Storage Locker Hideout!!! Tight Quarters Tow!!! 

Wow, the skill and precision in which you manuver this vehicle is amazing!!! I never knew you could store or fit a vehicle in a place like that! Kudos Ron for a job extremely well done!

I never realized that flatbeds had all these anchor points for changing the direction of pull. Quite satisfying watching you use this technique to gently coax that vehicle out of the unit.

So, no cars and trucks speeding past you and no power lines trying to bite you and no pressure getting everything tied down. How relaxing of a job for you! Although you do make even the most difficult jobs look easy. Thanks for sharing!

These videos make my anxiety go wild, but then it’s like a natural high seeing the finished “project” as we shall say. It’s amazing.

There is a lot of speculation about why this vehicle ended up in a storage locker and that there may have been criminal activity involved. Please allow me to clarify.....we are required by law to have the police department run a VIN check on any tow such as this to determine if the vehicle is reported stolen or has been involved in any KNOWN criminal activity. When this vehicle was ran through the police database, it can back CLEAR. I do not know why it was in the storage locker. That being said, it is possible that some of these vehicles may have been involved in UNKNOWN criminal activity. However, it would be pure speculation. I have a job to do and there are legal steps that I MUST follow so that I am not in possession of a "questionable" vehicle. Also......as I always say, there are many ways to perform a job. As long as a job is performed safely, then who is to criticize? However, I have received a LOT of criticism over how I performed this job. I KNOW that there are other methods that may have been faster. I KNOW there are products available that may have made this task easier. I KNOW that I am not perfect. I used what I had available and the task was performed without damage or injury. I accept constructive criticism, because I KNOW that I do not know everything. I learn every day. I hope to continue learning for many more years. Anyone who claims to KNOW everything might want to reconsider. I do NOT like it when people are rude with their comments and, unfortunately, this video has stirred a LOT of rude comments. Please be polite and professional......none of us are perfect.....I certainly know that I am not. As the scripture says "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"......Can those making the critical comments honestly state that they have never performed a task that they couldn't have done better or learned from??? Thanks for watching and God bless.

After reading your thoughts and a few of the comments by others, I thoroughly enjoyed watching you extract the vehicle from a rather unique position inside the storage unit, your narrative during the procedure along with the written tutorial made it all the more clear as to what you were trying to accomplish, first-safely, second-no damage to the storage unit itself, and third-no further damage to the vehicle. I don’t recall ever using the small pulley and chain in the anchor points the way you do in a lot of scenarios like this one, my hat it tipped to the person who thought up the technique...this was when I operated a flat bed and medium duty wheel lift back in the late 1990’s.... Keep up the great work and amazing videos you choose to share with us.. Thank you!

Wow Ron, you make that look so easy. Knowledge on what your tools can and can't do is well worth the time invested.

I enjoy all your videos Ron. It’s awesome watching a professional at work. As I get older I’ve come to realize that when you want something done right the first time. You pay someone professional to do it. And it goes that way through a lot of ways in life. Stay doing what you do and always stay safe.

I see some tow truck drivers and think any idiot can do that, then I watch Ron’s videos and think there is an art to this.

Front end damage, hidden in a storage unit, "forgotten", what are the odds this vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run?

People seriously underestimate the level of technical skill and finesse required to do a recovery like this with this large of a flatbed in the small of a space with zero damage to the building. I hope you're training up apprentices. These are skills that only get learned hands-on. Well done.

That was a tight squeeze no doubt. I used to work in a storage and truck rental for a short time and I always wondered what was in those delequent storage units. one never knows I guess. drugs were found, stolen items, even get this....spoiled food items. But not a vehicle uh yet. I found a unit where someone was living in. One never knows what goes on in these places. Always keep safe and before all things and before everything....keep God first. I do and He is Good. Yes God is good and I can't do anything without Him with me. God Bless you, your family, and your staff and crew. Michael ( Retired Firefighter - 2014 ) NW North Carolina

Tow truck drivers: "Ain't no one's bed cleaner than mine!" Ron: "Hold my dish soap."

heres a word of advice "if *YOU* can get it in there *HE* can get it out"

I really enjoy your videos. Your positive attitude, and strong commitment to safety. It is refreshing to see a company that insists on performing only quality service. We need more people like you in the world. Thank you for your videos. Courage. Commitment. Honor. GO NAVY!

Should have just brought Tator, lifted the building out of the way and grabbed the jeep. :)

Guy: They can't take my car, I've got it secured in a storage locker! Ron: Hold my coffe... :)

27:40 You've got the right attitude Mr Pratt, count your blessings not your obstacles! You excel at an often dangerous and thankless job, but from all of your subscribers we say Thank You and God Bless!!👍🏼🙏

There are those that can do , there are those that just talk , then there's you ! You do it fine , you do it safe ! Even though some think their experts , you always say God Bless !! They could take lessons from you in manners !!

Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful equals a Fantastic Recovery with NO damage to the Storage Locker. You make it look Incredibly Easy but that’s what 30+ years of Experience looks like. 😬 Great 👍 job, Ron and GOD Bless you also!

I love storage unit removals. This separates the tow truck driver from the recovery operator

Friday mornings with Ron! Yes please. Off to a great start now!

Ron as you said there was many ways and many things you could have done different. But God bless you, you did it your way. The greatest part weather we admit it or not if we watch closely something can be learned. Only the haters cannot see, Ron please keep up the good work.

You know most of the thumbs down are the people that just want to hate on us wrecker drivers.. Keep up the great work Ron.. My next stage is to start learning heavy.

26:30 I'm sure Ron, you have heard of other recovery & towing companies that the wannabe recovery drivers have actually left the winch tightly applied with the tire straps hogged down. Those folks just *shortcut cowboys*, total disregard for the SOP and USDOT rules. You sir are the "Pro From Dover". God bless you Sir

Greetings, and Blessings from Cardington Ohio ..... Very nicely done .... You make it look easy and as smooth as butter, but we know it's not!!! Thank you for sharing another great job video!! Thoughts, prayers and Blessings to each of you!

Is there really ANY vehicle you can't rescue?? Maybe one encased in cement, sunk in a pond?? I'm amazed and in awe by how many different situations you handle! You are a true professional! May God continue to bless you and keep you safe!

I know this is really late but i had to comment. I Have been binge watching the last week or so. I come from a family of engineers ( mechanical, electrical, aerospace, chemical etc.). It would take them months to problem solve and calculate what needed to happen! You arrive on scene and evaluate and set into motion beautiful recoveries filled with all sorts of physics! Very impressive! I am also glad you finally stated what the dish soap was for. I had been wondering because I saw it in several videos! You are a great man and a devote Christian! Thank you for all you do and the care and time you give your staff, the other emergency responders and especially the victims of these crashes. You are a man we can all look up to!

Hats off to your skills man!!! I mean holy cow thats brilliant.

Thanks to you, I’ve got a job working with a repair shop.

I could watch your videos all day long.

Good job brother! None of us were on scene to do this job n none of us were called to do this job! So we can all be Sunday couch quarterbacks n speculate on what should’ve been done ! You Mr.Pratt are a army of ONE! You did a fine job no damage to storage unit or Jeep! It’s called CYA (cover your a**!) you don’t want to be in possession of a vehicle that was used in or for criminal activity or a stolen vehicle! Hey you just pick em up n fine job sir! Godbless n be safe out there keep the rubber side down!

Wouldn’t it have been easier to pull the car out with the winch only at correct angle, then once car is fully clear pull It round and load it up?

Wheel lift wrecker might have helped some in this “few far between” instance at a lower cost than rotating rollback

A small wrecker is what you need for jobs like that one ! But you do have good skills an you always care bout peoples property that's what I like the best your always asking the Lord for helping others before each call also !

Very nice Ron I worked in the towing business for 20 years I would have done it the same way and like you said sir you do what you can to get the job done with what you have an experienced operator can and will get it done we always have tricks up our sleeve 😀 God bless you sir and be careful out there 👍👍🇺🇸

It is so awesome watching a master craftsman leverage his tools so fluently.

Not going to lie at the start of the episode the first thing that caught my eye was tow matter and let’s be honest if your a tow truck driver and you don’t own a tow matter plush or figurine your dash isn’t complete with out one

Lolol, you've set the bar pretty high for other tow companies now. We've all learned about QUALITY in how our vehicles should be treated when towed. Lolol

Good job getting the Jeep out without extra damages. Yes there are many ways to get the job done and many tools as well. Don’t worry about the critics. 👍 You can always search the vehicles by year, make and model on youtube to see if they have a video on how to get them into neutral which could help a lot and make the job easier. Be safe out there and be sure to keep the awesome videos coming. 👍👍👍

Good job on "Twitching" this Jeep out of it's hiding hole and best thing ~ No On Coming Traffic!

Storage lots give me the creeps. Every unit has a story and some of them are pretty sketchy. "If these units could talk".

You sir, are a car whisperer. You can convince any vehicle to do just about anything, anywhere!👏👏 On another note, I've wondered what the dish soap was doing on that truck in the past. Now I wonder no more🤣

Ron, Just a thought... Once you pulled it off the inside wall of the locker (Great job BTW) and found out that the steering wasn't locked, I might have hit the shift interlock and pushed it out by hand. Crank it hard left, line it up with the truck and load and go... Might have saved some time and aggravation... Lol. Thanks for taking us along for the ride sir... Always appreciated!!

