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[Kory] It is, by far,
the craziest place to work.
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[Charlie] This is one of
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the most dangerous jobs
in the world.
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-Come help me.
-Holy cow!
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Pretty hard to get 'em
to slow down here.
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[Cory] When you get into
these sub-zero conditions,
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it can turn to life or death.
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That must have been
one heck of a ride here.
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[Charlie]
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah,
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it is the gut
of the United States of America.
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[Jesse] Holy moly!
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[crashing]
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[Charlie]
Crazy weather conditions,
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tough roads,
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12,000 feet in the air.
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There's more accidents here
per interstate mile
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than any other interstate
in North America.
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He hit the wall hard.
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[Austin] It can turn ugly
very quick.
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[news report] And here's
the latest weather update
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from up on Vail Pass.
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There are now reports
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of likely another
three to five inches
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in the next couple of hours,
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and crews are working hard
to keep I-70 open.
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[Narrator]
On the southern edge
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of the Rocky Mountains...
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[Narrator] ...January
is starting out rough
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on Interstate 70.
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[Charlie] 10-4.
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It's coming our way.
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[Narrator] Charlie Stubblefield
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is ready for the worst.
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[Charlie] We've got some
pretty low temps coming up.
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I believe it's gonna be 7 below
tonight and snowing,
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and then 2
for the high tomorrow,
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and those roads are gonna stay
snow packed,
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and stay dangerous,
and stay slippery.
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Five years ago,
I started this company,
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and it has taken off,
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and we're now one of the largest
towing and recovery companies
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in the state of Colorado.
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We cover I-70,
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it's a stretch
through the Rocky Mountains
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between Denver
and Glenwood Springs.
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We're at 12,000 feet
in elevation...
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...and it's a whole
'nother ball game
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in terms of weather systems.
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[Narrator] When storms hit...
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they patrol the mountain passes
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in a fleet of top-line
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light and heavy-duty tow trucks
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all along I-70.
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[Big Jon] That long,
skinny pedal on the right side,
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just bury it to the floor board.
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Yeah, 09, I got a Smart car
spinning out a little bit.
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[laughing]
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I could just, like,
pull up next to him,
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one arm, pick it up...
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[chuckling]
...hold it out the window...
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[Bad Grandpa]
Yeah, I am getting ready
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to go into the tunnel,
heading right at ya.
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[Kory] All right, I'll give it
a few more minutes,
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then head down, make a lap.
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The roads today
have just been super icy.
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Negative-degree weather,
got snow blowing...
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Only takes one guy
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to really mess it all up
for everybody.
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[Charlie] Crazy roads,
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crazy weather conditions...
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we have all the ingredients
for a disaster here.
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[Charlie]
All right, here we go!
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[Charlie] Wolcott Corners
is an S-curve on I-70,
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and this is a place
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where we've seen multiple
vehicle accidents.
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This area is definitely
a trouble spot on I-70.
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Yeah, 04-01.
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...and then we'll kind of
formulate a plan from there.
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Does that make sense?
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[Charlie]
Here it is right here.
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This semi went through
a set of curves too fast,
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and ended up jackknifing,
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turning the whole truck
all the way around,
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on the shoulder side of the road
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facing the opposite direction.
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[Kory] I know
he was supposed to turn,
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but he turned a little too much.
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Closing I-70
is just not an option.
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We can't do that.
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It's gonna create a huge risk
for secondary crashes.
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What are we thinking
for plan here?
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The quickest way
to get this done
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and keep the roadway open
while we do it
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is to use two rotators
at the same time...
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[Narrator] They'll use
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one of their brand-new
rotators on each end
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to lift and swing the semi
back around.
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[Charlie]
This is the exact scenario
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we bought these trucks for,
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so that we could
reach over the side
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without blocking
the entire roadway,
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and get this job done.
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What's going on, guys?
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03 just coming out of
the tunnel eastbound.
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All right, 10-4.
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This turn is notorious
for jackknifes,
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and slide-offs, and rollovers.
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We get something
pretty much every storm here.
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[Charlie] They're not
doing a great job
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of slowing down today.
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[Kory] The longer
we're out there,
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the more at risk
the public is,
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driving by,
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the more risk we are
working on the roadway,
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so getting it done quick,
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it's definitely
an important thing.
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[honking horn]
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[air hissing]
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[Kory] Are we good
if I start setting up?
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[Charlie] Yeah, go ahead.
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-Yeah.
-Okay.
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[Kory] There's a reason
why we're here
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cleaning up an accident
to begin with.
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It's only a matter of time
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before there's
a second one here.
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Everything is frozen!
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[Big Jon] We're definitely
working on a blind corner,
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so don't really want to cause
any more accidents.
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Sometimes all the flashing
lights and everything,
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people get drawn right to it.
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Try to do it as fast as we can.
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If you hear a horn,
run for cover.
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[horn blaring]
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[news report]
Quiet night out on I-15.
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Traffic is looking good
all around.
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Calling for clear skies
overnight,
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and hovering
just above freezing.
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[Narrator] 560 kilometres west,
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in Utah,
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traffic is moving smoothly,
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but just a single driver
can change that in an instant.
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[crashing]
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[sirens wailing]
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[Jesse Stauffer]
I'm headed to this truck fire
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in Springville.
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Don't know
a whole lot about it,
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but Highway Patrol is saying
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that the driver fell asleep,
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and the truck's on fire now.
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My name is Jesse Stauffer.
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I work for Stauffer's Towing.
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It's a business
that my grandpa started
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almost 70 years ago.
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Like, how cool is that,
you know,
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that you get to continue on
that legacy?
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[Chuck] Night and day
runs together always.
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The story of my life.
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H'yah! [laughing]
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[Jesse]
Chuck is on his way already.
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He'll beat us.
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[Chuck] Just got
the freeway shut down,
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so not sure exactly
on how bad it is,
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but usually
if the freeway's shut down,
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it's pretty bad.
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[Chuck] All's I was thinking,
was, you know,
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I mean, "I wonder
if the driver's okay?"
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[sirens wailing]
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[Jesse]
Whenever something comes in
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at 2:00, 3:00 a.m.
in the morning,
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adrenaline
goes through your veins.
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[tire exploding]
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Oh, [bleep]!
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[sirens wailing]
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[sirens wailing]
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I-15 is the biggest
interstate in Utah.
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It stretches
from the Idaho border
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all the way down
to the southern border
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by Arizona and Nevada,
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I mean, and so for us,
it's everything,
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and where this truck fire is
in Springville,
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it's in a part
that if you close it,
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there's no way around it.
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[Narrator] Miraculously,
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the driver survived,
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but Jesse and crew are facing
a long, difficult night.
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[Jesse] Crazy!
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Nothing left of it.
