M816 5 Ton Medium Wrecker

[AMGeneral]

M816 5 Ton medium wrecker

Boy that was a long day!!!!I must note that I had the hook in the wiffle tree backwards on that lift,the hook throat should face to the rear.I agree with everyone else the 816 is a indispenseable truck (I couldn't survive without mine.)

AMGeneral

 

[CGarbee]

RE: M816 5 Ton medium wrecker

I amost bid on a M62 wrecker this past weekend that was in FD service and was very complete.... Just a tad too much and a tad too far... Got to say that I was truly impressed by the performance of that M816 on the convoy... I think we ended up with it getting used three times during the trip in recovery mode (I don't know how much it was used at the rally as a crane...).
If you troll around my site, you will see photos of both ends of the towbar, both from the tow being referenced and from some shots that I have of my using one to move stuff around the area behind either the M37 or my M35A2C.

It was a long day...

 

[2deuce]

RE: M816 5 Ton medium wrecker

I will check out your site for sure.
There is a M62 on GSA in MA. Ends 7/18 that has very low bid right now, if it nots too far.

 

[CGarbee]

RE: M816 5 Ton medium wrecker

That is the truck that I am thinking about bidding upon...

 

[dmetalmiki]

nice truck

It should be bought. no one mentioned the vise on front bumber. NICE! when I collected my M62 the skanking sod that sold it me had REMOVED the vise!!!now I found an orriginal one which I collect next week.(hard to find) as the orriginals have a ROUND rear stock??

I cant post pics as my main computer is bust! but pics of my wrecker CAN be viewed in picture gallery deks collection. and yes..now I have one I would not be without it. How fortunate can one be?? well a LOT..mine has a 5ton multifuel engine with a WHISTLING turbo..does have "extra" recovery kit (holmes) wich I decided NOT to remove. I have ALL the kit and caboodle (bars clamps chains adaptors etc) in NEW orriginal boxes. on rear. Welding bottles U.S. size! OH..and a further benifit of the 465 engine? ALL the fuel I can use..FREE! (contam!)

 

[citizensoldier]

I concure

I agree, once you have one you dont know how you got by without it! That wrecker looks good to me and the price seems very good.. Its British pounds right? So in US dollars that would be about 30k wouldnt it? Our mighty dollar has hit the bottom..
Did I mention I need a wiffle tree too. Anybody have one for sale?
Always had a soft spot for heavy hookers.. Both kinds

 

[zebedee]

The torch tanks are unique to the wrecker and the purist can tell the difference.

Started another thread : http://www.steelsoldiers.com/5-ton-up/94709-wrecker-welding-tanks-bottles.html

 

[nf6x]

Started another thread : http://www.steelsoldiers.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=43

Bad link. That link is for creating a new thread.

 

[zebedee]

Oops - yes. I was working off of two screens and hadn't, at the time, posted the new thread!

See edit, or "New Posts".

Thanks nf6x for the cross check.