Nice job but as someone who is in EMS I am surprised to see neither one of you were wearing a life jacket. Don't underestimate the power of water, I have seen people get swept away and drown in far less water than what was in that river.
man you have an awesome operation running. real day to daylife. not some bs. i love everyones negative comments. they know it all why aren't they doing it themselves
You need some hand held two way radios for working at a distance from each other so you can hear each other with out having to yell and hope to be heard.
thanks so much for posting these videos, they are surprisingly captivating! Love the Long Beach Peninsula. P.S. What camera do you use to film these videos?
Two kinds of tow operators, owners who do not get wet..and do not get hungry. And the poor helper who freezes his nutsack off in a raging river. Great job guys!!!
George, I thought there might be a loop at the beginning... Glad he was holding that cable when the river took him for a ride. Smart to have him jump out of that bed. You never know what rivers will do. They hide their secrets well. Did he have a change of clothes with him?
you know a lot about rigging and towing but forjding is something we do over in Maine too get too hay fields and such you could drove any flatbed dual axle rigging and saved truck or put so e tires on
@ Hill Auto body & towing - you said something at the beginning of this video about the silly people who already tried recovering it or something, can you share what the story with this river truck is and why its been semi stripped?
The "leak" is designed to be there to protect the tank. The air compressor runs 100% of the time. It is always pumping air. If the built-in valve didn't release the air when the pressure got high enough, the compressor might get ruined trying to pump too high of air pressure. Or a line or the tank itself might burst.
Pretty wild, someone steal the truck, got it stuck and didn't want to go away empty handed so stole the wheels n tires?? LOL I would have loved to have had that to get running again. Love my 2nd Gen Rams
How did you wind up with a hydraulic violation? I looked in the RCW and did not find anything which classified a pickup as a fish and it being parked in a river is its nest, unless using the hook on the recovery cable to enter the river and hook to the pickup is unlicensed fishing without a permit.
Next time make sure you bring along at least 50' of rope so when you or a helper have to cross water like this, they take one end of the rope with them around their waist and you tie the other end to the eye (Not the hook!)so you can drag the hook and line across afterwards and not just toss the line or drag you down as you wade across.
When you go into this kind of adventure with a pickup, so be properly equipped, at minimum get a front and / or rear winch (with long cable). So, you just need a good tree and you are out of trouble. Also, when it is possible, don't go in this kind of trip alone, two vehicles are always better.
Well At least The tires weren't on it but could you imagen if they where it still drifted sideways on the hubs it woulda been like a cement bobber good job there I Bet Next Time You And Taylor gunna carry a blanket in the rig next times poor boy bet he froze his jiblets off Good Job Fellas Ya'll Be Safe Ish Out Yonder
+m9 ovich You mean the air-drier right? If so, I was taught that it's not necessarily on a timer, but it purges when the air tank is full. But it's purging so often, it sounds like as soon as the tank is full, it loses enough air to start the compressor again, causing it to fill and purge over and over. Could be wrong, just curious.
Kickinpony.66 hmm interesting didn't know that was just going off the factor from what i looked up that it was a second generation Dodge Ram 1500 which ran from 1994-2001 due to the body style and taillights
+Kickinpony.66 it was actually 98 the mirrors changed from metal to the rounded plastic ones. I had a 97 with those horrible chrome metal things that flopped around when you did over 15 mph
Just an outstanding job. All the right moves and angles. I love watching a true professional. I used to love when one of our guys would volunteer to get wet. Here's one of my water recoveries where I was lucky enough to have a volunteer. Again great job and I like the confidence in yourself while doing your job. ua-cam.com/video/0SwvoIZg4I0/v-deo.html
Now theres the problem off roading with no wheels . But why did you not reverse up to it there wasn't much water prepared to the size of the truck you used .your buddy could have just reched down and chained it .
The story goes that they took the tires and wheels and left the truck because they had no way to get the truck off the gravel bar . Battery and stereo were also gone
I bet the idiots hydro-locked the engine crossing the water and left it. Either the owners, or the next handy explorer with a tire iron helped themselves to the missing wheels.
