The World's Toughest Driving Tests
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201060 minEnded

The World's Toughest Driving Tests

Network:BBC Three

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S01E06 - "Uruguay: Tree Harvester"

Aired on Mar 30, 2010, 7:00 PM

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Description

Will Mellor and Kirsten O'Brien travel the globe learning to drive and race the world's biggest, most expensive and hardest-to-master vehicles.

Details

Status
Ended
Language
English
Runtime
60 min
Premiered
February 23, 2010
Ended
March 30, 2010
Schedule
Tuesday at 8:00 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 6 Episodes)

Romania: TR-85 Main Battle Tank

Will Mellor and Kirsten O'Brien learn to drive a Romanian Army combat tank. They have only a week's training in sub-zero conditions to master the skills needed to race each other.

Feb 23, 2010

60 min

Essex: Straddle Carrier

Will Mellor and Kirsten O'Brien learn to drive and race the mother of all vehicles, standing 15m high and the powerhouse of the docking industry, the straddle carrier.

Mar 2, 2010

60 min

Scotland: Terex TR100 Rigid Dump Truck

Rival petrolheads Will Mellor and Kirsten O'Brien compete at an opencast mine in one of the world's biggest vehicles, the Terex TR100, a dumper truck the size of a house.

Mar 9, 2010

60 min

Canada: ARKTOS Amphibious Craft

Will Mellor and Kirsten O'Brien learn to drive and race the world's most sophisticated amphibious vehicle, the 47-tonne, two-million-pound go-anywhere Arktos.

Mar 16, 2010

60 min

Châtel, France: Snow Groomer

In the French Alps, Will Mellor and Kirsten O'Brien learn to drive and race the gravity-defying and mountain-climbing Snow Groomer, a machine packed with over 400 horse power.

Mar 23, 2010

60 min

Uruguay: Tree Harvester

Will Mellor and Kirsten O'Brien take their final and deciding driving test in the tree harvester, a six-wheeled monster truck with teeth, deep in the Uruguayan forest.

Mar 30, 2010

60 min

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