Charlie's Wrecker Service, Albany, Ga. 70's

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Topic Originally Created on Tow411 in 2008:

 

Owned @ the time By: Mr. Charlie and Son: Steve Gilchrist If anyone knows who they where ..
You have nothing but good to talk about .Fine bunch of people ..

 

 

 

 

 

bigwolf said:

wow back in the day i hadnt seen any of those trucks in 18 yrs in about 2000 i was at your place picking up a car just after yall bought out charlies and you had the kw twin screw with the kemp conversion parked on the south side of the lot

 

Unknown Member said:

here is another truck of CHARLIE'S .. Steve had a few
and all in fine shape .. Mikey drove this one ... Mikey drove this truck more then his own .. it seemed he was on call in it 24 hours aday .. He loved this truck and he said he paid for a car and a house with it .. ( he said he could tow the smallest to the bigest ) with it !!

 

 

Unknown Member said:

that was a hoss of a truck i loved it there was only one other truck i wanted to drive if not 37 and that was truck 25 and there was nothing you could not do with ole 25

 

Larry Lange said:

Is that a home made conversion or a kemp, or grant etc?

 

Unknown Member said:

it was a Holmes 500 but steve turn it to this it had no tool boxes ,no dollys or a wheel lift he put a lot of money and we put lot of hours on making this truck it's one of a kind the only wrecker i ever seen made for a left handed man there was nothing that i could not do with it