Using a 75ton rotator to lift a generator
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- Опубліковано 7 кві 2024
- Using a 75ton rotator to lift a generator. Taking a quick break from the crazy wrecks I've been posting to showcase this pretty technical container lift. This container is a generator and deceptively heavy. Alex was dispatched to this in our 75ton rotator, Big Flipper. While not a big wreck, it was a pretty cool and technical job.
First, the generator had to be spun. This unit had some super cool container skates that allowed it to easily drag around without damaging the ground or the container. Once it was in position, Alex rigged up to lift the entire thing up and over the chassis.
From here, it was carefully set back onto the chassis and locked into place. Not a rollover, but still a cool and fun job. What did you guys think? And if you REALLY want to support your favorite tow channel, become a member here: / @pepestowingservice
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As usual, Alex does a professional job and makes it look easy
Very impressed with how friendly and respectful you are to the onlookers too....
The onlookers were friendly and respectful as well, it is much easier to show respect to people who are smart enough to stand back and observe while asking questions. Nothing worse than people who have to stand in the danger zones pestering the operator.
I represent Pepes towing and you can never make a second first impression thanks for watching
No matter how old you get or how young you are every man every guy is amazed by trucks like this
Definitely I'm 52 and it Amazes me how powerful these rotators are
Woman find these types trucks also amazing, I love American Trucks. Living in South Africa we have few American Truck My husband knows if I see them on the road I have to take photo’s if I can. Pepe’s Rotators are very best and awesome
Watching these rotators work is so interesting and realizing how much knowledge it takes to operate them just amazes me! Makes me wonder how these recoveries were done before rotators came along. Thanks, Josh
and Alex!😊
Actually some of us girls like a beautiful truck too! 😂
I had to smile 😊 when Alex shortened the slings.. shortening the reach LOL… I could hear Josh in the background, why so long fool? Much Respect Alex
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Yeah, and when Josh says, "Why so long fool?" Then Alex will respond with, "Yeah I know!" 😂
@@stellarproductions8888 Or, "It's in my genes"
@@colinl9018 HAHA 🤣
As I was watching, I was questioning why he was going so long, it was gonna make it harder for him or would have to go super high up, then he changed lmao
Alex it's refreshing to see your skills at moving something valuable that isn't a twisted wreck! Thanks!
Hypnotic to watch Alex's skills and witness his customer service skills. Josh, Alex is definitely a keeper!!👏👏👏
People are so interested in your truck. It's a badass truck.
big flipper is a famous truck , thank you for watching
Doesn’t matter how old you are when you see a truck like that you wanna know how it works. It’s beautiful great job Alex as always.
Alex/Big Flipper--definately a one man gang!!!
Alex they finally got you a step stool..😂
That's one bad design of these Rotators, there flap down doors they suck. Can't believe someone didn't think about when designing them!!!!!😊
I Love your Professionalism when working on equipment or with your customers. Your knowledge of your trade is without question. Thank You for wonderful videos!
The ease at which containers are placed on a chassis is so amazing. Alex had things set up so the generator was square with the chassis when he swung it around. Great eye. Thanks for the video.
Good job that guy was on hand to stop the load from swinging about . 😂
Lmao hulk strength
@@PepesTowingService 🤣
@@PepesTowingService Begin the muscle flex, 26,000 pound container is nothing, activate Swartsanager mode. Like what I did just there, yeah, I been eating my Wheaties! 💪
@@PepesTowingService but I thought you were the only one with Hulk strength
@laura_774 😂😂😂💪💪💪
Another Alex job with finesse. Nice. Thanks for the video.
thanks for watching
I think Alex was playing second fiddle to Big Flipper on that one. Nice interaction with the customer.
Your trucks are so organized and neatly put away. I’m just so impressed.
seeing the boom and lines going away from truck i be tempted to catch on and swing with the lines. LOL
Activate Tarzan mode. Then while everyone is watching you do that, while you come back down, yell out the words, "Special Forces" 😎
Hey Alex! Perfect Landing…very nice
It's amazing how this is a one man job with the right equipment and a skillful operator. The investment in Miller's rotators has been a good decision. Alex and Josh are so good in operating and explaining how and why of the process. And in this job, the customer seemed amazed and interested in the truck. Watching Alex with the rotator is educational as well as entertaining.
