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COLLIN: Well, this is interesting.

NARRATOR: This time on Heavy Rescue 401...

That's ugly. ..Collin leads the team...

Oh, she's on a heck of a lean...

..to new heights.

Be careful up there. I am.

You watch the trailer, I'll watch the truck.

A hard pull...

He's up in the air pretty good.

..pushes John...

Whoa. I've never even seen them all together.

..and a bittersweet goodbye at B&G.

I just need a hug.

After months of frigid conditions...

..warm weather has finally taken hold for drivers in Toronto...

..but just 60 miles north, winter isn't giving up, just yet.

RADIO PRESENTER: On the 400, a very different story,

we have some very strong winds

whipping up some whiteout conditions.

Winds blowing off of Georgian Bay

are blowing heavy squalls right across Highway 400.

It goes from beautiful conditions

to complete whiteout conditions in an instant.

Sergeant Kerry Schmidt

is heading straight into the worst-hit stretch of highway.

This is a very common area where we get blowing snow

when snow streamers are coming off of Georgian Bay,

and that's scary, because drivers may not expect

or understand what they're getting themselves into,

and by the time they enter into this area,

they may not be able to stop within the distance

that they can actually have visibility.

Any sudden moves or stops could set off a chain reaction.

Whoa.

That pickup truck just started coming into the lanes, there.

Very dangerous situation, and in these kinds of environments,

the drivers have to be able to drive according to these conditions,

because all of a sudden,

you come across stopped traffic in blowing snow,

there's nowhere for you to go.

OK, here we are.

Ten miles south of Barrie,

drivers are stuck behind the site of a multi-vehicle crash.

Wow, it's windy.

You can't see a thing.

There's a police car 20 feet from me,

and you can barely see the shadow.

We'll get you out of here if you can just stay put.

Thanks, guys.

Local OPP inspector, Laurie Taylor-Bolton,

has been managing a chaotic scene.

We had a multi-vehicle crash in whiteout conditions,

here, on the 400 southbound,

so we're just trying to coordinate

to get all these vehicles out of here.

Most of the damaged vehicles have been cleared...

So, this is the last vehicle? Yeah.

..but the road is far from ready for traffic.

Where we're standing right now is where all the collisions were.

There's plastic debris, metal debris, vehicle debris.

If we have people go through this,

and then they get a whole bunch of flat tires,

and people disabled in bad weather, that's not good either, so...

Yeah.

The debris is only half the problem.

Snow has built up, and ploughs are stuck behind the backlog.

Until the ploughs get in,

none of the stuck drivers are getting out.

Some of the vehicles at the front of this wreck

have probably been sitting here for three or four hours, already.

Their patience is running dry.

Our issue right now is to get the ploughs to the scene.

We can't get them from the north

because traffic is still backed up,

there's no access for them to get around that area.

So, Inspector Taylor-Bolton

has called them from the other direction...

..driving the wrong way.

The ploughs have arrived.

There's a whole crew of ploughs here.

This is exactly what we've been waiting for.

They're going to turn around.

What we're trying to do is get this highway reopened.

We have two fire trucks, right?

Now it's up to the inspector to coordinate the quickest,

but safest exit for the trapped drivers.

So, we're just getting fire set up here to get them around,

and then, we'll start leading these people through.

OK, sounds good. So, OK, good?

We're going to put one here,

and the other one up there to make them S-curve around it

just to keep 'em slow,

'cause this is the most slippery area.

It's nice to have leadership there

to work out the co-ordinations with all the emergency services.

OK, guys, you're leading the conga here so be safe.

Whew.

And we finally had traffic moving again.

There we go.

Good job, people.

As afternoon turns to night,

the cold keeps its grip on the region north of Toronto...

Pretty major accident, here.

..and John Allen is heading to a call further east up Highway 12...

Lincoln.

..but where John really wants to be tonight...

I'm stuck.

..is home with his biggest fan, his grandson.

Why don't we use your monster truck?

