Crazy rollover wreck under a freeway overpass

Crazy rollover wreck under a freeway overpass! I lost count on how many rollovers and accidents we've had to recover under bridges and overpasses. This one was a bit more difficult to come over due to the odd load, but still I think it was a great job considering how big this wreck was.
While my dad and I tackled splitting the trailers and bringing everything over, my crew was clearing up the bins scattered all over the lanes and up the embankment. The job itself, while definitely difficult and tricky, was actually easier than I thought it would be. When first pulling up, it just "looked" insane. But our plan of tackling each issue one by one overcame everything and made the job smooth.
I kept a ton of extra footage in this one to show you guys what a job like this takes to clear; hope you guys enjoy!
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[@jameshunsinger9293]

I always enjoy seeing you and your Dad work together, love that you can hear the trust, encouragement, praise and knowledge from both of you. One can also seen and sense how much you both enjoy what you are doing, thank you Josh for sharing this and all your adventures with your family business. You are all great people and deserve your success.

[@PepesTowingService]

Thanks! We truly do love this line of work

[@striperman57]

I can't go through the day without watching your recovering difficult and different situations. Your team is first class, I'm watching you from the Free State of South Carolina

[@baker93304]

What I like, is you and your Dad aren't to good to come out & do the job yourself. Very impressive when the owners come out to work.

[@matta3888]

Same way in our family business. Somethings I do not want to know how it's done; or the customer. Excellent video. Thank you for the entertainment.

[@PepesTowingService]

We absolutely live for this stuff!

[@timothygeiger437]

Just wanted to tell you that you should have used "too" instead of "to". Just needed the extra "o"! I know it seems trivial, but thought I would point it out.

[@wideslammer]

It's always nice to see you working with your dad. Like you, he's not afraid to take the "out of bed at 2 AM" jobs.

[@artyart31]

GREAT TO SEE PEPES GROW AS IT HAS THE RECOVERY WAS COOL AND ALL BUT, WORKING ALONG YOUR POPS THATS PRICELESS

[@PepesTowingService]

Agreed!

[@anthonystike6034]

Great recovery. Was a joy watching you and your dad working together on the uprighting the trailers, Josh. Could tell you two knew what each other were doing every moment, without having to talk, that's a sign of being comfortable with your co-worker.

[@PepesTowingService]

Good observation! He did teach me what I know so us being in sync is something we developed over the years.

[@lynnmoore2664]

As always Josh and dad get the job done! I have always found the content on this channel step above the rest! Stay safe out there Josh and thank you for taking the time to set up and do these very informative videos along with all of your great hard working crew.

[@PepesTowingService]

Thank you! I try not to dilute this channel with any light duty work or "easy" stuff. I like to show off the big and bad jobs like this one.

[@thomasdattolo3007]

Nice recovery Josh and don't worry about the arm chair QB they are not there to see the actual situation. I have done recovery when I was in the army and believe me it's a lot harder then you make it look. My wrecker only had one boom winch and wasn't able to go over the cab like yours. I would have love to of had a wrecker like yours but mine a only a 5 ton military wrecker, love the videos keep up the good work.

[@leshawthorn3772]

Nice to see father and son working together. Good bunch of guys working hard also. Super recovery as always.

[@bushpilot4853]

Love the way you looked back at Dad, as you snatched up your Red Bull and walked off with it.

[@matta3888]

On our job sites it's sweet tea. The southeastern US's way. I like my sweet tea recipe.

[@PepesTowingService]

@@matta3888 I might need to grab that recipe from you haha

[@garywatford9801]

Hi Sir Josh, It's great to see Dad working his dedicated service of high powerful wisdom. He's a great wonderful General I love how Dad, micro roll management incident scene. Big flipper! And Hulk, makes all the impossible to possible. Miller Power And Your Education With Skills Dad with you in the battlefield makes the War and Battle to be nothing. Pepe's has crazy muscles, multi fleet of high quality equipment. Thanks for sharing with us your loyal fans and haters. 👍💪

[@garywatford9801]

👍👊

[@PepesTowingService]

Thank you sir Gary from Brooklyn, we see you !

[@garywatford9801]

@@PepesTowingService Thanks 😊👀 Brooklyn New York City love Big Flipper! And Hulk, Pete's Towing Service Crew. You guys are the best God has ever produced. 😊 see you on the next job.

