90,000 Pound Excavator On Its Side
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Q:What camera do you use?
A: I use the Go Pro Hero 7 Black Edition primarily. Often times you will see auxillary cameras in use. Those cameras include The Go Pro Hero 6, Hero, and DJI Mavic Pro Platinum
Q: How big Is your rotator?
A: It is a 50 ton Miller Industries Vulcan 950
Q: Does the carriage slide back like Ron Pratt's?
A: No, the carriage doesn't slide back due to strict weight laws in California. The sliding carriage will make the truck to heavy in CA
Q: Why do you only have 3 winches on the rotator?
A: Comes down to weight again as stated above
Q: How many trucks Does Plaza Towing have?
A: Currently more than 30
Q: Why must the driveshaft be removed to tow a vehicle?
A: When vehicles are not running the transmission is not receiving circulating lubricant. If the driveshaft is left installed, the transmission, which is not receiving lubricant, is still spinning. This allows it to get very hot which eventually will cause major damage to the transmission. Therefore, removing the driveshaft completely eliminates the transmission from spinning. Simply leaving it in neutral is not sufficient since the transmission still spins in neutral.
I'm curious how you guys got the high line off of the boom? Did someone climb up the boom to do that?
Same exact thought. I am guessing it was not a camera friendly approach and got cut out. Can only assume someone took a ride in the bucket of the other working escavator.
@@dtuttle351 That’s exactly what happened probably it would be easiest way That’s why they have the other hole going
And how did the hydraulic line fair?
A ride in a bucket of a long reach would be my guess but that will never be shown on YT as the safety people would have a field day in the comments section.
I really enjoyed the ending where you showed alternate shots of James and you putting your trucks away. A subtle reminder that this was a true team recovery. Excellent job to the entire crew.
The harder the planning, the easier the execution! Another superb job, well done guys!
Skill and ability, plus the right equipment, is what makes it easy. A job well done.
Good teamwork. That 75-ton rotator is a monster. I'd love to see more team jobs with that involved.
Yes please, that 75 ton rotator is one impressive piece of heavy machinery!
Mr Trent You guys made that look easy. Looked like the rigging was the hardest. Thanks for sharing and stay safe .
Now I can really appreciate the value of RUclips: you professional folks can learn from one another! In my retirement, my daily joy comes from watching recovery videos, including both Sumter, Plaza Towing, and Midwest Towing. I confess that my greatest enjoyment comes from watching off-road recoveries, such as Matt's Off Road, Fab Rats, Cascade Heavy Rescue et cetera.
Yep, practically a walk in the park for that 75 ton unit!
@@russellleaming5250 Yeah, True.. MORR is ok though i like Rory with Trail Mater better, Paul & Co. are top class, Casey LaDelle has great stuff. Everything Autos is good from TN, Ron Pratt is tops in MO, Hill Auto Body & Towing is a blast stuck w the idiots for beach tows.
@@russellleaming5250 If you like dirt check out Chris from letsdig18, a true master pond craftsman.
Yep, I honestly didn’t even know rotator wreckers even existed until I unintentionally stumbled across Ron Pratt and his absolutely beastly 50 ton rotator, but I’m glad I know about the existence of these things now.
Oh, sorry, that was a great video. Was surprised how easy of a recovery that was. Great work between both of you. Can't wait for more, need more of Plaza Towing. Thanks.
Yes, quite a big job, but well done, even in that heat. Seen on 8/20/22 at 2:27 PM. In Amsterdam.
WHAT?!? You make a comment about not sure how you were going to remove the cable/hook from the boom of the excavator and then don't show us how you did it???
It wasn’t OSHA approved lol
@@plazatowing Are they under OSHA or MSHA jurisdiction?
Rode the bucket…. Nice!
@@plazatowing Oh well, sometimes you got to do what you got to do. I've been there and done that many times.
@@plazatowing hahaha someone got to go for a fun ride in the bucket of the excavator or the n the wench line and boom haha. Good stuff
You show up with $800,000+ of recovery equipment it should not be a big deal to tip up an excavator.
Lol 800,000… more like 2 million
How did you get the shackle and chain off the boom. Wait I know you got on the other excavator bucket and they got you close to disconnect, right? Otherwise good job and team work 👍
I'm sure it wasn't an OSHA approved method. Best not to have video evidence.
@@jerryplante4239 my thoughts exactly 😁
Reminds me of some of the jobs that AL acquiring does on highway thru hell he' USES a bulldozer to pull them over
One thing that always pisses me off- the owners are always 'but don't damage it!!!'- yet they weren't willing to not 'be damaging it' in the first place- or it wouldn't be there....
