12-19-08 F150 pulls semi truck up snowy off ramp

12/19/2008 Came across this semi truck stuck on the off ramp from the highway. There's a yield sign there and it's up hill. Once you stop it's hard to get going when it's slippery. There were about 10 cars behind him that couldn't get through, backed up to the highway. He said he'd been there for about 20 minutes when I got there. I pulled him out with my 97 F150 4X4 in 4-lo. Video is in real time (minus hooking up the rope) took about 3 minutes to get him going again. Sorry the video is a little shaky in the middle - my girlfriend was walking backwards in the snow trying to keep everything in the shot.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• F150
• Ford
• truck
• semi
• stuck
• snow
• ice
• grand
• rapids
• michigan
• blizzard
• pull
• out
• swift
• tractor
• trailer
• tow
• Fx4
• 4x4

[nooki1102]

good stuff,,but lesson to be learned from this,,never put a strap on your tow ball,,unless you feel like snaping it off and having it hit you in the face,, truck drive should buy a lotto ticket hahaha,, tow balls for down weight and towing, just straight pull back . but good vid thought ford tough

[P8121]

@nooki1102 Its not attached to the tow ball - it's on the safety chain loop next to it - hard to see in the video.

[13098519]

"Hey hun, stand outside in the freezing cold and record this shit" lol

[Legend3216]

good people are hard to find, thanks for helping him/her out

[coooooollllle]

@nooki1102 you can put weight there thats how Pintle Hook Combo's work. we use them at work i wanna say the one we use is rated for like 20 ton's or something around there.

[clodfelter25]

Swift lol

[59Love1]

Another swift driver moment.......

[Mainland444]

Git-R-Done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[ItsTheGoosey]

Lol. Thank god I live in south Texas :P

[ztepcs11]

LOL I work for swift too wow that truck has some.balls

[dodik147]

that was impresiwe men lol

[dannichls1]

Only a SWIFT truck would get stuck like that. Lmao. I drive for England. We got better training than Central and SWIFT

[cb7pwn]

@P8121 what kind of rear diff do you have? and what kind of snow tires? i have a 99 lariat myself, styleside 4x4 ;)

[cb7pwn]

i love this video... i know that there is a slight chance that the semi only needed a tiny bit of tugging power to get up the hill, but it still makes this gen f150 look badass lol sick video!