TOWING A BROKEN DOWN BUS! UK HEAVY RECOVERY WITH STEVE!
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2022
- TOWING A BROKEN DOWN BUS! UK HEAVY RECOVERY WITH STEVE!
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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. - Авто та транспорт
It's amazing how quickly safely and efficiently he gets loaded up and off to where ever it needs to go
Hi William thanks for watching, normally hope to get loaded and on way in 30 mins.
I love it how calm he is when driving a large vehicle which is towing another large vehicle
Great video Steve keep it up
Thanks very much for watching.
This is the first time I have watched a bus being recovered, excellent video. I like the running commentary when you are in the driving segment. It shows that you really know what you are doing when hauling large loads and how much you need to focus on your load and your driving technique. Also, for anybody watching this, it will make them realise just how much room large vehicles need when negotiating roundabouts and tight urban corners, and why you need to use the opposite lane when towing long loads, very different from driving a car. Good job, I look forward to many more videos ;)
Thanks for watching , glad you liked it and found it of interest, Cheers.
I thought driving buses in traffic was tough and I am a bus driver myself, but you have it tougher. Hats off to you mate.
Thanks for watching , much appreciated.
Excellent video Steve, quickly loaded and well driven, love a bit of towing footage, keep up the good work and keep it 😀🚛
Hi Nick, thanks for watching.
Another Excellent video; many years ago I took my advanced driver training, and the hardest bit for me was the commentary on the test, you would be a natural, your commentary was exactly what the tester wanted to hear
Hi Kevin, thanks for watching and kind comments.
Hi Steve that bus with fleet 858 with letters oxf on the regular plate I believe belongs to Oxford bus company at the Cowley Depot from John in kidlington in oxfordshire
Nice job, Steve. Tricky maneuvering on those narrow streets and roundabouts.
Hi Ricky thanks for watching, all in a days work lol.
This reminds me when I broke down in my coach on The Strand in London on a Saturday night. It was stuck in gear so they had to remove the shaft in order to get the thing moving. That was a ZF gearbox too. Absolute nightmare.
Hi Ian thanks for watching and sharing your experience.
This was actually really interesting to watch, especially you prepping for the tow getting everything ready.
Nice, I used to go to uni every day on that bus, 858. I see your recovery buses all the time, even ride my bike past one of your depots at the air park. Small world.
From the perspective of a Canadian driver, that is an absolutely beautiful Wrecker. I love Cabovers.
Hi thanks for watching.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. As a mechanic I have a low key obsession with niche things like this, and you really did provide.
Many thanks!
Thanks very much for watching, glad you found it of interest.
Fascinating, alway preferred heavy commercials to sports cars all my life, never became a driver of a HGV, maybe in another life ;)
Glad you enjoyed it! thanks for watching.
enjoy watching steve while he is recovering a vehicle explains ever think he is doing missed him in welwyn garden city see the truck but what a miss not to be able to go and meet the man himself keep them videos coming steve great work
Hi Andrew, thanks very much for watching my videos and kind comments you made , sorry i missed you that day.
I'm just as amazed of viewing the drive as the prep work. While I don't film myself, I do often talk myself through traffic. It helps you keep focus, improves situational awareness and when you are unable to tell yourself what you are gonna do before you do it, you probably are driving too fast.
Roundabouts are still a rare find here in the US, we do have 'circles' like Dupont Circle and you see some larger roundabouts near highways. So far, I've never seen a mini roundabout here in the (northeast) US...
Thanks very much for watching.
That's fascinating all you have to do to prep the buses for movement. Really interesting, and thanks again for the video!
Hi Seth your welcome as always.
Just found your channel today and subscribed!
Great videos, I'm really enjoying watching them. Does feel strange seeing you get in the correct side of the truck after watching so many American heavy recovery channels though! 🤣
Thank you for sharing your work.
Welcome aboard!
This video popped up in my recommendations although I have no knowledge/interest in recovery videos but I stayed and watched the whole thing! An amazing video, you gained a new sub :)
Thanks Sam for watching , glad you found it of interest.
another amazing watch. Definitely great insight into the job ! Gearing me self up for it !! thanks Steve keep it up ! I think you need produce a cinematic of the wrecker & possibly maybe get some footage of some of the other trucks on the company fleet on your channel. 👍🏾
Thanks, will do!
Great video as always!! I found it very interesting to see how different the process to tow is from a truck and that bus that I'm accustomed to drive!!!! Cheers from Italy!!
