Drunk And Stuck In A Ditch In Tennessee Ice Storm!!
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
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Yesterday morning 2 guys with atow truck were working on a car buried in the ditch. I went and bought them coffee and hot breakfast sandwiches. Nothing but respect for their service. Stay safe out there.😊
God bless you and your team.be SAFE
Thank you so much for being a great person
Nice job bud
Legend
Thank you as a tow truck driver its greatly appreciated that cup of hot coffee ☕️
I’ve never seen a big truck wrecker that had a crew of 6 that followed it around to help do wrecker stuff! That’s a high Tec piece of equipment you got there son! Single stack! With a winder in the back! 😮 #royalmountainpossy
He's got to have them cuz he don't know how to hook them up..
that's nothing. he's just got a 40-50 ton hauler wrecker. you want to really see a big recovery wrecker go watch Ron Pratt now that's a really big wrecker he's got and it's does things you wouldn't believe.
Tim , just a suggestion from one Former Heavy wrecker operator from Snowy Pa. to another.. Please don't take this the wrong way.. but You're paid by the hour for a truck with massive pulling power's... On Ice especially, Pull with your winch's NOT you're Driveline.. thats gonna bite your ass in the long run I promise..winch's will stand it your driveline won't... Lock it down and winch em to ya.. then unlock and pull ahead and repeat... and although pulling off the boom does give ya more traction Drag Towing off the boom will crack the boom too. don't think for a minute that booms too heavy to twist..it's Not.. lots of leverage with all that cable spooled out.. Snatch block off the bed Rail.
Soon to be a clutch failure.
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Static dragging from the boom isn't a big deal, It's not any different in forces than winching. It's "bumping" to pull things that will fuck shit up as it will shock load everything and that's when shit breaks. As for pulling with the driveline vs the winch it's not any different than being in tow and going up that same hill, the problem would be when he was dragging up the hill and started spinning out, the second he started spinning he should lock it down and winch it through that patch of ice and try again if he wants to drag in with the truck rather than the winch afterwards.
So long as he keeps the boom in the cradle, Doesn't shock load anything by keeping it nice easy static pulls, and he doesn't get crazy with it trying to do a deal pull then he will be fine and guys do this all over all the time.
He does however need to shorten up that line when he static pulls, he has way too much line out and it doesn't help at all in terms of traction.
True that... best to use the winches, that's what they were designed for. Especially on higher grades. Pulling like that is very hard on the truck. Also, there are safety benefits from working from a secure fixed position.
If I had a crew of six to follow me around and help me on a wrecker, I'd use them too
Brax
You really are a young man of very few words. Don't change.
If you want to cabover wrecker then do it but do something cool. Build something that your dad would be jealous of you having.
Maybe something like a Peterbilt cabover dual steer front axle 8x8 or military Hemtt with a Jerr Dan rotator. Something to make the RUclips world go wow.
Brax gonna be the next whistlin diesel
Hi Tim when you put the chains on you want too turn them so the hook that attach the cross links to the sidewalls the end of the bent over links are away from the tires plus there should be a tool that comes with those chains too turn those half moon shaped slack adjusters and make the chains tighter on the tires
Tim watch highway to hell ur heavy wrecker will go on any mountain road as long as ur chained up
He didnt even tight then chains before locking the cams in place
I think if more people would just help others this world would be so much better
People can't always do shit for free when they have a family to feed
For sure, lot are to greedy
Right you ain't lyin! I wish companies around my area would work together like this instead of looking at eachother as an enemy because we are competition. I always let people know that I'm not competition I'm not an enemy I'm just doing the job that I love and have done my whole life so I can make a living and feed my family and leave my kids with something more than I had growing up when I'm gone.
@@TashaOneal-l8h nobody said anything about doing stuff for free for anyone they said it would be nice if people could work together it would be a better place. That includes working together and making money together. You must be the type that is only looking out for yourself.
@@TashaOneal-l8h also probably the type of person that if you did have someone helping you doing the same job that you should probably make more than them too.
