Concrete truck rolls over. Pumping concrete with Muddyfeet
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ค. 2020
- We vlog our day to day operations. Some days are better than others. Thankfully no one got hurt during this truck accident. This concrete truck got to close to the edge of the road and eventually rolled over. it is not uncommon for concrete trucks accidents. Thier loads shift easily and causes them to roll over. Mostly on the drivers side.
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this is the first time and last time I'm watching this ridiculous channel .. y'all all suck .. . y'all embarrassed me as a Texan .. I haven't seen this much ignorance in one place in a long time ..
Oh come on. I bet you’ll be back. 🤣🤣🤣
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping
I'm not bitching ( yes I am 😁) , I realize y'all got your equipment in there ..and probably took your time ..which is smart .
But these concrete companies are crazy !
I remember back in 1985 , we were pouring a large pool deck and side patios , along with a lot of footings for brick retaining walls , columns etc .
During the Pool deck and patio part ( we poured the other with on site mixers ) , the house was on a very steep hill .. and really no better access in the front .. actually , the only access WAS where we had the trucks go , to get up the hill .. like I said , a very steep grade .
Long story short , the concrete company sent 8 trucks ( we actually needed only 3 9yarders for the pour ) ..but the younger drivers kept trying to race to the top of the hill , like they were in dune buggies !
I kept telling them to gradually go up , in low gear .. a little at a time .
Well , the first 3 ended up messed up , the drive shafts were compromised..
An older driver finally got there and he drove the next three trucks ,one at a time ..no problems with each pour ..
My point is , that makeshift driveway would send me into another realm .. I would not allow trucks to back into it , just knowing how bad some of these drivers are ..
In hindsight , I would've gotten a crane pump .. but we had a concrete contractor that poured the pool deck .. he didn't want to pay the extra money .
I realize that construction can get out of hand , when inexperienced people are involved .. thank God for the old timers ! 👍
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping why didnt you dummys tie it to the tree so it didnt flip over? You guys drinking to much?
100% with you on this. absolute clown show
This is why all redi mix (concrete) companies should have their own site rep. That site would have gotten shut down when that 1st truck sank in. At 3:56 you can see a "push" where the weight of the 1st truck moved the whole road base over. And again at 4:04 and 4:09 , non of our site reps would have let the 2nd truck come in after the 1st sank that much on what is clearly a poorly compacted road base. That's something like 65-70,000 pounds!!! that road was made to hold 1/3 that weight CLEARLY!
I think your right
i had 5m3 of crushed rock delivered to my house. the truck literally dug own 6inch into my asphalt drive way. it may looks solid, but sometimes it isnt.
That's what a good driver should know
Looked like he drove right off the edge to me. Started trying to steer out of it but way too late and just kept going as it got worse.
u just need competent drivers
That wrecker operator should have had a line to rear of that truck, off a snatch block hooked low to that tree, shortly after he arrived!
The driver should have used a backer. Then we wouldn’t needed the wrecker driver.
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping yeah that was the first mistake but the second mistake was as stated , the wrecker operator should of had that line in first thing once arriving. He helped cause the truck from just being bogged to a write off
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping your road was junk. The driver should have refused to use the road.
Ive never recovered a truck in my life, but id say Ron Pratt would have done that Palladini971.
@@duggydo wasn’t my road Hotrod. We where there just to pump the concrete
The road is garbage. Yes the driver is off track a bit but the road is garbage. Period.
You can see where he was backing on someone else's track, the shit is soft and kept sucking him over to the edge.
Look over on the other side, there's ruts near the edge there too, collapsing off the edge.
You back down that with 8-10 yards you have to hit it perfect and be a bit lucky.
The bottom line is the driver stopped as soon as he knew he was off track and getting sucked over....but the truck still rolled over.
BAD ROAD.
(yeah watch the first minutes where you can see the guy backing in...he's pretty centered, he gets sucked over.)
He was off the road dipshit
@@logany.2809 read the comment dipshit
@@Andrew-co6wn I did other wise I wouldn’t comment on it dipshit watch the video if he would have been in the center of drive he woulda been fine 100% drivers fault
@@logany.2809 Have you ever driven a mixer?
@@havenzhai5187 nope but deal with them, dumptrucks, septic trucks everyday
Everyday i make it out and back into the yard incident free im thankful to the man above for keeping me safe amen
Great attitude! Drive safe buddy
The first thing we used to do at big job sights was strip out all the loam or topsoil and put in a good road ,if u don't do that then u run into all kinds of problems
Yea......it also doesn't hurt to have someone in charge that knows what he's doing.
Dont believe someone else Grant's you your powers to drive on. You have the wheel not anyone else.
@@cr0nikgingii479 do have a blessed day in the lord 🙏
Driver stop your drum from turning and that will stabilize the load. With your drum turning the load is continuing to climb the left side of the drum. That's causing the center of gravity to shift even further to the left side of the truck.
