The BEST episodes of Highway Thru Hell season 8

Every episode of Highway Thru Hell season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Highway Thru Hell season 8!

The men of Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue fight to keep open some of the most economically important, most traveled and most inhospitable trucking routes in North America.

Last Updated: 12/12/2024Network: Discovery Channel (CA)Status: Continuing
Road to Recovery
star
7.95
40 votes

#1 - Road to Recovery

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2019

A tractor trailer clinging to the edge of a mountain has Mitch, Merv and James pulling together to save the load; after years of relying on older equipment, Jamie Davis brings home a surprise for the team.

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7.85
48 votes

#2 - Oil and Water

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2019

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.

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7.79
38 votes

#3 - Fire Mountain

Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/2020

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 Kens team to the edge of disaster.

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star
7.79
42 votes

#4 - Fried Chicken

Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/2020

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.

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star
7.78
41 votes

#5 - Rock and a Hard Place

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/6/2020

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.

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star
7.72
40 votes

#6 - The Warrior

Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/20/2020

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.

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star
7.72
54 votes

#7 - Battle in the Gravel

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2019

Jamie tests the limits of his classic wrecker against a 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.

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star
7.70
37 votes

#8 - Double Crossed

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/2019

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.

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star
7.65
51 votes

#9 - Heavy Hearts

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2019

Merv is dispatched in Aggressive Towing's 50-ton rotator to open the road after a collision in Fraser Valley; Jamie takes a classic wrecker on a 2,000-kilometre journey north; news about a key member of the Mission Towing family hits home.

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7.65
48 votes

#10 - Thin Ice

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2019

A cliffside recovery on the banks of Coldwater River puts James and Adam on thin ice; Colin makes a roadside repair in the middle of a winter storm; Al and Gord race to move a house off a busy highway.11

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7.64
33 votes

#11 - Off Road

Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/30/2019

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.

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7.63
40 votes

#12 - Lives on the Line

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2019

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.

Winter Strikes
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7.60
57 votes

#13 - Winter Strikes

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2019

On B.C.'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.

star
7.57
35 votes

#14 - Door to Door

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2019

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.

star
7.56
45 votes

#15 - Return to Sender

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2019

Near Merritt, a parcel delivery truck is torn open, scattering hundreds of packages across The Coq; Reliable Towing overcomes numerous obstacles to clear the wreck.

star
7.49
49 votes

#16 - Chain Saw

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2019

When a dump truck and trailer crash into dense bush, Al Quiring and Sons become heavy rescue lumberjacks; with the help of Gord Boyd, Team Green overcame environmental obstacles and a twisted wreck trapped in the trees.

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7.45
44 votes

#17 - Sub Zero

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2019

A polar vortex brings extreme cold and brutal working conditions to truck drivers and heavy wrecker operators on The Coq; Colin fights to recover a frozen rig; Cam finds himself in a dilemma with one of Jamie's classic wreckers.