Trailers on car transports are normally never detached unless something's wrong, so it's no wonder the airlines were being stubborn - they're not meant to come apart ;) Good job getting that long rig out of there without even touching the curbs :)
Really enjoy this channel, it's incredible to watch these "road trains" navigate tight streets! It's definitely educating me as a car driver to give lorries more space. Would enjoy it even more, if more of the video could be driving, rather than connecting the trailers!
Thanks for another interesting one Steve. Evoked a few more memories of my haulage days.. I had the misfortune of experiencing Reading Services a time or three. Two of the most unsuitable HGV parking areas around! Not large enough to accommodate the volume of traffic, far too tight, poorly laid out, plus, the ruts and damage to the asphalt......! They used to be like the Somme! A "normal" artic was difficult enough to pilot there, let alone a car transporter! The eastbound showers were always nice and clean though. I encountered plenty of services and truckstops with tight parking areas. Cambridge Services, along with Ulceby and Whitwood Truckstops instantly spring to mind after Reading, Cambridge (or Boxworth now, I think) in particular. I remember plenty of mirrors being obliterated there and am responsible for one of them. It was a DHL container truck, and the driver, bless him, when I approached him with my details and he twigged that I was an owner driver (I was never keen on bandying that about, and didn't tell him), handed the piece of paper back and said, "Don't worry about it mate, I'll tell them I hit a hedge or something, stay safe". All 3 had parks that were designed and laid out to the millimetre, and certainly didn't allow for car transporters extra length. And, if memory serves, Ulcebys park tapered towards one end. Perfect for solo tractors and rigids, but not good otherwise. If you were parked opposite or next to a transporter and had an earlier start in the morning, it sometimes meant a reluctant knock on the poor drivers door.... I only did that once. After that, if the driver was still up when I parked, I'd always ask what time they were starting, and if it made sense, could we swap spots or whatever. Thank goodness you didn't have to pull this one out of a tight spot! How was the ride to Stoke? After I asked you about tacho regs in the previous video, it's ironic that this one involves a jaunt beyond 100km! At least it was mainly motorway 😊😉👍 Oh, are you permitted to expand on the reason for not showing how you disabled the handbrake?! I wondered if it was in case of somebody who shouldn't have access to it getting access and indulging in skullduggery? Or does the disabling process involve skullduggery.....?!😉😉 Cheers Steve
Hi Simon thanks for watching and commenting about your experiences. By disabling the electric handbrake your able to turn the ignition off without the handbrake coming on automatically , it comes up as workshop mode on dashboard.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve Thanks for the reply Steve, makes sense now you've explained it. I never got the chance to drive anything with an electric handbrake. All good old mechanical stuff for me! It also occurred to me that it's a shame the 6 weekly inspection requirements for the operator of this transporter/whoever does their maintenance don't seem to include checking and lubricating susie fittings! Imagine if the driver had to drop the trailer for whatever reason and didn't have the facilities to loosen the fitting! That could've meant a £150 or whatever callout fee for someone to do what you did with the minimum of fuss and tools! A few squirts of WD40 and 30 seconds max every 6 weeks vs £150+....🤔 Thanks again. Always look forward to the videos 👍
You'll keep fit doing your job Steve. Good to see you loading a transporter for a change. Bit of a trip to Stoke for you this time. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Steve. You mentioned national rescue in one of your comments. I used to admire their trucks parked by their control station at shannon corner. I started driving a recovery truck at 17. It was an LT50 spec lift. Like what Fawngrove used run if you remember them! I loved it, the best job in the world. Before you got into heavies did you have a job driving artics to get experience?
Hi thanks for watching , i remember Fawngrove think owner name was Arthur think my Dad new him.I never did drive artics full time before doing heavy recovery which was a disadvantage really in at the deep end.
Thanks for another great one. I'm a bit surprised that the Maxireach seems to have some surface rust at the end considering that it's still fairly new.
Thanks for watching Al , has a had life with me mate ,do about 4 jobs a day , get so many low buses to recover over speed ramps and town centres always not far from grounding out boom.
Hi Steve.. having spent 20 odd years with Volvo my advice would be to remove the prop as the gear box has a oil pump driven from the layshaft.. if you leave a half shaft connected this is enough to spin the prop and will run the nose bearing dry between the input shaft and the main shaft..
