Barry Oliver wrote:
>
> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d90_1229190375
> Apparently Tom has a long lost cousin with a Land Rover...
> Wait til about 4:30 in.
>
Prior to viewing - my first thoughts were:
a) - part of the land rover could go flying into the ford
b) - ford gets split in two at the frame
c) - ford goes up in flames
d) - interesting that this "tow truck" has a light duty sling type
wrecker mounted in the BED of the truck... as opposed to a traditional
service body.
e) - taking note of the new Chevy truck in the video - Iknew the clip
was fairly recent which leads me to...
f) - the absolute NEWEST that ford might be is 11-12 years old... last
year that body style was built was 1996-ish.
g) - there was no diesel engine rattle, further strengthing my initial
thoughts that this truck was not a heavy duty truck... which would be
more able to handle a recovery than the light duty truck I suspected it
was...
then I noted that it had F-150 badges
To defend the ford - its an older truck - subjected to some pretty good
abuse over its life... I would imagine...
While I doubt the owner would have ever thought his truck would fold up
- even new, I seriously doubt any 1/2 ton truck (ford chevy or dodge)
would ever have been up to that task.
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