Trailer Filled With Oranges Rolls Over on Freeway

Trailer Filled With Oranges Rolls Over on Freeway. If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what about 45,000lbs of oranges! The team took a break from the usual container rollovers to tackle this reefer trailer loaded with fruit. As if that doesn't sound tough enough, the passenger side wall ripped open after sliding on the guardrail, spilling thousands of pounds of oranges all across the freeway.
My dad and Alex tag teamed this job with the dynamic duo of rotators: Hulk (50ton rotator) and Big Flipper (75ton rotator). Together they used our 1' wide recovery straps to brace the front of the trailer and keep it together when uprighting. The plan worked well, and we were able to tow it all away in one shot after to our shop close by.
The cleanup itself was handled by CALTRANS, and boy are we lucky that job did not come to us. I'm not sure how long it took them to clean the mess and repair the guardrail, but hats off to them for the hard work!
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[@TechGorilla1987]

Dude! I am so JUICED to watch this. It's always ap-peeling to see a recovery. You probably could have squeezed 2 episodes out of this content.

[@PepesTowingService]

Orange you glad I uploaded this video?

[@TechGorilla1987]

@@PepesTowingService Heck yeah! Our puns are a rhyme a dozen! 🤣

[@hirisk761]

dad joke overload! 😂😂

[@PepesTowingService]

@hirisk761 Hey I'm a new dad lmfao it just comes naturally now I guess 😂

[@hj8607]

Oh, orange you proud of yourself. 🍊🍊🍊

[@barbannco]

love seeing your dad on the videos Josh...he is such a nice man, no wonder the crews are so calm and cool headed...Alex did a fine job and sure knows what he is doing

[@howardnielsen6220]

Joe has to be proud of what he’s built from scratch

[@bgmckddy]

Cool video!! Always super cool to watch your dad in action. You can totally tell that he LOVES what he does!! Alex and Castro did great also!!

[@PepesTowingService]

Yes sir, we all love this job !

[@floydhelms44]

I've seen many of Pepe's videos, and I'm never yet seen a dull one yet. Also, I've never seen any of their trucks unorganized, always neat and clean.

[@WilliamVincik]

We really enjoy your "play by play" commentary of your videos!!

[@PepesTowingService]

The commentary on this one was handled by Alex who has been doing great at that. The intro though is me. Thank you!

[@1CrazyIvan]

Dude, your Dad... Absolute Greatness!! He could have his own Channel! Love Old School, has seen so much and loves the hell out of you Josh! The rest of the Pepe's Team, 100% Killers. Gotta love Pepe's !!

[@NathanL76]

Love the videos Josh. Always enjoy seeing your dad out with you guys on these recoveries. You said Dave is working day shift, miss seeing him on these videos. Alex does a great job when you aren’t on scene!

[@kevinkenyon7045]

Great video, Josh now I see where you get your work ethic from, your Dad shows how to do it and it passes down through the company! Thanks for sharing! Kevin

[@PepesTowingService]

100%

[@DrewMarold]

I love to watch your dad work and the wealth of experience he brings to the table, but at the same time he gives everyone else room to work and do things their way, without feeling the need to be "big man in charge".

[@frankmartin8471]

I could smell orange peels at one point. Crazy. What a mess. Text book recovery. Nice job.

[@MrAlan0151]

a fine piece of work excellent job.

[@jesseford7231]

It's interesting to see all the work that goes into these lifts. Great video.

[@PepesTowingService]

We are very very quick, but what you see is pretty much how we do these. Obviously some cuts are made but I try to keep as much as possible so you guys can see how we rig and what goes on to get these upright

[@martinbutterworth5319]

Glad to see dad is back on form thank-you

[@wheatvilleblacksmithtreese2123]

your dad is a great man, 42 years of experience, probably seen and done more than most, but , doesn't treat his help like he knows it all .

[@rickfehrenback3851]

Ok guys if you want some oranges we have a truck load. So the driver books, CHP goes back to the owner of the truck and starts asking them questions. I would love to hear the answers chp gets. Always great to see your dad out.

[@markakamoses8591]

Great video, very interesting to see how you set up the rigging to get tractor and trailer on its wheels again with little room to spare. Thanks for sharing, and great job and cooperation between all on scene.👍🏼😎

[@stellarproductions8888]

I gotta say, I am really enjoying how hilarious Josh's father is in this episode. That man knows how to have fun on a job! Plus, I love how he treats his workers well, love the positivity dude. Now ya gonna make me work! HAHA. Hey, all them oranges, that make a whole heck of a lot of orange juice. Orange ya glad you aint the trucking company owner right now though lol.

