Stranded trucks all over the state!

[@CaseyLaDelle]

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[@jwlsngold5026]

"We don't litter..." Casey it amazes me everyday seeing the trash on the side of the road or someone throwing trash out the window, it is such a simple concept, Don't Litter!! Your floorboards can handle the trash for you while you go about your day.

[@zesolodar]

so easy to put a plastic bag on your shifter and just throw it in the bag and then once you get out take it with you

[@novampires223]

Thank you for not tossing garbage and for giving the Dollar General truck driver credit for picking up his mess.🎉🎉

[@josephsmith2183]

That might not have been his mess.

[@bc65925]

What you should do is invest 12 or 15 bucks in some slip on ice cleats so a slip on the ice doesn't put you out of commission. They fold up small enough to fit in your pocket and really help.

[@shabadoo24]

They do work. I have a set for my safety boots

[@000622477]

I just commented this on one of Robbie Layton's recent videos

[@donaldcampbell5277]

Would you have to remove them when you drive? Putting on and taking off wouldn't work too well.

[@000622477]

@@donaldcampbell5277 yeah they're super easy and slip right on over your boots with small bungees

[@periwinkle-dragonfly]

I use to drive with my YakTrax on all the time. No problem. @@donaldcampbell5277

[@kensherwin4544]

"Wouldn't that be great with a big ole winch on the back?" No matter how many toys you have or how big they are, you can always find something else to want. That's a universal truth.

[@Fossillarson]

That skidder with plow and chains was awesome

[@RedDeadSpearhead]

Honestly couldn't think of a better plow then a chained up skidder

[@Retiredmom2]

Speaking as someone retired who has been able to hunker down at home during all this bad weather, thank you Casey and all those who are still out there keeping things going.

[@donkoltz1]

Well said.

[@vtx2005retro]

In today’s world these fleets send warm bodies into dangerous situations and should be held accountable. There is no reason not to train these drivers on how to chain up correctly and when. Good Thing you are in that area Casey. stay safe brother.

[@secret5.]

Seriously, how are you driving in that weather and don't know to use the pdl.

[@aliassmithandjones9453]

at least that trucker got stuck where he had access to food, coffee, and a restroom. Those rigs sitting in ditch are SOL in that regard

[@BiggeDink]

It's always fun for the warm people at home to know what temperature you're working in.

[@mishkajb]

This shows how resourceful Casey is. He found those hard-to-find left-handed D-rings. 😁

[@aberdeenbelfry316]

Love your patience with drivers, and your willingness to teach them.

[@mtsky-tc6uw]

that england driver had no idea what he was doing

[@Eric-gi9kg]

Hope that you got some well-deserved rest after all this Casey

[@michaelmcclure8673]

It's called feast or famine. 😮

[@davebaker489]

Love it.. This just just assures me that retirement was the right idea. Thanks to Casey the recovery guy we all hate . lol

[@robertrosicki9290]

I start in 1980 doing this stuff . Now that I'm also retired it's fun watching Casey do it . Even if I hate him . LOL

[@imfloridano5448]

His initials should be LTH for "Love To Hate". Myself who helped with recoveries as mechanized mechanic in an infantry unit 63T with a H8 identifier enjoy Casey and other channels recovery content. Trail Mater one of my favorites is educational

[@robbieeades1956]

Casey I'm glad you use the rotator style emergency lights instead of the led strobe light bars. You have way more pop with rotators. Great video Casey.

[@vissitorsteve]

I'm not really someone who watches KZbin towing videos, but I came across your channel and was hooked. I'm so impressed with your knowledge, experience, and mostly your 'can do attitude' while always staying positive. I'm also learning quiet a bit about all the million and one things involved, not only with the things required, but even more importantly, the judgements that have to made. I had no idea, thank you!☝

[@pan6593]

I like it when people know their job/craft. You don‘t disappoint Mr.LaDelle!

[@patriciasmith4800]

❤ the content. It makes it so much easier when the drivers listen to instructions...😊

[@kennethwhitmer4232]

Assuming your wrenches are magnetic, Harbor Freight sells magnet strips. You could put them in your tool box to help keep things organized.

[@dstaff4134]

Or even go for the cheap plastic holders from HF.

[@dougbourdo2589]

I was wondering if anyone makes a magnetized sheet to line the metal drawers with.

