Last time a wrecker had to pull me, I was loaded with 50,000 pounds of Sulfuric Acid (83%), dead across some very busy Rail Road Tracks, at the Port of Tampa. Dropped a Axle. Fun Times. Heavy Rig wrecker drivers a really good at what they do. Tell Doug thanks for letting us ride along.
Awesome video Eric. Enjoyed the tour and being able to experience what it takes to drive a big rig. Thank your brother for letting us ride along thanks
lol i recognized almost all of that scenery. isnt everything warranty? lol and love the ending . your brother dropped your ass off and was good enough to circle the block just so you could get the money shot. you owe him a cold one. thanks for taking us along
This was WAY more entertaining than expected. Eric, keep these coming. Lots of fun to watch, I laughed more than I should have, haha. Doug could easily have his own channel. Keep it up!
That tool box looked like my dad's when he was a mechanic at a dealership in Chicago in the 70s, he said the rust on all his wrenches helped him grip them better
It isn't most people's idea of living the dream, but you're sure doing it. This is awesome. Your brother seems like a cool guy. Thanks for the interesting video!
Thanks for taking us along Eric. I've never worked on the heavy stuff. So that was real interesting. I like all the gauges in the wrecker, it's like a whole display of live data PID's!
Eric, I really appreciate your channel and your desire to do every job the best that you can. It's something that's becoming more rare in our industry. You do a fantastic job producing educational and entertaining videos. Keep up the great work!
I really enjoyed the ride along, I got cold watching had to put my coat on, I see where all the rusty and crusty comes from, his tool box looks whole like mine, the pete sounds great.
Oh man, oh man! That was one sweet ride-a-long! Thank you! That brings back memories of Varysburg, Warsaw, Geneseo, the Italy Hiils, Naples, ..... ! Thanks again.
I've spent a few times sitting in the jump seat having my truck towed, sometimes truck/semi-trailer being towed, but it was never this entertaining. Great video!
Very nice video with your brother. Reminds me of the good times my brothers and I had. Two have passed and one is 2000 mile away. Times change but, Thank you for the memories Eric!!
I drove the area 30 years working for the phone company. It was fun looking out the window and knowing exactly where you were at. Keep up the good work.
Who did we piss off? Oh you mean the old woman. Ya she sure is a crabby one. That is nothing. I will be cancelling a agreement with a customer tomorrow. That should be good. She is going to be pissed royally, and I don't care. Tune in to find out why..LOL there is the hook.
I absolutely love this video. Most of my relatives are truckers. Some nicest people you could meet. I went to college so I became an engineer. I wanted to weld like my Dad did I always admired him. He is my hero along with you.
SMALL WORLD... i used to drive that road past that farm every other day. I work at a farm in Oakfield just on other side of batavia. now funny part is i've been watch the channel for a couple months now and YOU GIVE SOME GREAT ADVICE!!!.... so i just kept watching just to see you drive thro my neck of the woods. LMAO!!!
I have been watching your channel for what seems like at least 2 years maybe more (time fly's) almost from the the beginning. But your videos are extremely entertaining. Please don't put us in a show hold, I so look forward to your uploads. Thank you so much for the entertainment.
It's d fuzz. Oh he's hittin that guy, oh he's, he's hittin that guy ! Well, well maybe not. Eric, I was howlin, freakin hilarious ! Thnx for lettin us ride along, cool vid idea.
Really enjoyed this one My wife's from Batavia so I traveled a lot of the same roads we live in Pa so don't get up there much anymore was fun to see thanks.
