Excavator rolls over!! Can my little truck get it out?!?

[@stevenpike8237]

Being retired from Heavy Equipment and 13 years the towing industry, I have no qualms with the way you work a job, any job. I found your channel not to long ago and love watching your vids. Great productions!

[@michaelcauser474]

Don't doubt yourself Casey. You came to a new challenge, analysed each step before jumping in at the deep end, then adapted to the circumstances as they happened. No panic. No sketchy guesses. Well done.

[@phillip.9524]

Casey well done. I find your logical explanations very good most people do not understand what is involved so your commentary is excellent….You do live in a very nice part of the world…

[@zachlangolf2287]

I have been wondering the same thing about living in a nice part of the world the scenery is amazing but I'm curious why there is so much fencing and driveway gates. I'm assuming to keep wild animals out

[@zachlangolf2287]

I miss read your post I thought it was a ? Do you live in a nice part of the world

[@eegarim]

Love the versatility of the jobs you show us on your Channel. Thanks!❤

[@barneygirl9643]

Great job getting it upright!👍😎 Beautiful scenery of the Cascade mountains 😊 Keep up the great videos and stay safe out there!❤️🙏

[@sandralutz-rodriguez2864]

what a tow gig! Nice work! Thinking outside the box and making it work for the specific circumstance is what you are so good at Casey! Keep em coming!!

[@walthanas]

If the customer is happy, that seems to be more than good enough! Well done!

[@kennaaye8596]

Wow , awesome job there Casey. Thanks for sharing!

[@davidr.4699]

Nice smooth recovery. You can only do what you can at times with what you have.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

Yep, I was definitely under gunned for this job, but in the end the main goal was accomplished with no damage

[@duanebuck193]

I think it's amazing how you are able to overcome the different challenges that you face with your vehicles when you are doing a rescue/recovery- and make it work. Yes, it would be nice to have a rig for each and every different call you get, but you show time and time again that you can figure and plan and use what you have to get the job done satisfactorily. Your skill with winches and cables is truly stellar.

[@jessepitt]

This was my two year old son’s favorite episode! Tow truck and an excavator!

[@brianpruitt2137]

I see another house payment

[@jcbright502]

Excellent thinking, Casey. Great job!!!

[@woos31]

Adapt to the job and if there's a will there's a way. Good geometry and snatch blocks can turn a little puller into a heavy puller if'n ya can get some of the load to pull to the ground, also could put you in a real hung fouled quick, fast, and in a hurry too lol. Nice work man!

[@gayle4804]

I call that a winner you got it upright and it's gonna be OK the fluids will go back where they belong

[@davehertle]

Always good advice on uncertain ground. try it first in 2-way drive, then if needed you still have 4wd in reserve to save your bacon.

[@michaelmcclure8673]

Well you did the right thing by not making matters worse. I've seen some people who can't look at a problem and figure the way out. Rental companies have untrained people messing stuff up all the time.

[@captainclavicle]

I'd call that a successful job even if it wasn't the ultimate aim in the end. Thanks for your excellent commentary and explanations along the way. You explain things really well Casey! Have a top day 👍

[@edgarrogers3706]

Another great recovery, good job, keep them videos comeing.

[@Chrisghy27]

As soon as I saw you post the pics on Tow Talk, all I could think about was "Can't wait for the KZbin" thanks for taking the time to record/edit/post #dollyallthethings

[@Aliasfcb]

Call it what it was, A job well done! Once it runs again it can dig it's way out of the hole No Problem! A proficient operator would have (1) not rolled it over (2) caught the machine or righted the machine with the boom and tracked it out of danger in the first place. No damage no problem!

[@CaseyLaDelle]

Yep, it's upright with no damage and is back to work as we speak, so everybody happy

[@mountainguyed67]

1:25 Sometimes you’ll make it through in 4WD, but get stuck in 2WD. Then lock in the 4WD, and it’s too late. You’re still stuck, you needed the initial momentum and 4WD to get through.

[@iffykidmn8170]

Ice chocks being in the other vehicle is starting to be a theme, Perhaps it is time for both vehicles to get their own chocks.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

Definitely. One day I'll stop being cheap and buy another set

[@garyjennyfrost9485]

Dunno how i missed this one 2 years ago, but well done. Your new Zacklift would have made mince-meat if this with it's little pinky! :)

[@longviewstud26]

Excellent work.

[@ericwalberg9261]

Good job

[@jamesharless5357]

Nice work!👍🏻

[@charlesahon]

Nicely done, even if it wasn't how you planned.

[@tomstradinger5958]

Piece of cake, great

[@dpmendeztransportllc]

Good job, I just uprighted one a month ago with my fifth wheel mounted winch.

