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[Narrator] This time on Heavy Rescue: 401...

[Kerry] You don't get a call like this too often.

[Narrator] ...valuable cargo...

[Kerry] 7,000 pounds of gold and silver. Wow!

[tires skidding] [Narrator] ...draws attention.

[Kerry] We got another crash over here.

[Narrator] Father and son...

[Gary] Hold on, Collin!

Sounds like the wall is coming out.

[Narrator] ...hit a snag...

[Collin] Big, big mess!

[Narrator] ...and a tricky recovery...

[Kim] It's gonna take forever to empty it.

[Narrator] ...pushes everyone.

[Kim] Oh, look at the trailer!

Completely FUBAR'd!

[Narrator] In Toronto,

the worst winter storm in decades

is finally fading into memory.

[traffic news radio] The highway's moving

so much better.

There's absolutely no delay.

[Narrator] Clear skies

and clean roads

are a welcome change.

[Narrator] ...but on the 401,

just east of the 400,

Sergeant Kerry Schmidt

isn't letting down his guard.

[Kerry] It's the middle of the day right now,

the roads are dry and clear,

but it's often on days like this

that we get some of the most serious collisions.

Sometimes when we have ideal road conditions,

drivers become complacent,

and not have their full attention on driving,

and this is when we see the most dramatic crashes.

[Narrator] Just before noon,

401 collectors traffic at Renforth

slows to a hard stop.

201 Calling site 4.

We've got a truck rollover,

looks like an armored truck.

It's currently resting on top of the barrier

between the express and collector lanes.

[siren wails]

You don't get a call like this too often.

We have a report of an armored truck

involved in a rollover collision into a guardrail.

The people responsible for that armored truck

are concerned about its contents.

It is loaded with securities, valuables,

precious metals, and so on.

[Kerry] Everyone's going to be thinking about the same thing.

We've seen pictures in the past

where people are out scrambling around,

running around, picking up whatever they can find.

This could end up being a very volatile

and unpredictable type of situation.

Wow, yeah,

it's sitting right on top of that guardrail.

[Kerry] Seeing this armored car on its roof,

obviously pretty dramatic.

This is the first time I've been to a wreck

with this kind of cargo.

What a mess.

What happened?

Okay. That must've been a wild ride for you.

[Kerry] These vehicles, they are huge

with a lot of weight.

Fortunately,

the three guards that were inside that truck

were not seriously injured.

[Narrator] Before recovery crews tackle the truck,

its multi-million-dollar cargo

needs to be moved to a second vehicle.

7,000 pounds of gold and silver?

-Yeah, gold and silver. -Wow!

[Kerry] The visual distraction of this armored car is huge.

A lot of people are looking towards the armored car

and not necessarily where they're going.

It gets a lot of attention

when you see an armored car on its side.

Yeah, everybody's on their phones.

[Kerry] We're gonna get this truck cleaned up

and removed as quickly as possible.

[Narrator] Speed is vital...

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

[Narrator] ...because just one distracted driver

can turn one crash...

[tires screeching, crash]

[Narrator] ...into two.

We got another crash over here.

Oh, boy.

[♪♪♪]

[Kerry] So, another secondary crash happened

just beside the scene.

The drivers are not paying attention.

When drivers take their attention

away from driving,

and end up looking somewhere else,

this is what could happen.

Looks like he's almost ready to go here.

[Narrator] Before there's any more trouble,

the offload crew finishes up.

Keep it safe. Thank you very much,

and I'm glad no one got hurt.

The cargo's all been cleaned outta here.

[Narrator] ...but until the wreck is off the road,

the risk remains high.

[Kerry] The tension is now on the heavy tow operators.

Let's get this truck back up on its wheels,

and let's get this highway reopened.

[Valter] Slowly, man, slow down!

Go, go.

Don't be shy, keep going.

Stop.

The other side now.

We good?

[Kerry] The truck back up on its wheels.

Good stuff. Right on!

Tow operators did a great job on this.

The truck is gone.

