"Jim & Dan Plunske/Plunskes Garage"
Plunske's Garage is located in the town of Wallingford, CT and it's the home to what is undoubtedly the coolest collection of classic tow trucks on the planet! Jim and Dan Plunske have taken over the business that their father, Wayne T. Plunske, started in 1949 with just a single tow truck. Sadly, Wayne passed away in 2015, but his strong work ethic and beliefs in customers coming first continue in his sons.
The
Plunske Garage fleet is made up of 42 wreckers, ramp trucks, and road service
vehicles - all of which are truck working classics in today's world of towing
& recovery. Every truck is in pristine condition, looking as if it just
rolled out of a museum when it goes out on a towing or recovery operation.
Perhaps the most unique truck in the Plunske fleet is the one you see in our
pictures, which is actually 2 trucks in one. The wrecker chassis is a 1960
Oshkosh WB-1600 6x6 with a classic Mack cab sitting on top of it. The
truck features a silent hoist Q-40 20-ton crash crane or rotator, and it can
certainly stand right beside the modern rotators of today. It's equipped
with a 300 plus Mack diesel engine, 65,000LB Rockwell rears and a 7:87
ratio. The Mack engine is paired with a 5-speed maxi-torque transmission
along with a 3-way auxiliary transmission. This is one Bulldog that is a
stunning combination of beauty & brute strength and it always gets the job
done when Jim has to use it. It's classic red & black paint
combination is accented with yellow lettering and pin striping and the entire
truck is polished from the massive front bumper to the sides of the frame
rails!
Jim
and Dan Plunske take a great deal of pride in their entire fleet and they
certainly represent the entire towing industry with class. Every truck in
their fleet works, depending on the situation, and this monstrous Mack/Oshkosh
gets the call when the big jobs come up.
Movin'
Out salutes Jim & Dan Plunske and Plunske's Garage, for keeping the roots
of the towing industry growing year after year thru their incredible fleet of
working classics!