Trucking Hell
Följ experterna som transporterar enorma laster och ovanliga varor över hela Storbritannien.
Episode 1
A 44 ton Artic straddling the central reservation of the M1 is a rush hour headache for Crouch Recovery Incident Manager Steve and one of the youngest Recovery Ops on the team, Pat.
Episode 2
An over-turned Gas tanker full of highly flammable propane means trouble for Crouch Recovery Incident Manager Steve. Working with the fire service he must muster all his experience to keep his team out of danger.
Episode 3
Crouch Recovery Op Jim and heavy mechanic Jack are faced with a complex recovery challenge. A foreign truck with dodgy suspension airbags and a catalogue of other problems make towing it anywhere a real headache and a potential threat to road users.
Episode 4
A digger has fallen off the back of a lorry and rolled over on its side - blocking one side of a busy A road. Crouch recovery Incident Manager Steve must work out how to get the vehicle upright without being able to close the whole road.
Episode 5
A 40-ton lorry rammed full of scrap metal overturns and spills its steel load across a major A road during rush hour, and Lantern recovery op Steve Knight is called to the scene. It's a job that will push Steve and his team to the limit.
Episode 6
Father and son Dave and Adam Crouch team up to save a lorry transporting a train from sinking into soft ground. Crouch Recovery Op Jim has to rescue a lorry from a ditch after the driver attempted an ill-advised three-point turn.
Episode 7
Simon has to grapple with a juggernaut that has skidded off the M62 and down a steep bank, but when they finally manage to pull it back onto the carriageway, it starts leaking diesel.
Episode 8
A broken-down coach on a slip road of the motorway presents a major problem for Crouch recovery op Jon and Highways England. Recovery Op Marta and Tez work together to solve a serious weight issue on her trailer load.
Episode 9
Crane operator Nick is called out to do an unusual job of removing two old cabins and replacing them with new ones. With each cabin weighing at least 4 tons and overhead electrical cables to negotiate, this is a highly hazardous job.
Episode 10
Jim is called to the scene on the M1. But as Jim and his team begin to pull the truck and trailer apart they discover the crash has split the hydraulic oil tank and it's now leaking all over the road making the job a whole lot more complicated!
Episode 11
Veteran Recover Op Jim has to recover a 44-ton unit and trailer that has broken down bang in the middle of a busy ring road. But there's a major problem...it's almost rush hour and the lorry is a serious collision hazard.
Episode 12
When a car crashes into a river, Steve and the team are in deep water attempting to pull it out. Jim has to recover a van that has got wedged on top of a garden wall. And Fluff is picking up an army truck for a friend of the boss.
Episode 13
On a busy rural road in Essex, recovery op Steve Knight battles rush hour traffic to get his recovery vehicle around the narrow roads to get to a 7.5-ton lorry down a ditch. Recovery op Rory has to deliver a dodgy van to a scrapyard.
Episode 14
Lantern's only female driver Merrie is tasked with the removal of an abandoned lorry which it turns out has been used as a mobile home, and inside she discovers all its guilty secrets.
Episode 15
When a skip lorry breaks down on the M1, Recovery stalwart Rory has to risk life and limb to get it recovered. Jim has a happy reunion with his own truck - but the smile is quickly wiped off his face when he has to pick up a mangled mail truck!
Episode 16
Recovery op Jim Howard is dispatched to a serious incident. A van has collided with an artic forcing the vehicles behind to brake suddenly resulting in a major pile up. Recovery op Marta is struggling to collect an artic from a lorry graveyard.
Episode 17
Recovery Ops Marta and Pat have to pull a bin lorry out of a muddy ditch - luckily, they have a specialized off-road vehicle that is just the tool for the job. Recovery drivers Roman and Nick have to deliver an antique tank worth 20 grand to a buyer.
Episode 18
When a tanker carrying highly corrosive pure sulphuric acid smashes into the central reservation of a busy A road and overturns, Recovery Experts Jim and Steve rush to the scene and immediately call for backup.
Episode 19
Some of Crouch's finest are joined by Lantern Recovery's female operative Merrie at a bus depot. The owners lost 10 of their school coaches to a devastating fire and now need the burned-out shells removed in order to bring in a new fleet.
Episode 20
There's no rest for recovery operators and this time it's all hands to the pump as several of Crouch's finest are joined by Lantern Recovery's female operative Merrie at a bus depot in Tamworth.
