Original subtitles

[OFFICER KERRY SCHMIDT]: IT'S A CHAOTIC SCENE.

IT LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE.

[NARRATOR]: THIS TIME ON HEAVY RESCUE: 401 ...

CHAIN AND PULL IT OUT.

[NARRATOR]: ...A FIERY CRASH...

[VALTER CABRAL]: HEY, YO, YO, YO, YO!

IT'S SMOKING!

[NARRATOR]: ...SPURS A FRANTIC RECOVERY.

GET OUT OF THERE!

OOH, AND SHE BROKE RIGHT IN HALF.

[NARRATOR]: THE ROSS CREW FIGHTS...

YOU GET HURT, I'LL KILL YA!

[NARRATOR]: ...THROUGH FREEZING RAIN...

REALLY?

[NARRATOR]: ...AND A MUDDY WRECK...

BOOM DOWN, AND BOOM OUT.

[NARRATOR]: ...PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON MITCH.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

[NARRATOR]: AT THE BUTTONVILLE AIRPORT

NORTH OF TORONTO...

[NARRATOR]: ...THE OPP IS HEADING OUT

ON AN AIRBORNE PATROL...

[NARRATOR]: ...TARGETING THE NATION'S

BUSIEST STRETCH OF HIGHWAY...

[NARRATOR]: ...AND IT'S NOT LONG

BEFORE THEY SPOT THEIR FIRST RISKY BEHAVIOUR.

[KERRY]: WE'RE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR HIGH-RISK DRIVERS

ALL THE TIME.

THIS IS A HUGE CONCERN,

AND WHEN WE SEE AGGRESSIVE DRIVING,

WE WANT TO TAKE THOSE DRIVERS OFF THE ROAD,

BECAUSE WE KNOW

THEY ARE A PUBLIC SAFETY AND A TRAFFIC SAFETY RISK

TO EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE ROADS.

[♪♪♪]

HE'S GOING AT LEAST 150 KILOMETRES PER HOUR.

[NARRATOR]: ON THE EASTBOUND 401 IN SCARBOROUGH,

CONSTABLE LYNNE ALEXANDER HAS EYES ON THE VEHICLE.

[LYNNE ALEXANDER]: THEY DIDN'T DO ANY SIGNALING.

THEY'VE CUT ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC

WITHOUT A LANE CHANGE SIGNAL.

HE'S DRIVING AT A HIGHER THAN POSTED RATE OF SPEED.

I'LL TRY AND GET HIM TO MOVE OVER HERE.

[KERRY]: WE NEED TO GET THESE DRIVERS OFF THE ROAD,

TO MAKE SURE THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY IS THERE FOR EVERYBODY.

[KNOCKING]

HI THERE.

HI. THE REASON FOR MY STOP,

YOU'RE TRAVELING AT A SPEED

THAT IS WAY ABOVE 100 KILOMETRES PER HOUR, RIGHT?

[NARRATOR]: THE DRIVER WILL GET TICKETS FOR SPEEDING

AND AN UNSAFE LANE CHANGE.

THE OPP WILL STAY ON PATROL...

[NARRATOR]: ...AND 30 KILOMETRES WEST...

[SIREN WAILING]

[NARRATOR]: ...THEY'VE GOT A MAJOR INCIDENT BUILDING.

[NARRATOR]: A CRASH NEAR THE OVERPASS FOR HIGHWAY 427...

[NARRATOR]: ...HAS THROWN THE WESTBOUND EXPRESS...

[NARRATOR]: ...INTO CHAOS.

YOU GOT THIS TRANSPORT TRUCK ROLLED OVER,

IT'S ON FIRE RIGHT NOW.

FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE ON SCENE BATTLING THIS BLAZE,

TRYING TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL.

[KERRY]: RIGHT IN THE HEART OF TORONTO,

RIGHT BY PEARSON AIRPORT,

IT'S GONNA CRIPPLE AND OVERWHELM ALL THE SECONDARY ROADS.

[SAWS BUZZING]

[NARRATOR]: FIRE CREWS WORK TO ACCESS THE BURNING CARGO,

BUT PUTTING OUT THE FIRE

IS ONLY THE FIRST HURDLE.

[KERRY]: THE FIRE NOW GOING UP ONTO THE OVERPASS.

AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION,

WE HAVE THE MTO SHUTTING DOWN THE 401 WESTBOUND LANES.

WE ALSO HAVE THEM CLOSING

THE 427 FLYOVER LANES AS WELL,

BECAUSE SMOKE AND FIRE

ARE LICKING UP RIGHT ONTO THAT PART OF THE HIGHWAY.

WE HAVE A HUGE HEADACHE HERE FOR MOTORISTS,

AND A BIG MESS ON THE HIGHWAY TO CLEAN UP.

[♪♪♪]

[NARRATOR]: ON NORTH AMERICA'S BUSIEST HIGHWAY...

...CLOSURE

IS NOT AN OPTION.

[♪♪♪]

[NARRATOR]: WITH THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL,

SERGEANT KERRY SCHMIDT CAN ASSESS THE DAMAGE.

[KERRY]: YOU CAN SEE THE, UH...

END TREATMENT CRASH CUSHION HERE.

THESE SECTIONS SHOULD ALL BE STRETCHED OUT

ALONG THIS RAIL,

BUT DUE TO THE COLLISION,

IT'S BEEN COMPRESSED.

[NARRATOR]: THE WEIGHT AND FORCE OF A FULLY-LOADED SEMI

WAS JUST TOO MUCH.

THE SEMI, CHANGING LANES,

HIT THE CRASH BARRIER, AND FLIPPED,

SKIDDING UNTIL THE FRICTION IGNITED THE CARGO.

[KERRY]: THIS VAN TRAILER WAS LOADED WITH ROLLS OF PAPER.

WE'RE DEALING WITH BETWEEN 90 AND 100,000 POUNDS OF FREIGHT.

[NARRATOR]: IT'S A HEAVY MESS TO CLEAN UP...

[NARRATOR]: ...FOR STEVE PILLAI AND CREW...

STEVE, GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU, MAN?

[NARRATOR]: ...CALLED IN TO WORK WITH A.Z. TOWING.

[STEVE PILLAI]: THESE ROLLS OF PAPER, YOU KNOW,

THEY SHIFTED WHEN THEY GOT INTO THE ACCIDENT,

SO THE BACK OF THE TRAILER'S MANGLED,

AND THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER'S BEEN CUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

TO PUT THE FIRES OUT.

SO, ALL AROUND, IT'S A DISASTER.

