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Tator Patch - "Rotators Only"
Discussions related to Heavy Extracation, Lifting, Uprighting etc. with Rotators.
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We had a crazy Friday afternoon two separate crazy accidents only 1 hour apart...
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Vac Truck Stuck And Leaning!
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This guy drove about 1 mile with this under his trailer I'm so glad it didn't come out and someone hit it . The rock weighed 4 thousand pounds crazy glad nobody go hurt.
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Topic Originally Created on Tow411 by Jeff98970 in February of 2008: Fire hydrant was in the way so we couldn't close the box on the ground. wstowing11 said: Very nice recovery ! BigWheelRecovery said: We always close the dumps up first to me it make it allot safer and so you don't damage the piston if it is not already, damaged I'm not say its a bad job at all I'm just saying what works best for us . thanks for posting hay nice tater .thanks Eric nullstowing said: Very nice job, from reading the description you did not h…
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We had quite a few crashes this week but this was the most interesting. Customer bought this Infinity Q60 a few days ago and "left the roadway" around 6 in the morning. Took out a mail box and then launched off a rock & boulder embankment behind a guardrail. The car went about 300' through bamboo trees until he hit a few trees of "girth".... He went in at the far left of this photo... Once we looked at the area, it was figured the best course of action would be a Tator recovering it up & over the guardrail. To go back the way it went in was 300' and the more destructive way over the rocks... Luckily he was ok and a…
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Topic Originally Created by an unknown member in September of 2007: Got called out to respond Key West, Fl to lift and transport a U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter that had to land at Key West Navel base while in route to its normal search and rescue missions out at sea, the craft experienced a bad oil leak from it's transmission when it was forced to land, We responded with my 60 ton rotator and 60 ton detach trailer, the U.S. Coast Guard deployed a team of aviation mechanics and engineers to disassemble the craft for transport they also rig the unit for the lift. We had to travel about 150 miles to get there but only took an hour to complete the job. Our lowboy d…
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6-3-14 Received a call from MA State Police to respond immediately to the area of Rte. 140S between exits 8 & 7 for a serious commercial motor vehicle accident involving a loaded tractor trailer combination unit that wound up in the thickly-wooded area off the right shoulder of the roadway. Apparently, the unit lost control heading north on Rte. 140, travelled across both northbound lanes, ventured into the center grassy median, hurdled over the steel guide wire cable separating the two sides of the highway, travelled across both southbound lanes, and finally came to rest in the thickly-wooded area off the shoulder of the highway after taking down dozens of trees.…
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Topic Originally Created by BGtow in December of 2007: Here is a job that we do quite often- about once a month here lately. Dixie Industries is a company that manufactures some of the equipment that is used in the towing industry such as hooks and clevises. These are made with huge mechanical hammers hitting on hammer bases. Sometimes these bases need to be replaced or sent out for repair. Dixie contacts Doug Yates Wrecker to move these bases in and out of the building. The first one you see is approx. 63000 lbs. It was inside and needed to be moved out to the yard so it could be sent out for repair. …
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Topic Originally Created by jhook5230 in December 2007 wrote: 12-16-07 myself and GENERALTOW were called to for an owners request for a drill rig that had rolled over off a mountianside about 12 miles west of Searcy,Ar.Luckly it had landed back on its wheels .We talked with State police and DOT and it was decided to shut the mountian down at nine AM 12-17-07 for the recovery. I called my buddy Tad Bokker from White Mtr Co. in Forrest City Ar to bring his 60 ton tator to back me up. Our first order of business was to cut the derrick off since it was trashed and wieghed 45,000pds. We sat up and brought the derrick up to the road and loaded it onto a flatbed for …
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Towman26 added these images: Here is our 08 Int 5900 Century 1075-5 winch-lowrider underlif Brett Holcombe added this image: Westways checkin in also!! LASVEGASTOATOR60 Added this image: Ewing Bros., checking in! James Shaefer added this image: Clark County Towing WOLFTOWING added these images: automedics added these images: Unknown Member from Neil Yates added these imag…
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This Boat suffered damage to the hull during a storm and sank.
