Types of car wreckers and peculiarities of their application

The more cars on the roads, the more active the traffic and more often there are accidents or parking in inappropriate places. There is a need for emergency evacuation of transport. For this purpose they use special loading equipment - tow trucks. They lift the car on a platform. On it the vehicle is securely fixed for safe transportation. Consider the main types of tow trucks and the features of their application.

Tow truck with a winch

This is a common model, the main elements of which are a platform and a winch. The car is lifted to the platform by an electric or hydraulic winch. It can move around the platform for easy loading.

If the car has a low clearance, use inclined platforms or additional devices: rolling carts or loading ramps, which are put forward during the work. Additional equipment for a recovery vehicle with a winch are straps for securing the vehicle.

The recovery vehicle with a sliding platform

The platform is mounted on hydraulic cylinders and slides with one edge down to ground level. The loading process is quick and gentle for the car. It is easy to load a sports car or a boat on such equipment.

Recovery vehicle with hydraulic manipulator

A crane-manipulator is more powerful than a winch and more maneuverable. Hydraulic crane wreckers are equipped with a straight or curved platform. They are used for such tasks:

• lifting a badly damaged vehicle;
• to pull a car out of a ditch or a pit;
• to load a vehicle with faulty electronics or steering;
• transport new cars from the factory with a locked ignition switch;
• deliver metal products, foundation blocks, and other oversized loads.

Tow trucks with partial loading

The car is fixed at the front or rear. The other pair of wheels moves on the road. If the car has all the wheels blocked, a partial-loading tow truck is not suitable.

The advantage of such equipment is that it is maneuverable, can move around on a busy highway, winding city roads. Tow truck with partial loading is suitable for moving cars in the underground parking lot due to their low height.

Unusual use of tow trucks

Several vehicles can be transported on one full-load tow truck. Some platforms can accommodate two cars completely. It is also possible to carry one vehicle on a tow truck fully loaded and the other partially loaded. It is important to keep in mind that the tow truck must be designed for this weight of cargo.

There are double-decker tow trucks, designed to transport several cars. They are equipped with powerful platforms and mountings. Five, seven or more cars can be fixed on them.

Tow trucks are used according to the tasks and features of the car to be lifted to the platform and transported. In order to immerse the car in good condition with a standard clearance suitable classic tow truck with a winch. Cars after an accident lift cranes-manipulators. In order to load the car was the most delicate, you need a tow truck with a moving platform.