There was no gold, silver, money, coins

anywhere on the highway.

[honks twice]

[Kerry] Traffic's moving.

In the end, it's a good day for everybody.

[Narrator] 200 kilometres east,

the afternoon is fading into night in Belleville.

[Kim] Somebody's gonna have to lock the door.

[Narrator] ...and at the McCaffrey's Towing yard...

We're westbound, right?

Westbound, just this side of Marysville,

about three quarters of the way down the hill.

Okay.

[Narrator] ...owner Kim Reid

is prepping her crew for a major battle.

[Kim] We're headed out to the 401

for a tractor-trailer rollover in the ditch.

They said when we're ready to do the full closure,

let them know.

[Kim] We have all hands on deck.

Thankfully, I have a phenomenal team.

I have full faith in you boys.

Back it into the dock in the first lane.

[Narrator] Since she took over the company five years ago,

Kim has built a strong team of operators.

I'm incredibly lucky.

Heavy operators Jonathan and Geoff...

each of them have multiple different skills

up their sleeves

that are an asset to working out on the road.

[Narrator] Kim's earned the respect of her crew.

[Kim] I wasn't expecting you to be there.

[laughs] He probably wasn't expecting

to hear a woman's voice, either.

[laughing] Probably not.

[Narrator] ...but respect from other towers

and customers

has been tougher.

Being a woman in this industry is interesting.

Everybody always assumes

I don't know what I'm talking about.

I've had people several times,

"Can I speak to the owner?"

"Yes, this is she."

"Can I speak to a man, please?"

When I run into that,

it actually makes me work harder.

[Narrator] Tonight's job will demand hard work,

and her entire heavy fleet.

[Kim] I'm sending out both of my heavy wreckers...

[honks horn]

...as well as our emergency response unit

just loaded with extra cribbing, extra rigging.

[Narrator] They're heading 15 kilometres east of Belleville

to a stretch of the 401

that the crew knows all too well.

[Kim] She's facing backwards.

[Jon] Look at that.

[Kim] Had a pretty good ride, I'd assume.

Probably needs some new underwear.

[Narrator] The westbound semi lost control

and spun 180 degrees,

smashing through the guardrail

before slamming over.

[Jon] First thing I see,

it's all tangled up in the guardrail,

and it's kinda sitting on its side.

From the back of the trailer,

it looks like a really heavy load.

[Kim] That was my concern.

Initial reports are that it's loaded

with bottles of shampoo and conditioner.

[Jon] The weight of the load is a mystery to us.

All we know

is that it's got various cosmetics in it,

so sometimes they can be light,

sometimes they can be extremely heavy,

and we're not sure exactly what's in there.

[groans]

[Narrator] So they've called in

two offload teams,

two more crews for Kim to manage.

[Kim] We've got some extra helpers,

so even if you wanna take one of them with you,

we could do that, too,

and you need a light.

[Kim] I am what we call the site supervisor,

so everything that happens on the scene of the recovery

comes through me.

Essentially, I am the site boss.

[Narrator] Before the recovery can begin,

they need to take precautions...

[Jon] I'll go up and punch that.

We're gonna put a hole in this tank

so we can pump out the diesel fuel,

so we have no spillage when we bring this truck over.

A little over half.

[Narrator] ...and they need

to clear some room.

With the chop saw, we can cut through this.

Okay, so if I have them start taking lengths of this?

-Yeah. -Okay.

[Kim] The trailer is laying partially on the guardrail.

Albert is removing the section

so that the truck can be rolled over.

Once it's cleared off,

we'll be able to plop these doors open

and start the fun stuff.

[Narrator] On a stretch known for crashes,

Kim's hoping for a fast offload

to minimize her crew's exposure.

[Kim] Our visibility is decreased,

and people don't seem to slow down

quite as much at night time

as they do during the day.

Super busy stretch of the 401,

as you can see from the traffic driving by us.

Tractor-trailers are just whizzing by us

at 105, 110.

[Jon] We want to try and get the thing offloaded

as fast as possible.

