i am curious as to what everyone is using as a tow rig.
if your like me, you have hauled a lot of cars around....many to scrap....too many home. LOL
well i kinda have a thing for tow trucks ....every time i see an accident on the highway i usually watch from a safe distance bcoz i like to watch the tow trucks pick up the incapacitated vehicles....... i noticed many different kinds ...i have seen a lot of them with names like "jerr-Dan" and i noticed either steel or aluminum flat beds......i would watch as they used either "J" or "T" hooks for ease of loading
So when it came time to put together a tow rig i needed something really easy to load ......i weigh 87 lbs. so pushing a car is nearly impossible for me, so i need to rely on the machine to do the work, in case i ever have to load it when no one is around to help me
its a 20 foot dovetail with rear exit ramps (easier to handle bcoz i dont ever have to pick them completely up) and on the front i mounted a truck bed tool box and mounted an electric winch inside.....then cut a hole for the cable. At the end of winch cable hook, there is a detachable chain attachment with "J" and "T" hook attachments .........
so i pull the car up with the "J" ot "T" hooks and tighten up the back chains as im pulling the car up. then i use two chains with load binders (safety chains) on the two front corners...in addition to the winch.....im legal that way, with it chained on all four corners and its really really easy to load.
Its all pulled around with a Ford F-350 Farm truck LOL
last year i actually re-planked it (with my uncle's help LOL) while it was stripped i repainted it........it gets worn bcoz it gets used a lot.
funny thing is the two times i ever lent it out, is the most damage it ever took. strange how other ppl seem to attract dents to your stuff. :banghead:
if your like me, you have hauled a lot of cars around....many to scrap....too many home. LOL
well i kinda have a thing for tow trucks ....every time i see an accident on the highway i usually watch from a safe distance bcoz i like to watch the tow trucks pick up the incapacitated vehicles....... i noticed many different kinds ...i have seen a lot of them with names like "jerr-Dan" and i noticed either steel or aluminum flat beds......i would watch as they used either "J" or "T" hooks for ease of loading
So when it came time to put together a tow rig i needed something really easy to load ......i weigh 87 lbs. so pushing a car is nearly impossible for me, so i need to rely on the machine to do the work, in case i ever have to load it when no one is around to help me
its a 20 foot dovetail with rear exit ramps (easier to handle bcoz i dont ever have to pick them completely up) and on the front i mounted a truck bed tool box and mounted an electric winch inside.....then cut a hole for the cable. At the end of winch cable hook, there is a detachable chain attachment with "J" and "T" hook attachments .........
so i pull the car up with the "J" ot "T" hooks and tighten up the back chains as im pulling the car up. then i use two chains with load binders (safety chains) on the two front corners...in addition to the winch.....im legal that way, with it chained on all four corners and its really really easy to load.
Its all pulled around with a Ford F-350 Farm truck LOL
last year i actually re-planked it (with my uncle's help LOL) while it was stripped i repainted it........it gets worn bcoz it gets used a lot.
funny thing is the two times i ever lent it out, is the most damage it ever took. strange how other ppl seem to attract dents to your stuff. :banghead:
LOL
