Wrecked - Season 1 Episode 17 - And the Winner Is... | SPEED

on this episode of wrecked this machine sinking as I'm talking bill and the boys battle a backhoe that puts the rotator at risk for right now my ankle enforced in excess of a hundred thousand pounds we're still dragging us both backwards seems going over the O'Hare crew go head-to-head with the best in the business at the Illinois toshow I love all the trucks just some more than others and I'm also partial to the green and white ones and while the rest of the team enjoy the show tryke tangles with the truck mired in mud if I get called out yeah I'll be upset Jameson races a rival company to save a mucked up truck this thing is completely wedged under the bridge Chicago has more than 20,000 miles of highway full of breakdowns spills and wrecks it's a dangerous mess and somebody's got to clean it up bill runs O'Hare towing with his wife Marcy his brother Joey a fleet of high-tech trucks and a team of dedicated drivers who risk their lives every day ready to respond at a moment's notice to the next big wreck the state of Illinois has over 2,000 towing companies if you've got a stranded semi crushed up car or a mangled motorhome on your hands these are the guys you want in your corner they brave risky nights brutal blizzards and treacherous traffic to keep the streets safe for one weekend a year they get together to determine who's the best of the best we are at the Illinois toshow over in Lisle Illinois and we're kind of bringing all our big trucks out here and competing directly against one of my own Tony and 9:02 is competing against Joe and 903 their greatest show on 12 wheels this whole section of the parking lot that room right now is where all the beauty contests is parking there's some independent judges that come around and look at them and it's just a way to get judged by the by your peers and it's a tremendous amount of bragging rights for my guys individually at the shop of who made it who didn't white 6:07 this here Joey's mistress y'all gone what'd you say the greatest J greatest show on 12 wheels is a seashell that's here 903 my trike housekeys 310 and then Tony Monroe's rotator of the match 902 is here the whole crew worked very hard on getting their trucks all spit-shine you're ready to go meanwhile the call comes in to o'hare dispatch bill gets called out to a nearby construction site I got a 75 thousand pound backhoe stuck in a pond I'm going over there to look at it right now the bank of the retention pond collapsed causing a backhoe to tip over and sink into the mud and now Oh where's clean trucks are about to get dirty yeah I need nine onto a 903 at 310 so bring those three trucks over to me jobs on and I'm racing sunlight now this machine's sinking as I'm talking it's a massive piece of machinery and bill knows at the clocks ticket while he waits for his team to arrive Dale devises a plan first he'll use Tony's rotator 9:02 on the ridge above the pond pull the backhoe up right next to the position trike and his record on the sturdy ground beside the pond to pull the backhoe out of the mud and on to bog mats from this position the backhoe can be driven out of date prime example never know when anything is going to ever happen we just pulled into the tow show just about the setup for the show we get the phone call get out here quick you guys need to go take a look as Joey and Mike arrived on the scene Tony sizes up the situation this is better than toe show though I stay out here all night gonna be a good challenge nothing's buried I don't think our trucks could be any cleaner for this type of a job to happen but you know what getting dirty I think we just like to do it the machine is sinking further with each passing minute the muddy pond is too soft for ladder so Tony climbs up the arm of the backhoe to secure it with safety straps pull it as we're leaning it back over as Joey backs 9:02 into position he hits a snag in the Yvonne speech oh yeah no work is awesome another one Joey and Mike are in position and ready to go but the Sun is setting quickly oh he's the only one there guys can't get this idly pony give me one job cone and I'm over here helping you with them sooner or later we got to get going here no no no stop listen to me you're twisting it and you're on top of the other one I know although it's a dangerous spot bill takes matters into his own hands take this one off we all start working like a team down there guys counting them up get over by a truck with the rigging secure it's time to pull the backhoe out of the mud let's go more marvel yes she's thinking she's coming over what's in the third coming up the backhoe battle continues as bill and Joey tried to stop the routine rolling over this place is scary because those straps are rated for 36,000 pounds and later a semi gets jammed in a bridge and O'Hare has to round up the rubble this thing is completely wedged under the bridge minutes away from being able to relax enjoy the Illinois toshow bill and Joey grazie Anna Mike try Kowski and Tony Monroe are dispatched to a seventy-five thousand pound backhoe stuck in the mud but the ground that 902 is parked on is too soft and the truck is on the verge of rolling over and daylight is running out gonna fight let off of it with the truck tipping the team races to