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What Do You Want First?
When you’re getting updates about something that’s happened, I’m sure you’ve been asked:“What do you want first? The good news or the bad news?”
Read MoreAccident or Incident?
I come from a large family — number five of eight children. I’ve been told that because of the four siblings before me I was not allowed to crawl.
Read MoreI’m Impressed
I’m so impressed by each year’s Tow Times Shine ‘n Star winners. I know the truck owners are proud, but the manufacturers of these awesome pieces of equipment should also be proud to have their trucks in the magazine.
Read MoreMighty MO
Talking about the Holmes 750 is one of my favorite topics because that one wrecker, and its little brother the 600, moved T & R from prewar to postwar with many improvements.
Read MoreMechanical Versus Hydraulic
I’ve heard it said that today’s HD operators could not safely and efficiently operate yesterday’s mechanical wreckers.
Read MoreHolmes 850
The 850 was the flagship of the Holmes lineup and had a rating of 40 tons, which was the highest of the manufactured mechanical wreckers of the day.
Read MoreBill Bottoms
It has been rumored that Bill Bottoms took a roll of butcher paper and laid it up against one of Gerry Holmes’ new Century wreckers to make a copy that he went on to sell to the City of Chicago.
Read MoreThe Most Popular Wrecker of All Time
Without a doubt, the most popular wrecker of all time was the Holmes 440. But, not so in the early going because most of the sales reps thought it was too small to be much of a factor.
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