[@garywatford9801]

I love and enjoy, when we loyal fans. Can see owner and operator coming out in Battlefield getting hands dirty. Your experience helps you to understand what types equipment you need to buy so you can be 100 percent confidence in battlefields. Your Dad, walk and talk with 100 percent confidence when he's in Battlefield, he's not worrying about weakness or he may have to call for assistance from another company. He's the author and finishers of winning. Dad, built a amazing company. It was his dream to own a 75 ton rotator dreams does come true when you work hard and honest. Thanks Pepe's Towing Service .

[@ariedekker7350]

Thank you for making this video and letting it see me. A job like this is only possible with the right tools.

[@sr-71blackbird92]

Millions of dollars of equipment and huge man power 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@kevinkenyon7045]

Josh you and your Dad and the rest of the crew did an amazing job! The reason you’re great at your job is the way your Dad taught you! Thanks for sharing. Kevin

[@timothygeiger437]

I won't armchair quarterback you Josh. I don't know anything about the towing industry, other than what I see on KZbin, & that's hardly training!! I have a great deal of respect for the towing industry in general. You have to go out in all types of weather, put yourself & employees in dangerous situations. I respect that & thank you for what you do! Besides, Pepe's has two rotators that cost over three quarters of a million dollars each, plus I don't know how many regular heavy duty wreckers, tractors & at least 2 or 3 landoll trailers, not to mention however many lighter duty wreckers, clean up equipment, forklifts, & numerous employees who are all very professional while working, I think that shows, your dad & you & everyone involved everyone knows the business, without any could've done this different or should've done that different from me!!😄😄😄 Was the rotator your dad was operating the one that container truck hit a few weeks ago?? Love your videos, looking forward to many many cards to to boot😄😄😂😂

[@carlaustin7398]

Quality recovery as always. Thanks for sharing.

[@Bears58]

Josh you and your Dad kicked ass. Tremendous job, both of you

[@PepesTowingService]

Thank you!

[@rd4660]

Hey, if you’re not taking photos of your work, nobody else will. Be proud of your work! You earned it. ¡Andale pues!

[@PepesTowingService]

That's right. These are the pictures I will look back on in 20 years and show to my kids.

[@blows649]

Fantastic video Josh! The experience of you and especially your father is always a pleasure to watch. Proud photo was a must I loved it ! I can only speak for myself but the extra footage and conversations with your dad about what's going on and what you're thinking is super interesting and fun to watch as a viewer. Keep on killin it and staying safe out there!

[@PepesTowingService]

Thanks! I kept this one longer to show more of the behind the scenes rigging and planning. Glad you liked it.

[@swoopulater]

your services to the public are awesome to watch and greatly appreciated. it's like watching an artist paint or something 😁 truely amazing watching you guys do the things you do with rigging and manipulating loads. the video coverage is also excellent, keep up the great work guys 👍❤👍

[@mrjonnyjones]

Another superb video and recovery! Josh, you and your Dad have a fantastic relationship, your comms are great and it’s wonderful how you compliment each other, even on the smallest of steps during this job. I love Joe’s TikToks 😂 Keep up the great work!🪝⛓🚨

[@PepesTowingService]

Joe and Castro are the tik tok queens here hahaha

[@geraldheitman7687]

Enjoy watching your different recoveries, going back watching old videos gives me something too do now that the cold weather is here !!

[@paulkelly1702]

Props to your pops Josh. Getting out there and making it look easy.

[@josephmarino3951]

Great job dad is an ace been doing wrecks and in tow trucks a long time to get that knowledge

[@petermccuskey1832]

Really liked watching you and your Dad working together. I miss my Dad every day, enjoy these times.

[@elninorudo2703]

5:19 love the disappearing truck

[@PepesTowingService]

Hahaha just noticed that. Ghost truck!

[@rbecerra321]

Thank you for sharing. Enjoy watching your videos. Amazing how some of these ppl survive when you can see the vehicles are totaled. From Weslaco Texas in the Rio Grande Valley

[@mfc4591]

You always do a great recovery, your Dad is an example to all. I feel sorry for the guys who have to clean up the mess with the forklift..in the future you will know that this was the accident site from the exotic plants growing alongside the roadway

[@PepesTowingService]

What we didn't show is after the recovery, my dad and I had to help as well because the mess was bigger than I thought and we had to clear the freeway of all soil. Tough clean up but we kicked butt

[@chefoscarinkorea]

That was awesome having you and your dad working on the same job love to see more of this great work

[@sarahmoller9716]

Enjoyed watching team work with you and your dad. Stay safe!!!