Hi thanks for watching from Italy.
Thanks for this video. Its very educational and shows what's involved with hauling large vehicles. Especially I was under the impression that the procedure was just the use of a lifting the front coupler and used a special coupler and use connect the air hoses to control the brakes like those road trains use. But thanks for showing us the full works and please keep up the great work with the videos.
Thanks for watching, glad you found it of interest. Unfortunately we can only supple air to keep the brakes off and keep the suspension up. There is no air coupling to plum into service brakes,so all the breaking is down by the wrecker.
A lot of buses like the one that you have recovered have been through several depots through their working lives like so many other buses have from koan in kidlington in oxfordshire
Yesss!, Another successful recovery by Steve!! I bet you love doing recovery on sunny days in the summer :)
Thanks for watching.
Hi steve.
This brings back memories of my job as a HGV driver/mechanic on roadside tech recovery here in manchester and the northwest.
Recovering cars vans trucks motorbikes and almost anything with wheels...
Every job different but loved every minute of it.
A very rewarding but sometimes demanding job.
Great watching you work and aticipating your every move.
I'm subscribed now.
Derek jackson
M16
Manchester
Thanks for watching and subscribing Derek , glad brought back some happy memories.
Great job, loved the towing footage, narrow roads!👍🇮🇪
Thanks very much for watching.
Another great video Steve, perfect, thank you. Keeping mental notes of your videos for when the next job comes through....... you never know what it's going to be.
Hi Michael, thanks for watching.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve Hi Steve, would be interested to see some rear lifts as and when you get some..... 👍
Very interesting video. You’re excellent at what you do. Only took you 25 minutes to complete job. Also nice to see the towing part considering the extreme length you had to manoeuvre through the streets!
Thanks I enjoy your channel as it's local know all those roads. Thanks
Hi Roger , most pick ups fairly local but off to Cornwall tomorrow to recovery one back.
Another awesome video from you, thanks and keep them coming.
Hi Mathew will do.
Interesting video as usual made easy as you explain all the points as you go .. Stay safe and healthy ..
Thanks for watching Roger.
Nice clean job. Im a bus mechanic in Denmark. And that was much better than the guys that Recover for us. One time i had to come out to help them raise the suspension on a bus
Thanks for watching and welcome , buses can be a challenge at times with air suspension problems. Hopefully next time that recovery guy will have learnt from you what to do.
That's quite a skill you have there sir, i look forward to your future videos.
Thank you kindly
Fascinating video. Really interesting to see you prepare the bus for towing.
Thank you very much!
Brilliant informative video, bet its not so good when its wet or snow on the ground. Great calm driving too, enjoyed watching.
Thanks for watching , like today mate soaked through working in rain all day.
This is fasanating to watch as someone who works on cars for a living! Also if you don’t already I feel like you would make an excellent teacher/tutor to people doing HGV technician courses etc!
Hi Jamie thanks very much for kind comments, just wanted to show heavy recovery work in the UK and hope people would find it of some interest.
Really cool seeing this, gives a new perspective being american, wildly neat rig. Sweet seeing some Milwaukee action kickin butt across the pond. Crazy navigating you have to do, very tight.
Hi Edward thanks for watching, welcome from the US.
Just found your channel Steve, very interesting especially as it's mostly big stuff, and the driving around London, keep it up Steve, l will be with you on many more journeys hopefully 😊😊
Thanks for watching James welcome . glad you found it of interest.
Great video Steve as always.can’t wait for next one there always interesting to watch thank you for your content
Hi Martin thanks for watching and kind comments.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve no worries Steve thank you see you in next video 🤟🏻
I live in the middle of America, and around where I live, we have a few roundabouts but not nearly that many. Great video.
Hi thanks for watching from America, plenty over here.
Absolutely fantastic sir,i really enjoyed this.
Thanks for watching Stephen.
Here in the U.S., roundabouts are called rotaries, and they are fast vanishing from our road network, except for states like Massachusetts. My chief concern for you, as you did this recovery, was when you had to work close to the traffic lane, with cars passing by.
Your work is a model of efficiency and attention to detail.
Thanks very much for watching and welcome , glad you found it interesting.
Great video. My dad drove a Mercedes 0405 bendy bus when he worked for first Aberdeen and it's predecessor Grampian transport.
