This is the first time I have watched a bus being recovered, excellent video. I like the running commentary when you are in the driving segment. It shows that you really know what you are doing when hauling large loads and how much you need to focus on your load and your driving technique. Also, for anybody watching this, it will make them realise just how much room large vehicles need when negotiating roundabouts and tight urban corners, and why you need to use the opposite lane when towing long loads, very different from driving a car. Good job, I look forward to many more videos ;)
Another Excellent video; many years ago I took my advanced driver training, and the hardest bit for me was the commentary on the test, you would be a natural, your commentary was exactly what the tester wanted to hear
This reminds me when I broke down in my coach on The Strand in London on a Saturday night. It was stuck in gear so they had to remove the shaft in order to get the thing moving. That was a ZF gearbox too. Absolute nightmare.
I'm just as amazed of viewing the drive as the prep work. While I don't film myself, I do often talk myself through traffic. It helps you keep focus, improves situational awareness and when you are unable to tell yourself what you are gonna do before you do it, you probably are driving too fast. Roundabouts are still a rare find here in the US, we do have 'circles' like Dupont Circle and you see some larger roundabouts near highways. So far, I've never seen a mini roundabout here in the (northeast) US...
Nice, I used to go to uni every day on that bus, 858. I see your recovery buses all the time, even ride my bike past one of your depots at the air park. Small world.
Hi steve. This brings back memories of my job as a HGV driver/mechanic on roadside tech recovery here in manchester and the northwest. Recovering cars vans trucks motorbikes and almost anything with wheels... Every job different but loved every minute of it. A very rewarding but sometimes demanding job. Great watching you work and aticipating your every move. I'm subscribed now. Derek jackson M16 Manchester
This is fasanating to watch as someone who works on cars for a living! Also if you don’t already I feel like you would make an excellent teacher/tutor to people doing HGV technician courses etc!
Nice clean job. Im a bus mechanic in Denmark. And that was much better than the guys that Recover for us. One time i had to come out to help them raise the suspension on a bus
Thanks for watching and welcome , buses can be a challenge at times with air suspension problems. Hopefully next time that recovery guy will have learnt from you what to do.
Great video as always!! I found it very interesting to see how different the process to tow is from a truck and that bus that I'm accustomed to drive!!!! Cheers from Italy!!
Just found your channel today and subscribed! Great videos, I'm really enjoying watching them. Does feel strange seeing you get in the correct side of the truck after watching so many American heavy recovery channels though! 🤣 Thank you for sharing your work.
Another great video Steve, perfect, thank you. Keeping mental notes of your videos for when the next job comes through....... you never know what it's going to be.
Here in the U.S., roundabouts are called rotaries, and they are fast vanishing from our road network, except for states like Massachusetts. My chief concern for you, as you did this recovery, was when you had to work close to the traffic lane, with cars passing by. Your work is a model of efficiency and attention to detail.
This video popped up in my recommendations although I have no knowledge/interest in recovery videos but I stayed and watched the whole thing! An amazing video, you gained a new sub :)
Thanks for this video. Its very educational and shows what's involved with hauling large vehicles. Especially I was under the impression that the procedure was just the use of a lifting the front coupler and used a special coupler and use connect the air hoses to control the brakes like those road trains use. But thanks for showing us the full works and please keep up the great work with the videos.
Thanks for watching, glad you found it of interest. Unfortunately we can only supple air to keep the brakes off and keep the suspension up. There is no air coupling to plum into service brakes,so all the breaking is down by the wrecker.
enjoy watching steve while he is recovering a vehicle explains ever think he is doing missed him in welwyn garden city see the truck but what a miss not to be able to go and meet the man himself keep them videos coming steve great work
A tip, there are several ways to bring air into the vehicle. One is over the air barrel. But there are 2 more. One is via the test connections, these are located in the flap under the driver's seat from the outside. There simply on release pressure spring accumulator. The other. In the front (depending on the customer's request) there is also a connection that fills all air circuits. Greetings from a mechanic from the workshop
Really cool seeing this, gives a new perspective being american, wildly neat rig. Sweet seeing some Milwaukee action kickin butt across the pond. Crazy navigating you have to do, very tight.
