

World's Toughest Trucker
2012 · Discovery · 45 min · 1 season
S01E08 · The Prize
Sat, 25 Feb, 4:00 am
The title of World's Toughest Trucker and the $150,000 prize are on the line as the final three truckers travel the deadliest road yet, lined with precarious cliffs in the heart of the Himalayas. Nerve and skill will be tested, and only one will prevail.
About
From transporting cattle through the desolate, sun baked roads of the Australian Outback to carrying fragile loads through the icy, treacherous Indian Himalayas, eight of the world's most experienced truck drivers go head to head in some of the harshest environments on earth.
Episodes
- E01
Cape York Cattle Haul
Sat, 7 Jan· 45 minEight truckers from around the world meet in Cape York, Australia to take on one of the most dangerous roads on the planet. In pairs, they must haul wild cattle 300 miles in 18-wheelers, battling river crossings, steep creek beds, and each other.
- E02
The First Elimination
Sat, 14 Jan· 45 minAfter hauling oversized loads across the remote and grueling unpaved roads of the Australian Outback, the truckers face elimination where the two weakest are sent packing. Only the toughest truckers will survive.
- E03
Cops, Customs and Conflict
Sat, 21 Jan· 45 minThe 6 remaining truckers take on the infamous BR163 road hauling half ton concrete pipes through Brazil's wild and unruly cattle lands. In new pairs, the truckers must battle both speed and strategy as they travel 360 miles over 3 days.
- E04
The Amazon Jungle
Sat, 28 Jan· 45 minIt's halfway through the competition and this job is the game changer. 6 truckers travel deeper into the Amazon to deliver boats to a fishing community along brutal and unforgiving dirt tracks, fuelled by adrenaline and racing to get the best time.
- E05
Canadian Rockies
Sat, 4 Feb· 45 minThe truckers are in Canadian logging country, hauling 40- ton loads of logs down steep and narrow mountain switchbacks. With an average of 11 fatalities each year, this road challenges the remaining six in a way none are prepared for.
- E06
Mongolia
Sat, 11 Feb· 45 minNow in Mongolia, the truckers struggle with the remote and hostile environment of this nomadic Eastern land. While battling their ancient Russian trucks, the road gets too tough for some and one of the truckers has a mental breakdown.
- E07
India
Sat, 18 Feb· 45 minThe semi-final of World's Toughest Trucker takes our six remaining truckers to India where they are tasked with carting potatoes through scorching temperatures, lawless traffic, and monsoon-torn roads. Only the top three truckers will move on to the final
- E08
The Prize
Sat, 25 Feb· 45 minThe title of World's Toughest Trucker and the $150,000 prize are on the line as the final three truckers travel the deadliest road yet, lined with precarious cliffs in the heart of the Himalayas. Nerve and skill will be tested, and only one will prevail.







