US tow truck spotted in Manchester?

[ZR1cliff]

chilistrucker said:

Have you lot seen that shock wave truck in America???
Something daft like 10000bhp

Think the most I've seen in the UK is 760hp, in a Volvo?

[Nickyboy]

chilistrucker said:

Have you lot seen that shock wave truck in America???
Something daft like 10000bhp

Its a bit different strapping 3 jet engines to your truck than having a proper engine.

[chilistrucker]

Nickyboy said:

chilistrucker said:

Have you lot seen that shock wave truck in America???
Something daft like 10000bhp

Its a bit different strapping 3 jet engines to your truck than having a proper engine.

think how much quicker you'd get round in a day
i reckon you could squeeze em in the back of your new wagon.
how you getting on with it? like it?

[grumpy52]

No quicker ! Think of the fuel stops.
Love the bloodound .a f1 engine to drive the fuel pump to deliver a bathfull of fuel every second .

[GC8]

Im glad that I didnt have to foot the bill for that, or explain how it got stuck!

[chilistrucker]

GC8 said:

Im glad that I didnt have to foot the bill for that, or explain how it got stuck!

saw this towing a little 7 and half up reigate hill early hours of saturday morning, it looked stunning.

[iva cosworth]

minky monkey said:

grumpy52 said:

NYR's "The Bear"

I think i saw that today [BJ the Bear on the sun visor] on the A23 in Croydon.

He was dragging a full car transporter behind him looked like hard work

ETA,buggered up the quoting of that

[lazyitus]

W124Bob said:

4key said:

Yes pretty sure this is the one.Cheers

It used to go in and out of Thomas Hardy Volvo dealers in Trafford Park a lot. Not sure if it is their truck or not but I used to see it a fair bit when I worked next door.

[JayT]

I see a Kenworth W900 every so often. I think it lives on a local housing estate. It has the stacks, chrome and lights!



Seeing it try and get around a local mini island was the funniest thing I have seen in a while - it sounds great and it could (in some instances) take both lanes of a road.

It is a welcome sight on our roads in my opinion.

[chilistrucker]

JayT said:

I see a Kenworth W900 every so often. I think it lives on a local housing estate. It has the stacks, chrome and lights!



Seeing it try and get around a local mini island was the funniest thing I have seen in a while - it sounds great and it could (in some instances) take both lanes of a road.

It is a welcome sight on our roads in my opinion.

really nice, i could live with 1 of those
our roads are just not built for them though

[Nickyboy]

Despite what you and other think they're not much bigger than UK trucks, a 6x4 tractor unit is similar size, the US one will be slightly longer but width, weight is pretty much the same.

[chilistrucker]

Nickyboy said:

Despite what you and other think they're not much bigger than UK trucks, a 6x4 tractor unit is similar size, the US one will be slightly longer but width, weight is pretty much the same.

i know, but as the lenght is the key factor in the uk and europe, it makes them pretty useless for general use.
ok as a show truck, maybe pulling a short tank, or on stgo work.

[pja]

Turning circle is also ste!
That one in the pic is probably on a full right hand lock!

Not sure if already posted but the Kenworth wrecker spotted in Manchester belongs to GM Recovery
http://www.gmrecovery.co.uk/news.php

[jacobpalmer05]

Plenty of Mick Gould recovery photos here if anyone is interested : http://www.mickgouldcommercials.com/Forum/