Flood Water Bus Rescue...Helping Our Military
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- čas přidán 18. 07. 2019
- Towing a bus to our shop for repairs after it had taken a huge drink of flood water. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL!!! Thanks for watching and God bless. www.paypal.me/RotatorRon www.midwesttruck.net/ www.guardianangeldevices.com/... Follow the link for special pricing on the Guardian Angel Elite seen in this video. You can also use Coupon Code: 122CLIP)
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Ron to the LT: "All right, sir, I'm ready to roll with your bus here."
LT: "You're not supposed to call _me_ Sir, I call _you_ Sir! Sir."
Gary XHLC
WASNT THAT GREAT!!!!!!!! A "SIR OFF"., LOL YEP THEY BOTH DESERVE IT!!
In my decades, I've been a firefighter/EMT, utility worker, heavy equipment operator and OTR truck driver. In whichever field I was in, if we got ourselves into a situation, that wrecker and driver was ALWAYS our best friend. Part of what you do is rescue the rescuers! Respect for that from a former trucker and Fire Dog! Stay safe out there!
By being part of emergency services at large, you too are helping your country on a daily basis.
It's sad to say, but most of the public look at us like we're thieves and scum...…..That is until they need us in the middle of the night or a snowstorm etc.
For example just last week I was riding the shoulder with my beacons on trying to reach a accident. About a mile into the backup I had some guy in a pickup pull out of the lane and block me on purpose. He then proceeded to yell and call me a thieving POS and refused to let me past. Between shouting and making threatening gestures his passenger called the Police to "report me" when dispatch informed them I was responding to a accident. The only good part was the Police were waiting for him when he tried to go past and I signed a complaint.
SouthJerseySound some people are extremely disrespectful, I don’t know how they think that’s ok.
Often people do that to stop the flow of traffic that just wants to get ahead of the line so they can be first to proceed. You'll see trucks do that sometimes riding 3 wide to stop the cars from trying to squeeze by everyone else.
@Cle Jons It comes from people that think this parking sign has no impact on me then they get towed and a $100-250 bill to get the car back from the company so start thinking of them a thieves. Yes you have some tow trucks doing illegal things but for the most part companies know they make more by being legal as they have nothing to hide.
You also run into the scummy parking lot owners that buy the property next to a busy place in a city and put in a private lot with just enough signage to be legal but use every trick to hide it that they can like having the signs at the entrance to see as you drive out rather then places you walk past to get to a store next door or the one where they have a parking lot meter station hidden behind something so only the locals know to go get a ticket to put on the dash.
That flooding is unreal. Listening to the LT talk about what they are battling was really interesting. Thanks for including that.
The last flood here had a dozen cars stuck in flood waters. Govt had to run ads reminding people not to drive through flooded water.
@Ziva David 🤦
No cones were harmed in the making of this video 🤣
Frank Cardenas 21:48
Frank Cardenas the lies
Passenger window at 21:46
the same cant be said for any video made by swift transportation
I have said it MANY times......people keep pointing out what they BELIEVE are cones...they are not. They are fold-over dividers and are not considered cones. These are placed permanently in the pavement and are designed to fold over when driven over. They are quite common in this area due to the large agricultural environment. Given all the obstacles in this small area AND the intended content, which was the appreciation of our service men and women, I'm tired of responding to these silly comments about me running over cones.....which I did not.....the items that I drove over are designed to be driven over and they are NOT cones. So.... CAN WE PLEASE FOCUS ON THE REAL CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO?????? THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN. GOD BLESS.
Man what a nice guy that LT was. I love people who love their jobs, you included Ron
HOO RAA... Thank you Sir for taking care of my brothers in Arms 👍
As always prayers of safety for you, your family and crew. God Bless.
Ron, you are the undisputed Master of tough backing and turn arounds. Impressive!
And I don't think missing the horn should be an issue when anybody can see it's a "if you're not helping, stay out of the way" situation.
It would've been nice to have been able to see the turn around. I am in awe of those of you who are able to master that maneuver.
I watched a truck rodeo one time when the drivers had two or three trailers, yes awesome for someone who has less than two eyes like me to see.
