Sunday, May 29, 2005

Oversized rollover with Steal Bridge rails

My buddy Jack sent me these:

Recently, Jack from Automotive support towing and recovery in Montgomery county MD, got a call for a rollover semi carrying an oversized load- 70ft steel beams- the kind used on bridges. The crew used the NRC rotator to upright it and reset the beams. After the truck and trailer were upright, they towed the tractor. Because of the oversized load they did not have another trailer that could accommodate the 70ft rails. They hooked up their tractor and restacked the load on the original trailer















I hesitate to make any criticisms because I was not there but I can�t find much in these pics to criticize. They used safety vests on everyone (except 1 person (but he used reflective gloves))- this is awesome and though it seems like a small detail, it seems rare to see it unfortunately. The use of the manpower to hold the chains that hold the rails strait- that�s very good. They also practiced traffic incident management and kept traffic flowing, the use of the rotator is awesome and is exactly what rotators are designed for. This is a great recovery and a perfect recovery to use as a learning tool.

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