Episode
Highway Thru Hell: Better Call Al
Overview
Rob, Al, Reliable, and Jamie’s rookie juggle dangerous B-trains, muddy rescues, and first-time towing challenges.
Details
- Series
- Highway Thru Hell
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2026-02-17
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Better Call Al is Episode 5 in Season 14 of Highway Thru Hell. It aired on 2026-02-17. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 4: Under Pressure
Deep in the mountains, MSA wrestles a sideways semi back onto Highway 1; Reliable Towing's John Dods leads a crew of new operators with a torn up tractor trailer on the Coquihalla; and more.
Episode 6: Time Is Money
A half-million-dollar rollover, a giant factory machine, and Maxime’s first semi job push crews to beat the clock.
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Episode 3: Rubber Meets The Road
Rob from Autow faces a daunting Super B-train logging truck buried under tons of timber on the Barkerville Highway.
Episode 7: Push, Pull, Or Drag
Jamie, Reliable, and Autow battle blind corners, mangled trailers, and holiday chaos on BC’s busiest highways.
Episode 2: Shift Into Winter
Al and Curtis battle the first snowstorm on the Coq, Reliable deals with a ditched semi that struck an ambulance up on the Coq, Mike from Ben's Towing deals with a semi blocking the only route through eastern BC, Autow deals with lumber off highway 97.
Episode 8: Smörgåsbord Of Wreck
A huge Coq shutdown, sunken farm gear, a rookie slip-up, and an icy father-daughter tow test crews across BC.
Episode 1: Holy Grail
Jamie debuts another heavy duty to his fleet as he and Co. work to recover a nearly intact semi on a snowbank. Autow has its hands full when dealing with an overturned excavator off a narrow backroad. John Dodds nearly has a close call as he deals with 2 stuck semis on Icy Highway 5A.
Episode 9: On The Razor's Edge
Coquihalla Towing joins Reliable for a deep-ditch rescue as Quiring, Aggressive, and MSA face mud, hazards, and tension.
Episode 10: You Just Need Some Old Iron
Crews fight to recover a meat-filled seacan, raise a riverboat, clear Highway 97, and train a rookie in a 60-ft ditch.
Episode 11: Coming Undone
Aidan tackles a heavy tractor, Aggressive stabilizes precarious pipes, and Kurtis Brown leads his final Snowshed Protocol.
Episode 12: Point Of No Return
Jamie and rookie Jas handle a risky airbag job, while Rob and Reliable battle overturned loads on remote BC backroads.