My giant balls & dream truck destroyed a village

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#TruckDriving #WreckingBalls #Trucker

[@alfonsoalonzo]

Somewhere out there is a german with a story of a crazy american trucker who leveled a forest and threw him out of his truck lmao

[@brien1254]

I wonder if he ever got his backpack back?

[@alfonsoalonzo]

@@brien1254 well i think its 50 50 eether or not kid had it on him when he was pushed out if not and it fell off a cliff in a runaway big rig i doudt there was much left to give back

[@penguin5597]

I’m sure his story never gets old as he tells it drinking beer out a boot.

[@tylerp4130]

🤣🤣🤣

[@srqdude]

nice spoiler alert

[@BelviGER]

7:39 and suddenly I imagined somebody doing a base jump, having just opened their parachute and being happy to be alive, only to be hit by a semi truck

[@shawnparadox9299]

Grim but sorta funny

[@rcairforceone]

Final Destination lol

[@Red1676]

Not just a truck, but one hauling two wrecking balls capable of taking out a forest. Lol

[@jerrytee2688]

😀

[@ziggy3237]

That’d be some more way to go out.

[@MrWoodyBalto]

This trucker was clearly "East Bound and Down"

[@samsonian]

“Eastbound and down, Overloaded and huckin,’ These balls gon’ do what they say shan’t be done, We’ve got a long way to go, And we ain’t never gon’ get there, Jump out the cab and watch ol’ Peter run!”

[@MrWoodyBalto]

@UCHiCoIHuDNUaByvxIfDXxwA This guy gets it. 😋

[@ziggy3237]

Now I wanna listen to some Jerry Reed.

[@the_legend_of_kira2438]

@@samsonian im dead

[@zoeybullard222]

His truck went south bound and very down

[@nicholas_scott]

I've always wondered why "run away trucks" happened. I thought, "why not just downshift?". But hearing the description makes sense to me

[@eddiebaker3267]

It's a fine story. Hey, I know it's too late for this... but couldn't you just crash it into whatever is beside the road. I mean 5-10 mph? Oh well. Maybe next time.

[@gordythecreator]

I learned aswell. Damn transmission is always the weak link

[@ChuckRage]

Yeah I thought the same

[@Andrei-vr4pj]

@@eddiebaker3267 yeah. I'm sure he could've crashed the truck into some rock(since he was in the mountains)

[@coltonogden1513]

@THAT Guy nah bud

[@Highgear145]

Now he can run for Swift Trucking

[@von...]

i absolutely love that almost everyone that knows something/anything about trucking knows how shitty swift is lmao

[@frankiem749]

He probably started swift as well 😂

[@deejayyy1681]

Jerry Moyes was trained by this guy 😂😂

[@wantahertzdonut]

Swift jokes are the best jokes!

[@ziggy3237]

Y’all r acting like he didn’t make a Swift decision.😂

[@maniackyjr]

I lost my brakes on the grapevine with a loaded dump truck when I was 20 years old, man what a ride that was 80 MPH at a 7% grade downhill, woo mama thank the lord I am here

[@StabbySabby]

my dad drove trucks part time when he was a paramedic and there was this one driver that would always go full speed. this is in the middle of nowhere in Quebec so there's not many cops or ministry of transportation officers out here so some truckers would just go balls deep and go full speed all the way to their destination. the problem is that truck tires aren't exactly meant to drive on poorly maintained roads, at 80mph, hours on end and then suddenly brake. imagine your surprise when that driver had 2-4 popped tires by the time he'd show up at his destination every single time.

[@ffx95]

I still see drivers to this day smoking their brakes on the grapevine. These newer trucks have stronger engine brakes I almost never have to use the service brakes even on steep mountain backroads but you still have people smoking their brakes.

[@danieljimenez1036]

just “2 giant balls and a dream”😂

[@colecaudill6382]

Thats insane i travel through the grapevine pretty often and i couldnt imagine that glad your still here

[@nothankyou9906]

That is the difference between a professional driver, and just a cdl holder.

