Something a little different today...
Back on September 12, 2024, we received a call for a rolled over tractor and trailer. I happened to be out and about and decided to go check it out, and get some shots. I was able to set up across the highway and watch most of the recovery, so the shots are essentially a time-lapse of the recovery from one angle.
It was loaded with large crates of solar panels, which were very heavy, which resulted in them blowing out the roof and wall of the trailer, as well as making them difficult to handle during the recovery cleanup.
Some of the equipment involved.
W-15 brought the Skidsteer.
Equipment involved on scene were:
W-60, 60 Ton Rotator
W-45, 40 Ton Wrecker
118, 35 Ton Wrecker
W-15, Rollback
W-20, Tractor with Landoll
W-30, Tractor with Heavy Incident Response Trailer
Skidsteer
W-9, Pickup, temporarily on scene to bring equipment and supplies
W-20 and the trailer hauled the load back to our Greensboro facility.
The list above doesn't include equipment needed back at the shop to offload debris, and to deal with it later.
This would include a front end loader, large dumpsters, W-20 and Landoll to haul trailer debris for disposal, etc.
As far as I know, the drivers (2) were fine - no serious injuries, and at least one was on scene watching the recovery.
Obviously, the trailer was unsalvageable, which is fairly common for rollovers - the walls aren't made to handle much load, and the roof is particularly fragile.
118 here had fairly recently been put back in service after a refurb.
It would tow the truck and trailer back to our Greensboro facility.
The big, heavy solar panel crates were difficult to deal with on scene, and took quite a while to load onto our trailer.
The barrels behind W-60 here were from the local municipalities pumping off fuel and cleaning up spillage.
A very nice F-550 for the local EMS, and one of several types and branches of official vehicles on scene, including local police, which kept traffic away from our personnel - which was important, as there were a huge number of "rubber-neckers" slowing down, stopping, and turning around to see the novelty before them.
Currently, as of this post, on October 26, we're still storing the remnants of the wreck, though the trailer and load have been cleared for disposal, which we are currently handling.
As always, thanks for looking!