This is why properly adjusting the trailer brake unit in the cab at the start of every trip so that the trailer is braking its own weight is vitally important!

You guys sure do earn your paychecks...folks rarely give more than a passing glance at the tow trucks, UNLESS they need traffic to stop or detour, then it seems like all the notice given is by angry folks for being delayed. They dont realize the dangers you face on every call you respond to. Thanks to all of you who do this very important job. God bless you all and Stay safe.

The care you all took to not add damage to the 5th wheel, was so awesome. I hope to never need you however glad to know you are in the area we travel 2x a year. Be safe.

Camper salesman's favorite line "that truck will pull anything on this lot"

Always good to see a father and son team. Good on your dad for taking the time to teach you all about the business. You guys did a good job.

My new favorite KZfaq channel. My deepest respect to all emergency tow truckers, you guys are truly heroes!

At the car dealership, will this truck pull a 40ft fifth wheeler? Salesmen: Absolutely! that's Child's Play, this can even pull a 300,000ton Oil Tanker with ease!

This is the second video I have watched. The thing I appreciate the most about your videos, you don’t swear every other word. I have seen other videos and every other word is beeped out. Thanks. Your fascinating to watch how you deal with these accidents. GREAT JOB!!!!!!

love how there is no drama from you guys, unlike some toy truck television shows

Really gave all those other people pulling trailers something to think about as they passed. Note to self... get hitch installed by qualified professional. And have it inspected before letting your 70k trailer run you over

Glad to have watched this video. The personnel looked very professional and executed as safely as possible. Equipment looked to be very much top notch. I think video taping an operation like this is a great idea in case the vehicle owners, law enforcement or insurance companies have questions.

"Truck and Trailer for sale. Pretty much brand new. Only got into a minor fender bender. Few scratches. Firm price I won't take lower than asking price. I know what I have. NO LOW BALLERS."

That sucks all the way around. That is my worst fear when towing my rv. Glad he is safe. And its good to know that these guys are knowledgeable and here to help.

Is "beep beep beep" the Ford code for, "Help, I've fallen and can't get up!"?

You guys are right up there with firemen and cops. Never thought of it that way. Kudos to you guys. I wonder if my Good Sam towing would cover something like this.

Seems to me the trailer is just to big for that size truck. Those trailers pull really nice. Be nice if the driver would post what happened so everyone could learn and not do the same as this dude.

Fascinating to see how you guys solve problems and do it safely.

Looks like another person that said "yeah my truck is fine to pull that trailer"! LOL

Look at how they mounted the fifth wheel to the truck bed , it broke lose very easily and the left rim on the rear axle was not strong enough for what the truck was pulling. Many factors envolved but my good guess is. Wind pushed it left he turned slight right to stay in the lane. The brackets to hold the fifth wheels broke and the rim snapped an caused the truck to roll under.

This was really fun to watch. Trained professionals with all of the right equipment can do any job. Thanks for this video.

That's the moment you realize you should have bought the 350 dully...

Had to be the scariest 5 seconds their lives, then the honking started. Knowing they lived, the crying started.

Total pros guys...great job can't believe I watched this for a hour

First Plaza towing I watched back on new years eve when I was all ready to head to a family party. My wife was still getting ready and I watched the whole thing lol.

At first it seemed like a bit of a long video. But it was interesting to see what effort goes into figuring out how to deal with the mess and then doing it. Great work!

The truck will be for sale in 2 months with a carfax that reads “minor damage”

So cool that the truck honked by it self to make ppl notice it if somewhere where you were not be able to see it like in a forest or such, so dam cool.

I see mismatched combinations like this frequently, especially during the summer. It's a miracle this doesn't happen more often.

On the next episode of "All money, little truck, 18Klb 5th wheel"... I`m waiting to see a Ford Edge tow a 20Klb Toy Hauler with a 4K tow capacity.... :-)

I'm not a doctor, but I think that trailer's pin weight exceeds the 250's payload, even before it was lifted (neutering the payload). So the moral of the story is, NEED MOAR TRUK!

Nice rig! And nice recovery. Would have been nice to know how that happened, and what the recovery cost. Fate of driver, etc.

#329 Fellas, I want to give all of you, Kudos! That was a job Well-Done! Proper tow vehicle for that 5th wheel is a must. The tail waging the dog! Thanks for the video.

This is about the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time. You guys can adapt to anything!

That is one big assed 5er for such a small truck. Bet the 5er dealer told him the 2500 truck could handle it. Must have been within ounces of being over the trucks limits before the first 6 pack of beer went into the fridge. Nice pinbox Had one of those on a former trailer. No such thing as too much truck. I have a crew cab long box dually pulling less than this one. The dog wags the tail, not the other way round.

