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

This time on Heavy Rescue: 401 —

It's gonna slide down the hill and crush us all.

Todd fights... I'm scared as hell.

an uphill battle.

Release! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Look at the water.

A swampy rollover...

It's buckling pretty hard there now.

blows up on Bill...

We don't wanna do that.

and a small job...

Ok, your brakes are released?

makes big trouble.

I don't like this.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Late night traffic through Toronto is winding down.

But on the open roads...

some drivers are speeding up.

With Covid going on and the lockdown,

there's been less traffic on the road,

but, like, we've seen speeds just climb way up.

So on the westbound 401,

constable Brittni Lewis is keeping careful watch...

We are seeing more serious collisions because speed's a factor.

With less cars on the road,

all of those kind of combine together,

and it turns into a problem, unfortunately.

And just before midnight, as she approaches Bayview Avenue...

Oh, I wonder what's going on there?

I'm on scene with a tractor-trailer 401 westbound express at Bayview.

I see debris on the road,

so it looks like it was involved in a collision.

I don't see any other vehicles, though.

Sir, why have you stopped? Are you OK?

Are you injured at all?

The driver has a story to tell.

The car hit me in the front.

It swung around, came out this way, and then hit it on the side here.

But that car is long gone.

Yeah, if you guys see the car,

it'll definitely have side, driver's side damage.

We're never quite certain

why a vehicle has taken off from the scene of something.

It might be because of fear about being told

that they're at fault,

and possible charges that might come across because of that.

It looks like there's a dark-coloured Honda Civic

pulled over with a tow 401 Westbound Collectors.

Constable Lewis is on the move.

The vehicle, I'm expecting it to be pretty beat up.

I'm kind of thinking to myself,

"How did this vehicle even drive away?"

At the Metro truck yard in Stoney Creek...

I just got woke up. It's about 1:00 in the morning.

I'm heading down to the 403.

Todd Stewart is answering an early-morning call.

When we get calls, like, this early in the morning,

it's an adrenaline rush.

It gets you fired up, and sleep is the last thing on your mind.

Still new to his position at Metro, every call gets Todd's mind racing.

Being the lead operator of the rotator,

it's a big responsibility.

It's almost a million-dollar truck. You gotta set up the scene.

You gotta make sure everybody stays safe while we're on scene.

It can be very stressful.

It's gonna be a long night, that's for sure.

Here comes Todd now.

All right, brother. What do we got going on?

Wow!

Fellow heavy op Harry Allen...

Good morning, sir.

and Metro manager Jeremy Sicurella have already assessed

the extensive damage.

(CHUCKLES IN DISBELIEF) Yeah, she's pretty compromised.

It's gonna be tough.

That's crazy. Crazy. It's a first for me.

It's a steep hill.

I've never seen a truck laying up on a hill like this.

The guy must have been moving.

The eastbound semi swerved off of the 403,

flying up the steep bank before slamming down onto its side.

It's gonna be tricky, that's for sure.

To put that truck where he put it, fully loaded,

it's a miracle he's walked away from it.

We're gonna need a lot of guys.

The position on the hill is the first problem.

The second is the position on the highway.

This actually is one of the main intersections

between the 401 and the QEW.

Right now it's not that busy,

only because it's 2:00 in the morning,

but in probably three hours,

this highway is going to be crazy busy.

Are you sleeping? Not anymore. We got a rollover on the 403.

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

10103, I copy. I'm en route as well.

60 miles to the north-east...

The "failed to remain" vehicle had been found

by Toronto police service.

Brittni Lewis has tracked down her missing driver...

The black car that failed to remain made it off the highway

about 8 to 10 kilometres away from the scene of collision,

which was much farther than I expected it to go.

and it must have been a very rough ride.

The back driver's side tyre is completely shredded.

There's damage to the rim.

Like, I have no idea how it got that far.

You'd be surprised how often we see things like this

where they go a couple of kilometres without a wheel, or two wheels.