[@SumterWrecker]

Josh awesome recovery as always. Love that you your are able to work recoveries together. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.

[@PepesTowingService]

Thank you! My dad and I might have different preferences on rigging but we always end up in sync to get the job done. Appreciate the kind words

[@ArmandoLaguna-rq9mx]

I enjoy watching your Dad at work

[@KPOPIVESTEVE]

Great video, you and your dad great team work. All the crew are hard workers

[@philipmichel215]

Wow pops is using the remote, I don’t remember him doing that in past videos! What a great display of teamwork to get the job done safely and efficiently

[@PepesTowingService]

Funny you say that, because I was joking he was holding it wrong haha. The remotes definitely help, glad he used it on this one

[@rayleyva1830]

Another great job well done and I got to see my papi chulo JOE ❤ he's so adorable 😍🥰 great job Josh and dad and can't forget my Joe

[@pepaw4431]

One word...IMPRESSIVE- Love it Josh- Most entertaining recovery group of guys on youtube!!!

[@PepesTowingService]

That's what I love to hear, thanks!

[@striperman57]

Thanks!

[@PepesTowingService]

Thank you for watching! These rollovers under bridges and overpasses are always so difficult because the horrible amount of room. Really like them though because they test our skill to the max

[@philipporter9103]

Cool video from Pepe's towing nice job everyone

[@carlcurcuruto6893]

Great video josh you certainly know your job you and your dad make great team and as always safe from Carl in Australia

[@joeacosta5011]

Hello mate

[@frednardi8720]

By the way what ever happened with the rotator Dave’s truck that got side swipted never got to see that that was a beautiful truck

[@johnfnielsen5068]

As always, a Masterful Job. You never fail to impress

[@PepesTowingService]

Appreciate it John, thanks for watching.

[@willb3018]

Really nice piece of work. Some really tight quarters. Fun to watch a father /son team.

[@johnturner1315]

You guys are awesome, good to see you all work together!

[@andycrawford8689]

U and ur dad did a dam good job on getting the job done and ur time did a good job to nice work y'all did

[@barbannco]

great job done by all....great to watch as always

[@slimwantedman6694]

I always enjoy riding in the jump seat. Reminds me of the old day's. You got a great team all around Josh...

[@bgmckddy]

GREAT video Josh!! Worth waiting for!! It's always extra cool when your dad comes out on these!!

[@PepesTowingService]

Thanks David, had tons of fun on this one.

[@BrianMcGilvray01]

"You could have been done 2 hours faster if you didn't spend 60 seconds taking a proud picture." There, no waiting!😁 Another great recovery. I like how you explain your thought process. 👍

[@amedtajanjimenez9767]

That photoshoot at the end was priceless. Wish we had those wreckers and rotators here in southamerica. Too expensive but necesary

[@joeacosta5011]

Where there's a will there's a way and if it's God's will it's His bill. Here at Pepe's we own nothing, it's all on loan from our Father to us so we can play with them.

[@scottb02]

Watching you guys work is just amazing! Great job great recovery.😀😀😀

[@edwinschlee8374]

Tight squeeze but you your Dad and trusty Milwaukee saw got the trailers apart and upright and the rest picked up! Good job bt all!

[@barryaitchison5565]

great recovery dude was enjoyable watching all your guys doing the work including your dad

[@lisamclelland2738]

Ball park 30000$ job? Y'all do everything so well. Thanks for always sharing.

[@jamesmullin6371]

What a great job. Y'all work great together.

[@FreemanWithrow]

Good recovery and we all take the pics on the big jobs bro.

[@michaelrobbins6694]

Pepe's hauls home the grass! Great job guys!

[@-ray-h]

Breaking Out The Nine...! That picture is one for the calendar...! Too bad you and your dad weren't in the picture Josh on top of the trailer...

[@dianer.9461]

Good job in pretty close quarters. I’ve always tried to stay away from trucks when making that transition. That’s a tight curve followed by a lane reduction.

[@kentr2424]

Oh, that's a gooder........🙃🙃 Damn fool driver was going just a wee bit fast................ At least it wasn't during rush hour!!!! Total chaos would ensue!!!😱😱

[@gordonleahy1364]

Ok Josh it look like it's going to be a good video from you and your father

[@paulf4424]

No one can complain about this recovery, especially in a confined space. On a lighter note, i think you'll be getting extra socks and short's for Christmas. Using the disc cutter must be burning through them quickly.

