Flood Water Rescue GOA
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2019
- Called by the Sheriff's department to Search & Rescue a vehicle from flood waters......but where did it go???? Thanks for watching and God bless. www.paypal.me/RotatorRon www.midwesttruck.net/ www.guardianangeldevices.com/... Follow the link for special pricing on the Guardian Angel Elite seen in this video. You can also use Coupon Code: 122CLIP)
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Ron I see you and your father working together in your Video’s and I appreciate that you have the video to look at and remember now!
My father passed on 48 years ago now and I still miss him today! As time
goes on they will become more valuable to you!
It is never boring to see what mother nature throws at us. The mighty Mississippi is a very dangerous river sometimes. Thanks for a great video.
Yup respect it and it won't kill you.
WOW! Hats off to you for being brave enough to put on your waders and go out into that mess! I'm not sure i would be that brave knowing there's all types of hidden dangers like snakes, gators and debris hidden underneath those murky waters. I'm glad it all worked out that those people were GOA instead of flood victim statistics. As always Ron, thank you for your dedication to what you do and taking us along for the ride! Please keep up the great and important work you do!
Public Service is Important so Thanks for doing what you do, day in and day out. It is Greatly Appreciated!
Ron, I live about 45 mins south of you and the flooding is bad all around.
Please folks, DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS! As Ron said while walking through those waters, you never know the road condition under the water! Also remember that the ground around/under the road and bridge is a water mud pie, the force of your vehicle may cause it to give way. You could be in the middle of that bridge and suddenly you and the bridge may be at the bottom of the ditch/creek/whatever it is!
Be safe turn around!
Don't forget the fact that even if the road doesn't collapse under your vehicle, if the water gets deep enough, you could do MAJOR damage to the Engine/Transmission/Electrical System that may cost more to fix than the vehicle is worth...
Again, How can anyone dislike Ron's videos?
Ron, I stumbled upon your videos but I have to say I am impressed with your professionalism, respect, and knowledge of your job. You, your family, and the company stay safe out there! I appreciate what you (and other tow truckers) do.
Ron, thank goodness God is watching over you! We are praying for ya all!
It happens from time to time. The lady on the other side was I feel very helpful in giving information to you that you coud pass along to the officers, plus the info about the bridge starting to collapse that was VERY good info for you & to the county. God bell you Ron & keep safe out there.
Great video Ron. My hat is off to you and your fellow tow truck driver who help people in need. Keep up the good work,stay safe and god bless.
If the water was actually flowing the whole bridge might've been GOA, based on what that lady was saying about it.
The amount of people who drive into flood waters just amazes me.
There is nothing boring about poisonous water snakes and moving flood waters. Even though the van had moved on it was still tense :) Thank you for sharing
Glad everything was alright. Be safe Ron, of course you always look for safety issues. Thanks for all you do.
Glad everything was alright and that you stayed safe Ron. Such a shame for all the people affected by the floods.
Ron thank you for sharing with us GOD bless everyone P.S. stay safe Ron and crew.
Glad no one got hurt..
The dog had absolutely amazing pattern on his fur...
Love your vids.. keep up the excellent work..
Living in a van down by the river!!! Chris Farley would have been so disappointed with those guys!!! 😄
Like your father has already said My name is Matt Foley, and I am a Motivational Speaker!
Don't forget barefooted.... 😂😂🤭
Plenty of time to live in a van down by the river when you're living in a van...down....by.....the...riv....................😶😂
Sorry Ron....Apparentely we couldn't resist!!!😂😂😂😂
Ron you are a very dedicated person and always put the customer ahead of your self Fod bless you and your family
Any time I am called out, someone's day isn't fun!!! I do my best to try to make the best of a difficult situation, show kindness and do my job as quickly as I can. Thanks for watching and God bless.
Brother Ron, there are never any parts of your videos that are boring to me! Even the scenic drives are nice because you take time to interact with your followers. I am bedbound so I spend a lot of time on UA-cam, and I don't remember how I came across your videos, but I'm certainly glad I did! God bless you and your family!
That's got to be one of the easiest rescues y'all have ever had. I really like them kind of jobs. Quick and simple. For it's a simple ride in the country,a few minutes away from the shop.