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[Narrator]
The trailer is loaded full
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with mixed courier packages.
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[Chris Whetton]
We have melted plastics
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and melted products.
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We're all just trying
to get it out,
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and no one get hurt,
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and go home.
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[Narrator] ...but the fire
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keeps finding new fuel
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and flaring back up.
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[Jesse] It's going to be tough
to get this off the road.
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[Chuck] Yeah.
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Yeah, see that front axle?
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Should be up there!
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It's clear back here.
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He hit the wall hard.
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[Chuck] The driver made it out,
which is good,
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but then you got to look
and see, okay,
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now what kind of job
do I got to do?
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Man...
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I got a tractor to clean up.
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I got a trailer
that's got to be cleaned up,
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plus all the debris
that's melted to the ground,
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and all over the place,
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and, I mean, you've got
a lot of moving parts.
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[Narrator] Local rush hour
starts at 6:00 a.m.,
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and this road needs to be open.
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[Chuck]
It's the main get-through.
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I-15 shuts down, it shuts down.
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I mean, it shuts down...
everywhere.
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[Narrator] Morning rush
is less than four hours away,
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and the freight
is still burning,
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but the crew needs
to get a head start.
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[Kevan] You guys have an issue
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with us disconnecting
the tractor right now
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to get that forward?
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Get that out of your guys' way?
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Okay.
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[Jesse] We're going to
pull the tractor out
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from underneath the trailer,
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so that way,
we can be working on something
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as the fire department
is working on another thing.
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[Chuck]
I wanna go right around here,
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so it's around the frame
around,
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because if we try pulling
anywhere else,
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it's going to probably
rip it in half.
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[Narrator] The plan is to
first pull the tractor
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away from the trailer,
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and then Jesse's rotator
will lift it
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onto a flatbed trailer.
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Good?
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I'm gonna pull them apart...
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Okay.
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The steer axle on the tractor
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was broke off the frame,
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then one of the drive axles
was broke
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and twisted into the other one.
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The tires on the trailer
were blown out and twisted.
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I wouldn't lie to you.
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[laughing]
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Yeah, it was...
it was a pretty good wreck.
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[Jesse] Yeah,
this is gonna be...
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figuring out this truck
on the fly, huh?
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[Jesse]
Everything's falling out
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underneath the tractor.
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Is this thing going to hold up
as I try to lift it up?
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So go around the axle,
hook it back to itself.
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Pass that over to Chuck, okay?
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[dispatch] Do you have
an estimated finish time
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for that jackknife
at the 150-mile marker?
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[Charlie] Look at this idiot.
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[Charlie] I think drivers
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coming through
the Wolcott Corners,
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headed eastbound,
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and then all of a sudden
seeing a semi facing west
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on the shoulder,
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there's some hard braking,
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and some good chance for
secondary incidents to happen.
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Don't stop there.
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We want out of this situation.
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We want to get this thing done,
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and we don't want
to be out here
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any longer than we have to be.
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[Narrator] So Charlie's banking
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on Jon and Kory's
50-ton capacity rotators.
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[Charlie]
Let's make this quick.
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[Charlie]
Using these two rotators
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is invaluable to us
here in the mountains.
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Without them,
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we would be blocking
the whole road
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with straight stick wreckers.
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[Narrator]
A straight stick wrecker
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can only pull straight,
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off the back.
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A rotator, with outriggers
providing stability,
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can lift from the side.
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[♪♪♪]
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Right now, I'm gonna
get my outriggers out.
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[Big Jon]
Just trying to get around
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all the hydraulics and stuff.
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Lot of stuff in the way.
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[Narrator]
A new storm is blowing in.
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The crew can't afford
any delay...
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but Big Jon
has hit some trouble.
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[Big Jon] Kory, you want
to hold that chain?
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Just go right around
the edge there.
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There's just a lot of cheesy
little metal brackets and stuff.
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I can't really find
a clear place
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to run these chains
and route 'em.
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I don't know
how sturdy these are, either.
298
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Yeah, we're going to
just break that.
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[Big Jon] The lift gate
doesn't have enough space for us
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00:15:32,898 --> 00:15:34,500
to get, like,
a good lift point.
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That plan's not gonna work
exactly. [chuckling]
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[Charlie] This is a vulnerable
position for us to be in.
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We need to get out of here.
304
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[passing horn blaring]
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[Kory] You didn't want
to use the spreader bar?
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[Big Jon] I did not, no.
[laughing]
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Mine's pretty iced in there
right now.
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Is yours pretty easy to get to?
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[Kory] I'm sure I could
pull it out of there.
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Yeah, we gotta spreader-bar it.
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[Narrator]
In Wolcott, Colorado...
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[Charlie]
A little change in plans.
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[Narrator]
...the Mountain Recovery crew
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has had to scrap
their first plan.
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We weren't too confident
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in where we were
picking from that trailer,
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and didn't want
to break something.
318
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There was very little damage
to this truck,
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and we want to keep it that way.
320
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[Narrator] But time
is not on their side.
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[Big Jon]
Snatch blocks are over here.
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[Charlie] Okay.
323
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[Charlie] Middle of the night,
324
00:16:28,721 --> 00:16:30,823
traffic's coming by,
snow's falling.
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This is a dangerous spot to be.
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00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:38,397
[Big Jon]
So, we'll get the ladder
327
00:16:38,397 --> 00:16:41,033
and just climb up
and hook it up.
328
00:16:42,901 --> 00:16:44,336
If somebody is listening
out there,
329
00:16:44,336 --> 00:16:48,273
they need to make a big hard hat
for this big-headed guy.
330
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[chuckling]
331
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[Big Jon] The new plan now
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is to get the spreader bar
333
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and get it set up
over the top of the trailer,
334
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and we'll just
lift off the frame,
335
00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:00,953
and we can pick
and swing it that way.
336
00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:03,422
We should've done this
in the first place.
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00:17:04,523 --> 00:17:06,291
We got to get as much reach
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00:17:06,291 --> 00:17:08,360
and get out there
as far as we can.
339
00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:09,328
[Charlie] Yeah.
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00:17:11,330 --> 00:17:13,999
I'm telling you right now,
it's just super busy.
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We got more stuff
342
00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:17,269
than I even probably
know about at this point.
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00:17:22,941 --> 00:17:24,810
[Bad Grandpa]
It's pretty nasty,
344
00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:26,845
it's super, super icy.
345
00:17:26,845 --> 00:17:29,448
There's definitely
some accidents up here.
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[Narrator] 100 kilometres west,
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00:17:33,786 --> 00:17:35,854
other members of Charlie's crew
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00:17:35,854 --> 00:17:39,425
are heading up
the steepest grade on I-70,
349
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toward
the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnel.
