You always say thanks for watching, but I want to say thank you for taking us along with you and sharing your job. I'm highly considering getting into towing and your videos are very informative. Thank you Ron!
I have no idea why in the world I enjoy this channel. I am retired, 71 years young, female, live in Covina Calif. I enjoy cruising on Princess Cruise lines (a lot) but like most of us, we need to stay home. Thanks for your videos dude, I really enjoy them. Have a blessed afternoon. Oct 27, 2020.
Imagine going to the gym and getting a vigorous workout at any and all times of the day or night. Maybe even couple times a day weather you're sick or not. 2am the sheriff call and you gotta jump out a warm bed to extract a trapped person and you gotta be on your game. Props to all those unsung hero's like Ron Pratt. 💙👍
I found your videos last week and love watching these. Reminds me somewhat of working with my dad as a kid in logging and mechanic on heavy equipment/mining. You run a great team and are one of the nicest bosses I've ever seen. It's fun to watch someone who is a real pro in their work and takes pride in doing a excellent job. Keep up the great work! God Bless!
Ron, I must say you and Mike, are the best, Work great, communicate and always have each other's back, as it should be. Great job on this recovery👍.. Stay Safe, and God Bless..
Last comment Ron was right on the money stating it was a 2022 Chevy 1500 Silverado 6.8lt 4x4 fully loaded with back seat driver. Only 1000 miles on vehicle bought 2 days before set out to pasture. Those Battery powered chain saws are a great investment for a towing company as they aren't a tree service there a recovery service.
Questions on air bag non-deployment: I used to work for a company that made crash sensors. Typically you need an impact/shock to the vehicle of at least 8g to 10g to trigger the airbags. If this was brought to a "gradual" halt by the trees and scrub, that would be why there was not a sufficiently large impact to trigger airbags. If it had hit a tree dead-on, that would be a different story. Hope the driver an any passengers are OK, as Ron would say "prayers and God bless" to them
my 16ft car trailer was sunk in the mud nothing on it and i was tugging on it with my 2000 ford ranger and the air bag went off. i was using a 5 foot chain. no way in hell it seen 8g. at least i was smart enough to turn the passenger bag off as soon as i got the truck.
I worked for Delco Electronics when the were developing the sensors that triggers the bag deployment, they were looking at directional movement to better understand differences in the kinds of impacts to a vehicle that are created from a collision verses running over very rough road surface/condition to help prevent a "false" trigger but I was not around when the study was concluded. All together it was very interesting testing and evaluations; I am not sure if they were able to make triggering that smart but looking at the damage to that Chevy vs the drivers injury it may have been good thing they did not deploy.…..
Great job guys you got the job done and everyone is safe I been towing for 34 years and people have no clue what they are talking about until you are on scene and you do what you have to do to get the job Done...WELL DONE On to the next Job and trust me every job is always different
@Ron Pratt. As a fellow wrecker operator in upstate New York. I for one thank you for what you do. Not only with youtube but also IRL. As a though for a cleaner recovery. Couldn’t you have backed the roll back down the hill, load the wrecked vehicle and use the rotator to winch up the roll back. Basically allowing all wheels to freely turn and reduce property damage. But great job for what you had done though
I drove Heavy (and smaller) wreckers for 10 years. When I came to a wreck like that with no airbag deployments I would pop the battery cables off. I have had airbags deploy on me during recovery when the damaged sensors set them off.
@vin a Actually they usually have power for a while, its why when servicing the airbag systems most manuals tell you to disconnect the battery and leave them for an hour.
1st thing I always do is cut power after getting it in neutral if I can or needed. Gets rid of alarms, flashing lights, horns, airbags & sources of arcing. Only takes moments even if the cables have to be snipped.
Have four skids made (With wedged ends) that will slide under the tires, When in situations such as this and everything is locked up you can pull it without tearing up yards or the vehicle digging in to the ground and it will slide right on to the roll back.
Their guardian angel was working over time too, missing the electric pole on the way to the woods and missing the big trees going into the woods. I respect the kind of work yall do, thank you!
You would be the best co worker in the world calm, collected, and you are firm while maintaining an educational work experience to your piers this is what more Americans need to be.
1:06:40 First chain saw chain designed to stay sharp while cutting stones. Another good one Ron. Sounds like your lungs still are not over that cold you had. Take care. If I were GM, I would want that truck back to see why the airbags never deployed.
For those asking about the air bags not deploying, simple answer, the parameters were not met for them to deploy, I work in the body shop business, and have seen many vehicles damaged even worse than this where the bags did not deploy, and on the opposite side I have seen vehicles with very little damage where the air bags did deploy.
I honestly think that the manufacturers need to change pramiters of how hard the hit has to be to where it’s not a just simple little hit dosent how something like this dose set them off
Correct. I was in a roll over down a small embankment rolling 3 times over and coming to a stop on passenger side. Not one airbag went off. Seat belt saved me from injury. My passenger not so lucky was partially ejected but survived. Our vehicle looked much much worse.
Ron, thank you for helping others. Today I want to thank you for being someone with integrity. I married into a family who had 2 brothers who owned a recovery/wrecker company. Much to my dismay their language was/is worse than a drunken sailors. THANKS FOR KEEPING IT CLEAN. HARD WORKING REAL MEN DONT HAVE TO BE VULGAR, JUST BECAUSE THEY WORK HARD, TOUGH JOBS. THANKS
It's those moments that things can't decide what they want to do there. Explanations for things are hard to access as to why they did or don't happen. Thank you guys for making the highways safe to travel on guys. God Bless You and Stay Safe Guys.