You have the chain on backwards , The cross links with the ones that are bent on each side them are supposed to stick on the outside of the tire , The second tire I see it's put on correctly , But you should have 3 chain tighteners on them , Once you get them hooked up and then you take your little bar and stick in there and you crank your tighteners up , and then take a rubber and make an X on the outside pulling the chain to gather ,
It is taken you longer to put them on the wrong way , then putting them on the right way , I can put drives and drag chains on 35 minute I will be rolling
Ugh 😂 May God bless you
Tim I just gotta say that your ol Blue surprised the heck out of me watching it pull those rigs up that hill. Well done 👏👏
I’m guessing it’s turning out to be a better rig than you expected.
One suggestion I would like to make; Your cables will scratch the boom up without having 3/4 hoops on the top of the boom to keep them off it. Just use flat iron bent a couple times upward for keeping the cables off the side of it.
Now that is a dedicated employee. "I'm not leaving the truck till my supervisor tells me I can"
Me : Yeah lets see how this is really going down.
U just gotta love seeing all these professional drivers that straight out of the city that's never even been on a riding mower out there thinking they r truck drivers there's a big difference.
You may as well be pissing in the wind with those useless chains they are not even v bar. U want a set of Canadian logger trigg triples only chain that works. Also don't pull through the under reach shorten up the cable get like ten maybe twenty feet in front of the truck pull off the raised boom lifting the pulled truck abit this puts weight on your drives and you won't chew and wreck your truck.
finaly somebody that knows what they'r talking about but I don't Tim will understand!
Those chains work just fine for 90 percent of uses
Private property is one thing, but a public road on ice during a job is a huge liability risk. If your insurance company sees this video ???? Keep it safe (this is specific to the young man behind the wheel)
Some good points!
But......."Self employed" is totally different than "employee"
That's why it is not an issue for him. Just FYI. I personally would still be cautious of course with filming certain events but to each their own! Tim is just seems to me to be a good ol boy making a honest living and that's why he has no worries
He's Timmy Gentry..... untouchable 😂😂😂
When you have that much line out people can get hurt if the line breaks boom right thew a window or what about someone on a bicycle or walking , you have to know what your doing my friend
I love you southern guys saying its cold and you cant even see your breath!!! must be nice to work in balmy weather
Our highway dept. mixes the treatment for our roads 3 loader buckets of sand to one loader bucket of salt. it gives you better traction and you use less salt. If the sun comes out in the afternoon. We scrap the roads to help break up the ice. We also have a komatsu grader to scrap the roads if necessary.
I wish we had the resources here but it snows this much once every 10-30 years so Tennessee and the counties in Tennessee don’t allocate sufficient funds to handle the 6-10 inches we got in one day. On normal years we have a couple small snows that might be 2-3 inches each. There’s still roads that aren’t cleared and this snow was from Monday
But it doesn't snow that much where they are.
Living in Canada you work with what you got to get the job done…Tim your the best❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I'm with Brax. Definitely need a cabover wrecker.
Great job Tim and crew! The auto chains are nice but for what you guys were doing the good old tire chains are the way to go.
You think she was lit up,Let a D.O.T or that Cop see Brax backing up that truck on a hill on ice,They would take your CDL then charge you with child endangerment!Im all for seeing you succeed and see Brax do his thing,But there is a time and place,And this was not it!!
Man you guys want give Tim a break don't I hope the best for the old boy
A trick we use is stay dry. You throw a couple bags of it across the road it will get between the tires and the Ice and give you the traction you need. I use it all the time in my Rotator and it will hold it to the road.
That wrecker sounds so good tim! Yall did a great job!keep at it brother and never stop reaching!
Tim you can slowly fit your truck with everything you need.
