The Wall Of Shame (Towing Recovery)

I was called to this accident scene and found TV crews, Police, Fire department and a lot of spectators were gathered and found out very quickly they were all wondering how I was going to get it off the wall.

Actually even though there were so many doubtful people this was a very simple recovery.

To all the towing operators watching: I just backed up placing the tow truck's rear wheels on the curb, lowered the wheel lift and brought the rear of the truck about 6-8 inches level with the wall. I then extended the deck out, Ran my wire rope over the top to the drivers side seatbelt and pulled the left side of the wrangler onto the deck.If there had not been any onlookers I could have just rolled it on it's top and took off.

The actual recovery only took about 10 minutes but the cleanup took a long time due to the gas tank being ruptured.

The driver is OK but the wrangler is a total loss.

Sorry I couldn't show more but I don't have the luxury of having a film crew with me.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• tow
• towing
• wreck
• wrecked
• recovery
• winch
• winchout
• wreckmaster
• jeep
• wrangler
• 4X4
• eugene
• oregon
• kmtr
• kezi
• kval
• fire
• police
• springfield

[PsychoDaveFilms]

Looked like a "hold my beer and watch this" moment.

[GordyMariFilms]

haha exactly

[northstar2007]

Eesh... What a mess, not very well built as I thought a jeep was..

[GordyMariFilms]

yeah but it did roll 3 times before it made the wall

[markssite]

only in a jeep

[93SaturnSL1]

@GordyMariFilms <- What happened exactly?

[shawndogg81]

Hey lets turn this 'mall' rated jeep into a 'wall' rated jeep... if it that doesnt work we will just have to 'roll' over to the backyard party on the corner. I wish I knew what really happend tho.... poor jeep

[joshcrosson]

looks like that homeowner is mighty glad that wall was there.