Hi Martin thanks for watching, bendy buses still around at Gatwick doing car park to terminal runs.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve some bendy bus still working on a service route in Aberdeen
Great video thank you for the content!
Hi Kevin thanks for watching again.
i dont know how or why i enjoy watching this so much
Thanks for watching , im very glad you do.
Loved it great vlog. Only subscribed a few week's but as a hgv driver with very little knowledge of the mechanical side of thing's I'm finding this very intresting. Had a break down in a Mercedes Iconic bin Lorry about 4 yrs ago and watched with interest as the recovery truck driver worked his magic. I had no forward gears and she stopped on the brow of a hill on a main road. I managed to reverse back onto a grass verge to a safe place but the poor guy had to hook up and take the halfshaft out on long wet grass verge. That experience sparked my interest in hgv /psv recovery work.
Hi thanks for watching and subscribing , recovered a Mercedes Iconic few videos back in you interested check it out.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve Cheers I'll check it out 👍
Well done Steve keep them coming,,
Thanks for watching Nigel, cant always film jobs due to restrictions but trying mate.
Great work Steve. Always a nice cardio workout whether it’s a HGV or a coach 😃
Thanks for watching Steve.
love these keep em coming steve
Hi Luke thanks for watching.
A very good Saturday afternoon to you all from Wellington Somerset
Thanks for watching again Dave.
Excellent video there Steve!! I found it very interesting and I just found your channel and I just subscribed
Hi Chris glad you found it interesting, thanks for subscribing.
A tip, there are several ways to bring air into the vehicle. One is over the air barrel. But there are 2 more. One is via the test connections, these are located in the flap under the driver's seat from the outside. There simply on release pressure spring accumulator. The other. In the front (depending on the customer's request) there is also a connection that fills all air circuits.
Greetings from a mechanic from the workshop
Hi Max thanks for tips mate, have come across trailer valve at front of some Citaros under flap before, thanks for commenting.
That was awesome. I drove conventional kenworth T680 with 70 inch sleeper and 53 foot reefer. Appx. 66 feet long
Hi Alan thanks for watching , that's a big tractor unit , never driven a American truck mate respect.
Hello from Florida, Steve! Roundabouts are slowly catching on over here, more so in some states than others. The only one around here that I know of is on the west end of the bridge to Clearwater Beach. They had to do it because with the old intersections, beach traffic was causing gridlock on the island and backing up for miles. It still backs up for miles during spring break and on nice weekends, just not as many miles (LOL). Question: are safety chains not required in the UK? The heavy recovery folks over here seem to always use them. Thanks for another great video.
Hi welcome thanks for watching from Florida, we’re not required to run with break away chains here in the UK.
Ah the good old shitaros bloody hated those busses 😆 great video 👍🏼
Hi Barry thanks for watching, not too bad to recover as long as you have electrics and give it air you can get suspension up ok.
Another super video Sir, I know that feeling working bank holiday Friday was on 24hr call out 😧
Hi Dipsy ,all part of the job im afraid.
It sure is mate would rather be working then sat at home twiddling my thumbs
Good job,i noticed, u dont have low pro receivers .check them out.
Looool carousel buses high Wycombe very nice
Awesome Video!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Just found your page not even a minute into the video and I’m fixated. 👍
Welcome and thanks for watching.
Your towing rig is amazing 🔥 would be even cooler with a straight pipe exhaust 😂🔥
Hi thanks for watching , would sound great that, but Euro 6 spec so very quiet exhaust note with massive silencer.
Love driving Citaro's, and so reliable. Downside is when they go wrong, they go wrong big time
Thanks for watching Josh.
Nice One Steve
Thanks for watching.
Looks like it's been towed before...haha its a citaro most unreliable buses I've ever driven. Great video Ste 👍
Thanks for watching Robert.
Top notch Steve
Thanks very much for watching , much appreciated.
Another great video.
Hi Doug thanks for watching , glad you liked it.
The driving portion was really interesting mate!
Hi thanks for watching.
So Steve, Why is there air tanks in the ceiling of this bus? Really enjoyed it obviously!
H Richard , dont no why Mercedes Citaro have air tanks in roof lining , but easy to access.
I watch alot of Ron Pratt, so its interesting seeing how yall do it over in the UK compared to the US
Hi Brandon thanks for watching from the US.
wow, thats a great ETS2 Graphic mod!
Driving part was great
Hi thanks for watching, glad you found it of interest.