[@Aseutester]

Hear hear! What's CDL?

[@buck4361]

Commercial drivers license

[@stuartd9741]

Ans knowing ones limitations.

[@tylerlaw9694]

Exactly

[@mikeaninger7388]

TRUTH!!!

[@TheCannonball79]

I like this this “Good Old Boy” and his stories, very entertaining.

[@Hashdollars]

Dipshits across the country like that good old boy in the 70s and 80s helped to ruin trucking and create more than half of the bullshit laws, CHP fees, city fees, scales, high insurance rates and regulations that trucking business people like myself have to deal with. This 11 minute story could be boiled down to idiot overloads his equipment, almost kills some people and loses his bankroll paying for the damages.

[@truthteller9522]

Hes a good story teller.

[@77yogurt]

Yes, very entertaining. In fact, all of the VinWiki videos I've seen with him are very entertaining as well.

[@aidenlebert1650]

Ole’ *

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

More like lies than actual stories.

[@EvoDad87]

Looks like that “intelligent drywall man, with a 7th grade education” wasn’t all that “intelligent” after all...

[@paidtourist6563]

He was intelligent, just inexperienced. I drove truck for years and even drove the ports for a few months. Wrecking balls don't weigh that much. I've been in the mountains in the winter with 80,000 pounds gross weight. That guy was only going 15mph when he was out of gear. He could have EASILY gotten into gear if he was experienced. I was out of gear going down a Utah mountain and managed to get back into gear within like 10 seconds. I don't believe the part of this story where both of his air lines came off because if your emergency air hose comes off, then your trailer brakes will lock up as a safety mechanism. His clearly didn't lock up.

[@THESLlCK]

@@paidtourist6563 experience isn't the problem. I've never drove a truck in my life but I know damn well what mechanical overload means. BOOM! DEATH! DESTRUCTION! You can learn that riding a bicycle, dangit! He was just on a power trip from all the money

[@heathj7794]

Ok this guy Rabbit and Ed are my favorite storytellers now

[@airthrowDBT]

I love this guy's style too! Ed, Rabbit and now Christopher!

[@RumblesBettr]

I must be the only 1 who cant stand a single word from rabbit. This guys great tho

[@airthrowDBT]

@@RumblesBettr what don't you like about Rabbit out of curiosity?

[@gotzac]

Difference between rabbit stories and everyone else… Rabbit is arrogant, everyone else just tells a straight good story.

[@DonziGT230]

It's complete BS so I can't enjoy it, but if you're ignorant of trucks or just let reality take a back seat then it's probably fun. About the time the truck hit 15MPH I couldn't take the bullshit any more so I paused it to see if anyone else had commented on the BS.

[@RadRidesByCru]

Vin Diesel said Lumley wasn't double clutchin' like he should.

[@jaykarolyi9237]

I knew it! He was granny shifting!

[@snipexd4964]

@@jaykarolyi9237 crowd 'OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

[@thatguy-pl8py]

Clutch is only for starting and stopping. Any real driver will tell ya that

[@iamthecheese2737]

@@thatguy-pl8py, absolutely, if you're not floating gears your legs are gonna be tired in no time.

[@airthrowDBT]

You could do ANYTHING in the 70s

[@samsonian]

julian blake yup, and we have ol’ ‘Numb Nuts Lumley’ and his creative interpretation of “descent of grade” to thank for today’s nanny state.

[@airthrowDBT]

@@samsonian You aren't wrong. TBH I think it would've been SO EASY to amass wealth as some kind of criminal back in the days of primitive Identification and low technology available to law enforcement, you REALLY had to fuck up to get caught in the 70s

[@547ak6]

julian blake you do realize that as technology gets better it’s not just the government that benefits from that

[@airthrowDBT]

@@547ak6 If you're talking about cyber crimes, sure you are correct. I don't understand why EVERYONE wasn't robbing banks in the 70s and before tbh

[@hahahano2796]

@@airthrowDBT High trust society that had not yet been destroyed by privatized banking, Reagan's amnesty, or the Hart-Celler Act. Just to name a few reasons.