Hi Mate thanks for watching and advice, most of the training giving out now is half shaft removal dont get under to disconnect prop especially with 3 axle units with mid lifts.There have been few operators killed on the roadsides removing props so think that's why not recommending us as best practice now to teach.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve Hi Steve, good point, might be best to pull both shafts then, as i've seen a lot of gearboxes fail after being recovered with only one shaft pulled. and its a very expensive repair when the nose bearing fails.... BTW... its the same box in the Renault premium and t range etc.
Awesome video what’s the heaviest you’ve towed? also a little request I guess could you talk a bit about your driving career a little about the sort of thing you’ve done before?
The 2 airlines going into the trailer Steve, I presume 1 is for brakes and other is for supply line. I'm guessing you supplied the trailer with a supply line due to the air leak, yes? I'm a heavy tow operator in Australia. Nice to see how you guys do it in the u.k
Hi Brett welcome mate, yes supplied 1 air line to unit that had air leak and 2 to trailer one to brake trailer and other to supple air. Thanks for watching.
Hi thanks for watching , the Volvo dealership we work for not said anything about removing both on single drive axles. We been asked to remove both half shafts with hybrid buses and ones with ZF drive axles not heard off any problems.But wouldn't hurt removing both just can be a bugger to refit half shaft on diff lock side.
Nice one Steve 👍 love the vids. Don't know much about car transporters but I would've thought the Suzie on that ridged tow trailer would have been regularly took on and off. Just wondering why it was so hard to take off.
Thanks for watching , most car transporters never rarely get separated the unit stays hooked up to the trailer.The company i recovered it into had purpose built workshops to fit the unit and trailer in so doubt they separated much either.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve oh thanks Steve makes sense now that I think about it. The trailer stays on all the time and the car's just drive up over onto the unit
Hi Ricky thanks for watching , i can programme the truck sat nav with height and weight restrictions for the journey.Transporters drivers normally run at max height so normally no best route back.
great video as always, I do have a question. is putting airlines to the trailer a rule or just your personal habit? I never put airlines to the trailer unless there was a decent load on the trailer. I'm not trying to question your methods, just curious. I also find it interesting how the trailer is hooked up, it looks like a giant trailer ball, over here it's a very low 5th wheel thanks again Steve (from central MN in the USA)
Hi Adam thanks for watching , we our trained over here to always run both air lines to the trailers they must be braked by the tow truck. More work on these transporters but dont have to run break away chains like in US , appreciate comments stay safe.
Hi Steve, I was just wondering if you need any experience to do this job or do you get trained as I wouldn't mind doing this as a job but got told by a friend that you do? Keep safe on the roads. If your on the M4 again I'm normally on the footbridge at Calcot J12.
Shame they unloaded it, it'd have been great when you got back to the yard "Well, I don't know what you lot have been doing all day, but I've recovered 13 vehicles and been to Stoke and back" :)
Hi Rum you can pull either half shaft to disconnect the drive , but easier to refit half shaft that's not diff lock side mate. You can spot which side is diff lock as there's normally air pipe and electrics going to that side of the axle.
hi steve i was taking a 45 on the services while you was loading that up quick question what spray do you use ive tryed loads so was wondering what you like best
Hi Stu should of come over mate and have swing on sledge lol , not sure make of maintenance spray company supplied me this time.Thanks for watching the channel much appreciated.
Hi thanks for watching , normally see a air pipe and wiring going to side of diff then you would remove half shaft opposite side to that , easier to refit then pulling diff side out.
When you are looking for the diff lock can you point to it so we who do not know what looks like can follow your every move. And also this time the luxury of recovery at a service station rather than the hard shoulder when half the dozy British drivers are trying to kill you.
I cannot express how much I like your videos, interesting, informative and exciting at the same time. Thanks for your hard work!
Thanks for watching and kind comments much appreciated.
Pity you didn’t have the cars as well, then you could have bragged ten vehicles tow in one.
Hi Paul thanks for watching , job made easier without cars, travelling height would of been about 16foot.
Did a few years on transporters, that was my way into heavy haulage. Great video as usual mate 🤘😃
Thanks very much for watching, much appreciated mate.
