Pictures from Northern Wisconsin "In Memory of Bill Tomlinson"

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Tow411 Topic Originally Created by (BSWelding) in February of 2009:

 

57 Int. and 48 Chev uprighting and winching out loaded car carrier - Bill Tomlinson and his father Bob

 

48 Chev COE towing rolled GMC COE

 

48 Dodge with shop built A-Frame boom and 48 Chev with A-Frame boom placing large sailboat in Ore Dock slip

 

Brand new 63 Chev LCF with new 600 Holmes moving small building

 

 

48 Dodge and 63 Chev uprighting empty tractor and trailer

 

 

48 Dodge towing Allied Vans tractor from the rear

 

63 Chev towing empty Allied Van's trailer

 

61 Dodge 4 x 4 winching out car

 

63 Chev with 515 Holmes towing wrecked beer truck on tag trailer

 

65 Dodge 4 x 4 with 500 Holmes loading and transporting large tree

 

 

 

New 1969 N-Model Ford with 750 Holmes, 63 Chev with 600 Holmes,

and 63 Chev with 515 Holmes uprighting tanker loaded with hot glue.

 

 

Jeff said:

love bills photos! bill is a great guy! my dad had two dodge w300 power wagons,1966,1968

 

Roger said:
Boy the good old days. Your dad and I were just talking about the exact trucks and when he got them last night. We were looking at his latest recoveries today, I love it when he brings his photo albums when he comes to kauai. I learn new tricks and hook-ups plus many new jokes.

 

Bob aka BSWelding said:

Roger I'm trying to run them old to new so I not going to show up for about 15 years or about June post but it's been great going thru these old pictures The one with dad and my grandpa was really great.

 

Wildwood Jack said:

For the people who don't know Bill Tomlinson, he is one of the nicest guys you would ever want to meet! He is another tow operator that is a great asset to our industry! Bob how is your dad doing? Does he still have the N series Ford? I always liked that truck when I would see it at the Wis. Tow Show! Keep the pics. coming! Tell your dad I said Hi and hope all is well!
Jack Herman
Wildwood Service
Gages Lake, Ill.

 

Bob aka BSWelding said:

Jack my dad is doing well as you can see from Roger's post he is in Kauai at this time, well for the N model the 750 was remounted on a LN800 in 1991stretched 2feet and added a Trebron leg the leg was the best thing that could have happened to that truck as for the N model it was sold and as far I know it still has a dump body on it.

 

towvts said:

Great pics!! That is when you really had to figure out HOW to do it!! Thanks for posting. Gerry

 

Brian Bell said:

Those are some AWESOME pictures.

 

In pictures 7 & 8 Those trucks sure look small compared to that T&T. In today's world like someone else already said, most would want a Rotator out there to DOMINATE the scene with Brute Force...... When IN FACT that scene was DOMINATED with BRUTE KNOWLEDGE ....................... If we could only learn 1/2 of what our predecessors knew we would be UNSTOPPABLE with today's equipment. (But they could still drag us backwards with those 2 little trucks in picture 7 & 8.

 

psaservice said:

Hold on, I need to get some tape to hold my jaw from dropping.. Wow I would love to have the 48 Chevy Coe.... I love the COE Pictures. I wish my GMC 1953 still had the Holmes unit. I just think they are awesome but, it is to bad that most do not exist today and the ones that do are being striped of the towing equipment and turned into something else. The previous owner of mine was going to make a car hauler.

Keep the awesome pics coming

 

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