I've seen people just driving on the rims before.

It's extremely dangerous.

It's one of many questions for the car's driver.

The driver tells me he doesn't think he was in a collision,

but he told me he was OK.

OK, sir, so you're being charged with leaving the scene

of an accident,

as well as careless driving.

My advice for anyone in any collision

is to stay on scene and let the police do their job.

Don't run away because you're afraid,

or whatever the circumstance might be,

because it might be more serious should you run away.

If he had stayed on scene,

it might have been a completely different story,

and he wouldn't have to be facing failing to remain charges.

NEWSREADER: We've got some new problems outside of Hamilton.

A tractor-trailer has rolled over on a stretch of the east 403

near Highway 52.

What are you guys going to do first?

We're going to pull this bastard down. We're gonna unload it.

Back on the western edge of Hamilton...

We got to dig. Grab some shovels.

25 crew members from Metro's shops are arriving for the offload,

but it isn't time just yet.

I've never been through a situation like this before.

The way this truck is actually sitting,

and because of the fact

that it's actually pointed upwards,

if we start unloading this trailer, the load's unpredictable.

It could come back, it could hit us, it could fall on us.

They'll need to reposition the semi before they can empty it...

Right now, what we want to do is bring it all back down,

set it in the ditch, unload it,

reverse-roll it, and then drag it out.

Don't go too much deeper. Just go in more, if anything.

but even rigging to move it level...

We're trying to dig out this corner so we can run a line underneath.

comes with a big risk.

If we dig too much, it's gonna slide down the hill and crush us all.

Pull your shovel out? We got it.

All right. Grab that hook.

Grab the hook end, hump it up to the top.

We're gonna hook two lines,

one underneath the trailer, one underneath the truck,

and we're gonna drag it down the hill nice and gently, hopefully.

As we're pulling this truck and trailer down the hill,

we could lose control of it.

Whether it flips back over onto its roof,

or it actually slides uncontrollably down into the hill,

we don't know how it's actually gonna react.

Yeah, this is a high tension right now.

It could go uncontrollably, and do a tumble roll, take my truck over.

Ready to rock and roll?

I've never done it, and I'm scared as hell.

OK, so we're under the cab now with that one?

West of Hamilton, on Highway 403...

Lift on the trailer a tad first.

See if it's going to hold.

the crew is rigged up and ready for the risky maneuver.

Hey, have an eye on my truck on the other side, please!

Three inches off the ground?

I've never really pulled a truck down off a hill before,

so it's kinda nerve-racking.

Nice. That's what we want.

For two winters, Todd's worked hard to battle his nerves...

I'm just going to try to swing it right around.

ever since he turned in his mechanic's wrench

to become a heavy operator.

Ah, she's swinging good!

You'll never be on the same scene,

and you'll never experience the same thing twice,

so the more you can learn from other people,

and take that information in,

because they might've had a similar scene,

they might not have had the exact same scene,

but they've had the experience.

Awesome, good job!

How's the front?

Front's solid still.

For this move,

Todd will need to rely on his more experienced colleagues.

Come on, baby.

Metro's veteran manager, Jeremy,

will keep a close watch on the loaded semi

as it moves down the hill.

It's a heavy pull.

We don't want it to take off on its own.

It could drag our rotator over if it caught.

Come on, baby.

Here she comes.

How am I sitting?

You're good. Get ready to release!

Yeah, oh, yeah.

Pull the trailer... truck...

We're putting a little pull at a time, little bit, little bit...

Here she comes.

All of a sudden, it starts sliding.

I have no control over it now.

The only thing I'm thinking is "Get out of the way."

Release, release! OK!

I don't like that.

Truck!

The final stretch wasn't as smooth as they hoped...

Beautiful. That's good!

but the semi has landed exactly where Todd needs it...

It's awesome.

We got 'er down, so now we can get it unloaded,

and then we're gonna get 'er rolled over.

There is still a ton of work to do.