Have y'all ever looked into a sheet of plastic or something to put under the rear tires or wherever to let it slide instead of dig in. Like mcdonalds trays on a fwd car
Maybe they have, but one needs storage room on the truck, I've had a similar Idea as you, l for both wheels like a sledge, but then the questen of storage came into my mind. But who knows one day a smart engineer may find a workable solution.
I hit a deer with my 99 Hyundai Sonata and my drivers side airbag deployed I got away with a minor shoulder injury which I didn't know till two days later when I was at work tying down a load of concrete barriers on a flat bed tractor trailer and I felt my shoulder pop that like I don't know what. I can't believe the airbags didn't deploy in this accident with only minor injuries considering how many trees the truck hit and the fact how much damage was done. God was definitely with him. May God keep you and your family safe and keep up the good work. Love the awesome videos especially the full length videos.
Airbags only go off with rapid deceleration (frontal/side impact) or when the vehicle turns over. The way this crash looks, the vehicle was slowed down "relatively" softly by the brushes, so there was no need to deploy the airbags. A lot of people are disappointed if they see the broken metal but no airbags deployed, but that's how it should be. The deformation of the chassis slows the occupants slowly so they don't come slamming forward into the steering wheel. If the sensors detect a rapid acceleration, only then the airbags will go off. Airbags actually do cause injuries themselves (burns, ruptured eardrums) so it's better not too blow them off needlessly. And the computer obviously doesn't know / can't see the path of the crash, so it might blow of the airbags on the slightest bump but when the vehicle then bounces off into oncoming traffic, the airbags are already deflated and useless. There's actually a lot of good material on this topic online, you might want to take a look at this.
the impact was a glancing blow to the left front edge of the truck and not a threat to the passenger compartment, therefore air bag deployment was not required.
Air bags are designed to deploy above a given rate of deceleration. Lets assume that you lose control of your car at 70 mph and hit a kerb which rips off a wheel, then three seconds later you hit an on coming vehicle. You want the airbags going off when you hit the oncoming vehicle, not when you hit the kerb. Air bags have small holes in them to allow the air to escape after use to stop your head bouncing back. If the bags went off after hitting the kerb, they'd be of no use 3 seconds later. I'm sure GM air bags work to government specifications.
Amazing work here sir. I definitely commend you guys on how professional and curdious you guys are. Not all recovery teams would have cleaned up the branches, or even tried getting it out with out tearing down more then necessary. Great job guys
Great job and awesome clean up that women and her husband where very grateful when they see you two doing that, a little kindness means alot and goes along ways in life 😊
Difficult does not begin to describe this tow. One thing I appreciated was the concern for property and also the concern for safe completion. Hats off to Midwest, you are the best.
The tow was easy just load it on the rollback and drive away the recovery however looked awful and if I was working that scene I would be so happy it wasn't mid summer.
Might have had a stroke or was unconscious. Looks like all he went over was a couple 4x4s in the driveway and likely wouldn't have woke up until he hit the woods.
Wow. I bet that was one heck of a ride. I'm thinking the driver must have had some kind of medical emergency. I'm just happy no one was seriously injured, or worse.
@@pistolannie6500 There would have been more damage to the vehicle and skid marks from trying to break. He likely had a medical emergency and just meandered down.
The camera mounted up on the boom it a testament to the amount of maintenance you put into your equipment no squeaky bushings or joints. What a treat to see a company that cares about their tools like all of your trucks. Thanks for another great video
I’ll stick to my Kentucky, American made Toyota Tacoma’s. My dad bought one of those big Chevy Dually Pickups a while back and ever sense he bought it he has had nothing but trouble with it. Keep telling hime to get rid of it but he wouldn’t listen. Now the turbo has blown up, computer system is shot, and the engine is busted... I tried to warn him... But I have to say the old Chevy vehicle are 100x better than the new junk! Keep up the good work Ron! Stay safe!
I still think that you should make a short (maybe a mid-week special?) video showing some of your rigging equipment, chains, straps etc. on a scale. Many of your viewers might not realize how heavy it actually is and/or how much of a workout you and the crew get hauling it around.
Ron's videos are the best example I can think of as to why this is a thinking man's job. Yeah, brute force will often get it done, but when things get sticky, Ron stops to think them through and do it safely, quickly, with a minimum of damage to property.
Thank you for using multiple cameras to document everything and for switching between them at the end of your video to retell the story. It made for Great viewing.
First thing Ron says on finding the truck: "Holy Crapola" me watching the video: "Oh I know this is going to be good, that's the worst thing I've ever heard Ron say in a video." Also, you know this took a pretty good time for the recovery when even the fast forwarded overall highlight clip was 8 minutes or so long. LOL. God Bless Ron. edit: fixed typo I missed
Starting at 50:30 you can see the tire tracks in the grass of the crashed truck. Front and rear are tracking absolutely straight and inline with each other. No side sliding at all. It's pretty clear the driver fell asleep and/or his/her brain otherwise went to Bermuda while driving and they drove straight off. Damn lucky no one was killed.
i think those branches stuck under the tires (or frame, in the case of the driver's front) helped to minimize damage to the yard. yay for happy accidents.
@@RonPratt What I do not understand is why when there was 4 of you cutting down/up the tree you didn't put the wheel/hub in the back of the truck? Obviously you couldn't before as there was only 2 of you.
