I love that the CEO of Edison Motors is also slinging chains on the side to make a little money

@Gellis12

4 ай бұрын

You should go watch Season 9 of Highway Thru Hell

@Dennyh025

4 ай бұрын

Are they still making new episodes of Highway Through Hell?

@BawkBawkBawk666

3 ай бұрын

Amazing. He does it once and you think he does it all the time

That guy was so excited to not have to chain up himself, that was awesome to see someone so stoked about it. Just proves theres a need and want for the service. I bet if folks could get someone else to do it, there wouldnt be so many blowing past the chain ups areas. Lazy folks will spend money to be extra lazy. And offers what i think is a super reasonable and awesome solution, and a service like that could really add a layer of safety in environments like yours.

@johnarnold893

11 күн бұрын

If you are a truck driver and you can't chain up yourself in 15 minutes then you don't belong on the road, especially in southern BC going to AB.

Edison motors is a true Canadian company. Thank you for your dedication to Canada.

@jimdevlin4949

4 ай бұрын

Don't forget these men and women are the folks that move goods around the country/province risking the lives day in and day out. May safety be on their side.❤

@edison motors Have you thought about converting motor homes? The power and increase in fuel mileage is nice. Plenty of room to store the batteries. The batteries could also be used to run the electronics of the motorhome fridge/hvac/lighting etc. You could put lots of solar on top of the motor home. Motor/transmission plenty of room to switch to big generator. Electric only to creep in and out of camp grounds. Seems like a match made in heaven.

Great idea! I had no idea that truck drivers would be willing to pay someone to do a task that I figured was just part of the job.

@colinwallace5286

4 ай бұрын

Many can’t do it correctly…or at all.

@CaseyBDook

4 ай бұрын

​@@colinwallace5286 You're being nice about it. It's disappointing just how many drive through there regularly but couldn't put chains on if they tried.

@camcam-uw5mx

4 ай бұрын

​@@CaseyBDook over the road guys get paid per mile I e never heard of a company paying for chain up honestly my company pays me to NOT drive if chains are required. They get paid per mile everything else is free work from the driver so yeah I don't want to do it I can but if it gets that bad I'm parking

@BorazCarrera

4 ай бұрын

theres chain up services down in california

@Admiral.Snakbar

4 ай бұрын

throwing chains sucks lol

Love how happy and excited that one guy was. Need more people like him.

@mefobills279

4 ай бұрын

We don't need more immigrants.

I've had to chain up once in my short driving career. I was younger, had never chained up before and was very nervous about doing it right. A trucking team helped me get the chains on and I have always been grateful for the help! I love seeing you helping other drivers with this!

I so wish Hiway thru hell would come to Netflix. Good video.

@henrinaths1

4 ай бұрын

I wish everyone would boycott Netflix! 😂😂👍😉 There ya go!

@cjsmith1760

4 ай бұрын

​@@henrinaths1 I agree with you but I can appreciate what their line of thinking was.

Yeah, the educational part is really important. The drivers need to know how to chain up, drive with snow and ice, uphill, downhill, check the brakes (many trailers out there still need manual adjusting and they can just swipe when the tractor unit brakes), etc. and the CDL training and company training might fall short. Also, many drivers aren't lazy wheel holders, but they certainly get tired and miserable just driving in winter, then they need to chain up, getting their asses in the snow, cold and likely wet at best.

Be sweet to see topsy working the hill one night. Rig it up with a 5th wheel tow attachment and do pull ups.

I take a lot of pride in getting the unit chained up, getting the cams placed and set correctly, and good tension all around. It gives me confidence when I'm out in extreme conditions even if it takes a bit to get them on.

Edison motors out here proving Canadians are truely great people to be around even when times are tough! Not just keeping us Americans warm with a nice floofy toque :)

It looks so easy, LOL. I was only ever able to use singles on the steer tire, all my drive tires had to go into 3 railers (Montana log truck pulling a pup) fortunately most times I only needed to chain up one drive axle. I knew a guy in So Cal who used to do chain up service in the mountains he said the state made you bid the different areas and some years he could only get a crappy area, he taught me that snow chain tires were only good for pinching your fingers! I bought a good long handle set (about 3 foot length) for fixing the heavy gauge 3 railers out in the woods. You learn not to abuse your stuff when your the one who has to fix it in the cold dark night with dead flashlight batteries at least 30 miles from the pavement and another 50 miles to town. Keep up the good work. Praying for your safe travels.