[@jodywales6760]

This truck, this truck CAN be red.

[@ahh-3515]

Like to repaint it?

[@muhfreedom]

SOVIET RUSSIA no no, it can be red

[@ahh-3515]

Like you want us to repaint it?

[@johnking1381]

🤣

[@martinnielsen265]

@@ahh-3515 No No No.... But... I.... It could be red. 😇

[@brettbilger1390]

I am very pleased with the recent addition of Christopher to the VINwiki storytelling lineup.

[@DyingToLive12]

"I came in like a wrecking ball"

[@samsonian]

JDM Cesar check that...2 wrecking balls.

[@those70sfords90]

Quite literally too

[@mikeaninger7388]

Myley just popped into my head with a forest being demolished in slow motion.

[@alexduke5402]

Whatever gear you go up a mountain in, is the gear you need to go down the mountain in.

[@kylecube15]

This man speaks the truth

[@craftbeerlover9994]

Actually, you go down in the next gear lower than you climbed the hill. I've been driving for 22 years and lived and drove the Pacific Northwest. That was the FIRST thing I learned, the hard way!!

[@alexduke5402]

@@craftbeerlover9994 my comment is based from my experiences on The East coast

[@JimmyB55]

You are both right. Newer trucks you can use same gear. Older trucks you use a gear lower. All really depends on the hill,load and experience.

[@UberLummox]

Copy that, good buddy.

[@MaxSpeedMike]

Normally it would be weird to click a video titled "My Giant Balls" but this is VinWiki, anything goes.

[@theblakeslees7065]

That’s a big 10-4 rubber ducky

[@brandonh8910]

Were air brakes different back then? As far as I know loss of air causes more braking not less for safety. That's what makes moving a broken truck so hard.

[@benharmon4207]

Yes the brake chambers ( air cylinder that apply s brake shoes) were single chamber meaning air had to be applied for them to work. Now they are piggy backs ,maxis, spring chambers different names same thing , that have two chambers together, one with a spring in it that applies the parking park that is released when air is added and a second that applies the service brake ( braking used in normal driving) when air is applied. I know it is are run one sentence.

[@theblakeslees7065]

Yeah I dunno about back then, the part with the air hoses blowing off doesn’t make any sense to me unless it’s just something lost in translation. They would get stuck on like Ben said above (great explanation by the way) but if he was all ready out of control the brakes would have been so hot they wouldn’t have been able to stop the truck anymore

[@whiteknuckle3927]

In a situation where a truck runs away on a down grade the brakes will burn up before the truck stops, pre 1975 trailers had air cylinders so the trailer would have a park brake until the air bled off then the park brakes would release much like train cars, now day that have spring brake chambers so when the air is applied the brakes release, and when the air is released a giant spring holds it in emergency, also back then you didn’t have tractor protection valves, now when air pressure drops below 60psi buzzers go off and below 25psi it sets all your brakes automatically back then you have one or two gauges that you had to watch

[@darcyguerinhanlon3916]

most old school trailers used air to keep the park brake on, so there was no fail safe like with todays maxibrakes. so old type trailers had to be chocked when not attached to a truck. even if it did have maxi brakes the mass alone of the trailer would have faded the brakes hard.

