OH SHIFT...AGAIN!!! ALMOST 50,000 LBS OF COILS SHIFTED!!!

[@richwheeldon9910]

Ron, I don't know if you will ever see this or not amongst all the comments you get. But I felt I needed to post it anyway. I have been following your site for over 4 years now and find it inspiring. I have been a volunteer firefighter and EMT for 40 years and have great respect for you and your job out there on the interstate where a painted line is the only thing between you and traffic. You are very professional at what you do and I am impressed by the patience and cooperation you demonstrate while dealing with other. Over the last two months you have been on my mind constantly. On July 30thy wife and I were involved in a hot air balloon accident where the balloon we were riding in struck a 69KV power line There were four of us in the basket including the pilot and another individual. The arc flash set my coat a.d shirt on fire, my wife's coat on fire and the pilot's shirt on fire. We were able to get the fires put out and the pilot was able to fly on and land us safely. I know that there were five individuals in the basket because God was with us. I recieved 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 30% of my body, including back, arm, and hands. My wife had burns to her face, head, arm and hand, for 17%. The pilot was burned on his back and leg for around 15% The other passenger was treated for a minor burns and released. My wife and I spent 4 weeks at the bur n center in iowa city and then 2 1/2 weeks in inpatient rehab We are now home and continuing the next phase of this detour we have been given. My biggest struggle is regaining the use of my hands and building my strength back. I continue to make small improvements each day. A thus lies your inspiration. You motto or philosophy is "Little Movements". Be patient and make little movements for big gains in the end Each time I bend my fingers and get a little gain, I think of you. I know we will get through this. But I wanted to let you know that your faith, and actions have been my drive. Your brother in Christ Rich Wheeldon.

[@RonPratt]

I don't know what to say other than you will definitely be in my thoughts and prayers. May God Bless and heal you and yours.

[@-ray-h]

Always an Awesome way to learn… “Hands On” … Ethan is coming along just fine… Love that hat he’s wearing… Goes right along with his safety shirt…! I see trucks with those rolls of steel all the time here around Pittsburgh… The guys at the steel mills really learned to fasten them down to the trucks so they don’t move… The truck drivers are really cautious when loaded & driving with those coils of steel… Great video Ron & Ethan…! Thank you...!

[@larryfisher5796]

You're teaching your son the way my Dad did me by hands on .He was a body and fender and mechanic .👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@hingstonia]

Glad the driver caught this before it became a problem. Have seen a few of these coils on the road after coming off.

[@davidwayne9982]

Ethan is a lucky guy-- to have the BEST teacher there is showing him how to do this-- and has the beneifit and BLESSING of that teacher being his DAD too..!!! He's sharp as a tac too- and will make a GREAT operator..

[@kevinharris1914]

Nice job, Ron (teacher). Good job, Ethan (student). Be safe. Stay safe. God bless.

[@Bluelinechevy82]

Best way to start my Friday is a Ron Pratt video.

[@jeffclark2725]

Well said with the coffee

[@markb.1259]

Great job Ethan! A lot of knowledge needed to understand WHY the boom/cables need to move up/down/in/out. Thanks Ron!

[@billsmith4490]

Ethan looks very similar to old Hank J with the glasses, hat and beard. Enjoy your time together. The worst day at work is still better with family. I didn't get too much of that when my dad was still alive.

[@stevedane787]

No two jobs the same! Perfect (and safe) learning experience for Ethan as well.

[@stephendx935]

Great job, Ethan! 👌👍 And kudos to the driver for recognising the load shift and doing something about it rather than continuing and potentially having problems later.

[@alhutchison447]

Amazing, seems like it was just such a short time ago Ron became a grandfather and Ethan left to go to school. Nice to see he is a part of the family business.

[@larrykessler3199]

He did a nice job. Hard to run the control and watch the load at the same time. You are a very good and patient teacher.

[@maryjanebeatty6030]

I’m sure having those coils shifting was scary for the driver. Great learning experience for Ethan. Great video! Thanks for sharing and letting me tag along :)

[@nonameposter378]

failure to secure load fire this guy before he kills somebody

[@onejohn2.26]

If they shifted, then, he didn't have them chained down properly. He could hare drive them that way after rechaining them. What a waste of money.

[@pinecone01]

Nicely done! Still mind blowing how deceptively light looking those coils are... "Oh, look the whole trailer is still mostly unused!" - only to realize max weight has been reached with just 2 of'em!

[@keithlambell1970]

Well done Ethan, and thanks for showing us all how to perform the lift Ron.

[@nonaloeffler308]

Great job Ethan! Ron, you are a great teacher you should open a tow operator school lol. you are so patient .