I got saved by a wrecker this morning,stayed parked at the shipper overnight and woke up to a skating rink in the morning!! Shoutout to all the wreckers out there definitely staying busy this winter 🙏🏼
You said its 1° huh, that's 20 degrees warmer than my neck of the wood 😂
75 here today AZ desert
Yeah but…Tennesseans don’t see 1 degree very often. 🤷🏼♂️
Read an article about an ice storm in like 1899. Tallahassee seen -2 and tons of ice
Tim and brax are always making money doing something. Running a wrecker or hauling boats. It’s good to see a man and his son together. That’s the way my Sons were growing up. You guys are colder in Tennessee . Then up North.
Love everything about it! Companies working together for a common goal of helping others and keeping roadways open. And most of all Brax getting taught all the knowledge and seeing first hand how to be a successful adult!!
Just a bit of advice, when your pulling em uphill like that you really only need about 30ft of cable out.
Still think you should add a big front winch on a heavy steel bumper to that wrecker , for smaller more fiddly stuff like cars in ditches.
Adds to the list of jobs you can do .
I have to agree. I miss Home Improvement being on TV so it’s a good thing I own every season on iTunes. I believe it was the “BEST” family TV show ever made.
Not criticizing but I would chained all eight drive tires as well as the steering tires for added traction as well as safety. I’ve had to throw tire chains way too many times all over the Rocky Mountains and quit a few times in the Appalachian Mountain area. There are times when I’d only throw them on the front axle though but this wouldn’t have been one of those times.
I am curious how many laws are you going to brake on your you tube channel? Your son driving a commercial vehicle on the road with no license, being out there in a highly dangerous area towing vehicles.I f the state sees this you could end up in jail and lose your kid. Also why is this kid never in school?
why don't you use the twist tensioner on the chain,
if you would let out about 20 feet of cable. hook the stuck truck and use it to put weight on your wrecker when you pull them, and they won't be running over your cable.
Because they don't know sh!t
First off you use 1 maybe 2 people 6 paying out waisted money
Love your channel Tim, your men & Brex need safety vest for their own protection when you are out on the roads.
Gets "STUCK" on Mountain 😂
This is Tims Version since he didn't get invited to Heavy D s Cabin on the Mountain with Cleetus, Weston, Whistling Diesel and others. 🤭🤣
Funny how all of your comments are hating on him. You don’t have anything better to do?
@@stupadaso7948 all of your recent comments are hating on him too 😂 I think y’all are jealous he has a successful trucking company and you don’t
The only wrecker who has a crew cab of helpers follow it around here in Pennsylvania it’s just 1 guy
Tim!
You got a fk of a lot of people that are going to be thankful and talking good about you brother. Your trucking family keeps getting bigger with this wrecker in weather like this.
Continued success my friend.
Note to you. Keep the wrecker inside the building when you shut it down. That is your breadwinner in weather like this and you should have got that truck ready to run in the cold weather. A lot of the truck dealerships call it the artic package. Install a good powerful block heater that keeps the coolant warm.Insulate your heating lines and beef up your heating inside the cab cause your windows will ice up no matter what you are driving through. Don’t forget about an alcohol evaporator for the air system which is a must in cold weather so you don’t ice up your air system. It will leave you stranded at the worst of times, Get it ready as you would be going to the ice roads up north. Most of all, put those deep groove tires from that truck sitting at Robs place.
This storm might be one of a kind and you might not see another one for years but again, you can’t be ready enough. Oh don’t forget to treat the diesel fuel in the tanks with a fuel conditioner. Safety Kleen makes the best ever.
Brax is having the time of his life!!!
Give Holly dog a huge hug for me.
thank you for being a down to earth person... And god bless you all
Tim you need to put covers over the controls on the wrecker body to keep ice of the levers.
What you need to buy is a lot of Yakin ropes. The recovery ropes the big boys like four or five of them with all the soft shackles and be a lot easier for doing jobs. Like this than using your winch line.
