well i opened a body shop and got a dealers license so its more for customers cars and what i get at auctions.....

The Pete has a Cat 350? HP with a 13 speed. Its geared a bit low for the highway but still run 65.

Joker what kind of equipment do you haul?

For a car hauler, a local guy just bought a 2002 maybe 03 F550 diesel 4wd single cab. With a alum bed, two winches and full remote control. It was a one owner driver truck. He paid $35, I think he did very well.

Jerr-Dan seems decent to work with on parts and questions. There bodyies are well made, tough. The steel bodies do rust.

Probably the two biggest criteria- condition & length.

Most rollbacks are operated by towing services. They get beat to $hit by people who don't give a fuc&. Plus they idle for thousands of hours. Figure 1.5X what the odo shows.

Second, it's tough to get 2 cars on a 21. Look for something a little longer.

Obviously you want something under-CDL.

Chris:

I would search everywhere , lot's of deals out there.

Super Boat Guy:

We own a New Holland Equipment dealership. We've got drop decks w/ dove tails too. Have you ever heard of flipping the gears in the transmission? Our Pete roll back is done this way , dang thing runs 100 mph. You have to shift backwards too. Crazy but we bought it this way.

No pics of roll backs but a few of our rigs.

The Pete roll back and my dad's 12,000 mile 1970 International , 300 Cummings , 13 speed. Shows as new. Love trucks man!

I considered buying a rollback up until I looked into the insurance/liability end of it, now I looking into a chevy 3500 ramp truck with a winch(for personal use of course) lol, I own a garage and was looking at ways to attract more business and figured that on larger jobs people wouldn't mind paying a little more for the convience of having their vehicle picked up/delivered, with the ramp truck(19' Hodges body) and 1 ton chevy chassis it can be insured as a private use vehicle.

A little heavy huh? Also some of our other equipment.

We do some moving billboards to cover empty miles.

for occasional use it might be better to get a 24' tag or GN trailer with tilt and winch- haul it with anything from a Big block beater shop truck to a nice dually of choice. cheap to insure a utility trailer and not that hard to get around in. could even use an enclosed trailer with a winch, ramp door makes it easy