[@charlesb4267]

I was going to make the same comment and then saw yours, as per getting some magnetic strips. Only by experimenting would one find out if that is secure enough or using a few strips to get some good magnetic holding power.

[@edwinschlee8374]

Good job getting him backed up enough to get on his way. And showing him how to tighten his chains!

[@normd5776]

Casey, your experience comes shining through, it's truly visible when you give the driver directions. I'd be like a lost dog if I tried doing your job.

[@alearn3312]

Thank you Casey! That was another fascinating video with more things to learn!

[@Bufordtorkelton]

Kudos for looking being aware of overhead obstructions. Sometimes even the best forget.

[@erikconn3152]

Casey, that skidder is owned by Walker Range Fire Patrol there in Crescent. Talk to R.D. About where he got it. I worked for him for a number of years and he was always one to lend a hand, whether physical on a project or with helping find leads for rigs and the like. Very knowledgeable guy to. He plows all of crescent streets as well as gilchrist and the mill property down there with that ol skidder

[@robertr4193]

It would be nice if it was amendatory for car, truck, Simi, and trailer manufactures to have to build strong tow points into both the front and rear of all the vehicles they build. I am sure it would help out the people that are called to have to tow them. I have watched different toutube channels like yours that are in the business of vehicle recovery that have mentioned numerous times about the lack of tow points specially on the newer vehicles.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

I won’t even touch most newer cars. People call stuck with them all the time and I just tell them good luck. Why should I risk a damage claim because they chose to have a vehicle with no recovery points in snow country.

[@jonanderson5137]

I thought this years ago when I slid my van off an apron. With my grocery hauler, there's nothing. I guess they want you to total the vehicle if you're going to get stuck.

[@powderriver2424]

I like Casey's channel I like the content, I just can't seem to watch these big truck pull out videos. I spent 27 years as a truck driver (now retired), I grew up in logging and towing.and recovery. I was pulling loaded trucks full of paper up hills coming out of the paper mills in the PacWest as a 17 year old. It is just a mental pain for me to watch stuck trucks being towed out over and over. Nothing has changed in trucking, it has just became worse if anything the industry is just harder than the old days, especially in the towing and recovery field.

[@NextStop2030]

100% Its just baffling.

[@francisdelaney2228]

I have become more aware of what you tow guys go through, thanks to your channel. Thank you Casey

[@sharonmiller6436]

Amen to that!

[@cla-z4k]

Thank you for the lessons you give us. As someone who's never had to own or put on a set of tire chains it great to have extra information for if I ever do.

[@sharonmiller6436]

. . or need to help someone else who needs them on . .

[@IR-nq4qv]

Telling the customer your ETA will be 4hrs was a SWAG (*Scientific Wild Ass Guess*) Degree of difficulty for the Zack-Lift -1... 10 being extreme. Synopsis: Tractor trailer driver stuck in Snot,(*snow not over tires) unaccustomed to driving in wintery conditions. Driver needs to come to northern Canada for a 3 week refresher course. Successful recovery: Good two-way communication, excellent video narration, sufficient amount of blinking lights present, safety factored in, traffic cones deployed. Viewer rating +10 being the maximum allowable points awarded per recovery.

[@davidlee950]

Thanks Casey for your prompt, professional and courteous service to people in need. Your advice about tightening tire chains is spot on. Many kudos from Tokyo.

[@michaelmcclure8673]

Another good recovery by Professor Casey. 😊😊

[@bryanhutton206]

A little trick I learned for putting on chains.I learned from a friend back in Pa that hauled milk tankers.Keep blocks of wood that you can drive up on.Put them in front of your tire roll up on them to get your tire off the ground.Makes it so much easier to put chains on.

[@georgiapatriot4575]

Hat tip to the trucker for cleaning up. If more of us had that attitude, we would be able to park overnight at a lot more places.

[@jamesbigham9036]

Good morning Casey you are very good at multitasking. Since you did a recovery, filmed it and even made a KZbin short about the recovery and made all that look easy.

[@rhondasweeney7271]

Awesome recovery, awesome video. Really enjoy all your videos no matter what!😊

[@gcampbell83]

Hey Casey, keep a couple of cans of de-icer in the Zacklift box next to your tool box. it comes in handy in many instances. I was four wheel driving through water to get to my campsite a few years ago and the U-Joints froze up and the truck would not move the next morning. Temps were in the teens overnight. I sprayed De-icer on them before I could move the vehicle. Might work on frozen brakes too! work smarter not harder.

