Another One Bites The Dust | Miami Boat Ramps | Boynton Beach | Broncos Guru | Wavy Boats

[@SkuzzelB8]

First tow truck was for big rig towing. Its cable wench is probably 3X as strong as the flat beds. Use that one to pull it out of water.

[@jeffjackson1897]

Exactly, large van filled with water has lots of weight.

[@fonzdedios6625]

And that big truck probably cost $250 per hr. The rollback is cheaper. And they can put a trailer ball on the wheel lift if the rollback

[@cmpphilip]

Answer was on the rollback "we buy junk cars "

[@jjeanes2214]

@@fonzdedios6625 $250 an hour is a cheap rate. All though it wasn’t a rotater at least where I am it’s around $350 an hour from the time they leave the shop until the time they get back. If the police called the tow truck then it was a lot more. I worked in the tow industry for 20’years and still do from time to time (part time).

[@firedudeW]

It comes down to cost. Flatbed $50-100 hookup, usually about $2-3/ mile, heavy duty starts $350 hookup and $15/ mile.

[@fieldy-8008]

I go and drink beer on Sundays at the boat ramp by my house just to see all the crazy stuff that happens 😆. It's very entertaining, especially the ones that been drinking all day

[@h2odragon1]

Boat Ramps are a great source of free entertainment!

[@kenwittlief255]

esp at sundown when all the drunk boaters want to go home for the night....

[@dustintunis9347]

It's not free for the entertainers.

[@vinniebuiltRC]

That van definitely didn't have a drain plug in it

[@RangieNZ]

It didn't need to - the fit & seal on the doors panels was horrific - most of the water was out in a couple of minutes!!

[@snapcutter9596]

What a grin. Drain plug.... better check mine. I'm in 4 wheel drive when I back in. Wow. This happens quite a bit. I've seen it a time or three. At the ramp. And some close calls. Wouldn't wish it on an enemy. What a loss.

[@destinyreturns4885]

lol

[@albertdeleon6272]

Don't they need a training course to load and upload the boat to be certified and mental exam

[@barryclark2582]

Van drain plug ? Brain drain plug !!!

[@lamike9860]

I like your videos and how you don’t harass the people that are having a bad day

[@kf4293]

Yah know, None of this makes me want to rush out and buy a boat. 😂

[@id10t98]

As with women, renting is far more economical in both the short and long-term 😉🤣

[@jdubya7139]

What you need is a friend who owns a boat.

[@johnwattdotca]

@@id10t98 What happened in your life to make so you joyfully depraved?

[@lewispaine4589]

I've seen and had some memorable experiences at boat ramps in my life

[@JayLopiccolo]

agree with the other comments. That is likely dish detergent to break any sheen that may be on the water. Not the environmentally best way to do it, but in reality, the quantity of leakage from a van like that is so small that a HAZMAT recovery would yield almost nothing. The dish detergent will break the hydrocarbons into small pieces which are then more easily digested by bacteria in the water. Likely there will be no noticeable damage to the shoreline and nothing detectable in the water within minutes.

[@pulaski1]

Even out on the open ocean a lot of the oil in an oil spill is dealt with by spraying "dispersant", which is basically just detergent designed to break up the oil slick.

[@stephenfleming5979]

One is for recovery process and the other one is for towing

[@ColSandersKFC]

Its an oil eating microbe mixed with an enzymn that breaks down the oil so it doesnt harm the enviroment.

[@davidyarb5885]

We use something called microblaze. It has an enzyme that breaks down petroleum products so they’re nontoxic.

[@harveyschindler9554]

You can bet it wasn’t Corexit.

[@JP-ou8yb]

The large tow truck was brought in because it has a much more powerful winch for the weight and the flat bed is for transporting.

[@k0rc]

Well that flatbed also says "We Buy Junk Cars" so the probably answers why the switch of two trucks.

[@JP-ou8yb]

@@k0rc Im sure that would be the case after insurance totaled it first salt water will destroy it quickly.

[@christietz5020]

You're kinda right. 2 possibilities 1. The bigger tow truck if the same company was closer than other trucks and the flat bed was farther away and or busy at the time of call so he startedthe call. 2. A lot of flat beds don't have muck more than 20ft more cable past the bed and the bigger tow trucks are more typically used for off the hiway recoveries thus have more than enough cable and usually more than 1 winch.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

For once I had zero laughs from a Broncos Guru vid. Even though it’s interesting to watch, you’ve gotta feel for the poor guy who’s taking the hit. Even the best of us can screw up.

[@jeffsharp2113]

Yea seen it happen several times,get in a hurry to get ya boat off the trailor because somebody is waiting on you to move out of the way and forget the put tow vehical in park. Yep it happens!