Lincoln loves, you know, the whole tow truck thing.

He's always doing little recoveries.

OK, pull.

A lot of times, I'm gone to work before the grandson wakes up,

and I get home after he's gone to bed,

so I always look forward to my papa-grandson time together.

Yes, yes. OK, Linc, you did it.

I did it. Yay. You did it.

I can see him following in my footsteps.

Gimme five. High five, yeah. Good job.

Yeah. I did it. I work a lot of hours.

There's high risk at our job,

and I got to take advantage of having that family time.

I did it, Papa. Yup.

And tonight, there's a driver who won't be making it home.

Truck was going northbound,

car's coming southbound, and they collided.

We've had a fatality, here, which is really unfortunate.

The person in the car didn't make it,

you know, I feel for him, his family...

This guy come in hard and fast.

The impact ripped the front axle from the scrap haulier,

and sent it crashing down in the ditch.

This thing has 40 tonnes of scrap metal in it.

Most of it's all over the ditch, here.

Probably still dealing with,

you know, 30, 40,000 pound load, right?

We're pushing 100,000 pounds that has to be uprighted

and pulled out of the ditch.

There, that's good.

Ah, it's messier than I thought, that's for sure.

John and the Abrams Towing crew

are working alongside Dan Steinhauer from Jim's Towing.

Tonight, his guys are tied up,

so, you know, right away, he thought, "Let's call Abrams."

I'm going to set my truck up in the middle, here...

John is kind of a mentor from a different company,

and this is not a small job, by any means.

I can pull the entire trailer up, 'cause you know what,

there is no front axle to spike,

and while I'm holding it, I can also...

Yeah, yeah, yeah. ..give it a pull-out.

OK. Right?

They'll rig two lines from John's rotator

over the partially loaded trailer, and attempt to pull it upright.

So, what do you want, pull it that way?

I want the block to come up around the edge.

Walk it this way, Dan, where it's at, there.

We're probably still up in the 100,000-pound area.

I've got rigging around the back of the trailer,

around the front of the trailer, plus the weight of the tractor.

You know, it's a huge pull.

Now we're going to take this line, I'm going to pass it up to you

we're going to do the same thing in the front corner.

OK. OK?

Yeah.

It will be a workout for John's rotator...

We're gonna put this thing through its paces, tonight.

OK, I'm going to snug it up.

Come on down, Dan.

Better keep an eye on my truck.

You watch the trailer, I'll watch the truck.

And right away, it's clear...

No, no, no, no.

..the only thing moving is John's truck.

He's up in the air pretty good.

I've never seen that much gap.

Normally it's a couple of inches or something like that.

We're talking feet.

To see a wrecker standing up on its rear outriggers...

Holy moly.

..it's one of two things.

It's either a guy that has no clue what he's doing...

..or it's a guy that knows what he's doing,

and he's pushing the limits.

Whoa.

No, no, no, no.

He's up in the air pretty good.

North of Oshawa, on Highway 12...

Whoa.

..John Allen's rotator, and his recovery, are up in the air.

This is one of them things

where I know I'm right on the limits of what I'm doing,

and things are kind of teeter-tottering.

I'm gonna tighten up that back one.

As you get the load coming up, the truck will set back down.

Whee.

That came over nice. It did.

Good work, guys.

Now, they just need to pull it out of the ditch

without letting it topple back over.

I'm going to follow the truck as he's pulling it out.

Whoa.

I think we're out where I don't have to hold it no more.

This job went well. I like working with John.

I'll work with John any other day.

Yeah, it was a little tough, cold.

It was in the ground, the ground's frozen,

but you know, we got 'er done.

And now John is ready for a break,

and some time with his favourite operator-in-training.

It's been a busy week out here.

I'm looking forward to this weekend off.

You know, I've got some grandson stuff to do this weekend.

You know, we just have a blast.

Truck is gone, job well done.

I'm off to bed.

220 miles southwest,

a new day brings clear skies over Highway 402.

