80,000lb Excavator Stuck on Giant Landfill (Full Recovery)

80,000lb Excavator Stuck on Giant Landfill (Full Recovery). It’s very rare we get a job where we almost call it quits. This was one of those jobs. People think because Big Flipper is a 75ton rotator and Hulk is a 50ton rotator, they can lift those weights no matter what. The reality is those numbers are based in only one position: 30 degrees boom height and off the back fully retracted. In theory you will never lift like this. The moment you start extending and rotating, those numbers drastically reduce. Here, we were close to full extension and off the side, and this unit was elevated due to the landfill. I’m not sure the reason for the breakdown, but I believe it was engine failure. They tried at first to move it with the other excavator on scene and could not, which is when they called Pepe’s to the rescue. I’m not one to walk away from a job, but seeing Big Flipper lean this hard was pretty tough. To get this heavy unit down from the top and in the corner would not be so “papi