You can see by the video that the grade has been recently increased. The rail crossing has raised over the years and the asphalt has been resurfaced to match.
@42luke932 жыл бұрын
I wonder why they would do that? They should have kept it lower.
@SgtRic582 жыл бұрын
@@42luke93 The natural progression of rail beds is that they slowly rise above the surrounding ground level. The vibration of the trains shakes the ties slowly out of the gravel bed until more gravel is added regularly. A level crossing is almost always therefore above the surrounding landscape.
@haydenbretton29902 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the sat nav should indicate the road camber on crossing along with the vehicle clearance.
@TheRantingCabbie4 жыл бұрын
Could have been worse. Could have been an 85 mph Amtrak on a straight stretch and the cars on the trailer still having gas in the tanks and a fireworks factory next to it beside an oil refinery down the road from a fertilizer plant next door to a hazardous materials loading dock and 100 feet from a picnic table full of Nuns right underneath hydro electric wires with a coal mine underground.
@tonyfrancesco37013 жыл бұрын
Just as an asteroid hits the yellowstone caldera .🌎☄️🌄
@TheRantingCabbie3 жыл бұрын
@@tonyfrancesco3701 Oh the humanity.
@tonyfrancesco37013 жыл бұрын
@@TheRantingCabbie 😆✌️
@catherinesegovia32553 жыл бұрын
And a lost baby crawling across the street.
@TheRantingCabbie3 жыл бұрын
@@catherinesegovia3255 Which brought everything to a grinding halt till it made it to the other side of the street. Then it all resumed.
@poppiarlin56126 жыл бұрын
A good idea for the drivers that pull loads that are low to the ground is to simply disconnect the leveling arm to your air bags. Raise the air bags then secure the arm. Most of the time this will work or have a raise/ lower / ride valve installed on the truck.
@carl69568 жыл бұрын
Had the driver kept a couple of pieces of 2" pipe and a small jack,raise one side of the trailer,put the pipe under it and just drive away,been a car hauler for 30+ years and always carry these tools as I've been stuck a couple of times myself, works 99% of the time.
@dept.ofstem17528 жыл бұрын
+Carl Covington Worked 99.3% of the time for me.
@account4info8 жыл бұрын
+Carl Covington Good idea.
@robertgift8 жыл бұрын
+Carl Covington What if a train arrives before you can jack the trailer up and roll it off the track? Remember: By the time a train crew sees the obstruction, they likely cannot stop in time. The railroad can also charge for trains delayed up and down the line. I heard $6,000/hour. If a train goes into full emergency, some railcar's wheels may get locked up by the brakes and flat spots created. You'd pay a fortune for their replacement and repair.
@devildog80167 жыл бұрын
Robert Gift that is true I work for Norfolk southern as a engineer
@kristoffMR6 жыл бұрын
Small jack u mean a 20 ton bottle jack, would certainly do the job ,as for that truck ,maybe new tires with decent tread would help with traction
No one called the Railroad and told them about the problem?
@miniena77744 жыл бұрын
Richard Roberson It was a joke. Simmer down.
@crescent21311 жыл бұрын
We contacted the train crew on the northbound empty coal train via radio & they stopped about 2 miles south of this location.......
@jimtate76104 жыл бұрын
How were you able to channel and communicate lm there frequency. I thought they used truncated radios
@MicroAppleStudios4 жыл бұрын
@@jimtate7610 Anyone can call in. Every crossing on the pole has a contact number and crossing Id number. I dont understand the radio side of enthusiast, but as a commercial driver, we were thought that the first thing to do when hung up on tracks is to call the crossing operator.
@salinerailfan39074 жыл бұрын
@@MicroAppleStudios Push to talk hand held radio. Once you get a frequency on it you can talk to whoever. I have one and their handy, tho mine statics allot.
@paulbeck64104 жыл бұрын
That is the first thing that you do. Get the trains stopped! People always expect that a train can stop like a car or truck. It can take a mile to stop a train. Even when emergency braking.
@Backyardmech14 жыл бұрын
8 years late to the party, but glad to hear that someone had the idea to call the railroad before this got worse than it was. I’m assuming it was one of the LEO’s who called in on the radio? Just wondering since they would have the UHF capabilities.
@drsauce43474 жыл бұрын
funny thing is, that the cars being hauled looked like they were hit by trains to begin with
@wifighostcruiser96653 жыл бұрын
No, Mahk, they weren't hit by a train, those are called Chevys.
@samdavis19583 жыл бұрын
The pickup was a ford but I have nothing against either brand.
@blackberrylady60255 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jesus 4 keeping him safe..
@TheMW2informer4 жыл бұрын
Thank you humans for letting the railroad company know there is a truck stuck over the tracks, not jesus this time
@michaeljones80794 жыл бұрын
@@TheMW2informer yeah I don't think anyone's Jesus had much effect here.
@AussieAndy624 жыл бұрын
You deluded fuck, your Jesus had NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.. fuck it's sad to see so many BRAINWASHED PPL out there.... NO GOD, NO JESUS NO NOTHING ALL BULLSHIT FOR THE WEAK MINDED FOOLS TO BELIEVE IN .. Simple as that...
