Truck crane rescue in Forder, Saltash

[spokesey55]

lesson to be learned here, check ur map first an don`t rely on sat navs, and as for u polish morons, well now we all no it`s u retards that live by ur sat navs and it`s u stupid polish who get stuck most of the time, had one of u stupid polish stuck 3 days near where i live, trying to get down a farm track looking for a factory, o course yeah, factories are always down farm tracks are`nt they, stupid fcuking retarded polish tossers, we don`t want u in our country.

[Bodycount63]

Alptraum eines Fahrers



[12smith1000]

thats one way to move a trailer lol whos going to pay for the bill of the crane????

[bexnomad]

lovley bit of crane opperation....stupid f/ing sat nav,

[ShenFromTerraTraba]

Why didn't he just back up?

[eezy1972]

@ShenFromTerraTraba Don't you think he tried that?

[ShenFromTerraTraba]

@eezy1972 I guess that was just my way of saying, "Learn how to back up a trailer." If you can get in, you can get out, if only you know how to operate your truck.

[shadowr434]

@ShenFromTerraTraba I would imagine that in the UK there are places that you might get into this situation easily. As for backing back out if you get into it,Driving forward is a lot easir than trying to back out and yes you can get yourself into places you may not be able to back out of afterward. I drive in the US and have been for 26 years and havent put myself in that situation but over there I can see it happening.I always go by one rule,If you cant see it dont drive into it.

[Crudgie96]

My Dad has driven that lorry. Ahahaha, it wasn't him that got it stuck though! Good old Mortimers... :L

[marek1300]

Stupid English Driver. 

[frankbing1]

@marek1300 its rich that someone from Poland should be saying, stupid English Drivers, you should take a look at the amount of Polish drivers we have here in the UK causing accidents that appear in our local papers every week, and whats really funny is that most of our transport companies are only paying the Polish drivers less than half of what the British drive gets, now who's stupid!!

[marek1300]

@frankbing1 i thing the stupid is... english driver.

[pyroblaze151]

Lol I live near there by I never seen that happen

[mad4motox]

It should be " Eat less chips" At least then he mite of squeesed through......

[mario102395]

english people are so stupid. This proves it.

[TheRealUpuout]

Ich versteh nicht wie man sich so fest fahren kann. Wenn ich seh das ich wo nicht durchkomm oder meine das es zu eng wird steig ich vorher aus und guck mir das an. Und wenn was gar nicht geht fahr ich halt wieder rückwärts. Denn wo ich vorwärts reinkomm komm ich auch rückwärts wieder raus.

[mesofly22]

Lol

[robkal56]

You are going to have to eat a whole lot more chips to pay for that! Nothing like needing a crane rescue to put a dent in the ol' profit margin.

[anewbeggining21]

I love how the engine was just idling pretty much the whole time! Liebherr cranes are the best!

[Steebod]

@anewbeggining21 Well the trailer was probably empty so the crane is hardly having to work hard lifting max 8t is it? P.S that's a fast idle, not idle.

[anewbeggining21]

@Steebod lol yea prolly empty. If it were full then it would be closer to 30ton and perhaps a bit to much for a crane this size (80metric ton, or100USton) to handle at that reach. As for the engine speed. Yes, while the crane portion is running and lifting the engine isn't much more then a slightly fast idle. Definitly not reving it up much like an excvator or a Grove or Terex crane would.

[Steebod]

@anewbeggining21 If the poor bastard had a load on he could have probably got back up the hill in reverse. Here the trailer could legally be around 36t. 44t max here with 6 axles. What's the max weight allowed in Canada?

[anewbeggining21]

@Steebod I'm not sure really. I am not a truck drive nor a crane operator. I just know some stuff about them because its a bit of a hobby you could say. Are you talking in Metric or imperial tonnage? Even tho were supposed to use metric tons in Canada most people still use the imperial system. That being said I will guess that your average tandem rear axle tractor and triaxle trailer would carry close to 40 or 45 ton. Depending on the tractor and trailer specs then you can carry over 60 ton

[PaganWitchDoctor]

I can imagine what the crane operator is thinking, 'shit,shit, shit,shit,shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, Woooohoooo!'

