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Topic Originally Created on Tow411 in July of 2014: Took the two of them to tow this up the hill, diff gone A bit to one side, two of them again Not salvage but an interesting roadblock, the chopper was used to slice loose material off the hill, we moved the digger in for the cleanup.
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Topic Originally Created on Tow411 in May of 2011: After 2 weeks trying to get permits, carted this Tauranga to Auckland on Sat night to fit with motorway closure 130T total train weight, beam 78.6T, total train length 45.2m, beam length 28.0m 5 hrs for 220km, a sigh of relief all round when we got there, was first serious workout for "JINKA", handled it well netowman said: That rear tractor is wild!!! can we get more pics of it? nice move. meggala said: the poor bugger driving the jinker would of had a stiff neck. great move btw trucks are looking great newtotow said: …
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Man seriously injured after being caught between tow truck, car A man has been seriously injured after being caught between a tow truck and a car. Emergency services were called to the incident on Avonhead Rd, just north of Maidstone Rd, about 4.30pm on Monday. A police spokeswoman said initial reports suggested the man was caught between a vehicle, and the truck towing the vehicle. A St John spokesman said the man was taken to Christchurch Hospital with serious injuries. One side of the road was closed and it was under stop/go traffic control. A Christchurch Transport Operations Centre spokesman said motorists should expect delays until…
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Topic Originally Created in April of 2013: Started with this Volvo FH16 610 Turned into this Adding some of this Out of the paint shop Getting closer now Bob Graham said: a hard to beat tow truck , nice to see side pullers fitted .Bob. adrian mitchell said: beautiful.cant wait to see it finished. mrtruckworks said: looking real good there, your going have a wicked comb…
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Topic Originally Created in March of 2015: Off hiway logger jumped out of gear at the top of a very steep hill, driver couldn't pull it up on the brakes & actually bailed out of the truck before it went over the bank. We had very little room to set up the trucks for the recovery, once the tractor was seperated from the trailer it all went pretty smooth.
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Topic Originally Created in April of 2014: A lot of the accidents of late around here have been due to drivers having a wee sleep! Here are a few examples.
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This guy was pretty lucky the lake levels have been pretty low or he would have been swimming! roadusercharges said: no name on the door, bit strange.? aceheavynz said:: Hi Nigel, yep no name as I have removed them before posting. rlc4523 said thats one BIG stick you got there sticking in there air!!!
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Topic Originally Created in April of 2013: This one happened the same morning as the one we had over the bank. Trailer was only a week old.
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Topic Originally Created in May of 2011: One the guy's did a couple of weeks ago, driver lost control on wet road & wet over bank, Everyone made it out ok, organized a digger to clear a pad to recover bus. Cheers. Crazy Harry said: Hey Brooke welcome aboard Where abouts was the bus Cheers mate aceheavynz said: It was down SH4 north of Taumarunui, delivered to Palmerston North for repairs. Cheers. roadusercharges said: its a long drop after you break the emergency window local…
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Had this one a while ago, was lucky tree stopped unit from rolling into lake. tow said: "Brutus" what an appropriate name for a crane that size. Job well done graeme kemp said: Congratulations on a job well done. wreckerman05 said: what a accident,but man what a crane---looked like alot of package recovery
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Topic Originally Created in April of 2013: Off Hiway logging unit with 70 ton off logs left the roadway, sadly the driver did not make it. ROBREC said: what size tyres are on that damaged unit they look really big compared to ones on recovery truck aceheavynz said: I'm pretty sure they are a 22.5'' rim, not sure exactly but something like a 13.00 x 22.5, the tyres on th…
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