Boom Truck About To Roll Over! Teeter Totter

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[@ivanv2568]

I would have used angle iron to prevent damage to the flatbed above the rear duals.

[@rupe53]

Ivan V ... also could have used a split piece of 2" radiator hose (truck style) over the chain or pulled the boom in a little.

[@plazatowing]

Good point. In hindsight I completely agree! Unfortunately I wasn’t thinking of it with the truck and the state it was in. I was just more worried about getting a line to it. Thank you for watching

[@2009dudeman]

@@plazatowing A sledge with take care of that bend LOL. The truck didn't fall over and crush a house or total the truck, better yet no one got hurt. If thats the price they pay is a bent wheel arch on the bed, so be it.

[@plazatowing]

I pinned this comment because a lot Of people have said the same thing. Check out my response. Thanks for watching guys!

[@roccit]

@@2009dudeman Exactly this! If I owned that truck, I wouldn't care a bit about that little crunch.

[@levigarrett5614]

When im not at work, i like to watch people work.

[@doak4886]

That could have gone south in a hurry. Good job.

[@CellarSinger]

Very different recovery. The boom being hooked on the tree added an extra level of complication. The driver deserves a bonus

[@timothygeiger437]

The driver of the tow truck is Trent, his dad owns the towing company😄😄😄

[@SumterWrecker]

Trent Cool recovery. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.

[@jamieo8653]

Nice save!! Thank you for helping make someone’s nightmare go away!!

[@jokeroneninesevenzero]

Nice job. I love watching non tow truck drivers tell a professional tow truck driver the best way to complete the job.

[@garylatture8948]

Maybe they have watched a lot of KZbin videos about wreckers.

[@robinstewart6510]

Yeah, almost as much as a tow truck driver telling professional boom truck operators how to operate their boom equipment. All he was asked to do was prevent the truck from falling further over until the boom was free from the tree and the truck stabilized. At that point, the boom could be swung back over and lowered without any further risk whatsoever.

[@pnwoffroader331]

Yeah, but he has a inherent risk when his wrecker hooked up when the boom truck is way out of level, it honestly sounded like the guys he was working with were dumbasses​@@robinstewart6510

[@edwinschlee8374]

They were definitely in trouble with that hang up. Good job getting it stable to lower the truck and boom!

[@ryanb6658]

That’s why there needs to be one guy in control, just like in the military you follow chain of command because you can’t have 5 guys trying to do different things! Good job

[@gregheilmann9706]

Love how the inside of your tool boxes are clean organized and easy to find equipment.

[@greyjay9202]

Tricky job, working with another crew, and balancing the needs of both trucks. Well done, slow and deliberate.

[@kevingray7917]

Thanks Trent. Great video. You exhibit the patience of a Saint. I can imagine all the while your insides are screaming dude what the hell, listen to me. Best modern towing company on the coast.

[@carlaustin7398]

Excellent job. Thanks for recording and sharing with us.

[@sethtriggs]

Hoooooo that's a tricky one! Well handled Trent! Way to save the day!

[@jerryplante4239]

You know it's a touchy job when Trent is that nervous. Kudos.

[@oddtechman]

Always a tricky one those hyper extended booms at weird angles! Nice recovery :) thanks for sharing

[@ariedekker7350]

Thanks for this video. At the beginning of the video I thought, Oh, this special. But, it went perfectly.

[@briananderson8733]

Diversity is the spice of life. So different operations are fun to see. Keep up the good work.

[@blueboats7530]

That was more exciting than I expected. In other developments, so sad that fine heavy fencepost had to be hastily sacrificed to make cribbing.

[@timothygeiger437]

What fine heavy fence post? Wood cribbing is used all the time for many jobs. It's cut to that size & different sizes to be reused all the time! There are plenty of trees in northern California, Oregon, Washington, & IdahI. Wood is hauled to southern California all the time, I'm sure it's not the end of the world to use wood that you think is fence post!

[@timothygeiger437]

That was an amazing job. That thing would have gone over if you wouldn't have been there. It was teetering😄😄 maybe it's me, but that cribbing looked a bit sketchy when you pulled up to the scene. Good job saving the day & saving that tree service company's backside!😂😂

[@gc3826]

That was a very good a safe job. Well done!

[@RambozoClown]

Tree crews are the masters of sketchy. Looks like it's time to repaint your hooks.

[@nathanarievlis3985]

This is a true statement lol

[@rockymartin2179]

your amazing figuring out how to quickly fix the problem. very good crane / wrecker driver /operator.

[@tombrown5755]

Nice job. That has to be one thing about your job always interesting

[@mauriceproctor4967]

Great job Trent tricky one to do.

[@lawrencesmith5294]

Good video. Very different and enjoyed it. Keep the vids coming.

[@jacquejecker4435]

Great job. You have to be inventive to figure out the best/safest way of accomplishing your goal, and you nave to understand angles and forces etc. Geometry.

