A team of experts prepares to transport two gigantic pieces of electric equipment 40 miles using two specially adapted rigs, but from too-small exit gates through multiple roundabouts and ending with a weak bridge, the journey is anything but certain.
A team on the south coast continue to shift a 150-tonne reactor and a 195-tonne transformer across Sussex to an electrical substation in Ninfield.
In Lincolnshire, 36-year heavy haulage veteran Steve Moss's two-day mission is to deliver a 60-tonne reel of electrical cable for an ambitious green energy scheme. Carefully positioning his 60-tonne bespoke trailer, which is longer than a diplodocus dinosaur and about as agile, the hefty load has to confirm its conductivity by having 10,000 volts of electricity sent through it. Supported front and rear by his team and under police escort, Steve takes on all manner of man-made obstacles. A humpback bridge, a railway crossing and overhead phone cables could all bring this oversized convoy to a halt. After overcoming these challenges, trouble arrives in the form of a swan! Cue former chicken farmer and support driver Roger Morris. If anyone can wrangle a piece of posh poultry safely off the road it should be him. With no time for swanning around, Roger swiftly clears the bird from the road and the reel can finally reach its destination. Then after two false starts solved with grease and s
To haul a 190-ton reel of steel crane cable, driver Zack steers his 144-wheeled, 60-ton trailer from Warwickshire to Worksop to first load and then take it to Immingham docks.
The crew collects a 255-tonne transformer bound for a substation in Woodmansey. The load is so large that it requires drivers at the front and rear of the cargo.
Veteran driver Col takes on the challenge of not one, but two mammoth moves, including a 63-tonne cable reel that needs transporting from Worksop to the yard at Studley.
Two 94-tonne electrical transformers bound for a green energy project arrive by ferry from Rotterdam. Veteran heavy haulier Gavin and his protégé Rob must transport them from Immingham Dock in Lincolnshire to Aberdeen. The three-day, 450-mile journey will be on 116 wheels, attached to two 630BHP Mercedes trucks and two 27-metrelong trailers. Including support vehicles, this convoy is as long as a football field, and tomorrow they must meet their Police Scotland escort. But getting north of the border today will prove an almost impossible challenge. After an hour on the M180, there's smoke billowing from Gav's trailer. An impromptu hard shoulder stop has Rob getting down and dirty to clean a brake airline. In west Yorkshire, with M62 traffic rushing past, there's another smoking brake that can't be fixed by Rob, so a mechanic is called to pry the brake shoe free. Now the race is on to escape the county's rush hour heavy haulage vehicle embargo. At an average speed of just 30mph, making
A 450-mile journey threatens to be ruined by repeated blowouts, with the convoy running dangerously low on spare wheels. And struggling up an incline, a cutting passenger car threatens to leave the lorry stuck on a slope
A team struggles just to move massive industrial units from the port to the storage area, leaving the drive ahead looking grim. A driver transports a 400-year-old olive tree.
In the Midlands, heavy haulier Colin has to move a 107-tonne transformer from the outskirts of Walsall to the yard in Studley.
In Essex, hardcore heavy haulier Ian is sent on a mission to shift a 58-tonne metal compactor, after dark and in the rain. Peter and Tony are drafted in to move a stylish wooden-clad portable office unit.
In Staffordshire, a 25-metre-long, 26-tonne load spreader needs to be lifted and shifted. Seasoned trucker Dek's first challenge is extending the 12-metre-long trailer, so Dek loosens the security pins and drives forwards hoping to extend seamlessly.
At a limestone quarry in Yorkshire, hauliers are tasked with moving a pair of stone crushers, each weighing over 70-tonnes. In Southampton, a boat haulier team prepare a survey vessel.
Smurf and Ian travel to the Scottish Highlands to move a 110-tonne metal drum used for industrial paper drying, and in Chester a 5-tonne freezer unit needs shifting to the race course.
In South Wales, Kings Heavy Haulage driver Craig tackles a 60-ton piling rig used in setting foundations for large buildings, which needs to be moved across the River Severn.
Couple Aaron and Becky enlist Kings Heavy Haulage for their literal house move. Their tiny home is set to move from rural Pembrokeshire to its new location near to Wolverhampton.