It's a welcome sign after a late blast of winter, yesterday.

But that weather has left its mark.

So, Gary Vandenheuvel is going to work.

Yeah, yesterday was a crazy day, all the snow.

Today's clean-up day.

With multiple jobs waiting,

he and his son, Collin, will need to divide up the recoveries.

We're heading out to two trucks that are tangled up pretty good.

One's on its side, and the other one's jackknifed into it.

This could be a good fight.

Well, this is interesting.

This one's a bit of a tight quarters situation.

I've never seen anything like this before.

There's a lot of damage, here.

Ouch.

After one semi rolled in the ditch, the second truck lost control,

slid off the road, and slammed right into the first truck.

That's in there pretty good.

It's certainly deep.

Veteran op, Glen Hobman, will help clear the mess.

I gotta run.

I got a dump truck in the ditch, so you guys are on your own.

Gary is counting on Collin to take charge,

part of his evolving role in the company.

He's a younger guy.

These guys have, obviously,

a few more miles behind them than he does,

so I'm sure it's a little difficult for them to listen to that,

but I'm sure that they still do respect his knowledge,

and where he's come from on this.

OK, guys, I'm outta here.

It leaves Glen and I up to the challenge

of getting this up and out by ourselves.

You know, that is definitely a little bit of extra pressure.

Alright, what are you thinking?

You know what, I do kinda wanna come up with my own ideas on this one,

but Glen does have a little bit more experience.

We have to get it coming up and out, first,

to get the trailer away from this.

Collin wants to start with the semi that's still upright...

If we can get the front of the trailer up,

you know, about five feet,

we're gonna be clear of that landing gear,

and then I can grab the back end with the rotator,

and I can pull that trailer around, I think.

I'll have no leverage whatsoever

if we're doing a side-pull like that.

I know, that's kinda where I'm a little worried.

The angle of this ditch is fairly steep.

It's gonna be a hard angle off the back of my truck,

'cause I wanna be able to winch this tractor,

basically, directly up the hill.

..and the angle is only the first problem.

You gonna try to get along the rail? Yeah.

Because this thing sat all night,

it's actually sunk down into the mud.

Oh, yeah, look at that. That's all frozen, rock solid.

So that's gonna cause a little extra resistance

when we go to pull this out.

Yeah, it's a mess down here.

Glen's wrecker is hooked up on the front

with Collin's rotator on the back.

That's probably good, there, Glen.

They'll need to break the grip of the frozen mud.

This'll be fun.

OK, you ready, Glen?

He's going to put a little bit of pull on it,

and then I'm gonna put a little bit of pull on it,

and we're gonna see which way this thing wants to turn.

Hey, Glen, watch your truck.

Wow.

That's it?

It's fighting us quite hard.

I'm floating'.

We keep pulling on this,

and something goes wrong in a critical spot,

this can go south really quick.

Tearing the strap.

Tearing the strap? Yeah.

Right at the corner.

Oh, ho, ho...

You want a fight?

Tearing the strap.

Tearing the strap?

On the edge of Highway 402...

Right at the corner.

..the heavy pull is ripping through Collin's rigging.

This one's really fighting us.

It's putting up a lot of resistance with the mud and the ice,

and everything being frozen in.

OK.

Collin re-rigs with some protection for the new strap...

Alright, tighten 'er up.

There we go.

..while Glen repositions closer to the ditch...

Alright, ready to try again? Yeah.

How is it? Keep going, keep going.

..but as they make a second attempt...

You are gonna fight.

..Glen sees that they're pulling more than just the upright semi.

Collin? We're hooked.

What we've discovered, now, is as I'm trying to pull,

I'm trying to basically pull both trailers together.

Yep.

It kinda locked itself into the landing gear,

making a nice little puzzle for us.

You know, my dad's not here on this one,

so I really want to prove to him

that we can get this done without him, here.

If I can grab that back end, and swing it,

it's going to pivot away, too, if I can swing the back end, right?

Yeah. So, let's do that.

