Concrete Truck Loses Tires After Stuck in Mud

After backing into a huge pile of mud, a concrete truck gets stuck and buried up to its axles. This video shows the truck being pulled out. Notice how the tires shear off the wheel on the way out.

[@Gumby1974]

It's a composite mixer drum. Fiberglass and plastic with a steel ring to ride on the rollers. These composite drums are used to save weight so you can haul more. They have had quite a lot of problems with these drums.

[@VancouverCanucksRock]

If GTA has taught me anything, it's that you can still drive a mixer with a couple missing tires. Get er back on the road guys

[@upperedgelon1317]

GTA has unrealistic physics.

[@VancouverCanucksRock]

Yeah, well GTA V has the worst physics of them all

[@4FingerMongoose]

Live and learn. I drive pumi and mixers myself and I have heard quite a repertoire of explanations how solid the ground is here and there. It's kind of relief to hear that customers are all the same all ovr the world.

[@kenlelon369]

You pay drivers mid to low hourly wages for driving one of the heaviest straight truck loads on the road. And to top it off, the normal destination for this mammoth load is usually a construction site or some place where the driving surface is practically guaranteed to be poor. Then, this happens and you're surprised. You pay up front or you pay when this happens.

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[@kefka1911]

Ken Lelon You know how I know you know nothing of the cement industry? just read over the stupid in your comment.

[@kenlelon369]

You know how all know that you're full of shit? The drive-by insult without imparting any of your concrete wisdom.

[@kenlelon369]

well that good money didnt save him from making the rookie mistake of driving that load through a soft ditch, did it? So I guess we're back at the beginning with poor driver judgement, pay notwithstanding. It's not like driving your Ford Ranger truck around after the bar closes trying to pick up under age (male?) prostitutes. You see, these are much heavier and harder to corner.

[@krizzamaemaratas2444]

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[@lovetrain442]

You mean to tell me that the driver didnt know that was going to happen? It is a frigging mud hole! Open your friggin' eyes!!

[@mrClayton1969]

The tires pull off because they are deflated and off of the bead. Due to the sharp turn the wrecker is causing the truck to make, the tires just pull right off. It really isn't because of the mud or the hole. Though the mud makes it slippery, and it comes off easy.

[@liaspowerstroke7889]

that happens for not wanting to rent a concrete pump

[@hbml.himireniarivero4933]

agreed I drive a truck for Cemex and some of this cheap ass companies don't want to rent a concrete pump so now I check the ground if is too wet I make them use a wheelbarrow to get the concrete out or use the three chutes then showel the concrete

[@JayDogTitan]

A pumper would have been the way to go, but you can look at the site and tell it's too wet, It's the drivers responsibility to scan the area, if it's that wet then don't take that truck in there, This turned out to be a very expensive delivery, at least 10 yards of concrete setting up in that drum, a busted tire that runs between 4 and 5 hundred dollars plus that tow bill which at the minimum is probably$1000

[@mikeleikam2892]

Put 10 yards in that truck in Nebraska and you're over weight.

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[@larrymajor672]

I drove concrete trucks for 4 companies for 14 years and the last company would have terminated me for getting a truck stuck like this!

[@ryanp4338]

your supposed to get a curb side release signed by the customer when you deliver cement and you figure you wont make it or damage the truck. Then the customer is responsible to get you towed out, damage to the truck or damage to his property. The customer hates signing them. Its on your bill.

[@donaldbartram6315]

You don't sign on a iffy site, I'm not going past the curb

[@Puckgrinder85]

I agree, I drive a smaller truck but unfortunately have to go offroad more than I would like. Any spot I think might be trouble I put all my weight on one foot with my heal and see how far I sink, that gives me a good indication how much I can factor my truck sinking as my heal and weight is about the same ground pressure as my trucks steer tires have unladen. Works pretty good!

[@thomascalahan8494]

Notice the concern of the finishers. Probably had a back patio to pour.

[@jonrogers5130]

By the numbers on this truck it was a Jacksonville issued truck . The area looks like St.Augustine FL. That is a new truck with a fiberglass drum. The tires can be Bagged from inside the truck = the air let out to give it better traction and float in soft ground. The problem with inexperienced drivers is they wait until they are stuck before bagging their tires then the beads break loose from the rims cause the tread is in a narrow slot.The new trucks are all automatics He was probably empty or had a yard or two left.Look for the rename of Vulcan now on trucks.

