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Old 03-31-2009, 18:47   #1 (permalink)
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Default Super Heavy Wreckers.. 1/2
Article from Wheels & Tracks issue #14, Unknown year of publication, thought everyone would enjoy it..
Came from friend at the American Truck Historical Society. That group mostly deals with commercial truck history but also has military models on occasion..great forums..

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hope they come up in the right sequence for reading.. 14 pages..
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wow, an armored wrecker!

they look huge from the pics!
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Ok now that you got me drooling, where can I get one! That would be so sweet!
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looks like some are dragon wagons
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another big boy..

Sterling HSC 330 1944 era w/ Gar-Wood US7-T-28 wrecker boom

mostly Navy use, w/some ending up in the Army..

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http://www.twinbeech.com/federalc2wrecker.htm

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Most of these pics I have seen somewhere before. The M26 Pacific was a WWII wrecker, some of the others prototyps for the sucsessors. The Diamond T 970 was used in many variations as a wrecker, also with the M1 heavy wrecker equipment.
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I want one, or two would be nice also..............

Thanks for sharing!!
What is this one with 16 tires? How did it steer? Both front axles steer like a HEMMT?
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