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NARRATOR: This winter on Heavy Rescue 401...

Hold on. It's show time.

Get going. We've got ploughs.

It's gonna fight us, isn't it?

Little shortcuts will get ya dead.

We gotta get this highway open.

We don't have a choice.

Hold on. Hold on. It's a rock.

Pull, DJ, pull. Hold on.

Stop.

I've never seen nothin' like this in my life.

I'm scared as hell.

The weather's got worse and worse.

Welcome to the Winter Olympics, boys.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

That's what you call a good day. Haven't had one of them in a while.

We're back in the 401.

Tighten up, Russ, tighten up.

I'm surprised the driver walked away.

Watch out, watch out, watch out.

Aah, god.

REPORTER: Well, it appears the first snowstorm

is already having a huge impact.

We've got numerous collisions on the go.

Copy that, Brian.

It's been a mild fall, but tonight,

winter is hitting Toronto hard.

Problem is, is people need a wake up call

in order to figure out that, "Hey, the road's slippery.

"I shouldn't drive so fast. I'm in a hurry."

With eight inches of snow set to slam the 401,

plough crews need to be vigilant, but so do drivers.

Your life is not worth being in a hurry.

One of the problems that we often see

is that drivers don't account for the conditions,

and they don't give themselves that extra time,

but all of a sudden,

they're now driving in winter weather.

Sergeant Kerry Schmidt is heading west into Mississauga

and seeing some troubling signs.

Drivers need to pay attention.

They need to be prepared for this kind of weather conditions

and adjust their driving accordingly.

As evening flows into night,

the mix of bad weather and bad decisions is getting ugly.

Just after 09:00pm,

at the merge point of the 401 and 427...

..an OPP constable responding to one crash,

has become victim of another.

Another driver not paying attention,

slammed into the back of a stopped OPP police vehicle

with their emergency lights flashing.

The officer in that vehicle was taken to hospital.

He did sustain minor injuries,

but it could certainly have been very serious.

Any time you approach emergency responders

on the side of the road,

there is a reason that they're there.

We're sitting there vulnerable,

and we need drivers to understand how big of a role they play

in allowing us to go home at the end of our night.

This is our office, this is where we work

and we need you to do your part.

As the night pushes on, the storm pushes west...

..and in a median, 125 miles down the 401,

the Ross crew is hard at work.

I'm gonna have to switch sides, eh?

Lead op Mike Ross and Rick Bear Renders

are wrestling a jack-knife with traffic on both sides.

The snow is bad. The traffic is bad.

We'll have to watch out for this traffic coming up on us.

Hopefully, this truck will climb straight out of the median.

This tractor-trailer is loaded with a coil steel, 40,000 pounds.

We have to make sure

we don't put too much of a lean on it

or this truck could get in a worse situation.

Pull. Pull more.

Pull.

He's sliding.

Alright, turn it this way a bit.

As the back end kicked over on me, I started to tighten it up...

..and the truck came out just beautifully.

Set your brakes.

We had to get this guy out of here. The storm's coming down real bad.

But the night, and the weather, have barely even started.

We've got a bunch of trucks around doing recoveries.

It's gonna get busy.

It's possibly going to get a lot worse.

Storm's coming in pretty good.

24 miles north, on Highway 402...

I just got a call in the middle of the night

to head out towards the 402 and Strathroy.

..Ross rotator op Austin Hutchinson,

is rolling toward another casualty of the storm.

It's just unbelievable out. The roads are completely covered.

It's blowing like a blizzard,

and there's still a fair amount of traffic

on the roads at this point.

We're told that we're dealing with a loaded tractor-trailer

that is overturned and is facing the wrong way.

The tractor-trailer is actually upside-down on its roof.

It's the first major storm of the season,

so many drivers have not changed their driving habits.

Combined with heavy winds,

it can cause a lot of control issues.