[@judithfairchild8620]

Gorgeous scenery

[@terrymurphy4177]

Really enjoying your videos! 😎

[@heidilear7222]

Should’ve just hooked Matt’s recovery rope and jerk until it comes out lol

[@kensherwin4544]

Sometimes you take a pistol to a knife fight and sometimes you take one to a rifle fight. The trick is to come away with a successful job and nothing broken. You won again.

[@ramrod6279]

U needed Ron Pratt & The Tator. Lol just kidding. U would of been better off with a boom truck.

[@jameshamm2480]

On the positive side,,, bring a couple of planks to alleviate climbing into the trench then up on the tracks. Bank to tracks as almost level

[@davidruppel1216]

Good job very smooth work

[@ReflexXTows]

Had to hit the brakes immediately to clown ya abit. Did i just hear the man himself, say he wishes he never sold the truck with the boom! Lol jk, good work man the things that truck can do with a good operator behind it is quite amazing.

[@ReflexXTows]

Also 3k subs already. Growin fast brotha!

[@CaseyLaDelle]

Shhhh..... 🤫. I'll have to go back and edit that part out lol And yes, I agree with you about what this truck is capable of with a good operator in it. Hopefully someday I find one to show me!

[@ReflexXTows]

@@CaseyLaDelle Lol, cant sneak that one by me 😅. But really tho, good work even when a plan doesnt go remotely close to how ya want it, you got it done without losin ur cool and sayin to hell with it.

[@mountainguyed67]

@@ReflexXTows 171K now.

[@reclinerdriver1489]

When I pulled up in my recliner ,, I started to have my doubts ......

[@russellwood678]

Fantastic job man

[@51WCDodge]

Plans? Job is done, it can be repaired. No one hurt! What's bad about it? And a timley reminder Four wheels can get you twice as much trouble as two wheels,

[@muppetpaster]

7:49 At this point it would have been nice to be able to lower the boom and tip over the balance to your side and to lower center of gravity....

[@johnsmart3587]

Good one, thanks.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

Glad you liked it!

[@teamidris]

Well, I’m two and half minutes in and I can see getting it back on it tracks is easy, but the top of the engine is full of oil so it won’t run :o Which makes getting it flat and safe is going to be tough :o (I love these sort of vids, because it isn’t me who rolled it in there :o)

[@teamidris]

Perfect. There was no way that was going any better than that. And the oil should have drained back past the piston rings overnight:o)

[@CaseyLaDelle]

@@teamidris this was a rental machine and their policy is to pull the injectors and crank over the motor after a rollover, so they just needed me to get it upright for the mechanic. If it was my machine, I would have let it sit overnight, checked the fluids, and fired it back up

[@teamidris]

@@CaseyLaDelle You have much more patience than me :o) If it was mine when that track touched the ground I would have had a spanner on the front pulley to shove the oil through ^-^

[@kensherwin4544]

@@teamidris If it was yours, you could. This wasn't his so he did the job his customer was paying him for.

[@teamidris]

@@kensherwin4544 Good point sir, well said.

[@lockedin60]

If you had one of those rotator trucks it would have been a simpler operation. But you did well with what you had. You already admitted to it but you needed a heavier truck but then I am not sure if it would have not bogged down in the soft sand. I think you put them in the best situation to work on the excavator and then it can be driven out and continue with the operation.

[@JAMESYBOY.]

Yea true but a rotator can range from 500k to a million, those type trucks benefit police tow companies alot more then just a average tow company that mainly dose AAA style calls but you are right that would of knocked out this call in no time

[@lockedin60]

@@JAMESYBOY. I said it would be nice but not practical for Casey. I can't say what Casey's long term projects will be but if my thinking is correct he doesn't want to get into that type of work. His main culprit here was the type of soil he was working against. If you watch Ron Pratt-Midwest Trucking he has a Rotator Truck. His family has been doing the more traditional towing and recovery work for 35+ years. They have Industrial Clients were the use of the Rotator is essential.

[@garybarry4446]

Well done

[@georgegouvas27]

nice job

[@MrRickoscar]

Nice.

[@partygil7457]

Did you look for the hide a key so you can start it your self ? .

[@CaseyLaDelle]

I have a key for it, but we didn't want to start it.

[@georgeanderson3754]

Why not winch it out where you drove your truck through? Not a steep bank like where you found it.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

Because there's nowhere to put the truck

[@TimsBitsnPieces]

This just shows what you can achieve with a little thought and 2 winches.