They said they were afraid to spin to unload, I assume that's the other direction, but that would have loaded the uphill side which seems helpful. I agree it looks like the way it was turning would weight the downhill side. Too bad they didn't ask us.
Could have put the load off in the ditch passenger side first off. Let it run climbing up the drum sure cost some money. Poor road and the driver flipping lights on was just enough to run er off.
Exactly that would’ve prevented the truck to roll over just stop the drum and that truck would still be on it’s wheels!!
I drive a concrete in Corpus. Have for about ten years now. He should have discharged the load. With the drum spinning in the "charge" mode, the fins have the concrete high on above the drivers left shoulder. Also the spinning drum has something called "transitional torque" on the trucks frame wanting to tip the truck in the same direction. Think of it like shooting a gun. It has an equal an opposite reaction (the bullet goes one way and the gun is forced the other). As the drum forces the 40,000 pounds of concrete in one direction, where the drum mounts to the frame, it torques the frame in the other direction. Thats why mixer trucks can take left hand curves at higher speeds that they can right curves.
By reversing his drum, it shifts the torque forcing the right wheels down and also shifts the concretes weight from high left to high right which also helps hold that side down. As the concrete discharges it lessens the total weight on the truck which also helps. Sometimes it's better to lose the load, rather than loose the truck.
The driver mentioned being afraid to reverse the drum, that is simply not knowing how your truck operates.
All that said, that entrance was not very well built by the contractor to support that much weight. Plus the driver should have had a spotter and been backing slower. It was possibly recoverable at the start, but it's better not to get your truck into that situation in the first place.
@@stevengibson2251 I was thinking shouldn't he discharge? simply for getting the truck lighter, but I didn't think about how the direction of the drum shifting the weight! make sense, I just started driving a mixer and I feel like I have been working on my driving up until now, I drove dump trucks, end dumps, flat beds, and tractor Trailer. 5 years now so yes I still need experience but I am careful, to me I feel like he was to close to the edge ? he was really close
The lack of rebar and steal in that foundation has me more shocked than the truck rolling over
Yes you probably aren’t familiar with post tension cables. It was a surprise to me also the first time I seen them. But they get an engineered stamp for them when rebar won’t.
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping you beat me to it I watch your videos all the time good work definitely underrated
Did not seem like there was nowhere near enough urgency to save that truck.
My thoughts exactly. The tow truck driver did a horrible job. He knew he messed up. He didn't even have a line hooked up too secure the rig to prevent this.
@@15rricci could have strapped it to that tree to keep it from going over
@@ClassicTrucker exactly. Some people shouldn't be towing. Especially if you have no clue what your doing.
Urgency? The truck is insured, the load is insured, the job is probably insured. Nothing there worth rushing for and risking a life altering decision being made in the haste. Once things go wrong and all bodies are clear, it's best to understand that the truck, or plane, or whatever it is belongs to the insurance company now.
Them boys are lazy asf. I don't know bout yall but I would have tied to a tree immediately to anchor the truck and keep from rolling.....not wait 3 hours for the wreaker to get their.....fuck it....ain't my truck or money invested.
This is entirely the fault of the General Contractor.
That road was going to fail with the mixer rolling over no matter what.
The only fault you can put on the redi mix supplier is they should have refused concrete delivery until that road was dramatically improved.
I agree they only want the mud. That road was shit also in a situation like this the driver should have stopped the drum
Ya I agree and also who's the dumb shit that would back up in there instead of a simple turn around at the end they wanna back down a small road what a stupid ass strait up
Little do you know I’ve had 30 ft roads with gravel and they still run off the road
You can clearly see the driver did not stay on the tire tracks and started moving left while he was turning his work lights on. I’ve backed my mixer many times over worse roads than that. Lean to left = stop your drum and put in discharge just enough to get that mud onto the right side.
@@heknows5418 that's y you have someone back these rookies in making $20 ........shit..20 yrs ago we didn't make shit & u couldn't screw up !!!
It pisses me off that NOBODY bothered putting a rope or chain around the tree to the side of the truck, and the wrecker guy had zero fucks to give.
You could say the tree to the right of the truck would have snapped but it would have been better than nothing.
I agree with you and I the tree wouldn't have snapped or pulled over if it was tied at the base of the tree
They were lazy to act instead put ropes and wait backup tow truck
The driver really did everything he could to roll that over .. didn't walk the road before backing in, then got as close to one side of the road as possible, and all the time kept hes drum rolling..
If the wrecker moved as fast as he did when it went over .. he might of saved it .
You are so right! Imagine you drive such a bulky and !!!extremely!!! heavy truck and you don' take 3 minutes to check where you are backing up into.
Should have put it in discharge and shifted the weight back. It would have lost the load, but oh well.
Ya’ll are being polite calling that a road.
Path?
