Putting the HEAVY in Heavy Rescue! A day in the life of a pilot car driver
Вставка
- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- A heavy haul company had their pilot car break down while in the area, so after towing it to a local shop, I took it's place as the pilot car car to haul a Caterpillar D-10 dozer to a site here in Central Oregon, then reload a D-8 dozer to take back to California. Once we got into California we were able to switch it to a smaller trailer so that the big one could go back north for another heavy load, and then I piloted the smaller truck a little farther south into California until another pilot car from the company was able to meet up with us and take over. then I got to turn around and drive 4 hours back home
The Gentleman wheeling that Kevin Taylor tractor sure knows his game. Kudos to a real pro!
Cheers from E. Ontario
Doing a catch up, I just watched the 'Parking a nine axle' video, then picked this at random and got to see another nine axle.
blade looks so high raised! steerable 9 is awesome! What a yellow iron grave yard! Where big clapped iron goes to get another chance I guess! that 10 was clapped
Yes that 10 was blown up and going to get disassembled for parts. But that trailer isn't a steerable, it's a booster
@@CaseyLaDelle oh man my bad looks like the Taylor truck that was at my friends truck show.great content none the less! thx fer posting
@@CaseyLaDelle bump steer
That was pretty gangster how the driver backed outta there. 😎💯
He's definitely got a mile or two behind the wheel of that rig
@@CaseyLaDelle that’s for sure. Awesome video!
you prolly dont give a shit but does someone know of a way to get back into an instagram account??
I stupidly lost my login password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me
@Graham Bodie Instablaster =)
@Camden Jaxen thanks for your reply. I found the site thru google and Im in the hacking process atm.
Takes quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
It's awesome to help with those big things is a very important job
Interesting to see, but would have been nice to have some commentary to go along with the trip.
This video was originally going to be only commentary and no music, but I have no idea what I'm doing with a computer and somehow deleted all the audio
AWESOME VIDEO CASSEY
1:48 SEE now THIS is why heavy equipment manufacturers should NEVER take Thalidomide! when will the deformations ever end?!
Dude, I just passed you at ward and Hamby intersection of hwy 20 east of bend!! 4:40 pm, what's the flippin odds of that...........
Wait until you see the video of why my truck is so dirty! It's loading now
@@CaseyLaDelle 10-4, mine's pretty scuzzy too..........been a month and a few snow storms since soap n water
@@woos31 I washed mine a few days ago, but we had a pretty intense off road recovery last night and it got blasted
@@CaseyLaDelle nice, mine is mostly laziness 🤣! Maybe this weekend I can fit it in
Looking into this job myself. Do you think a half ton will cut it and what would you say are the must haves for your truck?
You're not a real driver until you drive one of these types of rigs! I'm so jealous, I only drive 18 wheelers
why did you need to haul it on a 9 axle when you could have just put it on a regular lowboy like you did later in the video?
We hauled a D-10 in, then reloaded the D-8 on the same trailer to haul back to California. The 9 axle was overkill for the D-8, but Oregon has has lower axle weight limits than California, so it wouldn't have been legal on 5 axles like it is in California. That's why the 5 axle met us at the border to continue hauling it south, and the 9 axle headed back north into Oregon to pick up another heavy load
Casey I don't understand why the dozer is transported with the blade up in the air?(on the 1st trailer)
It's technically illegal, but it's far safer so we do it anyways. It allows the driver to see under the blade to his rear trailer tires to make sure he's clearing obstacles, and to see if any cars are coming up to pass. It also allows him to clear mile marker posts and other obstacles on the shoulder if he needs to get way over to the side to clear an oncoming vehicle. And most importantly, if an oncoming vehicle veers into his lane, which happens far more often than you would think, it gives a much better chance of the blade going over the top of the vehicle instead of killing them
Amazing vehicle, what is it’s maximum load?
That setup can legally carry about 165k pounds on the deck. Plus it's own 80k pound empty weight
Is the back of that trailer remotely steerable?
What Camera are you using bro thanks nice vid👌
This video was shot with a DJI Pocket 2, but I also use my phone quite a bit
No tire shine, thats obviously not Stephen...
Ricardo
@@CaseyLaDelle im sorry....
Excellent video 👍
Can you please tell me name of song an artist for the music in this?
No idea, just one of the random tracks on a free editing app
Music is horrible
What is it with this stupid music ....I am here for the video .not this crappy music...
So turn your sound off 🤷🏼♂️
@@CaseyLaDelle Back in his day music hadn’t been invented yet.