[@laystowingrecovery9411]

Done this 3 of the in the last 2 year just get the low line corner started and use the bucket and winch to drive it out

[@CaseyLaDelle]

The rental company did not want the machine started. They sent me out there to get it upright so they could pull the glow plugs out, drain the cylinders, and check all fluids before starting it

[@laystowingrecovery9411]

Ok that is a different story now, then get more time 😂👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@laystowingrecovery9411]

I tell you guys have all the fun, for real is so boring doing city towing not many recoveries if we do get some other company dont care they just pull the heck out of it and they say dont worry insurance will pay for it 😕

[@drummerpatrick18]

@@laystowingrecovery9411 I was gonna say, I'm in Denver, CO, and we don't have any exciting recoveries like this out here. I get the occasional 'cant drive in snow and slid off the road', but nothing like a mini ex 5 feet deep 😂 maybe I need to move to Oregon

[@deltavee2]

Thanks for another good vid, Casey. I've cut my watching of the initial group of channels in Utah pretty much back to Rory and to you in Oregon because both of you are logical and articulate while explaining as you go along. And both of you are brutally honest when you screw up or have to change the plan which isn't very often because you both know your business inside and out. Both of you use the OODA loop so your vids are always a pleasure to watch! Yes, I kept the subs to the other channels, no point leaving and nobody needs to lose subs, right? Cheers from E. Ontario!

[@thomasemberson8021]

Very cool. It would have been cool to see how you stabilized the excavator while you moved the truck forward.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

It stayed upright on its own at that point

[@judithfairchild8620]

Did well for the conditions you were in.

[@davehertle]

00:30 A few miles NW of Bend Or, looking west at the Cascade range. Those three peaks are known locally as "The Three Sisters"

[@mountainguyed67]

We have a Three Sisters here in Central California too. Ours is on the map, not just known locally.

[@redcat111111]

Is there a chance you could drive it out. Now that it’s up and turned.

[@adamsumner1054]

hi good vid just a tip for next time a block of wood on end under the winch cable can somtimes be enough lift to walk the wheel or track up on to the top of the dirt insted of pulling it though it its saved me once or twice love the vids

[@jonschneck4559]

If you really needed out of the hole I would have backed up and put the underlift under the blade and pulled it out with the truck

[@CaseyLaDelle]

There's not a chance in hell of that working

[@akalksander9184]

If you had the back hoe operstor there then once you had it up then you could lower the arm & did the bucket into the ground & turn the tracks to face the rear of the truck That would then stabilize it & let the operator drive it out if there.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

I have keys to it. It's a rental and the rental companies policy is that when a machine goes over it doesn't get restarted until a mechanic goes through it.

[@oshkosh850.]

what winches are you using?

[@CaseyLaDelle]

Harbor Freight 9k and 12k

[@plunder1956]

How about using an A frame to create a pivoting motion?

[@31marcpaul]

Couldn't you use the excavators own track to help right itself? I've seen people also use the bucket to help them get out of holes. Love your videos! Watch them daily, watching older videos now.

[@31marcpaul]

Nevermind, a minute later you mention it's not running. That explains everything!

[@JohnWhite-Iowa-City]

Owned a wrecker for over 30 years. First one had an electric winch,, yep they are weak sauce. Switched to hydraulic and never looked back.

[@mountainguyed67]

Wow! A winch that runs on water power, never heard of it.

[@JohnWhite-Iowa-City]

@@mountainguyed67 that's what I get for talking to my phone,, hydraulic. Happy now? 🤣

[@mountainguyed67]

@@JohnWhite-Iowa-City lol!

[@steveramirez1654]

👍

[@laystowingrecovery9411]

You sure know how to get more time on job site 😀😀😀😀😀

[@CaseyLaDelle]

30 minutes total time on site.

[@benkanobe7500]

Do your rear winches run off a battery other than your start battery? If so, is the auxiliary battery under the hood or is it back on the bed area? I am wondering about what size cable you are running as on my Suburban I have the Aux battery in the "Camper Battery" factory position under the hood and will be running cable back to the rear hitch so I can move my one winch from the front receiver hitch to the rear receiver hitch. I have the HF with fabric cable so am able to move the 12,000 Apex by myself.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

Everything on this truck is run off the batteries, there isn't a PTO. There are two batteries under the hood and a third next to the hydraulic pump in the bed.

[@benkanobe7500]

@@CaseyLaDelle Thanks. Hope I don't ask too many questions. I am just trying to set my truck up correctly. Obviously, a Suburban doesn't have a Power Take Off! Thanks!

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

@@benkanobe7500 it’s got a port for it. We used to have one at work with a pto winch on the front. The plate came off, and the pto output box bolted up to it.

[@laystowingrecovery9411]

I'm going to do like you so I can charge moooorrrrreeeeee 👍👍👍👍👍

[@poorfatman5317]

Why didn't you just start the machine up

[@CaseyLaDelle]

Because the rental company has a policy for rolled over machines.