[@Heinzkeller720]

As a proffesional truckdriver in the north of Sweden for the past 22 years, i kind of amazes me how quickly your rigs gets stuck in the snow. You must have really poor snowtires? And as much as you have tandem drive to the rear, you don’t seem to have the nessecary traction? And I can only speculate in why, but it likley have something to do with your max grossweight with your 18 wheelers. Here, in Sweden we have a max total grossweight of 74 metric tonnes (about 165000 pounds) and with 10 tonnes of weight on each of our two driveaxels, there are not much that stops our trucks, except for ice of course. Like your videos Casey! Sorry for the spelling and grammar 😂

[@Kill4Time255]

poor snowtires? nah 99% of trucks in US never even field snow tires at all , since they are not mandated. roll with summer highway treads , when it snows get the chains out.

[@greggdpa]

I pull triples with a single axle tractor in America. Often grossing 100,000 lbs with 20,000 on the drive. It is the weight you mentioned

[@stevenjones618]

@@Kill4Time255 they really not snow tires.. they just tires with lugs.. my mack never seen highway tires on drives.. have interaxle lock and diff locks.. it does pretty good but its still 90 percent driver 10 percent machine... plus this driver isn't smart chains on set only.. hmmm anyone knows the other set jist gonna spin.. unless he doesn't habe a full set.. but I'll assume the company provides but he lazy or something... clearly he didn't see the snow bank in front of him..

[@virtueofhate1778]

One big difference is also that American truckers are for some reason obsessed with 6x4's and semis with lift axels are some kind of unheard magic to them. Typical Nordic 6x2 with lift axel would actually suit American truckers much better and save a lot of money in fuel and tires, but maybe we have to wait a few decades to such a radical developement happen in there.

[@tedfisk1211]

Good job Casey. You spent some time with the driver to help him understand chaining and bungees and probably some things about his truck.

[@JohnHallgren]

Note that the chains were for a larger tire size, is what Casey replied elsewhere here.

[@henrycarlson7514]

Another fine recovery , no muss no fuss. Helping the driver chain better is good

[@billclisham8668]

Another job well done for the Zacklift! I saw my first "I hate Casey LaDelle t-shirt in the wild yesterday on Rory's channel....lol

[@ZacharyCillo]

Nice to see the lights on the truck in action, it shows how little of a distraction they are to other drivers while still alerting passerbys and drivers of a potential hazzard, plus it looks cool too!

[@susansmith-franks684]

Love the skidder idea, but you’d need a two seater to bring Grumpy along!

[@marvindebot3264]

Log skidders are the greatest off-road vehicles ever. The only things that come close are 6x6 graders but they have a wheelbase issue. Every time I see those US-spec trailer frames I wonder how they stay in one piece, they look like over-blown coke cans compared to an Aussie trailer.

[@jonanderson5137]

US has it's issues and aside from some terrible areas, the roads are well engineered and maintained.

[@richardthomas1743]

I'm looking forward to your Skidder purchase Casey! LOL 😁👍

[@mattlynch2823]

Funny I was thinking the same thing! It would make for some really cool content to see Casey doing recoveries in big cable skidder!

[@noc8076]

If you want a genuine multi functional offroad recovery vehicle, check out sourcing a late '70s to early '80s Valmet tractor. Finnish combination AG and forestry tractor. With a forestry winch and Nordic studded chains, they are unstoppable even in deep snow. Used mine to recover a tractor in the ditch. Drove it into the ditch on the other side to get the right angle, and misjudged and hit a tree. The Valmet startet climbing the tree. No American tractor is comparable.

[@codymoe4986]

A Finnish tractor expert...now I have heard everything...

[@michaeldevore7841]

Love your gloves. The best gloves for chaining up over the mountains I have found so far.

[@jims420]

I'm not gonna lie I have my CDL and I feel like I can become a tow truck driver by just watching your content. Thanks man! 😂

[@larsharris]

This type of job? Yes. Some of his others. I would be wise not to attempt. I have not left property in a week. High of 8 above other day so more outside stuff.