[@pamulmer2701]

Hey Josh did they find the driver? Alex and your dad did a great job. Loved their fun interaction.

[@rerolley]

Your dad still seems to be enjoying work after all these years.

[@PepesTowingService]

He LOVES this

[@toddjohnson6806]

Josh your dad is just a legend and funny. 💯

[@loquatdumpling]

Alex, getting praise from the boss about ur rigging says alot about ur knowledge🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@philipmichel215]

Oh my Josh I regret I have been away from your youtube channel for a while. Besides Pepe Rotator skills, I see you have also trained Alex well in youtube announcing and presentation, he is a natural! Now seeing your Dad always brings a smile to my face, he is funny and genuinely nice man for being the "big" boss! I am back an have some catching up to do.

[@D_in_DC]

SPEED..... Truckers slow down! I need my OJ in the morning.

[@colinl9018]

I wish i had a boss like Jose. Thank you for posting.

[@KB-gs8zi]

Hey ALL Pepe's Crew !!!! Great recovery as always !!! 🙂🙃😉👍👍👍👍👍 Alex,,, Joe & Castro did an outstanding job without any more damage to the rig !!! 🤔🙄🤠😎

[@leegoldeneagle9003]

I my god.l so. Much love oranges 😢 nice work you guys 👍 Always whatch your channel thanks 👍😊

[@doak4886]

Great job guys. I always hate to see the loss of product, food, and nutrition that’s meant for a good purpose.

[@SumterWrecker]

Mr Josh Another great video. Thanks for sharing and stay safe

[@PepesTowingService]

Thank you sir, likewise to you and your crew

[@mattc.310]

Nice work. The old man has got some moves. Alex is getting pretty good on the narration. Thanks for the upload.

[@EssGeeSee]

I like the explanation of where we are and what is happening. 😎

[@clemnunn3832]

Charge by the hour that's the way to go plus demurige as well you guys do a Dam good job from Australia 😊

[@anitaholmes8201]

You sure have this down and work so well together. One year (WAY before either Alex's or Josh's time on the planet, most likely) it seemed as though there was a string of "produce-of-the-day" accidents in the greater Los Angeles area. One day, melons on the freeway. Another day, cabbages off a connector road and fell down onto the freeway. I imagine it took a few repeats to explain a Sig Alert due to cabbages.

[@jamessievers3899]

Your Dad is something else!

[@Feline_Frenzy53]

Dad, Alex and Castro, Fantastic job!!! You can tell your Dad was working - he had grease on his cheek. Did anyone ever locate the driver? Stolen? But, who would want 45,000 lbs of oranges? Maybe he had a bad cold, lol. Perhaps the best part was that the guys had a good time with this job, laughing and joking.

[@PepesTowingService]

Oh ya we get DIRTY on these jobs. Walk around a tractor trailer and just start touching stuff, you will get dirty. Now imagine it flips lol. No clue what came out of the driver and it did not come back stolen. He probably didn't want to get blamed lol

[@michaeldalzell6670]

Great to see a freshly squeezed video from the Pepe crew. Y'all continue to do class room Quality work.

[@madcat1s]

brother thankyou for the extra long video appreciated.another 1owned (omg dad not the booty shake) respect to crew and father.stay safe out there.thanks from the UK

[@JasonEsquivel]

Can't be talking crap about the boss on video. 😂 Alex has really taken to this KZbinr life Josh. Y'all are fun safe kid content. Thank you.

[@PepesTowingService]

Awesome to hear 😂 thank you for watching !

[@Ken_1957]

Dad's the coolest. 😊

[@lewisgeyer1440]

Great commentary Alex!

[@-ray-h]

Hey Josh and guys...!!!

[@PepesTowingService]

Sup Ray!

[@CliffClaven22]

Dad,Alex,Castro work great together, no patting oneself on the back telling how great you are and the hulk how awesome. Do the job without jibber jabber, but like content of this recovery!

[@TheWrecinos]

Driver running away was the first red flag 🚩

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota

[@nelsonglass6]

Good to enjoy one’s work… fun during chaos… and still professional

[@jorgenegrete7494]

Lot of OJ great video

[@PepesTowingService]

But the good kind of Oj, not the killer 😂

[@scudfarcus4343]

​@@PepesTowingService LOL!😂

[@harryscott9533]

Another awesome job 🤓🙋‍♂️👍🍊

[@charlesroer972]

Maybe the driver stole the load and truck while was parked and running . Or was loaded him self ! U guys always do a good job on any wreck !good to see Pepe still gettin around !

