TOWING A 60FT 12 CAR TRANSPORTER! UK HEAVY RECOVERY!
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- TOWING A 60FT 12 CAR TRANSPORTER! UK HEAVY RECOVERY!
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Welcome to Heavy Recovery with Steve!
I'm Steve - a Heavy Vehicle Recovery Driver from the South of England. I've been involved in recovery all my life, from a young age working in a family-owned car recovery business and acquiring the licences necessary to operate some of the largest vehicles on the road, to eventually working for some of the largest recovery firms in the UK.
I've set up this channel to provide insights into the world of recovery and whether you're here with the intent to step into the world of recovery or just interested in seeing the action - I hope you find thoroughly enjoy the videos!
During 2022 - my channel will provide content on the following, so feel free to subscribe if this is of interest you!
- How to start a career in Heavy Vehicle Recovery for the newcomers looking to take the plunge
- POV style videos of recovering Heavy Good Vehicles (HGVs) out in the UK roads
- Walkaround style videos of the largest heavy recovery vehicles in the UK
Drone footage in Intro from Marian Croitoru.
Note - these are not training videos.
Got to love the way the traffic starts giving you more room when you've got a sledge hammer in your hand!
Hi Steve, must be my back swing lol.
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Huge respect for what you do. Genuinely mind blown that you towed that lorry and that reverse 🔥🔥
Hi Stuart thanks for watching.
Bloody hell,that was a very tight reverse turning,fantastic driver skills🎉.
Glad you enjoyed it.
A very good Friday evening you all from Wellington Somerset
Morning Dave hope you well.
Great demonstration of not only great expertise and skill, but good people skills 👍🏽 👏🏼
Thanks for watching Craig.
This is exactly the 2am content i need eventough i dont know anything about tow trucks lol
Thanks for watching Jakob.
Hello Steve. I'm watching here in Australia. I really like your channel. In our road laws here, we have to place orange traffic cones at the offside of the vehicle if we're going to be doing something on that side. Not that it's going to stop somebody from being stupid, but it's interesting to see how all the regulations around the world differ.
Dude you're so skilled it's incredible, I feel proud that I can fit two cars in a garage of one, seeing your video totally humbled me 😂
Thanks for watching Gabriel.
Total respect to you, don’t think I’d be able to reverse and manoeuvre 100ft of vehicle 🤣 !!. Enjoying the channel a lot!! 👍
Thanks very much for watching, glad you enjoying the channel.
Well done on that manoeuvre, most guys would have chucked the towel in at the gate lol, superb videos good to see a British towie fed up watching the American ones all tge time
Hi Stewart , thanks for watching again , was hoping might enjoy seeing something more familiar to what we see on the roads over here.
Fantastic. The reversing skills put many of us car drivers to shame. I used to drive motor homes up to 32ft, 90ft would have been too much for me.
Thanks for watching John.
You never fail to impress me sir, you truly are The King Of Truckers!
Thanks for watching
I take my hat off to you for that reversing manoeuvre😎. Used to do lots of pinched wiring jobs on those elevating beds.
Hi Kevin thanks for watching.
Steve, what a load! And I just love that causal 'oh hi there' around the volvo yard. Nice to see our commentating workman. Cheers from continental europe
Thanks very much for watching , your very welcome.
You deserve way more subs. This stuff is so cool
Thanks very much for watching Aran, glad you like it.
You do a difficult job Steve, I was a bit disappointed in the Volvo garage not being more helpful, opening the left hand gate or making some more room for you. But you get the job done!!
Hi Neil , thanks for watching, truck wasn't book into following day so took them by surprise a bit but still let me drop off despite being busy that day.
damm the word Impressive in an understatement, that reverse job was amazing to see
Thanks very much for watching Jeff , cheers.
that is some serious driving skill there! huge respect! as an ex wagon driver, it's not something i'd have wanted to do!
Thanks very much for watching , much appreciated .
