Félix-Antoine Leclair

Ok thanks i will try spring hangers next time I also have a 80 tons wrecker but that day he was on a other job I am sure that the 80 tons could make it easily but y was just wondering what other tow truck guy do with smaller equipment.

Hi have a western star with a 25 ton boom and a 3 section wheel lift the truck that I've towed weight about 15 tons I was able to lift it up but it was dangerous because I had no weight it the front of my truck (I had almost had no weight on my front wheels) So I want to know what do you do in those cases?

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When you wreck  heavy truck what kind of method are you using? I towed a tanker 12 wheels 2 weeks ago and it was to heavy to lift the front all up so I tried to make a good pressure on the axle and attach that up but it slide on the side so decided to lift about 7 inches the first axle  and it work but someone said that we can't to this because it's dangerous while turning on the road.. Please can someone give me some answers!

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Felix

On 5/15/2020 at 12:12 AM, GRUMPS The Towman said:

There are tons of different final drive systems out there. And each one has a specific procedure to dis-engage it properly. with that said I had found over the years that On most single screws ( 1 drive axle ) As long as the diff lock is dis-engaged,( if equipped ) Pulling one axle will do. On certain twin screws, one from the first axle does the trick as long as the power divider is disengaged. If time and space allows I used to pop one axle out from the first drive, then move the casualty a few feet then look to see if the drive shaft turned at all. ( a quick mark with a grease pen or piece of tape on the drive shaft makes it easy to see if it rotated at all ). If it did not move then I was on the road, If it did then I would pull a rear shaft out as well. I cant say for certain that my system is 100% the right way, but it worked for me the very few times I had no choice but to pop axles. I was never a fan of pulling axle shafts and I can probably count on one hand all the times I ever had to resort to it throughout my career. I am most certainly a pull the drive shaft guy. And knowing this, i made sure to buy all the right tools ( proper, quality sockets, good impact as well as breaker bars and ratchets and a good u-joint press tool for those particular types out there ) to make removing drive shafts as painless as possible. Just be careful playing with all the different setups out there, especially with todays fancy stuff.   

Thanks! I’m not a special fan of poping out axles too but when you have said to be sure to have all the right tools to remove drive shaft have you special tools that you use ? Other than ratchet and socket and braker bar.. tools that are very good to know to help.

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When we can't remove the drive shaft.. Do we need to remove one two or all the axles? some people said only one it's fine (I don't think so) some says remove all of them and some say remove only two in diagonal. Please can have some explanation!