The semi was travelling eastbound through whiteout snow

when a heavy gust of wind shoved it out of control

and over into the median.

We rolled up on scene here, and we got a tractor-trailer

completely upside-down on its roof.

They'll need to roll it twice to get it upright,

and weather and traffic are working against them.

OK, high speed, bud.

High speed it.

Ready?

We don't have crash trucks on scene.

We don't have lane closures on scene.

Whoo.

There's very limited police at this time

because the accidents are just constantly coming in.

For us to roll it, we need that lane.

Being on the 402, it's only a two-lane highway,

so it gets a little bit skinny at times.

Location and weather make the job risky...

I don't enjoy leaving wrecks on the side of the road.

If I show up to something, I want to get there,

I want to start and I want to finish it.

..but the safety of the crew needs to come first.

With road conditions

and the way the snow's blowing and stuff right now

it's safer for us to come back in the morning

and make sure that everybody can see us.

185 miles northeast...

..the storm keeps raging...

..and a ramp north of Toronto is completely blocked.

What we have here is a tractor-trailer

had lost control on the off-ramp,

and as a result, he had actually jack-knifed here

on the side of the ramp.

The whole ramp is shut down.

Answering the call is Sonny Subra.

Right now, there's one jack-knifed

transport truck blocking the whole entire ramp...

After a busy summer adjusting to fatherhood,

Sonny is facing a busy winter on the highway.

Being a father, it's really happy,

but it's really hard to manage the time with the work and home.

..and the dangers of working the highway are always on his mind.

I think about my family when I'm on side of the road,

because, you know, if I am not there,

they will be going through a lot of struggle and a lot of hard time.

Say hi.

End of the day, I wanna go home and then look at them growing.

We can hook it up from the front or back, whatever.

Tonight, watching Sonny's back

is Prompt Towing's newest operator, Dino Jeyakumar,

part of the plan to build

the heavy recovery side of the company.

The biggest challenge of building a heavy division,

it's having the right operators.

They know what they are doing,

and then they're able to read your mind, what you're thinking.

Me and Dino are first on scene,

we are trying to remove this out of the ditch

and then we go from there.

The jack-knife blocking entire ramp. It's not going to be very fun.

It's gonna be very cold.

It's fully loaded, though, right? We gotta be very careful.

The first challenge, 80,000 pounds leaning into the ditch.

This is sounding like it's a tricky one.

We might need two trucks to pull it out.

You're gonna pull the trailer a little bit back...

Yeah. I'm gonna pull the tractor,

so we're gonna swing around, then, like, we're gonna swing the tractor.

We gotta get this done and then go. Let's start pulling.

The morning rush hour coming very fast,

so, like, we gotta get this open as soon as possible

so, like, it won't be morning rush hour chaos.

OK. Dino, pull it out.

Go ahead.

The second challenge, working in a tight space.

We are facing northbound side,

and the tractor is facing southbound side,

so we're going to rotate the tractor

and we're going to hook it.

Keep going, Dino.

Sonny and Dino need to ease the truck around

while keeping it on the narrow ramp.

Keep going, keep going.

I'm going to straight up the wheel.

The truck is going on an angle.

It's probably about 80,000 pounds, fully loaded,

and then plus, it's stuck in the ditch,

so we have more resistance in there.

You winch it that way, and it's going to come around, OK?

OK. When everything's snow-covered,

we have to be very careful what we are dealing with

to make sure we are not putting more damage to the tractor.

Ready?

Yeah, yeah, ready.

Go, go, go, go, go, go.

Snow is gonna hide the things, so you don't know what is in there.

Go, go, go, go.

I hope this is not gonna roll over.

Oh, my god. Hold on. Hold on. It's a rock.

Dino. Dino.

Oh, my god.

On a blocked ramp north of Toronto...

Dino. Hold on.

..Sonny's first job of the winter has hit a major obstacle.

Dino.

There's a big huge rock there,

and that's gonna damage the whole truck.