My dad drove the largest wrecker in our town in the 50's and he got all the wrecker calls for trucks,so he was on call 24 hours, night and day. I went with him on a lot of weekend calls and it could be very traumatic sites at times.I was 9 years old then and often he would let me pull the control lever in side the truck to lower and raise the cables while he would hook them onto the wrecks or remove them. Have to be dedicated,strong nerves and stomach oftentimes. Really admire and respect you and your family 👪!! Prayers for you all. May the Lord encamp His angels around you all and keep you safe from all harm!! God bless you and your family teams!!
Or some wheels on a little towing frame. A small cart would also come in handy to carry bits of equipment across to the site of recovery, rather than having to carry the chainsaws, remote, chains etc. Also, I thought that there is always a way to manually release Park exactly for the reason of recovery?
WOW wo wo wo dat tree saved him from going into the pond and probably drown...thats a new truck but not for long geez...glad he;s ok driver and ron to do a good job on pulling out of the woods to the street..hoopla or hoopiee..lord keep u bless n safe also amen
Just a follow-up for the possible buried fuel tanks the property owner was talking about early in the video, there was a service station of some sorts in the 50's and 60's. By the early 80's it had closed up with only a small out building left.
I really enjoy watching these videos!! My Papa was a tow truck driver way back in his day, long before I came along. He enjoyed most of it, but said what ruined it for him was the scenes he came up on where there were people trapped-children and/0r adults and the vehicle was on fire...the screams and the smell of the people burning alive was unbearable because there was nothing he could do to help or save them, though there were some he could help/save or he'd roll up on a scene where adults and children had been thrown from the vehicle or were pinned underneath or outside of the vehicle one way or another.. not all of them had passed away but several had.. it was the scenes involving children being seriously injured or killed that got to him.. other than those situations, he liked the job.. its not for everyone!! -Thank you for all that you and your crew do!! -Always stay safe!!
Awww.. Ron and Mike went hunting AND fishing today. That poor truck almost met it's doom in the pond. Just mere inches before it became a fishy. Good job getting that poor truck out of its poor parking decision. I won't blame the driver. These new trucks have a mind of their own. Sending prayers for speedy healing of the driver, and great job, gents!! You got it out of a pickle. Over the lawn, and through the woods, off to the pond we go...
Thank GOD for your Reputable Towing Services. It’s Amazing with ALL the Ridiculous Recoveries you’re called out to handle. 👍 The Missouri State Highway Patrol calls the BEST (Midwest Trucking) 1st and your Company consistently and satisfactorily handles every call. 👍
Ron, as part of the auto industry, we put a lot of work, expense and extra content in each vehicle to have people walk away from accidents like this and worse. Glad to hear the occupant(s) were OK
Good job Mike & Ron!! I really like these longer videos where we get to see most of the steps involved in doing a complicated recovery job. Too bad there isn't a LOVE IT button instead of just a like button. lol
Helpful tidbit is that they all have a shift interlock even the new ones with the electronic shifter. The trick however is finding it. Some you have to pull the trim piece off around the shifter or on the bottom of the steering column.
As an Arborist, it always brings a tear to our eyes when a chain hits the soil, instant blunt. Get a tungsten carbide chain, they're normally used for cutting tree stumps and hold their sharpness a lot longer when cutting at ground level, dirty wood or into soil. Also watch out for that kick back zone!
One of the truck that they use for the dump lost its box a couple days ago and they had to use a truck like yours and clean up about 5 lanes of traffic because it was hauling shredded paper. It was a mess. Thanks for the video!
gotta say!! i love the teamwork with the fire dept clearing that tree Mike had cut down so ya'll could pull that truck out. :-) solid recovery from the Pratt company!!
GOOD MORNING RON, WOW, that truck, had to be moving, for it to get so far. OFF-ROAD , I though you might have used the ;YANKUM’ ROAP as an extension , but you had enough chain, God Bless, & be good , I started when , but stopped it twice, it’s now 09;30 EDT Stay well, cheers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Wow Ron ! You and mike have a job ahead of you ! Hope the driver wasn’t seriously hurt prayers for him ! Unfortunately I think his truck is totaled looks bad 😢 best of luck
Wow it's like guy couldn't stop before went into woods?, High Country didn't mean going thou woods to grandma's house, Great job Ron & mike, Prayers for Driver
Even though it's totaled, there are plenty of good usable parts on it. I don't know if the insurance company would go after Midwest Truck for damaging parts that didn't need to , but why take the risk?
First I watched your trip to Colorado to look at Scott City’s used (ha, ha) ladder truck; that presumably you bought from Basalt Fire Department. Thank you for the views. Now I turn on my iPad and see this brand new Chevy six pack all torn to bits halfway to eternity and you and your team pulling it up to the Rotator. Another great joy by recovery team. Here’s wishing all of of you a. Happy New Year. May our Lord and Savior protect you in the New Year. Thank you for all your videos Ron, I especially like the one from Colorado with the snow covered hillside and that ne to Scott City Ladder Truck. It looked Brand New to me. I always like watching different fire departments in action. Thanks for what you do for Scott City!!!
One of the Blessing is your show is refreshing to watch, i.e. NO SEWER WORDS. At the end of the show you show "MY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT YOU" Nice Christian Show
Thank God the grandkids weren’t playing in the field when the truck crashed. The fire department was very helpful. Great video you must have been wiped out after this one. Kevin
wasnt that bad of a wreck really. Just went fast down a hill until he clipped a wheel on a tree and shaved a fender off. It was a bad wreck i know, but it wasnt like he was running 70 MPPH when he hit some big trees. They didnt show it but the drivers seat cushion was all wrinkled up and pulled away from the seat frame, rumor has it the drivers arse was puckered so tight that it grabbed onto it and began the damage sequence !! LOL
Ron, I know on Ram trucks, there is a small panel on the door side of the steering wheel. It pops off easily and behind it is a manual release strap for the transmission. I’m sure the others have something similar. Might be good to become familiar with each models procedure to make your job easier and safer in the future. Certainly no safety issue with this one, just a little grass damage.