Hi Steve,great video and certainly made your life a little easier having no cars on it,great job🤙👌👍
Glad you enjoyed it Mark , thanks for watching.
Truly amazing stuff, job looks hard, recovery truck looks amazing
Thanks for watching.
Hi Steve, thats a good load up, always good to see something different, hope the journey to stoke went well .
Hi Gary thanks for watching, journey went bit quicker without them cars lol.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve could of done a deal where you towed his truck n got a brand new car as a result of a good job well done lol
Trailers on car transports are normally never detached unless something's wrong, so it's no wonder the airlines were being stubborn - they're not meant to come apart ;) Good job getting that long rig out of there without even touching the curbs :)
Thanks very much for watching and commenting.
That’s a pro driver for ya’s
Really enjoy this channel, it's incredible to watch these "road trains" navigate tight streets! It's definitely educating me as a car driver to give lorries more space. Would enjoy it even more, if more of the video could be driving, rather than connecting the trailers!
Thanks for watching, should of been a bit more driving footage at destination but camera didn't turn on.
Thanks for another interesting one Steve. Evoked a few more memories of my haulage days..
I had the misfortune of experiencing Reading Services a time or three. Two of the most unsuitable HGV parking areas around! Not large enough to accommodate the volume of traffic, far too tight, poorly laid out, plus, the ruts and damage to the asphalt......! They used to be like the Somme! A "normal" artic was difficult enough to pilot there, let alone a car transporter! The eastbound showers were always nice and clean though.
I encountered plenty of services and truckstops with tight parking areas. Cambridge Services, along with Ulceby and Whitwood Truckstops instantly spring to mind after Reading, Cambridge (or Boxworth now, I think) in particular. I remember plenty of mirrors being obliterated there and am responsible for one of them. It was a DHL container truck, and the driver, bless him, when I approached him with my details and he twigged that I was an owner driver (I was never keen on bandying that about, and didn't tell him), handed the piece of paper back and said, "Don't worry about it mate, I'll tell them I hit a hedge or something, stay safe". All 3 had parks that were designed and laid out to the millimetre, and certainly didn't allow for car transporters extra length. And, if memory serves, Ulcebys park tapered towards one end. Perfect for solo tractors and rigids, but not good otherwise. If you were parked opposite or next to a transporter and had an earlier start in the morning, it sometimes meant a reluctant knock on the poor drivers door.... I only did that once. After that, if the driver was still up when I parked, I'd always ask what time they were starting, and if it made sense, could we swap spots or whatever. Thank goodness you didn't have to pull this one out of a tight spot!
How was the ride to Stoke? After I asked you about tacho regs in the previous video, it's ironic that this one involves a jaunt beyond 100km! At least it was mainly motorway 😊😉👍
Oh, are you permitted to expand on the reason for not showing how you disabled the handbrake?! I wondered if it was in case of somebody who shouldn't have access to it getting access and indulging in skullduggery? Or does the disabling process involve skullduggery.....?!😉😉
Cheers Steve
Hi Simon thanks for watching and commenting about your experiences. By disabling the electric handbrake your able to turn the ignition off without the handbrake coming on automatically , it comes up as workshop mode on dashboard.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve Thanks for the reply Steve, makes sense now you've explained it. I never got the chance to drive anything with an electric handbrake. All good old mechanical stuff for me!
It also occurred to me that it's a shame the 6 weekly inspection requirements for the operator of this transporter/whoever does their maintenance don't seem to include checking and lubricating susie fittings! Imagine if the driver had to drop the trailer for whatever reason and didn't have the facilities to loosen the fitting! That could've meant a £150 or whatever callout fee for someone to do what you did with the minimum of fuss and tools! A few squirts of WD40 and 30 seconds max every 6 weeks vs £150+....🤔
Thanks again. Always look forward to the videos 👍
You'll keep fit doing your job Steve. Good to see you loading a transporter for a change. Bit of a trip to Stoke for you this time. Thanks for sharing.
Hi James thanks for watching ,your very welcome as always.
Hi Steve. You mentioned national rescue in one of your comments. I used to admire their trucks parked by their control station at shannon corner. I started driving a recovery truck at 17. It was an LT50 spec lift. Like what Fawngrove used run if you remember them! I loved it, the best job in the world. Before you got into heavies did you have a job driving artics to get experience?