[@whiteknuckle3927]

Scraps G incorrect in March 1 1975 FMVSS passed a set of laws mandating all trailers built after that date to have spring parking brakes and tractors have to have steer axle brakes before that it was as described air held the parking brake when the air bled off the the trailer would roll and actually oil field frac tanks are still that way so they can be moved with equipment, also trains were not outfitted with air brakes until the 1910s and 1920s before that it was the chain style brake wheel on the cars. And brake men were still used well into the 1950s., now the tractor protection valve didn’t become mandatory till 2010 although if you ran out of air in the truck the brakes would apply as they all pretty much had 30/30 brake chambers

[@SniperSpec0ps]

I'm a gas tanker driver, and we had a driver crossing the mountains during winter, and in one particularly bad area, he hits ice. This was an experienced driver, and the computer shows him doing everything right to try and straighten the truck back out and stop the slide. It quickly gets away from him though, and in the darkness ahead he sees a fairly sharp turn into nothingness, so he too decided to jump. They found the truck upright in the snow, a few hundred yards off the roadway. It had hit several snow banks, which slowed it to a stop with snow up above its hood, but otherwise perfect, with no driver. About 300 yards back they found the driver. When he jumped, his feet hit the ice, and he slipped the wrong way, instead of away from the truck to safety, he slid towards the truck and under the drive tires. He got crushed by the 105,500lbs driverless tanker truck, that then went and parked itself in the snow.

[@chadanderson2045]

And he’s still alive ??

[@brianspenst1374]

@@chadanderson2045 Under the wheels? I think that driver made his last mistake by jumping.

[@SniperSpec0ps]

@@chadanderson2045 - Nah, he died on the spot. They found his crushed and frozen body.

[@andmicbro1]

The moral of this story is go down with the ship, you might get some snow banks along the way?

[@fluffyfreak505]

Oh man, that sucks

[@valterstrandberg6028]

The titles of this guys stories are all really cheeky and I love it LMAO

[@tommyungaro8736]

“You gotta send it off the mountain”

[@MrMaxyield]

This guy is one of the BEST storytellers on this channel...!!!

[@a.z.3214]

I can't believe it. I've heard this story before from my neighbour. He told me he got pushed out of the moving truck. Greetings from Germany

[@Mountain_Man_]

Please tell me your not pulling are chain here with this

[@senorpepper3405]

Du bist ein dummkopf

[@larrythompson8630]

When I started driving semi. I was told about a guy who made a lot of money driving for others. Like this story he bought a brand new truck, top of the line new aluminum flatbed. He was hauling IIRC wire coils. Very heavy but didn’t take much deck space. IIRC 3 was lite, but 4 he was overloaded. He did a trip with 3. Easy, next trip he did 4. (Overloaded but well within abilities of equipment). Then he decided to make some money. He had them load 6. Well he had issues. Brakes overheating on hills, power climbing hills. Then he had a accident. Where he couldn’t stop in time and plowed into a parked car. He did a hit & run. (Yep with a semi). His info is noted. He gets to delivery point. They pay him for 3 units. (Because that’s all it’s legal for him to haul). “If you want to go to court that you hauled twice your legal load that’s fine” Unloaded he finds his fancy aluminum deck is sprung. (Those decks are arched up empty fir strength). So $$$ damage to trailer, $$$ to his truck that he creamed a car with. Finally he is arrested, truck impounded for the hit & run. The only positive. It was not proven he was massively overloaded in his criminal case. So don’t get stupid with loads.

[@zakarylakota]

Hands down best story I ever heard on this channel. Thank you!

[@robertrutherford9057]

I heard this story almost exactly as told in the 80s when I started trucking from Texas to the NW back and forth. Its gotta be true. It's hard enough to find a gear with a modern 18 speed, the story I was told was it was a 2 stick 5 / 4 .... its damn near impossible to get back in gear if you miss a gear in that situation.

[@Sie84yv]

Love this guy's story telling style! Keep the awesome stories coming!

[@aquaticasmr184]

This guy has some cool stories

[@CalebsCars]

I love listening to him

[@fergyfergferguson6599]

This dude is awesome Ed!!! Keep him comin.

[@ziggy3237]

Anyone know where I can find coverage of this? I REALLY want to see coverage.😂😂

[@AmateurLogger]

T'was the dark of the moon, on the 6th of June, in a Kenworth pullin BALLS!

