The irony of the recovery guy talking about a "Competition to do the stupidest thing", then proceeds to load wearing trainers, winchs off a screw-in towing eye, fails to release the Sprinter from park/release EPB and then tries to straighten the truck/van, (dodgy angle caused by pulling off one side instead of using a brother strap,) with the bed off and on the ground which can bend the subframe! 🤦♂️ If one of our drivers spoke to a customer like that and loaded/abused equipment like that he'd have a P45 in his hand!
Not a customer though. Obviously one of the companies Ocado uses and the guy driving the van is even lower down the pecking order than the recovery driver.
Everyone can make a mistake - I feel sorry for the van driver just trying to get through a days work. The recovery driver looks like they're having a bad day too. Hopefully better times for them both soon. 🙂
Completely clueless to how the 4WD system works, maybe its seized as its never been used. They are apparently very capable in the right hands. The new Range Rover has an automatic terrain response mode as turning a knob to a picture of the terrain your on was still too difficult for most in the previous model.
@gs188 if it is on summer tires then he was probably best reversing These awd vehicles are good but you want all season tires like michichilin Cross climate or winter tires if you are going to push them. I have cross climate on my volvo xc60 and know I could get my car past that but wouldn't risk it with a summer compound tire.
Looked like it was going so slip sideways into the van, probably a wise decision. You could see it lurch to the left as the traction control kicked in.
Typical UK driver mentality these days, 'Oh look the exit to the ford is blocked by a broken down vehicle, lets force our way through regardless'! At no point did they stop to think what caused the vehicle to break down, nor did they consider how they would get past it!
I used to work at Ocado as a driver. The air intakes are very low on these Sprinters so a lot of people get caught out. He will likely get in a lot of trouble for this and you can guarantee his managers will find this video and use it against him. All the people trying to squeeze past wow. It’s pretty obvious it’s too tight to get through the tiny muddy gap. Especially the Kia who wouldn’t give up trying!
The Ocado driver had the decency to phone his customer and say what the delay was. They were also kind enough to give him a break and collect their shopping from him. Lesson learned and we know he wont be pushing his luck with flooded roads again. The recovery driver was just an utter twat 👍
6:59 Did the recovery driver not apply the handbrake?? And as for dragging a loaded tilt slide sideways, that and the trainers were a sacking offence when i was doing recovery.
Ocado van breaks down and you still have thick drivers, try to get pass the bollards that are there, and don't seem brothered if they scratch their car.
@@landrover5386 Also the car could be untaxed as the cameras that detect cars for that won't read the plate, and no tax means no insurance so if they crash into anyone good luck.
@@craig361 not if you follow the process. Phone the depot, phone the customer then phone customer services tellingthem you cannot drive through the ford as it is too deep. Also if you can email the depot so that when customer services have lost the record you have some evidence when you get called to the desk.
For reference the Sprinter is only rated by Merc until the water meets the front bumper. And the centre is the lowest point. That's lower than some cars! And the supermarket vans are autos and almost everything is electrical. Handbrake is manual, but presumably the transmission made it to park on battery power. He's meant to install the skids *before* winching to protect the tyres and transmission. I worked with a guy who took a supermarket van so deep the groceries and his feet got wet...
Wonder why it wouldn't come out of gear. I thought most delivery vans were manuals or has that changed recently? Even an auto should go into neutral if there's no power unless its some BMW style computerised up its arse nonsense.
Most delivery vans are autos nowadays. All Ocado vans are Auto. Always have been. Mercedes now use a gear shift stalk on the steering column. There will be a manual release for the gearbox somewhere possibly under the bonnet. The recovery guy should have done that first but didn’t bother. It’s likely he would have caused damage to the gearbox dragging it like that. Ocado normally send out Mercedes assist first who could have got it into neutral. They have a contract with Mercedes (unless it’s changed recently)
Young Ocado driver dropped a bollock there but that recovery driver was a complete unprofessional muppet.
I worked for Ocado 9 years ago, we were told to avoid flooded roads and ford's, as the air intake is low down by the front wheel.
The "we're hiring" on the ocado van door is a bit ironic. 🤣
The irony of the recovery guy talking about a "Competition to do the stupidest thing", then proceeds to load wearing trainers, winchs off a screw-in towing eye, fails to release the Sprinter from park/release EPB and then tries to straighten the truck/van, (dodgy angle caused by pulling off one side instead of using a brother strap,) with the bed off and on the ground which can bend the subframe! 🤦♂️
If one of our drivers spoke to a customer like that and loaded/abused equipment like that he'd have a P45 in his hand!
Good to hear, and rightly so!!
Not a customer though. Obviously one of the companies Ocado uses and the guy driving the van is even lower down the pecking order than the recovery driver.