We still gotta unload, we still gotta reverse-roll it,

and we still gotta pull it out of the ditch.

Heads up!

and time is working against them...

If we don't get this all cleaned up before the morning rush hour,

traffic's gonna be just a nightmare.

It's gonna be crazy through here.

and the jumbled cargo...

doesn't allow for an efficient offload.

Watch your back, guys!

It's taking too long to unload.

So with half the load still inside, Todd is ready to move forward.

I want to roll it with whatever's left on it.

The benefit of us rolling it right now the way it is

with the load on it, we'll be outta here in no time.

The downfall is, if we do roll it like this,

and it collapses, we could be here for a day.

Like, it's right there.

Anything happens,

I'm gonna be the one responsible because I am the lead operator.

What do you think?

You seen what the front did already, right?

Yeah.

That's what I think.

There's no structure left in it whatsoever, really.

My biggest concern is the trailer coming apart.

The back is very unstable, and if the strap rips through,

if the strap breaks, if it falls mid-roll,

it's just gonna tear this thing all apart,

and we're gonna have product all over the place.

We'll be here for hours.

Unless they can add some support to the trailer.

We're going to put these between the walls to add as strength.

Close to the bar as you can, OK?

What I'm gonna do to actually try to give it some structure

is I'm gonna put some load bars between the two walls at the back.

Those load bars will actually put structure in there,

and it'll actually hold the walls apart.

That actually felt nice. (CHUCKLING)

We're gonna take a few more pallets off first,

and then we're gonna try to roll it.

I'm not sure, nobody else is sure.

All we can do is try.

So, what we're gonna do is run a strap under the back,

strap under the front, strap to the tractor,

we're gonna drag it up, and roll it at the same time,

and hope for the best, man.

The way it's pointed at us,

with the roof at us, we have to reverse-roll it.

There is no other option.

Just gotta make sure

you get it right where those load bars are though, eh?

They'll run lines from the rotator

and heavy wrecker to cradle the trailer

and roll the semi up, then set it down on its wheels.

Just going to get snug.

Once I get snug, we're going to pull and roll.

Pick, pull, and roll. Everybody watch your heads!

So as we're going to put this pull on this truck and trailer,

I'm praying that this trailer stays together.

We'll see what happens when this gets going.

Come on...

Do a lot on the tractor first, so you're spiking the tractor.

Harry, can you try to pull in?

Pull in?

Yeah. With your red line.

Yeah.

These guys have to pull together.

If one of the guys pulls too much,

too fast, too quick, this trailer is going to rip,

and then we're done.

A little on the trailer...

Whoa, mine's caving in.

As we're trying to lift it and roll it,

you can see lines are actually starting to collapse the trailer in.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Mine's caving in.

Let go of your top, Harry!

On the edge of the eastbound 403...

Hey, hey, hey!

the Metro crew is gambling on a delicate reverse-roll maneuver.

Yeah, let go of it.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

That's a little sketchy, I'm not gonna lie.

This trailer is highly compromised in the back end.

It's very possible, lifting this trailer,

it could just rip the whole trailer apart.

There she goes.

I got 'er.

Whoa.

It's OK, it's OK...

Boom up.

That's it! I can't go any more, Jeremy!

It's OK, it's OK.

Come on. There you go.

There you go. Trailer only.

Yes.

We good? Not bad?

Excellent work.

Not bad, not bad.

The trailer survived the move, but the job is far from over.

The sun's coming up,

traffic's building, so we gotta get going and get this thing out.

We're gonna go right here to the back.

Both lines, and I'm going to pick it.

The actual part of the ditch that it's gonna come out of

is a little steep,

and with it still having a load,

I'm more worried about it going back over to the other side.

Last thing we want to do is put this thing back in the ditch.

It's been a long day already.

They won't be safe until all the wheels make it onto level ground.

We good?

OK. Pull, it'll go over.

Hang on...

Harry, put a pull. Pull a little bit, please?

Just a little bit.

OK, straighten your wheel out! OK.