@jimmycline47784 жыл бұрын
Pause it at 2:04 the added asphalt is what got him stuck! If I had to pay this Tow Truck driver, I would have at least had him pull the way I was going to get me over tracks!
@nigeltapp73704 жыл бұрын
I know for that that price is not cheap I lost control hit a guardrail got stuck in a patch of mud had to call a tow truck and they charged me 150 just to pull it out the mud that was only 2 feet to pull it out and I have a 2005 Chevy trailblazer
@steveblauvelt63124 жыл бұрын
@@nigeltapp7370 I do recoveries all time time. Price break down ,mans pay, truck cost, truck insurance, truck registration. truck fuel, permits, maintaining truck ,truck equipment, wreck pulled in that have no insurance and just walk away without paying. you can put 4 tires on your little Chevy for the cost of 1 on a big truck. Profit on 150 dollar winch job maybe 10 dollars.
@applesucks26334 жыл бұрын
Nigel Tapp Your Chevy couldn’t get itself on pavement 2’ away and you’re mad at the price of the tow? Being stupid gets pretty expensive doesn’t it?
@mathewkromeo29344 жыл бұрын
What was that guy in the pick up think he was going to do???😂😂😂
@nathanr.85564 жыл бұрын
Make a fool of himself
@ralphhildreth61154 жыл бұрын
If you watch again, you'll see that it actually did move it some till the chain failed
@ThEvltwn10 жыл бұрын
i thought most trucks could raise and lower their "saddles" ... but seeing how far back he had to go to get free... he must've been driving pretty fast :)
@jessejames56434 жыл бұрын
The trucks have an autoride that can be discounted and that will allow the truck to raise about 4"/6" he could have backed off by him self,,,just remembered to reconnect so you won,t blow the air bags...nice call to RR to stop the train
@marlonturner2265 жыл бұрын
I love how people come up with all these ideas and it's AMAZING...I'm sure the driver don't do this all the time 30 plus years of driving shit happens deal with it and learn from it
@russtorque29939 жыл бұрын
The trailer's too low to begin with.
@azkid8834 жыл бұрын
So is the driver’s I Q 🚛
@munich61164 жыл бұрын
Good observation
@kathyyoung17744 жыл бұрын
That’s how low those trailers are. The driver should have eyeballed it and known.
@johnsellers29994 жыл бұрын
Russ that's just how low they are. I've seen many. But he is pulling out that check book now.
@kevinkarg44644 жыл бұрын
He didn't make a wide enough turn. That's what got him stuck.
@LectronCircuits5 жыл бұрын
This was really trucked up, man. Truck & trucker could have been severely trained. Cheers!
@beckyshock30996 жыл бұрын
I was a weigh master at a Weyerhauser plant, we had double tracks in front that crossed the main entrance for trucks. One morning a log truck stalled on the tracks, I notified the plant and they drove a barko to help get the truck off the tracks, in the process the barko took out the main power lines coming into the plant... woohoo there was fireworks, and they did get the truck off the tracks and onto the scale, then had to wait for the power company to come and fix the wires over head.... that was one exciting morning!!! The barko operator was taken to the local hospital for testing..... cya.
@MrAllen15028 жыл бұрын
A pickup truck trying to pull a tractor trailer off the tracks now this is a perfect example of common sense isn't so common.
@tractorsold18 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I can see a couple of the cars he's hauling are smashed, but if most of them are drivable, and he unloaded them, the trailer might have rose up a couple of inches on its suspension. With that and less weight, the pickup might have been enough help.
@alexismaldonado26946 жыл бұрын
yeah right !
@tootychucklefarts11756 жыл бұрын
But this is a Dodge ram 1500
@MusicLoverPearson6 жыл бұрын
ROFL
@Beandiptheredneck6 жыл бұрын
Good people willing to try even if it probably won't work either and apparently your one of them! Sometimes it wouldn't take much.
@isabelmartinez56524 жыл бұрын
Damn I was waiting on the train 🤣😂
@FASTFORKER9 жыл бұрын
They added asphalt to build up the road at the tracks and did not get enough ramp further back from the tracks to allow a trailer like to safely cross.
@beckyshock30996 жыл бұрын
I Know right??? They have (DOH) engineers to figure out that stuff, but they NEVER EVER seem to get it right!!!! My 5th grader could do better at making the roadways meet the RR tracks in a lot of places...... without all the rough humps and bumps!
@alphonsotate29825 жыл бұрын
Stupid road design IT SHOULD BE LEVEL AS POSSIBLE ITS A WONDER LITTLE CARS DON'T GET STUCK ON some of the crossings.
@muddyfeet10005 жыл бұрын
Yes, we have a lot of similar problems here in the UK BUT normally there are road signs warning drivers of the grounding risk. And also, the majority of our level crossings are barrier protected, which are activated when a train is approaching.
