70 Peterbilt 359 Holmes 750 and 72 Chevy C50 Holmes 500

[@mchebornek]

Started my tow firm bout 19 after a few years at it with bout 12 rigs got first heavy diesel powered wrecker, was a 70 Pete 2axel long wheel base 156'' ca Holmes 600 x6 booms ta185 , prior to that I used 74 C65 28.900 gvw juice brakes 104'' ca Holmes 500 cage booms, Holmes push bumper , put 9:00×20's front 10:00×20's rear, booms nearly straight up, duel snatch blocks to ring then to y-bridle hooked to th185, duel 50 gal step tanks kept full, all that so towing tractor trailers truck looked level and stout. Had 305 cid outta some junk car, ran it for years like that. When I got the Pete narrow nose I thought I made it, that and the C65 along with a 72 C40 60"ca can Holmes 480 out 9:00×20's rear 8:25×20's rear, put a truck hitch on it for rv's, bobtails, tractors from rear, they were just the beginning of my 42 year career. All the best to ya.

[@walterwhitaker1395]

Wrecker towing a wrecker you gotta love it! That old gal finally found somebody who cares!

[@charlesroussopoulos7642]

Love those old mid duties, and slinging it back home on another was beautiful. Any new wrecker can make an operator look good but that showed what a good operator can do! Good luck with the “new” rig and thanks for sharing it

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear Delray JYD. 👍👌👏 Maaan, that's really a very beautiful designed old wrecker! Congrats for purchasing it (although you definitely don't need more projects). ;-) Your Peterbilt wrecker did very well. It is hunting for idle when it's cold and I think that there is a muffler leak somewhere. Bus Grease monkey has content on his channel how to properly maintenance and setting the valves/injectors/idle etc.p.p. on those old 2stroke Detroit Diesels. Maybe that could be helpful!? The old Pete needs and deserves a little TLC. Thanks a lot for making explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health.

[@stevesalvage1089]

Great Detroit powerd truck there !! And another great save with the wrecker too ! Thanks fur the up date Scott !

[@justinweaver8787]

I have a 1970 c/50 dump truck I love it love ur cseries truck buddy

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

I used to drive a old Chevy wrecker w/ the Holmes setup just like that one, probably the same year truck! I liked that old wrecker, it only had a 327 in it but she’d run pretty good. And the damnest thing about is I had an Uncle who drove the same Wrecker, for the same people too, back in the 70’s, early 70’s.

[@stephinepaul7483]

A neighbor of mine has a few of those C-60's. Tow Trucks Stake Bodies Dump Trucks even a few School Buses. There's a few with with 350's but most of 'em are 'Tall-Deck' 427's. He's also got a few Tall Decks out of other parts Trucks,ect. He keep ALL of His stuff INSIDE...not easy considering the size of these things. He's been playing with this stuff for years. He's just turned 80 now but still climbs in those Trucks!

[@georgejones2685]

I towed with that truck for 10 year in the late 90s & early 2000s she had a sweet running 327 In her .That was Palmer's Towing before Sanford muffler shop bought it .it was old blue before it was painted

[@delrayjyd9676]

Jonathan said you put a bunch of miles on the truck. Todd pulled the 327 and put it in a Malibu

[@freddiebates5539]

It's not going to stay shinny bud if you use it to, of course you already know that ! I have been following Johnathan for a few years now. I enjoy your videos as well.

[@marvinwilliams3295]

You are getting quite the collection of tow trucks

[@billywhite3020]

Love them old holmes wreckers

[@dwightcorbett8889]

I love those blue flames.

[@catman19]

That's Jonathan W's old truck. Love that Pete

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Very cool !!!!!!!!!!!! 👍 👌 👍 👌

[@kb9oak749]

Nice old Chevy!

[@denohall9863]

I still run a 1978 International 1850 loadstar ex military 750 Holmes daily driver 36,540 miles on it , works good winching out farm equipment tow a few. Retired school buses

[@SteveTheFordGuy985]

Hey JYD, I love the your Pete (The Beast) and cant wait till it gets fully detailed-out. Now for the new addition, you found a diamond it the rough I think, with some love that GMC will smile again and it will come in handy for sure.

[@b.a.brackus6371]

I have a 68 Chevy C40..love it👍

[@tomhull3440]

I see you have a nice old trick van in the yard it looks nice is it your day drive . I am 80 years old and looking for something to travel in the summer and thought you might like to have some one love that older van I live in sun city AZ and wood travel to Indy once a year that wood be about it don’t have a lot of money but maybe we could get something going thanks for all your videos and help with John w you are a good guy yep Gramps off the couch.

[@ScoutPL]

I'd like to look at that Ranchero.

