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Tow Truck "W" Endorsement Latest 2023 Rated A Tow Truck ✔✔A motor vehicle that tows or carries a disabled, illegally parked or abandoned vehicle. GVWR ✔✔Gross Vehicle Weight Rating GCVR �... ��✔Gross Combination weight rating. The GVWR plus the GVWR of the vehicle being towed equals the GCVR. Light duty ✔✔GVWR of 8,600 to 10,000 pounds Medium Duty ✔✔GVWR of 10,001 to 26,000 Heavy duty ✔✔GVWR over 26,000 pounds Car carrier ✔✔A vehicle designed to transport 1 to 3 motor vehicles. Car carriers use a platform that is used to facilitate the operation of towing one or many vehicles. They are known also as flatbeds, Slideback, equipment transporters and rollbacks. Overloading ✔✔Overloading can cause undetected damage, weaken the equipment significantly and cause equipment failure which can result in injury or death. GAWR ✔✔Gross Axle Weight Rating which is used to describe the weight of a single axle or a combination of axles is designed to carry. Overhang ✔✔Overhang is measured from the center of the lift point to the center of the rear axle of the tow trucks. The safe towing capacity decreases when overhang increases. STC ✔✔Safe towing capacity - Defined as the amount of weight or load that does not cause more than a 50% loss of original unloaded front axle weight. Wheelbase ✔✔The distance from the centerline of the front axle to the centerline of the rear axle. The breaking strength rating ✔✔TBSR is established by the manufacturer as the maximum weight or load that new, unused equipment can bear under ideal laboratory conditions. The weight load limit ✔✔The weight load limit - The maximum weight or load that equipment can bear under normal operating conditions. Boom ✔✔A structural member of a tow truck that extends from a mast to support the load and extend or lift a load free of the ground. Mast ✔✔The structure that houses the boom and winchs PTO ✔✔PTO - Power take off- A device that transmits engine power to auxiliary equipment - PTO is locates in cab. Cable ✔✔Steel wire rope Cable terminators ✔✔Cable is no stronger than its end attachment, or terminations. The terminations recommended for towing is swage. Thimble ✔✔Shield to protect the cable at the lock assembly. Wedge socket ✔✔A wedge socket is a device that cable is threaded through to form a loop. Sheaves ✔✔Pulleys Snatch block ✔✔Single or multi pulley system that is used to reduce line tension or change cable direction. Proof coil ✔✔"3" or "30" - Not heat treated - low grade - not recommended for towing. High test ✔✔"4" or "40" - not heat treated - not to be used or recovery work Transport ✔✔"7" or "70" - high quality - heat treated - used widely in the towing industry. Alloy ✔✔"8" or "80" - heat treated - strong - very expensive - The only material recommended by OSHA [Show More]
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