on top of a regulator...and leaking

feeds@yuku.com (keithrickstowing) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:43:17 GMT

i had to go into chatham county for this little winch out on a 3 wheeler...woulda been very simple except for a few things,the driveway was extremely tight(had to ratchet strap a tree back so i could get by it),the driveway was narrow(made some better drainage,lol) and getting jacked around was merely impossible but we got it.

the driver had to hand offload the wood and i had to remove the back panel to not crush it on the lift.well after i started the lift it started to roll so...

kinda sunk...

feeds@yuku.com (keithrickstowing) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:31:49 GMT

we were called for a manlift weighing in at 34k sunk and leaning towards a building,it was between the building and a fence,on the other side of the fence was nc-54...with how soft it was and leaning i called scott in with the rotator to come over the fence and give some side pull.we used one two part line off of the tator for the lift/pull and used one 3 part line married via snatchblocks to a two part line. both drums had very little line left on them but a very easy recovery.

just 3 foot off the road...

feeds@yuku.com (keithrickstowing) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:26:06 GMT

last saturday i winched this out with my 14 ton,i knew it was a side street so space might be limited...well i could have used the 25 ton but the 14 did it no problem

case 580d back hoe another driver and my self recovered

feeds@yuku.com (usmc041127) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:39:29 GMT

It was upside down in a ditch with trees holding it from rolling down the embankment. Took 2 hrs 2 trucks. I am quit proud of this, with the space we had to work with and its the first...

19.8 Metric Ton Link Belt

feeds@yuku.com (Risoldis) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:20:43 GMT

Went out to pick up an old Link Belt and haul it away, put it onto the landall for a local salvage yard. From the looks of it the machine had been in the same spot for sometime. Simple lift, back the landall right under it and secure it.

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Broken Paver Needed Lift !!

feeds@yuku.com (Risoldis) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:46:07 GMT

Got a call from one of our customers for a paver, one of his worker's drove the 20,000 Lbs paver off the trailer crooked and slipped off the trailer landing ground, which broke the drive motor. Simple lift staight up, back trailer under, lower it down. Unloaded it at the repair shop..Oh and about 5 bags of speedy-dri down for the hydraulic fluid that shot out.

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Clay bound Cat

feeds@yuku.com (Tilt and Tow) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:44:42 GMT

I Did this recovery a while ago 2hrs before the AFL Grand final (Super bowl equivelant). They got this cat digger stuck on the edge of this clay dam trying to lift out a dewatering pump. It was that stuck it couldn't tram or slew. Before I get slapped for hooking the 966 to the front, 1) They clay near the truck is like concrete and they didn't want to put the loader near the soft stuff, 2) The truck has a hitch in the front for heavy pulls I could have buried...

Black Gold

feeds@yuku.com (hdtower2) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:38:31 GMT

well heres a pulling rig that fell in a "rat" hole. the fun part was just getting there. there was one 90' turn where i proceeded to get stuck and had to get my self out!

D-7 Stuck in Sand Wash

feeds@yuku.com (BatteliniTowing) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:06:57 GMT

We received a call yesterday morning for a stuck D-7 Cat Dozer at a local sand plant. The operator was filling in an old drege pond for the EPA when he drove a little to close to the edge sinking the whole left side of the machine. We resonded with our 86 40 Ton NRC my uncle's truck (Ole8212). We then used the 60,000 pound deck mounted drag winch with a 3 part line using a 980 Cat wheel loder as a dead man. The D-7 had a ripped attachment on the back so we estimated the wieght of it to be...

cant ya just hook a chain to it and drag....

feeds@yuku.com (keithrickstowing) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:16:21 GMT

thats what the job foreman said as i started what little rigging i needed to get this out...i said well they put that winch up there for a reason...he also said i almost got it out....

While Jared's in Baltimore

feeds@yuku.com (Latta) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:43:46 GMT

11-21-2009, We were contacted by the owner of this Kubota tractor. He said he was doing some work on the hill and it tipped over. No injuries, and no evident damage to the machine. Jerry was in the neighborhood when the call came in and responded in his F-350. I responded with our 27 ton slider. Upon arrival, we did a walk around and got our game faces on. While I was opening up the slider covers and disconnecting the boom from the under reach, Jerry ran a kevlar from the front axle,...

Combine season

feeds@yuku.com (MacAndBobs) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:18:29 GMT

Got a call from a freind of mine tellin me he needed one of my heavies to help with a problem he had with his combine. I arrived to see this. A farm repair company was coming to fix it on site so they just needed the head pulled off and the combine picked up and set on blocks. All n all went pretty smooth, would have been alot more fun with a stick boom or a rotator though......christmas is comin......I think I've been a good boy this year

Forklift through wood floor trailer

feeds@yuku.com (Blue Stripe) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:38:05 GMT

We were called by one of our customers to assist with his forklift that had broken through the wood planks of his trailer while he was trying to unload it. (Not sure why he thought a forklift can be driven up or down a set of ramps like that??) It was loaded by the place he bought it from, using a rollback. He was going to just drive it down the ramps to unload. Or so he thought. This is what we found on arrival.

Rolled Grader in water.

feeds@yuku.com (Claytons Towing) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:16:42 GMT

The grader was on the trailer when it rolled, throwing the grader through the armco down into the water below. Winched the trailer onto the super tilt. Decided it was easier to take the little UD down the embankment, winch the grader back onto its wheels and out of the water back up onto the road and loaded it onto another super tilt.

lifes easy with a knuckleboom

feeds@yuku.com (wreckeruk) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:18:10 GMT

Requested to attend to a tractor who's mower attachment had snapped its A-frame and needed recovering, attended to scene with our accident unit with knuckleboom , put chains on and lifted onto bed strapped down and followed tractor back to his depot.
easy money

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Decking a chase 13ton 360

feeds@yuku.com (peelman) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:13:51 GMT

We recovered this machine back in the summer it feel off a low loader onto its side.We were asked a few weeks ago to lift it onto a low loader for the salvage company.No probs.

Stuck Kobelco Track Hoe

feeds@yuku.com (Brian Bell) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:07:18 GMT

Well this is one of those calls you like to get but don't like to get. I enjoyed the challenge but I've been under the weather for the last few days so pulling out over 500 feet of cable (including 2 1/2 x 75 extension cables) just didn't help however I don't think I knew I felt bad during the whole process. I think they call that Adrenaline..

I was told it weighs 30,000#

Loading utility trailer onto flatbed trailer

feeds@yuku.com (whostowingu) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:44:15 GMT

This one Chuck (traytow2) and I did. Easy lift and back truck under it. The shipping company miscalculated the length of the load. Had to help the T/T driver reposition truck (which was already loaded when we got there) and angle tongue of trailer under as far as possible.

Walk into the past oh and a backhoe overturned

feeds@yuku.com (bigtow00) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:28:40 GMT

We have a local family that operates an antique sawmill. They have multiple antique tractors that operate off of gas and steam including a few I have posted on here that we have moved and loaded onto lowboys over the years. They let the schools bring kids to see the way they did it in the early 1900's with steam engines. He has purchased equipment from all over the country and restored it just to show off. Well he called me the other day and said he was pulling a trailer up from his...

CAT 963 in a pond

feeds@yuku.com (Dlock13) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:58:52 GMT

Got a call from a good customer of ours requesting us to winch his 963 out of a pond. He was doing some dirt work and slid sideways and eventually stopped trying to get out before the engine went under water. I walked the field before backing in to access the situation and he assured me that tri-axle dump trucks have running in and out of there all day long. I backed in about 200' from where he was stuck and where the undisturbed ground ended. He wanted me to use his clevis on the bucket,...

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