Thanks for sharing and God bless
I don't think any part of what you show can be classed as boring especially when you show the depth & damage the flooding is doing to your area & we complain about 2 feet of water over the road keep safe Ron. From Ian in the uk
Very good call not to drive on that road. Let it be a lesson to all those people who think it's safe to drive on even 1.5 feet of water and be safe. They aren't!! I do admire the way you portray the way you handle all situations for SAFETY! Thank you for sharing this experience with all of us! A great lesson!
Hey Ron I`ve been watching your videos for a year today and God bless you and my he keep you safe out there #towtrucklivesmatter
There is nothing like a walk in the water to "Wash Away Your Troubles" and am happy to see ya back in your truck. Glad nothing found & needed to be rescued. Be safe out there.
It may be a boring call, but in any dangerous job "exciting" is *not* good.
Now *interesting,* on the other hand . . .. I love watching the technical work. Complex or unusual rigging? Challenging positions? It's great seeing how you work to reduce the risks involved and manage the people on-site.
7:25 Damn Ron! You scared me with that! I thought for a second that you slipped or something!
But good to hear that everything was fine. Like i always say: The best calls are the ones where no one was hurt, no harm was done and where you can go home without the need of doing anything.
Ik when i saw that part i see
I was sure you would call this trip a "wash-out".
That dog has the most beautiful white paws!
Ron i am in Cape Town in South Africa and i am amassed at the your level of efficacy and skill in recovering trucks and cars i have seen about all one could see on you tube and you are by far the best of all the recovering engineers of all .if only we can have someone half as good as you in SA our country would be a better place keep up the good work . and God bless you as well
Brave man going into that water, especially where snakes play.
I've pulled two cars out with my tractor here in Bollinger county. People just don't learn.
I've been waiting for one of these types of videos. I've been watching the flood situation and all systems that have been moving through. Heartbreaking for many areas experiencing this flooding. Ron thank you for all you do and for the great videos. Stay safe!
HELLO RON YOU AND YOUR TEAM BE SAFE OUT THERE
Be safe Ron! Prayers to the MidWest as always!
Better to be called out and not needed then we needed and not called out Ron .
Best wishes ...
I've been watching your videos for about 10 days now; I found them most informative and interesting:
Those shorts and boots .. . . and that tattoo.. . . .Reminds me of Alabama!
Thanks for sharing your morning walk. Good exercise for you LOL
Ron your videos are great and never boring.
Ron, I've never been critical of you before. I've never felt that way. But you absolutely should have been tethered.
That is a beautiful dog. Awesome colors.
Y'all have been dealing with a lot of flood waters this spring. Thanks for this flooding update. Not that bad here anymore (but a few good rains could change that, west bank TN river) but man I did not know it was still this bad where you are. Stay safe and God Bless.
It looks like something came out of the water where you were going in.... can see a wet trail where something appears to have emerged from the water and drove out on the opposing side of the roadway. Kind of a bummer to respond to a wild-goose chase, but I guess it happens some times.
No more boring than any aspect of a job Ron good exercise good for the respiratory thanks for the upload
Where I live, it's an unusual year that it does NOT flood, like it has for you guys. Lots of times, worse. I have learned to leave two 6 foot pieces of 1inch PVC pipe in the bed of the truck. Being plastic, it doesn't matter if they get beat around a bit. Get dirty. Get wet. Etc. Pretty lightweight. And a lot more sturdy than you might think. Always walk a road, through the water, using the pipes like ski poles. There is always one on the ground in front of you. Caught a few washed out roads that we had zero indication of problems with. And walked a few people out of bad situations this way.
You need ski poles, or pipes like mine, or something of the sort, when you do what you did in this video. I finally actually used some nylon straps to make handles on mine, like they have on ski poles. LOL
Nice view of the Back up Camera at the end , looks good Ron . Stay Safe and God Bless
One of the rules for our county is no one goes into flood waters without a life rope attached. There may be an undertow that can sweep you off your feet. It's better to find nothing than something you don't want to see.
Didn't find the video boring at all! Often wondered about flooding in your area and how you would deal with it. Glad the water wasn't too deep for you to go through.
Glad to hear there were no injuries. God bless and stay safe. :-)
Be safe than sorry. And good you did the right call. You never know what's under the waterline if you can't see it.
