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[Jim] This area is notorious
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for having
plenty of weather for us.
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When the winds
are blowing snow
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across the roadway like this,
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visibility drops
to darn near zero.
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[Big Jon]
It's a disaster up here.
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The storm kind of
caught people off guard.
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[Charlie]
Just waiting for it to happen.
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[Bad Grandpa]
We call it Deadman's Curve...
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[tires screeching]
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...because of
the amount of accidents
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that happen right here.
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We got us quite a mess
going on here.
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[Jim] I would avoid
going across that,
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'cause the wind
could blow you over.
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[Bad Grandpa] Oh no!
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[Seth] Stay together, baby.
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Time's tickin'.
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[Charlie] I cannot afford
for this to go wrong.
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[Dean] Watch it!
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[wind whistling]
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[Charlie]
Sunny and 54 in Denver,
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and then I drove from Denver
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to the Eisenhower Tunnel,
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and by the time
I got to the Eisenhower Tunnel,
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it was hammering snow.
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[Charlie]
I-70 can totally trick you.
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You can go from dry roads
10 miles away,
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and all of a sudden,
a whiteout snowstorm,
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and it gets dangerous quick.
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[Narrator]
When ground-level winds
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blast into the Rockies,
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the mountains
force the air upward.
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Rising air cools
and condenses into clouds
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poised to drop heavy snow.
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It's known as
an "upslope storm."
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[rapidly blasting horn]
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[Big Jon]
It's a disaster up here.
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The storm kind of
caught people off guard.
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A lot of people are chaining up.
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We'll pick up the stragglers
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that can't get going after that.
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[Narrator]
The Mountain Recovery crew
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is patrolling up and down I-70,
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on the lookout
for drivers in trouble.
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There's somebody
at the 192 eastbound, spun out.
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[Charlie] It's snowing hard,
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chain law's in,
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things are spinning out,
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crashes are bound to happen.
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This is the chain station
at the bottom of Vail Pass,
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eastbound.
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All right, you all chained up,
you good?
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They're chaining.
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[Seth] We try to help 'em out
down here
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before they end up
in too big of trouble.
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You got chains?
You all set?
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You all good?
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All right, cool, man.
I'm gonna give you a card anyway
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in case you end up needing us,
hopefully you don't.
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There you go, guys.
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[Big Jon] 09, don't worry
about chains right now.
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Get up here, there's cars
all over up here.
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[Charlie]
Before the night's over,
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I would imagine we'd have
some sort of incident.
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Just waiting for it to happen.
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[Narrator] That wait
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won't be a long one.
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[tires squealing]
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[Charlie] That's not good.
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[Art Farmer]
A lot of people don't know
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how to deal with the wind.
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That's the biggest issue
out here for the transports.
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[Narrator] Tonight,
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the powerful storm
hitting the mountains
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is blowing intense gusts
across I-80
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around Rawlins, Wyoming.
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Hey, Chad,
Art with Stauffers Towing.
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How are you doing today, man?
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[Narrator] Veteran operator
Art Farmer
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is ready for a busy night.
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So I've been working
for Stauffers Towing
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for about four years.
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Oh, livin' the dream.
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[Art] I like Wyoming,
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but if you don't like the cold
and you don't like the wind,
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don't move to Wyoming.
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It's all a dream,
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don't matter if it's a nightmare
or not, you know? [chuckling]
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[Art] If you're empty,
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that wind comes by,
knocks you in the side,
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it can take you
right off the road...
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[Art] ...and there's nothing
you can do about it.
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The best thing you can do
is slow down.
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[Narrator] Heavy winds
and blowing snow
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can close long stretches
of I-80 through Wyoming.
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[wind gusting]
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[Art] Sometimes
the roads are shut down,
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they can be shut down for days.
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This area is notorious for
having plenty of weather for us.
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[Narrator]
The newest member of Art's crew
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is answering a call
75 kilometres east.
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[Jim]
We're gonna go check on him.
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We're gonna be Good Samaritans.
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[Art] So, Jim,
he's been here three weeks.
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So far, he's showing
a lot of promise.
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[Jim] Right now,
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the highway is shut down
due to, uh, high blowing winds.
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When the winds are blowing snow
across the roadway like this,
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visibility drops
to darn near zero.
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[Narrator] When authorities
shut the highway,
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one semi driver
tried to make it through...
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and lost traction on the ice.
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[Jim] I have no idea
why this guy's on the highway
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with this kind of weather.
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Whee!
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I think there's
a little bit of wind!
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[wind whistling]
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The truck spun out on the ice,
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so we're gonna try
to drag him up.
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[wind gusting and buffeting]
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[Jim] All right, you ready?
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If you have any problems,
just blare your horn.
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[Jim] Drivers are usually
pretty happy to see us
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when we show up.
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This guy
was no exception to that.
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A little chilly out there.
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These are conditions
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you don't want to be
on the road during,
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but it's, uh,
it's part of the job.
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Let's go, buddy.
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[Jim] There's some ice patches,
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but it's not
completely iced over.
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I can drag him
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just with the motor power,
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and not have to winch him.
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[Narrator] Jim's pulled him
past the icy stretch,
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so the driver should be able
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to make it off the highway
on his own.
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[Jim] That worked out nicely.
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All right, buddy,
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stick in the left lane,
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'cause there's less ice.
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We got him up the hill,
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so now it's clean up,
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get out of his way
so that he can get going.
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It's pretty much downhill
from here to the next exit.
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So, I'm going to
keep an eye on him,
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see how far he gets.
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Hopefully he can at least
make it down the hill
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without running off the road.
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I'm kind of hoping
those lights get smaller.
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[Jim] And then
I see his lights stop,
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so time to go up,
catch up to him,
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see what's going on.
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Are you kidding me?
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[laughing]
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Yeah, I think
he just got stuck again.
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This guy is just having
a bad day.
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He can't make the turn.
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I think he started sliding
making the turn.
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Yeah, he got stuck again.
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He's stuck
in the middle of the road.
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[wind gusting]
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[Narrator] On I-80
east of Rawlins,
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Jim is heading to help
the same stuck driver...
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This guy is just having
a bad day.
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[Narrator]
...for the second time
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in just minutes.
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The driver
came off the highway,
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got to the top of the on-ramp,
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and made a left turn
to go across the bridge.
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[Narrator] The trailer is now
up against the crosswind,
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gusting at almost
80 kilometres per hour.
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This is going to be
interesting.
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[shouting] No!
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It's cold enough out here,
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and the wind is strong enough
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with the ice blowing around...
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The gloves,
blowing off into the wind!
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...that you can actually
start to succumb to frostbite
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relatively quickly.
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I would avoid
going across that,
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because the wind's going to be
blowing right at you.
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It could blow you over.
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Try to go straight back.
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Slow little movements, yeah.
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One-wheel drive.
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He's slipping on the ice.