I'm going to pivot the back end a little bit and get it moving.

So, if I can drag the back end of this trailer close up to the road,

Glen can pull the front,

and it's actually going to pivot the two pieces

away from that trailer.

Alright.

This isn't something you read in a textbook...

It's clear, now. If I give it a pull, she'll come right past it.

OK.

..this is just something that you come up with as you go.

Well, we got 'er. Perfect.

One down, one left to go, here.

And it's the one to go that will be a much bigger challenge.

The next job is going to be a big job.

It's gonna be a lot of fun.

There's no way the rotator's gonna make it in here.

300 miles northeast,

Mitch Wright is heading to a job that's far off any highway.

It's not my type of ice fishing.

Should've brought some snowshoes.

So today, we're at Chandos Lake,

where two snowmobiles have breached through the ice,

and they're down at the bottom of the lake.

Oh, there's Ron, there.

It's the first time Mitch has ever attempted

this kind of rescue,

so he's teamed up with local Ron Sutherland,

who's got experience and equipment.

I can't believe how well that thing works.

Yeah, it's amazing.

OK, so let's go with this hole, first, and see where are we at.

Finding the exact location of the snowmobiles

may be a challenge.

He's got a ton of knowledge when it comes to pulling snowmobiles up.

He's got underwater cameras, and he's got certain tools that,

you know, are going to make the job a lot easier.

What are you for depth there? We're 30 feet.

30 feet, there. Right to the bottom?

Right to the bottom.

The two riders escaped unharmed,

but they could only offer a very rough estimate of the location.

Nothing, eh? Nothing there.

We, maybe, have to go deep.

This is the trick, is finding it.

Yeah, I have a funny feeling

it's like, you're gonna be right near it.

I think it's right here.

What the hell are we doing wrong, here?

The biggest problem is, you know,

trying to actually locate where the sleds went down.

It's kind of like a puzzle we're trying to piece together.

The ice looks a little funky like, right here, to be honest with you.

It's just aug the holes out, drop the camera in,

see if we can't find it.

You know, aug another hole, and another one,

and another one, another one,

until, you know, we find what we're looking for.

Let's do one right here.

We'll do one back over there.

It's a real fishing expedition, out here,

trying to find these sleds.

If I had to bet money, I'm going to say it's right here.

I bet you 20 bucks it's right here.

Did you find it? Yeah.

We're basically right on top of it, now.

Oh, yeah, you're right, there. Right on top of 'er.

Finally, we see the first sled.

You see the yellow kind of shine on the camera,

and it's like, we're in business.

They cut an access hole so they can winch up the snowmobiles...

That's a big chunk of ice.

..but they won't risk driving a tow truck onto the ice.

Bill's here.

So, the winch will be mounted on a much smaller vehicle.

Pops. Sir.

What's going on? Not so much.

It's the first time Mitch's father, Bill,

is seeing his son in action running the company's new northern outpost.

We're going to give them a little hand, here, some muscle.

I'm very proud of Mitch, to see him in Bancroft,

using that as a place of change for his life,

so, he's you know, kind of, in a new area,

new people new surroundings, new responsibilities.

I'm getting something, I think.

OK, yeah, come straight, go... uh, lift up.

I'm tight. Yeah, you are on it.

It's in there.

When he hears we're out, and we're having some fun,

and we're playing with some sleds in the water, he can't help himself.

Bill could use a fun distraction.

He's been chewing over an offer to buy his heavy fleet.

Well, personally, for me, you know, it's mixed emotions.

My dad started this business more than 50 years ago.

I'm not ready to retire,

I'm not ready to stop driving a wrecker,

and being a wrecker operator, and a recovery guy,

but when you get a good offer on the table, financially,

that works for you and your family and your future, you know,

sometimes the decisions get made for you

based on those circumstances.

Go right around the axle.

Now, the deadline is looming.

Bill will need to give a final decision in the next week.

Alright.

That should do 'er.

It's a way of life, for us. It's not work.

