The CRAZIEST container rollover I've seen this year

The CRAZIEST container rollover I've seen this year - How often do you see a container split in half? I do these alllll the time and it is so rare to see a container this mangled. The impact over the concrete barrier hit at just the right angle and speed to slice this open like a tuna can, spilling the contents all over the freeway and landing down below.
The load was some kind of appliances to build, like kitchen cabinets. The rain did not help but at least it wasn't pouring; only a light drizzle. Space was tight, so I used my 50ton rotator's (HULK) massive boom to upright it from the other freeway lanes, while Alex in our 75ton rotator (Big Flipper) backed up to the rear for a super controlled lift. Hector got the easy part, using unit 66 (50ton Vulcan) with the equalizing method to control the tractor.
The upright itself was pretty Pepe's textbook and easy. The cleanup.....not so much. I included a 900% sped up portion at the end to show how long that part took and how much labor was involved. Heavy stuff, but with team work we got it done and the roadways were clear again in no time.
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[@DrewMarold]

That dude must have been flying around to ramp to roll ove going uphill. That's an impressive piece of work all by itself. And with all their new storage cabinets that encampment is going to be styling.

[@colinl9018]

They selling space on Facebook Market Place, "all new fittings" etc.

[@jetsandthebombers]

Alex is a great worker. He's the type of dude u want on a crew. Alex was the doing the hard work. Climbed the container and rigged it. Picked up the majority of the boxes all while never complaining. Great job Alex!

[@litz13]

Boxes of flatpack furniture? That stuff is dense and HEAVY. Truck must have been absolutely *flying* up that hill.

[@johnelting7862]

I think using PIP occasionally adds to it. Generally I like the whole screen view, though, as it's less busy and doesn't chop off part of the main view. Josh, I think you do a great job videoing, and I appreciate your work and commentary. Keep it up - I really enjoy your videos!

[@nancyannirvin4507]

I concur

[@monaromanmax]

@@nancyannirvin4507 And me

[@kenfam5369]

I am in awe, these guys are quiet braniacs

[@caryblock3269]

Noticed the two Caltrans workers standing around not helping you load the Landall.

[@MrBikerider84550]

I'm a big fan of having just one main screen and other full size screen clips in the video . Awesome video BTW , Pepe's #1 !

[@mixerman1]

I like full screen with the PIP thrown in just a bit, like in this vid, to focus on a certain rigging or something...as bad as that one was ripped I was surprised it stood up well to the recovery. Good job Josh and crew!!

[@SumterWrecker]

Mr Josh You get some awesome recoveries and make them look easy. Thanks for sharing and stay safe

[@Feline_Frenzy53]

You're right about that, Mr. Hal. You guys stay safe out there, too.

[@ronaldvanotten6812]

I like the PIP layout! Right guys, right equipment, and right experience! Nice recovery... Ron...

[@ariedekker7350]

This would have been a lot more difficult without rotators. But, as expected, nicely done again.

[@davidinthelowcountry2823]

YOU are amazing - not the equipment, the PIP or anything else! Your skill is amazing! Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@williamlloyd3769]

First time I’ve seen a container sliced open with that much damage! Spectacular! PS - Agree that our rain driving skills in SoCal have deteriorated after so many dry years.

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

I enjoy the varied methods you use. If people there have problems with a little rain, I can only imagine what would happen with snow and ice.

[@erniefernandez7775]

Gotta love those Cal Trans workers watching you guys load trailer. Looks like one of their guys was helping. Lazy asses.

[@barbannco]

love your commentary and the way you talk to your truck...one view at a time is better ,its easier to catch everything that happens....I wont care if it makes the video longer, its all good...🚛🚛🚛

[@kguardian9329]

Must have been an "E" ticket ride for the driver. Pray there were no injuries.✌

[@kelleyunofficial3269]

For what it is worth, I would have liked to see a close up of hooking up the container straps as the pic in pic. Having fooled around with trail camera video, I can appreciate the work it took to produce the video. As a NM desert dweller, your rain looked like a down pour. Thanks for your work.