She's gonna come out. She'll come out no problem now.

Just gotta get the tractor to start following, that's all.

You got it. It's feeling good now.

Finally got it out.

So, my gamble saved us a lot of time.

It's a good feeling.

Not only did it save us time, it saved the commuters time.

Got the highway opened a lot quicker.

Aw... I'm ready for bed, man.

It was a tough wreck, and for me,

being in the leadership role,

I think I did a pretty good job of it.

and wrestling with heavy decisions can be a bigger challenge

than wrestling a heavy load.

It's really great, the crew that we have,

so I'm not gonna be the one that says,

"No, we're doing it this way," I'm gonna be the one that says,

"Yeah, let's try it that way," just to make it so that it's our way.

Time to get this highway open. Time to go home.

300 miles east...

a blast of overnight snow has pummelled the roads

around Cornwall...

Lots of trucks in the ditch.

and Duncan Cooper's morning is already getting busy.

I'm heading out to the 401 eastbound

up around the Morrisburg area,

for a tractor-trailer that pulled over too far.

There's no availability to get a lane closure,

so we have to work from the shoulder.

A lot less working space, a lot tighter, cramped-up area.

It's gonna be a difficult job.

I arrived on scene, and, yeah,

he pulled over, all right, right down to the bottom

of the ditch.

He went in. He froze in overnight.

He was down in a hole. He's wedged in there.

Prying the truck loose will take more power...

so operators Barry Wagner and Mouse Carson roll up

to lend some extra muscle.

Oh, my master plan here

is we're going to get the back end right up nice and close

to the road,

and then we'll, uh, grab the front, and we're gonna pull him out.

But there's one member of the crew who won't be joining the fight.

There.

I got a wonderful job for you two boys.

Oh, I know what it is! Put the chain underneath the trailer.

For the past few years,

Mike McPhee has proven to be one of the hardest workers....

OK, whenever you're ready!

on the Cornwall crew...

but over the summer, a bad fall put him on the sidelines.

I slipped and fell onto the ground and broke two of my ankles.

Anybody home?

How ya doin', bud?

I'm here to visit youse boys! I'm bored at home!

How ya feeling? Good, good, good!

What does the doctor have to say?

Oh, he says stay off your feet, don't walk on 'em, stay off.

Mike required extensive surgery to have any hope of walking again...

If I was a smoker or in bad health, they weren't even going to operate.

They would have cut my foot off. That's how bad it was.

How long you gotta be laid up like this for?

Oh, another two months, anyways.

When he hurt himself, like, you know,

I felt really bad for him, because he doesn't like to sit still.

He likes to move.

And yesterday, on his first visit back to the shop,

Mike wondered if he'll ever get back to work.

How long before you're pulling chains?

I don't know.

I'd like to go with you guys for a ride once in a while,

I don't feel left out. Yeah.

But you got three new helpers here,

so I don't know what's going to happen.

Ah, no...

All these guys are taking over my job.

We're a small, tight-knit group,

and there's no way I would ever consider

just sending him packing because of something like this.

Your job is always here.

I don't want to retire till I'm 80.

So another two years.

32,000.

But today, Duncan's got work to do,

with or without the company workhorse.

I'm gonna unhook there now.

We'll get Mouse up here,

and then I'm just going to take this front end right out, OK?

Yeah.

Ideally, Duncan would pull from the back, but without a lane closure,

he can't position for the angle he needs,

so he'll attack from the front and pry the tractor free.

So we have the back end out a bit.

We're going to hold it there with the other wrecker,

and I'm going to just go grab the front,

jackknife him around,

and we're going to get him to start coming up out of the ditch.

To get that initial pull to get it out of the bottom of the hole,

we had to put some pretty decent pulling power on it to get it out.

(CHUCKLES RUEFULLY)

But the front of the tractor has its own problems.

There's a screen or something

right in front of where I want to put my tow hook in.

I'll have to peel that out of there, I guess.