Just found your channel Steve, very interesting especially as it's mostly big stuff, and the driving around London, keep it up Steve, l will be with you on many more journeys hopefully 😊😊
another amazing watch. Definitely great insight into the job ! Gearing me self up for it !! thanks Steve keep it up ! I think you need produce a cinematic of the wrecker & possibly maybe get some footage of some of the other trucks on the company fleet on your channel. 👍🏾
Loved it great vlog. Only subscribed a few week's but as a hgv driver with very little knowledge of the mechanical side of thing's I'm finding this very intresting. Had a break down in a Mercedes Iconic bin Lorry about 4 yrs ago and watched with interest as the recovery truck driver worked his magic. I had no forward gears and she stopped on the brow of a hill on a main road. I managed to reverse back onto a grass verge to a safe place but the poor guy had to hook up and take the halfshaft out on long wet grass verge. That experience sparked my interest in hgv /psv recovery work.
Hi Steve, excellent work navigating all the roundabouts and junctions. One thing I’m wondering is why you only put the beacons on for certain spots of the journey to highlight your presence. Rather than keep them on the whole time you are towing? After all, it is a very long combination
Thanks for watching , we generally use beacons now to warn of hazards and not for normal towing and the thought is when beacons our on people would take more notice.
Hello from Florida, Steve! Roundabouts are slowly catching on over here, more so in some states than others. The only one around here that I know of is on the west end of the bridge to Clearwater Beach. They had to do it because with the old intersections, beach traffic was causing gridlock on the island and backing up for miles. It still backs up for miles during spring break and on nice weekends, just not as many miles (LOL). Question: are safety chains not required in the UK? The heavy recovery folks over here seem to always use them. Thanks for another great video.
Thanks again for your brilliant delivery to match your talents. Did I miss you testing the additional brake lights and indicators on the rear plate? BTW what's your history? Were you a mechanic turned HGV driver or HGV driver turned recovery mechanic?
Hi Phil thanks for watching , just had a bit of mechanical knowledge and picked job up from there. Being a truck mechanic would be a big advantage before you got into recovery , but on most jobs i film there is not to much you have to do mechanically to prep vehicles to tow.
Very interesting video. You’re excellent at what you do. Only took you 25 minutes to complete job. Also nice to see the towing part considering the extreme length you had to manoeuvre through the streets!
Brilliant video-Pardon my lack of experience,I was surprised at the need to take the hub axels off the back wheels of the bus,I also didn't see you putting the bus into neutral-I don't know much about bus gearboxes,but thought most modern buses are automatic,but didn't see you putting the bus into neutral,perhaps you did something else,instead,but Pardon my lack of experience !!
Hi Patrick, by removing the half shafts you our disconnecting the drive to gearbox, so doesn't matter what gear bus is in. We have to remove half shafts on all buses we front lift manual or auto gearboxes to protect any potential damage to gearboxes.
There is only one thing different between the USA and the UK with this: the side of the road which those in each country drive on, otherwise the same way with hooking up and prepping for the tow
I've driven these old style citaros before, I really hate how the brake pedal is miles higher than the accelerator. great buses though! the new-gen ones are so much butter to drive.
Hi Ray thanks for watching , you should still have to lay under and fit safety chains as well as wheel straps to secure truck into wheel grids. Lifting forks still number one choice here and US for heavy recovery.
33:02 If you can detail to me the action being taken to stop the tow Did you press the brake pedal and then the clutch? And with what intensity you pressed the clutch
Great content Steve. Do you sometimes get asked to back your broken large vehicles over a pit or onto a ramp so they can get straight on it?. I used to do some recovery and was asked this all the time Keep it up Peter from Liverpool
![I.N "HALLUCINATION" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/n5B5q1Hwt_U/mqdefault.jpg)
It's amazing how quickly safely and efficiently he gets loaded up and off to where ever it needs to go
Hi William thanks for watching, normally hope to get loaded and on way in 30 mins.
I love it how calm he is when driving a large vehicle which is towing another large vehicle
Great video Steve keep it up
Thanks very much for watching.