Hi thanks for watching , i remember Fawngrove think owner name was Arthur think my Dad new him.I never did drive artics full time before doing heavy recovery which was a disadvantage really in at the deep end.
A nice day at the office. Very different and hope the journey was well!
Hi Seth thanks for watching , had a good journey thanks easier part of the job in end without the cars on board.
Man I want to come to UK Look to the roads. look to the weather it’s fresh
Thanks for watching Yasir.
Not all the time, as majority of the uk weather is raining
A very good Friday evening to you all from London
Morning Dave , hope you have safe journey back to Somerset.
That was an interesting recovery, farr more involved than a normal wagon and trailer or a bus.
Hi Paul thanks for watching , yes its getting them air lines around unit into trailer main cause of grief.
been a while watching the daf recovery truck! nice video!!!
Thanks very much for watching the channel.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve your welcome
Thanks for another great one. I'm a bit surprised that the Maxireach seems to have some surface rust at the end considering that it's still fairly new.
Thanks for watching Al , has a had life with me mate ,do about 4 jobs a day , get so many low buses to recover over speed ramps and town centres always not far from grounding out boom.
That sledgehammer is a bit of a workout on it own Steve
Hi Keith thanks for watching , they do take a bit of swinging at times.
Hi Steve - this bad boy was giving you some issues to recover hope you had a nice run to Stoke nice job done.☝☝
Hi Norman thanks for watching , driving was the easy part of job, got bit traffic by Birmingham but went well.
Hi Steve.. having spent 20 odd years with Volvo my advice would be to remove the prop as the gear box has a oil pump driven from the layshaft.. if you leave a half shaft connected this is enough to spin the prop and will run the nose bearing dry between the input shaft and the main shaft..
Hi Mate thanks for watching and advice, most of the training giving out now is half shaft removal dont get under to disconnect prop especially with 3 axle units with mid lifts.There have been few operators killed on the roadsides removing props so think that's why not recommending us as best practice now to teach.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve Hi Steve, good point, might be best to pull both shafts then, as i've seen a lot of gearboxes fail after being recovered with only one shaft pulled.
and its a very expensive repair when the nose bearing fails.... BTW... its the same box in the Renault premium and t range etc.
Another great job
Thank you! Cheers!
@12:28 gotta love a good old love tap to free stuff lol
Thanks for watching Dave.
nice work Steve. watching from kenya
Thanks for watching, your very welcome from Kenya.
Cheers Steve love it
Thanks for watching Spencer , glad you liked it.
Awesome video what’s the heaviest you’ve towed? also a little request I guess could you talk a bit about your driving career a little about the sort of thing you’ve done before?
Hi Matt thanks for watching , always done recovery started off doing cars. Heaviest towed would be a 96t mobile crane on a fixed bar.
Belisimo trabalho parbens Bahia Brazil
Thanks for watching and welcome from Brazil.
can't beat a bit of percussive maintenance! if in doubt, give it a (good) clout!
Thanks for watching , just dont hit them threads lol.
When car transporters are being towed remined of furry caterpillar for so reason nice on Steve and always stay safe out there 😁
Hi thanks for watching again Mohammad.
Nices explained work bro
Glad you liked it, thanks for watching.
The 2 airlines going into the trailer Steve, I presume 1 is for brakes and other is for supply line. I'm guessing you supplied the trailer with a supply line due to the air leak, yes? I'm a heavy tow operator in Australia. Nice to see how you guys do it in the u.k
Hi Brett welcome mate, yes supplied 1 air line to unit that had air leak and 2 to trailer one to brake trailer and other to supple air.
Thanks for watching.
I got pulled in the other day and they moved both drive shafts on my Volvo saying that because it’s a true auto box they have both got to be removed
Hi thanks for watching , the Volvo dealership we work for not said anything about removing both on single drive axles. We been asked to remove both half shafts with hybrid buses and ones with ZF drive axles not heard off any problems.But wouldn't hurt removing both just can be a bugger to refit half shaft on diff lock side.