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping 🤣
Goat trail
Hell that things wider than my last driveway before I moved. Now imagine driving a big truck with a 26 foot box on the back of it down that driveway and theres a sharp 90 in the drive and 18 inches or so off the drive theres a fence with a shallow ditch against the driveway. Oh and on the opposite side of the turn there's trees right against the edge of the drive. Anyone think they could make that turn? I know I can because I have. Had to deliver a load of brand new furniture there. I will say this though I had 2 people watching my corners for me. And I do know I do not want to do that one again.
This is why I love my Front Discharge Mixer.
I could see that
And they’re all wheel drive! You can Baja them anywhere!
Completely preventable. Soft road, incompetent driver, incompetent wrecker operator...... the list goes on
hired by their willingness to work the cheapest.
If you have ever done this type of work you would know that drivers have to put up with this all the time . Some times as the driver you have to say no. And usually it doesn’t go well with your boss .
@@mikem1956 all the other drivers made it through fine.
You can clearly see he went of the tire tracks and into the ditch , drivers error he should not of reversed without a banksman , some sites you just have to say no too and it doesn't go well with the site boss normally but its not there job or life there risking .... ive been in many situations similar to this its never easy
@Jonathan Craig yeah! lets make highway lanes 100 ft wide and line the world in mattresses so no one ever has to fear repercussions for their actions. Holy fuck you are stupid.
Trucks out of the way now. Let’s get the rest coming through boys
You got it
Exactly what I was thinking....Hahahahaha.....ET
No kidding, you’ve got a pump truck sitting there on the clock plus 8-10 labors and concrete finishers just standing around on the clock. When you do start pouring concrete that day you’ll probably run into a bunch of overtime because of the delay, who’s paying for that? If you don’t pour it that day those laborers and finishers lose a day of pay. So they lose out because of a driver who can’t back a truck up straight. Seems like the concrete company should eat any extra costs because their driver caused the delay.
My first thought was to go around the base of that tree or the largest tree in close proximity with a tow strap. I'm no tow pro but I am a mixer driver. Anything might have worked better than what the wrecker driver did. At least there would have been some support from the passenger side.
I think that’s a fair comment. Thanks for stopping by.
Dude, totally right. I mean, how is it that a heavy wrecker operator is sent out with all that recovery gear yet not the know how. Common sense tells you, if your goal is to recover the truck WITHOUT allowing it to tip over, and its currently still advancing on tipping over, the first thing you do is stop it from tipping and most effective method would seem to be securing the top in the opposite direction of its roll. Oh look, is that a tree right there? Or get the wrecker out that way and pull out 100' of cable.
For a second there i thought he was gonna just try and hold the truck from tipping by sitting on it.
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@@distant2near WTF SilentScream. Give theses guys a break. First of all it was a very dangerous situation. The wrecker crew is there to help & do it in a way to not damage anyone's equipment in the recovery process.
@@philsmidwestclassiccars150
I dont know about you but one would think that a professional / Specialist would show up to handle something like that. Not my profession. Not my field of expertise yet I could tell it wasn't handled properly. But, hey, maybe we should cut the guy some slack. Everybody has to start somewhere. I'm sure next time will be different. Thumbs up for a great try. 😐
BUT, the cement truck company may not be as supportive since they paying the bill.
Driver here first priority is don't get hurt as driver or wrecker easier to pay repairs than hospital or have a fatality
They should have discharged the load right away, the direction the drum was turning had the load climbing over to the side it was tipping to!
texans can't think that far in advance.
Wrecker guy should have snatched blocked it to some of them trees on the opposite side and waited for the rotator to arrive. Just my opinion
@@artmont9043 he could have but the weight of the truck plus the concrete would have pulled those trees out of the ground like you would pull a stick out of mud. Trying to offload would be a good idea except that just the motion change of the concrete would have made the truck go over as well. This was pretty much a case of it's going over no matter what you do. It's not a matter of if it's a matter of when it's going over. Feel bad for the driver of that truck. And I know the tow truck driver was sick when it went.
Jeffrey Murdock and that’s very true but it would also have bought some time. You would be surprised just how much by doubling/snatche blocking to some trees/anchor weight it will hold. Plus running low line and top lines would have bought a whole lot of time. I was a medium wrecker driver but also assisted heavys in this situation I believe it could have been saved. Nevertheless glad the driver wasn’t hurt and concrete co. Getting a hearty bill. Win win situation
I work with concrete trucks all the time and have been doing so for years (I'm a testing technician, among other things), and I was just about to say you had it backward, but then I looked closely at the video to see the rotation direction, and you are correct. All the concrete trucks I work with around here discharge when the drum spins clockwise as seen from the output end, and this one is set up backwards from that. Spinning the drum counter-clockwise in this case would have shifted the weight dramatically to the right, so I agree with you completely. That means that when the guys at the site were talking about not wanting to discharge for fear of shifting the weight to the truck's left weren't thinking straight. They almost certainly could have saved the day by quickly getting it unloaded.
