Tractor Trailer Fails At U Turn

[@ruben9618]

I don’t know how any truck driver doesn’t know the weight of their truck and trailer no matter the experience.

[@briancapps9344]

Tyler Unknown you can’t say that now!

[@lfsheldon]

Should have a scale ticket with that info on it.

[@ALL-bj7mj]

funny you say that!!!! I was about to state the same.....3 years as a semi-dump driver I always new my totals....amazing!

[@ALL-bj7mj]

Laurence Sheldon.....BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@crumpb63]

Any truck driver that's been working more than a couple weeks knows how much is tractor and trailer weigh empty (within a couple thousand pounds) they don't they should not be driving

[@georgegeorgepht]

Some things new drivers should keep in mind: Stay on the interstate as long as possible to avoid small streets. Never ever do a u turn. Find a large shoping mall or business and use their shipping and receiving entrance. Worst case if u got down a bad road u need to stop and ask for help. Asking for help or a spotter while u back is free. Even calling police to help shut down a road while u back out is free. But a tow bill or damage to someone's property is not free. It's very expensive.. The long way around is sometimes much safer then a easy short cut.

[@petejessop]

Good job you double checked the trailer proper job mate well done 👍

[@Kamila_Alaiah]

I am very impressed with the work you do. You guys are hands down my favorites that I have seen on U tube by far. And you equipment is topnotch for real. If I had a voice in it. I would definitely vote you the best in you r field without a doubt

[@sandie062985]

Good job Trent and don’t feel bad about call for help . I have several time in the middle nite. She better check with her other driver if the pull the pin it made her look bad when you ask But why in the hell do they all pull their pins when it’s not going to help. God Bless you and as always be safe .

[@_KeneYah]

I could only imagine the bill of 2 tow trucks called plus all that time and effort used💸💰📥😥

[@deathk26]

Pretty crummy co-driver to do something like that and not tell this lady what he did.

[@brianpeterson9751]

nice job trent you cant always do all jobs yourself,smart to call for help. and who better to show up darl,very smart . im gonna call you guys the dynamic duo, your such an awesome team.make sure to share with darl. i think you two could do most anything, un till everyone needs to come. my favorite thing to watch,great videos.

[@oddballdynamics.9658]

New drivers, always make sure to turn around in a safe location. It’s worth the extra time to find a parking lot or open area to avoid the expensive tow charge and possible ticket.

[@Scott924m]

Wow simple job almost turned bad your dad should be proud he taught you well you caught that just like you should have . I was shocked when you went around the trailer I was afraid you were going to get stuck like you said earlier in the video. I like the long videos. Nice brainstorming on the friction factor even though it didn't work .

[@billchapel5248]

I thought the name on the truck would say, Swift.

[@heavenbound9641]

@Gary York LOL. . YEAH. . . HE'S A LOSER TOO !

[@brentsmith8506]

Great job Trent why do they also think they can lie about not pulling the pin but anyway keep up the great work and stay safe out there

[@organbuilder272]

Good Job, Trent. No matter the dread of the midnight call, you did the right thing. When in doubt seek experience. Good job, well Done.

[@BENFrankaka-sandstorm]

When I saw the length of the video i was like...i don't know if it'll be that easy.

[@123mikeyd321]

Well done Trent, Super-Darl! and the lady driver. No comment about anyone else who might have been having a hard day..

[@ryanmilton5512]

Smh who tries to make u turn on a two lane hwy i would fire who ever did it the next day

[@handyfm]

How in the hell did she get a licence? I've seen some dumb stuff but this is tops! Nice work, I enjoy watching your channel. Part time heavy vehicle driver from New Zealand :

[@edwinschlee8374]

Some of these drivers need to be told about not pulling the pin in drivers school when they are in this situation. Wait for the Towing Company! Good job even if you had to call for back up. Better safe than sorry. Stay Safe and hydrated!