Dave must haul a 68-tonne transformer through Suffolk, avoiding weaker bridges.
A massive demolition machine needs to be dismantled and then transported 240 miles away.
A steam locomotive worth 250,000 pounds is transported from the Peak District to Cornwall.
A dilapidated 19-tonne canal boat needs transporting 111 miles to Caversham in Oxfordshire, and a decommissioned passenger jet presents unusual challenges.
Kings Heavy Haulage must move a 19-metre, 44-ton bridge, made of steel and glass, six miles from a yard on the outskirts of Gloucester - right through the city centre.
The challenges of lifting and shifting a steam locomotive in freezing cold temperatures, and moving 15 new excavators with a combined weight of 300 tons.
A 50-ton excavator needs collecting from a farm in north Wales, but road closures hinder plans. And Nick and Oscar must move a life-size metal stegosaurus 25 miles to RHS Garden Wisley.
Two titanic trucks are in Perth, Scotland to load and then deliver to a remote Highland holiday park two halves of a bespoke built holiday lodge worth a whopping two hundred thousand pounds.
In Manchester, Sam aka Hiab princess, has been tasked with delivering three huge shipping containers to a remote farm near Spalding with a colleague. Her first step is getting a high cube container loaded onto her lorry at a local yard. Payload primed, Sam sets off in the hope of steering clear of any traffic snarl ups, but an unexpected diversion off the A52 soon presents her with some serious obstacles to dodge.
A 36-tonne crusher that's been out on hire at a quarry in Anglesey needs collecting and delivering to a depot in Liverpool. Driver Alex has loaded at the site before and knows the best place to perform this tricky pick-up. Pulling up on-site, he parks his trailer in the most level patch of ground, which is crucial to safeguard against any accidents happening during loading. After preparing his trailer, Alex must navigate the crusher on-board, and once it's powered up, he steers it over the ramp. He must line up the caterpillar tracks perfectly with the ramp, otherwise the machine could fall off the side. Safely on the trailer and chained down, Alex hits the highway with his load. He's got a 220-mile journey to a depot in Liverpool ahead of him and he must make it there before 4pm when road restrictions on big loads begin. Alex gets there with a minute to spare, but that's not the end of his challenge.
In Wales, haulier Ian gears himself up for a major cross-country mega-move through the rural Welsh countryside. He's tasked with moving a redundant industrial inlet valve that's been signed off as scrap metal. Ian and his cargo require a police escort at the front and his support driver Anthony at the rear. Ian's controlling a total combined weight of around 100 tonnes, so the rugged Welsh terrain is sure to test his truck to the max.
A trio of truckers move a 63-ton train track tamping machine from a siding on the outskirts of Glasgow to a rail yard in Stranraer.
In Berkshire, a convoy of three trucks pick up and deliver a fleet of 15 valuable supercars, ensuring they arrive in precisely the same pristine condition as when they were loaded.
A trawler yacht bought in the USA for just $7, painstakingly refurbished in a Lancashire dock and now valued at a whopping £400,000 needs carefully moving to the Thames.
Driver Matt's been tasked with shifting a vintage 1950's Leyland double decker bus.
A super-truck must travel to Brands Hatch for racing but it's too powerful to be driven on the roads, so Dan is tasked with loading the vehicle. But on the motorway, he spots an issue.
A newly refurbished 72-foot narrow canal boat is moved to its berth in Macclesfield.
Driver Alex has been tasked with moving not one, but two crushers to different sites, but on the backstreets of Bolton, his driving skills are put under serious pressure.
Big Andy is tasked with transporting a massive excavator to its new owner in Somerset.
Ant and Layton must move a former British Rail Shunter Locomotive but reversing round a tight corner and down a country lane will push rookie Layton's steering ability to its limit.
Sam must carefully lift a shipping container that's been converted into a summer cabin over a high hedge and through a narrow gap barely wider than the container itself!
A vintage 1950s Class '08' diesel electric shunter needs shifting cross-country but a traffic snarl up and a couple of tricky roundabouts could make this a challenging delivery.
At Glasson Docks, a cargo ship has arrived at high tide. Haulier Lee is part of a convoy of trucks who are helping empty the hold before the tide goes back out and beaches the boat.