[NARRATOR]: STEVE AND ROAD BOSS VALTER CABRAL

NEED A PLAN TO OFFLOAD ALL 22 OF THE ROLLS,

EACH WEIGHING IN AT CLOSE TO 5,000 POUNDS.

BASICALLY, THE WHOLE LOAD IS LOST.

IT'S FULL OF WATER.

CHAIN AND PULL IT OUT.

PUT ALL THE THINGS IN THE DUMP TRUCK.

[NARRATOR]: THEY'LL POSITION THE 50-TON WRECKER

TO DRAG OUT EACH ROLL,

ONE BY ONE.

WATCH YOUR BACK THERE.

[VALTER CABRAL]: WE'RE GONNA USE PRINCE'S TRUCK

TO HOOK UP THE PAPER ROLLS,

GET OUR GUYS INSIDE THERE WITH A CHAIN,

DRAG IT OUT TO THE STREET.

[PRINCE]: THIS IS SOAKED.

IT CARRIES MORE WEIGHT.

[VALTER]: BECAUSE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

USED A SPECIAL CHEMICAL IN THE FOAM THAT THEY USE,

AND IT WAS COLD,

THE FLOOR'S ALL SLIPPERY.

IT WAS LIKE AN ICE RINK.

-WHOA! -CAREFUL.

[VALTER]: EVERYBODY GET OUT OF THE TRAILER.

ONE GUY PUTS THE CHAINS ON, AND JUST WAIT, GUYS.

YOU'RE GONNA GET HURT.

WE GOING?

HOLD ON, MAN.

THAT'S IT.

WE GOTTA PULL IT TIGHT, EH?

GUYS, BEFORE I PULL, YOU GUYS COME OUT--

YEAH, YEAH, NO WORRIES--

--SO IT'LL BE EASIER TO SLIDE OUT, EH?

[NARRATOR]: STEVE'S HEAVY OPERATOR, PRINCE,

NEEDS TO EASE OUT EACH ROLL...

[PRINCE]: WHEN THEY ROLL OUT, THEY COULD HURT SOMEBODY,

SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL.

PRINCE, I WANT THE DOOR COME OUT.

PULL THE CABLE OUT. GO, GO, GO.

GO.

PULL IT.

PULL IT, PULL IT, PULL IT, PULL IT.

THERE YOU GO!

[STEVE]: IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY TO GET THE PAPER ROLL.

IT'S HEAVY.

[NARRATOR]: AND THERE'S STILL 21 MORE TO GO.

DON'T STOP, DON'T STOP, DON'T STOP, DON'T STOP!

[NARRATOR]: 150 KILOMETRES EAST...

[NARRATOR]: ...B&G TOWING'S MITCH WRIGHT

IS HEADING TO JOIN AN OFFLOAD ON THE EASTBOUND 401.

[MITCH WRIGHT]: SO, WE'RE ON THE WAY UP TO COLBORNE.

JUST ON THE WAY UP TO JOIN MY DAD.

WE'RE JUST GONNA GET UP THERE AND GONNA SEE WHAT'S, UH,

SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

[NARRATOR]: AS MITCH ARRIVES,

HIS FATHER, BILL, AND CREW

ARE JUST FINISHING A DELICATE OFFLOAD.

[MITCH]: THE TRACTOR-TRAILER LOST CONTROL,

ENDED UP IN A VERY MUDDY DITCH,

AND DUE TO THE IMPACT,

55-GALLON DRUMS FULL OF SULPHURIC ACID

BROKE A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER.

LOOKS LIKE IT CAUGHT SOME PART OF THE SHOULDER,

AND IT JUST SUCKED HIM RIGHT IN.

WHERE'S MITCH?

COMING!

[BILL WRIGHT]: THIS IS A JOB

THAT YOU HAVE TO EAT, SLEEP, AND BREATHE,

AND YOU HAVE TO LIKE WHAT YOU DO.

IT MAKES ME A PRETTY PROUD FATHER.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER HAS COME.

HE'S TESTED THE WATER.

THE GUYS IN THE TRAILER HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

-WE HAVE CONTAMINATED ZERO. -RIGHT ON.

SO...

JOB WELL DONE.

SO, THAT IS A, UH... GOOD TO GO.

NOT FINISHED YET.

[NARRATOR]: TIME FOR MITCH TO GO TO WORK...

[BILL]: WE'RE GONNA GET READY NOW TO DO SOME RIGGING,

AND LIFT THAT THING OUT OF THERE.

IT'S TIME.

[NARRATOR]: AND AFTER A LONG OFFLOAD...

THE PRESSURE IS ALREADY ON.

HOW MUCH LONGER YOU GUYS GONNA BE?

[BILL]: WE'RE JUST RIGGING TO LIFT IT OUT NOW.

[MITCH]: TRAFFIC'S DEFINITELY STARTING TO BACK UP.

IT'S BOTTLENECKING,

IT'S STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT HECTIC,

SO WE WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE AS FAST AS WE CAN,

AND, YOU KNOW, GET EVERYBODY MOVING.

[NARRATOR]: BUT THE WRECK IS MIRED IN DEEP MUD...

[MITCH]: THIS MUD'S, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR FEET DEEP.

YOU KNOW, ONCE IT GETS IN SO DEEP,

IT KIND OF JUST ACTS LIKE A SUCTION CUP.

THE PROBLEM WITH MUD IS

THERE'S NO REAL WAY TO CALCULATE

HOW MUCH RESISTANCE IT'S GIVING YOU WITH THAT SUCTION,

SO IT'S KIND OF RIG FOR WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST.

[BILL]: AROUND THE FRAME

AND LEAVE THE LOOP--

THE SECOND LOOP TALL.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND THEY HAVE TO FIGHT THE RESISTANCE

WHILE KEEPING A LANE OF TRAFFIC MOVING.

[BILL]: THE RECOVERY ITSELF IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT

IN THE FACT THAT IT'S PARALLEL TO 401,

WE HAVE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF SHOULDER

AND FIRST LANE TO USE,

SO FIRST OF ALL,

WE HAVE TO LIFT IT, GET IT OUT OF THE MUD,

AND THEN PROCEED TO BRING IT UP TOWARDS THE ROAD.

[NARRATOR]: SO BILL PLANS TO FIRST LIFT THE TRACTOR

AND FRONT OF THE TRAILER

OUT OF THE MUD'S GRIP AND ONTO THE ROAD.

THEN STEP TWO WILL BE BRINGING UP THE BACK END.

YOU GOT A CHAIN?

TAIL END, PLEASE.

HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU WANT THIS WRAPPED?

