The lesser thinking people around the world (known heretofore as “non-gearheads”) would look at the scene above and think that some sort of crashing disaster was imminent. They are of course wrong and this video proves it out. In many ways this is a pretty unremarkable thing but when you actually consider what’s happening here it is pretty neat. It is a study in having the right equipment for the job and why that matters. There are no big wheelies, no crazy crashes, no big bangs, just a big truck, a winch, a bed of the perfect length, and a guy who knows what he is doing. To give you an idea of how heavy the tank is, the driver has the winch cable fixed and the pulls the truck back to it using said winch.
The true Jedi master stuff here happens as he begins to winch the tank onto the truck. We’re pretty sure that he just has the clutch in and the weight of the tipping tank rolls the truck ahead. We say that because when the tank really starts to come forward the truck picks up speed a little. No tell tale signs of soot from the exhaust stack mean that the driver’s foot was not on the throttle, right? Lastly there’s the design of the truck. The bed stops basically at the rear wheels so as soon as the tank starts leaning on the truck those two rear axles pick up the load. If the truck had a longer bed, a bunch of overhang, etc it wouldn’t be nearly the smooth job that this guy makes it into. Skills and the right equipment = success!
Would rather see them unload the tank. It is obvious it was designed for portability as is everything in the oilfields. Here today, gone tomorrow.