you'd have to react pretty quick.

So hold on, Zach, for a sec.

Zach was under
quite a bit of pressure.

Precision was the name of the game.

Bottom one lift in.

Zach, yellow in.

You could actually go red down.

You never know
what's going to happen.

It could swing
into one of our trucks,

it could put extra load
on the lines, lines could snap.

So we wanted to do this as quickly
and as efficiently

as possible
to get it back onto the ground.

It's all on you, Zach.
OK.

Hoo-wee.

You did a beautiful job, Zach.

As soon as I saw
the wheels touch the ground,

I let a huge gasp of air out.
I couldn't have been more excited.

I would say
that was frickin' perfect.

I'm impressed.

Zach's second winter
on the heavy crew

has ended with a big win...

I'm not in the office
on a day-to-day base

but he's learning quick.

That's a great feeling.

She's back on 'er normal side.
Doesn't look so funny no more.

It was a proud moment for me.

Couldn't have asked
for a better one than that.

I think we did really good.
Yeah.

And as Herb spends less time
out on the highway,

he can breathe a little easier.

The heart and soul
of any business is your people.

We are successful
not because of the brass

that sits on the top floor

but the people that serve
your customers on a daily base.

I definitely can't wait to get home,

go see my dog
and my beautiful girlfriend.

It's a good night now.

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