Hey ron you were mentioning not being able to drop it in neutral, if you're willing to go into the car most have a little button hidden somewhere either in the dash or center console called the shift lock override. You'd probably have to look up the location per vehicle but if it's the difference between tearing up a property owners grass it's worth looking into. For example my 2017 ford fusion which has the electric shift knob is hidden under the center console, big enough for a key to engage it. works even if the battery is dead. God Bless
You need a couple of coils of Amsteel Blue synthetic winch line for extensions. 50 ft coils with an eye in each end. Stronger and lighter than steel cable. Wont kill anyone if it breaks.
Another video that shows how you, and your crew, are so much more professional than any local (Salt Lake County) recovery company. Where you first asked the property owners permission, then went out of your way to avoid additional damage to the vehicle and property. Here they would have just torn up anything they wanted to to get the vehicle on the rollback as quickly as possible and left the debris behind.
High performance? Not really...just the 6.2 V8 if I saw the hood emblems right. High Country is just like the King Ranch for a Ford. Every option box checked off.
In situations like this where you don’t want to damage the yard you can get nylon or plastic skids to put under the locked up tires or dragging frame with rope or chain attached to them to tie off behind them to keep them in place, basically like putting a plastic lunch trays under the tires to make it slide easier
You always say thanks for watching, but I want to say thank you for taking us along with you and sharing your job. I'm highly considering getting into towing and your videos are very informative. Thank you Ron!
Agreed,well said
I have no idea why in the world I enjoy this channel. I am retired, 71 years young, female, live in Covina Calif. I enjoy cruising on Princess Cruise lines (a lot) but like most of us, we need to stay home. Thanks for your videos dude, I really enjoy them. Have a blessed afternoon. Oct 27, 2020.
Imagine going to the gym and getting a vigorous workout at any and all times of the day or night. Maybe even couple times a day weather you're sick or not. 2am the sheriff call and you gotta jump out a warm bed to extract a trapped person and you gotta be on your game. Props to all those unsung hero's like Ron Pratt. 💙👍
heroes* no apostrophe
Great video! I know it’s older but my son has a truck like that and I forwarded this video to him. Mike’s a good hard worker! God bless!!!
Specially running cable like that 1lbs a foot
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I found your videos last week and love watching these. Reminds me somewhat of working with my dad as a kid in logging and mechanic on heavy equipment/mining. You run a great team and are one of the nicest bosses I've ever seen. It's fun to watch someone who is a real pro in their work and takes pride in doing a excellent job. Keep up the great work! God Bless!
Ron, I must say you and Mike, are the best, Work great, communicate and always have each other's back, as it should be. Great job on this recovery👍.. Stay Safe, and God Bless..
I think the story of how the truck got down in those woods is just as interesting as to how you get it back out
Ron is a good person to learn under. He's patient and clear with his instructions.
Last comment Ron was right on the money stating it was a 2022 Chevy 1500 Silverado 6.8lt 4x4 fully loaded with back seat driver. Only 1000 miles on vehicle bought 2 days before set out to pasture. Those Battery powered chain saws are a great investment for a towing company as they aren't a tree service there a recovery service.
Questions on air bag non-deployment: I used to work for a company that made crash sensors. Typically you need an impact/shock to the vehicle of at least 8g to 10g to trigger the airbags. If this was brought to a "gradual" halt by the trees and scrub, that would be why there was not a sufficiently large impact to trigger airbags. If it had hit a tree dead-on, that would be a different story. Hope the driver an any passengers are OK, as Ron would say "prayers and God bless" to them
Yea, you can see it was sailing over things that were ripping off body parts but no real impacts... he was mowing and going...
Would think ripping the wheel off of the truck would have been a hard enough hit.
Not sure about it, but do airbags deploy if seatbelts are not on?
my 16ft car trailer was sunk in the mud nothing on it and i was tugging on it with my 2000 ford ranger and the air bag went off. i was using a 5 foot chain. no way in hell it seen 8g. at least i was smart enough to turn the passenger bag off as soon as i got the truck.
I worked for Delco Electronics when the were developing the sensors that triggers the bag deployment, they were looking at directional movement to better understand differences in the kinds of impacts to a vehicle that are created from a collision verses running over very rough road surface/condition to help prevent a "false" trigger but I was not around when the study was concluded. All together it was very interesting testing and evaluations; I am not sure if they were able to make triggering that smart but looking at the damage to that Chevy vs the drivers injury it may have been good thing they did not deploy.…..
Great job guys you got the job done and everyone is safe I been towing for 34 years and people have no clue what they are talking about until you are on scene and you do what you have to do to get the job Done...WELL DONE On to the next Job and trust me every job is always different
That High Country sure did find the low country.
Did`nt it just!!
It's the rare lesser spotted woodland subspecies.
Did any one think of letting the rollback down on the hook from the big truck, load up the wreck, then pull them both out and not tear up the yard.
