"PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!" DRIVER DOES A 180 IN ASHLAND, VA. Nov 16, 2020
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- Ouch! At least the driver was quick to fix the situation, and all turned out well. Music: "A New Orleans Crawfish Boil" by The Unicorn Heads.
This explains why my packages are always “in transit to the next facility”.
Ikr!
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Good heavens 😓
That made me laugh harder then it should have....because it's so true!
Very true sir..
Funs not over yet! Dude still has to reattach the trailer to the dolly.
I will say, once he realized he'd gotten himself into a bad spot he was quick to form a plan to get out. One could argue it wasn't the best plan, but it worked nonetheless. One thing I noticed- once he got the 2nd trailer locked in, he immediately dragged it off the tracks, and only once it was clear did he attach the airbrake and electrical lines. He definitely understood the danger of his situation.
He cleared the corner with his front wheel and would have made it round onto the street at 1:10 . But he backed up and dropped the rear trailer.
@@ianallen2 He couldn't get around since the two trailers were jacknifing and propping against each other but he still needed them to turn sharper to get out of that turn
@@DounutCereal The trailers were not touching or jacknifing. The drawbars are long enough to prevent them touching. Them type of trailers can be manouvered so they can be side by side in turns and still not tough one another.
@@ianallen2 exactly! I've pulled wiggle wagons before and he wasn't even close. Plenty of room.
But I do give him credit for not messing around.
@@die2end Thanks. Some people just dont know anything about trucks and trailers.
FedEx: "An exception has occurred with your package."
"FedEx. When it absolutely, positively, has to be left on a railroad crossing overnight..."
Ha Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah I love it
At least it's not an uninhabited island in the ocean.
FedEx Driver: "I sure hope Virtual Railfan wasn't recording today. Wouldn't want anyone to think I used to drive for Swift!"
LOL
If Swift ever pulled doubles we’d all be doomed.
@@jeffross8930
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I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that! I would have had to clean my monitor and keyboard. Fantastic comment!!!!
@@jeffross8930 swift does pull doubles out west
Initial blunder, but then a pretty resourceful save.
Yeah, he pulled it together and got a Plan B into action with impressive swiftness!
@@FumbleAIBO Did anybody see where he parked the first trailer?
Would’ve been safer to go down the one way street 🤣
And easier to turn around if he’d gone down the wrong way. And much less dangerous The guy saved it, but made some very iffy decisions on how to get it done.
Have to agree, they should have just gone down the one way street the wrong way. After all, there seemed to be very very little traffic, and the one way street seemed to have two lanes as well.
I assume if there’s a cop pass by and saw what’s happening, they probably would let the truck just go down one block and make the next turn
Its not a one way its one huge bump they put there over the line running from the generator to the work site for the high speed rail. I've lived here for 27 years. He had two trailers and literally for the next few miles he wouldn't be able to turn around. He's going west on 54 the town is about to end and its narrow until you get up to Patrick Henry the local high-school
I have had a look on google maps. It is not a road I would want to go down the wrong way in a car let alone a truck.
I actually watched this live when it happened. I was praying a train wouldn't come. Thankfully nothing happened.
I would have prayed for a train *_to_* come (but for nobody to get hurt).
@@fritz46 Actually, it's an excellent example that praying *_DOES_* work -- as long as you pray for a good outcome rather than an evil outcome :-p
Define "good"... ;-)
@@fritz46 Well, I guess not wanting a train wreck is "good," vs. wanting a train wreck :-p
@@fredashay nope.
Well, if FedEx and UPS ever merge, I guess it would be called FedUp? 😁
Chessie, LOL. That will be a good nickname for that!
F Ups
LOL for sure.
I’m fed up with FedUp
Well done, driver !!!!! He kept his cool and found a solution, with a bit of skillful driving.
I don’t claim to know more than he, but I wonder if the situation could’ve been solved by bringing the truck towards the camera, possibly up onto the sidewalk a bit, and heading the wrong way down the side street.
Despite getting into this situation, he’s clearly a professional and knows what he’s doing. He noticed he was jackknifing the second trailer and it would be damaged if he kept going, then he set the landing gear to exactly the correct height so he could just ‘couple’ and go, pulling away cautiously in case it wasn’t actually locked. Great work!
I just hope the poor driver didn't get into a whole lot of trouble. He must have felt sick to his stomach the whole time during this whole scenario. I know I would.
@@theyettifromcanada3688 Not as sick to his stomach as he will be when he sees this online.
That's what I would have done...... still highly unsafe and illegal..... but still less dangerous than blocking a double-track main line for that long
@@philb2820 ya. You're right.
The side street would of gotten him out of the train but looking at the map. I don't think he would of been able to get out of the side street.
Si, I don't suppose the CSX dispatcher was ever called.