$850 plus the state fined me $150 for a hydraulic violation . They had me add the $150 to the tow bill so it did not cost me anything then a ton of paper work and 2 hours on phone getting proper permits . Go Figure
+DC Hobbyist My guys have been doing all the tows and they don't carry cameras . The body shop has been keeping me busy . With the good weather coming I should be able to get out more
So many worrying safety issues here, to name just some, no life vests, no life preserver rings on hand, and those naked winch lever stalks, imagine slipping on the deck and falling on to those exposed thread ends!
+Dave Brown My generation rode bikes without helmets , ate popcorn balls we got halloween night , rode in the back of pickups , shot arrows into the air to for the thrill , double dipped chips and dip and yet here we are . The next generation is a bunch of granola munching designer beer drinking self intitled pussy's
+SOTO'S We found out that the driver got stuck in the river . They couldn't get anyone to tow them out . One of his friends went up and took the 4 new tires off the truck . WA Fish and Wildlife is going after the registered owner for a hydraulic's violation . Big Fine !!!!!!
+Hill Auto Body & Towing what if it was cause the wife got mad at the husband and drove his car out there took the tires and told him it was there. hehe
Story I got was the owner got stuck in creek . By the time he got back to recover truck tires had been stolen . Other theory was he still owed money on the truck and the person he owed money to swipe the tires for partial recover of what was owed . Word was the tires were the best part of the truck .
Good job George you certainly look after your workers and allowing them to have a swim whilst on the job 👍
Nice job but as someone who is in EMS I am surprised to see neither one of you were wearing a life jacket. Don't underestimate the power of water, I have seen people get swept away and drown in far less water than what was in that river.
man you have an awesome operation running. real day to daylife. not some bs. i love everyones negative comments. they know it all why aren't they doing it themselves
I'm glad the young fella made it across the Nile without drowning. I though he was a goner. Glad you took your camera along !!!.
You need some hand held two way radios for working at a distance from each other so you can hear each other with out having to yell and hope to be heard.
Sir, I'm going to need to see your fishing license. ....
+fastst1
I think he snagged it. Is that legal in Wash state? HaHaHa.
What type of bait do you need to use to snag a Cummins?
prius makes good bait
These are great! Keep making videos!
Damn that's one bad ass winch on your rig!
thanks so much for posting these videos, they are surprisingly captivating! Love the Long Beach Peninsula. P.S. What camera do you use to film these videos?
When I watch these videos it's like watching Bill from the Red Green Show!
one of favorite shows . Need to see of O cpi;d pull a car off with duct tape
looks like you need to use both cables... wrap one around your recovery helper and the other one for the truck...
Two kinds of tow operators, owners who do not get wet..and do not get hungry. And the poor helper who freezes his nutsack off in a raging river. Great job guys!!!
Plates still on it so someones going to get a lovely call from yall
George, I thought there might be a loop at the beginning... Glad he was holding that cable when the river took him for a ride. Smart to have him jump out of that bed. You never know what rivers will do. They hide their secrets well. Did he have a change of clothes with him?
Awesome job. Major kudos for ur assistant going swimming.. lol
you know a lot about rigging and towing but forjding is something we do over in Maine too get too hay fields and such you could drove any flatbed dual axle rigging and saved truck or put so e tires on
@ Hill Auto body & towing - you said something at the beginning of this video about the silly people who already tried recovering it or something, can you share what the story with this river truck is and why its been semi stripped?
Nice recovery. Looks like a wet suit could be added to your equipment.
I hope you paid Taylor a few extra bucks on this job, he sure earned it!
I hope your worker gets a big bonus today.
It's a Dodge boat Dodge. "Say where'd ja getcha Dodge boat Dodge Jimbill Dean?"
should fix that air leak before it takes out the compressor ...besides its fuckin annoying !!!!!
The "leak" is designed to be there to protect the tank. The air compressor runs 100% of the time. It is always pumping air. If the built-in valve didn't release the air when the pressure got high enough, the compressor might get ruined trying to pump too high of air pressure. Or a line or the tank itself might burst.
