It sure takes talent to be a good tow truck driver and I don’t care what anyone says. You have to know what your doing or many could get hurt and maybe even lose the tow truck too. Great job guys and thanks for sharing.

some tow truck drivers do the best they could with what they bring to the table. Thats one of the lessons i learned from level 1 training many years ago from The God Father of towing. RIP SC. This is actually a good training video on how to do it another way...

@jenniferclark3866

6 жыл бұрын

STEVE THE GOD. Yes

I been towing since 1980 and always kept A traffic lane open if this guy was A experienced recovery man he could of did the same.

@woody4u247

7 ай бұрын

With the size of his light duty wrecker... the heavy weight of that lifted one ton dually with larger tires, gradient resistance added, the steep gradient resistance & miring resistance... it wouldn't have pulled it parallel. or it would've bent that light duty boom. Even a straight on rear twin line pull was clearly maxxing out that truck.... sure, a medium or heavy could do it... but for the size of the recovery truck... he did it correctly. and obviously.. traffic was almost non existent & not held up or delayed . he did fine for the equipment he had.

As a certified Wreckmaster, I made a promise not to publicly criticize other tow operator's actions. That being said, I recommend this tow operator contact Wreckmaster for enhanced recovery training

Nice work driver!!! Clean pick and safely done!! stay safe out there!!!

wheelift is used for both towing the broke down car and also to attach the spade to for anchoring the tow truck.

@dill6688

2 жыл бұрын

maybe he didnt have a spade. i definitely would have used mine. but then again i probably would have called someone else. i wouldnt use my 2 ton for this

I've done more with less but that was a long time ago before I got "smart" and realized that there is a truck for every situation. as a CIRT instructor that's one of the points I stress constantly.

Iv been doing recovery on the turnpike in fla and have towed out some crazy shit but this wrecker driver is bad ass !!!

@mikeford675

3 жыл бұрын

If your in Florida, what company out of curiosity?

Good job guys

Technically the truck did pull it out. The winch is a part of the truck. Quit being butt hurt trucks are trucks its just people have their prefarance on brand.

Looks like a lot of stress on that Dodge 5500 frame and the wheel lift pulling a F-350 with 22.5 tires sideways up an embankment. I believe that is a Century 412 since it only has one cyl. for the boom. That is a light duty unit doing the job of a medium duty if you ask me.I like the part of him shaking his head about taking it to the shop of the owners choice, but I can't blame him he will make more off storage than he does for the recovery!!

Of course he's gonna say that the best thing to do is "take it back to our place".

When my wife gets stuck in her recliner, I call this guy :)

@jdez10

7 жыл бұрын

lmao

@CLARKaka

5 жыл бұрын

Aaaaaaa man your not right lmao

@keithrbrownsr9454

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

nice recovery . my dad was a tow truck driver . i seen him use extra pullys,and all other sorts of good tricks to tricky pull outs

on wreckes your suppose to pull up and get out and look how your gonna do it then put your truck where needs to be where you recover out what your recovering without haveing to move the wrecker any where you pull it straight out to your wheel lift then hook and go police dont like you to half to keep movin around they want you to hurry in a safley manner get it out and get gone cause whatever wrecker service is the quickest and the safest and the best is the one they will call the most

It IS textbook what we get asked to do ALL the time in the tow industry. SHP calls and says GET IT OUT. And they dont want to hear "The proper way is going to take more time and another truck." However, as the operator, you HAVE to take charge of the scene and take care of the equipment, and your own safety. There were multiple times in that video that I cringed for the operator's safety.

I don't know what was rougher the tow truck operator, or the ride in the truck going off the road into the ditch

It's always nice buying them in this shape....

That's a lot of stress on that equipment, I would've done the recovery with a 20 ton but that's just me and if you like it I love it. For the record I own a 35 ton and to all the operators out here whether you drive a 10 ton to a 70 ton rotator

@Trucker0308

7 жыл бұрын

I didn't get to finish lol. I just wanted to say to everyone to be safe and God bless you and your families because this is one dangerous job

@brayanlechuga1217

4 жыл бұрын

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@GEROW1963

4 жыл бұрын

And MOVE OVER for tow drivers!!

