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She's on her way home...

Eddie is going tomorrow morning to pick it up

Found out this morning that Henry Fenimore aka "Uncle Henry" passed away last night from an illness he had been battling. He was a guy who was "Larger than Life" in both size & personality and a true asset to our industry. The 350th Tower to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame, he was a wealth of knowledge and a towing Legend. Godspeed Henry...

Just got home from the shop today and we get a call for a 2 car... This is an intersection that's good for a few wrecks a year... Quick job that got dropped in the fence & then back home for some soup!

Got a call the other day for a "commercial dump truck" fire so we loaded for something big...I got a pic sent to me but it was hard to tell what it was... Turned up it was just an F550. I already had the big truck out waiting so we just rolled... Making our way through the back log... Fireman asked me to hold up, he wanted to give it one more squirt before I hooked up... We just painted these Tahoe Command Vehicles....they look good! 😁 The skid Steer with the Power Broom makes quick work on a job like this... It wasn't a "real impressive" hook up since I wasn't getting a bath under it and we were a mile or so from the shop... Once back to the shop, we unloaded the two pallets of pavers in the back so the customer could get them to their job. Figured it's easier to just take them out now before I back it in the fence... Had to put the machine on the bed and then grab the second pallet in the dump body...the pallet was a real POS and was falling apart trying to slide it to the edge... Overall, we had an hour in the job but hopefully it has insurance so we can get paid...

Got a call for a TriAxle dump that broke the rear suspension. It was loaded heavy and they were afraid that the front drive axle would roll under the truck. I informed them that they had to unload it...I knew I could lift it but nobody was going down the road with it backwards... Pretty simple rear pick at the frame rails w/ tall forks... The driver unloaded it in the back of this lot where they can go back to get it with a skid steer & dump tomorrow.

Started to get some camper moves this week... Sometimes they can be a "PITA" but as long as you're getting paid enough for the aggravation....

Getting close on our new rollback. We are supposed to be picking it up at the end of the week... 300hp, Auto, Air Ride, Air Disc Brake, duel tanks, all cab options.... 22' Steel bed, Side Puller, Auto Loader wheel lift, rear air package, duel air free spools w/ a custom touch, all synthetic rope. Lots of custom lighting going in... Aluminum/Stainless boxes & baskets with the wheel arch storage boxes as well. Bed is being painted now and then it gets aluminum removable Blade Rails. Lot's of extras....polished air tanks & battery cover...all "inboard" catalyst for a clean frame...Navigation...Winch brake, Electronic locking rear... It should make for a real nice unit.

And....she's gone...

De-commissioned our 22' Pete today...it's been a great truck that's operated nearly flawlessly for 3 years... Going to it's new owner in Upstate NY tomorrow. It's replacvement gets picked up next Friday so "stay tuned"...LoL

SOLD! This truck is getting "De-commissioned" today and going to it's new home tomorrow in NY State.

Yea they offered to unload the water but he said it was little bit of a "pita" so I didn't worry about it. I thought about rear towing it but then thought better to leave that experience for when I didn't have a choice... 😉

Had a tractor tow the other day. Picked it up in a little truck stop north of us... Was going to be a 35 mile tow on primarily back roads so I didn't worry about the air shields. Mad at myself because I started across the lot and saw them shift around in my mirrors...got back out & checked and the hardware was all rotted that attached them. They would of been gone on an interstate... Should of just done it in the 1st place...just lazy I guess...LoL Got it there in one piece & got paid sop all was well...

One of our customer's called to have a motorhome disposed of from their storage facility....as you can imagine, it was Real Nice... 😎 Dale Earnhardt approved... We explained that it will be a cost factor to cut this up and put the body in a rolloff can, then junk the chassis. Tight area, had to "side shoot" it at an angle and worked to get it through the buildings... It held together all the way back so that's all I cared about. The only "silver lining" is it has a 454 Big Block Chevy in it that I'm sure someone will buy. We will get it tore up next week.

Picked this one up yesterday for a running issue... 42,000lb Single Axle...Heavy little bugger