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Posts: 1382 10/13/08 07:41:53 Featured Member August 2004 WreckMaster #92190 I.T.R.H.F.M. Friend of Museum	Tags : None Oct 13, 2008 - 04:05:17 CDT It made the news when a truck carrying an unarmed missile booster overturned in northwestern North Dakota. Actually, everyone was happy about the "unarmed" part. And people figured there would be an investigation, and someone would be held accountable for the accident. But who would have thought it would cost $5.6 million to recover the missile and truck. For comparison:The Burleigh County Commission recently gave the go ahead for $5.5 million in bond to finance an indoor swimming facility at Bismarck State College property. Mandan is making improvements in its water treatment plan for $4.5 million and adding a southside water reservoir for $8.6 million. Oil industry people put the price tag for drilling a Bakken oil well in the Williston Basin at $5 million. The North Dakota Legislature authorized a $5.7 million overhaul of its computers system (well this last one doesn't count). The missile and truck recovery isn't one of those $600 hammers bought by the Department of Defense (urban myth), it's much worse. http://www.bismarcktribun...ion/editorials/166706.txt "To be honest, I'm more worried about what the government can do to me than what they can do for me."
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Posts: 1382 10/13/08 07:43:28 Featured Member August 2004 WreckMaster #92190 I.T.R.H.F.M. Friend of Museum	Ok people, I wonder what the whole story is on this one... After all if anyone here or on 411 did the job, we would be hearing about this job... Makes me wonder what the whole story is... Maybe the cost also includes the repairs to the truck and trailer along with the rocket damage being repaired.. And then again, PPP does have "salvage value" in the rate system... Wonder what the value of a "missle booster" is... "To be honest, I'm more worried about what the government can do to me than what they can do for me." Last Edited By: ibflat2 10/13/08 07:49:26. Edited 1 time.
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Posts: 87 10/15/08 20:04:41 Featured Member August 2003Moderator	Its a freaking missle! It should cost alot to recover it! +500% on that one. And 1% of salvaged cargo value. And if the tower did not blow everyone up heck it was worth the bill. Jr
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Posts: 129 10/18/08 13:23:58	ibflat2 wrote: Ok people, I wonder what the whole story is on this one... After all if anyone here or on 411 did the job, we would be hearing about this job... hey richard........he retired......... *Twinkie Free!*
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Posts: 47 02/27/10 19:37:38	The government gets a little touchy on this stuff. A few weeks ago a 180,000 lb tank overturned when the tail of the trailer it was on ran off the side of the road. The company on call was responding with a 9055, he asked if we could send our 9055 and asked if any of our other heavies were available if needed. By the time they got there the state patrol was arguing that it would require one of those magical rotators, the military argued it needed a crane. The responding company didn't get it, we didn't get it. According to one of the county officers on scene it took a crane company over 15 hours to arrive and get this thing out of the ditch and reloaded. Last I knew, cranes were net suited well for recoveries that involved winching and uprighting. I guess they know better than we do though, I know this to be true because I've been told that several times. jeff@southsidewrecker.biz
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