Vehicle Removal

NoBozo · 02-22-2010, 03:32 PM

There's been some good pictures of trucks, etc being fished out after a dunking. I'd be curious to see what kind of rig is used to do the towing.. Up and On to the ice. They must have to "anchor" some kind of winch to the ice... away from the hole, back on solid ice.

I can't imagine they would want to drive another truck ..perhaps with a bumper winch, too close to the hole.... They would still have to Anchor the towing vehicle to the ice somehow to keep it from towing itself over to the victim....and becoming another victim. Does anyone have any pictures of the towing rig commonly used?

The bright side here is that the Vehicle Recovery Business seems to be one of the few business that is booming in this economy.

I wonder what the "Tally" is so far and how it compares to previous years. NB

ishoot308 · 02-22-2010, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by NoBozo

There's been some good pictures of trucks, etc being fished out after a dunking. I'd be curious to see what kind of rig is used to do the towing.. Up and On to the ice. They must have to "anchor" some kind of winch to the ice... away from the hole, back on solid ice.

I can't imagine they would want to drive another truck ..perhaps with a bumper winch, too close to the hole.... They would still have to Anchor the towing vehicle to the ice somehow to keep it from towing itself over to the victim....and becoming another victim. Does anyone have any pictures of the towing rig commonly used?

The bright side here is that the Vehicle Recovery Business seems to be one of the few business that is booming in this economy.

I wonder what the "Tally" is so far and how it compares to previous years. NB

They used come-alongs anchored into the ice to retrieve my Ranger after they got it floating to the surface with airbags.

Dan

dpg · 02-23-2010, 07:20 AM

They cannot drive another rescue vehicle close to the hole at all. The second vehicle would easily go through also.

02-22-2010, 03:32 PM	#1
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	Vehicle Removal There's been some good pictures of trucks, etc being fished out after a dunking. I'd be curious to see what kind of rig is used to do the towing.. Up and On to the ice. They must have to "anchor" some kind of winch to the ice... away from the hole, back on solid ice. I can't imagine they would want to drive another truck ..perhaps with a bumper winch, too close to the hole.... They would still have to Anchor the towing vehicle to the ice somehow to keep it from towing itself over to the victim....and becoming another victim. Does anyone have any pictures of the towing rig commonly used? The bright side here is that the Vehicle Recovery Business seems to be one of the few business that is booming in this economy. I wonder what the "Tally" is so far and how it compares to previous years. NB

02-23-2010, 07:20 AM	#3
dpg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,560 Thanks: 149 Thanked 229 Times in 166 Posts	They cannot drive another rescue vehicle close to the hole at all. The second vehicle would easily go through also.