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He just found a nice
little ice patch right there,
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so I'm going to try to pull him
back off that ice patch
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so that he can get straight.
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[Jim] We're going to hook onto
his passenger side
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and hopefully drag him
sideways...
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off the ice,
out of the roadway,
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and to a safe spot.
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Are your truck brakes set?
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Yellow handle, pull it out.
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I want the front to roll.
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I'm going to try to get you
off that ice.
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Hey, try to go forward.
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Yeah, there you go.
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And we got the roadway clear!
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The road's closed,
so just sit tight, okay?
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Whoo!
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[Jim] Successfully gotten
the driver back off of the road,
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and he's in a safe spot.
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I get to call home base
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and figure out which direction
they want me to travel
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for the next one.
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I'm glad I got my glove back.
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It was fricking cold.
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[wind whistling]
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[Big Jon] Let's roll.
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We're headed to I-70
at the 1-4-3, westbound.
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There's a semi,
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double trailers rolled over
on the shoulder.
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[Narrator] The crew
is driving 112 kilometres west
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to the scene of last night's
double-trailer rollover.
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[Charlie] Colorado State Patrol
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felt that it should wait
until the daytime
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to be recovered.
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[Narrator]
The driver escaped unhurt,
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and authorities didn't want
to risk a recovery
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until the weather cleared.
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Now the pressure is on.
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[Charlie] CDOT wants
everything done by 2:00 p.m.,
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you know, and obviously
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it's because
school starts letting out,
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and then work
starts letting out, right?
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It's going to be a challenge.
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[Bad Grandpa] We got about
three, four inches of snow
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last night,
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so we had a busy night.
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A lot of us were out
all night long.
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[Charlie] Bad Grandpa,
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he conquers
whatever he puts his mind to.
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[Bad Grandpa]
They call me "Bad Grandpa"
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because everybody thinks
I got one wife
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and three girlfriends.
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Well, that's really
kind of a rumor.
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You never know
what we're in for
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until you get on scene,
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and take a look at it.
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We call it Dead Man's Curve.
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That's because of
the amount of accidents
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that happen right here,
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and it's kind of out
in a desolate area.
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06 is on the scene.
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We got us quite a mess
going on here.
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[Big Jon]
Sweet, we got a good one.
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I wonder if it was icy
out here?
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They said the driver was okay.
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Try not to get run over here.
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It basically
looked like a yard sale
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on the side of the road.
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I thought to myself,
258
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"We're going to be here
a while."
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[Big Jon] It's rolled over.
260
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The two trailers are broken
apart from each other,
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which is a pretty
difficult thing to do.
262
00:14:40,145 --> 00:14:41,447
I've only seen that
one other time.
263
00:14:43,782 --> 00:14:44,817
[Bad Grandpa]
Yeah, and it looks like
264
00:14:44,817 --> 00:14:48,153
the safety chains
have totally snapped
265
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and broken off
from the other trailer.
266
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You can see the hitch
totally released on it,
267
00:14:55,361 --> 00:14:58,931
and, uh, sent the other trailer
flying out of here.
268
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I'm going to pull
my truck down here.
269
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We can start working
on this one,
270
00:15:15,114 --> 00:15:17,449
and then once we get
this lane closed,
271
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we'll reposition
a little better.
272
00:15:18,984 --> 00:15:20,386
This 2:00 p.m. deadline,
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Charlie might be a little
optimistic with it.
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We're going to do our best
to get it done.
275
00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,828
[Charlie] Hey, can you advise
HLT and CSP
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that we're going to have
the number two lane closed
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at the 1-4-5 westbound
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for approximately
a two-hour closure?
279
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[radio dispatch]
10-4, will do.
280
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Nice day.
281
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[Charlie]
Are they pretty full, or no?
282
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[Bad Grandpa]
The front trailer, 13,000,
283
00:15:44,743 --> 00:15:46,078
and the rear, 7.
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[Narrator] It's a mixed load
of freight,
285
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everything from pet food...
286
00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:50,950
[Charlie] You got a cat?
287
00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:52,851
[Bad Grandpa] Hell, no.
288
00:15:52,851 --> 00:15:54,853
[Narrator] ...to solar panels.
289
00:15:54,853 --> 00:15:56,755
First trailer
that's hooked up to the tractor,
290
00:15:56,755 --> 00:15:58,223
this weird mixed load,
291
00:15:58,223 --> 00:15:59,258
and it's heavy.
292
00:15:59,258 --> 00:16:00,993
[Charlie] I don't know,
we're just going to blow
293
00:16:00,993 --> 00:16:02,361
this side of the trailer
out, though,
294
00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:04,263
if we just roll it,
you know what I mean?
295
00:16:04,263 --> 00:16:05,564
[Bad Grandpa]
Oh, yeah, for sure.
296
00:16:05,564 --> 00:16:08,067
[Charlie] We'll get in here
with the track machine
297
00:16:08,067 --> 00:16:10,035
and salvage what we can
298
00:16:10,035 --> 00:16:11,704
without trying
to blow the side out.
299
00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:13,472
We've got to unload
quite a bit more
300
00:16:13,472 --> 00:16:15,441
than what we thought.
301
00:16:15,441 --> 00:16:17,876
[Bad Grandpa] Yeah, this thing
is a total loss.
302
00:16:17,876 --> 00:16:20,112
This is a disaster.
303
00:16:30,155 --> 00:16:32,591
[Charlie] Yeah,
traffic is still moving.
304
00:16:32,591 --> 00:16:34,994
This semi here
is moving a little fast.
305
00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:36,729
Slow him down.
306
00:16:38,764 --> 00:16:40,699
[Narrator] On I-70,
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the 2:00 p.m. deadline
is coming fast.
308
00:16:44,136 --> 00:16:47,406
[Charlie] You know, we've got
a live lane closed here,
309
00:16:47,406 --> 00:16:49,441
and the idea is to get
this thing out of the way
310
00:16:49,441 --> 00:16:50,576
as quick as possible.
311
00:16:51,377 --> 00:16:52,478
Hey, it's 03.
312
00:16:52,478 --> 00:16:55,414
Let's talk about
what we want to do.
313
00:16:55,414 --> 00:16:58,017
So that one we are going
to unload completely, right?
314
00:16:58,017 --> 00:16:59,451
Because we're going to break
the side out if we don't.
315
00:16:59,451 --> 00:17:00,786
Yeah, I think
that whole wall is compromised,
316
00:17:00,786 --> 00:17:02,755
pretty much ripped through.
-[Charlie] Yeah.
317
00:17:02,755 --> 00:17:04,923
[Narrator]
For maximum efficiency,
318
00:17:04,923 --> 00:17:07,926
Big Jon will work
to upright the rear trailer
319
00:17:07,926 --> 00:17:11,196
while Charlie and crew
offload the front one.
320
00:17:11,196 --> 00:17:13,432
Then Big Jon will reposition
321
00:17:13,432 --> 00:17:17,336
to lift the damaged
front trailer and tractor.