You people (truck drivers) are great, it's a hard job, especially the big rigs and what you and your people do. Hope I never need you, but glad you all are out there just in case.
To fans of Ron remember to leave a thumbs up.
And I thought I was good at backing a trailer.....my Stetson is off to you for sure!!!
David Sonnen.he could have made it easier on himself by just hooking up to the front then just driving away
@@peterbarber7613 Actually, hooking to the front of this particular bus would have made this tow much more difficult. The drive-shaft would have to have been removed and air would have had to have been supplied to the air system on the bus to release the brakes or the brake chambers would have had to have been caged. This would have added a great deal of time and difficulty to this job. I knew I could make the turn around and I didn't have to go through the processes I mentioned. So, in my opinion, this was the easiest and most efficient way to tow this bus. Thanks for watching and God bless.
That was comparable to making a U-turn in a freight train!!!..great job turning that rig in such a tight spot!
Ok maybe making a u turn with a freight train is a little harder.
@@pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042 & @bill nalder .
Nah - Australian Road-Train drivers make tight turns on a daily basis, all done on the worst roads as well - so turning isn't a problem to those that remember which way all the wheels turn - in or out, when towing forwards, and thus - just aim them all the same going backwards too ;-)
Or - use a centipede truck - and simply ROTATE it all - on a center pivot point - somewhere inside it's deack area..
which is why someone commented there,.. about: "Pulling into the local tyre shop and saying" ..
Rotate my tyres please.. Sure - Um - All ... !!! HOW MANY?
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i like the wat that you take the time to explain what it is your doing as you go along . it's like sitting in 6 class room teaching future drivers how to do the job the right way. thank you for all the information.thanks fr honering our military.
Every tow is a class...
Ron is an excellent teacher!
I will never put our brave men and woman down,now the clowns in DC yes our military never God Bless them all.
A like 👍 for the service men & women!
Another fine job Ron. And a big thank you to the military. 🇺🇸 God Bless The USA. 🇺🇸
"Didn't even take out a cone." Mighty fine, Ron. Thanks!
No rear-facing camera?!?! What?!?! I waited all the way to the end to see your 45-point turn in all its glory!
You do it all man!
I love our military! so appreciate them and all they are doing ! and I appreciate you Ron for all that you do! Thank you for taking us along for the ride!
As a veteran I can say that you have been "briefed" on the situation.
PFC 4th battalion 4th field artillery Ft. Sill, OK
I will pray for those affected by the flood waters. God bless and stay safe. :-)
And we all thank you for your service. Keep climbing up the ranks Private
Just putting it out there, I am a military brat. My father was a Buck Sergeant in the air force back in the 80's. By today's standards, buck sergeant would be Senior Airman and/or Sergeant
God Bless!
Utmost RESPECT for OUR MILITARY men and women. And YOU too Ron! It was awesome that Our United States Military called on you to help them-that tells me that they have the utmost confidence in your equipment, your expertise and trust. Congrats and Thank You for jumping to their aid.Bruce&Ginger
Ain't power steering GREAT !!! I drove one with ARMSTRONG power steering , in tight squeezes it was a hard job getting around. Thanks for helping out the guys in uniform . GOD SPEED
Absolutely right. God Bless our brave military.
Impeccable turning skills! Within the cones and not taking any chances. Perfect!
Ron thank you very much for the encouraging words that you have for our military
Yes God Bless our service men and women!!! I remember the flood of '93 I lived in East Dubuque, Il. just across the river from Dubuque, IA. I sand bagged everyday for a couple months or better every night after work and even some days before work. On my days off I was there for 12- 16 hours a day. I lived on 2-4 hrs of sleep all that time because the help was needed. I did that a couple more times up to the 2008 floods in the same region. I know the devastation that water can do. I pray these waters go down everywhere soon!!!! God Bless you Ron for helping out on that front line by the means of that truck!!!!
Be blessed Ron and the servicemen and women for what they are doing for your country
so thankful for our military...and for those who support them. Thank you Ron.
@Ron Pratt Thanks for helping people trapped in the flood waters of the storm I feel the same way you do. Always helping others
Thanks Ron, you fill about these guys in uniforms as I do. God Bless to all. Another fine job, prayers for all.
Watching your videos is therapeutic in a away Ron. Keep up the great work!