I am steering the tractor so, like, we can turn it around

and I suddenly see a boulder under the snow.

I couldn't see the boulder there because everything's snow-covered.

Yeah, we can't come this way. I thought that was a snowbank.

If we are gonna keep pulling the tractor,

it's gonna go through the boulder,

and then damage the axle and oil pan and everything.

What are we gonna do? That's a big problem.

Sonny needs to re-route the pull...

..fast.

We have a lot of pressure on us.

MTO, they want to open the highway as soon as they can.

We gotta step up in this game.

We gotta pull it straight.

We were going to go this way, and then, like, straight it up,

but now, only way to go back is this way.

OK, we're going to move our truck ahead...

Yeah.

..and then start pulling it out, OK?

Straight, eh? Yeah, straight, OK?

Instead of pulling the semi around,

they first must coax the tractor straight back.

Ready?

The off-ramp is just very narrow.

Keep going. Keep going.

So we have to be very careful

when we are moving the things into that ramp and then get it out.

Keep going, Sonny, keep going.

Keep going.

Whoa.

They're all out of room.

Sonny needs to pull the tractor back in line...

You gotta put yours and then pull it out this way.

..and hope they're fully clear of the snow-covered boulder.

I have a lot of pressure on my shoulder,

because I am the one there to make this company go next level,

otherwise we gonna go down.

OK.

Pull it, keep pull it, Dino.

That's it, it's coming along.

Nice and easy, huh?

We're going to disconnect the tractor and trailer.

I'll hook up the trailer, move it out,

and then he's going to back up and hook up the tractor, and boom.

OK, drop the trailer.

We can't take it together because the airline is broken.

Keep going.

Alright.

OK, good to go, Dino.

We have gone through a lot of trouble, but we got it done.

OK, let's open the highway.

Me and Sonny is a good team. We opened the ramp.

We are trying to bring the company to the next level.

Dino wanted to join with us, and we wanna work together.

The months ahead will be a chance to grow for a new team

and its new leader.

We gonna be busy this winter.

It's rather nice today. A lot better than last night.

In London, the snow has stopped,

and the Ross crew is rolling out toward Strathroy.

The office just called me.

I'm gonna go help finish a recovery

that they started last night in a snowstorm.

We got an 18-wheeler on the 402.

All 18 wheels are straight upside-down.

Ahead of Bear, Mike Ross pulls up on scene and gets his first look.

This doesn't happen a lot, but once in a while,

we do get 'em on their roof.

It's a rare kind of wreck...

Holy cow.

..a victim of heavy snow and even heavier wind.

This seems like a lot of weight,

just judging from what we can see

through the hole in the side of the trailer.

Trailer's all broke up at the front already.

The front corner's just busted wide open,

but we'll give it a try.

It's gonna have to be rolled twice.

..and with 30,000 pounds of auto parts still inside,

that's double the risk of it tearing apart.

This trailer won't take it, to try and do, like,

a barrel roll or an end roll.

We kinda gotta slowly roll it onto the ground.

Wow.

Kind of dangerous to walk around.

Oh, man.

It's gonna be a hard recovery.

I've been working at Ross for 30 years now,

and I've only ever seen four trucks totally upside-down.

Normally, they just lay on their side, and that's it,

but 18-wheel straight upside-down? It's different.

Holy cow.

Yeah, that's good, Mike.

Watch that roof.

Just north of Strathroy, on Highway 402...

Hold it there.

..the Ross crew has moved the tractor out of the way

so they can tackle the main obstacle,

a loaded compromised trailer standing on its head.

We're gonna try and feed a couple straps around it,

and try and hold this trailer together,

because it's pretty fragile.

Positioned in front,

Mike will have to flip the trailer onto its side

and then up onto its wheels.

Put a strap from the landing gear...

..around underneath...

..and then pull it over on its side,

and then at least we got a strap in the right spot.