TWICE.

[BILL]: THE TRAILER IS DEFINITELY COMPROMISED.

HOPEFULLY, WE CAN GET IT OUT WITHOUT BREAKING,

AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO CHOP IT UP

TO GET IT OUT OF HERE.

WE CAN JUST TOW IT.

-ALL RIGHT? -YEAH.

[♪♪♪]

COME IN CLOSER?

THAT'S A PRETTY SERIOUS PULL.

NOW, THAT'S STARTING TO GET HEAVY.

AS I START TO PICK UP THE FRONT OF THE TRACTOR,

I REALIZE THAT THE FRONT WHEELS ARE STILL STUCK IN THE MUD.

OH!

MITCH?

WHOA. MITCH?

WE'RE NOT MOVING ANY.

SET 'ER DOWN, MITCH.

[NARRATOR]: BACK IN TORONTO...

LITTLE MORE, LITTLE MORE.

[NARRATOR]: ...THE SECOND COMPANY ON SCENE

HAS REMOVED THE TRACTOR...

GOOD!

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT STEVE AND CREW

ARE STILL DEEP IN THE OFFLOAD.

GRAB CHAIN.

[VALTER]: PUT ONE ON TOP AND ONE ON THE BOTTOM ONE,

AND WE'LL DO BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S GOOD.

YEAH, LIKE THAT, THAT'S GOOD.

OKAY, EVERYBODY OUT.

GO! GO!

[♪♪♪]

HOLD IT!

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, AND SOMEBODY SLIPS,

AND THE LOAD COMES DOWN,

IT COULD KILL SOMEBODY.

DON'T STOP, DON'T STOP, DON'T STOP.

OH, WATCH YOURSELF!

GET OUT OF THERE!

[NARRATOR]: NEAR PEARSON AIRPORT

ON THE WESTBOUND 401...

[VALTER]: HEY! YO! YO! YO!

IT'S SMOKING!

BOOM UP!

[NARRATOR]: ...STEVE'S CREW IS STILL STRUGGLING TO MOVE

THE 4,500-POUND ROLLS OF PAPER OUT OF THE TRUCK

AND OFF THE RECOVERY SCENE.

ONE GUY COME WITH THE CHAIN, TWO GUYS COME HERE.

LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO!

[RADIO BEEPS]

NO, THERE'S NO TRAFFIC GETTING PAST HERE RIGHT NOW.

[NARRATOR]: UNTIL THE CARGO IS OUT OF THE WAY,

THE RECOVERY FOR THE SEMI ITSELF

IS ON HOLD...

WHAT'S THE TIMELINE HERE?

WE GOT ABOUT ANOTHER EIGHT ROLLS

TO TAKE OUT OF THERE STILL,

AND THEN WE GOTTA UPRIGHT THE TRAILER STILL,

AND DO ALL THE CLEAN-UP STILL.

CAN WE EVEN GET ONE LANE OPENED UP THROUGH HERE?

YOU CAN SEE FROM HIS FACE, IT'S RED.

HE WANTS TO OPEN THE HIGHWAY.

YEAH, WHAT A MESS!

WE NEED THESE LANES OPEN.

IT'S A CRITICAL TIME

AND EVEN THE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON THE OTHER SIDE IS VERY SLOW

BECAUSE OF THE VISUAL DELAYS ON THE WESTBOUND.

[NARRATOR]: AND THE MORNING RUSH

IS ALREADY BUILDING.

LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO!

[NARRATOR]: ON THE EASTBOUND HIGHWAY NEAR COLBORNE...

SET 'ER DOWN, MITCH.

[NARRATOR]: ...BILL, MITCH AND CREW...

DAMN IT!

[NARRATOR]: ...HAVE LOST THEIR FIRST BATTLE

AGAINST THE MUD...

SO, AS MITCH STARTED TO LIFT UP ON THE TRACTOR,

THE FRONT PORTION OF THE TRUCK

REMAINED MIRED IN THE MUD

AS THERE WAS TOO MUCH SUCTION.

[MITCH]: DUE TO WHERE WE'RE HOOKED UP,

IT'S TRYING TO PICK THE BACK END OF THE TRACTOR UP,

AND NOT SO MUCH PICK UP THE FRONT.

[NARRATOR]: ...SO BILL'S WORKED OUT A PLAN

TO BRACE THE TRACTOR AND HOLD IT STRAIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA PUT A SET OF BRACINGS

IN BETWEEN THE TRACTOR AND THE TRAILER

TO GET MORE LIFT ON THE STEER AXLE.

[MITCH]: WE'RE GONNA SLIDE SOME FOUR-BY-SIXES

BETWEEN THE FRAME RAILS OF THE TRUCK AND THE TRAILER,

TO KEEP THE TRUCK LEVEL AS WE PICK IT UP OUT OF THE MUD.

YOU WANNA RUN AROUND, I'LL PASS YOU THIS?

ON TOP OF THE TIRES.

SEE HOW I GOT MINE?

[NARRATOR]: THEY JUST NEED THE WOOD

TO HOLD THE TRACTOR LEVEL LONG ENOUGH TO ESCAPE THE MUD

AND SLIDE THE TRUCK,

BUYING THE CREW A FEW FEET OF REACH.

LET'S GET THIS DRAGGED OUT OF HERE.

ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?

LET'S GO, BOYS.

JUST GIVE 'ER A LITTLE TINY BIT.

[MITCH]: EVERY INCH WE CAN GET THIS UNIT CLOSER TO OUR TRUCK,

STRENGTHENS OUR TOW TRUCK.

THE CLOSER WE CAN GET IT IN,

THE HIGHER WE CAN GET OUR BOOM UP,

THE MORE WE CAN LIFT.

IT'S COMING, IT'S COMING.

HERE SHE COMES.

I GOTTA GET 'ER UP JUST A LITTLE HAIR HIGHER.

MITCH, SUCK IT IN!

SUCK THE BOOM IN.

JUST LIKE THAT.

THERE WE GO.

GOOD. LOOKS GOOD.

[NARRATOR]: NOW THEY NEED TO PULL THE SEMI

ONTO THE ROAD...

GET YOUR TOW TRUCK UP HERE,

AND IN POSITION BESIDE IT.

WE WANT TO GET THE OTHER WRECKER

BROUGHT UP FROM BACK HERE,

AND GET IT TURNED AROUND AND GET IT HOOKED ON THE BACK.

BACK IN HERE!

MOVE THAT PYLON.

QUICK!

[MITCH]: WE'RE UNDER PRESSURE FROM ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY.

WE GOT EVERYONE ON OUR BACKS TO GET THIS JOB DONE.