I’m fascinated by some tow truck driver skills and this is no different. Fantastic job!

Most Flatbed Towtrucks here in Germany have a Crane to lift the car on the bed.

Ron that was one tight pull! I know what you talking about being in there. Many rich folks had us tow cars and trucks to their barns back in old days when no one on scene. I had two great wrecked cars during high school and to drive. One old wrecked Grand Prix that lots of body, that putty fixed the right rear fender good enough 😂. And a 4 year old Buick that only had 20K miles on it. Cost me 2k to have nit fix, the guy had no insurance and let it set in storage three years, cut his loss and gave us title once he had it paid off. Was a great car.

Great job Ron you work with what you have available. It is always easier to be smart on behalf of others

You broke a man law. Once it's tied down you must say, "that's not going anywhere". 🤣

Ron loves a challenge and I hope he shares this as training video for his staff. I know I sure learned something.

A lot of times I say to myself “well that’s not how I would do that” while watching Ron’s videos. Usually the difference between somebody that makes his living in the recovery industry and somebody that watches RU-vid videos about it quickly becomes apparent. Dish soap for example, I never would have thought of that. I find the legal side of a recovery like this interesting as well. I figured the burden would be on the storage facility owner and they would have to put a lien on the title similar to how a mechanic does for a car abandoned at their shop with unpaid repair bills. Keep up the good work Ron, stay safe, and God bless.

You are the expert. And I am NOT trying to tell you how to do your job. I'd no doubt screw up the majority of what you do, and you do well. But I would have done this one a bit different. I would have pulled it square to the doorway first, just like you did. But at that point, I would have disconnected from the truck, then moved the truck clear to the other side of that "driveway". Then used the winch and pulleys, to pull the car straight out the door toward the tail of the truck, until the door was completely cleared. Then moved the truck again, to pull the car up on the bed.

The story might be as unexciting as someone not having the money to repair it right away so they stored it and then did have money to pay the storage fees.

if you knew before you hooked up you could steer it, you might have had the bed near the other lockers and pulled it out that way, hindsight is always 20/20 though, and as it is said There is more than one way to de-fur a feline.

Ron, great job as. always, jobs like this take. time, so no damage is caused through hurrying, I did one a couple of weeks ago, had to tow a Ford F- 150 which was in. a driveway but against the wall of a house, the driveway was on a slight hill, used the bed of my truck to push the Ford away from the house so I could load it on my rollback, took extra time put my technigue worked with no damage to anything. Enjoy your videos take care, be safe out there.

So many experts around. I am surprised you manage so well without them Ron. This seemed a job well executed and achieved the required result. Car extricated from the garage, loaded on trailer and no damage to the garage. Well done and enjoyed the video. Hope the naysayers do not put you off putting more up.

I love watching a true professional at work. Another good job, Ron.

A little "Shake & Bake"...and that's how you "cook" a Compass.

Ron, that’s what I call surgical precision! You are one of kind!

All fall into hard times a few times in their life. This happened to me with a new S-10 I had many years ago. The repo man came to tow my S-10 because I could not pay the payments after the economy collapse. I had to get a much lesser job to keep my home. I saw the tow truck coming and the repoman getting out of the tow truck. I simply stopped him. I told him I was going to get the keys. I came out with a drink for him, the keys, asked if I could take a few things out. The repoman was impressed and let me take out my belongings and enjoyed his drink. I then shook his hand, he wished me luck, and he drove the S-10 onto the flat bed tow truck. He wished me luck again and that was the last I ever saw of the S-10. As I mentioned, all fall into hard times from time to time. The way you handle yourself at those dark times shows a lot about you. If you can not pay for something, do not hide it or refuse to give it up. Just cooperate. Someone else has a job to do by taking your vehicle. Why make it unpleasant for the repo worker that has nothing to do with us not being able to pay for our vehicle. Just give them the keys.

Ever consider carrying some go jacks to pivot the car first?

This was a masterpiece. Great job.

Nice job. I would have never thought of the way you pulled it out of the building. Totally amazing recovery.

Great job, great to watch, thanks for putting these videos on. I know some of them get me thinking about driving more carefully. All being said, storage lockers: people got too much stuff.

There's a fella that operates a vehicle storage unit like this near me, he has wheel jack dollys to move vehicles in and out

24:00 Whatever you do, don't drop the soap!

Thank you for showing the proper way to use the ratchet strap,you see them on the hiway because people just crank without pulling the tight first

I want that truck. Remote control bed is awesome. And I really like the double snatch block. Makes complete sense.

