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If it doesn’t any damage it all, it’s at a minimal. I’ve done more damage putting a piece of angle iron against the bumper without some type of buffer between them. That’s just how I was taught and stuck with me. It reduces the weight on the truck some, making the ride not so rough as grabbing it by the axle. That’s just how I tow all of them besides some of the Peterbilt coe trucks with the extension frame for the pto pump.

Do you still get light stear even with your four axle tow truck? Mine is just a 2 axle and its only noticeble when its a 3 or 4 axle and fully loaded

Yes we do some. Garbage companies in my area are bad about overloading the trucks. We had to work one a few years ago that had a brake fire and burnt to a crisp. We had to send two wreckers to put it on a lowboy trailer. When we got back to their yard we weighed everything. Long story short, they had this front load Mack grossed out at over 90k lbs on your typical tadem axle truck, that was after burning all the way up and the water drying out.

Well, last time i had one with gearbox failure, 3 axle, lateral load with a crane, that i had to tow to the disposal site to get it clean then take it to the garage. The scale on the disposal site marked 47 Ton. I still grabed it by the axle with forks. Imagine the ride LOL

@russsooomix yea I bet that was a rough one. Just curious, what’s the steer axle weight on your truck that you run? Our Vulcan V103’s are on Peterbilts and the steer weight on them is 15k and when we grab a garbage truck by the axle with them, let’s just say they try turn in to space ships aimed for the moon on every bump we hit in the road, lmfao

It could, but safely? Bring loaded, I wouldn’t unless there was issues with the rears or suspension. That’s a lot of stress being applied to the wrecker. But it’s a yes and a no answer. Yes I have done them loaded from the rear. No to being the safest way of doing them. 90% of the time, if we get one loaded that has to be rear towed for some reason. We will put it on a low boy. In my opinion, that’s the safest way if you couldn’t get it from the front, if loaded. If it’s empty, I use to grab them from the rear all the time.

@@TowManRines thanks for getting back to me so quickly.

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Basically was only trying to show more options out there to do things is about it! Thank you!

Down here where I’m at. All the companies around here get the hand me down trucks from all the other big hubs, so they have seen better days. I just rather not have to pay for it if something was to go wrong

When I moved the truck to a spot to get hooked up, I already flipped the dump valve on the dash for the bags to drain before I even started hooking up. Normally I do that or just disconnect the lines on the air bags soon as I back up to the unit before I start hooking up.

You don't really have to unless you just need more clearance. On the other hand, if you are picking by the u bolts then definitely yes.

Haha pretty much. Just something extra they can add on the truck to upcharge and make even more money from the manufacturer

All the tools is on the driver. The boss just supply’s the truck with the fork package and chain and strap package. Anything else is on the drivers

We’ve never really had any luck out of the winched on our landoll. With perfect wound cable, still took two people to either pull on it or one winch out and the other pull the cable.

I tilt to tighten on 90% of everything I tow. I try to do negative tilt when I get everything in place, that way when I pick up and the t bar starts leveling out flat, the chains get tight.

You should but most operators don't use the safety chains unless it's something that is really sketchy.

@@MrJohnAultman Just learning. Every question I ask is to learn. Thank you.

Yes I would have

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99% of the time I just grab the u bolts, but I already had the risers on from a previous tow and I’m just trying to show different ways of doing things for every one. There is 100 different wants anyone would hook to something. Just trying to help and show some of them.

@@TowManRines got ya. Yesterday I ended up using the wheel lift attachments for a coach bus. Those shit will stay on my truck for the next month before I take em off. Unless I absolutely have to take em off

I’m the same way, but my luck is normally being the next tow would be a rear tow on a 26’ box truck or an over loaded garbage truck

@@TowManRines exactly the same, and end up having to rear tow em for broken suspension

​@@TowManRinesman FKCU a garbage truck.... Yuck yuck yuck.... Especially in the summer with maggots and trash juice fallin on you....

Appreciate it

The half inch chains are Miller frame chains, you can get them from Aw direct or the axle chains I got them from best tools

I just wanted the weight of the truck to sit on the chains on the frame rail in steal of that flimsy part on the back. It’s just the way I like doing it and the most comfortable way to me while dragging trucks like that, that’s all.

It could slide side to side on the first pick

I wanted more control over the box then anything. That’s the major point to me cause it’s the heaviest part. The tractor was already hurt. Wasn’t gonna hurt it anymore from doing it the way I did it, atleast in my eyes. Yes it helps to anchor down on the tractor to help it over, but it was also a small day cab and I know the weight of the can and load was enough to flip the tractor so in my mind I could let it bring it back over while I could keep full control of the container. The trucks on the scene there is a Vulcan v103 and then my truck being a Vulcan 935 rotator.

Thank you very much

Appreciate you watching. I typically pull the long shaft on each axle that stays on the ground if I’m having to pull axles,I try for drivelines 99% of the time, I haven’t seen a difference in either way really on which to pull. I’m just too nervous over burning one up but too lazy to pull all 4 haha

I run it every day. I haven’t really kept up with my daily average but I know I usually do roughly 1250 to 1300 calls a year in it. I did just over 1250 calls in 2021 in this truck. I’m Probly gonna do just about the same this year

I’m on my way back towards Memphis, from towing a truck and trailer from crawfordsville ar to Jackson ms this very moment

Yes it was empty, it was on its way back down the hill from dumping at the landfill. Not real sure the exact weight. My truck ,empty, weighs 18,500 lbs on the steers. I really didn’t lose much more weight then I normally do grabbing it from the front. The truck weighs roughly close to 40k when they are empty. As heavy as my truck is alone, you couldn’t even tell it was back there.

1150?

No it’s a Vulcan 935, basically the same as the Century 1135, just has the knee boom upgrade with the 35k main winches and a 50k drag winch

How much does you're truck weigh

My truck is right at 60,000 lbs