Pretty wild, someone steal the truck, got it stuck and didn't want to go away empty handed so stole the wheels n tires?? LOL I would have loved to have had that to get running again. Love my 2nd Gen Rams
Hahahahaha, I bet your offsider was cold after that swim. :)
How did you wind up with a hydraulic violation? I looked in the RCW and did not find anything which classified a pickup as a fish and it being parked in a river is its nest, unless using the hook on the recovery cable to enter the river and hook to the pickup is unlicensed fishing without a permit.
haha love your videos by the way. Nice all your nobs are gone..... Why they had twist on nobs still has me guessing.
Nice how much did it weigh dressed out?
Next time make sure you bring along at least 50' of rope so when you or a helper have to cross water like this, they take one end of the rope with them around their waist and you tie the other end to the eye (Not the hook!)so you can drag the hook and line across afterwards and not just toss the line or drag you down as you wade across.
Lieutenant Dan, it ain't got no wheels!
When you go into this kind of adventure with a pickup, so be properly equipped, at minimum get a front and / or rear winch (with long cable). So, you just need a good tree and you are out of trouble. Also, when it is possible, don't go in this kind of trip alone, two vehicles are always better.
I,m just surprised that someone went to all the trouble to steal the tires while it was still in the water
Looks like an insurance fraud scheme at it`s best.You have to ask yourself..How did this truck get in the river,why was the wheels removed?
Can't believe he was going to ride in the bed. Was thinking the same thing when you told him to get out.
Im no expert, but I think tires help when crossing a river... that was unexpected.
That 's to bad, it looked like a nice truck before it went into the drink.
Like to hear the whole story on this truck.No rear wheels stuck in a creek.
+allcot looked like no wheels at all to me. I was thinking the truck was likely stolen for the wheels and left abandon.
Nice! you bumped up the quality settings of the videos.
Hill Auto Body is near me after all! Yea!
Well At least The tires weren't on it but could you imagen if they where it still drifted sideways on the hubs it woulda been like a cement bobber good job there I Bet Next Time You And Taylor gunna carry a blanket in the rig next times poor boy bet he froze his jiblets off Good Job Fellas Ya'll Be Safe Ish Out Yonder
Only reason to get that truck out is litter clean up. It's gone.
BS, it'll buff out
should use the flat bed since the dodge had no tires.
Why does the compressor keep turning on and purging on your truck? Air leak? Good vid btw.
+m9 ovich You mean the air-drier right? If so, I was taught that it's not necessarily on a timer, but it purges when the air tank is full. But it's purging so often, it sounds like as soon as the tank is full, it loses enough air to start the compressor again, causing it to fill and purge over and over. Could be wrong, just curious.
why would you take the tires off in the middle of a river. was the truck stolen and ditched there.
+tractorboy31 Vandals most likely
I have watched this video before and wondered how it got there , was it stolen and stripped
Idjits got stuck and when they came back tires stolen
looks like a 94-01 Dodge Ram 1500
+Bryan Gullickson '94-'96. It has the square mirrors. Dodge went to a more rounded mirror, in 1997.
Kickinpony.66 hmm interesting didn't know that was just going off the factor from what i looked up that it was a second generation Dodge Ram 1500 which ran from 1994-2001 due to the body style and taillights
+Bryan Gullickson I own a '96 Ram 1500 4x4.
Kickinpony.66 ah makes sense then why you know so much
+Kickinpony.66 it was actually 98 the mirrors changed from metal to the rounded plastic ones. I had a 97 with those horrible chrome metal things that flopped around when you did over 15 mph
small rope tide on swim let George hook to cable after you get on other side just saying
Just an outstanding job. All the right moves and angles. I love watching a true professional. I used to love when one of our guys would volunteer to get wet. Here's one of my water recoveries where I was lucky enough to have a volunteer. Again great job and I like the confidence in yourself while doing your job. ua-cam.com/video/0SwvoIZg4I0/v-deo.html
haha man you have a line get it tight lean back on it against rapids and swing across haha.
That sir is a chum fish
Wait... Did that truck have ANY tires or wheels? I don't see them...