get wood under the outriggers for more support so soft up there we can't get that truck to really give us the full weenie just like Pete wants up there probably what the same goes out here so we get this reposition I think we'll be all right with the Outrigger secure bill ops for extra insurance the dead man is a towing technique designed to reduce the weight of a load on a tow truck a cable is looped through an outside object such as a tree Boulder or in this case a bulldozer dividing the weight in half thanks to the Deadman 310 is now holding 30 7500 pounds instead of the full 75 thousand pound load now it's time for the O'Hare team to put the Deadman into action snug it up again you a little bit right now my anchor enforcement excessive 100,000 pounds still dragging us pork backwards lucky it didn't go back down they roll over put the shock you know once it unloads in it do we break them both the safety straps snap making this tough situation even tougher this makes it scary because of strapped for rated for 36,000 pounds with little time to spare bill and his team must put on a new set of straps to keep the machine from rolling over I bet I line up that we get the orange one and then this doll line is going up there one more right with stronger straps on the arm of the backhoe the team can finish pulling it out of the mud right I'll tell you when to stop thanks to the dead man technique and the stronger recovery straps the O'Hair team is able to get the backhoe out of the mud party let's hurry up and get this thing down an illegal party we're gonna hang them on the tow truck at the show and we're gonna tell everybody how good we are this was one heck of a poll it was fun that was a good challenge you noticed and how big of a deal this is to me I love doing this it's definitely a passion I'll do these any day anytime anyplace coming up the O'Hare crew hits the toshow perfecting the game frickin bring yeah what are you kidding me and later jameson gets pulled away from the show and he's got company once again we got some competition out here it's day two of the Illinois toshow and O'Hare's got to play catch-up they spent the previous day battling tobacco in a dirty ditch and now they've only got a couple hours to get their trucks clean again what we're doing right now is we're trying to work straight get in our trucks prep today we've got eight hours to do 16 hours of work preparing these trucks each year there are 40 tow shows across the country but for O'Hare the Illinois Joe show is the biggest of the bunch I am excited about the tow show I have been waiting since last year so show issues to show our tow show which is the total for this state is pretty important it's gonna be great I'm not on call I'm gonna enjoy myself this weekend but it's not all fun and games O'Hare's towing business doesn't stop for anything even a tow show okay thank you for gone over to tell you mrs. Cady heron a truck carrying five pallets of vinegar rammed into a railroad overpass and got wedged underneath this is a big job and will require one of O'Hare's heavy-duty wreckers yeah what are you kidding me after working non-stop the O'Hare team gets their trucks clean again but it looks like Jameson's out of luck he's got to take another call hello what's matter big booms and little booms that's all I got to say looks you shut up J hey J damn guess he didn't like the big thing this thing is completely wedged under the bridge I got roof damaged it buckled in front of the landing gear it's leaking vinegar yeah it's loaded with five pallets of vinegar we're gonna have to drag this thing out the roof is ripped off I can see the bridge from inside the trailer to make matters worse the truck is wedged beneath an active rail line whenever a train goes over especially freight train there's a lot of weight on it it will be putting some pressure on the bridge when we pull the tractor trailer out we are gonna have to make sure we do it when the Train but before Jameson can get started there's a problem once again we got some competition out here a rival company has claimed the job so Jameson has to go home empty-handed not only am i pretty pissed that we didn't get the call this is just more downtime and a waste of time for me although the O'Hare crew missed the first day of the tow show they arrived on day two after rushing to get their trucks clean it's the biggest show in the business the stage for tow companies disrupt their stuff Illinois style anybody can pick up a guitar and make it make noise with only a select few make it sound good anybody can move the levirate but there's only a select few that really make it sing tours show off their trucks is over 100 record retailers showcase the latest and greatest in new equipment meanwhile judges hit the show looking for the best from flatbeds to heavy-duty records to rotators any trucks got a shot at victory judges will be looking at body accessories and engine finish the bread and butter of the towing industry is the flatbed built on a half-ton chassis pushing 300 horses this baby packs one heck of a punch day in and day out we make more money with the flatbed work than we ever do with some of the super heavy-duty work the flatbed is fitted with a hydraulic bed that can incline and lower all the way to the street making it the perfect