Thanks for finally disabling that horn. That was driving me crazy. Sorry that happened to the driver. Did you determine what happened? Did the hitch tear out of the bed of the truck? Good work guys. Wow!

Not enough if any trailer brakes, 5th Wheel ran over the truck, jackknifed it like a rag doll,, he must have slammed truck brakes and got ran over by his trailer.

My guess to what happened would be the aftermarket wheel failed while making a right turn causing the truck to dig into the ground and flip it over as the trailer keep going. It does not look like they were going fast when it happened because it does not look like the truck got pushed that far at all. No matter what happened you should never tow something that big with that small of a truck and lifted with aftermarket wheels at that. Those wheels are not made to handle that much weight pushing down on them. Sad thing is because the truck was so overloaded and was modified incorrectly for towing the insurance will most likely not cover it leaving him with the bill and payments for the next 6+ years on the truck. I dont understand why so many people try to get a trailer way larger then they can handle

If you look at the way the driveshaft beat up the fuel tank & exhaust, it looks like whomever installed the lift kit didn't put a longer driveshaft or spacers in. Once the brakes got stabbed with all that weight behind it, the driveshaft pulled out of the back of the transfer case and pogo-ed the truck. The way the fifth wheel rails were mounted sure didn't help anything either. This truck was just a big ball of trouble waiting to pop!

You guys sure have a badass crew to do this in an hour. Well done sirs, well done

Trent. You do a super job commenting. A natural. Enjoy going along with you.

i hope they had some really damn good insurance on everything

I just want to know why no one in the comments knows how to spell “dually.” 😂

All the time you were dragging the truck, I was going: "Don't scratch the paint." 😂

I love watching masters of their trades. You can’t teach this stuff in college.

The 5th wheel was not properly engaged to the truck frame rail, a rookie mistake.

wishing all at Plaza Towing a happy and prosperous new year and good luck with the new channel

im guessing his payload was too much combined with the aftermarket tires and wheels, as well as the suspension. he got into a sway situation and couldnt control it. i have a f350 dually and my trailer gain is set at 8. all you have to do before you tow is research pulling a fifth wheel. saves a lot of headache

These guys are amazing. Have never seen such awesome work in South Africa.

Let’s see, the lightest Cyclone I could find was 17,000 GVWR, 15,400 Dry; hitch weight of 3,375 lbs. (that’s like 22% of dry weight so we will assume that regardless of how he loads the trailer the hitch weight remains unchanged, just for this exercise. Using 2020 F250 Specs here: The highest F250 max GVWR I could find was 9,900 lbs and we will use 6800 lbs for the weight of the truck (it didn’t look optioned out). 6,800 lbs - F250 Curb Weight 3,375 lbs - Trailer Hitch Weight 250 lbs - say 2 persons @ 125 lbs 175 lbs - 5th wheel hitch, safety chains, DEF Estimate is 10,600 lbs - the truck is over weight. Doesn’t matter if the truck has a 5th wheel towing capacity of 50,000 lbs... he would be over weight regardless. But hey, my math and guessing could be wrong.

I watched the entire clip. Makes me glad I have a cargo trailer and not a fifth wheel. Brand new truck, the tires were not even dirty and the cap had no hint of dust. Drug dealer? Meth lab? Your tow trucks and tools are amazing.

They should have watched "The Long Long Trailer" first.

Nice job but I'm gonna be hearing that damn horn for weeks !!

That trailer just ate that truck. TRL BREAKS, TRL BREAKS !

Too much cart, not enough horse.

No way would I pull a trailer like that with a lifted Truck as the tow vehicle

Money can't buy skill, or smarts

trailer salesman."'you don't need a CDL to tow, these are a piece of cake" even your lifted show truck will be fine.

Doesn't look like the trailer brakes were set up to stop it's own weight. Driver was depending on the truck to handle all the braking. Probably slammed on the brakes because he wasn't paying attention when the light changed. The trailer pushed the rear of the truck around and rolled it over. Driver error.

Looks like that truck got hit by a Cyclone. ;)

Lifted trucks with bigger wheel = reduced handling and towing cap. Higher center of gravity

Why do I find this so entertaining to watch?

Good going wrecker team, and you didnt break into a Sweat !

Too much trailer & not enough truck! F350 or F450 would be appropriate!