BACK UP, BACK UP, BACK UP, BACK UP.

[NARRATOR]: ...SO EVERY SECOND COUNTS.

I'M HERE. I'M HERE.

[MITCH]: DUE TO THIS PART OF THE HIGHWAY

BEING A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY,

AND HAVING SUCH A LONG TRUCK,

JUST NOT A WHOLE LOT OF REAL ESTATE

CONSIDERING WHERE EVERYTHING WAS,

SO, YOU KNOW, I STRUGGLED GETTING THE THING TURNED AROUND,

AND, YOU KNOW, NOT HANDCUFFING MYSELF.

[NARRATOR]: WITH THE WRECKER FINALLY IN PLACE,

THE CREW RIGS FOR THE PULL.

OKAY.

BOTH OF US. LET'S GO.

[NARRATOR]: FATHER AND SON WILL HAVE TO WORK IN TANDEM...

I'M BOOMING IT UP,

AND I'M BOOMING IN.

KEEP IT GOING.

NOW UP AND IN.

[NARRATOR]: ...WITH BILL'S FIXED-BOOM WRECKER

PULLING ON THE BACK

WHILE MITCH'S ROTATOR LIFTS THE SEMI TO THE ROAD.

[MITCH]: WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH A ROTATOR

AND A STRAIGHT STICK AT THE SAME TIME,

YOU HAVE TO REALIZE

THAT THE ROTATOR HAS MUCH MORE VERSATILITY

WHEN IT COMES TO THE MANEUVERING

AND PULLING THE TRUCK OUT...

HANG ON, MITCH, LET ME CATCH YOU, BUDDY.

[MITCH]: ...SO YOU ALWAYS JUST HAVE TO KEEP A REAL GOOD EYE

ON YOUR STRAIGHT STICK,

AND MAKE SURE HE'S KEEPING UP WITH YOU.

GENTLY.

IF ONE OF US GETS AHEAD OF THE OTHER,

THAT'S WHEN BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

HOLD IT, HANG ON A SECOND.

WHOA.

YOUR FRONT WHEELS ARE JUST, LIKE,

FOUR INCHES OFF THE GROUND.

BOOM DOWN, AND BOOM OUT.

[NARRATOR]: AS THE MUD SLOWS DOWN BILL'S PROGRESS,

THE ROTATOR...

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

[NARRATOR]: ...GETS TOO FAR AHEAD.

BOOM DOWN, MITCH.

BOOM DOWN.

I GOTTA BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT COOL.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND YOU,

OR HOW MUCH STRESS YOU HAVE.

ALMOST THERE.

YOU REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE FIGURE IT OUT.

AWESOME.

THERE WE GO.

SWEET.

THAT WORKED OUT PRETTY SLICK!

GIVE THE OLD MAN SOME LOVE.

BEAUTY JOB, AWESOME.

[MITCH]: NOW THAT THIS WRECK IS UP ON THE SHOULDER,

IT'S A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF.

IT'S TIME TO GET THIS THING OUT OF HERE.

-BOOM. -ALL RIGHT.

PACK 'ER UP.

[NARRATOR]: THIS MORNING,

FATHER AND SON HAVE WON THEIR GAME OF INCHES.

[MITCH]: ME AND MY DAD, IN THIS, CLICK

MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

IT'S, UH...

YEAH, I DON'T EVEN HAVE WORDS FOR IT.

[BILL]: THE CASUALTY IS ON THE HOOK,

YOU'RE GOING BACK TO THE YARD.

IT'S A WIN.

[HONKS HORN]

[NARRATOR]: BACK IN TORONTO...

[NARRATOR]: THE WESTBOUND 401 HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN

FOR CLOSE TO SIX HOURS.

[TRUCKER RADIO]: THAT MESS IS STILL HERE.

[KERRY]: AS THE SUN IS RISING,

THE MORNING RUSH HOUR IS AT ITS PEAK,

AND NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH EVEN MORE TRAFFIC VOLUMES,

AND EVEN MORE DELAYS

FURTHER OUT FROM THE CRASH SITE.

[NARRATOR]: AND GETTING THAT TRAFFIC MOVING AGAIN

IS ALL UP TO STEVE AND CREW...

I ONLY GOT TWO MORE ROLLS IN THE BACK INSIDE, SIR.

OKAY, SO REALISTIC, THOUGH...

[STEVE]: ONE HOUR?

ONE HOUR UNTIL WHAT HAPPENS?

UNTIL THE TRUCK'S ON ITS WHEELS?

YEAH.

OKAY.

[VALTER]: THE HIGHWAY HAS TO BE OPEN NOW.

LIKE, THERE'S NO IFS, NO BUTS.

I WANT THIS ROLL OUT.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE. LEAVE THAT ONE THERE.

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT THERE'S NO MORE SPACE IN THE DUMP TRUCK

FOR THE FINAL ROLLS.

WE THOUGHT ALL THE LOAD WOULD FIT IN.

LOOKING AT THIS TRAFFIC,

HOW ARE WE GONNA CALL BACK

ANOTHER DUMP TRUCK TO COME?

PUSH ALL THIS IN.

[NARRATOR]: THERE'S ONLY ONE OPTION.

DRAG IT IN.

WE'RE GONNA FLIP THE TRAILER WITH THEM INSIDE,

AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.

PRINCE, BRING YOUR TRUCK HERE, PLEASE.

[NARRATOR]: PRINCE WILL PULL ON THE FRONT

WHILE A.Z. TOWING'S ROTATOR LIFTS ON THE BACK.

TOGETHER, THEY'LL ROLL AND CATCH THE TRAILER

AS IT LANDS...

GIVE ME MORE ROPE HERE, GIVE ME MORE ROPE HERE...

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT THE TRAILER IS SEVERELY COMPROMISED

FROM THE FIRE.

THE STRUCTURE OF THE WALLS ON ONE SIDE IS GONE.

IF THIS TRAILER BUCKLES,

IT MEANS MORE TIME CLOSING THE HIGHWAY.

[NARRATOR]: FLIPPING IT

WITH CLOSE TO 10,000 POUNDS BOUNCING AROUND INSIDE

IS A GAMBLE.

LIFT IT UP.

[PRINCE]: YOU THINK THIS IS EASY?

THERE'S NOTHING EASY WHEN IT COMES TO A WRECK.

BECAUSE DOING A RECOVERY,

IT TAKES A WHOLE LOT,

SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE READY TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.

TIGHTEN. YEAH, TIGHTEN.

