63 tons of "America's ace in the hole!"

[gaylock1]

23 Feb 2007 04:55

We retrieved this one loaded with minimal load loss.

Used three straps around trailer to upright.

Once we got it on its wheels, the winching began.



Held the front-up in the air to keep from dragging the fuel tanks




Easy as 1,2,3. We were helped by Kirk Trucking w/ their 50 ton B&B

 

capptow said:

i have never seen a trailer with dual landing gear. is that a coal trailer? Good job

ryan

 

TOwBoY88 said:

I was going to ask when ya got the B&B...but not yours..

"60% of the time, I am right every time."

 

Berts112 said:

Well done guys! But I gotta ask. What does your county or state road dept. Say about spading in the blacktop. Ours has a stroke, sometimes and sometimes they don't care!!

 

recoveryengineer said:

Thumbs up on that one! Holding the load up is a job in itself while winching out!

 

towing4u said:

nice job guys, garry ours is usually pretty cool about the spanding because most of us in this area of va seldom rip up the roadway, but you have a few guys who dont understand and try to plow up three lanes of interstate...dot around here usually brings out a couple of bags of cold patch to most truck wrecks just in case but they bill the trucking company unless its just plain tower negligence...they know when you need the heavy pull around here.

 

Gaylock1 said:

The DOH are really easy going about spade use.. as long as there is no X-treme damage done. I think the extended weight {126000lbs} fee the coal truckers pay goes toward road repair......Paul

 

Darryl Burrell Said:

Very nice recovery and teamwork guys, thanks for sharing.

 

Joefromjd said:

Nice recovery guys, that was a very heavy one good job, the DOT here in Iowa never says anything to me if I use the spades or spikes, but it really doesn't do much damage, just a few little dents. be safe out there. joefromjd

 

Recovery Rich said:

That was a good little job there especially with the limited space you had.