CRISPY COMBINE PART 1 HOW TO GET IT OUT OF THE FIELD?
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- Hello Ladies & Gentlemen and as always, thank you for watching!!! I hope my viewers are enjoying the new 4K videos!!! Today, I take our flagship Peterbilt 389-X, Miller Industries, Century 1150R heavy rotator towing and recovery unit #11, Ethan takes dad's Western Star with a Vulcan V70 Heavy towing and recovery unit and Gavon brings our traffic control truck along with extra lengths of wire rope (cable), tools, and other things we may need for today's long, tiring job. We have to take this one is stages. As I've heard it said, "I know I'm going to have to eat this elephant...one bite at a time". The ultimate goal is to get this burnt John Deere Combine out of the field and loaded onto an RGN trailer for transport. This video is part 1, getting the combine out of the field. How many more videos? I don't know yet. This was a 16 hour day with over 4 hours of video footage to edit. Next week will be towing the combine down the highway to a solid surfaced open area for loading. I might get the loading into next week's video, but I just don't know yet. Our biggest hurdle on this job was getting the combine out of the field before the rain moved in. The ground was already too soft to get our big trucks in. So, how do we get it out of the field? Watch and find out!!! I hope you all enjoy this video!!! Thanks for watching and God bless!!!
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Bet I'm the only Eighty year old woman that loves this site!! I like to figure out Ron's angles before he does! Believe me, that's a rare one!!! LOl!!!!!!!!!
Ron , your patience with your “helpers” is admirable!!
You are a very patient man and a good instructor. The way you take a minute to explain why things are done a certain way is cool.
My truck driving instructor was the same way she constantly showed me and explained why trailers are hooked and disconnected a certain way.
I'd agree with the patient part. . . . very patient, as for instructor, there's none better, as for learners. . . hmm.
Tell that to my cousin. Back when he worked for my dad, he had a trailer sitting on top of the fifth-wheel pin unsecured. He had a chance for it to fall off and hit someone. Thank God it didn’t or my dad would’ve been upset with my cousin.
Love Ron how you always maintain 3 points of contact when either climbing up or down, even into the cab you use the grab bar. Good habbits like that make folks live longer with fewer broken bones.
This was a different job than you usually do. Thanks for showing us how you did it.
A dead combine is a handful and as a farmer, fire is your worst nightmare. I have 3 Fire Extinguisher's placed on the machine I operate and carry a leaf blower to keep the chaff and dust off the machine.
RON,GOOD MORNING, THIS BURNT JD MACHINE,surely came out of the field much easier ,than I thought ! Now to load it for transport ,God Bless you all out there,,& you beat the rain,to solid ground , , ,stay well till next time , 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Ron, Ethan and Gavin, well done. Terrible that the combine got burned. Hope no one was injured. Stay safe out there, guys.
Even the farmer got in on helping as part of the team :D Sounds like from the farmer talking about how the drove it away from the crops... Kinda sounds like no one was injured, but yes I agree lets hope no one did :)
Ron I gotta say I've seen alot of guys do recoveries around Central Illinois and you're definitely the master at it always making it easier, the guys should be standing outta the way of the chains and cable incase something were to give. I had a buddy get it with a chain through the cab of a John Deere tractor. Stay Safe.🙏🇺🇸👍
Reminds me of when I was a teenager, driving tractors and mowing and disking fields in West Texas.
On the front drive wheels on the shaft going to the bull gear housing. There is a bolt on a slip collar you take out. That could be easier than taking the hose lose most times. Seemed every year had at least 1 combine stuck are a cotton picker. It's good to see you teaching the younger men how to hook and pull from different parts. Keep up the good work and the videos
Kudos to the Hauler for helping you
Someone seemed to be having an attitude. Good work Ron and the combine guy. If you ever give up farming, you should see Ron about a job working for him. lol
This is one of biggest rescue recovers by u Ron & Ethan getting great experience by helping his father
That poor thing looks like it has been there a while, The header is gone and Weeds growing around it.
Looks to be a good parts Machine or rebuildable. Not as bad as some I've seen.
Much thanks Ron & Crew..
Mike M.
sits in field till insurance pays for it and collects it.
Most likely caught fire last Fall harvesting and insurance red tape kept it there until now.
If there was a Tow Truck University (and me attending), I'd want Prof Ron Pratt teaching me. Wowsers, another incredible job and always good to watch Ethan's progress. Looking forward to Ethan's own CZcams channel! (Or, I suspect, that Ron's channel being renamed MWT with Ethan and others making more of separate appearances.)
