A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE! SAMY'S BACK! || Jamie Davis Towing 

Thank you Jamie for sharing Your History and Bringing Sammy on.

It's so nice to see you keep the history and the name of that company alive.You are definitely one of a kind Jamie and I'm sure those old employees of coastline appreciate it.

You can certainly tell this is Jamie's life, another great video.

One of these days I'm going to drive The Coc, only in summer time, lol I'm not going in the winter. But this show has shown some beautiful country I want to see in person...

Awesome that you are restoring your old bosses truck back to its original glory. Really miss watching your reality show.

So happy Sammy is back working with the company again. Sammy warms my heart whenever I see him.

Good To See Sammy love what you do with the classic trucks you have the best show on TV

I have a 1957 f800 sitting in my garage for years. You are giving me the inspiration to get off my butt and get it running

Love the old trucks. Tow trucks were my childhood, makes me feel like a kid watching these trucks

Always nice when history is preserved some way.

Bula Bula! Missed you Sammy!!

It’s nice to see Samy still around, and a full beard. Is Phil still working for Jamie? Phil seems so nice and mellow, like dad or grandpa figure you could relate to. Loved Samy on the show, hard working and not a complainer. Gord is also a favorite.

I miss seeing sammy on the show

I very much enjoy your videos and seeing the variety of equipment..

Jamie I work for a towing company back in late 80's to 93...big company..love your show an channel bring back memories we did alot of recovery work..by the way I pass one of you Mack truck Saturday in Phoenix Az,,didn't realize you came down this way truck look brand new it was head east bound..keep up the good work be safe.. .

Already a nice fleet to be made even better with all the classics! That blue Western Star is going to be a sweet ride! Really like the Chevy C65 too! The aluminum disc wheels set it off nicely!

I love this ,old tow truck

Love seeing all the trucks and how they work and the ability of the truck ECT

Nice to see Sammy again,he is a solid cat

I always like Sammy on your shows !! Sammy seemed like a very hard worker and very easy to get along with !!

Sammy Swamper is the greatest. He's totally my idol literally. I would absolutely love to meet him outta anybody on the show first and then obviously Jamie. All the trucks that Jamie buys that are "junk" are awesome. They are paid for and make money no problem. Keep up the great work Jamie and Sammy.

Those old GM medium duty trucks are amazing. Many of them are still working.

hi there it's good to go back and remember the good old days and by the way i love your channel and keep them coming.

Good video, I enjoy checking out the project tow trucks.

Glad to see you doing the Coastline Towing memories I wish I had worked with you at Coastline! Bill Gibbs hired me to work I was 4 years into my recovery 20 surgeries for my cancer! Nobody would give me a chance,but I talked to Bill he liked my attitude and gave me a chance got me trained as a dispatcher and I went out and helped drivers! If you start Coastline Towing up again I would love to come on board with your team! If you need a recommendation talk to Rob Jongkind! Peace, Love & Respect James Meredith

Awesome clip! Love to hear the history of the towing world and your life as an operator Jamie.

Great to see Jamie back, and active on the channel!

I just bought a Holmes 750. 1983 Ford L9000. My Dad always loved the 750. He said they were the Cadillac of Wreckers. We owned several over the years. Last one was in the mid 90s. Now we have another in Aberdeen WA. We are refurbishing it and it will be the only heavy wrecker in 50+ miles. Conell Towing

Fantastic! Good to see Sammy again. Hope you all are well. Hope to see you in Chattanooga some day. Greg in TN

You know what I like? Jamie respects his equiptment and others peoples also.