[@bgmckddy]

The PIP is cool just don't get carried away with it. The speed up of the clean up is cool also. Job VERY nicely done and VERY cool video!! Take care and be safe out there!!

[@jacoblambert8082]

So a giant can opener in Los Angeles

[@BUFFALO1946]

The dual camera shots are interesting....good job

[@melissasanchez2424]

Cancel Christmas on them! Great video Joshua greetings from Mexico

[@jamiegibson1010]

When I saw the damage to the side of the cab, that must've been so scary for the driver.

[@johnratliff]

I have to say what a great channel. I have watched a few different recovery channel s. See some dumb dangerous stuff you always strive for safety first what a great group of true professionals

[@gonzophoenixaz7853]

@3:10 home boy was hauling ass for that curve and weather conditions 😅😂

[@briananderson8733]

You guys make it look so easy.

[@randydrinkard8231]

I'm okay with your content however you present it. Just keep it coming to keep me buying your calendars! 🎉

[@Sonoma_Coast]

Great to watch on a big screen. Good camera resolution.

[@nathansanchez2056]

Thank you Joshua for another great video

[@twaite1266]

Great job you guys got some sweet looking trucks.

[@pear7777]

Your way of landing everything smoothly is absolutely professional. I once saw a slam, Josh didn't like it at all.

[@willieb58]

I think the pip is OK if the view point is similar. I found the 4 panel layout hard to follow. I started to fixate on one of the views and then missed another. Really enjoy watching you and your crews work.

[@491Mystic]

Love that 75 ton Truck 88.

[@thatguy7115]

I like the pip with the multi views like you did with the tiny home that was sick stay safe peace

[@sethtriggs]

I like the picture-in-picture, it's super nice when used from time to time. The regular work is of course great.

[@jorgenegrete7494]

Thank you for sharing your amazing and so is your crew I like the double camera that you have you take care God bless

[@jimmarshall2757]

Very nice smooth control, always enjoy watching you get them back on there feet. If they cut the lose bits of the container off and stick a window in, that box is good to go. 😀

[@fritobuggers834]

Housing for the homeless.😀

[@JeremyMalinski]

Yes, that’s cool Josh all the pictures that you took

[@stuartroland9605]

Great pick ,congrats to the whole crew .Video is neet .Keep up the great work .👍👍

[@Chaplain_GM]

PIP Is Cool how You are using it Josh keep it up the dual perspective PIP is a good addition

[@mitchellbennis9236]

It’s cool, cause it gives you a different perspective on how you and Hulk are doing the job. Keep it going!

[@derekperkins8158]

yeah, picture in picture is good for me, great job..

[@thebulldogchefs203]

I live in Pennsylvania, it is the same thing here when it snows. Everyone forgets how to drive. I really enjoy your videos, I was out in LA in December at the port and recognized some of your recovery location. I enjoy the PIP, it gives an interesting prospective of the recovery.

[@elizabethweber5868]

I here you, it is the way it is in Minnesota.

[@dans1026]

Well donne! As for your question regarding pic-in-pic. Personally I like videos best that use a variety of filming techniques like tripoid- or helmetcameras and so I also prefer a variety in editing. 25 min of still tripoid-shots can be as boring as much as 25 mins of hectic helmet-views are nerving. An occasional picture in picture sequence can truly enhance a video, 25 min of the same I find to uneasy on my eyes and my brain. I guess its like cooking. A good mixture of good ingridences will make a fine dinner, an overdosis of the finest ingridience will spoil it.

[@RLTango]

Alright! Jumping in in to watch this one. Looks exciting!

[@OzMacro]

Definitely keep the new format.

[@donaldrobey4182]

I love watching your videos I love the picture and picture get different angle every time you have one hell of a team be safe out there.

[@crankshaftspltop]

PIP is cool, gives us more content to view. Thanks, Josh!

[@johncraig406]

the PIP layout for me is a bit "messy", I prefer a single larger view, then from different angles.

