How To Tow The 2018 Freightliner Cascadia | HARDER THAN USSUAL
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THIS is how ALL industries should work...ESPECIALLY the trucking industry. Experienced hand helping out the lesser experienced hand in a super professional manner. Not fussing, hollering, acting like hes an idiot, like he should already niw the tasks, or nothin like that. Hes working side by side with the feller and teaching at the same time. You dont see this that much these days. Shit, you dont see that at all these days when ya think about it. My hat's off to ya, driver. Yall stay safe out in the big road.
I have had Freightliners for over 40 years; first one was a ''74. Never had one behind a wrecker with less than 500000 miles on it. Something is very wrong when you have almost new trucks breaking down to where they need to be towed. That is why I have owned ''99s or older for the past 20 years. Current truck is a '99 with 700000 miles on it; never been towed. Ex-California truck and I was thrilled to get it!
Old trainer teaching other employees the tricks of the trade on new shit God bless and please be safe
All those low air dams will be toast the first time they are up North in the winter. As soon as they encounter a frozen berm while turning into some customer's driveway.... keeeerunch. Obstacle eliminated.
Looks to me @ 9:30 like it's already been crunched a time or two. (rivet is pulled out). Thank California and all their idiotic CARB laws for designs like this. In it's lifespan, by design this truck will easily crunch 15-20 new bumpers , but by CARB over it's lifetime this design will save at least 10 gallons of fuel.
As a former roadside tire serviceman, I can see how bad these would be to try to get a jack under with a blown steer tire. That's real safe to deal with on the side of the freeway (sarcasm).
Well they should have ordered one without the lower air dam. It clearly stats in the line sheet it is for over the highway only.
@@badassforever1 Over the highway still use parking lots and driveways.
Lots of things to consider when towing one of these low to ground trucks. Nice work. The drone footage was great.
At 28:24, you can see a 90 degree elbow with a plug with hexed sides. That is the pressure relief valve. With only one exception, I’ve always been able to use that tank with this valve, as my plan “B” to air up the entire truck.
The only exception was an International TowStar, I mean ProStar, that only had two air tanks that each was filled directly, and independently, from the air dryer. I ended up plumbing both tanks drain ports together, then to my truck.
Towing is is similar to flatbed trucking, in that it is an art form with a thick rule book. There is more than one way to do things an still safely reach the same outcome.
Keep up the great work, I’m always looking to learn something new.
Thank you Trent, i remember when Daral showed you the ropes on hooking up to Diffrent Trucks. I aways say you have to learn to crawl before you walk🖒
Looks like you need an impact driver as 'standard equipment' to loosen / remove those drive line bolts.
The amount of time that could be saved (and thereby reduce risk to guys in the towing industry) if the truck makers could agree to a standard mounting for the towing hooks, and provide a set of air and electrical points at the front for you to hook lights and brake lines to... Much like the pass-through systems on a bogie for making a double-b
they'd rather sell the "billy-bobs" a new "freight-wrecker" one a year >_>
Why do that they won't break down.
They want em all different so everyone can get a piece of the pie.
This is good idea, but it is also another part of the system that has a change to fail. Also if a tow truck were to plug into the trucks electrical system and then short everything out you would be very upset.
The tow lights the use are wireless anyway and many do have a easy place to hook air to tractor but your trailer brakes always have to be hooked to tow unit
Cool video. Drone shot was nice
Another professionally hooked truck! I wish all tow truck drivers were as good as you.
I like that Ram tow truck, best looking tow rigs IMO
Thanks Trent, stay safe out there! Love the drone footage also.
Awesome video Trent !!!
That Freightliner is on the ground !!
Nice work, nice drone shots,......& when you take the extra 5 minutes for preparation the trip is always safer.
Love the drone shots. It sure helps with one truck in back to move traffic over.
Great work love the drone footage.
nice work Trent training another guy how to hook a truck and nice drone shoot keep up the good work and stay safe out there
Nice to see CHP hanging around. Would be really cool to see CHP chasing down some of the *^%!buckets who wouldn't move over or slow the funk down when they passed you, and write them out a beauty of a fine.
didnt see any of those in this video. chp gave up fast too.
they just used it as a chance to chase a speeder
I really enjoyed the video and I been watching your videos all day today and wanted to say you do amazing work 💪🏾
good stuff Trent! head on a swivel as always!
