WIP tow truck

[Silent-Sigfig]

It's a WIP tow truck that i built while I was sick on saturday.

[Natman8000]

I like it but I dont understand the big chrome spoilers. I dont notice tow trucks having them.

[5150 Lego]

I like it but I dont understand the big chrome spoilers. I dont notice tow trucks having them.

Those are exhaust stacks. And some larger tow trucks do have them.

I would sugjest extending the boom arm in the back so that it reaches to the back of the truck. Also,i would add some tools like a shovel, broom, some wrenches and such. Other than that looks like your off to a good start.

[djo]

well,nice tow truck.

i like the color scheme.

the flatbed also very well built.

i just curious about the light gray part with number there, is it a door?

great work man.

[Ralph_S]

I'm a bit confused by this vehicle. I'll explain why. I know of two basic types of recovery vehicles. There are wreckers that if they are based on a truck chassis have a fairly substantial crane in the back (such as my Peterbilt wrecker) and there are flatbed trucks that carry a vehicle on a flatbed, such as my old Ford F650. Rather than a crane they normally only have a winch used to pull the vehcile onto the flatbed. Your truck has a (short) flatbed and a crane. That's a combination I have never seen.

I realise it's just a little something you built without too much planning, but if you want to improve it I'd suggest either removing the crane and making the flatbed longer or building a more beefy crane and a proper wrecker body around it.

I also think that it would look more like a real truck if you'd place the two rear axles closer together, without a mudguard in between, and further back.

Cheers,

Ralph