All right, so now we just got a call.
We're headed over to 130th and Indiana, South Side of Chicago.
This is a Ford tractor trailer bottomed
out under a viaduct bridge.
So me and the crew, we're rushing out now
to see if we can get the situation cleared up,
get traffic back flowing.
I see this big-ass tractor trailer stuck on the bridge.
And my boss Early is already on scene.
This is bad.
I mean, we saw worse, but this is pretty bad.
I mean, you see he caught, you know, this hump here.
We see this all the time here in Chicago.
Oftentimes, you get a lot of out-of-state drivers
that don't know the height restrictions when it comes
to our bridges, causing these trucks
to get stuck under the bridge.
Hub cap pieces.
Normally, when you see stuff like that,
you know this is a-- you know, usually
a tough area for trucks.
I tried making this corner.
There there's cars in both lanes so I didn't want to hit a car.
So I couldn't swing it as wide as I should.
This is the result of it.
It's nerve-racking.
I'm a new driver, too.
I've only had a CDL for two months.
So it's, uh, it's pretty stressful.
[honking]
When you pull up to a bridge and you don't see a sign,
all you gotta look for is the header.
See the header?
Somebody has been chipping this bridge already.
Yeah.
That just indicates, hey, just take it slow right here,
you know what I mean?
Before towing, I was driving tractor trailers cross-country.
It's a tough job.
Extreme long hours, places that you've never seen in your life.
So I know what kind of pressure this guy's under.
And at this point, I feel it, too.
We've got to get this guy rolling ASAP so we can save
his job, his career, his everything.
A lot of trucks gets stuck here.
It is a tight turn, as you can see.
So if you're new around here, if you've never been,
it is a common problem.
It's, uh, it's pretty stressful.
I have appointment times that I have to make.
And I don't think I'm going to make this appointment time.
It's wedged.
So we're going to have to drop the air pressure to lower
the truck so that it'll make it easier
for us to get him unstuck.
So that's what he's doing now.
He's loosening up the valves so they can drop the air pressure,
so that when we start tugging, it'll go
in our favor more than against.
If we unlatch but keep tugging up and pulling it out,
the whole thing could flip over.
All right, just hook it up to his bumper.
Go ahead.
One of the shoulder spots under the trailer.
So now we're going hook to there and try to shift a little over.
You have to pay attention.
You have to know what you're doing.
You have to know what you're hooking up to.
Because if you're not paying attention,
the truck will flip over.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Go ahead.
Lower your fork, lower your fork.
Lower your fork, Rich.
[thump]
Easy.
Easy, easy.
[scrape]
He clear?
Yes, sir.
Good job, good job.
That was a whole lot harder getting it in there.
We all work together as a team out here.
Once you work as a team, we get it done so we can hurry up
and clear the scene out, get the driver back on his way out.
We haven't added everything up yet.
But three Macro with the trucks winch,
heavy duty winch, looking at about $7,500, $8,500, somewhere
in there.
So in a situation like this, normally
the company is responsible for it.
Hopefully they don't take it out of his check.
Awesome, man.
- Go from here. - All right.
[honking]
All right, man, I appreciate you guys.
I really do.
No problem, man.
I know you're just doing your job, but I still appreciate it.
Luckily we were able to get him out safely.
Everyone was safe.
He didn't get hurt.
The truck didn't tilt all the way over.
So another job well done with WW.
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