Be safe out there and THANKS for the service of our military
Thoughts and prayers for everyone dealing with these floods. Ron, you are a true testament to integrity and professionalism. Hats off you you! Thank so much to our service members helping out. We salute you!
Exactly too
Exactly too
Thanks Ron for another great job! Stay safe out there 🙏
Good morning Ron.
Did the bus driver cross the river? It seems that he could have made it,seeing that PU
TRUCKS made it.Did the water
get into the engine?
Oh well you got it recovered
that'S all that counts.🚌🚌
God bless ALL the branches
of the military, local authorities
& citizens. And you for all your
employees in this time of crisis.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏
Keep up the great work, May God Bless You and Your Family and Colleagues!
Great job Ron! Love seeing you help out our boys! God bless and stay safe brother
It*s nice to know, that the National Guard, trust you to have their bus working, that means a lot, I am still amazed how you manage to turn around, the bus, plus the wrecker and without harming any cone😱😱😱😱😱🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
All right ! Another one well done in the book. God Bless
When a water level reaches up to engen it's requmended to get it towed to a service center to drain decontaminate and replunish fluids to avoid toltaling engen
God bless you Ron for all the things you do
The power of water is amazing.
If 55 gal. barrels full of sand are
shot into the air, that must have
been a sight to see. ( from a distance ).
"From a distance" is the key phrase, there. Hydraulics are amazing.
Being a veteran of the military after 8 years I know what they are going through I used to do it when I stationed down their and all the stuff I have gone through around the world and would go back for our country again to keep America safe.
Wow... it sounds like that whole town needs to be raised 10ft.
Ron I hope you read this because it truly means a lot to me to stroll onto your channel, I’m 20, sorta split between careers and your one of the few that entice people to join your lifestyle instead of scare them away. You are inspiring. Your Channel is motivating. I watch these videos start to finish and enjoy every second of it. Grammar, respect, customer service, morals and morale is unparalleled. Don’t change a thing Ron! Your doing amazing things.
Good morning Ron,crew and family. Love the channel. God bless ya,ll. Stay safe out there my friend. 👌💪✌👍🙏🙏🙏🙏
Mr Pratt you are the Man. I am sure everyone is Blessed to have you as there Hero!!!! Thanks for helping those that are broke down or in trouble.
Love your videos man!!!! This a true inspirational work you have done to help our army in this video! Thanks for being a guardian angel and saving lives! Much love from Indiana
Great work Ron, fantastic to see the American national spirit is alive and well. PS. We have the same "problem" in Australia with people just wanting to drive through dangerous flood waters.
Anyone else feel like they are getting on the job training watching Ron's video's? Another great video thanks Ron!
Our military is the heart of the world
Well done Ron. And bless our troops for all they do.
Doing always a great job Ron. ✌❤🤠😇
Another great job done for our service men and women.
All those trucks crossing the river are going to be wondering how water destroyed their auto transmissions a few months from now.
Dusty Beckett as long as the Breather hose is up where it should be they will be fine
My neighbor crossed the flood waters here multiple times and just today he had to replace his brakes. Mud and grit messed up his calipers and his brakes would lock up.
Much respect to the National Guard units on the ground in the flood areas. Thank you for your service!
Ron you did a good job are and you splain these detail and I like to watch your videos and yes lot of people don't have respect for our military men and women they do a lot for his country and I want to thank him for everything you do for this country it went for the men and women they give us the freedom to do what we want to do and I want to thank you men in the military Air Force Army Navy and Marine and National Guard God bless all the men and wome🇺🇸🇺🇸
Ron Pratt whefeling and dealing but you came out very well bus being towed out to be fixed talked to the nice military gentleman doing his job.It is very interesting to see how the bus is being towed to be fixed for the military transportation very good to help our military out they are always helping us out.It is a good thing for all people to know that. Thanks for the nice video all be blessed with loving care and grace.
The Military and local law enforcement should be paid millions, not these sports stars who get paid millions for just a few hours of air time.
Totally agree.
Sports stars.... overpaid and underworked........ first responders overworked and underpaid.......
Same the world over.......
On the good side, for those who receive assistance are grateful.....