[@johnstevens4769]

Hello Ron and Ethan, lovely safety type video and learning curve for Ethen to learn the controls ect for lifting heavy weights. Best wishes as always to you all at Midwest Trucks, be blessed 👍🙏 We have a lot going on with the late Queens State Funeral on Monday, She is lying in state for people to show their respects at present, with the ques going on for mile after mile to see her, we have a new King Charles lll now. . Bless you all 🤗 John in S.Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 UK 🇬🇧 ❤️

[@kenpinion8108]

You are teaching Ethan Ron, just as your dad taught you---stay safe and God bless

[@dandunning4409]

Great job Ron and Ethan. I liked how you told Ethan to lift with the winches only Ron. That is very important as you we'll know. When I first got in to the business the guy that trained me made sure he pounded that in to my head. Ethan will be an excellent operator. Having you as his trainer might put a little more stress on him because your his father but he will appreciate it as he goes. Stay safe out there guy's.

[@stevepse]

Great job Ron. Nice to see Ethan leaning the ropes(cables) from you.

[@SumterWrecker]

Mr Ron Nothing beats hands on training. Good job Ethan. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.

[@rayshutsa6690]

Being a OTR driver I did not see enough tie downs. Ethan is doing a amazing job with your skills and knowledge. Ron anyone who is lucky to have you as an instructor. May God bless you and your family. ❤🇨🇦

[@rrabbit1960]

"These coils can be dangerous." That is an understatement. They are under extreme tension when coiled and banded. I was visiting our steel can manufacturer to watch their procedures several years ago when the bands let go on one as it was being loaded at the beginning of the forming line. Fortunately no one was injured thanks to the safety cage but it did a lot of damage. Bent the cage, shifted the electrical cabinet and feed mechanism. Imagine a 5 foot diameter 15 inch wide clock spring uncoiling without any control. And that is in addition to the shear weight of the coil.

[@neverstoplearning7214]

I couldn't imagine I work with ( small ) 4,000 pound wire coils I would even want to be working with these

[@THEPATHFINDER41]

Awesome job Ethan! Great job Ron on teaching him.

[@davidneal7172]

He has the best teacher here and grandfather up above guiding him ! He will do fine !!

[@lloydduty9821]

Love the hat Ethan. You're on of few that could pull it off and look good doing it.

[@richardhoneywell7411]

Great video Ron really enjoyed watching you teach Ethan how run the Rotater to do that load slide. Great job Ethan!

[@God.bless.America.forever]

God bless you Ron and Ethan.

[@burtoncummins8970]

Good morning Mr Ron glad Ethan is starting to help you out. It looks like he is going to follow you in your foot steps. Have a blessed weekend and prayers and well wishes for all of your family and employees and their family's

[@Samanthareneeheart1]

Great job Ethan you listenrd to your dad's instructions. Rom you are a great instructor for your people. This was the perfect learning experience for Ethan a safe environment. Well done every one.

[@edwardreidt1230]

Morning Ron and Ethan great job Ethan on running the controls today blessing to you all

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

Awesome job Ethan! Ron you are such a great teacher, Ethan is learning the right way to do things. Its great he's learning on Tater. Have a good weekend and God Bless you your family and crew.

[@mylonwatterud2228]

Good morning Ron and Ethan. Job well done. Good training for Ethan. Take care.

[@malcolmross3782]

Hello Ron & Ethan, a great job safely executed. No better training than getting hands on at an active incident. The pupil was listening to the teacher. Thanks for sharing and continue to stay safe 😷

[@terrypomatto907]

This is the best reason for experience to be the best teacher for being a successful operator. This should be the best way for Eithen to learn to be successful in making decisions at the site of the incident.

[@martinbeirne7621]

Great job Ethan. Ron you are awesome teacher. Patient but clear

[@angelina20161]

This is one of the reasons why I love your videos Ron, your calm cool collective and people can learn from you.

[@johnbradbury433]

Well done Ethan. You have a good teacher in ya dad. Look forward to the next one.

[@papaowl13803]

Nice job Eathan. Nice job to you Ron for keeping Eathan mindful on picking and resetting the coils. Good teaching Ron.

[@larryrichmond9959]

Hello and good Friday Ron and Ethan !! Before I retired I worked for GE at Mebane NC and I frequently unloaded coil steel..Real fun and tricky..Good job and GOD bless!!

[@kylesmith8769]

Great work Ethan! Ron, you are an exceptional teacher. Ethan is blessed to learn from you.

[@tonymarshall878]

Hi sir I'm very grateful to you for your service and it's very nice to see your son doing a great job 👍 he's really coming along very well like you stay safe and God bless you sir regards Tony xxx

[@susanowens6393]

Ethan did a great job.

[@susandallessandro2905]

Great job Ethan! He is coming right along. He has a great teacher. Those coils sure don't look like they weighed that much but how the outrigger sunk into the ground proved the weight.