350
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[Charlie] Our model is patrol,
351
00:17:45,998 --> 00:17:48,967
and everybody's out there
always working, moving,
352
00:17:48,967 --> 00:17:51,437
making things
happen on their own,
353
00:17:51,437 --> 00:17:53,539
so tonight, we've got
all hands on deck.
354
00:17:55,007 --> 00:17:58,310
[Bad Grandpa] This is when
it's game on, right now.
355
00:18:00,379 --> 00:18:03,015
[Narrator]
35,000 vehicles a day
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00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:04,950
move through this
three-kilometre passage
357
00:18:04,950 --> 00:18:06,185
under the mountains,
358
00:18:06,185 --> 00:18:09,721
and at over 3,300 metres,
359
00:18:09,721 --> 00:18:14,059
it's the highest point
in the entire interstate system.
360
00:18:14,059 --> 00:18:15,027
[Charlie] The tunnel grade?
361
00:18:15,027 --> 00:18:16,061
Man, in a snowstorm,
362
00:18:16,061 --> 00:18:18,197
it's completely disorienting.
363
00:18:18,197 --> 00:18:20,399
It's the tallest, steepest,
364
00:18:20,399 --> 00:18:22,401
longest grades in North America.
365
00:18:30,209 --> 00:18:32,511
It's like a skating rink,
but we got wheels.
366
00:18:38,851 --> 00:18:40,853
[Seth] People are driving
pretty timid,
367
00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:42,387
and it's for good reason.
368
00:18:42,387 --> 00:18:45,190
All it takes is a little bit.
369
00:18:47,392 --> 00:18:48,427
Ooh, ooh...
370
00:18:48,427 --> 00:18:51,263
He's locked up and sliding,
man, not good.
371
00:18:51,263 --> 00:18:52,364
We're just gonna kinda
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00:18:52,364 --> 00:18:54,733
guardian angel back here
for him.
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00:18:57,002 --> 00:18:59,271
Yeah, real slow, my dude.
374
00:19:02,307 --> 00:19:05,711
[Dean] Rippin' and dippin'
out here in Colorado.
375
00:19:05,711 --> 00:19:08,013
This last snow storm
that we've been working
376
00:19:08,013 --> 00:19:09,414
has been killer.
377
00:19:09,414 --> 00:19:11,783
[Narrator] Heavy operator Dean
378
00:19:11,783 --> 00:19:13,752
is fighting
to make it to a semi
379
00:19:13,752 --> 00:19:17,823
stuck on a slick section
of the steep incline...
380
00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:20,159
[Dean] Okay, buddy, back it up.
381
00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:22,294
Come on, I know you don't know
where to go either.
382
00:19:22,294 --> 00:19:25,731
[Narrator] ...but he can't
get through the backlog.
383
00:19:25,731 --> 00:19:27,599
Right now, traffic is stopped,
384
00:19:27,599 --> 00:19:30,903
and 'cause nobody else
knows where to go,
385
00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:33,305
westbound 221,
386
00:19:33,305 --> 00:19:35,407
traffic is stopped.
387
00:19:36,608 --> 00:19:38,610
[Charlie] Just moving around
and being in this environment
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00:19:38,610 --> 00:19:39,878
is risky.
389
00:19:39,878 --> 00:19:41,146
Every single day,
390
00:19:41,146 --> 00:19:42,714
we see vehicles crash,
and roll over,
391
00:19:42,714 --> 00:19:43,916
and do all this kind of stuff.
392
00:19:43,916 --> 00:19:45,617
I might get out
to have people move,
393
00:19:45,617 --> 00:19:48,520
'cause there's nowhere
for them to go.
394
00:19:51,456 --> 00:19:53,091
I'm going to get
these cars to move
395
00:19:53,091 --> 00:19:54,393
when they do pull off.
396
00:19:54,393 --> 00:19:56,895
Hey, come on, come on, come on,
397
00:19:56,895 --> 00:19:58,130
come on, come on, come on.
398
00:19:58,130 --> 00:19:59,464
Hey, come on.
399
00:19:59,464 --> 00:20:01,833
Pull over to the side here.
400
00:20:10,142 --> 00:20:11,543
[news report]
Coming up on 4:00 a.m.,
401
00:20:11,543 --> 00:20:13,745
and the section of northbound
I-15 near Springville
402
00:20:13,745 --> 00:20:15,047
is still closed.
403
00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:17,449
Crews are working to open up
the road before rush hour,
404
00:20:17,449 --> 00:20:19,718
but still no idea
when things will get moving.
405
00:20:19,718 --> 00:20:21,119
[Narrator] On I-15,
406
00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,822
the fire crew
is still battling a fire
407
00:20:23,822 --> 00:20:28,961
that keeps finding
new fuel in the trailer...
408
00:20:28,961 --> 00:20:30,162
-[Jesse] Good?
-[Chuck] Good.
409
00:20:30,162 --> 00:20:31,296
[Jesse] Okay.
410
00:20:31,296 --> 00:20:33,532
[Narrator] ...so with less
than three hours
411
00:20:33,532 --> 00:20:34,700
until the rush,
412
00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:37,636
Jesse and crew
are targeting the tractor...
413
00:20:37,636 --> 00:20:40,405
[Jesse] I'll just lift
that tractor up off the ground.
414
00:20:40,405 --> 00:20:42,674
[Narrator]
...but it's so destroyed,
415
00:20:42,674 --> 00:20:46,445
it might not survive
the lift onto their trailer.
416
00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:48,747
[Chuck] You ready
for me to let go?
417
00:20:48,747 --> 00:20:49,915
[Jesse] Yep, I'm ready.
418
00:20:51,383 --> 00:20:53,652
There was no
state of the tractor.
419
00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:54,653
It was burnt.
420
00:20:54,653 --> 00:20:56,154
There was a shell
421
00:20:56,154 --> 00:21:00,158
that represented
what used to be a tractor.
422
00:21:00,158 --> 00:21:01,627
It's all burnt into ashes,
423
00:21:01,627 --> 00:21:07,599
and just a big glob
of... melted...
424
00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:09,368
I don't know, [bleep].
[laughing]
425
00:21:10,669 --> 00:21:12,704
[Jesse] Okay, it's gonna
spin on us when I lift it.
426
00:21:31,923 --> 00:21:33,925
[Chuck] Set 'er down.
427
00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:40,165
Okay.
428
00:21:40,165 --> 00:21:41,733
[Narrator] The tractor made it
429
00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:43,235
in one piece.
430
00:21:43,235 --> 00:21:45,003
[Chuck]
It's a beautiful thing.
431
00:21:45,003 --> 00:21:47,039
[flatbed honking]
432
00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:50,375
[Jesse] We'll go check on them,
see where they're at.
