Trucking Hell: Greatest Rescues

In the Pennines, Alpha Recovery have sent a large crew to a very challenging and energy sapping recovery, a fuel tanker that has rolled down a steep, muddy hillside and landed on its side. If that wasn't enough of a challenge, the ground is soft and the closest the wreckers can get is 100ft away at the top of the hill. To get the tanker back on to the road, Incident Manager Simon uses all his experience and a huge digger to flip it back onto its wheels, but the challenges don't stop there. 
 
There is an early morning call out for Steve when emergency services respond to a major incident near Loughborough. After heavy rains, a cement truck careered off the road before smashing through a fence and ending up on its side in a farmer's field. Steve must work out how to get the thirty-two-ton lorry back up on its wheels and out of the field. Just to complicate an already tricky recovery, the lorry has spilled its load – a hazardous concoction of cement, sand, and water. There is a very real risk of sustaining chemical burns and it is down to Steve to ensure the safety of the entire team.

Lantern recovery op Stuart is called out to assist on the rescue of a rollover.  On arrival he finds an artic carrying at least 1,500 boxes of A4 paper has tipped over on a busy roundabout.  It's going to be a massive job, there are police on scene, and an eight-man crew with multiple recovery vehicles will be needed to clear the carnage.

A 28-ton truck crashes in East London, blocking a railway bridge, Lantern Recovery's Bohdan calls in Sean for a delicate recovery and Alpha Recovery faces tough job with a wedged trailer.

In the Pennines, Alpha Recovery send a crew to recover a fuel tanker that has rolled down a steep, muddy hillside and landed on its side. There is an early morning call out for Steve when emergency services respond to reports of a cement truck that has careered off the road and smashed through a fence, ending up on its side in a farmer's field.

A 22-ton houseboat has washed up on a muddy bank of the River Trent in Nottingham after storm Babet battered the UK with 70 miles per hour winds and heavy rains. Steve Kelly from Crouch and a boat rescue team have the task of trying to winch it back into the water. In Hertfordshire, rookie recovery op Euan has been tasked with rescuing a ten-ton rigid.

In the North East, Alpha's team rigs three wreckers to pull a 44-tonne truck from a ditch. Steve Kelly leads a team to clear a burning car transporter and there's a chemical spill on the M25.