[@periesicsd]

They should taken an additional truck that has a concrete pump. Yeah, you've got to pay for that, but it goes fast, without all the mess, or a road full of dirt... I think the driver got his ass slapped for being a driver cowboy. That costs a lot to the company; a tow truck, a truck tire company, the hours the driver is waiting by his truck, deliveries for the next day since one truck was out. Yeah, his boss was very happy with his stunt...

[@barkerdes]

I can not believe a "wrecker operator" would hook single lines to that stuck dump,,,those lines should have had snatch blocks in them,,scared me just watching the film,,,LOL.

[@benclarke3880]

If That truck sunk that bad then I would ask for 100 foot piers in my foundation of toothpaste.!!!!!!!

[@knotbumper]

This wasn't a pump/no pump issue, it was a clean-out issue. no clean-out tub so he backed off into the dirt to do his clean out and down he went. The fact that he spun the two front axle tires flat shows more incompetence.

[@jeep6242]

It looks like their is either an auto inflation system for airing the tires up and down or a cross over to equalize pressure between the duals. Either way when the hub filled with mud it broke a component and the air went out of both tires. since they share the same air. Silly for that guy to have kept trying when it was that stuck.

[@donaldbartram6315]

That's some sticky mud.. DAM ! Is that Florida Rock?

[@465walker]

absolutely, the best idea. damn finishers they only want to get the mud on the ground and don't care what problems they generate.If they are made responsible for the cost most of the time they'll bust out the bobcat.

[@kens97sto171]

Might be.. But could be that the mud has packed into the tread and makes it look bald. I pull trailers out of muddy lots, they sometimes look that way.

[@notsure8652]

They should of just left it stuck there. Here;s the keys to your new house, and the truck buried in your yard.

[@l337pwnage]

I didn't know they still make concrete trucks that style.

[@dco956]

smart driver..!!!!!....great training

[@ts46176]

wtf are you talking about, the tires were flat at the beginning of the video and why would the concrete be sitting in the drum for 5 days?

[@richardhowells5804]

This video contains sooo much excitement D: waste of two minutes I could have spent shortening my life with a cigarette.

[@mr1nutwonder]

+Dicky Mint Maybe you should try turning off the computer and go outside.

[@richardhowells5804]

I did, the graphics were amazing but the game play is very unintuitive! Ha

[@gregpain7991]

Nice.

[@poluboy]

The rule of thumb,if you get out and your boots sink in what would an 80,000 lb truck do.

[@vinceruland9236]

At least they called it a concrete truck and not a cement truck!! Got it right

[@n12et]

drop the back axle over the kerb, if it sinks, pull it out and get the wheelbarrows out!

[@Wildstar40]

WoW ... All these comments ripping on the operator like they never made mistakes before. One word ... Hypocrites.

[@savagenomore]

"well his resume looked awesome so that's why I hired him sir" that's probably what the drivers boss told their boss when they got the bill for tow & repair...

[@johnwahan9086]

no disrespect to residential construction..but us commercial construction workers wouldn't bring in a tow truck for a stuck truck... between the Lulls..and cranes..and dump trucks. we get the trucks Out of mud.. no worries...gotta work together..

[@Albert6541]

Tires are off the rims before it's towed.

[@wobblyplanks]

The second aggy has ctis fitted, maybe the bogged one had it also and they got ripped off in the mud? That would explain the flat tyres..... As for the front tyre looking flat, it had a lot of weight on it.

[@bionictrucker1]

That's bout a $600 tow bill! He should've never backed into mud hole!

[@SewSumi]

It's the drivers issue if he's dumb enough to back into that. No matter if it's on the invoice or not, he's the driver, responsible for his vehicle. He can EASILY say no.

[@ednobre]

THIS TRUCK NEVER GOING TO BE THE SAME

[@BigMoney23223]

at least they were able to save the concrete

[@Overkill14]

we had to pull one of these trucks out of a mud hole. that one was the front discharge 6x6 style. it took my uncles '87 gmc 1 ton big block plus my dads old '95 gmc big block plus my moms old '95 chevy suburban with a 350, all 4x4. that was fun

[@shmodzilla]

Famous line right there " I made it in my pickup"

[@bebajoro77]

There's a wonderful piece of initiative called getting out of the cab and walking the ground when you see all that mud and standing water . . . Sheesh!

[@Badchoicesmade]

ha this is like the mixer getting it's shoe stuck in the mud.

[@ffjsb]

Looks like that truck should've had at least another axle for that much weight. Of course he still probably would've been stuck. But he clearly spun the wheels way too much once he got stuck.

