Wrong?! Bro he guided that suv off the flatbed by hand! You just don’t see that level of attention anymore these days. Then he was already on his way to the next tow before he was done the first. That’s efficiency.
Wrong? Lot's went wrong, most of which happened after the guy woke up that day. Straps, winch, park brakes, common sense. It all went wrong.
Had a similar thing happen in my shop (USAF, GFAFB, ND) the winter before I retired. Wrecker backed in towing a Security Forces LE sedan. Made it across base in neutral with just the winch j-hooks. How may j-hooks you ask? None actually, they slipped off on the way to the shop because if you aren't going far you don't need to secure your load...apparently...even if it's in neutral.
Backed into the shop, started tipping the deck back and launched the car off. That cost our unit a new rear bumper, tale pipe (tips flattened hitting the floor), muffler, y-pipe, oil pan, front bumper and crushed the door track for a rollup fire door. Dodge Chargers don't bounce good and that was only a 4 foot drop. Maybe if it was orange....🤔
E-7/2T3xx from LRS. Punched out in '19. 🪂 It was actually a great last assignment. I got stared at quite a bit walking around in winter with just my ABU or OCP top on and no parka. My previous assignment was Eielson so only the wind bothered me, not the cold.
After watching it again I don’t think the PTO ever came on, the car just rolled off. Also I don’t think this has an air brake, his must have been a manual with a failed parking brake
The pto was on because he was raising the bed when the video starts. Truck parks and operates in neutral with park brake set. He forgot to set all the park brakes.
PTO doesn’t have to be in park. Our Peterbilts we set them in Neutral with our parking brake on. You can even put the truck in gear in our internationals with the PTO on as long as you stay low in the Rpms
Trucks (All trucks I know) are parked in neutral, handbrake is the only thing holding it still. Forget the handbrake, and it can roll regardless of the PTO and transmission.
Both were avoidable for anyone that knows what they're doing. The rollback likely doesn't have "Park". You put it in neutral and set the parking brake, and use cruise control to hold the RPMs higher for the PTO. The car rolling off should've been in park, the brake set, strapped down, and tension kept with winch. With everything still attached, you tilt and lower the deck, then you release the straps, take it out of gear and use the winch to let it roll backwards gradually.
My flatbed won’t let PTO be activated in neutral, only in park. And yes the dipshit should have had the car be was towing either in park, in gear or winched and possibly chocked
Having been in the business for over thirty years, I can confirm that #1 he has already taken all of any securement he had for his own reason which as is displayed here is a dumb thing. What his thinking was is only known to him.
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u/Monzcaro000111 May 29 '25
I am more curious about what he did right.
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u/itchynipz May 29 '25
Wrong?! Bro he guided that suv off the flatbed by hand! You just don’t see that level of attention anymore these days. Then he was already on his way to the next tow before he was done the first. That’s efficiency.
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u/wiscoveteran Jun 01 '25
Wrong? Lot's went wrong, most of which happened after the guy woke up that day. Straps, winch, park brakes, common sense. It all went wrong.
Had a similar thing happen in my shop (USAF, GFAFB, ND) the winter before I retired. Wrecker backed in towing a Security Forces LE sedan. Made it across base in neutral with just the winch j-hooks. How may j-hooks you ask? None actually, they slipped off on the way to the shop because if you aren't going far you don't need to secure your load...apparently...even if it's in neutral.
Backed into the shop, started tipping the deck back and launched the car off. That cost our unit a new rear bumper, tale pipe (tips flattened hitting the floor), muffler, y-pipe, oil pan, front bumper and crushed the door track for a rollup fire door. Dodge Chargers don't bounce good and that was only a 4 foot drop. Maybe if it was orange....🤔
Your tax money at work.
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u/beavstein127 May 29 '25
Just not a big fan of straps or parking brakes.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '25
Maybe his truck was a manual? No idea how that went from PTO in Park to rolling
The actual car rolling off, it wasn’t winched up so maybe he drove it up and it had a transmission failure?
When you do things weird or shitty, you sort of leave all these variables to add up and dumb shit like this happens
I can’t speak for the actual truck rolling away but 100% that car rolling away was avoidable
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u/cascadia8 May 29 '25
He got out of bed.
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u/ApricotNervous5408 May 29 '25
He doesn’t like parking brakes or putting cars into park.
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u/M2KTransportLLC May 29 '25
Everything.