Go ahead, pull it.

[Narrator] ...but as the doors open up...

Oh, man!

[Narrator] ...their hopes are collapsing.

These bottles all came out of their packaging,

and they're just all over the floor.

[Kim] It's gonna take forever to empty it.

Go ahead, pull it.

[Narrator] On a dangerous stretch of the 401,

just east of Belleville...

Oh, man!

[Narrator] ...Kim Reid's plan for a quick offload...

[Kim] This is gonna be an issue.

[Narrator] ...is falling to pieces...

This is an awkward, awkward load.

Is it full-full?

It looks like it's full-full.

[Geoff] They've got a lot of work to do.

[Kim] I know my guys are tired.

It's been a really long week.

They've been going pretty much non-stop

since Monday.

[Narrator] ...but Kim can't risk

leaving the cargo inside.

[Kim] The main reason we're offloading this is weight.

If we make the attempt to roll this over

with the trailer already being compromised,

we could have a bigger mess.

[grunting with effort]

[Narrator] So to minimize time in the danger zone,

the recovery crew starts rigging

while the offload crew is still at work.

We're just looking to chain this axle

up to the frame of the trailer,

so when we hook onto here to pull down,

we don't want this axle to twist down,

we want it to bring the trailer with it.

Keep going towards the back?

Yeah.

[Jon] We'll be on a time crunch here

to try and get this thing rolled over and off the highway,

'cause the police want this thing opened up

as soon as they can.

How's it going up here, boys?

Here, I'll go up.

[Narrator] There might be a chance

that they don't have to clear out the entire load,

but Kim won't know

until she can see what's up front.

[Kim] I'm stuck!

So, after the conditioner,

we've got, like, three rows of cotton thingies.

Awesome!

[Kim] I was rather excited to discover

that it was pallets of makeup pads,

no weight to them at all.

[Narrator] They should be light enough

to remain inside.

[Kim] Extremely happy

with makeup-remover cotton thingies.

With this discovery,

it means we're gonna get out of here a lot sooner.

So we have a change of plans.

Once the axle's chained up,

we'll stop the offload,

and then we're gonna roll it partially loaded.

[Jon] We're just rigging the front.

We're gonna put a chain up around the frame,

and then we'll run a low line to the truck here

to pull the front end down,

and then the rear truck

will grab the front and the back

and bring it all over for us.

Ready?

Okay. That's good.

[Narrator] ...but as more cargo comes out,

Kim's in for another surprise.

[Kim] Oh, look at the trailer.

Completely FUBAR'd.

[Geoff] There's about six or seven members there

that have been ripped right through.

[Narrator] It's so compromised

that even skids of cotton pads could be too much.

[Kim] Just so you guys know,

the trailer walls are FUBAR'd completely.

Rivets gone. You can see the snow.

[groans] Ah!

[Narrator] 350 kilometres southwest...

[Narrator] ...where the 401 splits off to Highway 402...

[Austin] Let's rock 'n' roll.

[Narrator] ...Austin Hutchinson

is on a mission.

I'm headed up the 402 here

just west of Colonel Talbot Road,

outside of London.

We've got a call here from the OPP

for an overturned fuel tanker.

[Narrator] ...and the Ross Services heavy crew

is heading to answer it.

[Austin] Thing looks to be laying

across the entire roadway.

It's looking like it's gonna be a pretty ugly scene.

This is a big deal.

This is not a small job by any means.

Anytime that you're dealing with a fuel tanker,

obviously it's a little bit more cause for concern.

[Narrator] Just up ahead...

[Mike] Pretty big mess.

[Narrator] ...lead op Mike Ross

is closing in,

along with the newest member of the crew,

his nephew Tyler.

I'm excited to go out to my first night wreck.

[Mike] Tyler's helpful to have around.

Another pair of hands is always good.

Okay, buddy!

[Narrator] Tonight,

they'll need every pair of hands

they can get.

[Mike] Oh, I knew this would be a bad one.

