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EdsTowing

By EdsTowing
in Heavy & Medium Duty Recoveries

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One of our customers miss-negotiated a turn and dropped the drives in to a drainage culvert pipe. It was half loaded and hung up...

 

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It was already causing a traffic issue on a busy road and I didn't want to block it any further. Plus I didn't want to rip the rear step/platform off that was supporting the weight of the truck. So the plan was to lift & roll it out backwards...

 

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Had some "beefy" plates welded to the rear hopper that were perfect to execute the lift ...

 

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Rob came to help me with traffic...

 

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Popped right out with no damage so he could continue his day.

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