433
00:21:50,375 --> 00:21:52,311
[Narrator] But the fire
in the trailer
434
00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:54,746
is still fighting back.
435
00:21:59,017 --> 00:21:59,985
Yes, sir.
436
00:22:03,221 --> 00:22:04,389
Yeah.
437
00:22:10,128 --> 00:22:11,797
So right now,
438
00:22:11,797 --> 00:22:13,799
the fire's snuck in between
all the packages
439
00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:14,800
and the palleting,
440
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,102
where it gets into
the little pockets,
441
00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:19,171
and then we just
have to chase it
442
00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:21,940
and try and extinguish it
and find it,
443
00:22:21,940 --> 00:22:23,775
and so it's time-consuming
and labor-intensive
444
00:22:23,775 --> 00:22:25,911
and not really
an easy way to do it.
445
00:22:27,479 --> 00:22:29,981
[Narrator] The more
they cut away at the trailer,
446
00:22:29,981 --> 00:22:32,384
the more time
it will take Jesse
447
00:22:32,384 --> 00:22:34,152
to clear it off this highway.
448
00:22:34,152 --> 00:22:36,154
Hey, Captain, would you be okay
449
00:22:36,154 --> 00:22:37,889
if we open up
some lanes of traffic?
450
00:22:40,258 --> 00:22:41,593
But I'm just telling you,
451
00:22:41,593 --> 00:22:43,362
as soon as you guys get done,
452
00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:44,596
they're gonna be like,
"Hey, Jesse,
453
00:22:44,596 --> 00:22:46,298
why aren't the lanes open?"
454
00:22:46,298 --> 00:22:47,999
[Narrator]
The flood of traffic
455
00:22:47,999 --> 00:22:50,902
is now just two hours away.
456
00:22:50,902 --> 00:22:53,972
[Chuck] We still gotta get
all that picked up,
457
00:22:53,972 --> 00:22:54,973
in the dumpsters,
458
00:22:54,973 --> 00:22:57,509
and then
deal with the trailer,
459
00:22:57,509 --> 00:23:00,245
and then clean it all up still.
460
00:23:00,245 --> 00:23:02,547
[Jesse] Yeah, we'll be
watching the sun come up.
461
00:23:10,722 --> 00:23:11,823
[Big Jon]
We're just about ready.
462
00:23:11,823 --> 00:23:13,058
Make sure everyone is clear.
463
00:23:14,159 --> 00:23:15,994
Charlie, you wanna
watch that chain on that side
464
00:23:15,994 --> 00:23:17,729
as I tighten up?
465
00:23:17,729 --> 00:23:19,231
[Charlie] Yup.
466
00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:21,833
[Narrator]
On I-70 in Colorado...
467
00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:23,468
Kory, just a heads up,
468
00:23:23,468 --> 00:23:25,404
I'm gonna start
moving the trailer.
469
00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:27,939
[Narrator] ...Big Jon
has the spreader bar prepped
470
00:23:27,939 --> 00:23:30,609
to lift
the back of the jackknife.
471
00:23:32,010 --> 00:23:34,913
Yeah, buddy,
looking good on this side.
472
00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:36,181
Jon's going to pick it up
473
00:23:36,181 --> 00:23:39,985
and slowly swing it out
away from the roadway
474
00:23:39,985 --> 00:23:42,521
so we can get that cab
turned around.
475
00:23:44,856 --> 00:23:47,325
[Big Jon]
Just found the center.
476
00:23:48,226 --> 00:23:50,429
Just trying to keep
the angles right...
477
00:23:52,164 --> 00:23:53,165
[Big Jon]
You just got to be worried
478
00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:54,332
about the stability
of your truck.
479
00:23:54,332 --> 00:23:56,234
You don't want to be reached
way out there
480
00:23:56,234 --> 00:23:58,403
and have too much weight.
481
00:24:02,674 --> 00:24:07,179
All right, I think we got it
where we need it.
482
00:24:08,046 --> 00:24:09,214
[Charlie] Looks good.
483
00:24:09,214 --> 00:24:11,116
[Big Jon]
We can go to the front now,
484
00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:14,052
and we'll bring
the tractor around.
485
00:24:15,053 --> 00:24:17,189
[Narrator] He needs
to make up the lost time
486
00:24:17,189 --> 00:24:19,858
before the conditions
and blind corner
487
00:24:19,858 --> 00:24:22,327
cause another crash.
488
00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:24,863
We're gonna pick it up
and kind of pull it forward
489
00:24:24,863 --> 00:24:26,498
and shift it over,
490
00:24:26,498 --> 00:24:28,533
and start it into
that initial turn...
491
00:24:35,173 --> 00:24:39,211
That's where it went bad.
492
00:24:40,812 --> 00:24:42,280
Whoa...
493
00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:46,017
Something bad just happened.
494
00:24:46,017 --> 00:24:48,053
[Kory] Huh...
495
00:24:49,521 --> 00:24:50,622
It's broken.
496
00:24:50,622 --> 00:24:53,892
The reason the rotator
has these outriggers
497
00:24:53,892 --> 00:24:55,927
is to stabilize
the entire truck
498
00:24:55,927 --> 00:24:58,263
so you're not
tipping to one side.
499
00:24:58,263 --> 00:24:59,698
They're very crucial.
500
00:24:59,698 --> 00:25:01,199
Damn it!
501
00:25:01,199 --> 00:25:02,767
We busted that whole thing.
502
00:25:02,767 --> 00:25:04,269
That is very broken.
503
00:25:05,971 --> 00:25:08,406
That's not good.
504
00:25:08,406 --> 00:25:10,575
Yeah, it's this plate
right here that's on the ground
505
00:25:10,575 --> 00:25:13,278
that is not supposed
to be like that.
506
00:25:14,112 --> 00:25:15,280
Worst nightmare...
507
00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:18,183
[Charlie] Something stopped
508
00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:19,284
the second stage
of this outrigger
509
00:25:19,284 --> 00:25:21,753
from coming out properly,
510
00:25:21,753 --> 00:25:23,522
and it fully extended too far,
511
00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:24,789
and then
when we put weight on it,
512
00:25:24,789 --> 00:25:28,660
that outrigger was too far
out of its pocket,
513
00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:30,829
and just popped it.
514
00:25:30,829 --> 00:25:33,598
I don't know why
that happened.
515
00:25:33,598 --> 00:25:37,135
[Kory] I've never seen
an outrigger break like that.
516
00:25:37,135 --> 00:25:38,637
I mean, especially
on a new truck.
517
00:25:39,804 --> 00:25:42,674
[Charlie] I'm not really sure
why that took place,
518
00:25:42,674 --> 00:25:44,576
but it did.
519
00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:47,178
[Charlie] It's
a multi-million-dollar truck.
