love how well equipped that truck is.

Your video footage is incredible so clear even when under the bus. You get the job done and show how its done .

Hi again Steve it's John from kidlington again I'm so addicted to your videos to show people what your work entails, I absolutely love the way that explain to your viewers including me what. You actually do in your job and how you recover vehicles perfectly keep up the good work mate from John in kidlington in oxfordshire

Glad to see you using the blocks under the bus wheels after you lifted it. No way would I get under the vehicle without them.

Heavy Recovery with the big gun's steve great old video form 2 year;s a go's it is still good to wacth in 2024

Having been a recovery guy it's great to see the job being done very informative Steve I'm sure we've met before lol keep up the great work buddy

As a heavy duty towing and recovery operator of 25 years in the states. It was nice to see how you hook up one of those coaches.

Hi from the US... Love watching Ron Pratt on youtube here in the US and you in the UK. Thanks for sharing! Stay safe!

What a really good video. Every commercial operator, from PLC to owner-driver needs to find a good recovery company; don't leave it until the day you need one to start looking for one. A few people are commenting on the damage. If it's any help for them, I can give a quick overview of the repair procedure. From what can be seen in the video, it's not that bad and the ADL E200 is designed to be ultra-easy to work on. Firstly, remove all the panels in the area to expose the vertical posts of the frame (there are no longitudinal parts in the damaged area, which makes it much easier). You simply cut back the damaged vertical posts to around 3 inches above their highest point of damage. You then order the frame repair kits from ADL, which is basically a C shaped sleeve designed to fit over the truncated post, which is then secured using either bolt or something like an Avdel rivet, depending on kit and location. You then offer up the replacement post into the C shaped sleeve, securing it in a similar way. At the base of the newly installed replacement post, you will need to replace the bracket which holds the panels. This needs to be measured and drilled carefully to ensure all holes line up when finished. The bracket needs to have nutserts fitted (a threaded tube) before the bracket is installed. Once you have this, then you simply bolt on new panels. In respect of the oil leak, this is hydraulic oil from the fan system (the E200's fan is powered by hydraulics) and there is a small oil cooler in the main cooler pack (including main radiator and charge air cooler). Pound to a penny that the cooler pack frame has been bent and that has nipped the oil cooler, causing it to leak. To replace the oil cooler is a very easy job and should take no more than an hour or so and the cooler frame is light weight steel and fairly easy to straighten; if the cooler pack frame is damaged beyond repair then it's about a day to a day and a half to strip it out and replace, but based on experience I'd suggest it looks fine. The expensive bit is the radiator door, which is currently listed at around £1,300 and is not available with ADL at the moment... (or wasn't last month when I tried to get one). Not including painting or recovery, I'd estimate this at £2,500 repair- though if it's going through the insurance it could end up being double that. One small thing- and I greatly respect Steve's observation that different recovery companies might lift in different ways, but I would always recommend lifting the E200 by the axle and not the frame, as per the ADL engineering manual. The reasons for this are: a) this brings too many components into close proximity of the boom when the vehicles are underway and this is amplified by the fact that the bus is now effectively unsprung at the front. b) no matter how careful the recovery company is, this will chip the underseal on the vehicle, which means it needs to be touched-up afterwards; the axle, being heavy duty forged won't be underseal treated and thus nothing to risk chipping off. This is not a criticism of Steve, only my perspective of having to deal with these vehicles when they come of the recovery truck; ask 10 different people involved in operating these buses and you'll likely get 20 opinions. I haven't used R&S myself, as they're out of our area, but close enough for me to know they have an excellent reputation.

Another great video Steve, the commentary and filming is just right to be able to understand the recovery process.

I get you say these aren't training videos, but I learn so many tricks from watching people from all over the world doing the same job as me 👍

Steve the filmstar! Heavy recovery. 1 man & his DAF breakdown truck.

Another great video Steve thank you buddy hope there’s plenty more to come

It nice to see the different situations and the dangers you put yourself in to recover a HGV

Is amazinv how natural you are at your job and how easy is for you to pick up a vehicle because you know all steps and you never feel lost like "oh, what should I do now?"

Wowwwwwwwwwww! The state of that rear end of the bus, what a mess! That's a lot to handle! I wonder, for bigger jobs do you have to have a helper or assistant or do you typically do all the jobs solo? Really loving the narration and explanation style as usual. Also thanks for the volume adjustment on the intro, it works great now and I can keep the same volume throughout comfortably. And that was so great to see a fan come up and see you. Definitely getting some recognition for great work.

Thank you for this video. been trying to find a UK based Heavy recovery for some time. it's something i'd have loved to got into. mad respect and be safe.

somebody drove into the back of a bus stopped at a bus stop ?? how the heck did that happen ?? .... oh hang on i can guess

Brilliant video nice wrecker Steve cheers Dan

Nice lift n scoop on sunny day, cant ask for better bread n butter work. Stay safe out there Steve 👍

Good video Steve, keep up the good work 👍

Oh steve , l so wanted to see you clean up the site with broom & dust pan 😭😭😭

A very good Monday morning to you all from Wellington Somerset

Another job well done.

Another top vid keep it up Steve !! 👍🏾

Just found this on my explorer, well done ! Great stuff!

Love the videos! Keep up the good work.

Hi Steve hope you and the family have had a good weekend

Love your video keep up the good work

Nice job Steve 👌🏻

Please keep doing this. Loving the videos!