[@nelsonmattoon150]

Awesome job guys

[@squirrelmaster1225]

so smooth.... and drama free, you make it look so simple. Everyone has their calling, many spend a lifetime searching for their and never find it, your living in yours. Congrats to you. and to answer your question, one at a time and cut. to hard to watch two separate things happening at once,: )

[@KB-gs8zi]

Hey Josh & ALL Crews !! Great fast recovery to clear the ramp !!! 🤔🙄👀👀👍👍👍👍👍

[@dennisyoung7169]

Another great job but a big mess to clean up thank you for your videos be safe

[@nelsonmattoon150]

Awesome job with the pip

[@j.t.johnston3048]

Expertly done, as usual.

[@wink9970]

PIP is cool. You gotta have fun doing it

[@TheVitorgoncalves]

Top Job Guys.....

[@gordonleahy1364]

I love your video from you and Hulk

[@JohnSmith-gb5vg]

New to the channel. Really like the various angle shots.

[@elainemorgan5629]

Really nice video Josh. I don't mind one little insert occasionally such as your colleague climbing the container and showing his perspective but it can be overdone. I prefer what you did today by showing the rollover from one camera and then showing it from another. However, it's great to have different shots like the drone and we appreciate that very much. Of and we like the beard!

[@leegoldeneagle9003]

Very nice work 😊

[@garyolafson8303]

Different camera's are Kool. Different camera inside main image; also Kool. Great job, as always

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good morning from Southeast South Dakota

[@pepaw4431]

Awesome as usual Josh- I like the PIP, or the traditional way...no matter to me, but if one way can be edited faster where we could see content sooner, I'm for that- Be safe guys!!!

[@ronnybaker2935]

Josh, PIP may be fine on occasions if you could split the screen half and half and also in a way that detail is not lost to the viewer. What the heck give it a whirl just for the fun of it. Great work on many levels to you and the Pepe's Towing!! I'm also one of your fans from the northeast.

[@loquatdumpling]

Great footage. U have the artistic knowledge in putting together ur shots. Have u ever thought of cinematography🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙PIP is great. U r showing different angles/perspectives in how ur unit recovery is responding to ur set up. Very educational. Great keep it up🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@markmitchell641]

👍 on multiple angles, cameras and pics. Hello from Michigan. Enjoy your videos. Keep the good work.

[@flyerbob124]

Used to live in SoCal and the first rain of the season is really the scariest. All that oil on the road then add the water and all hell breaks loose.😱

[@elizabethturel78]

Love watching these videos!👍🏻💙💜💚

[@jimmccabe801]

Nicely done. Great video. Thanks.

[@waynekoepke8128]

what do you think the weight was on that container i bet it was way over loaded like most of the containers that come in to the USA

[@jnelson4765]

Definitely top heavy if it was wood all the way up.

[@peggyneubert1012]

While Picture in Picture is cool, I prefer one view at a time as I’m subject to migraines and sometimes trying to look at various pictures/angles at once.

[@kevinkenyon7045]

Josh another great video! Thanks for sharing! Kevin

[@mikerhodes6630]

Another great video Joshua ! Shredded like The shredder

[@itzcaseykc]

I've lived on both coasts in the SoCal, NC, and NY regions for most of my adult life. I agree that the rains in SoCal can definitely be a driving challenge as it mixes with surface oils, just as driving in snow in NC and NY for those who haven't done it often to develop good maneuverability skills. When in NC, it snowed few & infrequent periods. When that happened, people were all over the road and off into the ditches, just as when they received freezing rain. All of it makes the surface slick as heck. Anyhow, love how you implement the picture in a picture for video giving another perspective. Rock on!

[@blows649]

Josh, long time viewer and forever fan. I got the long sleeve Pepe's merch and its washed super well! Love wearing it out and about. To offer feedback, I enjoy the secondary picture inside of the main view one for critical moments. Most of the comments I see seem to be in agreeance and I agree as well. How you've been editing the videos has made it so pleasant to watch. Your commentary and look behind the curtain for say is always super interesting and insightful. Keep doing what you're doing, your channel is truly in a lane of its own in terms of quality and insight. Stay safe out there and happy new year!

[@rustyiron]

Have you considered using a roll on roll off bin on a flat deck or towed dump trailer for recovery of spilled loads?