[@zoefaith120]

Love trucker stories. They seem so odd and fake but if you was there. They all real. My Uncle Billy was a truck driver. Navy back in Vietnam too. big loud mouth spoke his mind freely about any thing. He left us last year because of strokes and then old age hit him. Then he left us fast then. He is burred at pace fl Navy base. My Uncle Billy was a interesting cat and utlimate respect to military and truck drivers. Uncle Billy I hope you have a blast in FL with your boys and girls. I hear his voice in my head. With a year in my eye. Thank you for the lovely story.

[@T43B1GD0G]

Love this dudes stories! Even when they're not his!

[@StuntDummyLives]

How about when they're not true?

[@ultrainstinctshaggy2745]

4:35 you missed a good opportunity to make a pun. You shoulda say " it was going down Hill"

[@MuffinSlayer99]

So we crashed the guardrail doin’ twenty-three I says "Let them balls free, 10-4"

[@The1GWP]

So early Doug is still looking for quirks and features!

[@Benedocta]

"I CAME IN LIKE A WREEECKING BAAAAALL"

[@abalakrishnan4152]

More like: "I CAME IN WITH TWO WREEEECKING BAAAALLLS!"

[@bendaves77]

I grew up around the truckers of the 70s and 80s.. had alot of fun over the years and seen some wild things.

[@jdwalker9718]

As a point of order, if both air lines (service and parking)to the trailer became somehow unattached, the parking brakes on each wheel will clamp on.

[@will3346]

Just watch “Duel” by Spielberg if you want to see a dramatic recreation of this truck crash.

[@evanmelton3315]

Great movie

[@AaronSmith-kr5yf]

Pretty epic movie, one of the first films Speilberg directed. Even today it holds its own in terms of the camera work/stunts/cinematography. And it was a made for TV movie with a pretty small budget.

[@ibraheembadat6418]

Last time I was this early The Mexican Stig was still a thing

[@johntaylor-lo8qx]

Omg, these stories are things massive movies are made of, let alone legends. Please keep these stories coming !!! Loving these stories ❤

[@neilegg1]

Stories like this are what I love about this channel. No other way would I have heard something like this!

[@vintagetractorsaustralia]

As a truck mechanic and truck driver, I can comfortably say that some of this story is BS. Lol. But runaways do happen and it sounds like the main problem was the guys lack of experience.

[@deejayyy1681]

Everything starts going wrong when you're headed downhill outta control lol

[@brandoncaldwell95]

@@deejayyy1681 well, 3 things that usually cause the best stories and "things gone wrong" 1. Hills/mountains 2. Loss of brakes 3. Loss/low of air pressure

[@DonziGT230]

Cool, someone here who knows trucks. The brake pedal only pressurizes the blue line so jabbing the brake can't blow off the red one. If the red blew off the brakes would lock, at 5MPH it's gonna stop. No matter how much weight is trying to push it down the hill, the transmission will only see the load that the engine can put on it so it couldn't have been overwhelmed. Runaways are usually because the driver has overheated the brakes by using them too much on a long downhill run, that wouldn't have happened 5 MPH when he first tried to slow it down. Plus it was a new truck, so very unlikely to have a hose failure. It's a completely fake story.

[@deejayyy1681]

It's possibly true. It's a retold story of a story lol. I'm sure all the facts aren't in order. New truck with an even newer driver with an outlaw heavy load. He picked the wrong gear and ol girl started running away from him. Lack of experience he probably roasted the brakes so badly they just couldn't hold her back anymore. The physics are possible. I'm sure this incident would have made the local paper at least. It might be provably true. Could be one hell of a tall tale too.

[@DonziGT230]

@@deejayyy1681 Roasted the brakes trying to stop from 5MPH, don't think so.

