AceHeavynz

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.

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.

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!!!

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 combo 7035 and xp850 is going to give you weight advantages for general towing and combined with the xp a great recovery unit for mountain roads cant wait to see more pics AUS RECOVERY said: Nice work wont be long now Brooke aceheavynz said: I hope so, stopped in today and still waiting for some parts to ship out from Miller, it's been wired for 12v not 24v but we are getting there. Lightbar on now. Localtowie said: Looks Awesome.. roadusercharger said: excellent job, see if you get to 11 tonnes on front steers, makes a difference when lifting a loaded 8x4 from the rear aceheavynz said: Its been a long wait & we still have a few issues to sort out yet but finally its on the road. Here's a few jobs its done in the three weeks its been up & running. Logging Trucks

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.

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 localtowie said: Excellant job and Welcome Brooke.. You guys certainly have differant ''Advertismants on buses''...lol Claytons Towing said: Well planned recovery, thanks for posting... towie1 said: looks like a good job done well keep em coming Crash Harry said: Nothing wrong with hometown Rotorua. Worth a two night stand at least. Commonly called Rotovegas or now with all the fuss about Wellingtons WELLYWOOD proposal. There has been a suggestion Rotorua to be called SMELLYWOOD Cheers AUS RECOVERY said: hello Brooke was on the phone with Che on thursday catching up with all the gossip good to see you on here vulcanuk said; very lucky nice recovery aceheavynz said: Hi Paul, how are you, must of been a long chat, been alot of gossip for ya!

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

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 the recovery truck are only 19.5's with a low profile tyre. wreckerman05 said: That was a mess-sorry to hear of the drivers death---looks like a good recovery from your service

Has been a while since I posted anything, been a bit slack so will try & post some of the jobs we have done over the years. Will start with this crane, came to an unfortunate end when the ground gave way beneath it, have the video of it going over some where. Job was completed over a couple of days as OSH was involved & needed to see a recovery plan & all certifications for trucks/chains/blocks etc,etc. All went smoothly apart from the weather, it rained most of the day.

Did this a while back, logging company had called out crane also so was pretty strait foward.

Driver fell asleep, took out guard rail & ended up over bank. Truck loaded with general freight, had to get permission from farmer to cut a track down to the truck and clear out the blackberrys for recovery. Needed a helping hand out of paddock