IT IS A HEAVY WEIGHT,

BUT WE JUST GOTTA DO THIS NICE AND SMOOTH

SO IT DOESN'T SLAM TO THE GROUND.

VALTER, LET'S GO!

ALAM, GO. ALAM, GO AHEAD.

[♪♪♪]

ALAM, GO AHEAD. YOU GO AHEAD.

ALAM, GO AHEAD.

GIVE ME THE CATCH LINE, ALAM.

GIVE ME THE CATCH LINE SLOWLY. BRING IT DOWN SLOWLY.

I DON'T WANNA BLOW THE TIRE. WAIT!

[SLAMMING]

[NARRATOR]: JUST EAST OF THE 427 OVERPASS...

GIVE ME THE CATCH LINE, ALAM!

[NARRATOR]: ...STEVE AND CREW

NEED TO EASE OVER THE BURNED-OUT TRAILER...

I DON'T WANNA BLOW THE TIRE. WAIT!

[SLAMMING]

HEY!

HOLY, MAN.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND KEEP 10,000 POUNDS OF PAPER

FROM RIPPING IT APART...

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING, PRINCE?

LIFT THE THINGS UP.

[PRINCE]: I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA CAUSE

ANOTHER PROBLEM NOW.

OKAY, GO UP. UP, UP, UP, UP, UP.

[PRINCE]: SO, EVEN THOUGH WE STRAPPED IT,

I WAS VERY NERVOUS.

TIGHTEN UP THE OTHER ONE FOR ME,

TIGHTEN UP THE OTHER ONE.

[NARRATOR]: BUT AS THE TRAILER INCHES UPRIGHT...

HEY!

WATCH IT!

IT'S BENT. THAT'S THE PROBLEM WE HAVE.

[VALTER]: ONCE WE ROLLED IT OVER,

WE NOTICED

THAT ONE OF THE LANDING GEAR LEGS WAS BROKEN.

[PRINCE]: THE LANDING GEAR WAS TOTALLY GONE

DUE TO THE IMPACT,

SO THERE WAS NO LANDING GEAR.

[NARRATOR]: THEY CAN'T SET THE TRAILER DOWN

TO HOOK UP FOR THE TOW,

SO VALTER...

GET THE BOBCAT!

[NARRATOR]: ...MAKES A QUICK DECISION.

YOU'RE JUST GONNA HOLD IT.

GO BACK... STOP.

RIGHT WHERE THE LANDING GEAR IS, RIGHT ABOUT THERE.

TURN AROUND.

TURN, TURN, TURN.

YEAH, RIGHT ABOUT THERE.

[VALTER]: SO, WHAT I DID WAS

I GOT THE BOBCAT TO GO AROUND THE OTHER SIDE,

SUPPORT IT AS THE LANDING GEAR,

WHILE THEY GOT THE OTHER TRUCK READY TO GO UNDERNEATH

AND HOOK UP TO THE TRAILER.

OKAY!

GO, GO!

LOOK AT THAT WHEEL, IT'S LIKE THAT!

FRONT TIRES WERE GONE.

I HAD, LIKE, ONLY, LIKE, TIRES AT THE BACK.

EVERYTHING WAS GONE.

IT WAS MANGLED.

[NARRATOR]: BUT AT LEAST

THEY CAN LIMP IT OFF THE HIGHWAY.

[PRINCE]: FOR A GOOD JOB DONE,

AND OPENING THE HIGHWAY FOR THE CITY,

IT BROUGHT A WHOLE LOT OF RELIEF TO MY BODY.

IT MADE ME HAPPY.

[NARRATOR]: AFTER A LONG, TOUGH CLEANUP...

[NARRATOR]: ...THE WESTBOUND 401

CAN FINALLY START FLOWING AGAIN.

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE.

[KERRY]: IT'S A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES

TO FINALLY HAVE TRAFFIC MOVING AGAIN.

THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LONG CLEAN-UP,

AND, FORTUNATELY, AT THE END OF IT,

EVERYONE GETS TO GO HOME SAFE.

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

[NARRATOR]: 200 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST...

[NARRATOR]: ...FREEZING RAIN

HAS BEEN HAMMERING THE HIGHWAYS AROUND LONDON

FOR HOURS.

[NARRATOR]: IT'S A BUSY MORNING

FOR ROSS SERVICES.

JUST WEST OF TOWN, NEAR STRATHROY...

WELL, THERE'S LOTS GOING ON THIS MORNING.

[NARRATOR]: ...LEAD OP MIKE ROSS

ANSWERS AN URGENT CALL...

WE'RE HEADED OUT TO THE 402 HERE,

JUST WEST OF LONDON.

THERE'S A FEW TRACTOR-TRAILERS IN THE DITCH.

LOTS OF WORK THIS MORNING.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND NEWLY-PROMOTED ROTATOR OP

BRAD PRINCE

IS HEADING TO ANOTHER JOB 15 KILOMETRES FARTHER WEST...

NAH, WE'RE GONNA HEAD WEST.

[NARRATOR]: ...WITH BEAR RENDERS

FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND.

WELL, WE'RE HEADING DOWN THE 402,

WE GOT A JACKKNIFED TRACTOR TRAILER

DOWN BY STRATHROY.

[RICK "BEAR" RENDERS]: THE WEATHER CONDITIONS

REALLY SUCK,

AND THE ROAD'S ICE.

NOW THE ROSS CREW IS STRETCHED THIN

BECAUSE THERE'S WRECKS EVERYWHERE.

[BRAD PRINCE]: DAY FROM HELL.

THE ROADS ARE SLIPPERY,

THERE'S FREEZING RAIN EVERYWHERE,

AND IT'S STILL RAINING.

[NARRATOR]: AND THE BAD CONDITIONS

COME WITH AN EXTRA CHALLENGE FOR BRAD.

IT'S MY FIRST TIME DRIVING THE NEW ROTATOR,

SO IT'S A LITTLE NERVE-WRACKING.

PUSH IT IN THE HOLE.

[NARRATOR]: BRAD'S BEEN WORKING HIS WAY UP THE RANKS

FOR YEARS AT ROSS...

[BRAD]: I'M DEFINITELY IMPRESSED BY MIKE,

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!

[NARRATOR]: ...AND THIS WINTER,

HE'S BEEN OFFERED THE CHANCE

TO OPERATE THE COMPANY'S NEWEST ACQUISITION,

A 75-TON ROTATOR.

[BRAD]: IT'S DEFINITELY A BIG HONOUR

TO HAVE A TRUCK LIKE THIS.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT IT'LL DO.

[NARRATOR]: AND TODAY,

BRAD WILL FIND OUT WHAT HE CAN DO.

ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LONDON,

MIKE IS PULLING UP ON HIS SCENE.

OOH, AND SHE BROKE RIGHT IN HALF.

SET OF TRAINS, UH, WERE COMING EAST,

AND THEY ROLLED INTO THE CENTRE MEDIAN.

WOW.

THE WHOLE SIDE OF THE TRAILER'S

SEVERED FROM THE REST OF IT.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH TORE RIGHT OFF.

IT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH PULL.

WELL, IT'S A MESS.

[NARRATOR]: 15 KILOMETRES WEST,

BEAR AND BRAD ARE FACING A BIG MESS OF THEIR OWN.

[BRAD]: HOLY.

THIS ONE'S BAD.

IT'S DEFINITELY CLEAR FROM THE WEATHER

HE HIT SOME ICE AND JACKKNIFED,

AND PUT HIMSELF IN THE DITCH.

THE LOAD HE'S GOT ON ARE ROLLS OF VINYL,

AND THEY'RE SCATTERED EVERYWHERE.

EVERYTHING IS RIPPED,

LIKE, YOU CAN'T EVEN GRAB NOTHING.

[BEAR]: THE CAB IS RIPPED RIGHT OFF THE TRUCK.

THIS THING IS DESTROYED.

[SAW BUZZING]

[BRAD]: SO, FIRST THINGS FIRST,

I'M JUST GONNA CUT THE GUARDRAIL

AND GET IT OUT OF OUR WAY.

WE'LL JUST FLIP IT OVER THERE.

COME ON...

THERE'S ABOUT 40 FEET OF GUARDRAIL

JAMMED UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF THIS TRUCK.

[NARRATOR]: AND IT'S RIPPED THE FRONT END WIDE OPEN.

[BRAD]: THIS ONE BATTERY HERE IS CRACKED,

SO WE'RE GONNA GET RID OF THEM

SO WE DON'T RISK HAVING A FIRE.

[BRAD]: I'M SOAKED.

IT'S STILL RAINING.

I GO TO GRAB THE FIRST BATTERY--

[GROANS]

--AND IT SHOCKS THE HELL OUT OF ME.

YOU SON OF A BITCH.

REALLY?

[TRUCKER RADIO]: WE GOT A COUPLE SPUN OUT IN THE DITCH.

[NARRATOR]: ON THE 402 NEAR KERWOOD...

[TRUCKER RADIO]: YEAH, THIS IS THE AREA THAT IT GETS BAD.

[NARRATOR]: ...NEW ROTATOR OP BRAD

IS FIGHTING DANGEROUSLY SLICK CONDITIONS...

[GROANS] OW!

[NARRATOR]: ...AND A SET OF LIVE BATTERIES.

[GROWLS] OW!

I GO TO GRAB THE LAST ONE, AND I GET SHOCKED AGAIN.

YOU CAN TOUCH IT NOW,

I'M TIRED OF GETTING SHOCKED!

WHY?

[BEAR]: I DON'T FEEL BAD FOR BRAD.

HE'S GOTTA LEARN. I LEARNED.

[BRAD]: IN THE FUTURE,

ALWAYS GRAB THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL.

EVERYTHING IS SOAKED.

EVERYTHING IS SLIPPERY.

THE RAIN MAKES EVERYTHING WORSE.

[NARRATOR]: JUST DOWN THE ROAD TO THE EAST...

IF THEY WERE SILVER, WE'D BE RICH.

[NARRATOR]: ...MIKE'S BEEN JOINED BY A CREW

TO HELP OFFLOAD THE CARGO OF ZINC BARS.

YOU WANNA CHAIN ON IT, MIKE?

GIVE ME A CHAIN ON THE FAR SIDE

OVER TO YOUR CENTRE TOW PIN.

[NARRATOR]: NOW MIKE DIRECTS HEAVY OPERATOR ERIC MACKENZIE

TO START RIGGING.

THEIR FIRST MOVE,

SWING THE UPRIGHT REAR TRAILER ONTO THE ROAD,

BUT MIKE WANTS TO KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING.

DON'T WANT TO CLOSE THE WHOLE HIGHWAY DOWN TO DO IT,

SO WE'LL JUST USE THE ONE LANE WE HAVE.

[MIKE]: JERK IT AROUND AND SEE IF IT'LL CATCH.

[NARRATOR]: AND MIKE ALREADY HAS AN IDEA.

OKAY, REAL SLOW, ERIC.

[ERIC]: I'M GOING TO USE THE FRONT OF THE TOW TRUCK

TO BE ABLE TO PULL THE BACK OF THE TRAILER BACKWARDS

AS MIKE ROTATES THE FRONT OUT,

SO WE CAN GET IT BACK UP ON THE HIGHWAY

IN THE ONE LANE WE HAVE.

[MIKE]: WE'LL SEE WHAT IT DOES HERE.

[NARRATOR]: THE UNUSUAL MANEUVER WILL SAVE ROOM,

BUT IT MEANS WORKING UP AGAINST THE LIVE LANE

IN SEVERELY ICY CONDITIONS...

HEY!

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT NOW

THE TOUGH PART OF THE JOB BEGINS...

THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND JUST A FEW FEET AWAY,

MORNING TRAFFIC IS BUILDING.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA SPIN AROUND

AND GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

WHY DON'T YOU TRY PULLING IT BACK, RICK?

OKAY.

[NARRATOR]: JUST DOWN THE ROAD,

CONDITIONS ARE GETTING WORSE FOR BRAD AND BEAR,

JUST AS THEY PREP TO PULL THE FLAT DECK

OUT OF THE DITCH...

WHOA!

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT IN ONE PIECE.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

MAN, IS THIS STUFF SLIPPERY.

[BRAD]: THE LOAD'S COME OFF THE TRAILER,

AND IT'S ACTUALLY ROLLED UNDERNEATH THE TRAILER.

SO, FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS,

WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND SPLIT THIS TRUCK AND TRAILER.

[BEAR]: GIVE 'ER, BUDDY!

[NARRATOR]: NOW THEY NEED TO WEAVE THE TRAILER

THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE GUARD RAIL.

HEY!

LET ME PULL THE BACK END OVER!

[BRAD]: ANY TIME YOU GET A NEW TRUCK,

THERE'S ALWAYS FEAR.

THERE'S A LACK OF TRUST BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR EQUIPMENT.

HOLD ON. RICK!

RICK!

[NARRATOR]: BRAD HAS TO ADD A LINE

TO STABILIZE THE SWINGING TRAILER...

