Highway Thru Hell

- Season 9

(2020)

Al and Gord have a long night towing inexperienced drivers in spun out semis. Jamie and a new hire recover a semi on a deadly curve. Ken and Dylan recover a wreck on a steep hillside. Jamie gets inducted into the ITRHF and sets a 2nd base.

Near Revelstoke,170 km west of Golden in the BC Interior, on an active logging road, an empty logging truck has gone over the edge. Jamie in "The General'' followed by Greg in "The Mack'' head to the off road recovery of a 40-50 thousand pounds, nearly intact, upside down logging truck, aided by a 100 thousand pounds log loader. Near Merritt, operator James Luke, in a 1 ton wrecker, responds to a call of a semi engulfed in flames on a side road with the tractor completely burned out but the trailer still intact. Reliable's new hire Cam Niño, in a 50 ton wrecker, is ...

Gord rescues a jackknifed semi near the Summit, having to squeeze through a maze of trucks blocking the way to the wreck's location, reaching his target he discovers a truck carrying a 40 thousand pound industrial tank deep into a snow bank. South of Merritt, near an overpass, a semi knocked down a dozen concrete barriers and flipped over. Team Reliable's new leader, Dylan Greenwood, is put to the test with the difficult rollover wreck resting on the concrete barriers, loaded with 40 thousand pounds of produce. On the mountain, up the Coq, Jamie responds to a call of ...

In the Fraser Valley, on Highway 1, Merv has to deal with a sticky situation where an 18 wheeler whose trailer detached, crashed and spilled it's contents into the ditch. Twenty kilometers north, near Merritt, BC, on the Coquihalla Highway, Dylan and the Reliable crew face against a burning tractor trailer, having an unexpected surprise at the end of the salvage operation. On Highway 3, east of Hope, Jamie dispatches Greg Mulligan and his lead mechanic Brian Rush aboard the Mack to rescue a broken-down semi forced to get stranded around a slick bend.

Near Hope, BC, Jamie and Greg deal with an arctic cold front that has turned Highway 1 into a war zone, leaving multiple semis and cars stranded. One of the stranded semis packed with 40 tons of frozen meat forces Jamie to call for help from Aggressive Towing, his brother's towing company. Jamie's brother Jason and Merv bring 2 rotators for the recovery but the slippery conditions and the big weight of the load requires the team to add more iron for the completion of the recovery. With Al and his wife Nancy away on a long haul, as well as Gord on a mission elsewhere, ...

Five kilometers north of Hope, on Highway 1, a flipped over, 90 foot long super-B tanker fully loaded with 47 thousand liters of diesel, has Jamie Davis dispatching a 30 ton wrecker with operator Greg Mulligan behind the wheel, from his towing yard in Hope. Arriving on scene Greg is overwhelmed by the staggering scale of the wreck and realizes that his tow truck won't be a match for the twisted recovery. To assist him a 50 ton rotator is dispatched from Aggressive Towing with Chris Mervin behind its wheel to deal with the hazardous tanker. In the Fraser Valley Al is ...

During a snowstorm on the Coquihalla a tractor trailer jackknives, on a cliff edge, blocking both lanes going north. Near Mission, an SUV gets stuck in the mudflats. Another eighteen wheeler needs helps backing down a windy mountain road.

A recovery on The Coq turns into a roadside emergency for Team Reliable. Jamie and new operator Greg Mulligan get more than they bargained for when a semi plows into a snowbank.

High winds in BC's Fraser Valley flip a trailer on a bridge and blow away Ken and the Mission crew. Reliable Towing's James Luke and Mitch Karr battle 70-kph wind gusts to recover a wreck loaded with lumber.

Two transport trucks make contact, ripping open their trailers and shutting down the main highway outside Golden BC. The crash launches Jamie Davis and his classic wrecker The General from his new winter base.

Torrential rain and a raging river threatens Jamie's operation in Hope, BC. Al Quiring goes fishing for logs to save a community from flooding. A jackknifed semi hauling bottles of water tests Rick and Brandon.

Jamie gets a painful reminder of the hazards of being hands on while working on Mighty Mo. Two simultaneous wrecks on the same stretch of The Coq double the pressure on Team Reliable.

A back road job drifts towards disaster when James Luke's 30-ton wrecker Black Sheep starts sliding backwards. A tree through a trucker's windshield launches Brian up The Coq. Jamie's tow buddy Big John tackles a head-on crash near Revelstoke, BC.

Black smoke billowing above the Fraser Valley sends fire crews and Ken Duperon racing to the Mission Towing yard. A cracked trailer in deep snow becomes a delicate recovery for Rick and Brandon.

Jamie Davis and the cast look back at some of their biggest battles with Mother Nature. Al, Merv, Colin, Jamie and Ken Duperon discuss how each extreme weather condition has impacted recoveries. Plus, a tribute to one of Jamie's original crew members, Ken Monkhouse.

Cam Niño narrowly escapes a deadly crash when his 50-ton wrecker is struck from behind. Jamie and Greg climb into the back-country to rescue an articulating rock truck clinging to a mountain slope.

Jamie attempts to lure back former lead operator Colin McLean by ordering his dream truck. Team Reliable tackles a smashed semi with a super-sized load of French fries. A blown tire launches a dump truck into the ditch and two teams into action.

Just in time for one of Jamie's most challenging recoveries this season, a familiar face shows up at the yard and is recruited to help save a loaded car carrier. Al and Gord travel north to an epic job near a gold mining town.