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I got a CAT D8N it is located east of Los Angeles, CA and needs to be moved to Galveston, TX, I have a decent rate on it but thinking I am gonna need to remove the blade and have a second trailer for it and a 7 axle for the dozer. It also has a ripper on it that may be removable. we do not have exact weights on this but believe it to be around 83K.


Bill
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I've heard about the "Black Cat" for a while, but have never seen it. Does anyone have pictures that they'll post?
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here is one i did yesterday. The man run off the road, Hit the embankment, went air born and hit the pole. Simple winch out about 8 ft and hook up and tow. These Excursions are HEAVY.

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They tested us on the first one..49 miles north of us at I-10 and I-75 overpass..Big Red was in the wind..made the trip in about 55 minutes..5 minutes to spare..Tractor Trailer hit a van..continued into guardrail..unit overturned sending load out the roof...We did the walk around while DOT and FHP did their investigation..

New signwriting for A & J heavy Towing

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I must have missed something (usually lots!), but what happened to the Training and Safety Forum? There was a lot of good info in there...announcements for upcoming classes, reports on classes attended, and more besides WreckMaster and Wilburn.
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I am looking for 2 new or used starter bags. Thanks in advance, Mark
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I just finished my 6/7 class and talked with the instructors about having a class at our place in south Alabama. They said if I could get the people to come to the class, they would be more than happy to start with the 2/3 class. We are about 50 miles north of Dothan AL on the Alabama - Georiga line. About 215 miles from Pensacola. I'm sure some of the guys in Dothan would let us have it at thier place. What do yall think? Are any of you interested in attending? There have not been any...
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I am looking for ratings or some kind of spec sheet. I will get ya pics but for now all I have is a model # (I think) and a serial #. It's a Chevron mounted on a 91' Chevy 4x4 w / 6.2L diesel. Model# S2 Serial# 10 4617. Twin line 3/8" w / sling and wheel lift. Trying to get it back on the road and would like to know what I would be working with. Any info would help, thx!
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Well this is one of those calls you like to get but don't like to get. I enjoyed the challenge but I've been under the weather for the last few days so pulling out over 500 feet of cable (including 2 1/2 x 75 extension cables) just didn't help however I don't think I knew I felt bad during the whole process. I think they call that Adrenaline..

I was told it weighs 30,000#

Needless to say I did not send off for any lottery tickets yesterday after this one... Get a call to go do a pretty straight forward winch out on a International. the lot was very steep where I had an option to place the wrecker. The business owner was nice enough to let me pull into one of their bays to have a good and flat winching platform. The truck driver was dropping off at this location for his first time and goofed trying to back out. Over the cross ties and on a downward slide....
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I've not posted in a while and thought I'd throw this one up. 2002 International with an oil leak. Pulled the shaft, caged brakes, Towmate and off I went.

Stay Safe,

Jason

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My 06 F650 w/260 HP IBX and Century 21' turned 190,000 miles today. At exactly 190,000 miles the #4 injector line split at the injector allowing diesel to spray everywhere and allowing the loss of prime once the engine was shut down (with a car on the bed). This line has a mount that bolts to the engine and a rubber bushing in the mount to prevent vibration (I guess) from cracking or splitting this line. Turns out the bushing dried out (at least is came out in pieces) and this...
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This accident happened about 30 years ago... The trailer was loaded of some type of hazardous chemicals.. The cab of the CL Cabover ford was knocked off the chassis ... The trailer came to rest partially in the water wedged between the two bridges... By the time the clean up was completed and the units recovered the roadway had been shut for near 21 hours... One of our Challenger light duties was brand new and hadn't even been lettered yet... Thanks.. Steve

We move this boring rig quite often. These pics were taken over the summer. The company that owns it does not have a truck large enough to pull it. Machine weighs approximately 18.5K plus trailer. Chuck (traytow2) usually tows it with the 3212 but the HPL60 handles it just fine. Sorry about the pics. NC humidity and A/C don't mix well with my Blackberry.