Great video , thanks. Wonder how easy it would have been with a bendy bus? 👍
Thanks for watching,would of been fun.
another great video.
Thanks for watching Lee.
I fell asleep watching this 😴
That’s not to say the video was boring, just a warm evening at the end of a long week 😉
I shall try again later.
Thanks for watching , yes was a long week for me too.
Love you videos mate
Hi Sammy thanks for watching.
Complete professional at work 💪🏻
Thanks very much for watching James.
Will do Steve, great to see such precision and skill!
Keep up the good work!
Those videos coming!
Love the new truck btw 😍
Hi Steve, excellent work navigating all the roundabouts and junctions.
One thing I’m wondering is why you only put the beacons on for certain spots of the journey to highlight your presence. Rather than keep them on the whole time you are towing? After all, it is a very long combination
Thanks for watching , we generally use beacons now to warn of hazards and not for normal towing and the thought is when beacons our on people would take more notice.
High Wycombe the home of the tight roundabouts!
Thought I recognised that Tesco - I live about 10 mins away from there lol
Hi thanks for watching, glad you recognised your local Tescos ,nice area to live in.
What a boss 👏 🙌
Thanks for watching.
It should be a Street Light (I mean Streetlite).
great video top bloke
Thanks for watching.
wow, so cool!
Thanks for watching.
Brilliant video-Pardon my lack of experience,I was surprised at the need to take the hub axels off the back wheels of the bus,I also didn't see you putting the bus into neutral-I don't know much about bus gearboxes,but thought most modern buses are automatic,but didn't see you putting the bus into neutral,perhaps you did something else,instead,but Pardon my lack of experience !!
Hi Patrick, by removing the half shafts you our disconnecting the drive to gearbox, so doesn't matter what gear bus is in. We have to remove half shafts on all buses we front lift manual or auto gearboxes to protect any potential damage to gearboxes.
Great video Steve. Thanks for sharing. Wonder if those who design mini roundabouts think about recovery trucks and towing - I think not.
Hi James. Thanks for watching , Central London a nightmare now towing vehicles out there.
oooo very cool, where was this because carousel run near me. :)
Hi thanks for watching, breakdown location was Amersham.
Thanks again for your brilliant delivery to match your talents. Did I miss you testing the additional brake lights and indicators on the rear plate? BTW what's your history? Were you a mechanic turned HGV driver or HGV driver turned recovery mechanic?
Hi Phil thanks for watching , just had a bit of mechanical knowledge and picked job up from there. Being a truck mechanic would be a big advantage before you got into recovery , but on most jobs i film there is not to much you have to do mechanically to prep vehicles to tow.
You are far to modest. Thanks for the reply.@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve
Great video. I’m a pcv driver myself, so I break ‘em for you to recover ‘em 😂😂😉
Thanks for watching Jon , glad you liked it.
Great content Steve.
Do you sometimes get asked to back your broken large vehicles over a pit or onto a ramp so they can get straight on it?. I used to do some recovery and was asked this all the time
Keep it up
Peter from Liverpool
Hi Peter thanks for watching, funny enough had to reverse a Volvo bus over a pit today mate.
I live near a town in New York in America called Malta and there are 19 roundabouts in the entire town.
Thanks for watching, we love a around in the UK lol.
I've driven these old style citaros before, I really hate how the brake pedal is miles higher than the accelerator. great buses though! the new-gen ones are so much butter to drive.
Hi Mark , thanks for watching and commenting.
There is only one thing different between the USA and the UK with this: the side of the road which those in each country drive on, otherwise the same way with hooking up and prepping for the tow
Hi William, thanks for watching.
Very interesting video 👍
Hi Paul thanks for watching, glad you found it of interest.
that handbrake not applied is cos the cab door is open, the citaro master takes ages to shut down tho steve
Hi Michael thanks for watching and info on bus.
I see u A few days ago in my Blackman skip lorry
Hi Terry, i look out for you next time.
33:02 If you can detail to me the action being taken to stop the tow
Did you press the brake pedal and then the clutch? And with what intensity you pressed the clutch
Very nice video your a good driver
Hi thanks for watching.
@@HeavyRecoverywithSteve i saw your video randomly early in the morning and i save it to watch it later and i really enjoyed keep grinding
Our very own Ron pratt 👍
Thanks for watching, God Bless.
ETS2 mods have been improved so much
Hi John , thanks for commenting.
what is it with recovery channels having trucks in a white blue and yellow scheme