[@geostawny]

Seeing that crash& roll logo on the side of that rig brought back memories of the days before they did store deliveries & we hauled salmon & McDonald’s & Burger King French Fries out of the northwest to the east coast. & backhauled high purity reagents to the chip makers in cally. That was in the days of the Mack cabovers & the first freightshaker conventional. I drove one of the 2 test freightshaker. Good days working for Bill & Gene

[@BrianHurry]

I used to drive the cat 518 scooter and it had a real problem driving on ice and snow. Those super wide tires even with chains just slid everywhere. Was an actual nightmare. And once it started sliding nothing you could do could get you back on course

[@little1400]

You always have a valid plan with the gear to make it work. Well done.

[@ron827]

Good job, VERY professional and no hyping how dangerous the job is.

[@ditzy_neko3362]

"Cool guy lights" I like that one, think I'll use it😅

[@sickjohnson]

Making it look too easy Casey! Thanks for the videos man.

[@dailesperry8256]

Like how you explained to him on how to set his chains up bet some people have never had to chain up before good way to learn I didn't know how to put chains on your explanation helps

[@lloydreeves715]

Keep up with the good work love watching you on KZbin god bless

[@kevbev1524]

C'mon man, don't you have a story of the kids rubbing your blonde hair up and down your legs . Hahaha 🤣🤣

[@grant4176]

​@@kevbev1524...while eating pizza and ice cream! Lol

[@gayleschoepflin1985]

I love your truck, how you have made it so capable, and enjoy what you do.

[@jazzloonz101]

I love how you explain every thing you do!

[@donaldcampbell5277]

Smooth and easy work. You're "getting good at this."

[@garyonnen7634]

Night jobs, are like watching Robby sanding. I’ll watch a good bit fast forward some. Thanks.

[@spacebike420]

Please build a skidder tow truck thang! We plow snow commercially in Minnesota with our large farm tractors and have always wanted to use a skidder as they usually have the same poweshift from a payloader and can handle quick back and forward. They occasionally show up at auctions pretty cheap, they just need a skinny tire for snow plowing on em!

[@cabcalloway674]

You should make some foam inserts to hold all your tools in place in your drawers, or you could come up with some alternative solution of some kind.

[@garychaiken808]

Great job. Thank you 😊

[@stevevickery2602]

Good job! I saw that guy stuck Sunday morning after I left La Pine.

[@games68775]

Glad there's finally a good amount of snow, I enjoy the winter towing vids

[@annahughes3677]

Casey,, your truck is great it's a hero..😮

[@legokid201]

I don't have anything to say so here is a comment anyway to help with the algorithm

[@patgibbon4216]

That’s a good idea

[@wideglide2153]

I concur

[@ejorgy101]

Glad you did it can't spell algorithms on my own

[@matitrailer]

Same here

[@dubious6718]

Your doin it wrong.

[@Tow2Fun]

Good Morning Casey. Thanks for another great video!

[@JavierFernandez-bq5ks]

You were right when you wanted the snow to arrive so you could have more work, and generate more KZbin content, there is something about these videos that relax me and make the time go by very quickly.

[@fourbanger]

Tarp straps work soooo much better than those bungie chain tensioners .....even can help with getting the tire chain on initially

[@glyn1]

Well Casey i love summer here should hit 94 degree here tomorrow New Zealand you can have your snow you sure earn your money and risks you take -------------- ex tow trucker here

[@rkw2917]

This is a job that I would really have enjoyed I'm too old now but thank you for the videos

[@margreetanceaux3906]

In a tumultuous time - war in Europe, extreme violence elsewhere too, and on a totally different level: political turmoil in my country - you’ve no idea how comforting your physics and mathematics are. No opinions, just the world as it is. Oh and much respect for the long hours!

[@Lawrence1203-f7s]

As a spoiled Southern Californian with the weather we experience, I can't understand how anyone can be compfortable enough to live in weather like this but then someone has to. Regardless of the Yucky conditions you do excellent work.

[@sharonmiller6436]

This kind of weather makes you really appreciate spring and summer. :-)

[@ruthnash1815]

Love watching you videos from East Texas as I shiver in the 61 F degree cold.

[@rogersayer5714]

That guy could use a few pointers on how to put on tire chains

[@Lovesfreewill]

But first they should have taught him you have to beat the crap out of the brakes time to time...

