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AIR CUSHIONS USA standard recovery air cushions are versatile recovery tools and could be used for numerous recovery applications.   One of the most spectacular recoveries involved a train wreck with numerous boxcars scattered about the landscape, many with their loads still inside.  One of the most spectacular recoveries involved a train wreck with numerous boxcars scattered about the landscape, many with their loads still inside.  750 POUND ARTILLERY SHELLS!

The air cushions were used to position the shells within in the cart so the could be safely lifted free with other heavy equipment.

The very critical and dangerous recovery was successfully conducted by Scotty’s Carriage Work in Cameron, Missouri.

The potential usage of low pressure air cushions is a practically limitless.  The gentle lifting/ push of a large volume of low-pressure air in air-lift (cushions):

        Works in mines, in tunnels, on bridges and places with minimal access.

        Specially designed air-lifted cushions can help support bridges or float vehicles.

        Special applications can be used to roll equipment or act as dunnage.

        Sensitive loads can be cradled and protected.

        Standard or beached equipment can be refloated.

        Sunken or submerged equipment can be lifted, floated, and retrieved.

Air cushions are used by Fire Rescue professionals as a rescue tool and as a life saving device, as shown here in case of collapsing trench walls.

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