''Big Rig Bounty Hunters'' is an American reality TV program, which aired from February 14, 2013, to June 30, 2014, on the

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. The series followed

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who search for and retrieve lost, stolen, or otherwise missing

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rigs, and, in some cases, towed vehicles and cargo on trailers. The show comprised recreations of situations that may or may not have happened in real life. After the final episode of season 2 aired on June 30, 2014, no further news came of the show, and the

removed the show's page from their website. The style of the show is somewhat similar to another show on the History Channel dealing with operation of large trucks, ''

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''. The show highlights the contrived activities of several crews of recovery agents all over the US who perform various recoveries of stolen or abandoned vehicles or rescues of incapacitated vehicles. The men get paid for their recovery actions and can receive bonuses for successful recovery of the cargo or contents of the trailers. On March 22, 2017, Vince Jones, a star on the show died of a suspected heart attack. He had a condition known as

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, and he wasn't wearing his CPAP mask the night he died, which possibly contributed to his death.

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

Season 2 (2014)

References

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