Richard gets to grips with the big cranes that are used in salvage yards in Louisiana, but some of the machinery proves uncooperative.

Richard travels to the heart of Texas where he attempts to transform into a real-life buckaroo. There's riding and roping, cows and horses, shooting rifles, and of course, mucking out stalls.

In small-town Texas, Richard finds out if he can handle the heat of the rodeo ring. And in Maui, he tests his paddle-boarding skills.

The Striker fire engine is the most powerful in the world. Based at Dallas Fort Worth Airport, Hammond undergoes some gruelling training to be a fireman.

Richard Hammond heads out to try out the dangle head processor, the feller bunchier, and the log loader in a bid to become a lumberjack.

Richard Hammond travels to Fort Bliss in El Paso to learn how to be commander, gunner and driver of an Abrams M1A2 tank in a three-day crash course.

An animal keeper trains Richard at an animal santuary in Hawaii, and Richard meets a snake wrangler.

At the Denver Regional Landfill site, Richard operates a bulldozer, a compactor, and a scraper in a mountain of stinky rubbish.

What better job is there for someone who loathes gridlock, than a gig as a New York City cabbie during Manhattan’s rush hour? Plus, Hamster attempts to get a few laughs.

Richard – so often found behind the wheel of a car – this time trains to be one of the key people tasked with changing the wheel in an actual IndyCar race in Sonoma, CA.

The Hamster is schooled on how to give a proper Harlem style haircut, Plus, he finds out what it takes to build and test fly a brand new helicopter, the R66 Turbine.

The Hamster journeys to the dry Mojave Desert where he joins the rarefied air of the Rocket Scientist to help build and prepare a rocket. Then, it’s off to the picturesque and hilly city of San Francisco to attempt the work of a bike messenger.

Richard goes to Hollywood to tackle the coolest job in town — stuntman.

Hammond tries out the track hoe, demolition machine and wrecking ball - and learns it is a far more delicate job than he first thought.