I think he did a hell of a good job

very nice recovery.

another fact they are still #1 in sales

I just bought a 2005 F250 and read the manual. Ford states that these trucks can lose control and go where you don't want them to. They are heavy and tall but the worst thing is our roads are designed to throw you down a hill and trap you in a ditch with no possibility of recovering your wayward truck. Now look at the bright side. Firemen and tow truck drivers get something to do and make a little money. The auto repair guys have work and don't forget the hospital. Heck this truck most likely is totaled so the local dealership gets to sell another vehicle. This is another version of trickle down economics, the poor saps insurance money gets thrown all around this great nation of ours. After this wreck the tow truck operator will shine up his truck and the hospital will clean the bed sheets and restock, waiting for the next unlucky person to do it all over again. Any body can see that if some deer jumps out in front of you here you have no where to go but down in the ditch. Always wear your seat belt. On TV the other day they actually showed some poor guy being whipped out the drivers window from a truck like this and must have gone up in the air over 20 feet looking like a rag doll after he rolled it about 8 times. I think he lived though. The first thing the anchor man said though was"no word on whether alcohol or drugs were involved." Like that somehow makes it okay to relish in the spectacle of these wrecks and peoples misfortune.

@califdad4

8 жыл бұрын

+Tim Steinkamp Some years back on I 80 in Sacramento, I saw a old lady do that, she was in her auto shoulder belt but not her lap belt, and when she flipped her Subaru wagon and the door flew open, she went out, killed her. I think she had some medical thing that cause her to loose control on a straight hwy like she did.

Nice job !!!

Thanks for sharing your video

2 Ton Wrecker operator here, and this was not the ideal way to recover this F350.

@philipfarley3721

5 жыл бұрын

I agree there was a better way to done that

@trd4d

4 жыл бұрын

Rookie has to learn somehow

@GEROW1963

4 жыл бұрын

@@trd4d yeah on a piece SHIT like that, should have left in the ditch but it will kill the grass

@mikeford675

3 жыл бұрын

@@GEROW1963 Not the point. Tow truck operators are asked to recover things no matter what they think of the vehicle.

all the strain was because you don't use the wheel lift for any kind of support, that's why the front wheel came off the ground, they make wheel chucks for that

@racefan7972

8 жыл бұрын

It's a wheel lift. Its not a set of out riggers. It should never be used to secure the truck during a recovery.

@mikeford675

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, on a non integrated wrecker the wheelift can be used to anchor you. If your just sliding on wood, you gotta use the wheelift sometimes

@The1saturn

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeford675 BS

you know what sometimes you just gotta f*** with the whole situation that you're in and figure out what works best

he does have it on a high idle system cuz most likely his winch system is running off the idler shaft in either the transmission or the transfer case as either a hydraulic pump or as a chain drive

Not sure what you are watching but I saw the WINCH doing the work, not the Cummins

wow - the power - the minion truck that crashed is no match for winch.... shows u that industrial equipment outperforms weekender trucks with ease.

Recovery lessons required.

@dunerider59

8 жыл бұрын

I have never seen something so easy made so hard. no reason to close entire road and why drag it sideways it has wheels let them do the work.

haha thats funny that cummins fans really think it this video has anything to do with engine in the tow truck!!!!!!! keep reaching boys. and on a side note, nice recovery with that small of a truck. well done.

Job well done .. Good recovery .

Good job steve y look like a pro..

Great job! And you got the insurance tow. I hope you got at least 2 hours on it, I would have put 3 LOL? My kind of tow truck driver,

very nice recov. that was a bad ditch to be in, but gotter pulled out and in good time.

@kathyhaynie2117

5 жыл бұрын

rob37greenbike

I like how the authorities shut down the road for him. Don't get that driving wrecker in Montana. And that operator needs some Wreckmaster training. I hope that abuse doesn't catch up to you.

Actually its a Hydraulic Winch Powered by the Cummins engine if you want to get technical.

Damn....I can see why it flipped......Look at the size of those wheels!!

@patreed2921

4 жыл бұрын

Shane42011 didn’t flip

Oh ok....I have never seen something like that. It's crazy. I can understand putting some bigger tires on but damn this is just insane.