@violaharper4295 жыл бұрын
Becky Shock j
@huseintaki7515 жыл бұрын
@@beckyshock3099 68 mo ho
@chrish57914 жыл бұрын
It would’ve been fun to have a train horn up around the corner!
@wifighostcruiser96653 жыл бұрын
That's just what I was thinking, ever see one of those cars where they put a train horn in it?
@williamslaw10 жыл бұрын
Sometimes it doesn't take much for one of these trailers to become stuck at a RR crossing. The trailer in the video seems to have even less clearance than some others.
@watchgoose5 жыл бұрын
there was a hump in the road where it has been paved over more than once.
@kathyyoung17744 жыл бұрын
Driver should have LOOKED and known.
@robertgift6 жыл бұрын
First, i would have placed 2x6 boards behind and againsthe truck wheels. If the tires caughthe boards, it would have raised the trailer
@patrickwhelan57035 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that very same thing. Many, many years ago a story went like this: Trailer stuck under an overpass, traffic builds, rush hour, cars creep along. A little child rolls up in a car and says to the crew trying to "unstuck" the stuck truck, "why don't you just let the air out of the tires". Simple fix for a complex problem. It worked. They reduced the air in the tires allowing for the truck to back out of the situation.
@The_Original_forresttrump4 жыл бұрын
I think just getting it move at all was the issue. Driving the cars off would free it up but who listens to me???
@markevan13 жыл бұрын
@@The_Original_forresttrump Look again as the truck is underway again. They were smashed up junk cars.
@MikeJones-gu1rg8 жыл бұрын
Anyone in a similar situation, disconnect the leveling valve & raise the airbags until they are topped out. Easy way to gain a few inches of lift, maybe enough to get yourself out of a rough spot.
@niftyjig6 жыл бұрын
The car trailers I see have leafs. Little wheels and compact leaf suspension tucked on either side with a low slung beam to tie it to keep the deck low.
@tommytruth75956 жыл бұрын
Lisa Kelly would have known to do that.
@em1osmurf6 жыл бұрын
i think if i were facing a trainwreck, a felony traffic citation, and/or $600 wrecker fee, i might try damn near anything.
@kman-mi7su6 жыл бұрын
He may have done that already but was so stuck it wasn't enough.
@9carcottrell2465 жыл бұрын
Mike Jones won't work on car carriers they are very low as it is
@blackieskinner30736 жыл бұрын
At most rail road crossings there is a posted number you can call with a designated identifying number per crossing in case of such an emergency situation and most likely the rail road stopped all rail traffic for that particular line. The trick is calling in a timely manner to have time to stop trains
@BobirJon3696 жыл бұрын
Respect that pickup driver at least he's trying to helping him out instead taping
@dchawk814 жыл бұрын
I would rather tape, and I have a bigger truck than that. I'm not ripping my rear end out for anybody who isn't gonna pay for it. When you volunteer, you can't make them pay for it.
@Justotter10 жыл бұрын
Oh how well I remember those days!! Stuck out on LI in rush hour traffic!!
@juliusadams19314 жыл бұрын
The cowboy with the pickup truck he's lucky he didn't pull his rear ends out or Bust the transmission
@geoffreylee51993 жыл бұрын
That happens later ...
@EmergencyGuy5 жыл бұрын
Had NS 736, led by BNSF ES44AC 5756, BNSF AC4400CW 5605, and BNSF AC4400CW DPU 5628, the loss would’ve been very expensive, especially with the damaged Volvo sedan and Ford pickup on the trailer.
@bnsflover7062 Жыл бұрын
AC4400CW locomotive indeed
@kingjames82839 жыл бұрын
They make an air operated 5th wheel riser assembly that lifts the 5th wheel plate 1' foot high which can be installed on any semi-tractor just like the yard spotter trucks have which use airbags instead of hydraulic ram hoist, also they make an air ride airbag extender that raises the trailers rear suspension even higher for going over crests like this. I just don't understand why someone would be in this type of business with a car hauler or lowboy trailer and not have the means to raise trailer 1' foot higher to get over these kinds of obstacles? The 5th wheel riser is available either through Fontaine or Holland dealers.
@billchapel52489 жыл бұрын
James Barrow I would say MONEY, would be one of the reason's.
@rolloverriderpgr8 жыл бұрын
+James Barrow Because that setup weighs way too much to put on a road tractor. Remember there is only a 80,000 weight limit and that would cost about the weight of one of his money makers. Besides there are not that many times he would use it so even the cost of installing or specing a truck with on is not worth that cost either.
@lovetrain4427 жыл бұрын
James Barrow
@angelamosee83386 жыл бұрын
James Barrow ....dude...costs...ur talking rationality...I hauled cars for 10 years with 80 other guys in 12yr old rust buckets...most car carrier manufacturers give u 5 to 7 yrs and then ur own ur own...My shop welded and rivited around the clock to keep the old girls going...till Toyota told them..ur not putting our new Toyota and lexus products on that junk..
@jopflah4166 жыл бұрын
James Barrow Ya knock a false hole in the ceiling and you run conduit, you run conduit straight down.
