Will a CHEAP tow truck still Run, Drive, and TOW After 40 YEARS?? 

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It’s me! The “lady” in ladies and gentlemen! Started watching after rescuing my 1976 C25 from a field after college. These videos feel exactly like how my revival went. Late into a few Midwestern nights with a bunch of engineering friends.

"Was dying on your list of things to do today?" "No, but I have room in the evening"

A tip from driving Swedish 🇸🇪 salt ridden winter roads where the rims rust welds themself to the hub: 1. Loosen all wheel bolts/nuts a turn or two 2. Drive around for 45 seconds 3. and pop, the wheel is loose. Works everytime! 😎

I started driving a tow truck in 1984. The oldest truck that company had was a1983 GMC 6.2L diesel. This brings me some old memories. I can clearly see you guys forgot or never drove a tow truck. The person you bought it from had a few things backwards on the wrecker body.

I love when you hang out over with Tom. He's a wealth of knowledge and seems to enjoy the brews quite a bit. That's fun!

"Not For Hire" decal on the doors, Keep the DOT off your back few less fines, not bad,

So I worked a Nissan dealership in the 80-90s. We had a small Nissan pu wreaker. You need two axle hooks with chains. You need a couple of large cut pieces of wood to throw under the bumpers to prevent damage. Plus s prayer and a dream. I miss those days. This dude and I loved towing cars.

Dude, I LOVE your channel. Your videos have taught me a lot!! I'm a 61 year old backyard mechanic, and you videos help me to fix ANY project I have to work on.

40:00 seeing the beard catch the hoodie string was the best part lmao

You waited until NOW? Seriously, I think maybe you should've bought one of these bad boys FIRST.

I drove wrecker yrs ago and my boss put racing engines in all of his wreckers. He pulled a loaded semi down the expressway with a truck that size because the heavy wrecker was getting worked on. The look on the semi drivers face was epic. lol

Toms Tippy Tows, absolute genius!! I love everything u do Kevin

That quadrajet moan when those secondaries opened up, the best part of a quadrajet.

Nice old Wrecker but the sling ( the rubber thingy hanging off the back) is mounted upside down. The t handles face the ground and the rubber straps wrap around the bottom bar the other way. Take the sling off and re mount. take the current left arm and put in the right or passenger side bracket and take the right arm and put in left side bracket. the bottom pivot point on sling will be pointed to ground and crossbar on pivovit will be on top side. the top sling plate the " L " plate will face the boom and the smooth or flat part will face out.

I learned on a truck like that back in 1992. I was 18 and worked at my local gas station to tow cars. It had a sling on the back and for new cars you had to place a 4 by 4 under the front sub frame to take the load so you didn't bend or break the front bumper. You got classic. Treat her right.

Chevy small block with glasspacks and duals indeed IS the most beautiful sound in the world. I love it so much.

The dream catcher that couldn’t catch the nightmares that blower motor has been having lol

Great video. Don't forget to add NOT FOR HIRE on the doors! Tow truck pulling competitions / wars with NNKH and Junkyard Digs!

Everyone needs a Tom in their life!! He cracks me up. Dalton definitely did the floor with the self tappers 😂

I worked at a boat repair place for a while. Those Edelbrock carbs tend to gum up really quick, there's almost needle like channels in them and even if just a LITTLE fuel sits in there, they block up. I know the most frequent carburetors that we did maintenance on were the Edelbrock carbs for that reason. They run like a champ... when they run, as you said.

I’m out here with your Mom watching…..and I’m probably older than she is. Women like me watch too🙂 And learn all the car stuff you teach us! Especially brakes and carburetors👍🏻 Thanks for sharing! I wouldn’t miss an episode 🤩

Don't know about the rest of the fellas here. But my wife enjoys watching along. Also get some hockey pucks, drill a hole in the middle. New cab mounts

I keep watching for more brake system tips and tricks for systems I will never have to work on.

This channel is so relaxing. I am losing my apartment, I cant find a job and I am stressed. But this channel makes me laugh and its so chill. Thank you.

