Re: 40,000 dollar tow truck

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sat Feb 11 2006 - 16:07:48 PST


At 6:45 PM -0500 2/11/06, Arthur Bloom wrote:
>I just bought this one on Ebay.
>
>A lot cheaper, I might add.
>
>It's olive drab, and if I know my trucks, it's a Scammell.

Yep, that's a Scammell. Can't tell if a Pioneer (6x4) or Explorer (6x6) though.

I'd love to have a Scammel, but they're not fast
due to gearing. 40mph flat out apparently.

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