M6 SMART MOTORWAY - LIVE LANE - CARAVAN LOST ITS WHEEL! 

Agreed, Caravans should have an MOT same as any other road vehicle imo. I personally know three owners who do no maintenance at all on their death traps. Also its alarming the state i have seen a lot of hitches in, rotted out just waiting to fail. End of the day a fully loaded caravan at speed is a LOT of potential energy. While them separating is not very common when it happens it can be very destructive.

In New Zealand, it doesn't matter how old, or new any trailed connection is (and by trailed, I mean every type size and variant of towed behind vehicle, normally called "because it trails along" a TRAILER). Trailers can be very light (tiny wee things) to normal Trailer/Caravan - and yes they are IN that class, the everyday workers flat deck, or holiday full house or portable job site (Portaloo and workshop) what'sit, "shed on wheels", for a workers jobsite / office "larger trailer". These are in the same / similar class as boat trailers, which also need regular WOF tests. Fail a test and it needs to be recertified at a proper certifying garage, before it can be issued a new WOF/ Then there are the HEAVY trailers, normally towed behind Heavy Goods Vehicles, either as single axle units, or as full trailers, called combined trucks (you call 'em lorries), which have to pass a Certificate of Fitness. These used to be every six months, but since 2000, now are allowed to be every year (same as modern cars). BUT, fail a COF and it's off the road with it, until it can pass a retest at a heavy goods vehicle certifier, such as VTNZ

Yo Yoo! She is a keeper for sure, worked wonders only had her for a week! Thanks for watching GDB!

Yes i knew ive seen her before!! Lovely bunch of officers to be honest. Rather than most that moan and bicker and keep pestering, very pleasant hopefully work with them again one day soon. Thanks for watching GDB!

Yes probably think shes been with highways for quite some time! Fair play! Thanks for watching GDB!

as soon as i saw her thats what i thought aswell

Thats the one!

Unlike the not-so-smart operators, who are still NOT up to speed, on how it works better when they actually do some work.

Thanks for watching! GDB

Your not wrong she is a keeper certainly has way better earning potentials! Thanks for watching GDB!

It depends mostly on how they load the interiors, for the trip. If light loaded at the front, with heavier items at the rear, it "floats" the back axle of the towing vehicle, meaning that it has way too much of it's own weight on the steering wheels, which makes steering all that much harder (and slower to react to anything, thus it slowly sets up a "hunting" sensation, where the a'RRR's of the trailer tries to pass the front of the tow vehicle, 1st on one side then the other, until it escalates into a full-blown twisty-twist, with the trailer heading one way and dragging the tow vehicle to other way, whereupon (even as it's going back) the driver gives the steering wheel a tug to control it, thus causing more violent sideways yaw - until the trailer is becoming so violent it lifts the inside tires as it yanks the tow vehicle around. It's on it's last legs when that occurs aming for total roll-over, unless. Unless the driver hits the gas, straightening out the combo, to then apply the trailer service brakes and NOT those of the tow vehicle, keeping the trailer dead weighted behind, until the driver gets the speed well below about 45mph. Most people do the exact opposite and hit the tow vehicle brakes, stopping the ability to steer, and causing a massive out of control roll-over. Oh sure, they slow it down, as it rips it all apart. sliding along on it's side or roof or whatever, until everything arrives at 0 speed. However, if they load the caravan heavily at the front, it weighs down on the tow-ball so hard it LIFTS the front of the tow vehicle so high, as to float it's front end, lifting the steer wheels off the deck, which also (more rapidly) means that the driver loses all steering as well as the ability to slow the combination. It then takes off as if on a sprinted race to wherever, and wherever races up to turn it all over asap

It matters not one iota how off centered any load is, or how out of service any trailer has been left to rot away, a 1st gear crawl, can get it to it's final destination "intact" / albeit several days late. Unlike a fast tow, which will most likely flip the combo before the 1st corner.

Sweet thanks so much! Thanks for watching GDB!

Thanks so much appreciate it, just thought id give it one last push and see where we get too! It helps when Shane does my one video per week with the special effects better editing and proper camera lens, ah really? I cant say ive ever seen one working around here! Thanks for watching GDB! P.S Probably a thing of the past now!

were they not three wheelers?

No thanks the driver is responsible for what is being towed keep it that way.

Unlikely to happen since they even relaxed the towing laws.

110% yes i agree!

Come fit them then 🙈 Thanks for watching GDB!

@gdbrescuerecovery don't need to! I'm saying I like the set up!!!

Thanksss mannnnn appreciate you watching the channel from over seas 👏🏻

Certainly helps more angles the better eh! Thanks for watching GDB!

Nice method that never really thought of that! But may certainly try that on a future job! Sounds good to me!! Appreciate the comment as always 👏🏻 Thanks for watching GDB!

@@GDBRescueandrecovery aye, got to keep these young'uns reet

@@paulriggers1558 😂😂😂😂😂

Text book ;) Thanks for watching GDB!

Oh yeahh! Thanks for watching GDB!

There is no UK legislation for this. Not even allowed Reds 🥺

Makes me jealous af lol. Some provinces in Canada you are allowed red some you are allowed blue. Must automatically shut off when truck is moving. Not allowed either here in Ontario. Did work for one guy who had rear facing reds and we never got trouble for them but they were illegal.

@@deanroberts187look at what he’s wearing you think he cares about legislation 😂 😂

Ive seen his channel he’s obviously the man! But damn videos are way to long for me 😂

Ahh sorry to see, i feel your pain! No words to describe it really and some people will never understand! Take Care thanks for watching GDB!

you missed out the comma after her name, +the word "please" at the end of the sentence

I will have a look! Thanks for watching GDB!

@@GDBRescueandrecovery you're welcome. Yeah, it's not a tool I use every day but definately worth the occupied space in the toolbox when I use it. Lessens the potential for damage to a customers car. Missing wheels and broken ball joints are still a pain because you have to jack it up to get the skate under it, but it's definately much gentler on the car or trailer. A tip though is you will need to put a plastic skate or slippy as you call them, in front of the control arm skate to form a ramp when it transitions onto the deck of the truck from the road, or it will catch and start to tip it over as you winch it over the edge.

Shes a keeper for sure! Thanks for watching GDB!

Not really a biker tbh 😂 Thanks for watching GDB!

That's usually what happens. Sometimes they are overtightened and fail too. I've towed probably a hundred trailers missing wheels and most common failure is the grease in the hub dries up due to neglect and the bearing fails and the hub and wheel separate. Boat trailers are probably most common for wheel offs because they are in and out of the water and the grease gets water in it. people never grease the hub if they have fittings or repack the hubs regularly when they don't have a grease fitting. They have money for a nice boat but don't have $35 for a grease gun.

Thanks for watching GDB!

1. Because i couldnt lift it? 2. Because i dont offer Garage facilities. Thanks for watching GDB!

have a look, the threads were stripped out of the hub/drum [46:04]

@@GDBRescueandrecovery Wow Throwing Cash away

@@paulriggers1558 yesssss ,Take it back to his and Repair it the foĺlowing day

​@@deenunya7735he would rather take full wack money off old age pensioners, I also hope he gets a summons through the post and points on his licence for driving a vehicle with no seat belt on as he removed it a good 300 yards or more before he pulled up

This is called a live lane breakdown