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s14e12 · 2026-04-08
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Highway Thru Hell
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What it is
Highway Thru Hell focuses on a team of drivers who work for Jamie Davis, along with several other heavy recovery operations fighting to keep the roads open in some of the most dangerous working conditions ever seen on TV. The Coquihalla and nearby highways through BC's Cascade Mountains have some of the most difficult and fast changing road conditions anywhere. When it's snowing hard up top on the summit of ‘The Coq', 1200 metres below its pounding rain in The Fraser Valley. Add to that, Canada's busiest trucking route to the West Coast, Highway 1 (Trans Canada Hwy), and you have the ‘Bermuda Triangle' of trucking. Police and highway maintenance crews depend on Highway Thru Hell's heavy rescue operators to respond at a moment's notice in the worst conditions. In between the winter storms, the teams ‘off road' skills are put to the test. The rugged terrain near Hope, British Columbia dishes out some of the most unique and challenging recovery jobs over steep cliffs, down deep ravines and even in bodies of water. Highway Thru Hell is ultimately a series about man versus Mother Nature and the toughest men in the towing business being pushed to their breaking point. The stakes are high - lives, the economy and thousands of jobs depend on the highways staying open, and the last line of defense is Heavy Rescue.
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18 this season · 209 totals08e01 Winter Strikes 2019-10-08 01:00
Winter Strikes
On BC'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. And Al Quiring moves mountains - to help a record-breaking load over the Coq Summit.
s08e02 Battle in the Gravel 2019-10-15 01:00
Battle in the Gravel
Jamie tests the limits of his classic wrecker 'The General' against a 180,000 lb. 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. And Mission Towing's Ken Duperon trains a new operator in the middle of a snow storm.
s08e03 Chain Saw 2019-10-22 01:00
Chain Saw
When a dump truck and trailer crash into dense bush, Al Quiring and sons become heavy rescue lumber jacks. With the help of Gord Boyd, Team Green must overcome environmental obstacles and a twisted wreck trapped in the trees. After a tough break last winter, Cam Neno returns to Jamie's yard in Hope for round two.
s08e04 Oil and Water 2019-10-29 01:00
Oil and Water
In Hope, BC - 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, Jamie's crew must roll the dice to get the road open. In the Fraser Canyon, a wreck on the edge of a creek has Mission Towing's Dylan Greenwood in a race to save a pricey perishable load.
s08e05 Return to Sender 2019-11-05 02:00
Return to Sender
Near Merritt, BC a parcel delivery truck is torn wide open scattering hundreds of packages across The Coq. Facing high winds, high speed traffic and the threat of falling rocks, Reliable Towing must overcome numerous obstacles to clear the wreck. Al has to get physical after a dump truck crashes into a concrete barrier. And Jamie uses a 'slick trick' to slide a heavy load off a highway.
s08e06 Thin Ice 2019-11-12 02:00
Thin Ice
A cliffside recovery on the banks of the BC's Coldwater River puts James and Adam on thin ice. Colin's forced to make a roadside repair in the middle of a winter storm. Al and Gord race to move a house off a busy highway. And in Mission, Ken and Dylan take on a 50-ton concrete pump truck stuck at a construction site.
s08e07 Heavy Hearts 2019-11-19 02:00
Heavy Hearts
A frightening collision in BC's Fraser Valley is captured on dash cam by one of its survivors. To open the road, Merv is dispatched in Aggressive Towing's 50-ton rotator. Jamie's in for a rough ride when he takes one of his classic wreckers on a two thousand kilometre journey north. And shocking news about a key member of the Mission Towing family hits home.
s08e08 Road to Recovery 2019-11-26 02:00
Road to Recovery
A tractor trailer clinging to the edge of a mountain road has Mitch, Merv and James pulling together to save the the load. After years relying on older equipment, Jamie Davis takes a sharp turn in the road - bringing home a surprise for the team. A major rollover tests a first time heavy wrecker operator. And the Mission Towing crew gets an update on Ken's condition.
s08e09 Door to Door 2019-12-03 02:00
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.
s08e10 Sub Zero 2019-12-10 02:00
Sub Zero
A polar vortex brings extreme cold and brutal working conditions to truck drivers and heavy wrecker operators on BC's Coquihalla Highway. Colin fights to recover a frozen rig. Cam finds himself in a deja vu dilemma with one of Jamie's classic wreckers. And an up and coming operator slides to the edge of disaster.
s08e11 Lives on the Line 2019-12-17 02:00
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.
s08e12 Double Crossed 2019-12-24 02:00
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.
s08e13 Off Road 2019-12-31 02:00
Off Road
Jamie and his tow brothers discuss some of their toughest backroad adventures; Al, Ken, Jason and Mitch swap tales and share advice on some of their most spectacular off-road recoveries.
s08e18 Off Road 2019-12-31 02:00
s08e14 Rock and Hard Place 2020-01-07 02:00
Rock and Hard Place
Brandon and Cam team up to rescue a lumber truck tangled in a rock face on Highway 3; Al digs out a buried semi on a notorious corner on The Coq; a tractor fire puts James in the hot seat.
s08e15 Fried Chicken 2020-01-14 02:00
Fried Chicken
Near Hope, B.C., a burning truck hauling frozen chicken has Cam and Jamie in a race to move the smoky hazard off the highway; a flipped logging truck near Merritt turns into a tussle for Mitch and James.
s08e16 The Warrior 2020-01-21 02:00
The Warrior
A lost load of lumber pulls Jamie and Colin Mclean into a battle on the banks of B.C.'s Skagit River; Al takes a chance with Big Green to rescue a sinking excavator; James and Rooster wrestle a twisted wreck near Merritt.
s08e17 Fire Mountain 2020-01-28 02:00
Fire Mountain
After surviving a near-fatal heart attack, Ken leads the Mission crew on its most daunting recovery in years; lodged in the trees, 200 feet below a mountain road, the damaged dump truck pushes Ken's team to the edge of disaster.