Ok Eric you fix the light duty vehicles and your brother fixes the heavy duty and your other brother tows the business in . I bet you guys own the restaurant too . Holly bejesus you guys run the whole town . HAHAHA
This was a new kind of video for the south main auto channel. Thought it was really cool. Grew up around trucks as a kid. Dad drove one as well as his dad. Later in life my dad had a trailer repair and truck body shop. So riding in rigs and blowing air horns was a big deal to me as a kid. Brought back some memories with the dashboard tour and the sound of the engine in the cab. Gotta make more vids like this when you can. What gearhead don't like big rigs and diesel power? 😉
Eric is the best. Love his family sensibilities and you just don't get to experience this kind of reality tv anywhere else. Bravo Sonny, father to Eric and Doug. Inspiring is the best word I can think of to best describe Sonny's progeny... rock 'n' roll Avoca! btw, i live in the salt belt in beautiful upstate, HV NY, and a quick look at my Dakota with my Astro LCD light stick, and iccckkk!!! Looks a lot like the crap that rolls into SMA.
"Six hours on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight" Nice vid today. Kinda nice to mix things up once in a while. Thanks for the ride along Doug & Eric. KIT doug (" just watch ole Bandit run.")
@Haz Cat Closest I've come was stupidly forgetting to "give 'er the beans" while downshifting on a hill in a Deuce and a half while taking my military driving test way back in my early 20s. Needless to say, instantly locking up both rear axles got my head outta my rear as I tried jamming the clutch down through the floorboard.
Hi! I really enjoyed this video. I enjoyed the road trip, local history, tow truck tour and scenery. You also reminded me of my brother. I am an older guy that appreciates the memories of the past. You have in this video, produced a video documenting a cordial brotherly experience among many others to come in the future. My brother passed away a few years ago. He was a career CHP officer and I remember going on a ride along with him several times. We interacted much like you do with your brother. People in other cars sure look at you differently when you ride in a patrol car! I can tell you treasure your time with your brother, and I guess I am commenting because this is a precious video for us and you. Thank you Eric!
My new favorite channel. Worked with a guy who was out on the road with a 20 ton wrecker and a call came in for a private car tow. He took it, it was a Geo Metro. The cars owner was shocked to see such a huge truck for his car.
Hard working, smart and funny decent guys. I used to load at Kodak in Rochester once a week back to Colorado for years. Don't get to upstate NY much anymore but when I do I want to meet Eric O. Thanks for the great car repair videos. Chris
Eric needs a weekly television show,his stuff is that good.
My Wife says he would make a killing doing voice overs and narrations for shows.
She is never wrong.
Is sweet little productions, good banter, good roadtrip and real good planning and editing . Beats most of the gash on main stream tv ...
Mr B Eric is a normal guy with a passion to help.people be entertained by and maybe learn something about being a mechanic.He's def a quality tech
I suggested PBS awhile back he wasn't interested
He's also a businessmen. Commercials will kill the program
Never lost one yet. "Hope the camera's rollin' when ya do" 😂👍
Viral vid right!?
azurebluemach I swear I was crying when he said that
Last time a wrecker had to pull me, I was loaded with 50,000 pounds of Sulfuric Acid (83%), dead across some very busy Rail Road Tracks, at the Port of Tampa. Dropped a Axle. Fun Times.
Heavy Rig wrecker drivers a really good at what they do. Tell Doug thanks for letting us ride along.
This video reminds me when my dad use to drive his Peterbilt and I would go with him on the weekends. Miss my dad 😢
Oh that sweet Cummins sound when you start rolling along.
I personally think the best sounding engine is a Mack E9.
I'm grateful for the fact that your a great mechanic and you bring us along for the ride it's a dying breed these days honest and reliable great show
I love to see two brothers doing what they love taught by their dad and getting along!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸
Nicely done Eric, your parents must be proud of you guys.
Thanks for the tag along.
Only true gearheads find vids like this enjoyable :)
YOU BETCHER LIFESAVERS!!!
I object to this statement. I am not a gearhead, yet I find these videos enjoyable
Yes sir, this one had it all. That was fun. Thanks for taking us along and introducing us to another member of the family!
Fantastic trip, almost as good as being there with you both. Thanks to your brother for letting "us" come along.