[@teminia]

That was a great story! Need more of these to help keep people anonymous... cough cough 217mph gumball run stories cough cough

[@stevenpeneau2370]

I haven't been so entertained in decade's love this so very much

[@gauravsrao8887]

When I saw the title and thumbnail, I knew this gon' be good

[@beux4004]

Classic old trucker tale. Even gets told over wolf creek pass and even monteagle mountain.

[@christophermichaels]

Hi Beux, Christopher here. Lumley was a classic old trucker. He must have been the guy who those stories were about.

[@stratis722]

Man's out here playing BeamNG in real life

[@whollymindless]

You know it's a good story when you hear, "In the court case..."

[@patrickmontgomery6353]

For those of you who haven't driven a big truck, there are no synchronizers in the transmission. If the truck is out of gear and speeding up you have to pick a higher gear and speed up the engine to match. It is completely counter intuitive to what you are trying to do which is slow down the truck. Also, The engines usually have between 350 to 500 braking horsepower when using the engine (jake) brake. Not having the truck in gear going down a hill is a major problem.

[@gsmith207]

Holy story of all stories! Awesome!

[@leandarleeshultz8683]

Chris, you are a heck of a storyteller. I very much enjoy the way you tell storys.

[@jeffarto8340]

Someone needs to make all of Chris's stories in to a "Shorties Watching Shorties" Animated comedy skit series. WOW!!! The new VINwiki Animated series!!

[@davetires7300]

I would Love to see CHRISTOPHER & RABBIT exchange stories Ha Ha 🤪

[@commandohazelnuts]

I would also love to see them exchange insults. I'm sure they have some great slang we're all missing out on.

[@jakegingrich7214]

Air hoses blowing off was definatly story indulgence, cause there would be a whole lotta screeching and smoking from the tires burning up. Great story anyway.

[@leereed219]

Depends on the actual year. Back then the brakes didn't apply when you lost air, they actually needed air to apply.

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

25 mph, couldnt get it to any gear, couldnt slow down, couldnt scrub the guard rail or the hill off to the left to slow it? wtf lol this sounds like a TALL ASS tail

[@jeffe89]

"They thought it was an avalanche." oh god lol

[@justsomegarage]

Of course its our weed man chris with this story. Dude seems to have a gift of watching or hearing of things getting destroyed 😂

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

They pull stock photos to look like they're showing actual pictures.

[@robinsteiner8445]

That you can imagine better

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

@@robinsteiner8445 they're full of malarkey

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

@@robinsteiner8445 it's a fake story and proves Ed's full of it as well.

[@CobnutVTS]

@@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304 how tf does it prove its a fake story?? just because someone didnt have a camera on them at the time

[@powerfulpiston4979]

This is the best story I have ever heard! Thanks vinwiki

[@richardbearden7889]

I once did a drop and hook with a guy who had a trailer that didn't have any trailer breaks at all ...it has originally started the trip in Washington state and the swap was in Oklahoma....I stopped and pondered all the mountains that the other driver just went through... that is something I don't ever want to try....it's no joke when a truck can't stop.

[@mikebuckley1277]

This dude is an awesome storyteller and that sounded like one hell of a ride

[@dlgump]

This is second only to Alex Roy's state trooper story

[@andmicbro1]

That was a good one!

[@tylerdarr1456]

I’m calling shenanigans on this truckers story for many reasons. Cool story though. Thank you for sharing.

[@CarswithNash]

This guy’s stories never disappoint!

[@graycassidy7525]

Christopher and Rob tell the best stories by far

[@dannyscatpack9947]

Wow guys 1million subs!!! Ahhh feels good knowing y’all a growing!

[@danamal02]

I knew EXACTLY who would be telling this story as soon as I saw the title.

[@obsidian00]

As a Trucker, I can say that this is one of the top 3 best Trucking stories ever...LEGEND.

[@DonziGT230]

Even tho it's complete BS?!? I couldn't stand the lies.

[@kdmtrap7268]

@@DonziGT230 nah fam, you can read the stories and news articles

[@BillDeanCycle]

What a great Story and storyteller. Thanks so much for telling it.

