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18 Episodes 2020 - 2021
Episode 1
Fifty kilometers north-east of Hope, just north of the Snow Shed, chained up semis spun out and get stuck with the first early fall snow. The "Guardians of the Mountain", Al Quiring and Gord Boyd, have to deal with towing semis chained up with poor quality chains and inexperienced drivers. Jamie heads east for a recovery in one of his latest restorations followed by a new hire, an ex-military operator from Ireland, Greg Mulligan, in the latest addition to his fleet, the Mack. Arriving at the crash site Jamie and Greg discover a fully loaded tractor-trailer with 44 thousand pounds of firewood, mangled up into a mountain rock face, on a notorious bend called Deadman's Curve. In the Fraser Valley, Mission Towing boss, Ken Duperon, heads 17 km up the Harrison Lake on an unusual recovery from the deck of a barge in a 1 ton truck. Accompanied by Dylan, Ken has to recover a wreck on a steep hillside to prevent it from plunging into the pristine waters. In Chatanuga, Tennessee, Jamie suits up for a special night, getting inducted into The International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame, with support from family and friends. Jamie sets a second base in the BC Interior town of Golden.
Episode 2
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 dispatched to the wreck of the smouldering tractor. Together, James and Cam get the job done and clean up the highway. High up the Coquihalla Highway an early winter blast causes multiple semis to spun out and block all the traffic, putting Al Quiring to work. Al hauls a 90 ton crane up the mountain, encountering multiple obstacles on the way.
Episode 3
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 a flipped pickup truck in his 22 ton wrecker, the Python, receiving a special request from its owner. In the Fraser Valley, in Agassiz, Ken is back behind a heavy wrecker's wheel, for the first time in months, after his heart attack, to rescue a rolled over semi carrying 30 tons of steel pipes. Joined by recovery legend Dick Milton, they hurry to complete the job just in time for the shift change in a maximum security penitentiary as the recovery's road is the only access point in and out of the prison.
Episode 4
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.
Episode 5
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, the Coq is left in their son's hands Cary and his 20 ton wrecker. West of Hope, on Highway 1, Ken rescues an upside down pickup 30 feet below the road with help from Craig Hookey.
Episode 6
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 gearing up for an off-road unusual assignment involving his fleet of restored bulldozers. Joined by his sons Cary and Lucas, Al leads the way for old iron treasures, buried in the woods. In his D5 bulldozer, Al's rusty antiques clean-up job of almost half a century, promises to find among the relics a potential future restoration.
Episode 7
Near the summit, on the Coq, Gord Boyd is fighting to restore order on the highway after a storm hits the Coq with spun out and jackknifed semis. On the Smasher, Gord has to deal with a spun out B-train, stuck into a snowbank, fully loaded with 50 tons of scrap metal facing an uphill battle, fighting at the same time bad weather as well as inexperienced drivers. South on the Coq, a 50 ton wrecker is dispatched from Merritt with Cam Niño behind its wheel, at the crash scene he discovers a jackknifed, fully loaded, tractor-trailer hanging over the bank on a steep slope. In Hope Jamie prepares for a long haul as he receives a phone call for a rolled pickup. His lead mechanic, Bryan Rush, on his first recovery, is dispatched for the job accompanied by Gord Lundin. At the scene they discover the rolled pickup 80 feet from the road. Near Mission BC, in the Stave Lake mud flats, Craig Hookey leads the way to an off-road recovery, joined by operator Ryan Marshall in a 1 ton to recover a stuck and sinking in the mud SUV, fighting against the rising water from a nearby hydroelectric dam. On Highway 5,north of Merritt, Reliable Towing's James Luke in a 30 ton wrecker, answers a call from a customer stuck on a narrow forest service road called Mill Creek. On the windy mountain road, James has to rescue a driver who wandered off-road following his GPS, jackknifing his semi. The stuck driver has to drive in reverse, back down the way he climbed as there is nowhere to turn around to get back to safety. In Hope, Jamie hauls up the Coq an oversized load of 100 thousand pounds, pushing his aging Kenworth truck to its limits to pull off the job.
Episode 8
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.
Episode 9
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.
Episode 10
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.
Episode 11
Sun, Mar 28, 2021
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.
Episode 12
Sun, Apr 4, 2021
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.
Episode 13
Sun, Apr 11, 2021
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.
Episode 14
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.
Episode 15
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.
Episode 16
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.
Episode 17
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.
Episode 18
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.