Awesome video Eric. Enjoyed the tour and being able to experience what it takes to drive a big rig. Thank your brother for letting us ride along thanks
lol i recognized almost all of that scenery. isnt everything warranty? lol and love the ending . your brother dropped your ass off and was good enough to circle the block just so you could get the money shot. you owe him a cold one. thanks for taking us along
Yes sir the money shot haha!
ok Eric we've seen your brother's toolbox tour now it's your turn!!!
This was WAY more entertaining than expected. Eric, keep these coming. Lots of fun to watch, I laughed more than I should have, haha. Doug could easily have his own channel. Keep it up!
I keep telling him that
That tool box looked like my dad's when he was a mechanic at a dealership in Chicago in the 70s, he said the rust on all his wrenches helped him grip them better
...I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT-(!)
you can definitely see the O. resemblance
It isn't most people's idea of living the dream, but you're sure doing it. This is awesome. Your brother seems like a cool guy. Thanks for the interesting video!
NICE ride in a big rig. Thanks for taking me along.
Thanks for taking us along Eric. I've never worked on the heavy stuff. So that was real interesting. I like all the gauges in the wrecker, it's like a whole display of live data PID's!
All those gages and no drink holder. One handed driver. 🙂
Eric, I really appreciate your channel and your desire to do every job the best that you can. It's something that's becoming more rare in our industry. You do a fantastic job producing educational and entertaining videos. Keep up the great work!
Nice to meet your brother, Eric. Thanks for the ride!
I've drove OTR back in the 90's so I can appreciate this little adventure... brings back so many memories. Thanks for posting.
Very nice video Eric of you and your brother sharing a day together. And it was very obvious that you guys had a pretty good time :)
I really enjoyed the ride along, I got cold watching had to put my coat on, I see where all the rusty and crusty comes from, his tool box looks whole like mine, the pete sounds great.
Love the tow truck.Fully equiped.
Oh man, oh man! That was one sweet ride-a-long! Thank you!
That brings back memories of Varysburg, Warsaw, Geneseo, the Italy Hiils, Naples, ..... !
Thanks again.
This sounds like me and my brother!!! My God!! I wish he was still here ! so cool!
I've spent a few times sitting in the jump seat having my truck towed, sometimes truck/semi-trailer being towed, but it was never this entertaining. Great video!
haha you guys seem really great dudes.
Very nice video with your brother. Reminds me of the good times my brothers and I had. Two have passed and one is 2000 mile away. Times change but, Thank you for the memories Eric!!
I'm a truck driver and I found this video among the funniest that you have done. You and your brother are like two peas in a pod.
You people are so good it's inspiring. Thanks for all you do Eric.
Now go buy a tow truck!
That was an awesome video Eric!!..I love heavy wreckers and it would be awesome to see more videos of you guys doing some more recoveries!!
i really like when your brother was shifting with the jake brake engaged!!
I drove the area 30 years working for the phone company. It was fun looking out the window and knowing exactly where you were at. Keep up the good work.
This was F'in great. I'd like to see more truckin' and maybe repairs at the truck shop. Thanks.
Glad to see he put the stack boot on. Saves the turbo.
Love the videos, a year or two in that truck and you would be as deaf as a post, regards from Dublin Ireland.
Loved everything about this video.more please.
Nice ride with your brother Eric...good change in scenery and a good vid...SALUTE
That was fun. Thanks for bringing us along.
Thanks for riding! Hey you two should get a tow truck! That way you can piss people off with the plowing and towing!! Haha Jk'in
Who did we piss off? Oh you mean the old woman. Ya she sure is a crabby one. That is nothing. I will be cancelling a agreement with a customer tomorrow. That should be good. She is going to be pissed royally, and I don't care. Tune in to find out why..LOL there is the hook.
THAT'S GOT DOGGONE SURE-!!!
I absolutely love this video. Most of my relatives are truckers. Some nicest people you could meet. I went to college so I became an engineer. I wanted to weld like my Dad did I always admired him. He is my hero along with you.