We're having a difficult time with these tow hooks.

Just from the angle of the truck being in there,

the bumper was covering half the hole.

(GRUNTING WITH EFFORT)

The tow pins are in, but sitting loose in their sockets.

I'm not entirely confident with that yet, but we'll just be careful.

As Barry and Mouse secure the back end,

Duncan will pivot the tractor toward the road.

OK, your brakes are released on your tractor?

Yeah.

OK!

Just pull 'er out slowly.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Chain slipped off. No way.

We're gonna be here a while. We have to rethink our plan.

Ho, ho... Damnit!

Turn the tow hooks upside down, try it again.

On the east-bound 401 near Morrisburg...

Kind of a poor design there.

Duncan is fighting tow pins that refuse to lock...

Tow hook just won't lock in right.

and refuse to hold onto his chains.

As it came up, the chains went around,

and they just-- It slipped off the tow hooks.

You got a small screwdriver, and a hammer?

Mesh is stopping it from going any further, eh?

If Mouse can remove more of the metal screen,

he might be able to better tighten the pins.

You don't want those things falling out,

especially under that much pressure because it could take your head off.

We're going to give another stab at it.

Well, let's just try it. We'll go easy.

It's deceiving sometimes,

and usually rule of thumb, when I think,

Oh, this is going to be a quick pull,

it's usually quite the opposite.

Duncan wants to use a light touch in case the pins let go.

I don't like this.

but the piling snow is adding too much resistance.

She's way too heavy.

I don't know if I should put that kind of pressure on them tow hooks.

OK, just stand up here beside him and get him to put it in gear...

lock his discs, just help us a little.

The tractor's own power could make the difference.

OK, ready?

but as they set up to try again...

What's wrong with this thing?

Must be something wrong!

The engine alarms are going off. It won't go into gear.

I just can't win this battle today. (RAPID HONKING)

This is a pain in the ass!

200 miles west...

Temperatures are climbing after the overnight storm battered Cobourg...

The fence is already bent down, so it's pretty easy to get through.

and on the eastbound 401,

Bill Wright is sizing up a tough job on some soft terrain.

(BLEEP) spot. It's going to be fun to get straps under, eh?

Have a look at the water.

Fully loaded, it's an 80,000-pound problem firmly planted

in a swampy ditch.

This recovery is different in a lot of senses.

You know, number one, we've got a ditch that's full of water.

We've got the bullrushes are all jammed under the trailer.

We've got a steep slope to the road,

and so there's all kinds of different situations here

that are making it, you know, different than the normal recovery.

(GROANS AND CHUCKLES) He rode the bank pretty hard, holy!

Joining veterans Bill and Russ Kroon on scene is Bill's son, Billy.

Junior, he never spent much of his life in the recovery business.

We had young Mitch in the rotator most of the time.

But now that Mitch has relocated,

Billy's getting the chance to prove himself.

It's always great working with the old man.

I get to learn a lot. He's a good mentor.

Hey, Junior?

Just a couple of weeks ago...

Run a couple of the 3,300-pound straps.

they did their first job as a duo.

Almost there. I earned my cold beer tonight!

Whoo!

Did you see the back? It's not even an option.

You know, we didn't have that bond in previous years,

and it's just really cool to have him beside me.

This trailer is actually embedded into the mud.

We have to get this up to get the straps under it.

Today, they're facing a much heavier job in a more challenging spot.

It's fully loaded, and it's pretty swampy, pretty muddy there.

Go walk at the back and have a look at the water.

My concern here is that the wall of the trailer is bowed out,

because where it's laying on the ground on top of the ditch,

there's a large void,

so the freight in the trailer has actually buckled the wall out.

You gotta come to the middle of the trailer.

So Bill's bringing in some special tools.

Set it up right here.

They'll use an air cushion system to lift and support the trailer

with the load inside.

OK, so we need the two hoses, red to red, black to black.

Yeah, they're coming.

In this process, we can't fail here. We have no choice.