Who knew B-roll would end up so valuable. The insurance battle will be simplified thanks to the footage of the driver driving off the road..
Well done on getting the truck rolling on the camera Muddy
Bills the best I got.
I enjoy watching how everyone just fixes the problem no yelling no blame no disrespect. I think i need to work in the south.
Their can be some frustrating times.
You just keep doing what you’re doing. I think you handle everything great especially with Chris the other day. By the way I’ve been pumping going on 11 years and I’m not ashamed to admit you handle your situations better than I probably would have. Keep making your videos they’re awesome.
Thank you so much
I just retired from driving a mixer truck for 20+ yr's. Once I walked that access road and saw how unsafe it was, would I have backed up it ? No way. Glad nobody was hurt. Safety first.
Yes sir
Urankjj, your right, all the different mixer drivers I was ever around would radio dispatch and get a company rep out there to make the call if the base road was questionable. A concrete company rep might just send lighter loads out that job. Whatever it takes!
Fix the road after the event , too tight to do it right the first time , builder has alot to answer for .
Alex Frankl so far that has been the only accident out there. Their has been a lot of trucks in and out of there.
The road was fine untill one driver decided to go to close to the edge and cause the damage the proof is two heavy trucks already made it !!!!!!
After watching this video a few times over, i really think that this situation should never have come up. Firstly, the road should have been inspected and the contractor been made to widen an grade to a better, more suitable finish for heavy vehicles to access. Secondly, these concrete wagons should have been nose in, nose out, not tail in, nose out. Theres plenty of turning room and staging area. Thirdly, the wrecker that got on scene first only needed to cut the engine to stop vibration,( vibration is a bad deal on unstable ground) and stabilise the mixer by keeping the center of gravity in a more upright position. By keeping the truck upright, hes only holding the center of gravity not the entire truck. He had plenty of truck for this purpose to buy time for the larger wrecker to further stabilise the mud wagon. It is great to watch these videos vback and learn. Nobody was hurt,which is the main thing. Love the videos. Keep pumping. Cheers
Shannon K thank you
The road was wide enough, it just wasn’t sound.
Finally... someone with a sense of what "holding" the truck would take !!!! all these "experts" saying it would take 50 tons to hold it from tipping are all wrong, for christ sakes the truck doesn't even WEIGH 50 tons!
Mattywho that trucks fate was sealed once the wheels stopped turning for guys to say the tree would hold is speculation. The truck was to unstable to be climbing on. The biggest take away from this is no one got hurt. Any effort to be a hero would up the risk of injury or death.
There's really no "vibration" from a slowly-turning drum. Besides, that loose soil at the roadway edge began a creeping failure right away, and nothing short of removing or lessening the applied weight was going to stop that from happening.
Note that the drum was turning the wrong way, though. Reversing it (to discharge (just waste the load off the edge of the road)) would have shifted the weight substantially to the right, and lightened the truck in short order too.
I agree with the rest, in principle, but I doubt there was enough time to set up anchors (like snatch blocks), even if no appraisal time had been needed (and it always is needed).
That narrow road is a hazard to truck pumper and drum concrete trucks, you should have at least 5feet per side, taking to account that's a fill dirt road, and is not well compacted as seeing on video, just stay safe guys our family is always speccting to see as walk through the door every day we go out.
You know I've re-watched the truck slide off the edge a few times, he was only a little bit off backing in, nothing that made me think "holy shit where is he going". But with the way the guys made that road the soft sides just grabbed him and took him.
KINGJB3100 yep
The driver also turned his spot lights on just before he went in the ditch. I think he was slightly distracted looking for the light switch. If he turned the spots on before starting to backup this may have ended differently. Shit happens!!
Well sites are the same way. Stuck belly dumps before on soft ground.
@@rfusco9251 Why would he need the spots on anyway? The slide off happened in broad daylight. I agree with your assumption that the driver was distracted.
@@philsmidwestclassiccars150 it looks like it was dawn. I wouldn't say broad daylight. I think that he was the second truck in at the beginning of the pour early in the morning. Definitely distracted.
Million dollar home, 10 dollar driveway
Needed a backer
Six years of me driving those I think God I never killed anyone. It takes a lot of respect to drive a mixer
I agree. People are constantly trying to put you somewhere you where not meant to be
High dollar home construction and they skimped on a couple loads of fill. Typical builder.
Think they where trying to save as many trees as possible. Just guessing
First thing i do , excellent access and crushed rock over the site , theres no excuses cause its an inexpensive thing to do .
Alex Frankl what do you do with the rock at the end of the job?
Poor site work
Michael Maas leave it, you want a good stable driveway!
That road and that situation, I would've discharged my truck right there and let someone else clean up the mess. Hell of a lot cheaper to get someone in with a skid steer and dump truck to move the dumped mud than paying all those wreckers and the insurance excess on the total loss truck.