[@raym909]

Some years ago at this testing lab i worked at. We had a Grove 30 ft crane, 4 wheel drive with articulated steering. , will low-low. i am a computer/test eng. i use to run the crane on tests setups. i was certified to run it. And did some odd stuff with it. i pulled a tanker truck out of the mud. just got back a 100 ft and wrenched it to me. we had made a personal basket that pined in the jib pin holes. used that many times to run cables on telephone piles. always enjoy your videos, because i did that. Now those videos where a crane tips over, i see that coming way before it happens. my rule was, no unsafe lifts, and questionable one, keep the load a foot off the ground. i had to move a steel tank, like 10 ft round 30 ft long. i took it to the sight, letting it bump the ground. My rule was, no boss can make you doing something you do not feel is safe.

[@joescalise4653]

Awesome job. Keep the videos coming 👍 😎

[@garyfox33]

Great job Trent! That was a little sketchy for a little while.

[@rjkee5157]

Great, nice change from semi's.

[@Bobtidbury]

Very unusual job well thought out and sorted .

[@lloydrobinson7081]

another good video! keep them coming

[@f0rumrr]

Ya that not something you see everyday. The real question is why the boom in the air if no one in the bucket. Guess maybe they where testing to see if they could reach a branch to cut.

[@rogeresmithjr.youtubechann3153]

He did a real good job this video I need a nice job these are very tricky jobs in fact turn your truck over you know it’s not easy job that I like when you decide Vale they are very tough

[@tomuchfunwithgas846]

Good job ,went smooth.

[@sergioduran8948]

Appears the boom is too long for the weight of the truck ..Good job on saving their truck.

[@russellv6234]

No it doesn't lol. It appears that it got caught on a branch. There's even a video of it! This one!

[@nathanarievlis3985]

It appears they didn't have their stabilizers down when they went up.

[@nomadalaska5764]

that was truly a special job well done

[@pl5bnsf]

That was interesting. Like seeing how they wanted to do it vs you. You looked at it as what can go wrong. They just wanted to go for it, since they know their equipment and are not afraid to be up in the buckets and wobbling all over.

[@robinstewart6510]

All he was ASKED to do was prevent the truck from falling further over until the boom was free from the tree and the truck stabilized. At that point, the boom could be swung back over and lowered without any further risk. He wasn't ASKED to take over and he wasn't assuming the liability if things went wrong and their boom truck landed on a house.

[@marycarricaburu3683]

Unique recovery! Good Job!

[@tomganze7548]

Nice job trent unique job

[@KPOPIVESTEVE]

That was different recovery. Great video

[@TheMadEnglishman]

Awesome job, that could have gone bad very quickly. It might be worth considering using the underlift for a down pull - you could have got it much closer, direct and a stronger downpull using that. But as Mr Pratt says, there's more than 1 way to count to 10, and yours was clearly successful. Good job

[@timrowland1490]

Trent does it again!

[@michaelmeyers1827]

I really did enjoy watching it

[@leslieloughnan1461]

Great job Trent.

[@glennjukes5581]

Nice recovery=--thiking outside the box. Experience counts here. That was a long boom reach-more than the normal-what 60 footers tree companies use.

[@AugustusTitus]

Man that's rough for those guys but with two boom trucks and a rotator truck you can do anything.

[@larrywall1642]

Good job. Great video.

[@01FozzyS]

You da man,Trent jr.!

[@nathanarievlis3985]

They can tell their story but we know they forgot to put their stabilizers down when they went up lol. They should hug that tree for saving their bucket.

[@leegoldeneagle9003]

Cool thanks 👍😊

[@solodude011]

I don’t understand what is going on. They raised the truck up with the boo why not slowly take the pressure off with the boom until it comes back down. I believe the guy in the tow truck made it out to be longer than it should have been to make it look like he done something special lol. I’ve been running a bucket truck for 25 years and I know for a fact I could have gotten the truck back down to the ground without having the tow service

[@neilstanford2327]

Awesome job trent

[@borisobrucicov8630]

Great video bro

[@corycollier]

I'm starting to wonder IF there's anything Trent CAN'T handle lol

[@TowMan127]

Great job!!! That was sketchy. Got to sit in traffic and watch it. Love your channel! 🤜🤛

[@robertneufeld8812]

Excellent job.

[@kenking5870]

Well done!

[@DependableAutoTruck]

very well done

[@hectorquintanilla3924]

Nice work

[@kennethorton3661]

Awesome my friend

[@normangallant9879]

Good job and stay safe

[@davids1033]

Put your best guy on it. Lol

[@funkypaul2822]

Nice one!!

[@robertdonaldson6584]

The boom got stuck up there without anyone in the bucket is what I am hearing the foreman say.

[@lwilton]

I suspect the boom got stuck with someone up there and they used the other truck to pick him out for safety.

[@robertdonaldson6584]

@@lwilton That sounds like what must have happened.

[@Bailey21]

The patients of this guy is his real skill. These guys arguing would frustrate me.

