OBS Ford 7.3 Holmes 440 Picking up Suburban!

Picking up a suburban to remove the rear axle with a Holmes 440!

[@yotashehane]

Dang that’s wild

[@mikehawk9626]

Dude I've got the exact same truck 1996 F-250 7.3 Turbo Diesel 2-Wheel Drive and i can tell yours needs a new set of Glow Plugs and when it starts getting around 50 degrees and lower i always plug it in for 1 hour before starting just to warm up the block and help the old girl out and by the way NICE TOW TRUCK👍😎👍

[@dieseltechjb]

Truck sat in neighbors yard since 2017, just drug it out this summer and got it going. deff needs glow plugs and other little things but overall pretty good for sitting so long. I slapped the boom in it and use it pretty regularly now. Thanks!

[@mikehawk9626]

@@dieseltechjb Man that's AWESOME glad YOU got er going again and gave the Big Black BEAST a 2nd Chance to do what it loves to do 👉WORK HARD👈 & Look Good Doing it 💪🏻⛟👍 if you've ever got any questions about something i might B able to help i have been thru hell at times with mine because I didn't know anything about Diesel Engines when I bought it but I've definitely LEARNED ALOT and she's always made it back home even when it shouldn't have, so Good Luck with your Badass Truck and her new 😏Tow Package LATER BUDDY & Thankx for Replying ✌

[@lilmockme8821]

looks more like a Holmes 220 slide in unit of back in the day

[@dieseltechjb]

from what i've read the 220 was just a 440 with an electric winch, but haven't been able to confirm that. this one came off a 77 C30 with a west coast bed

[@haroldphipps3457]

​@@dieseltechjbyou are correct. Your wrecker unit is a 220. 440 had a pto winch.

[@dieseltechjb]

@@haroldphipps3457 in its current configuration, yes pretty much. It was born a 440 on a 77 c30, but I pulled it off the bed and mounted it in the pickup so I guess its a 440 pretending to be a 220

[@mopargssr]

@@dieseltechjbDo you still have the 77 C30 and the west coast bed?

[@dieseltechjb]

@@mopargssr I bought the bed from a towing company that went out of business in PA. The truck was long gone. I still have the west coast bed sitting out back