[@herpes010]

In that situation where you didn't hear the pin lock-in, once he was straightened out I would go ahead and set trailer brakes, re-pull the pin, then back into it one more time just to make damn sure it's locked, just for future reference. Even though it looked like it was locked it could've just been caught on the edge. Call me crazy, but that's what I would've done. Would've only taken less than a minute to do just to be sure it doesn't come apart going down the highway. Good job though!

[@andrewbrenneman9592]

Maybe the 5th wheel plates need a redesign to require a locking pin so that accidental unlock can't happen.

[@MrHolyFries]

I knew that pin was pulled as soon as I saw the time of the video and how fast he was connected to pull. I said ain’t no way that she told the truth.

[@billybobharrison8005]

Boy it makes me sad that the driver that are on the road now do not have any common sense I have drove over the road for 27 years and never got my self into the problems let the truck driver I have gotten into. You sure do have patient with them keep up the good work and stay safe

[@ReflexXTows]

Good work brother! Question can't tell from the camera entirely but could you have hooked from front side to trailer, Had tractor set brakes and pulled trailer forward into tractor. I feel like the tractor would have been more of a anchor then a pivoting trailer on sand. But at same time i could be wrong and if pulled that way that faring may have exploded. Either way got it done good work man!

[@paublusamericanus292]

I simply cannot believe your cali drivers. How much do you have. She says, "35,000". trent, "in the box"? She says "yes". He asks, "how much total"? meaning how much does your truck weigh? like on the scales every day. Well, I don't know. mein gott----brain dead

[@billchapel5248]

That's what the trucking has come to, stupid professional tourist.

[@johndonovan7018]

trucking is dead. just drive for a 1000 miles. the shit you see.... aaaagh.

[@richlymann6451]

Give or take Around 32K Trk/Trl+32in the box=.....🧐

[@companyb4817]

The reason they don't want to tell the weight of the truck is the rescue people charge them by the weight you better remember this other three money times and the company told me you lied to them about the weight that you carry.

[@josephpollard6324]

Could the trailer frame hold if you had used the lift as a brace and low pulled on the tractor?

[@jacqueshusselman4705]

Nice video Trent greetings from South Africa like your videos👍👍👍👍

[@JVerschueren]

I've watched a bunch of these videos now and I've yet to see landing gear working correctly... what do people do to these trailers?

[@mechanicmike1236]

First I am not a heavy duty wrecker operator, that being said could you have pulled the back of the trailer over enough to reconnect the tractor or would that have made it worse? Again, your type of towing is way out of my league. Thanks for sharing, I really enjoy watching, have a safe and great week

[@YudhvirShergillOfficial]

enjoyed the video more than mysterious movie 😂

[@luismontes3976]

Why does pulling the king pin(5th wheel) come to drivers mind ?

[@LJT7907]

some drivers think that if they pull the pin and can disconnect, they can maybe in this circumstance loop around to other side of the trailer and hook back up and save it them selves. It never works.

[@philsmidwestclassiccars150]

Because, they think they can bobtail out rom under the trailer & hook back up in a jack-knife position, until they pull the pin, then realize they are already in a jack-knife. Mama's gonna get a piece of that co-driver. I thought I saw her take a couple swings at him already when they were outside arguing. Never shack up with anything bigger than you, not even in a truck... lol

[@danafield4696]

luis montes same reason making a damn u turn on a two lane road did to them !!

[@danielhepp541]

That lady made me nervous smoking out there with all that dry brush, thats all you would need for another fire in the area with Plaza in the ignition zone. Desert brush fires are explosive.

[@bobmillan]

Trent, does your Dad ever get angry? He always looks cool in every situation.

[@AOMAGIO0]

This chick should be fired.... Good tow though!!!

[@country4x4boy89]

Hopefully you charged them extra for stupidity!

[@Vigda03]

That’s crazy why they always go to drop trailer and pull the pin like that’s going to work

[@raymondmanderville505]

Hey newbie. , sometimes you have to drive for miles to find a wide enough spot or a cross intersection . You have google maps , pull over & look .

