Recovery Services
Performing a job that requires winches to be utilized to complete the job is a task that should be performed by professionals that are trained yearly, like the operators at Walt's Mission Pass Towing. There a a lot of variables that need to be looked at on each and every winching operation such as:
- Underwater recoveries are one of the most difficult types of recoveries to perform. The main reason for this is that when an object is partially submerged we now have to contend with the weight and movement of the water that is in and around the object. If it is completely submerged you now have to deal with the ground conditions that more than likely are silt, clay or mud.
- Hillside and ditchside recoveries present more of a resistance than danger to a recovery vehicle. If an object goes down a cliff or in a ditch then we are now not only dealing with the resistance of the vehicle or the object that needs to be retrieved but also an incline, the steeper the hill the more the resistance to overcome with the use of multiple lines to load or adding snatch blocks to change the direction of the pull.
- Walt's Mission Pass Towing has extra cable lengths besides what the tow truck is equipped with. This is utilized in hillside and ditch type recoveries where the tow truck can not park close enough to perform a safe recovery and it is also utilized in change of direction or multiple line operations.
- Uprighting is one of the easier types of recoveries to be performed. The only drawback of this type of operation is that you don't want to bring the object up only for it to fall over the other way and create more damage to the vehicle. Something else that needs to be paid attention to is where to connect the cables and chain to on an overturned vehicle, truck or object without causing more damage to it.