When a semi tractor-trailer jackknifes off the roadway or ends up driven into a ditch, it takes heavy equipment to effect a recovery and removal. Even if a semi is merely broken down, a large rig is required to haul it off to the nearest repair facility. In some cases, it could be a hundred mile drive to such a garage. And for such towing and recovery jobs, only a company in the business of heavy truck towing is equipped for the task at hand.
If a semi tractor truck breaks down on the roadside and must be brought in over a long distance, the towing service should be able to provide a carrier large enough to manage a load up to 25 tons and a deck which can accommodate the truck and with room to spare. Such a vehicle is a much larger scale version of the car carrier rig used by common domestic towing services. These vehicles can also accommodate farm and construction machinery and haul them across highway to wherever the nearest garage is located. Even if the breakdown is in “the middle of nowhere,” a towing firm equipped with such carriers can easily bring it in.
For a serious vehicular accident situation or a truck stuck in a ditch, the heavy-duty wrecker that would be called in is equipped with a composite sliding rotator. Essentially a truck-mounted lifting crane, the CSR can easily haul the wrecked tractor out of the culvert and onto a carrier. Every operation involved in heavy truck towing should have one of these rigs in its fleet or a composite slider (CS) which is more useful in the latter situation of the truck in the ditch. The lifting capacities of these cranes is more than adequate to the task and can have the wrecked rig on the road surface or onto the deck of a carrier in minutes.
USA Towing & Recovery maintains a fleet of heavy-duty truck towing and recovery rigs capable of hauling up to fifty tons of vehicle weight. Their experienced technicians have been involved in nearly every conceivable recovery situation. They have vast experience in extracting a vehicle from any road hazard, and their service is available on emergency call 24/7. You can also connect them on Facebook.
