Rusty crusty wrecker recovery

[bigugh20]

Congratulations!! Job well done and I'm glad to hear that you guys made it home safe.

 

[EMD567]

Here are some pics from the recovery.

 

[Ferroequinologist]

Unloading my M543 - YouTube

Driving my M543 'rusty crusty wrecker' - YouTube

Loading a M543 wrecker - YouTube

She's sitting in my yard now. Drives very nice believe it or not.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Yeah it might be a little rusty. Suggest keeping an adequate stock of tetanus shots on hand or issue a shark suit to all of those that may come in contact with said wrecker. The joy of it is that you may have the only sub 30,000# M543A2 that still has a bed in place.

 

[Ferroequinologist]

lol I would bet I lost 1000lbs or more rolling home.

 

[mckeeranger]

Some old traffic signs, a drill, and a box of pop rivets. It'll be fine.

 

[maddawg308]

 

[Ferroequinologist]

Well, got the transfer in Neutral, and the tank had about 20 gallons of oil left in it, so...

I got the bed working, all but the hoist (makes a lot of noise but doesn't move) and the boom up or down, the control rod is so badly rusted it won't move.

what did work worked fine, until the hard line coming out of the side of the controls blew, and I got soaked in oil, and Craig's deuce has a nice glossy sheen of rust proofing spray on the pass side...

So with a little luck, I can have her fully functional shortly, at least around the yard.

 

[chevyCUCV]

Im so jealous of your yard wrecker

There's a puddle on my keyboard

 

[joeM62]

Well you can look at it this way what you are replacing will be something
you won't have to worry about later on with the truck but good luck with her.