[@rayleyva1830]

Great job guys to bad my papi chulo JOE wasn't on this call that dude is one handsome gorgeous hunk of a man ❤❤❤❤

[@PepesTowingService]

😂😂😂🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@joeacosta5011]

Joe is always out there somewhere towing a crane!

[@stephenfarmer1538]

What does something like this cost $$. Unbelievable what it take to do your jobs. 😊

[@maxxod1]

Saw a similar thing happen at a US/Canada border crossing. Driver was so tired he couldn’t even recognize it as a customs site. Needless to say he slammed through a pickup and a 10-12 foot high snow mound before jack knifing to a stop. 40 000 lb of oranges all over the ground.

[@lynnmoser6918]

You men of Pepe's are stellar, but the CHP should have an arrangement with food banks and companies so they'd have showed up and taken the produce, gotten it outta there...and had some for banks in the area. But knowing California I'm pretty sure all, even the fruit still boxed went straight to landfill.

[@billjohnson3858]

Worst spill since "30,000 Pounds of Bananas"

[@jimmccabe801]

What a mess. Great job.

[@nigelr568]

I would love to have one of those rotators over here in the uk, I don’t know if we have these over here but if I could I would have a scania v8 cab , keep up the great work .😁

[@PepesTowingService]

I've never been, but I wouldn't doubt if you guys have rotators

[@davidschank956]

Well the one thing is no one got hurt.! And the lights still work on the trailer.!!

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Straps are good in many situations and if there something worth recovering. If it a complete mess brunt sharp steel chains are the way to go. You have to have good operators.

[@tinwizard6447]

Alex, great job of narration and commentary. Josh (I assume) good job editing.. I know it would double your work but a mic and maybe a camera on Joe would have been nice on this video. Altogether very interesting and entertaining.

[@fernandocastillo1972]

Orange you glad you got the call?😂

[@gwharton68]

Great recovery, as always. Did you guys get all juiced up? At least you didn't have far to haul the wreck to your yard.

[@PepesTowingService]

Let's just say we had fresh OJ for a whole week after this 😂

[@pear7777]

These bad insurances must be a major hassle for you guys.

[@clemnunn3832]

Always fruit liners prime movers 😮

[@donnienicholson6062]

Seemsl like with perishable fruit you could drive past a housomg area and unload the oranges.

[@richardwestmoreland5612]

🎵🎵All those 30 thousand pounds… of oranges 🎵🎵

[@PLATINUMFREIGHT-lt3ik]

Am sure if the driver slowed down on that curve this would be avoided, if the signs says 45 MPH, truck should do atleast 25 to 30 mph depending on your load,

[@mavisjackson896]

By guessing he was coming in hot on Tha corner and laid it over

[@howardnielsen6220]

Did the CHP ever catch up to the driver ?

[@jonahkasiborski1472]

How often do your other co-workers use HULK which is a Heavy-Duty 2020 PETERBILT 389 day cab 50 ton Century 1150 rotator tow truck tri-axle single steer?

[@mikejorgensen1681]

Orange you glad it wasn’t bananas 🤪😂

[@wangfei7737]

the reefer machine still there ?

[@walkingwithdogs8547]

If it wasn't for Alex and his experience to create a great business, none of you would have a job. On this kind of level.

[@PepesTowingService]

Fun fact: Alex started this company with a single pick up truck in 1978 and over the years grew us to be one of the largest tow companies on the entire west coast

[@BIGV710]

free oranges for the workers

[@scottrjmatmsncom]

After this accident not having vitamin c for a while the price of oranges went up

[@cheeseburger9232]

Easiest drive shaft removal

[@thatwazfunaz]

at least you had plenty to eat there

[@bigthumperfoot]

How much for the reefer off the trailer?

[@mfc4591]

All the orange jokes ! In Africa there would not be one orange left, the passers by would have cleaned the trailer out....probably with assistance from authorities ! Its common too for drivers to run away , I jest not.

[@PepesTowingService]

These scenes are controlled. The offramp is blocked and the scene is secured so we can work safely.

[@davidnelson6893]

Yes that was a lot of money Peace out

[@mr.kimbess7875]

What's happen to the Hulks main man?

[@PepesTowingService]

Every one needs family time, including me lol. I don’t work on sundays

[@joeacosta5011]

I don't !

[@backaddict673]

At 7:50 is the angle of the offramp that intense?

[@PepesTowingService]

Yes, this transition has signs posted to SLOW DOWN before entering. People don't follow that unfortunately.