322
00:17:17,336 --> 00:17:19,405
All right, here we go.
323
00:17:27,613 --> 00:17:29,982
We're going to try to see
if she'll come over.
324
00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:32,684
Well, the gamble is just,
you don't know what's in there,
325
00:17:32,684 --> 00:17:35,921
you don't know
what's compromised, what's not.
326
00:17:37,523 --> 00:17:40,392
[Charlie] The load is not
in any way uniform.
327
00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:42,194
Lots of manpower
is what that takes
328
00:17:42,194 --> 00:17:43,796
to offload that properly.
329
00:17:45,264 --> 00:17:48,033
[Bad Grandpa]
We got the crew showing up,
330
00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:48,934
they're showing up one by one.
331
00:17:48,934 --> 00:17:51,403
Yeah, dog.
332
00:17:51,403 --> 00:17:53,439
We're going move
all this stuff out of here,
333
00:17:53,439 --> 00:17:55,574
and then Jon wants to roll this.
334
00:17:55,574 --> 00:17:57,476
[Charlie] Now you're set?
335
00:17:57,476 --> 00:17:59,144
[Gilbert]
So trying to work as a team
336
00:17:59,144 --> 00:18:01,680
to get your job done fast enough
337
00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,615
to not upset
the state patrol or CDOT.
338
00:18:03,615 --> 00:18:06,218
[Charlie] We're loaded really
heavy on one end, or what?
339
00:18:06,218 --> 00:18:07,553
[Narrator]
The mismatched cargo...
340
00:18:07,553 --> 00:18:09,188
[Charlie] There we go.
341
00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:11,523
[Narrator] ...is already
causing problems
342
00:18:11,523 --> 00:18:13,292
for the offload team.
343
00:18:13,292 --> 00:18:15,661
[Charlie] Load me up!
344
00:18:15,661 --> 00:18:18,263
[Charlie] It's sketchy,
it's annoying,
345
00:18:18,263 --> 00:18:19,832
the load just wants
to shift everywhere.
346
00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:24,103
Everything's on its side,
347
00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:25,404
and nothing wants to line up
348
00:18:25,404 --> 00:18:26,738
and come out in one big piece.
349
00:18:26,738 --> 00:18:28,540
[Bad Grandpa]
It's going to break...
350
00:18:29,741 --> 00:18:30,742
Oh, no!
351
00:18:30,742 --> 00:18:32,111
[Charlie]
We've got things breaking...
352
00:18:33,412 --> 00:18:34,813
cargo going
all over the place...
353
00:18:34,813 --> 00:18:36,215
[crunching]
354
00:18:36,215 --> 00:18:37,916
[Gilbert] There you go.
355
00:18:37,916 --> 00:18:40,285
Yeah, that's it!
356
00:18:40,285 --> 00:18:42,621
Just makes more hand work
for all the guys.
357
00:18:43,689 --> 00:18:46,758
[Bad Grandpa] What the hell
is that other stuff?
358
00:18:46,758 --> 00:18:48,827
[Charlie] This is way
more messy than what we thought.
359
00:18:48,827 --> 00:18:49,828
Time's tickin'!
360
00:18:49,828 --> 00:18:52,131
[Narrator]
20 metres down the road,
361
00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:54,299
Big Jon and his crew...
362
00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:56,001
[Big Jon]
Just drop it for a second.
363
00:18:56,001 --> 00:18:58,804
[Narrator] ...are racing
to rig up the rear trailer.
364
00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:06,678
[Big Jon] Perfect,
it's doing what we want.
365
00:19:06,678 --> 00:19:07,846
I'll get enough lift
366
00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:09,548
to just slide this strap
underneath it
367
00:19:09,548 --> 00:19:11,750
for when we're going to
roll it over in a little bit.
368
00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:13,719
There was no-
no space under there,
369
00:19:13,719 --> 00:19:16,121
so we made some space.
370
00:19:17,689 --> 00:19:19,892
The worst-case scenario
you got here
371
00:19:19,892 --> 00:19:22,528
is if something's compromised
that we can't see,
372
00:19:22,528 --> 00:19:25,030
it's gonna self-unload itself.
373
00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:27,499
[Seth] Yeah, you got a binder?
374
00:19:27,499 --> 00:19:30,002
[Big Jon] Um... this chain
is going to go...
375
00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:31,170
get wrapped
into the landing gear,
376
00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:32,404
like right here.
377
00:19:32,404 --> 00:19:34,573
This is going to be
our catch line.
378
00:19:34,573 --> 00:19:37,609
All right, let's see
if I'm good at basketball today.
379
00:19:41,613 --> 00:19:42,848
This strap is going to
have to get hooked
380
00:19:42,848 --> 00:19:43,782
to this chain.
381
00:19:43,782 --> 00:19:44,983
You're-you're a monkey,
get up there.
382
00:19:44,983 --> 00:19:45,817
[Seth] Yeah.
383
00:19:47,719 --> 00:19:50,055
[Seth]
You're pulling winch lines.
384
00:19:50,055 --> 00:19:52,024
You want a ladder?
385
00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:53,192
My natural habitat.
386
00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,662
[Seth] Basically
just getting chains
387
00:19:56,662 --> 00:19:58,530
and metal and iron
into this thing
388
00:19:58,530 --> 00:19:59,865
so you can grab it
where you need to
389
00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:01,099
and make it do what you want.
390
00:20:04,803 --> 00:20:06,438
I'm going to go help
these guys
391
00:20:06,438 --> 00:20:07,706
control this load over,
392
00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:09,141
and then I'll come back.
393
00:20:09,141 --> 00:20:12,578
[Narrator] With moving traffic
just metres away,
394
00:20:12,578 --> 00:20:13,912
Charlie wants to ensure
395
00:20:13,912 --> 00:20:18,283
the trailer makes a soft,
controlled landing.
396
00:20:18,283 --> 00:20:19,418
The quickest way
to get that done
397
00:20:19,418 --> 00:20:21,887
was actually to take
the track machine
398
00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:23,922
and hook up a catch strap
to that
399
00:20:23,922 --> 00:20:26,658
just to make that
happen quickly.
400
00:20:26,658 --> 00:20:28,460
I would go off of the main beam
401
00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:30,429
across the top of the--
402
00:20:30,429 --> 00:20:32,164
-Right here?
-Yup.
403
00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:37,302
[Narrator] As Big Jon pulls
to roll the trailer,
404
00:20:37,302 --> 00:20:40,405
Charlie will add some resistance
on the other side,
405
00:20:40,405 --> 00:20:42,107
softening the touchdown.
406
00:20:44,710 --> 00:20:47,012
[Charlie] There's some risks
that come with that.
407
00:20:47,012 --> 00:20:50,882
We're a lot lighter
than that trailer might be,
408
00:20:50,882 --> 00:20:52,718
and it could take us with it
if it wants to.
