Love the way you have total respect for all your vehicles. Great work 👍👍👍

Genius setup. Can’t believe I’m just now seeing this awesome job.

Nice rig! A good flatbed is a great thing to have, especially a long one.😃 I love wreckers...they’re good for towing & pulling engines and trees...and they look great,too. But expensive.😳 Don’t sell it until you have something nicer. Good trucks are worth keeping.👍

Really awesome truck J.C. It would definitely come in handy. I watch all of Jonathan W's videos and found my way here through him.

Great truck.

very cool unit

I haul a backhoe on a trailer , but I think a truck would serve me better . I like the setup !!

👍👌👏 I'm watching some older stuff too. This truck looks simply great and clean. Even after using it for 5- 6 years. 2) I guess nowadays you would rather clamp on the ramp bed instead of drilling new holes into a truck frame. But maybe you used holes that have already been there. Best regards, luck and especially health to all of you.

I prefer the extended cab better for most general use, back catches parts from town runs, makes for dry storage of tools I never left without that would not stand water. Now if it were say my (in my dream) truck, I would lose the hinge ramps and go a short hydraulic lift and I would leave it like it is designed but the lift would lower to the ground even if I had to add a couple of feet to make work. I tool square stock and made a receiver for the one similar to that truck. I used it for a guide in center of the bed where it breaks over and the winch cable ran through it. It really worked well and went in and out with no problem and in jockey box on side when not in use. Every man views a picture differently. Here in alaska, they practically bent us over on rules that would change... my biggest gripe was guys would licence with farm plates and then dot take a hike and down the road with no cdl or decent lights, you could see illegal written down the side and they wouldn't bother them but I have a slack adjuster that rolls over and I'm on the side of road with my triangles out and every axle showing damn good brakes but a roller comes out ( shit happens) and lose a nights drive

Love it wished it was mine.

Our local John Deere has a dovetail tandem truck for a hauling equipment I think you would really like having a truck like that

I would like to see how you did the frame under the dovetail..doing the same to a 24ft stake struck

The dovetail you refer to , we refer to as beaver tail up here in Canada ,

Nice!!

Have more videos on it? Would love to see it towing some sedans

what about like a hydrolic dovetail that can also be un hitched and used as a lift gate type thing for loading short cars or something?

The wreckers primary job is recovery, towing what was recovered is secondary. Would you're amber's be alternating or wig-wag ??

Nice!! I haul a lot of stuff without wheels and tires, so I always use a rollback. I have a friend with a 28 foot Jerrdan equipment bed. He hauls dozers and backhoes. Looks like it is perfect for what you use it for.

Where did you locate the Dovetail?

I know this is an old video I think you're currently using this truck still in this configuration but I can't remember would you upgrade to a Freightliner M2 chassis or is it to New because of DEF

Have you considered a dual axel the next truck?

Are any companies manufacturing beds like this?

Will he answer my question even if he sold this!? :) Is/was reciever hitch welded to the truck subframe & the bed c channel? In the video you said it went back 4 ft, is it only attached to the bed channel or both?

Nice looking truck but not a fan of CAT diesels, super expensive to have worked on where I’m from.

Nice build. I wonder if there is risk in bolting the bed on that way, instead of the the traditional U bolts with wood to allow frame flex. Apparently you haven't had any problems.

Nice truck. Do you have problems with driveability due to excessive tailswing? A flat bed with dovetail seems like the way to go for hauling equipment but it sticks out so far over the back axle I'd be worried about swiping people next to me while turning.

got a fl60 with a flat bed.. thought about building a beaver tail or findin a tilt bed for it. repowered with a Brazilian/ford 6.6L.

How long is the bed

Nice job I want to build exactly the same thing to haul an excavator. Do you have any idea what the empty weight of that truck is? I want to build one and stay below 13 to 13500 lb empty. I will probably built mine on a GM chassis because I think they are a little bit lighter than a Freightliner or International.

I bet you have to be a bit careful not to get hung up with that long overhang. I'm building something similar and i'm concerned about that. My trailers don't have that long of an overhang and they drag sometimes, You can get away with that with a trailer but the truck would hang the drive wheels off the ground and there i would set.

Nice! What's the payload? Or i should ask, what's the curb weight, truck and body?

Any idea of weight capacity

Yes i have been curious do you have to carry a cdl for this truck or what are the requirements I have been wanting to do one for a while

nice. i thought anything with air brakes was cdl requirement?

I have 3126 cat engine crank no start and start for a one second or tow with high RPM if I used starter fluid. what is the problem with it ? any help?

Did you draw a set of plans for the bed when you built it? Would be very interested in talking to you and buying a set of those plans if you have them. Very serious, please get ahold of me.

Where did you have the bed made

did you extend the frame when you built the bed just wondering if you angel the frame the 15 deg then angel the 4 inch c channel on top or does the truck frame stop at the curve and the bed was made to support the angel with out the frame I looking to build one on an international 4700 24 foot frame looking for ideas I like the concept better then a trailer

I'd stick with that chassis or get an older crew cab.

Does the bed tip?

Do you happen to have the plans of the build you would share? I wanna build a very similar setup

Hey jc Smith would you considering selling this truck I’m actually looking for a truck just like this if so let me kno I’ll make an offer

Can you build me this bed

New trucks are trash good luck finding one that won't break down.