"One of them dope vans?" lol!
Hi Ron! As always, another job well done, even though you did not have to pull anybody out! Be safe!
I'm from Missouri I am a truck driver and I am living in Mississippi now and I will give a high five cause I couldn't do your job God bless you and your family
Thanks for posting the GOA. All part of the story.
We often have such cases in Hamburg or on the Elbe - we often use multicopters and sound out the area - the copters have various additional devices that are able to look "through" the water and tell us what is "underneath" and whether there is "ground".
I myself use a DJI Matrice 600 with various options (thermal camera / sonar technology / LIDAR radar and normal DCI4K camera) - with this copter I could help various people, for example: the fire department, THW and HPA. Anyway, thank you for your service and God bless you.
Honestly, as a wrecker operator, I'd rather everyone be safe and have no active job to do rather than pulling a car out. They can get the car fixed, avoid some hefty bills, and in the end everyone wins! I'm sure you don't mind calls like that, right Ron?
Zoe Santana 😚
I'm trying catch back up on your videos been so busy work keep up the good work and God bless you be safe always
Another great video Ron! Have a good weekend and God bless
Good morning Ron...
Excellent work as Always..
Might i suggest one nice piece of equipment; both highly functional for issues like this; yet also can be a heck of alot fun.... An Airboat.
It can be used for that assessment work; ie: checking depth, using a pole . for attachment of cable; some rescue work if need be. As i watched this video ; that was what i thought of.
Ron; Peace and Be Well.
God bless you; your team; and family.
May God also bless, cover comfort , heal and make provisions for all affected by the floodwaters....
or a simple rubber boat ... paddle your way thru
Good morning Ron. Hope things start drying up a bit there soon.
Looking forward to this special job, cheers from NJ
Thank You for putting the date of filming on the video.
Ron I always enjoy your videos and it wasn't boring at all.
Thanks for the video Ron. We always enjoy them. 👍👍👍❤️
As soon as you mentioned snakes swimming about I was like ‘nope, no thanks’
It looks like it was a job for 'Adventures With Purpose' who use Sonar and diving equipment to recover submerged vehicles and often find missing persons. Have you ever worked with them? Your advice about flood safety is well founded. We have a lot of rivers smaller than yours, but one driver lost his life trying to cross a flooded ford in a small stream. Many years ago, friends of mine used a little cabin-cruiser to rescue a static caravan home from a flooded trailer park, perhaps the only boat to tow a caravan. Thanks for sharing this video.
Blessings again from Cardington, OH .... Not boring at all .... As a matter of fact I was on pins and needles watching you wade through flood waters!! I always worry about pavement wash-outs, bridge floors etc. washed away. God Bless you for what you do. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe.
Wow! You ain't kidding about the flooding out there! There's something about walking or driving through water you can't see the bottom of that makes my hair stand on end. I've been surprised riding off road through streams and swamps before - you can't see a 3' deep gulley until the bike is underwater, lol.
At least you got to go for a nice stroll through the water. 😁 Thanks for sharing, Ron. God bless.
Ron Pratt does it again!
If it would stop raining here in Wisconsin long enough, you would not keep flooding... The rain just does not want to take a break.. we get a day or two but more rain this spring... we are still major flooded out up here so yours won't end any time soon until the rains let up. SUGGESTION: Always take a POLE with you when walking into flooded road areas.. Use the pole to check under the water as you walk out to make sure you do not step into a sink hole, area the road is gone or in city, a man hole that the cover moved off of...
Thanks for sharing Ron be save out there
that's good that it was a check up.... nobody hurt and Ron got a bath.. lol
i definitely live by that turn around dont drown it aint no joke! flooding is scary and my heart goes out to those people and animals both farm and domestic that live in flood prone areas,my hats off to you ron for your bravery to traverse the water and sure the water for the most part was between ankle low to calf deep and as said the company does jobs like this but to a degree it had to be scary though you had a job to do.
Ron, as some have suggested, a walking stick would help in those situations but what would also be a huge help is a flat bottom boat. That way you could navigate safely in those waters no matter if they were running or not and that would also help in recovery when you go to hook up to vehicles caught in water that is either too deep for one of your trucks or the water is to swift to risk it otherwise.
