Ed Barker

Even though I'm a Ford man and I finally found the Cadillac I wanted

and purchased it from some dear friends of ours,,,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

I restored in honor of my Grandpas who passed away exactly 2 weeks apart,,,

 

 

Still got the ol truck stored away.

"RAMZILLA" is all painted,,,even the frame,,,now to do a little of this and that to it and then hopefully Randy Vance can get me in to have it lettered and striped,,,still have to repaint the wheels also but its getting close.

 

 

 

 

 

We have finally got "RAMZILLA" out of the weeds and into the shop for a complete makeover,,,

 

 

His paint was peeling, he's being stripped down and a new base coat clear coat paint job applied,,,

looking forward to putting him back in the fleet on call again.

Once again our sign guy has done us a great job,,,the new unit is standing tall!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes I forget we used to tow everything before there was any carriers,,, lol.

 

 

 

Something about those new 7 inch bull haulers,,,lol. Should be back from sign shop tomorrow,,,

 

 

This was one from this morning,,,,,, brand new tractor,,,only damage was where owner had hooked yellow strap and jerked on it with his truck before I arrived.

 

 

 

guy said he was gonna retire and leave the digging to a professional,,,

 

 

 

super nice feller to do work for.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

The cab is almost ready for paint,,,slowly but surely its getting there.

 

 

The cab is finished and the nose should be painted,,,

Got my new 7 inch bull hauler stacks and looking forward to getting her finished up.

 

 

 

 

 

Finally starting to come together,,, slowly but surely.

 

 

 

 

A few more things are on it,,,grill,,,visor,,,be glad to get her on the road.

 

 

 

 

I would have to say this has to be one of my favorite light duty tows,,,

took this 66 Mopar to the interior shop for a friend,,, jolly rancher green.

 

 

 

It never changes in the towing business,,,man calls for wreck we brought in and wants all contents including his fishing poles he has "NO" insurance,,,

 

I say bring me the title so I can junk it and get it out of my tow yard and you can clean it all out,,, he says in a mean voice I'm not paying you a dime and I'm not giving you a title!,,, along with a few very bad words that sounded like my ex wife was back on my porch,,, I said then your not cleaning it out,,, he then said what are you gonna do with those fishing poles! I said I own two gravel pits fully stocked and my kids love to fish!

 

Folks I'm more than fare offering to settle for a title and no money on an old junk car,,, very few companies will do that,,, we just clean up the mess you make,,, we didn't wreck it and we didn't total it,,, place blame where blame is do.

I can still hear Dad saying that,,,this lexus jumped the bridge hitting a tree in mid air,,,Thank the Lord the driver survived,,,

We had to bring it up and over do to drainage pipes coming out of the banks,,,BARKER"S TOWING put it in the books.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love these type of jobs.

Just got in from a bad wreck,,,car wrapped around pole,,,

occupants were said to be okay,,,what a Blessing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had an interesting one today in the creek over a guardrail ,,, had to come up to come out due to steep incline and drainage pipe,,, had to keep control of it in air due to high winds,,, Barker's put it in the books.

 

Everyone on scene said how will you get that out???,,, I could hear my Dad in the back of my mind saying,,, "If it went in then it will come out of there!",,,lol.

 

Would have liked more pictures but was limited due to having road shut down.

 

 

 

 

I have for sale my 1934 Dodge Brothers wrecker,,,it has a Marquette model 141 N wrecker unit on it,,,truck has factory suicide doors,,,no rust,,,8200 original miles,,,

 

 

 

I restored this in the 90's in honor of my Grandpas passing exactly 2 weeks apart,,,I have used it in many parades over the years,,,only reason I am selling it is it just sets in the shop,,,I haven't used it in about 5 or 6 years,,,I start it every 3 or 4 months,,,I occasionally take it a drive on the property a couple times a year,,,as you can see its pretty dusty,,,lol,,,

 

 

 

 

 

I will take $27,500 cash or trade on a nice street rod prefer an old truck or maybe something else,,,its time for someone else to enjoy it,,,its an excellent addition for business advertisement you just won't find a better public relations tool,,,and it draws a crowd everywhere it goes.

 

 

 

 

740-404-2568 London, Ohio

 

 

Theres no way to argue out of the remarks on this one ,,,lol.

 

The wrecker that has the lettering is my old unit,,the one not lettered is my new replacement unit,,,what a difference! lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It should be to the sign guy by the end of the week,,,looking forward to putting it to work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topic Originally Create on Tow411 in May of 2011:

 

I was called out for a jeep buried in a large wet spot in a chisel plowed field, this owner was scouting the property to buy and build a house when he sank his jeep,,,no problem for ol RAMZILLA!!!!!!!