Episode 5
Outback Truckers - S8 - E5
Steve Grahame has tasked Outback Trucker Slick with one last battle with the desert, all before Christmas. Also, Chaz Butt's drought-busting mercy mission springs a leak.
Outback Truckers: Season 8 - 13 Episode s
8x1 - Episode 1
May 5, 2020
Mick King fights off deadly bushfires to deliver to a fire ravaged community, an oversized load drives Athol Martin over the edge. Sludge hauls 3 high value vintage racers to a burn up in the desert.
8x2 - Episode 2
May 12, 2020
Brian Andersson and Athol Martin dodge high tech solar cars and battle heavy haulage blow outs, Steve Grahame tackles the bush and all its fury. Sludge races to get an ancient load to the start line
8x3 - Episode 3
May 19, 2020
Wide loads & narrow bridges push Brian Andersson to the edge, Sharon Collins risks a croc infested river & Robbie Mackay's team of outback house movers bend steel trying to exit the yard.
8x4 - Episode 4
May 26, 2020
As Scott Conohan begins his shift, the long arm of the law strikes. Outback house mover, Robbie McKay, gets rocking and rolling, and Mark Pett faces oncoming traffic.
8x5 - Episode 5
June 2, 2020
Steve Grahame has tasked Outback Trucker Slick with one last battle with the desert, all before Christmas. Also, Chaz Butt's drought-busting mercy mission springs a leak.
8x6 - Episode 6
June 9, 2020
Anthony and Danyelle Haigh enlist a new team member, Slick's race home for Christmas is slipping out of reach and cattle trucker Kylie Hornick has her first crack at driving a triple road train.
8x7 - Episode 7
June 16, 2020
Anthony and Danyelle Haigh, tackle a dangerous river crossing, Slick risks a mammoth desert run as he races home for Christmas and rookie trucker, Kylie Hornick, faces a life or death decision.
8x8 - Episode 8
June 23, 2020
A truck killing river crossing traps the water drillers, cattle truckers David and Kylie Hornick battle a blown engine and vintage tractor trucker Mike Partridge makes a crucial wrong turn.
8x9 - Episode 9
June 30, 2020
Sludge races to beat a cyclone. After Australia's worst bushfires on record Army trucker Matt is on a mercy mission and for Mike Partridge getting 8 vintage tractors 4000 kilometres is a nightmare.
8x10 - Episode 10
July 7, 2020
Justin Harrison is going downhill fast when his gearbox fails, cows play chicken with Sonny Forrest's monster road train and for Mike Partridge's load of vintage tractors a roadblock on a blind bend.
8x11 - Episode 11
July 14, 2020
Steve Grahame is racing to beat a border shutdown, Ricki Sutcliffe's timber delivery deadline grinds to a halt and Jacob Marshall dices with bush fires to deliver hay to desperate farmers
8x12 - Episode 12
July 21, 2020
Steve Grahame confronts pandemic checkpoints. Sludge in his fuel run across Western Australia encounters a ghost town and car salvage truckers, Michael and Bozza, race to find outback treasures.
8x13 - Episode 13
July 28, 2020
In the face of a global pandemic Steve Grahame takes on the deserted roads of Northern Territory. Glenn's giant load gets squeezed by tight bridges, Mike hunts for wrecked gold in Western Australia.