The WORST episodes of Highway Thru Hell

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

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: 3/27/2024Network: Discovery Channel (CA)Status: Continuing
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Heavy Liftoff
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6.59
17 votes

#1 - Heavy Liftoff

Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/2021

Al recruits reinforcements to get truckers moving; Dylan faces a heavy breakdown on a remote job; Merv pilots a warplane through a city while Brian and Greg grapple with a mysterious load.

Double Down
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7.00
15 votes

#2 - Double Down

Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/2021

A double-rotator recovery has the Aggressive team on the edge; a crash near the border tests Kirpal and his sons; Dylan takes Reliable's offroad warrior out for its first blacktop battle; Rooster is on the front lines of recovery and fatherhood

Beer O'Clock
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7.13
24 votes

#3 - Beer O'Clock

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/17/2013

Producer and Host Mark Miller joins the crew of Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue for "Beer O'Clock" for a pre-game build up to the season finale. Jamie, Adam, Scott, Ken, Bruce, Kevin and the rest of the guys share beers and trade stories about season 2 on the Coq. Find out which wrecks made it to the Top Five List as they reveal the hairiest behind-the-scenes moments from the most challenging, gnarliest, most grueling recoveries of the winter. Discover some of the surprising impacts being on TV has had on them - and on the Coq. No subject is off the table as the crew turns the focus on each other and share their personal struggles. How did "Comeback Kid" Scott rate on his return to heavy rescue after a decade out of the game? Were his frustrations with the vintage Five Star General legit? What happened with Ken's big ambition to kick Jamie's car towing business into high gear? Why did 65-year-old Bruce have such a tough time handing over the keys to his Holmes wrecker and switching to a lighter truck? How did rookie Gord do on his first winter on the Coq? And what's the deal with Chris? Never towed a car? No license to drive a heavy wrecker? As we build up to the premiere of the final episode, the crew looks at their own future. Is the competition and rotation driving Jamie off the Coq? Will the guys be back to keep the highway open next winter? Stay tuned.

Wrecker And Goliath
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7.29
21 votes

#4 - Wrecker And Goliath

Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/2023

Team MSA debuts their brand new 35-ton up on the Coquihalla to take on their first double heavy job with their own trucks; Aggressive Towing's junior operator Jaydan struggles to pull out a severe jackknife; blistering winds test Jamie with a subzero recovery.

Suck It Up, Princess
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7.29
34 votes

#5 - Suck It Up, Princess

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/22/2013

A semi hits a barrier so hard that it tears off the trailer's rear axle, blocking the Coq's most important exit. Scott tells Jamie he's fed up with the vintage truck he's been driving, and a mysterious new driver shows up in the yard to start work.

Ripper Hill
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7.33
24 votes

#6 - Ripper Hill

Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2022

James Luke and the Reliable team contend with two detoured wrecks on the same punishing corner of a narrow route; MSA's Kirpal and sons must stretch a long line to reach a machine stuck on a farm.

Immovable Objects
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7.33
60 votes

#7 - Immovable Objects

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/2015

A simple job turns urgent which forces Jamie back out on the road; An overturned truck is trapped under it's load of steel.

War Zone
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7.36
66 votes

#8 - War Zone

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/2015

Colin faces the biggest recovery of his career. Al Quiring faces bad snowstorms on the Coquihala. John faces off against a mangled tractor.

Ice Storm
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7.37
68 votes

#9 - Ice Storm

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/2015

A downpour of freezing rain covers Hope and the Coq, crippling Jamie's operation. Meanwhile, Ken heads to a job and re-lives the worst day of his life.

After the Crash
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7.37
27 votes

#10 - After the Crash

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/25/2012

Join series producer and host of the one-hour special, Mark Miller, as he takes viewers to the legendary "Barn" in Hope, BC, to join Jamie Davis and his crew for a season wrap-up "Beer O'clock". Here, no topic is off limits as Jamie, Adam, Kevin, Bruce, and Samy trade stories from this season of working on the mountain.

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Welcome to Winter
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7.37
83 votes

#11 - Welcome to Winter

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2013

Jamie Davis, eager for the winter season to begin, has one thing on his mind - amp up his manpower and his equipment, so he's ready for anything that happens on the mountain. He has brought back a big crew - Adam Gazzola, Narayan Samy, Kevin Ritchie, Rob Mitchell, Bruce Hardy, Ken Monkhouse, the new guy Gord Lundin, and Davis' stepson Brandon Kodallas. Everyone has big, but not always realistic, expectations for the winter ahead. On the first job of the season, Davis' team struggles to find their groove unloading and recovering an expensive B-Train full of lumber for an important client. That night on the Coquihalla, Gazzola is first on site to a grocery truck fully engulfed in flames. With no fire department to help, Gazzola tries out an old fire truck Davis bought for cheap. Ritchie jumps to the task, but the truck is slow to start, and Davis' crew is left to struggle to put out the fire and get the truck off the highway. Later, Davis begins to doubt the optimistic gamble he's made this season and questions if he's brought on too much manpower and possibly the wrong machines.

