Yessir you would have been buying a transmission

If the engine will start and running while towing. Towing by strap suggests a very short distance.

​@@etrtruckcenterenginedrivet8918 nope been flat towing all my life neutral is all you need

You were wasting time indeed

@@carlt6932 oh makes sense then nvm I do apologize ya if it's not moving fluid then ya disconnect it didn't realize it was one of those Iv only move a few of those

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It was going to happen in one point

I guess you weren't using a "manual " transfer case...

Fucking christ

Someone’s transmission is not worth more than your life

your friend isn't the first or last person to get killed due to a lack of a business not properly training employees

I was hooking my car up to pull it 3 miles and cars where so freaking close it was a state road it was busy.

I'm a truck mechanic...One time I had to change an air brake valve right in the middle of the frame,up under the fifth wheel-On the side of I-95 during rush hour. The valve had exploded,and the spring brakes were locked. So there I am,wedged under the tractor,with the driveshaft in my armpit,and all I kept thinking was that if the truck got hit,no one would even know I was there until they smelled me rotting. Sorry about your friend.

Defective design.

Or the axle shafts if you can't get the drive shaft out, or if for whatever reason the diff grenaded

@@Romuls753 I see people on YT not doing that even with smaller vehicles too. They’re like “well no need to disconnect the driveshaft” it’ll be fine” no it won’t. Then this happens ⚙️💥

It way easier to remove the axle shaft on one side of the truck no need to go under and maneuvers a big heavy driveshaft

@@Romuls753 if the dif had gone bad you need to pull all the axles to save the ring gear from spinning and catching a piece of debris and messing up the housing

@@donaldsmith6404 did you read what I posted or did you see a need to repeat my comment back to me? Do you think about the things you post?

Yessir you are very welcome

I'm sure things are very unclear when it is pouring rain in 35F or less. Especially when there is a semi involved in a crash in the middle of the night....

@kram Null you know, when I'm working truck wrecks I usually not thinking about why transmission can't be spun in neutral going down the road.

​@@kramnull8962 I have removed driveshafts in -35°C and it really sucks.

someone I knew was towing a scrap UPS truck and left the driveshaft in because it was going to the wrecking yard anyway. that is exactly what happened. he was driving along and he started to notice smoke and sparks coming out from under it

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Makes perfect sense, Mike. When you backdrive, everything is opposite, and reduction becomes overdrive. I've heard that many tank drive trains were destroyed from the driver's popping the clutch to slow them down while descending a hill. The backdrive became insanely fast overdrive...

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Yup shady

Yea shady things can happen in businesses that appear shady. I work for a towing company that has a good reputation in my mind. We’ve got at least 30 trucks, and people who have generations of experience. But I really don’t like people with your opinion who think we’re all shady. In some situations it is necessary to pull the drive shaft. I’ve never had to do it on a car. But something like a pickup truck with a trailer might need to have the driveshaft pulled.

Just happened this morning to my truck when they front towed it with the rear wheel drive wheels rolling to a repair shop. The transmission locked up and is toast. The driver tried to blame me that I didn’t opt for a flat bed truck! I told him you didn’t ask and I didn’t know that would happen even if you did. You are the tow operator and should know better

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$5 that output shaft is still spinning

Especially not automatic transmissions. You can actually tow a manual with the driveshaft in if you're not going very fast or far. For example to get it to a better place for removing the driveshaft. OBS 4x4 fords can be towed with both transfer case and transmission in neutral.

Actually some 1980 Mercedes have auxiliary pumps that work if it’s being towed or needs more pressure when being driven.

​@@mikepekala832 y los puedes arrancar a remolque siendo de transmission automatica. Un saludo desde Asunción Paraguay

I’m so confused, how can you drive if the driveshaft is disconnected

Glad it helped

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Atta boy!

Even more so if it’s in a brown box.

​@Frank O only use synthetic lube to avoid sludge in the brown box.

@@DL101ca The guy knows his stuff.. but, yucky bruh.. reminds me of a camping trip with my hs gf 😂

Esp if it’s the back box and not the front…

That's what I was told to do which now makes sense

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Well I'm pretty sure he learn by his mistakes he was once a know it all too and didn't remove the driveshaft and when his boss made him pay for it he now removes the driveshaft

He doesn't

Yeah I didnt know they made them in FWD, except for that one back in the 70s with the dual rear axles that they used in the movie Stripes. Is that the kind you have?

​@@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002probably a fiat ducato

No shit 🤣

Some of those Dodge Promasters or similar builds are FWD

​@@JohnQ9089your comment made me look up that specific model and I found out that they're basically rebranded Fiat Ducato. I didn't know you Americans had these because I've always assumed they didn't make sense in your market. Here in Europe they're ubiquitous, and they're all FWD

Not sure. That happened last week the lady said that the wrecker driver had only been driving the big wrecker for about a week so who knows. You can do a lot of damage in a week😬

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Yeah well. Not all off us are lazy. Pulled driveshafts in the winter. During a downpour on the downhill side of Highway 88. I hate rain. Snow is cool. But rain.......rain sucks🤬

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props to bad mechanics keeping us in business too! keep using a test light to poke holes in ecm wires :)

Yep

axles can be a pain if they have the stupid cones

​@@juliogonzo2718 fairly rare, these days. Not to say I haven't had to, but 1 in 20 or so here in the US. Besides, usually once you can get 1 moving, the rest come easy enough.

​@@brianargo4595until they don't and u need to bring out that tool with the spring and hammer it like it owes u money

@@Pain1xpenetrant and an air hammer on the axle plate haven't failed me yet. Though there was the one time the plate came off and left the axle behind, that was interesting. Dunno what the heck that driver was doing, but I hope he had fun.

