TRUE GRIT

An early morning wake up as the gritter became a garden ornament and was then recovered by the Kenworth supplied by Boniface to NY Recovery Due to overhead lines it had to have a controlled roll and then was pulled out the same way it went in.

Questions are always asked ‘how did that get there.’ This Gritter was on a straight road when it left the road and finished up in a front garden. The job seemed straight forward at first for the Kenworth of NY Recovery and the Century 1060 Rotator ‘Boomer’, but on closer inspection overhead power lines were cause for concern.

The power company was called to turn off the power as a safety precaution soothe recovery could be carried out, this however still left the problem of the power lines directly over the casualty. This was easily overcome by using the rotator at a lower height and the drag winch to pull the Gritter over and the boom winches to control the casualty over. The casualty was then underlifted back to base and was an end to another successful recovery for NY.

These picture gives a graphic illustration of the Boniface Maxi Reach Low-Line boom at work to its full extension, the problem on the casualty was a rear wheel bearing so it had to have a rear lift, with the safety crash protection fitted to the rear of the casualty it made the overhang of this truck very long indeed. This was no problem for NY Recovery as their Kenworth is fitted with the Maxi Reach Low-Line boom which made a potentially awkward job look easy.