SURRYTOWER Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 At approximately 12:30 on a sunny Tuesday afternoon I received a call from the Keene PD to respond to the scene of a vehicle crash on Rt9 West. The officer on scene requested I bring 2 trucks because the car was under the guardrail. Because I am a one-man operation, I called Rob at Bob’s West Swanzey Garage to bring his wrecker to assist. The first attempt to recover the car by just pulling it from beneath the guardrail was unsuccessful because in addition to being under the rail it was also hooked over the fenceposts that it had dislodged on its way to its stopping place. If you look closely at the front-end picture, you can see the tie-down loop hooked over the post. At this point Rob backed his truck in at about 90 degrees to the guardrail & car and lifted the front of the car enough so that I could winch it out from under the rail and onto my flatbed for transportation to my yard. Thankfully the driver was not seriously injured in the crash and stated that a mechanical issue had pulled the car off the road and under the guardrail. For a small operation it is good to have friends who, even though they are competitors, are willing to help occasionally when needed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowZone Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Great Images, hoefully you got some of the recovery as well. But, I understand if you didn't as I get busy as well. So, he pulled to the side of the road as he was doing what, about 70mph. Cause that is quite a bit of gaurdrail he took out. Lucky to walk away without injury, as many guardrails I have seen do far more damage. Not that the Subaru isn't total, cause it is.... The Good is he doesn't have to worry about the mechanical issue. The Bad is he will likely have to pay for that guardrail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SURRYTOWER Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 Steep down hill. 55 speed limit. 65-70 not unlikely. Sorry no recovery pics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derlyn Z Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Nice Work! Those cars on the guardrails can be tough sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 I thought that was actually how you park a subaru if theres snow on the ground. From the wheel that slips to the other wheel that slips. The salesman told me this car would go anywhere. Well from the picture above they found ANYWHERE.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dperone Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Was cutting the rail an option? We've had a couple where we cut the damaged rail away from the car to make it easier for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SURRYTOWER Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 Probably could have cut it but still wo-uld have needed to LIFT to get off the posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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