[jochen538]

Im class1 driver, It's a bloody nitemare sometimes. Todays trucks are built for long distance motorway work in my opinion. Yet some of the places you get sent to are unbelievable. Usually because the run sheet comes of a computer, and the data clerk is a computer whizzkid who doesn't know one end of the country from the other. Without truck experience usually!

[TowTruckJoe1]

Nice recovery.

[Tr2u1ck]

trailer at 1:29 - ♫ I believe I can fly... I believe I can touch the sky.. ♫

[MrMarky2000]

poxy sat nav's they get so many truck drivers in this situation.

[bestamerica]

what is wrong with a trailerbox in the home

[smiffy1071]

Even if the trailer were empty, (which it probably was) being a freezer trailer it would still weigh nearly 15 metric tonnes.

I used to see this one regularly passing through Shepton Mallet. The "eat more chips" logo always made me laugh!

[jix177]

Can't help feeling sorry for the driver who probably got a painful ear-boxing for that little incident. And I'd say it took a good few hours of reversing and maneouvering before they had to admit defeat and get the crane in. Wonder was he following directions from his satnav to end up there.

[urdaddy4321]

$5,000 later ..................... off we go

[lejink]

thats it? who pays for that too..guess the driver, no insurance for fuckin up like that

[MarioBlafer]

¡impresionante!

[kwjeff9]

I bet the price of "chips" just went up

[cicidane74]

Damn.. them Gps` sat nav`s..!! Hope his company understands him.. that couldent by cheap..??

[alskdj468]

Fantastic crane operation, well set up on the ground which was not good. Bet a few people were worried as the trailer "flew" over the houses, but fantastic job well done.

[8laneblacktop]

How much would this cost?

No driver would do this purposely - I hope he kept his job.

[oldrustycars]

I feel fortunate to be an American truck driver, where we have lots of wide open spaces. But in Chicago, where I mostly drive, I've seen plenty of trucks get messed up by mis-marked low bridges.

[brenics77]

I`m a trucker so i have to say we have all got stuck. er but this was unlucky. can any crane drivers tell me if that size crane could have lifted the trailor loaded? that would have been 36 ish tonne or for a gray & adams fridge trailor 10.5 tonne empty.

[anewbeggining21]

That particular crane is a Liebherr LTM1080(80 metric tons/ 100 US tons). With it being the size it is I am guessing the trailer was empty. If the trailer was full a crane in the 150-200 US ton range would of been a more likely choice I think, although those streets look pretty tight so they might of been able to use the same crane, however its capacity would of been almost maxed out at that range if the trailer was loaded.

[brenics77]

cheers mate, i`ve just looked at the video again and you know your stuff. the truck was empty no question because the 3rd axle on the unit was in the lifted poisition. i.e. running empty. thanks

[TomPussy]

That had to be cheap...

[kitchy5191]

Now do u think that his boss would beleve his reasion for being late???

[stokeeees]

Mortimer haulage??? more like Mortified after the release of thise vid.. haha

Eat More Chips. Gps rox!

[1drumdave]

"Eat more chips"...might be an indication that he is a local delivery driver,(I said might). But Mary, come on with "take all the trucks off the road" shit. I know your chosen profession is a necessity, or so we think. I'd imagine most are or we're so lazy we think they are. Shit happens, too bad, but the driver f**ked up. It sounds like MAD has a little experience and has a good remedy. Some people are lazy or don't have the experience, so the cost goes up on the local chip price. lol

[ThomasTelford]

I'm with MaryGrace on this,it is so easy to turn down a road and suddenly find that after a mile or so it gets all too narrow or theres a sharp bend thats got hedgerows or banks either side.The driver may have not been a local and may have just been taking the shortest and obvious route on the map.

[rudevandriver]

please show the driver a picture.........i dont quite think he understands the meaning of air suspended!

[Marygrace75]

Having said all that i cant see him been very popular with is boss when the got the bill.

