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Adapting Towing for Non-Steering Vehicle

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JH Diesel Flipped His MegaTruck Into Cleetus' Pond...What Happened After That? (We Made It Worse)

What happens here

Due to the broken power steering line, the monster truck cannot be steered. The team repositions the tow strap to one of the front wheels. A ratchet strap is then used to forcibly hold the front wheel straight, aiming to allow the truck to be pulled in a relatively straight line. One person will also manually push the wheel during movement to assist with steering.

Goal: Enable controlled movement of the monster truck despite complete steering loss.

Tools and materials

  • Monster Truck JHDiesel4x4 — The vehicle being maneuvered
  • Ratchet Strap — Securing the front wheel in a straight position
  • Tow Strap — Repositioning to the front wheel

What they say

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uh yeah shoot so the strap is not strong enough to turn this by itself so he's just going to hook up to that get it on the lock with the truck and try to pull it back the rest of the way this is interesting cold adrian you're probably wondering where the heck i am right now but i'm in this one now [Music] [Applause] just getting it around the fence oh we're about almost there we're gonna get it back up on do the driveway with the ratchet strap cranking the steering pulley that way is it going to work there's not a whole lot i can do here they'll come out a little bit more direct it's now free of the fence but we've still got to get it back to the building and it still can't steer steering yeah i broke the power steering lines but on this thing that's all it has it's completely hydraulic there's it's not mechanical with a hydraulic assist like a regular truck those two lines the steering wheel that's all it controls is that fluid pressure one way the other that's what steers the truck so when those are busted steering wheels got nothing that's what we're working with here good truck honestly i'm working harder here than i would have been if we were back there working on the yukon still those three working on but i'm not we're kind of ping pong in between the fences here i should probably do something it sort of helps okay now we're getting straight good yep now we're gonna crank it straight i think lock it because we might be able to take a straight shot back in from here you're gonna strap it straight lock it pretty much straight now and i was trying to put in the shot but something broke that ram i think it's just get it to wherever go back the other way

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