[@Madisonrvr]

Agree. As a boat owner, I refuse to laugh-- plenty of screwups in my past and future for sure.

[@eclecticmusica]

So true. No need for laughs. It's like that one a--hole we all know when at a restaurant who "claps" and thinks it's funny when a sever/waiter drops an order/plates. How is that even close to being funny when a over worked person screws up - in front of people - to be "clapped" at. That person isn't "funny" and should beat to a pulp immediately. That would be "funny".

[@dkhooeh]

Sure the yanks got a unique way of work. One fella do this and another fella do that. Scratching the right ear with the left hand.😎

[@thomasrudder9639]

Joy, joy dish soap and water. Joy is the only dish soap that breaks oil and gas in water. You can always tell a seasoned boater when they carry joy onboard.

[@rogerjoesbury9410]

Marist,. Thank you good information.

[@TSKseattle]

The rotator that got the van out is only equipped with an under-tow bar for lifting semi trucks with special cups that lift the linkage. he would not have been able to "tow" the van very far, and of course not with the trailer on it. The rollback can drag the van up.

[@hogwild5844]

Yup. First on scene but didnt have capacity to tow the van. Helpful it turned up however due to its weight as a smaller truck may have struggled with the water filled weight of the van. Odd that that the second truck that loaded and took the van away didnt pull forward from the ramp with the trailer attached till the trailer was on flat ground and not still on the ramp.

[@littlee.4723]

Rotator???? That truck was a 3212, not even close to a rotator. Its is a medium duty truck that is perfectly capable of towing the van or the trailer, but not both. It is NOT a tow truck for heavy duty trucks. The flatbed can tow both, van on the bed and the trailer on the stinger. Also to tow it with the drive wheels on the ground you have to pull the driveshaft to keep from doing damage to the transmission. Now I know its totaled anyway, but its policy for any good tow company.

[@maggiemcmac8273]

@@littlee.4723 I thought maybe if the van was 4 wheel drive, I know they have to be put on a flatbed, they can't be towed.

[@je4168]

Not a rotator quit guessing it very capable of towing that van they probably brought both vehicles to have flat tow it a lot easier that way

[@MKAK47]

Didn't know that made single axle rotators 🧐

[@marzsit9833]

what typically happens is when the driver backs down the ramp the rear wheels are on a slippery surface but the vehicle stays in one place because the driver has their foot on the brake, stopping all 4 wheels. when you take your foot off the brake, now only the rear wheels are stopping the vehicle and if the ramp is steep or the vehicle is too heavy, it simply slides down the ramp. this problem is compounded if the driver doesn't unstrap the boat from the trailer before backing down the ramp, in that case the floating boat lifts the trailer which also lifts the rear of the towing vehicle, helping it to slide down the ramp easier.... this is why i always tell people who use a 4x4 for towing a boat to always put it in 4-wheel drive, that way the front wheels will remain stopped when you back down a slippery ramp.

[@danielswann3319]

Sounds like you know what you're talkin about. He should have met you before he launched the boat.

[@walkertongdee]

those ramps are way too steep that causes a lot of problems.

[@wallyman292]

@@walkertongdee If they're too shallow, then you can't get the boat to float off the trailer before your vehicle hits the water.

[@2009dudeman]

This is all compounded when you have old tires that are weather cracking bad. Most of the vehicles sliding in up north have crappy tires. Either street tires that were never designed for off-road used, or tires 6 years old with almost no tread left. That and a lack of common sense, if the ramp is covered in green, you better scrub it off before you try to back down 4x4 or not.

[@rogerjoesbury9410]

@@2009dudeman good tip about the slippy green weed.

[@bradleyrouse679]

I’m literally addicted to this channel

[@Eric-gi9kg]

Don't know how long you have been doing these videos... But the big wrecker has the power to pull out such a heavy load, but normally they are set up to haul semi's Not small vehicles. The 2nd wrecker is a Roll - Back, which is designed to haul smaller vehicles such as this van.

[@TheBigJohnson]

That tow truck driver at 04:19 though! Speaks for all of us really.

[@pigybak]

another U-boat commander.

[@tomrogers9467]

Tom Cruze would be envious!

[@weaponxnova6794]

I'm pretty sure they are just throwing in diluted Dawn detergent.

[@Freedom-ik2ij]

On the bright side. Atleast the van is clean.

