NYC sucks at loader driving!

[Stuff]

Don't know who has seen this yet or not but **** that guy sucks at driving!!!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt_r-jO3lKE


(mods feel free to get it embedded or whatever to the thread if you can)

[D8R]

Some one has to los his job, or both of them, as he says in the video, unbelivable!!!
Guess Police has this video to!

[Claus]

If I had to guess I would say there was a sign saying "snow plow route-no parking when it snows", not much care taken when that happens.

[Snochaser]

Truely shows difference between a driver vs. an operator.

[Bodyman]

you think he would use the bucket to raise and push his way out

[Bigrigger]

It's like he's trying to smash the car. Front-loader driver FAIL!

[firefighter-1177]

WOW REALLY! Gota agree with snochaser on that one.

[Lil Giants]

Comical!

The tow trk operator, must've been a rookie too. Could've/should've parked on far side of street from the loader and winched him sideways while pulling him backwards. Perhaps this vid will make a good training video of 'what not to do'.

1.5 million views in two days, wow, wonder how it's linked to make that happen?

[roadranger]

It's a tight single lane road - how far over can the truck get?
The road is a sheet of icy packed snow, and no chains on either loader or tow truck.
Spin your tires on that icy crap, and the loader and truck just follows the camber of the road down grade - right into the parked cars.
I'd call it operator error for not using chains...

That's why they have chain-up laws here in the Rocky Mtns, enforced with BIG $$$ fines.
So that operators/drivers won't go out there unprepared and mess everything up, causing 30-40 car pileups

[Espeefan]

Wow. At first I thought the tow truck driver was the stupid one, but then as they made progress, I realized the guy in the front end loader was just as bad. Common sense isn't so common after all. You think they could have simply thrown some sand down on the ice, if it was that slippery. That loader would have walked right out of there without a problem, and without the tow truck helping.

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by Espeefan

Wow. At first I thought the tow truck driver was the stupid one, but then as they made progress, I realized the guy in the front end loader was just as bad. Common sense isn't so common after all. You think they could have simply thrown some sand down on the ice, if it was that slippery. That loader would have walked right out of there without a problem, and without the tow truck helping.

yep , not to mention helping it self with the bucket it's not for decoration , Hello

[Lil Giants]

Originally Posted by roadranger

It's a tight single lane road - how far over can the truck get?

6 - 8 feet further over, parked 8 -10 ahead of where he was at the beginning of vid, extend the boom, use the vertical riggers or underlift to help anchor the trk and winch it. The carnage could have been avoided with a little care & thought... likely both are $/hr so why get in a panic.

[Rogue]

Originally Posted by Snochaser

Truely shows difference between a driver vs. an operator.

Nuff said right there !!

[A32Limited]

If it weren't for the guy shouting into the camera...that would've been a far more educational video, but he turned it into an annoying one.

[MACK Daddy]

Want to know what Mayor Bloombergs response too that was?

"They Should file a complaint with the city"....lol


alfy

[vmilnik]

is there any pics of the damaged car?

[mog]

joe right a tow truck has a boom and a winch for a reason they should never bean trying to chain out that loader. but i gess they got where try to do the quick fix.

[Stuff]

no pictures that i know of yet. The guy yelling was comical because of his think NY accent. but I agree it did get annoying!

I asked around for follow up pictures but nothing.

[pugs]

Definitely not farm boys either. Must of got the job last week

[RCTech9]

This is also in NYC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHMC7u1UnGY