Tow Truck

[B Solomon]

Does anybody know if there is a place near Vegas where you can buy a F450 Crew Cab Power Stroke set up as a Tow Truck? I have a Friend at work that is going there pretty soon and would like to buy a new Tow Truck.

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99.5 F350 4x4 Crew Cab SRW,LB Westin Stainless/Platinum nerf bars, leveling kit, BFG 35x12.50 on Eagle 589 Guages, Catch All Mats

[SmokeyWren]

The chances of finding a new tow truck in stock ready for delivery, equipped just the way your buddy wants it, in Las Vegas or anywhere else, are not very good.

Any Ford dealer can order you one built to your specs. They would special-order the truck from Ford, and they include instructions in the order to have the truck "shipped-thru" an upfitter that would add the tow-truck body. There are several types of tow-truck bodies now, so the buyer would need to have some idea of what he wants before he orders. The ordering dealer can then have the new truck delivered to almost any dealer in the country for final delivery to the customer.

So if your buddy wants a new tow truck, then I'd advise him to contact Bobby Williams or Cochise Willis, Ford dealership fleet managers who can order the truck at a good price, and who are advertisers and participants on this website. They can either one order the truck exactly the way your buddy wants it, and have it delivered by a Ford dealer in or near Las Vegas.



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Ole retired guy in west Texas with Darling Wife and Sierra Blanca - the white mountain of a '99.5 F250 PSD CrewCab. Meet me in Louisville! Click here

[ibuytoys]

B Solomon, contact me and I'll spec you a nice truck. We just got in a new F-550 CC 4x4 PSD that going to be my Dad's new towtruck. My shop is in Waipahu. -ibuytoys

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'92 F-450 XLT towtruck w/'97 PSD motor,Century 412/F6000 wheellift,Banks Stinger+ kit,A-pillar mount gauges,Custom tunes,Wet Okole seat cvrs.,Husky Liners,Cali. regulator,Conical K&N,Amsoil everything,Mag-Hytec diff cvr.,4.10's w/Detroit Locker,Alcoa's w/Michelin XPS Rib's,Performance Friction pads,Whelen lighting and siren,L.E.D. marker and S.T.T. lights,Air compressor,Honda generator with scene lighting,PPG custom paint,and an owner who spends too much time and money on his truck! "The impossible just takes a little longer!"

[B Solomon]

ibuytoys

I was surprised to see another Powerstroker in Hawaii on the website. The guy I'm trying to help out works down at Aloha Tower and his son has a F550 Crew Cab that he wants to sell to buy a F450. He was saying that you don't need to get a different license with the 450 but do with the 550. I guess he has gotten pulled over a few times and had a few warnings. I don't know why he doesn't just get the proper license, it would be a lot easier than buying a new truck. Let me know if you think you can get him a 450 with the Crew Cab. Thanks Brett Solomon.

[ibuytoys]

Is the truck a dark blue '99 CC? I know that truck is for sale and I would really like to buy it. When I talked to the owner he said his new one was ordered already. I can order him whatever he wants built. -ibuytoys

[B Solomon]

That must be the truck because its suppose to be the only one on the island. He said that he had someone that wanted to buy it, maybe that is u? $40,000 does that sound right? What is the name of your shop? I will see his dad at work tomorow and see what he has to say. Brett Solomon

[SmokeyWren]

ibuytoys-

Before I saw you were involved, I tried to learn a little more about wrecker/recovery bodies.

AATAC is a big manufacturer of wrecker/recovery bodies. Click on this: www.aatac.com

Brake and Clutch, Inc., is a big upfitter of chassis cab trucks, and one of the products they sell is AATAC wrecker/recovery and car-hauler bodies. Click on this: www.brakeandclutch.com

The following is the response from AATAC to my e-mail that is quoted below after the reply from AATAC.

>from: > jimmy@aatac.com
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
&gt; Good Day,
&gt;
&gt; AATAC deals closely with Ford but are not currently a Ford Ship
&gt; Through. We have a distributor called Brake and Clutch that is a Ford
&gt; bailment pool. The dealer in Las Vegas could order a truck through
&gt; Brake and Clutch or the dealer could have the new chassis drop shipped
&gt; to AATAC directly and we could up fit the unit with the wrecker desired
&gt; (most likely and Deluxe Body 802-HWLD). If you have any other questions
&gt; and or comments don't hesitate to give me call.
&gt;
&gt; Jimmy Allison
&gt; AATAC, Inc.
&gt; National Sales Manager
&gt; jimmy@aatac.com
&gt; 800-228-0295
&gt;
&gt; ----- Original Message -----
&gt; From: &lt;smokeywren@ford-diesel.com&gt;
&gt; To: &lt;jimmy@aatac.com&gt;
&gt; Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 6:21 PM
&gt; Subject: Ford dealer ship thru?
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; &gt; A member of this website asked if he could order a new tow truck from a Ford dealer.

&gt; &gt; For most aftermarket truck bodies, the Ford dealer can order a new truck from Ford, with "ship thru" an upfitter who would complete the truck with whatever body and equipment was ordered and then Ford would ship the new truck to the ordering Ford Dealer.

&gt; &gt; In the case of a wrecker/recovery truck, the equipment would include the PTO, hydraulic package, and a wrecker/recovery or slide/tilt body of some sort including hydraulic-powered winches.

&gt; &gt; Is AATAC a Ford ship-thru upfitter? If not, is one of your distributors or dealers a ship-thru upfitter? In other words, how does a person get exactly the truck he wants with exactly the wrecker/recovery equipment he wants?
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; In a nutshell, this member wants to order a new Ford F-450 CrewCab wrecker with a diesel engine and have it delivered by a dealer near Las Vegas, Nevada. I don't know his definition of "wrecker", but it appears AATAC makes all kinds so you probably make what he wants.


&gt; &gt; Smokey Wren <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think what this means is that your Ford dealer could order a new truck, have it shipped thru Brake&Clutch for addition of the AATAC and PTO and hydraulic stuff, and then drop shipped to any dealer you choose. But no use to drop ship if you want it delivered in Hawaii - just order it from a dealer in Hawaii.

I double checked, and Brake&Clutch is one of the "Ford commercial truck pool accounts", also called a bailment pool. So that probably means that your dealer in Hawaii could have the new truck shipped thru Brake&Clutch to Hawaii.

Note: My itty bitty Ford dealer had a catalog from Brake&Clutch, and the catalog showed the basic tilt/slide car-hauler/recovery body available from AATAC. So your Ford dealer probably has one of those catalogs too. But there's a lot more detailed info on the AATAC website than in that catalog.

[This message has been edited by SmokeyWren (edited 03-02-2001).]

[ibuytoys]

Yup, that's me. I want to buy it so badly but we just bought the '01 F-550 so funds are a little tight right now. The name of my shop is T & T Service and Repair. I'll email you with my phone # so we can discuss this. -ibuytoys

[B Solomon]

Thanks for the info SmokeyWren, I will pass it on. The only problem with buying from a local dealer is the price will be much higher and it will take them forever to get the truck. I don't think they sell enough of the diesels so it seems to be harder for them to order one and get it here in a timely matter. Well have a good weekend. Brett Solomon

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99.5 F350 4x4 Crew Cab SRW,LB Westin Stainless/Platinum nerf bars, leveling kit, BFG 35x12.50 on Eagle 589 Guages, Catch All Mats