This is the first time I have watched a bus being recovered, excellent video. I like the running commentary when you are in the driving segment. It shows that you really know what you are doing when hauling large loads and how much you need to focus on your load and your driving technique. Also, for anybody watching this, it will make them realise just how much room large vehicles need when negotiating roundabouts and tight urban corners, and why you need to use the opposite lane when towing long loads, very different from driving a car. Good job, I look forward to many more videos ;)
Thanks for watching , glad you liked it and found it of interest, Cheers.
Another Excellent video; many years ago I took my advanced driver training, and the hardest bit for me was the commentary on the test, you would be a natural, your commentary was exactly what the tester wanted to hear
Hi Kevin, thanks for watching and kind comments.
Excellent video Steve, quickly loaded and well driven, love a bit of towing footage, keep up the good work and keep it 😀🚛
Hi Nick, thanks for watching.
Nice job, Steve. Tricky maneuvering on those narrow streets and roundabouts.
Hi Ricky thanks for watching, all in a days work lol.
From the perspective of a Canadian driver, that is an absolutely beautiful Wrecker. I love Cabovers.
Hi thanks for watching.
I thought driving buses in traffic was tough and I am a bus driver myself, but you have it tougher. Hats off to you mate.
Thanks for watching , much appreciated.
This reminds me when I broke down in my coach on The Strand in London on a Saturday night. It was stuck in gear so they had to remove the shaft in order to get the thing moving. That was a ZF gearbox too. Absolute nightmare.
Hi Ian thanks for watching and sharing your experience.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. As a mechanic I have a low key obsession with niche things like this, and you really did provide.
Many thanks!
Thanks very much for watching, glad you found it of interest.
I'm just as amazed of viewing the drive as the prep work. While I don't film myself, I do often talk myself through traffic. It helps you keep focus, improves situational awareness and when you are unable to tell yourself what you are gonna do before you do it, you probably are driving too fast.
Roundabouts are still a rare find here in the US, we do have 'circles' like Dupont Circle and you see some larger roundabouts near highways. So far, I've never seen a mini roundabout here in the (northeast) US...
Thanks very much for watching.
Nice, I used to go to uni every day on that bus, 858. I see your recovery buses all the time, even ride my bike past one of your depots at the air park. Small world.
Hi steve.
This brings back memories of my job as a HGV driver/mechanic on roadside tech recovery here in manchester and the northwest.
Recovering cars vans trucks motorbikes and almost anything with wheels...
Every job different but loved every minute of it.
A very rewarding but sometimes demanding job.
Great watching you work and aticipating your every move.
I'm subscribed now.
Derek jackson
M16
Manchester
Thanks for watching and subscribing Derek , glad brought back some happy memories.
This is fasanating to watch as someone who works on cars for a living! Also if you don’t already I feel like you would make an excellent teacher/tutor to people doing HGV technician courses etc!
Hi Jamie thanks very much for kind comments, just wanted to show heavy recovery work in the UK and hope people would find it of some interest.
Nice clean job. Im a bus mechanic in Denmark. And that was much better than the guys that Recover for us. One time i had to come out to help them raise the suspension on a bus
Thanks for watching and welcome , buses can be a challenge at times with air suspension problems. Hopefully next time that recovery guy will have learnt from you what to do.
Great video as always!! I found it very interesting to see how different the process to tow is from a truck and that bus that I'm accustomed to drive!!!! Cheers from Italy!!
Hi thanks for watching from Italy.
This was actually really interesting to watch, especially you prepping for the tow getting everything ready.
Great video. My dad drove a Mercedes 0405 bendy bus when he worked for first Aberdeen and it's predecessor Grampian transport.
Hi Martin thanks for watching, bendy buses still around at Gatwick doing car park to terminal runs.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve some bendy bus still working on a service route in Aberdeen
Just found your channel today and subscribed!
Great videos, I'm really enjoying watching them. Does feel strange seeing you get in the correct side of the truck after watching so many American heavy recovery channels though! 🤣
Thank you for sharing your work.
Welcome aboard!
Great video Steve I know it was two years ago but still like watching you at work
Hi David thanks for watching and sticking with us.
Another great video Steve, perfect, thank you. Keeping mental notes of your videos for when the next job comes through....... you never know what it's going to be.
Hi Michael, thanks for watching.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve Hi Steve, would be interested to see some rear lifts as and when you get some..... 👍
Yesss!, Another successful recovery by Steve!! I bet you love doing recovery on sunny days in the summer :)
Thanks for watching.