[@TowMan127]

Morning brother!!! Hope all is well! God bless you and the family. 🙏

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

Congrats Ethan on the good job. 👏

[@mikeomalley2014]

Ron you are an Amazing teacher. Love watching you videos!!!!!!

[@heatherkohlwey8379]

Thank you for taking the time to make and share another great video. I really enjoy seeing the variety of jobs you do. The parting shot of Ethan with the rotator and that beautiful sky was awesome. Stay safe and God bless.

[@djburris1961]

Great job, Ethan. Ron, you got that right. Hands-on training. Learn by doing. Ethan is going to do great.

[@JamesTurner-vy2ul]

Good morning Ron & crew! Hope all is well with y'all! Stay safe out there.

[@patrickchambers5999]

Gotta love Ethan's hard hat!

[@TowMan127]

Great job Ethan!💪💪💪💪 Awesome to see Ethan behind the controls and learning from 1 of the best in the industry.

[@llyodreeves4657]

Keep up with the good work Ron and team God bless

[@Thomas-lq1jw]

Great job you two. And luckily just a little shift so great for learning for Ethan and the driver. Ethan learned how to fix it and the driver hopefully learned to secure his load properly next time.

[@robertkilpatrick61]

I really enjoy your video's thanks for sharing

[@loosemoose9799]

That was great work by father and son to handle a heavy job.

[@MrCmgl1]

Great job Ethan. Ron you are a great teacher. Keep up the great work.

[@donnamitchell7707]

Fantastic job Ethan. Your doing a great job of teaching Ron. You have an amazing work ethic. The whole crew work well together. Have a great weekend my friend ❤🙂.

[@gearshift7176]

Won't be long and you will be able to set back and Ethan do the work. Stay Safe

[@lockedin60]

Ron you must enjoy teaching the ropes with Ethan and getting a chance to work together as a team. He seems to understand what he is doing. It is one thing to do something but understanding what you are doing is a whole other ball of wax.

[@gregtuttle2709]

Awesome job Ethan! You are a great teacher Ron always calm and steady!

[@gartan8449]

Great job Ethan. I used to work in a steel mill flattening coils to sheet metal. One coil ran away and destroyed two cars a wall and landed in the dock water.. then had a rookie get the overhead crane swinging and dropped almost 4 ton of sheet metal on top of me. I only just survived. It doesn't look heavy when a crane is lifting these things up but boy when a mistake happens you know it.

[@13thcolony57]

Excellent job Ethan. Yes, in the yard is a great place to learn.

[@kevin98supra]

Good job ethan. he has an excellent instructor also

[@Dylan-kw4ol]

Good morning Ron

[@marciam6224]

Good job Ethan!!

[@markkirk2129]

Great to see the teaching moment there.

[@j.harrison88]

Ethan did a great job; he is surely learning the towing business.

[@mackboss2189]

As a OTR Flat bed driver, I saw only 2 tiedown chains per coil. For coils weighing 20,000 lbs. each , there should have been at least 5 separate chains on each coil. Most tiedown chains on trucks are rated at 5,000 lbs. per chain.

[@DawsonWhite123]

How much are the straps attached to the bed rated for? Also what is the flatbed rated for, I see empty one driving around with the deck arched and have come to the conclusion that with a load the bed flattens out.

[@DawsonWhite123]

Have you ever strapped a tonka truck to your bed?

[@WX4CB]

there was a bunch of other chains and a tarp so i guess he had taken those off and the ones either end were the ones that ran through the coils... but i could be wrong of course :D

[@kylefitzy]

What chain is rated at 5k? G70 5/16 is rated at 4700. G70 3/8 is rated at 6600. The binders laying on the deck are rated at 5400 pounds. If he had 3/8 g70 chains and binders rated over 6600 he could legally secure up to a 26,400 pound coil with only two chains. With the equipment shown he would have to have three chains on each coil. You can run 5 chains if you want to, but there is no requirement to do so.

[@verdiajohnson6487]

I AGREE, ITS ONLY A LITTLE TIME TO DO IT RIGHT.... SAFETY FIRST ...

[@adairwilkinson6916]

Hello Ron, I hadn’t appreciated how many different settings there were to your rotator controls. There seems to be so many different ways of achieving the same result. Consequently, after many years of experience, you are THE man to tutor Ethan on “how to do it”and you’re doing a great job. And Ethan is doing great. Best Wishes from the UK

[@salmanskippy]

Ethan is very lucky to get trained by you Ron. Good luck to Ethan and all the best for him in coming future. From Canada 🇨🇦

[@stevendavid5370]

Great job for Ethan to get some experience on how and what the truck equipment can do. He is very lucky to have a great teacher showing him the correct way of thinking and doing the job. Easy job in a safe place where Ethan can get maximum instruction. Kudos to the truck driver to be patient in allowing you to give detailed instruction for Ethan to learn. Cool video and great job Ethan.