[@davidsdean]

Bonytons Slimy green ramps strikes again.....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@socomt5]

@ Miami Boat Ramps Regarding the wrecker question. When the police have an underwater recovery,they usually request a medium to heavy duty wrecker that will have enough power to pull whatever type of vehicle out of the water. Past experiences have lead to flatbeds or smaller repo style wreckers not having the strength to do the job and wasting time waiting for the stronger wrecker. As far as the flatbed towing the ‘casualty’ it has the ability to not only flatbed a vehicle, it also has a trailer hitch attachment on it. We call it the ‘stinger’ in the industry. Giving the flatbed the capability to tow two vehicles at once . The medium duty could have towed the van…but would have had to drop the driveshaft to do so.

[@TheFlatlander440]

For Sale: Lightly used Ford Econo-Line work van. Low hours on motor, spotless inside and out. $55,000 OBO.

[@danlindey7368]

Dawn dish soap? Maybe. It does break down oil and is environmentally safe.

[@jerryscray1789]

This is why we always keep a driver in the tow vehicle. Of course the green slime will get you with a 2wd vehicle

[@The_Dunn]

Regular old dawn dish detergent will disperse the oil slick almost instantly. Kinda like magic. Just my guess, it's what we used at the Marina when I worked there for 5; years. Lol

[@razlan5402]

First tow truck is for winching/recovery Second one can haul van on deck and you don't have to pull the drive line to tow.

[@lzmotorsports]

Flatbed could have pulled that out all day long for those wondering. I run a 550 rollback. Did a 3/4 chevy with trailer in the same situation. Very little force/weight when its under water like that. Moves very easy.

[@chrisfoxwell4128]

What's the max you should pull with your rollback?

[@meadowsmydog]

I knew it was a good idea to always set my parking brake before getting out of the truck on a steep launch ramp!

[@charlesbeall2589]

"Real men" never set the Park Brake!😄 When they do, it's seldom set properly, where it actually takes the vehicle weight off the Transmission Park Pawl.

[@bryanmiles4759]

A bad day for them... Was a Great Day for US!!!!

[@notoriouscarl79]

the wheel lift on the flatbed normally have a hitch on them to hall a trailer.

[@traxxi2003]

That van is going straight into the Junkyard. Read the sign on the back of the tow truck. “Buy junk cars”. Van already sold!!

[@harbourdogNL]

2:50 So does the vehicle owner get charged or fined for that? For some environmental damage if nothing else?

[@annamarieromano3882]

Man CRAZY!!!

[@robot_spider]

Back of the napkin math... Interior volume of an average cargo van (not just 'cargo' space, but full interior volume) is about 400cu. ft. That's ~2,992 gallons of water, which weighs around 24,921lbs or 12.5 tons, not including the weight of the van + trailer, so figure close to ~18 tons? Guessing the flatbed isn't rated for a pull like that.

[@jeffsharp2113]

Thank you for showing me not evey one on the net is a tard.

[@RoxnDox]

Open the back doors and it wouldn’t matter…

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

3000 gals is around 4 tons so not so much. No way would that van have not broken under the weight of 18 tons.

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

Tha tow truck was just the workhorse, aka pulling power to get it out, its more for bigger vehicles than vans tow wise, leave that to the normal wreckers.

[@MrJwomick]

Sold on carvana as clean inside and out. Great bargain!

[@jdubya7139]

Freshly detailed

[@roadracer1584]

I shouldn't laugh but this is hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@robertheinkel6225]

The van can be loaded on the flatbed, and the trailer can be pulled by the flatbed. They are equipped to pull trailers also.

[@GodBlessedAmerica]

I hope the equipment in that van isn’t how he makes his living. Glad nobody got hurt.

[@elitocande9976]

Well insurance take care everything.

[@MikeSmith-dt8xc]

The 1st tow truck is a heavy haul tow truck for hauling semi's. With the van full of water it's extremely heavy.

[@ChickContender]

The second tow truck says we buy Junk!! Wow bad day for that guy! Hopefully he's got good insurance 🙏 😬

[@chunkyd5880]

Definitely. It even looked like a work van. Dude could be out of work for a while.

[@carlmorgan8452]

Tow truck company are mostly corrupt to want to take/ your car for tow bill . Two trucks called driving bill up to ensure what I just stated. Not my favorite people.

[@tomrogers9467]

My insurance is invalid as soon as my vehicle leaves dry land, including on a ferry boat. Don’t know how that applies here.

[@DemocracyV3]

RWD van, that is a semi wrecker and designed to couple to semis and other heavy duty trucks, getting a tow from a semi wrecker is way more expense then a flat bed tow truck

[@windowcreek1798]

Its nothing but Sunlight dishwater fluid. Its scatters the oil. Simple and it works.

[@slayer8actual]

"...the amount of cars that the ramps decide to eat..." The ramps don't decide to eat cars. The people decide to feed the ramps.