Here in the U.S., roundabouts are called rotaries, and they are fast vanishing from our road network, except for states like Massachusetts. My chief concern for you, as you did this recovery, was when you had to work close to the traffic lane, with cars passing by.
Your work is a model of efficiency and attention to detail.
Thanks very much for watching and welcome , glad you found it interesting.
i dont know how or why i enjoy watching this so much
Thanks for watching , im very glad you do.
Brilliant informative video, bet its not so good when its wet or snow on the ground. Great calm driving too, enjoyed watching.
Thanks for watching , like today mate soaked through working in rain all day.
This video popped up in my recommendations although I have no knowledge/interest in recovery videos but I stayed and watched the whole thing! An amazing video, you gained a new sub :)
Thanks Sam for watching , glad you found it of interest.
Thanks for this video. Its very educational and shows what's involved with hauling large vehicles. Especially I was under the impression that the procedure was just the use of a lifting the front coupler and used a special coupler and use connect the air hoses to control the brakes like those road trains use. But thanks for showing us the full works and please keep up the great work with the videos.
Thanks for watching, glad you found it of interest. Unfortunately we can only supple air to keep the brakes off and keep the suspension up. There is no air coupling to plum into service brakes,so all the breaking is down by the wrecker.
Fascinating video. Really interesting to see you prepare the bus for towing.
Thank you very much!
Great job, loved the towing footage, narrow roads!👍🇮🇪
Thanks very much for watching.
enjoy watching steve while he is recovering a vehicle explains ever think he is doing missed him in welwyn garden city see the truck but what a miss not to be able to go and meet the man himself keep them videos coming steve great work
Hi Andrew, thanks very much for watching my videos and kind comments you made , sorry i missed you that day.
Complete professional at work 💪🏻
Thanks very much for watching James.
Will do Steve, great to see such precision and skill!
Keep up the good work!
Those videos coming!
Love the new truck btw 😍
That's fascinating all you have to do to prep the buses for movement. Really interesting, and thanks again for the video!
Hi Seth your welcome as always.
Fascinating, alway preferred heavy commercials to sports cars all my life, never became a driver of a HGV, maybe in another life ;)
Glad you enjoyed it! thanks for watching.
That's quite a skill you have there sir, i look forward to your future videos.
Thank you kindly
That was awesome. I drove conventional kenworth T680 with 70 inch sleeper and 53 foot reefer. Appx. 66 feet long
Hi Alan thanks for watching , that's a big tractor unit , never driven a American truck mate respect.
Thanks I enjoy your channel as it's local know all those roads. Thanks
Hi Roger , most pick ups fairly local but off to Cornwall tomorrow to recovery one back.
Great video Steve as always.can’t wait for next one there always interesting to watch thank you for your content
Hi Martin thanks for watching and kind comments.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve no worries Steve thank you see you in next video 🤟🏻
I live in the middle of America, and around where I live, we have a few roundabouts but not nearly that many. Great video.
Hi thanks for watching from America, plenty over here.
Well done Steve keep them coming,,
Thanks for watching Nigel, cant always film jobs due to restrictions but trying mate.
A tip, there are several ways to bring air into the vehicle. One is over the air barrel. But there are 2 more. One is via the test connections, these are located in the flap under the driver's seat from the outside. There simply on release pressure spring accumulator. The other. In the front (depending on the customer's request) there is also a connection that fills all air circuits.
Greetings from a mechanic from the workshop
Hi Max thanks for tips mate, have come across trailer valve at front of some Citaros under flap before, thanks for commenting.
Another awesome video from you, thanks and keep them coming.
Hi Mathew will do.
A very good Saturday afternoon to you all from Wellington Somerset
Thanks for watching again Dave.
Really cool seeing this, gives a new perspective being american, wildly neat rig. Sweet seeing some Milwaukee action kickin butt across the pond. Crazy navigating you have to do, very tight.
Hi Edward thanks for watching, welcome from the US.
Top notch Steve
Thanks very much for watching , much appreciated.
Good job,i noticed, u dont have low pro receivers .check them out.