Yeah.

..and for the delicate manoeuvre,

the crew has called in some veteran assistance,

long-time Ross operator Dave Moss.

Whenever they really need some help, I'll be there to help them.

Until I get too old to get out of bed.

Keeping the load inside

will allow them to clear the trailer faster,

if it survives both flips.

It's a roll of the dice.

It might just tear the roof off that side.

It would definitely make the job go a lot easier

if it all stayed in the trailer for us.

I'm a-comin'.

Now comes the interesting part, trying to get it to flip.

I'm just going to watch these straps for now, see what happens with them.

By just looking at it,

it's got a 50-50 chance of staying together.

There she goes.

Beautiful.

But they're only halfway done...

I wonder if we can do it the rest of the way?

So far, so good. It held together.

Well, we just gotta do that one more time.

Getting it onto its side was the easy part.

Getting it onto its wheels is the hard part,

because we do not want this thing ripping open on the final recovery.

..and the first roll has already brought it

dangerously close to the road.

It's going to land in the middle of this lane.

It won't give us enough room.

Well...

Move back to about here.

The crew needs to direct the back end

away from traffic as the trailer moves upright...

OK, Ricky, unhook me over there.

Rick can grab an end here and we'll get it on its wheels.

We're just gonna flip it right where it is.

You probably wanna angle slightly, Rick.

Centre yourself about here.

Michael's got our 75 tonne rotator. He can carry more weight.

I'm just going to guide the back end while he does the lifting.

That's good, Rick.

..but two wreckers lifting together...

Do you want to put an angle on that?

..could put more stress on the compromised trailer.

You just keep it tight. Just follow along evenly with him.

OK.

Right, 'cause if you get ahead of him...

Yeah. It'll...

The front corner of that trailer is just ripped wide open.

It just raises some concerns

about this thing holding together for us.

OK, Rick.

Mike?

Well, I already see one problem.

The trailer wall's still on the ground here.

You can see there's the load right comin' out of the middle

of the trailer all the way back here.

It looks pretty substantial stuff there, doesn't it?

Mike found another split in the roof.

Looks like it's about to say goodbye, isn't it?

Hard to tell. Not a big enough hole to see in.

It doesn't look good, though.

Well, we have to keep an eye on that,

make sure it doesn't rip open.

If that zippers up, that'll come rolling out.

If the load stays in for this flip, it will be a miracle.

As we roll this over, the only thing holding this load in

is these ratchet straps.

You're the only thing holding the side in.

You gotta keep it tight.

Mike?

Your far catch strap.

Let it down.

Come on, get off the wall...

Just keep an eye on your catch strap, Ricky.

You're the only thing holding the side in.

You gotta keep it tight.

On the eastbound 402 near Strathroy...

Just keep an eye on your catch strap, Ricky.

..the Ross crew's fragile trailer...

..is taking a rough ride.

When I heard the noise,

it just makes your heart skip a beat.

You're thinking, "Oh, did the strap come loose? Did it break?

"Did the load come out?"

It was just stuck,

and when the trailer started to come up, the strap slid...

Keep lettin' it off.

Yeah, you just go, "Oh, crap."

The trailer is ready to fall apart, but there's no stopping now.

Boom up, Rick.

My chain's not even tight, eh?

Make sure it's tight 'cause it's comin' to ya.

Let it off slowly.

This manoeuvre is a dangerous manoeuvre.

You can't have any error.

Let it off slowly.

I'm letting off.

We're only in one lane in the shoulder.

This traffic is still going hammer down.

You just have to commit to what you've decided to do.

Halfway through it, even though it may be going south,

you can't stop.

Let yours down, Ricky.

Let it off, Rick?

I'm off.

That was a beautiful recovery.

Didn't think it was going to do that, but it came out nicely.

OK, he's gonna roll 'er sideways.

It feels good that we don't have to clean up the mess.

