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the 955, and the 977 both were pretty common when I was a kid. The 955 probably more so as a pintle hitch trailer behind a dump truck was all that was needed to move it. A 977 always seemed to need a semi trailer.
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Holmes through the 1960's and 70's was the most prolific, (by far) around here. The 440 and 480 were the mainstay of that business segment as most towing companies had those at a minimum. The 480 with it's dual booms and split winch were the cat's meow for extraction as you could anchor the truck with one boom and use the other for the pull. Stiff legs were a nice option but not too common. The 500 and up on the larger medium and heavy chassis were popular too, but I really didn't work with too many of those. Of course wheel lifts didn't exist until the early 1980's and I was involved with the add on types where the winch cable still raised them. A nightmare was what those were in the early days. Don't remember ever seeing Weldbilt until stationed in Norfolk and they were older by then. Still a lot of Holmes in tunnel work I noticed but Century too. By the mid 1980's most was hydraulic. When I went into the car hauling business, carriers were not yet common place around here. Out east there were plenty of course but around here the standard wrecker was still very active with hydraulic wheel lift and dolly wheels. AWD, FWD, and such made all that obsolete and most wrecker services around here now use carriers. Challenger, Century, Holmes, Champion, all owned by Miller Industries nowadays. I understand the building to customer desires is gone too. I ran a couple of Century carriers, (four vehicle) and the balance were No-Mar which is no longer around. No-Mar was owned by a family in Pocahontas, IA and would build exactly what you wanted without any added frills. They too are gone now but not to Miller.
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Never messed with Holmes, Had a few Weldbilts and was a dealer for Century and Challenger in the late 1970s. Not many on Long Island ran Holmes because Weldbilt and Challenger was local. Did have a C30 1965 Chevy with an Electric Manley 454 with tunnel ram and Hydro for a chase truck, closed I strayed from Weldbilt and Century. Maybe the booms with out the bridging was an East Coast thing. -
Yes, in the event that Brazil's economy does improve. But regardless of that, I don't see GM actually manufacturing commercial trucks in Brazil. I am thinking GM markets Isuzu trucks through their dealer network in Brazil. -
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I’m looking for owner manual for 2015 cxu pinnacle Mack truck I’m wondering if someone out there has it and willing to share. Thank you. -
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Sam Holmes, great cummins guy going work for me had one he worked on yrs ago in a cab over mack. Interesting.
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