My Baby
Versatility This awesome rig is built to work extreme recoveries in the Big Sky country. by Jim “Buck” Sorrenti
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Jim “Buck” Sorrenti, a longtime editor of American Towman, has been our field editor for the past 10 years. He is a freelance writer and photographer with more than 40 years of experience covering motorcycle, hot rod, truck and towing culture. He writes weekly for TowIndustryWeek.com.
ersatility: (noun) ability to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities. The above definition describes the unit featured here perfectly. In more than 40 years of writing about trucks and 20 plus years of writing My Baby features this is one of the most unique rigs I have ever covered. Plying his trade in the rugged Montana landscape, much like the Norberg’s do and my mentor, the legendary Frank Child (RIP) did in neighboring Wyoming, Scott Wolff, the owner of Iron Horse Towing based in
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Missoula, Montana, has a specialized fleet. Scott founded his company in 1995 and now has 15 employees. His extensive fleet consists of 22 trucks, which includes four heavies, two medium-duty, four light-duty, three carriers, three service trucks plus, as Scott stated, “A bunch of other stuff.” The “other stuff” includes three tractors, two Landolls, a bus trailer, a 45-ton crane, three Snowcats, one telehandler, two skidsteers, a light plant, an end dump trailer, two trailer dollies, four pickups, the list goes on... The incredible rig featured here is a one-of-akind specialty built recovery rig for extreme recoveries in an extreme environment. This is a 1996 Peterbilt 357 powered by a Cummins engine mated to an
