Highway Thru Hell

- Season 8

(2019)

On B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway, an early snowfall catches truckers of guard and puts Jamie Davis face to face with a heavy fuel tanker; sparks fly when James Luke and The Black Sheep to try rescue a semi in deep snow.

Jamie tests the limits of his classic wrecker against a rock crusher in a gravel pit. Mitch and James scramble to save a truck and camper on an icy cliff. Colin finally gets a crack at Mighty Mo's push bumper.

When a dump truck and trailer crash into dense bush, Al Quiring and Sons become heavy rescue lumberjacks. With the help of Gord Boyd, Team Green overcomes environmental obstacles and a twisted wreck trapped in the trees.

In Hope, Jamie, Colin and Cam battle heavy rains to recover a rolled semi blocking the highway through town. With traffic to The Coq cut off and a trailer full of cooking oil starting to rip, Jamie's crew must get the road open.

Near Merritt, a parcel delivery truck is torn open, scattering hundreds of packages across The Coq. Facing high winds, high speed traffic and the threat of falling rocks, Reliable Team has to overcome numerous obstacles to clear the wreck.

A cliffside recovery on the banks of Coldwater River puts James and Adam on thin ice. Colin makes a roadside repair in the middle of a winter storm. Al and Gord race to move a house off of a busy highway.

Merv is dispatched in Aggressive Towing's 50-ton rotator to open the road after a collision in Fraser Valley. Jamie takes a classic wrecker on a 2,000-kilometer journey north. News about a key member of the Mission Towing family hits home.

A tractor trailer clinging to the edge of a mountain has Merv, Mitch and James pulling together to save the load. After years of relying on older equipment, Jamie Davis brings home a surprise for the team.

James clears a trailer on its side loaded with heavy doors. An 18-wheeler filled with firewood tests Cam and Colin. Al and Gord must perform a delicate manoeuvre to move a shipping container full of garbage off of the Trans Canada Highway.

A polar vortex brings extreme cold and brutal working conditions to truck drivers and heavy wrecker operators on The Coq. Colin fights to recover a frozen rig. Cam finds himself in a dilemma with one of Jamie's classic wreckers.

A terrifying crash involving one of their own shocks Team Reliable. Dylan and Merv pair up to lift a heavy load of steel pilings off of a highway. Cam races to rescue a fellow tow operator stuck on a blind corner.

Aggressive Towing and Reliable join forces to recover two entangled 18-wheelers. A tippy trailer abandoned on a soft shoulder tests Jamie. Gord and his 50-ton wrecker is dispatched to a dirty job involving an excavator stuck in the mud.

Jamie and his tow brothers discuss some of their toughest back-road adventures on HIGHWAY THRU HELL. Al, Ken, Jason and Mitch swap tales and share advice on some of their most spectacular off-road recoveries.

Cam and Brandon team up to rescue a lumber truck tangled in a rock face on Highway 3. Al digs out a buried semi on a notorious corner on The Coq. A second Tow Truck Toy Run seasonal event takes place at the Aggressive Towing yard .

A burning truck hauling frozen chicken has Cam and Jamie in a race to move the smoky hazard off of the highway. A flipped logging truck turns into a tussle for Reliable. Ken, Dylan and Craig recover a sunken abandoned vehicle from a river.

A lost load of lumber pulls Jamie, Colin and Paris into a battle on the banks of B.C.s Skagit River. Al takes a chance with "Big Green" to rescue a sinking excavator. Colin has to make a tough decision regarding his future.

After surviving a near-fatal heart attack, Ken leads the Mission crew on its most daunting recovery in years. Lodged in the trees, 200 feet below a mountain road, a damaged dump truck pushes Ken's team to the edge of disaster.