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- Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:12 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2015
- Topic: Unimog stuck in field
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Unimog stuck in field
The Autocar was pressed into service again to rescue a electricity board Unimog which was stuck 300m from the road in a swampy field. It was round several bends, and so the winch vehicle had to get itself into a suitable position in pretty poor circumstances. The winch cables didn't reach the unimog...
- Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:01 pm
- Forum: Light Recovery
- Topic: Burnt out cars used in crime
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Burnt out cars used in crime
Both of these vehicles were stolen before being burnt out in a field. They had been used in crime and then the evidence destroyed. They had been there a month before a walker reported them to the Police. The field was saturated and the only thing we could use to get them out was the County winch tra...
- Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:12 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2015
- Topic: Jackknifed artic on A21
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Jackknifed artic on A21
The icy conditions and wet roads made for treacherous conditions that led to this artic doing a virtual 360 degree turn before leaving the road and crashing into woodland. Both tractor and trailer were total loss, fortunately there were no injuries. Recovery was a fairly simple lift and winch operat...
- Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:25 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2015
- Topic: Trailer hits bridge (Tunbridge Wells)
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Trailer hits bridge (Tunbridge Wells)
We moved this trailer into a Homebase car park and had to cut down the badly damaged roof etc. We lifted it into place with the rotator, it was secured and towed back with the Peterbilt. http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/Egertons%20trailer/photo2Copy_zps62e9f36f.jpg http://i1298.ph...
- Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:10 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2015
- Topic: Artic jackknifed on M25
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- Views: 9230
Artic jackknifed on M25
This was called in as a fairly simple jackknife. The traffic was horrendous as there is now no hard shoulder on much of the M25. Getting through to the incident was borderline impossible, it took 90mins to get from J5 to Clacket Lane! Most car drivers seem to do their utmost to stop you from getting...
- Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:32 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2014
- Topic: Stuck dustcart in Ninfield
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- Views: 64607
Stuck dustcart in Ninfield
This is worse than the pictures portray. The driver attempted to turn his dustcart around, but there is a very deep dyke to the right of his vehicle, and the ground was soft on the embankment above. It was not possible to get directly in front, so two rotators were used. The 1075 was keeping the dus...
- Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:45 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2015
- Topic: Foreign artic gets lost...
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- Views: 8894
Foreign artic gets lost...
...and ends up in newly built housing estate. http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/Warberers/101_2267Copy_zpsd32a5b51.jpg http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/Warberers/101_2268Copy_zps5823ea2a.jpg http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/Warberers/101_2269Co...
- Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:43 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2015
- Topic: Trailer legs collapsed
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- Views: 8650
Trailer legs collapsed
http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/Trailer%20legs%20collapsed/101_2230Copy_zps6456b3cf.jpg http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/Trailer%20legs%20collapsed/101_2231Copy_zpsdf156529.jpg http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/Trailer%20legs%20collapsed/101_...
- Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:39 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2015
- Topic: Stuck Tanker
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- Views: 8159
Stuck Tanker
http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/BOORMAN/101_2286Copy_zps8d195a33.jpg http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/BOORMAN/101_2288Copy_zps40b00622.jpg http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/BOORMAN/101_2289Copy_zpsb9a8cb9d.jpg http://i1298.photobucket.com/alb...
- Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:04 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2014
- Topic: Skylift truck in dyke
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- Views: 26921
Skylift truck in dyke
It looks like the driver got a little too far over on the soft verge, and the high centre of gravity on his vehicle along with the dyke caused it to tip over. The road was barely wide enough for one lorry, the verge is very soft, the boom truck was top heavy and relatively undamaged. Two rotators we...
- Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:28 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2014
- Topic: Satnav leads to nasty job
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- Views: 25969
Satnav leads to nasty job
A Slovenian driver lost his way and ended up taking a detour around a lane that is not much bigger than a bridlepath. He got to a point where the road was too narrow for his vehicle. The trailer (fully laden) slipped off into the soft ground after the side of the road gave away. Two very large tract...
- Wed Nov 26, 2014 6:29 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2014
- Topic: Seasonal job for Autocar
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- Views: 25786
Seasonal job for Autocar
http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/Autocar%20job/IMG_0287Copy_zps942923a7.jpg http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/Autocar%20job/IMG_0288Copy_zps1a190575.jpg http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag57/mickgould1/Autocar%20job/IMG_0289Copy_zpsff250c71.jpg http://i1298.p...
- Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:20 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2014
- Topic: Busy season back again!
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- Views: 26255
Busy season back again!
Dark, dirty nights, heavy rain and poor lighting lead to incidents like this becoming commonplace at this time of year. The mixer was returning to its depot when the driver failed to see a small plant trailer and transit on the carriageway. He didn't loose much speed before the impact, and it knocke...
- Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:17 pm
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2014
- Topic: Overturned laden tipper
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- Views: 25315
Overturned laden tipper
We attended this incident on the A24/Dorking with the Rotator and Kenworth 6x4. The driver lost control of the vehicle and it went into the N/S verge. He tried to correct the vehicle but it appears it came back up onto the carriageway at quite an angle, crossed the road and went into a dyke on the O...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:14 am
- Forum: Heavy Recovery - 2014
- Topic: Full lift for DAF
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- Views: 25669
Full lift for DAF
Traffic police insisted that this vehicle was moved without the wheels being turned following a serious incident. Lifting frames were set up before the casualty was lifted onto the back of the transporter and bought back to the yard. Although it's good practice, it's frustrating when after all that ...