Highway Thru Hell focuses on a team of drivers who work for Jamie Davis, along with several other heavy recovery operations fighting to keep the roads open in some of the most dangerous working conditions ever seen on TV. The Coquihalla and nearby highways through BC's Cascade Mountains have some of the most difficult and fast changing road conditions anywhere. When it's snowing hard up top on the summit of ‘The Coq', 1200 metres below its pounding rain in The Fraser Valley. Add to that, Canada's busiest trucking route to the West Coast, Highway 1 (Trans Canada Hwy), and you have the ‘Bermuda Triangle' of trucking. Police and highway maintenance crews depend on Highway Thru Hell's heavy rescue operators to respond at a moment's notice in the worst conditions. In between the winter storms, the teams ‘off road' skills are put to the test. The rugged terrain near Hope, British Columbia dishes out some of the most unique and challenging recovery jobs over steep cliffs, down deep ravines and even in bodies of water. Highway Thru Hell is ultimately a series about man versus Mother Nature and the toughest men in the towing business being pushed to their breaking point. The stakes are high - lives, the economy and thousands of jobs depend on the highways staying open, and the last line of defense is Heavy Rescue.
Jamie Davis reflects on the rocky road that brought him to last season's dramatic crossroads; a sneak peek at the twists and turns in the season ahead.
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s05e01Less is More2016-09-1401:00⌄
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Less is More
s05e01 ·
2016-09-14 ·
01:00
Jamie battles a truck fire on the Coq and reveals big changes to his operation; the surprise return of a former team member.
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s05e02Suicide Creek2016-09-2101:00⌄
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Suicide Creek
s05e02 ·
2016-09-21 ·
01:00
Mission Towing races to an urgent call on a logging road; Jamie deploys his "air bag" recovery system to flip a tractor trailer.
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s05e03Bridge Out2016-09-2801:00⌄
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Bridge Out
s05e03 ·
2016-09-28 ·
01:00
Jamie and his team deal with a jackknifed semi-trailer on the edge of a bridge; the Mission Towing team races to finish a recovery and open an active logging road.
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s05e04Wind Storm2016-10-0501:00⌄
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Wind Storm
s05e04 ·
2016-10-05 ·
01:00
Gale-force winds send a semi airborne and shut down the Trans Canada Highway; Al and Gord try to recover a massive mining truck.
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s05e05Christmas Wrap2016-10-1201:00⌄
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Christmas Wrap
s05e05 ·
2016-10-12 ·
01:00
On the busiest travel week of the year, Al works to clear a burning tractor trailer off the Coq; Colin rescues a delivery truck loaded with Christmas parcels.
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s05e06In Deep2016-10-1901:00⌄
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In Deep
s05e06 ·
2016-10-19 ·
01:00
On his first night on the Coq, prairie tow operator Jonny Tipton faces his toughest recovery; Quiring Towing's Gord Boyd clashes with stubborn truckers on the Coq, then reveals a lifelong personal battle.
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s05e07Man Against Machine2016-10-2601:00⌄
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Man Against Machine
s05e07 ·
2016-10-26 ·
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Al Quiring has to rescue a pair of 40-ton excavators buried in a bog; Jamie and Scott are called to a mysterious wreck in The Canyon.
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s05e08Crossroads2016-11-0201:00⌄
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Crossroads
s05e08 ·
2016-11-02 ·
01:00
Tough times in Alberta force Colin to weigh his future; the Mission Towing crew races to clear a wreck that's shut down the rail line outside Hope, B.C.
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s05e09Pick Up Sticks2016-11-0902:00⌄
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Pick Up Sticks
s05e09 ·
2016-11-09 ·
02:00
Jamie calls in Jason's rotator to tackle a recovery in the Canyon; the Mission Towing team juggles a lost load of telephone poles; emergency responders race to a crash involving one of Jamie's crew.
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s05e10Family Matters2016-11-1602:00⌄
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Family Matters
s05e10 ·
2016-11-16 ·
02:00
The Quiring family works together to lift a semi loaded with industrial paper rolls; an original member of Jamie's towing family battles the physical and mental toll; Nik and Neill tackle a twisted B-train that's shut down Highway 7.
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s05e11All Nighter2016-11-2302:00⌄
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All Nighter
s05e11 ·
2016-11-23 ·
02:00
A crash between two tractor-trailers has Jordie's crew working through the night; Scott is forced to get inventive to finish a job; Al and Gord try to get a handle on a 30-ton cement drum.
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s05e12Heavy Duty2016-11-3002:00⌄
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Heavy Duty
s05e12 ·
2016-11-30 ·
02:00
Jamie's rookie driver is dispatched to rescue a convoy of oversized loads on The Coq; Scott battles to keep a lumber truck from tipping; Mission Towing tries to fish a 40-thousand pound relic out of a river.
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s05e13Long Way Down2016-12-0702:00⌄
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Long Way Down
s05e13 ·
2016-12-07 ·
02:00
Al Quiring attempts to pull up a logging truck that plunged 700 feet off a cliff; Jamie and Scott team up on a heavy roll over in Fraser Canyon.
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