POOR OLD, BRADLEY,

HOW SHORT HE IS.

[NARRATOR]: ...MORE WORK FOR THE NEWLY-MINTED OPERATOR.

BOOM OUT, RICK.

LOOKS GOOD.

OKAY, I'LL DRAG 'ER THIS WAY.

WE GOT THE TRAILER UP ON THE ROAD NOW,

WE STILL GOT TO GET THE TRACTOR OUT.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND THAT WON'T BE EASY.

[BEAR]: THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS TRACTOR.

THE CAB'S LITERALLY RIPPED OFF,

SO BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY DO ANY WORK ON THIS THING,

WE HAVE TO GET THE CAB BROUGHT BACK ONTO THE TRUCK.

WE HAVE TO STRAP IT IN PLACE,

SO IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE WHILE WE'RE DOING THE RECOVERY.

LET'S JUST GRAB A HOLD OF THE CAB,

WE'LL PULL IT BACK IN PLACE.

YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT ANGLE.

[BRAD]: WELL, WE'RE GONNA STRAP IT IN PLACE,

AND THEN HOOK ON THE FRONT, AND PULL THIS THING AROUND

SO THAT WE CAN TOW IT FROM THE FRONT.

COME ON...

IF YOU GET HURT, I'LL KILL YA!

YOU OKAY?

YEAH.

IF I CAN EVER GET UP AGAIN.

THERE IS NOTHING HERE TO HOOK ON TO.

NOW WE'RE JUST GONNA RIG TO THE FAIRINGS,

AND PRAY TO GOD IT HOLDS ON.

[BRAD]: COME ON, COME ON, COME ON,

COME ON, HOLD ON.

[CRACKING]

REALLY?

[WRECK STRAINING]

[BRAD]: COME ON, COME ON, COME ON,

COME ON, HOLD ON.

[CRACKING]

REALLY?

[NARRATOR]: FREEZING RAIN IS PELTING THE 402...

WELL, THAT DIDN'T WORK.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND BRAD AND BEAR...

THAT SUCKS.

[NARRATOR]: ...CAN'T GET A SOLID GRIP.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE CAB SQUARE

BACK ON THE TRUCK.

THERE'S NOTHING HOLDING IT ON.

THERE'S A CROSS MEMBER THAT RUNS THROUGH HERE,

I'M GOING TO HOOK ON--

YEAH, I JUST SAW THAT.

I'M GONNA BRING IT UP TOP A BIT.

[BRAD]: WE'RE NOT READY TO GIVE UP ON THIS ONE YET,

SO WE'RE GONNA RUN A CHAIN TO ONE OF THE CROSS MEMBERS

UNDERNEATH THE CAB.

[NARRATOR]: BRAD'S DETERMINED

TO END HIS FIRST JOB ON THE ROTATOR

WITH A WIN.

WE'RE STILL NOT READY TO GIVE UP YET.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO HOME WITHOUT IT.

LET'S GO!

[CRACKING]

CLOSE ENOUGH!

GOOD JOB.

[NARRATOR]: IT'S NOT PRETTY,

BUT IF THEY CAN STRAP IT DOWN,

THEY CAN FINALLY MOVE ON WITH THE RECOVERY.

[BRAD]: SO, OUR NEXT STEP IS

WE GOTTA GET THE TRACTOR OUT OF THE DITCH.

IT'S STILL FREEZING RAIN.

IT'S BEEN RAINING ALL MORNING.

IT'S NOT PRETTY.

[NARRATOR]: WITH CONDITIONS GETTING WORSE,

BRAD AND BEAR NEED TO GET OFF THIS ROAD NOW...

[METAL CREAKING]

...BUT THERE'S ANOTHER OBSTACLE.

[BRAD]: THE GUARDRAIL,

IT'S WEDGED UP IN AND AROUND THE FRONT AXLE,

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CUT SOME OF IT OUT OF THE WAY

TO BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT OF THE DITCH.

[GRUNTING WITH EFFORT]

IF I PULL IT A BIT,

I WONDER IF THIS WILL COME OUT A BIT?

YEAH, GIVE 'ER A PULL, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

[♪♪♪]

[NARRATOR]: THEY'RE HOPING THE FINAL CHUNK WILL BREAK FREE

AS THE TRACTOR MOVES UP THE BANK...

THERE WE GO.

[NARRATOR]: BUT...

IT WENT IN BETWEEN THE TWO LEAFS.

JUST PULL AHEAD,

WE'LL WRAP A CHAIN AROUND AND PULL IT OUT.

[BRAD]: IT'S JUST BEST OFF TO FIGHT WITH IT NOW

AND GET IT OUT,

RATHER THAN FIGHT WITH IT HALFWAY HOME.

[♪♪♪]

COME ON...

[METAL SCRAPING]

THESE GUYS PUT THE TRUCKS INTO WORSE SPOTS,

AND WE GOTTA HURRY UP AND GET 'EM OUT.

SO NOW COMES ANOTHER FUN PART,

PULL THE DRIVE SHAFT,

AND CAGE THE BRAKES.

[NARRATOR]: BUT IT'S EVEN LESS FUN THAN BEAR PREDICTED.

DAMN IT!

TRANNY'S ENGAGED!

EVERYTHING IS BENT AND TWISTED SO BAD

THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS STUCK IN GEAR.

WE NEED TO GET IT BACK INTO NEUTRAL.

OF COURSE, WE CAN'T GET INTO THE FRIGGIN' THING.

IT'S GONNA BE A BITTER FIGHT RIGHT TO THE VERY END.

JUST CAN'T WIN.

[NARRATOR]: BACK TOWARD LONDON...

HEY, ERIC!

[NARRATOR]: EVEN AS THE ROAD GETS WORSE,

DRIVERS ARE SPEEDING UP...

WE'LL RUN ONE MORE LINE OFF OF YOUR TRUCK

TO THE BACK OF THE TRAILER.

[NARRATOR]: ...PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON MIKE AND ERIC

TO GET THE REST OF THE B-TRAIN BACK ON ITS WHEELS...

[ERIC]: TO ROLL IT OVER,

WE RIG UP THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE TRUCK,

GRAB A HIGH POINT,

AND TRY AND LAND IT BACK ON ITS WHEELS.

[NARRATOR]: AT LEAST THAT'S THE PLAN.

OKAY!

[MIKE]: IT AIN'T GONNA CATCH.

[ERIC]: THE SNOW AND ICE

JUST ISN'T LETTING THE TRUCK GRAB INTO THE DIRT,

AND IT'S JUST SLIDING OVERTOP.