[@xElchulo305x]

Just imagine the trailer at the end go back to the water ? 😂 Here we go again 911 now the trailer go back the the water 😂

[@2011hemiram]

The stuff for oil and gas is basically dawn dish soap the big one was to pull it out bc of weight and it needed a roll back bc of it being rear wheel drive no disconnecting the drive shift or removing axles to tow from the front

[@THEGOODRIDE01]

The larger wrecker isnt really equipped to tow a small van. The wrecker is more for bix trucks, school buses and semi tractor's

[@MFingChuck]

Winching power. The bigger truck had more power than the tilt bed because not only was he pulling out the van, but all that water that went with it. Once it drained, the roll back can take it, freeing up the larger truck for bigger vehicles.

[@hotboiorlando]

Free van wash at Boynton Beach lol

[@carl_doesstuff]

The heavy wrecker isn’t set up correctly for the type of tow that is required. A flat deck you can load the van and tow the trailer. With the wrecker you can’t.

[@bradleyschroeder1738]

Yup ive seen plenty of rollbacks twisted doing this type of work

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

This woulda been a great time for a newb to launch something. He'd be like, "Welp, the bar is about as low as it's gonna get!" 😀

[@--_DJ_--]

I don't know what they were tossing in the water, but the guys I used to work with that were working on the pumps on docks always had a bottle of sunlight in the truck for any mishaps.

[@pentonhusqvarna]

"I'm not sure what happened." What happened was someone wasn't as smart as the boat ramp!

[@MrEdlindsay]

The bigger tow truck to pull it out because of the weight, the flatbed to transport the truck because of water in the rear and motor!

[@CCarlson8]

@MiamiBoatRamps The first tow truck would have to pick up the van by the front tires and drag it. Given that it is a rear wheel drive van, they are designed to be towed either the rear wheels (difficult given the front wheels turn) or they need to be towed by a flat bed.

[@cuzinvinniethelastone977]

It's a mix of dawn soap and water the soap traps oil

[@jayalejandro324]

You need a big winch to pull it out because of the water weight plus the van's, but only need a little flatbed to tow the van. I had a smaller tow truck with a winch and pulled a Toyota sedan out slowly to let the water out, then just towed it.

[@jeffeckel4930]

Solution used to get rid of gas or oil in water is probably dish soap or laundry detergent. And 2nd tow truck was use because first tow truck was a heavy duty for bigger vehicle. Easier for flatbed to haul van and can tow trailer behind it.

[@pfausette4405]

First trunk is a wrecker that specializes on getting vehicles out of ditches et cetera but not actually towing.

[@hazepheno925]

Perfect reason they need to build easily accessible drain plugs into cars.

[@cewait]

The stuff they were throwing on the water was an oil dispersant. Not sure what they are using brand wise but we used to use Dawn Dish Soap

[@supanami2241]

Flatbed was to pull it the rest of the way and carry the van ... the medium duty tow was to get it out of the water ... that water in that van is HEAVY!!

[@allengrant]

A cubic yard of water weighs one ton. That cargo van probably had 6-8 tons of water in it. THAT'S why the tractor-trailer tow was initially used.

[@ernurwolf2065]

Dawn dish soap. It attaches to oils and breaks it down amd it doesnt hurt the environment.

[@waynefortier5978]

Entertaining video I wonder how many people realize that a limited slip differential means that one wheel slips the other will turn backwards and allow the vehicle to drop in the water, setting the parking brake is critical

[@robertheinkel6225]

Limited slip differentials try to keep both axles rotating in the same direction. An open or normal differential, will allow the wheels to rotate in opposite directions.

[@waynefortier5978]

@@robertheinkel6225 thanks for the correction, point being that many of these slip ins are caused by one wheel slipping and the other merely turning while it sinks

[@wiseandhumble2470]

Or put it in park

[@waynefortier5978]

@@wiseandhumble2470 Lol. That’s always a good idea!

[@peterhall6656]

What is the situation in the US with getting a boat licence? Do they test whether you can reverse a trailer down a ramp?

[@cooperbrown2685]

In Texas you just take an online course/test. Nothing in person. You can get your license at 13 yrs old I believe

[@alien2966]

"Uh.....Boss, I can't make it to work. No transportation. Company van took a swim".

[@sjfk1306]

The big tow truck was to pull it out. The flat bed can tow the van and the flat bed. Van on the bed and trailer on the reach. The reason for 2 was the flat bed may not have been able to pull it out but the big one couldn’t tow it without dropping the drive shaft.