[@harleygordon2762]

I’m glad your guys are having just as much fun as we are having in roseburg Oregon

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

We got up to 40° yesterday in Yamhill. 38° over nite. Much better. The short lived freezing rain was... Dramatic. 😊

[@paulprigge1209]

We’ve had in the mid Midwest region four days no school we’re talking country supposed to be used to it lol

[@donaldhalls2189]

It went that quick you could've filmed another one 😂😅 great job thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

[@johnhenryholiday4964]

Great Video.... I was thinking at first you could pull from the Mansfield bar but after watching your video I see it was only sheet metal at best.... I thought they had to be heavier then that.... Truck and trailer design has changed so much over the years....

[@lonhoschar1943]

If only they all were that easy. But then what would we have to laugh at when the first or second attempt didn't work? LOL!! Good job Casey!!

[@zekesmith9638]

oh casey i get more from every video to explain you and rory.........im laughing my ass off guys!!!!!!!!!! my parents and family friends were great....a guy put stones in the hubcap of my familys 73 dodge dart.... my parents were drinking and my dad stopped on the highway from the noise...we made it home fine....it was 1985 or 6...good memories

[@samellis4054]

Thanks for the video stay safe and props to the driver

[@pmkstudios]

a bit of ice turns everything into a wrestling match. glad to see you in your element helpin

[@thejrayhjr]

Don’t lie Casey, you turned all your lights on to blind the 3 drivers that were pulling through the parking lot. Cool guy shit!

[@MitchGaar]

Casey I am sure you have considered this, but wouldn’t it be a good idea to make yourself a holster for your remote? I would leave it laying somewhere if it were me? Lol

[@mikeconner5119]

good job casey your very knowledgeable on these recons keep on truckin

[@kevinmoore6954]

You are getting better at this stuff.

[@kenberscheit948]

im surprised he had chains on , englands mentality was if they needed to chain up it was time to park the truck. with todays drivers your work will only become more often, some of these truck driving school drivers are eligible to be "trainers" after 6 months , some wont even have snow experience and then be able to try to tell drivers what to expect in winter situations, we have a generation of steering wheel holders

[@joelgraham7678]

Hey Casey, You could invest in a few of the Harbor Freight Tool magnet bars. Lay them down in the tool drawers to hold tools in place over any terrain. Super cheep compared to all the fancy tool holders. Flexible tool placement as well!

[@rosannahughes4008]

Casey, you're soo cool and amazing. Stay warm.

[@Sevalecan]

lol... Half of me is glad you called those "phone lines".. We always called them telephone poles growing up, but they're almost universally power lines/poles. Some secondary being run across to that light.

[@jeannig7565]

About your messy toolbox drawer, you should... do what ever you want. You have shown time and time again that you apply your brain when something really matters to you and come up with a good solution.

[@imchris5000]

get a log skidder off ritchie bros. it has everything you could ever need in a super remote recovery even the small to mid size ones will walk circles around a jeep when it comes to just going up crazy trails. you could easily convert the grapple into an axle lift system or just use it as an adjustable snatchblock holder. if you dig in the blade pulling with the hydrualic winch they come with will pull the tide back in before it stops pulling. I have watched skidders drive up a almost 45 degree rocky slope with a bundle of logs without much issue

[@markstout6187]

HA HA made me laugh... "Can't park there bud" You funny boy Casey

[@georgeweisbrod1876]

Great explanations on how and why you do what you did so we viewers can understand the why the results happen. Thx.

[@kylel5p454]

Great video. Since we don’t get snow in mass anymore I appreciate the content.

[@cygnusstarscream]

That's amazing how you do that with so much weight you're pulling on. Amazing.

[@michaelpruss1745]

Loved your video. In my younger days, I owned Triumph GT6 similar to the ones in your video. Also, my father's first car was a 56 Chevy Bel Aire. You live in a beautiful place. In am jealous. Thanks

[@fergieferguson2457]

45 years on the road didn’t take me but one time in freezing weather to pop that trailer brake and freeze up and can’t move or at least without heat or beat with hammer..I never popped a trailer brake again ever!!!hot cold weather loading unloading or just to stop to view the world again!!!!

[@kevinchristeson7363]

Love to watch a professional do their thing!

[@Rosagale1012]

Fascinating! I love watching men work!

[@garypurdy1199]

Tree skidder, just what you need. Can you find one with a 6V92 that has straight stacks. Now that would be fun to watch.