The customer was using their R Model
Mack with a spreader body loaded with about 10 tons of
chicken litter to fertilize their fields. The truck wound
up losing traction, and sliding backwards downhill,
through a briar tree patch, and into a creek that was
iced over.
Upon site arrival, we stabilized the truck by chaining.
First order of business was then to winch out the crushed
briar trees from under the spreader truck so we could
actually get near it! This was about 150 feet of pull, to
get the Mack out of the creek, up the hill, and back on
solid ground. We used our Chevy C-65, with 16,000 pound
Century twin-line wrecker body for this.
Before the pull, we had to cut about 10 inches of packed
ice from the spreader beaters, to prevent further damage
to them during the pull. Using a combination of 2-3
snatch blocks at a time, both lines, and a healthy amount
of 3/8 recovery chain, the Mack came right up the hill,
and back on solid ground. Total time on site, less than 1
1/2 hours.
Another professinally executed, safe, damage-free
recovery, with another in the growing list of satisfied
Valley Towing customers!
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