[Marygrace75]

Ive Been a class 1 driver myself & like many come across some tricky situations but nothing quite like this, most of you who've commented here have probably never driven a class 1 vehicle or travelled much further then your own town, as i say its very easy for people to make nasty comments towards the driver, i say lets take all the trucks off the roads for a few months till the shelves run dry in the shops & see how long it is till the general public plead with lorry drivers to go back to work.

[chrigel1234]

"Eat more chips" - use more brains!

[pwarren1010]

Thats a few bucks eh?

[mrmad12341234]

dumb truck driver i would sack him

[MADTASS]

I drove Class 1"s for 20 years, had to Reverse half a mile in Germany due to a low Bridge. But what i did learn was that when i started to feel the situation wasn"t right in tight lanes, i used to stop and WALK forward to check it out. Basically i would never go so far down a lane that i couldn"t reverse out off, and on Animal Feed delivering to Farms, we used to get some tight ol deliveries.

[TheGreatSteve]

Should be driving a Daft not a Daf :-)

Great slogan "eat more chips!"

[odmcarp]

Great video. How did that trailer get up there in the first place???

[xxfm12xx]

He needs to fix that air leak in that unit!

[missingastarclancat]

*looks out window* AUUGHHHHHHGHHGHGHH!!!!!!

[cons77]

sat nav i bet probally a know it all truck driver i can get anywhere,im a class 1 driver but wouldnt attempt goin round those sort of lanes what a tosser i bet he got the piss ripped out of him by colleges and probally got fired too!good work to the crane driver.

[GKZ28]

Great Operator & Crew!

[sumerzet]

gaw wat a donut this so called driver is!!! u should be able to sense when things are getting tight, i bet he is one of these drivers you can hear all over the ferry shouting his mouth off!! ahh well he is a real plonker!!! wat a great crane operater phew!!!

[Malayalee01]

good video!!!

[mitija021]

how did that trailer get tere??

[TheNameIsBEATTIE]

THE TRACTOR UNIT PULLED IT THERE D'oh!!! LOL

[biffmofo]

magic! either that or elephants.

[fozzey2]

hope he got a bonus for advertising chips this has made me hungry im off to the chippy

[ThinkFast2006]

eat more chips lol, nice catchphrase. how about less time eating chips and more time watching the width restrictions! good crane work tho.

[trikmitruk]

i dont get it you got it in there so you should be able to get it out

[peterjune1]

road got narrow so couldnt get out. think it was something to do with sat nav.

[TheGreatSteve]

How far would you want to reverse a semi?

[trikmitruk]

well I guess I got more miles backing up than you got driving forward ,does that answer your question.

[TheGreatSteve]

Well it answers a question I didn't ask.

[trikmitruk]

I'm just saying I could back up for miles I've done it

[mikediggers]

what a crane driver superb work put i think the truck driver would get a good telling off if not kick out of the door.

[leeallen1232]

these things are sent to try us i suppose

[DADOFTHREEINSWEDEN]

A friend of my, stuck at truck/crane under a railroad-bridge. he didn´t laugh either...

[zipperator]

Nice Job!!! Must be nice you can travel with boom over front and part of C/W Installed...

Thats a No Go in California...

[baogdanutz]

:)))=))

[arkerstrans]

look in the sky... it's a bird... no it's a plane... no it's a SEMI-TRAILER! ha!

[darranhaulage]

wot a tosser british truck driver as well

i wut trust that wanker with a wheel barrow

[ILoveAnnWilson]

Nah, we all make mistakes mate...

I know a few guys who used to do work for Mortimers and they do go to some pretty nasty tight little farms, so i can see how this happened..

[emir82rime]

he he nice way out of it. would have cost him a bit for the organized rescue i'm guessing.

[UDF2mErCuTi0]

That's just cheating... lol.

[lesbian400]

ha ha i used to ride my horse aroud there, they can not blame it on the sat nav he was delievering out at trematon so why didnt he just join the dual crrage way you can only just get a car down that hill, and he said he new the area its just stupid, i noticed that the post lady was watching, thanks for the video. they might learn not to go down there now.