Quite Stuck!

[Thomas]

Better have more than pressure washer,something like fire truck w/2" hose.

 

[kebo]

I was thinking the same thing while watching. I was hoping that they would mention the recovery cost at the end.

I bet the recovery fee was somewhere in the neighborhood of $40K USD! That blue clay has the consistency of corn grease, with a lot of 30 wt motor oil mixed in with lol.

That recovery crew did a good job getting it out, though.

 

[Industrial Toys]

You see so many extrication attempts using equipment on hand. Dozers, and excavators. Yes, an excavator did assist. But it seems that purpose built, pulling equipment is probably your best bet. No herky-jerky business! You have some stretch in those long cables, so all machines were helping pull despite some being bigger.

 

[airbiscuit]

.... Watch this, she is pretty good, remember if you get out of the seat you are doing something wrong.

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David

I'm pretty sure I could do everything she did ... in about three weeks ... well maybe not everything .... and maybe longer than three weeks. She rocks!

 

[Garandman]

I too, thought a hundred tons of pull wouldn't do much.

An M88A1 Tank Retriever winch is rated 45 tons and the M88A2 is uprated to 70 tons. And I致e seen them pull a 50+ ton tank missing a track, up a muddy slope.

I think that kind of clay must be the devil痴 work. Fort Knox, KY had quite a bit of clay in the soil and it was damned sticky.

 

[airbiscuit]

An M88A1 Tank Retriever winch is rated 45 tons and the M88A2 is uprated to 70 tons. And I致e seen them pull a 50+ ton tank missing a track, up a muddy slope.

I think that kind of clay must be the devilç—´ work. Fort Knox, KY had quite a bit of clay in the soil and it was damned sticky.

1050hp V12 air cooled diesel engine, 140,000 lbs. You can feel the ground shake before you can see it!

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I'm glad I am not paying that bill.

I cannot speak to the Volvo or the red truck but the NATO truck looks like a M91 recovery truck with a twenty ton crane (that they don't use) and the 40 ton spool winch that the do use. Up until 2013, one of those with hardly any hours were cooking off on auctions for $14-15k, quite a deal!

Anyway, I bet they charge by the hour for each bit of equipment.

 

[Garandman]

1050hp V12 air cooled diesel engine, 140,000 lbs. You can feel the ground shale before you can see it!

Theyre basically air and oil-cooled. The M60A3 held 34 gallons of oil.

The German Leopard 2 has a 1,500hp diesel that does indeed sound like the end of the world. Their recovery vehicle winch is rated 70 Metric tons.

In other words, there’s stuck, then there’s Army Stuck.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I cannot speak to the Volvo or the red truck but the NATO truck looks like a M91 recovery truck with a twenty ton crane (that they don't use) and the 40 ton spool winch that the do use. Up until 2013, one of those with hardly any hours were cooking off on auctions for $14-15k, quite a deal!

Anyway, I bet they charge by the hour for each bit of equipment.

Yes, I'm sure. When we did recovery work, it was by the hour, and the clock started ticking when our equipment left our yard, and ran until our equipment was back at our yard. That was one expensive recovery.

 

[dodge man]

Heck my F150 would have pulled that thing right out, I'm not sure what all the fuss was about.