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Starting the New Year off with a Rotator job over a large stone wall into a huge Pricker patch . Thanks Chuck Bull for clearing the way.
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Topic Originally Created in November of 2007: had to lift off driver he was trap nearly an hour before they could get me to scene. luckly he only ended up with broken leg. sorry no pics of the actual rescue ResqTator said: 'Way to go, Stan! Gerry Sienk said: Hey, we can understand why no pics of the rescue, I'm sure the driver appreciated you not taking any time to take pictures, but the rest is good. Was he loading that can when it fell over? towwhat said: no he wasnt picking up. a concrete pumper was tring to back in a spot to pump and the construction workers said he…
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Topic Originally Created by Towman3137 in October of 2007: Loaded this truck for a driver and lifted it to remove tires to get under height. Capptow said: Im surprised that they didnt tow and put sign on the back that reads "in tow". ryan twc84 said: nice lift good job BigWheelRecovery said: NICE JOB GUYS thanks for the nice rigging shown because you are the one that showed me all i can say is thank you . keep the great pictures coming . thanks Eric
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Topic Originally Created on Tow411 in August of 2012: 7-22-12 Received a call from a Cruise Ship company that was docked in New Bedford Harbor to assist them in lifting a couple of propellers. Apparently the propellers were being refurbished and needed to be placed on the deck of the Cruise Ship to be replaced in Virginia when they arrived at their destination. We responded with our mini tracked crane and lifted the propellers one at a time onto the deck of the cruise ship. bandctowing said: Now t…
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I recently posted this question to a FB Group dedicated to "Rotators Only" Here are some of the responses I received and I will use initials though some may be identified by the images they included. HB said: 50 ton all day everyday BB said: Every day GCS said: Yup MS said: Only if we are extremely busy or it’s something heavy ie overweight dump truck or garbage truck PS said: 50 ton with a knee boom all day everyday JD said: 50 and 60 ... everyday RP said: Won’t pay bills just sitting waiting for a wreck MM said: A 1075 …
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michael212 added this image: only1CaliforniaCraneNRotator added these images: Proud of Sheriff TINY Charlie Bob's Towing (800) Bobs-Tow www.BobsTowingca.com HeavyD added these images: HEAVYD WWW.BOBSTOWCA.COM "TheViews Expressed Are My Own and Do Not Necessarily Represent Those Of The Staff, Management, or My Employer." Ron Pullen added these images: 2007 Pete Miller 1060 …
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Topic Originally Create by Imslookingood in June of 2007: We got dispatched by the wrecker company to respond and this is what we found. IMS pumped off the fuel from the tanks. Thanks to Ace Wrecker Service they were able to recover the rolls of alluminum hookit2 said: that is not the mayor. he wears penny loafers to wreck scenes just like important people!!!! Thomas Simpson said: sounds like somebody jealous.because he has been sitting behind a desk getting fat get r towed said: Nice reco…
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Topic Originally Created by wheelertow in September of 2007: got a call from the trucking company owner to use 'big rotator thing' to recover his truck that was leaning real bad and about to roll over. His truck was 1 1/2 hour drive away but he didn't want to use any of the local companies. So off i went. When I arrived the driver didn't know what to do. He said maybe back it out. The winery owner was their and said that we would need to bucket the grapes out or the truck would roll over when we moved it. So I told them that this is what I do and that I would get it all out without and damage. So I had to make it look good. ED …
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Topic Created by sweiljr in August of 2007: The local pd called and said that they had a camper rolled over when we got there this is what we found. It was a lot easier with the tator than with two med duty's. Rolled it back on to wheels and then we loaded the whole thing onto the landholl because all the tires on the left side was blown out and the trailer axles were bent. jhook5230 said: very nice tator, what was the medium doing? taking the strain off the tator?????lol lol Those campers can so much fun especially when the decide to fall apart! sweiljr said: The…
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