5ton wreckers

Saw Iddaho Motor Pool had some nice wreckers for sale and not bad prices either saw one had a fith wheel and the others had the rear mounted winch. was wondering if thats really the only difference are both booms rated for the same weight or are they different?

Booms are slightly different. Same weight rating IIRC but the M246/ M819 has an additional boom section giving it more reach. The operators compartment on the tractor wrecker is normally enclosed. The tractor wrecker as you see, has no rear drag winch. Other than that, pretty cool. There was an M819 on ebay recently.

Anyone have experience driving one of those tractor/wreckers? According to a manual I have, it has a 215" wheelbase, as compared to a 167" wheelbase for an M52 5 ton tractor, and a 179" wheelbase for a wrecker. This is compared to a 154" wheelbase of an M35, and a 190" wheelbase of an M36, of which I have heard many comments on lack of turning radius!

it is most definitly a long sucker. At least it has power steering. I surely wouldn't want to back up a short trailer with it.

That one M819 that Alex has was mine dammit, then at the last minute he came in and blasted my bid out of the water. Guess I shoulda called and let him know I was bidding on it, since it was only 12 miles from my house. Oh well, next time then.

my m819 takes a foot ball field to turn in, compared to my former m52, my m52 could turn rings inside my m819. it is a different crane on the m819 then the wrecker, not only does it have 26' reach but the winch is on the back of the boom where the winch is under the boom with the cable going to the back then over a shive then along the boom to the block, also the hyd. tank on the m819 is mounted behind the crane on the deck, the wrecker hyd. tank is mounted on the right side of the crane mount where the spare tire mounts on the m819. according to the parts book some parts interchange but the two cranes are different from the drives on up ,the main boom lift cylenders, the boom inserts,ect. thay both will lift 10000# and 20000# on boom surports . combat ready the m819 weights 36065# , the wrecker weights 36035#, the m819 ie the big of the big of the 5 tons.
if i had the money id buy alexs m819, id tell the wife that it takes a big wrecker to tow a big wrecker in case of breakdown, you can never have enough big green iron.

Hey i just picked up a M545? (i think) 5 ton wrecker. It has some big gas thing and 3 winches Im no wrecker expert but there sure are a lot of gizmos and gadgets to make it work. I think the tag says 1963. Any one know anything about this thing? Its awfuly tuff shape but it all works except the brakes of course. Im thinking about parting it out if anyone is interested or sell the whole thing

HRF, can't afford it but love to look at pics!

here is mine, or what was mine before military reassigned it.. been posted here before but oh well.. i never get tired of looking at it.. lol

wow thats kick a$$! Ill get some picks on here for you....actualy i think you can afford it i hate to tell you guys because some people probably wont want to pay anything for the parts after i tell you. I only paid 350 plus 10% service charge! I did find that the front winch side worm gear box is exploded, along with a steel roll pin rather than an aluminum one.

I kind of wana find another and get a restored gas wrecker and put some 395 or 14.00 singles although the rear tandems are 54" apart mabe 52's would work good

OOOff. I could only dream of finding most of a wrecker for under a grand. Yikes!

well i wouldnt get to excited most is a big word...she's been used hard. It as metric speed number on the speedo, maybe it came out of canada, we are close and it was north a we bit


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so is this the 602? the heads have "chrome Molly" cast into them, i thought this was interesting for 1963

Hot rod deuce, I have some parts that you might be interested in buying for your gas 5 ton. I have some engine gaskets, I think a spare carb, some shock absorbers and maybe a few others. All are NOS that I got on an auction and would like them to go to a good home. Email me if interested in them.

if its gas it mite be a m62, where is the spare mounted

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There are the pics

Its an M-543 International

Wow, thats a really odd combination. I've never seen the M543 before. I thought (wrongly) that all the gassers were M62s. There's no mention of it being the M543A2? Can you take a pic of the data plate for me? I love that truck! Man, I wished I had a sack of cash to trade.

HRD,
Are you kidding, . . . $385 !!!!! :shocked: for a complete wrecker??? I hope you can sleep at night, . . . 'cause you stole that thing!
Please don't part it out, somebody should buy it whole.

Deuceman51,
Did you ever get that 5-ton wrecker you were looking at awhile back? You know-http://www.steelsoldiers.com/DotNetForum/default.aspx?f=68&m=18733

if HRD doesn't take you up on the parts for sale, I would like to put my name on the list. I am always on the look out for spare parts.

Jeff

ill buy the three rear wrecker work lights, rear lift shackles and the four lift shackle pins

Junkyard Wars Crusher said:

Please don't part it out, somebody should buy it whole.

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I agree. that's a nice complete truck that, while it may need some work, it should be sold whole to someone who will but some time into it. it would be a shame to part it out for nickle and dime stuff when it's a complete looking truck.