[@ThePenton400]

Was this in the south? I noticed when I moved from SoCal to Louisiana, the difference in the soil. Out here (west coast) the ground gets really slippery when it rains, out there I was amazed by the amount of water the ground could soak up. And holy cow, I sank up to my crotch on a jobsite in Shreveport after it rained for several days. I do miss the Southern states.

[@Builder99]

Sad a nice new truck used that badly...Hope someone gets a nice bill...

[@lindro123]

that tow truck is bad ass

[@periesicsd]

don't those guys that lay the concrete have two plastic, large diameter sewer pipes?! We had three long plastic sewer pipes that we placed on adjustable scaffolds... Easy as 1, 2, 3.

[@vonKragh]

Did he manage to deliver the concrete before it was too late?

[@hornytoadtransport]

Please sign right here saying you will take full responsibility if I get stuck. They wont because they know you probably will.

[@Zraupp10]

what why dual axles are not enough!

[@JRBROOKS42]

THAT DRIVER !!! DID MORE DAMAGES THEN THE MUDD !!!

[@mayhemmike1789]

pulled a loaded mixer w 2 flats outta the mud? that is crazy fuckin torque😠💪

[@kpfani]

when the mixer leaves the pavement, the customer assumes all liability for any damage, including the mixer. it's right on the invoice.

[@eddynick12]

That was way to soft to even try to go in to. Anyone else notice how bald those tires are? Obviously an unexperienced $12/hr driver. Next time get the contractor to pull out their wheel barrels or hore a pump!

[@richardsaquariumsandoutdoo7986]

An old Mack 6 x 6 would have crawled right through that and dragged that new pos with it.

[@rickyp3218]

i wouldn't of drove an empty pick up over that much less a loaded concrete truck

[@smallpoxvirus1540]

U got that right! Swing over, wash down out of the way.

[@glory122]

Ohh Florida Rock! I got a tour of one of their cement factories in Alachua.

[@jaydubya3341]

I noticed that tires were bald and flat before tow truck showed up, Look at the front tires that didn't sink. which means cement truck driver spun the wheels for about 20 minutes trying to get out of the mud before tow truck showed up. But W.E.

[@peterf.229]

the tires were both off the bead, probably spun them so much that htey got too hot and flat.. Also it could have been the angle the truck was seemed a lot of weight no the left side of that truck ..

[@4gbmeans4gb61]

The guy needs to be fired. He should of checked the ground anyways before even backing in there.

[@Gordon302]

No, something's not right here. Why did it only effect the front set of rear tires, & not the final set? I'm betting that either all of these had a slow leak to begin with, or the shop maint. didn't bother to give this trucks tires a "once over". In the first set of mud tracks, he obviously back in still loaded, & there's hardly any tracks. So, backing into a drainage culvert unloaded, definitely shouldn't have caused this. None of this really seems to make any sense.

[@ericl2969]

As someone else pointed out, it looked like it was equipped with a connector for filling both tires of the set together, and once the mud got up between the duals, the connector pipe broke and both tires went flat. Just the luck of the draw that it happened to that set of tires and not the other, or that it even happened at all.

[@jozzie2000]

My god, how much did he have left on him? Sank like a brick.

[@ziobrik]

those ridiculous tires... they seem those used for truck racing... almost slick, quite thin... how in the world can they float on soft ground? They seem to be 10.00" wide In Europe we have 13.00x22.5", sometimes 14.00" tires with widely sculpted tread to be used in twin on tractive axles...

[@TripleJ1580]

here,here. Obviously nobody else was dumb enough to attempt that. When in doubt, get out and look. I'm a ready mix driver as well and I would never have attempted the back into back shit. he should've know better..

[@kawachopp]

Not all of us mixer driver's are that dumb , the water and mud should have been a clue

[@jefferycraft9396]

When I poured concrete for 34 years in my area( southern Ohio Portsmouth exactly)

[@jefferycraft9396]

It was up to me or the contractor to assume responsibility from the curb on to property. Although if another concrete truck could reach with chains and pull the truck out the generally would work with me

[@monsaka7827]

concrete pumper truck for the win in all that wet ground. :)

[@slacadjuster237]

Like dope driver much! shoulda checked the ground by at least walking around on it, and even from the video, one can see that's pretty soft ground, WAY too soft for a heavy concrete truck

[@Sjanzo]

nobody thought of using temporary roadway sheets or something ?

[@SuperHungDude]

They don't make em like they used to.. lol

[@Mr360Sam]

concreters couldnt give a stuff,cutting costs,ever thought about a CONCRETE pump..they new how boggy that was.Part Drivers fault but SHIT HAPPENS.