I’d love to see more videos of you operating the wheel lift truck. Not many videos on CZcams like that
Quite a lot of work for a newer tractor.Keep up the good work
The tiny air tank is what supplies the air to the transmission so it will shift gears.
Idk why I enjoy these videos😂😂 but this was great man keep it up and be safe out there
Awesome add with the drone footage
Very cool done footage ☺️
nice drone footage. sweet. what a pain the new trucks turned out. I hate to see you under that truck with it lifted. a hose blowing would let it on you, and you can't see the hoses easy. good job trent.
Is great show .congratulation buddy . the people need know what hard is this job
Talked to some who have the new Cascadea they haven't had anything good to say about them. One of them said the AC doesn't cool very good but the AC in the sleeper works great.
yet another awesome vid thank you
Boy that truck was the pits getting to stuff. Good Job.
Hands on is the best training. Hope he will get more. Thank you
I work in logistics for a transportation company and I dont have a dog in the fight. Never been a driver and I have only been in the transportation industry for a couple years as I came from the professional services industry. Our fleet is about 7300 or 7400 tractors. 5200 of which are freightliners. 60 percent of those freightliners are dd15 1750 tq models and 40 percent are dd16 2050 tq models. We also have 1000 internationals with the cummins x15 2050 tq models. Lastly we have 500 each of kenworths and peterbilts with the paccar mx13 1850 tq models. I guess we also have a 150 or so western stars with I think Detroit diesels but I dont deal much with the western stars. I can say definitively the number of breakdown events with the paccar kenworths and peterbilts is a fraction of the internationals and a shockingly small percentage of the freightliners. I probably can't say the specific numbers as I'm sure it is in some NDA I have signed but def/dpf systems can be done well and doesnt have to be a cause of a tractor being in the shop every 50k to 100k miles. When it comes to the long blocks themselves we simply put dont have engine failures with the paccars aka peterbilts and kenworths. We have had a startling number of engine failures with Detroit diesels in our cascadias. Not just looking at total numbers but actual percentages. These aren't def/dpf systems failures. These are critical failures of short block or head components. When adding the ancillary systems like cranking, charging and def it is shocking how much more reliable the paccars have been. When the paccars do break and it is a customer pay situation the service cost is higher than freightliner or international. The cummins x15 hasnt been as bad as the Detroit diesels but hasnt been nearly as good as the paccars. Our company has decided to phase out the internationals for 1k more peterbilts and kenworths over the next few years. We will never have all peterbilts and kenworths as it seems to be to cost prohibitive probably a combination of running costs related to mileage and the purchasing costs of the units. We have been buying peterbilts and kenworths for about 20 years and as more time goes by the more our number of paccars grows. They are the only tractor we will keep out of warranty. We will keep them a full 5 years. The freightshakers the minute they hit 500k miles get sold.
But love your videos trent keep up the good work
Let's see what ya got today👍 thx Trent
Nice drone shots
You are a really smart young guy! :)
GOOD Job Roberto CYA 👍
I didn't know that the tow truck would take of=ver the braking if the trailer but that would make sense for stopping with all the weight behind it. That was a cool looking cabover Freightliner in front of your tow rig....
Up here where I live there are SO MANY of those trucks on the road now, companies are picking them up like candy
Same
Theyre all up and down I10 tween Houston and NOLA for sure.
Loving this channel so far! I noticed the grill lights were off at 40:17, are they broken or do you have to turn them on separately?
Love the videos and thanks for sharing but what is that touch screen above the driver's said about and what does it do? Just curious to ask.
Great vid - thx
Great hook up. you are look very careful about what you doing. Safety first on the highway like that
Same way I tow them also. Those trucks are horrible to tow from the front or back. If there going more than a couple miles I front tow them. Its easier than trying to tie those fairings up and keep the front bumper from draggin.
Nice video.
Trent, you need to start using orange cones. That forces the traffic over to the left a little.
So educational
I actually remove the front bumper. 8 bolts in total and strap it to the catwalk in tow. Once you remove the 8 bolts you simply lift up and pull it towards you. There are 4 on each side easily visible when you look at the inside of the bumper. Not too time consuming.
Trent I'm thinking that your state should allow towing companies to use traffic arrow strips
If you're looking for a place to push air in, what about the pressure relief valve on the air dryer? i think it's 3/8 on a Bendix AD4 or AD9, those are almost standard equipment on trucks. Another standard point to find is the tank signal port on the air governor. usually easy to find, and straight into the wet tank with either of these points.
