RECOVERING 40 TONNE MERCEDES UNIT & TRAILER! 

“We’re only about 70 foot” he says as he drives that thing through a housing estate😂biggest flex👌🏻 awesome video mate stay safe

"He looks after his truck, so we look after it as well." just the best service one could get.

You properly looked after him and his lorry - great work Steve - a credit to the business.

It was bad enough me bursting a radiator hose in Glasgow so my heart goes out to a trucker from overseas breaking down in the UK.

I never realized how much of a big operation it is to tow a truck. Incredible.

Cheers Steve. Always the same when you change vehicles! Takes a second or two to adjust....... That driver was lucky to have gone so long without a tow in, and lucky to get a pleasant, capable and understanding recovery driver for his first experience. My first time was aged 18 in 1990, 3 or 4 months into the job driving a 7.5t AWD. N/S front hub disintegrated near Wareham on a Friday morning. (I was, and still am, Norfolk based). I was recovered by 2 bloody lovely Dorset natives and towed to the local dealership at Blandford Forum on the back of an ancient Bedford KM wrecker. Plenty more recoveries over the ensuing 28 years in the, er, "game(!)", and every time the guys were awesome. Despite the disappointment of breaking down, waiting for recovery, etc, I always reckoned anything less than an hour from arrival of the recovery truck to departure was pretty damn quick, but time is irrelevant when safety is paramount....... I also got to ride in some pretty awesome recovery trucks, quite a few of them LHD, and was full of respect and admiration for the drivers: Driving a "normal" artic requires plenty of skill and awareness, but only has one pivot point, and is usually only around 55-60ft long....... Two pivot points and 90ish ft....?! Respect. Thanks. Keep them coming 👍👍

I seem to remember reading something (from many decades ago) about recovery trucks not being allowed to tow two vehicles except moving them out of the way in an emergency, tractor and loaded trailer counting as two vehicles while tractor and empty trailer counting as one vehicle. It was only road locomotives as used by showmen who could tow more than one trailer/vehicle. It has been great seeing you towing something so long 'snaking along behind' as you say. Quite a skill to not bump curbs and sign posts with that length in tow. Really enjoying the videos, thank you.

Mum & Dad looking down on you guys and smiling Steve x 👍🏻

Nice new truck Steve looks like an American miller body there are a lot of those over the pond. I watch a lot of the American videos from Ron Pratt , Pepes towing etc but I love your videos because I used to live in Aldershot and Farnborough years ago and its nice to see you doing your recoveries in my old stomping grounds. Keep up the great work and stay safe my friend.

Very nice and generous the way you dealt with a foreign gentleman, keep it up, cheers man!

What a smashing new DAF that is, very smart!! (in my opinion, at least) Daf is one of the least aesthetic trucks but the best for all-around work. With regards to towing, I have no idea what they're like, but the DAF CF dustcarts we have at work are really well built, sturdy, durable and have just enough of the features you need, with none of the additional buttons that create a minefield of what button does which job. I do like Boniface engineering bodies. They seem to engineer their work very well. Even having the airlines on the offside (for a UK truck at least) makes things much easier. however, in this case, may have made your job a little trickier. As I've always said, slow and steady wins the race. No good sprinting along only to stop half way. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Great vlog as always Steve!! Safe travels Mr!!

Heavy recovery are real unsung heroes

I'm absolutely addicted to your videos as you explain in detail about what your work entails and how you recover vehicles perfectly from the

nice of Steve to point out the local shop & chippie to the stranded driver .. defo going the extra mile

These videos are great! You really know your stuff and get these trucks safely in tow very quickly! What advice do you have for someone starting out in the world of being a breakdown mechanic?

This is what happens when you press F7 in Euro Truck Simulator 2 :D

O widzę polak w potrzebie 🤤

Another great job Steve. Once again you show how important it is to keep cool and gradually work your way through the routine. Even with a new truck it did not seem to be an effort for you, apart from bashing your finger. You won't do that again!

What a nice chap, was gonna remove the shaft for you

Cracking vlog again Steve. Glad to see you are finding your way round the new truck.

From the side of the road and carefully take them and their driver and cargo to safety keep up the good work Steve from John in kidlington in oxfordshire

Ayo mate in cases like this, if the engine is able to run, just let it idle while you're towing it, if it runs, the gearbox oilpump will be driven and theres no need to remove the halfshafts or the propshaft. Working in a mercedes dealer ship in germany and we do it like that, if the engine isnt able to run we just disconnect the propshaft, since some trucks have a diff lock option and if you remove both half shafts, the fork that slides into place to lock both wheels will fall off basically inside the housing. dunno if thats helpfull for you just wanted to mention

Another One I Missed, Fascinating Stuff Steve. 🙂

Hi Steve just to let let you know your my Guru... Just polishing up on my Heavy towing... Brill videos keep em coming 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Nice new bit of kit Steve shame the air lines don't extend though why change a good thing , the poor Driver stuck on a housing estate overnight obviously worried about his load and Fuel as you do but a good video Happy Recovering.👍

Hello Steve!I'm Peter Marian from Budapest.Nice work,as always!Sometimes I work with a similar truck,only with 4 axles!I can't send a link,the car's registration number is LZZ 305!T he company's name is BKV ZRT!Good health and good work!

Steve I’m sending you a half shaft cap with Peter chalcraft one for you to use just pop a small amount of sealer on it and it won’t leak at all will fit daf and merc

New to channel. It looks like a miller industries wrecker body built in Tennessee in the United States

Nice job Steve.Secend video of yours I,ve watched.from here in Oshkosh, WI. USA.

Well done Steve in yer new wagon proper job

Nice new equipment to play with, all fun and games, i do injoy the videos you've go a lovely manner Steve.