[@lwilton]

Trent, I wonder if you could have put one line on the front of the trailer and the other on the pull pin on the cab, and pulled both of them at once? You might have been able to pull the trailer into the jaws and lock it, or at least keep it on the 5th wheel until you had the rig straight enough that they could back under the trailer and lock it.

[@louisnemick317]

As usual another great video.

[@sandy1653]

I'd really love to know the thought process behind disconnecting the damn trailer. Like what good does it do you? You're only going to have to pay for the damn trailer to get rescued too...

[@enzoorciuoli328]

Sandy selfish always need to kip rollin

[@slappymcface5681]

It never fails, a driver always thinks they can disconnect then circle to the other side and save themselves. 12 years in the industry I’ve seen probably a hundred or more drivers try that, it’s NEVER worked. Not one damn time

[@llloyd4]

Her and her codriver are going to have heated words and, not to sound bad, she's a Latina, I wouldn't want to be near her when she goes off on them. :D

[@toysgarage1818]

White Tiger Gaming she sounds Cuban.. if you know anything about Cuban girls is that u run away

[@dermdeworm6812]

Well Trent, I hope you double charged them especially because one of them pulled the pin and wouldn't own up to it. 👍👍

[@johndonovan7018]

she is gonna chase him into mexico. literally. hombre better already be in tijuana and not stop

[@PinkRose2004]

Dude why bring race into this, Not Nice at all.

[@javierromano6669]

ICURA HOMO because they are very smart!!!

[@theluckybeaver]

Drop the landing gear pull the tractor out then grab the trailer with the under reach stretched out then charge them a stupidity fee

[@SuperTransmission]

Nice job Trent ,Now these dumbasses needed punished (2) wreckers for pulling the pin & lying about it. You prolly could have pulled the tractor out from under the trailer & drove it around & hooked it back up from the other side of the trailer & drove it out ,But the outcome was good more money LOL.

[@corycollier]

she didn't exactly lie about pulling the pin. the co-driver did it while she was sleeping and didn't tell her....

[@lynnmoore2664]

Simple winchout turned into a very costly job due to a very dumb mistake by the codrive! I don't get what's behind their reasoning for pulling the pin on the 5th wheel.I think maybe some of these so-called driving schools would teach them about this situation not working!

[@NightCrawler810]

Lynn Moore the reason someone will pull the pin is so that they can unhook from the trailer and hopefully drive out from up under that way when the to truck driver gets there all he would have to do is straighten out the trailer but if that’s what they were thinking then the landing gear should have been lowered and it wasn’t so clearly both drivers aren’t experienced enough to know that they were to far into the jackknife at that point shit happens

[@diljotshoker1]

why would you lie? just gonna cost more since you gotta rest

[@jdshenanigans9265]

May have got that with a load binder from trailer to tractor unit

[@azcactusflower1]

I was thinking that too.

[@brothatothanight1379]

Shit like this happens everyday...You live and you learn and you move on from it....Keep on trucking young lady....I'm out!!!!

[@johnfranks]

Would the lower boom/dolly thing not extend to the trailer?

[@foghornleghorn2206]

Love the phone still bolted to her head

[@KB-gs8zi]

Sir Trent !!!! That's Trucking !!!!! Stupid follows Stupid as Driver"s Go !!!! They ain't gots any Idea as to what to do other than pull the 5th wheel pin !!!!!! KEEP IT SAFE !!!!!

[@JimNeville]

Great job , but why does pulling the king pin(5th wheel) come to drivers mind ?

[@mishaholt7568]

The phantom pin puller strikes again , funny i have a feeling the hubby u turned it pulled the pin then jumped into the sleeper keeping shushhhhhhhh and then left it for his mrs, That was a near disaster Trent plus a near right-off fairing/airofoil, overall it was a good call out for your buddy. Note to self Trent dont believe the buggers check all round first even the brake positions because it will come back on you & bite ya, like the pics of the fairing that was a good call Sir, pics dont lie. Double the bill just to save derv going to the next juction Wow ! that was costly.

