The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk i need some idea of a 1960/61

ok im getting upset because i cant find a 1 ton long bed to make my wrecker out of so i want to know if it acyualy "needs" to be a 1 ton to make a tow truck with seems how i can only find 1/2 and 3/4 tons other than 1 ton panel vans its driving me nuts!

What kind of wrecker unit do you have. Ernest Holmes Co., had a unit called a, Holmes Jr., that would be mounted in a 1/2 ton, or 3/4 ton pickup bed.

well im thinking of a holmes 6 or a 10 tn wrecker with the custum wrecker body -one of the ones that are straight then drop of in a slope at the rear-and the unit would be a double boom system-holmes 440 or 600 possible?

A Holmes 500, will be the largest unit you can put on a one ton, but it won't be period correct. Neither will a 440. A Holmes 400(4 ton), 460(6 ton), & 470(8 ton),with "Platform style" service body, will be period correct, for a, '60, or '61 model 1 ton truck. Check out my wreckers here, http://community.webshots.com/user/snubnose4754 , The Holmes 600(16 ton) wreckers I have, are the Platform style service body. My Holmes 525's(12 ton), & Holmes W45(20 ton), are the old style "Chariot" service bodies(pre1956).