Many don't know about that little blue sign with an 800 number and the crossing ID number on it.
@@edwinsinclair9853 I suppose they'd be hard to see from a class 7 or 8 truck. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
I would guess that someone watching would call, but you never know.
@@SadisticSenpai61 Of course I think all of us railfans would call if we were there.
I bet, maybe, the CEO of FedEx, might've been sweating bullets if he'd seen this.
the CEO of fedex is on a golf course all day he don't care
I'm going to watch this whenever I think I'm having a bad day at work, lol
Just to remember that somebody's had it more worse than you or I
Excellent idea.
Where I live in PA, several years ago a truck driver left his trailer on the tracks while he went into a diner to get directions. Well, a train came and tore the trailer in half. He was charged with causing catastrophe, risking catastrophe, criminal mischief, recklessly endangering another person and related offenses.
Where at in park I vaguely remember that!
@@GK-rw2op Lol! Good question...If he didn't, he should have been...He was 65 at the time, so hopefully he no longer drives truck...
as a former trucker - - makes me WONDER at what WARNINGS were posted FURTHER UP THE STREET
not much really, was just there sarturday night and ended up in back parking lot going wrong way to park for min
Meet the Ex, Fed Ex Employee, when it absolutely positively has to be destroyed over night.
@@rearspeaker6364 watch truck crash compilations in the us this winter majority are these
@@rearspeaker6364 I work for ABF . FedEx and ups freight both have a horrible reputation of destroying customers freight.
Maybe this is how they get back at CSX for not renewing that contract with FedEx.
Ah yes, a railroad crossing! This seems like the perfect place to turn around!
If you work quickly enough, no one will ever know you ever got yourself stuck in this hilarious situation! ...unless you're on live TV 😅
Now that was unexpected the good thing is the truck came back to pick it up
Imagine the rail road crossing went off and that fedex truck was still on the tracks that would be horrifying
Yes think Amtrak. Ohhhh Boy😱
Or CSX 🤯
Since there was no traffic and obviously late at night he could have just gone up the one-way street. He could probably talk himself out of a ticket if a cop had seen it. He could have been out of there within a minute.
pretty amazing that whole operation took under 5 minutes from when he first got on crossing and got stuck until he had the 2nd trailer off and clear. But you could tell he was sweating bullets backing up to re-connect and get it off the tracks!
I'm an armchair expert but if I were that driver I would have probably just gone the wrong way up that one way street, cars can go around my truck, train can't.
So ashland got promotion...
Now trucks are coming on track's!!
It has been some time since we've gotten an episode of "Idiot Drivers in Ashland".
Good help is indeed hard to find!
Why does this feel like the story of my life?
This guy cleared his truck from the tracks at 1:42am and 9 minutes later , a train DID come through at 1:51am lol
if this happened about 5 - 9 minutes later then this would have been bad news.
@@NorthernAlbertaRailfanner yeah he would've been headed to the scrapyard
At what speed?
I think I would have made a left on to the (wrong way) one way Street. Parked and called the cops for an escort down the street to the next intersection. But he did keep a cool head and resolve it, although he was also lucky. Wonder if he called CSX?
🎶Gimme forty acres and I'll turn this rig around!🎶
I hope nothing goes on the operators record. Just one of those things. You got on it; He got out of it. Just look the other way.... What's that over yonder
Gotta' love our contractors! (Yes, I work for FedEx. FedEx Ground doesn't hire their own drivers like the other branches do).
another case of " why you should never trust your GPS ".
Lol Bear.
In Westchester County we have had several folks make a right turn onto the railroad tracks because the GPS said "turn right."
Hi Baer. I see you on the Revelstoke cam all the time
What makes you thing the driver understands English? Go up the street to the truck stop and observe the fuel desk area and you will understand.
I really hate my phones gps. Just as I pass a street it will have a delay about 60 ft to a block then say turn right on that street.
As a former instrutor for Schneider, I could make a list of the things that driver did wrong. First rule of making a U-turn is don't. Three left turns and a right will take you around the block--any block--even when you are lost in a strange town
Problem is making the first left turn.
I know his heart was racing and If he never prayed before, then you can he prayed then!!
In spite of i all, he kept a cool head and adopted his situation, he didn’t panic, acting quickly, doing what he needed to do and it worked for him.
If Warner Bros bought Federal Express, they would call it FudX.
My guess is that he didn't think he could make it past the construction equipment, so he tried to turn around. The construction equipment has been there for weeks with seemingly very little construction activity. It's about as bad as the extremely slow platform replacement at the train station thats been going on for months on end. Also, I could be mistaken but the driver was a contractor using his tractor leased to Fedex to pull their trailers. The Fedex trucks with a sleeper is a leased tractor and the ones with day cab tractors are company owned. I could be wrong though.