Effin brilliant Steve. I'm 50 and have been around artics since I was 5 when the article aka "father" got his first, a 19t Bedford TK pulling a single axle 40ft Freuhauf stepframe carrying boats, and drove them myself for 28 years (including 9 years as a big ole owner driver, 7 years of it in a lhd 6x2 V1 FH16 (long story, but best truck I ever drove)) prior to quitting due to mental health issues. Although I have no intentions of returning to that life, I still love watching your videos and similar stuff. In all that time, I never saw or did a better reversing manouvre, despite experiencing plenty of tight blindsiders and plenty of practice sessions etc. Utmost respect. Cheers :-)
Hi Simon thanks very much for watching, thanks for sharing , always interesting to hear about peoples different driving jobs, fair play driving a left hand drive artic over here.Hope you now better and enjoying life stay safe.
I drove transporters for a couple of years, absolutely loved it! Had to be so damn careful driving them though, different ball game altogether.
Hi thanks very much for watching.
These videos are getting better and better Steve, good work mate!
Thanks for kind comments, i am trying to find jobs that you might enjoy.
Wow what a video. Really enjoyed that. That reverse was something else man wow. Keep up the good work
Hi Ollie glad you enjoyed video.
Nice job Steve! That was a tight fit - good on you for getting that reversing in one go (it was in the right spot to begin with!). As for getting the air lines connected, take a look at this product: QC Mate Quick Coupler Hand Clamp. May be something useful to you. Stay Safe!
Thanks again for watching Ricky, and tip i have a look at that.
Expertly done with that reverse Steve, not easy at all👍
Hi Paul thanks for watching.
Nice job Steve , good to see a professional operator at work , take care stay safe .
Hi Graham thank you very much for watching.
Hi Steve great video bud I like the way you explain everything and what a driver you are awesome bit of driving can't wait for the next one
Hi Paul thanks for watching , glad you enjoying channel.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve Your welcome Steve really enjoy watching your channel
Strewth. I'm never going to complain about reverse parking a trailer again 😀
Thanks again for watching Graham.
Very impressive reverse mate! Absolute legend
Thanks for very much for watching, glad you liked it.
Impressed with the reversing, considering how some people reverse car.
Thanks for watching Roger.
Here in the U.S. it’s the law that you must move over or slow down for emergency vehicles especially police. All that traffic speeding by is scary as hell.
Thanks for watching from US , interesting like to see that in practice .
Steve! nice job, Great bit of driving stay safe.
Thanks very much for watching channel George.
Mad respect for what you do brother!
Love from Texas!
Thanks for watching , you take it easy on that bike, Cheers.
would have loved to have seen drone footage of that reverse.. top driver
Thanks for watching Kobi, i have enough problems with my head cam filming lol , think drone would make good viewing but dont think would have time myself to operate one on job.
Great job Steve. That tow being 90ft long is very impressive but not as much as the reverse. Bit frustrated for you having had it in the 'correct' place to start with only to have to do it again. Can't even think about how you reverse something with effectively two articulations in it. Bad enough car and trailer sometimes. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks James for watching, needed the practise.
The theory is that you think about which way the towed unit would need to turn to push the trailer where it's supposed to go, then use the tow truck to push the unit that way. Actually doing that in practice, twice, and nailing it both times, requires Steve-level driving.
Super manoeuvring skills as always Steve, top job!
Thanks for watching Jonny.
Wish the US had this car transporter or something similar cause it's too cool to pass by
WOW Top man that was some reversing Steve .. Stay safe and healthy ..
Hi Roger thanks for watching again.
My transporter had to be recovered from the Dartford area and dragged back to the North East. The A19 was full .of width limited works and the A1 closed for roadworks near Durham. Not ideal in the dark, thankfully I was empty but the diversion was heading for a spot I knew was going to be a bit rough if we had to head that far. The only other time I've been hitched up I started with 12 cars on and it was never going to work (a smidge over 16 foot and hardly any turning gap from unit to trailer), that was a couple of hours with the hand pump to shift the decks about getting shot of most of the load.
Thanks for watching and commenting Glen , respect to you mate, you got a lot responsibility loading and unloading them cars would not know where to start.
So much skill 👌
Thanks for watching , Cheers.
Used to work there when it was a Leyland dealership, Mid 1980's. AB Truck Services.
Hi Andy , thanks for sharing that , didn't known use to be a Leyland dealership there.
Very nice sir! I drive heavy wrecker here in the United States. I just found your channel and subscribed. Always neat to see a professional in another country. Be safe out there.