@Ron Pratt. As a fellow wrecker operator in upstate New York. I for one thank you for what you do. Not only with youtube but also IRL. As a though for a cleaner recovery. Couldn’t you have backed the roll back down the hill, load the wrecked vehicle and use the rotator to winch up the roll back. Basically allowing all wheels to freely turn and reduce property damage. But great job for what you had done though
@@rayparriott7194 They would have had to cut half the wood away and clear the scrub to avoid tearing up the sides of the rollback
I drove Heavy (and smaller) wreckers for 10 years. When I came to a wreck like that with no airbag deployments I would pop the battery cables off. I have had airbags deploy on me during recovery when the damaged sensors set them off.
Can't airbags still deploy up to 24 hours after the battery is disconnected?
@vin a actually the computer that controls them has reserve power to deploy them shortly after power loss.
@vin a Actually they usually have power for a while, its why when servicing the airbag systems most manuals tell you to disconnect the battery and leave them for an hour.
1st thing I always do is cut power after getting it in neutral if I can or needed. Gets rid of alarms, flashing lights, horns, airbags & sources of arcing. Only takes moments even if the cables have to be snipped.
That was my first thought when that guy was climbing in the truck
You guys are the definition of a hard days work.
Have four skids made (With wedged ends) that will slide under the tires, When in situations such as this and everything is locked up you can pull it without tearing up yards or the vehicle digging in to the ground and it will slide right on to the roll back.
One thing we can say for sure is it went in prettier than it came out.
just like food LOL
Were have we heard that before. lol . DUI or fell asleep? later from Texas.
That’s what she said
Did you miss the part that it’s a GM?
@@NoName-tz5ji yea it should have been a ford rustang!! Hahaha
Their guardian angel was working over time too, missing the electric pole on the way to the woods and missing the big trees going into the woods. I respect the kind of work yall do, thank you!
I liked how you used the winch to pull your chains back up the hill! Workin' Smarter not harder!
You would be the best co worker in the world calm, collected, and you are firm while maintaining an educational work experience to your piers this is what more Americans need to be.
1:06:40 First chain saw chain designed to stay sharp while cutting stones. Another good one Ron. Sounds like your lungs still are not over that cold you had. Take care. If I were GM, I would want that truck back to see why the airbags never deployed.
GM is not Volvo.. they could care less.
Likely not a hard enough impact. Airbag deployment is based off acceleration.
For those asking about the air bags not deploying, simple answer, the parameters were not met for them to deploy, I work in the body shop business, and have seen many vehicles damaged even worse than this where the bags did not deploy, and on the opposite side I have seen vehicles with very little damage where the air bags did deploy.
if I recall correctly there used to be a sensor right behind the grill that would need to be smashed to set off the air bags
I honestly think that the manufacturers need to change pramiters of how hard the hit has to be to where it’s not a just simple little hit dosent how something like this dose set them off
Correct. I was in a roll over down a small embankment rolling 3 times over and coming to a stop on passenger side. Not one airbag went off. Seat belt saved me from injury. My passenger not so lucky was partially ejected but survived. Our vehicle looked much much worse.
You and me both. Multiple sensor must be triggered for airbag deployment.
chevy sucks airbags should have deployed i would be suing chevy after this if it was me
Mike seems like a great employee. You guys work well together.
He didn’t need to cut that tree down. He just needed to move the chains.
Ron, thank you for helping others. Today I want to thank you for being someone with integrity. I married into a family who had 2 brothers who owned a recovery/wrecker company. Much to my dismay their language was/is worse than a drunken sailors. THANKS FOR KEEPING IT CLEAN. HARD WORKING REAL MEN DONT HAVE TO BE VULGAR, JUST BECAUSE THEY WORK HARD, TOUGH JOBS.
THANKS
Send the rollback down to get the truck, then recover the rollback with the rotator
more work... lol!!!
That would leave a lot more ruts in the lawn and would not save any damage to the truck.
just exactly what i was thinking at 20mins in
I was thinking the same thing
LOL
It's those moments that things can't decide what they want to do there. Explanations for things are hard to access as to why they did or don't happen. Thank you guys for making the highways safe to travel on guys. God Bless You and Stay Safe Guys.
Have y'all ever looked into a sheet of plastic or something to put under the rear tires or wherever to let it slide instead of dig in. Like mcdonalds trays on a fwd car
That’s actually great comment they sell skates for the tires u can use I have used everything. plastic trays, soap on pavement even oil at times.
TRK I was thinking the sme thing. That would cut down on the damage to the property
Maybe they have, but one needs storage room on the truck, I've had a similar Idea as you, l for both wheels like a sledge, but then the questen of storage came into my mind. But who knows one day a smart engineer may find a workable solution.
Was thinking the same thing!
How would they get it under the wheels so far from the boom? No way to lift the wheels to slide it under...
I hit a deer with my 99 Hyundai Sonata and my drivers side airbag deployed I got away with a minor shoulder injury which I didn't know till two days later when I was at work tying down a load of concrete barriers on a flat bed tractor trailer and I felt my shoulder pop that like I don't know what. I can't believe the airbags didn't deploy in this accident with only minor injuries considering how many trees the truck hit and the fact how much damage was done. God was definitely with him.
May God keep you and your family safe and keep up the good work. Love the awesome videos especially the full length videos.
Kinda feel like we need an explanation from GM as to why and how you can rip a fender and wheel assy off and 5he airbags don't deploy
Airbags only go off with rapid deceleration (frontal/side impact) or when the vehicle turns over. The way this crash looks, the vehicle was slowed down "relatively" softly by the brushes, so there was no need to deploy the airbags.
A lot of people are disappointed if they see the broken metal but no airbags deployed, but that's how it should be. The deformation of the chassis slows the occupants slowly so they don't come slamming forward into the steering wheel. If the sensors detect a rapid acceleration, only then the airbags will go off.