We have to get them under this trailer.

If we can get a strap from the frame...

Yeah.

under here, and up and over. There's a rear strap.

Just gotta get it up that little bit, right?

All right, we'll grab the shovels.

Just getting a smaller "starter" cushion in place is already a fight.

Get this bag under a little further.

That's right up against it solid.

You want to have it placed perfectly on either a corner or a main rail,

because if you lift in the wrong spot, you could break your trailer.

Air that bag up.

No, it's crinkling. It's crink... it's crinkling it.

What's that? What--

It is taking a bit of weight.

Hold it. The roof's crinkling.

It's crinkling the roof,

which means the top rail is getting compromised,

and we don't want to compromise the top rail.

But the recovery novice might have spotted a fix.

Well, we can put a bag here. That's stronger than the roof.

Try it back there?

Well, this is way stronger than that roof corner.

Yep.

The problem is, is how far in can you get that bag?

With a little bit of digging? Pretty far.

It's actually not bad.

OK, valve's open.

There she goes.

We gotta get some boys to start running some cribbing.

We've got a little bit of gap now between the trailer

and the ground, so it's going to allow us to put some cribbing in.

We should be able to get a starter bag under there,

and get a few inches of lift, which will go a long way for us.

Pretty impressed with what knowledge that he's taken in

without too much formal training from myself,

just from watching and being there, you know, what he's absorbed.

Give 'er some.

Nice!

All right, so let's get the other one and move ahead.

We should be able to get a big bag in there now...

Yeah. And then we'll just keep... Move that one up.

Yeah, keep moving down.

The trailer wall isn't in very good shape,

and we don't want it to buckle, so we have to do a little bit at time.

You watch for crinkles.

Yeah.

If we end up losing the structural integrity of this trailer,

loaded, it's over, we gotta unload it.

Hey, it's buckling pretty hard there now!

Yeah, we don't want to do that.

In eastern Ontario, on the edge of the 401...

Just wedged!

Duncan and crew have given up on the tractor's engine.

He wasn't able to help.

Come on!

We put some snatch blocks in the line, doubled the power,

so we had a little more pulling power on the wrecker

to help it along.

There you go. All right!

They've re-rigged,

but even with the pins now holding,

Duncan is concerned with the sheer amount of resistance.

All right, we'll just be careful.

Those pins are really actually designed

just to un-deck trucks,

or minor pulling, not to pull that kind of weight on.

The tractor...

That's good!

has made it to the pavement.

Now Duncan needs to budge the trailer.

Any chance in hell you can drag that ass end right over here?

I'll try.

Just try.

Could be wrong, but I'm thinking he's heavier than he claims he is,

because we're fighting an awful lot.

Yeah!

So we started pulling 'er... The winches stall out...

We're not gaining any ground, eh?

No.

and that's when I realize that we're not getting the full picture here.

The guy is obviously not accurate on what he's hauling for weight,

for what he told us.

What I'll do is I'll move ahead again, put a snatch block down,

and then when it almost gets even with the back of your truck,

we'll pull it over towards us, OK?

You guys are set? Yep.

Release your brakes!

Hey, boys?

I think if you let him go now, I can take him.

It was a fight every inch of the way

until we got it landed on the shoulder.

and today, victory comes with a hard lesson.

Any time somebody says they got something easy,

or it sounds easy, or...

it's usually quite the opposite.

It was a fight, but we got it. We won.

We always do.

200 miles down the highway,

the B and G crew has the cushions in place.

It looks like it might be a fun one.

Ready? One, two, three!

Now, success comes down to careful timing.

It's a big concern, bringing them up without emptying them.

They generally don't like to come up loaded.

With lines to the front and straps wrapped around the trailer,

Bill will inflate the cushions until they reach full height,

and the winches take over.

Russ will be running the rotator,

keeping his lines tight as the trailer eases upright.

Well, there's lots that can go wrong.

Hopefully, uh, we get a good hold on it before the bags do anything.