409
00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:55,320
Hey, you know
what you're doing?
410
00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,623
Yeah. [laughing]
411
00:20:58,957 --> 00:21:00,225
[Charlie] It's really important
412
00:21:00,225 --> 00:21:02,694
that Big Jon and I
work together in tandem
413
00:21:02,694 --> 00:21:03,962
to roll this trailer over.
414
00:21:03,962 --> 00:21:05,430
He gets a little bit
ahead of me,
415
00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:07,132
and I don't
have control over it yet,
416
00:21:07,132 --> 00:21:08,233
it could roll up,
417
00:21:08,233 --> 00:21:11,303
and then it could roll back over
into his truck.
418
00:21:16,241 --> 00:21:18,010
[Seth] We could definitely
break this thing,
419
00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:18,977
but try not to.
420
00:21:18,977 --> 00:21:21,980
Try not to make
more work for ourselves.
421
00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:26,318
There you go.
422
00:21:26,318 --> 00:21:29,288
[Big Jon]
Charlie, go pretty fast.
423
00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:32,257
[Narrator]
The plan only works
424
00:21:32,257 --> 00:21:35,794
if Charlie's line stays tight.
425
00:21:35,794 --> 00:21:36,795
[Charlie] Hang on.
426
00:21:36,795 --> 00:21:39,631
Hold on! Hold on!
-Ho!
427
00:21:44,836 --> 00:21:47,372
-Hurry!
-Hold on!
428
00:21:52,010 --> 00:21:54,446
[Big Jon]
Charlie, go pretty fast!
429
00:21:54,446 --> 00:21:57,282
I'm holding
the heaviest spot right now.
430
00:21:57,282 --> 00:22:00,786
I can't hold on too long.
[chuckling]
431
00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:03,055
[Narrator] On I-70 in Colorado,
432
00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:05,691
Big Jon needs Charlie
to tighten his grip
433
00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:07,693
on the suspended trailer.
434
00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,762
-There we go.
-Good?
435
00:22:19,204 --> 00:22:21,106
[Big Jon]
Loosen up a little bit.
436
00:22:33,919 --> 00:22:36,221
[Big Jon]
We don't know the weights.
437
00:22:36,221 --> 00:22:38,290
We don't know
what's actually in here,
438
00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:40,225
so a lot of unknowns.
439
00:22:44,963 --> 00:22:47,699
[Big Jon]
Just about to be all yours.
440
00:22:47,699 --> 00:22:50,369
Yeah, I feel it.
441
00:22:57,909 --> 00:23:00,145
[Charlie] It's really important
to control these loads
442
00:23:00,145 --> 00:23:01,913
and to know
how they're going to land.
443
00:23:01,913 --> 00:23:05,283
There's a lot of momentum
that we're creating, right?
444
00:23:05,283 --> 00:23:06,651
Yeah, and we could
445
00:23:06,651 --> 00:23:09,121
get out of control
with that load pretty quickly
446
00:23:09,121 --> 00:23:11,757
if we're pulling on it
too hard, too quick.
447
00:23:18,497 --> 00:23:19,998
Yeah, buddy!
448
00:23:19,998 --> 00:23:22,200
[Big Jon] Nice work.
449
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:23,602
That was good.
450
00:23:25,771 --> 00:23:28,974
[Bad Grandpa] Things
are going well right now.
451
00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:32,043
We didn't compromise anything
out of the other trailer.
452
00:23:32,043 --> 00:23:34,379
It stayed intact,
453
00:23:34,379 --> 00:23:37,449
so that saves us about
four hours of manual labor
454
00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:38,650
right there.
455
00:23:39,851 --> 00:23:43,088
This one
wasn't too complicated.
456
00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:45,257
We'll go play with this
next one,
457
00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:46,958
it's got a lot more challenges.
458
00:23:46,958 --> 00:23:50,095
This second trailer
and the tractor
459
00:23:50,095 --> 00:23:51,696
is pretty much destroyed.
460
00:23:51,696 --> 00:23:53,532
The whole top of the trailer
is ripped open.
461
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,135
[Charlie] Ah, this sucks!
462
00:23:57,135 --> 00:23:58,570
[Narrator]
...and the messy offload
463
00:23:58,570 --> 00:24:02,374
is pushing them
right up against the deadline.
464
00:24:02,374 --> 00:24:04,543
Oh, man!
465
00:24:05,477 --> 00:24:06,478
[Charlie] Leading up to it,
466
00:24:06,478 --> 00:24:07,679
and even showing up to the wreck
467
00:24:07,679 --> 00:24:09,047
as a planned recovery,
468
00:24:09,047 --> 00:24:10,549
knowing that 2:00 p.m.'s
our deadline,
469
00:24:10,549 --> 00:24:12,617
and now seeing
what we have to deal with,
470
00:24:12,617 --> 00:24:15,654
I don't think we're going to
be able to achieve that goal.
471
00:24:15,654 --> 00:24:17,722
[Bad Grandpa]
The odds are zero.
472
00:24:17,722 --> 00:24:19,691
Negative zero
that's going to happen.
473
00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:23,261
[Charlie] They're so slippery.
474
00:24:23,261 --> 00:24:24,563
They just slip
all over each other.
475
00:24:24,563 --> 00:24:26,231
It's so annoying.
476
00:24:27,566 --> 00:24:29,935
[Big Jon] We're running
low on time right now.
477
00:24:29,935 --> 00:24:31,470
We're just trying
to get this done.
478
00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:33,572
It's taking a little longer
than we expected.
479
00:24:34,539 --> 00:24:37,209
Is it just me,
or did traffic pick up?
480
00:24:38,877 --> 00:24:41,246
[Bad Grandpa] I'm trying
to keep everybody happy,
481
00:24:41,246 --> 00:24:43,248
keep everything moving here.
482
00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:46,218
That traffic count
is picking up.
483
00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:47,486
Definitely feeling the crunch.
484
00:24:51,556 --> 00:24:53,325
[Big Jon]
It's taking too long.
485
00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:55,494
Let's just
roll this thing over.
486
00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:59,431
[Narrator] Big Jon and Charlie
decide to change the plan.
487
00:24:59,431 --> 00:25:01,066
[Big Jon]
We're running out of time,
488
00:25:01,066 --> 00:25:03,902
so we got to just try
to junk-roll it
489
00:25:03,902 --> 00:25:05,070
and get that thing rolled over,
490
00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:07,639
and hold in as much product
as we can.
491
00:25:07,639 --> 00:25:10,909
[Narrator] Rolling it with
half the freight still inside
492
00:25:10,909 --> 00:25:12,310
will save time.
493
00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:16,248
The question is, at what cost?
494
00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:18,350
[Charlie] It's always a gamble
495
00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:19,251
when you're trying
to lift things
496
00:25:19,251 --> 00:25:21,386
with cargo left in it.
