Tow truck

Towing vehicles are commercial vehicles, motor vehicles towing and usually can also recover.

Conceptual separation

Wrong Parker, wrecked or broken vehicles are secure under other means of winch or crane and lifted by crane or Hubbrille front or back or attached by means of tow bar.

In the private sector as well as in common parlance tow truck is also used for vehicles which transport other vehicles on a plateau. However, there are so-called salvage vehicles.

Recovery vehicles (ie vehicles plateau ), which are additionally equipped with a crane or Hubbrille are also called special recovery vehicles. Plateau vehicles are referred to as low-loader or in English usage as a flat-bed Towtruck. Special recovery vehicles with crane is referred to as Pick -away, or simply as a pick.

However, these definitions are neither universal nor recognized. This is also because the terms are misleading, because the tow vehicles are used more for salvage, while the salvage vehicles are typically used for removal or the so-called towing.

Terms of Use

Heavy duty recovery vehicles shall only carry a tractor or a trailer individually on the towing of spectacles. In a semi-trailer ( SZM) with semi-trailer comes another type used, in which the mobile tow glasses will be expanded to connect the two vehicles by a tow bar.

Lifting operation

In preparation for the lifting process necessary supports to ensure stability are extended to the towing vehicle, then the fittings are attached to the four wheels of the rescued vehicle. These then connect by means mounted at the upper end of link chains with the eyelets on the lifting device of the retrieval crane that is attached to the underside of a turntable. During the actual lifting operation the passing cars can not until the rescued train is over or on the bed and thus no longer protrudes into the roadway. This is accounted for with the risk of falling, which means the accidental slipping off the hook. The towed vehicle ( cargo ) is additionally secured by chocks.

Historical

The concepts are developed in a period, were mainly used as crane vehicles for towing. Today the plateau vehicles predominate. Only when the above-mentioned tow truck there are actually in Germany the applicable regulatory entry tow truck. The salvage vehicles are registered as trucks for vehicle transport. For low and parking garages especially low and short tow vehicles were built.

The largest recovery and towing vehicle of the Bundeswehr is the BKF 30.40 ( Faun / MAN ) with a mountain - lifting weight of 30,000 kilograms.