@patreed2921

4 жыл бұрын

Right tires for heavy duty truck

That driver is very smart and experienced! Nice job!

@mikeford675

3 жыл бұрын

Actually... he performed this horribly.

@PaulJersey

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeford675 please explain.

@mikeford675

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaulJersey He used his underlift as a spade, which you aren’t supposed to do. He would’ve had an easier recovery and not have the front end of the truck come off the ground if he pulled it out at an angle. Just a lot of things that wouldn’t happen with proper training.

That is how it is done!!

Are the extensions over the dual wheels just made out of plastic?

A whole bunch of arm chair quarterbacks here that couldn't pull a carrot out of the ground.

@johnnyknecht9912

7 жыл бұрын

Loren Reece k

@banno6938

5 жыл бұрын

At least they'd finally pull the carrot with out pulling 2 yards of topsoil with it .

@9carcottrell246

5 жыл бұрын

My 100 ton twin steer would pick that like picking blueberry. Are u kidding me

@banno6938

5 жыл бұрын

@@9carcottrell246 Somehow I think if you truly had one because of all the cost associated with it " payments Lic Insurance Permits ETC " that you'd out working it instead of watching youtube.

@9carcottrell246

5 жыл бұрын

B Anno their is no payments lol ha hah

That ford is badass

True - except the winch is hydraulic, not electric.

Pick sides all you want, I'd be happy to have either truck. (even as smashed as that ford is, its still a nice rig.)

not bashing casue everyone has their way of doing things but i would have grabbed both drivers side tires with endles loops pulled it right up the bank sideways and on the street taken the wrecker and put it further away from the bank according to wreckmaster that truck is being overworked but he lines and the boom are within spec just seems that he could have done the recoveryt in one shot instead of re hooking the lines and re positioning the truck but either way the job got done no one was hu

nice recovery work good job and some people think this work is easy if every in new york stop in and see us prestige towing harris n y old rt 17 at exit 102

Is it just me or did anyone else notice that the Dodge 5500 did NOT pull the F Truck out, It's electric winch did.

Haha you're not kidding, I see somebody in a ditch every week when december rolls around.

Nice recovery... That f350 is about the limit of that 5500 Dodge IMO.. Had to be a 9k truck easily.

looked like a pretty successful recovery to me...why fault the guy?

i think this tow truck driver went about it the hardest way possible, dragging that big ass dually through the mudd yes its called a tow truck but those steel ropes do have a breaking point and just cuz the truck is say 10 thousand lbs doesnt mean anything add more for pulling it sideways and then some more ontop of that for the gravity and now you probably have 15 or more thousand lbs on that rope trust me, im not a to truck driver but do work for a crane manufacturer.

Damn he’s good

Rookie. He should've parked his truck on the other side of the road facing away from the wrecked truck, Or camera view. Put the wrecked truck in park. grabbed the right front with J-hook, Or wrap a chain through Lower frame, (on low end) and winched it all the way out in one shot. 10-15 minutes at max. The road would be blocked regardless. I miss this shit. lmao

It seems better idea put the cables. In the front of the truck.and pull the front end up first .also positon the truck parallel to the truck but ahead enough. So by the time the cable winds in the truck is almost on the flat and ready to be hooked. Drop it in neutral and let the trans toast.if its going far away.

@aparecidadovale757

6 жыл бұрын

MrCharlyvallarta8 .

Drag truck perpendicular to tow rig up steep incline with boom high = most force required on winch and tow truck, good way to catch a broken cable in the head.

He should have put on the spade before the first time lowering the wheel lift.

ya the man ronald...bud from baity tire.

this makes me happy

@ramizshehu5706

3 жыл бұрын

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When he got the Ford out of the ditch, why didn't he reposition the wrecker and pull out the Ford from the back instead of the side whereas the right side wheels of the wrecker were coming off the ground.

great work.

okay he has a bad ass pto and hydrolic pump but if wheels come off the ground that means he doesn't have enough weight to be pulling that truck out of the ditch

A rwd truck so you want to put the rear wheels towards the tow truck right.

@mikeford675

3 жыл бұрын

You can do that or pull the drive shaft.

