2022
1h

Summary Documentary series following the work of Allelys, one of the leading multimodal logistics and specialist projects providers in the UK. They are responsible for hauling some of the weightiest, longest and largest loads in the UK. View more details

Documentary

2022
1h

Trucking Heavy

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Kieran O'Brien

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4.8

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jun 15, 2022

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Channel 5

Language : English

Production companies : Channel 5 Television Crackit Productions

Documentary

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jun 15, 2022

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Channel 5

Language : English

Production companies : Channel 5 Television Crackit Productions

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jun 15, 2022

Episode #1.1

A team of experts prepare to transport two gigantic pieces of electric equipment over forty miles using two specially adapted rigs. Plus, a multi-million pound statue comes out of storage to be installed in a city centre fountain.

Episode 2 • Jun 22, 2022

Episode #1.2

On the south coast supersized trucking draws the crowds. Some heavy haulage hits the high street and an unexpected hurdle. Plus, a supersized cylinder picked up from the docks proves tricky to move around the road network.

Episode 3 • Jun 29, 2022

Episode #1.3

A gigantic reel of electrical cable is carted across the countryside to its eventual green energy destination, only for the convoy to be brought to a halt by a single swan. A golden statue needs moving from Redditch to Birmingham.

Episode 4 • Jul 06, 2022

Episode #1.4

In Worksop, Nottinghamshire an enormous reel of crane cable on a titanic trailer meets a white van man on its way to Immingham Docks. In Warwickshire, a giant bus washing machine proves a slippery customer for driver Tom.

Episode 5 • Jul 13, 2022

Episode #1.5

A brand new electrical transformer weighing 255 tonnes needs to be transported from the docks in Hull to a converter station for an off-shore wind farm. In the rush-hour, heavy haulage meets heavy traffic.

Episode 6 • Jul 20, 2022

Episode #1.6

An experienced driver takes on a pair of colossal trips with little rest in between. A crew of engineers set up a 250-tonne transformer. A crew takes on a mammoth clean up operation at a music festival.

Episode 7 • Jul 27, 2022

Episode #1.7

A trailer sheds its load and creates an incredible mess during rush hour traffic near an international airport in the East Midlands.

Episode 8 • Aug 03, 2022

Episode #1.8

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.

Episode 9 • Aug 10, 2022

Episode #1.9

A driver transports an incredibly rare, incredibly valuable and incredibly fragile cargo consisting of a single 400-year-old olive tree.

Episode 10 • Aug 17, 2022

Episode #1.10

Changes in foliage make what should have been an easy drive into a difficult trek as a 107-tonne transformer travels across the midlands.

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