With the 135,000-pound excavator on its side in a 15-foot hole, it took a Century M100 wrecker and a John Deere 470RR built for railroad recovery to do the job.
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World’s largest tow truck rescues 135,000-lb excavator from parking garage
A routine demolition job in Washington, Pennsylvania, turned into an extraordinary rescue operation after ...
Tow trucks called to the scene of a tractor-trailer accident need a lot of muscle to get a big rig back on its wheels and towed out of the way. That’s why Oshkosh Truck Corp.’s towing equipment ...
When a 50-plus-ton Cat excavator fell into a hole in Washington, Pennsylvania, the world’s largest rotator recovery truck arrived to help pull it out.
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Tow truck rescues semi destroyed by huge elk
In this episode of Murphys Diesel, Wrecker Rick responds to a collision involving an 80,000 lb semi-truck that struck a 500 lb elk, blocking lanes of traffic on the interstate. Rick and Hotrod arrive ...
“We started the business back in 1999 with a garage and one rollback," Clifton said. "We’re up now to five heavy wreckers. We have two rotators, and we take trucks all over the country.” His newest ...
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Hendrickson Truck Commercial Vehicle Systems announced that its Ultimaax advanced severe-duty rubber suspension in the 60,000-pound ...
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