Sammy!!!✌ great video Jamie Moore please...👍👍

R.I.P KEN MONKHOUSE

One hundred years ago, when motor vehicles were in the process of replacing the horse-drawn wagon as the principal means of transporting goods, truckers in British Columbia were challenged by a road network that had not changed much since the days of the gold rush and the mule train. Reluctant to challenge the mountain ranges and river canyons of the Interior, road builders had not expanded their activities beyond the main population areas in the southwestern corner of the province. When a few local carters got together in Vancouver in 1913 to create the General Cartage and Storage Association, the forerunner of today's B.C. Trucking Association, it was not even possible for a venturesome trucker - and there were a few in those early days - to drive his Model A Ford one-ton from the Lower Mainland to the Interior without making a detour through the United States. There were simply no roads connecting the coast to the hinterland. You could say that long haul trucking got underway in the province on May 24, 1927. That was the day that the Fraser Canyon Highway officially re-opened, following the route of the old Cariboo Road from Hope to Spences Bridge. The original wagon road had been destroyed by railway builders during the 1880's and it had taken close to a half century to reestablish road contact with the Interior. Not that the new Canyon Highway was much by today's standards. It was a narrow ribbon of gravel cut into the side of the winding gorge with steep, unguarded sides falling away hundreds of metres to the roaring river below. Snow removal being non-existent, it was only open from the beginning of May to the middle of November, and even in the open season it was often blocked by washouts, slides and freak snowstorms. But it was a beginning. The truck drivers who travelled this daunting stretch of road had nerves of steel. Andy Craig was one of them. Craig, who later wrote a history of the early industry, explained that most truckers liked to use the road at night to avoid car traffic. He described how he kept a spotlight aimed at the edge of the road "because it had a nasty habit of falling into the Fraser River without warning". Craig recalled that "we seldom made a trip without finding some unlucky soul who had hit a rock slide, or gone over the bank, or broken through an old bridge." It took days, not hours, for a truck to reach the Okanagan from Vancouver. Even when it was paved in the mid-1930's, the road was so narrow that when two vehicles met one had to back up to the nearest pullout to allow the other to pass. The Canyon Highway was a bottleneck as much as a breakthrough. The Alexandra Bridge north of Yale could only handle rigs that were no longer than 30 feet. The situation improved at the end of 1949 when the opening of the Hope-Princeton provided an alternative route and larger rigs could begin making their circuitous way to the Interior. But the big trucks still couldn't handle the Canyon until 1962 when a new Alexandra Bridge went in. Of course, once past the Okanagan early truckers still faced the barrier of the Selkirk Mountains. For the longest time there was no road at all across the middle of the province. Then in 1940 the government pushed through the Big Bend Highway joining Revelstoke to Golden via a looping 300-kilometre long gravel road. For the first time a vehicle could drive from Alberta to the coast without swinging south through the States. But just because it was possible did not mean it was easy. The Big Bend was a winding, dusty obstacle course, blocked by snow for much of the year. One travel writer called it "the loneliest road in America". Understandably, truckers did not rush to use it. No, it was not until the Trans-Canada Highway opened across Rogers Pass in 1962, cutting several hours off the trans-provincial route and providing a safe, paved road surface for vehicles of all types, that finally you could say the pioneer period in B.C. trucking had come to a close. Today we accept the importance of the trucking industry to the economic well-being of the province. But as we travel in comfort along one of B.C.'s many modern highways, we might take a few moments to consider how much we owe those early truckers who risked their loads, and sometimes their lives, to navigate the primitive goat trails that passed for roads in early British Columbia. Historian Daniel Francis is at work on an illustrated history of the trucking industry in B.C. It will be published in 2013 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA).

Bring back Adam. Wow Sammy aged alot. Wish we could watch all your current shows in South Africa

I love ❤your shows on tv 😊

Cant wait to see the tow truck down its going to look great when it's done

Very cool. Would love to see more about the restoration aspect. Looks like the towing business just funds the toys!

Can u do a fleet update Like what and how many trucks you have ?

Glad to see Samy!

Yay! Love Samy!

Can't wait to see it done, I remember seeing it on the show in season 1

Keep up the great work !!

This makes my day.

Hello Jamie and BulaBula to you Sami, just wish that there was a way to get your show back down here in the states, my wife and myself watch every rerun there is, Please help us out with getting the new shows. Thanks for the video.

BOOLA, BOOLA!!!

Thers a guy here in Ontario that has a truck like that old chev he’s got a dually box on it it looks awesome it’s like your number 47;it looks awesome with a dually box

Nice video!!! It would be great if you could briefly show us all the trucks that Jamie has in his yard, both trucks, towntrucks and flatbed. 🚛🚚

I wish Netflix would put highway thru he'll back on I love that show sorry to c one charictar Ken Monkhouse pass away I truly love the show

Aint nothing like memories of old..

cool History behind these workhorses :)

Sammy has good work ethic

Hi Jamie how are you surviving the flooding going on in Hope? The news we see is too vague. Are you safe or are you washed out. Love your show and watch whenever I can. Hoping for the best for Hope! Hard to say have a merry Christmas but I know you will try!