[@PepesTowingService]

You'd figure, but not at all. It "looks" crazy in the video but you never ever feel them and they do no damage. It's like holding a sparkler on 4th of July

[@ronaldvanotten6812]

So, I was telling my wife that you should lift and spin the trailer to be aligned with the wheels of the front trailer... My wife said just cut it off! she's not even the mechanic in the family... and, so you did! LOL! Ron...:)

[@joeacosta5011]

Saw a t-shirt once that read " Encyclopedia set for sale, wife knows everything !" Just saying! Lol

[@lawrencemartin7162]

Pretty ballsy move working that close but totally paid off!!

[@andrewlewis3486]

I love when a small business is successful!

[@joeacosta5011]

Well, we definitely think with a small business mentally trying to copy and run every call as if it was our first yet with the experience we have now. We usually have some fat cheeseburgers and fries together after every successful recovery. It's fair to say we love what we do ! We do need God's blessing though . It's a tough, tough business.

[@hoss2472]

great job guys as always

[@rayleyva1830]

Josh you NEVER seem to amaze me you ALWAYS do great work say hi to papi chulo JOE 💜❤

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Your crew is SO good.

[@PepesTowingService]

Right? They're ready to rock 247

[@KiwiCatherineJemma]

I can't believe the equipment and lights on those huge Rotator Breakdown Trucks. I'm guessing they're running about a 500 horsepower diesel engine. That'd be 300 HP to drive the truck and hydraulics and 200hp/250 kilowatts worth of Alternator electric power to run the lights and winches ! Plus those "Night-Sun" work lamps, what kind of power are those mothers puttin' out ? Interesting to see this recovery. Thanks guys.

[@mattc.310]

Next up... Josh uprights a loaded LNG tanker in a phone booth. Nice work.

[@PepesTowingService]

LMAO oh man that would be a dream job haha

[@drinternatg6391]

Good job guys.

[@donpruett9194]

Great job, you and your dad really know what you are doing. It seems to me that truck drivers refuse to slow down on curves.am I right

[@joeacosta5011]

Speed is usually absolutely one determining factor. Load shifts sometimes contribute as well at times.

[@wacowboy]

Great work as always. Did anyone notice that truck dissappear on the overpass right as he was starting to lift the rear? 🤣

[@PepesTowingService]

Glitch in the Matrix lol

[@greg6715]

Hey Joshua, I really enjoy your videos. I binged all of the episodes you've posted for the last 12 months. Really amazing stuff you and the crew do. How does someone get a start in this type of work? You have great knowledge of Tractor Trailers. Did you start out on flatbed towing and work your way up to heavy duty wrecking or did you start out as a CDL driver driving trucks? Crane Operator Schooling? Again, tons of respect for you and your family, and Hulk is an awesome piece of Machinery. Thanks

[@PepesTowingService]

Good question with no straight answer. Most people do start off in a light duty wheel lift or flatbed, and work their way up in the company from there by going to medium duty next then a heavy wrecker. I do know some people who started off in the crane world too.

[@barbaraasandoval2551]

Enjoyed watching, Awesome teamwork. Be safe 😊

[@cashtimevideo1501]

Fantastic job guys!! 👍

[@frednardi8720]

Hi Josh hope you are doing well and the crew at Pepe’s and staying safe with this Covid stuff be well and safe I’m from Toronto Canada and doing the same hope to see some new videos take care buddy

[@PepesTowingService]

If you click my channel name, you can view all my videos. I post one every single Monday

[@bigjoel3599]

Man when drivers do a dozy they seem to always make sure to do it right under something but my philosophy now is when you think you seen or heard it all there is always someone who says hold my beer

[@ChristopherTrott]

I respect what you do. Good work. Following

[@losts69]

Question: Have you all done a video or would be interested in doing a video on... What all is in the truck? Like give us a tour of Hulk and what is what and where and stuff. I find it interesting everything you all pull out of the truck. Do you have like a check list of hey make sure these things are in the trucks before the day starts and stuff?

[@PepesTowingService]

I have those videos already. I did a full walk around tour of Hulk and big flipper. They're on my channel

[@jerrykinnin7941]

Does the long neck dolly make it easier for the pup trailer to go stupid?