Alright, guys, that's looking pretty good.

The top wall of the trailer's separated from the roof

pretty much the whole length of the trailer,

but we managed to keep it in one piece.

Working in the centre median of a 400-series highway,

you don't really want to spend a lot of time there.

The quicker we can do the job and get out of here, the better.

Well, that was different. It was a good recovery.

It's been a long time since I've done one of those.

125 miles east, a new morning brings a new front...

..slamming into Toronto.

We just got all kinds of problems here right now.

And on the 403 in Mississauga, Kerry is back out on the road.

Snow is everywhere. The roads are slippery and slick.

Ploughs and salters have been out,

but by the time they finish their routes,

they have to go back again and do it again,

because snow is accumulating right behind them.

The biggest problem, really,

has been people merging on and off ramps,

and they are finding themselves getting hung up on snowbanks

and snowdrifts.

Where one goes, they all follow.

Orillia, five, tango, 007.

We got ploughs coming in behind us here.

We've got to get all these vehicles cleaned out of the way,

because they're gonna get socked in

if we don't get them out here in a second.

Summer tyres on there?

No, yeah, no. Yeah, summer tyres.

OK, let's give it a rip.

Let's go. Go. Now go.

For the most part, these vehicles aren't damaged.

They're just stuck in snow.

Sometimes it's just that little extra nudge

that is all that's needed to get that car moving.

And that calls for some hands-on policing.

Keep goin'.

Keep on going, keep on going. Drive, drive.

OK, let's get outta here.

Keep going. Keep going.

Keep goin'. Keep going.

We don't have time for tow trucks to start hooking onto a vehicle

and try to pull it out again.

OK, step on the gas, let's get going.

OK.

Get goin', we got ploughs. Get movin'. Let's go.

Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Orillia, five, tango, 007. Go ahead.

I just cleared that vehicle.

The ploughs are coming in behind me here.

I'm gonna spin back around on Mavis Road, go back to Highway 10.

We're trying to keep the traffic moving

as best as we can, but again,

we're really at the mercy of Mother Nature.

This is going to be a very long day.

Oh, boy.

As the morning wears on...

..the second wave of snow has been pounding Highway 402.

By 10:00am, the worst of the storm has passed,

but the clean-up is just beginning.

We've had a huge system blow through,

and there's a lot of trucks and cars in the ditches right now,

so it could be a really long stretch, a couple of days.

Collin Vandenheuvel is heading toward Watford

to take on the first job on a long list.

Sounds like it's a tanker on its side,

we're not sure what it's loaded with,

but typically the tankers coming through here

haul hazardous materials, so we want to be very, very careful.

It's kind of a different feel, for sure.

It's a new experience all the way around.

Let's roll it forward, see what it does.

OK. Yeah.

After his father suffered an injury last winter...

Collin, you ready to come in here?

..Collin shouldered more of the load on some tough recoveries,

a big step in his growth as an operator.

He's really taking on more of a hands-on role

again yet this year, and really operating real well.

It's clear. You got 'er.

I definitely wanna be in the rotator pretty well on every wreck.

I know that may not happen,

but it's something that I've been working on the last couple years.

I'm looking forward to hopefully leading a few recoveries

and having some fun.

Today, Gary and Collin will work together,

along with the newest addition to the crew, Glen Hobman.

This is pretty much the first one for the year.

It's a big tanker,

and she's leaning pretty hard off to the right side.

The tanker's position is the most obvious challenge,

but then there's what's inside.

It's a hazmat load, so a little concern there.

First thing I need to know is exactly what we're dealing with,

what are the hazards,

and how I'm going to keep my team safe.

It's gone in pretty hard, pushed a lot of mud up this way.

Just got a valve at the top here that I'm a little concerned about.

This is a pretty big job. There's a truck on its side.

It's probably pretty heavy, depending on what's in the tank.

We're gonna just look up what we've got here

and find out what we're dealing with.