Keep er' going James!

Glad to see HR 50 is almost done and HR 46 is done just needs paint. 47 is next on the list that one needs a complete overhaul that gearbox is worn out and needs to be replaced.

I live Sammy!!!

That's Samy? I thought it was one of the long lost members of zz top :) He's a good guy, glad to see him around

What was your first tow truck that you bought when you first started

great vid

Dedicated Coastline drivers??? Ok! How about the dedicated drivers from Coquitlam Towing who had driven for Rob, Rick, and Dick back in the day? Mundies is another old time company that's been around along time. (Kinda obvious I drove for Coquitlam in the mid 80's) Anyways, I know your company has been around for sometime, just a simple congrats on your successful business with your team👍 Cheers and beers to all of you, from the "Wack"!

You should do a video covering all the trucks in the fleet with a small back story of how they came to be in the fleet

Coastline, seems a lot like Story's wrecker, who has been around back when my grandpa and dad had the family wrecker service know as Payne's wrecker service in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. It is not surprising to me that Story's is still around and my family towing business is not though. Because Story's was always ahead of the curve, from the latest equipment to a progressive business model that lead into hauling equipment. Or taking on city government contractors for towing for the police to taking on a lot of long haul towing. They were either the first to take on on a new way of operating or they were at least one of the first.

Is that thevtruck that showed up in season one before the rotator came...the one hugo buggered the winch drum??

the show 401 has alot of attachments for there trucks that i dont see on highway thru hell(theres an front spring hanger that goes to the leaf spring and the 5th wheel cup are examples

#JDTowing Cool stuff as always, ... create videos evolving around restoration, maintenance

Jamie you have purchased 2 new 30, 35 ton wreckers in the past couple year. When will you put a new 50 ton stick or Rotator in the fleet??

BULA BULA!!!!

That's a massive coffee cup

Hey Jamie I'm coming down to Hope from Trail BC this August, would love to meet you and the crew....will you guys be around? I came up to the shop about a month ago but the gate was closed so I wasn't able to stop in. Would love to come by and meet you guys and maybe by some t-shirts...hats and stuff....Well talk to ya later!!

He looks like pure wisdom

Waupan truck show in WISCONSIN is still on 4 August

I watch you on TV and enjoy your show very much and I would like to see your whole fleet of trucks. What was the hardest truck wreck you and your crew have been on.

We like sammy & brandon

like way talk so cute lol

Boolah boolah

So you bought out the coastline name and are going to open a new shop with these trucks or run them out of your shop? Won't that confuse customers?

Can you get the trouble on your security system fixed ?? It's a bit annoying in the background. Have a GREAT day. 🤝👍👍

Gee thats one big coffee.

Where is your Rotator?

Hello Jamie ,I live in South América in a country called Uruguay 🇺🇾 and I can't traduce all your conversation because my English is very poor. Can you subtitle in Spanish. I love your program and your career. Thanks for all and I hope you can made any. Dears Manuel Grub

Love your video where is Adam

It no longer gives me notifications for your channel says it cause of child protect what changed?

Has Sammy been living in a plutonium pile...he has aged sooooo much...wow. A great guy indeed. Cheers

Sammy aka Moses

What happened to Kevin and his truck

What about your new peterbilt wrecker you making a video onit

Give it up Jamie.. Let other guys take over. Stay home with your girls. How is Brenda these days. And say hi to gord and al for me

$3,900 Reman fuel pump….must be a Caterpillar.

is samy coming back to the show?

Hey Jaime! Just wondering if Collin is getting that new Pete? He really deserves it! If so what are you putting Cam in? Cheers from Newfoundland...Ps Stay safe!:)

SAMMY GOOD 2CU GET A HAIRCUT AND A SHAVE LOL JK

Bolabolabola no u ain't u back👍

Where is cousin Paris?

Samir starting to look like jesus!!!! Lol

Samy has a lot more hair...Jamie, not so much.

what ever happened with Sam doesn't work with Jamie anymore 😭

What happened to Kevin??

Samy is a hardworking goodguy! Butt the long hair and beard makes him look old!