HATCHEQUIP
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If anyone happens to be in the chattanooge TN area they might want to check out the tow truck museum at the foot of Lookout Mt. awfully nice assortment of old old and old newer and pretty big collection
one of the old boys that runs the place asked me if I was a wrecker operator and I told him no just a mechanic. he wanted to know because if you are you get a discount and while I was in there I would get down on my knees looking at how they made them work underneath the rigs and he asked me when I left if I was sure I wasn't a operator and told him no just liked to see how they were making them do what they did with them back then, its pretty amazing what they could come up with. they have one military wrecker that I think there was only 2 built I think it was 40s something and had huge open gears like you would find on a crane. just a good way to spend a couple hours some of the stuf is what I call trailer queens and some of it has pans and oil dry under them to catch the drips that could still go out and do a job but the wrecker itself would cause a jam up from people looking at that old wrecker and its all :usa
I see. I'm in Choo Choo from time to time, don't get across the line much aside from an occasional trip to Mashburn in Ringgold. If you get up this way, if the red truck is there, I'm there, if not...gone. :drinkupVillanow GA between Dalton and Lafayette about 30 miles south of Chattanooge one of these days im going to stop in when im up your way and see if your in and buy ya a coke