First off my prayers go out to the driver for suffering a medical condition while driving that’s the worst time for anything like that to happen while hauling nearly 80k, also shoutout to the towing company for risking their lives to save the hauler, I’ve seen drivers rush past these guy on the side of the road and it’s scary. Nice save gents
only the best get that once in a life time call I couldn't even imagine the props due to you for saving the day for stuart-hause, perfect recovery and professionalism what fire? lol
Glad drivers are Ok. It would be cool if NASCAR would give you a few tickets to the race. Was by Texas Speedway a few weeks ago. There was a impressive fleet of NASCAR Haulers parked there. Excellent recovery. The race goes on thanks.
I hope the driver makes a full recovery, but they are dickheads on the road. I had one literally run me onto the shoulder on I-20 going towards DFW one night. When I cussed him out on the radio he told me he did it because "you ain't hauling race cars boy, slow you're ass down".
People don't realise the work these guys do. I've needed a tow in my time, after a drunk driver went head on into me at speed ( yes, that sorta speed as in the old days of up it all night ) and luckily I had a pro. You guys rock and are well respected in the transport community. On a side note, why is it always a Pete and not a shitty old KW? 😄 Truck on. 🤟😎👍🚛🚛🚛
@@ronaldsears834 just my opinion but this is exactly why all lanes should be shut down completely while these tow drivers complete the rescue of the vehicles involved so they don’t have to be constantly looking over their shoulders to see some jerk come barreling down a closed lane because they think they’re more important than anyone else out on the road!! At a time like this, nobody is more important than these rescue crews trying to get things cleaned up and open again and if they didn’t have to worry about watching their backs to be sure they aren’t gonna get crushed by someone in a damn hurry then they could probly have the scene cleared and open in half the time it takes em now. Nobody puts any value on these tow drivers lives anymore it seems and they are just out there trying to clean up everybody else’s screw ups to provide a living for their families. Shut down the damn road and make sure these guys go home safely please!!
I guess they where coming down the mountain pass on I-40 out of Flagstaff. Lucky as hell that whole rig did not roll all the way down that hill. Been down that hill out of Flagstaff a lot of times myself as an OTR driver.
i literally was passed by Kevin Harvixk, Chris Briscoe and Ty Dillon's haulers in Arkansas the other day, thought that pretty neat cause we dont get to see that everyday down here
I had it happen with some frequency years ago before I paid attention to nascar. Also have seen many of the rigs getting washed and polished in Phoenix well I was doing the same
Nothin' like a blown steer tire. You're going for a ride every time. That guard rail was in the right spot. It could have been much worse, like into a tree down a hill.
Just popped up in my algorithms,,hell ya,,,drove an ltl route for more than 10 years,,,,guys like you saved my ass more than a few times,,,,and you guys are crazy lol, so glad that shoulder didn't give way..🤓🇺🇲💯🍺🍕
Ngl looking at this as someone who doesn’t have experience with heavy wreckers and such, I know that trailer doesn’t have any good points. My first idea would be to have 2-3 heavy wreckers pick the rear end of that trailer up on slings and pull the truck forward with the trailer attached and held up by slings and slowly pull the truck back onto the road.
I've got a ton of respect for you guys, a friend of mine was a wrecker driver, and was killed while working an accident on I-20 just east of Ranger hill. Be safe..
I'm sorry to hear that. I've been doing this ten years and the roads were very poorly maintained here last winter. First time ever I've been afraid. Guy I used to work with at another company when I first started towing was killed last year. He was a tow operator for over 15 years and got out of it. He was driving a roll off when he got killed. There was some safety switch on a garbage compactor bin that was not working. The thing started to pack and one side of the compactor was unhooked and the bin swung over and pinned him against a wall. Years of literally dodging death as a tow truck driver and he got killed by a f'ing garbage bin.
@@mikeross5927 yup. I watched a man die last fall. Drove up on the accident a couple minutes after it happend. He was driving a Chevy cruze and played chicken with an f250. Don't know if he was high or what. I just stood there like a dummy with my flashlight as someone moved him and laid him on his back. His airway became obstructed. I even said "shouldn't he be on his side?" He had his wife or girlfriend in the car too. She died a few weeks later. I had to go back 6 hours later and tow both vehicles. The driver of the pickup came to the yard the next day and was a basket case. I wasn't there thankfully because seeing a broken innocent man would have been worse than what I saw. I guess he was screaming "I didn't mean to kill him" hysterically while his wife tried to calm him. It was totally not his fault. He tried to avoid the car but the car was shadowing his movements. I hope he and his family are ok.
We had a driver run his rig into a concrete barrier that had similar, if not worse damage. They can section the frame and replace the bent section, new steer axle, everything else is mostly cosmetic. If that rig rolls across a salvage auction someone will put it back to work in no time.
I used to tow out of Winslow. It's awesome to see a job done in my neck of the woods lol. This looks like the Winona area. That place is notorious for wrecks. I used to call it the 40-100. From Flagstaff to Holbrook the roads are questionable because of the sudden elevation change from 5000' to 7000' in just 50 miles, Winslow getting little to no snow to Flagstaff getting lots of snow 😳. I loved it and, I miss it! Good work boys! Be careful and watch your 6! Be safe out there.
North Carolina on the truck but Tennessee tags on the same truck. Taking advantage of Tennessees vehicle tax prices compared to North Carolina’s maybe?
I’m kinda curious what caused the accident. It certainly cannot be driver error. Those rigs are driven by the proudest most professional drivers out there.
Most all of us truck drivers are proud of what we do and we are professionals as well. There are some boneheads out there though. We don't think of ourselves as being any better than any other driver. We all have a job to do and to do it safely.
Over 2 million dollars worth of equipment and tools. Wonder what the driver was doing to cause it. I’ve been driving over the road 5 years now and I’ve seen everything.
I understand there is a truck driver position open at Stewart Haas racing!! Maybe Bubba can apply?? Oh wait you have to turn right and left!! Never mind.
Just found your channel... I've watched a few of your videos so far and here is my list of the top 5 recovery channels...!!! 1) Matt's off road and recovery 2) Fab rats 3) Casey's heavy recovery 4) Robby Layton 5) Murphy's Diesel I'm glad I found your channel.. Very entertaining and edumicational...!!!! P.S. ALL SHOPS NEED TO STOCK UP ON BLINKER FLUID DO TO THE RECENT SHORTAGE...!!!!!
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Killer episode 🔥👍🏼, found the channel last night and pretty much watched every one. Keep it up fellers.. We out here on the east coast just seeing what you guys are doin over there. #keepontruckin
Dayum near a thermal event with all that welding by the starter, eh! that would have been a real mess. I'm sure Ant is thankful it didn't lite up. only had one issue with your recovery. I was taught never pull on one frame rail up front- loop a chain between the front tow/spots and pull from there. less likely to diamond the frame.
I'm truly amazed that the whole rig didn't topple over and roll down the hill just because the cars are in the top part of the hauler and it's top heavy. Really amazing recovery of the whole thing. My hat is off to the Murphys whole crew.
Looks like a need for a rule change on the trailers. Build in some places to hook onto in the event this kind of thing happens again. Great job to the crew for recovery.