I’m in the UK, I get into bed, and see a notification that junkyard digs has uploaded, guess I’m staying up for another hour 😎

Hey! Lady here, I've been watching since you took the 1970 Country Sedan, 2100 miles back home we definitely watch your videos! Also.... still waiting for that Country Sedan engine teardown 😂

@JunkyardDigs that bulb for those rear lights is a 4411 N at napa

The bars on the sling were in the right spot when you started 😅

Hell yes ! Lets do this! that looks like Chris's truck from NNKH!!!

The tow bed alone is worth the dollar amount you paid for the whole rig. I drove a tow truck for 2 years in the 80's, the company I worked for had several different trucks 4 Ford f250's 2 f500's and 3 Chevy c20 Silverados. My on call rig I was asigned to was a F250 with the Holmes winch bed. Seen a few Dodge tow rigs back then they rust too easy and become unreliable. Your truck after it is fixed will give you many good years of service. I enjoy your videos Kevin, have a great week.

This little old lady from the QCA watches you every week. I even understand a lot of what you talk about and learn something new regularly. 🙂

There are adjustable rubber insulator bands you can buy that go around the outside of the disc while you're cutting new surfaces, they make it dramatically more enjoyable to be around while in use. The bottom of the tow sling (which is upside down, the handles have sheerpins in them and they point down) doesn't need to be extended unless the vehicle you're towing requires it, most don't. The E.H.Holmes Trooper 1100 Wrecker is a work horse, you'll want to raise to boom to abot a 40 degree angle to better redistribute the weight of the towed vehicle forward on the wrecker chassis (It lowers the front end on the wrecker) the lower the boom the higher the frontend lifts loaded. Dump some used oil on the cable drum, never run cable through your hands without GOOD leather gloves. when lifting a vehicle never lift the towbar with in 5' of horizontal to the ground, a panic stop will pollvault the towed vehicle into the bed and cab of your wrecker. I ran sling type light medium and heavy duty wreckers for 25 years. I love wreckers, but you can seriously f-ck some sh-t up in a hurry if you don't know what you're doing. Replace that welded pulley set up, you can buy replacement parts online, they dont fasten to anything, it just slides in the end of the boom! Good Luck, Have fun!!!

Takes me back to 1984 when I started a part time job at a full service gas station and we had a 1978 Chevrolet Tow Truck and a 1974 Chevrolet Dump truck both had the 350 with the granny low 4 spd. transmission. Drove them both many, many times. Loved the 4 barrel sound as a lead foot sixteen year old.

Just needs a nice BIG Junkyard Digs decal on both doors to really show it off on the highways.

I love the QuadraJet sound! Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it kick in!👍🏻

Always enjoy the content Kevin. Hey instead of using anti sieze on anything brake related, use synthetic brake caliper grease, anti-sieze dries and becomes sticky, caliper grease does not. Just a useful tip.

Gentlemen and mom has got to be one of the funniest intros to a video

It's always good to have a tow truck in the fleet. Preferably a flatbed, though. But yeah it's a square body so it's a win

1:35 Man you got yourself a sqaure body, tow truck, AND an elephant all for $2500! 🤣

Tom's Tippy Tows haha, the best!

FYI, Anti-sieze is not the correct "lube" for the slides on those calipers. After a few months it dries and prevents the calipers from sliding, ask me how I know. Then you are back to burning up one pad again. I used Sil-Glyde lube on mine now and they've been good for over a year. I've got the same brakes on my 98 Metrotrans Bus.

"Straight to Barrett Jackson" had me in stitches. Bravo!

The dreamcatcher belongs to the ghost of the Kiowa warrior that haunts the heater...

I have a 81 gmc 1 ton that used to be a wrecker, now a flatbed. I bought it for 1300.00 and it’s has a 350 4bbl, with a rv cam, headers, edelbrock intake and 3” exhaust with glass packs, 4 speed and limited slip rear differential. I have replace the rubber brake line, distributor, and timing chain and gears, it would appear that there are some common issues with these 😂

You guys need to find a video on how to hook/rig a vehicle in a boom tow truck, you’re doing it ALL wrong 😂. (Spent my youth working at a garage and doing AAA tow calls).

