Trucking Hell

20185 series
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Super-sized transport jobs require even bigger trucks to perform them. Lifting the lid on the heavy recovery business, featuring industrial strength trucks capable of towing and lifting the biggest and heaviest machines on the nation's roads.

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Episode 12Trucking Hell

On the busy A1, halfway between Newcastle and Durham, an articulated lorry has fallen down a 20-metre embankment. The Alpha Recovery crew must work out how to retrieve the truck. (S6 Ep12)

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Episode 13Trucking Hell

Sean tackles a telehandler that's flipped over in a very muddy garden. How will he and his team safely lift it out to get it back to the depot? And a sunken car gets into deep trouble. (S6 Ep13)

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Episode 14Trucking Hell

On the M25 near Enfield two lorries, two cars and a van have piled into each other, blocking three lanes. In a ten-mile tailback the Lantern team must recover the two artics. (S6 Ep14)

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Episode 15Trucking Hell

A 40-tonne lorry careers off the M1 and plunges down an embankment, becoming embedded in a ditch. Steve needs to work out how to free the truck, preventing it from falling on its side. (S6 Ep15)

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Episode 16Trucking Hell

Recovery operators deal with wheel breakages, a wayward motorhome, a stricken tractor unit, and a sprinter van wedged in a muddy ditch. (S6 Ep16)

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