Thanks very much for watching and subscribing , welcome from US.
Hi Steve ….you are a true professional. Asset to your company!!
Thanks very much for watching and kind comments,Cheers.
Just recently found your channel…Clearly you are interested in heavy equipment and associated tools Hydraulics and the like…Would you ever consider designing a hydraulic setup mounted on to the end of the lift arm so as to curl around the front axle and lock in place ….save you crawling under with chains. Pretty sure with your knowledge you could. Get a patent on it. 👍
Don't worry about the missed bits Steve - it happens.
That was quite some load - reminds me of a mixed trailer lot that showmen haul around the UK.
Thanks for watching Jack.
This is perfect driving, thanks for this entertaining video! 👌🏻👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
Superb stuff a true pro 👍..
Hi Nigel thanks for watching.
Another great video.
Thanks for watching Doug.
I enjoy watching your videos soo much. It’s amazing how much experience and skills you have to be brave enough to drive this vehicle combination.
I think it’s fine to reverse a trailer (I have my truck license since 3 months) but here you have to angles where this combination turns, don’t you?
Do you have a technique how to reverse with your manual transmission? Because I thought your clutch would be on fire by reversing that heavy truck with a lower speed?
You have my highest respect
Thanks very much for watching much appreciated , dont need to much throttle once you got it rolling.
Great job done amazing bit of reversing 🏆
Thanks for watching Alun ,
Just started to watch your video Steve. However, I'm surprised, for safety reasons, that you don't use cones around the vehicles, so you can work in safety. Those vehicles travelling past you, seem to be a little too close for comfort. Altogether Steve, a brilliant piece of driving
Hi Thomas thanks for watching and welcome , yes on looking back i could of put some cones out good point. That's the good thing of filming and sharing my work , i can look back and see if i can do things a bit different and safer next time around.
Splendid driving mate.💯
Thanks very much for watching.
34°c in the UK?!
Just come across your channel 👍🏻. Brilliant video
Glad you found me then Mike , thanks for watching channel.
Come to Australia Stevo drive a road train you’ll love it
Thanks for watching , i am sure i would , Cheers.
Very nice job. Very enjoyable to watch
Thank you very much!
My 2nd Towing/Recovery channel I've subbed to, First one is Ron Pratt's. Let's see how things are done on the other side of the Pond! Greetings from Texas!
Hi Alexander, thanks very much for subscribing and welcome.Hope you find it interesting and a bit different with trucks we recover in the UK.
I bet! I'm excited to see what all goes on
Fantastic vlog and reversing you make it look so easy well done 👍👍👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Must be the weekend if it's new video time! Love the content as always. I keep looking out for the truck when I'm down in that area in the vain hope I get to see it in person :D
Thanks for watching , i try and find something every week that i think might be worth a watch.
Excellent video! I'm working my way through your content, very entertaining. I would love a backwards facing "boom cam", especially when you're maneuvering in London, or reversing vehicles like the car transporter.
Thanks very much for watching, thanks for comments.
Nicee videooo and best parking 28:29-37:21 :))🔥🔥
Thanks for watching the channel.
Great channel , superb driving ,keep them coming mate really enjoy these
Thanks for watching Luke , glad you enjoying channel.
nice parking job .. i've seen people take longer to park a small car
Thanks for watching, like my wife lol.
Top man great work fantastic knowledge and skill keep it up.
Thanks, will do!
Great video Have a nice day Steve 👌👌
Thanks glad you liked it, you have nice day too.
what a legend 🥰
Thanks for watching Nick.
Great video steve 👍 you sound like that steve off trucking hell that drives for lantern 😆
Hi Adam , really lol , i know Steve when i use to work for Lanterns.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve yeah i think you do to be honest thats who i thought it was as first 😆
Have you thought about a 360⁰ camera? Right in the middle of your rig on a stuck for some height, as far as i know you can edit it to show any view as if it were a gopro etc. Insta 360 for example 😮
Hi Craig thanks for watching , dont no much about filming mate ,just stick GoPro on me head and hope for best , maybe i should start looking into this , i can only film small portion of the work i do without upsetting customers.