Yes I am familiar with those hookups! In this case since the dryer wasn’t behind the bumper like it typically is I went directly to the tank. Safer bet in my opinion. Nice comment thanks for watching!
Any particular reason you pulled out the drain valve instead of pulling out one of the many bungs on the tank, which appeared to use a square drive for a ratchet? Just curious.
Also do you ever come across trucks that have air connections that already exist specifically for towing / recovery use?
Nice video, Nice work. From norway towtruck driver
Good job
That’s sad to see a new truck broken down.
Probably for def at my job they bought a 18 wheeler and some combination s and all have been to the shop due to def engine
do you suppose the gauge is after the valve on the dash and that maybe it wont release pressure on the gauge till he pushes and re pulls the switch ? maybe its just weird
key off too?
Ive wondered in all your videos and just thought to ask, why you guys dont keep safties in the pockets on the tailboard? Not bashing just asking.
Some fleets have had to tell their drivers they aren't responsible for lower spoiler damage here in the nor th east. Kinda sad when the drivers have to get a written memo to cya when common sense tells you that those spoilers won't last.
Badass
The trucks with auto trans are shifted by air giving the air tank mark trans. It uses air pressure to engage and disengage the clutch and shift the gears they call it a automated manual.
Let's address the elephant in the room. That truck is less than a year old and it already broke down. Not to mention you have obviously towed one before to know how to tow one. Seems like Freightliner quality is going downhill?
Who do you thinks any better go sit at a Kenworth or peterbilt shop watch those brand new ones being towed in. You got to go by percentages and I don't know what it is but Freightliner outsells everybody else so they will always have more breakdown
Also likely it went into limp mode because it ran out of DEF. The trucking companies just want a warm body in the seat. They don't got no time for training...
I heard the DD15 is a piece of crap.
It’s not quality it’s more just the driver or how often it’s being used if it’s being driving 16-20 hours a day in hot weather it’s going to break down no matter the brand
Probably a emissions related break down.
Good video man ..
What was the wrong with this new Freightliner I heard the driver saying losing power !!
Can a tow truck tow another tow truck that is towing a tractor and trailer(53 ft trailer) legally? I saw a that around 3am last week here in Dallas. Both tow trucks were from the same company but I guess the first one must of broken down and they didn't want to detach everything.
thought those plstic cover some off in the bottom for the tow
What size are your and Darryl’s trucks I know Roberto’s is 50 ton
He said 35 in another vid.
You should do more drone shots
The new big rigs are nice but it a pain in the neck to tow when they made those trucks they don't think about tow truck company about towing the truck
2018 going on 2008. that thing looks beat already!
How many big rotaters do y'all own
For the most part the semis had changed lanes. Be Safe
These are a pain. Last few months I have been getting them more and more. All de rated DEF problems. Many under 10k miles. I have had a few piggy back internationals with 1 thousand miles on them and they can't even make delivery of the vehicles from factory to customer without breaking down. I'm out here in AZ Texas canyon area
Beautiful territory you are in.
My heart stops every time you are on the driver side
Huh I didn't know there was such thing as a automatic trucks. But how would it work uphill/downhill?
Shifts just like a car,these new Detroit transmissions are awesome.
Have you come across the 2019 Cascadia's with the flange drivelines and the 21mm Driveline bolts yet? Good times I tell ya. To top it off you cannot tow them from the rear.
Are you talking about the ones that have something like 10 nuts and bolts? I ran into one a few weeks ago, you can't get the box end of a wrench on the nut, and the bolt head is nearly basically impossible to get on with a socket. We ended up taking the axles after we nearly broke our breaker bar from the pressure we put on it.
I don't have the part numbers handy, but I ordered a 21 mm impact socket, and use a 5" impact wobble extension on my impact to get the nuts off, and a cheap thin closed in 21mm wrench to hold the bolt head behind the flange. I have towed several myself, and so far that has worked on all of them.
He sees that on a 6X6
Is he A new driver?
What s the rule for automatics?
Always pull the driveshaft before moving the truck at all. Manual transmissions can handle being towed a reasonable distance in place without damage. Automatic transmissions cannot, even a very short distance under tow can damage them.
