On 05/12/2020 12:37 AM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 11 May 2020 20:25:18 -0400,
wrote:

On 5/11/20 7:13 PM, micky wrote:
Just had surgery on my hand ffor trigger finger, and driving home came
across a car accident. Small SUV on its side. I could only see a
little becuase police car in the way, but the tow truck guy flipped the
car on its wheels in 4 seconds.

Up one side went and there it was, on its wheels!

How did he do that?

The car carrier tow truck was nearby but I don't think it was used.

Flat-bed is the word I was looking for. Slides back, front goes up,
extension goes backward down to the ground, so the car can be pulled up
on it. Then when it's past the fulcrom, it goes flat again.


Cable TV (Weather Channel here) has 2 programs re tow/heavy rescue
outfits, "Highway thru Hell"

All but one on youtube were rock videos! But I added the word wreck
and got some hits.

and "Heavy Rescue 401"

You tube has seveal full episodes of this, 45 minutes each.

Watch a few episodes and you will see how the do this and more.

With car on its side, they usually hook cables to the two wheels in the
air, and just tip it back over upright.

You mean no machinery, they just pull by hand on the cables? That would
account for why I couldn't see anything.


Ever see videos of rioters overturning police cars? A car on its side is
even less stable. Now an eighteen wheeler on its side, that's a project.