[@southerneruk]

It's a biodegradable liquid soap, mix with local water that they are throwing onto the water, it breaks down the oil/fuel so it sinks to the bottom

[@ceisarsrepair7958]

That's how the tire companies afford all that chrome, use several trucks for one measly van. The first truck could've towed the van with the wheel lift with the trailer attached. But get the times the fee if you bring in more trucks and drivers....

[@GoogleSpyZon]

Van is fine, just drain and flush all the fluids. It dont have alot of upholstery, just need to clean and dry it out.

[@chuckmvs]

What a bummer ,🤿

[@Shadowwand]

This is why you should go out on the water with Hovercrafts. You don't need to launch them at a ramp

[@jamesphillips997]

That first Tow was a big rig tow. That van was too small for it!

[@bigtruckbrad]

16 ton wrecker. It is capable of towing full size trucks and vans.

[@jamesphillips997]

@@bigtruckbrad thank you brotha! I didn’t know that but I’m sure that tow bill wouldn’t be the same! 😁

[@dshipp8931]

Someone is even flying a drone over the van

[@stevenwilson3368]

The boat ramp separates the men from the boys.

[@richardgalli7262]

How does a tow vehicle end up under water? Is it incompetence or negligence or did the transmission jump out of park?

[@richardroesler2553]

Was this personal van or just one from work that he used to launch his watercraft...

[@niniliumify]

Maybe the Wrecker was enforcement requested, and the flatbed is the guys insurance response.

[@barryclark2582]

Its really good that most of USA is landlocked imagine how many toolsets would be lost.....

[@nickd901]

THis is dumb but is the van salvageable? It was probably submerged for an hour or so. If you were to rinse the saltwater and drain, then fill all the fluids and diff oil do you think that van would be able to run again? Ive always thought that it cant but people can do crazier stuff with salvaged vehicles

[@maxmackinlay618]

Tell the boss you drove it through a puddle.

[@GodBlessedAmerica]

From what I hear, they use a heavy mixture of Dawn to break down the oil and fuel. Again that’s just rumors. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@hotboiorlando]

Dawn dish soap cleans up oil spills

[@59patrickw]

look at the headboard of the second tow truck WE BUY JUNK CARS the van a right off

[@krampp24]

Well at least he knows where all the leaks are lol

[@rogerreed9768]

Now that was funny " someone got the free carwash"

[@F-N-C]

BUTTERMILK

[@Twobeers1]

Nobody, but nobody will beat Arthur, he sunk 3 boats, pickup & trailer. All in one day before lunch. All 3 boats which he launched 1 after the other in the span of about 3hrs. All 3, he forgot to put the drain plugs in.

[@jeffburnham6611]

It's pretty common where I live to see vans and full-sized SUV's and trucks on the back of a flatbed tow truck instead of just being hooked.

[@stephenruss2015]

I just hope it wasn't the company's van and he's just an employee using the van to launch his jet ski that would be even worse to try to explain to the boss man

[@jeffsharp2113]

Did not even think about that, that would be bad.

[@dalelangila9274]

I'm sure they have insurance on it anyway

[@32plug]

Power loading and powering out will screw a ramp up faster than you know.

[@woohunter1]

It’s actually illegal where I live.

[@markanthony6758]

The first tow truck was meant for larger tows, like box trucks or semi's. The clamps on the rear are larger than what the vans wheels are. Would have damaged the van more. The flat bed was probably called in because it would have been hard to disconnect the driveshaft. Would have locked the tranny up and caused more damage.

[@schumannresonanceswithverte]

The first one is a big rig recovery; It's called a "rotator boom," for lifting heavy equipment. A van full of water is "heavy lift"; yet it's not a proper wrecker for passenger vehicles. The rotator boom is not a tow truck, per se. The flatbed doesn't have the power in the wench to lift the 'heavy lift' out of the water. The rotator boom is set-up to tow bid trucks, not passenger vehicles, like the van. The E-150, or E250 frame is not a big enough truck for the rotator boom-type.

[@MBr397]

That's not a rotater. It's just a tow truck. Rotaters have a boom that rotates around, hence the name rotater, that trucks boom doesn't rotate.

[@bretthibbs6083]

Fords tend to be pretty light and it doesn't take much for them to slide at all on a slippery surface.

[@dartmouthdodge69]

The first truck was way more powerful than the second one. They can put the van on the deck and tow the trailer.

[@mgphoto84]

Using dispersants isn't allowed because they are sinking agents. They don't break up oil, they just sink oil further into the water column.

[@davidallen7404]

I think the first one that came in with a government tow truck to keep the Waterway and Docks clear and the second one was the owners tow trucks to get it wherever he was taking it.