What have you done WITH your wrecker this week?

[greenjeepster]

I didn't know I needed a wrecker until I read this thread just now.... I can't wait to tell my wife.

 

[Another Ahab]

Im no mormon either, just a back row baptist from the hills of appalachia. I like having plenty of store on hand, as its 65 miles to the closest wal mart to the east, and 75 miles to the west (north/south,,, we just wont go there).

 

[wcuhillbilly]

yup, my flag has 7 stars in a blue field

 

[Jeepsinker]

I got mine stuck on a pipeline after using it to rescue a family friend's son's 4x4. Got his truck out at 3:23 pm, got my wrecker stuck on the way out, was out until 4:37 am getting it out. Broke one front shackle mount, three straps, two chains, driver windshield in the wrecker, the front winch driveshaft came apart, and ruined the front winch cable and bent the winch cross flats.... Would have been nice to have a spotter than knew how to watch a winch cable.

Pulled up about 14 pine trees too.

 

[Another Ahab]

Ouch

View attachment 549363I got mine stuck on a pipeline after using it to rescue a family friend's son's 4x4. Got his truck out at 3:23 pm, got my wrecker stuck on the way out, was out until 4:37 am getting it out. Broke one front shackle mount, three straps, two chains, driver windshield in the wrecker, the front winch driveshaft came apart, and ruined the front winch cable and bent the winch cross flats.... Would have been nice to have a spotter than knew how to watch a winch cable.

Jeepsinker, just wondering:

- Do you have a car like this in your garage?

 

[turnkey]

Nice photos ...Like the man said ...Turn the thing off before you exit the rig....No problem, works every time...Glad no one was hurt.

 

[Jeepsinker]

Funny guys... Funny. No I didn't roll it over, the pics just post upside down from my phone.

 

[RAYZER]

Man,that truck is stuck!
Is that all the pics you got?
How did you get it out?

 

[wheelspinner]

Funny guys... Funny. No I didn't roll it over, the pics just post upside down from my phone.

Jeep, go into the picture, edit, crop, save, post. Even just a tiny crop tells the phone which way to post the picture. No idea why it works but it does.

 

[Jeepsinker]

I have an IPhone 4, it won't let me do any of that, or I can't figure out how to do it.
Got it out using both the front and rear winches to pull it out and spin it all the way around, at which point it was still stuck. After that we got it out by jerking on it with the deuce and using the front winch and snatch block to assist. That wrecker will never leave pavement again without a front driveshaft.

 

[Another Ahab]

I have an IPhone 4, it won't let me do any of that, or I can't figure out how to do it.

Not a problem; I can see it all just fine:

 

[turnkey]

That wrecker is in the LAND OF SKY BLUE WATER......Or did you drink the stuff and the wrecker just ended up that way.....Wife had a crash up and that is what she said...Sounded good to me, so we went to the local watering hole and talk with other interested people on what to do.....Problem solved...Call the wrecker (this right side up)...They fixed it, all good again....Hey the wifes happy ..I am happy...

 

[JJA Guns]

Took a 300 gal gas tank off it's stand so I can put a new filler and vent cap on it. Much easier than working on it 10' in the air off a ladder.

 

[engineer233]

Was moving day so the 936 got a workout. Moved my boys pirate ship swing set first , then came back for our 10x20 building that was fully loaded.

 

[zebedee]

View attachment 549730....... then came back for our 10x20 building that was fully loaded.

Any particular reason you used the crane to pull the shed onto the trailer or is the main drag winch not clear on the pic and you were "steering" the shed with the crane?

 

[PowerstrokeNC]

View attachment 549729View attachment 549730Was moving day so the 936 got a workout. Moved my boys pirate ship swing set first , then came back for our 10x20 building that was fully loaded.

That trailer looks nice an flat behind the wrecker, which one is it? it sits perfectly even with the high Pintle unless you modified something....

 

[Another Ahab]

View attachment 549730Was moving day so the 936 got a workout. Moved my boys pirate ship swing set first , then came back for our 10x20 building that was fully loaded.

How did you manage that pull without tearing the shed all apart?

Were you pulling from some "girders" in the flooring?

 

[engineer233]

I used the crane so to lift up on the building to start it on the trailer and also helped steer it to keep it straight. I had the building built on 4x4 runners so it could be moved. We notched the 4x4's where each floor joist met it so there would be equal pressure on the whole floor. The trailer belongs to my best friend. No mods to it. Just got lucky I guess but it does sit level and trails great. Not sure why but my pics keep turning sideways.

 

[Another Ahab]

Nice Thinking

How did you manage that pull without tearing the shed all apart?

Were you pulling from some "girders" in the flooring?

I used the crane so to lift up on the building to start it on the trailer and also helped steer it to keep it straight. I had the building built on 4x4 runners so it could be moved. We notched the 4x4's where each floor joist met it so there would be equal pressure on the whole floor.

 

[crasheej]

All you do is think ahead of the build, with the what if.