[@irocZ421]

Does anybody notice also that the rear tires aare ALL BALD?

[@christophers1247]

so he can drive straight off the pavement through the guys new house and hand him the invoice and say u need to buy me a new truck dude? no wonder he has such a nice truck he got it when he drove his last one off a bridge a week ago he must get a new truck every job.

[@darkroad6669]

that looks like San destination Florida

[@Dookiedolf]

I was wondering how they managed to form the curvature of the drum. I had no idea some were fibreglass.

[@donaldbartram6315]

Never heard of fiberglass drums must be new when I drove mixers in the 90's they were all steel

[@americansarebeggers8472]

if the truth was told, it needed a set of tyres anyway

[@356slick]

don't dump it, pump it!

[@rlorion]

I think a front discharge truck would have done the trick.

[@68spc]

Get an Oshkosh mixer and you don't have these problems...

[@youtubeaholic2999]

at least they finished the job......

[@expliteronboom3075]

he backed into that one....

[@bluntz18]

that's why pumps were invented

[@smallpoxvirus1540]

No way I'm backing into that to wash down! I swing over and wash by the driveway.

[@rafaeljosevargasoliver8254]

I used to work for FL Rock Great Company

[@2233golf2]

He still was lucky-could have torn the whole axle.... And with hindsight we are all smarter!

[@MrOnthehiway2hell]

Maybe he ran over the water meter box. I've seen that more than a few times.

[@benclarke3880]

Yeah actually that's a good call, wouldnt take. Long to soften the ground up with all that weight on it.

Shit happens, if you work often enough. They got her out, Utilities might be compromised, but all fixable

[@dozer1642]

Shear off the rims? Really?

[@boblindt9384]

Ha Ha Ha .I like youre thinking about the customer. Tell the customer to get the wheel barrow or 5 gal bucket & fucking work!!!

[@MrJt8688]

i was thinking the same thing i was thinking mabey he was empty and just trying to turn around

[@matt08015]

with seeing all the that water i don't thing i who'd of even tried driving on that dirt

[@rollingstopp]

but he saved the rims...hey construction is a lotta fun

[@juz4lolz]

thats a mega "OH SHIT!" moment. epic fail

[@periesicsd]

Or a truck with a concrete pump, if they're too lazy...

[@unteemaitaishow]

No Kidding plus you know that drive way is going to crack when the ground drys off it looks like they poured on mud REPLACE

[@roostahcogburn]

This is why there a pumps! Tight arse builder or concreters.

[@islandfd3s]

Bald highway tires on a mixer.... no surprise that it got stuck!

[@islandfd3s]

The Tool Guy yeah, it makes a huge difference.

[@islandfd3s]

The Tool Guy yeah, it wouldn't have gotten to that point in the first place if it didn't have the wrong tires, would it? holes don't just appear in the ground randomly, that truck dug that hole spinning trying to get out.

[@islandfd3s]

The Tool Guy you really live up to your name, don't you? it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that bald tires don't work as well as new mud tires.

[@islandfd3s]

and how do you think it got into that hole? do you think he just drove into a giant hole?

[@ericl2969]

This is one of many comments about bald tires, but look at those same tires later in the video and there's clearly a decent amount of tread. I think a lot of people here don't understand that all highway tires look bald after being spun in the mud. I used to run truck-mounted drill rig and in our clayey soils, that thing would look like it had bald tires when it got stuck, even with tire chains installed! The mud just puts a smooth coating over everything, even over the chains.

[@1fullie]

Serve him self right for going in there , common sence is going to tell you whats going to happen

[@sorrenpeak4870]

That poor concrete man. He's gonna have to take that truck back to the depot with a dry, caked load on the inside of that drum. Bad. Bad day.

[@snapdragogon69]

They can inject a chemical into the mix (retarder) to delay it going off, so he would have put all of it in.

[@benclarke3880]

Retarder only works for so long then that mud hardens to the MPA that it was designed for.

[@MrOnthehiway2hell]

Sorren Peak just mix in a 10 pound bag of sugar. it destroys the concretes ability to set up. did it several times over 35 years of working for a concrete company.

[@broderickperry8679]

Yea sure sugar will kill the mud that's a concrete veteran trip right there. A rookie wouldn't thought of that but start panicking

[@BLAKKMAJIKK14]

william mansfield or a coke..

[@leogarza6786]

Come on look at the terrain you need to pour with pump

[@kanukster]

Idiot driver for venturing off the beaten path.