That’s a good business. And it helps keep trucks moving through.

A large number of my cousins live near that hellish curb down a steep hill with front raw seating to watch the mayhem. Fun fun weekend watching. Gets squirrelly soon as you hear the first aggressive Jake brakes howling from uphill.

Can hardly wait to see e axles on trailers. For privately own rigs this would be simply be awesome in situ fool proof 100% success hill climb and descent! Edison motors. Dealing with problems before they happen!

Only thing I noticed was the hooks for the cross chains facing the tire. I was taught to keep them on the outside to prevent damage. I never thought it mattered since the tires are thick rubber but 'daddy said' so that's how I still hook them up. I always use the tensioners too (again, daddy said) and use them to hold the excess chain same way as you use the main hook. Some scrap 12awg wire for the inside if needed.

@kevinfender507

3 ай бұрын

I noticed that too, I was taught the same

I'm joining next time

Jamie Davis for the win and the Green Goblin and Mission Towing

Just finished the whole video, and a little disappointed that there wasn't a full tutorial for the newbs, but there is a decent CVSE one that goes step by step. Key points Chace made: make good goddamn sure you have the right SIZE chains and they're in good shape BEFORE your need them. Practice, in the daylight, in s parking lot, BEFORE HARD, at least once-- don't learn middle of the night in a snowstorm. Fix broken and bent links, carry repair links, or at least a small spool of tie wire. Know your style of chains and their features.... vbar or studded WEST COAST spec with long boomers and cams are the cats ass. Know which side faces out (pointy bits) and that attachment links from traction to side rail the hooks face AWAY from the tire. The trick of going foreard and back to seat the chains into the lugs, retighten (1 or 2 more links) is KEY....slack chains slip or worse kink and break. Zipties can be used to take up excessive slack, preventing flail damage. On non cam chains, the spiders and bungees do help a lot. And last, when you chain off look for damages, and put them away properly, so when you need them next, it's not 20 min to untangle them. I've run 36+ years, and an avg year i throw jewelry 30+ times...

Love this. Just ripped thru the coq today from Kelowna, and I’m going back through tomorrow. Burned half a tank of gas in my pickup in 150k. Them hills are killer.

Hey , thats great, sharing the knowledge and showing the chaos of Protocol. 🎉🎉

Fun fact….. awesome video 👍👍

Thanks for telling everybody Else about my. Side hustle. Now there will be more competition out there.

@affordablerealestate8169

4 ай бұрын

no there isnt. Nobody wants to work.

Love to see topsy cruising that climb

Love it! Now that’s advertising 👌 lol

Love to hear an explanation of why you put the crossbar tie links toward the tire… I was taught those sharp edges/ends should face out???

I was in a local coffee shop in AB with a couple oilfield hauling customers. A young driver sat down and said he’d like to learn the business…one of the guys with 30-35yrs experience said, “It’s easy…you put your chains on …then you take them off…then you put your chains on…then you take them off…then you put yours chains on…”

I love u guys always hustling that's how you make it in this world. 💯

This is a very informative video thats awesome you were on season 9 great show . Your videos super well thoughtout enjoy your videos.!

Mud mountain haulers was the best!

5 years going thru the coq in the winter, i do my chains in about 10 minutes and then i make literally 500 bucks paying to chain people up for them lol

I drove the Coquihalla once with a max load, in these kind of conditions. OMG It was pucker factor 1000%. It only takes ONE TRUCK to get out of control and then the rollercoaster show begins !!

Lol on my tiny phone screen, that dog at 6:05 looked like the Ghost of Truckers Past

Need a new coffee machine for the break room, grab your coveralls boys! Shout to Quiring towing, hard working crew too

I do believe I spy a certain green Vulcan wrecker(aka the green goblin) nice to see the big guy's still in business.

Well that was awesome. Nice job fellas. 😎😎

Great video. Haven't put on chains in years. But used to drive a wrecker in the army back in the 80s and chained a lot. Those cam adjusters are great, but we didn't have them then.