I'm going to run the airbags.

Bill Junior is going to use the 35-tonne,

and he's going to pull the tractor towards the ground.

This is actually my first time using the airbags.

This is something I've never seen before.

I'm going to open all six of my valves.

Russ, you just stay tight. Ready?

Yep.

What did you pull there?

I just barely touched the trailer again.

Yeah, well, don't.

Not so fast, because if my airbags come loose, they could pop out.

It's really important when you're working with the bags

not to pull your cables in faster than you're lifting the bags.

It's coming.

Wait right there. Let me catch up to you.

Russ, just stay snug. That's it.

Yeah. OK.

You will actually see the material of the trailer show little ripples,

almost like wave on water...

Keep an eye on it for me.

I can't see it very good.

and you need to read those ripples to see which part of that trailer

you're putting too much tension on...

Am I good there, Matt?

And if we don't relieve

some of the pressure off the wall in the right places,

we could have a catastrophic failure here.

My front tyre is almost on the ground.

Is it really? Yup.

I think we got it.

Don't get too far ahead. You're loose, Russ.

Give it a touch of a pull.

Yup. It's coming, it's coming. My drives are almost on the ground.

We're off the bags, guys. I'm done.

The semi is on its wheels, but it's still deep in the ditch,

and all 80,000 pounds are leaning hard.

Wow, this thing is going to be a (BLEEP) to hold up

when it's coming out.

It is so. She's going to be a two-strapper.

Yep.

It looks like we're in the safe, but we're actually not.

The rotator's holding almost all the weight.

We can't take pressure off of the rotator,

because it will flop over again because of the angle of the ditch.

If we have failure now, and it goes over,

we're back to square one,

and we definitely don't want that to happen.

The trailer is uprighted.

It's on its own wheels,

but it's still on a nasty slope,

and being held there with the rotator.

This line here, we're going to come...

we're going to take it out of the snatch block

so that we get some lift.

We just get this thing coming up the hill, we'll be happy.

The rotator will now play the act of holding the trailer up

while Junior repositions the 35-tonne.

Pull on that, Billy.

Father and son need to work together seamlessly.

OK, go a little bit, Billy boy.

As Billy pulls forward, Bill needs to follow along with his boom.

If we run out of rotator room,

we have no other way to hold this up.

We can't let go and reposition the rotator.

It's holding it from falling.

Front tracks almost off the ground. Front leg.

Hold on, Billy.

Hold it.

You're coming up quite high now.

Hold on, Billy, stop. Let me get this thing settled a bit.

We're probably pushing five, six, seven, eight inches off the ground.

Biggest concern is it doesn't slide the truck sideways.

Hang on. Let me take some off here.

She settling down there, Russ?

Yeah, uh... Yeah, it's starting to settle down now.

It's not coming where I want it, that's for sure.

OK, hang on, Billy.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to try and rotate a little bit here.

We're just getting farther away from the rotator than we want.

It's OK. Bring 'er a bit, Billy.

It's coming.

It looks to me like that trailer's starting to climb the bank nice.

Yeah.

I've got both steers on pavement.

Hang on.

OK. I think the trailer's almost standing up by itself.

I'm loose with everything pretty much, Billy.

Let's see if I can let go of it. We're good?

Yeah.

Now they just need to work in sync to coax the back end

onto the road.

Happy with that, Billy? I am.

The trailer's out. There's minimal damage to the trailer.

All in all, I think it's a success.

and the heavy crew's newest member has made a solid impression

on the boss.

Bill Jr., um, surprised me today. He really stepped up to the plate,

and he did some rigging, offered up some ideas.

We're unhooked here, eh, buddy, we're good to go?

Yeah, we're good, I'm ready.

OK. Well... Yeah, good job.

You and I don't do this very often.

No. It's an awesome feeling, buddy. Thank you.

Yeah, right on. Love having you around, man.

Yeah.

I quite enjoyed my day working with young Bill today. It, uh...

it makes a dad feel good.

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