I'm curious as to why yall use the quick connect fittings for the airlines as opposed to us trucks we use what's called gladhands and I think it's easier to use except when you have new gladhand rubber seals sometimes they can be slightly more difficult
Thanks for watching John , we do use palm type couplings to connect to European trailers but with UK trailers they dont fit palm couplings.
Oh good fun seeing R&S recovery you guys are in my area along with eggertons and isis recovery, love the big heavys, do you guys still have the kw with the Cummins in it 😍 love that truck. I miss the days when Wessex were around with some of there trucks... straight pipes and big tubbys with bad man noise... tho most are still about I think eggertons have allot of them obviously. Great video and one new subscriber, looking forward to more videos from you 👌👍
Hi Luke thanks for subscribing, company still has Kenworth but with Cat engine running out of Taplow depot , Phil's truck.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve oooh a cat.... very nice, hope they kept the Jake's on there 😁. Thanks for the videos, stay safe you lads have a risky job when next to a busy road and long hours but worth it for the experiences and money. Cheers
Hope they pay well great driving little tip get passenger to phone you and he can talk you back .
Hi Gary thanks for watching , good tip that cheers.
Great video enjoyed it 👍
Thanks Anthony for watching, glad you enjoyed it.
Knowing what you know after years of recovery... if you were to start a small haulage company, which manufacturer would you choose? For reliability.
Hi thanks for watching , reliability wise i recover more newer trucks up than older trucks. Ad blue faults and DPF faults getting more common and causing trucks to loose power going into limp modes. Take your pick really on manufacturers really , we do work for most of them.
Watching your videos makes me wonder, how fast could the Redbull F1 pitcrew get a truck towed?
Hi Sophia , no doubt quicker than me lol, but bet they wouldn't fancy it much on the M25.
For reversing Can you put the pin in on the between the recovery truck and unit so there’s no pivot?
Hi thanks for watching, pin on underlift is only there to keep cross head from turning when in stow position when not being used.
Gordon Bennette beat the half shaft up a bit good reverse skills
Hi thanks for watching , Volvo half shafts do take some hitting i am afraid , this one had not been off for a while.
Amazed at the skill of 90ft of reversing. How do you cope with two points of articulation? Or do you lock the underlift so the articulation is the trailer?
Thanks for watching John , we can only lock the undelift when in stow position with a pin . Normally we dont get to reverse artics very often so always a challenge where customers want them parked up. I tend to pull further forward to straighten the unit and trailer before i reverse and just small turns on steering wheel, to try and keep it all in line.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve cheers. I find hard enough reversing while towing a harvey frost and car hanging off the back. But this is normally in the service area of a motorsport paddock. Have a good 2023. Cheers john
*Hi Steve how is your week?*
Hi Donatas thanks for asking and watching , week went ok.
That's like putting 10 pounds of SH#% in a 5 pound bag nicely done
Thanks for watching Tim.
nice reversing , you have alot of patience
Hi Keith , must be an age thing lol.
Great video, amazing skills.
Hi thanks for watching lee.
I don;t understand why the signage such as company name is copvered along with number plates. IT's sat on a public road, with hundreds of public driving past that see it all every day.
Thanks for watching , i know what you saying, but companies just dont want their vehicles to been seen to be unreliable being towed by a wrecker. It really limits what i can film in a week but got to keep everybody happy thanks for commenting.
Sod trying to reverse that !!
Volvo Reading looks like Volvo Burgess Hill...zero room!! Funny your on the car transporters Steve,saw one of yours hooking up a car transporter just past ASDA at Burgh Heath on Thursday. Great vid as always,one question (probably a stupid one) why don't you use the trailers electrics from your truck for the rear lights and just put your number plate on,alot more visible than a tailer board. I know those lights are wireless as I have a set. Keep the videos coming,really interesting. Stay safe.
Thanks Neil for watching, normally plug into trailer electrics on longer journeys , but with this wagon and drag set up they dont have regular 7 pin plug which runs lighter wiring, so decide to use wireless trailer for speed really.Thanks for commenting.
Cool video buddy
Glad you enjoyed
For a yard that fixed arctics it’s Blady tight lol how they getting them all in the warehouse to fix
Thanks for watching , most dealerships in the south have very little space , some dont except trailers so we end up taking trailers somewhere else and just recover the units in.