[@kbtruck65blair64]

Cool C50, I have a 65 Chevy C60. Great content

[@Jeddco66]

ya need one more ole wrecker like from the 20's on the back of those 2

[@robertcarden8141]

Old Pete sounds like it needs a little work pretty bad

[@haroldphipps3457]

Give it some love, lots of work left in the old Chevy.

[@prannoyindugula3879]

I love peterbilt 359

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

Now this is good content brother.

[@johnwickouski112]

I believe that old peterbilt started easier than your freightliner .

[@kermitwardell3345]

I wanted to see the Ranchero with the wood grain.

[@steveberkley102]

Nice looking old Pet Holmes 750 Was the Work Horse

[@jamesmccluskey6097]

Fitted a Holmes to an underlift on a Seddon Atkinson 8 Wheeled wrecker about 20 yrs ago - built the Interstater copy too. Was a bit surprised the Holmes was chain driven. Seemed a bit primitive to my eye, but the customer wanted it. Jim.

[@grumpystruckshop3807]

Holmes 750 all use chain drive unless converted to hydraulic motor, but not as good, we still run a chain drive in Essex.

[@79tazman]

Did you buy that Peterbilt from Jonathan? I always loved that truck he took it for a drive the one day with that old screaming Jimmy Detroit in it and he was saying he was going to put another trans in it but he built his roll back so he did not really need the Pete anymore but glad to see it in use that's a cool old truck so is that old C50 I remember back in grade school we had the buses had the same front end as that old C50 but that is cool nand have always loved the 359 Petes I had a 86 back in the late 90's early 2000's had a cat 3406B in it with a 13 speed eaton fuller trans it was a good truck made me some good cash at the time driving full time living from the truck and traveled the US and into Canada

[@MrJeep75]

Back when the made real trucks

[@davidmaggard2796]

Thats a sharp old wrecker cant go worng with. A c20. Makes me mad as hell some dum a!!.tacking there 30 min break in the fuel island

[@timatwell3728]

Old Detroit's still sounds good so what engine is in the chevy? You gonna pull the guys trailer with your KW out to South Dakota bikeweek or maybe South Carolina Mertle 🌴 Beach or Daytona bikeweek ? it looked like the truck you drove was rental and other truck was there's but stay safe stay healthy I no you stay busy with all those projects

[@justinweaver8787]

Love the Pete.

[@lateefcarrere1649]

The Universe: "Psst! Hey, bud - wanna buy a wrecker?" Delray: "Sure!" Me: Slightly envious - looking forward to videos on this one. :)

[@derbymankg]

Not much better than a Holmes wrecker, with the right operator they can damn near do anything the modern big money ones do. They're winching machines!

[@AtradiesInc]

I got a chevy C60 holmes 500 for 5000$ runs and everything works TN

[@fordnut4914]

The Pete have an exhaust leak??

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Can't beat a 2-cycle or a C-60.

[@pauljuhan7863]

I'm in az

[@skycowboy_7391]

You keep these working as much as you can or are they just toys ?

[@pauljuhan7863]

Are you somewhere around Sanford Nc

[@richardoswalt1009]

Do u use those tow trucks or r they just part of your collection?

[@1966scoutcheif]

👍💪would you say how much you got the truck for 👍

[@dwightcorbett8889]

Does the Chev run?

[@larsrodbok1285]

Did you buy that Peterbilt from JW?

[@dwightcorbett8889]

@George Jones Hope you're going to leave the Detroit in it, Jonathan mentioned in his video about swapping it out for a Cummins.

[@mestupkid689]

Are you Jonathan Ws kin? The name on the pete looks like his business

[@delrayjyd9676]

No. We are just good friends. That is his business on the doors, I bought the Peterbilt from him and have not taken it off yet.

[@dwightcorbett8889]

@@delrayjyd9676 I remember he mentioned in his video about swapping out the Detroit for a Cummins. That Detroit sounds so good.

[@steveberkley102]

Just back it out

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

Nothing more that pisses me off then someone sitting at the pump while not getting fuel wtf is wrong with these people.

[@ivanolsen8596]

If its anything like Aus, they have a store and takeaways inside the servo when people go to pay for their fuel they do their shopping and buy and eat their takeaways leaving their cars obstructing the pumps.

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

@@ivanolsen8596 yep just like us here in the USA brother

[@ivanolsen8596]

@@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248 Its really the oil companies fault, if they had a system where you could get a chit from the pump, then move to an area where you leave your vehicle and take the chit to the cashier to pay, you could spend the whole bloody day lollygagging around the store and not inconvenience anyone.

[@ryanbeyea2834]

Coo l

[@TrainboyRR]

do the air horns work on the truck

[@delrayjyd9676]

They work but sound muffled, I need to work on them.

[@darrellroeters4951]

Sounds terrible