The answer isn't specific and it isn't good.

It's just kind of a mixed load.

It doesn't seem to have any specific hazards.

It's just all-around hazardous.

It's some bad stuff.

It's probably a waste product, so it's kind of a mixed substance.

We just have to be careful.

Whatever's in it, it's probably nasty if it came out.

On the edge of the eastbound 402...

Whatever's in it, it's probably nasty if it came out.

It's some bad stuff.

..Collin and crew are facing a rollover they must keep contained.

It's definitely a very uncomfortable feeling

working around hazmat loads like this.

Time to set up some trucks.

Ay-ya-yai, it's getting miserable out here.

Oh, everything's frozen.

Watch your backs, guys,

I'm coming around with the boom, OK?

As they keep one eye on the weather,

they can't afford to divert any attention from the toxic tanker.

Every tank's a little bit different,

but this particular one with all the piping underneath,

the valve on the top,

we want to make sure we don't pull on anything like that.

We'll crush it, or we could potentially have a leak.

They'll wrap three straps around the tanker body

to spread out the stress,

then both rotators will work in tandem

to ease it onto its wheels.

We're going yellow just for the lift?

I was thinking of lifting in here.

Just looking on here,

there's a lot of structure right here.

..and they're missing a key piece of information.

I don't know what exactly

how much weight we're dealing with here.

This is a tough one, because we have to guess big.

We know because it's a tandem axle trailer,

it could be up to 80,000 pounds.

OK, yeah, help me get some straps under that.

I think the hard part's just gonna be to get one at the midpoint.

And to distribute the force of the lift,

they need to position their straps carefully.

Any room for a strap there, or not?

We have one small problem here, water.

What's below the water?

We got mud.

Gotta be something there that we can get under.

It gave us just enough room to get one strap underneath,

but not quite enough on the front,

where I want to get a secondary strap.

Can you just shove it with the shovel handle through?

Yeah, I can do that.

I can't get it any further.

Let me just see if I can get a hair out of this thing.

OK.

We're gonna reach out with the rotator,

and we're gonna try and pick this trailer up,

so we can get the strap underneath.

Anything?

I don't think so.

This particular wreck is a good ways away from the road,

so our rotator is having to reach.

We're just not working at the exact right angles that we want.

That's a little better.

Can you see it?

There we go.

OK.

Beautiful. Set 'er back down.

Let's get 'er tied up, guys, where we need it

and let's lift this thing up. OK.

Let's tighten things up, see what we got.

Nice.

I've got to keep this thing even with Glen.

I've got to make sure that my line's not getting ahead of his.

We have to land this thing perfectly

or else we could have a spill, potentially.

We just gotta take this up all as one unit.

I don't want this tank to twist in any way,

I don't want to put any extra pressure on that tank

that we don't have to.

OK, guys, do your magic.

Alright, Collin, you're good? I'm good.

Let's do it. Let's go.

She's heavy. Yeah, she is.

OK, get some pull on it, guys, if you can.

Yeah, I got pull.

OK, it's coming up, so work it together, guys.

You guys are good, I can see your legs.

Bring it up.

Good job, guys, keep it going.

We're working, you know, on opposite sides of this wreck,

we're trying to communicate, but, you know,

we're at least 70 feet apart at some points.

Let Collin catch up a bit.

Ease up on your back strap, Glen. Bring it over.

Bring it over, guys. Yeah, I'm coming.

Keep going, guys.

Good job, guys, really good. Nice. Nice touchdown.

Getting these things upright, that's always half the battle.

But the other half won't be easy.

We've got it on its wheels now,

but the problem is that it's still got a heavy lean to it.

Halfway home. Let's get the rest of 'er done.

Back on the 401 in Toronto...

Just advising driver driving aggressively and passing vehicles.

..a storm is starting to die down,

making some drivers much too bold on the road.

Good grief, what is this guy doing?