497
00:25:21,386 --> 00:25:23,522
You never know how that
trailer's going to react,
498
00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:24,856
and if a wall's
going to blow out.
499
00:25:24,856 --> 00:25:27,726
[Big Jon] Seth, do you want
to start rigging this with me?
500
00:25:27,726 --> 00:25:28,727
[Seth] Uh, sure, yeah.
501
00:25:30,395 --> 00:25:31,830
[Big Jon] Get it done.
502
00:25:33,965 --> 00:25:37,402
We're going to put another
snatch block right there,
503
00:25:37,402 --> 00:25:41,373
and then go to that chain
by the front tire on the top.
504
00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:44,476
Now just tip-hook this
into that loop.
505
00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:07,566
[Narrator] In Wyoming,
506
00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:10,569
the worst of the storm
has blown through...
507
00:26:10,569 --> 00:26:14,272
Little bit of wind going on,
plenty of ice on the road,
508
00:26:14,272 --> 00:26:15,574
plenty of snow blowing around,
509
00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:19,277
and temperature
is 14 Fahrenheit.
510
00:26:19,277 --> 00:26:21,513
[Narrator]
Jim is back on the road,
511
00:26:21,513 --> 00:26:24,482
cleaning up in the aftermath.
512
00:26:24,482 --> 00:26:26,718
When you get
truck drivers out here,
513
00:26:26,718 --> 00:26:28,687
and you've got the ice
and everything like that,
514
00:26:28,687 --> 00:26:30,956
they start playing
truckers on ice.
515
00:26:33,191 --> 00:26:36,061
[Narrator]
While Jim heads to a call,
516
00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:38,763
he's not the only
Stauffers operator
517
00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:40,999
hitting the highway.
518
00:26:40,999 --> 00:26:42,067
We're on the 2-87,
519
00:26:42,067 --> 00:26:44,536
which heads north
out of Rawlins.
520
00:26:46,071 --> 00:26:47,539
I'm Brendan Madia,
521
00:26:47,539 --> 00:26:49,674
a light-duty,
medium-duty driver,
522
00:26:49,674 --> 00:26:51,977
training to be
one of the heavy boys.
523
00:26:53,011 --> 00:26:54,613
When I get a call on 2-87,
524
00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:56,881
usually
my heart definitely drops.
525
00:26:56,881 --> 00:26:58,550
It's a two-lane highway,
526
00:26:58,550 --> 00:26:59,884
speed limit
is 70 miles per hour.
527
00:26:59,884 --> 00:27:03,188
There's no dividers,
there's no nothing.
528
00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:05,323
The wind blows really hard
out there,
529
00:27:05,323 --> 00:27:07,859
so getting a call out there
530
00:27:07,859 --> 00:27:09,961
is definitely, you know,
531
00:27:09,961 --> 00:27:11,363
a "kiss Lillian bye,
532
00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:13,298
tell her
I'll be back home later,
533
00:27:13,298 --> 00:27:16,334
and hopefully I make it."
[laughing]
534
00:27:17,869 --> 00:27:19,437
[Narrator]
Brendan's heading to a job
535
00:27:19,437 --> 00:27:22,440
just down the road from Jim.
536
00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:31,049
[Brendan] It's simple,
a pickup truck broken down.
537
00:27:31,049 --> 00:27:32,384
Shouldn't be too hard...
538
00:27:39,290 --> 00:27:40,759
Are you kidding me?
539
00:27:40,759 --> 00:27:42,761
...but there's no keys for it.
540
00:27:47,766 --> 00:27:50,201
Um, we can get a car
on and off a bed
541
00:27:50,201 --> 00:27:51,403
with no keys, no problem.
542
00:27:53,038 --> 00:27:55,640
But it is on the shoulder...
543
00:27:57,776 --> 00:28:00,679
which is sloped,
and it is stuck in "park."
544
00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:03,581
I can't get it out of "park,"
545
00:28:03,581 --> 00:28:05,950
so it's going to slide
a little bit.
546
00:28:05,950 --> 00:28:08,953
It's not going to come
straight up the bed.
547
00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:12,691
[Narrator]
10 kilometres south...
548
00:28:19,564 --> 00:28:22,967
[Narrator] ...Jim has
pulled up on his own scene.
549
00:28:24,102 --> 00:28:25,203
[Jim] Give me a second,
550
00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:26,271
I'm going to run my lines out
551
00:28:26,271 --> 00:28:27,138
and drag you back on the road.
552
00:28:27,138 --> 00:28:29,207
[Jim] So, he's empty.
553
00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:31,743
We're going to hook up to him,
554
00:28:31,743 --> 00:28:34,479
and we're just going to drag him
right back up on the roadway.
555
00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:42,420
All right, buddy!
556
00:28:42,420 --> 00:28:43,621
Uh, release your brakes,
557
00:28:43,621 --> 00:28:45,824
and I'm going to see
who's got more pull.
558
00:28:46,791 --> 00:28:49,828
Hold the steering wheel
towards me.
559
00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:54,199
[Narrator]
It looks simple enough...
560
00:28:54,199 --> 00:28:57,302
[Jim] Turn the steering wheel
a little bit that way.
561
00:28:57,302 --> 00:28:59,170
[Narrator]
...but Jim didn't count on
562
00:28:59,170 --> 00:29:01,106
the steep bank of the ditch.
563
00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:07,479
Yeah, turn
the steering wheel straight.
564
00:29:07,479 --> 00:29:08,613
[Jim]
When the wheels would turn,
565
00:29:08,613 --> 00:29:10,048
or they would catch resistance,
566
00:29:10,048 --> 00:29:13,651
they would start to slide
sideways on the ice.
567
00:29:14,552 --> 00:29:16,121
Come on, buddy...
568
00:29:18,690 --> 00:29:21,793
[Jim] For every two feet
we'd pull him up,
569
00:29:21,793 --> 00:29:24,195
he'd slide about a foot
back down into the ditch.
570
00:29:25,330 --> 00:29:26,865
[Jim groaning in frustration]
571
00:29:26,865 --> 00:29:29,734
All right, go ahead
and set your brake.
572
00:29:34,839 --> 00:29:36,708
I gotta call
for a second truck.
573
00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:41,913
[Narrator] Jim calls
for the only help available.
574
00:29:43,181 --> 00:29:46,184
Hi, I'm turning around.
575
00:29:46,184 --> 00:29:47,318
I'm gonna grab him, um--
576
00:29:47,318 --> 00:29:48,553
he was sliding in too much,
577
00:29:48,553 --> 00:29:50,488
so I needed to turn around,
578
00:29:50,488 --> 00:29:52,357
and I may need you
to hook your side-puller
579
00:29:52,357 --> 00:29:55,326
to keep his tail
from sliding away from me.
580
00:29:55,326 --> 00:29:57,896
[Brendan] Great, okay.
581
00:29:57,896 --> 00:30:01,132
[Narrator] Luckily
even without keys,
582
00:30:01,132 --> 00:30:03,868
Brendan's wrangled the pickup.
