Custom wrecker took two years of design, construction Craig Young couldn’t find a truck that fit his needs By MORRIS STEPHENSON, Special to the News-Post Feb 29, 2016 Feb 29, 2016 Updated May 16, 2019 2 Craig Young stands at the truck’s remote control board where he can operate the heavy-duty crane. Photo by Morris Stephenson Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By MORRIS STEPHENSON, Special to the News-Post Craig Young, the owner of FoxFire Towing, needed a more versatile wreck truck than any available on the market, so he decided to build one.kAmx? |2J a_`b[ *@F?8 H6?E E@ H@C< 56D:8?:?8 2?5 3F:=5:?8 2 HC64< ECF4< H:E9 2 4C2?6 E92E EFC?D be_ 568C66D[ 2?5 96 5:5 :E H:E9@FE 2? 6?8:?66C:?8 568C66 92?8:?8 7C@> 9:D @77:46 H2==]k^AmkAm%H@ J62CD =2E6C[ E96 be\J62C\@=5 8C25F2E6 @7 uC2?<=:? r@F?EJ w:89 $49@@= 2?DH6C65 9:D 7:CDE 42== H:E9 9:D 4FDE@> HC64< ECF4< @? vC2DDJ w:== #@25 369:?5 E96 #@4<J |@F?E |@@D6 {@586]k^Am kAm“x 925 E@ 86E 2 |FDE2?8 E92E 925 8@?6 5@H? 2? g_\7@@E 6>32?<>6?E[” *@F?8 D2:5] “tG6CJE9:?8 H@C<65 E@ A6C764E:@?]”k^Am People are also reading… 3 takeaways from Virginia Tech football's loss at California Ferrum park hosts haunted trail starting this weekend Ryan Odom: UVa basketball 'deserves to play big games' and will benefit from early-season slate Franklin County administrator to step down Police raid 8 massage parlors across Roanoke County Hemp businesses hurt by new state law drop lawsuit in Roanoke's federal court SML Center purchases Westlake Cinema to create community center Franklin County takes first steps in superintendent search Funding OK'd for sedimentation study at Smith Mountain Lake Trump doles out billions to voters ahead of midterm elections Reports of invasive hydrilla rise at Smith Mountain Lake 2 Republican groups call for civility in Franklin County What’s known about plague institute lab worker's death in Russia? 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