Western Star 6900XD Haul Truck

If you're gunna use 6900's grossing 100 tonnes, here's a tip. Maintain your roads so parts don't break off and you don't blow steer tires. Only good part is the contractor that does the road maintenance also owns these trucks, LOL I floated two 326 excavators there to pull on side of box and had two rotator tow trucks there and we couldn't budge it. Next plan dig it out and bring a 349 and a D8.

Last one.

That's a dirt torpedo.

I meant to say "we COULDN'T budge it.

Fixed

There are just some things a tow truck can't do and that's one of them. Rotators are over rated IMO. Jobs like that usually need brute force.

Steve Frazier said: Fixed Click to expand... Thanks Steve. Am I missing it.....I couldn't find how to edit my post? I only see the one reply that has an "edit" beside the "report"

It never gets soft enough around here to sink 2/3 of a dumptruck. Too many bloody rocks....

Looks like once he got off the side, it just sucked him on in. Soft edges are a b@$trd. That's a bad spot with the frozen creek and the pond in the ditch. Going to make it tough to get the material out of the bed, and realistically, the only way the truck is coming out- is if the material comes out of the bed. Any way to route the water around? and fill or mats to get to the other side and dig it out? I suspect the other side of the truck is going to have quite a bit of damage. I'm with truckshop on the rotator wreckers being over rated. They are nice for dealing with roll overs with minimum room- like on a interstate where they only want to give the recovery guys one lane to work with. They do get to bill pretty heavy to the insurance companies when they send one out though.

westerner said: It never gets soft enough around here to sink 2/3 of a dumptruck. Too many bloody rocks.... Click to expand... Ya, my friends were just in Arizona on an atv ride. I didn't have time to go, but I saw all the pictures....of rock. LOL Some beautiful scenery though. And better climate than our 7 months of snow, LOL

crane operator said: Looks like once he got off the side, it just sucked him on in. Soft edges are a b@$trd. That's a bad spot with the frozen creek and the pond in the ditch. Going to make it tough to get the material out of the bed, and realistically, the only way the truck is coming out- is if the material comes out of the bed. Any way to route the water around? and fill or mats to get to the other side and dig it out? I suspect the other side of the truck is going to have quite a bit of damage. I'm with truckshop on the rotator wreckers being over rated. They are nice for dealing with roll overs with minimum room- like on a interstate where they only want to give the recovery guys one lane to work with. They do get to bill pretty heavy to the insurance companies when they send one out though. Click to expand... Ya, they dug out what they could but still about a quarter of a load in it. Like you say, they either need to dig it all out or build a road into the swamp. They have been pumping the water out. Luckily no fluids leaking from truck, but they have absorbent booms out. Well they have two excavators there and a D8 and D6 there now but never started anything yet. But now it's raining. I knew the tow trucks were going to be useless as soon as I seen the cab and frame rails packed full. Last ore truck they flipped here a guy I know came out with his 80 ton rotator and ended up breaking the boom off it. Cost him a few hundred thousand in damage. Pretty much had to replace the whole body.

crane operator said: They do get to bill pretty heavy to the insurance companies when they send one out though. Click to expand... The problem is they send it out make a showing knowing it's not going to happen turn in a horrendous bill-when should have just drove out in a pickup looked it over and waved off.

Truck Shop said: The problem is they send it out make a showing knowing it's not going to happen turn in a horrendous bill-when should have just drove out in a pickup looked it over and waved off. Click to expand... You are absolutely right there. I had a friend who once flipped a set of B-train bulk tankers in a winter storm. A towing company sent out two light duty tow trucks to say they couldn't do it, then sent out two heavies the next day. Then gave him a bill for $35,000 Canadian to just upright it.

Recovered! Two 329 Cat's and a 450 Hitachi. Now the work begins.

yes any dirt is too much. It would have been a good job for our 35 mini, I could clean it out completely On the Weyerhauser/Dupont job, they had anyone drive the 30 ton offroad trucks, with predictable results. One guy flopped one at speed and it emptied itself clear out on the haul road. Would have been a bummer to meet that in anything.

Looks like the cab is pretty much done for . . . ?!? Does the frame and body seem straight still?

Not real sure Acoals......I just jumped out to take those couple pics quick but wanted to get on the highway quick as a storm was coming and a bunch of highways were already closed, so I had one left to get me home and I was hammer down. What I'm wondering is if it ran while it was on it's side and with that breather under water.

On the plus side the front bumper is still good.

Hank R said: On the plus side the front bumper is still good. Click to expand... Even that front fender survived pretty good! Those big dump boxes usually save a lot of damage to the truck cab.

Paystar said: Thanks Steve. Am I missing it.....I couldn't find how to edit my post? I only see the one reply that has an "edit" beside the "report" Click to expand... You have up to an hour to edit your post, after that an Administrator will have to do it