The ropes aren't actually for straight line towing
@@mrmotofy says who thats what they are made for have u need seen any videos on them at all lol
@@rbttiny702 Their instructions say they're not designed to straight tow
@@rbttiny702 They aren't made for towing...READ the documentation
Then why does everyone do it with no problems at all
I love watching our RUclips videos they are very educational videos and keep up the good work you are helping out people in need I happy for you and say to Braxton for me and stay warm
You don’t think he’s doing this for free do you? 🤣
Need chains that are called V-BARS, look them up, the chains you have on would work good on the steering axle do all four tires on rear axle, outside of front drive, and your right steer tire, V-BAR CHAINS, if you know what im talking about you can't afford them but they would last a season or two, the chains you have on you could wear out in a couple days
its so funny how this is a monumental event for timmy, but all of canada operates completely fine in this weather
Yep 😂😂😂
You sure said it right about your truck not seeing weather like that in Georgia. Around here where it has been working there’s only been snow less than ten times in the past ten years and that’s stretching it really. It wasn’t enough even to stick to the ground. It would just be a few sprinkles here and there then it melts. But overall it’s a nice looking truck. Good luck!
I haven't chained nothing in 25 years, looked good to me, got it done all is all that matters! 👏💯👏
I would say buying that wrecker was a very good investment. That old girl has been working steady. Great job guys.
Hi Tim you. Can put some alcohol in your airtanks so your brakes don’t freeze
Msn those chains helped a lot on your bad a tow truck. Great job guys.
Boy do you trust that cable!! I just picture that thing snapping and taking out all the on lookers, the grill, glass, and anything else. We do it much different up north We use big chains and a lot shorter distance. I don’t miss chaining up 😂. If you can find a way to hang them length wise, it will make your life much easier.
I went through Knoxville on Wednesday and there was definitely some leftover carnage off in the ditches from Monday and Tuesday on I-75/I-40. I canceled my Monday and Tuesday loads--freight is too cheap to risk my life or equipment.
Check out the yankem ropes it will make pulling trucks up hill a lot easier and not shock load your winch cable when it gets slack in it.
You guys doing awesome job pulling all the trucks up the hill 😂
Tim and the tow truck are doing a good job way to go Tim and Brax
And the 6 other guys helping
It's been a minute since I put chains on but if I remember correctly you should have a little key way with the chains it's on the side there on the side wall of the tire you should be able to stick a little keyway tool in there and turn it so you can lock the chains to the tire without needing bungee cords
Stay safe brother👍
Dual tyre chains would help immensely Timmy as single chains only grip one tyre and lift the other off the road abit
Not so much, The reason chains work is because they are putting all the weight of the truck on small contact patches of sharp chain that dig into the ice, therefore more chain equals more contact surface area which actually decreases traction, having single chains puts a lot more weight on a lot less links of chain and digs into the ice further.
Single chains dig out and leave inside tire on ice. No traction
@@jaygraham5407 depends on the thickness of ice and the thickness of the chain links, his chains suck is the big problem
@@towtruckaj poor excuse for tire chains
Goshh dang that T600 wrecker sounds Wicked Tim, Fantastic job on restoring this beast of a truck man
Yep, the chain work was not textbook. But you made it work.
Keep it up Tim I'm watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲
That’s what I call a cash machine!! Back down the hill and hook up, drive to the top and get paid. Rinse and repeat
That truck is beast mode man
That little Detroit was singing out of that single stack. Sounded good and looked like it was doing a good job!
That's great how everybody is helping each other. Hey can you get Brax a hi vis vest to put on over his coat so he can be seen better please, black is not a safety color. Thanks so much.
You need to get a bunch of bags of salt to sort that road it would help
I love watching braxi driving them trucks
Get the chains tighter before you turn the cams. You do have a cam wrench I hope.
Hey what’s up fam how y’all doing much love let’s go #GNSTRUCKING stand up checking in with y’all one love fam
Bless you for helping these =drivers! I hope this week's weather made you some money. Stay safe!
They are twists lock chains thanks for helping people out. Great video and keep up the amazing work 👍
great job y'all what a beautiful sevice yall do for the community keep up the wonderful work
Video popped up on my recommendations. Just subscribed. Be safe out there! 🤜🤛
Snow and ice like this normally only happens once a decade or so here in Tennessee, They have the main roads in good shape, back roads not so much. Temps single digits tonight and around 60 and rain next week. This mess has lasted longer than usual. The counties and cities actually do better than they used to but just don't invest in the equipment other places do.
