I wish I could find a helper like the young man you have helping you. He is a keeper for sure. Give him a raise!

The thing I noticed was your ability to teach ( pass on the trade ) you were very patience never got excited. The kid was smart enough to move fast. As teaching him obviously slows you down a little. The passing on of years of knowledge was a pleasure to watch.

Been a tow truck owner operator for over 25 years and I like your experience, never can I find it in a young driver...

This guy is a true professional. Experience proves invaluable.

I worked on boats for years doing many different things and let me tell you, you deal with the boat owner very well.

Your experience is quite impressive. Not many people would understand what you were doing.

Frankie sure was a great helper. Good job. 👍👍👍👍👍

thanks Hill...it's always a pleasure to watch a professional at work

Now I know what Santa does in the summer.

Always amazed by the talent these tow truck drivers poses!

looks like this guy knows his onions, it's easy to be critical sitting at home. This guy rocks.

You know your bizniss...and thank god for Frankie....well done

I don't know why I watched the video but I think you did a good job loading that messed up boat trailer. You took care not to damage the boat further as I saw it. You could haul my stuff anytime!

Great job. Great helper. I wish I could find someone like him to work for me.

Job well done. Man looks like an expert to me. Tangled carnage removed from the road. No one got hurt doing it.

i drove a tow truck for 30 years, cant tell you how many cars have been dragged in park never hurt one. i believe he did the best he could do, and it is very helpful to drag in park at times. it makes the car follow the winch. i have even used blocks of wood to steer cars. as far as the wheels hanging off the trailer i would never allow or do this

Frank's a hustler. I like that 👍👍👍

Hard working helper there.

Never realized what an art form this was Good job

Excellent recovery. I drove f700 with a Holmes 22' steel bed for 10 years for a junkyard. I had to on occasion get vehicles in awkward circumstances. You sir are a pro.

I bet the “used to be fisherman” went home and threw his “Gone fishing” sign away!

George never ceases to amaze me with his knowledge on towing. Great job!

looks like the perfect way to load it, and its not like it will hurt the trailer

You made the best of a bad situation I have tried to load a car on a rollback with the wheels turned and the steering wheel locked (no keys) that boat trailer looked to be much more difficult. Thanks for the video!

HA I love your comment! I have been a heavy duty diesel mechanic all my life. If I had a dime for every trucker that brought his truck to me to fix and then tried telling me how to fix it! well you know!! LOL

hay mate hindsight is a lovely thing. good job on the recovery I've had success with running a chain through the wheels of trailers and locking the wheels. then your able to pull it straight up on the bed. and a big hello from perth australia.

Frikkn' cool video - nice job with camera placements - can't believe I'm watching a towing/recovery video!! I'd love to try this and make a real damn mess out of it all. I bet I'd have the boat rolling over the side of the mountain in 2 minutes!! HA!!

1:18 This can be very dangerous if you dont know the load on the tongue. I watched a guy get his face smashed because he released it, not knowing the weight had shifted to the rear of the trailer after an accident. The trailer tongue came up so fast, he didn't have time to react.

That EZ Loader trailer wasn't so easy to load.

genius pull the pin out of the receiver take the ball with the trailer. Oh you figured it out.

He said hold the brake , throw it in park , which together should lessen strain on the parking pawl. It is a pawl, not a pin. More like a wedge in a notch, designed for high pressure. I use the combo every day with 10,000 lbs. Behind an f250 when loading and unloading. Done properly , presents no problems.

The know nothings always have a better way. I used to run wrecker on the Ohio Turnpike in the 70’s when all I had was J hooks and dollys. You do a hell of a job, thanks for your videos.

If a tow truck driver told me to put it in park and then started to pull, some shit will fly. It is a good way to brake the park pin in the transmission.

