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A tow truck (also called a wrecker, a breakdown truck, recovery vehicle or a breakdown lorry) is a truck used to move disabled, improperly parked, impounded, or otherwise indisposed motor vehicles. This may involve recovering a vehicle damaged in an accident, returning one to a drivable surface in a mishap or inclement weather, or towing or ...
Miller Industries is an American tow truck and towing equipment manufacturing company based in the Chattanooga suburb of Ooltewah, Tennessee.Its primary subsidiary, Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc., manufactures a variety of light- to heavy-duty wreckers, car carriers, and rotators under several brand names, including Century, Vulcan, Chevron, and Holmes.
Dodge's Job-Rated trucks used flathead sixes, originally developed by Plymouth, [3] throughout the 1939–1947 range. In the light half-ton trucks, a 201.3-cubic-inch (3,299 cc) engine was initially standard, with 70 hp (52 kW) in 1939, but uprated to 79 hp (59 kW) in 1940, [14] and 82.5 hp (61.5 kW) by 1941. The three-quarter-ton and one-ton ...
Holmes quickly patented his invention, and thus the towing industry was born. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He spent the next two years theorizing and forming a concrete idea, filing his patent on January 17, 1918. The basis for Ernest Holmes Sr.'s patents was the unique concept of having a "split-boom" wrecker that could anchor the truck on one side, and ...
Mack Trucks: Model years: 1966–2005: Assembly: Allentown, Pennsylvania Hayward, California Iran, Tehran Saipa Diesel [1] (Was known as Iran Kaveh) Body and chassis; Class: Class 8 truck: Body style: Truck (bonneted cab) Layout: 4x2, 4x4, 6x4, 6x6, 8x6: Related: Mack U Series Mack DM Series Mack Super-Liner: Powertrain; Engine: Turbocharged ...
"Truck, Diamond, 4-ton, 6×6 with winch cargo" In 1939-1941 the Army Ordnance Corps was developing a complete line of tactical trucks that could operate over all roads and cross-country terrain in all weather. 4-ton (3,600 kg) load rated six-wheel drive trucks had been successful towing artillery in the 1930s, and the size would be standardized to tow the Field Artillery Branch's new 155 mm ...
[6] [3] They could adapt the truck's heavy-duty frame and chassis to a variety of uses including equipment for tow truck duty with a power crane, while other body options were a 12-foot (4 m) stake platform with the 157-inch chassis, a dump body with the 133-inch chassis, and straight frame or wheelhouse-type 12 ft (4 m) enclosed cargo van bodies.
A log book is simply a notebook with a grid pattern on every page, dividing the 24-hour day into 15-minute (1/4-hour) segments. Drivers are required to make carbon copies of each page, so one page may be kept with the driver (to be produced upon inspection by DOT officers), and so the other copy may be sent to the driver's employer.