Discharging would've shifted the concrete in the drum to the uphill side and made the truck lighter and with a lower centre of gravity every second it was discharging.
I would've also shut the engine down once it was clear it was going over- that truck is a total loss now the engine is seized and possibly has a burnt up hydraulic pump.
That driveway is a joke, it clearly wasn't placed and rolled in lifts, makes me wonder what the building pad is like....I think you were lucky you didn't lose your pumper on that driveway.
Thanks for commenting
Him trying to discharge would’ve rolled her over sooner. That driveway was trash as most driveways and construction entrances are for mixers.
Yeah. discharging might have worked, but he's right on top of a creek and you know the kind of fines governments like to levy for stuff like that.
Your company has definitely had an interesting week!
Fortunately I’ve been sitting on these videos for a little bit. But every day is an interesting one for us for sure.
Dang! We had an issue of a bridge collapsing while the mud truck was on it. Our guy was backing him in and they tried to pin it on us! The contractor ended up ended up doing the right thing due to the fact he built the bridge. You did the right thing and not pumping, brother! Y'all keep at it!
Thanks man
Great job on Bill's part to have the camera running and be able to catch the truck going over! Way to go Bill!
You never know what’s going to happen around here.
This is what happens when you drive heavy equipment on un compacted soil. I'm surprised that the cement company would agree to such a thing .
No the driver went to close to the edge like any made up road well any road heavy weight on the edge is always a problem
No , the soil was uncompacted and the so called road was un compacted and too narrow for heavy equipment to operate safely .
That is a mighty fine view Muddy.
Nice place for sure
Enjoyed working and visiting with you today. So far I haven’t rolled one over but you’re right they can roll over easily.
Hey man! Glad you found us. Good to visit with you today. Be watching for the video. You might had made your big screen daybu. Lol
@@MuddyfeetTV lol that would be cool! We almost had one roll over today. One of our guys got stuck and when they were pulling him out with a dozer the truck sank bad on one side. Made my mouth go dry watching it.
Lol. Hope your doing good! Stay cool.
I hope the compaction, under the slab, is better than the road. Good thing your pump didn’t find that soft spot
It had piers
Maybe its just me, but the first wrecker should have just angled off to the right and ran a line down through the bush to hold it from falling in.
it would have snapped instantly.
I wouldn't have waited for wrecker. I would have ran cable through woods hooked 2 or 3 mixers together. Held truck then unloaded it. Mud is mixed in drum on left side then reverse to right side to unload. Then pull it out. That was lousy road to be backing down in the dark. Company should have told owner to fix road or piss off before they went in. I use to run a mixer 40 years ago and own a bunch of dump trucks and equipment now. I turn down many loads that are risky. Good drivers won't have trouble but everyone is not good at backing in.
If they would have put in discharge the weight would have been on the passenger side.
100% agree on that.
@@garyevans718 Common Gary. Who are you kidding? Do you have any idea what a fully loaded mixer weighs? I don't, but I can tell you this much. they don't make a strap or chain big enough to hold a loaded mixer up from sliding off the side of that driveway. Watch closely as the foundation under the road gives way due to the shear weight of the loaded mixer. Attaching anything from the tow truck to that mixer would have more than doubled the catastrophe. You seen that not only the tow operator but so did others have to run to get out of the way once the mixer started to fall over.
Glad no one was hurt but I had to laugh at that wrecker driver hightailing it out of there 12:17
Not sure how many yards were ordered for the job but that road was gonna be toast by the 7th or 8th truck.
Tree just across the dirt road could have been used as an anchor to make sure the truck didn't roll. Surprised no one thought to tie off to the base of it.
I've seen equipment roll over, even lost a friend on a dozer roll over. I've pounded a lot of pump hoses with hammers to free clogs too.
I've seen a lot of stuff in over 40 years of construction, but I don't think I've ever seen a cement truck go over. It's a blessing no one was hurt.
But that site is sweet with a beautiful view. In the end the owner will be a happy man I'm sure. Even though this day is going to be a expensive for all.
I did a few jobs back the day that I look back on and feel lucky. This guy I worked for had my brother and I in an 8 foot deep trench following behind a concrete truck pouring a trench footing. His idea of safety was staying behind the truck in case it rolled. Never mind no shoring. Lucky we didn’t get buried.
Junior Soprano you’re gullible for going that deep without a trench box. Never on this earth would I chance it
@@jeff7764, a lot of young guys don’t know that when they first start out. That’s why they need the old guys around to teach them how to be smart and safe!