@Imnotyourdoormat4 жыл бұрын
old dude drove his rig right over a teeter-totter......
@crescent21311 жыл бұрын
No vehicles were damaged....The truck was already like that!!
@georgeremington48303 жыл бұрын
Looking at the damage to the truck door, maybe...
@the_sb_01165 жыл бұрын
Like the video and I love only 20 min from you photo picture
@kevinlynch12274 жыл бұрын
Great video. I'm glad you also filmed the train at the end. Very Very Cool. Can I ask you a question? When something like that happens or if something is stuck on the rail, is there a number available at the Crossing to immediately call? Do you call 911? What is the best way to notify the possible approaching train? Thank you.
@PremiumFuelOnly10 жыл бұрын
That will be $800, Thank you come again.
@HaloToday10 жыл бұрын
I'm afraid that is probably more than $800, at least here in Los Angeles it would cost closer to $1500, I had to deal with a rig that lost drive and towing it back to our shop alone was already around $300.
@em1osmurf6 жыл бұрын
just a pull with no drop charge, so likely 400 to 600. here in hampton roads it's around 500 just to have the wrecker show up. you'll be charged the full cargo tow fee on your credit card before the driver hooks up. anything less and you'll get refunded. too many out-of-state drivers burned operators, so it's full charge up front now. LEOs call them so if you don't pay, city/state will pay the tow--to the police impound.
@mr.coreymcfarlane4006 жыл бұрын
Your profile pic is a Ferrari 458
@lorenreece16655 жыл бұрын
Dumb ass trucker.
@TheStefanskoglund14 жыл бұрын
Can the railroad police write a fine ? Consider the result if the next train coming doesn't have time to stop and it is a passenger train ?
@chrisrobinson34943 жыл бұрын
That Silverado driver at 0:25 thought they could move a semi loaded with cars, ha ha!!
@dannyjones38406 жыл бұрын
I ran car haulers for years. They only have about 4-7" of clearance. They scrape A LOT. Sometimes the even get stuck. I got stuck once, and the wife another time. You have to raise the tractor and sometimes also the trailer air bags by disconnecting the leveler valve arm and over lifting the bags, you'll get another 2-3" in height. If this driver would've been thinking straight, he could've done that pretty quick and saved on a $500 tow bill
@paulsharp65595 жыл бұрын
Been there, Done that. With out any help. I feel sad for the driver. $$$$
@sonshinelight4 жыл бұрын
Me too CN main line. Auto hauler. But I got off by raising the air suspension real quick
@sonshinelight4 жыл бұрын
@Da Big Kahuna Catfish VERY good point and true. I learn better from my OWN errors because I OWN them, lol
@sonshinelight4 жыл бұрын
@Da Big Kahuna Catfish it seems that as the entitlement attitude filters down to the newer drivers they don't need any common sense. Just call someone who knows what to do. I never learned who to call in my 39 years. If I have a taillight out, I fix it.
@sonshinelight4 жыл бұрын
@Da Big Kahuna Catfish yeah, I know, yerright. But I'm enjoying it still hauling crude oil up on the Alcan, short haul. Still bringing in maximum rates and slip seating with a good hand in my own rig. I'm 62 and a half, lol
@sonshinelight4 жыл бұрын
@Da Big Kahuna Catfish Well, when you get to FLA, look up Margie, who used to be a trucker, and she'll come sit on the beach with you. For me, I'll retire up to the Yukon or British Columbia, and work my claims and see iff'n I can't find me a poke o' gold.
@r4zom11 жыл бұрын
lol it clearly says in the cdl manual dont drive your car carrier over railroad tracks
@Intellectualpropa4 жыл бұрын
Where does it say that?
@mathewkromeo29344 жыл бұрын
It does not. You have to drive carriers over.
@mathewkromeo29344 жыл бұрын
@@Intellectualpropa JS is a troll. Ignore him.
@carlheadley97754 жыл бұрын
True that
@TheShospitali3 жыл бұрын
I bet that truck driver got a ticket for that!
@maureenthompson48143 жыл бұрын
Good job taking the truck off the tracks, but some of the vehicles got destroyed but it's ok because you can always fix them up.😎😎
@marcelcovaci99228 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for the trucker. Hauling cars is difficult
@cocobouqueniaux26508 жыл бұрын
ytttt
@piotrmech13698 жыл бұрын
specialy if driver is stupid enought to not secure them on your trailer
@andriykovalenko3117 жыл бұрын
Piotr Mech they are chained
@TnMtnRdr4 жыл бұрын
It's one of the most difficult and risky jobs in trucking, but pays pretty good if the driver is careful, and has some luck. $7,500 a month is possible just driver pay. If you work for a good company and have a good dispatcher, and have some experience and can run careful and yet efficient. I exceeded $30,000 per month gross a few times with driver pay of 25%. But we had it where if the driver had a damage claim he had to pay at least insurance deductible which was $1,000. The last 3 weeks I drove I made $5,500, and lost $1,000 in one instant. when an expensive car bounced into an overhead deck on an extra hard bump and hit it's windshield. Had to get it fixed before hitting delivery point, receiving end never knew. But driving car hauler cross country was high stress and boring back and forth. I needed a lower stress and more interesting job, so I quit. Working in my home machine shop now making custom machine parts.