Not a nice place to be today.

[Narrator] The tanker barrelled through the median

and opposing traffic

before rolling across the westbound side of the highway.

[Austin] This tanker is hurt pretty good.

The front corner of this trailer

is actually inverted in.

It's a pretty clear indication

that this unit has taken a very hard hit

going into the ditch here.

So, first step

is to let these guys do their thing

and get this thing offloaded for us.

[firefighter] We've got a 53-foot fuel tanker

with 49,000 litres

of combustible, flammable liquid.

They've drilled holes into the tank

'cause we need to empty it.

Obviously when you're drilling into metal,

there's always an opportunity for spark.

[Austin] The danger is actually the vapor

that comes from the liquid gasoline.

They were concerned

that there was a significant amount of fumes in the air,

that it could be explosive.

Okay.

[Narrator] Crews have pumped out all the gasoline

their hoses could reach...

Go a little extra through here,

then we can go across there with our pole.

[Narrator] ...but that doesn't mean

they got it all.

We'll just chuck it across.

[Mike] When they pump the tanks,

there's always some fuel on the bottom somewhere.

[air brakes hiss]

We won't know until we start pulling on it.

[Narrator] They'll pull with both rotators,

trying to ease the tanker up gently

and onto its wheels.

Mike's gonna come up on the high side here

and kinda control the roll,

and I'm gonna start to pull from the bottom side.

Pull on that red one, Ty.

Just start walking with it.

Mike's just slowly gonna guide this thing

so that it doesn't slam back down the other way.

That's good, Ty, just let it drop there!

Should be good.

-Okay, go ahead. -You ready?

I'm gonna start leading that tractor.

Okay, it's good.

You all right, Mike?

Yeah.

You're all right.

Watch it, whoa, whoa.

She's coming.

Oh, oh, oh...

Whoa!

-Dammit. -That's a lot of fuel there.

It's a lot of gas...

[Narrator] On Highway 402

at the western edge of London...

[Austin] Dammit.

[Mike] That's a lot of fuel there.

[Narrator] ...as the tanker rolls up,

remaining gasoline is leaking out.

[Mike] Once we started lifting that tank off the ground,

the mud was all that was keeping that hole plugged.

Okay, down.

[Austin] Obviously, not an ideal situation,

but there's really nothing at this point

that we can do about it,

so we've got to just get this thing stood up

as quickly as possible.

You're down over here.

Okay, Austin.

A hazmat crew is already dealing with the fuel.

[Mike] They had containment measures in place.

They dammed up the ditch with dirt

because they were kind of expecting it.

[Narrator] Now it's up to Mike's crew

to deal with the next step

of removing the tanker from the ditch.

That was the easy part, I think, standing it up.

Getting it outta the ditch will be the hard part.

[Austin] It's a fairly steep ditch here.

We have to pull the thing backwards

and turn it at the same time.

Let's go!

No rest for the wicked.

I'll get my boom put away, and we'll get cranking.

[Narrator] Mike's rotator will winch the trailer back,

while Austin will guide the tractor around

and onto the road...

Okay, Austin.

Hey, Mike, hang on.

That front lift axle's [bleep] ya.

Yeah, we gotta do something with that.

That's what I mean, we need to be able to see it.

Let's shovel some of that dirt away

so we can see the asphalt.

[Austin] Our concern with this

is when we bring this thing up over the asphalt,

that the tires don't grab the asphalt,

and essentially peel the axle back the opposite way.

Tell Mike to give it a tug.

[Narrator] ...but Austin runs out of room...

I'm going to pull ahead a bit.

[Narrator] ...and needs to reposition his rotator.

I'll just pull the back end this way a bit.

Keep pulling, Mike.

I got it now.

Tell him I can clear it.

I'm taking... I'm taking it.

Just hold it, I can get it.

Love it.

It ended up coming up,

and so I just spun the thing once it had clearance

under the trailer frame.

Good.

[Tyler] It's pretty inspiring

seeing how good they work together,

and how quick they can get jobs done,

and that'd be something I'd like to take over one day.