I don’t care what your company told you, it’s not an intermodal load mike
Just could have went around the block.
Some trucks that size can't go through town
I know right.... Trucker since 030595
@@GeorgeJansen I'm 16 and I even know that
@@ViperZero523 But in the end video clip, the truck did go through?????????
@@podgee7507 we're talking about why that trucker didn't take that left, it's illegal on a street like that
Jesus, I would’ve gone down the one way the wrong way before I tried a u-turn, or dropped the dbl first.
He dragged that trailer after hooking to it! No airline connections means the brakes stay locked up. He did NOT want to talk to a train engineer that night!
This whole video should be speed up 10X and Played to Benny Hill Music.
As someone who owns, well, the bank owns, and operates a small fleet of trucks, this video gives me a sick feeling...
He could have pulled the doubles all the way through like he did with the single trailer to make a turn around to come back and hook both trailers back up again. He got lucky this time when no trains were coming through. the video is just under 5 minutes but I know it took way longer than to unhook then come back to do a recovery hook up and turn around. I have a truckers license and I do know the procedure to do a hook up of double units.
This is me me when playing american truck simulator.
Knowing how these contractors are with their road closed signage I bet the explanation is that there wasn't a sign far enough down the road for the driver to see and react to in time to avoid nonsense. I drive a bus for a living and the number of times I've had to do multiple bock backups just for want of a " construction road closed sign" is flat out silly.
Honestly I think they expect big rig drivers to be remote viewers. "Oh there's a road closed around the next block... Maybe I should turn a block early".
At 2AM he should have driven up the wrong way on the street next to the tracks, no one is out at that time and the cops would have given him a pass.
Maybe. Depends on their ticket quota for the month. Altho, I don't know if regular cops in VA can give tickets to commercial trucks. I know in my state, they have to call a special unit that's up on all the regs for semis.
Did he at least notify the police and/or the railroad of this ridiculous action? (to ensure train traffic was stopped)
And I wonder if the railroad keeps a 👁 on the cameras just in case of this
at end of video: so he could have gotten through the first time??
Yes he could have🤔🤓
🧐This explains everything. In transit pkgs,delivery exception,etc. Equal opportunity employer.😀🌲
Just a FYI, This guy doesn't work for Fedex, he works for a third party contractor who leases the truck out To Fedex. A lot of the driver/delivery jobs at Fedex are done as contract labor so Fedex doesn't have to pay employment taxes or offer any benefits. It's a terrible company to work for IMO. Next time your next to a Fedex truck ( semi or delivery van ), look close to the logo on the side, It will have " leased to " listed with a different company name shown.
Wow how did he get a CDL💀💀😱😱
And THIS IS WHY my FedEX packages 📦 are ALWAYS late!
My god who gave him a freakin class A
...and his doubles endorsement.
And this folks, is why your Xbox came late
What the heck. We don't know until. 🙏 Continuing being in 💓 mode. HEART RACING MODE! So he did do the uncoupling. Phew. Thanx for what you taught us. We learn from others stories, this time we have video to point out what we can do different.
Wonder why he didn't just go down the one way.
That’s what I would have done. No traffic
That's illegal lol
@@mattbiereichel357 and what he did wasn’t??
@@CANControlGRAFFITI Sorry you missed the sarcasm, I even finished it with a lol, lol.
I just looked on google street view. Going down the one way would of been a much better option. Better than getting hit by a train!!
Why in the world would he try to turn there? What made him think that was a good idea?
I was thinking sleep deprivation
I live just down the road from this location. Personally, the time of night and the location, he should have just went down the road the wrong way until he came to a different intersection.
As a truck driver I would of said f it i am going up the wrong way .I would never leave a trailer on the tracks .my question tho is if he could go down the road with one trailer why not both
Much can be learned from this video. It shows how quickly a normal situation can become very dangerous.
Great seeing Ashland getting some mishaps going again.
Federal Escape 🤔. Excape?
That crossing's a happinin' place!!
I am willing to bet that while this whole thing was happening, no one (aka: the truck driver) called CSX.
A long time ago at a UPS terminal far away. I went to hook to a set of doubles. Back then UPS had air over hydraulic landing gear. No crank just put air to the trailer and raise or lower. Well the trailer was to tall for my 5th wheel. So i hooked up the airlines and released the brakes. I streched the curl out of a set of curly plastic airlines. ALWAYS CUT THE AIR OFF TO THE BACK TRAILER WHEN HOOKING UP TO THE FRONT WAGON!!! It was only my 3rd or 4th time pulling pups.
We're there warning signs (road closed ahead)?
i work at fedex ground as a switcher and sometimes see stuff happen like this
Wait. Could he have went straight through town using opposing lane?