I wonder if he could make even more money by turning the 'Tator over to Ethan and Gavin and running 'Tator University as a side business to Midwest Trucking?
I don't what it is but your videos are so engaging, once I start watching I can't stop. Thank you Ron and team.
Looking forward to next week all ready thanks Ron and the crew
Ron and crew, what a challenge !!! I remember a large burned combine that you all removed some time ago !! What a mess !! You fellas can get er done !! Take care and GOD BLESS !!!
Ron here's an idea build a multi piece (A) frame you can pin together quick to pick stuff up far away from the rotator. Like the combine head or a car stuck in a ravine, ditch, pit, brush or pond yards away.
No "advice", just a simple "Thank You" for taking the time to do these for us Ron! Murfreesboro TN
Good Morning Mr. Ron and Midwest Truck Family. May y'all's day be as amazing as y'all are.
Mmmm crispy Deere. Good thing nobody was injured. Thanks for the video Ron stay safe out there
Ron, you always get the tough jobs to handle you’re an awesome man Ethan Gavin you guys need to pay attention a little bit more no cell phones when somebody’s talking to you Ethan that’s rude when you were at work, you should not be picking up your cell phone
Absolutely! The cell phone is a major distraction. Ron has the patience of a saint tolerating that. I don’t think Ethan would get away with that with any other boss than his dad.
Ethan is in the company too. maybe he was doing some business related tasks...
He may be answering another call from someone needing their service.
Mr Ron I like that saying "There is always a way" Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
The amount of knowledge I learn from just watching your videos is a lot! And I like that a lot. Always get caught up watching the whole video cause I wanna see how you do it. I swear an hour long video seems like 10 min to me sometimes lol.
Ron, you might want to add onboard air to your Dodge pickup, this would be useful for air tools, as well as inflating tires, such as in this situation. There are a number of types available, but I would recommend a belt driven pump, such as used on tire service trucks.
In this situation the tire was burned, it can't hold air.
The rotator has all the onboard air one could need. I imagine there was a reason they didn't try to air up the tire, or they did try off camera and found why it was flat.
@@legohead6 Ron doesn't need a heavy vehicle to provide air. The Dodge would be a better option as it can go more places the rotator can't, and with less surface area damage.
@@larrykriete7035not true. At 4:15, the video shows that the tire has gone flat. Having air in it would have made handling it easier. There's no burn marks on the tire, and the burn marks on the frame doesn't quite reach the tire.
Just when it was getting even more interesting... To Be Continued. 😀
great job so far Ron and the team. looking forward to the next video. Ron you always seem to have a good plan when on a recovery. your experience shows through and patience whilst teaching.
Love this with my morning coffee
Just like a mystro, everything going smoothly. Having a good crew is a must.
I'm like "I swear we've been here before." Yeah, we have, 5 years ago. Think it was one of the first videos I watched here.
Good job with that. God Bless to you and your crews. 🤟 ❤
For every easy job you have jobs like this. Great team work great communication. Ron you are a TRUE team leader you know what you want & willing to listen to other ideas you may reject it, but you EXPLAIN why you rejected the idea as a learning tool!
Thank you so much for the video please post more videos a week God bless
An interesting one😍🤪🇬🇧God bless you all
Man. Some times at this job, i think, i lose my confession. Are you realy so cool?🙂 I think these boys must learn elementary things. Try and error is not the way, at this heavy job.🙂 So go on and be so cool as you can. Good job👌
I have only one word WOW !!!
Another great job Ron mate
Multi-phase job. Phases 1,2 & 3 done. Free-rolling, out of the field onto the access road, and onto the highway. Next, tow to the lift point, then lift and prepare for transportation. Whew!!!
Ethan and Gavin GET YOUR NOSES OUT OF YOUR PHONES. They are NOT a respirator! Safety first, and if your eyes are not on the job at hand you can get hurt. Ron I love all your expertise and teaching but you should insist the boys cell phones stay in the pockets.
If Ron saw the phone usage as a problem, he would have said something. He evidently didn't see any issue in this particular situation. If they were on a more active roadway, such as the interstate, then I'm sure they are smart enough to not look at their phones, and if not, Ron definitely would have said something.
You are right about that
John Dear 9770 STS with single front wheels in good working condition was worth $75k-125k. That is a hit for the farmer. Probably had insurance but you can’t put a price on loss of use. The combine had set in the field for a few weeks, probably waiting for insurance adjuster to make a determination. Farmer had already worked the ground around the fire. Extremely soft ground, easy to get stuck. Good job.
