Trucking Heavy

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.