You definitely want to front tow that going 500 miles. Quite a bit of weight lifting the rear and putting that on the front axle, just won't tow nice from the rear.
https://www.readingeagle.com/news/local/2-reportedly-killed-in-crash-on-route-222-in-ontelaunee-township/article_9dc72dfa-c318-11ea-9312-67c773a8ed98.html
2 good samaritins killed changing flat tire on 222 Reading PA
I guess what I am getting at is that all these motor clubs think you have fleet of trucks and guys ready to run their calls. They send you an automated message or text with seconds to respond if we are accepting or declining a call. At night or weekends I need a minute or two to see who is available and if they want to go? I would just think that there are a lot of small tow companies versus the big 3 shift tow companies like 75 percent small and 25 percent big, but just guessing.
Does anybody have figures relating to how many small tow companies are in America that let's say have a couple trucks and a couple drivers that basically operate 8:00 am - 5:00 pm and after hours owner answers phone and see which one of his guys can do a tow at night or on the weekend versus companies that have 3 manned shifts and dispatchers around the clock?
I towed them backwards already with a can on, but my front end was plenty light and I have a 2,000 pound weight below my front bumper. Pulling axles sucks.
My heavy is a stainless steel body and it originally had dri-dek and it is old and falling apart. Miller has some really nice stuff on a roll but it is like $900 for a roll to do a truck. What are you guys using? Wasn't sure if I would get heavy rubber matting at a hardware store and possibly glue it down so it doesn't move around?
Best to start it out on a brand new truck. If there are nicks or burs in winch drum or rollers, it will ruin new cable. I tow wrecks on my flatbed so battery acid and sharp metal would not be friendly to synthetic rope.
A local competitor just towed a single axle pusher motor home backward by forking the Reese tow receiver. Is this ok? I thought I read years ago that towing a motor home backwards by the frame the whole unit could flex and blow side windows out? Thoughts? Anyone here tow them backwards?
we have barb wire on but our insurance would not let us put on razor wire. i would like to add 400 volts to it also. Ha Ha.. Local copart yard has fence electrified with warning signs in spanish.
Best thing we ever did. People would come in the middle of the night and clean their wrecked car out and never come in to pay tow. Now, you pay first and then we open the fence, helped greatly on abandoning your wrecked car without full coverage.