583
00:30:05,737 --> 00:30:07,739
[Brendan] We're alone out here.
584
00:30:07,739 --> 00:30:10,074
If Jim needs help, I'm gonna
go out there and help him.
585
00:30:10,074 --> 00:30:13,611
[Narrator] He'll quickly
drop the pickup at the shop,
586
00:30:13,611 --> 00:30:16,581
and head back out
to lend a hand.
587
00:30:16,581 --> 00:30:18,383
I've been doing this
for four years now,
588
00:30:18,383 --> 00:30:20,652
and I've tried quitting twice...
589
00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:25,790
and I always end up
back in the truck,
590
00:30:25,790 --> 00:30:29,527
so obviously
I kind of enjoy what I do.
591
00:30:38,136 --> 00:30:39,938
Beautiful.
592
00:30:39,938 --> 00:30:42,774
All right,
let's get the hell out of here.
593
00:30:56,754 --> 00:30:59,457
[Narrator] On I-70 in Colorado,
594
00:30:59,457 --> 00:31:03,394
the crew is ready to rig up
the partly loaded trailer...
595
00:31:07,498 --> 00:31:09,901
[Narrator] ...but the level
of destruction
596
00:31:09,901 --> 00:31:12,170
has exceeded their time limit...
597
00:31:12,170 --> 00:31:14,672
[Charlie] CDOT gave us
a deadline of 2:00 p.m.
598
00:31:14,672 --> 00:31:16,207
to get this wreck
out of here,
599
00:31:16,207 --> 00:31:17,775
but we're beyond that already.
600
00:31:17,775 --> 00:31:18,877
It's 3:00 p.m.,
601
00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:20,211
and we're only
about halfway through.
602
00:31:21,212 --> 00:31:23,815
[Bad Grandpa] Yeah, we try
to do the best we can.
603
00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:26,818
You know, it's gonna be
a little longer than expected
604
00:31:26,818 --> 00:31:28,786
with this recovery here.
605
00:31:28,786 --> 00:31:30,221
[Narrator]
...and as time gets later,
606
00:31:30,221 --> 00:31:33,124
the road gets busier.
607
00:31:33,124 --> 00:31:34,392
[Bad Grandpa] This is
608
00:31:34,392 --> 00:31:36,594
one of the heaviest
traffic times of the day.
609
00:31:36,594 --> 00:31:39,430
We're getting ready
to flip this one on its wheels.
610
00:31:39,430 --> 00:31:41,900
[Big Jon] I have to turn around
real quick.
611
00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:43,167
I'm not going to have
a good angle.
612
00:31:43,167 --> 00:31:45,570
No, we're not turning around.
613
00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:48,072
They'll kill me.
They're already watching this.
614
00:31:48,072 --> 00:31:51,175
[Narrator] With traffic
already bottle-necking,
615
00:31:51,175 --> 00:31:54,646
Charlie can't afford
to close down the second lane
616
00:31:54,646 --> 00:31:56,481
for Jon to reposition.
617
00:31:56,481 --> 00:31:58,149
[Bad Grandpa]
We got school traffic,
618
00:31:58,149 --> 00:32:00,218
we got people
going home from work,
619
00:32:00,218 --> 00:32:02,120
we gotta get this going.
620
00:32:09,594 --> 00:32:10,695
There's no way
621
00:32:10,695 --> 00:32:12,430
we're going to get
a traffic hold here, though.
622
00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:14,732
It's just... it's going to be
impossible on that corner.
623
00:32:21,406 --> 00:32:24,409
[Big Jon]
You can work off the front,
624
00:32:24,409 --> 00:32:25,410
but there's no jack legs
up front.
625
00:32:25,410 --> 00:32:26,911
There's nothing stabilizing you.
626
00:32:26,911 --> 00:32:28,346
[Charlie] Just hang on,
627
00:32:28,346 --> 00:32:29,914
let me just wait for a break.
628
00:32:29,914 --> 00:32:31,783
[Narrator] So they need
to take advantage
629
00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:34,385
of any break in the traffic.
630
00:32:34,385 --> 00:32:36,020
[Seth]
We just need a second.
631
00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:38,990
[Big Jon]
Let's do it right now.
632
00:32:38,990 --> 00:32:40,725
Traffic's moving slow enough
633
00:32:40,725 --> 00:32:42,493
that we can have Big Jon
634
00:32:42,493 --> 00:32:44,896
turn that truck
all the way around
635
00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:45,797
without that full closure.
636
00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:47,532
[Charlie] Go, go, go!
637
00:32:47,532 --> 00:32:49,534
Slowly!
638
00:32:49,534 --> 00:32:51,569
Yoo!
639
00:32:58,843 --> 00:33:00,178
We got it.
640
00:33:01,512 --> 00:33:02,847
-[Big Jon] Nice work.
-[Charlie laughing]
641
00:33:04,015 --> 00:33:05,516
[Narrator] The first step,
642
00:33:05,516 --> 00:33:06,951
shift the trailer
643
00:33:06,951 --> 00:33:10,188
to make room
to slide straps underneath.
644
00:33:16,627 --> 00:33:17,562
All right, let's do it!
645
00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:35,713
[Big Jon] Yeah!
646
00:33:37,382 --> 00:33:38,883
I think we'll be able
to get these straps
647
00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:40,585
pulled underneath.
648
00:33:51,996 --> 00:33:54,065
[Narrator] In Wyoming...
649
00:33:54,065 --> 00:33:55,500
[Jim] Oh, there you go.
650
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:59,670
[Narrator] ...help has arrived
for Jim's sliding semi.
651
00:33:59,670 --> 00:34:01,739
[Jim] Brendan's showing up,
so that's good.
652
00:34:01,739 --> 00:34:03,207
It's always good to have
an extra set of hands
653
00:34:03,207 --> 00:34:04,642
on any recovery.
654
00:34:04,642 --> 00:34:06,144
[Jim] What I might do
655
00:34:06,144 --> 00:34:08,312
is have you hook
to the front of him.
656
00:34:08,312 --> 00:34:11,315
I'm afraid of him
sliding back over.
657
00:34:11,315 --> 00:34:12,350
We'll use his truck
to hold the tractors
658
00:34:12,350 --> 00:34:14,085
while I grab the trailer
659
00:34:14,085 --> 00:34:16,087
and drag it sideways
up out of the ditch.
660
00:34:16,087 --> 00:34:17,789
Take that single
and just put it right here...
661
00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:18,823
Yeah.
662
00:34:18,823 --> 00:34:20,191
...and then just hold him,
663
00:34:20,191 --> 00:34:22,093
and then park, like, right here,
664
00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:23,227
and just hold the ass end
from going over,
665
00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:24,395
I think we'll be fine.
666
00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:25,263
Okay.