This video was a really nice surprise 👍

I've driven the Coquihalla in early January during the day when it was NICE out, and there was still some hard snow pack on the road. I'm not keen to have to do it at night when it's snowing. They really ought to have variable speed signs the whole length of the highway, because the max posted speed is 120km/h, and not everyone slows down for the conditions.

Little tip for doing cams like at 9:30 do the cans at the ground first, so that then the ones that get right are at the top and you have full swing to do the cam

I did this highway in the summer, car said I had 300km of range left as soon as I hit those hills range dropped to 100km and i could not make it, had to turn around back to hope to get gas. Arrived in hope with 0 km of range. Wild highway, its no joke!

@12pawsinn

4 ай бұрын

What's so wild about it??? I find it boring, especially in the summer, but then I used to drive it 4 times a week

I love these dudes.

Awesome video guys. Thanks for sharing.

I live your videos. Great job. Really nice to see!

thanks 4 video!

This is a fantastic video for new drivers to watch! Awesome job as always

Great job and a bit of beer money too! I’ll be watching for ya on next season of HTH.

Electric axles on a tow plow would be a cool idea, especially if you can have a umbilical cord hooked to the HV system of the truck, or have the tow plow have its own small motor/battery system to sync with the truck.👍

as a southerner in North America, it's funny to me seeing multiple people with the northerner accent talk to one another. Wonder if it's like that, but the opposite for you all

@EdisonMotors

4 ай бұрын

Yes, it is

Got into longhaul at 21, from logging/farming. Never realized putting on chains was difficult!😂

Yea, I decided to go via Highway 3 that day, the long way saved me a lot of time that day

Nice work guys

Thank you.

Your definition of fun is sick

It was nice that the tunnel was repaved last summer it didnt last too long but still so much better

That Jamaican guy was so happy to not throw iron on 😂

Awesome video Chace. See you've got a good side hustle going LOL

God bless all these men and women working on the Coke

@jimdevlin4949

4 ай бұрын

Wait... Ah you know what I meant!❤

It never ceases to amaze me how many "professional" drivers will wait until they're stuck on a hill, on the highway, stopping the entire world behind them before they chain up. I suppose the answer is there aren't many true professional drivers left but it grinds my gears every time.

Cool vídeo 👍👍

Also the log jam of trucks… time is money.

Hell yeah! Hope some entrepreneurs jump on this

This video. Should be part of driver training courses …. For all classes of drivers that share the road …!!! SAFTY FIRST. !!!!!

The big thing I see is that the job is way easier too with 2 people because getting out to chain the slack may never be where you want it I sure there is a great big learning curve putting them on yourself!

Hello from Colorado

We have CONVOIS SOUS ZERO here in Quebec 😂 i got a good shot of being on tv 😂

If the money is this good. Some politicians and bureaucrats may want to regulate this service and tax it.

Where I live the avg temp is 36°c (~100°F) and just looking at this man in the snow is freezing me

That is dam good money

HELL YA!!!!!

I chain up alot, in the oilfield in wyoming. But I use tripple rail chains

I get a kick out of the drone footage showing all dry vans and reefers, not a single flatbed because flatbedders say f*ck it in that weather lol.

Good for you boys on taking the time to do this. I guess you created a new business opportunity. You can become chain up lizards. Lol

I used to work in a telecom fleet shop snow day seventy or so line trucks to service van to chain then chain link repair after that

i would love doing that

The Coquihalla speedway is my favorite racetrack in bc

Question it would be cool if i get an answer but shouldn't the hooks be facing out away from the tire so thay Don't cut the tire im not trying to be a troll but i have been told that before

@EdisonMotors

4 ай бұрын

I’ve never heard that. If that cuts your sidewall you’ve got bigger problems

Now yes its better to have someone do it for you rather than guys trying to climb the hill without chains but I'm of the opinion that if you're the driver it should be your responsibility to chain your own vehicle. That is part of being a truck driver, especially in Canada.

Y'all ever used a chain spoon? I don't know of other makes but Chain Dawg by T.C. Tool Co is what I keep in my bags, saved me hours over a week driving passenger bus near Donner pass. Get 'em tight the first time, even though it is kind of lousy as a cam tool so I keep a T-handle or two for the cams.

