CKPR - Thursday, May 23, 2024 - 12:00 p.m. (ET) - Segment #4

but the grade of the hill, it's actually pretty steep. Whoa. Big heavy lean in there, did that get you nervous? [james]: got me very nervous. I almost had to change my shorts there at one point. [laughing] maybe you should unhook and just grab the corner of the trailer. [jamie]: you don't have time to fool around there. The weather was huge. It just randomly started snowing and hammering down. There were some tense moments there. -james! -yeah. We had a problem with one of the winch lines. I don't have a lot of cable left on that one. You're pushing things to the max. You're pushing it to the limit. I just need you to keep tension. Yeah, okay. You know, I understand that. Come forward. Keep going, keep going. He's out. [jamie]: you pulled him out. -[kyle]: there we go. -[james laughs] that was fun. Tough job in a tough environment. Must be a good feeling going home. [laughs] yeah. Gonna go home to a warm shower and get some sleep. Yeah. [colin]: it's british columbia. You gotta expect the rain, but when it rains... It just goes, and goes, and goes. [colin]: that wreck there, the rain was just absolutely tremendous. [jamie]: I was wet right through to my underwear. You might as well have been in the river. And that guy, what, hydroplaned or something, come clear across the ditch... ...and just kissed the mountainside. He went for a hell of a ride. We're gonna reposition in the ditch with both trucks, and suck this thing right in the middle and off the road. Originally, I'd thought about moving it down the other way, and the police officer came to me, he said, "why don't we move it over right into the centre median and deal with it tomorrow?" it was a mess. [colin]: that centre median that we were working in, too, was like a mud pit. It was kinda formed like a swimming pool. [colin]: jugs of that canola oil in the trailer just leaking out everywhere. -pretty slippery. -yeah. Are you ready to go? It was all over everything. Okay, wind 'er up. We had to slowly winch that thing across the highway. Let's keep going. [jamie]: you're on 126. Can you give me some more RPMs? [jamie]: cam's in the general. I think that really was a difficult wreck to recover. Get it right in the ditch. [jamie]: just getting it from off the highway into the centre median was a feat in itself. It's a big heavy pull right now. I think that's far enough off. Yeah, I think so, too. When we got it over to the centre median, the front axles were on the ground, and the rear axles were completely twisted with the trailer. That's amazing. -you don't see that very often. -no. It was a weird wreck, actually. I'll tell john to open it. [jamie]: that was a rough night on everybody. Us, the film crew, everybody. -yeah. People were cold, miserable, and tired. It was just horrid. It's, you know, 1:00 in the morning now, and we'll unload tomorrow. [jamie]: then doing the recovery part of it... We waited till the next day. It was a gruelling wreck, it really was. I'm so soaking wet, I don't want to do any more. Ashley Homestore's 10-Day Sale means you can shop for great deals on just what you want right now! Plus pay no tax! All your favorite furniture is on sale at Ashley! Incredible savings up to 50 percent off storewide! Plus no tax on beautiful living rooms and bedrooms! No tax on dining rooms and comfortable mattresses! Save up to 50 percent off beautiful looks for every room! Pay no tax! Plus enjoy 0 percent financing for 36 months! Don't miss the 10-Day Sale! On now at Ashley Homestore Thunder Bay! "Community Calendar" for Bill Martin's Nurseryland. Hey everybody it's Val, here's what's going on in Thunder Bay: 9th Annual Mining Day is back on Saturday June 15 from 10-4 at Marina Park. With free admission, interactive learning, games, companies on site, career opportunities and so much more! For more information go to thunderbayminingday.com. Summer in the Parking Lot Concert Series is coming back this summer! Every Thursday from June 20th-Aug 29th, at 6:30 pm in the Da Vinci Centre parking lot. $7 for gate entry, and doors open at 6pm.

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just give it a little. We're good. It's a great recovery truck. It's got everything built into it. [laughs] yeah. Beauty, another one done. [jamie]: on this recovery, it's like heavy raining all night long? Leading up to this recovery, we actually had four, five days of torrential downpour. Three days it sat. He told us he was loaded with gravel, no big deal. We're thinking, "yeah, you know, just pick up the one end, all the water will run out. Not so bad." -yeah. -holy. [merv]: we've come onto this scene to find out that he was fully loaded with silt. Oh. [merv]: a fine silt that has been in the rain for three days. Four times as heavy as it used to be. That's gonna weigh a lot. Okay... [jamie]: so the material in the box is acting like a big sponge? Yeah, it got really heavy really quick. [merv]: okay, boys, everybody clear? Yeah, we're all clear. This rotator, what's really interesting is the new controls with load-sensing booms. It definitely comes in handy. [merv]: by the end of this, we're gonna drag the back of the truck up to the road. -i gotta get it close to me... -yeah. As I lift, and then turn the nose, and follow it all along. [jamie]: there's jobs that rotators'll do that cranes won't. Mm-hmm. And the ability to drag something sideways, that's the difference. When you're doing that lift, you were dragging... Gentle. -whoa, whoa. -whoa, whoa. [jamie]: then it had that moment where it was gonna come towards the truck. And the boss is standing there with us. That was it finding its happy place. What were you thinking then? That's definitely a pucker moment. The excess amount of rain saturating that dump truck, and the product that was in it, changed the recovery. Weather does play a big portion of it. Really, mother nature and the weather are... -she's the one in command. -right, always. Yeah. [merv]: I think all in all, it went really well. Truck's out of the ditch, and it actually managed to drive itself away, so... I think that's pretty good. A new password on a new day What do Ontario Dairy Farmers bring to the table? A million little things. From 5 am wake up calls... ...to living the words “never put off till tomorrow what you can get done today”. Bringing together what our parents taught us... and what our kids can. Passion, caring... ...learning and growing, year after year. The knowledge that if we set the table, every day, take care of the little things, the big things will take care of themselves. That's how you milk. Owners Jackie and Wayne, along with their service team -Darryl and Jay- welcome you to Narvi's Auto Service. Narvi's is the place to go in Thunder Bay when your Car, Truck, r-v, Quad, Snowmobile, or Side-by-Side needs servicing before you take them on the road, or hit the trails. Narvi's carries parts for dirt track race cars, aluminum sheeting, and is your retailer for Amsoil products. Narvi's Auto Service, one convenient Stop for all of your truck & auto Needs >>i didn't know what to expect... what I would have to do... what they were gonna do... How, my mother at the beginning, was very, you know, "i don't wanna be here here"... and then later, uhh... "i like it here". It was just like an extended family, I almost felt like calling them up and inviting them over to a summer bbq. >>Share your caring moments story. Donate today at SJFTB.net. Happy Birthday (Haunting, Melancholy) Mother of Brent: We see his friends getting married. Having kids. Father of Cory: I was looking forward to him getting married someday, grandchildren. Grandson Jordan: I want her to be there for a lot of things in my life. Fiancé Jesse: We had plans, we had a future, we wanted kids, we wanted a house and all of a sudden in an instant, it's gone. For all the loved ones killed by impaired drivers there are countless birthdays that will never be celebrated. To find out how you can put an end to impaired driving. Visit madd.ca

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