The WORST episodes of Outback Truckers
Every episode of Outback Truckers ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Outback Truckers!
They drive the biggest trucks on earth along the toughest roads and loneliest highways in the world. They are Australia’s Outback Truckers, men and women in monster rigs, on marathon runs, through some of the most inhospitable terrain on the planet. Out here only one thing matters, getting there and back alive!
#1 - Monster Jam
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/21/2016
It's trial by fire for Russell as he hauls a mobile building down a load-destroying track. Also, Jacko rushes a monster load, as well as a worried passenger, to a big show. Monster Jam!
#2 - Episode 12
Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/19/2024
After a heartfelt memorial for his late father, Yogi embarks on a 5 day journey across Australia, Mel Michelsen tackles a tight deadline, & Mike & Vinnie continue their journey toward Hall's Creek.
#3 - Weather Woes and Road Rage
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/14/2016
Mark Cromwell and the electricity switch room convoy run into freak weather and unexpected roadblocks. Turbo goes head-to-head with an angry customer and an angry road.
#4 - Relocation Woes
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/23/2017
A house relocation goes wrong when drivers Ross and Jerry are faced with power poles blocking their way. Plus, Russel tackles a graveyard of wrecked cars in the heart of the desert.
#5 - Trucker's Burden
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/19/2016
Sludge takes on foreign roads and strange loads in New Zealand, Turbo's new truck gets busted on a tour of destruction and Carl Andrews has more worry than one trucker can take.
#6 - Bogs and Blockages
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/27/2017
Country boy Anthony and city wife Danyelle, battle bogs and blocked bores to bring water to desperate cattle stations.
#7 - Episode 1
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/26/2025
Steve Grahame battles desert breakdowns, Mike Elliott bets big on a busted road, and Sludge fights for a second chance behind the wheel.
#8 - Double Dose of Trouble
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/6/2016
The documentary profiling the rig-drivers travelling Australia's toughest highways returns, as Steve Grahame receives a double dose of bad luck during a brutal lap through the red centre. Plus, Turbo is back, battling to get his business out of a rut.
#9 - Cutting, Hauling, and a Midnight Deadline
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/6/2021
House movers, Mackay and Sons, are racing to get going on one of their most complex missions ever, the 100 year old house that has to be cut in four and transported on four trucks to a narrow hilltop destination. Adding to their pressure - a midnight deadline.
#10 - Flooded Roads
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/20/2017
Road flooding means Mark and his crew must work against the clock to deliver a fragile load to a remote gold mine. And Jeff faces a treacherous pass in wet conditions.
#11 - Mechanical Mayhem
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/6/2017
Nick and Jo face ongoing mechanical problems as their fully loaded road-train's engine fails. Plus, breakdowns and engine problems push Steve behind schedule in the Outback.
#12 - Urban Halt and Antique Hustle
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/3/2015
Mark Cromwell brings a city to a standstill has he takes a 2 million dollar delivery into the heart of Saturday night. Yogi sets off on a 5000 km antiques roadshow in a race against time and Turbo's stuck in a marathon dirt road dogfight as his load and his truck are pushed to breaking point.
#13 - Metal Muncher Mishap
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/17/2018
Russell Crusher runs into trouble taking his new metal muncher to clean up an eyesore at Uluru.
#14 - Luck and Timber
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/17/2015
Turbo's pushing his luck and his truck to the edge of reason. Scrapper Russell McDonough is dueling with the desert and battling breakdowns and logging trucker Bob Fraser tackles a mountain of timber head on.
#15 - Episode 9
Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/29/2024
Johnny and Graeme face a critical oil leak during the Finke Desert Race, Jeff Fulwood undertakes a mercy mission to Nhulunbuy and the Pukai brothers haul a heavy load over the Great Dividing Range.
#16 - High Maintenance Herd
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/27/2015
Cattle trucker Belinda Riehl is moving more than she bargained for, hauling a high maintenance herd to their final destination and Turbo's overheating and overloaded fighting to keep his freight from falling apart.
#17 - Inferno Rescue
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/13/2019
Tasmanian trucker, Ricky Sutcliffe, lays his life on the line driving into a inferno, rescuing bull dozer drivers trapped as they cut firebreaks in the blazing Huon Valley.
#18 - On the Road to Recovery
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2014
Macca transports a world famous yacht on an arduous journey. Meanwhile, Russell is trying to get his business and his health back on the road to recovery.
#19 - Fragile Delivery
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/13/2017
Mark is under pressure to deliver a fragile electrical control room to a remote mine deep in the outback. Plus, Jeff is confronted with a heavy storm while on the road in Tasmania.
#20 - Transport Police Tension
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/22/2018
Yogi prepares for a showdown with transport police in South Australia. Elsewhere, Nick and Jo take on one of their toughest jobs yet on one of Australia's worst roads.
#21 - Off Course, On Edge
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/20/2016
Kurt gets lost when hauling a hut across Australia, meanwhile Johnny drags a stack of steel as well as a dust cloud up a horror desert track.
#22 - Mudbound Mission
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/15/2018
Brother and sister team Robbie and Ashleigh hit house removal hell on a mud-bogged mission out of Brisbane. Elsewhere, Nick and Jo battle storms in remote Western Australia.
#23 - Episode 2
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/2024
Jack Macrae manoeuvres a massive house through extreme conditions, Mike Elliot battles scorching heat in Western Australia, & Joel and Terry Snell navigate a high-stakes delivery across the continent.
#24 - Episode 7
Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/15/2024
Jim Foody transports critical medical supplies through flood-ravaged roads, Jake Pakai hauls expensive equipment across narrow highways, & Robbie Mackay faces a tight curfew in a double house move.
#25 - Freight Fiasco and Mileage Madness
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/20/2015
All hell breaks loose for Turbo as his freight and his truck take a hiding. Christian Reynolds racks up massive mileage with a massive load and Greg and Sonya Wise are under the weather and under pressure.