OK some real heated comments here. First the pawl locks the transmission which is connected to the drive line, via the differential and then the wheels and tires. If the driver of the truck keeps the brakes locked the tires will skid on the pavement if the truck is pulled hard enough to exceed the coefficient of friction between the rubber tires and pavement. It would never transmit any torque forces to the transmission pawl and therefore placing the truck in park is not necessary if the driver is applying the brakes firmly. In other words if the truck wheels are not rotating then the drive line is not rotating and no forces are placed on the transmission pawl. What I did find a bit stressing is the side ward pull put on the frame as he pulled the boat and truck "out straight". I agree with one commenter below that modern trucks have very flimsy frames as compared to much older trucks. Having said this, the maximum side ways forces seen on the frame is can be no greater than those produced up the point the rear tires slide side ways when they loose traction on the pavement. Think of a driver "drifting a car in great arcs where the rear wheels are sliding. There frames are not being bent as the forces holding the tires to the road as much less than a frame can with stand. Since the angle between the boat trailer and truck was slight it is hard to see if the tires slid sideways at all so it is hard to estimate forces placed sideways on the frame. Loading of the boat and trailer off center of the roll back is something I understand having worked a few years for a towing company. With the trailer axles bent and off center getting the trailer and boat on the rollback straight might have taken a very long time. The road is narrow, there seems to be a lot of traffic and the police would want the lane cleared as fast as possible. If anyone who viewed this video is the type of person who might go out and measure distance side to side to see if there vehicle was loaded dead center than they just don't understand the real world. SO TO FINISH UP. There is no danger of damage to the transmission pawl if the driver of the truck keeps the brakes locked preventing the rear wheels from rotating and in fact I see no reason why it would even be necessary to place the transmission in park. It would make sense if they were on a hill as if the trailer couple or tow bar should break then the truck would not roll away by accident if the driver forgot it was to say in neutral and forgot to put it in park before bailing out to see what was happening. Oh I do believe spelling and grammar is important and I try hard to get mine correct as if for nothing else it sort of says the writer took time to think about what they wrote instead of just firing back a hot a reply.

Nice to watch a PRO in action!

I like the snazzy boating outfit. Great hat.

Hill towing your doin a fine job, a fine job .

Wouldn’t it had been easier, to align the tow truck up with the boat?

Wow, finally a new "Crab Steering" option for trailers. Last night at Walmart I saw a 4wd F350 which broke the left steering arm that attaches to the hub. The tow truck driver tried loading it front first but that LF tire just kept turning to the left so he had to load it from the rear. Thankfully it broke at low speed in a parking lot instead of on the highway.

That's amazing that the front end of the boat didn't fall over between (TS) 8:38 an 14:16 with that tongue being separated and not being tied down to anything. Good Tow👍

Just found this channel and I'm hooked.

For sale: Lightly used boat trailer, has integrated crab-walk feature... LOL!

At first I thought you were a grumpy old curmudgeon but after watching more of your adventurous and enjoyable videos, I changed my mind. Guess you just wore me down ;-). Now I feel joy when I see a new video from you! I hope that problem with the windlass turned out to be just a small one.....

All right, this is for all the nimschitz who are concerned about the parking pawl (not "paw" nor "Paul"). Because it's designed to lock the output shaft and securely hold the vehicle in place, it absolutely HAS to be robust. The shift lever cams the pawl away from the drum and when the lever is put in the park position, a spring holds the pawl against the drum. Once the pawl locks into a notch, it takes a huge jolt to pop it out of engagement. I have towed cars that were slammed into while parked and launched away from the original location by several yards. The tires didn't slide, they rolled. Guess what still worked. The parking pawl! Even though it had been knocked out of park with force far and away above anything seen in this video, the spring pulled the pawl back into the drum and stopped the car, holding it completely normally until I shifted it back out of park. I'm inclined to believe that the case would crack near the pivot point before the pawl would break. Just my opinion, based on experience and understanding the pawl. One more thing. I'm not going to bother with this but for the people who think that the transmission shops are making repairs of parking mechanisms (pawls, drums), spend some hours calling the shops and see how many vehicles get new drums and/or pawls.

GOOD JOB.... Hard to see a nice boat & trailer destroyed but I'll bet it fishes again.

Rookie needs to quit running. Thats how you bust your ass and possibly get hit. Slow down and pay attention.

To all the comments that he is dragging the truck in park, you can clearly hear him yell," put it in neutral brakes off" .Then he pulls and the truck and trailer move.Then when he stops pullin ,"'put it in park and hold brakes".The only time he pulled when the truck held brakes was when he used the trucks weight was to pull the trailer straight.

I like the way you have to think outside the box by using the guardrail to winch the boat sideways.

Brilliant job - that was not easy, esp with an unstable load. Love all the armchair quarterbacks..... Too funny.

Jack boat up on left side with jack and free hitch first.

Anybody with a lick of common sense could see that you did it just the way you had to. Some people don't understand weight and balance. You have the heaviest part of the load up front where it belongs. Looks like a job well done to me.

Frankie is a proper worker.

Another flatbed for the GMC. Dragging it in park is a great way to make money for the transmission shop.

That ended that guys fishing trip... very sad...

This guys driving by all the carnage just whistling and living his best life

Feel so sorry for the bloke who owned the boat had my brand new boat destroyed by a speeding driver on the phone 2 years ago it was its 1st time out , great job how you loaded his boat bloke awesome seriously mate 👍

Pulling against the vehicle in park is a big mistake. You will break the transmission. Holding the break is plenty.