+npsit1 Seems like it was a theft recovery. It looked like a cop comes out of the weeds at the end.
Was it missing all the wheels & rims? (I could only see the rear axle which was missing both sides) Was it stolen & abandoned?
+Vern C
SOMEONE STOLE ALL 4 TIRES AND WHEELS
+Hill Auto Body & Towing Wow, that's adding insult to injury! Some real low-lives out threre..
+Hill Auto Body & Towing LOL I bet they got a lot of money for that junk.
did some1 take the back wheels ?
Lolz
Now theres the problem off roading with no wheels . But why did you not reverse up to it there wasn't much water prepared to the size of the truck you used .your buddy could have just reched down and chained it .
did they take the wheels so no one else takes them? or did someone else take them?
The story goes that they took the tires and wheels and left the truck because they had no way to get the truck off the gravel bar . Battery and stereo were also gone
What happened to the trucks back wheels?
After it got stuck on the gravel bar someone stole the tires and wheels off of it .
They must have done it during low tide I'm assuming.
I would have at least hit up a junk yard for some cheap spares instead of just dragging it out on the axels...
PunkAss17331
Maybe he shoulda had balloon tires....
Where in the hell did the tires go
It broke down in the middle of the stream and someone stole the tires and wheels .
That water must be cold .
yes wat happend to the back wheel's
Wasn't sure swampers could swim!!
Pretty dangerous recovery.
I bet the idiots hydro-locked the engine crossing the water and left it. Either the owners, or the next handy explorer with a tire iron helped themselves to the missing wheels.
So would that be like a $400-$500 tow. There is nobody here will go off road to get trucks.
$850 plus the state fined me $150 for a hydraulic violation . They had me add the $150 to the tow bill so it did not cost me anything then a ton of paper work and 2 hours on phone getting proper permits . Go Figure
Hill Auto Body & Towing bet they used that 150 to clean it up...................... yea right..
What kind of idiots do you have around there that abandon a perfectly good truck in the river like that????
I hope your poor mate had a change of clothes, ha ha
it seems that the thing wrong with it was that it only had 3 wheels
+RedTeamWolf you mean 1 wheel at best.
+Sean Ring Yea, and that, was the spare. ;-)
Channel abandoned? I haven't saw any new tow videos for a long time.
+DC Hobbyist
My guys have been doing all the tows and they don't carry cameras . The body shop has been keeping me busy . With the good weather coming I should be able to get out more
Hopefully you start uploading again. I keep watching the old videos and it's getting boring. Why don't you do videos from the body shop?
HOPE HIS PHONE WAS NOTM IN HIS POCKET. VERY DANGEROUS NO HELMET OR LIFEVEST OR SAFETY LINE
What happened to his wheels?
+virtualdent Aliens.
So many worrying safety issues here, to name just some, no life vests, no life preserver rings on hand, and those naked winch lever stalks, imagine slipping on the deck and falling on to those exposed thread ends!
them guys know how to get it done without 30 people standing around from health and saftey
You worry too much.
+Bama Woodsman Have you had a workmate die in front of you?
+Sherwood Nash Only the ones I've killed
+Dave Brown
My generation rode bikes without helmets , ate popcorn balls we got halloween night , rode in the back of pickups , shot arrows into the air to for the thrill , double dipped chips and dip and yet here we are . The next generation is a bunch of granola munching designer beer drinking self intitled pussy's
Where is the wheels What happen??
+SOTO'S
We found out that the driver got stuck in the river . They couldn't get anyone to tow them out . One of his friends went up and took the 4 new tires off the truck . WA Fish and Wildlife is going after the registered owner for a hydraulic's violation . Big Fine !!!!!!
+Hill Auto Body & Towing Some friend.
+Hill Auto Body & Towing what if it was cause the wife got mad at the husband and drove his car out there took the tires and told him it was there. hehe
Where are the tires.
Story I got was the owner got stuck in creek . By the time he got back to recover truck tires had been stolen . Other theory was he still owed money on the truck and the person he owed money to swipe the tires for partial recover of what was owed . Word was the tires were the best part of the truck .
i would left the truck.
Your the young bloke, so you get wet!