520
00:25:47,178 --> 00:25:48,880
It's brand new.
521
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,448
For this to happen right now,
522
00:25:50,448 --> 00:25:52,050
with this storm coming in,
523
00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:53,251
this job that we need to do,
524
00:25:53,251 --> 00:25:56,288
ah... it's frustrating.
525
00:25:56,288 --> 00:25:59,691
And now we have
a limp truck here...
526
00:25:59,691 --> 00:26:01,059
Unfortunately.
527
00:26:01,059 --> 00:26:03,595
[Big Jon]
Hopefully it'll suck it in.
528
00:26:03,595 --> 00:26:04,863
It should.
529
00:26:04,863 --> 00:26:07,198
[Kory]
Now I got a lame truck,
530
00:26:07,198 --> 00:26:10,602
and, you know, I can't help
with the recovery.
531
00:26:10,602 --> 00:26:13,371
I don't even get the credit
of, like, doing something cool.
532
00:26:13,371 --> 00:26:15,874
Like, what the hell?
533
00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:18,143
I guess plan B is, you know,
534
00:26:18,143 --> 00:26:21,580
we're going to
reposition Jon's truck
535
00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:25,584
and keep swinging
this thing around.
536
00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:28,153
Can't stop now.
We're in the middle of it.
537
00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:29,588
[Kory] Yeah.
538
00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:31,356
Plan B, C, D...
539
00:26:31,356 --> 00:26:32,991
as long as... as many plans
as we gotta do.
540
00:26:32,991 --> 00:26:34,659
We'll get it done.
541
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,163
Okay, what are we doing now?
542
00:26:43,568 --> 00:26:45,804
[Charlie] 14-01.
543
00:26:45,804 --> 00:26:47,572
01, go ahead.
544
00:26:47,572 --> 00:26:49,674
[Narrator]
Over on the tunnel grade...
545
00:26:52,510 --> 00:26:53,745
10-4.
546
00:26:53,745 --> 00:26:56,281
[Narrator] ...Dean
has reached the driver,
547
00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:58,950
who's unable
to get enough traction
548
00:26:58,950 --> 00:27:01,686
to climb the mountain
on his own.
549
00:27:02,821 --> 00:27:03,822
All right.
550
00:27:07,692 --> 00:27:10,228
[Narrator]
Just a few weeks ago...
551
00:27:10,228 --> 00:27:13,098
[Charlie]
What do you think, Dean?
552
00:27:13,098 --> 00:27:15,333
All right, let's have a look
at this thing.
553
00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:16,935
[Narrator]
...Dean saw firsthand
554
00:27:16,935 --> 00:27:22,741
how dangerous a stop in traffic
can be on I-70.
555
00:27:24,609 --> 00:27:27,345
When traffic stopped
in one lane,
556
00:27:27,345 --> 00:27:28,947
a driver's bad decision
557
00:27:28,947 --> 00:27:31,416
sent Dean for a ride.
558
00:27:34,219 --> 00:27:35,954
[crashing]
559
00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:49,367
[Charlie] We're thankful
560
00:27:49,367 --> 00:27:51,469
that you're still here, man.
561
00:27:51,469 --> 00:27:56,174
This... this truck is wrecked.
562
00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:57,308
[Dean] I feel,
looking at this truck,
563
00:27:57,308 --> 00:27:58,309
I shouldn't be here right now.
564
00:27:58,309 --> 00:28:01,346
No. No, you should be dead.
565
00:28:03,248 --> 00:28:05,083
[Dean] I do feel lucky.
566
00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:06,918
That one spot
where I was sitting,
567
00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:08,953
it's crumpled like a can,
568
00:28:08,953 --> 00:28:12,257
but it protected me enough
for me to climb out.
569
00:28:12,257 --> 00:28:13,491
[Narrator] Amazingly,
570
00:28:13,491 --> 00:28:16,094
no one in the six
vehicles involved
571
00:28:16,094 --> 00:28:17,829
was seriously hurt.
572
00:28:17,829 --> 00:28:20,231
After rolling three times,
573
00:28:20,231 --> 00:28:23,601
Dean escaped
with just a broken finger.
574
00:28:25,036 --> 00:28:26,504
[Charlie] All very minor
575
00:28:26,504 --> 00:28:30,809
compared to what is a really
major ordeal right here,
576
00:28:30,809 --> 00:28:31,743
that's for sure.
577
00:28:32,777 --> 00:28:34,713
It was a good truck.
578
00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:37,949
It served its purpose for us,
that's for sure.
579
00:28:41,619 --> 00:28:44,055
[Charlie] Every second,
every minute,
580
00:28:44,055 --> 00:28:45,724
every hour that
that lane's closed
581
00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,292
is a higher
and higher percentage
582
00:28:47,292 --> 00:28:48,993
of a secondary incident.
583
00:28:50,261 --> 00:28:51,896
[Dean] All right,
going in the truck.
584
00:28:56,901 --> 00:29:00,171
[Charlie] I want to see
that traffic flowing,
585
00:29:00,171 --> 00:29:01,639
and say that this road is open
586
00:29:01,639 --> 00:29:03,475
because of Mountain Recovery.
587
00:29:05,376 --> 00:29:09,447
The highway is reopened
at this location right now.
588
00:29:09,447 --> 00:29:12,517
All right, I gotta
free-spool these.
589
00:29:13,451 --> 00:29:17,021
[Narrator]
On I-70 at Wolcott...
590
00:29:17,021 --> 00:29:19,124
Where are we going?
591
00:29:19,124 --> 00:29:20,425
[Big Jon] To the trailer.
592
00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:23,394
[Narrator] ...Kory's rotator
is out of commission,
593
00:29:23,394 --> 00:29:25,296
so the Mountain Recovery crew
594
00:29:25,296 --> 00:29:26,431
needs to improvise.
595
00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:27,632
[Charlie] What do you want,
596
00:29:27,632 --> 00:29:29,167
you want it right in front
of the fifth wheel,
597
00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:30,301
just on the frame?
598
00:29:30,301 --> 00:29:31,402
[Big Jon] If you go up
onto the apron,
599
00:29:31,402 --> 00:29:33,171
there's going to be
a big thick half-inch...
600
00:29:33,171 --> 00:29:36,274
We think that we can just
pull this tractor out and around
601
00:29:36,274 --> 00:29:37,375
with Big Jon's truck
602
00:29:37,375 --> 00:29:38,610
in the position
that it's in already.
603
00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:41,146
[Narrator] If Big Jon
can make the pull
604
00:29:41,146 --> 00:29:42,547
without repositioning,
605
00:29:42,547 --> 00:29:45,950
they can shave
crucial time off the job.
606
00:29:45,950 --> 00:29:48,920
[Big Jon] Yeah, just
smack that around a little bit.