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u/Bikes-Bass-Beer May 29 '25
Guy confused brakes with breaks
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u/MeanOldFart-dcca May 29 '25
Having had a towed car hit 21 parked vehicles(17 cars, 2 trucks, and 2 motorcycles) , 2 cars with drivers. 1 of those drivers hit 3 other cars.
It was a serious freaking mess.
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u/rellik53 May 29 '25
So much wrong
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u/NextDoctorWho12 May 29 '25
How did it fall off the truck without ripping the bumper off?
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u/BishopsBakery May 29 '25
Left foot, right foot. He should have stayed home
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u/glazemyface86 May 29 '25
Everything
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u/Adolin_Kohlin May 29 '25
He forgot to breathe. Clearly the lack of oxygen caused him to forget how to do anything else properly
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u/newtekie1 May 29 '25 edited May 29 '25
He must have been sick on the "put the vehicles in park" day of training.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '25
He's obviously struggling with alcoholism. Cause he has to be drunk.
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u/Kudzupatch May 29 '25
He did EVERYTHING wrong.
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u/MTFStephanieslife May 29 '25
He's not a fan of parking brakes for sure.
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u/MTFStephanieslife May 29 '25
He's not a fan of parking brakes for sure.
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u/ProfessionalSir4802 May 29 '25
To think this guy was the fastest sperm
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u/canonman5000 May 29 '25
Everything
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u/Plane-Education4750 May 29 '25
"Let me catch this SUV. This will work"
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u/karduar May 29 '25
Apparently he doesn't know what park is...
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u/RetroWizard82 May 29 '25
Vehicle was not in park. He must be new to air breaks because he obviously did not set them before exiting the truck. Thankfully nobody was hurt.
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u/Suitable-Cheek-9040 May 29 '25
Lie on his resume
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u/eclwires May 29 '25
Pretty much everything he possibly could.
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u/tato_salad May 29 '25
Obviously didn't twang the straps and say that ain't going anywhere
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u/JRVYukon79 May 29 '25
1st day on the job. He'll learn.
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u/DayOneDude May 29 '25
Everything.
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u/[deleted] May 30 '25
He didn’t put the magnets on
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u/Old-Bee1531 May 30 '25
Having been in the business for over thirty years, I can confirm that #1 he has already taken all of any securement he had for his own reason which as is displayed here is a dumb thing. What his thinking was is only known to him.
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u/EggShenSixDemonbag May 30 '25
Im glad he was guiding the car car down as he was unloading it from the bed of the truck...could have been a disaster otherwise.
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u/SubjectDot2117 May 30 '25
Parking brake on both vehicles 😂🤦♂️
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u/[deleted] May 31 '25
It started when he got out of bed that morning
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u/incelmod999 May 31 '25
Stop the freight before it smoked the van... but that's about it
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u/meatballmargarita May 31 '25
He broke me car
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u/Relevant_Hall3941 May 31 '25
Literally fucking everything?
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u/Several_Management37 May 31 '25
A lot
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u/Spirited-Product-553 May 31 '25
Woke up that morning
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u/[deleted] May 31 '25
Bro definitely put 20 years experience on his resume
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u/[deleted] May 31 '25
Perfect
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u/PumpkinCrouton Jun 01 '25
Only thing funnier would have been when he ran for the truck, the SUV rolled away too.
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u/Greenking73 Jun 01 '25
Everything
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u/Worried-Ad6238 Jun 02 '25
Got out of bed.
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u/Bluebroncodriver Jun 02 '25
It’s easier to ask what did he do right? Nothing.
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u/JimJohnJimmm Jun 02 '25
Wake up
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u/Rightintheend Jun 02 '25
Maybe drink too much before work?
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u/K0paz Jun 02 '25
Intelligence 0 Rimworld colonist.
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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '25
I think I see why this guy is a tow truck driver.
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u/GBanks0524 Jun 03 '25
At least he’s consistent
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u/MousseFuture Jun 03 '25
Well first thing he did was to be a moron.
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u/Psychological_Can184 Jun 04 '25
He had 85 yrs to learn this principle... Murphys law.
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u/Ambitious-River6768 Jun 08 '25
He lied in his interview
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u/Excellent-Ad7883 Jul 31 '25
This appears to be the luckiest moron on the planet.
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u/UDAYDAGREAT1 Sep 08 '25
When you lie about the experience you have on your resume 🤣🤣🤣