[Mike] Okay, we're ready to roll.

Another happy customer.

[trucks rush past]

[Kim] How's it going?

[Geoff] Last hookup, and then we're ready to go.

[Narrator] Back east of Belleville...

Okay, so I'll call them

and tell them they can start prepping for the two lanes.

Okay.

Yeah.

[Narrator] Kim's crew

has finished the partial offload,

and is shoring up the rigging...

[Kim] Just so you guys know,

the trailer walls are [bleep] completely.

This one's complete [bleep],

this one's [bleep],

and I think this one's [bleep].

You see? You're totally compromised here.

[Narrator] ...but they're betting

that despite the damage,

they can lift the trailer

with the front portion of cargo still inside...

We have to put some angle iron.

-Angle on it? -Yeah.

Angle iron in there.

We've put an angle brace across it

to try to reinforce the corner of the trailer.

[Narrator] ...and they'll have some room to work.

[Kim] Okay, we have both lanes!

The goal is to have it closed

for the least amount of time as possible.

Boys are just getting into position,

and we'll hook our lines up and roll this over.

[Narrator] With one wrecker pulling on the trailer,

and the second pulling the tractor,

they'll work in unison

to roll both units at once.

Make sure everything's groovy over there.

[Jon] We're doubling up our lines with snatch blocks

to double up the pulling power we have.

We always wanna over-rig our jobs.

Right back up high.

We have to make sure that angle-iron stays in, too.

[Kim] We'll find out the hard way, right,

if it doesn't work.

[Jon] Absolutely.

[Kim] There's lots of unknowns.

You don't know how the load is gonna shift.

Geoff, you ready?

Yeah!

Okay, everybody else outta the way, please!

[Jon] If the wall does decide to give out,

we're gonna be here all night cleaning this thing up.

Me and Geoff are in eyesight of each other

for this rollover.

We're trying to do everything in sync

as much as possible

to try to not put too much load

on one truck or the other.

[scraping]

[Kevin] We're slidin'.

Pull your other line a little tight, Jon.

She's comin'!

Keep going.

Whoa!

[Kim] It's coming.

Slowly, but she's coming.

[Narrator] On the 401 near Salmon River,

Kim Reid's crew is about to find out

if the trailer will hold...

[Geoff] Keep going.

Whoa!

We're good there.

[Narrator] ...and if their gamble will pay off.

Keep going.

You're okay.

Keep comin'!

Little more on the top one, Johnny.

Yeah.

Good work, boys!

All right.

I'm done. We're gonna un-rig and get outta here.

[Jon] It came down nice and smooth.

[Kim] It came down very well.

You guys all hooked up?

Yeah, we're ready to go.

Good work, boys!

Let's get the hell outta here.

[Kim] Tonight was an incredible recovery.

Everybody coming together,

knowing their job

and working really well as a team.

[Narrator] Kim might still have to fight for respect

in her industry,

but there's no respect lacking in her crew.

[Geoff] She's been good to me.

As far as I can see, she's been good to everyone.

[Kim] I hope that my employees know that I value them.

You know, I'm incredibly, incredibly lucky.

If I didn't have the team that I have working for me,

I wouldn't be able to do this.

[Narrator] 450 kilometres southwest,

it's a new morning in Sarnia...

[Gary] We are rolling.

[Narrator] ...and Gary Vandenheuvel

is leading the way to a big scene.

[Gary] Collin and I got a call

from the Ontario Provincial Police.

We've got a tractor-trailer rolled over

on the centre median of the 402.

It's actually wheels-up on the trailer.

[Narrator] It's not the first time

he and his son Collin have faced a semi on its roof.

[Collin] So everyone's kinda everywhere today.

Today is one of those days.

This one definitely brings back memories.

[Gary] Hold up, Coll.

Hold it!

Heads up! Whoa!

-[strap snaps] -Oh!

[Collin] Holy!

That was close.

