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A forum foe New being Built & Delivered. Also, older units being Rebuilt, Restored & Reconditioned.
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How to build tow truck tool box & Surprise at end!
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Iso help to identify the model and hopefully the year of our new family project wrecker we are restoring, I have searched everywhere on the interwebs to identify with no success.... Any and all help greatly appreciated!
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Great job Woody and the boys no more I promise.
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Just finished a full refurbish on my 07 International Extended Cab Rollback. We took this truck out of service nearly 5 years ago with 385,000 miles. It became a "back burner" project but finally came together. I had this truck built in the spring of 08 w/ a 07 pre emission chassis because I didn't trust the MaxForce engine that was replacing it... It ran fine but had "blow by" which is typical with that many miles. I should of moved it before it got that high but when my wife got sick, I didn't spend any money... So we either had to sell it as a high mileage "beater" & get beat up on it or make it in to a premium truck so... …
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Topic Originally Created by EdsTowing in December of 2014: We had to do some work to our mpl40 recently to clean it up. The lift cylinders were poor by design & seeped chronically. The tilt cylinder was pitted bad for years but recently started leaking as well. Then one of the winch functions failed due to a problem with the control valve so it was time to pull it apart. We had the valve body overhauled cause Dam...it's like stupid money. The pins & bushings were all replaced. All the rust on the boom was dealt with and we replaced all three cylinders. Then we painted the boom like the rest of our wreckers...which we were supposed to do years ago but n…
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Topic Originally Created by EdsTowing in January of 2011: This was a project that we just finished up recently on one of my 03' International 4300's. The truck was showing it's age (and rust) on the body so we figured it was time for a make over... This deck was pretty rough and we had one in better condition from the last truck refurbish so we opted to rebuild that one. First we made a work bench out of a wrecked camper trailer frame to make the body mobile. Then once situated, we cut out all of the damaged cross-members. They were caked with years of trapped mud which is the cause of the failure in the first place... …
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So, I really don't have time for another project but I could not pass this up and I like these old internationals. 1999 International 4700, 100K miles, cab in perfect condition inside and out, AC/ DT466 with a 6+1 transmission. The steel bed was in good shape but as usual, the cross members were toast. The bed was 93" wide with the old fixed side rails that the JerrDans had. I had looked at a bunch of these trucks and felt that I could fix them but for what they wanted for the truck itself it was not worth it. This one was priced right to do the work so I bought it. We cut the side rails flush at the bed and removed them, that put us at 90" wide. We cut …
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Finally able to get the new rollback lettered...
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After 20 years of service, we decided to replace our main Heavy Duty with a new Flag Ship. This is a Peterbilt 567 with a Jerr-Dan 35 ton Integral wrecker... These new trucks are pretty sweet... Cummins X15 550 with an 18 spd, 46k full lockers on Air Track, 18k Steer axle... Navigation, Satellite radio, Wi-Fi with a built in browser, heated & cooled seats... It's a big step up from my "Shaker"... Spent most of the day figuring out boxes & equipment...it's a big change in the body as well. I made brackets to hold the cribbing from sliding around. We had ex…
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We replaced our Primary Rollback with a New 2022 Peterbilt that we picked up yesterday... 300 hp Pacar PX7 / Allison, Air Ride/Air Brake, duel tanks, All cab options, 22' Jerr-Dan bed. In The Ditch stainless boxes & basket Full Air package to the rear for trailers... Air Free spool on both sides... Eddie showing my Grandson how it works on the 1st tow... It goes down on Monday for a wrap...
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The wrap got done on the new Heavy tonight...Pick it up in the morning...
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Haven't had much time to work on our new crash truck but I plan on having it done in the next couple of weeks... Started the Tool center...