I’ve it Alex you make it look so easy when I know it’s anything but easy. You also explain it in a way that a dufus like me can understand ✌️
I remember reading somewhere that when your lifting lines are in a flat triangle less than 45 degrees such as in this case the strain on the lines is multiplied so should avoid it. But it worked in this case!
you are correct. Alex explained what the load was on each corner with the short straps.. he was more than safe...
he was at max angle. ideal is 60 degrees between arms he was 120. if he used chains instead with grab hooks and container hooks it would be more versatile and easier but heavier . he would need gr100 x 1/2 chain .
Chain would be horrible. G10 1/2" is only rated for 15,000lbs. Factor in the angle and you'd be way overloaded
Another awesome performance 🤓🙋♂️👍
Great job and video Alex
Nice job! Hope those company workers don't slow you down to much!
Great video as always. Thank you for the great content. I always look forward to your videos
Buenas noches, ALEX, un trabajo excelente como siempre, magnificas vistas con el dron, lo as clavado en el sitio, a la primera.❤🖐️👍👏💪🇪🇦, jesus. Eres un maquina.
According to my limited knowledge, I think you did an excellent job.😊 I also admire your patience with curious onlookers. Thanks for sharing.❤
Another cool lift by Alex. All you can eat steak and lobster on Josh.
Alex im not sure if OSHA would approve of those chicken legs lol😊
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Great job, Alex!
Alex great video! Thanks for sharing! Kevin
thank you sir
Love the Tank Rollers
Great video as always, Alex is such smooth operator. Every video he shows just how professional your company is!!
BEndiciones hijo, tu Abuela.
Another great job Alex. This time no rain, standing water, or poop truck. And the job was in daytime!
And with all the electricity around - no power lines!
😅what's up Alex,its good to see you go to action,me and my party people's getting ready to have a Blast,watching having fun, PHILLY MAN'S keep showing old or new❤
I agree with you Alex, its a sad state of affairs, when the EPA keeps updating emissions requirements, and nobody can meet them, so their switching to all electrics. Were seeing these issues, both in the vehicle industry, as well as the lawncare industry. So many engine manufactures have gone and left America, leaving us with very few choices but either, cheap Chinese engine garbage, or go with battery. Crazy times we live in man, sorry you guys had to lose your 60-ton, she must have been a beauty to behold.
Very cool video I love the different angles and what have you. Very professional the way you deal with customers and the motoring public!
Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota
Wow that is some agressive veer angle with that setup, but can't argue with the results
Saludos Alex, fantastic job as always, you are very brave! I get dizzy looking at your videos when you are working at great heights. God bless you and keep you safe. A friend from Kansas.
thank you for watching ramiro
Yes that is cool Peace out
Surgical precision, what a pro !
Your trucks idel for such a long time, do you ever have problems with the converters clogging?
not really we do frequent regenerations on our rotators , thanks for watching
Nicely done!
Super nice job Alex.
Hey Alex!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
Has everyone seen the Dali bridge crash? They've been unloading containers from the front of the ship with a massively oversized crane (500t) presumably to get the reach up and over the bridge wreckage. They recently published a picture with a stack of 3 coming off at once.
Very nice and smooth as always looking good 👍👍🤔🤔👍🤗
Great job alex 👍
Geez no trees, cranes, skytraks, vehicles over cliffs. pretty easy peasy
I once watched an old guy delivering containers. When it came to unhooking the fiur hooks from the container he didn't use a ladder. He just climbed up the end of the container like a monkey, like he did it multiple times a day. Boy, was he fit!
awesome work👍💪, Hi from Aruba🇦🇼🖐️🖐️
Hey Alexa have you ever showed your subscribers around HULK,like the outriggers all the chains,hooks and stuff I would love to learn all the lingo,I’m 70 yrs.old and Love your content!!PEPE FAMILY to the rescue!!Hello from Long Island,NY(get that old man out of “your work zone of safety “!!!
