Runaway Truck Crashes In To House - Rotator Lift And Winch 

Let me get this straight, operator "CLAIMS" his brakes failed, causing the accident, and is allowed to drive the POS away with said failed brakes? Seriously? Wouldn't the Police and possibly you and your company be liable for the next crash when he leaves the scene with the same failed brakes that supposedly caused the prior accident? That pile should by all rights have been towed and impounded pending an inspection to 1) prove the condition of the brake system, 2) Safety/Roadworthy inspection.

11:36 Love the recovery guys response to the know-it-all truck drivers situational analysis, "...don't worry, be happy". That's a fact. If he or his boss didn't defer maintenance on the truck, they won't be in this situation. Shut up & let the professionals pull you out of your accident. The drivers company now owes for a recovery bill, vehicle repair, repair to the house & maybe a civil suit. That company is damn lucky no bystanders got hurt.

Just came across this.... but must say I really enjoyed the way you worked with your dad.... thanks for sharing

I'm sure that truck was out endangering the public the next day.

Jeez.... the city deployed a Cushman traffic enforcement vehicle to protect you guys? I am fairly sure a runaway bicycle would have pushed it in to you.

A+ recovery from start to finish, wish my GoPro 7 videos were as smooth as yours lol

You guys are so fortunate out west. You'll never see a truck that old over here in the rust belt.

wreckers have become million dollar cranes that resemble wreckers

OKS !!!! Hope you didn't allow that truck to be driven away knowing that the brakes were bad ????? Police should have prevented it from being moved without a tow !! ANYHOWS

No Brakes, No Insurance, No Problem!

That truck needs more than brakes by the look of it. Good job guys.

Lol "The brake was still on" "That's OK, the brake doesn't work."

that tow truck is beautifull..

NOT SEEN A RIG LIKE YOURS BEFORE, WHAT MODEL IS IT, I'VE SEEN AN 1140 AND 1150 I BELIEVE, BUT THATS A SWEET RIG, YOU'RE PRETTY PATIENT WITH YOUR DAD, ITS HARD TO WORK WITH OUR FOLKS, WELL ME AND MY DAD ANYWAYS

That truck shouldn't be allowed on the road, wonder how it passes an inspection? Looks like it would be better off as scrap metal. Good job guys.

love the fact you told the muppet not to step over the wire. but he did it anyway. the truck was a total scrapper.

Ditto on the other comments. In a perfect world, police or DOT would have red flagged that truck and had it hauled away and off the road until it was reinspected and determined to be safe. Bet the homeowner never see's a dime to recover the damages and these guys just go on to put others aT risk. What you called a block of wood he calls his parking brake!

That Rotator is the "Shit". More I see it the more I love it. Great job Gentlemen.Have a great day, keep the video's coming. RESPECT for Nashville.

Can't say much for the rust bucket u rescued, but at least overhead wires were to the side and not directly overhead... Good teamwork guys!

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Very intersting job. Good thing the truck was just slight wider than the gap or things could have gotten really ugly for the neighbors. Love your vids and enjoy seeing something other than Miller/Vulcan gear all the time!

that is one hell of a rotator truck wow!!

New to the channel. That rotator surely is a work of art! 🤘

Tow bill cost more than the truck worth

Dude that crashed the truck was getting on my nerves trying to tell the tow man how and what to do DUDE get out the way and relax and your welcome for pulling you out

Well done 👍 good job 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘🤘👌👌👌🤪🤪🤪hay from Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺hay nice truck

Hey Van Lingen Group! Yikes! Did you leave business cards at the houses that are downhill from there? I suspect they were preparing to drive it away as soon as the cops and you guys left! They could have been headed for the neighbors house!

in every clip that we see of truck, we see major rust and rot. This truck should never have been on the road.

No seat belts! Did I see a long broken horizontal weld by the tail lights? Why no safety rug on the horizontal cable? Your slow, methodical work process paid off. Good job!

