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s07e13 · 2023-04-25
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Heavy Rescue: 401
USA Network Reality
What it is
Spanning the Greater Toronto Area and southern Ontario, Heavy Rescue: 401 follows multiple major tow operators, rescue, and maintenance crews day and night along North America's most intense stretch of highway. From Sarnia eastbound to Toronto and north to Barrie, the cast of heroes work diligently to keep Canada's most important and busiest series of highways open through any weather condition. From monster snow storms creating kilometers of mayhem to trucks spilling their loads, these efforts safeguard the country's most important trade route with the U.S. from grinding to a crippling halt through the worst of the winter driving season.
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9 this season · 91 totals01e01 Shock and Awe 2016-10-11 01:00
Shock and Awe
A semi-truck crash shuts down a crucial border route, putting pressure on lead operator Kevin to reopen the road; rookie heavy rescue driver Sonny helps a trucker stuck on a dangerous stretch of highway; a tanker wreck causes commuter chaos in Toronto.
s01e02 War Zone 2017-01-04 02:00
War Zone
Rookie Sonny faces a 40-car pile-up that turns a major highway into a war zone;a fierce storm triggers a triple-semi crash; a father-son team race to clear the road as weather blasts in.
s01e03 All Around Us 2017-01-18 02:00
All Around Us
A courier truck rolls over; a vicious storm puts Mark in the middle of a crash zone; the crew dives for cover during an icy airbag job.
s01e04 Anything Can Happen 2017-01-25 02:00
Anything Can Happen
James and Bubba recover a semi smashed into a building; Kevin faces problems with a tractor-trailer crashed in deep mud.
s01e05 A Load of Problems 2017-02-01 02:00
A Load of Problems
Gary's team fights to upright a battered trailer; a rookie takes his first shot as lead operator on the rotator.
s01e06 Honour Guard 2017-02-08 02:00
Honour Guard
Kyle tangles with a wreck that will prove if he's got what it takes to lead the team; Sonny heads to the scene of a violent jackknife.
s01e07 Nerves of Steel 2017-02-15 02:00
Nerves of Steel
A whiteout pile-up scatters heavy I-beams across the highway, testing James and his crew; Kevin must lift a 20,000-pound chunk of steel off the road.
s01e08 My Way or the Highway 2017-02-22 02:00
My Way or the Highway
During a spring storm, Steve cleans up a fuel spill blocking the 400, while Sonny struggles to keep the alternate route moving; John Allen recovers a loaded semi that went for a wild airborne ride.
s01e09 Worlds Apart 2017-03-01 02:00
Worlds Apart
Members of the Highway Thru Hell crew join the 401 crew to weigh in on the unique challenges of recovery operations in Ontario and B.C. and compare the biggest wrecks and toughest jobs over the past winter.