Airbags actually do cause injuries themselves (burns, ruptured eardrums) so it's better not too blow them off needlessly. And the computer obviously doesn't know / can't see the path of the crash, so it might blow of the airbags on the slightest bump but when the vehicle then bounces off into oncoming traffic, the airbags are already deflated and useless.
There's actually a lot of good material on this topic online, you might want to take a look at this.
Great question
Indeed they do need to give an explanation for that!!!
the impact was a glancing blow to the left front edge of the truck and not a threat to the passenger compartment, therefore air bag deployment was not required.
Air bags are designed to deploy above a given rate of deceleration. Lets assume that you lose control of your car at 70 mph and hit a kerb which rips off a wheel, then three seconds later you hit an on coming vehicle. You want the airbags going off when you hit the oncoming vehicle, not when you hit the kerb. Air bags have small holes in them to allow the air to escape after use to stop your head bouncing back. If the bags went off after hitting the kerb, they'd be of no use 3 seconds later. I'm sure GM air bags work to government specifications.
Amazing work here sir. I definitely commend you guys on how professional and curdious you guys are. Not all recovery teams would have cleaned up the branches, or even tried getting it out with out tearing down more then necessary. Great job guys
You have to love this channel. True professional and good man.
Great job and awesome clean up that women and her husband where very grateful when they see you two doing that, a little kindness means alot and goes along ways in life 😊
Difficult does not begin to describe this tow. One thing I appreciated was the concern for property and also the concern for safe completion. Hats off to Midwest, you are the best.
The tow was easy just load it on the rollback and drive away the recovery however looked awful and if I was working that scene I would be so happy it wasn't mid summer.
Man you do a great job with the camera and filming, all while you're getting the job done. Thank you
"letting the winch drag the chains back up the hill"... Work smarter, not harder.
@7:40 excuse you whoever it was
I say that to
@@mikefoehr235 hahaha even my 4yo nephew said oh pardon whoever that was🤣
Ron you and your employees amaze me every time. 👍🏻
I have so much respect that you take so much consideration for other people's property!
It certainly is not easy to bring the truck all the way up the hill. Very well taken care of all they used what was necessary. BRAVO!
Did the driver ever hit the brakes even once? What is up with that?
maybe they failed
I think he hit the gas and ramped it lol. No damage to the lawn. But yes that’s a good question.
asleep at the wheel?
Might have had a stroke or was unconscious. Looks like all he went over was a couple 4x4s in the driveway and likely wouldn't have woke up until he hit the woods.
He had sleep apnea. Fell asleep at the wheel.
Watching this is better then some movies I've seen
Thank you for watching and God bless
Wow. I bet that was one heck of a ride. I'm thinking the driver must have had some kind of medical emergency. I'm just happy no one was seriously injured, or worse.
That's what I was thinking, just a straight line no tyre marks to show any braking
Aaaahh..I think he was just BOOKIN IT!! & Lost control
@@pistolannie6500 There would have been more damage to the vehicle and skid marks from trying to break. He likely had a medical emergency and just meandered down.
Awsome vedio thinks for sharing God bless you sir for all you do
So nice of you. Thank you for watching and God bless!
The camera mounted up on the boom it a testament to the amount of maintenance you put into your equipment no squeaky bushings or joints. What a treat to see a company that cares about their tools like all of your trucks. Thanks for another great video
I’ll stick to my Kentucky, American made Toyota Tacoma’s. My dad bought one of those big Chevy Dually Pickups a while back and ever sense he bought it he has had nothing but trouble with it. Keep telling hime to get rid of it but he wouldn’t listen. Now the turbo has blown up, computer system is shot, and the engine is busted... I tried to warn him... But I have to say the old Chevy vehicle are 100x better than the new junk!
Keep up the good work Ron! Stay safe!
That's why my last American Nameplate vehicle was a 1967 GMC 292 straight 6, 3 on the tree OD.
I still think that you should make a short (maybe a mid-week special?) video showing some of your rigging equipment, chains, straps etc. on a scale. Many of your viewers might not realize how heavy it actually is and/or how much of a workout you and the crew get hauling it around.
Thank you for showing everyone the work it takes to get that truck out of the woods. Wow! I expected the yard to be more dug out. You did a great job!
As always - impressed with how you plan the work, work the plan and modify as you go. Appreciate the videos.
Ron's videos are the best example I can think of as to why this is a thinking man's job. Yeah, brute force will often get it done, but when things get sticky, Ron stops to think them through and do it safely, quickly, with a minimum of damage to property.
Thank you for using multiple cameras to document everything and for switching between them at the end of your video to retell the story. It made for Great viewing.
First thing Ron says on finding the truck: "Holy Crapola"
me watching the video: "Oh I know this is going to be good, that's the worst thing I've ever heard Ron say in a video."
Also, you know this took a pretty good time for the recovery when even the fast forwarded overall highlight clip was 8 minutes or so long. LOL. God Bless Ron.
edit: fixed typo I missed
Starting at 50:30 you can see the tire tracks in the grass of the crashed truck. Front and rear are tracking absolutely straight and inline with each other. No side sliding at all. It's pretty clear the driver fell asleep and/or his/her brain otherwise went to Bermuda while driving and they drove straight off. Damn lucky no one was killed.
i think those branches stuck under the tires (or frame, in the case of the driver's front) helped to minimize damage to the yard. yay for happy accidents.
That's exactly why I left them there. They did act like skis under the tires and minimized the damage. Thanks for watching and God bless.