Sorry for your loss buddy but your right
Wow Jeff the damn road just gave out, the GC needs to work on that road, put some 57s down an compact it or something, that was a good video right there, thanks for sharing
@@sjaderlund probably was he drove off of the road couldn't tell, needless to say, them ready mix trucks weigh alot, good thing no one got hurt
Now that's what I call one heck of a day. In trucking anything can and will happen, the list is endless and never ending. You can't predict it, you can't stop it, only plan ahead and hope for the best. It's the ONE thing I do not miss about being OTR anymore. If the BS can stack up, it's out there on that road... garunteed.
That tow truck driver had zero experience at all. If he would have stayed on the main road and gone at a 45 degree angle he could have kept it from flipping over until the rotator got there
I don’t think he had enough truck to hold that mixer I think if it went it would have taken him with him.
He would have had to secure it at the top somewhere enough that he could have dropped the load at least
Agree 100%. Guy had plenty of time to stabilize it and instead just sat there and watched it go. Strap on the rear drivers side tandems, up over the drum and then through the woods to the road.
If that was me drivin that truck, Id of got out just before it started tilting, put my body weight against it and pushed that bitch back up on the road.
cntsles fabrication that would have been the best thing they could have done.
I can't believe nobody had the sense to tie it to that tree.
tony Denton arms to dangerous to be climbing on that truck
That little tree wouldnt stand a chance.
not much gonna stop a concrete truck that wants a belly scratch. they be very top heavy.
Mr Fixit 😂
It would have pulled that tree right out of the ground. You must not have any idea of how much that mixer loaded with concrete weighs.
That wrecker was just holding out for more money with a full roll over 😁😂
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Being a driver, I've had my share of soft gravel that's not your fault, the contractor's are supposed to check the grounds before you guys come. I'm just glad you made it out safely.
All roads aren’t the same
Yea D J. Bull Shit. The first truck got in there no problem.
@@philsmidwestclassiccars150 The more a road gets used, the more it deteriorates. Just saying.
@@Cardi185 Yes I know that. It was a soft gravel driveway also. I only commented as to the first mixer making the driveway with no problem. If you look at the tire tracks in the soft gravel, this guy didn't slide off the edge. He backed up off to the edge of the shoulder where the loose ground cut loose due to the shear weight of the loaded mixer. This driveway looked wide enough to handle the load, if it was kept in the center of the driveway. Each & every driver has different backing up characteristics. Some are better than others. With a mixer, there is no opportunity for a mistake when backing, nor braking. It's your on top of your game, or it's a mess. I have never even considered driving a mixer, tanker, or bucket, but am qualified with my CDL. I do have 30 years as an OTR Driver with 11 on 48 foot, spread axle flat bed delivering building materials to job sites. The other 19 are 53 foot dry van, mainly hauling paper loads.
@@philsmidwestclassiccars150 Ok, I understand you now.
A time lapse of them pulling that truck out would have been neat.
Excellent Content! Thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you for watching
Yeh was gunna say, Keep em Coming! 😂😂😂
I thought I've seen it all as a mixer driver, but line pumping into a boom pump is 1 thing I've never seen or heard of. Bravo sir
I’ve learned to quit saying I thought I seen it all. 🤣🤣🤣
Btw im watching this and your bro did a great job.. I'm laughingnat his commentary cuz i already onow the results and what the tow truck driver does. But i kinda forget so its just entertainment at this point 3 years later. Great stuff i love revisting this stuff and i will def link it up to yur channel... then when it fell over it hit hard bro. Real hard that sucks
Damn that view is awesome!!!
Was nice!
If that tow truck driver had done something when he got there it could have been pulled out.
Tow truck driver was moving way too slow!!!!!!! GTF!!!!!! Time and the potential of the rollover were ticking!!!!!! Fire that driver! Use those trees to secure the concrete truck!!!! He had chains, a towing truck, and heavy-duty ropes!!!!!
Your right the driver should’ve anchored the mix truck to one of the trees with a pulley and used the weight of both trucks to hold it until the bigger truck was on scene to assist with recovery
Set the tow truck up down the road and pull the line through the trees and pull on the side, no need to sit there and wait for the concrete to stiffen up and make the truck more unstable, also put the drum in discharge to move the mud to the high side. many mistakes added to this nightmare. A bit of concrete on the ground would be easier to clean up than the whole load and the truck in the ditch.
Dude was totally clueless. You can tell he's used to towing rigs from the side of the highway, not this. A heavy vehicle recovery service really ought to be better than this because things like this DO happen. Its like being an EMT and letting a patient bleed out while you slowly go get stuff from your ambulance.
That’s a bad day right there. Glad no one was hurt. Not much they could have done there with how soft the road was. Great video
Elite Earthworks LLC I agree 100%
i will say good camera work and you did a great job capturing this. wish there was a video of the clean up and the up righting of this.
If the goal was to destroy the cement truck - MISSION accomplished! 👍✔
lol
I drive mixer trucks and been in sticky situations. That’s how I ended up in this video. But before driver backed up he should have walked the area, second his back up lights were off third, he should gone slower . If I would of been in this situation I would of unloaded the truck right away and got the weight off. It’s only 1500.00. Also it would have shifted the weight to the passenger side
Driver probably had to go clean up after that one lol !
