Episode
Highway Thru Hell: Man Against Machine
Overview
Al Quiring is pulled into a muddy war to rescue a pair of 40 tin excavators buried in a bog; Jamie and Scott are called to a mysterious wreck in The Canyon.
Details
- Series
- Highway Thru Hell
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2016-10-25
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Man Against Machine is Episode 7 in Season 5 of Highway Thru Hell. It aired on 2016-10-25. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 6: In Deep
Jonny feels the squeeze during a recovery, a rolling wreck puts Nik on edge, and Gord clashes with tenacious truckers on the Coq.
Episode 8: Crossroads
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, BC.
More episodes from this season
Episode 5: Christmas Wrap
It's Christmas and the highway is in chaos. The team works to right an overturned truck full of holiday cheer while Nik faces a test of his own.
Episode 9: Pick Up Sticks
Jamie calls in his brothers 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 on the Coq involving one of Jamie's crew.
Episode 4: Wind Storm
Gale-force winds sends a semi airborne and wreaks havoc on Jamie's operation in Hope; Al and Gord try to recover a massive mining truck.
Episode 10: Family Matters
A tragic wreck affects Nik and Neill, three generations work together to tackle an overturned semi, and a tough job puts a rescue veteran to the test.
Episode 3: Bridge Out
Jamie's team deals with a jackknifed semi-trailer on the edge of a bridge; Mission Towing races to finish a recovery and open the road.
Episode 11: All Nighter
A spectacular 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- tonne cement drum.
Episode 2: Suicide Creek
Mission Towing races to an urgent call on a logging road; Jamie deploys his "air bag" recovery system to flip a tractor trailer.
Episode 12: Heavy Duty
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.
Episode 1: Less Is More
Jamie battles a truck fire on the Coq and reveals big changes to his operation.
Episode 13: Long Way Down
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.