Trucking Hell Season 2, Episode 16: Episode 16

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Episode 1

A 44 tonne Artic straddling the central reservation of the M1 is a rush hour headache for Incident Manager Steve and his colleague Pat. Recovery op Steve rescues a broken down dustcart from a busy London street. Recovery op Jim gets drenched as he risks life and limb trying to rescue a tractor.

60 min

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Episode 2

Incident manager Steve is called to the scene of an overturned gas tanker that, while Sean is asked to pick up an abandoned scaffolding lorry

60 min

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Episode 3

Recovery operation Jim and heavy vehicle mechanic Jack are called out to help a loaded HGV with a puncture, and a fuel tanker is stranded in an SOS bay on the M25

60 min

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Episode 4

A road in Leicester is blocked by a 26-tonne digger, while rescue specialists Richard and Lee have the unusual job of retrieving a load of straw from a broken down trailer

60 min

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Episode 5

A 40-tonne lorry overturns and spills its load, forcing a major road to close. Meanwhile, heavy recruit specialist is called to recover two crashed cars from the side of the M69

60 min

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Episode 6

Father-and-son duo Dave and Adam try to recover a lorry transporting a 100-tonne train engine, while rookie driver Warren has to move a HGV on the busy M1

60 min

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Episode 7

The Crouch team deals with some monster jobs, while Simon and his crew have to grapple with a juggernaut that has skidded off the M62 and down a steep bank

60 min

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Episode 8

A luxury coach breaks down on a busy motor way slip road, and recovery operative Jon is on hand to try and tow the vehicle amid heavy traffic and misty conditions

60 min

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Episode 9

A huge 32-tonne tipper truck has slid down a dirt embankment and is lying on its side, and a lorry stuck in reverse severely blocking traffic in Leicester city centre

60 min

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Episode 10

Crane operator Nick is called out to a particularly unusual job on a recycling plant. Meanwhile, recovery operative Jim faces a hazardous callout

60 min

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Episode 11

Jim and his team face a difficult foggy morning on the M1 when a crash between two artics causes a five-mile-long tailback

60 min

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Episode 12

Veteran driver Jim attends an emergency call-out to recover a lorry that has broken down bang in the middle of a busy ring road. Motor racing fanatic Merrie has a hunch she may have landed her dream job when she attends a broken down lorry.

60 min

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Episode 13

Steve and his team attempt to recover a car that has crashed into a river, while Jim is tasked with recovering a van that has become wedged on top of a garden wall.

60 min

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Episode 14

Steve battles rush hour traffic to manoeuvre his recovery vehicle around the narrow roads to get to a 7.5-tonne lorry out of a ditch, while Rory must deliver a dodgy van to a scrapyard for destruction.

60 min

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Episode 15

Lantern's only female driver Merrie is tasked with the removal of an abandoned lorry, but it is soon clear this will not be a routine job. As she takes a closer look, she discovers that not only has the lorry been used as a mobile home, but that it is housing many a guilty secret.

60 min

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Episode 16

Rory risks life and limb to recovered a skip lorry from the M1. Jim has a happy reunion with his own truck. Chris has to find a way of separating two HGVs that have somehow become wedged together.

60 min

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Episode 17

Jim faces mayhem on the motorway when a massive pile-up blocks the busy M1.

60 min

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Episode 18

Marta and Pat have to pull a bin lorry out of a muddy ditch. But first they must battle their way through a thick wall of thorns.

60 min

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Episode 19

Jim and Steve face one of their riskiest recoveries when a tanker carrying highly corrosive pure sulphuric acid smashes into the central reservation of a busy road.

60 min

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Episode 20

It is all hands to the pumps at a bus depot in Tamworth, where Crouch's finest are joined by Lanterns' Merrie. Just days after Christmas the owners lost their school coaches to a devastating fire and need the wreckage removed.

60 min