No cement trucks were damaged in this video!!
😅😅
So many mistakes here starting with an incompetent mixer driver, no attempt to keep it upright, wrecker operator completely ignores the urgency etc etc etc Just glad there no injuries.
I’m sure had you been there none of this would have happened.
@Jim Burnett Bullshit......Operator error.
That sucks! At least nobody was injured which is important.
Donnie Webb knows what he's talking about!, Iv been in the concrete business for 30 years, and iv seen it all
It's getting heavier by the minute when the concrete starts to dry out it climbs up inside the mixer with even more weight on the drivers side 😅😅😅. experience.
4:13 I can tell ya when he took his eyes out of that mirror to turn those work lights on, is when he slipped over too far. Damn..
Yep
In a pinch like that, leave the truck already backed in full, run a chain from the drum/frame rail connection point on the tilting truck to the front tow pin on the full truck to keep tension on the rear so it can’t slide. Then hook the wrecker winch to the front tow pin on the tilted truck and winch to the other side of the road until centered. Lock in the quad locks on the tilted truck and all three trucks could walk out together. Just stop the drum, move a few feet, stop and spin to keep it wet, then repeat. That turned into an expensive wreck pretty quick. Drum full of dry concrete, most likely the engine ran with no oil pressure and needs at least bearings. Seen this way too many times.
Lots of great ideas. To bad you weren’t there!
I doubt the concrete was dry in that short time.
@@trr4488 the reason I say it probably dried is because the only way to get it out is with the engine running to power the hydraulics. You tip over any truck built after 2014 and the oil comes out of the pan and into the cylinders, air to air cooler, turbo, emissions system, it covers the inside of everything. Especially when it’s still running like that on its side. The truck can be set back right side up, but you have no way of knowing if the engine is going to run away, seize, hydro lock, etc. If any one of several sensors get covered in oil, and you won’t know unless you remove them and look, the engine will go into limp mode. Then your stuck at a max rpm of idle. So you are correct about the concrete not drying in the amount of time it took for the events in the video to take place, but it’s the aftermath that keeps the drum from turning. Leading to dry concrete. I asked a concrete truck fleet manager one time why they don’t install a quick connect and ball valve on the lines going to the drum motor, so any sister truck can power the drum of any sister truck. It’s an easy install and the several $4k-$10k bills they pay every year to have concrete air hammered out of drums would pay for the installs. It’s simple math, but habit and tradition still prevail.
I was thinking the same thing. The tow driver went low he needed to find a way to pull high. I think if he was on the road up past the drive. He could have run a cable through the woods to the back top of the drum. Your right that using the other cement truck and hooking to the top of the tipping truck might have stabilized it. At least long enough until the boom wrecker arrived. I think if the cement dries that truck with the bad motor, other possible damage, and a drum full of cement might be a write off.
northern lakes concrete dispatcher in northern Wisconsin, love the vids
Thanks man!!!
Hope you don’t make us wait too long for the conclusion.
Theirs another episode for tomorrow
No more 420 for the entire crew
In a world where front discharge concrete mixers exist I'll never understand how there are still so many rear discharge trucks in use. We only have front discharge up here in Indiana but when I go south I still see a bunch of the RD. Cool video and channel! I just subbed.
Awesome!!! Thanks for watching. I’ve never been around front discharging trucks but I think their is a place for them.
There is a video I watched recently where the concrete truck was tipping over on a driveway corner. The tow truck driver boss was a true expert. That video should be required viewing for all the employees of this company and this tow truck driver. He kept the truck from rolling and prevented further damage to the truck. Everyone go watch it! (The name of the video is "Driveway gives way with loaded concrete mixer")
Yep
First cement truck should be cabled to rear of stuck truck to counter the pullout.
I feel terrible for the driver. Not his fault. By the time he saw he was in trouble it was already too late
I'm glad here in Michigan we don't have any rear discharge trucks. When I started doing concrete in 1997-1998 couple plants who had maybe 1 or 2 in use. Within a year or so they were not used anymore.. Their much harder to dump out than front discharge. Driver can actually see and move truck and chutes where needed. Rear trucks only good for dumping into telebelt or pump truck.
That’s what we are use to. Never poured out of a front discharge.
Oh the life and times of a ready mix driver
And nobody thought to put ballast down, that's the contractor's fault not the driver..
Thanks for watching!!!
I'm glad I don't work for that concrete company company I work for over there never ever let us back down as shity Road like that
No doubt. That road is an accident waiting to happen. Unacceptable.
I'm glad I drive an Oshkosh front discharge. Backing up to pour every time would be really annoying. 6x6 is really nice too. :)
It was mostly driver error, he should have stayed in the*middle* of the track. Took it too easy!.
