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71 Wrecker
Brought this thing home the other day...
![]() Everything seems to work. It's a 4x4 three on the tree 1/2 ton with a Holmes hook on the back. Just going to use it around the shop, lifting out engines, lifting off cabs & beds. Moving the old junkers around if needed. Used a front clip I had lying around, made quite a difference. Little bit of nostalgia for ya. ![]() Last edited by vtblazer; 10-12-2004 at 07:16 PM. |
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nice gas powered cherry picker
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Now that has class
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NEEDS DUAL REAR WHEELS IMO
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vtblazer,
I am envious! Having your own wrecker is very cool, Jim |
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Kurt that wrecker looks a lot better with a nose on it than when we hauled both of them up there yesterday.
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![]() EVERY TRUCK NUT NEEDS THIER OWN WRECKER. I LOVE MINE & USE IT ALL THE TIME. ![]() ![]()
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Wrecker
I haven't got to use mine yet, but I am working on it!!!!
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Wrecker
Mines just a "little wrecker" (1/2ton)
The key fob that came with it has the business's name/number and location where it was used for working as a tow truck, funny thing is that on the back of the key fob it has written on it "little wrecker" ![]() |
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Where's my beer?
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Don't you have enough trucks already? :p eye candy! congrats on the new addition.
You need to make that a dually ![]()
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Sweet Find vtblazer! You have quite the collection now! Is it a short bed 4x4?
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I Want One!!!
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Seem;s that these wrecker's are showin up everywhere I have only seen one in person it was a 69-70 and had a very wide lug pattern on the wheel's...
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There's one in use by a repair shop in Rose Hill, KS, need to stop and get some pics of it. Know of one also used in Wichita, KS. Sure cool to see.
Vtblazer, I assume the winch is PTO powered. Is it off the transfer case or tranny? Never have quite understood how you operate this type of winch.
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Seems to operate when you put the t-case in neutral and the tranny in gear. Have to use both forward and reverse gears to make it either real in or real out... ![]() Canadian - yes, it's a shortie. Frenchblue - looks like someone just used a regular 4x4 frame and axels, looks to be standard 6 lug to me. Last edited by vtblazer; 10-13-2004 at 06:39 PM. |
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Pretty sweet...but why would anyone (as in a buisness) ever use a 1/2 ton for a wrecker???
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![]() just kiddin, that thing is cool. A little bit ot, but could someone (Fred?) clear up a few questions I have about transmission run PTOs...I knew that with a transfer case mount PTO, you have to put it in N and use the transmissions gears. This is one of the biggest benefits of a PTO winch, you can winch faster than any electric or hydraulic winch out there, however you cant move the truck while winching. But, when you have a transmission mounted PTO, you put the tranny in the gear you want to use, and engage the PTO, and it will work for whatever gear you are in (theoretically, I wouldnt wanna winch in 4th gear @ 55 mph, lol)? Would a standard single speed PTO work on a transmission, or would you need one of the multispeed units? I only ask because I know of a '70 C30 dump that has a 292/SM465 speed, and a chelsea pto run off the tranny for the dump bed. I am guessing its a single speed, and wondering if I could use it to power a winch on my truck, off of my SM465. I would like to winch while rolling (using wheel assist off road when stuck), that is another reason I am curious to using a PTO on the tranny. Sorry for the ot.
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That single spd pto is probobly better suited to a hydraulic pump (like that dumptruck will have). Of course... that means you could get a hydraulic winch... maybe have a hydraulic generator and/or air compressor too...
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Pulled out another truck on sat. that had been sitting in the dirt for about 10 years
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Nice Looking Rig,Looks like its starting to pay for itself already,Maybe I will stumble across one at a great can't away from it price.lol...
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Still drivin' a Rat Rod
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That one stuck in the mud has a great looking grille and bumper
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