@dchawk814 жыл бұрын
@@TnMtnRdr I make close to that pulling cans out of the rail yard.
@sandponics4 жыл бұрын
US roads are so well designed.
@CosgroveNotts4 жыл бұрын
Only the best and the biggest in Murica lol
@lancepreston16378 жыл бұрын
Which of the following is most likely to get stuck on raised railroad crossings? A. A low-slung car carrier. B. A single axle tractor making a return journey empty. C. A single axle tractor pulling a regular trailer. D. An empty moving van.
@robertmayes13974 жыл бұрын
This is not the drivers fault you can see the city added. New asphalt.
@niapor4 жыл бұрын
partly, but darn, trailer was REALLY LOW
@senorpepper34054 жыл бұрын
its always the driver's fault
@kathyyoung17744 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY driver fault. He should have eyeballed it and known he couldn’t make it. When in doubt, get out and look. Any time you hit a stationary object, it’s your fault. The track didn’t run down the road and hit him. He knew how low his trailer was.
@michaelcannaday847410 жыл бұрын
were they seriously thinking in the beginning that the pickup was going to pull the heavy load of the trailer??
@crescent21310 жыл бұрын
Yes they were........Believe it or not!!
@martinpescador56429 жыл бұрын
+Steven Allan Jones How much does a tow truck co. charge for something like this...?
@npsit18 жыл бұрын
+Michael Cannaday Sometimes it only needs a little tug.
@brtecson8 жыл бұрын
hell i had a ford f150 pull-start my freightliner before...
@robertgift8 жыл бұрын
+Michael Cannaday Was worth the try.
@RDC_Autosports4 жыл бұрын
if this ever happens, find the air level valve on your rear suspension disconnect it an pull up to over ride the air and raise it up ✌🏻
@pwalpar12 жыл бұрын
This happens far more than one might think. Nice catch
@j.sterling91675 жыл бұрын
Now there's a good one, how do you explain how two vehicles on a truck had a head on collision.
@TnMtnRdr4 жыл бұрын
Mobile parking lot collision. Good size insurance claim on his load insurance. I drove a rig just like that for awhile, had to carefully consider every hump, especially tracks. Don't take em if they look doughtful. Bad judgment to hit it like that. But there's a trick that can be used to get off if it's not too hung up. Pop the airbag control rod loose and prop it at a higher bag setting. It'll push the rear of the truck up a little to get off a hangup. I got hung in the middle of the road once after one of the duals left the axle. Just beat the tow truck to it when I figured out how to get the other axle to drop and gain traction.
@splash5150izy4 жыл бұрын
@@TnMtnRdr .. Only a Real Trucker would figure it out and fast! Thanks for your Experience of how to get moving off of a low platform roadway or low platform truck situation and solution ..
@ctmason43139 жыл бұрын
i would have laughed out loud if when he started going the other way there was crossing there and he got stuck on that one too LOL
@rainingbloodfromalacerated45518 жыл бұрын
Lmfao
@glenhibbs6756 жыл бұрын
CT Mason p
@1dogpobo6 жыл бұрын
damn you are stupid as hell
@GeorgiaRailfanner6 жыл бұрын
speak proper English don't understand you're sentence.
@Brian-bd1gc6 жыл бұрын
Amtrak 449 Man Your*
@68mustanggt5006 жыл бұрын
I feel gypped.... What a set up for destruction!
@kathyyoung17744 жыл бұрын
Bryant Johnson Sick
@davidtosh72005 жыл бұрын
Maybe the car transporter will take as many as 5 or 6 vehicles to either to the junk yard or to the auto repair shop.
@christinatownsend20744 жыл бұрын
Dah! (Low boy trailer )--Driver must of forgot what trailer he had..
@Trainfan1055Janathan4 жыл бұрын
Is there any way to know if you'll fit without any warning signs?
@MartyChristianSoldier8 жыл бұрын
For you folks who will get stuck in the future, all you need is a wrench to take off the adjuster on the air ride and you can lift the truck another 4 inches, that can also be done to the trailer if it is air ride.
@MartyChristianSoldier8 жыл бұрын
***** 39 years.
@chrisbroesky29328 жыл бұрын
Where is the adjuster located?
@MartyChristianSoldier8 жыл бұрын
CHRIS BROESKY On the tractor it would probably just inside the frame on the very back, on the trailer it's going to be just in front of the axles or just in the back of them. Everyone does everything different. But you will know what it is by, it is a valve with a rod attached to it.
@chrisbroesky29328 жыл бұрын
Good to know, thanks.
@MartyChristianSoldier8 жыл бұрын
CHRIS BROESKY It got me out of some problems, good luck.
@raysmith15835 жыл бұрын
Ok i dont kno much about trucks but how was the pickup gonna help? You all took "like a rock" to the heart!
