Spectacle lift

A tow glasses (also Hubbrille ) is a specific device on a tow truck to tow a car can.

Similar to a towing dolly is at the rear of the towing vehicle, a glasses- shaped frame ( hence the name ) attached, the hydraulically extended and retracted, can be raised and lowered to pull a car or a trailer with a shaft by means of winch in the glasses and then jacked up ( to lift off the road ). Is used, the towing glasses often by the roadside assistance or for vehicle recovery after traffic accidents, but also of the vehicles towing Association. A TOWED car behaves - in contrast to the also used Dolly - like a single axle trailer and is easier to steer in reverse. Moreover, in the case of the automatic transmission, the power steering apparatus is not damaged by free axis.

As part of the cargo securing the axes must be secured with lashing strap type - wheel safety harness according to DIN EN 12195-1 with the glasses, so that the vehicle in the event of an emergency stop or a driving fault of the driver of the towing vehicle does not jump out of the glasses.