The only reason sports stars get paid millions is that a very small number of them are selected to play in x sports while many hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands of people are in law enforcement and the military and also billionaires also pay these sport stars salaries even with negotiated contracts by the leagues saying how much each team can pay all of their players on their team.
The Living Miracle one thing I love about military is once you retire you can buy a house easily and buy cars easily like cj so cool aka a youtuber he a veteran now but he own two brand new Mercedes and own a nice modern house and now big on CZcams
Amen to that cause they can dribble a ball or catch one n run some paid millions then we have hero’s who put there lives on the line everyday they should be paid way more than n e sports star! Yo lebron James this is what a hero is
natural forces.. sandy soil and hydraulic pressure. good vid, and good chat to the LT.
Good job Ron , respect to you and the U.S. FORCES
Yes I agree Our Military Do Not Get Paid Nearly Enough.
I like to send thought and prayer 🙏. To all who are going through all the flood waters. That is affecting our great nation. Also would like to send my thoughts and prayers to all our men and women who served and protect our nation. Also to all the men and women who are firefighter, police officers and EMS workers. And and everyone who operate towing and recovery. . Bless you and your family. Keep up the fine work that you keep doing everyday.
A couple of good old boys having conversation God Bless y'all both
GOD BLESS THE U.S.A and our troops they fight for our country a friend of mine his brother was in the army now his is a cop but other then that keep up the great work and stay safe out there
God bless you and the USA
I agree 100% The motto is country before self. I support our military and what they do.
Thank you so much man being a kid here in Nebraska it’s people like you who helped us so much when we flooded out you don’t get enough recognition for how much a hero you are man.
I always feel like I’m watching a movie when I watch your CZcams videos. Excellent in depth content! As a EMS / Firefighter and also Towing and recovery operator I look to forward to your new stuff! Be safe! Thank you and God Bless!
Why do people dislike? Like what is there to dislike? The fact that you don’t have a heart for the people being flooded in?
This is all they do..go from channel to channel .. they don't even watch the videos. I have heard in the rumor ville ( but you know how those go) that they are YT employees, if a channel reached a particular level..disliked bring it down ..then YT doesn't have to pay as much. ( so I have heard)
it only takes one thing that people see or one thing that Ron says to get a dislike. I don't think people judge the whole video or the main topic.
It is what they do.
West Virginia PD haters hate! Just watch the news for prove!
Haters gotta hater. Best solution? Ignore them, as a percentage, they don't matter much .
ty or sharing,for bless the people there and God bless our service men and women there and every where.
Indeed it's phenomenal what they do to help us in the worst of times, but it burns me up to see the military families who are hurting to meet the needs of the family not to mention the vets who have to go without I commend them for their sacrifice may God bless them!
Glad to see you helping the military out! My dad did a tour in iraq and kuwait a couple years ago. He was in the army. Also, good morning from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Good morning from Lebanon, PA!
Well here in AZ if you drive through flood water and anything happens you get to pay for the rescue. it is known as the "stupid motorist" law.
There’s good people everywhere, it’s just the bad ones that get the press. Thanks to you and the LT and his people.
Yes, God Bless the Military!
It is now August 6. 2019. A couple of days ago I stumbled across one of your Video's Ron Pratt. Watched as you did your job in such a way as to not only impress but to show what professionalism is all about. You are courteous and respectful to all those around you. To work out in the elements is a job not that many would want to do. You go out with out a thought but to get the job done. First , thank you for the video's we get to see. Second , thank you for showing that there are men out there that show kindness and respect. Third, I have subscribed and look forward to you video's. :-) I live in Oklahoma so hello neighbor. We truly have some weird weather this year. Stay safe and thank you again for your support of our road mishaps . Gob Bless you too Ron and to your family , friends and coworkers. ^__^
We should be grateful for our all volunteer military personnel.
Ron. You sir. Are one outstanding human being. The respect you show to every one is the true definition of what most of us try to be and fall short on a regular basis. My hat is to you sir. God bless you.
The fact that the military called you to help them, speaks volumes! God bless the military men and women that can't be home with their families and t spend the countless time defending total strangers!
