The Insane Amount of Power Pushback Trucks Pack to Move Giant Aircraft

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[Greatdome]

It's all about gear ratio. A low power tug can haul anything but very slowly. Simple physics.

[incog]

If a 767 is your idea of small then I would hate to see what large planes would be classified as according to you.

[Mugruokgt]

"The insane amount of power" - has 180hp

[HesJustSteven]

The fact that you said a 767 is small and that airplanes can’t move backwards on their own shows how much knowledge is lacking here.

[Southwest_WR]

I know he, did NOT classify a Boeing 767 and Bombardier Global Express as"SMALL"aircraft.
Someone is, NOT fact checking here.

[rburn]

Many planes have reverse thrusters which can be used in a pinch to move backwards. Mainly they are used at touch down with the brakes to slow and/or stop a plane.

[andym]

The example of “smaller planes like the 767 and Bombardier” seems to suggest a lack of knowledge of the broader selection of commercial aircraft models.

[rubes]

I love how a 150 tonne airliner is lumped into the same category as a small corporate jet..

[dgelfhc]

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[arnofulpius]

its not true airplanes can revers with their engines it is just that it is dangerous for the ground staff because of the blast that the engines make

[warp.routine]

Never heard of a powerback huh? Any craft that can produce reverse thrust can back up on its own...

[anjoLas]

They're not that powerful, people can push airplanes.

[global-hellsorosshjt]

The mixed balance between music and dialogue is excellent....I would consider a de-esser however.

[preuomo]

Did he say these things weigh 50 tons...???

[Wongwanchungwongjumbo]

The latest design of the push back Tow Truck tractor is Towbar less types used to push back the Giant Airbus A380.

[johnkennedy]

I was a ramp agent in the late 80's early 90's and we would use the "power-back" method on all aircraft up to the 757 anything bigger would be pushed from the gate

[bragnonymous]

Worked ramp for untied back in the day. The little baggage tractors had enough power to push back a 747. What they lacked was the ability to stop one.

[koushickaraman]

This video is very incomplete. You started talking about pushbach cars and ended up talking about tug boats which are not even land vehicles. Mainly you missed about the pushback cars used to push jumbo jets.

[rburn]

Never called them "Push back vehicle's" we called them Tugs and one of their jobs was to push back aircraft.

[nathanjdias]

Planes can move back on their own but it's generally unsafe to use the reverse thrusters so close to ground staff and also quite inefficient.