tool for recovering disabled cars minivans pickup does it fits on the bed it's going welcome to the big leagues that's right a heavy-duty record 60,000 pounds of brute strength roaring out on the road in search of disabled motorhomes tractor trailers and construction equipment the heavy-duty record boasts a lifting capacity of 120,000 pounds and a hydraulic boom that extends up to 75 feet meaning this monster can make a meal of an overturned rig without breaking a sweat have you upped the ante on a heavy-duty wrecker easy give it a hydraulic boom with a full 360 degrees of movement made the rotator the biggest bad boy on the block this sob cashes in at a half-million dollars a pop and is the pride of any recovery fleet the boom on a rotator can withstand up to four million pounds of pressure per square inch and is the ultimate weapon when it comes to putting the hurt on a stranded semi with all these trucks on display the competition is gonna be tough at the Illinois toshow it's go hard or go home and oair towing has no intention of going home without a dubby coming up trike is forced to leave the show to tow a dump truck do I get upset because of the way the rotations are set up yeah and later it's trophy time at the Illinois talk show and O'Hare's honor is on the line back at the Illinois toshow joey and jamison arrived just in time for the beauty contest right now beauty contests is getting ready to start trick that called out on a call so 3:10 is not here I just lost my biggest competition if I get called out yeah I'll be upset it will be a disappointment the call comes in to dispatch Donnell is fine onload something back under this truck try cooks a medium-weight chained up to the dump truck then he'll winch it out of the mud than real the rear wheel to spin that's what's making that tire climb up out of the hole instead of dig in wooden bed we got it all all set all that's left is we're gonna clean the mud up you are paperwork do I get upset because of the way the rotations are set up yeah but I can't let my guys these guys see me out of control back at the tow show the judge is making his way to the O'Hare trucks all the trucks are beautiful right I love all the trucks just some more than others and I'm also partial to the green and white ones you know I see a lot of second-place blacks out here but dialing what a little disappointed I know our stuffs dirty but you know what she's got done winching out a big excavator out of mud on our way here he's exciting to get those kind of calls but I could tell in the back of their mind there was some disappointment that we were playing in the mud before the beauty contest I'll take that I'll take a dirty truck winch in a big excavator over having a really clean truck at a tow show it's how we wrong with the judging complete it's time to enjoy the tosh.o you have to do well 40 for you on a job after busting two straps on that backhoe bill and Joey need to replenish their stock to Red's tour oh these are the replacement straps from yesterday cuz joy broke the other ones well now we're good we're back in the game whoo we got 80,000 pounds this one was only 46 freakin brilliant ladies and gentlemen welcome to the Petey ROI awards banquet now it's time to find out if O'Hare can pull off a victory and second place goes to Whiteley O'Hare tow next year another company took first place but that doesn't mean that O'Hare isn't proud I've worked very hard on the truck so to make sure that when they left this yard it was speaking Spanish so please we walked out with one one is better than nothing we did the best we could with that this year but we had a lot going on actually when the vehicles were going to the show we got a little busy quite frankly we kind of got spanked at the beauty contest and you know that happens the trucks look good but they didn't look excellent we'll make sure we're back on top next year before the night is over there's one last award to be given out there are exceptional people that you run into in your life they do things that you can't and this next individual has all those qualities and then something and his father his father was my mentor and I've come to love this type thing as you come up here please and I received an award at the banquet on Saturday night it was a very moving experience for me and my family it was what's called a presidential award and mr. Howard presented that to me and it was a complete surprise and it was for some things that I've done through the organization for the year it was very nice it was very moving to be acknowledged and have it presented at the banquet it was pretty emotional moment for me and my family and it was nice to be recognized you're polishing your rims dude I have more reflection on my Blackwall tires on a bet again don't go huh huh oh cool bringing you your money fifteen dollars I thought I got sixteen dollars cash right now kokumo that's the show don't quit this don't quit the show you can't even look into it it line it up

Channel: SPEED - MOTORS on FOX

Views: 115,752

Rating: 4.828383 out of 5

Keywords: automotive, cars, towing, Wrecked, Chicago, engineblock, engine block, speed, speed.com, crashes, wrecks, video, O'Hare Towing

Id: ByoaCXviwCQ

Length: 22min 29sec (1349 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 07 2015