Trent johns

On 2/6/2024 at 4:51 PM, EdsTowing said:

It was a tough situation...I got a funny feeling as soon as I looked in the truck. It had that "Living quarters" look about it. I called our guy at Uhaul and asked him to run the truck number for me. Comes back it's over due since the 2nd, local "in town" rental from up State NY... So I said...well it's certainly not local, and the guy told me he was coming back from South Carolina! The guy was homeless, trying to get enrolled in a local truck driving academy to get a CDL and crashed on the way to his appointment. Everything he owns is in the truck and Uhaul isn't giving him another unit. He needed to get 35 miles away to a Salvation army rehab center where he could sleep for the night...I ended up taking him there because he didn't have much money and I didn't want him sleeping in the yard. Guy was a veteran in the early 90's and it appears he can't get his life together. I don't know what's going to happen with his stuff? Usually they have me discard the contents when the customer doesn't come back. I guess we will see how it turns out...

Good on you! That’s taking care of your customers! 

Called for a box truck “stuck in a ditch” fully loaded moving company filled to the top with household items and appliances. 
 

Knowing the general area they were in I chose to bring our 8ton F550 thinking I might need the 4X4 vs our 12 ton medium duty. 
 

Was able to get fantastic truck placement to run my lines to two Holmes trees with snatch blocks to and from the casualty back too the trees. 
 

Still here from Orcas island WA

Had a call for a Subaru stuck on a rock at the end of a 90 degree corner, and a very tight driveway. 
 

first I brought out our F550 (that is our go to recovery truck) but I could barley make the 90 degree curve in that truck. Being the only on call driver that day and with other calls pending I waited till next day to do the job and brought out our smaller F450. 
 

That also gave me time to come up with some ideas on having a successful recovery. 
 

Decided I would attempt to sling the front end due to the fact I couldn’t get my boom in the right spot to lift the drivers front. 
 

I used blocking to help spread the load evenly arose the front end and raised the car off the rocks. Placed the car in N with the parking break set then proceeded to turn my truck tires hard left to bring the front of the casualty away from the rock. After I turned all I could I ran my passenger cable to a tree and snatch block than to the passenger rear tire to clear the rock the rest of the way. 
 

After getting my rigging cleaned up i released the parking break on the casualty and simply backed the car to level ground. 
 

Hello all! My name is Trent and am new to the tow industry.

I am working under my father-in-law (Orcas tow) Learning from his 30+ years experience training with him on weekends. Before towing I was an EMT/firefighter and my day job currently I work for our local county public works crew. Look forward to seeing the posts and meeting some new folk. Stay safe on the roads.