667
00:34:25,263 --> 00:34:27,065
[Narrator] For Brendan,
668
00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:29,300
eager to earn a spot
on the heavy crew,
669
00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:31,202
any chance to assist
670
00:34:31,202 --> 00:34:33,671
is a chance to prove himself.
671
00:34:35,673 --> 00:34:36,908
You disconnected
672
00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:38,109
and pulling out
from the trailer?
673
00:34:38,109 --> 00:34:39,610
Yeah, I'm going to
grab the trailer now.
674
00:34:40,645 --> 00:34:42,346
[Jim] We'll use
a continuous loop strap
675
00:34:42,346 --> 00:34:45,083
to a wheel strap
between the duals
676
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:48,086
to essentially lift the tires
677
00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:50,221
and facilitate it
to be dragged sideways.
678
00:34:50,221 --> 00:34:52,623
Low or high?
679
00:34:52,623 --> 00:34:53,691
[Jim] Low!
680
00:34:53,691 --> 00:34:55,293
You're just keeping him
from sliding in.
681
00:34:55,293 --> 00:34:57,261
[Jim] Brendan's younger
682
00:34:57,261 --> 00:34:58,262
and kind of starting out
in his career,
683
00:34:58,262 --> 00:35:00,131
but he's taking advantage
684
00:35:00,131 --> 00:35:02,733
of being able to learn a lot
from myself,
685
00:35:02,733 --> 00:35:05,603
and I'm sure he's got plenty
to teach me as well.
686
00:35:08,172 --> 00:35:10,241
[Brendan] Come on.
687
00:35:12,176 --> 00:35:13,544
[Jim] There we go.
688
00:35:22,453 --> 00:35:24,956
Oh, yeah, it works perfect!
689
00:35:29,293 --> 00:35:31,996
[Brendan] Well,
we pretty much got him out.
690
00:35:31,996 --> 00:35:33,631
There's still
a little bit of ice,
691
00:35:33,631 --> 00:35:35,333
so we're going to get
out of his way
692
00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:36,367
and have him pull forward,
693
00:35:36,367 --> 00:35:38,302
and see if we can't
get him out
694
00:35:38,302 --> 00:35:40,505
without us dragging more cable,
695
00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:41,939
'cause it's still a little icy,
696
00:35:41,939 --> 00:35:44,142
but we'll see what happens.
697
00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:47,111
[Jim] Go ahead nice and slow.
698
00:35:47,111 --> 00:35:48,546
If you start sliding,
699
00:35:48,546 --> 00:35:50,781
I'm going to just have you stop.
700
00:35:50,781 --> 00:35:51,749
Go ahead.
701
00:35:56,187 --> 00:35:57,388
All right,
702
00:35:57,388 --> 00:35:59,524
best of luck to you, buddy.
703
00:36:01,459 --> 00:36:03,528
[Brendan] The best way to learn
is just to go out and do it.
704
00:36:03,528 --> 00:36:05,496
You know, we can talk
all we want in the shop,
705
00:36:05,496 --> 00:36:07,031
but every situation
is different.
706
00:36:09,333 --> 00:36:11,536
All right, let's get
the hell out of here.
707
00:36:11,536 --> 00:36:12,503
[Jim]
Any sort of job like this,
708
00:36:12,503 --> 00:36:14,005
teamwork is paramount,
709
00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:15,373
and we worked together very well
710
00:36:15,373 --> 00:36:16,541
to make sure
that everything got done
711
00:36:16,541 --> 00:36:17,542
the way it needed to get done.
712
00:36:17,542 --> 00:36:19,644
-Good job, man!
-[laughing]
713
00:36:19,644 --> 00:36:20,578
Yeah!
714
00:36:25,416 --> 00:36:27,285
[Brendan] It's definitely
a different calling
715
00:36:27,285 --> 00:36:29,353
for a different kind of person.
716
00:36:29,353 --> 00:36:32,690
It's hard on your family life,
it's hard on the body,
717
00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:34,492
sometimes it's hard
on your mental state...
718
00:36:35,593 --> 00:36:39,697
but I can't imagine
doing anything else.
719
00:36:51,008 --> 00:36:54,011
[Charlie] Let me pick up
on that with my bucket.
720
00:36:59,717 --> 00:37:01,152
There you go.
721
00:37:01,152 --> 00:37:02,353
[Big Jon] This winch line,
722
00:37:02,353 --> 00:37:03,521
I'll bring it right to you
on the trailer,
723
00:37:03,521 --> 00:37:05,790
but walk it and drop it
over the other side.
724
00:37:05,790 --> 00:37:08,159
[Narrator] Traffic
is backing up along I-70
725
00:37:08,159 --> 00:37:10,561
for kilometres.
726
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,704
[Narrator] With their straps
now under the mangled trailer,
727
00:37:19,704 --> 00:37:23,507
the Mountain Recovery crew
is getting ready to gamble.
728
00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:26,877
Starting a betting pool.
729
00:37:26,877 --> 00:37:29,380
It will either pop in half,
or it won't.
730
00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:30,314
[chuckling]
731
00:37:30,314 --> 00:37:32,116
I got 20 on "We got it."
732
00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:35,386
[Charlie] You never know
if a wall is going to blow out,
733
00:37:35,386 --> 00:37:36,320
so we're going to
roll the dice here
734
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:37,521
and see what happens.
735
00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:40,191
[Big Jon]
The more I look at it,
736
00:37:40,191 --> 00:37:41,726
the more I second-guess
737
00:37:41,726 --> 00:37:42,960
that it's going
to come over right.
738
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,030
I need a catch strap
over the top of this.
739
00:37:47,498 --> 00:37:49,900
[Big Jon]
Pretty big hillside here.
740
00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:51,936
There's a lot of chances
741
00:37:51,936 --> 00:37:54,772
if you didn't have a catch line
of some sort on this
742
00:37:54,772 --> 00:37:56,440
that this thing would roll
right back over.
743
00:37:58,409 --> 00:38:00,478
Did you get
that other strap out?
744
00:38:00,478 --> 00:38:02,213
[Charlie] Yeah, we're good
on the other strap.
745
00:38:02,213 --> 00:38:04,649
[Big Jon]
Okay, I'll tighten that up.
746
00:38:04,649 --> 00:38:08,653
Sweet. It's coming together.
747
00:38:10,254 --> 00:38:13,024
[Narrator] Charlie will again
control the catch line,
748
00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:16,260
with Big Jon using low lines
to initiate the roll,
749
00:38:16,260 --> 00:38:20,398
and two straps
to ease the unit down.
750
00:38:21,232 --> 00:38:23,601
[Big Jon]
See what it wants to do,
751
00:38:23,601 --> 00:38:24,969
if it's going to come out
like a dump truck,
752
00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:26,404
or if it's going to stay.
753
00:38:26,404 --> 00:38:27,705
[Charlie] Heads up.
754
00:38:31,409 --> 00:38:34,145
I cannot afford
for this to go wrong.