I have literally walked away from several jobs - when they start with the I don't want you to damage it- well why the fck did your driver go there in the first place- when the driver says they said to- thats a BIG red flag- expect payment issues...- not saying thats the case here- but anytime what the drivers says happens didn't happen according to management....- thats a big red flag to walk away or quadruple the payrate....
90K 'pound'..... what is that in Tonnes..... speak real language, i. e worldwide measurements ! So a 40t machine (41,000Kg)
I don't know how anybody can operate in California with all their stupid laws...
Nice one, Fancy graphics on the SW truck, Huge job, Easy pull, Wouldnt want to be the one paying that recovery bill, Tough situation there those guys are working with there w that pig slop
Holey Moley- I too thought that was gonna be a big-big job JR- Goes to show ya that when you have the right equipment, you can make it look easy, & you guys have that equipment for sure- Thx Trent, please keep 'em coming, & BE SAFE!!!
I would be Afair of getting one of the wreckers stuck in the mud also
Looks like if they had compacted their fill in lifts they probably wouldn't have lost the machine in soft ground.
I'm a bit surprised the contractor didn't try to pick up on the boom with his other excavator. It doesn't seem all that difficult.
U r lucky the last excavator I rescued was under water and took a 300 and a 500 ton crane to get it to dry ground and it was the third time we had rescued it from the same lake .
Only one hundred and twenty mile fuel range ? That's got to be another thing shortcutted to keep the weight down.
Your truck alone would have been good for that job, it's not all about what you have but how you use it.
If this is out near Ludlow Ca I remember a Hendly towing that used to operate out in that aria.
Neat project, but a little too much rough language for me. Moving on.
I see you guys have cat with a bunch and what gives you that cuz he gets a cat by the background with a cable what is that instead
Cable on the boom just fell off while they were scratching their asses.
I guess now the mechanic shows up, starts it and drives it out of the hole?
How did you do on that 1 midterm??
Thanks for the awesome recovery videos
really smooth when done with the correct equiptment great job. my wrecker is a old holmes
500 twin winch twin boom and is setup to do side pulls which is nice
Those twin booms are the predecessors to the modern rotators.
@@tiredoldmechanic1791 i really like mine it's a 1966 D500 with only 50,000 original miles on it. Everything works drives and works great
Hi iv been watching ur videos ous all do a excellent nice safety job's I would like 2 c more of ur videos.
More to come!
Plaza, the best towing company in california, we will wait for you in Texas!.
Thank you!
Preparation is my… perfect example here
Man, what a gross, sloppy, goopy mess that excavator took a spill into. You all did a great job pulling it out.
It's a good thing that wasn't raw sewage! ;-}
@@russellleaming5250 Yeah, no argument on that one!
Great job with your truck and the 75 ton! What kind of a place was that they were working in?
Yep, that 75 ton unit is a literal monster of a piece of machinery!
State wide could have done it himself.
Holy crap, 90,000 lbs is an absolute MONSTER of an excavator, think of how nice it would be to have a 75 ton rotator in your fleet for jobs this huge!
Just sayn 90,000 is 45 ton, 75 ton is 150,000 pounds. But yah, would still be a very nice truck.
but then again, 90,000 pounds for an excavator really isn’t that big compared to the much bigger machines for surface mining that have operating weights well over 100,000 lbs, such as Caterpillar’s 6015B with an operating weight of something like 340,000 lbs
@@tomuchfunwithgas846 but even then you’d probably still need two rotators to lift the thing because even though a 75 ton rotator has more than enough lifting strength behind it (and quite a large amount of excess wiggle room to spare) to lift 90,000 lbs with ease, an excavator this large would be too bulky for a 75 ton rotator to lift by itself, hence two rotators are needed, one lifting from each end.
What was discussed in their safety meeting before they flipped over the excavator?
T.M.I.
I imagine the usual things where the safety director comes up with a plan that won't work. 😁
Good Job! I figured that would have been a little more of a pain in the Azz just like you did. Also think out of the box, you could have used the other excavator to do the boom pick from the other side like you wanted to do with the wreckers to start with, don't be one way we can do it by ourselves when there are other options available that might make it easier. Old school heavy guy here.
True, although I don’t trust anyone that’s not part of my crew to be tied to the upright. They don’t have the skills or knowledge to perform an upright increasing the chance for something to go bad
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Better MPG
169 dollars for 30 gallons... Still 3 dollars cheaper then the Netherlands... Nice video, with good team work.
Dad had an old 48 Studabaker tow truck we used around the farm growing up... Man, tow trucks sure have come a LONGGGG way!!!