Another brilliant video again as always

Yessa! Another successful recovery :D

Thank you so much Steve for these videos, it's great to see a professional at work, keeping our roads moving and recovering when things go wrong! Excellent work!

Cracking video, no huffing and puffing , effing and jeffing.. Well done.

Another informative and enjoyable vid, thanks Steve.

Hi Steve, great video. I'm going back to College next year to do Level 1, light vehicle maintenance and repair. Once completed, i'd like to go into a roadside recovery based job. I'm considering Level 2 also. The more qualifications i get should hopefully get me to where i need & want to be. Keep up the amazing videos, and all the best.

another great 'in the life of' video keep it up 🙂

steve is a cool guy great video

is a twist of fate we had this bus at Go northwest and it had a very similar rear end crash while we had it

Only one thing mate, please don't leave the remote control lying around while you're underneath the vehicle. Never know what kind of yobbos would see it and think it would be funny to play around with it. Great video though mate 👍

All nicely explained. Enjoyed this video so I'm sure to check out some more of them.

Fascinating Stuff Steve. 🙂

That was another awesome bus towing video. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the great video, it was entertaining as always! 👍🏻👌🏻

Interesting video once more Steve lots of points to take care of . .( Humour warning ) Been an accident locally involving a HGV carrying chocolate and another carrying Lego the Police have warned motorist the road will be choca block for awhile ..Stay safe and healthy ..

Hi their Steve hope this message gets to you and fines you in good health and l hope you and your team are very busy hope you could get the contract with East Yorkshire bus and coach company here in Hull as they don't have their own recovery truck any more After some one nicked their Tow truck while the stupid engineers left the keys in the Tow truck while busy in the Depot repairing the broken down buses

Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷 excellent job good vídeos Steve

Hi steve enjoying watching your vlog

That's the 1st wireless rear light board I've ever seen.... When I see them recover in my company they don't have them, sometimes they can connect into the actual bus lights themselves

Just come across these videos, and have now subscribed. Great content 👌

Hey Steve love the videos keep up the hard work. Can you possibly do some filming while unloading? It shows what its like to do a job for a recovery person like your self.

Hello from the Netherlands and thanks for the video Steve

I’m watching your videos

Amazing

Awesome channel

Is driving on the wrong side of the road (as shown in the introduction) a major cause of the need of your services? Here in the English Midlands we still drive on the left. I believe the change-over occurs somewhere in the vicinity of Watford but to be on the safe side I don't go further south than Bromsgrove.

Thank you once again and with out the silly commentary we get with Ch5

Hi Steve. Good vids, nice to see how it’s done in the UK. Am I right in saying that you remove half shafts because the gearbox bearings don’t get lubricated unless it’s in gear or is it something else?

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Hey their Steve hope there will be more brand new videos coming out soon with you hard at work would you ever think about coming to ANLABY ROAD DEPOT 252anlaby road Hull East Yorkshire bus and coach company

This bus fleet no 44583 it is now in swansea with first cymru in Ravenhill bus depot

❤️From Malaysia 🇲🇾

I guess companies have all sorts of policies surrounding accents etc, but it would have been a lot easier just to drive the bus. The only damage was the rear bar from what i see, the fluids are from the car. Just needed the registration plate cable tied on and drive it back to the depot.

Nice video, now my question is why are you removing only the left side drive shaft? Is it to somehow engage Neutral with the diff or what?

the bus in the video was retired in March 2023, it was a Enviro200 bus

A thoroughly enjoyable video. Apologies if this has previously been asked, but what type of lights did you fit to the rear of the bus? Were they rechargeable?

That drain, right where you want to undo bolts and drain oil, just my luck!

Good evening mate love these videos especially when I’m learning the heavy recovery side of things my boss told me about you lol anyway what camera do you film with? Cheers 🤙🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great video .Here in Ireland the national bus operators would recover by towing with a tow bar .Can you still do that is the UK or has health and safety put paid to that method?

Hi Steve that was interesting. I've been a commercial driver for 30 years now and it's great to see how you recover a vehicle. People like you have come to my rescue a number of times over the years, thank you all of them. One question, do you always lift the vehicle using the chassis rails, as for some strange reason I assumed you used the bottome rail of the axle to lift the vehicle. Great stuff and very informative. Best wishes Dave.

How often do you recover Renault trucks or Isuzus? I work on them and they’re always being recovered in 😂

Steve you are a true professional. I saw another HGV recovery driver raise a truck and remove the blocks from under the wheels and work under the truck. Is this so wrong or have I got it wrong? Cheers!!

I bet it's a horrible job when it's chucking it down with rain or on a busy road /motorway with traffic whizzing by or when it's both.

Do you only connect one line to the bus? Isn't it the same as a trailer ie emergency and service?

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Que cantidad de faena, me he cansado solo viéndolo, me quedo en el mundo de los vehículos ligeros

Aha! Parking on double yellow line is ticketable offence .....hmmmm

Steve would you consider a model of your truck for model railway

Only in the UK would someone filming a towing video say “this is not meant for training purposes strictly entertainment”

That stinger has got a long reach! Who makes that wrecker?

Imagine someone crashing the recovery vehichle

Why do you have to remove the half-axle?

Not a recovery person but how come only 1 half shaft needs to be removed and how do you know which side.

Probably broke down and then someone went into the back of it, knowing WirstBus ... 😒

How many jobs a day do you do? And what is the average time it takes to load up?

Whats the reason for pulling the Half shaft out?

What bus was that

Not a job for a hefty man

You do get some very questionable driving, imagine running into the back of a bus sat at a bus stop. SMH.