[@georgehasler142]

Josh another great of by you and your crew always enjoy your videos also good information always

[@johnbulla8708]

EVERYTHING U ALL DO IS PHENOMENAL FANTASTIC. UR CAMERAS FOOTAGES IS PHENOMENAL FANTASTIC PHOTOS 📸. THE WRECKER TOWING IN CALIFORNIA. U ALL DONE KNOW HOW PHENOMENAL U ALL ARE. CONGRATULATIONS HERO ON JOB WELL DONE.

[@rerolley]

Since you asked, I don't find the picture in picture is that helpful for your story telling. In some cases on picture blocks the action that is happening in the other and doesn't provide any additional information.

[@al129]

The PIP has it's merits, when used right, and also when the cameras are well positioned,. So in this you showing from ground level what where Alex is whilst his camera shows the detail of hooking up the container (or at least it would with just a little bit more tilt forward). For the roll over part, multi angles in full screen for for me.

[@bondservantministriesinc.672]

14:45 yep!!! Lol😂😂😂

[@Benjamin-gp3dl]

Did CalTrans make you guys attempt to pick up what fell into the homeless camp?

[@louistrapizona7254]

another fine job completed!

[@MegaEaglelover]

Yet another text book job by a great tow crew, interestin couple questions tho, what happens to the stuff y’all hauled off? Do y’all get to keep it?

[@ronwade2206]

He was flying around that curve.

[@franciscorodrigobustamante4694]

Saludos desde Chile, eres un crack.

[@hughgautier3894]

This ought to give you giggle and grins. I do subscribe to the KZbin site as well. Sumter Wrecker replied: "Mr. Hugh A little goes a long way. My crew at the fire station loves it as well. Stay safe" Yup, he got a bottle and is sharing it.

[@jaybird4095]

I like a mix of Multiview and single view. So how did you secure the side of the container to keep more stuff from sliding out?

[@rayleyva1830]

Awesome job so professional done y'all are amazing I love to see your videos keep up the great work and content with your videos say hello to papi chulo JOE ❤️💋💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥❤️💋

[@jamesmullin1812]

I like that you are using more video shots. Keep that up

[@johnnowakowski392]

Those W3336-BOX units they are putting on the Landoll go for around $450 bucks.

[@OTE_TheMissile]

Funny thing though, I've lived in southeastern Wisconsin my whole life and while nobody bats an eye at a rainstorm, any substantial amount of snow hits the ground and people who should really know better are out stacking cars in the ditch like cordwood. We just had a big snow dump here over the weekend. I did a parts run for work today to the next town over (10-15min trip) and saw 1 car stuck in a snowbank on an arrow-straight country backroad, and a minivan nosed into the ditch on the corner of a bone-dry and heavily salted intersection next to a truckstop. Like...how?

[@philsmidwestclassiccars150]

They don't want to slow down for the snow & ice. Hammer down.

[@mcporter03]

I like the multi views, I fact I was hoping you would fly a drone

[@loose-arrow-garage]

That L.A. River looks like it was flowing bank to bank. Usually it's just a small stream down the middle. I like the PIP once in a while.

[@lornahardin4563]

Loved this recovery. My thought is the "paint" truck probably hadf his bucket tip and stopped or slowed down and the semi came up on him and swerved and toppled over. Paint truck probably left the scene.

[@richardstine6560]

Wow! What a mess!!

[@dominicdurrant1200]

I always watch your videos as soon as they get uploaded and really enjoy them, great work. The PIP works for small segments but in this case Alex (?) needs to tilt the GoPro down a bit as if it is his line of sight. The captures slightly missed what he was doing, it just takes some experimentation to get the rIght angle. I'm in the UK and just love the Rotators you have over there, we dont get them here much and even the ones we do have are usually imported from the US by specialists with a lot of spare cash

[@samellis4054]

Not going lie but yeah im pretty sure that will be a top10 recovery of the yr for sure " I'd say top 5 but sir yrs short and I've been watching for yrs "

[@Firebuff]

Rain is nothing... Imagine driving in snow....

[@daewooparts]

That sea container was opened up like a old school sardine can