Popular Post vision386 Posted October 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2013 Found this picture on the interweb,thought this was a neat looking truck! I wonder if its still around? looks like a fairly recent picture, there are several towing companies right off I-80 in Stroudsburg,some with some pretty heavy duty equipment. Be nice to see this one saved anyway!....................................Mark 12 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Excellent pic! Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Maney Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 It was sitting in the tow yard where I look at wrecks when they are towed in. I haven't been in that yard recently. I have some photos of it somewhere. Quote Interested in Old Trucks? Check out: www.antiquetruckclubofamerica.org Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 there was an A model I looked at many years ago in cobleskill ny that was a wrecker that was painted exactly like that... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Mark, Do you remember when Public Service ran the bus lines in Jersey back before NJ Transet took over? Well they had a big old tandem L series Mack! I do not know what happened to her but the truck was like new and only had a couple a thousand mi on it! It lasted forever and was replaced by one of those ugly A-Cars with the White motors Hood! and of course now that the tax payers of NJ pay, they get a new wrecker every 2 years!!Ernie DS 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 that thing looks familiar,,cant help ya much its not in reno.lol.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 Mark, Do you remember when Public Service ran the bus lines in Jersey back before NJ Transet took over? Well they had a big old tandem L series Mack! I do not know what happened to her but the truck was like new and only had a couple a thousand mi on it! It lasted forever and was replaced by one of those ugly A-Cars with the White motors Hood! and of course now that the tax payers of NJ pay, they get a new wrecker every 2 years!!Ernie DSI sure do Ernie! I had an Uncle (gone now) that drove for Public Service,he left there and went to work for Decamp Bus Lines in Patterson I think? I seen a picture of that wrecker one time,i'm pretty sure it went to one of the towing outfits in South Jersey.Two outfits around Bordentown had some heavy duty iron at one time Lynch's and i Cant remember the other one (right next to the Petro at exit 7) yellow trucks,they both had one of those ex-military Sterlings...........................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastractorsvc Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 It was sitting in the tow yard where I look at wrecks when they are towed in. I haven't been in that yard recently. I have some photos of it somewhere.So where is this tow yard? Would they sell it or are you keeping this one secret? Quote Robert"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck P Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I sure do Ernie! I had an Uncle (gone now) that drove for Public Service,he left there and went to work for Decamp Bus Lines in Patterson I think? I seen a picture of that wrecker one time,i'm pretty sure it went to one of the towing outfits in South Jersey.Two outfits around Bordentown had some heavy duty iron at one time Lynch's and i Cant remember the other one (right next to the Petro at exit 7) yellow trucks,they both had one of those ex-military Sterlings...........................................MarkMark, the two towing outfits in Bordentown are a stone's throw from each other and very close to my house. Lynch-Gray (Yellow, RT206) and Haines (Orange, RT130). I do believe that Haines still has their huge Sterling.I have to get over there and get permission to snap some pics one day. Quote "If it's all the sime to you... I'll droyve that tankah" Max Rockatansky (The Road Warrior) Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Nice L-model wrecker.It would be nice to see her alive or much better saved and restored. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 there was an A model I looked at many years ago in cobleskill ny that was a wrecker that was painted exactly like that...Yeah I think it says Thruway Service on the bumper. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Mark, the two towing outfits in Bordentown are a stone's throw from each other and very close to my house. Lynch-Gray (Yellow, RT206) and Haines (Orange, RT130). I do believe that Haines still has their huge Sterling. I have to get over there and get permission to snap some pics one day. Thanks Chuck! couldn't remember which was which! I last saw the yellow Sterling several years ago in a lot off the southbound side of 295,a yard with a bunch of out-dated car carriers. There also used to be another one of those big Sterlings in Trenton,can't remember the name of the towing company but their trucks were green?.......................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 One of Lynch-Gray's old Macks,and a link to their website,some interesting things in their yard!..................................................Mark http://lynchgraycorp.com/page05.html 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck P Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Hey Mark, thanks for the link but I left their website with bitter feelings. I should have suspected that Lynch-Gray was in the scrapping/exporting business because of the steady flow of trucks arriving at the yard. Alot of local iron there getting cut up and shipped overseas.They were in the tow business a few years back but you can see what it evolved into. Quote "If it's all the sime to you... I'll droyve that tankah" Max Rockatansky (The Road Warrior) Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rich Reinhart Posted October 15, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2013 One of the Haines rigs.. 5 Quote Still the Greatest Name in Trucks...Bulldogs rule, The rest drool....Member ATHS and ATCA... Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Reinhart Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I grew up in that area and remember those wreckers. There was also a towing company a few miles south on Rte 33 that was called Thruway Garage. Don't know if they were connected or not.. Quote Still the Greatest Name in Trucks...Bulldogs rule, The rest drool....Member ATHS and ATCA... Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33122-i-wonder-if-this-is-still-around/#findComment-211829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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