United Carpets van tries to pull truck in the snow!.wmv

[sparkynight73]

GET A GRIP!

[MrBluddddddddddd]

wats that fail.

[tamanggo]

solo un demente vuole trainare con un dayle uno strailis con semirimorchio

[emilyabbie]

An Allied carpet van would have moved the truck no sweat :)

[cl998]

Most of those types of RWD vans are total fail even when going forward in the snow, unless there's quite a bit of weight in the back over/around the rear axle...

[justduncan]

need the van turned around and a short tow rope so when the rope is tight it is putting weight on the vans driving wheels

[wtfmanicanthaveaname]

be suprised,, i got a loaded sysco truck in a ditch on an unplowed road, was guessing where the road was. Was about to call a tow truck, when a guy in stock dodge 1500 offered to try....got me out and on the road in 3 yanks. Good for the van guy for trying to help.

[tippo0151]

shit firm, shit fitters, shit vans

[tippo0151]

united carpets, shit shops, shit fitters, shit vans



[tippo0151]

united carpets, shit shops, shit fitters, shit vans

[snotneus01]

hahahahah LOSER !!!!!!!

[shadowboy696979]

2wd doesnt really work for that lol

[jasperlee1995]

32 seconds of my life wasted.

[l337pwnage]

Shoulda hadda Subaru.

/watch?v=U9bhus_1Oos

Having a longer strap and pulling forward would've helped too.

[FPVsean]

unless theres some weight in the back of that, having rear wheel drive on the iveco is pointless

[stevie6dodes]

would laugh if the van got stuck :L

[richoverip]

Tbh, it was worth a try. You can laugh as much as you want but there was a chance that it may have worked. Many vans have more torque (i.e. pulling power) than many 4x4s. In this case, the main issue seems to be lack of traction.

[200xboy01]

what he gets for not drivin a peterbilt.

[GreatBarrWolf]

PimpUK1 is a full on bullshitter , one minute hes a LGV driver ramming small bridges the next hes a qualified mechanic FFS. Hes a fork lift truck driver really packing pallets all day dreaming of fat smelly hairy truck drivers articulating his bubble butt lol

[coach4lifeuk]

The van driver wasn't going anywhere, he was just trying to help! LOL

[sunnyjoe66]

It is possible especially when it is only a couple of Metres needed to get the Truck out of trouble. That is all that is needed sometimes a little push.

The problem with that Snow is skidding into the Car parked beside it. I would not be Happy if I was that Car owner and that Truck was Skidding along beside me.

[cyclepod1]

I don't think delivering carpets is actually 'vital' in the snow... so why was he travelling?

[cyclepod1]

I thought the AA tried to stop drivers from driving in the snow ... it was the Company's own fault!

[landrovertractorboat]

People like you are the pencil pushers that make this contry grind to a halt with a little bit of snow. Maybe not vital but the vans not the one in trouble and its up to the driver and company weather they want to go out or not

[cyclepod1]

and it is about greed too. They get loads of money if they drive. Then they go out and kill someone, despite motoring organisations telling them to stop. A nice Corporate Manslaughter charge then and bad PR.

[richoverip]

@ cyclepod1 that is an ignorant comment. The haulage industry is the backbone of the UK's economy. The UK shouldn't grind to a halt just because of a little bit of snow. You just have to make an effort and improvise when you encounter a situation like this.

[pimpUK1]

It could of worked, I'm a qualified recovery mechanic, people wrongly think a 44t truck takes something heavy to move it. WRONG, 2/3 people can push one on flat ground as long as there is air in the system.

Its all to do with rolling resistance which is increased by gradiant and type of ground so the only time a 44t tuck would need a 44t mechanical effort to move it is to move it vertically up. I've pulled a 44t wagon with a little electric forklift before. Thats why one person can push a car.

[Philscbx]

@pimpUK1

Plus if he was using correct snatch strap, you can let 10 or more feet slack, hit it hard, stand on the brakes at full stretch, then watch larger truck move out.

The 5k lb van is now using 20k of force of stretched strap.

[Philscbx]

@pimpUK1

Plus if he was using correct snatch strap, you can let 10-20 feet or more slack, hit it hard, stand on the brakes at full stretch, then watch larger truck move out.

The 5k lb van is now using 20k lbs of force of stretched strap.

Chain pulling is not going to work well unless full traction.

[pimpUK1]

@Philscbx The only problem with using snatch straps is on nearly all european vehicles the towing eye is only for emergency use only and is not rated high enough so ends up falling off usually pulling the bumper off as well!! They only tend to be rated to the weight of the vehicle.

[mrrodneyalong]

@pimpUK1 I see your point and agree with you as i used to drive a tow truck as well but one thing you did not consider and that I know to be fact. a sprinter van can get its self unstuck, these things are terrible in the snow! I have one that I now use for work and I have got stuck on a wet paved hill- i just have to laugh at this. But its nice for him to help and I guess it was worth a shot.

[mrspivvy]

no way. A serious 4x4 with a low ratio transfer box might have done it. that's why the motorway police used rangerovers in the '70s they were at the time the only car-like vehicle that could pull an artic

[arumdevil]

@mrspivvy have a search for subaru+truck+snow on YT

[THEGRIPPERMAN]

Not a chance!!!! Well actually, it worked and the wagon driver was soon on his merry way so LOL.......

[coach4lifeuk]

Not a chance!!! LOL ;0)

[davidh88220]

Was a van pulling a lorry really going to work? On snow and ice? funny though. 10/10 for effort.

[coach4lifeuk]

well he was just trying to help! LOL

[stbb]

What a tit. The only things i have seen stuck in snow are wagons and vans, he would have been better off asking for a push