Even a machine built to upright train cars couldn’t handle a 67-ton excavator lying on its side in a hole without help.

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.

Geotrek Vans took on the challenge of proving that such a compact van can still be transformed into a comfortable mobile habitat for a traveling family ...