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A tow truck (also called a wrecker, a breakdown truck or a breakdown lorry), is a vehicle used to take disabled motor vehicles to another location (generally a repair garage) in case of breakdown or collision, or to impound illegally parked vehicles on public or (more commonly) private property. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 790 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Breakdown may refer to: Electrical breakdown Chemical breakdown Biological decomposition Nervous breakdown Societal breakdown A breakdown is a statement explaining the details of something such as a bill or cost of a plan A script breakdown for a play, film, or comic book Breakdown (album), by Melissa Etheridge. ...
Minor collisions such as this one are the most common type of car accident. ...
It is generally provided by an emergency road service operator. Emergency road service (also called roadside assistance or onroad assistance) is provided by many motor clubs and vehicle insurances to their members. ...
Three general types are in common usage, usually based on heavy-duty pickup or medium truck chassis: The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer truck prepares to offload Å koda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For other articles with similar names, see Lorry (disambiguation) and Truck (disambiguation). ...
A chassis (plural: chassis) consists of a framework which supports an inanimate object, analogous to an animals skeleton; for example in the construction of an automobile or of a firearm. ...
- Hook and chain - Also known as a "sling". Chains are looped around the vehicle frame or axle, which is drawn aloft by a boom winch to rest against a pair of heavy rubberized mats so the customer's vehicle can be towed on its other axle. Slings are not used much today because they can scratch the bumpers of cars. But they are sometimes used for towing vehicles that have been in an accident or have one or two of the front or rear wheels missing or for pickup trucks and other vehicles that have steel bumpers
- Wheel-Lift - evolved from the hook and chain technology to produce a large metal yoke that can be fitted under the front or rear wheels to cradle them, drawing the front or rear end of the vehicle clear of the ground by a pneumatic or hydraulic hoist so it can be towed.
- Flatbed - (Also called a Rollback) the entire back of the truck is fitted with a bed that can be hydraulically inclined and moved to ground level, allowing the customer vehicle to be placed on it under its own power or dragged onto it by a winch.
These are the most common arrangements, but are by no means exclusive, as there are flatbed units that offer a wheel-lift, and wheel-lift units that offer a sling. Look up Hook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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 Heavy Tow Trucks in action. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x756, 71 KB) Summary Bennie Nel Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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Tow trucks are usually operated by private businesses, except for major highways and toll roads, where the road authority may operate the tow trucks for that stretch of road. Businesses who operate a large fleet of vehicles, such as school bus companies or package delivery services, often own one or several tow trucks for the purposes of towing their own vehicles. Government departments with large fleets (such as the police departments, fire departments, transportation authorities and departments of public works of major cities) may similarly own tow truck(s). Police department tow trucks may also be used to impound other vehicles. Highway in Pennsylvania, USA The Pan-American Highway, in the Peruvian town of Máncora, where it serves as the main street. ...
A toll road, tollway, turnpike, pike or tollpike is a road on which a toll authority collects a toll (i. ...
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. ...
Depending on context, the word Stretch can refer to any of the following things: Look up Stretch on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Making something longer by stretching or pulling on it. ...
fleet, see Fleet. ...
An IC Corporation CE300 bus transporting Houston ISD students. ...
A car of the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, England Police forces are government organisations charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order. ...
Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ...
Confiscation, from the Latin confiscato join to the fiscus, i. ...
 1970's style tow truck still in use, Edmonton Alberta (2006) In the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria there exists a Tow Truck Act, and tow trucks are identified by number plates ending in "TT".
Dispatching Requests for service are placed to a dispatching center. Some tow services communicate with drivers using wireless telephone equipment. In others, the dispatching center contacts an available tow truck driver via mobile radio or by sending a text message using a mobile data terminal. Dispatch is a procedure for assigning customers to taxicabs, couriers, emergency services, and other mobile units. ...
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The telephone or phone is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly voice and speech) across distance. ...
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A mobile data terminal (MDT) is a computerized device used in taxicabs, courier vehicles, service trucks, commercial trucking fleets, military logistics, fishing fleets, warehouse inventory control, and emergency vehicles to communicate with a central dispatch office. ...
GPS and AVL Navigation systems are becoming more commonly used to tell the location (of stranded vehicles) to tow trucks. Automatic vehicle location (AVL) systems are sometimes used to help the dispatch center staff determine the closest tow truck. AVL may use GPS technology. It may display the location of all tow trucks on a map or may feed data directly to a computer-assisted dispatch system which automatically recommends the closest available units. An automotive navigation system is a satellite navigation system designed for use in automobiles. ...
Stranded is the third album by Roxy Music and was released in 1973. ...
Automatic vehicle location is a means for determining the location of a vehicle and transmitting this information to a point where it can be used. ...
The CAD system of a fire department on a busy day. ...
See Gps2sms. The term GPS2SMS is used to indicate the transfer of Gps-coordinates by means of SMS (text messages). ...
See also A taxi in Kyoto, equipped with GPS navigation system An automotive navigation system is a satellite navigation system designed for use in automobiles. ...
A vehicle breakdown is a mechanical failure. ...
Car safety is the avoidance of car accidents or the minimization of harmful effects of accidents, in particular as pertaining to human life and health. ...
Emergency road service (also called roadside assistance or onroad assistance) is provided by many motor clubs and vehicle insurances to their members. ...
Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent loss. ...
The various pieces of a tow hitch (also known as a tow bar) are as follows (as seen on cars and non-industrial trucks). ...
Tow is related to : Textile: see tow Tow truck The anti-tank missile, see BGM-71 TOW The take off weight of an aircraft, see Maximum Take-Off Weight. ...
Movie characters Mater is a fictional, anthropomorphic tow truck from the Disney/Pixar animated film Cars. ...
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