@@tallman11282 oh so there are automatic trucks?
+Ferguson101 Actually Alison Automatic Makes Automatic truck transmissions that are basically a large version of whats in a car, that's right, a Planetary style transmission with Lockup torque converter. They are starting to gain popularity now in things other than Busses and Garbage trucks for various reasons. Go look up Alison Automatic on YT if you are curious.
Pull the driveline
Does the CHP help ya’ll when your on a highway like that, or in an area like that, to help with traffic control?
What up.
Can you do a start up video of and of the dodge tow truck
That's all the new trucks no matter who makes it that's why I wouldn't have one.
Cape Town
What’s the rule on automatic?
,too much danger, really, most seemed to move over, you certainly earn your money, pull toy said it.
Why do you have to disconnect the drive shafts?
If you do not disconnect the driveshaft on these new Detroit transmissions, you will wreck the inside of the transmission since the oil pump is not spinning.
Trent, I had a question. Is thw tow industry cut throat? Specifically, are rival tow companies friendly with each other? If there was ever a need, would one company help another, or no? I realize companies do things differently, so it wouldn't be the best thing to have rival companies trying to do the same job, or help each other.
This is a good question. I know the oilfield down here in SW Louisiana works that way and always helpsesch other out, but different regions and different specialized trucking industries are different im purty sure. To me, working together would always be better...that way ya all get a piece of the pie. Butx these days, ya never know. Folks get greedy and cut throat. Alot of times ive seen ppl take a loss just so the next guy didnt get the business or make a dime...and even do it repetitively, just cuz..
Hope someone from the tow industry chimes in here.
I think that is more depending on the companies and local laws. Look up Quebec tow truck rules and CBC video if you want to see cut throat. Actually funny as LT is Quebec.
Now this might be a stupid idea, but if im correct, normaly when you push in the red brake button, air flows from the tanks to the trailer. Wouldn't it work in reverse? To supply the truck with air using the trucks red hose? Simply connect the red hose of the tow truck to the red hose of the tractor that is being towed and push in the red. That way you could always use the same coupling and hose, no need to figure out each time how to connect air. But I'm just a software dev, I might be missing something.
Then how would you release the trailer brakes?
Simple, make a hose with a Y or T piece in it so it has 3 connections. 1 to the truck red, 1 to the trailer red, 1 to the tow truck red.
typically there is a check valve that would prevent that if I remember correctly
If you were talking about attaching at the red glad hand on the tractor to flow back in, there is almost always on the newer trucks a one way valve installed so air can't flow in.
That's usually how they tow tractor only. Trailer is easier to go direct to a tank this guy just didnt have the right tools for some reasons. Not a tow driver but been broke many times in 8 years lol
Putting it on blocks works too,and takes less coordination.
They have had to do that but you need taller forks then. Take the bumper off too, 8 bolts.
Darm
Takes like 2 minutes to pull that front bumper off..
Absolutely no way... plus where will you store it.
Is he driving a different truck than the one you drive
ever get surprised by snakes ?
When I used to work as a Med Duty Tow truck driver in San Diego 20 plus years ago I always felt nervous being that close to the fog line and traffic blowing by you at 70 plus mph
My tow truck actually got side swiped by a motor home while hooking up a truck . I saw the motorhome getting extremely close and dove under my truck at the last second . The owner of the truck saw the impact and ran towards me yelling if I was okay
That was the scariest moment of my towing career
Should have bought a international LT with a Cummins
Why would it matter if it's a stick or automatic? You still gotta pull the driveshaft either way.
Dan Dunning if it’s a stick you can move it a short distance without pulling the driveshaft, if it’s an automatic it has to be pulled before moving anywhere neutral
Automatics can be damaged being moved even a tiny bit while manuals can handle it.
But somehow people r always bragging about the new cascadia..i always tell them to get back with me after a million miles...i think i over estimated that..maybe three hundred thousand lol
going down hill? didn't think that was possible. money in the bank for towers.
2018 model and already broke down jeeze
Theres a 🐍 in my boot
LUNCH
Poor reberto gets the greenhorn tool kit....Trent get that man set up better on tools !!
He has a fully equipped snapon truck lol
@@plazatowing well did he forget them that day ? Lolololol noooo snap on hammer !!!
Snap On tools are made to hang on the wall and look pretty. They're too slippery to use.
Sounds like you want your baby back