We’re not ashamed to admit that deep down, we’re 9-years old. That’s why we had to share this awesome 1970 AM General M816 5-Ton military spec wrecker we found on eBay. The seller claims that this truck is equipped with a 90-freaking-ton winch! The chain hanging off the front of the truck probably weighs more than a Honda for cripes-sake.
Power for the truck comes from an 855ci Cummins diesel that we believe was rated for 250hp and enough torque to stop the rotation of the Earth once it makes it way to the ground through the three Rockwell double reduction axles.
Packing three winches, two being rated at 20,000lbs and the one we mentioned previously, the rear mounted 90,000lb monster, which the seller claims, “can drag a loaded semi-tractor through bumper deep mud out of a median.” Normally we’d scoff at such claims, but look at the truck, read it again, and you’ll buy it too.
We would tell you about the crane, but by the time we got to it, we were already sold. The crane was icing on the cake. The truck looks to be in awesome shape, ready to destroy a town, dead-lift houses, and/or raise the sunken city of Atlantis without breaking a sweat. It’s practically new too, with only 22,934 miles on the odometer.
Whomever buys this should be required to put it though a “feats of strength” test, pulling ever larger stuff until something either really bad, or really good happens.
Source — eBayMotors.com– 1970 AM General M816 5-Ton Wrecker