Sounds like everyone here is an expert....Ill keep my nose out

Good job and that is a beautiful boat. Good job all

Whew, that's a nice boat and they're lucky it didn't get junked. Granted, there's probably damage one can't see on video, but it looks like the trailer took most of the force. Those are easily enough replaced and a hell of a lot cheaper than a boat. But, all involved are really lucky that it wasn't real bad... considering the road has no room to bail. Rock on one side and water on the other. They should go buy some lottery tickets, because they're lucky as hell.

I agree with half these comments, no way in heck you using my Vehicle to help load a trailer, I be un hooking the boat trailer to minimize any further damage

you need to invest in a set of radio handhelds it would make things easier for you

I agree the other driver (helper) needs to slow down. Safety first. One slip up and who drives the other truck? The loogy loos are not looking for people running around. Have 30 + myself, no two of these exactly alike. Nice to see it still had its wheels on. Good job!

Great job very professional!!!!!!!

Farmers laugh out loud when watching guys work like this!

Easier to teach a young motivated man to slow down, than it is to teach a lazy man to speed up.

Hill Auto Body & Towing, I'm Chevy truck owner and love your videos...keep up the good work.

WOW!!! What a difficult job!

Nice job. Rookie does need to slow down and watch but that will come with experience. Yes off centered but probably not over loaded. As a tow truck driver, just get it loaded and gone. Clear the road. Once again, well done.

George, the many ways you use your roll-back surprising, even amazing. I learn something useful every time I watch one of your videos.

Nice job. Professional. Now I know where all of my missing straps went,LOL😅

My 2003 duramax had a coolant leak, where it would drip off the back of the block. Was told a head gasket, freeze plug, ect ect ect. Turned out to be the rubber O ring on the upper steel coolant hose, the one that connects to the thermostat housing. It will drip down into the valley of the motor and run down the back of the block.

I am amazed at 14.39 the words E-Z Loader are rite in your face but you know the tow truck driver would argue that fact with you! There was nothing ez about this. Great tow truck driver!

Yep...dump truck drivers and tow truck drivers in a class together.

Never having driven a tow truck its was easy to be critical. However I have loaded heavy equipment, and large boats on cradles, on flat bed trucks. I may have used a dolly to get it up there straight.

Just found your channel...great videos keep em coming!!

That went really well. I thought the axels being ripped off one side would make it an hours loading job. Lucky he had that long single drawbar as well. If that had been an A frame he would have had a really bad day out.

Excellent Skills. Damn good problem solving- on the spot- come up with an idea..

Shows you the Quality of a Kia car !

to me this was a great job getting the road reopened in the shortest amount of time. the way the boat and trailer are loaded seems ok for just being in an accident. the hitch was most likely the least of the owners worries with a nice bout like that.

Got click baited by a 70 year old man

And that trailer was an "EZ Loader."

First One !!!. You really know what your doing my friend with your recoveries Bud. Thanks for inviting us along. I think you have a hang-over with this one. (Trailer hanging over bed ) LOL

best helper on you tube final good job

That's definitely not a EZ Loader trailer!

I always hated towing wrecked boats. There is absolutely no easy way to load a totaled trailer with a totaled boat without frustration.

Great vid,thanks for posting,it showed years of experience in a short vid,

great job getting that boat and trailer out and on the truck . my mum in the old days was a tow truck driver said that this was skilled

There is no way in hell I would let someone drag my truck while it is in park, hold the brakes for him sure

trailer was probably valued more than the kia...

Was a nice boat....I wish I had the energy of that young guy.

The video ends with the driver walking towards the front of the truck and inspecting his load and chains, but it looked as though he could have gone back about four more feet therfore the front of the boat would not stick out so much and the weight of the boat would be equally displaced on the flatbed, the flatbed truck should have been wider so the boats trailer wheels won't stick over the rails on the flatbed, then you would have less risk of damaging the boat and it's trailer, not to mention scratching the flatbed.

the more u try to help the more its gonna cost! stay in the car!

I can see the need for recovery training up there

Hiz beard looks like flames comin' outta drag pipes

That was interesting. Thank you. Glad the boat guy's vehicle didn't get damaged as well.

Pull the pin on the hitch and the boat would had been free and easy to load. This was painful to watch.

using the brakes would be 1000 percent better than ruining the parking mechanism

Looks like an aluminum trailer with Al boat as well, wow not just a neck ache (bent busted tow frame) but two broken ankles (busted axle to wheel connection) on that trailer, definitely had girth on your flatbed. Boat was fortunate it did not get damage from what I could see.

Frankie working really hard