THanks a load for that swell toolbox tour. Makes me feel 100% better about my own toolbox calamity.
Ahh, love it, really takes me back, but I had a tool bag not a box. Keep up good stuff Eric and bro.
Your brother could do some awesome vids on some of his runs.
I keep telling him that
South Main Auto Repair Sure would be nice if you did a video of your brothers shop sometime.
SMALL WORLD... i used to drive that road past that farm every other day. I work at a farm in Oakfield just on other side of batavia. now funny part is i've been watch the channel for a couple months now and YOU GIVE SOME GREAT ADVICE!!!.... so i just kept watching just to see you drive thro my neck of the woods. LMAO!!!
I saw an ice cream cone icon showing an ice cream store on the way back...I'm disappointed you didn't stop for an ice cream !!
I have been watching your channel for what seems like at least 2 years maybe more (time fly's) almost from the the beginning. But your videos are extremely entertaining. Please don't put us in a show hold, I so look forward to your uploads. Thank you so much for the entertainment.
Enjoyed the trip, still looks like home after all these years
Awesome, I love that wide open country thanks Eric.
I watched this vid a couple months ago . I t is so good I had to watch it again.
best tool box tour on TH-cam
Austin Huckabee but without any brake clean
Great to see you spending time with your brother, Family time and fun with work is a man's standard. Enjoy!
My first ride in a big rig! Thanks for the ride.
10-4 good buddy. When I drove past that exact salt mine last summer on the way to Niagra I couldn't believe how much salt spray the car got.
It's a thing of beauty right!
I lost it at "anyone know how to drive one of these?" lol
I believe that warning buzzer was the low air alarm. Getter done.
Thanks for sharing Mr. O'S.
It's d fuzz. Oh he's hittin that guy, oh he's, he's hittin that guy ! Well, well maybe not. Eric, I was howlin, freakin hilarious ! Thnx for lettin us ride along, cool vid idea.
Soon as I started watching I said "I bet that's his brother" lol
best thing in life family , grate video, i enjoyed all the laughs from each over brotherly love.
best mechanics ever !!!!!
Ah, open road, big rig, and a pack of menthol Newports! What more could you ask for!
Great video! Nice to see two brothers spending the day on a road trip!
this video was so freaking cool. thanks for posting this !
Don't miss that Salt, Traveled through there many times when I lived in Rochester on my way down South.
N-14 best motor i ever had put 1.3 million on mine with zero issues, BEAUTIFULL COUNTRY there so nice the hills over there, mad respect for you man!
Really enjoyed this one My wife's from Batavia so I traveled a lot of the same roads we live in Pa so don't get up there much anymore was fun to see thanks.
Ok Eric you fix the light duty vehicles and your brother fixes the heavy duty and your other brother tows the business in . I bet you guys own the restaurant too . Holly bejesus you guys run the whole town . HAHAHA
Welll not the whole town...
TV show idea: The O'Pranos
Arie M ADA BOOM ADA BING. LOL
Well in his early vids he was Dr. O so maybe he runs the local hospital too.
HAHA there is no local hospital. I think the closest one is buffalo memorial .
Kind of neat to see you out of the shop for once.
How you guys don't have a tv show is a mystery! You guys are a riot!
Your brother really don’t need tools like you Eric, he just hooks up and drags🤣. So funny. You two need to make more of these👍🏻
Great video Eric-! Nice change of pace and saw some more of NY - don't see much of it here in Illinois-lol
i always throw a few extra bucks to the driver when i need a tow..not an easy job and nobody appreciates it until they need you..good video.
The toolbox tour was hysterical!
Hey you guys love tool box tours!
The Bro,s hanging out together. Getting it done! Great. Jake break.sounding Great!
Haha, "You're like an offical good buddy."