Beautiful truck Steve from John in kidlington in oxfordshire

I've been watching you for a little while now and I love your videos, Steve!

Mate I love your behavior and your speech very cool nice job we need more videos

Do I own a truck? No. Am I planning to ever get one? No. Did I watch the video till the end? Yes

I hope you get a loading lights control panel on the back of this nice new rig, that torch looked like it was constantly cheating death when it was stuck on the boom 😂

Good job Steve, as always first class customer service,

Hope you remembered to pick up the control box you left on the kerb... lol

Great video Steve and good to see you on the M25 just before jct 23

Steve have you ever thought about purchasing the south London ex bus garage in London as theirs still abandoned buses still their

Excellent video of an excellent job, Steve! That Miller Industries body looks great--you'll soon know where everything is.

Top of your game as always nice truck and another manual. Cheers Steve keep it up.

Another new truck Steve? Wow you are getting through some very nice kit. Those suzzi coils look very aukward rather than the retractable lines.. nice truck though..

Got one of those recoveries up here its straight piped sounds a beast belongs to gallows wood recovery

A nice day at the office here, I like how you're using the new equipment.

New sub here. You are simply magic. Both as an engineer and a person.

A very good Friday evening you all from Wellington Somerset

Great job Steve. Must be a bit awkward to get used to a new truck on an actual job with drivers etc watching you. Was this a few weeks ago when you first got the truck? Think there has been a couple of videos since you got it, which have come out before this one. Hope the finger recovered! Thanks for sharing.

bravo nn me l'aspettavo che x rimorchiare ci voleva tutto questo stupendo mi è piaciuto il video cia da genova italia

Loving the buzzer on this new truck 😁 No more ear piercing noise, or at least it's far milder

Sweet looking ride I miss the UK but not the traffic 😀

Oo, polska ciężarówka :)

Finally found the channel I was looking for :) Just subscribed, greetings from Istanbul

Hello Steve, Been Watching Your Videos Alot Lately, Brilliant Content. What Length Chains Are You Using To Secure Down The Trucks.

Off to Rossetts then Steve

Great video attention to detail good job done 👍

Hi Steve, loving your videos, so wish I could get into heavy recovery work. Steve, does it matter which half shaft you take out?

I wish it was within my ability to have you come over to the USA and do a heavy tow with me, and maybe invite myself along with you if I ever make it to the UK :D

i adore DAF, the styling over the years has changed so much but yet they continue to just look the Bees knees as wreckers, im sorry if this ages you but would you have driven a 3600ATI back in the day?

I saw that you disconnected the drive shaft. I suggest is an automatic gearbox yes? I asked my father who is a retired truck driver that manual gearboxes need to disconnect the drive shaft also to protect the gearbox

Great video as usual Steve. 👍

Great job Steve and love the new truck.

Hiya Steve, another great video - shame the last one got deleted?

the driver is from the same city as me, what a small world!

Lovely truck Steve, nice driving, great vid!

Trucks series

Good work

Hey do not know any engineers make plate or cover for half shaft on mercs trucks

Mercedes-Benz is a parent to Freightliner in North America, we only have conventional long hood semis, fire trucks are only cab overs or COE for short

I was wondering why you took that shaft out of that wheel so if anyone could explain that would be amazing!

Love the new truck steve

Great job Steve.

Why don't they use the American style leaver controls on the UK builds? The button control panel you have seems to take up a lot of space in comparison to the US tow trucks featured on YT (Ron Pratt/ Plaza etc). It also seems like an 'All or nothing' way of controlling the hydraulic movements with no ability to feather the action.

That’s my polish guy

Woah! Euro Truck Simulator 2 Real DLC is very promising!

hey steve love the vids what are the things called that go under the wheels?

Those american rear lights dosent have the E marks on them probably, but they are still approved in the UK? They cost a fraction of the price of the european cluster ones and are ten times better, have been hauling trailers in america for ten years and never had problems with lights on them. Wish they could sell them in europe also.

Another great video Steve..... the air test points you used, why both ? I normally use the top one. Just wondering for reference/knowledge 👍 Also has the coach video been taken down from Heathrow Airport, the one with rear quarter damage, and use of grids.... ?

Sir, We did not see you pick up the remote.

Hi Steve, specifically what qualifications do you have, besides Hgv license? Recovery (specifically heavy) is something I’d love to get into but I’m not a mechanic or fitter.

Not too knowledgeable on heavy recovery towing, so just a question, you remove the half shaft or prop shaft to disconnect the transmission, why can you not just leave the vehicle in neutral gear?

I dread going to this merc dealer with the landoll trailer.

Omg truck from Bydgoszcz

How do you put up with that noise in your cab

Hi Steve! Again, another great video. Just curious as to the 2 test fittings you plummed into under the bonnet...do you have to plum into both for supply air to the tractor? Just a curious camper

Nice pick up. What did your new toy cost.?

well, there goes the gardening - and rest of the day.

If you made a cardboard template of the axle hub, i’m sure almost any engineering shop could cut you a plate out of some aluminium or steel.

Love the videos

So we have axle shaft covers in the states when we pull axles, do you not have them over there?

Steve under the hood you connected to release the parking brake? Is the connection for air supply?

What a superb piece of kit this is, what sort of price would this be to buy ?

Gd job and gd video mate

Hi mate great video, I've been considering this a career when i leave my current job, however i can't find any info about the salary or training etc, can you help me out please!?

Great job

Love the vids

that wrecker is a nice bit of kit, ? what did it cost.

Hey Steve love the videos! if you need a video editor ill be more than happy to edit for you! 😊😊

Why do you have to remove the prop shaft and cover it with a towel?

What has happened to the last truck?