This is what we do. This is how we grew up.

This is what we were taught.

For today, at least, Bill can focus on the unique job ahead.

It's all yours.

Good? Yeah.

Just like that.

We get it close to the surface, we'll stop.

I can see it.

First sled's coming up, winch is pulling it up.

We're starting to actually see the sled

come towards the surface, through the water.

Oh, she's stalling out.

Rev it up.

I think we got a burnt-out winch.

You gotta be kidding me.

I think we have a problem, here.

There's not really any tension around these four-wheeler winches,

so when the winch comes in,

it kind of hopped the drum a little bit,

and got, like, wedged. Hold on.

That's in there, dude.

There's not really a way to get it out.

But working with his father since he was a kid,

Mitch has learned a few tricks.

I'm going to get the winch hooked to a tree

and see if I can't give it a bit of a tug.

Brake's hard.

Man, no patience.

Give 'er a rip.

No go?

She broke.

It's been a long day. We're getting tired.

You know, it's just frustrating.

Relax, dude. You can't get worked up.

I can't. I'm not doing it, right now.

RADIO: They're cleaning it up. They're gonna be there for a while.

RADIO 2: Yeah, we're coming to a slowdown.

Traffic is squeezing onto the shoulder

on the 402 east of Sarnia.

Two jobs at the same time.

Alright.

Collin and Glen have slid the semi onto more even ground.

I'm tired.

Well, we've got the trailer shifted, right now.

It's gonna land in a better spot for us,

and this way, it's a little bit closer,

it's a little bit easier for us to get the initial pick on this thing.

Glen will pull down on the tractor

while Collin uses two straps from his rotator

to hold the trailer together as he lifts it up.

But using just two straps might not provide enough support.

If we can get it up with two straps,

and save us that extra time, we're gonna go for it,

but it's a really risky move

because we can blow the wall out doing this.

Alright, we good?

Yeah.

This trailer's making noises,

and we're just trying to hear if it's going to come apart on us.

(BREAKING SOUND)

What was that?

Any loud noise is not a good sign when you're recovering something.

Something inside.

That was just the load, actually, falling back onto the floor

and getting off of the wall,

so it was actually a good sign, and not a bad sign.

Nice and easy, come on...

There we go.

The semi is up, but not stable.

How bad is it?

That entire load's right at the front.

Oh, she's on a heck of a lean.

Where the second truck went in,

it pushed a lot of dirt and snow up,

and where this second trailer has landed

is right on the snow pile,

which is making it lean even further.

Wow.

Yeah, that's ugly.

That is really ugly.

Alright.

So, three of us get on this and just...

Yeah.

Back on Chandos Lake, south of Bancroft,

Mitch has re-joined the crew.

You know, it's just frustrating.

This job tends to throw a curve ball at you once in a while.

Now, he needs to re-focus and show his father

how he's grown up during his months away.

This is a massive opportunity for me up here in Bancroft.

I know I have a lot of eyes on me.

You know, I think some of them

are kind of waiting to see if I mess it up.

And I'm going to crush it.

So, is the sled right now level?

That ski's over.

We gotta manhandle it

because we've, unfortunately, the winch is not working

on the bike, anymore.

We're just old-school, no winch, no nothing,

we're just absolutely trying to drag these things up.

OK, let's try it.

One, two, three.

There we go. I got a ski up.

Alright.

Once it breaks surface, keep 'er going.

OK.

Now, if you can lift the back of that up...

I'm just going to try to grab the ass end.

One, two, three.

Come on.

OK, you ready? One, two, three.

Go.

We're sweating.

You know, we're pulling, we're dragging.

It's just, it's brute force.

One more pull.

One, two.

One, two.

There, one out.

Whew.

Young man's game.

We're right on the nose of the sled, here, now.

And they're only halfway done.

I think it's a four-stroker.

Oh, yeah, it is, too.

The second sled is actually what they call a four-stroke snowmobile.

Much larger, much deeper, much heavier.