Could have uprighted it and then rolled it out on its own wheels from the back in 5 minutes. Hook and book. This driver would be fired if I saw him doing stuff like this.

Did you notice that there no chevy in the video ?Whats the point ? Nothing , like what you said

@Sykora171 more like fiberglass. not plastic

He could have made that a lot easier if he had just pull it from one end and bring it up at an angle... clearly a little inexperience

@TheWoodbutcher66

9 жыл бұрын

And with much less effort and strain on the tow truck!

@TheFavess

9 жыл бұрын

thats what you think. but its alot harder to pull at an angle then what you would think. also runs a higher risk of tiping and reallllly putting a strain on it

@arthurwagar88

Жыл бұрын

A good demonstration of wasted power.

@johncald1977 yes and snatch blocked it too would have made the job much easier on the boom and winch

@yyiii276

4 жыл бұрын

I know this was 8 years ago so I hope you figured out he double lined ( 4 lined ) with a snatch block on each line hooked to the Ford. If you pause or pay attention at the begin when the winch lines are free spool you can see the snatch blocks.

its all about gearing.

Even though I do like Dodge and Cummins. Being a Cummins fan does not mean you have to like dodge.

Was a nice F350.. That bites.

@5point8mate ITS NOT ELECTRIC ITS A HYDROLIC WINCH RUN OFF OF A RAM 5500 CUMMINS

it says North Carolina on the door...

It's not an electric winch though. It's a PTO driven hydraulic winch. just saying

I’m glad they used a small tow truck and not a giant wrecker for this job cus so much idiots do that

ID LIKE TO KNOW THE MAKE OF THAT WINCH, BLOODY POWERFUL!!

@minnesnowda2510

2 жыл бұрын

Ramsey

Wheel lift is not an outrigger

Very good very good

I see they still havnt figured out how to fix the turning radius. And yeah the winches did the work... not the dodge.

Bravo

Rookie !! 5 min Rip out for me !!

@RICHARD-yf7ko

6 жыл бұрын

Roy Waid your so full of shit yep it would have been a rip out where you learn your lingo Ringo lol

why doesnt he pull the truck at more of an angle instead of horizontally, is this way easier?

@wiltonstephen5095

6 жыл бұрын

eric arredondo

good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When's the last time you saw a wrecker PULL anything out? That's what winches are for.

I think he twisted the frame on the wrecker worse than any damage on the casualty

Just winching it out and doing it right are two different things. No wheel blocks is one of his biggest mistakes, They Dodge slips once and it goes in the ditch too!! Chained wheel blocks front and rear is as safe as it gets. Also he is getting money from the insurance company by telling the customer to take it to his impound yard, i have been in towing and recovery for 15 years and work in the mountains and have seen it all and this man would not be working for us as unsafe as he is.

2 tires touching the ground ? I think that is a dully so it would be 3 tires.

I ain't gonna beat ya up, you got the job done BUT I would have called back for a medium. If your PD dispatch is like mine the call came in and they never mentioned that its a 1 ton dually down in the ditch.

@mikeford675

3 жыл бұрын

His truck is fine for the job, but he should’ve went at this a completely different way.

How come no track marks. So how did he get in that position

That fire truck at the end of the road could pull it up all the way in 10 seconds :D

Esse do guincho tá perdido não sabe o que faz

Is it just me or is the tires half flat on that truck

agreed...

i run a wrecker 27 years he should have used snatch blocks doubled his winch

Ok. Not to nitpick or armchair, but to refute bitsplace I have to comment. Its NOT a textbook recovery. The truck IS way overweight on the pull. To demonstrate: the F-350 weighs probably 10k lbs, add 15% for stuck factor and 15% for the grade and you get to 13225. The lines, boom and even the frame on the truck may all be within ratings but the tires arent, and the wheelift isnt. A textbook recovery would have involved a Medium duty truck and/or another truck.

@BAMCIS13450703

4 жыл бұрын

Jesse Blanchard you don’t add 15% for “stuck factor” from the looks of it either 75% or 150% of the vehicles weight for mire resistance

BTW, sure is a sad loss to a beautiful truck

@briandalton8890

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah right

@12:11 so he can stack up storage fees and charge the insurance company. 💲