[@juliewalker2181]

Ron, That was awesome. Ethan did a great job. It is good to see you both working together. He is a smart young man. I hope all is well with your family. Stay safe my friends. Huge hugs to you all. God bless you all.

[@danbrooks8241]

Patience is a strong character trait in a good teacher.

[@petermiddo]

This video reminded me of when my dad was teaching me how to 4wd. So very much. (My Dad & his mate literally wrote the modern 4wding training curriculum.) Ethan: I know you've been watching your Dad ALL YOUR LIFE but there will still be things you'll learn. Look for those gems. Treasure them. You will, one day, look back on them with every job. I turned 50 in May and I still either turn to my Dad and say "How would you do this? " Orr, if he's not there, "How would Dad do this?" (And WHEN i take a shortcut, I always have cheeky grin on my face and say, "Dad wouldn't like this...." and do it anyway... Down the track for, you, mate!) For now, learn everything you can from your Dad and curb your frustration when you think you know. Ron: Dad's in his 80s now and doesn't hit the tracks as hard as I do these days. He looks to me, sometimes, for guidance. It's OK. Know that you're doing your very, very best. Sometimes I need to chastise him (and I'd really wish he'd give up towing his caravan) but there's no oneid have rather learnt I know I won't have my Dad forever and I am thankful for everyday I have him. You both need to cherish this time together. You will have a stronger relationship because of this. Love to you both. Middo Your Down Under Mate.

[@samuelspencer9194]

It takes a lot of time and patience to teach somebody how to do something I know because I used to teach people how to drive dump trucks and you got to stop and remember you had to learn too but sometimes it's real hard to go slow when you know you can do it four times faster but I am super glad to see you teaching your son how to carry on the business be good have a great day Sam

[@24blade00724]

I used to be a Crane operator in an automotive plant in the steel yard. I would unload steel coils from semi's daily, and pull coils to send to the press department. It was a very wise move using those hoses to protect your slings, because if the coil was an A coil, the burr on the inside edge can slice right through the sling.

[@ra9884]

Like to see more towing and recovery videos

[@martinbeirne7621]

The truck didn’t even get a chance to warm up on that drive😂

[@Noswolf]

almost need a Trailer for that truck with all the gear in it! :) hehe god bless

[@ireneeickenhorst2326]

Great job you two hands on is the best way but takes someone like Ron with patience. The one thing about towing is you usually don’t know exactly how it is going to be until your on scene. Dispatching was a really interesting job maybe not so good on a really bad night and your calling the next driver on rotation lol.

[@erwinrommel1682]

Hallo from Albania and God bless USA

[@tamicika2379]

Wow what an incredible video and keep up with your great work of teaching your son Ron Pratt keep up with your awesome work

[@bobbykennedy4274]

This my ol buddy Ron if he can't do it , nobody can get it done , Ron is the man and gets it done

[@psg6314]

That's the best way to learn is hands-on experience and great video keep up the good work God bless from GA

[@Torenhire]

Looks like a great job to do some learning/familiarizing on! Pretty low intensity and pressure, at least compared to some of the other stuff you tackle on here. Nicely done Ethan (and Ron, of course!)

[@jonathanbair523]

Yes a nice and simple basic job....Wonderful way to build his skill and self confidence up.

[@david_W5QDF]

👍🇺🇸good job Ethan. Love that you promote from within🇺🇸❤️

[@bobblenuts]

Great on-the-job experience....Thanks guys for sharing your video.

[@bostedtap8399]

Great job both, quite a bit to learn with boom and 4 cables. Thanks for sharing.

[@MGower4465]

Its nice when the jobs come to you. You just need to add some overhead electrical lines in your side lot so its not too easy.

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

as they say ron they gotta learn somehow and youd be the best teacher

[@randalljolley9391]

Ron you are a great teacher. Eathan will do great. he needs to learn in a straight stick truck before the rotator. The rotator is a complacted unit. Like you have said several times K.I.S.S. Start with the simple and become efficient on it and he can do anything with any truck

[@rickylong2768]

Such a good and positive teacher. I wished I could work for you

[@arthurbiringer5676]

Great job, glad Ethan is learning the work.

[@cathymaynard2013]

Another great video, and I learned something from it to and that makes it better, Stay safe and blessed 🙏❤️

[@Gdone]

I learn a lot every time I watch you videos

[@deanspagnolo4976]

Great job Ron watching your video I see Ethan is learning

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good morning from Southeast South Dakota Mr. Ron

[@TimsBitsnPieces]

I have transported coils and tophats for many years, here in Australia, we have rules about how many chains per coil and to me it looks like he doesn't have enough used, and NO rubber between the coils and the wooden chocks and the deck. It's great that you are giving Ethan a chance to run the Rotator and get hands on experience.