Not only are Quadrajets reliable, but the sound of those secondaries opening...oh yeah

The tach don't work,the horn don't work and there is no radio. Bring it back!!

This lady has been watching you for a while dude. Keep up the good work!!

you did great for first time hooking. only thing i would say is put the boom up more. The higher you have the boom the more it transfers the (towed) weight forward. Get yourself some real J hook chains and some safety chains and you're golden. Ps that looks like an old add-on wheel lift. They're sketchy but still pretty useful. They weren't the best design. Unlike newer wheel lifts that are designed into the frame...they attach way at the back of the truck so they want to lift the nose of the truck. Still nice to have the wheel lift as an option, but anything with a real bumper I'd stick to using the sling. If you actually see this and have any questions feel free to ask-I been towing for 30 yrs with old crappy trucks like that. Anyways - good luck and welcome to the "fun" 😁

You guys are the best! Thank you for all the help and tips to lower class backyard mechanics like me! And all the entertainment!!

I had the exact same experience happen on my 93 f150. With the locking up brake Figured it was brake hoses and the fact you had the exact same issue and the same idea of a solution gives me hope

Kevin, the sling is on upside down. I grew up running Holmes wreckers, the 1200 hydraulic you have is a very good unit. Let's see that add on wheel lift at work!.

I have welded without turning the gas on before and wondered why I was having issues. 😂😂😂😂

I'm sure you''ll figure out what you need, but for starters, you'll need a pair of J hooks and chains with T hooks on the end opposite the J hooks. The T hooks go in the slots of the frame of the vehicle you tow, so you aren't putting a lot of stress on the lower A frame of the newer vehicles with lighter A frames. If you need to tow a vehicle with a plastic bumper, place a length of 4x4 wood across the base of the towbar to keep from crushing the plastic. Make sure the chain with the J and T hooks is relatively tight between the hook on the tow bar and the hook at the top of the sling.

Perseverance and humility make your channel a beacon. Congrats!

My dad used to a chevy tow truck like that. Brings back memories.

We have spent this weekend binge watching your show. I have laughed, learned and thoroughly enjoyed myself. You have a gift for teaching and a banging sense of humor.

Heck yeah! I love those old rotary lights over LED lights.

PAR 36 light bulbs for the lower lights. The top lights looked like possibly PAR 46.

Great video fixin' up "Cooter's Scooter". Tom is right chevy small block with dual glass packs is the best sound.

Great video! "We can tear some s**t up with this!" LoL You and Angus are great together! 🤣

Hey! It's not just YOUR mom watching Kevin, my Mom's watching too, she asked for one of your hoodies out of the merch shop for her birthday 😆

There are a few of us ladies watching you with our husbands! 😂 Watching you from MN

Kevin needs to start doing best of the year videos. Cause there would be so many great clips for it

Glad to see another Raycon advert, I've been using mine for 3 years on your recommendation and they work amazingly. Wear them pretty much every day for work, still hold plenty of charge and sound great! Barely even notice them in my ears either.

That hydraulic parking brake is actually a line lock. Push the pedal in and pull the cable, lock all 4 wheels up. Perfect for winching. I actually have the same valve I pulled off a junk truck and installed on my 79 c30 rat rod wrecker ..ls swapped lol.

Omg this looks like my very 1st tow truck with a 17 year career! Wow! Mine was all red only difference. Red with white push bar bumper!

Nice job Kevin and Tom! Sweet old wrecker. Hopefully many more miles to tow.

56:50 - Just the arthritic noises of the truck..... I love it

Those bottom fold light can be found at a truck stop or NAPA

I like Tom. His humor fits in well.

Was wondering when you were going to do the tow truck thing.👍🏻 Mook still needs to get herself a rollback.😜

The tow truck will become a legend here can't wait to see her again!!