Hi love what you are doing but maybe have some commentary about what you are doing and how and why. keep up the great work that you are doing>

" the brakes dont work!" Lol Dad remember how it got here?😉😂

should send the bill to the engineer who designed that ramp , insane slope , and in a port area ,seen so many crappy ramps and intersections, when i was trucking,,, , great job and excellent team work , glad there's always a HOOKER we can call when life throws us a curve

Nice job guys!!! Nice to see a dad that's hands on Not just running the controls. Beautiful truck, look forward to more videos

i really like the roll up cabinet doors compared to conventional swing out ones

Brakes probably rotted away like the rest of the truck

Well, hey, it passed smog...

Funny thing is the front frame channels would be the ideal place to lift once the boom is extended that far it will only lift 100 pounds. I watched two rotators fight all day trying to upright and load a fully loaded shipping container. The frames were twisting and the outriggers were in the air to no avail. The next day, a 80s' era three axle entry level crane with counter weights came and did it by itself in less than an hour.

Awesome video !!!!!!!!!!!

How did the towing industry ever get buy without rotators years ago we were forced to do jobs like this with one ton mechanical wreckers

Great video, thanks. 👍👍🇵🇪🐕

That truck has seen better days

Great job! 👏 What a mess.

Sorry my bad english but it´s impossible a truck like that running in the streets, not in Europe

I like that you work with no wasted motion

Awesome job guys

that Sanford and son junk truck needs to be DOT inspected.....then sent to the junk yard

NO SEAT BELT? HOW THE HELL DID THAT PASS INSPECTION? I put seatbelts in my 1936 oldsmobile so it would pass inspection

Damn look like that tow truck mile long

I'm pretty sure that truck would not have been stuck in the driveway regardless if the old guy turned the wheel or not. You could have lifted the rear up {blue} then winch in [yellow] off front stabilizer to square up truck in driveway. They did'nt even get the hooks off and the Mexicans started doing body work on the truck rofl.

That's a old truck, late 60's - early 70's, GMC or Chevy

will that be cash, check or charge????lol

why trying to pick it up instead of just pulling it from the back? seems like that would have been the easiest way.

30:55 Is the driver of that truck really trying to hammer out the damage?

There has to be a better way to stow the main/aux winch lines than a strap. Nice job.

At around the 12:00 minute mark it sounded like you were getting a lot of 'instructions' not only from your dad but also the 'peanut gallery". I applaud you for keeping your cool. Also at around the 36:00 mark I was wondering why you didn't use two chains and both cables for better control of the back end of that truck?

Was that a Police car behind you? I wouldn't fancy trying a high speed pursuit in that!

They should have centered up the front wheels, so it comes out straight way sooner,

That truck is to old to be on the road that truck is like 48 years old i don't know how can it get inspected

You get some strange ones.

you should shoulder mount the camera.

She's a 1968-72 Chevy C50.

Who pays your fees, the trucks insurance company, the homeowners insurance company or do both share the expense?

Nice rig, does the carriage slide back?

Yeah, I would make that a COD job, or bill the LAPD as they were probably the ones who called. AMD get waiver of Liability of the PD allowed the "contractors" to drive away.

don't worry be happy .... LOL

where was this at? and how do you not need a front outrigger when the front end is off the ground and you swing over the front?

@Van Lingen Group Can't argue with success, but just as food for thought: would it have been more or less useful to have used _orange_ as the low-line to where you had yellow, and had yellow as a low-line to the tail of the dump truck (where you did the initial lift with blue+green)? To help bring the tail around? Might have saved you that second re-rig, if you were in a hurry.

Did you ever get paid for doing this job ?.

Hope you got pay for the job, man.

Truck should have been straight back not on an angle back. You will hit the house and cause more damage. Think vectors and angles. Way off line. I'm back to Ron Pratt - he has more experience and a better truck.

This is one of the most unprofessional displays I have ever seen not to mention very unsafe with hanging hooks, crossed lines interfering with other lines, having other people (truck owner) working on the vehicle while not secure and in dangerous positions . OMG how do you stay in business. Look at some of the other towing channels an learn how to conduct yourselves and proper safety techniques.

Only in California 👍 jking that really sucks

How do you like the jerrdan rotattor compared to your other one