Episode
Highway Thru Hell: Return to Sender
Overview
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 Towing overcomes numerous obstacles to clear the wreck.
Details
- Series
- Highway Thru Hell
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2019-11-04
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Return to Sender is Episode 5 in Season 8 of Highway Thru Hell. It aired on 2019-11-04. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 4: Oil And Water
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, Jamies crew must get the road open.
Episode 6: Thin Ice
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 a busy highway.
More episodes from this season
Episode 3: Chain Saw
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 overcame environmental obstacles and a twisted wreck trapped in the trees.
Episode 7: Heavy Hearts
Merv is dispatched in Aggressive Towings 50-ton rotator to open the road after a collision in Fraser Valley; Jamie takes a classic wrecker on a 2,000-kilometre journey north; news about a key member of the Mission Towing family hits home.
Episode 2: Battle in the Gravel
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.
Episode 8: Road to Recovery
A tractor trailer clinging to the edge of a mountain has Mitch, Merv and James pulling together to save the load; after years of relying on older equipment, Jamie Davis brings home a surprise for the team.
Episode 1: Winter Strikes
On B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway, an early snowfall catches truckers off guard and puts Jamie Davis face to face with a heavy fuel tanker; sparks fly when James Luke and The Black Sheep try to rescue a semi in deep snow.
Episode 9: Door to Door
James Luke and "Black Sheep" rush to clear a tractor trailer on its side loaded with heavy doors. An 18-wheeler filled with firewood tests Cam and Colin. And Gord and Al must perform a delicate manoeuvre to move a shipping container full of garbage off the Trans Canada Highway.
Episode 10: Sub Zero
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 Jamies classic wreckers.
Episode 11: Lives On the Line
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 a highway; Cam races to rescue a fellow tow operator stuck on a blind corner.
Episode 12: Double Crossed
Mitch discovers a massive wreck involving two semis; Reliable and Aggressive Towing join forces to recover a pair of entangled 18-wheelers; a tippy trailer abandoned on a soft shoulder tests Jamie; Gord finds himself in deep in a peat bog.
Episode 13: Off Road
Jamie and his tow brothers discuss some of their toughest backroad adventures on HIGHWAY THRU HELL; Al, Ken, Jason and Mitch swap tales and share advice on some of their most spectacular off-road recoveries.