Good buy Kevin I had to rewind the quadrojet sound back twice love that sound

My night is much better since Junkyard Digs uploaded

There are other women who watch your videos also. I'm one of them. I never laughed so hard when I saw that you purchased a tow truck. Love your troubleshooting skills . Now you are going to get your boom fixed! Thank you for sharing! 😊😂

hey, Kevin, I just want to say, thank you for such interesting entertainment. I've been watching you, mook, and pbg and angus for a while now and its kinda been my after work therapy. I'll get home and instantly queue up one of your videos. Can't wait until i finally get to do what you're doing. Its literally my dream. Anyways, I hope for your channel and such to continue for a long time and the friendships I've seen you build on this channel are definitely surviving a lifetime so thanks, Kevin, and everyone whose been involved.

Love this truck! Fix’er up! Interior and hand paint doors.

I can't help but chuckle at 26:20 you fighting with the front wheel, last weekend I took all 4 wheels of my squarebody that had been sitting for the better part of 15 years and all 4 came off with no fuss. However past me (who put those wheels on) had the foresight to put a thin layer of grease on the hubs and flange area in a hope my wheels wouldn't stick. Guess it worked lol

Hey man my wife loves watching your show!!

Kevin im a Stage engineer and those Lamps at 43:17 look like PAR 36 Bulbs. You can still get these today, they are used in Blinder light fixtures!

Heck yeah! Sweet addition to the arsenal guys (and gal) 💪🏼

Sling towing is an art. Thankfully someone taught me years ago. But with the plastic bumpers, even though you can tow them, I'd only use it to tow old steel.

the hoodie string attached to your beard at 40:19 is a nice touch!

I'm loving all the vehicles you are picking. Can't wait to see the continuation of some of the projects you've had laying around.

I've never been more nostalgic in a jyd video than when I saw Tom holding a nordeast. Can't get that down by me

MANNNN did this bring back memories of the brand new 1984 Chevy truck my late dad bought off the local Cedar Falls lot late 1983 and we drove to Le Mars to have it converted to the old school wrecker like this!!! I grew up in an AMOCO station my late parents owned 1984-95. I went on sooooo many service/tow calls with my dad pre teens thru my teens! Thanks for helping bring back some cool memories for me! Looking forward to seein more of Tom's Tows!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

I just went through an ignition nightmare like this. The wire that goes from the pickup coil to the HEI was broken internally. YESSS! GLASSPACKS!!!! Just what every sbc needs!

I start with sling truck, then sling with a wheel lift, flatbed tow truck with hard tail wheel lift, you had to raise the flatbed to lower the wheel lift and then a flatbed with independent wheel lift

Truck sounds amazing. I agree that Square bodies Sound the best with that exhaust set up!

I had the pleasure of running into these two guys at my local O'Reilly's this morning. They are great guys. Took some time out of their morning to chat with me!

I love the troubleshooting process that takes a Marketplace mystery engine from "leaky, on-fire tugboat" to "SBC screamer with attitude". Maybe a 4x4 swap in the future?

Our new shop tow truck is almost EXACTLY the same, but light blue.

26:50 there's a couple steps that're good to try before a jack and chain. Put a block of wood (6x6 or so) between the front of the wheel and the frame, run the truck so the power steering works, and crank the wheel to the inside. It's worked for me when 12 lb sledges didn't. Also, if you're kicking it off, donkey kick it, more force generated that way.

Had an 84 Scottsdale PU many years ago. It was a great truck but it ate fuel pumps for breakfast. After the third I blocked off the block and put an electric pump on it. Great video, brought back some great memories 👊

Extended out the boom to get more cable to out and sling goes up higher. Gets front tires off the ground.

The thrush glass packs are way too funny love it I am an old man

Cool truck! Great video, hope you feel better.

Having to catch up on old RU-vid videos, I loved this one! Way to save a classic squarebody... and it'll definitely be put to good use. I look forward to seeing it a lot in future videos, Kevin!