Good job lads. Pleasure as always to watch
It is not easy for you but you make it look easy you do afine job of it .
I learned a lot from you gentlemen today - thank you - great job
Great job guys! 💪💪💪
great video
You guys did another great job
Excellent job with a tough task.
Another great recovery! Stay safe.
This channel is awesome, glad I came across it, truck is awesome, very professional service too👍
You are the best that i know of to work with and the smartest.
Practice, Practice!! These young guys,will pick up,on the knowledge. Metro Detroit Loves you guys!! G
Great job getting that beast out on the road I know I couldn't do it
Good morning from Southeast South Dakota
Ron: “it may sound simple, but this is going to take a while”
Me: no Ron, that doesn’t sound simple at all 😂
Great job guys. Having been a farmer, it is always sad seeing a beautiful machine burned to a crisp. It came out of the field pretty easy, with no small part from you all.
I would have titled it, How do you like your combine, original or extra crispy lol. That wasn't no match to get it out of the field there Ron. Thanks for sharing this my friend and God Bless You Guys.
Awesome video you're experience really shined and you and your crew were very professional. Denis from Santa Rosa CA. Be safe out there.
Impressive winch work. Job well done.
It was a great help having that axcess road where it was.
Can't wait see part 2 video
Now I kneed to get a rotator recovery truck as I am a CZcams certified professional from watching all your videos 😂🤣. All joking aside you explain what you do so well that people may think they could do it. Another great video, thank you.
Good job Kevin helping Ron.
sorry Gavin
Good learning for all.
Awesome
I am surprised that they weren't able to get some of the neighbors together with one or more tractors, hook up with some strong chains and yank it out to that access road.
I like watching your Videos
Thanks Ron and team for the usual Friday lunchtime (in the UK) offering. Stay safe out there.
Wow never thought of the exact time difference as it's around my breakfast time
Back 18yr or so ago. I was driving north out of Lexington Tn. And coming south was a big towtruck. Hauling a combine backwards. it took up both lanes. They had the rear steer axle on the wheel lift.
Traffic was behind them for miles.
Damn that wind sounds as if it’s colder than a witches thorax.
your so great sir'
THANK YOU
howdy ron i found the simpler a job sounds the more difficult it is.
Seems like with all the farmland around you get a lot of soft surface issues. Have you considered getting some of the steel duckboard panels the Army Engineers use to make temporary runways? I know they're not cheap (nothing good is) but they would certainly uncomplicate some of the off-road recovery jobs.
You mean Marston Matting? I tried to find some of that years ago and was unsuccessful
I was thinking of off-road wheeled dollies.
@@The_DuMont_Networkthey make alternatives, one such you can even rent from some rental companies is called duradeck.
and where would they keep them their is no space left for anything.
@@JohnWilson-ql8ksat that point they’d have to have a truck and trailer dedicated for equipment like that.
There is a transmission on most combines that can be put in neutral, but most also have a spring applied, hydraulic release park brake.
its electric over hydraulic
I love rigging and lifting heavy stuff
I bet your father would be very proud of Ethan for using his Heavy-Duty 2006 WESTERN STAR 4900 night cab 35 ton wrecker tow truck tandem-axle Vulcan V-70.
Good morning from Maine Ron.
Look like that part was easy.😊
Best hour and 3 min of the day so far. I pity the poor farmer that has a piece of equipment like that burn down. Kinda surprised the landowner didn't shovel up the debris rather than just till it into the ground.
Monday afternoon as we were traveling on I-44 going east between Phillipsburg and Lebanon in Missouri we noticed many lights flashing. As we got closer over in the west bound lane close to the shoulder many responders there. The large wrecker had a hold of the semi tractor and the people were looking at the box trailer, the whole front end was ripped open and torn apart from the trailer. The material looked like thick foam boards or something similar. Didn't look like anything caught fire, which was a good thing. Not sure if his fifth wheel came undone or what. I couldn't see the name on the side of the semi. As we came back there were more people there, trying to figure out what their next step would be. They would probably have to unload most of it. The break in the trailer went just past the dolly's. It looked as though someone used a can opener to open the box trailer. I never heard anything on the news about it. A few weeks before that, just before Philipsburg another truck had run off the road and went through a state highway sign tearing it apart. Nothing on the news about it either.
yep the combine was burnt. but waiting for part 2 and part 1 was good
Well I hope that you know that you are on that drivers phone list now for the next time he gets called to pickup a piece of equipment. You’ll be his first & only call.