I see a transport truck come up from behind,

cut very close behind me,

and pass me at a speed that is dramatically faster

than the flow of traffic.

What's he doing in the left lane here?

You're not allowed to be in the left lane at all.

When there's three lanes or more,

vehicles over 6.5m are prohibited from being in that lane,

and that's just there to allow for smaller vehicles

and not be encumbered by transport trucks

that are taking up all three lanes.

You're speeding. OK.

You're faster than anybody else on the highway. You passed me.

Did you do your pre-trip inspection this morning?

Yeah. Show me.

His windshield wipers weren't working very effectively,

and that was causing me concern as well.

Your wipers don't work. It's not OK.

It's all sloppy and broken in there.

Not an ideal situation.

I know, sorry, sir.

I'm not going to...

Next time, I'm not gonna drive in the left lane.

I certainly hope that this interaction with him

will hit home and be a lesson for him.

I'm sorry. Sorry.

Hmm. OK. I won't give you a ticket.

Thank you so much.

Alright? Stay out of the left lane. Slow down.

Share the road, and if you cause a wreck,

you're gonna be responsible for that.

Yes.

OK? Alright.

Hopefully he learns his lesson. Hopefully he changes his behaviour.

It's not always enforcement that needs to happen.

Sometimes it's education

and sometimes you can make a connection.

In some cases, just a polite warning is more than enough.

A calm end to a long day at the start of a long winter.

Lift and pull, we'll see if it'll come out.

Back on the 402 in Watford...

Come on, baby.

..the tanker is digging in its heels...

Come on.

I don't think it's gonna move for ya, Coll.

..but Gary's right-hand man has an idea

to add more muscle to the fight.

I can hold this thing, we hook on with the 50 tonne there

and just drag this thing out.

OK, let's run a line, guys and let's get 'er up and over.

Collin is becoming a skilled operator. It's good.

He's got control of this recovery and of his truck.

Let's get the 50 tonne hooked onto it.

So, I'm going to leave my rotator hooked up to the back of the trailer

while Glen pulls this out with his truck

and then that will help keep it from wanting to roll back over.

Thank you.

But with the heavy sludge

sitting down in the front of the tank,

it will be a tough battle.

OK, let's see if it'll come out.

Keep going, guys.

Whoa.

It just let go?

Yeah, the hook did.

We started the winch, and my rigging lets go.

The actual hook that was hooked into the bumper,

it just kind of stretched itself out and released.

Yeah. You're gonna have to go right underneath the bumper

into the shackle to the front axle.

The hook has given out

just as the weather is kicking back in.

This weather is picking up again.

I know. Wanna get outta here quick.

We're still in the heart of this storm.

It's snowing pretty good.

Winds have picked up.

It's always a challenge being out here.

OK, pop it up.

The weather's fighting us right now,

you know, and we're starting to run out of daylight.

Like we always do? Yeah.

You know, no matter what you do on these jobs,

you've always gotta be on your toes.

You don't take it for granted, because that's when you'll get bit.

OK.

We're hooked.

OK, let's try that again.

Alright.

Tell me when you're ready.

Good to go.

I'm pulling.

Keep it tight, Coll. Yeah.

Starting to turn there now.

Look at that. A sight of beauty.

Stop.

Now that we've got it up on the road,

we're going to hook this thing up.

Alright.

It's a win to start the winter

for a young operator growing into a senior role.

You never know what to expect down here.

One minute, it could be sunny,

and the next minute, it could be snowing.

You know, we're just hoping to have a good winter.

And as Collin pushes forward,

the re-jigged team is pulling together.

Fitting in the group,

everybody's finding their little niche here and there,

and we're making it work. I couldn't ask for anything more.

Another day in paradise, buddy.

You know what?

My office is the greatest office in the world.

You know, we gotta get back to town

and make sure that everything's ready to go

for when the next one comes.

Another day, another wreck.

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