That driver is f**ked . 2500 lifted truck and a fifty wheel to heavy for that truck . Here comes the legal problems..... great work recovering!! 👍

Wife: "Let's do camping, it looks fun." Husband: Sounds good let's try it. What's the worst thing that could happen?" 24 hours later: Thank you for calling Plaza Towing, how can we help you?

That should buff right out! No worries..lol

Hitch installers feeling the heat.Big responsibility.

Wow! You guys are great...had all the equipment & expertise to get that mess off the roadway. Well done!

That must have been scary for those in the car

This would be an easy lift… if you had $700,000 for a Rotary truck… great job… creative. Knowing what your rig will do and how to make it happen… Priceless!!!

Be careful not to scratch the paint.

Geeze that hwy (what ever it is) must be the RV corridor of Indio, I couldn't believe the RV's that passed by in front of your camera while you were clearing that mess.

Nice job fellas !!!!! Never seen what goes into cleaning up a wreck

while i realize this video is about the salvage i would have liked some info on the harm done to the living part of the combination.

Fidget spinner on the dash......enough said.

BUMMER!!! I wonder how he managed to do this!!??!!

from what i could see, there was no trailer brake control under the dash, but i've heard some of the new fords have it built in.

Those crosswinds are tough.

Looks like he didnt have the trailer brakes on or turned up enough.

Thank you for sharing this video. I found it very informative. I was impressed with your teams skills " keeping it in the lane". I would like to have seen the police stop traffic during a couple of your manipulations of the totaled truck in case it went a direction that wasn't planned. Laws of physics will prevail, after all, that's why you were there in the first place.

42:09 you can stop the SOS honking on a ford by pushing the hazard light button.

I'll take that jug of DEF if the owner's not going to be using it. 😀

F250 payload capacity 4400 pounds max. towing 13000 pounds. Cyclone pin weight 3400 pounds, gross 17000 pounds = not enough truck or too much trailer, let alone the truck mods.

Wow I'm blown away how fast they dud that from start to finish 60 minutes is amazing, great team work

Ah camping what a life the open road the smell of poop coming from the seats after we flip over.

I install fifth wheel hitches they did not have that fifth wheel hitch properly bolted to the frame of the truck

Hey, Trent....new subie here, thanks for the ride along. That was one interesting situation. I watch a program called Hiway thru Hell. If you dont know of it, it's about a tow company working in Canada on the Cocahala (sp?). They have a truck like yours with a rotater that can flip trucks and trailers back over. Pretty cool to watch. You guys do a bang up job in a sticky situation. Didn't really matter to me what or who was to fault....just unfortunate for the driver and family. All lessons in life are hard learned. This was one that guy will remember for the rest of his life!!! 😕 well, hopefully!

Really good and well adjusted trailer brakes and some practice runs by the driver would have helped avoid that mess.

All those new upgrades and wheels gone !!!!!!. Should of left it stock .

For everyone that keeps saying you need a bigger truck to pull a 5th wheel camper obviously doesn't know the capacity of the new 250's which is 17,500 I know because I own one. Now that being said you shouldn't go buy one right at that weight limit because you have to factor in the weight in the trailer loaded and the weight of your vehicle. But with the correct 5th wheel you can pull em with a 250 just fine and legally. Looks to me like his hitch was not installed properly. And a lift is a no no for heavy loads.

Truck keeps honking sending out an “S. O. S”. L.o.L

That truck had no business pulling that trailer.

Much respect for doing what you guys do.... I love the view you put your GoPro, it allows us to see in your point of view... This job is sooooooo not easy.... Well done Sir !

Rumor has it that the horn is still beeping! Lol! What a waste of a perfectly good truck just because he probably didnt find out if that truck could pull that trailer! I hope that everyone was ok and it seems that he might need to take more of that blood pressure vitamins!

Tailgate still works. Built Ford tough

Bad installation of the 5wheel in the truck only bolted to the bed. You guys did a nice job on cleaning up

This guy is screwed. Insurance co. is gonna get over on this one.

Bet the family doesn't want to go camping with dad no more

That motor home at 41:47 sounded sweetttttt

I've rad a lot of comments about the size of truck vs. trailer size. I pull a 9,000 pound fifth wheel with my 1/2 ton truck all the time and never a problem. What happens most of the time is people think that a proportional brake controller is just a plug and play kind of thing. The most important thing to do when towing, is adjust the gain on your brake controller and balance the braking power between truck and trailer so you don't get run over by your trailer because it will happen regardless of the size of truck pulling it. This is a good example. This would still have happened with a F-350 or F-450, because once that trailer gets that ass end a little sideways, it's all over. Great video.