Bro, Love the content, just subscribed! I saw Pepe's hauling out a couple of behemoth homeless RVs in Santa Monica on another channel, it was great! The mayor of LA is telling everybody the reason they can't move the RV encampments is because the city doesn't have any heavy tow haulers! Is Pepe's getting the contract for that work? You guys would have a full card for a year just getting rid of ALL the broken-down RVs littering the streets of LA! Pepe's seems like the only shop that could get that work done fast and efficiently! Hope to maybe see some of that content in the future!
Still need a 100 ton Rotator. 😊😊😊
Local towing outfit here in Eastern Ohio just tool possession of Century M100 2 weeks ago.
To Heavy for California roads
@cambuss3561 so why is it that another company that works the same state, took delivery of one!!???
You really did all that in the beginning instead of repositioning truck a few feet.
nice
Seen yall's truck on "on patroll live".
Now imagine this ... in giant size, happening dozens of times ... off the bow of an uneven cargo ship, in the middle of the wreckage of a collapsed bridge.
Kinda gives you an idea what the Dali salvage crew is doing....
if you do much container work they have hooks just for the container corners. would save you a bunch of time. they just lock into the corner holes.
Foundry hooks. We have those. I use them a lot. They're horrible for these tho because you can't side load them. And when you solo a container, they will be side loaded.
Is it possible to drop enclosures to 90 degrees to allow you closer access to controls.
Man, you must have been frustrated when you found the new slings too long....better safe than sorry mate.....good job
Alex likes double handling.
Is there a video or list of all the equipment that you have on the rotators would like to use a detailed video of everything you equip them with
So many people are too young to remember the days of smog in LA. I can only imagine how bad it would be today without the clean air act.
Serious question because I'm genuinely curious: how do you guys end up with these jobs that I would expect someone to first call a mobile crane service for? Just nothing in the area that competes with the space requirement & lifting capabilities that Flipper has, or is it a cost thing?
Can we see the other trucks in action don’t get me wrong I like big flipper
No lol. Alex and I have the eye for filming. Joe does tiktok but no one else is really good with filming. It would just be towing anyway and my channel is about recoveries
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‼️easy Job ‼️🫡🫡👅
Hi Alex, do you know or could you tell me the manufacture of that power unit. I’m an engineer and during the pandemic hide away I designed a self-sustained electric power unit and mine is much bigger than that one. It’s a 20ft container on top of a 40ft. So, I wanted to see if their design is different from my power unit. I found it at the end of the video it's Power Plus. Great job, Is good.
As much recovery work as you guys do is there any plans for getting a century M100 ? Great video 👍
Question- those little blue double shackles…that seems like a little bolt holding a lot of weight…
What's the question?
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I love these videos.... question can the boom on this truck roll forward and backward??
no big flipper does not have a sliding boom , too heavy for California
Sorry, I'd have to tell the customer to back up
Alex has skills that doesn't allow the bad things to happen, but in can
: Once again, an outstanding episode. I love this stuff. 🐢 🏗 🐢 👍 🐢 😲
Ps. Great videos!!!
Just pull some more straps out of the tool box--why not?😁😁
These video’s are awesome. What Drone does Alex use? It shows great detail. I am looking to replace my old one.
DJI Action 4 and Mavic 3 drone, it is mentioned in the description of the video. Cheers.
@@mickm6309 Thanks Mick, I missed that.
Have noticed that a lot of container picks are slung from ground points, so no need to go up on top. All about safety now days.
What days do you post your videos on I was on the 605 freeway I saw you guys on it Pepe’s towing
Many thanks for your Spanglish!
Do you own any of the twin-steer wreckers? Do you see an advantage to these wreckers?
Do you do a fast forward replay like Midwest towing ron Pratt towing on UA-cam channel?
Why is big flippers lift axel the trail axel and not the lead. Is it a maneuverability thing?
Because flipper doesn't tow. Why would it not be in the rear?
@@PepesTowingService ok just hadn't seen many woth trail axel lift so thought I'd ask if there was a reason or just preference
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Your 30k rated straps get derated very quickly with those shallow angles. I'm guessing your angle there is somewhere about 25 degrees. That means your 30k strap is now only good for 12.7K. 30K SIN 25 deg. If your angle was less than that, say 15 degrees, now your strap is only good for 7.7K which times 4 that is not far above what your load is. These load angles creep up quickly. Just saying, be safe out there.
