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Manchetts Recovery
Manchetts incident manager was called to the scene to assess the
job after a previous recovery attempt had already occurred. We
then liaised with Felixstowe port officials and the environmental
agency due to the nature of the hazard which could potentially
impact on the local wildlife due to the recovery within a
conservation area. Once we had carried out our risk assessment
alongside all involved parties the area was then cordoned off.
We Attended scene at 8pm with recovery vehicles for a 9pm
start time due to low tide. Volvo Technicians removed final drives
from the casualty to prevent any rolling resistance. Our initial plan
was to try and spin the casualty vehicle on its axis, winching from
the end of the dipper arm to get as much leverage as possible,
the reason for this was because the machines tracks were
facing along the beach and not heading up the beach. We were
assured the slew brake would hold and allow us to carry out this
manoeuvre however this didn’t work in our favour.
Our bespoke Fastrac recovery winching vehicle was then
taken out of the equation due to the tide beginning to come
in. This was now our get out of jail machine in case our own
machines became stuck on the beach as the tide was beginning
to encroach on our working area. We also had a Stihl saw primed
and ready in case we needed to chop our own cables and exit
swiftly.
The first pull was to bring the whole machine sideways out
of the water to gain access to remove the previous operator’s
chains that were stuck in the gears on the tracks. We then dug
out in-between the tracks to gain access to a central pulling
point this then allowed us to navigate the machine the correct
way up the beach and away from high tide. Once we had turned
the machine, we were able to utilise the Mercedes 6x6 to winch
the casualty all the way to the top of the beach for low loader
recovery the following day.
● Contact Manchetts on 01733 560 591
www.manchetts.co.uk
JS Holmes
Based just off the A14 outside Cambridge, AASP offer
a full range of recovery and transporation services.
They recently handled the transporation of this
Lamborghini from Peterborough to London, to a TV set.
● Contact JS Holmes on 01945 410243
www.jsholmes.com
JS Holmes Ltd
24 Hour recovery for all commercials
High Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 4RQ
● Car & Commercial Roadside Assistance
● Accident Recovery & Transportation
● Air Cushion Recovery
● Car & Commercial Workshop Repair Facilities
● Landoll & Extendable low Loaders
Bus, coaches & motorcycles, secured storage.
PAS 43. Workshop, servicing & MOT’s.
Tel: 01945 410243
PE30 4JQ
01553 660922
PE11 4AB
01775 840452
NR19 8NN
01328 853599
Head Office: 262 Bridge Road • Sutton Bridge
• Spalding • Lincolnshire • PE12 9SH
CAR & COMMERCIAL RECOVERY SPECIALISTS
Tel: 01406 350218
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