- Special security equipment for truck securing and fixing
- Special towing equipment for pulling heavy vehicles
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The tow truck is equipped with all the special equipment to cover the FMCSA safety regulations which mean that your truck will be safely towed to the required place. The knowledge of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA or State Traffic Lows and regulations together with the ability to honor and respect them, definitely affects the tow truck driver salary.
Tow trucks are specially designed to transport vehicles that are stacked in some place without the possibility to move by their own power. When the truck driver faces a truck defect or accident the tow truck is there to tow the vehicle to the nearest repair shop or wherever you want.
Here is an explanation how the tow trucks work:
- Boom Tow Truck – the equipment of this truck consist boom winch is used to pull the damaged trucks or other vehicles from little more unreachable places.
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- Hook and chain/Belt lift Tow Truck – This tow truck consist heavy-duty chain and hook. The boom that is on the back of the boom tow truck is attached to the underside of the vehicle that needs to be towed and ones it is secured, the boom is raised which makes the wheels lifted from the ground. In this way, the vehicle is ready for towing.
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- Wheel-lift tow trucks – this truck use the metal yoke to transport the vehicle from the place where the defect occurs to the place where the vehicle needs to be repaired. How does this work? The yoke is lowered to the ground and placed under the back or the front wheels of the vehicle. Then the vehicle is attached and lifted using a pneumatic or hydraulic device. Only front or the rear wheels are lifted ensuring the other wheels are on the ground and in good condition ready for towing. With this type of towing the only touching area are the wheels and this is the way to prevent unnecessary damage to the truck.
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- Flatbed tow trucks – This is the lattes version of a tow truck and there are no chains or hooks that need to be attached to the vehicle. So how this truck tows vehicles? The truck bed is lowered to the ground point and the defected vehicle is pulled by a winch to the flatbed direction until it is totally placed on the truck bed. There is almost zero chance of vehicle damaging.
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- Integrated Trucks – These tow trucks are a combination of boom and chain tow truck.
As you can see being a tow truck driver is different from being a truck driver of a dry van truck because it requires a lot of attention, concentration, and skills to make sure that everything is connected and secured by the safety rules and regulations. Being able to fulfill all of those federal requirements entails higher tow truck driver salary.