Well done gentlemen :-)
Is that other rotator of 75 ton
Man that is a beautiful rig statewide has.
Yep, quite a beast too!
My God Trent, thar 75 ton is a beast!!!
Agreed! I honestly don’t understand why it took two rotators to do this when Statewide had a large enough piece of equipment to theoretically handle this job themselves.
"Litterly" is not a word.
Well I was really interested to see how you disconnected the shackle from the machines long boom now it was high in the air, but there was no vision of this. Oh I see, went thru the other comments the work it out. That job sure went smoothly!
A great job as usual. If you had not had help and murphy was present, you could have rolled the tator over or something bad. Helps to be prepared. You guys worked well together. How does that saying go; Fate favors the prepared.
Thank you so much really enjoyed watching you kind of miss you with your videos please post more videos a week God bless stay safe
Surprised it tipped over, doesn't seem all that steep. I guess that long reach boom is a lot of weight up real high.
When I first saw what happened I thought you should not have answered that phone when it rang. But it turned out for the good. Great job . Also State Wide's truck is very nice.
BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR FREDDIE MACS TOWING I REMEMBER SEEING STATEWIDE UNITS UP BY BURBANK AREA WITH THIER CRAZY FLAME SHINY PAINT JOBS. I SEE THEY ARE STILL STUNNING UNITS,
GREAT JOB AND GOOD TO SEE 2 COMPANIES WORKING TOWARD INSTEAD OF THROUGHING DIRT ON EACH OTHER.
thanks,well upload!lPaza!🤟
First class guy's
was it a flashflood that undermind the excavator and laid it over? thanks, great job
Thanks for the video Trent you and state wide really. Worked good together to both you and state wide please always work safe
Very interesting recovery and awesome team work between two competitive companies that can work as a team in the best interest of the customer, the American way!
What a sweet rig! New to your channel! 🤘 #allthelove from Maine 🇺🇸
Now you will be dreaming about trading your truck for a bigger one. Nice job guys!
Use other track shovel bucket with someone in it. To remove rigging
Pops not carrying extra fuel cans in the pickup?
hey Trent do the other towing company have a RUclips channel
Camera card error for the non-OSHA approved shimmy up the boom to remove the rigging of course..... Oops
Oops
That truck only holds 30 gallons….no way.
Great teamwork. Statewide has a sweet ride also. Ty for video want more.
Nice work. hope it doesn't cost more than you made to clean the rotater
was the other excavator available to lift the stick
?
I always enjoy watching your content
you boys made that look very easy a lot of swet nice work
Safety meeting with his back to the operators and camera ?? 🤔Block of wood for hyd line !
We removed the line off camera to avoid damage
Those are MASSIVE tow trucks. I have seen some semi truck tow trucks but these are on a whole other level.
Sure are! Thank for watching!
Dad owns the place and he’s the swamper!
That looked expensive.
Great work by the Plaza and State teams
Dannng those dual steers are sweet
Does your buddy with the other wrecker have a you tube channel. If he does, could you let us know. Would like to follow him with that seventy ton five axel. Also with Cal weight laws, how does he get round?
Over-weight permits that allow commercial vehicles to exceed the 80,000 lbs gross vehicle weight rating?
@@noahater5785 Yea, I know bout overweight permits. I have hauled many oversize loads in my thirty years plus driving. It just seems funny that every time one goes out, they have to have a permit.
Just wondering here. You said you can't have a sliding carriage due to wait restrictions but Statewide has a 75 ton with a second steer axel. That was also a Miller Industries unit.
Wreckers of that size require overweight/size permits every time they roll. Trent's truck doesn't need permits too roll.
@@dps67 I had also wondered and appreciate you posting that
Yor rotator is what 50 ton.
I’m surprised you didn’t work as a team to try to lift or pull the excavator out of the hole after uprighting it, the edges of the hole look too steep to allow the excavator to climb out of the hole under its own power.
They used the dozer (off camera) to cut into the bank and make a nice exit. Thank you!
Ah, that makes sense, thanks for the quick response! 👍
keep the clips coming
Great job guys!
Who did the billing, Plaza or Statewide?
Plaza, this was our job and we contracted Statewide for the help
Hey Trent, whats the app you use for despatch?
We use TowBooks
hi you guys did very good i watch your channel lot
Thank you!
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Be careful trent
Great teamwork!
Good job guys
👍nice work...as always💪
Thank you!
it was sleeping! leave it alone!
Dangit!
What kind of site is that what do they do there and great job guys
Its an evaporative salt mine
@@plazatowing huh never heard of it before
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Awesome job fellas
Thanks 👍
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