Top Dog, Lone Wolf?
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7.39
51 votes

#12 - Top Dog, Lone Wolf?

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/11/2014

For the first time all season Howie and Adam end up on the same BC wreck and the old Coq vet doesn’t like how the new guy is running the show. In Alberta, the crew faces one of its biggest challenges yet when they attempt a recovery with two big wreckers on a very narrow industrial road.

Snowmageddon
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7.40
55 votes

#13 - Snowmageddon

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/2014

A record snowfall brings B.C.'s vital Coquihalla Highway to a standstill and sends shockwaves across the region. Howie leads a team on a dangerous recovery that sparks an unexpected emotional reaction. In Alberta, Adam and Colin have to get a toxic chemical wreck safely back on the road.

Jailhouse Wreck
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7.41
32 votes

#14 - Jailhouse Wreck

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2020

On his first job in a heavy wrecker since his heart attack, Ken Duperon faces a load of pipe outside a prison; a familiar face switches teams and leads Reliable Towing on a major recovery.

You Can't Argue with Gravity
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7.41
68 votes

#15 - You Can't Argue with Gravity

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2015

Quiring Towing has to rescue a loaded semi teetering on the edge of a 300-foot drop. Meanwhile, Colin faces a white knuckle drive on a remote Alberta back road while Jamie tests out a new driver

Family Business
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7.41
80 votes

#16 - Family Business

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/2012

In the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, on the Coquihalla Highway, a small job turns into a major headache and a father's dreams of his stepson joining the family business backfires as Brandon Kodallas' aspirations of being a gym instructor and his disdain to drive a manual transmission vehicles does not sit well with anybody else, while teaching Ken about rigging, something the Richmond-based city towie doesn't do. When Ken and Samy were on their fourth attempt to recover an empty SUV that plunged off the cliff and into a river 1000 feet below, a simple job turned into a lost cause for the company. Brandon walked off on the job after the operation took a lot longer than expected, but next morning, he learns the basics of car recovery and towing, but by the fifth attempt at recovering the car, Jamie gave up calling on Brandon and asked Gord to help. After the job was finally done, Brandon invited Jamie and his wife to his gym and showed him his interpretation of the meaning of 'dedication'.

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Casualties Of War
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7.43
121 votes

#17 - Casualties Of War

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/2015

A snowplow is pulled from the river; Colin takes on a new role; a Heavy Rescue legend leaves the group.

Fly Or Fall
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7.45
20 votes

#18 - Fly Or Fall

Season 10 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/2022

Team Reliable is in foggy chaos; Ken turns an off-road recovery into a joyride; Greg takes charge on his biggest recovery without the boss; Gord hustles to open the Coq's steepest stretch.

Still Got It
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7.46
48 votes

#19 - Still Got It

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/8/2013

A local competitor challenges Jamie's status on the Hill. A trailer full of cat food bursts into flames - and Scott and Gord have to battle for two days to get the burning heap off the Smasher. Bruce gets into a fight that lands him in the hospital.

Arming for Battle
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7.46
52 votes

#20 - Arming for Battle

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/25/2014

In the season finale, Jamie finds himself in harm's way on a very difficult technical recovery. Later he makes a bold gamble impacting both his BC and Alberta operations. Adam faces a tough choice about his future in Heavy Rescue.

Directors: Matthew Shewchuk
Hell And High Water
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7.47
30 votes

#21 - Hell And High Water

Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2022

Jamie's new operator hits a Coquihalla mudslide, while highway crews are in a life or death race to evacuate motorists and save vital infrastructure; Team Reliable braves floodwaters to rescue stranded residents; Jamie's hometown is cut off by wiped-out roads.

Sub Zero
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7.48
42 votes

#22 - 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.

Two Guys, Two Trucks
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7.49
112 votes

#23 - Two Guys, Two Trucks

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/2013

Tension between Jamie and Adam boil over as they struggle to flip a B-train on a narrow icy road. Adam comes close to quitting, but then backs off when Jamie makes him a promise. A two-car collision closes the snow shed and puts Ken's towing know-how to the test. A truckload of Christmas mail nearly goes off a cliff.

Hell In The Canyon
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7.50
22 votes

#24 - Hell In The Canyon

Season 10 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/10/2022

Jamie and his brother team up for the most stunning wreck of the season; Al hauls a unique piece of equipment on a treacherous backroad; Brandon and highway crews face a difficult night on the Coq; Jamie adds a wrecker like no other to his fleet.

Hooked
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7.50
36 votes

#25 - Hooked

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/5/2017

Jamie Davis travels across North America to explore the roots of heavy rescue, from the first tow truck, to the latest modern machines; his classic restoration, the Mighty Mo, finally comes to life.