A routine demolition job in Washington, Pennsylvania, turned into an extraordinary rescue operation after ...

When a 50-plus-ton Cat excavator fell into a hole in Washington, Pennsylvania, the world’s largest rotator recovery truck arrived to help pull it out.

With the 135,000-pound excavator on its side in a 15-foot hole, it took a Century M100 wrecker and a John Deere 470RR built for railroad recovery to do the job.

A massive excavator, buried to the belly, with the tracks refusing to cooperate the worst possible combo. We laid mats, built a ramp, dug out the running gear, and doubled the pulling force with ...