[Gary] It didn't go that well,

so we're just going to be

a little bit more cautious with this one,

and make sure that we take our time,

and watch how this comes over.

[Collin] We now have the tools in place,

and we have the ideas in place to do this safely.

We definitely wanna put those into play today.

Yeah, these trailers,

when the wheels are up like that,

you don't come across them very often.

So it'll be a good learning experience for him.

[Narrator] As they roll up on the westbound side,

just before Watford,

it's clear that this lesson...

[Gary] Looks like fun.

[Narrator] ...will be a tough one.

[Gary] This wreck,

the guy obviously lost control in the conditions,

and he jackknifed, went around.

It actually split the tractor and trailer from each other.

[Collin] Yeah, it's a big mess.

This is a pretty wild scene.

I've never seen a trailer folded over like this.

It's completely destroyed.

I wonder if it's gonna hold together.

Yeah, I don't know about this one,

if it'll stay together or not.

They said it was an empty trailer,

but if it's got racks on it,

that changes the game, right?

Full of racks?

Yeah, but they're empty.

Yeah, still, racks can push up about 10,000 pounds, so...

The racks are sharp.

They came right through the roof.

That kinda changes the game.

We were told this was an empty trailer.

[Gary] Okay, what's the plan?

What are you thinkin'?

So we're gonna wanna get that truck

outta the way first...

Okay.

...and then we can flip the two trucks around,

get them facing the opposite way there.

[Narrator] With Collin now poised

to head up the rookie heavy crew,

Gary needs to test his leadership

and decision-making.

Okay, what if we rotate it around,

get it to roll to its side,

slide it around,

and then we can back the other truck in behind it.

Well, we'll get this tractor out of the way first.

And then let's look what we've got.

-Yeah. -All right.

[Narrator] The new ops aren't on call today,

but Gary will stand back

and see how Collin takes control.

So the plan right now

is we're gonna get this truck outta the way.

We're just gonna drag it down into the centre of the ditch

so that when it comes back over,

it doesn't wanna rock and fall on its other side.

That would make for a really bad day.

[Collin] Don't have much space to work with on this one.

I really have to be mindful of where the trailer is,

because if we get the truck too close to the trailer,

we're gonna be in a really bad situation.

I'm curious,

Collin's set it up a certain way here.

He wants to slide it down first and then roll it,

so we'll see if it works or not.

I'm interested to see how it goes.

[Collin] It might come over.

It's gonna come over.

Good.

I like what I see.

[Narrator] It's not fully on level ground,

but Collin's managed to prevent the tractor

from toppling the other way.

[Collin] Now that it's on its wheels,

we're gonna grab the rear of the truck,

and we're gonna try to slide it up and out of the ditch.

[Narrator] The truck is still leaning off the slope...

[Collin] Just watch yourself.

It's gonna fight a little bit.

[Narrator] ...and that's causing a new snag.

Come on.

[Gary] Well, we've hit the bottom.

[Collin] As we're pulling it here,

it's actually digging into the mud.

[Narrator] Today is a test of Collin's leadership...

Can I suggest we re-rig?

[Collin] Yeah, I guess.

[Narrator] ...but the job is also testing

how well Gary can let him lead.

[Gary] Re-rig there, see if that makes a difference.

[Collin] Okay.

If not, we'll go a little lower yet.

[Gary] I do feel bad,

knowing that Collin's trying to make those decisions,

he's doing the best that he can,

but sometimes I just need to get in there,

and say, "Hey, let me give you this little tip."

Ready!

There we go, it's coming around.

One foot on that frame has made the difference, right?

Yeah.

[Gary] It's what I always say, it's about the rigging.

[Collin] Yeah.

Hold 'er there for a second.

I'm liking this.

Making big stuff move today.

We're just gonna pull that truck around real quick,

get it outta the way.

[Collin] It's nice to have the truck up and out,

onto the road.

We still have a long way to go

before this recovery's done.

[Gary] Take a look at that.

Quite a bow in this wall.

It's gonna be interesting

to see if this thing holds together.

