Tow Company Lifts 24,000 lb CABOOSE
Virginia Tow Company Uses 60 Ton Wrecker to Lift Old School Caboose When you work for a tow company, you never know what each day will bring you. We are certain that when heavy tow truck operator Bo started his work week, he didn’t think he would be lifting an old caboose! Yet, that is […]
Towing Service Recovers 74,000 lb Wreck!
Towing Service Sends 3 WreckMaster Operators to Tackle Tough Recovery Road Runner Towing Service was at the site of yet another accident involving a copper truck! This particular tractor trailer was hauling 45,000 lb of loose recycled copper in cardboard boxes. As the driver took an exit ramp off the Dulles Greenway, he lost control […]
Load Transfer of 43,000 lb of Copper!
Load Transfer Needed After Frightening Accident on Loudoun County Parkway Road Runner Wrecker Service performed a load transfer and recovery on the Loudoun County Parkway on June 3, 2021. A fully loaded semi truck was carrying 43,000 lb of recycled copper parts when the driver took a curve slightly too fast. Within seconds the tractor […]
74,000 lb Fire Truck Tow
Fire Truck Tow Team Work Hard to Get Fire Truck to the Repair Shop! The fire truck tow team at Road Runner has been keeping busy in the last month. A firehouse in Sterling, VA, requested Road Runner’s help with a heavy tow. The firefighters were running routine maintenance checks on their ladder trucks when […]
Construction Equipment Hauling with 60 Ton Rotator
Construction Equipment Hauling Team Picks Up Electric Box … One Year Later! Road Runner’s construction equipment hauling team deposited a temporary electric box at a construction site in Ashburn, VA, one year ago. The temporary electric box was used to provide power to the workers as they built the massive shopping center, helping them to […]
Construction Towing on I-66 E
Construction Towing Team Tows 40,000 lb Bridge Beam Road Runner’s construction towing team responded to a truck breakdown on I-66 E in Fairfax, VA. The tractor trailer was hauling a 40,000 lb beam when out of nowhere, disaster struck and an injector problem forced the driver to an immediate stop. If that was not enough, […]
Emergency Vehicle Towing in Sterling
Emergency Vehicle Towing Team Helps Tow Firetruck In Need Of Repairs Road Runner’s emergency vehicle towing team was proud to help local firefighters last week in Sterling, VA. The fire department in question was doing some routine tire maintenance when a faulty jack caused the truck to fall to the ground. A quick inspection showed […]
Equipment Moving Needs Crane Service Team
Equipment Moving Team Called In to Disassemble and Load Polar Plow The Road Runner Wrecker Service team was called to an equipment moving job where a huge polar plow had to be disassembled and loaded up to head for its new home in Canada. The team, headed by tow truck operator Bo, headed out to […]
Construction Equipment Towing in 20 Minutes
Construction Equipment Towing Team Recovers Backhoe After Brake Failure Road Runner’s construction equipment towing team responded to an incident at a construction site in Ashburn, Virginia. A backhoe operator was hard at work doing some excavation work when disaster struck. As he approached the edge of a small ditch, he quickly realized that the backhoe’s […]
Semi Towing Leaning 25,000 lb Load
Semi Towing Team Keeps Tractor Trailer From Rolling Over Road Runner’s semi towing team was a key player in keeping a tractor-trailer from rolling over in Leesburg last Tuesday. A truck driver carrying a 25,000 lb load of concrete powder made a wrong turn into a cul-de-sac. As he tried to get out of the […]