607
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,256
Yeah, we got to get you dirty
every once in a while.
608
00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:53,191
We're going to
get this thing rigged up
609
00:29:53,191 --> 00:29:54,492
to the front of my truck,
610
00:29:54,492 --> 00:29:56,427
and we'll winch it
out of a jackknife
611
00:29:56,427 --> 00:29:57,862
and get it turned around.
612
00:29:59,531 --> 00:30:00,999
[phone ringing]
613
00:30:02,667 --> 00:30:03,735
[Charlie]
What's happening, man?
614
00:30:07,405 --> 00:30:09,507
[Charlie] That's not good.
Where is it at?
615
00:30:14,445 --> 00:30:18,383
CDOT is the Colorado
Department of Transportation,
616
00:30:18,383 --> 00:30:21,219
and when they call,
we get the work done.
617
00:30:21,219 --> 00:30:22,954
I will send Kory right now.
618
00:30:24,022 --> 00:30:25,924
Cool, thanks.
619
00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:28,326
Now that Kory's truck
is no longer a rotator,
620
00:30:28,326 --> 00:30:30,128
and it's just
a straight stick wrecker,
621
00:30:30,128 --> 00:30:32,564
there's nothing else he can do.
622
00:30:32,564 --> 00:30:33,965
[Charlie] Hey, Kory,
did you catch that?
623
00:30:33,965 --> 00:30:35,500
[Kory] I guess
I'll just clear here.
624
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:36,734
[Charlie] Yeah.
625
00:30:36,734 --> 00:30:37,769
Don't suck!
626
00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:38,736
[Kory] 10-4.
627
00:30:38,736 --> 00:30:41,139
[Kory] I'm glad
I got something to go do,
628
00:30:41,139 --> 00:30:42,240
because standing around
629
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:43,975
watching Jon
do the rest of the job,
630
00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:46,611
it's just... it's a little
heart... heartbreaking.
631
00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:51,749
I can't operate as a rotator,
632
00:30:51,749 --> 00:30:54,552
but I could definitely winch
off the back of this thing.
633
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:56,855
[honking horn]
634
00:30:58,256 --> 00:31:00,558
All right,
so we got this rigged up.
635
00:31:00,558 --> 00:31:02,594
We're going to pull
on the apron of the trailer.
636
00:31:03,661 --> 00:31:05,496
[Narrator]
Big Jon will need to pull
637
00:31:05,496 --> 00:31:11,469
on both tractor and trailer
to swing the semi around.
638
00:31:11,469 --> 00:31:13,171
[Big Jon] All right,
I'm going to start moving it.
639
00:31:13,171 --> 00:31:14,539
[Charlie] Yeah, go ahead.
640
00:31:21,779 --> 00:31:24,782
[Big Jon] We lost Kory's truck
at this point,
641
00:31:24,782 --> 00:31:26,751
so I just got to make sure
I'm careful
642
00:31:26,751 --> 00:31:28,519
and get it done with my truck
643
00:31:28,519 --> 00:31:30,255
and nothing else goes wrong.
644
00:31:30,255 --> 00:31:31,689
We need to get this out of here
645
00:31:31,689 --> 00:31:33,157
and get this highway open.
646
00:32:00,118 --> 00:32:02,887
Definitely worry
about some ice today.
647
00:32:04,155 --> 00:32:05,423
[Narrator]
With the brunt of the storm
648
00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:07,325
bearing down in Colorado,
649
00:32:07,325 --> 00:32:10,428
Mountain Recovery is fighting
to finish the job.
650
00:32:13,364 --> 00:32:15,633
[Big Jon] There's never
a perfect plan with this job.
651
00:32:15,633 --> 00:32:17,635
You got to roll
with the punches,
652
00:32:17,635 --> 00:32:19,871
and just figure stuff out
as it goes.
653
00:32:22,507 --> 00:32:24,542
[Charlie] You just need
to maintain your focus,
654
00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:25,810
stay on track,
655
00:32:25,810 --> 00:32:27,445
keep up with your recovery plan,
656
00:32:27,445 --> 00:32:28,613
make changes as needed,
657
00:32:28,613 --> 00:32:30,815
and see it all the way through.
658
00:32:35,086 --> 00:32:36,321
[Big Jon] All right, Charlie,
659
00:32:36,321 --> 00:32:38,323
we gotta move that chain
660
00:32:38,323 --> 00:32:41,259
to the trailer.
661
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:43,828
[Narrator] Working solo,
662
00:32:43,828 --> 00:32:47,832
Big Jon's options for
the final pull are limited.
663
00:32:53,137 --> 00:32:55,673
[Big Jon] We're going to rig up
to the landing gear,
664
00:32:55,673 --> 00:32:58,509
but it's not the best spot
to hook up for a side pull.
665
00:32:59,777 --> 00:33:01,179
There we go.
666
00:33:01,179 --> 00:33:03,181
Landing gear is kind of weak
667
00:33:03,181 --> 00:33:04,749
at the angle we're pushing.
668
00:33:04,749 --> 00:33:07,051
It's got a lot of strength
up and down,
669
00:33:07,051 --> 00:33:08,820
but pulling
from the side's hard,
670
00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:12,390
so just try not to break it.
671
00:33:12,390 --> 00:33:14,859
[♪♪♪]
672
00:33:44,155 --> 00:33:45,356
[Charlie] You might want
to lower this side,
673
00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:46,357
lower this side.
674
00:33:47,392 --> 00:33:48,226
[chuckling]
675
00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:49,594
Come on,
are you getting scared?
676
00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:55,967
[Big Jon] We got the truck out.
677
00:33:55,967 --> 00:33:58,002
We did it on plan B, but...
678
00:33:58,002 --> 00:33:59,804
we got it, we're hooking it up,
679
00:33:59,804 --> 00:34:01,372
and onto the next one.
680
00:34:02,340 --> 00:34:05,643
I'm going to have Charlie
jump in the truck,
681
00:34:05,643 --> 00:34:08,513
and I'm going to get him
pulled up to the next exit.
682
00:34:11,082 --> 00:34:12,250
[Charlie] Yeah, do it.
683
00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:13,651
[honking horn]
684
00:34:13,651 --> 00:34:15,620
[♪♪♪]
685
00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:18,256
[Charlie] This is bittersweet
because we got the truck out,
686
00:34:18,256 --> 00:34:20,191
there's no more
additional damage,
687
00:34:20,191 --> 00:34:23,227
but it took a lot longer
than what we wanted,
688
00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:26,664
and we have now a broken
multi-million-dollar rotator
689
00:34:26,664 --> 00:34:27,665
because of it.
690
00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:43,614
[news report]
Traffic is starting
691
00:34:43,614 --> 00:34:45,049
to build up this morning.
