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As the saying goes, spring forward, fall back…

Winter is only weeks away and freezing cold nights aren’t the only major change winter brings. Sunrise and sunset will be an hour earlier so that there’s more light in the morning.

Daylight savings time will end with a “fall back” to standard time on
Sunday November 6, at 2 a.m.

“Daylight Savings Time” is a way of making better use of the daylight in the evenings by setting the clocks forward one hour during the longer days of summer, and back again in the fall.

So, don’t forget to turn back your clocks this weekend and enjoy that extra hour of sleep Saturday night!

Fire Fighter Training

Fire fighters don’t just show up with all the skills needed to engage in every situation. That’s because they don’t just fight fires. Firemen are called out to many different events like brush fires, structure fires, automobile accidents, life-threatening medical emergencies, non-life-threatening medical calls, false alarms and other hazardous situations. To be able to do this they have to have extensive training for all these emergencies.

One of the most stressful is automobile accidents that often involve victims trapped by crushed metal or other vehicles.

How do they prepare for this? Big Rig Towing lends a hand with the ongoing training of firemen and their own crews by helping to set up scenarios that accurately represent these types of accidents under controlled environments at one of the Calgary Fire Department’s training centers.

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Big Rig Continuing Education

Here are some great pics of the Big Rig Crews keeping up with their continuing education, creating mock situations that represent possible and extreme situations that they may find themselves in. Practice in these cases can make decision making easier and create a safer environment for everyone involved in a crash or a rollover. Big Rig Towing welcomes the chance to rehearse rescues and check equipment all while helping some of Calgary’s Fire Fighting finest practice their rescue skills as well.

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Harvest 1 – Combine 0

It doesn’t matter how many improvements you make to machines there is always going to be something. You can improve functionality you can include air and wifi and bluetooth but one thing you really can never foresee is how that equipment will deal with mother nature.

This beautiful new combine forgot that it could still get stuck in the mud.

Big Rig Towing got her out and back in the field in no time.

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More Than Just a Tow

You have to be able to do more than just tow rigs. This rollover needed expert clean up and a knowledge of chemicals on board so the tanker could be drained for transport.

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Burn Out

At Big Rig Towing we aren’t always called out to rescue some rig that has gotten stuck in the snow or a ditch in rough weather. It’s not always an accident where wreckage is strewn all over and there is a broken rig that needs righting or towing.

Sometimes it’s just a large piece of equipment that has met it’s end to soon. Like this big excavator that just got burned out at the job.

We just picked it up and took it to be scrapped.

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Off Ramp Rollover

Many times weather and to much speed are the main elements that cause accidents. In this case watch while a rig with just enough speed coupled with inclement weather loses control on an off ramp and hits the ditch.

Big Rig Towing & Community Events

Big Rig Towing has always been involved with the community and whenever possible they are always on hand to put on a great demonstration of how to rescue an overturned rig and really show what the seventy five-ton rotator rig can do

This event at the First Alliance Church in Calgary was raising money for the Sherwood School Breakfast Program and Camp Chestermere both benefitting from the generous support at this event.

Video footage courtesy of Doug Gilchrist

Hay Baled

You can never emphasize enough what can happen when you combine too much speed with a tight corner. This 6000 lb load of hay really took a tumble after trying to take a corner with too much speed. Fortunately no one was injured but that is not always the case.

This took more than a tow and a couple of repairs to clean up.

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Calgary Stampede is underway from July 8-17, 2016.

Everything you need to know: http://www.calgarystampede.com/stampede

Don’t miss out! Grab your cowboy boots and hats and head downtown to the parade Friday morning and on to the Stampede grounds for some foot-stomping, heart-pounding action and a truly memorable experience.