@@johnhhinton5473 he was in the middle
@@benjamin-rn5zn only until he wasn't... Have another look at the vid...
That's one happy guy to see his truck on its side . Smh!!!
If I pulled up in one of the company concrete trucks and saw one on it's side in the ditch, I'd be calling my wife telling her I'm about to need a new job!
They should of made the road wider
Texas Dirt wouldn’t hurt anything.
sight managers or contractors doing the project likes to skimp on the basic crap like this all the time then bitch and moan you tore up the dirt driveway corners. They never understand because they drove their 70k pickup trucks in there no problem, lol. hell i had one tell me he made the pad so big he could turn his pickup around up there and couldn't understand why a front discharge readymix couldn't turn around lmao
@@caseydman4651 been there oh yea lots of room. get in there and first thing they say is oh that truck a little bigger than i thought. how about when they make a turn around and you can barely parallel park a pick up in it. thats cute you gonna turn around a civic there?
Should have turned the drum back far enough to get the weight down then shut it off
Calmest man on the planet.
Never met a pump truck operator I didn't like. Can't say the same for the contractors whose job it is to put the time and money into prepping the jobsite for heavy truck traffic. Alot of good drivers have quit because of the way customers behave during a pour.
Thank you!
looked like they could just drive in and turn around,,,,i know that driver had more miles in reverse,than most have going forward lol
Should have dumped all the concrete in that ditch and wait until it hardened
💯 would of probly saved the truck if they even emptied half of it!!!
You can’t because you’ll have to spin the wheel
@@Chance8888 what wheel?
@@Chance8888 you talking about the drum😂
I'm working construction 44 years on a site like that the very first thing you do is put in a temporary 300mm thick concrete driveway minimum then your off to the races
Still have to stay on the road. Lol
I bet that is the fastest that tow truck driver has ever run.lol
They need to train guys to drive before getting in the seat. There’s 2 trucks already on the pad so the road was good. In the video you could see the truck going off the side. If they had hooked a couple of trucks as soon as it happened they may have pulled him out.
Did you see how much the road was crowning first?
Have you ever driven a mixer? Sending a number of trucks over a soft road like that, can make them less stable and more dangerous.
Not much of a road for 70,000+ lb trucks. Also, driver should have performed his GOAL procedure.
Yep drove a mixer 15 years ALWAYS GET OUT AND LOOK FIRST,Just because the driver in front of you made it don't mean you will.
Get some day one You’re gonna need it
The whole time I was waiting for a line to get hooked from the mixer to a tree. Maybe I’m using my brain too much for this.. lmao
That’s totally on the person who prepped that site! Excavator should have practiced common sense and realized the access road wouldn’t hold up to heavy truck traffic
I think it’s shared res
No amount of prep can stop a incompetent driver not watching where he is going...
Totally the builders fault , what kind of road was that , im going to laugh if lawsuits start happening .
Highly doubt that ! Truckers are responsible on where they enter , no trucker ever does something they are not comfortable with . If they think something is fishy they call their supervisor and ask for advice . This driver went in confident and somehow ended way to far to the right . The road way was more then wide and stable if only he’d stayed centered .
@@majoralpha1015
Sorry bud , that is not more than wide , around here that is called Just Enough Space , or no difference between a inch or a mile theory , by the MOL , that is putting driver safety at risk , there for the job is shut down until road is done properly or "Just Enough Space" is resolved .
I've driven on worse narrow path dirt roads in the oil field. Where there is oil they will make a path no matter what. Through ravines and creeks
Driver didn't pay attention is the call
1st trucks headlights was probably blinding him... lol never have been able to understand how they use them to back in.
Good point! I'm certain it was a lot darker (at dawn) than the camera makes it seem. If not actually still pretty dark at that time of day, the backup lights wouldn't have been so blinding too. But maybe he could have turned those extra backup lights on sooner!
Drove a concrete truck for 20 years and never seen that happen.
Notice his work lights go on just before he goes off road, probably looked down to turn em on. Thats my guess, only button i would probably have to look for aswell.
Why not turn the screw off? You can see that's what turned it over. It seems like it would have been cheaper to replace the drum after the concrete hardened instead of a total lose.
I really don’t know.
Lol there's tire tracks on the road, why veer towards the edge away from the tracks
Yep
good video thanks for posting luckily it wasnt an emergency maybe the tow truck would have stepped it up
Not sure one truck could have made a difference. I think they where behind by the time they got their.
If the road is not safe for heavy loads then keep the concrete trucks on the main road and get two dumpers to bring concrete in 🇬🇧🇵🇹❤️🇺🇸🙏
If I was the first truck to come in I would told the utter driver don't come the road is not safe .. cheap built road .. drove a mixer truck for many years
And thats why your called a wheel holder....
Being cheap ends up costing more on the long run
Murphy’s law
It ain't easy being cheesy.
A really good detail shop can buff that out in no time