Major Semi Rollover Blocks Entire Freeway

Major Semi Rollover Blocks Entire Freeway. Finally, something rolled over that isn't a container. And after the load spilled all over the freeway, it was empty too! Received this job from Omar at Titan Tow at 6am, and immediately headed out to assist in my 50ton rotator, Hulk.

I was first on scene since I was already headed in to work and had a driver meet me at this onramp in Hulk. From there I got a royal police escort, backwards, to the incident. At exactly this time they had managed to move some debris to snake a path for some vehicles to pass through on the center divider side as morning rush hour is BRUTAL. This was only temporary since that's the side that had debris, and my goal was to open up a lane on the opposite side as fast as possible.

The only way to do this was to winch the entire thing towards me and straighten it out. This worked great, and allowed 2 lanes of traffic to pass simultaneously while Omar and I got our game plan and rigged for the final job. First step was to close and secure the box to the chassis, then we rigged quickly to get this tractor and trailer up and out of the way.

The job was high pressure but overall I found it quite easy. Omar had a heavy wrecker on scene up front so as soon as it was upright, it went straight onto the under-lift and ready to tow out. Unfortunately the freeway still had to be shut down to do a full debris cleanup, but those guys seemed fast and after a bit, all lanes were open and traffic free again.

Since this was a rush job, I didn't get to use a drone or Sony or any other fancy equipment. All footage was shot with my iPhone 15 Pro in Apple Log, what did you guys think?

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[tstemen]

Started my thirty three year trucking career operating a wrecker when we only had slings. I’m from Cali and you guys do a phenomenal job. Whatever you do if you get a show don’t let them make you look like fools. Do it your way or no way. Great channel.

[ryanburbridge]

Ha ha 15:39 thanks for the shout out. My oiler and i were stuck in that for about 2 hours. Got on the freeway just 2 exits south of this. Glad you were there to get this cleaned up.

You guys do great work been a subscriber for a long time. Posted some of my own videos but it’s not easy to make good videos. Hats off to you for taking the time to keep people informed and entertained.

OE local 12 SoCal baby!

[ariedekker]

This one was also done neatly and quickly.
What a great company promotion.

[williamlloyd]

Never ceases to amaze me that on a nice SoCal day with dry pavement that you can end up with a mess like this.

[wesleypulkka]

Pepe, you and your crew are at the top! Another no drama recovery that was as hard as they come! Congrats!

[richberryhill]

There's nothing cocky about the truth. It's called confidence. Great job as always!!!

[obfuscatethecode]

The conditions you guys have to operate under is wild!! I’m always impressed - crazy traffic, the people, the odd scenarios, the heat, sometimes rain and the cliffs… just crazy

[kevinkenyon]

Josh it’s great to see different companies working well together! Another awesome video! Thanks for sharing! Kevin

[bobcatsmith]

It's nice that two different towing companies can work together. As always, Josh job well done.

[leeshaver]

As a retired operator of 20 years it never ceased to amaze me when we needed a lane to work so that we'd be safe in doing our job the CHP wanted the lanes open and they wanted them open right now so you better move your ass and do it
but if a CHP officer break a fingernail on the freeway during a traffic stop they'll shut the whole damn freeway down for hours while they do their investigation that's how it's done in SoCal

[danielvick]

As a 60 year old tow truck driver in Canada wished I had of equipment like that in my time! awesome job guys. Some people don't believe it take some real engineering to accomplish what looks completely impossible safely and with the due time to free traffic

[johncarolweber]

Wow. I’m an old lady and enjoy watching you guys work together. My hubby was a good worker . He ran the paving plant, to build new freeways.

[briananderson]

Pepe's Towing never ceases to amaze me as to the quality of their work and their ability to solve complex problems and work with other companies and organizations. Bravo Zulu.

[frankbroker]

When I saw Hulk on the KTLA morning news getting ready to "do its thing", I knew it would make a great YouTube. You make this complicated stuff look easy! And great call on chain binders on the hydraulic cylinders.

[oldsmokeeater]

Josh You most often commend "the Hulk's" power. But it's your skill and learned knowledge that makes it all come together. Another excellent recovery!

[KB-gszi]

Hey Josh & Omar !! Great work with doing the job at hand & letting the traffic flow !!! 👍👍👍👍👍 ALL should be well pleased with this recovery for sure !!! 😉🤔🤗

[mrjonnyjones]

15:44 You've made it Josh! Hulk and the crew is YouTube famous 🤣 Another fantastic job dude, it's always great when you collab with Titan etc. 💪🏼

[vincemck]

I'm an ex copper in Melbourne impressed with your skill and speed mate...love watching your videos

[lynnmeese]

What a messy job. Always a pleasure to watch you work 😀. Another great video!!

[ds-ivgn]

I’m a wrecker operator in the marines. I absolutely love this line of work and definitely doing this when I get out