692
00:34:45,049 --> 00:34:46,918
Still a major headache
on the I-15 northbound,
693
00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:50,354
where crews are cleaning up that
overnight semi-trailer fire.
694
00:34:53,224 --> 00:34:56,327
All right,
we'll see you guys later.
695
00:34:56,327 --> 00:34:59,197
[Narrator]
On I-15 outside Provo,
696
00:34:59,197 --> 00:35:02,066
the fire is finally out,
697
00:35:02,066 --> 00:35:06,204
but not in time
to beat the morning rush.
698
00:35:06,204 --> 00:35:07,271
[Jesse]
When we don't hit our goals
699
00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:09,774
of getting it cleaned up
before rush hour,
700
00:35:09,774 --> 00:35:10,975
there's
a lot of pressure there.
701
00:35:10,975 --> 00:35:13,878
[Narrator] After seven
long hours on scene,
702
00:35:13,878 --> 00:35:16,280
Jesse, Chuck, and crew
703
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,683
are facing the hardest
part of the job
704
00:35:18,683 --> 00:35:21,052
with their deadline
behind them.
705
00:35:21,052 --> 00:35:23,521
Oh, man, I'm tired. [laughing]
706
00:35:23,521 --> 00:35:24,922
Is it time to go home yet?
707
00:35:24,922 --> 00:35:26,157
[laughing]
708
00:35:27,525 --> 00:35:30,194
[Jesse] It's gonna be tough
to get that trailer out of here.
709
00:35:30,194 --> 00:35:32,530
[Jesse] The fire department
cut a big old hole
710
00:35:32,530 --> 00:35:33,998
in the side of it.
711
00:35:33,998 --> 00:35:35,500
There's not much left
on the back of it
712
00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:37,168
where the flames
were going through.
713
00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:39,237
I'm not really sure
714
00:35:39,237 --> 00:35:40,738
if this is going to
hold together
715
00:35:40,738 --> 00:35:42,106
as I lift it up.
716
00:35:45,543 --> 00:35:47,378
[Chuck] Where are you
wanting to hook up?
717
00:35:47,378 --> 00:35:49,480
So go up over the frame,
out through here,
718
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,249
and then we can
hook back onto itself.
719
00:35:51,249 --> 00:35:52,350
Okay?
720
00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:56,954
[Chuck] When it gets
compromised like that,
721
00:35:56,954 --> 00:36:00,391
the frame, the sides, the roof,
722
00:36:00,391 --> 00:36:02,093
it's hard to get 'em lifted up
and to move 'em,
723
00:36:02,093 --> 00:36:04,061
because then they buckle,
then they fall apart.
724
00:36:04,061 --> 00:36:06,531
I'm around the axle,
up through the floor.
725
00:36:06,531 --> 00:36:07,398
I think we're good there?
726
00:36:07,398 --> 00:36:08,533
[Jesse] Yup.
727
00:36:08,533 --> 00:36:10,334
There's just
nothing left of this trailer.
728
00:36:10,334 --> 00:36:12,003
It's just going to fold in half.
729
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:15,406
[Narrator] And that will
add hours to the recovery,
730
00:36:15,406 --> 00:36:18,309
and kilometres to the backup.
731
00:36:18,309 --> 00:36:21,012
I think we should just try
to pick it up
732
00:36:21,012 --> 00:36:22,747
and see if it stays together.
733
00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:24,916
[Jesse]
With this kind of stuff,
734
00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:27,518
you just have to lift and try,
735
00:36:27,518 --> 00:36:29,453
see how the trailer reacts,
you know?
736
00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:31,989
[Jesse]
The big moment of the truth
737
00:36:31,989 --> 00:36:34,358
is, if I lift up
on the back of this,
738
00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:36,060
is it going to fold in two,
739
00:36:36,060 --> 00:36:37,595
or is it going to stay intact?
740
00:36:40,331 --> 00:36:42,133
[Jesse] Okay, I'm gonna lift.
741
00:36:47,638 --> 00:36:49,140
[Chuck] It's coming,
742
00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:51,042
slowly but surely.
743
00:36:53,945 --> 00:36:55,880
[metal creaking]
744
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:57,081
[metal clanging]
745
00:36:57,081 --> 00:36:58,382
[Jesse] No way.
746
00:36:58,382 --> 00:37:00,551
So, yeah...
747
00:37:01,586 --> 00:37:03,120
...it was broken.
748
00:37:09,093 --> 00:37:10,761
[Jesse] Okay, I'm gonna lift.
749
00:37:10,761 --> 00:37:13,698
[Narrator] After
a seven-hour battle on I-15,
750
00:37:13,698 --> 00:37:15,132
the burned-out trailer...
751
00:37:16,267 --> 00:37:17,635
No way!
752
00:37:17,635 --> 00:37:19,971
[Narrator]
...has failed the test lift.
753
00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:23,441
[Chuck] That's the challenge,
is when they burn up like that,
754
00:37:23,441 --> 00:37:26,377
they melt apart and crumble.
755
00:37:26,377 --> 00:37:27,411
I hate burn-ups.
756
00:37:27,411 --> 00:37:28,679
I mean, did I mention that?
757
00:37:28,679 --> 00:37:29,880
I hate burn-ups.
758
00:37:31,315 --> 00:37:34,785
[Narrator] So Jesse
needs to change the plan.
759
00:37:34,785 --> 00:37:36,187
[Jesse] Yeah, I think
760
00:37:36,187 --> 00:37:37,788
if we just get it on
a little bit.
761
00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:41,492
He's got that axle
rolled up, so...
762
00:37:43,394 --> 00:37:45,930
I wanna just leave the landing
gear on the ground...
763
00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:47,498
-Okay.
-...and then you back up
764
00:37:47,498 --> 00:37:48,466
to where we hit
the landing gear,
765
00:37:48,466 --> 00:37:50,167
and then you'll lift
the front of the trailer.
766
00:37:50,167 --> 00:37:51,335
Okay.
767
00:37:51,335 --> 00:37:53,838
[Narrator] His trailer,
called a landoll,
768
00:37:53,838 --> 00:37:55,773
has sliding axles
769
00:37:55,773 --> 00:37:58,342
that allow it
to tilt like a ramp.
770
00:37:58,342 --> 00:38:00,978
We're gonna have the landoll
tilted down
771
00:38:00,978 --> 00:38:02,780
at about a 45-degree angle,
772
00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:05,283
so I can set this down
on the landoll,
773
00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:07,618
and then we'll roll the wheels
back on the landoll,
774
00:38:07,618 --> 00:38:09,720
and it'll lift
the front of the trailer.
775
00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:12,356
Okay, let's have him
come back a little bit.
776
00:38:20,698 --> 00:38:22,500
Okay. Hold it.