755
00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:36,681
This thing's got to be uprighted
without any issues.
756
00:38:36,681 --> 00:38:38,983
[Seth] 20 bucks
on "It stays together."
757
00:38:38,983 --> 00:38:40,318
Feelin' lucky.
758
00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:41,986
I-I'm hoping
it stays together too.
759
00:38:41,986 --> 00:38:44,488
I don't want to clean up
all this [bleep],
760
00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:46,457
so I'm hoping this trailer
stays together. [laughing]
761
00:38:46,457 --> 00:38:47,625
[Bad Grandpa] I'm ready.
762
00:38:47,625 --> 00:38:49,527
My adrenaline's pumping.
763
00:38:49,527 --> 00:38:51,662
[Seth] Stay together, baby.
764
00:38:53,931 --> 00:38:54,799
[Charlie] Let's do it!
765
00:38:58,703 --> 00:38:59,570
[Big Jon] She's doing stuff.
766
00:39:02,306 --> 00:39:03,841
[Narrator]
It's the moment of truth
767
00:39:03,841 --> 00:39:05,943
for Mountain Recovery.
768
00:39:05,943 --> 00:39:07,178
[metal creaking]
769
00:39:07,178 --> 00:39:09,347
If the trailer holds,
770
00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:11,949
they can finally
clear this scene...
771
00:39:12,750 --> 00:39:14,752
but it's a big "if."
772
00:39:14,752 --> 00:39:16,087
[Charlie] We've come this far.
773
00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:18,356
The last thing we want to do
is have a wall blow out.
774
00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:25,329
You've got to go more
on orange!
775
00:39:27,365 --> 00:39:28,666
[metal creaking]
776
00:39:30,735 --> 00:39:32,002
It's like...
777
00:39:32,002 --> 00:39:34,438
there's that three-foot section
that's open.
778
00:39:36,707 --> 00:39:37,975
[Big Jon] I can't
keep up with it
779
00:39:37,975 --> 00:39:38,909
to hold that wall.
780
00:39:38,909 --> 00:39:40,378
I'm trying.
781
00:39:44,115 --> 00:39:47,251
I'm seeing the wall
kind of wanna blow out.
782
00:39:48,953 --> 00:39:50,654
[Charlie] Come on, man!
783
00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:56,193
[Gilbert] You can do it!
Stay together, side wall!
784
00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:05,269
This thing's so busted up,
there's no guarantees.
785
00:40:23,587 --> 00:40:25,089
[Charlie] There you go!
786
00:40:26,690 --> 00:40:28,359
You got it!
787
00:40:31,762 --> 00:40:33,330
[Big Jon] Beautiful!
788
00:40:34,832 --> 00:40:36,667
[Seth] Hell, yeah.
789
00:40:36,667 --> 00:40:37,802
Thumbs of a champion.
790
00:40:37,802 --> 00:40:39,503
Thanks, buddy! [laughing]
791
00:40:41,005 --> 00:40:42,273
[Big Jon] That worked well.
792
00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:43,808
That was scary
watching that wall
793
00:40:43,808 --> 00:40:44,809
for a little while.
794
00:40:44,809 --> 00:40:46,143
Yeah.
795
00:40:46,143 --> 00:40:48,012
Definitely
could have gone either way.
796
00:40:50,147 --> 00:40:51,148
[Big Jon] We're going
to drag the tractor over,
797
00:40:51,148 --> 00:40:53,884
then we're going
to drag the trailer over,
798
00:40:53,884 --> 00:40:56,520
and get it turned around
the best we can
799
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,323
so that we can
get it out of here.
800
00:41:02,059 --> 00:41:04,061
[Seth] Watch that on the hub.
801
00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:10,568
[Charlie] All right, we gotta
break this down quick.
802
00:41:10,568 --> 00:41:12,503
CDOT wants us down,
'cause we're at--
803
00:41:12,503 --> 00:41:14,405
We have a three-mile backup
up there.
804
00:41:16,540 --> 00:41:18,843
[Big Jon] We gotta get this
out of the way of the traffic
805
00:41:18,843 --> 00:41:20,945
and get both lanes open
806
00:41:20,945 --> 00:41:22,079
and get this traffic cleared up
807
00:41:22,079 --> 00:41:23,347
before we have
a secondary crash.
808
00:41:23,347 --> 00:41:26,817
[Big Jon] My brain's
starting to turn off.
809
00:41:26,817 --> 00:41:29,053
Are you all hooked up,
ready to go?
810
00:41:29,053 --> 00:41:31,055
[Seth] Yeah.
811
00:41:31,055 --> 00:41:33,090
It's good to see those trailers
getting towed away right now.
812
00:41:33,090 --> 00:41:35,159
It's always fulfilling
when the job's over
813
00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:37,561
and you see everything leaving,
814
00:41:37,561 --> 00:41:38,829
and it was a success.
815
00:41:41,465 --> 00:41:43,234
[Charlie]
I'm so proud of my team.
816
00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:45,402
We worked fast, we worked safe.
817
00:41:45,402 --> 00:41:46,871
There's nothing more
that we could have done
818
00:41:46,871 --> 00:41:48,005
to speed this thing up,
819
00:41:48,005 --> 00:41:50,074
and I have no regrets.
820
00:41:51,308 --> 00:41:53,210
[Charlie] That was fun.
821
00:41:57,214 --> 00:41:59,083
[Art] I don't like the fog.
822
00:41:59,083 --> 00:42:01,385
I don't like
not being able to see.
823
00:42:01,385 --> 00:42:03,320
[Chuck]
This is a pretty deadly canyon.
824
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,022
[Jesse] I didn't think
it was so steep.
825
00:42:05,022 --> 00:42:07,091
[Chuck] There's a lot
of wrecks, all the time.
826
00:42:07,091 --> 00:42:08,592
That would have been a ride.
827
00:42:10,227 --> 00:42:12,696
[Charlie] Holy moly.
828
00:42:12,696 --> 00:42:15,533
[Big Jon] There's
a ten-mile backup in traffic.
829
00:42:15,533 --> 00:42:16,734
[Charlie]
There's nowhere to go
830
00:42:16,734 --> 00:42:18,035
when things hit the fan.
831
00:42:18,035 --> 00:42:19,370
[Kory] Can't see.
832
00:42:19,370 --> 00:42:20,304
-Hey, stop.
-[Big Jon] Yo.
833
00:42:20,304 --> 00:42:21,872
[Charlie] we got traffic
834
00:42:21,872 --> 00:42:23,107
backed up, like, ten miles.
835
00:42:23,107 --> 00:42:24,341
We need to get this road open.
836
00:42:24,341 --> 00:42:25,309
We're getting a lot of heat.
837
00:42:25,309 --> 00:42:26,777
[Art] We're gonna give 'er hell
838
00:42:26,777 --> 00:42:27,878
see what happens.
839
00:42:29,046 --> 00:42:30,414
Whoa!
91211
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