| 17 & 18 July |
I Just Need a Good Wreck
O'Hare Towing's Bill Gratzianna and his team of drivers use their expertise and elbow grease to keep Chicago highways clear. In the series premiere, a 25-ton garbage truck is taken out by a pothole, an SUV crashes into a tractor trailer, a massive excavator gets dumped into the street, and a drunk driver hurtles into a ditch.
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| 24 & 25 July |
Dominating the Market
As tensions rise in the shop and on the highways, Joey and Dwight deal with a bottomed-out 88’ tandem trailer blocking rush-hour traffic under the Kennedy Expressway. With the rising costs on the new facility pushing Bill over the edge, he seeks relief by working on a 14’ tractor smashed inside a 13’ overpass.
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| 31 July & 01 August |
Old Dogs, New Tricks
A driver wraps a car around a pole, a semi full of paper gets stuck in the mud on some railroad tracks, an overloaded dump truck takes a spill, and Bill’s daughters show him who’s boss.
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| 07 & 08 August |
Accidents Happen
Joey and Tony must rescue a massive crane from a ravine, a three-car smash-up leaves Jorge and Jeff with their hands full and the crew has to clean up a 30,000 pound truck spill in the middle of the night before morning rush hour. But when the guys mess up and break one of O’Hare’s best wreckers, an angry Bill lets them have it!
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| 14 & 15 August |
White Means Green
A blizzard pushes the O’Hare guys over the edge as the recoveries get even riskier. Jameson is challenged by a car that crashes over an interstate guardrail, Dwight is ready to quit after a non-stop slew of wrecks, and the team works into the night on an out-of-control minivan as passing cars put their lives in peril.
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| 21 & 22 August |
Fire and Ice
A semi flies off the road and jackknifes into a ditch, a flatbed carrying tons of cargo ices over, an angry ex gets some sweet revenge, a tractor trailer burns to a char, and the new female safety manager butts heads with the crew.
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| 28 & 29 August |
Under the Wire
A cement truck tumbles onto its side, a tractor trailer gets wedged under a low-hanging overpass, a dump truck with a busted axle collapses, and O’Hare employees deal with some angry customers.
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| 04 & 05 September |
On Top of the Game
A car goes through the front of a house for a practice drill, a semi gets stuck in the mud, a tractor trailer with a broken axle gets all fixed up, and Bill and Joey head to a tow show in Florida.
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| 11 & 12 September |
Off-Roading in Chicago
A garbage truck flips over on an exit ramp, an operator deals with three accidents in one hour, a pickup truck crashes on train tracks, and driver Julio tries to redeem himself after wrecking his service truck.
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| 18 & 19 September |
Keep on Trucking
A tractor trailer takes a hard turn and falls to pieces, a truck gets stuck in the mud, Bill lets off some steam by crushing cars, and a pair of semis are bogged down in the dark.
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| 25 & 26 September |
False Alarms
Joey’s searching for a big wreck, but he's beaten to the punch until a boat founders in Lake Michigan and it’s game on.
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| 02 & 03 October |
Two Brothers, One Showdown
A bobcat flips into a muddy ditch, a motor home smashes to bits, a massive semi takes out a guardrail, and Bill and Joey compete to see who can lose the most weight.
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| 09 & 10 October |
Bill Goes Stir Crazy
A truck slams into the roof of a viaduct and nearly tips over, Tryke rescues a forklift, a tractor trailer gets bent out of shape, and Bill can’t handle it when Marci leaves town.
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| 16 & 17 October |
Pain in the Glass
Bill cuts his arm on broken glass and heads right back into the field to tackle an overturned glass truck. Tryke returns to the stretch of road that almost killed him.
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| 23 & 24 October |
School’s in Session
Joey frees a stranded semi, then heads back the shop to help Bill teach a course on running a heavy-duty wrecker. School’s in, until the Gratzianna brothers hit a snag. Later, O’Hare operators hit the road in a rainstorm to winch out a car from a nasty accident.
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| 30 & 31 October |
Family Business
A trailer is wedged in tight under a railroad bridge; Jamison discusses the tragic deaths of his parents.
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| 06 & 07 November |
And the Winner is….
The O’Hare team prepares for the annual Illinois Tow Show, where drivers compete for the title of best wrecker in the state.
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| 13 & 14 November |
The Big Move
O’Hare Towing moves to a new location, but a complication with the phone system could threaten the business.
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| 21 & 22 November |
All Nighter
Mayhem hits the highways of Chicago, as the O’Hare team battles through a rainy night to complete their toughest recovery of the year.
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| 28 & 29 November |
Wall of the Fallen
Bill and Marci pay their respects as the operators who have sacrificed their lives are commemorated in a moving ceremony.
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