Team Salvage Forced To Get Creative To Remove A Wreck | Aussie Salvage Squad

Under pressure from a rising tide and an incoming tropical storm, Team Salvage are forced to get creative when attempting to drag an aging wreck off of a beach.
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[@rustypanels1917]

They're the experts, but, lower towing point and surly they have inflatable rollers to roll the boat rather than drag.

[@Sabi1234567890Asdf]

Sad to say but this is drama tv its been scripted. As a professional recovery and salvage they would know this. if it came out all easy it wouldn't make air.

[@FransBlaas1]

Should pull from a lower point, now it’s digging in the sand making it more difficult.

[@Dannerrrr]

RIght?! They could have put the boat attachment low, and the excavator attachment higher(as long as there's a hardpoint to attach to)

[@vblaas246]

Hey, someone with my last name! :) Fenna?

[@sammiecaisley]

@@Dannerrrr no kidding

[@Sabi1234567890Asdf]

Sad to say but this is drama tv its been scripted. As a professional recovery and salvage they would know this. if it came out all easy it wouldn't make air.

[@Grbherbtpusy48]

I don't think the Australians worked out physics yet

[@philpotsymington5374]

Love it guys, personally believe your pulling from to higher up on the bowl of the boat... If ya popped some holes lower down.. it would lift it up and over the sand and the excavators tow point is was to low.. which would pull the boat into the sand...

[@Sabi1234567890Asdf]

Sad to say but this is drama tv its been scripted. As a professional recovery and salvage they would know this. if it came out all easy it wouldn't make air.

[@philpotsymington5374]

@@Sabi1234567890Asdf yes I understand that... But type of recovery work has its own dangers already .. you don't need to added to that for TV sakes..

[@Sabi1234567890Asdf]

@@philpotsymington5374 yes but the risk is mitigated and very low. Worst case they would have to cut some chain links to weeken them and wait for the snap. Its much safer to add the drama of using a bad rigging point than to risk a snapped chain causing injury.

[@madmick3794]

Gotta love Christopher, what a beast.

[@countrycartier]

Great display of perseverance to get the job done.

[@johnplunkett6633]

well done crew

[@bernhard8540]

Ya know one D9 dozer would have solved all your problems.. and if you can afford to rent that excavator and the crane then you coulda rented a dozer which would have hooked to the boat and towed it easily. There isn't much a d9 cat won't move. Haha

[@lutzweb]

in europe we heavy duty inflatable rollers even to launch ships

[@johnvitro5908]

Cool thx Looks tough

[@johnhicks6380]

They can all get a job at the local pantomime the place for bad actors

[@dougmawhinney6961]

What fun

[@MRBenchwork]

Why is this not available on Discovery Plus?

[@imurderuh]

Why not put it in the water and pull it? To easy?

[@hippopotamus86]

Because it will sink. It's a wreck, the hull is rust.

[@thedave7760]

@@hippopotamus86 so attach some buoyancy floats on the side, it has to be easier than this.

[@thesausage351]

@@thedave7760 They’re working with a strict deadline, with limited tools in remote country and OHS or pollution governing bodies would not allow the hull to be put back into water in case there is contaminates that could leak out and harm local water and wildlife.

[@broagungtv6168]

Waw waw waw...

[@baqitemanggung8627]

Tarik alat berat

[@rishanbruch9265]

Do we saw a crane❤👌💯

[@ronc5053]

They're plowing the beach.

[@stevefyke8640]

Logs!! A skid! Lower tow point! Come on guys! Did you see the trench they made!! You're pulling the nose of the boat down into the Sand!

[@rockbiterhd]

Wait a minute i will get Claytons number

[@jayflow7949]

YEA THE BOYS TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK!!!!!! NEVER GIVE UP NEVER SURRENDER!!!!!!

[@jonerlandson1956]

i think what i'd do is knock off the stabilizers that are holding the thing back...

[@thehappytexan]

I’m curious why they didn’t cut lower on the bow and pull from a more efficient angle. Maybe not enough solid metal left?

[@Sabi1234567890Asdf]

Sad to say but this is drama tv its been scripted. As a professional recovery and salvage they would know this. if it came out all easy it wouldn't make air.

[@windage]

nah...they just didn't know any better..same reason they didn't put a cradle sling around the twin keels..or tie to the right side of the truck, forcing it towards the water instead of higher on the beach...like an earlier poster said...no skill or technique..just brute force

[@johnwalteroka1173]

Shorten the chain or put the excavator behind the yacht and push it they made something simple like it was hard

[@wendee2022]

Do these guys have their own channel?

[@JohnSmith-qj4cf]

Wombats

[@garyherbertson7691]

The tow point is too high making the yacht push into the sand tow point should be as low as possible this way the yacht would pull up out of the sand making it easier to tow

[@hemayann]

Bet they went bust after the insurance company seen the way they operated

[@crankupthechainsaw]

Embarrassing to watch them drag the boat into the sand with wrong towing points.

[@MrChromedome28]

Really ?

[@garydos000]

Why give up when u can use all u got

[@CarterYT53]

Get todkills marine services

[@roaldnordvik6628]

, Ridiculous !! why did they not use a cutting torch to remove the keels? the hull would sail on the sand instead of having two large plows digging down a few feet in the sand,, had they removed them the excavator would have pulled this hull alone, None of these had gotten a job in my company,

[@thesausage351]

Do you know where these guys work? It’s in remote country, and you don’t always have access to tools you might normally use, and they work under very tight deadlines. Also as it is a wreck, OHS might not approve the use of a cutting torch in case there is fuel or gas trapped in the hull. They are a professional salvage company so I’m pretty sure they have a bit of an idea of what to do.

[@donfink7063]

The truth is, they are not recovering a wrecked boat from the beach. They are making a dramatized TV program. What they show in these reality TV shows has little or no relation to how things are usually done in real life. They have to make a crisis out of every cracked egg.

[@thesausage351]

@@donfink7063 Right, but because they’re making a TV show doesn’t excuse them from OHS rules, and definitely doesn’t allow them to pollute the beach or water. They have insurances, contracts, conditions and laws they need to work by, and if they break any of them for whatever reason they’re liable for fines and prosecution. Add to that they have a time limit that cannot be changed or argued against, the tide. So they do the recovery as they normally would, the TV company edit it to put the drama in.

[@mickd5512]

Ripper and winching

[@brianring80]

The uncovered fuel laterally rescue because dictionary bacteriologically bury between a political colony. faint fair, fine herring