Okay easy to criticized driver but if did not know street blocked and not clear warnings might not be all drivers fault Give credit for getting out of mess!!! Prayers of thanks warranted would hope was performed!! Jim M
poor little trailer, i bet it had fear to death!
guy steps out the truck, uncoupling the trailer
Trailer: " Hey what you doing????
NONONO COME BACK!!!!!
trailer after the lucky end:" DON'T DARE YOU TO DO THIS TO ME AGAIN!!!!"🤬🤬🤬
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He could have made that at the first attempt, if he'd just got out and checked the right front to kerb clearance. Wouldda saved himself a lot of hassle.
He was changing the trailers around. I used to see this on motorway services in UK when I was a lad. The 'dropped off' trailer was probably empty and wahted to changethem over so the rear one was full.
@@ianallen2 What, in the middle of town on a railway track !! ????
At what point do you just go the wrong way down the side there and go around? No traffic that time of night...
That driver used a lucky star or two that night.
Mistakes were made but he saved it beautifully.
In trucker parlance, this sort of driver would be referred to as a "steering wheel holder."
As a Truck Driver, I've seen some crazy stuff on the road even got myself in a few jams, we all do its Trucking... but this driver Seriously...thats very bad judgment on his part .When in doubt Stop, 4 ways, think about what to do and call for help if need too but if this gets back to FedEx I'd say they fire him or have a real serious sit down with this driver.
It always happens at 1am. . . 🙄
And the road often shuts down for various reasons . . . Ahh life in Ashland, gotta love it, glad everyone is safe. 🤗
Finally! We were due some more drama in Ashland
He must have missed the FRA safety meeting. Too bad, it had a video and everything.
I dont think you are supposed to use a semi tractor with tandem axles and a sleeper to pull tandem trailers, I think it puts you way over the length limit, not sure however, so someone correct me if I am wrong. Driver could have done something different if he had taken a moment to size up the situation and look at his mapping software.
It happens only in Ashland.
I dont understand, he unhooked the trailer. leaves. hooks up the trailer goes in the same direction he was going to begin with when he had both trailers. Turns around somewhere then comes back to get the other trailer????????
There's lots of places where a single pup will make it, but a pair of pups won't. I've had to do this a couple times.
After driving for a year I've come to realize slot of swift drivers are actually good drivers. But pressure is real.
And the driver of the year award goes to…
So do they just give anyone a driver's license in Ashland?
Ouch, that’s a nice Volvo truck too, made in Norfolk Virginia.
Could of been made in Dublin, Va
Still a Foreign brand, just made here !!
@@ronniefarnsworth6465 At least we have big bunch of full-time workers working on them, better than foreign made then import, only several customs officers work on it.
@@pqhkr2002 Yes Jobs are A good thing !!
My Father was an old school Trucker from the 1950s-70s and my older brother from the late 70s to 2019' he just retired. Myself just 12 yrs 1996-2008' to many regulations, etc, not great on home life either !
Volvo’s are made for all of North America in Dublin Va, trivia: the plant in Dublin actually started as White Motors (Autocar) in 1974 and was acquired by Volvo in 1994. Renault bought Mack in the late 90s and then was acquired by Volvo so both Mack and Volvo are the same corporate entity DBA: Volvo Trucks North America HQ in Greensboro NC. So yes technically Volvo is a foreign brand name but nearly all the engineering and manufacturing is done here in the US with mostly US suppliers, Paccar (Pete & KW) & Navistar trucks are primarily made in Mexico with only final assembly in the US. At one time Mack Hwy & Volvo hwy tractors were both made in Dublin Va (2001-2007 ish)
Glad no trains turned up for a play ,DOH !!!
Are they fixing the road? Seems that government work truck has been there a couple weeks.
Omg the music fits this so well🤣
Why didn't he just leave it there? CSX would have picked it up for him
Maybe the road should have be detoured to trucks I think the driver did his best to avoid a real mess next time call 911 they could have notified the railroad
You call the 800 number listed on the little blue sign usually mounted on the crossing signal mast. By the time 911 figures out where you are and
who to call, it's too late. Calling 911 is a waste of time in an emergency like this.
This remind me of Euro Truck Simulator 2 game
ahahaha :)
Remind me of Farming Simulator. Actually, you can't do this in ETS2 or ATS. Because they actually only support "articulate" in trailer, the double or triple train are actually considered as one single "articulated" trailer, so you can't detach the second trailer from first trailer (B-double) or its dolly (like this video). Farming Simulator support road train, you can do exactly the same thing (except the landing gear and trailer connection) in FS.
Did this channel knows it is illegal to upload this type of video until and unless a train ran over the truck's trailer!
Wow, he"s so lucky being that's an active train line.
Man, if FedEx ever got ahold of this video, that man is no longer an employee.
There wasn't proper road signage to notify a legal length vehicle to turn in advance of the construction zone.