Good stuff again Steven what Volvo dealer you towing the Lorry to
Hi Larry i recovered it into Volvo Reading .
Cool Steve Man Reading England is .25 size of The States
Another fascinating video Steve! Quick question, these transporters.. are they a basic tractor unit with a transporter section fitted plus trailer? I've always wondered this but I now feel stupid in asking 😅
Hi Thanks for watching, yes you wright mate, wagon and drag really. The first section can take up to 4 cars and the draw bar trailer take up to 8 cars.
Hello Steve great video's.
Just a little idea instead of using a lot of tape and wasting a lot of time why don't you get some magnetic sign plates to cover up people's information and number plate covers
Hi Branan, thanks for suggestion, i have got some magnetic signs to cover up on metal doors but could do with plate covers as you say, thanks for watching.
HI i Have just started out in the recovery business. I want to do heavy recovery, I have invested in a tow rope so far, I have a 1991 Fiat Punto with ON TOW stickers in the back window..down the sides my motto ..'great oaks from little acorns grow' any tips ?
Hi Keith , you go for it mate , we all got to start somewhere.
May I ask why you did not take the trailer off and have another truck that drives pull that in instead? Seems like you'd be a lot shorter that way.
Hi Marti , yes if company had a spare car transporter truck free to couple up to trailer but very unlikely as they always coupled together.
Dont you use safety or breakaway chains like they do in the USA ?
Hi Robert thanks for watching , dont have to run with breakaway chains in UK , new truck with American made body does have breakaway chains fitted as standard.
Hi Steve, great video as always but is there a way to determine which side the diff lock is on or just down experience
Hi Roy thanks for watching, you can tell what side diff lock is on by the wiring and air pipes going that side of diff. We remove the half shaft opposite to that as a rule , unless unsafe to do so then pull diff side half shaft out , but can be bugger to refit sometimes.
How many years you been a heavy duty tow truck driver
Hi Sibongiseni thanks for watching , been doing heavy recovery for 20 years now.
With all that hammering how often do you have to replace that steel cap ?
Thanks for watching , half shaft took some hammer as seized on probably never been off from factory , only surface marked be fine,
Could the trailer have been left in the lay-by for collection later ?
Hi Biggus , would of made job easier but company didn't want it split.
Hy Steve great vid as always recovering the breakdowns, could you possibly put the camera on the wing mirror when manoeuvring a truck and trailer in to dealerships or depots, so viewers get a better prospective of what you face on a daily basis, and also maybe a view from the opposite side of the road when pulling round in to the dealership or depot, if obviously safe to do so, if u have to jump out and survey the turning in to the final destination
Hi Dave thanks for watching and commenting. Thanks for suggestions Dave would like to get another camera to do that as the channel hopefully grows.
Where are you based thats a High Wycombe number and I live in Wycombe just googled and its Booker Airfield .
Hi Robert , not based in High Wycombe , i ran out from as sub depot in Camberley .
How would you recommend to get into this line of work? I’m on containers and it drives me insane
Hi Ben , you need a class 1 licence to start with bit of mechanical knowledge and can do attitude then give it a go.There's a shortage of heavy drivers so i would give you local recovery company a call nothing to lose, tell them you seen my videos lol.
Seriously good luck , they will expect to do few weeks of training inhouse before you get sent on recovery training courses run by IVR.
See a big hammer will get the job done, helps remove the drive shaft and drivers will give this mad man swinging a big hammer a wide berth.
Hi Paul , half shaft not been removed for a while took abit of swinging that one.
How do you fit between those cars with those large balls of yours? Here stateside the tow operator would have had the local authorities out there for traffic control if traffic didn't merge over. Then again, idk if you guys have a "Slow Down, Move Over" law like we have here for this sort of stuff.
Hi Sterling thanks for watching from US , we dont seem to have the resources from local authorities other here unless a major accident occurs we left on our own.
Why didn't you drop the trailer on the road and take the tractor in on its own?
Hi thanks for watching, would of easier but trading estate no parking policy.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve - then move the trailer somewhere else I was thinking - great bit of reversing by the way.