Episode
Highway Thru Hell: Close Calls
Overview
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Details
- Series
- Highway Thru Hell
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2020-12-28
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Close Calls is Episode 16 in Season 9 of Highway Thru Hell. It aired on 2020-12-28. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 15: Weather The Storm
Jamie Davis and the cast look back at some of their biggest battles with Mother Nature; Al, Merv, Colin, James and Ken Duperon discuss how each extreme weather condition has impacted recoveries; plus, a tribute to one of Jamie’s original crewmembers.
Episode 17: The Bait
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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 14: Up In Smoke
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 18: Reunited
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.
Episode 13: Edge Of Disaster
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 12: Blood, Sweat and Tears
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 11: Washout
Torrential rain and a raging river threaten 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 10: Hats And Jalapenos
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 9: Blown Away
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 8: Cold Comfort
Episode 7: Jackknife Mountain
Gord Boyd races to clear a jackknifed semi as snow plows battle to keep The Coq moving; a loaded 18-wheeler on the edge of a cliff tests Reliable Towing's Cam and Chace; a lost trucker needs help backing down a dark road.
Episode 6: Tanked
A tanker crash in BC's Fraser Canyon lands rookie operator Greg Mulligan in the middle of an epic recovery; faced with 47-thousand litres of diesel and a mass of twisted metal, Greg's luck turns when Merv and Aggressive Towing's 50-ton rotator arrive.