@kathyyoung17744 жыл бұрын
Ray Smith He tried. Give the Good Samaritan credit
@tadeuszkosciuszko99834 жыл бұрын
They should stick a wedge under the rear truck wheels to lift it and only after that try to pull it back. They used power instead of brain.
@JamesEliasonNewMexican10 жыл бұрын
When i start my company and start building Car haulers,the trailers will have an Air Bag system to raise the trailer to give it about 20 inches or so of extra ground clearance for situations like this.
@crescent21310 жыл бұрын
Great idea.....
@JamesEliasonNewMexican10 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@crescent2139 жыл бұрын
Now that's a great idea........
@slacadjuster2379 жыл бұрын
Spooder King Better yet, higher smart drivers that wouldn't get stuck in the first place
@vendingdudes8 жыл бұрын
+Jay Mitchell Perhaps the reason the trailer is stuck is because the driver was "higher" already
@ronaldcarson43605 жыл бұрын
I might have unhooked tractor from trailer, then let tow truck lift trailer and pull across the tracks. Then at least the semi could continue in the direction he was heading.
@daviddrum88774 жыл бұрын
i was thinking that same thing
@tylerbonser76863 жыл бұрын
Here's a thought. If you're worried about clearance issues dumb your air. If you scrap you much be able to lift up enough to back up.
@38911bytefree3 жыл бұрын
The jingle "What is your function" and the memes came just to my mind.
@eligebrown89985 жыл бұрын
There goes his job, big fine and maybe a loss of lisance
@creamsoda221984 жыл бұрын
Nah they wont take his job or license. He will probably have to go through a training course again to help sink in the rules. Other than that he will probably be fine
@smarro714 жыл бұрын
@@creamsoda22198 fine as fine 👍 or fine as fine💰 lol
@lrodriguez93154 жыл бұрын
Dont be over dramatic if u your parents were able to shit u out this guy will keep his job .
@MujoNovak6 жыл бұрын
oh my god... the train is cooooooooming, Nooooooooooo
@raghus42475 жыл бұрын
Janez Novak a
@brandonb32734 жыл бұрын
So the cop observing the situation would've stopped the train by standing on the tracks? I like how people have to feel involved haha
@TheDrloboski6 жыл бұрын
Not only was a lowbed operator. I was also at one-time of track supervisor. The dispatch for the railroad should have made out of five mile an hour restricted to a supervisor got out there in okay the rail in case of damage to derailment. There's some really great dispatchers out there but for Short Line. They're usually sitting at a desk reading a book with not a care in the world.
@tripjet9996 жыл бұрын
For those of you saying that "anything big should be on a railroad track," well...it was!
@1steppa.8554 жыл бұрын
Bro I know where this is it In Stockbridge GA where I use to live
@josephsenegal73875 жыл бұрын
The guy with the Chevy pickup jus knew he was gonna be in a commercial if he coulda pulled that off
@26TptCoy4 жыл бұрын
pick up is attempting to pull the truck which has a combined weight of about 20 tonnes. For more clerance I wonder if the cars could have been driven off to take the weight off allowing the suspension to lift. It's ironic that when bridges, pipes and cables cross roads they show warnings and height limits, but when a hazard like a short sharp rise such as a rail crossing there is usually nothing more than a yellow sign with a little black steam loco on it. I almost hooked a rail with a drake trailer but had the sense to get out and have a look. I found a better crossing further along the road.
@bootednancy6 жыл бұрын
Tractor owner must be a Milwaukee Road fan????
@angelaclaudete69015 жыл бұрын
Mo
@dwightcorbett888910 жыл бұрын
That trailer seems to be very low; even though it's a car carier
@georgepurdy64939 жыл бұрын
Looks the same as all the rest from Bankhead or the rest of them. I've pulled a few and I see nothing wrong with it compared to a double drop deck or a few other OD trailers which have inches not many inches like you see after he is off the tracks.
@wifighostcruiser96653 жыл бұрын
It would have been bad for the truck, the train would have been like, did you feel something?
@andrivif11 жыл бұрын
well, yes, most trucks and trailers in europe have a simple manual override, controlled electronically with a wired in remote just inside the drivers doors on the trucks and either electronically with a same kind of remote located somewhere along the sides of the trailer or just a simple air valve with a handle somewhere along the sides
@Boodieman7210 жыл бұрын
Some municipality needs to regrade the road (or train company) so this doesn't happen again.
@SantaFebuff10 жыл бұрын
Or just put up signs indicating that low-riding trucks cannot cross. =)
@peterf.22910 жыл бұрын
a no trucks allowed sign works but oh wait they would still get stuck because they are idiots.. happens all the time at a gas station where I live. ;)
@larryhostetler388710 жыл бұрын
Railroads don't own that road. They own the tracks and the bit in between the gauge. They own 20ft either side of the tracks as well except for roads.
@Boodieman7210 жыл бұрын
Larry Hostetler Someone needs to regrade it
@larryhostetler388710 жыл бұрын
Boodieman72 That's not my job.