[Narrator] The signs...

don't look good.

There's no structure left on this trailer.

[Collin] There's definitely a nervousness

doing a recovery like this,

because there's so much damage.

We could pull right through the side wall of this trailer,

and then it's just game over.

Big, big mess.

[Gary] We've got all those holes in the roof...

[Collin] Yeah.

...and I don't want to rip the strap open

as we're uprighting, right?

[Collin] Yeah, exactly.

Then we'll lose the whole trailer, so...

[Collin] Yeah.

[Narrator] Just east of Watford

on the westbound 402...

[Gary] Get a hammer,

we'll tap 'em all down into place.

Just try and take away the sharp edges if we can.

[Collin] Yeah.

[Narrator] ...Gary and Collin

are rigging up for a delicate pull

on the hard-hit trailer.

[Collin] The racks inside the trailer

actually punched through the roof.

This has exposed a lot of sharp metal.

You touch it with a strap,

it's just gonna blow it right apart.

All right, we'll see what it does when it comes up.

Yeah.

[Gary] So, what are you thinking?

[Collin] I'm hoping it's gonna work

the way we want it to here,

where we're gonna be able to swing 'er around here,

and it'll lie down on its side.

Yup.

My plan

is to roll this right where it sits

in the ditch,

because I can set the truck up

and just pull this thing right over.

Okay.

You in agreement that'll work,

that was your plan?

I think so...

The only problem you'll have as we roll it there

is then trying to get the silly thing around.

That landing gear is gonna fight us.

Well, the landing gear's already screwed anyways.

It's gonna fight us, though.

Yeah.

My dad has a different idea.

He wants to bring it around,

and then roll it

so that it comes up closer to the roadway,

and this makes a little bit more sense,

because if we roll it where it is,

we're gonna have to fight

to get the front of the trailer up onto the roadway.

If we get the landing gear close,

then we can use the rotator to physically pick it up.

Yeah.

If it's that far out...

It will be a bit of a problem.

...then it might be a bit of a problem.

Yup, okay.

[Narrator] So the new leader

will go along with the veteran's plan,

and swing the trailer around before uprighting it.

Here, if you can...

can you hold on?

[Gary] On jobs like these,

Collin and I sometimes go back and forth.

We have different views.

-Okay. -Okay?

We hash it out,

and that's part of the game,

and that's part of what we do.

Okay, guys, we're gonna start pulling on it.

Let me know if you see something

you don't like over there.

[Collin] She's a little biffed.

She might not hold together, so...

[Gary] If this doesn't come together right,

it's gonna make it a much longer day.

[Collin] Hopefully that's enough.

Definitely nerve-racking.

If it splits wide open,

then we've got a huge mess on our hands.

[Gary] Oh, it looks like

it's going to bring itself over on its own.

[Collin] How's the roof holding?

Looking good.

Floating a little bit.

It's gonna start digging in on that corner there.

[metal groaning and banging]

Ho, ho, ho!

Everything's moving in there now.

[Collin] This trailer's making an awful lot of noise

as we're bringing it around.

The walls of the trailer are moving,

the load's shifting.

[Gary] Take it slow. I'm just watching

'cause now it's wanting to go back the other way.

We may have to choose to roll it real soon.

[Collin] Yeah.

[banging]

That was, uh... that was interesting.

Yeah.

Just another one of the units settling.

[Collin] With these racks,

and with no structural integrity,

this is gonna be a fight.

-Gary? -Yeah?

That wall's really starting to bow.

What's coming out?

The wall.

Hold on, Collin.

Okay.

Sounds like the wall's coming out.

-Gary? -Yeah?

That wall's really starting to bow.

[Narrator] On the 402 east of Sarnia...

-Hold on, Collin. -Okay.

[Narrator] ...Gary's plan

to swing around the battered trailer is a miss.

There is nothing left in integrity there.

[Collin] Things are moving around too much inside,

so we're gonna have to stop.

[Narrator] The heavy racks

are pushing too hard against the compromised wall.