@neilrobertson811 yes but extremely rude behaviour, The ocado driver, however foolish his driving, might have been was perfectly polite.
@@paulf2529 True, but IME a lot of these guys are dicks and often work for companies that also impound cars.
Must rude grumpy stupid recovery driver ever... maybe about 4/5 things he did wrong.and then called out the driver ffs
Road Sign: DO NOT CROSS WHEN IN FLOOD. Ocado Driver: Hold my beer!
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£50k to fix that engine
The R&S recovery driver was an example of how not to load a vehicle.
What a cowboy
Nice safety footwear too
That recovery was shocking 😮!
What the hell is that recovery truck driver doing!!
Someone did that in a Tesco van when I worked there, he done 9k worth of damage. He has since been named aquaman
should be sacked !
@@petersmith4455 Quite right. And kicked out of his house.
@@MajorT0m parents
I like that! - "Thank you for using Tesco delivery. Your delivery driver today is Aquaman. Please rate Aquaman for his performance"
@@Luckyjo21 That's as maybe.
That recovery driver didn’t look like he knew what he was doing! 🤦♂️
Hope his boss sees this.
The sticker on the Ocado vans intake had me rolling 😂
Everyone can make a mistake - I feel sorry for the van driver just trying to get through a days work. The recovery driver looks like they're having a bad day too. Hopefully better times for them both soon. 🙂
I was a a Ocado driver for 7byears I wasn't stupid enough to do something like that and what this guy did was a sackable offense
Another good one from Ben, and Christine B on horseback too, the fun never stops at Shell ford!
That Porsche Cayenne scared of a little dirt or offroading reversing back 🤣🤣
Completely clueless to how the 4WD system works, maybe its seized as its never been used. They are apparently very capable in the right hands.
The new Range Rover has an automatic terrain response mode as turning a knob to a picture of the terrain your on was still too difficult for most in the previous model.
average SUV owner right there
@gs188 if it is on summer tires then he was probably best reversing
These awd vehicles are good but you want all season tires like michichilin Cross climate or winter tires if you are going to push them.
I have cross climate on my volvo xc60 and know I could get my car past that but wouldn't risk it with a summer compound tire.
It was a tight gap and he was probably worried about his car slipping and hitting the Ocado van and getting a nasty dent.
Looked like it was going so slip sideways into the van, probably a wise decision. You could see it lurch to the left as the traction control kicked in.
That. Recovery agent needs to be retrained what a Muppet
I like how Ocado boy lifts the bonnet like he thinks he’s going to be able to fix the problem. Probably looking for spark plugs in a diesel 😂😂
@lanehogger KIDS, 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤪
The birds whistle beautifully
"Sorry your delivery is late, we had to make a slight substitution"
"What the heck is that?"
"Soup. Everyone's got soup."
Now thats a cowboy recovery driver.
Omg 🤦🏻♂️ that recovery driver should be sacked immediately!!
What make is that vehicle at 6:10? The one with four legs and the meat chassis.
should have shouted 'try your brakes'
Typical UK driver mentality these days, 'Oh look the exit to the ford is blocked by a broken down vehicle, lets force our way through regardless'!
At no point did they stop to think what caused the vehicle to break down, nor did they consider how they would get past it!
Not hiring the berry best drivers, apparently.
For that money companies pay in UK you only get monkeys.
😂😂I like the title 😂😂
😂😂
I used to work at Ocado as a driver. The air intakes are very low on these Sprinters so a lot of people get caught out. He will likely get in a lot of trouble for this and you can guarantee his managers will find this video and use it against him.
All the people trying to squeeze past wow. It’s pretty obvious it’s too tight to get through the tiny muddy gap. Especially the Kia who wouldn’t give up trying!
Didn't the Kia dink his door on the back of the van
@@MikeJones-iq7gjlooked like it
Wish I was here that day 😂😂😂 well funny 😂 but I was fitting the winch😢 in other news. More winch recoveries coming to mine and bens channel 😂
Fairly safe to say that was the last route that driver ever did for ocado..p45
My family love these videos
"This vehicle is speed restricted" 🤣
Good one Ben! Cheers!
These videos never cease to amaze me how dense some people are deserving of everything they get
The Ocado driver had the decency to phone his customer and say what the delay was. They were also kind enough to give him a break and collect their shopping from him. Lesson learned and we know he wont be pushing his luck with flooded roads again. The recovery driver was just an utter twat 👍
Ocado would of sacked him most likely for driving through that flood mate
No Ocardo for you No job for him
Hurrah!! Rac came for ocado van. 😃😉👍
The horse made it quite well! 😂
Thankfully it can’t hydrolock itself…😂
That Macan driver was superb though.
