Are you storing EV's with Accident Damage properly?

[tobtow]

I would like to take this moment and ask how many of you have been towing E.V and Hybrids from accident scenes? If so, how are you storing them on your property?

 

Now when we get a call for an accident on either one, there are many steps you have to follow. When you are pulling the vehicle up on your bed, or putting them in dolly wheels, the the vehicle can not roll even 1/2 mile an hour. So the vehicle must stay in gear and emergency brake must be on at the same time. If it doesn’t, you could charge up the batteries and cause a thermo runway, catching them vehicle on fire.

 

 

The vehicle also could weigh 1500 to 2000 lbs more than a regular vehicle. Not that this is a problem, but you should be aware of the resistance. Now when getting back to the shop there's a whole lot of other problems. When storing them, you have to have a minimum of 50 ft all the way around the car. That is about 1/2 an acre for ONE vehicle.

 

 

The next thing is storing this ticking time bomb, because if it catches fire, it can take up to 2 hours and 5000 to 6000 gallons of water, to put them out. A gasoline vehicle might take 25-30 minutes and 500 gallons of water and foam. So what we did, was we built a concrete structure and called it our decontamination and burn pit. If a car were to catch on fire we would be able to contain it.

 

 

When storing them, we lift the front of the vehicle with jack stands so they can be stored at a 15 degree angle. Before beginning any of this, we call The E.S.A. They tell us what we need to do and how long we have to hold the vehicle. We also go out with a thermo imaging camera, up to 3 times a day, to check on the batteries. I know this was long, but would like to hear what you think. Here's pictures of my burn pit.