I have one available, if needed. I was simply going to assess the situation and see what was needed, in this instance. Thanks for watching and God bless.
Why so many thumbs down? Are y'all forgetting this is a high quality ron pratt production? 😆
Chris76-01 I think a small minority of Ron Pratts viewers watch these videos for the wrecks. That's likely where the thumbs down are coming from. These people are probably the same small minority that watch motor sports just for the wrecks, then say it was a boring race due to a lack of carnage.
Thanks for the video Ron! Mark's opinion... as you said, you had no idea if the submerged roadway ahead of you was even there as you walked through that water. Could have easily stepped off into a 10, 12, 18 foot deep hole. If waders aren't tied off tight up top, they fill up with water quickly and the wearer takes a trip to the bottom. Please... next time take a 6-8 foot walking stick with you and use it to verify the ground in front of you is still there! Like a blind person does with a cane. Stay Safe Sir!!!
Plz be careful out there. Love the vids! Keep up the good work
That 3 ton limit on that bridge is not a lot. A normal pick-up properly loaded would max it out.
Pay attention to the power of water. Thanks Ron.
They always build a decent safety margin into bridges.
@@MrErichonda30 a lot of that safety margin may have left with the first of the flood water, and it's probably barely enough with the full margin to handle the rollback with a car loaded on it.
A crew cab sierra would max it out instantly.
Just catching up on this video Ron, as me and the Mrs have been away on holiday, celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary, we had a great time having a fishing holiday, and if we caught 100, we must have caught 200 fish, coarse fishing only, had some beautiful Carp, but all in all, we had a great time, and yes, my Wife loves to fish
As to you going through that water Ron, can I ask you do one favour for me in future, when going through deepish water, always carry a long pole of stick with you, that way you can test the water in front of you, for drain covers that have come off, you go down, you might not always come straight back up, there might also be roads that might have come up, giving you unstable ground that you might have fallen over etc, just to be safe, and oh, it wasn't a boring video, I enjoyed it, Thank You again Ron, God Bless Stay Safe
Thanks for trying. Blessings. 🙏👠👠
Thanks for another great video. I was getting nervous that you were going to fall into the water.
That was an awesome looking dog!
Easiest tow and rescue i have seen good work
The trail of water up the dry road says the van escaped not long before you got there.
Doug Bush I’d say so. something had definitely come out of that water just before they got there.
That was a Kool video Ron. I deal with the same thing but as a safety for the road ways. I have to get the bridge on stop of brush and garbage with a machine. Poeple don't realize the hidden danger of water and what's underneath.
He Ron should have a life vest on just in case and a small pole so you can check the road in front you. Be safe out there Ron
It is important to check rather than assume everyone is okay and find out otherwise. Well done.
Asome vid good that you still was very nice to them
The main thing is at least they got it out and I would guess nobody got hurt. God bless you and stay safe. I enjoy watching your material
I'm happy to say I don't think it's boring I think it's interesting not one of your videos that you've posted has been disappointing I've enjoyed everyone
I remember sandbagging last year in the Alton area. Did a whole summer of sandbagging in 93.
Ole boy on the other side looked like he was spoiling for a brawl the way he rolled up. Damn.
Was a waste of fuel and time better spent some where else. Ron; you gave it a shot !!. Cheers !!***
Thing is, you never know. Van was gone this time, next time it could be a family of 5 who got caught in rising water. We did a water rescue where I waded out in water that barely covered the toes on my turnouts, within 45 seconds the water was waist deep and still rising.
@@Blazer02LS ; Maybe !!!, the van floated away...
We certainly have had a lot of rain. Your videos are always interesting.
I enjoyed you sloshing through the water. Big fail for you but glad it wasn't anything serious. I wondered why the video was only 14 minutes long. I love all your videos no matter what.
Great video even though you didn't get to pull out a vehicle it's scary that the bridge has a low weight tolerance be safe thanks for sharing 👍👍🙏🇺🇸
Just a tip, next time take one of your hook poles to probe the water ahead of you.
Especially because you had no way of knowing if the deck of the bridge had been washed away.
Fantastic to see people trying to help others, but they could have told you before + be safe take care 👌❤
love your videos keep them coming