@@RonPratt if you can remember how long was you on scene 1:15 video it must have been close to 3 hrs
Just guessing
Also when was this
Looks cooler
@@RonPratt What I do not understand is why when there was 4 of you cutting down/up the tree you didn't put the wheel/hub in the back of the truck? Obviously you couldn't before as there was only 2 of you.
My dad drove the largest wrecker in our town in the 50's and he got all the wrecker calls for trucks,so he was on call 24 hours, night and day. I went with him on a lot of weekend calls and it could be very traumatic sites at times.I was 9 years old then and often he would let me pull the control lever in side the truck to lower and raise the cables while he would hook them onto the wrecks or remove them. Have to be dedicated,strong nerves and stomach oftentimes. Really admire and respect you and your family 👪!! Prayers for you all. May the Lord encamp His angels around you all and keep you safe from all harm!! God bless you and your family teams!!
I'm always a little surprised you don't carry a couple small sleds to put under wheels in situations like this.
Or some wheels on a little towing frame. A small cart would also come in handy to carry bits of equipment across to the site of recovery, rather than having to carry the chainsaws, remote, chains etc.
Also, I thought that there is always a way to manually release Park exactly for the reason of recovery?
Recovery dollies are definitely a thing, and I've never seen them use one.
@@AnthonyZenrick it would take up room in an already crowded well- equipped already, truck.
WOW wo wo wo dat tree saved him from going into the pond and probably drown...thats a new truck but not for long geez...glad he;s ok driver and ron to do a good job on pulling out of the woods to the street..hoopla or hoopiee..lord keep u bless n safe also amen
Just a follow-up for the possible buried fuel tanks the property owner was talking about early in the video, there was a service station of some sorts in the 50's and 60's. By the early 80's it had closed up with only a small out building left.
I really enjoy watching these videos!! My Papa was a tow truck driver way back in his day, long before I came along. He enjoyed most of it, but said what ruined it for him was the scenes he came up on where there were people trapped-children and/0r adults and the vehicle was on fire...the screams and the smell of the people burning alive was unbearable because there was nothing he could do to help or save them, though there were some he could help/save or he'd roll up on a scene where adults and children had been thrown from the vehicle or were pinned underneath or outside of the vehicle one way or another.. not all of them had passed away but several had.. it was the scenes involving children being seriously injured or killed that got to him.. other than those situations, he liked the job.. its not for everyone!!
-Thank you for all that you and your crew do!!
-Always stay safe!!
Awww.. Ron and Mike went hunting AND fishing today. That poor truck almost met it's doom in the pond. Just mere inches before it became a fishy. Good job getting that poor truck out of its poor parking decision. I won't blame the driver. These new trucks have a mind of their own. Sending prayers for speedy healing of the driver, and great job, gents!! You got it out of a pickle. Over the lawn, and through the woods, off to the pond we go...
Wow .... no words !! Amazing job Ron & Mike. Glad the driver is ok. Thanks and God Bless 🙏🏻
Thank GOD for your Reputable Towing Services. It’s Amazing with ALL the Ridiculous Recoveries you’re called out to handle. 👍 The Missouri State Highway Patrol calls the BEST (Midwest Trucking) 1st and your Company consistently and satisfactorily handles every call. 👍
Ron, as part of the auto industry, we put a lot of work, expense and extra content in each vehicle to have people walk away from accidents like this and worse. Glad to hear the occupant(s) were OK
Well… head injuries.
Good job Mike & Ron!! I really like these longer videos where we get to see most of the steps involved in doing a complicated recovery job. Too bad there isn't a LOVE IT button instead of just a like button. lol
Helpful tidbit is that they all have a shift interlock even the new ones with the electronic shifter. The trick however is finding it. Some you have to pull the trim piece off around the shifter or on the bottom of the steering column.
"The odds of it making it that far twice?" Mike wins the internet. Awesome video, as always. Thank you!
yea i cracked up on that one
Thanks for all you do. I love watching you videos. The scenery makes me homesick.
As an Arborist, it always brings a tear to our eyes when a chain hits the soil, instant blunt. Get a tungsten carbide chain, they're normally used for cutting tree stumps and hold their sharpness a lot longer when cutting at ground level, dirty wood or into soil. Also watch out for that kick back zone!
One of the truck that they use for the dump lost its box a couple days ago and they had to use a truck like yours and clean up about 5 lanes of traffic because it was hauling shredded paper. It was a mess. Thanks for the video!
I love how he still cares about damageing the truck
gotta say!! i love the teamwork with the fire dept clearing that tree Mike had cut down so ya'll could pull that truck out. :-) solid recovery from the Pratt company!!
Job well done. You and Mike make a good team, limiting the property damage during the recovery efforts is hard but you made it look easy.
If I read this correctly, it's from when he had Bronchitis last spring if memory serves.
I doubt we will ever know what really happened important he still there for the grandkids glad you're safe sir love the videos
You guys earned, your keep. Have a nice day. G
Lots of steps on that one. Thank you for watching and God bless!
GOOD MORNING RON, WOW, that truck, had to be moving, for it to get so far. OFF-ROAD , I though you might have used the ;YANKUM’ ROAP as an extension , but you had enough chain,
God Bless, & be good , I started when , but stopped it twice, it’s now 09;30 EDT Stay well, cheers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
You definitely got you worth out on this job!!!
Thank you for watching and God bless
Wow Ron ! You and mike have a job ahead of you ! Hope the driver wasn’t seriously hurt prayers for him ! Unfortunately I think his truck is totaled looks bad 😢 best of luck
You’re right, don’t think any amount of buffing is gonna fix it.
