Especially learned to move the towed vehicle out and in with under lift. Enjoyed seeing the heavy pulled closer with the under lift too. I crossed a suspect bridge too recently in my 50Ton that weighs 40k
Since these trucking companies are going to design & produce these "Monster Trucks" Then tow truck companies also need to build "Monster Tow Trucks" to help these guys.
Could have done what they do on the Coquihalla, throw a tow strap on the hooks and run a line from the winch and tow him the hill. But great video anyway. 👍
@@alwaystowing951josh It’s not like he’s pulling dead weight. The tanker driver was driving, just needed a little help to get over the top of the hill.
Back in the 70’s in Chicago you could only tow on the express way one exit. Pick it up next exit it was all secondary roads.Get a fuel tanker you couldnt repower be cause legs would collapse.You had to take truck to its stop and garage would pump it off.The windy has a low bridge or two.I only did it twice before law changed 79-80 I’d be scared to death to pull any automatic. That’s sketchy stuff. Great job.No offense to you.i subscribed your a hustler 4 sure…..What would he do in the mountains.
He was delivering to the zoo, went the wrong way, got to the wrong entrance and they sent him this way to find the proper location. Driver didn’t check his map properly and took a horrible route lol
Interesting how there just happened to be a couple random guys there with stop/slow paddles to help with traffic. Did they just walk out of the bushes?!?!?
This Wrecker Must Be A Beaut. when he/she [Tow-Truck] is Fully Waxed and Polished. I would like to a See this when you have Time to Show the RU-vid Community.
30% grade if you watched the video you’d see. The driver tried to make it up the hill for an hour. His company dispatched us to help him up the hill and that’s exactly what I did here. Don’t come on my channel talking sh*t
This is why when I am driving into a new area I will always satellite view non highway routes. Takes some extra time yes, but you avoid getting yourself into a stupid situation such as this.
Wait how do u satellite view them and review the entirety of a non'-highway road? Wouldn't that take hours? Or is there some technique u use or? I'd like to know cuz I'm a truck driver too but I 100% rely on my Garmin to not get me into shitty situations relating to clearance and length restrictions
Honestly I didn’t want to hook via chain or strap. I didn’t want to jerk the truck and have any slack. Especially with his Trans being an auto I wanted everything to be fixed that way if I stall (which I did) his truck wouldn’t try to make its way through the back of my wrecker. I wanted full control of the combination going up the hill.
Our local big wrecker had to back 3km down an old rail line that is not much better then an ATV trail to get a race car hauler that followed his GPS un real the guy should spend the money and buy a big truck GPS not a car GPS
Thanks tips, glad you noticed lol I’ll show you something even cooler.. It’s actually a 30T not a 50. The name “50ton” is not what it weighs but what it’s rated to tow. This 30ton pulled more than double its tow rating up a 30% grade and that’s why, in this type of work, you need to have big nuts because sometimes the obvious is the least of the worries👍 Thanks for watching lol