Oh, up, there you go. You're on.

You're in there good this time.

We'll keep this like this,

three or four guys lift on the rope,

tighten the cinch, lift on the rope, tighten the cinch.

Ready?

Yeah. One, two, three.

Ready? One, two, three.

One, two, three...

You're on?

OK, so Bill and I just lift up on these, and we should be golden.

Should be. Should be. That's the key word.

Ready? One, two, three.

We're running out of ideas.

Three guys can't do this.

But growing up in the family business,

Mitch learned, early on, the value of improvising.

We got three strong dudes over there.

We can ask them.

You guys want to come give us a drag?

In the distance, you could see a couple of guys

were kind of checking out what we were doing,

and I think we're going to put these boys to work.

Anything you can grab onto to pull, you ready?

You want to go up on the arm. One, two.

Go.

One, two, three.

There we go.

Ah, thanks, guys.

GUYS: No problem. Beauty.

We think we've got it, and, you know, we all kind of relaxed...

And the next thing you know, Bam.

There it goes.

Come on.

On a frozen lake south of Bancroft...

Just touched the ski, barely.

Way to go, bud.

..Mitch's snowmobile rescue is sinking fast...

The sled went in probably just over half back in,

with the ski tips pointing up...

..but this time, Mitch is not storming off.

So, I ran over and grabbed a corner, and luckily all together,

we got the thing dragged up and onto the ice.

Let's get it right up out of the hole.

There we go.

I got a sweet idea.

Let's drag it ahead another six inches.

There you go.

We're just gonna get hooked onto it with the four-wheeler,

drag 'em around, get 'em brought up to the driveway

where a flatbed's going to meet us.

Mitch has stuck it out...

..on this job, and through a demanding winter.

I do everything I can just to make sure

that I'm becoming a better person every single day,

whether I'm learning something on recoveries,

or I'm learning something about myself.

For his father, one achievement surpasses all others...

When I left home, Mum asked me to make a delivery.

..Mitch's continuing commitment to sobriety.

This month is a year and a half. Yeah.

Yeah, crazy. Time flies.

The pendant says, "Continued strength, wisdom, and success."

It's been a weird couple of years,

so seeing him hand me that means more than anything.

Only Mitch can walk the road to recovery.

That's cool. Yeah.

Mitch is very proud of what he's done,

of his accomplishments, and he should be.

OK, man, just take care, buddy. Thanks.

They want me to continue in the journey that I'm going in

and just keep taking the next right step.

Let's make this happen.

Back on the 402, night is falling.

OK, up.

Everything's gotta play exactly right on this.

Collin and Glen are ready to pull the leaning trailer up to the road.

We're running out of time on this one.

We only have a few more minutes left, here, before the sun's gone.

I'm just going to have to keep the boom low

to keep it from cutting.

That should hopefully give us enough pull back over

that it's not going to want to roll as we're coming up.

OK.

Hey, boss.

..and Collin will have someone scrutinising his plan.

Is it leaning just 'cause of the angle, Coll,

or is it leaning because of the load all shifted?

I'm coming in on scene.

I'm a fresh set of eyes,

but, you know, the guys have had their challenges with this one.

What do you see on this?

I see that we're down low.

I would have liked to be between here,

just to give it that little extra.

Yeah. It would be nice to be there.

I notice this back strap's not holding the way we need it to hold.

It's actually going to roll this trailer over,

so I need to halt things, here,

and hopefully, that'll keep everything upright,

and get it out of the ditch.

I want another strap over the top of it.

It's always nice to have those extra little pointers.

I still have a lot to learn in this industry,

and to have my dad there to be able to show me what to do,

and, you know, to save me from making catastrophic mistakes,

it's definitely, it's a nice feeling.

But with the boom up, they can't rig the extra strap.

We can't even get at your line.

So, in all the confusion, I forgot to take an extra line down.

And with the semi already teetering,

there's no way to safely lower the boom.

Yeah, it doesn't feel nice, does it? No.