DAMN IT.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET ANOTHER TRUCK ON IT.

[MIKE]: IT NEEDS A LITTLE EXTRA LIFT HERE

TO GET IT TO CATCH.

IT'S JUST KIND OF SLIDING ALONG HERE.

WE NEED SOMETHING ON THE FRONT OF THIS TRACTOR

TO MAKE IT FLOP FOR US.

[ERIC]: WE'RE GONNA TAKE MIKE'S TRUCK

AND RUN A WINCH LINE TO IT,

SO IT GIVES IT A LITTLE BIT OF PULL BACK.

WE'LL PUT THAT CHAIN RIGHT ON THE...

THE FRAME RAIL RIGHT HERE,

THAT CROSS-MEMBER.

OKAY, GIVE ME MY WHITE LINE ON THAT.

HOOK IT ON THAT STRAP THERE.

OKAY, HERE GOES, FELLAS.

[NARRATOR]: WITH TRAFFIC JUST A FEW FEET AWAY,

EVERY MINUTE ON THE FROZEN HIGHWAY

IS A MINUTE TOO MANY.

IT'S ON ITS WHEELS.

I'M PACKING UP,

I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE,

GONNA LET THESE GUYS FINISH THIS ONE UP.

I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE 401,

AND GET A COUPLE MORE THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING.

[NARRATOR]: MIKE'S CREW MOPS UP THE END OF THE JOB.

-[BEAR]: HEY, BRADLEY? -YEAH?

WILL YOU UNDO THE PASSENGER SIDE,

SEE IF YOU CAN GET IN AND PUT IT IN NEUTRAL?

YEAH.

[NARRATOR]: BEAR AND BRAD'S RECOVERY

HINGES ON BEAR WRESTLING OUT THE DRIVE SHAFT...

[BEAR]: PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE CLUTCH!

NO, IT'S TOO FAR OUT.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND THEY CAN'T GET THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL.

[BEAR]: THE TRANSMISSION'S STUCK IN GEAR.

THE DRIVE SHAFT WON'T TURN.

WE'VE GOT TO USE A SLEDGEHAMMER AND A JACK.

YOU JACK THE SHAFT OUT, HIT IT WITH A HAMMER,

AND IT POPS OUT.

[NARRATOR]: BUT WITH THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED,

THERE'S A SERIOUS RISK.

EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT WAY OF IT.

[BEAR]: THERE'S PRESSURE ON IT WHEN IT'S STUCK IN GEAR.

WHEN YOU'RE JACKING IT OUT,

THERE'S SO MUCH PRESSURE...

[CLUNKING]

[BEAR]: IF I HIT IT THE WRONG WAY,

AND IT COMES OUT, IT WOULD HURT.

LOOK AT THE PRESSURE ON THAT FRICKIN' THING.

[NARRATOR]: ON AN ICY STRETCH OF THE 402...

THIS THING IS JAMMED.

[NARRATOR]: ...BEAR RENDERS

IS FIGHTING A STUBBORN DRIVE SHAFT

THAT'S THREATENING TO FIGHT BACK.

[BEAR]: I'VE GOTTA BE EXTRA CAREFUL

PULLING THIS DRIVE SHAFT,

BECAUSE IT'S UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE.

LOOK AT THE PRESSURE ON THAT FRICKIN' THING.

EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT WAY OF IT.

BECAUSE THIS THING IS JAMMED...

[CLUNKING]

[BEAR SHUDDERS NERVOUSLY]

UNDER FORCE,

I JUST GOT ENOUGH WIGGLE ROOM

THAT IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE OFF THE SHAFT.

WELL, THERE IT GOES.

WE GOT 'ER LOOSE.

NOW WE JUST GOTTA WIGGLE IT OUT AND THROW IT ONTO THE TRUCK.

[BRAD]: PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF.

[CHAIN RATTLING]

CHAIN THE FRONT END ONTO MY STINGER,

THROW A COUPLE SAFETY CHAINS ON.

[BRAD]: WITH THE WAY WE HAD TO PULL THIS TRUCK OUT,

RICK'S NOW FACING THE WRONG WAY ON THE HIGHWAY.

[NARRATOR]: SO BEAR'S FINAL LEG

WILL BE IN REVERSE...

I GOTTA BACK DOWN ABOUT...

600 YARDS...

TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY,

WHICH I DON'T WANT TO DO, BUT...

YOU GOTTA DO IT.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET OUT AND BLOCK TRAFFIC

SO I CAN BACK AROUND THE CORNER.

NO PROBLEM.

[BEAR]: I'VE GOTTA BACK AROUND THIS RAMP,

ALL THE WAY AROUND THE RAMP,

'CAUSE IF I GO FORWARD,

I GOTTA GO 20 KILOMETRES TO THE NEXT EXIT.

[♪♪♪]

VERY STRANGE FEELING REVERSING DOWN A HIGHWAY.

[♪♪♪]

WE'RE GOOD!

THIS WAS A BEAST OF A RECOVERY.

YOU READY, BRAD?

[BRAD]: YEAH, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

WE'RE OUT OF HERE.

BRAD AND I WORKED AS AN AWESOME TEAM TODAY.

HOPEFULLY, I CAN WORK WITH HIM A LOT MORE.

[NARRATOR]: A HARD-WON SUCCESS FOR THE TEAM

AND THE NEW ROTATOR OP.

[BRAD]: ALL IN ALL, I THINK IT WORKED OUT FAIRLY WELL.

USING THE NEW TRUCK,

I'M LEARNING HOW IT OPERATES

JUST AS MUCH AS HOW TO DO THE JOB ITSELF.

DEFINITELY LEARNED NOT TO TOUCH THE BATTERIES.

[HONKING HORN]

[NARRATOR]: NEXT TIME ON HEAVY RESCUE: 401 ...

GET A CHOP SAW.

[NARRATOR]: MASSIVE PILEUP...

READY?

[NARRATOR]: ...SPARKS MARATHON RECOVERY.

I WANNA PROVE TO THEM THAT I CAN DO THIS.

[NARRATOR]: ANDREW'S NEW KID...

-WHOO! -ZACH, BLUE LINE.

[NARRATOR]: ...ATTEMPTS AN EXPERT-LEVEL MANEUVER...

OH!

WHAT AM I DOING HERE?

[HORN BLARING]

[NARRATOR]: ...AND SONNY BATTLES A BREAKDOWN...

[SONNY]: I THINK THIS IS THE PROBLEM.

[NARRATOR]: ...IN A BAD SPOT.

-[HORN BLARING] -LET'S GET OUTTA HERE.