Popular Post 41chevy Posted March 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2019 Hosted on Fotki 7 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex g Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Glad someone had a camera on them that day. Great pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Kool Pic! Wrecker is an H model Mack. Time to do oil changes on the little trucks...? Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxbxc Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Those little trucks probably only weigh about 10,000 Lbs , I would say the old mack should be able to do twice that ,depending on the boom size and winch ratings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 6 hours ago, j hancock said: Kool Pic! Wrecker is an H model Mack. Time to do oil changes on the little trucks...? I have in in the file listed as an H63 course G is next to H on the key board. . . 1 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCrutch Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I wonder if that rig is still around somewhere. It would definitely be one of a kind seeing as it’s got 2 wrecker arms. I’d love to see it pull off the same stunt again. Quote Who needs a back yard when you could have a Yard?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 Body would most probably be a Holmes 750 or 850. 1 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCrutch Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Found another picture of one of those Holmes Wrecker bodies on another H. They do look pretty sweet. 2 Quote Who needs a back yard when you could have a Yard?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxbxc Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 That last one looks like a 650 or even a 500, but a short little bugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry T Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 On 3/18/2019 at 9:44 AM, gxbxc said: Those little trucks probably only weigh about 10,000 Lbs , I would say the old mack should be able to do twice that ,depending on the boom size and winch ratings I think they each weigh a bit more than 10K. I still carry some of my towing equip/tools on by K2500 Chevy and with my concrete ballast for the blade in the bed it weighs in at 7,100# without the blade. I ran it across our scale at work & it was 3,280 steer, 3,820 on the drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 5 hours ago, Rob said: All the 850 Holmes bodies I worked on had external bridging straps on the booms. We put this truck together in 1981 on a 1973 Autocar chassis: So than the Holmes catalog is in correct? Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CaptainCrutch Posted March 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 20, 2019 Found a 1965 triaxel B-73 with an L cab and one of these Holmes 850 setups. It’s huge. So huge it’s got a 100,000 winch on it. 5 Quote Who needs a back yard when you could have a Yard?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 3 hours ago, Rob said: Couldn't tell you. Never seen anything larger than a 500 without the bridging myself and was around several of them until the hydraulic beds started taking over. I should have said the 480 series and above had the bridging. The 440 and smaller had smooth tubes IIRC but I've slept since then. 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. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post j hancock Posted March 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 20, 2019 Here is a Mack LJ equipped with a Holmes 750 seen in 2015. 3 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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