Not Your Normal Heavy Duty Winch Out… 

Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Mike, I am sorry but I own the company and when we have these type of scenes and recoveries it is ultimately my decision on how they are done. There is a lot of different ways you can do things but in the end if things go wrong they fall on me. Nobody else. I have been around this business since I was a baby and have as much heavy duty recovery training as anyone in the industry. You may not like how I do things but I can say in all the years we have been doing these recoveries that nobody has got hurt and haven't cause any additional damages. Not to mention, we spend half as much time tying the roadways up as other companies in the area. In the end, I pay all the company bills and make sure my drivers have top of the line equipment to do their jobs. Not being arrogant but when I am on scene it's going to be done my way. - Donnie

@@campbellstowingtx Well good for you, but as you can tell there is alot of people commenting on how you were acting in this video. As we all can see you were too much in a hurry. You should watch Ron Pratt Midwest Trucks out of Missouri and see how calm and patient they are with the heavy recovery. Just because you've been in the business for years, doesn't mean you are perfect. Just saying

@@mikebowers8437 well why don’t you invest a couple million and show me how it’s done. I actually took one of Pratts heavy duty recovery classes. Bottom line is my company my decisions. Period.

​@@campbellstowingtx I think you guys did a great job not everyday and towing company gets called to move a giant reel

And MIKE....Have you learned anything here,???? or are you a millenial,incapable of learning a damn thing!!????

Right!!?? Especially on the thin circular edges lol

I'm sure they will. There is obviously a downhill slope, and the company doesn't have a clue about possible consequesens. So far for the average level of education,

@@hpruijs haha Brazoria County, except for Damon, is flat as it can be. I don't think there was a slope there until that spool created one!

If you look, it was on a cradle. It just all sunk.

You don't keep track of what loads the wire rope has had, you simply inspect it regularly to determine if its still safe to be using. Then on each big job like this you at least calculate a rough idea of resistance which was probably 50-60k while it wasn't rolling and around 80k when fully sunk in, once they got it rolling on its own the resistance goes way down to under 10k, They rigged two 3-1s which are at least a WLL of 33k each side if they have 5/8 wire rope, likely a little light on the initial pull to get it out of the hole unless they had thicker wire rope, but they are still well within the 240k breaking load limit.

Yeah I feel like they work around it so much they are probably overly comfortable with stuff like that

We know the WLL of all our rigging and cables.

Wouldn’t have worked if you can’t get the line under the spool….

@@Towtruck_Dustin also could have damaged the cable on the drum.

Where are the girls that y'all hired

The owner

@tjobcorp, I am sorry but I own the company and when we have these type of scenes and recoveries it is ultimately my decision on how they are done. There is a lot of different ways you can do things but in the end if things go wrong they fall on me. Nobody else. I have been around this business since I was a baby and have as much heavy duty recovery training as anyone in the industry. You may not like how I do things but I can say in all the years we have been doing these recoveries that nobody has got hurt and haven't cause any additional damages. Not to mention, we spend half as much time tying the roadways up as other companies in the area. In the end, I pay all the company bills and make sure my drivers have top of the line equipment to do their jobs. Not being arrogant but when I am on scene it's going to be done my way. - Donnie

Thanks! It weighted roughly 80,000lbs.

Usually the case when they buddy up on these. They get the job done, it just takes a while as everyone tries to go with their plan

Thank You! I appreciate that!

exactly..couldn't agree mor

@@jstuttle804actually I own the company. Didn’t marry into anything. - Donnie

Stumpy , I am sorry but I own the company and when we have these type of scenes and recoveries it is ultimately my decision on how they are done. There is a lot of different ways you can do things but in the end if things go wrong they fall on me. Nobody else. I have been around this business since I was a baby and have as much heavy duty recovery training as anyone in the industry. You may not like how I do things but I can say in all the years we have been doing these recoveries that nobody has got hurt and haven't cause any additional damages. Not to mention, we spend half as much time tying the roadways up as other companies in the area. In the end, I pay all the company bills and make sure my drivers have top of the line equipment to do their jobs. Not being arrogant but when I am on scene it's going to be done my way. - Donnie

Well you can’t fix stupid but you can buy it I guess

@@Marksummerman please tell me what was stupid? The spool is 85k . The winches on one heavy wrecker are 35k; the winches on the other heavy are 25k. The trucks have computer system that will not allow you to exceed the WLL. We were using 10 ton snatch blocks and the wire rigging were rated at 50k each . The one wrecker when you snatch block back on one winch ups the WLL to 70k pounds on one winch. With both done that’s 140k . The other heavy also had snatch block increasing one winch to 50k. Plus it’s second winch. There was nothing unsafe, or stupid. I would not stand back there running winch controls if I was worried about exceeded WLL of my equipment. I’ve worked very hard to build this company. 0 people hurt, 0 damaged done to recovered unit and 0 damages done to my equipment. So, can’t fix you intellectual shortfalls, but you can take medication.

They have remotes, I’m not sure if they have the winches hooked up tho. I know the wheel lifts do.

Ok

We did that. That’s how we got it up…

It was rolling…

@@Towtruck_Dustin not when you 1st started it was not rolling

That was going to be over double the cost. So they opted to have it winched out. This was well within the capabilities of both trucks.

Eh you know. Money over lives right.

Cables dont just snap, They were within the breaking limits by far, And I believe they were also within the working load limit. 80k spool, Probably around 50-60k in resistance, maybe 80k at the initial pull when it was fully stuck, They have 3 lines each, The lines are at least 5/8 but could be thicker, 5/8 is 11,600 WLL, That is over 66k combined. The breaking strength is over 40k each line, combined they had a breaking strength of 240,000 pounds... Well within the limits of that wire rope. And interesting you say they should of called a crane because a crane would come out with the very same wire rope to lift it... How is it the wire rope on a wrecker will just snap at a moments notice but the cranes wire rope wont?

@@towtruckaj Ignore him, there is always one "would have", "should have" guy in the crowd.

you would have damaged the product on the coil

Ight, thanks. lol

Not sure on that. I’m sure they have a way.

No, they 100% do not know how to operate a tow truck safe!!! That was a complete lack of safety. Both Donnie and Clint stood in the "Death Triangle."

The towing company I work for we use 2 way communication headsets.

Pulling power wasn’t the issue. Traction was.

No need to 4-1, The 3-1 with each truck likely had them within the WLL and they were always well within breaking load by a significant amount. Their issue was traction.

@@towtruckaj traction issues are usually controlled by boom height in our operations..jmo

@@ky.gambler5281 boom height only does so much when you are dealing with that much weight and small trucks, the tandom might fair well but that single axle would be floating the front real fast.

Yep. 80,000lbs.

Why stop at 75, nrc 85 or miller 100 ton why not. lol

Why? You gonna rotate it around? 🤣🤣

I was thinking the same thing. 👍