This was a new kind of video for the south main auto channel. Thought it was really cool. Grew up around trucks as a kid. Dad drove one as well as his dad. Later in life my dad had a trailer repair and truck body shop. So riding in rigs and blowing air horns was a big deal to me as a kid. Brought back some memories with the dashboard tour and the sound of the engine in the cab. Gotta make more vids like this when you can. What gearhead don't like big rigs and diesel power? 😉
Eric is the best. Love his family sensibilities and you just don't get to experience this kind of reality tv anywhere else. Bravo Sonny, father to Eric and Doug. Inspiring is the best word I can think of to best describe Sonny's progeny... rock 'n' roll Avoca! btw, i live in the salt belt in beautiful upstate, HV NY, and a quick look at my Dakota with my Astro LCD light stick, and iccckkk!!! Looks a lot like the crap that rolls into SMA.
Brings back memories of many, many miles in the US and Canada - not in a wrecker but in a semi cab..:)
Man it's awesome seeing some Cummins insight stuff on your channel!!!! Awesome eric o
Nice wrecker and another great vid Eric!
10-4 back door, put the pedal to the metal and Let er Roar, hammer down. Haha the toolbox was raw. LMAO. I love the truck driver slang. Good video
what a sweet rig, that jake is music to my ears. floating the gears. great video
"Six hours on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight" Nice vid today. Kinda nice to mix things up once in a while. Thanks for the ride along Doug & Eric. KIT doug (" just watch ole Bandit run.")
th-cam.com/video/wHbGhEfnh2E/w-d-xo.html :D
Did I hear the driver say "Give 'er the beans" and "theres your problem lady"?
I believe so!
HAHA, it must run in the family!!
Yep, definitely brothers. I bet Sonny taught them to be like this. :) :) :)
@Haz Cat Closest I've come was stupidly forgetting to "give 'er the beans" while downshifting on a hill in a Deuce and a half while taking my military driving test way back in my early 20s. Needless to say, instantly locking up both rear axles got my head outta my rear as I tried jamming the clutch down through the floorboard.
"O" no, there's two of you..
Enjoyed this highway action-drama in your YT archives. Regards to your brother from, um, five years in the future.
that was bloody fantastic.....What a nice guy your brother is....thanks Eric
Great Video. By Far The Most Greatest TH-camr !
And now I want to see the diag and repair video on the KW....
...THAT GOES FOR ME TOO!!!
Hi! I really enjoyed this video. I enjoyed the road trip, local history, tow truck tour and scenery. You also reminded me of my brother. I am an older guy that appreciates the memories of the past. You have in this video, produced a video documenting a cordial brotherly experience among many others to come in the future. My brother passed away a few years ago. He was a career CHP officer and I remember going on a ride along with him several times. We interacted much like you do with your brother. People in other cars sure look at you differently when you ride in a patrol car! I can tell you treasure your time with your brother, and I guess I am commenting because this is a precious video for us and you. Thank you Eric!
Very cool going for a ride in a heavy. Remember folks, slow down and move over.
Love the sound of a jake...just not on my road.
Yep, feel the same way about Harleys.
...well, "ya can't please EVERYBODY"!!
You lead an interesting life Eric. If you ever do a recovery with some carnage bring the camera!
Loved it Eric, Thanks for sharing.
So many souvenirs joining my dad doing long distance towing with a 45 feet trailer attached and the best the jake sound!!!!
Nice change!
My new favorite channel. Worked with a guy who was out on the road with a 20 ton wrecker and a call came in for a private car tow. He took it, it was a Geo Metro. The cars owner was shocked to see such a huge truck for his car.
Just toss it in the glovebox
Hard working, smart and funny decent guys. I used to load at Kodak in Rochester once a week back to Colorado for years. Don't get to upstate NY much anymore but when I do I want to meet Eric O. Thanks for the great car repair videos. Chris
As someone who grew up driving the coquihalla I love the shout out
Only 13 minutes in and already loving this video!