How many guys does it take to chain up when you have the wheels off the ground?
One
But there ain’t no need of four others just standing and watching.
That’s our job.
Little trick with these wreckers put some ATF in the hydro tanks to help flow in cold weather.
It’s really funny seeing how good the roads are For at least us (northern peoples standards) and still Al lot of issues down there
You need hi visibility for all your help
The weatherman who said that the Arctic blast was only going to hit a small area of the US was wrong. Here in New Mexico it hit the lowest temp in years at 8 degrees.
Go, Braxton, go!
Hiya Tim... so, whenever it's that cold, and nothing else works on ice, try using ash from a wood stove. Instant traction! I live in the Missouri Ozarks, born in Pennsylvania, grew up in KCMO.
This is a trick we learned back east when Pennsylvania DOT used ash and cinder from the steel mills on the roads in the 70s. Try it.
Must be nice to have Jackson to put chains on... lol lol wish my mack had that out here in the rockies... but I do feel for the southern who don't know what its like to drive on snow n ice consistently to even get any experience in it... to them its all new for sure...
What a great purchase of the big wrecker!!
Stay warm Tim!
Hey Tim you ever thought about trying to get a contract with the city or the county doing the snow plowing for them and salting the roads
When pulling trucks up hills we only use 2 swampers, 1 to hook 1 to unhook. Too many ppl is too many ppl to get hurt if cable breaks or something goes wrong.
Love the into 😂😂 gentry’s and sons TOWING😂😂 made my day my friend
I love it Tim! I love seeing everybody working together I wish other companies in my town were that way around here don't nobody around here try to work together they all try to put eachother out of business except for me I always try to work with others and always make it known I'm not competition I'm just doing a job I love trying to feed my family and making a living for myself so I can make sure my kids are taken care of when I'm gone. I just need to close up here In west virginia and come down and work with yall lol I'd have a blast with yall I just know it. I've always said if I'd ever move away from home it would be to move to somewhere in Tennessee I've always loved taking vacation to Nashville, and pigeon forge, and I have always liked the area of knoxville, Sweetwater, alittle bit of memphis, and Gatlinburg.
If you got weather, like this more often down here, I would say invest in some auto chains they work pretty damn good, but you don’t get bad weather like this down here that often to justify it
Tim you probably won't read this comment it's been a few days since you dropped this video. You need to build a door that will open and close to protect your controls from the snow ice salt and rain keep your controls dry from the bad weather. It will make your work Sooooo much easier without having to deal with your controls giving you problems in the long run.
Love ❤️ the Ardvark front on the tow truck Big Blue 👌
Hey brother put your boom higher that way u will have way better traction and try to not roll out too much cable
If you're son is wanting a cabover wrecker there may be one here in Cedartown Georgia for sale.
I'd also suggest sending your guys to a wreckmaster class..
A single part of 5/8" wire rope yanking on 80,000. What could go wrong? lol
She definitely got the job done!
KingOfObsolete from Canada recommends the blue rubber bungie cords as there better in freezing temps and break less than the black ones, they do cost more but last longer
Bless her sweet little heart !!!!!
Still surprises me trucks running in winter months with no chains on board, I worked on a truck fleet, we would run chain hangers on the tractors and trailers. At the start of winter we would hang chains on them all, enough for drives plus spares, one for steer, and a couple drag chains for the trailer. Our team trucks would have cable chains on board all year round just in case, so they didn't get stuck in a freak storm.
I hope Braxton and the family had a great holidays
Good video when your truck can stick and stay and make it pay 👍 put a bare foot 🦶 side band CB radio on and grab all the calls around the hills 😊
Y'all got that wrecker going in the perfect timing. Looking good.
Your doing a great job tim. Keep it up.
Oil pan or block heater would help in Cold Starts. easy on starter