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My guys got all the decals off and they done an excellent job of power washing it ,,,all new rubber is mounted So glad to finally see some black on the boom,,, slowly but surely its getting there. The red is getting close,,,,,,, The new truck is coming along nicely,,, Now she's got some of that BARKER RED,,, now to paint the cab and then time to reassemble. We are on the third and final stage,,,now to paint the cab,,,looking forward to this unit. …
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Battelini's Transportation & Heavy Duty Towing
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This is just a "Sneak Peek" of our new project. We purchased this F550 from our local Fire Company and we are going to make another Crash Clean up truck for Emergency Responses... I'm excited to start on this one. It's a 550, 4wd, Power Stroke Crew Cab... Truck is litterly like new with only 11,000 miles on it... 12,000lb Warn Winch on the front... Lots of Emergency Lights... I'll update as we go but I think it will be a huge asset to our company.
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Picking it up tomorrow Thx Tom
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We had to replace our service truck so we decided to start with a "clean slate". I wanted something to use for our road service, our accident clean up response as well as traffic control to deal with people that don't move over. We thought about a couple of directions and decided on this route... 2018 Ford Transit 250 Van. 1st order is to tint it down a little...lot of glass... Then we sent it out to have a Interior Shelf unit & divider panel installed... Went with a composite divider to keep noise & fumes out. Not sure why the picture size has been limited that I can o…
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Last winter we got a call to remove 2 old trucks from a property that was being sold. My guys pulled a Chevy van & a GMC pick up out of the weeds & brought them in. After inspecting them, I told the owner that there wasn't much there to work with and there would be substantial costs to repair them. I ended up buying them for a couple hundred bucks. We decided to make something out of the truck to flip it but it turned in to something much more complex... The bed was terrible so it was removed only to find the chassis had seen better days. Typical GM crossmember damage on the frame. We media blasted the chassis & installed/f…
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Just picked up today from body company. Now ready for our finishing touches. It is a 2020 Ford F350 extended cab, diesel, 4x4. Diversified front bumper with ramsey 8k electric winch with synthetic winch line. Knapheide body with vanair arc 250 unit. Going to be a great truck.
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Finally got the NRC all painted, including the dolly and lettered. Here are some pictures of the painting of the dolly and lettering it up. Thanks BOB~ TBAUTOMAN said: Nice work, how many man hours total ? wreckmster said: awesome unit. You'll be raising hell with that truck …
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Hot Wheels Custom Heavy Chevy Hitcher '69 Chevy Pickup & Heavy Hitcher Bash
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We got this truck at the end of last year. Our last wrecker had 2 tunnel boxes and this one only has 1, so we were a little short on storage. We added 3 additional boxes. My boss has also let me add stuff to make things more efficient. Simple stuff first, 2 buckets for floor dry/debris 2 Boxes have been placed on each side of the bed, which did make it difficult to watch the winches. So mirrors were added to aid with that. Again, the boxes make backing up to a car difficult to see it. All of our trucks have on board dvr, with 4 cameras. I added a monitor to be able to see. This truck has a compres…
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My shop truck was looking a little tattered from a rough winter so we figured we would run it through our body shop for a new "suite" and then put our new logo on it... She came out pretty nice for a 300,000mi truck! Then off to the wrap shop.... I was happy with the results. My team did a good job on her & she's ready for another 10 years of service.
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Hello, thought I'd share some of the work my old topkick has gone through in the last 6 months, the floors were rusted out, all the compromised material cut out and new material welded in,completely new brake lines from the master cylinders to the calipers, new axle seals front and back, the sleeper bunk isolators replaced, some engine isolators, front shocks, the cross bar for the deck slide ram on the deck itself was destroyed, had a new one fabbed , installed and reinforced, new rear 1/2 round fenders installed and new rear mudflaps/hangars too. On the interior, the rubber floor only went as far as the front of the seat, so now has carpet from the rubber back unde…
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Hey guys and girls I’m building my second rollback starting with a 1995 Peterbilt 378 tractor I will keep you posted but it will be a long build I’m doing all the work myself just like my last truck. Hope you like it. Keith.
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