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We broke down and needed a tow. Why we broke down is another story - coming soon.
The flat bed driver notified me that he couldn’t pull it up by the front axle or by the tow hooks on the front of the frame – he would run out of cable and the spreader would hit the winch before the truck was fully on the bed.
He put the hooks on the rear cab mount brackets that hang on the outside of the frame, which are basically in the middle of the truck - he said that he did it that way previously and it would be ok.
It was Ok, and we made it home, and everything look good – other than the cable scratched up the front drive shaft.
Was that the proper way to pull the truck on a flat bed? We made it Ok, but it was an uneasy feeling.
Either he was lazy or he was under equipped. Our tow truck had multiple spreader/chain/strap/hook combos in the boxes to accommodate any vehicle. He could have hooked the winch cable end to a tow hook without using the spreader or he could have used a strap with dog leg hooks under the truck and grabbed a hole on each side of the frame, then hooked the spreader to that. As long as the truck rolls freely, hooking to the cab mounts is alright most of the time, but if the truck hit an obstacle and suddenly stopped, it could tweak the cab mounts and mess up your body lines. Personally, I'd never let them do it that way.
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