[@stevenancykulp5884]

The owner should have been there. He could have helped by tracking it up while you pulled. Good job by yourself.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

It's owned by a rental company, they wanted it stood upright so their mechanic could go through it before starting it back up

[@jimcraig5208]

Cacey couldn't you take the bucket and and use. It to climbout of the hole by itself

[@CaseyLaDelle]

Rental company policy, machines don't get restarted after a roll until their mechanic goes through it. They just wanted me to get it upright for the mechanic

[@jerryshira]

Let us know from start to completed how long it takes you to do these jobs

[@JohnnyRydel]

That's not an excavator, it's just a baby.

[@dougboone1537]

How much did you screw the guy I could’ve took a chain in tractor and hooked it got it out

[@CaseyLaDelle]

So why didn't you??

[@georgesimpson3113]

Why did you have the truck in the way? Way too close... and yea, you could have got that out. Been there, done that...

[@rodneyjohnston6280]

I like fast forward it skips the bull Talk Add a get me to the point

[@Maxid1]

Another sleepy excavator.

[@TrevorDennis100]

Until you told us that the mini was not a runner, I kept thinking that you needed the operator so that the mini would help and that you'd get it out between you. I don't know if you follow Chris Guins (Letsdig18)? We all seem to follow the same channels it seems to me. We've seen him get excavators out worse situations than that unaided, but it would obviously need to be running.

[@daniellocatelli3567]

Snatch blocks

[@Lex-Hawthorn]

Why do you sound as if you are saying ORGAN. Is it a silent E..?

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

If you turn the ignition in the excavator on (but not starting it) that will release the hydraulics, and you would be able to lower the boom, and rotate the house. (Using the cables to actually turn it.)

[@CaseyLaDelle]

No it won't. Pilot control valves do not work without hydraulic pressure.

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

@@CaseyLaDelle maybe that’s just Takeuchi and Kubota. On mine I can lower the boom with the machine off.

[@andrewmack7160]

Home owner new to running equipment? Some equipment operators I know would have just used the Machine to get themselves in stock from that.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

Yep, rental machine. He shut it off, called the rental company, and walked away from it, which was the best thing he could have done

[@andrewmack7160]

@@CaseyLaDelle in that case yes!

[@fema_camper]

@@CaseyLaDelle Glad for your sake they purchased the extra insurance!

[@daniellocatelli3567]

Drive it out now

[@GICK117]

2 questions if you don't mind. I have just subscribed. I am wondering if you have done anything to your diesel Ford as far as bullet proofing? And, how much do you charge for off road recovery. Round about is fine. Above or below $500.00? Any info would be appreciated. We have a 2004 6.0 with low miles and no engine mods yet.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

This is a 1999 with a 7.3. No need for bullet proofing. And as far as job costs... It varies drastically depending on the job

[@kensherwin4544]

I don't think people shoot at him very often.

[@redcat111111]

I should have kept my mouth shut

[@Kennyjr-rr8rm]

Well what it was and what you did I say a job well done for the tool you had we all can say only if I had this or that you did that shit

[@Mike-.]

For the algorithm

[@bobbyt2657]

You really don't want your wife watchi9ng this .. like what kind of ..... did I marry?

[@andrewharmon2369]

Ur wife may start wachen from u talken it up man.

[@conwayconway2177]

I seen the Ford...and I just. Knew...

[@jeffwilsonpdx]

The question I have is WHY does your wife not watch your videos?

[@edzimdahl1158]

At 6:30minute in,, if operator had been there could have started and drove itself out while had your line on boom for stability

[@CaseyLaDelle]

No starting the machine until the mechanic goes through it.

[@billbeck4661]

You failed, sure you got it upright but it’s still stuck in the ditch. You should had checked the oil and started it up. As long as the oil is good and air cleaner is dry it will run.

[@larrythompson8630]

Not his call unless he wants to be on the hook for any damage the rental place can get their mechanic to testify to. A 140+ HP FWA tractor could have pulled it out once he got it turned, on dirt, (if tracks can be released even less) I don’t know that engine. Removing glow plugs, fiber optic, quick crank when open. Then you have no concerns fuel, oil, possibly antifreeze if unknown damage won’t cause hydro lock, huge $$$ damage.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

The owner of the machine wanted it upright so their mechanic could go through it before starting it. They have quite a few machines go over a year and that is their policy. They never asked for it to be out of the hole, that's just what I wanted.

[@alvinbyrd2761]

Talk to much

[@CaseyLaDelle]

So turn the sound off 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@mountainguyed67]

Who is “Much”? Weird name.

[@Doitgood52]

Put a spare tire under your lower cable to raise the angle.. works every time 🔥⛈🦠

[@daveyk8148]

Good job