[@nathanarievlis3985]

After that jolt , the set up you mastered is secure , stow the boom. You gotta admit now,that wasn't the best judgement. If it was those guys you didn't trust, go to a reputable tree service and ask them if you can familiarize yourself with their trucks , so you could do it in the future. It's not difficult, you'd have it figured out in no time.

[@philsmidwestclassiccars150]

I have never seen a boom truck set up with the blocks like that before. That looked scary.

[@stevenhenson2152]

Great job

[@jimp.4531]

great safe recovery

[@gerryn587]

great video

[@25vrd48]

That could have been really ugly . Great save . Awesome video .

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota

[@charlesorrsr.9293]

Amazing job to stabilize that truck from keeping it from tipping

[@1topfueldrag]

good job

[@doelke9542]

Yes this was interesting

[@gasstation8088]

With those outriggers they can be useful on Forestry trucks

[@jeffgrant6914]

Good video

[@christophershaffner2827]

Those guys were tools. They screw up and still think they're in charge.

[@throttlebottle5906]

the laborers likely did it while the boss was off gumming on the phone or napping. nobody spotting the boom and truck is pretty dumb.

[@timothygeiger437]

@@throttlebottle5906 that was definitely a sketchy set up they had, not too much brain power working when they set that boom truck up😂😂😂

[@michaelrocker9000]

Hey Trent nice to see a new video. Are we going to see them more often?

[@glennwolfe1663]

👍👍👍👍👍 job😺🤗

[@cwc3110]

trent, did you or the family know any of the 3 of the 13 service members that gave their life's for the USA. as 2 have Indigo CA as home town

[@quicksc1]

Don't you just love when you go to help someone at their request, and half way through the job they just start ignoring you and doing whatever they want. I would have been pretty rude. My truck is attached to yours, this is my job, and until I disconnect, you will do what I say. Of course, I'm not very client friendly to start with..

[@angeltow42]

Exactly

[@arkiefyler]

I have to agree. This driver would make a great diplomat for some company; knowing what is possible and allowing the others to think they are part of the success!

[@marc7491]

Yep! They got themselves into trouble and now they're advising Trent what he should do to get them out. 😆

[@marksanders2168]

Nobody was telling anyone what to do. All I saw were dude communicating what their intentions are so that there's no miscommunication. Yeah, definitely I highly recommend you stay away from work like this.

[@quicksc1]

​@@marksanders2168 Thank God! I’ve been waiting for a year for someone as special as you to come give me (a perfect stranger) your highly regarded recommendation on what I should do. Your uniqueness, and eminently qualified opinion of my opinion will be treasured. Thank you oh chosen special one.

[@PAMAROSHOUSE]

THE MEXICAN GUYS KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THEY AINT PLAYING

[@larryfox9838]

This style of bucket truck is to light weight in the rear for this 75ft working height. It need far more counter weight like a crane truck. This truck needs to be outlawed!!! OSHA needs to review this setup.

[@ronharrison1776]

Could have been bad . nice job .

[@drinternatg6391]

Good cob.

[@westernstar4964]

You couldn't pay me enough money to go up in one of those buckets

[@richard9117]

Great video Trent my only question why did they have the boom truck on such a angle ?

[@gorillaau]

I assume that they didn't have the reach at that height so needed to tip the truck to get close enough to the tree. Stupid set up for which insurance company would have spat chips if they saw photos and video. The boom operators are just waiting for a collapse.

[@2009dudeman]

The truck started tipping over, so they put cribbing (wood blocks) under the outriggers to keep it from falling back to the ground if it let loose. It was flat on the ground when they were operating it, until it got stuck on a tree.

[@harveystephens6115]

Good job on tricky recovery. Tree guys good. Thought base tree truck might be a little light for their massive boom and reach of boom.

[@jessebeasley4562]

We done

[@reevinriggin3570]

My uneducated opinion, which means just what you paid for it. Nothing. That said, I think the down pull should have been to the frame of the truck as the wheel is not rigid to the frame and outriggers of the man basket. The springs can allow separation of the bed to the wheel location and movement of the boom causing more leverage to be exerted on the connection and more possibility of failure. In other words the truck can still lean farther even if the wheel remains stationary. Good job overall, though.

[@willb3018]

Well. that certainly was different and a bit sketchy. But handled in the usual competent way by Trent/Plaza Towing.

[@PAMAROSHOUSE]

11 59 LAUGH.

[@stevencox75]

very lucky they didnt roll, did the outrigger sink into the grass or?

[@maverick5006]

Hi Trent, I have a couple of questions. 1- At 8:21 you reversed your hook on the lower attachment point. Was that because of "Tip Load"? 2- Were you ever concerned that pressure on the tires would cause them to blow out? 3- It looked like the chain to your boom distorted the wheel well cut out of the bed. Are you guys responsible for that damage (If it actually occurred)? Not being a troll here, just interested in techniques and the geometry of recovery's. Thank you and God Bless you and your team.

[@waltk9067]

👍

[@matta3888]

How did the person in the bucket get out? They are very lucky the truck did not roll over.

[@texasproud3332]

Kind of tricky situation

[@user-ss9uc6ie3i]

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