Other than nostalgia, cable and boom wreckers are totally obsolete. There hasn't been a car or truck built in the past 25 years that can be towed without doing major damage with a sling and tow bar type tow rig. Don't let someone with one for sale rob you for something that's only worth scrap iron value.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!