777
00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:23,934
Is that as far as we can go?
778
00:38:23,934 --> 00:38:26,203
[Chuck] Yeah, it's right
on the landing gear.
779
00:38:26,203 --> 00:38:28,839
Let's let it down
and see what it does.
780
00:38:28,839 --> 00:38:31,042
[Jesse] Okay, see what it does.
781
00:38:40,918 --> 00:38:42,119
[Chuck] As you come down,
782
00:38:42,119 --> 00:38:45,356
bring it to you just slightly.
783
00:38:49,927 --> 00:38:53,431
Let's bring the nose up
before you let it off.
784
00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:08,012
[Jesse] I'm loose.
785
00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:09,013
[Chuck] You're loose?
786
00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:10,381
[Jesse] I'm loose.
787
00:39:11,882 --> 00:39:12,983
[Chuck] Whoo!
788
00:39:14,051 --> 00:39:15,920
That's what we hoped for.
[chuckling]
789
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:17,321
Okay, let's unhook it.
790
00:39:17,321 --> 00:39:18,889
Let's chain it down.
791
00:39:24,228 --> 00:39:26,030
[Jesse] It held together
a little better
792
00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:27,665
than we thought it was going to.
793
00:39:27,665 --> 00:39:28,933
I think what saved us
794
00:39:28,933 --> 00:39:34,071
was them not cutting
the passenger sidewall.
795
00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:38,342
I think it's going to make it
to the yard.
796
00:39:38,342 --> 00:39:39,944
[Chuck, laughing]
One way or another.
797
00:39:39,944 --> 00:39:41,579
[both laughing]
798
00:39:43,447 --> 00:39:44,415
[Jesse] Open up traffic!
799
00:39:44,415 --> 00:39:45,583
[♪♪♪]
800
00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:56,694
There's your traffic.
801
00:39:56,694 --> 00:39:58,229
[Jesse] It was a long night,
802
00:39:58,229 --> 00:40:02,299
and we're glad that this thing
is finally cleaned up.
803
00:40:04,368 --> 00:40:05,503
Great job.
804
00:40:05,503 --> 00:40:08,105
Nice job. Proud of you.
805
00:40:08,105 --> 00:40:10,141
I feel like everybody did
an amazing job.
806
00:40:12,009 --> 00:40:14,478
[Chuck] Yeah,
another wreck in the bag.
807
00:40:14,478 --> 00:40:16,013
Onto the next one.
808
00:40:17,047 --> 00:40:18,115
[Chuck] Time to go home?
809
00:40:18,115 --> 00:40:19,984
It's freedom? [laughing]
810
00:40:19,984 --> 00:40:23,320
No, it makes me feel like,
you know, all right, cool,
811
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:24,955
we, you know, got our job done.
812
00:40:24,955 --> 00:40:26,690
[honking horn]
813
00:40:27,691 --> 00:40:28,893
Helped out everybody
814
00:40:28,893 --> 00:40:30,494
to be able to get
where they need to go.
815
00:40:34,298 --> 00:40:36,534
I'm proud of the way
that we handled ourselves.
816
00:40:38,302 --> 00:40:41,038
I'm really proud of the way
that we performed tonight,
817
00:40:41,038 --> 00:40:42,973
to open the freeway.
818
00:40:56,020 --> 00:40:57,955
[Narrator] After a tough night,
819
00:40:57,955 --> 00:41:01,125
Charlie is assessing
the damage to his rotator
820
00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:04,962
and wrestling
with a hard decision.
821
00:41:04,962 --> 00:41:06,530
[Charlie] Just thinking about
822
00:41:06,530 --> 00:41:09,400
how we can possibly still
keep this truck in service
823
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,102
and making sure that it's safe.
824
00:41:13,170 --> 00:41:16,340
We've made a commitment
to the State Patrol,
825
00:41:16,340 --> 00:41:18,175
we've made
a commitment to CDOT
826
00:41:18,175 --> 00:41:20,511
that with these two rotators,
we're going to be able
827
00:41:20,511 --> 00:41:23,314
to keep the roads open
during recoveries,
828
00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:26,050
and not do a full
shut-down of the road.
829
00:41:27,551 --> 00:41:30,187
It's just a frustrating
spot to be in.
830
00:41:30,187 --> 00:41:33,157
If we send this away,
it's going to Iowa,
831
00:41:33,157 --> 00:41:35,893
and that's a 16-hour
drive from here.
832
00:41:35,893 --> 00:41:37,428
That's going
to keep Kory out of service,
833
00:41:37,428 --> 00:41:39,196
it's going to keep
the truck out of service,
834
00:41:39,196 --> 00:41:40,731
there's no revenue coming in,
835
00:41:40,731 --> 00:41:43,534
and now, it's winter. It's on.
836
00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:45,369
It's... we don't
have time for down time.
837
00:41:45,369 --> 00:41:46,670
It's... it's on.
838
00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:48,038
We gotta keep these trucks
up and running,
839
00:41:48,038 --> 00:41:50,207
and when you have
a million-dollar truck,
840
00:41:50,207 --> 00:41:53,611
it has to be making money
every single day,
841
00:41:53,611 --> 00:41:55,980
and when it's down like that,
and you're not making revenue,
842
00:41:55,980 --> 00:41:58,182
it's hurting.
843
00:41:58,182 --> 00:41:59,483
So I've got
a big decision to make.
844
00:41:59,483 --> 00:42:01,118
Do we limp this thing
through the winter
845
00:42:01,118 --> 00:42:02,620
and try to make revenue on it,
846
00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:07,291
or do we take it out of service
for an extended period of time?
847
00:42:11,328 --> 00:42:12,963
[Jim] Here outside
of Elk Mountain,
848
00:42:12,963 --> 00:42:13,998
and this area is notorious
849
00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:16,333
for having
plenty of weather for us.
850
00:42:16,333 --> 00:42:18,569
-It's a disaster up here.
-[honking horn]
851
00:42:18,569 --> 00:42:20,571
The storm kind of
caught people off guard.
852
00:42:20,571 --> 00:42:22,540
[Bad Grandpa]
We call it Deadman's Curve
853
00:42:22,540 --> 00:42:24,708
because of
the amount of accidents
854
00:42:24,708 --> 00:42:25,776
that happen right here.
855
00:42:27,177 --> 00:42:29,313
[Jim] I would avoid
going across that,
856
00:42:29,313 --> 00:42:32,049
because the wind
could blow you over.
857
00:42:32,049 --> 00:42:34,051
[Bad Grandpa] Oh no!
858
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:36,587
Time's ticking.
859
00:42:36,587 --> 00:42:39,123
I cannot afford
for this to go wrong.
860
00:42:39,123 --> 00:42:41,358
[Dean] Watch it!
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