Truck Recovery in Alton Bay

DailyWolfeboro · 01-25-2010, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Sold

Were in Alton did this happen?

BTW That is an older Ford F150. The wheels & tsllights tell me that.

This was over off of Echo Point road in Alton Bay.

I put up a photo gallery here.

NoBozo · 01-25-2010, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by DailyWolfeboro

This was over off of Echo Point road in Alton Bay.

I put up a photo gallery here.

Thanks for posting the photos. I wonder what that recovery operation Cost the owner ..and any Fines that may be levied. Do fines commence immediately or is there a grace period to get the truck out of the water? NB

jmen24 · 01-25-2010, 12:59 PM

I do not know about the costs involved with this happening, but a friend of mines father runs a repair shop and does up to meduim duty recovery. They were called to a truck that had sunk in a pond about 300yards from the road. The truck (brand new, less than a month) was started in the morning by the owner and the parking pin failed, the truck rolled out of the driveway, across the street, down an enbankment and into the pond behind his neighbors house. It took two wreckers and about 5 hours, total bill was just under $5,000. Pictures here http://www.loudongarage.com/gallery/recoveries.shtml It is the December 29, 2004 slide show.

I would have to think with fines and diving costs that that amount would at least double.

robmac · 01-25-2010, 01:10 PM

Very cool pics,glad nobody was hurt. I remember back in 95 losing my sled in lLake Francis it cost me $1500 to get my sled out and other than Inland Divers it was voluteers that helped. So I think that had to be about 5-10 times that. But I wasn't asessed fines because fish and game wouldn't let us try and get it out due to weather conditions untill the following day and the per day fine wasn't cheap.

DailyWolfeboro · 01-25-2010, 05:23 PM

I do want to point out that I have never seen this approach by the tow-truck company before.

Usually, if Dive Winni is in charge, the trucks/snowmobiles come out right-side up.

BoulderBronco · 01-25-2010, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DailyWolfeboro

I do want to point out that I have never seen this approach by the tow-truck company before.

Usually, if Dive Winni is in charge, the trucks/snowmobiles come out right-side up.

Thats what I was thinking. I'm not in the business but I've seen a number of recoveries. This one seemed a bit of a hack job.

lawn psycho · 01-25-2010, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BoulderBronco

Thats what I was thinking. I'm not in the business but I've seen a number of recoveries. This one seemed a bit of a hack job.

If you listen to the video in the first post, you can hear saying something like, "oohhh, noo, there goes some tools"

Looks like this may be a good dive spot this summer to add to someone's tool collection.

gf2020 · 01-26-2010, 12:39 AM

So, did they flip it back over on to its wheels or did they drag it all the way off the ice on its roof?

Maybe they will run "cash for clunkers" again! That truck would be a great candidate.

dpg · 02-02-2010, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by gf2020

So, did they flip it back over on to its wheels or did they drag it all the way off the ice on its roof?

Maybe they will run "cash for clunkers" again! That truck would be a great candidate.

After it goes for a swim does it really matter if it was dragged?

Thought I've read here before trucks are generally covered if they go through ice but cars are not. Cars really have no business being on the ice however trucks are "recreational" vehicles or something to that effect.

01-25-2010, 12:59 PM	#3
jmen24 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,139 Thanks: 223 Thanked 319 Times in 181 Posts	I do not know about the costs involved with this happening, but a friend of mines father runs a repair shop and does up to meduim duty recovery. They were called to a truck that had sunk in a pond about 300yards from the road. The truck (brand new, less than a month) was started in the morning by the owner and the parking pin failed, the truck rolled out of the driveway, across the street, down an enbankment and into the pond behind his neighbors house. It took two wreckers and about 5 hours, total bill was just under $5,000. Pictures here http://www.loudongarage.com/gallery/recoveries.shtml It is the December 29, 2004 slide show. I would have to think with fines and diving costs that that amount would at least double.

01-25-2010, 01:10 PM	#4
robmac Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nashua,Meredith Posts: 951 Thanks: 213 Thanked 106 Times in 81 Posts	Very cool pics,glad nobody was hurt. I remember back in 95 losing my sled in lLake Francis it cost me $1500 to get my sled out and other than Inland Divers it was voluteers that helped. So I think that had to be about 5-10 times that. But I wasn't asessed fines because fish and game wouldn't let us try and get it out due to weather conditions untill the following day and the per day fine wasn't cheap.

01-25-2010, 05:23 PM	#5
DailyWolfeboro Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Wolfeboro, NH Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 4 Posts	I do want to point out that I have never seen this approach by the tow-truck company before. Usually, if Dive Winni is in charge, the trucks/snowmobiles come out right-side up.

01-26-2010, 12:39 AM	#8
gf2020 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North of Boston Posts: 203 Thanks: 11 Thanked 35 Times in 28 Posts	So, did they flip it back over on to its wheels or did they drag it all the way off the ice on its roof? Maybe they will run "cash for clunkers" again! That truck would be a great candidate.