@burkey4266 жыл бұрын
A hydraulic lift 5th wheel is the best for situations like this. Rare luxury... i got one.
@niftyjig6 жыл бұрын
The rear of the trailer contacted, too. A lift on the kingpin would have decreased the rear clearance and it might have got stuck worse. You see in the video, after the front of the trailer was dislodged, the rear contacted as it was backing. As it made the original turn to approach the crossing, the rear must have contacted first.
@josephhalexander6 жыл бұрын
When I was a driver over the road, I did come across a moving company semi that had an air suspension on the trailer that could raise the height a few inches. I watched it in action. Takes a while, but gets the job done. The stock clearance would not have been much different than that auto-transport in the video. He was unloading at a dock at the time.
@offlineinsanity6 жыл бұрын
Here's a tip. If in doubt, dump the drive axle air bags before crossing. If it hangs up, raise airbags and back off of it. Find another route.
@kathyyoung17744 жыл бұрын
David Gardner Get out and look first.
@nate47456 жыл бұрын
My dad's motor home had two steel caster wheels, 4 or 5 inches in diameter, on the back that allowed him to make the transition up the driveway without the back end scraping. Low boys like this one should have skate wheels to allow the truck to pull it across.
@yohannamoronta51397 жыл бұрын
Not hitting each other on top deck. That's a copart special. Most if not all of copart vehicles are trashed. A normal trailer would have made it across. Low haulers like kaufman and others are low and have small tires. This has happened to me on several occasions. Shit happens.
@mrknotthall6 жыл бұрын
5:14 the cop points him which way to go. DUH!!!!!!!! Which way do you think he was gonna go dummy?
@paullarzazs96016 жыл бұрын
Well ... the cop didn't get hung up at the crossing. (Just sayin'.)
@Rlotpir19725 жыл бұрын
You know what happens? You know what happens when you drive an oversized truck through a railroad crossing and get stuck? YOU JUST MADE THE LIST!
@janicetrohn4 жыл бұрын
The truck driver was just taking a shortcut in Stockbridge Ga to get around the Walmart traffic. Neither Henry County nor is the city of Stockbridge trucker friendly, that little trick will cost him dearly besides the tow bill. The cops around there are big on revenue collecting!
@Drew67095 жыл бұрын
Top 50 stupid drivers. Road signs are there for a reason.
@robbinperers85264 жыл бұрын
Top 50 stupid ideas for sign placement: after being all ready on the asphalt and the r/r crossing, some ahole decides "well, lets place a sign here so they know not cross with these big trucks." Brilliance absolute, knock your damn socks off brilliant. Now here we go: I am 73 feet long in combination rotating vehicle at or near 80,000 pounds, 13.6 high and 8.5 feet wide and some brilliant rocket scientist posts a no truck crossing sign at the very spot I need to cross. Now, Im stretched 68 feet into the intersection or street behind me to find out I cant cross the tracks. Guess what junior now I get to back up into my blind spot which is directly behind my trailer into ma and pa kettle in their nissan altima because their precious members of the city council dont get it! How about posting things like this 1/4 mile or greater BEFORE we get committed at the location. Bridges and overpasses do it but intersections, railroad crossings and the like cant. Why not? It doesnt show why not on a map, not on a hard ledger and not on a gps. Instead we as drivers have to fucking find out WHEN WE GET THERE! Absolute brilliance. Take your volkswagen and go get your products. Better yet, have the train stop by your house. Better yet build your house on the tracks...there is no sign posted not too, find out later why not. Get it?
@edwardocastillo693 жыл бұрын
It would be easier to pullhim off tracks if he had his steering tires straight😅
@rsumsixtyfo67665 жыл бұрын
Looking at the truck and the load... He'd been better off letting it all get hit by a train! Juuuunk! 😂
@kathyyoung17744 жыл бұрын
R Sum And lose his rig, his job, his insurance, and maybe his license, plus owe for some damages. What an idiotic comment.
@dessmith13874 жыл бұрын
@@kathyyoung1774 yes agreed
@crescent21311 жыл бұрын
No the trailer was not damaged, He pulled up on the crossing very slow & it just drug to a stop...
@sjtom579 жыл бұрын
Not a single one of those Einsteins even thought of simply driving the cars off the trailer with the supplied ramps to lighten the load. Sheesh.
@morrisfalker27736 жыл бұрын
All the cars were broken down on the truck, on the track.
@Halberdin6 жыл бұрын
The cars must have been driven onto the trailer, at least the ones on the lower deck, so they would have batteries to be able to unload them. Maybe the batteries were disconnected. Also, the cars may not have been transported to a scrap yard.
@billsilversides16206 жыл бұрын
They are usually loaded by a tow truck and unloaded the same way. The scariest part of operating a tow truck that I have experienced! My boss was good at it.
@beckyshock30996 жыл бұрын
THAT was the first thought I had, I was with a driver for 17 years, and saw/learned a lot......
@KeithRa688 жыл бұрын
I think the people that repaved that when the train tracks where redone are morons. I think what happened is they redone the tracks and elevated them without raising the roads up to the tracks. That driver and that truck most likely has been though there before they raised it.
