They go to hell and back to get people home Heavy Rescue: 401 focuses on the unique challenges and difficult working conditions endured by tow operators, rescue and maintenance crews - day and night - as they battle to keep traffic flowing along North America's most important trade route, even through the worst of the winter driving season.
A semi-truck crush shuts down a crucial border route; a tanker wreck causes a commuter chaos in Toronto.
A semi-truck crush shuts down a crucial border route; a tanker wreck causes a commuter chaos in Toronto.
16+
46min
Oct 10, 2016
2. War Zone
2. War Zone
Rookie Sonny faces a 40-car pile-up that turns major highway into a war zone; a fierce storm triggers a triple-semi crash; a father-son team race to clear the road as the weather blasts in.
Rookie Sonny faces a 40-car pile-up that turns major highway into a war zone; a fierce storm triggers a triple-semi crash; a father-son team race to clear the road as the weather blasts in.
16+
46min
Jan 3, 2017
3. All Around Us
3. 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.
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.
7+
46min
Jan 17, 2017
4. Anything Can Happen
4. Anything Can Happen
James and Bubba recover a semi smashed into a building; Kevin faces problems with a tractor-trailer crashed in deep mud.
James and Bubba recover a semi smashed into a building; Kevin faces problems with a tractor-trailer crashed in deep mud.
7+
46min
Jan 24, 2017
5. A Load of Problems
5. 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.
Gary's team fights to upright a battered trailer; a rookie takes his first shot as lead operator on the rotator.
16+
46min
Jan 31, 2017
6. Honour Guard
6. 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 jack-knife.
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 jack-knife.
7+
46min
Feb 7, 2017
7. Nerves of Steel
7. Nerves of Steel
A whiteout pile-up scatters heavy I-beams across the highway, testing James and his crew.
A whiteout pile-up scatters heavy I-beams across the highway, testing James and his crew.
7+
46min
Feb 14, 2017
8. My Way or The Highway
8. My Way or The Highway
Steve cleans up a fuel spill blocking the 400; Sonny struggles to keep the alternate route moving.
Steve cleans up a fuel spill blocking the 400; Sonny struggles to keep the alternate route moving.
7+
46min
Feb 21, 2017
9. Worlds Apart
9. Worlds Apart
Members of the Highway Thru Hell crew join the 401 crew to compare the unique challenges of recovery work in their respective environments.
Members of the Highway Thru Hell crew join the 401 crew to compare the unique challenges of recovery work in their respective environments.
They go to hell and back to get people home Heavy Rescue: 401 focuses on the unique challenges and difficult working conditions endured by tow operators, rescue and maintenance crews - day and night - as they battle to keep traffic flowing along North America's most important trade route, even through the worst of the winter driving season.