Awesome Video!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Just found your channel Steve, very interesting especially as it's mostly big stuff, and the driving around London, keep it up Steve, l will be with you on many more journeys hopefully 😊😊
Thanks for watching James welcome . glad you found it of interest.
another amazing watch. Definitely great insight into the job ! Gearing me self up for it !! thanks Steve keep it up ! I think you need produce a cinematic of the wrecker & possibly maybe get some footage of some of the other trucks on the company fleet on your channel. 👍🏾
Thanks, will do!
Ah the good old shitaros bloody hated those busses 😆 great video 👍🏼
Hi Barry thanks for watching, not too bad to recover as long as you have electrics and give it air you can get suspension up ok.
Absolutely fantastic sir,i really enjoyed this.
Thanks for watching Stephen.
Great work Steve. Always a nice cardio workout whether it’s a HGV or a coach 😃
Thanks for watching Steve.
Great video thank you for the content!
Hi Kevin thanks for watching again.
love these keep em coming steve
Hi Luke thanks for watching.
Loved it great vlog. Only subscribed a few week's but as a hgv driver with very little knowledge of the mechanical side of thing's I'm finding this very intresting. Had a break down in a Mercedes Iconic bin Lorry about 4 yrs ago and watched with interest as the recovery truck driver worked his magic. I had no forward gears and she stopped on the brow of a hill on a main road. I managed to reverse back onto a grass verge to a safe place but the poor guy had to hook up and take the halfshaft out on long wet grass verge. That experience sparked my interest in hgv /psv recovery work.
Hi thanks for watching and subscribing , recovered a Mercedes Iconic few videos back in you interested check it out.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve Cheers I'll check it out 👍
Interesting video as usual made easy as you explain all the points as you go .. Stay safe and healthy ..
Thanks for watching Roger.
I live near a town in New York in America called Malta and there are 19 roundabouts in the entire town.
Thanks for watching, we love a around in the UK lol.
that handbrake not applied is cos the cab door is open, the citaro master takes ages to shut down tho steve
Hi Michael thanks for watching and info on bus.
Hi Steve, excellent work navigating all the roundabouts and junctions.
One thing I’m wondering is why you only put the beacons on for certain spots of the journey to highlight your presence. Rather than keep them on the whole time you are towing? After all, it is a very long combination
Thanks for watching , we generally use beacons now to warn of hazards and not for normal towing and the thought is when beacons our on people would take more notice.
Hello from Florida, Steve! Roundabouts are slowly catching on over here, more so in some states than others. The only one around here that I know of is on the west end of the bridge to Clearwater Beach. They had to do it because with the old intersections, beach traffic was causing gridlock on the island and backing up for miles. It still backs up for miles during spring break and on nice weekends, just not as many miles (LOL). Question: are safety chains not required in the UK? The heavy recovery folks over here seem to always use them. Thanks for another great video.
Hi welcome thanks for watching from Florida, we’re not required to run with break away chains here in the UK.
Thanks again for your brilliant delivery to match your talents. Did I miss you testing the additional brake lights and indicators on the rear plate? BTW what's your history? Were you a mechanic turned HGV driver or HGV driver turned recovery mechanic?
Hi Phil thanks for watching , just had a bit of mechanical knowledge and picked job up from there. Being a truck mechanic would be a big advantage before you got into recovery , but on most jobs i film there is not to much you have to do mechanically to prep vehicles to tow.
You are far to modest. Thanks for the reply.@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve
Very interesting video. You’re excellent at what you do. Only took you 25 minutes to complete job. Also nice to see the towing part considering the extreme length you had to manoeuvre through the streets!
Nice One Steve
Thanks for watching.
Another super video Sir, I know that feeling working bank holiday Friday was on 24hr call out 😧
Hi Dipsy ,all part of the job im afraid.
It sure is mate would rather be working then sat at home twiddling my thumbs
Driving part was great
Hi thanks for watching, glad you found it of interest.
So Steve, Why is there air tanks in the ceiling of this bus? Really enjoyed it obviously!
H Richard , dont no why Mercedes Citaro have air tanks in roof lining , but easy to access.
Love driving Citaro's, and so reliable. Downside is when they go wrong, they go wrong big time
Thanks for watching Josh.