Good numbers, good to see someone else who knows their stuff. But no way this was 15 degrees. I would guess not 30 degrees but def closer to 25 degrees. Which even then we are more than in our working load limit. This is also incredibly rare. Not sure if you've seen my other videos but we regularly discuss WLL on almost every job. Alex had the longer straps originally but had to switch due to limited height. Good discussion tho! Are you in the crane industry or just into math
@@PepesTowingService Just a math nerd/engineer.
There’s a definite fault on the wrecker if the panel doors opened by lifting instead of dropping down you would be able to reach into the controls and cabinets instead of standing on a box and pressing buttons with a screwdriver , 😅
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30,000 on a vertical. Then what weights could you left at 30 degrees, 45 degrees and 60 degrees, before reaching 1x rating?
At 30 degrees from the vertical the lifting force is only 26k with the strap tensioned at 30,000. The other 4k goes into squeezing the container lengthwise. At 60 degrees you can get 15k lifting force. All four straps were at 1x. Spot on.
Sorry, 180 degrees.
they could have got a front loader in to do this a lot easier wonder why they dont have one or rent one
Probably cheaper and more precise with a rotator. You would have to haul in a "front end loader". You would have low boy fees plus messing time. The rotator just shows up and leaves. Way easier
Exactly. I've said it before but people always love quarter backing these jobs in hindsight. These generators are over 30,000lb. You know how massive of a fork lift you'd need for that? Then transport fees to haul it on an RGN or lowboy.
@@PepesTowingService Exactly, keyboard warriors 😂
I was curious 🧐 myself about the fact that they can repair them, but not have the ability to move them around or load them up onto trailers… Was just curious
The cost to own or rent a forklift that can pick 30k would be ridiculous.
Keep in mind, you are NOT a wrecker driver, you are a crane operator. Rule #1 .. ALWAYS extend outriggers to max available size EVEN ON SIDE OPPOSITE THE LOAD! Doubt me? Check the fine print on your load chart!!!
A Rotator is not a crane. It's said to be a wrecker with crane like capabities but ask a real crane operator if a rotator is a crane. From the build of the chassis to the design on every aspect, different beasts for different jobs. As for the outrigger comment, I'll agree with you there. It's good practice for safety to extend the opposite side in the event of a failure. Alex normally does too, just not here
What’s the rating? That’s small diameter compared to a shackle…
They're called container links and they're rated at 33,000 pounds. They're literally designed and rated for container pockets
You can Google them. They're called BA container links
Your first choice of long rigging was good, shame boom length wasn't quite long enough, because your second choice was way to low of sling angle. The load stress plus crush stress was sky high, and pure luck was on your side.
It wasn't ideal, but pure luck? Even at 20 degrees all rigging was within the working load limit. 30,000lbs PER sling, at even a conservative angle of 20 is still way more than needed. Same thing with the links in each corner that are good for 32,000lb EACH. Over rig to compensate for the angle. There is no luck. Do you honestly think at this height and angle this generator has a chance of being crushed? 😂 I'm laughing yes, but honest question, do you?
@@PepesTowingService I don't know if it could be crushed or not cuz I didn't build it with all my crane experience I was always taught to be on the safe side and that angle just didn't look good to me that's all
PS keep in mind that I'm 3,000 Mi away in a wheelchair I'm sure not going to second guess you guys that are on the job I'm just making conversation
@@bobbeck5947 thank you for watching , but yes we always over rig to ensure we don't destroy the customers equipment
Ok Now Ron Pratt's 50 Ton At Mid West Truck ##lbs 72-73000. What's lbs Your 75 Ton..?
big flipper weighs about 80 with the equipment
Nice video. Does Alex ever use HULK at all? I know he mainly uses BIG FLIPPER?
I think he uses hulk when josh ain't available but his main truck he uses is big flipper
I'm trying to figure out what you are doing. Do you charge for the time you are on site or for the job ?
What is there to figure out? You're literally watching a video of what we're doing. All jobs are a flat rate. Only police jobs are Hourly.
It's why people started calling it Commiefornia 😢😢