Forget the tow truck. . .***FIXED***

[mattgyver]

EDIT: Oops. . .Hit enter too quick the first time!


Call a crane. This what happens when you drive a 735 Timberjack track loader into 20-foot-deep mud. This happened to my dad's logging crew.

Uh-oh

Uh-oh again

This is a huge, 75,000 pound plus piece of equipment. It took three days to get it out.

 

[Zim Hosein]

 

[AvesPKS]

It looks like you did forget it...

 

[Bignate603]

Ok, I forgot the tow truck, now what?

 

[feralkid]

Where's my pineapple?






:brokenheart:

 

[conjur]

In Soviet Russia tow truck forgets you

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: conjur
In Soviet Russia tow truck forgets you

Damn. Beat me to it.

 

[mattgyver]

You guys are really quick--sorry for the f-up.

 

[MichaelD]

Bulldozer in middle of forest finds a sinkhole? Is there any text to go along w/these pics? I wonder if they got it out at all...things' gotta weigh 20 tons or so.

 

[Cyberian]

Ouch!!

How much does that thing weigh??

 

[mattgyver]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Bulldozer in middle of forest finds a sinkhole? Is there any text to go along w/these pics? I wonder if they got it out at all...things' gotta weigh 20 tons or so.

Actually, close to 40 tons. It took 3 huge excavators and 2 dual wheel skidders 3 full days to get it out. They were doing "swamp logging", where you have to stay on top of huge wooden mats to keep from sinking in the mud. This guy drove off one of the mats. There are other pics, but these are the only one I have access to right now. Please excuse my slow response--I type kinda slow.

 

[feralkid]

Mud? looks more like a bog, for peat's sake.

 

[mattgyver]

Originally posted by: feralkid
Mud? looks more like a bog, for peat's sake.

Hehe. . .

 

[Viper GTS]

What did the salvage operation cost in relation to the equipment value?

I think I would have been tempted to say "OK, you keep it."



Viper GTS

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: mattgyver1

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Bulldozer in middle of forest finds a sinkhole? Is there any text to go along w/these pics? I wonder if they got it out at all...things' gotta weigh 20 tons or so.

Actually, close to 40 tons. It took 3 huge excavators and 2 dual wheel skidders 3 full days to get it out. They were doing "swamp logging", where you have to stay on top of huge wooden mats to keep from sinking in the mud. This guy drove off one of the mats. There are other pics, but these are the only one I have access to right now. Please excuse my slow response--I type kinda slow.

I know why they labored so long to get it out; those things cost upwards of $250K apiece!

ps

"Peats' sake" LMAO!

 

[mattgyver]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
What did the salvage operation cost in relation to the equipment value?

I think I would have been tempted to say "OK, you keep it."



Viper GTS

Well, there's no official amount spent on it. It was just the lost productivity of the rest of the crew as they had to spend most of thier time for 3 days to get it out. It actually wasn't hurt--they pressure washed off the mud, re-primed the fuel system, and it was fine. Yes, this equipment costs ~$300,000, and insurance is probably about $30,000 a year, because of just these kind of things. . . .

 

[Azraele]

Oops. :Q