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Guess this shows why a “good” wrecker company is worth the money it takes to get your vehicle towed this company was lacking

That's why they charge so dang much. If you already have to cage at least 2 brake chambers, how much longer does it take to drop a u joint and pull or tie the driveshaft up out if the way?

@@slowpoke96Z28 if you tow it from the front you need to run air to it so that the air bags support the weight and don’t put the through shaft in extra bind so you don’t have to cage anything pull driveline and release the brakes

They don't have those for 18 wheelers

@@SealofPerfection they do its called trailers

Until the day a tow in the only option 😉

​@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 The sheer logistics of getting a replacement tractor to pick up the stranded load, to then have the broken down tractor trailered away. Most choose towing.

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I saw a guy tow one from the rear without checking if it was in 4wd! Lol engine locked up when he got it to us! Spun it backwards!!!

@@neshpro6521 my favorite was me doing a good deed, I was driving my F-350 yes that thing with a the trash never die, never works good 6.0 Duramax diesel engine with a hide a lift in the rear. So I told this guy I could help him. looked at his car, and I'm like oh oh, you have one of those Cadillacs with four wheel drive it's like this little SUV thing well not little it's pretty big. I tell him ill get you off the road. But you must make sure it's not in four-wheel drive or all wheel drive what ever that thing has, because I can see drive shafts in the front and rear. He told me I don't use all wheel drive it's not in four wheel drive so I picked up his car and I drove it not even half a block before it ripped off my straps and dropped off my tow lift. That was a fun day. Do a nice thing for somebody and they want to try to get $30,000 from you. Yeah that didn't work out well for them. Because even back then I actually had cameras.

@@patrickdavis9566 A 6.0 Duramax diesel you say...? 🤣

@@patrickdavis9566 Also, what vehicles are you able to disengage AWD? That's wild...

@@ryanr9792 Chevy mini van and others have a button to engage and disengage AWD. But maybe I'm confusing traction control. The wrong way?

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Iv never pulled them never all you need is neutral

​@@DEVIL666wtf you should delete this comment now. In a previous one, you were proven wrong. Pretty sure it's in neutral in the video and that's what caused the carnage. You've probably gotten very lucky by only towing short distances. All the heavy wrecker guys I've ever watched either always pull the driveshaft or the halfshafts. On European trucks, from what I've seen, you only have to pull the driver's side halfshaft (axle)

@@DEVIL666wtf no matter what vehicle it is you must ALWAYS remove the driveshaft if the drive wheels are in contact with the ground.

@@charlesrodriguez7984 never did it and never had a problem (other than a few vehicles) I think one was. Ford and the other was semi

@@DEVIL666wtf you got to be the luckiest man alive buy out all the lottery tickets man

RIIIGHT!!! Or instead of yanking the shaft she can just Turn it On and then it's definitely gonna Splash around in that hot box

Did the other guy mind you pulling his shaft out of your girl though?

@@DL101ca that's your specialty pal.

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Will over flow once warmed up out the breather on the top cover. If over filled with lube

@@davidgohl429 that's why I said temporary, under a 100 mile tow won't cause the fluid to get that hot to expand

Damage will happen. And wouldn't it be easier to pull the driveshaft then take the boot off take the stick out to pour yr lube down to save yr ass cause yr lazy

@@davidgohl429 damage has never happened using that method. Prove me wrong

Good luck with that.

I know right

man and machine and nothing there in between...

That’s good glad you liked the vid

Thank you Tim and thanks for the comment

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In a truck with a DT12 transmission, you can't tow or push it across a parking lot with the rear wheels on the ground and the engine not running, much less tow it a couple miles. You will ruin the mainshaft pilot bearing. You can't move it without disconnecting the driveline or removing all 4 axle shafts.

@@TrashPanda5150 Lift and tow from the rear then, or put it on a flatbed. Lots of ways to move a vehicle and not ruin it or take unnecessary chances with your life.

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Then you have to drain it and waste more fluid. Not only that if someone forgets to drain it and process to drive off all that excess fluid then prepare for a very short and very bad ride. Did it in an old truck of mine and blew the trans. Not fun

That's a good question, I think it might work except there might need to be some space for air/displacement at the top (or leave the fill bolt out?) I was also thinking maybe of an electric aux oil pump or something

Actually super easy to disconnect drive line, in comparison..

Better to take out the drive shaft than to give yourself or someone else more work in the long run

Hypothetically easy to disconnect the drive shaft except on a 91 f350 that's lived in NYS all it's life, took me 4 hours to remove just the front drive shaft two days ago. Definitely a nightmare.

Can't always do that on a big truck. Lots of flatbeds and box trucks the stinger isn't long enough. Broke on the expressway I'm not turning a truck around, I'm hooking from the front.

How does that work with the weight in the back?? I would think that would be dangerous without the weight on the back of your truck, pushing down on your tires. Maybe your truck is too heavy to matter or something..?

@@kevind3185 I’ve seen a quick snatch from the front to the exit and reset and rear pull with my truck. Damn looky-Lou’s swerving all over the place and a narrow shoulder made it necessary. Ramp wasn’t too far and the side road was way safer. Engine was left on though.

I seen a engine locked up after we had one towed from the rear! He didn’t check if it were in 4wd!!!!

Well that aught to get interesting having to drop the trailer, pull the tractor out and swing around opposing traffic to hook and then pull out in opposing traffic to 180 in your lane of direction, WOW, that'd be fun to watch 👀

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That sounds like a bad idea. Just disconnect the driveline and chain it up or pull some axles out

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