Wow it's like guy couldn't stop before went into woods?, High Country didn't mean going thou woods to grandma's house, Great job Ron & mike, Prayers for Driver
he missed grandmas house and went to the pond instead
Hi Ron, Thankfully the grandchildren were not playing out in the front when that truck went through. BobUK
"The Chevy Silverado trail boss...ready to off road...right from the factory..." Lol
Love the way u r respectable to everyone's vehicle weather it's totaled or not
Even though it's totaled, there are plenty of good usable parts on it. I don't know if the insurance company would go after Midwest Truck for damaging parts that didn't need to , but why take the risk?
First I watched your trip to Colorado to look at Scott City’s used (ha, ha) ladder truck; that presumably you bought from Basalt Fire Department. Thank you for the views. Now I turn on my iPad and see this brand new Chevy six pack all torn to bits halfway to eternity and you and your team pulling it up to the Rotator. Another great joy by recovery team. Here’s wishing all of of you a. Happy New Year. May our Lord and Savior protect you in the New Year. Thank you for all your videos Ron, I especially like the one from Colorado with the snow covered hillside and that ne to Scott City Ladder Truck. It looked Brand New to me. I always like watching different fire departments in action. Thanks for what you do for Scott City!!!
That Chevy tried finding the levy.
and that levy was dry lol
ROFLLL
he came up dry......
It did
The day the music died
One of the Blessing is your show is refreshing to watch, i.e. NO SEWER WORDS. At the end of the show you show "MY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT YOU"
Nice Christian Show
Thank God the grandkids weren’t playing in the field when the truck crashed. The fire department was very helpful. Great video you must have been wiped out after this one. Kevin
Wow, but that's a looong pull. You guys are amazing, if you can't get the broken truck where you want, you just move the flatbed under it. Nifty
That truck is in pretty good shape considering...that’s why I own a truck like this one...prayers...
wasnt that bad of a wreck really. Just went fast down a hill until he clipped a wheel on a tree and shaved a fender off. It was a bad wreck i know, but it wasnt like he was running 70 MPPH when he hit some big trees. They didnt show it but the drivers seat cushion was all wrinkled up and pulled away from the seat frame, rumor has it the drivers arse was puckered so tight that it grabbed onto it and began the damage sequence !! LOL
Ron, I know on Ram trucks, there is a small panel on the door side of the steering wheel. It pops off easily and behind it is a manual release strap for the transmission. I’m sure the others have something similar. Might be good to become familiar with each models procedure to make your job easier and safer in the future.
Certainly no safety issue with this one, just a little grass damage.
You guys sure earned your money today on this job...... glad the driver was ok....Wow!
Hey ron you were mentioning not being able to drop it in neutral, if you're willing to go into the car most have a little button hidden somewhere either in the dash or center console called the shift lock override. You'd probably have to look up the location per vehicle but if it's the difference between tearing up a property owners grass it's worth looking into. For example my 2017 ford fusion which has the electric shift knob is hidden under the center console, big enough for a key to engage it. works even if the battery is dead.
God Bless
45:04 Even in stress and weariness, Ron still remembers his "please and thank you" manners :D
It looked like you did Yard work too... you are so good at what you do. Thanks for your videos..
I can't imagine what it takes to do your job. Thank you for putting God as your number one. God bless you for all you an your crew do
I like to see u and mike working well together good job and god bless
As someone I once worked with would say on collecting a wrecked bit of new equipment "It ain't broke it's just the newness has worn off".
You need a couple of coils of Amsteel Blue synthetic winch line for extensions.
50 ft coils with an eye in each end.
Stronger and lighter than steel cable. Wont kill anyone if it breaks.
Ron, you should try out the Milwaukee cordless chainsaw. The chain stays on the bar and the 12.0 amp hour battery is a beast.
first, you had the "rotator boom "cam, now we have the" side of the truck being dragged "cam.
great view.
Ron pratt and Mike, man you two are good professional camera men thank you all for your service
Another video that shows how you, and your crew, are so much more professional than any local (Salt Lake County) recovery company. Where you first asked the property owners permission, then went out of your way to avoid additional damage to the vehicle and property. Here they would have just torn up anything they wanted to to get the vehicle on the rollback as quickly as possible and left the debris behind.
Good recovery Ron and crew, that feller was blessed for sure! I love that tater thanks for the video be safe out there!
Cute Mater Plush and my favorite character from the movie Cars is Fillmore he's so cute and adorable.
That is one of GM’s high performance pickups. About $80000 a waste. He was hauling ass to go that far off the road and not be able to stop.
didn't seem like he even tried to stop. no marks
GM "waste" other brands would not have that much damage
High performance? Not really...just the 6.2 V8 if I saw the hood emblems right. High Country is just like the King Ranch for a Ford. Every option box checked off.
Could have had a medical issue and not been alert.
I’m going with Medical issues, or fell asleep at the wheel,slumping over the wheel.
This I think was one of the best recovery's yet!! Of a personal vehicle!!!
I got the chain, I just need manpower...... But we have a Ron. He can do it.
HEY !!! RON needs to cut down on the PIZZA PARTIES & SEE THE GYM !!!! haha
I was waiting for Mike to come back with a joke to the extent of "Are you saying you're not man enough sir?"
In situations like this where you don’t want to damage the yard you can get nylon or plastic skids to put under the locked up tires or dragging frame with rope or chain attached to them to tie off behind them to keep them in place, basically like putting a plastic lunch trays under the tires to make it slide easier