VEHICLE RECOVERY

The book presents a practical explanation of the basic principles of efficient commercial vehicle crash recovery operations. Equipment required for the various recovery operations is described under the following sections - air bags; ropes, wires and chains; tackles; snatch blocks; rough ideas on rough terrain; winching; towing; recovery vehicles; tankers; equipment and devices; derrick cranes; and, safety and legislation. Appendices also contain additional useful information on the hazchem card for vehicles carrying dangerous cargoes, the Hazchem code, wire rope table of allowable loads, and a chassis selector chart for recovery vehicles. /TRRL/

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Butterworth and Company Publishers Limited

  88 Kingsway
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Grice, R J
• Publication Date: 1977

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 108 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Newnes-Butterworths and Company
  • Publisher: Butterworth and Company Publishers Limited
  • ISSN: 0408-002648

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Chains; Commercial vehicles; Commodities; Crashes; Economic efficiency; Equipment; Freight traffic; Hazardous materials; Hazards; Highway safety; Laws; Lifting equipment; Mechanical failure; Methodology; Motor vehicles; Overturning; Rope; Tankers; Textbooks; Towing devices; Trucks; Wire
• Uncontrolled Terms: Articulated vehicles; Efficiency; Recovery
• ITRD Terms: 1225: Articulated vehicle; 1684: Breakdown (veh); 5911: Efficiency; 3674: Equipment; 283: Freight; 5158: Lifting; 1236: Lorry; 9102: Method; 1637: Overturning (veh); 9150: Risk; 8526: Textbook
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163177
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 18 1978 12:00AM