Thank you for the video.
Thank you Sir, btw I’m glad that you have an angel in your pocket.
Good job....that farmer didn't waste any time getting to work in the field!! God bless and be safe.
Ron mentioned early they were racing incoming rains. Can't plow mud.
4:24 Good questions. If you can’t take the time to answer his questions in the field, would you please make a note of the questions and do a teaching session at a later time so you can teach him the why and he can learn? You can even ask him how he would handle it as a pop quiz after the training session. ❤❤❤
Now, that' a cliffhanger!
These modern harvesters are amazing machines, doing in one day what it took weeks to do manually. Man has come a long way in mechanical progress. Makes you wonder what tomorrow will bring?
I hope that they are able to get that John Deere "Cadillac" repaired and ready for harvest for this fall. A machine like this would cost 6 figures, and it represents a major investment in their agriculture.
That’ll be an insurance right off
@@gregshearer423 Yeah it's a total.
Thats a 7 figure combine
I'm surprised that the feeder house could take that much side pull. If there ever were a "Mission Impossible" this was it.
Damn that's one expensive fire!!
A challenge, but no overhead wires or speedng trucks to dodge!
Pulling that combine out of the field is about as exciting job I had during a college summer job. Watching paint dry on these really large highway signs for our NC roads. All that is done now by prisoners. Back in the 70s those signs were made by companies. I worked for Modern Metal Products. I don't think the company exist anymore. It probably a division of something else now.
Hey there Ron! Love your videos and I’ve been a faithful subscriber for a looong time. I notice you keep your communications up to date for you and your employees….please do the same for your viewers and BUY WIND PROTECTION for your GoPro and other cameras! (or update if you ‘are’ using external wind protection). Raising your audio volume in editing is NOT eliminating the wind noise. Stay safe and God bless! ~Jim~
Ron, Enjoy your videos. It always scares me see one of yall standing so close to cable. I had a rope snap and come back it cab with me in a skid steer. I don't get hurt hardly at all but scared me. Just want yall to stay safe.
Looks like that field was tilled with a moldboard plow after harvest,. that's why the ground is extra soft. I can't imagine why that farmer would've done that knowing that the combine needed to come out.
Rotator in the tutorial fields . Looks like a bad episode of green mud acres. Was it corn and made popcorn 🍿 looks like it sat all alone in the field to rust up. Time to plant another crop
You really need a big military tow truck that's designed for offroad use. It'd really come in handy in situations like this. Either that or what the city of Fort Worth has which is a John Deere skid steer (brand doesn't matter) that has a big blade with spikes on the bottom to act as an anchor and then it has a big winch and pulley that's on a ram above it. I saw it when they used it to pull cars out of the river on Depths of History's channel. Then again, just a big wide wheel logging skidder would probably work, with those 8 giant 3-4 feet wide tires that are made for floatation.
To me job #1 is get it out of the field and at least onto the access road before it starts raining.. Doing that before the driver gets there is a good use of time when worrying about the weather so it doesn't end up sunk deep in mud. Loading it on the trailer is a non-issue until you can get it out of the field.. First step in that I would've taken a set of chains and binders on each side and ran them out to that axle or onto the unit itself and then back to the main frame and used the binders to shorten it up and left that thing up to get it out of the ground, disconnecting the lines from the rams if it didn't want to budge. Those square cutouts in the top of the machine might've worked too but I don't know if I'd trust them after they've been that hot, they might've been annealed and lost all their strength... the axle is thick enough that it should still hold even after getting hot.
I believe that if you would've unhooked the rear steer once you were trying to turn it around, it would've allowed it to come around much quicker with less side tension on the whole thing.
You might want to check out "Dirt Perfect's" recent episode where he used some stuff called "Liquid Tire" on his Volvo A25 leaking tires .... seems to work well.
Another great job fellas! Did you ever find out what caused the fire?? 🥺🤔🤔🥺🤔Oh by the way I just received my Midwest towing and recovery tee shirt the other day. I’m wearing it proudly as I continue to recover from a near fatal stroke. The lord above said nope not my time yet. I still have a purpose on this earth! As a tow and recovery operator myself from upstate New York I’ve recovered many farm tractors that were stuck in the mud and cow manure. 💩 Yeah that was a dirty job!! 🤣🤣