Love your dedication to help people!

Ron, you must have been a Master level player of that game "Operation" growing up! haha You couldn't have done a better job getting that vehicle out of that tight space! Hmmmm... the ole Dawn in an Ajax bottle trick huh?? Silly marketing scheme!! haha

Many times in the past I have used a low profile 2 ton floor jack to move vehicles sideways in tight places. Clear the door frame, put it in neutral, and roll it outside.

What tow-ers go through to hook up a vehicle. That remote control is a life saver. Wish I had that when I towed. Nice job. I'm wondering why anybody would find fault with this video, maybe they don't like Peterbuilts. Happy Motoring.

That would be a nice car for someone easy fix back in the day my best friend would say gravy lick fix

"Dawn deck cleaning liquid" not a sponsor but should be.

Woah how in the world did the gate keeper for the storage company not see that being brought in like that and not permit the person to stow it away in a unit that could have been used by someone else. Be safe while out on the job Ron and God Bless you , your videos always are a blast to watch.

I think you did a great job. Using your chains to change directions was spot on. No playing around with dollies that would have just taken extra time to sort out.

Something fishy about this fiat. Maybe it was uesd in a crime !

Everyone, please SLOW DOWN, MOVE OVER For the safety of everybody

Back in the 90's I moved lots like that...rolled it out of the locker, put a trolley jack under the front and spun it 90deg with the winch and the front wheels off the floor. Then up the ramps an off.... Also if you put a block of wood by that NS rear wheel it will roll over the wood and away from the tight corner...!!

Little tip. When scoping out the job or doing a tie down, kick your idle up. Your engine will thank you. Not good for the big diesels to sit at low idle for extended periods. I never let my truck sit at low idle. You risk running the engine cold, and a cold cylinder will not atomize the fuel properly and you get glazing by the oil being washed off the bores. Also dilutes your oil faster.

I hope it wasn’t involved in a hit and run

This seems like the old "crashed my car while drinking, I'll hide it and report it stolen" trick.

Worked at a shop years ago and we used our rollback to tow the racecar back and forth to the track each weekend. Ours had the side rails that could be removed, ideally a 2 person job but easy enough for 1 person to do by themselves. Now this was also like a 1980s rollback but I figured that'd be a standard feature on modern ones too. Would've made it a lot easier as it wouldn't have gotten hung on the rail and you wouldn't have had to adjust as much.

Unless frame is bent mite be able to be fix and sold. I would also have it check for anything hid like drugs. Great job at getting it out Ron and that dawn is a great idea passing that on to other tow truckers. God Bless

A Peterbuilt with all-plastic innerds and an automatic? What is this world coming to?

Morning Ron

Glad he explained the winch isn’t a tie down. I was thinking why waste time on the front wheels, it’s good hahaha.

Ron, everytime I get myself into situations like this I ask myself WTF I'M DOING?!?! 😂 but you just proved to me that its just part of that #TOWLIFE. Love the vids keep it up!

probably no full coverage and they still owe on it, so they hid it from being repo, but if im right the jeep now belongs to the storage unit!

This looks like someone bought a Salvage Title expecting to "fix it up" and be able to sell'/drive.

This video is an excellent use of a rollback to get a vehicle out of a tight spot! Now all I have to wait for is for Ron to discover two smugcars in a storage locker with no room to maneuver them! :D

If I was dispatching that trip I would have sent a conventional wrecker. With my regular wrecker I could have also gotten it out damage free in less than five minutes, but I am impressed with how you did get it.

Hey Ron, I'm wondering why you decided to both extricate the vehicle from the storage unit and load it in one go. Obviously you were successful. Why not pull it straight out then pivot and load?

That’s a complicated one talk about having to use geometry in real life. I would of got it stuck in a bad position and ran.

My late dad had a towing/repair shop in the middle of nowhere Arizona. He saw some pretty odd things at times. By the way, he always called his fenced storage area the "bullpen". You sure do a great job!

On our flatbed trucks we can move the bed winch sideways hydraulically, that's also useful as it saves you some work moving the pulleys around, you also don't have to loosen the wire when you do it.

Set of go jacks would’ve made that job easier

Wow 1.4K people are watching this now. Cool

I accidentally backed out of a driveway one night and stuck a tire in a ditch. When the tow truck driver arrived I thought he was just going to pull me out and probably cause a lot more damage. He spent 30 minutes finessing the car. It was skillful and almost beautiful to watch him working. And he saved me from a lot of damage

I just found your web channel. I love it. I had found some similar web sites, there were in Canada. The language was terrible!!! I love your filming format and you expressing your Christian views. I do believe in PRAYER!!!