[@backaddict673]

@@PepesTowingService No wonder he flipped! Thanks for the response!

[@cashtimevideo1501]

So that's what the trailer was re-juiced to... 😝 Are you in Orange County? 🤣

[@joeacosta5011]

We are not. Greater Los Angeles area

[@cashtimevideo1501]

@@joeacosta5011 Yeah, I know😄. I was making an 'orange' joke, but it was a difficult job, and expertly executed as always👍

[@jameshunsinger9293]

Your Dad is just so awesome, tell him with a tweak like that he should start an OnlyFans page 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GFSwinger1693]

What a shameful waste of good produce.

[@PepesTowingService]

Agree 100%. Always sad to see food and product go to waste like that.

[@panamint]

I noticed your dad getting water from the other driver. You need to hook your dad up with a refrigerator for his truck if he doesn't have one.

[@PepesTowingService]

Big Flipper has a fridge just like Hulk. He wasn't asking for water to drink, he meant the shower water from my truck because his hands were dirty.

[@aluxautodetail4456]

Thats a company from city industry California

[@PepesTowingService]

Tell them to come pick up their stuff before they get sued lol

[@dalemullins4562]

That's just great every Orange from Florida was decimated from disease now the only crap oranges you can get are from Chile. now this

[@kazuma_gaming9165]

55 mph should really go 50 should go 45 mph In traffic

[@sammencia7945]

20:30 Sleepercab wirh 2 fuel tanks and a reefer with a fuel tank. 45k lbs of oranges? I GUARANTEE that vehicle was over gross by 1000lbs or more.

[@joeacosta5011]

Even so, taking any curve at its posted speed limit must be adhered to with these semis.

[@scudfarcus4343]

A typical tandem sleeper weighs 17,000 and a 53' reefer about 13,000, for a total of 30,000 empty for the rig, which could easily haul a 45,000 lbs load legally. 45,000 loads are fairly common.

[@christophernavarro2877]

Why was that old man yelling at Alex? Does he not know that Alex is the owner? No respect between your crew I see.

[@thomasfraioli5797]

So you mean to tell us that some of these trilers and trucks are left at your garage and you have to wait to get paid for the job ???? and if there is no insurance you have to put a lein on the property to get paid, WOW can't you refuse to do a tow if they are not going to pay you ????

[@scudfarcus4343]

Did the inside of the cab smell like curry? 🤭

[@RedRedred-ld4pb]

It would not happen if the driver was not on youtube video

[@joha7484]

🤔🤔🤔💪💪💪👌👌👌👍👍👍💯💯💯❤❤❤

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

Something tells me you won't get paid for this one.

[@PepesTowingService]

You always get paid one way or another. The tractor is a 2016 with minor damage. That alone will make up for it. Same with the refrigerator unit, that can be sold for a good amount.

[@glennjukes5581]

@@PepesTowingService Just takes a lot longer to get ur money.

[@tnine3]

I guess posted signs of rolling over are there just for looks 😅 what a guy smh

[@mrwilson7617]

Stupid will keep you guys busy for multiple lifetimes. Can you show what happens at the end of the truck's relationship with Pepe's ? When the truck leaves your hands and goes to the next step.

[@tonyduarte836]

I have recently discovered your channel. I enjoy watching past and recent videos. One thing do you over charge your customers due to the fact you waste time setting up your videos and you work with one hand while you hold the camera with the other. I would say that it a job safety issue

[@PepesTowingService]

What a stupid comment. First of all the GoPro is strapped to the chest. How does that waste any additional time ? If you’ve seen my other videos like you say you’ll see we are so incredibly fast, able to upright tractor trailers in one shot. Other companies would split them and struggle. Like do you honestly think someone is paying thousands extra for “holding a camera ?”

[@davidobrienirl]

Josh what percentage of jobs does your family's towing company get 100% paid? I can only bet your call out's are not CHEAP!!

[@raymondbailey4538]

Alex is the man! Let's see more of Alex. He does a great job in such a straightforward manner. Along with Josh we can watch twice as much quality action!

[@kelleyunofficial3269]

I am always amazed by the relationship between, what the boss, and the rest of the men. I had a job summers like that, my boss was a friend of an older brother and treated me as an equal. It made hard job into a fun situation. This attitude must of been a major part of the companies success. Thanks to sll the guys and to Josh for the edit. Josh must have a major computer to produce these videos. I watched this again. Your father has a great sense of humor and it spreads to the others. Seems he and Alex have a great relationship.