High Wycombe the home of the tight roundabouts!
I watch alot of Ron Pratt, so its interesting seeing how yall do it over in the UK compared to the US
Hi Brandon thanks for watching from the US.
Looks like it's been towed before...haha its a citaro most unreliable buses I've ever driven. Great video Ste 👍
Thanks for watching Robert.
Excellent video there Steve!! I found it very interesting and I just found your channel and I just subscribed
Hi Chris glad you found it interesting, thanks for subscribing.
wow, so cool!
Thanks for watching.
Very nice video your a good driver
Hi thanks for watching.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve i saw your video randomly early in the morning and i save it to watch it later and i really enjoyed keep grinding
The driving portion was really interesting mate!
Hi thanks for watching.
ETS2 mods have been improved so much
Hi John , thanks for commenting.
oooo very cool, where was this because carousel run near me. :)
Hi thanks for watching, breakdown location was Amersham.
Just found your page not even a minute into the video and I’m fixated. 👍
Welcome and thanks for watching.
Very interesting video 👍
Hi Paul thanks for watching, glad you found it of interest.
Brilliant video-Pardon my lack of experience,I was surprised at the need to take the hub axels off the back wheels of the bus,I also didn't see you putting the bus into neutral-I don't know much about bus gearboxes,but thought most modern buses are automatic,but didn't see you putting the bus into neutral,perhaps you did something else,instead,but Pardon my lack of experience !!
Hi Patrick, by removing the half shafts you our disconnecting the drive to gearbox, so doesn't matter what gear bus is in. We have to remove half shafts on all buses we front lift manual or auto gearboxes to protect any potential damage to gearboxes.
It should be a Street Light (I mean Streetlite).
There is only one thing different between the USA and the UK with this: the side of the road which those in each country drive on, otherwise the same way with hooking up and prepping for the tow
Hi William, thanks for watching.
Love you videos mate
Hi Sammy thanks for watching.
Thought I recognised that Tesco - I live about 10 mins away from there lol
Hi thanks for watching, glad you recognised your local Tescos ,nice area to live in.
another great video.
Thanks for watching Lee.
What a boss 👏 🙌
Thanks for watching.
I've driven these old style citaros before, I really hate how the brake pedal is miles higher than the accelerator. great buses though! the new-gen ones are so much butter to drive.
Hi Mark , thanks for watching and commenting.
Your towing rig is amazing 🔥 would be even cooler with a straight pipe exhaust 😂🔥
Hi thanks for watching , would sound great that, but Euro 6 spec so very quiet exhaust note with massive silencer.
I see u A few days ago in my Blackman skip lorry
Hi Terry, i look out for you next time.
I fell asleep watching this 😴
That’s not to say the video was boring, just a warm evening at the end of a long week 😉
I shall try again later.
Thanks for watching , yes was a long week for me too.
great video top bloke
Thanks for watching.
Our very own Ron pratt 👍
Thanks for watching, God Bless.
wow, thats a great ETS2 Graphic mod!
Nice video Steve
Glad you enjoyed it Raymond and thanks for watching.
Dont know why we still have to lay under with chains etc to lift on the axel. in Germany they lift on the wheels, much better !!
Hi Ray thanks for watching , you should still have to lay under and fit safety chains as well as wheel straps to secure truck into wheel grids. Lifting forks still number one choice here and US for heavy recovery.
Great video. I’m a pcv driver myself, so I break ‘em for you to recover ‘em 😂😂😉
Thanks for watching Jon , glad you liked it.
Great video , thanks. Wonder how easy it would have been with a bendy bus? 👍
Thanks for watching,would of been fun.
Looool carousel buses high Wycombe very nice
33:02 If you can detail to me the action being taken to stop the tow
Did you press the brake pedal and then the clutch? And with what intensity you pressed the clutch
Great content Steve.
Do you sometimes get asked to back your broken large vehicles over a pit or onto a ramp so they can get straight on it?. I used to do some recovery and was asked this all the time
Keep it up
Peter from Liverpool
Hi Peter thanks for watching, funny enough had to reverse a Volvo bus over a pit today mate.
20:23 slowest pit stop ever... lol
Hi Niall , yer i keep to day job lol.
This bus probably from Go Ahead London