Nice one Steve 👍 love the vids. Don't know much about car transporters but I would've thought the Suzie on that ridged tow trailer would have been regularly took on and off. Just wondering why it was so hard to take off.
Thanks for watching , most car transporters never rarely get separated the unit stays hooked up to the trailer.The company i recovered it into had purpose built workshops to fit the unit and trailer in so doubt they separated much either.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve oh thanks Steve makes sense now that I think about it. The trailer stays on all the time and the car's just drive up over onto the unit
Another great video have you ever thought about driving the vans
Hi Losangela thanks for watching , we have service vans but only the mechanics use them i keep driving the truck as just do recoveries.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve fair enough does your job have a scania next gen V8 you could move to than your daf
Hi Steve - good thing the cars were offloaded. Does your sat-nav indicate low clearances, or do you avoid them mostly through your local knowledge?
Hi Ricky thanks for watching , i can programme the truck sat nav with height and weight restrictions for the journey.Transporters drivers normally run at max height so normally no best route back.
great video as always, I do have a question. is putting airlines to the trailer a rule or just your personal habit? I never put airlines to the trailer unless there was a decent load on the trailer. I'm not trying to question your methods, just curious.
I also find it interesting how the trailer is hooked up, it looks like a giant trailer ball, over here it's a very low 5th wheel
thanks again Steve (from central MN in the USA)
Hi Adam thanks for watching , we our trained over here to always run both air lines to the trailers they must be braked by the tow truck. More work on these transporters but dont have to run break away chains like in US , appreciate comments stay safe.
Do you need a special licence to recover class ones? Or just the class one licence? Love your videos! Liked and subbed!
Thanks for subscribing, just need a class one licence.
I’m not sure whether this is an obvious question, but why the air lines called Susies ?
Hi Simon, no obvious to me mate either lol , something to do with suspended hanging lines.
Hi Steve, I was just wondering if you need any experience to do this job or do you get trained as I wouldn't mind doing this as a job but got told by a friend that you do? Keep safe on the roads. If your on the M4 again I'm normally on the footbridge at Calcot J12.
Hi James thanks for watching , you do get training and just learn on the job really , our look out for you on the bridge.
Shame they unloaded it, it'd have been great when you got back to the yard "Well, I don't know what you lot have been doing all day, but I've recovered 13 vehicles and been to Stoke and back" :)
Hi Steve thanks for watching ,yes was hoping been loaded with cars still for filming point of view but made job easier without them.
Mate how do you find the diff lock what would be the difference please
Hi Rum you can pull either half shaft to disconnect the drive , but easier to refit half shaft that's not diff lock side mate. You can spot which side is diff lock as there's normally air pipe and electrics going to that side of the axle.
hi steve i was taking a 45 on the services while you was loading that up quick question what spray do you use ive tryed loads so was wondering what you like best
Hi Stu should of come over mate and have swing on sledge lol , not sure make of maintenance spray company supplied me this time.Thanks for watching the channel much appreciated.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve hi steve i thought about walking over but you was walking around at silly speed so i thought let the bloke work in peace ,
How do you tell what side the diff lock is on ?
Hi thanks for watching , normally see a air pipe and wiring going to side of diff then you would remove half shaft opposite side to that , easier to refit then pulling diff side out.
it that your gearbox chattering or jut the pto bouncing ??
Thanks for watching Simon , booked into Daf for gearbox.
@1:44 If that’s the engine from the Volvo transporter it doesn’t sound healthy
Hi Dave , mechanic thought it was a faulty fuel injector when i got to Stoke.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve it didn’t sound healthy what ever it was coming from the truck.
That looks like max a 7 car carrier.
No way 12
Thanks for watching , driver said will take 12 small cars.
Itu di negara mana?😀
Thanks for watching.
When you are looking for the diff lock can you point to it so we who do not know what looks like can follow your every move. And also this time the luxury of recovery at a service station rather than the hard shoulder when half the dozy British drivers are trying to kill you.
Thanks for watching , thanks for comments ,will do mate.
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You don't have to go to the gym today 🤣
H Tim thanks for watching , them half shafts on them Volvos take some swinging at times.
Yo
Thanks for watching Jacob.
That’s why you should take airlines off once a week and give them a clean… just lazy lorry driving
Thanks for watching.