[@jeangriffin6247]

Hello to your Dad …great job

[@josephcox4319]

Very nice recovery, I'm thinking that maybe a sling through the rub rails on either end and lifting the rear trailer on its side just enough to get the binding out may have possibly worked but either way, great job as usual.

[@joeacosta5011]

You mean to undo the pintle hook ?

[@oddtechman]

Hi Guys. Any update as yet from the hit and run incident on your rotator by that other trucker that you posted several weeks back firstly? Nice tricky recovery this one. semi truck and pup's are always awkward. Many thanks for sharing

[@joeacosta5011]

Thanx for asking. Waiting on a few more parts from Miller then it's off to the spray booth for paint. Hoping 5 more weeks will do it. Super Dave is going nuts without his baby ! I'm sure you can relate.

[@oddtechman]

@@joeacosta5011 Many thanks for the update and hope we can see a follow up video to this once the rotator is returned.

[@loubowen8082]

Well don't forget to be ready for a lot more containers with the drivers that are going to be hauling them for the 1st time LOL

[@MegaEaglelover]

Tow Truck model of the Year LMAO 🤣

[@kenking5870]

Well done guys!

[@campingeast]

Do these things ever pick a good spot to flip over?

[@gorillaau]

At least there were no power lines to avoid.

[@FlexDRG]

So was the eye of the trailer to mangled and twisted from getting flipped like that, that you cut that off instead of the hook (that might have been unbolted)?

[@joeacosta5011]

We definitely looked at unscrewing the bolts but they were in a very confined space. Josh made short work of it. He lives his Milwaukee cut off tools

[@FlexDRG]

@@joeacosta5011 I suppose the eye is easy enough to replace (weld on a new one). But so would unbolting the remains of a cut off pintel in a shop. Hence the question if the eye on the trailer had deformed. A deformed eye is useless and would need replacing anyway. And by the look of things the pintel as well with how stuck the eye was and the forces needed to twist and buckle the eye would have damaged the pintel no doubt.

[@92804dv]

GO PEPE'S!! Thanks!!

[@harveystephens6115]

Good job. Enjoyed

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota

[@PepesTowingService]

Good evening!

[@loveistheanswer8137]

Correct me if I'm wrong , but would the hitch on the rear have unhooked if you had lifted the trailer. It was the next thing you did anyway. Cheers from Canada.

[@PepesTowingService]

That was plan B. We did that.... It's in the video.... All it did was raise the trailer and take the second one with it. Unless you're in the industry, it's hard to imagine how twisted metal can get on big wrecks.

[@DrewMarold]

Nice recovery in tight conditions. Have you ever had one that was in such a tight spot you're like "Screw it, let's drag it on its side until we get somewhere we can work."?

[@joeacosta5011]

Twice in 30 years we had to walk loaded containers down a sloped ramp due to the concavity. Basically, when we uprighted it wanted to lay over again. Bottom of ramp was a flat surface with ideal conditions for safe recovery.

[@tyjay964]

"You could have been done 2 hours faster..." 😁 Thanks for your content.

[@terrynash7508]

Awesome job.

[@rshutterbug47]

WOW What A Deal That Was 👍👍👍

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

27:24 Somethin' I gotta say, fam, is that plants are pretty darn resilient. There's a good chance most of the plants survived. The only thing that could really ruin the sprouts from the wreck is extensive crush damage. While it likely would've been a pain to pick all those trays up off the side of the freeway, they were mostly still alive. Besides, these sprouts were going to a nursery; the people there tend to know how to save dying plants.

[@wink9970]

Take the time to take those calendar pictures !!

[@Ricochet845]

Pops: *grabs a redbull* Josh: Dad that's MY redbull Pops: haha not any more, *proceeds to walk away with redbull* Josh: *sad face* seriously though awesome work guys as always. out of curiosity, has there been a noticeable uptick of calls since the port is now running 24/7?

[@hughgautier3894]

You did a GR8 job as always. Do you know what caused it to flip in the first place? From what I could see after the front trailer was uprighted, the boxes weren't in the correct direction which would allow the things to shift. If they had been turned 90 degrees, instead of being able to shift sideways they would have been front to back.

[@dianer.9461]

That is a pretty tight curve coming after a straight shot. Most likely going too fast.

[@joeacosta5011]

This company apparently moves a ton of these plus securement devices were in the right place.

[@PepesTowingService]

Good question, my guess would have to be too much speed heading into that downward curve leading to the overpass.