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Motorcycle wreck.

This feller was very blessed to have survived this bike crash after rearending a car.

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Ya Bring A Sling-Shot to a Gun Fight...

We get a call for a F550 that was supposed to be buried in the mud so my son goes out with his wrecker to get it. As soon as he pulls up, the driver says to him sarcastically "you brought a sling shot...

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Simple rollover

2014 VW Passat,  Driver went to the hospital but is alright. 

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Things customer will do

Got called to pull this mini van out and seen a spool of coxial cable next to the van and looked under and seen it was tied up. They said thats all they had to use and after it had broke serveral times...

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Winching. A question comes to mind on these integrated wreckers.

These trucks with the integrated boom and wheel lift where are the chain slots for the wheel chocks? Correct me if I am wrong but some of these trucks come composite or aluminum. And the bodies are not...

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Couldn't Find The Driveway...

One of our guys Dominick sent me some recent jobs he has done so I figured I would post some of them. This guy figured the hell with it and just drove through the lawn...Worked the bed under the steer...

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VW Sideways Into Pole...

This guy hit a pole the other day but luckily didn't get hurt. Dom scooped it up using a block to guide it on the bed...Loaded up ready to go ...

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Cut in front of a semi to make the exit, Didn't work out very good

Cut a semi off trying to make the exit, clipped semi, ended up in the ditch upside down.  Fire department cut this Expedition to pieces to get the driver out.  She survived with just a few bruises....

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This Rollover Was Banging!

Eddie gets a call for a rollover about 4:00 this morning. He already had Joe out on a DUI wreck so he headed for this one....The police said they saw a guy walking down the street earlier and it must...

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A well placed helper tree for a slippery slope:)

Had a request to recover a truck "ready to slide off the edge" of a steep driveway & over a log retaining wall held in by long pipe stakes this morning. Here it is rigged, drivers front tire is...

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5500

I am thinking about getting a dodge 5500 crew cab with 84 ca 4x4. Does any one know how well these get around off road compared to 3500

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More "Things Customer's Will Do"....

Redd2's post made me think of this one that Joe did the other day. Guy gets a UHaul stuck in his new driveway the other day...Pretty strait forward but then the customer shows Joe that he put stones...

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Great Example of Motor Club Winch Out...

So you have all heard this before.... Call comes in from AAA and it says "2' off driveway in grass stuck - bad back up job". This was the info that the customer described to the dispatch. Joe gets on...

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Burnt Escalade Woods Recovery!

10/25/15Received a call to respond immediately to the gas lines located within the Freetown State Forest to recover a completely burnt vehicle that was now disabled and blocking one side of the gas...

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Beautiful day at the beach!

Had a call for a truck over an embankment on the rocks on the high tide line, apron 25 feet down & 75 feet off the roadway. I took my 14 ton thinking the extra boom reach over the 8 ton may come in...

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Big Pickup = Big Mess = Big Clean Up....

The guys did this bad wreck / property damage clean up this past weekend. Guy was driving a F350 Crew Cab Diesel at a substantial rate of speed and failed to negotiate the 1st turn. he crashed through...

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Open Discussion On A Questionable Recovery....

I'm not one to air "dirty laundry" but I thought this may generate some good recommendations & conversation. I was sent these pics from one of my drivers that did the job last week. At first I...

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Typically Better To Just Hit The Dam Dear....

Another clean up we had a couple weeks ago. Lady said she swerved to miss a dear on the private community gravel road. She ended up hitting a concrete retainer wall in the front of someone's...

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Training Roll Overs

Here's a couple of our training sessions I happened to record. Some are situational based, some are teaching different techniques, and some are just to see what happens if we try new things. This one...

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Nighttime recovery

A deputy took this photo while I was doing a recovery the other night. Thought it was a cool pic.Car had turned short onto a gravel road. Just winched it up on the deck. No further damage. Customer was...

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