[@cyriljones658]

What time at night was this recorded?? Awesome Video

[@stanpatterson5033]

I wasn't there, but I would estimate sometime between sunset and sunrise... just a rough guess...

[@desertrat8322]

Nice Video Trent !! Is this the Money Pit on the way up to the Casino ??, also just noticed that your Camera monitor in your truck looks like it has fallen ??

[@tkuenzli1]

Snatchblock to truck frame ahead of kingpin, cable back to trailer... Pulling them towards one another... Just a thought...

[@MotivativeThinking2]

Seems like when a u-turn call comes in dispatch needs to ask if the 5th wheel has been pulled. If yes then add an extra ($300) charge to the customer!

[@stanpatterson5033]

If they'd lie about it to the tow driver's face, how easy would it be for them to lie about it on the phone ? Only thing you could do (and kind of sneaky to do it) would be to tell them during the phone call that there is an extra ($300) charge if they've pulled the fifth wheel. At that point, the customer is likely to hang up and call another tow company. I think the best thing to do is just what Trent has been doing.... ask the driver point-blank, then go physically check for himself. If you have to call out another truck and charge for it, it's not like the customer can just drive away, if they could just drive away, they'd have never called for a tow in the first place.

[@maryannmiller8914]

Did this happen in Lyon, Pa? I saw a truck that looked like that this morning & blocking whole road .In front of East Penn Manufacturing on Daka Road in Lyon Station Pennsylvania.

[@stanpatterson5033]

All the footage is in California.

[@MR-je1jb]

No. They don't have sand along the road in Lyons Station. Been there a bunch of times. I believe this is in California.

[@JustinCopeland-ks1xb]

Well another bites the dust of leing about pulling the pin!!!

[@ALL-bj7mj]

someone forgot to either 1. do a tug test....or 2. the u turn put so much pressure on the fifth wheel it unlocked (BUT I DOUBT IT)…..or 3. pulled the pin to try and point the blame at the wrecker driver....

[@johnsidor7744]

Need to also ask if they have a codriver

[@TheSwampdoggydog]

Hi Trent , could you have used the underlift to brace the trailer while pulling the cab with the Winch? Maybe put some wood between first to stop any damage, I know more than one way to skin a cat just a suggestion. Great work keep it up and keep safe

[@Leotheconstructionguy]

Brett Swampy the underlift only goes out a couple feet

[@christophergarcia2663]

Do u guys do ride alongs ?

[@bud119]

hi there im new to ur channel and i like watching ur videos.

[@harleyarcher6732]

landing gear is down there is a hint

[@LJT7907]

Trent put the landing gear down, it was up at the beginning of the video, He put it down to stop the trailer from sliding when trying to get the lock jaws back around the kingpin.

[@tylerschierholz7534]

Great video

[@richardm1631]

Don't you hate it people try to pull a fast one but you knew better than that you doing this for long time and see it all

[@MrPuttyman1234]

What kind of CDL is required to drive one of these tow rigs?

[@tallone09]

Class A with all endoserment

[@njovwevnjweV]

Instead of going around and pulling on the tractor from the rear couldnt you have tried to pull on the trailer at the landing gear from where you originally were at?

[@NightCrawler810]

Sam Valentine you pull on that landing gear and rip it out now how will you drop the trailer Heavy Tow Truck Drivers know what they are doing trust me

[@harleyarcher6732]

Good catch

[@sydsyd]

Tough job!

[@itsmeagainmargret]

I'm not saying this as a arm chair driver. just a though on another way to do that pull. Given the angle of the trailer to the road, I might have tried dropping the trailer where it was. Landing gear down and deflate the air bags on the tractor. Then continued the front pull. Once freed from the berm and trailer. I would have drove the tractor back to the other side and re-hitched the two units and driven back on the road in the original direction. I'd give it a 50/50 shot..lol no criticism. just a another thought from the box

[@707Papa]

Me likes Trent! 💪

[@earlribaudo4807]

Maby he's calling a wrecker.

