Ktowing

I am planning on going, will be my first time. going for the RBU class but plan on experiencing the rest.

Still here in north central Kansas

I do about 50/50, I have a zachlift on my Holmes and a zach fifth wheeler so I'm familiar with an independent underlift. I understand the advantages of the integrated for weight distribution and I do some crazy heavy tows occasionally. I really like the concept of the NRC seems very versatile, kind of best of both worlds but finding one like what i want in my price range is tough and they don't seem super popular not sure why. I've found several 50 ton centurys and vulcans that fit the bill for me just trying to find out the difference between the lift pivoting on the boom verses solid, I've asked salesmen and the jus say their brand is better with no explanation. cant believe miller would put that much extra work and fabrication into the pivot without a good reason. Curious to here from operators as to why? As far as preference i have none as i have never operated an integrated other than on a one ton wrecker. One thing that intrigues me on the integrated is lift height, I watched a miller promotional video on using the fifth wheel adapter flipped over with a king pin to hook up to a kw 8 bag, seemed really easy and two of my large clients run all kw and i do quite a few swaps for them.

I am looking at upgrading my heavy wrecker have a Holmes 750 that i learned on and I've always been able to get the job done but as i get older something less labor intensive sounds good. Looking at probably 45t or bigger but there are a few 35t that has me interested. Question is what's the pros and cons of these? Main difference I can see is the tilt on the under lift, century has a pivot where the lift attaches to the boom and the jerrdan and vulcan are solid. Why and what are the advantages to the pivot? thanks in advance trying to gather information to make an informed decision and i honestly have no experience with a hydraulic wrecker