should make the light bar ends extendable.. so they are as narrow as the cab but can be pulled out only when you need them. a pull down rocker lever to unlock them
I'll say a few words about this we just got one of these with our new rig fantastic but we have side pullers on almost all our trucks.the only thing is I do like having the levers for the controls up by the cab now I can't just use the levers to help put away the stiff legs and the winch I constantly have to use the remote and it's waaaayyy harder to keep a eye on the stiff legs but still good deal the grab bars are way too small I also don't like the new head the old one worked better.all being said in our area we can't go without em they ROCK and car carriers make great recovery vehicles but you also need to be properly trained I can now look at casualties and pretty much grab anything works great doesn't take up much room and keeps the state patrol and local PD's happy I have used that dam thing more then once in a jam and it's always great having a spare winch u never know plus the first winter u have it it's already more then paid itself off !!! Thanks guys
That is such an impressive tool. I am stuck being able to afford the right equipment that I know I need. I know the business well enough that this is a money maker, but I can't afford it. I think your price is fair, but how do you get started with the right equipment. I have always had to work with run down fully appreciated equipment and home made toools. I pray that my hard works meets some luck. Very cleaver design. I am impressed, and that is something not easy to do with this old operator.
Looks like worthwhile improvements. We bought the very first version that came out and its been on our truck for the past 10? years or so still going strong. We've always run off the side with a snatch block to get that rope down and around that outer pulley more to keep the outer boom head from swiveling and damaging the wire rope. Im sure raising that outer head now helps out a lot on that problem. The improvements made, while some small are the ones that people probably have been noticing they could use for a while. We see all companies in our area now installing some sort of sidepuller. I just don't see how we did it before as being very safe. I actually recovered a pickup about 25ft down in a ditch just this morning with our unit, didn't need a wrecker and only needed myself and the right equipment. There hasn't been a job in 10 years we've walked away from!
We sure do build them to last. The changes are really to just keep making towers life easier and safer. We are glad to hear your still enjoying yours. Stay safe!
I can't get my winter mit in your grab handle, For insight from a work truck look to the International WorkStar, for inspiration from the driver door grab handle, big enough I can put my skidoo mits into.
The outer boom head is probably the weakest link of this unit, I absolutely hate it. Almost everything you touch ends up outside of the "recovery zone" of the swivel head and you have to snatch block instead, and the little metal piece that closes off the sheave to capture the wire rope just falls off while driving down the road, I've lost 2 this way. It's a fantastic unit but it has some down sides, But i use it all the time and it's even made it through getting hit by a car in one of the legs and it's held up fine.
I honestly can't see this as being useful. So, you hook up to the car in the ditch, and pull it from the side. Now you have a car lined up to the side of your truck. .... Now what? You'll have to reposition the truck to pull the car onto your bed. Or, you could just angle the truck correctly the first time, hook onto the car, pull it straight onto the bed, strap it, and be on your way. A side puller really doesn't look to be useful for any application.
Before you get uncivilized and go to calling someone unintelligent, you should first ensure that your own comment actually makes sense. I'm assuming you're referring to the part where I said, "So, you hook up to the car in the ditch, and pull it from the side. Now you have a car lined up to the side of your truck. .... Now what?" If you suggest that the car be pulled onto the road, then, you still have the car facing sideways. Perhaps a diagram would be more helpful, but youtube comments aren't the most forum-like out there. But you still have a car facing sideways across a road, and you're still blocking both lanes doing that, taking even more time to pull once, reposition, then pull again. It would simply be far more efficient to just line up the back of the rollback to the vehicle to be pulled, hook on, pull straight onto the bed. And if there is a slight angle, that isn't a problem because rollback beds have chain slots to hold a pulley. (Pulley on a chain, specifically.) If you have a really tough pulling or lifting job, perhaps the best vehicle is not a rollback. Those can pull vehicles on their wheels, and if you don't mind dropping a vehicle onto its suspension, you can roll it back onto its wheels, then pull it onto the bed. Quite simply though, the best way to recover a vehicle in a ditch? Angle back, hook the pulley onto the far side of the bed, hook onto the car, pull onto the road, steer the car while still pulling, direct it onto the bed of the rollback, strap it down, and you are done. There is no application I can think of where a side puller could ever be practical. But, I welcome you to try to convince me otherwise.
"Angle the truck correctly the first time...." LOL. You've never been a roll-off operator have you? Many cases the operator is not able to - in your words - "angle the truck correctly."
Thank you Mike! We are very passionate about the industry, and put a lot of time and effort in designing equipment to make it safer and easier out there on the side of the road. Thanks for watching!
Makes more sense to ask that question by checking their website and if still no price you email them an inquiry with truck info and location of delivery and such for a better quote.
That looks a fantastic piece of equipment. Good for Fire n Rescue vehicles as well. Very compact. Would want another set of landing legs that come further out. Just to transfer the pressure point further away from the winch vehicle
Hi Robert! We agree-they are very useful for Fire and Rescue vehicles. Wider the legs comes increased stability for sure. However, when we were designing it, we couldn't go over 102" wide or you can't legally drive down the road.
art vandelay why can't it do both? A truck is a truck. You should always be looking to make your equipment more versatile. You never know what will happen in the world sometimes you have to make do with the equipment you have.
HI Art! We would actually put the SP9000 up against anything out there. It will outpull and out work any light duty wrecker on planet Earth, and we have thousands of customers world wide that I'm sure would agree! Thanks for watching.