@grumpyoldsoandso6 жыл бұрын
ike fun ) No, there isn't a hump in the railroad line - as you say, that would be impossible - but there has clearly been a deep patch added either side of the track, and as Keithra68 says, the hump is excessively steep, and the road surface further away from the tracks hasn't been smoothed out properly (that would take longer and cost more money...) so far from the railroad being in a position to sue the truck company for delaying their trains, unless they put some clear signs warning of the excessive steepness, the railroad will have to pay for any damage to the truck due to the ineptitude of its contractor.
@trainzguy24726 жыл бұрын
It is not the railroad's problem, it is the responsibility of the city to maintain the road surface. The railroad is only responsible for the train tracks and crossing infrastructure like lights and bells. The railroad may realign their tracks however they wish. Usually the railroad will rebuild the crossing if they are redoing track, but they don't always do a good job with the road surface (they are a railroad company, not highway constructors!) so it is up to the city to deal with the ramps leading up to the crossing.
@georgebaker4036 жыл бұрын
KeithRa68
@1dogpobo6 жыл бұрын
that's rt.
@MrWolfSnack6 жыл бұрын
GPS takes them over it. They follow the GPS. Maintaining a safe and level grade up to the crossing belongs to the city as any lines under the road surface have to be moved or diverted.
@ariannabotaku3 жыл бұрын
Should have disconnected the tractor and used the tow truck to pull it backwards. The tractor is putting more downward force and friction where the trailer meets the hump. Removing it from the equation would have helped.
@LIGIADZIEZIC5 жыл бұрын
I recognized this crossing the town is called Stockbridge . . .but we call it Scankbridge !
@TheAtlantaparker7 жыл бұрын
Were the cars on the trailer damaged do to the sudden stop or were they already damaged?
@fr8hauler7 жыл бұрын
Already. See wrecked cars transported all the time. Someone's making money with them.
@1dogpobo6 жыл бұрын
probably
@Halberdin6 жыл бұрын
I sense an insurance scam: get a load of wrecked cars and make it look like they were totaled by the train. 😃 Edit:This is also possible on a larger scale, with a train with cars: m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sMCBlZeQ3a2lgqM.html 😀 (accident 2010 in Austria: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Eisenbahnunf%C3%A4llen_in_%C3%96sterreich#Ab_2010 )
@Halberdin6 жыл бұрын
@ike fun: 1) Reported by whom to whom? 2) Do you mean a retarder brake? 😬 3) Other than most people, I use smilies to provide information, not decoration - in these cases, to indicate jokes and irony (trains are made of iron, so irony fits them well).
@Halberdin6 жыл бұрын
@ike fun: 1) You did not read up to the part with smilies and what they can do. Thus I give you a summary: I WAS JOKING!!! AND YOU FELL FOR IT! 2) Not a joke: Legislation is not the same everywhere. And if someone breaks the law for money, he might cheat against any law in other places, if useful. 3) *plonk* (Look this up.)
@Alecks19909 жыл бұрын
i like how the cars on the trailer are towed down ... looks very save and if he is going a little over 30mph like he did going over the rails and clearly there is nothing dmged and then slams on the brakes im pretty sure not a single car will fall off and kill someone ...
@masaallen10096 жыл бұрын
Alecks1990 towed down? And they look save?
@Ilikebakconn25 жыл бұрын
Finally a one with cars on it.
@darrellcalvin9335 жыл бұрын
That truck driver is lucky from getting hit by a train
@mmarczuk19765 жыл бұрын
I could have pulled him off the track with my 1986 k car 90hp beast.
@ethanh45165 жыл бұрын
lenny from simpsons ew
@JoePJack17 жыл бұрын
Disconnect leveling arm and manually inflate airbags.....problem solved
@juliusadams19314 жыл бұрын
I guess he really thought he could pull that fully loaded tractor-trailer with his pickup truck or what was he thinking that he was Superman
@dchawk814 жыл бұрын
A lot of people seriously overestimate their pickup trucks' capabilities, especially diesels.
@irelandbloke5 жыл бұрын
🚂 Awesome catch ! 👍🏻
@ThatCarGuy28 жыл бұрын
Did any trains hit the truck later?
@crescent2138 жыл бұрын
+UP 5199 Productions No.....We got the train stopped about a mile from the crossing!!
@348frank3487 жыл бұрын
hahaha lol
@crescent2137 жыл бұрын
No
@natalyazaragoza45596 жыл бұрын
The railroad crossings gates are open
@tangi39806 жыл бұрын
UP 5199 Productions p
@andrewziegler26088 жыл бұрын
white acura legend coup ;)
@crescent21311 жыл бұрын
No...The load was not damaged........He was making a slow right turn across the crossing.....It just drug to a stop!!
@42luke932 жыл бұрын
Those cars were already wrecked on top.
@rickprusak9326 Жыл бұрын
Hey. The car that I ordered is on that truck. Better get that car hauler off the tracks before the Sunshine Express comes flying by.