Day 2!!!! ROLLOVER!!!!!!! X2

WOW- what a day- all in all concidering- first a small bit of backgound. i was off of work today- Maldanodo asked me to switch with him for next sat- so i was off today, and i am sure glad i was, otherwise i would have messed a 2'fr. the first rollover was a semi that was involved in an accident with a car. the car was fucked and the semi hit the median wall and lost its container into the n/b lanes of 294 at roughly- milwaukee (ABT) M3 brough out the loader and pushed it off to the sholder where Ernie's got the recovery- they get everything, WTF? anywhay im sorry the pics are not great but i could not get to a much better angle, + i got there after most of the action- with the new formen at my yard at M3 i just asume stay out of there way and not bring any more attention to my self then nessessary- at least untill i get a better feel for them- Oh did i forget to mention- I work at M3 (maintenence yard 3) for the illinois tollway and we just had a new forman and assistent transfer in- anyway- Ernie relly did a great job and had his rotator lift the front and his other heavy lift the rear and had his lowboy back under the container- -in fact the only thing i will say negitive about both recoveries is that everyone (police, company owners and workrs, towing agencies, ect...) seemed to drag there feet to get loaded and get the hell out of there- ernies seemed to hurry to open the lanes but after everything was on the sholder, they just seemed to move at snails pace- in all cases, even an accident - on the sholder and not blocking lanes cause gapers delays and put lives at risk- when will these people get it? recover- hook- and get the hell out of there- the tollway on the other hand got out of there in a fast pace- infact they were all gone b4 eveyone was gone and all lanes were open.

anyway

NOTE:----B4 we get too far along- let me say i am still learning this whole picture posting thing- i am hoping to get the ones where i can post a thumbnail type pic and you can click on it to enlarge- if i ever figure it out i will more than likly go back and do it to all the ones i have posted- untill then please bare with me

ok, the good pics!!!

on the ramp from e/b north ave to e/b I290 a major construction firm rolled a dump- they were loaded with dirt- yes- just plain ordinary dirt, anyway the driver took the ramp too fast and BAM hes on the ground. the driver was only employed with them for 2 weeks_ i guess another job hunt is inorder- he was very distraut and worried infact he was too shy to talk to anyone and he say on the hill shaking and rocking- he wasn't even shre how he was getting home. the cop was nice, he had on ly been on for a few months and he said this was his firts rollove he had to do paperwork for.- As is my job (one of many)- i regularily updated shadow (the traffic reporters) of the lane cloasers and delays in the area- the problem came at the end because my radio ran out of juice and like an idiot, i left my spare battery in the house, so i had to use the phone- what i don't like about that is if i don't talk on the radio, all the other traffic reporters don't here whats going on. i was rather serprised as there was only 1 traffic chopper around and it was ch 7, chris (ch 2) did not come by- maybe because he knew i was there- no point in 2 reporters bieng at the same place unless he needed pics or video. anyway, i heard that lindhaul (the rolledover trucking co) asked the cops if they could use there loader to upright the truck and avoid calling the towing company- CHEEP BASTARDS!!!!!! anyway the cop said no and called bloomingdales towing- they came out and worked with lindhaul to clean up the spilled dirt. infact, lindhauls loader was almost too big and its a good thig bloomingdales brough out there bobcat. Ernies towing ( no not the big ernies (red trucks) the wannabe "trying to steel name recognition ernies" (the black trucks). this is the companie owned by the Gratzianas (O'Hare Towing) it was started rite around the same time he sold out to road one) where was i - oh yea ernies towing was there- im not sure why- they did not do anything- maybe he was just watching- thats cool - just like me!!! anyway

as many of you know and many more will find out as i contenue to post- i am a very big advicate of single lane up rights and frown heavily on perpendicular up rights- but this was done nicely.





























very nicely done- and i was amazed how smothly it set on the ground and no slamming or fast movements at all. i am rather impressed with the use of a catch vehical (the rotator) it seems too often when a recovery is done in chicagoland- no catch vehical is used and thats a big NO NO!! if i may - would like to make a few small sugestions- not harsh criticizms, but mearly sugestions- as time goes by you will notice i am a bit of a perfectionest and i do a lot of nit picking

1) when u pull from the front axeldont just pull from the axel- run the chain to the frame of the truck- remember the axel is only held on by 4 bolts and the springs are flexable and not working for you- (i may have missed it but it only looked like they were hooked to the axel)

2) don't ditch your trucks, it gets them dirty!! and if your not carefull- stuck!

3)) my pet peve- when pulling- pull in the direction u want the casualtyu to move- as you can see they have a chain around the duels and are pulling - almost in a strait line- to a snatch block on there rear stiffleg- this is the righ way to hook to the tow truck!!! however, when you haave the tow truck so far away and on angles- it ends up bieing a strait line pull- now in this case its not bad-look at this pic:

this is in reference to the FRONT AXEL ONLY!!!!!!!!

look at the blue line- it is the direction they r using to pull

in the red line- u can see this accomplishes 3 things

1) u are pulling in the direction u ant the casualty to end up. in the blue line- you can only pull so far b4 u are not pulling the truck to the ground but in a strait line

2)by pulling more at a downward angle, you are jamming/driving the d/s tire and axel in to the ground and making it pivit on the tire- with the blue line u run the risk of pulling the truck sideways

3)if u use the front axel to pull at a more "red line" direction- u use the tractor as a lever and u make the tractor do the work in rolling over the trailer- easier on your wrecker

but Great job!!!!!!!!

i will be adding a post soon about Wreckmaster and how much i think every towing opperator should be required to go but for now, b4 i go so u don't think im pulling what im saying out of my ASS- i am A Wreckmaster level 6/7B- one of only 2 in illinois- i am trained in Big Rig Rescue- IDOT flagman- Traffric incident management X4- TRAA level 2 and the list goes on..........