You should have let me know i would have met u guys up there. Such as you guys i have thrown my share of chains lol. Easy money looked like all singles didn't see 1 set of HD Triples 👍

How come you put the chains on upside down

We call chains jewelry for a reason.. in 16 years, I've only chained up 3 times.. But he's right, i chained up trucks for 3 hours and walked back to my rig with over $1200 in my pocket

I prefer not to sling iron, but even as an OTR driver it can still be required multiple times a day when passing through the Rockies. As with anything you get better with practice, and as you get better you tend to not mind it as much. Other then when it’s -40, I’ll fish when it’s cold but I don’t want to keep driving bad enough to sling iron when it’s that cold cause that cold just sucks.

That's a good gig. Takes me ten minutes to chain up an axle with triples. 50 bucks an axle. Do ten axles in less than two hours. $500 or $250 per hour.

Why was it that DOT guy was so cranky? It’s a valid question. Also, how in the living f::k do you have “drivers” who can’t chain up? Wish we could thin out the seat warmers. Love brake checks: hopefully getting people who have no idea what shape their brakes are in to actually check their brakes. They really don’t know what to look for either, but it can’t hurt. You need a single bungee to keep the tail out of the way. Easier on attached bits like fenders etc.

Lived in Minnesota since '71. Have never seen chains put on! Excellent instructional video! Do the drivers know how to take the chains off? 🤔

@jamesparker887

4 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing hooks on the cross links shouldn’t be digging into the tire. That’s the way I was taught 45 years ago

Wow and hiway trucks appearently on use single sets. Im like you hauling logs. 1,2,or 3 sets of triples sometimes 2 to 3 or more chainups a day. Ha! At 61 years its getting old. Wheres Florida again? Ha.

3 yrs ago I chained up truck to make extra $$ as a truck driver myself driving in ice and snow most of the day your tried cold had to deal with car on the road you dread the chain up signal on 17:26 Don't be afraid to to ask most driver will tell you yes

Chains are no joke... they are a bugger to handle. Worse yet like on wheel loaders, some of them suckers helps to have an extra person to manhandle them onto the tire.

I think you guys need to do a video with jamie davis

I've never even sat in a big boy truck. Do you ever chain the trailer tires too? I figure when going downhill it might help prevent a jack knife? Can you grab just the rear brakes like with a bumper pull?

Just a question? Shouldn't the closed end for center traction links be against the tire and not the open end🤔

We need something like this for Donner Pass and Vail. Hmmm…

I like what you did but My biggest concern would be getting sued. Even if the driver doesn’t want to sue the insurance companies will.

Will the edison hybrid electric motor be available for use on older motorhomes

Highway thru hell -Hats and jalapenos Season 9 Episode 10 33:53 Chaining up in that episode too!! Haha

As a UK non trucker but a mAssive fan of what Edison's doing .what's a wrecker plough?

My family was coming up the snowshed in a little fwd car with snow tires during a storm in 1998. Near the chain up, the trucks were spun out, near the shed all the light stuff was spun out. We threaded the needle and made it through, the van behind us plugged the last hole. 😂

@BlackEpyon

4 ай бұрын

Was that '97-98? I remember that one. We had the whole family packed into my dad's van. Had a funeral AND a wedding in Alberta around the same time (different ends of the family), and the blizzard hit on the return trip. I was still a kid at the time, but I think we ended up grabbing a hotel in Merrit. My dad was a fairly experienced driver because of his job (senior service rep for Datex Ohmeda, and his territory was all of BC and Yukon), but despite having chains for the van, my mom wasn't comfortable with the road conditions, so we didn't risk it until daylight.

@kstricl

4 ай бұрын

@@BlackEpyon Probably right. I remember it was right around the end of December when we were returning. At the start of the storm, we were scheduled to fly out of Seattle but all the flights were canceled. The airline put us up in a hotel and then booked us first class the next day. Very memorable trip.

Morning boys Good on ya Those that want ta work gets the dollars Truly the Canadian way God bless Stay safe brother's Just saying 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦😁✌