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CYCLING FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER The Sears National Kids Cancer Ride stops in Memorial Park on Sept. 5
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A new television series highlights the work of Jamie Davis and his towing company. Highway Thru Hell follows a team of heavy rescue drivers as they scramble to keep the Coquihalla Highway open for truckers during the winter. The show premiers Sept. 4 on the Discovery Channel.
Clearing the Coquihalla Highway Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue featured in new TV series
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Icy roads, whiteouts and crushed metal are common sights on the Coquihalla Highway every winter. The transportation route features some of the steepest and most treacherous terrain in North America, which thousands of truckers must travel every day. Climbing the eight per cent grade during the winter, truckers often spin out and pileup. During the worst storms, big wrecks can come as often as every 12 hours. When backups shut down the
highway, its up to Jamie Davis and his heavy rescue crew in Hope to get traffic moving again. “It’s guaranteed to happen,” said Davis, who also started Aggressive Towing in Abbotsford. “During the winter, you sometimes don’t even sleep. The volume of calls that happen within a short span are very hard to deal with because it pushes your resources to the max. It’s very common for us to be on a wreck and have to split crews to handle a second wreck.” The busiest time for Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue is between October
and February, where there can be up to 35 drivers on the payroll. Davis said it’s a big time commitment and mental challenge for his staff as they work on-call and mostly at night. “It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been in the business, pulling up on a major accident there’s still shock and awe,” he said. “No two accidents are ever the same. These guys probably see more carnage and wreckage then all the emergency services put together. It really gives you a respect for life and what you do every day.”
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Davis owns a fleet of custom-built heavy rescue trucks with some of the most sophisticated equipment on board. One of the trucks features a fixed 30-tonne crane and two powerful winches, which extends the truck’s reach for hundreds of metres. It would take eight standard tow trucks to match the capacity of this heavy rescue truck. This specialized equipment and the drivers that operate it will be showcased in a new original eightpart series called Highway Thru Hell. Continued on 2
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