You are going to fight me all the way.

On the 402, Collin needs another boom line...

..badly.

I want another strap over the top of it.

I know.

But his boom is up in the air,

the only thing holding up the leaning trailer.

I'm in a bad position, right now.

If I go up there, I can possibly feed that line down.

OK.

If the boom can't come down, there's only one option.

I'm gonna have to get up on the boom to get another line.

Oh.

I made the silly mistake to get the boom up in the air.

I'm the one up here getting this line down,

because no one else should have to clean up for my mistakes.

Be careful up there. I am.

I don't like this, either.

I really do not like heights.

It is a very uncomfortable feeling, being up here,

but I have to get this line down,

because there is no other way

we can do this without this truck rolling over.

Especially with traffic blowing by, you can feel the truck swaying.

There you go.

OK, can you get it from there, Glen?

You gotta do what you gotta do, out there,

so it shows that he's resourceful enough,

and willing to tackle what needs to be done.

But with the heavy lean on the trailer,

even this added strap might not be enough

to hold it upright and in one piece.

OK. OK, good to go.

Tighten it up.

You're good.

OK, let's get this thing out of the ditch.

It's looking better, now.

Got that trailer sitting back on the ground, that's what we want.

Six hours after his battle started...

There ya go.

..Collin has led the crew to victory...

We got that strap on, and it just...

..stayed up nice, thankfully.

Good.

Jobs like this and days like this, it takes a lot out of ya.

Good job, though, wasn't it?

Yeah, it, this one really wanted to play games, so...

That's part of it, bud. Yeah.

They'll fight ya, sometimes.

It's nice to see him taking that leadership role,

and being able to step up.

It's just part of him growing within this company.

This is my career.

This is my path, and I feel like I've come a long way

since I've started.

It's really special to be able to work with your family,

work with your son, grow a business,

and watch this all develop to what it has.

It's something special.

That's a fair amount of iron.

It's the start of a new day in Courtice....

Do you think it would look better

if they were staggered down the building?

Facing this way. Yeah.

..and the end of an era at B&G Towing.

We're just having a little get-together.

We're bringing all the trucks from all branches down.

Some of the wreckers are moving on to other homes this week.

Bill is assembling his entire fleet one last time for a special photo.

He's made the hard call.

It's one of those things, you know,

it's good timing, and it's a good offer.

It's like every little bump that you see on it,

I can remember exactly what it's from.

When my dad drove that truck into the yard,

I was still too young to be able to get into it,

and I knew that, you know, that's what I wanted.

I'm just happy that I got to experience that.

You spent a lot of time with that old girl.

Well, I think I'm going to make it a goal

to have one of these in Bancroft, eventually.

You put it in one parking lot,

and then it's a real sense of reality of what you've done, here.

No.

Look at what you've built, man.

All of that.

It's the first time in 24 years I've ever seen my father cry.

I just need a hug.

It's been, you know, a lot of blood, sweat, and tears

put into that business, and building it to where it is,

and I think it's gonna be a really good thing for my dad.

Pretty wild, a lot of flashing lights, there.

We took a little walk up the street,

and we shed a couple tears together,

and we had a moment that I will probably remember

for the rest of my life.

Oh, that's insane. I've never ever seen, like,

I've never seen them all together, like, ever.

Yeah, it's pretty cool.

You've worked all these hours. You've done all this time,

the nights, the weekends, the snow, the rain.

It didn't matter.

You got up, and you went, and this is why.

It's all for the best.

We'll have some more time to hang out.

It's pretty cool what it's turned into, though.

It's not totally an end of an era, right?

We're still going to have B&G, we're still going to be around,

there's still lots of work to be done.

They'll keep their light-duty trucks, and the Bancroft yard,

and after a year of growth, Mitch is ready for what comes next.

I'm really excited to see where the future goes with B&G.

Just 'cause one door closes,

doesn't mean that there's not another one opening.

At the end of the day, it's been a good run.

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