The problem we got

is there's a lot of weight in this thing.

Yeah, I know.

There's an awful lot of weight in those.

We've got roughly

about 10,000 pounds worth of load on this trailer.

So let's take these out of the way if we can.

-Yeah, we can get 'em right out. -Yeah.

If we pull three of these out,

that's probably, uh...

well, about 1,200 pounds.

[Brian] They're heavier than they look.

[Gary] They're a lot heavier than they look.

[Gary] Just wanna lighten the load just enough

that hopefully the wall can take that.

Yeah, I'm just worried, though.

[Narrator] ...but with two leaders on scene,

deciding how to position the remaining racks

is a source of debate.

Wanna pull the other one,

just down, one more down,

and then we'll set 'em as close to the bottom of the floor--

[Collin] Yeah, I just...

I'm not thinking we should pull too many down.

[Gary] So you wanna pull one more?

[Collin] I guess, yeah.

We'll get one more pulled out, and--

Out, or just down?

I don't know, you keep changing it.

I'm sorry.

[Collin] Where everything is sitting right now

seems to be a good spot.

My dad wants to lower them,

put them up against the lower wall.

My only fear with that

is that's a lot of weight on one side.

Which one do you wanna do?

-Whatever one you want. -You wanna do out or down?

You tell me.

You're the one who came up with this plan.

One more.

[Narrator] But this time,

Gary will go with Collin's decision.

-Lift that door a bit? -Yeah.

Next stage of this recovery

is getting this trailer upright,

so we're just running a couple low lines

off the stiff leg,

and a couple high lines off the truck,

and that should hopefully give us what we need.

Can you let it down a little bit?

[Narrator] Collin moves his rigging

to compensate for the weight.

Bit more...

Okay...

[Gary] He made the decision where he had his strapping,

and we'll see if it works.

[Gary] Okay, you ready, Collin?

[Collin] I'm ready if you're ready.

[Gary] Just watch underneath that bottom.

Get some on this red one.

Okay, that's it, that's it.

That's it, Collin, yeah.

Come on.

Roll over, you...

[Gary] I get a little nervous...

It's either gonna make it or break it.

There goes the weight. That's what we like.

Okay, Coll, keep 'er going now.

You got 'er. -Okay.

There we are.

Ho, ho, ho! I like that.

That's how you land a loaded trailer.

That's a high five.

[chuckling]

Nice.

Everything's actually intact pretty good, too.

It's squared itself back up, which is a nice thing.

This is a huge relief for us.

Were you nervous?

Well, I wasn't expecting the wall to stay,

but I was happy when it did.

[chuckling]

[Gary] Collin had to operate four lines,

and you don't know until you start uprighting

how things are going to react.

That's a pretty tough thing to do,

to keep this all together

and make sure you don't pull too hard

or too light on one piece,

because it could be the difference

between uprighting it or it crashing together.

Good job.

I knew he could do it. [laughing]

It's a good day.

It's a good day when you can get a truck over

and keep 'er going down the road.

Beautiful.

[Gary] I'm 36 years into towing.

I've developed my skill set,

but Collin has to do that for himself as well,

to make decisions on his own,

some good, some bad,

and he's gonna learn through that process.

[Narrator] As long as his father

can give him the room.

My dad's been stepping back more and more,

and giving me more control on the wrecks,

so I really want to be able to take that on

and run with it.

[honks horn twice]

[Collin] It's a good day.

[Narrator] Next time on Heavy Rescue: 401...

Yeah, we don't wanna have to reposition.

[Narrator] ...rookie team...

Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

[Narrator] ...ends up in a bind.

You're right in the lane.

Move over.

[Narrator] Husband and wife...

If something broke now, we would be in trouble.

[Narrator] ...feel the pressure...

[John] I just don't like this one bundle.

Oh, [bleep]!

[Narrator] ...and a veteran operator...

-[bang] -What the [bleep] was that?

[Narrator] ...has a close call.

I got hit!

[siren wails]

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