This is one of my vans and drivers 😂😂😂
6:59 Did the recovery driver not apply the handbrake?? And as for dragging a loaded tilt slide sideways, that and the trainers were a sacking offence when i was doing recovery.
avoid that recovery company at all cost why hammer a wedge under the tyre????????
I know pretty much nothing about vehicle recovery, but even I was shaking my head at that. I don't get what positive outcome could come from that.
It’s impossible to take the van out of manual mode when the engine is off
I’m amazed no one has said Ocadon’t
But it’s not pronounced like that. It’s pronounced Oh Car Dow not Oh Car Do. Like Avocado.
I deliver for Sainsburys and it’s impossible to get the sprinter vans out of park, even with the hand-break off if the engine isn’t running.
Disgraceful behaviour and language by that recovery driver, I'd sack him just off the back of that video!!!
4 damn signs on this road saying not to cross. FOUR!
Rocevery driver needs to realise that’s money he makes due to stu[id peoples mistakes😂
Acccording to BABVVO and TEBBVO laws sadly soon all gas cars will be illegal in EU and USA!
Ocado van breaks down and you still have thick drivers, try to get pass the bollards that are there, and don't seem brothered if they scratch their car.
Who wouldn't drive into a flooded road, especially , I say especially, if you can already see that your exit is blocked by a delivery van?
😂 AWD Porsche can't get past.
Nice illegal number plate on that Range Rover too.
U jelly?
Who gives one
@@landrover5386 Well the Police will when they do 120mph past a speed camera in a 30 that won't be able to properly detect the plate.....
Teacher you forgot to give us homework
@@landrover5386 Also the car could be untaxed as the cameras that detect cars for that won't read the plate, and no tax means no insurance so if they crash into anyone good luck.
German vehicles and water do not go together as Ocado man found out!
Buongiorno, avrei una curiosità, non avete mai visto una tesla fermarsi dopo essere passata nell'acqua? Grazie
It says something when the flood water is that deep. That the ducks are walking over the bridge.
It's a bad design the air intake so low on these commercial vans
Ocado drivers are told not to try going through water above the lowest wheel nut.
yes they also get in trouble when they are late for not going through it
@@craig361 not if you follow the process. Phone the depot, phone the customer then phone customer services tellingthem you cannot drive through the ford as it is too deep. Also if you can email the depot so that when customer services have lost the record you have some evidence when you get called to the desk.
R&S Recovery- If you're watching this, please sack him. Dangerous isn't even the word.
There is a very large sign clearly stating "Do Not Cross when in Flood." Can't people read?!
That Kia was lucky not to take its side out !!!
We are sailing we are sailing
Pity that the Range Rover had an illegal number plate!!
For reference the Sprinter is only rated by Merc until the water meets the front bumper. And the centre is the lowest point. That's lower than some cars! And the supermarket vans are autos and almost everything is electrical. Handbrake is manual, but presumably the transmission made it to park on battery power.
He's meant to install the skids *before* winching to protect the tyres and transmission. I worked with a guy who took a supermarket van so deep the groceries and his feet got wet...
More like DRIVING not for YOU
The Red Kia Driver had Skills to get through that gap , where as the Hilux driver just demolished the cone LOL
Hope driver billed for repair and recovery costs
Just do your job mate. No need for that piece of nastiness.
Did anyone realize that Golf R32
Can someone please tell me where all these "fords" are??? 🤔🤔
say goodbye to your job now Ocado driver
What’s the name of the Ford that the Ocado van went through?
Sierra.
It's Shell Ford in Worcestershire, near to Himbleton.
Mondeo
2019 onwards sprinters are junk!!! Basically a nissan micra with a Mercedes-Benz badge on it😂 junk I wouldn't buy one.
All he had to do was drive slow
2:21 have fun eating food that hasn’t been refrigerated properly
How do you get your food home from the supermarket? Do you have a fridge freezer unit in your car?
@@nothingmuch.3014 and do you take it out a fridge that’s on or a fridge that’s off?
Useless SUV yet again
Wonder why it wouldn't come out of gear. I thought most delivery vans were manuals or has that changed recently? Even an auto should go into neutral if there's no power unless its some BMW style computerised up its arse nonsense.
Most delivery vans are autos nowadays. All Ocado vans are Auto. Always have been. Mercedes now use a gear shift stalk on the steering column. There will be a manual release for the gearbox somewhere possibly under the bonnet. The recovery guy should have done that first but didn’t bother. It’s likely he would have caused damage to the gearbox dragging it like that. Ocado normally send out Mercedes assist first who could have got it into neutral. They have a contract with Mercedes (unless it’s changed recently)
I drive sprinters like this. The gear selection is electronic and only works with the engine on and automatically goes into park when the engines off
@@dbt2787 Tech for its own sake that doesn't solve any problems but does create new ones. Genius.
@@neilrobertson811yep more to go wrong expensive to fix whats not to love