[@tbac2432]

Think about it people . If it was not for SWIFT Plaza Towing would have nothing to do.

[@johnclamshellsp1969]

Yippy I am first. Great video Trent. Keep up the great work.

[@anthonyrobertson1787]

Thank you Trent, and Daral. I have a ? Trent can anyone drop the trailer from inside the Truck

[@kappajohns5416]

No, you release the kingpin via a latch you pull near the fifth wheel.

[@Bjd79]

A lot of newer trucks have auto 5th wheel release inside cab of truck.

[@johnwgibson24]

I think Driver was not telling the truth .. The Locking Jaws did not open magically on their own, and what about that U-Turn attempt on a narrow 2 lane road?

[@bobgoat5994]

john gibson he put text in the video that said ecactly what happened

[@smokefast90606]

Had she had the 5th wheel slid all the way back it wouldn't of hit the deflectors and cleared that turn no problem she got flustered and couldn't think her way out

[@stevendakota5455]

Good video

[@michaelh.4535]

Drop air bags, yellow button out, red button in so tractor will move forward a couple of inches then reverse into kingpin so the fifth wheel will latch! Then inflate air bags, dolly up and pull her out! Help a lot of drivers get out of jams like this in my 33yrs OTR, Now retired!!

[@wildhare36]

Well I Ain't Never not all trucks are set up to dump the rear suspension.

[@trevonstpeter2215]

Swift ????

[@companyb4817]

I got stuck in the mud before company told me to lie about the weight of trailer 😂The reason is economic -they lie about trailer weight when company calling to get the rescue tow - trucking company get charged by how heavy the equipment is-the towing company charge per hour and also how heavy equipment is that they going to pull from the snow or from the crash from whatever. The lady knows exactly how much truck and trailer weighs because it's all on paper 😂.

[@shawncollar1783]

How?

[@kvdme]

Betcha he's not licensed

[@deputydogg9993]

try not to u turn n a front yard, at night in a state route residence.

[@damienknight6674]

Are you and Ron Pratt friends?

[@asaelrodriguez5297]

Take the cdl back from that driver she doesn’t even know how much is her weight

[@bigbear2462]

I just sub a few minutes ago

[@tbac2432]

me also

[@JohnnyJPatt]

I swear to god these trucking companies need new applicants to pass a common sense test or you can’t work for them. What a waste of time and money

[@terrynagle7410]

So guy put truck like this and said you're turn bitch? Me I would have back into the side road that the trailer is pointing at if it was really necessary to turn around.

[@Leotheconstructionguy]

I can only imagine how much that cost would have cost if a easy winch out usually about $5-700

[@JustinCopeland-ks1xb]

Also she gotta be a swift driver has to be

[@timmay2k]

35 k in the box and don't know the actual weight wtf they basically give cdls to anyone did she say why she do a u turn

[@ooinvsaoo]

they switched duty status in the middle of a wreck?? what kinda squad is this!?

[@AznIntegra521]

Another example of y dumb ppl shouldn’t b licensed to drive or to operate any vehicles

[@danafield4696]

Why would you even try to make a damn u turn there ? Stupid driver's doing stupid shit !!

[@thomasreyes2857]

How can you drive a truck for a living and not know how much your gross vehicle weight is I don't understand it😬😖

[@garydickerson4943]

Big problem. If they cannot converse in English, they should not be driving big rigs.

[@mishaholt7568]

Sorry Sir but thats rubbish 1st I married a russian with only yes/no between us & still married 20 odd years later 2nd in europe you cross multi borders with zero language you usa people live very sheltered lives, I say that in a nice way Sir no offence.

[@curtis13450]

Tiger

[@waynemcclellan]

You should have asked that girl in it car what her phone number was she's a hot chick

[@lrodriguez9315]

Wayne McClellan yeah dick hes working keep it professional

[@terrencethomas9680]

That was a dude

[@ST-ej9bt]

Idiot co driver. Good work you two.