About this season
Follow the operations of Jamie Davis Motor Truck, a heavy vehicle rescue and recovery towing company based in Hope, British Columbia focusing on the hardships of operating along the highways of the BC Interior, especially the Coquihalla Highway, which is notorious for rapidly changing weather.
Episodes (14)
1. Cliff Hangar
Aired 5 September 2017 • 41 min
Winter strikes hard and fast as Jamie Davis and his heavy rescue crew face tough new challenges in Hope, BC; a former operator returns but a spectacular wreck pushes him to the edge on his first mountain recovery.
2. Unfinished Business
Aired 12 September 2017 • 41 min
Jamie helps Colin recover a massive wreck near the "Rock Cut"; Brandon confronts his fears on the big job; Al Quiring tackles an overturned truck loaded with lava rock.
3. Gate Crasher
Aired 19 September 2017 • 41 min
A troublesome winch line forces Jamie and cousin Paris to find a quick fix; Jordie, faces a twisted wreck that crashed through an airport fence; Al tries to save a logging truck from a rising river.
4. Slippery Slope
Aired 26 September 2017 • 41 min
A crash in the Fraser Canyon has Colin and crew working below an unstable rock slope; Jamie charts a new course for his business, setting out on a 20,000-kilometre journey; a heavy rescue legend helps Dylan on an ice recovery.
5. Perfect Storm
Aired 3 October 2017 • 41 min
A winter storm unleashes chaos on all highways around Hope, B.C., forcing Jamie's team into an all-night battle; Jason and Merv tangle with a fully loaded tractor-trailer in a snowy ditch; a heavy rescue birthday boy finally gets his present.
6. Python Unleashed
Aired 10 October 2017 • 43 min
Jamie's newest classic wrecker, The Python, is put to the test on a tractor-trailer embedded in a row of trees; Ken and Dylan are called up an icy mountain road to recover a flipped logging truck.
7. Hell Of A Ride
Aired 17 October 2017 • 43 min
A truck driver survives a crash on The Coq during a snowstorm; hampered by heavy snow, rocks and extreme cold, Colin and Kelly finish the tough recovery and meet a tight deadline.
8. Reading the Road
Aired 24 October 2017 • 43 min
An oversized load tests Jamie and his rebuilt wrecker HR-126; a gravel hauler ricochets off a rock wall leaving a twisted mess for Kelly and John; swamper Gord Lundin gets a chance to operate his own tow truck.
9. Snowbound
Aired 31 October 2017 • 43 min
Jamie and his fleet of heavy wreckers are paralyzed in his own yard by a massive snowfall; a tow-up in deep powder turns into big trouble for Colin; Al and Gord rescue a teetering semi during the morning rush on Hwy 1.
10. Junior's Job
Aired 7 November 2017 • 41 min
Jamie's 13-year-old son gets a lesson in wreck recovery after a semi crashes down a 150-foot embankment; rock slides north of Hope trigger road closures and an explosive clean-up; Dylan puts on his hip waders to fish a truck out of a lake.
11. Bumpy Ride
Aired 14 November 2017 • 41 min
Jamie takes The Python off road for the first time; Jamie's brother Kelly battles high winds and a power pole to save a semi loaded with pipes; Gord Boyd picks up a new heavy wrecker for Quiring Towing.
12. Trapped
Aired 21 November 2017 • 41 min
A missing truck driver trapped inside a wreck for two days draws Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue and first responders into one of the most difficult and emotional recoveries in years.
13. No Man's Land
Aired 28 November 2017 • 41 min
One of the worst winter storms in years forces officials to shut down The Coq; working through blinding snow, freezing rain and even an avalanche threat, heavy rescue crews help truckers and drivers out of the closure zone.
14. Hooked
10.0Aired 5 December 2017 • 43 min
Jamie Davis travels across North America to explore the roots of heavy rescue, from the first tow truck, to the latest modern machines; his classic restoration, the Mighty Mo, finally comes to life.