God bless our troops that work so hard and thank you Ron and Family for helping them out!!
july 19th 2019,some roads in saline county mo are still undrwater,waverly mo to Carrolton mo is still out
A lot of people don't realize how much our military does behind the scenes God bless them all and keep them safe
It never really hits home until you have a son or daughter getting on a ship or plane to go to some godforsaken place that hates America’s guts. When one sheds those tears as a parent the price of freedom becomes clearer.
God Bless all the men and women working to help others in their time of need! And thank you for helping them.
21:50 I think you ran over some cones😀😀 Still that was some pretty impressive turning around!!!
I miss being in the military.
Same here spent 8 years as an 88m in the Army
Me too, left the Marine right after Desert Storm to take care of my father who had a stroke after I divorced my ex-wife for her drinking problem and moved to central Texas.
We had horrible flooding here along the Missouri in '08 as well. The local ANG unit put in a lot of time filling, delivering, and piling of sandbags along with thousands of civilians to keep the Mighty Mo in check. There was a neat story on the news of a couple driving down I-29, noticed the sand bagging effort and decided to stop and help. Why? They lived in Fargo which had also suffered massive flooding earlier in the spring and wanted to pay it forward after having their home saved by an army of volunteers.
God bless the men and women on the front lines trying to help our citizens. Thank you for your service.
Ron, you show us your recovery skills but leave us out of your driving abilities. Was your "K" turn around maybe a triple "W" this time? ;)
First have a good day mate cheers from the land down under 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Men at work Land down under ay good to see fellow Aussie following Ron
Nice song mate! Go the cane toads!
God Bless this Country and OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN THANK YOU.
God Bless you and your patriotic company.
Anyone that doesn't respect our military, law enforcement, first responders, fire fighters etc is welcome to leave this country anytime. I'll help them pack their bags!
Also, thank God for power steering right Ron?
Like if you have ever ridden a bus like that!
I rode a brand new school bus like that in about the 4th or 5th grade, back in the late 1950s. The only differences I could see were a switch instead of a lever to open the door, and probably an auto transmission rather than manual. Exact same bus 60 years later.
Yeah, , at basic training
We had cattle cars at Parris Island.
Every morning to the industrial area for 18 months.
Basic school bus. Just painted dark blue.
Ron, first off thank you for what you do, second to our men and women in uniform, be they on foreign or domestic soil, THANK YOU for your service. Now, after watching this its hard to believe this flooding has been ongoing since last October! We here on the banks of the TN River have been dealing with it off and on since March. Prayers and well wishes going out to the First Responders, the Military and people affected by this. Based on the video title, I thought you was going "fishing" for this "Bird". Glad that was not the case. Hope "Barry" didn't get bad there or make things worse for people up that way. Stay safe and God Bless.
I'm sending all those affected by the flooding my love and prayers from all the way over here in New Zealand ❤
I’ve got a cousin in the Air Force who’s a chopper commander.
maybe you can find the drain plug somewhere in that mess
Got a SBSP episode in my head where SB and PS go and pull a plug in the ocean.
May God richly Bless you, Brother. Thanks for the videos.
I have the up most respect for the military for every thing they do for us! Thanks for ur services! We appreciate it. Stay safe out there. Love the vids!
Wow. Could have used a drone to watch you back up all those axles from above!
Trying to control the drone would be a distraction. One just has to use the rear views one has and keep a good _mental_ picture of how big the train is and the geometry of your turns. You know, old school methods... ;)
@@xheralt Could have sent it up in air and did the turn around then recovered the drone. I watch another channel do it all the time.
As always, awesome video. Can we get some footage of your shop fixing it?
i do support the military . i come from a line of military vets so thank you for supporting the military and good luck
I too come from a long line of military vets. My grandfather on mom's side was born in 1899 and fought in the first World War. My grandfather on dad's side drove a supply truck over the Burma Trail on WWII. My dad served 24.5 years in the USAF and had security clearance one grade above top secret. My cousin served on an escort ship for the USS Missouri on her final voyage to become a museum piece. I served in the US Army Artillery and my unit consistently dropped 350 lb shells into 55 gal barrels from 22 miles out. God bless you, sir, for your service for our beloved country.
WOW.. sand boils and sink holes. Watch where you drive. Thanks for the video Ron..!! Keep Dry