[@dremoore9436]

Is it sad that I had the best laugh I’ve had before I even found out if everyone in the camp was ok?

[@michaelhowell2326]

From the title it was Rabbit or Sir Michaels. I love these stories, man.

[@lapseoftime719]

That is our worst fear driving fully loaded

[@hobo1452]

In the US, CDL requirement didn't become mandatory until 1992. Truck drivers in 1977 were required to have a chauffeur's license.

[@chikaworldpeace3446]

Very good story telling

[@docmorrell]

Just looking at the title and the truck, I knew who's story this was 🤣

[@beux4004]

I'm a trucker. I've heard this story 20 different times in 20 different ways lol

[@dobledekersoulwrekr]

Christopher Michaels needs his own KZbin channel

[@TinManSimRacing]

I could sit and listen Christopher for hours. He is absolutely an amazing story teller and funny as shit but at the right times.

[@omegaseamaster1550]

The Bravo sierra is deep and thick. That Peterbuilt shoulda stopped in its tracks while this rendition was being told. Sorry, but regulations where pretty tight in the 70's too.

[@The1GWP]

Dont air brakes fail closed? Meaning the trailer would lockup the wheels.

[@AM-ie1ih]

Yep the large canisters you see under a semi truck actually has a spring in it that applies pressure to the brakes. The air workes against that spring to disengage the brakes.

[@dhgdarkness3744]

Not on the older trailers

[@heathers1baby]

Back in the day when trucks dropped below air pressure you didn't have any breaks at all. Now if you lose air pressure or bust your emergency line on your trailer or something your breaks will lock up completely.

[@ronfish8375]

If you over use them, they will fail from over heat.

[@DonziGT230]

Yup, it's a total BS story. That truck was new enough that it would have the safety brakes, and they wouldn't have been overheated since he was only going 5MPH and had just started to use the brakes. It woulda locked right up and stopped as soon as the red airline blew off, which wouldn't happen from pumping the brake pedal since it only sends pressure to the blue line.

[@COGSCNY]

Just when I said to myself “damn this is the best VINwiki story” he says that’s not the end of the story. I love this channel

[@musicmasters314]

This guy looks like a scuffed John Travolta.

[@Dratim-l6b]

This man’s story telling gifts should be honored as a National treasure.

[@lewishein5731]

This should have been sponsored by ticket clinic 😂

[@nativemanateeroughskins774]

That story. Had me in awe, in fright, and in physical pain by the end. Golllllllyy

[@nickkussman5746]

Great story keep them coming

[@mplewp]

i once had to clean up a grove 300tonne mobile crane. he burned his brakes in the mountains. and after the crash there was a beautiful shortcut in the forest. 40 some pine trees where just obliterated xD

[@bama2579]

This guy is a good storyteller, we need him back

[@jaycee6443]

I’ve been binge watching his stories .. dude needs to make short clips like drunk history

[@lancairw867]

I kept thinking of Chris Farly and David Spade getting knock out of their bunks in the cabin by a Massive bolder 👍🏻😂. This guy is great 👍🏻

[@Prican777]

More stories from this guy PLEASE!!!!!

[@ornerybronco]

My heart was racing listening to this...love this guy.

[@Gavin-cr9lm]

I'm convinced Chris is Dave Grohl's mechanically minded twin brother

[@elliott9999999]

Cant stop looking at his snake bites or spider bites whatever those piercings are called lmao

[@kevins90sc]

Sure would like to have video of those Balls rolling through there .CGI from the Balls point of view.....There might be a Song in this story.

[@jetxgto]

Not to be a downer here but the largest wrecking balls ever made weighed in at 15,000 pounds and were 30 inches in diameter. the combined weight 30,000 pounds well within your average 18 wheelers capacity. Whatever he was hauling it wasn’t a wrecking ball

[@reaperredni9e605]

Fkn awesome story! I grew up on Smokey and the bandit and cannon ball run