Tow trucks transport not only heavy vehicles but also heavy trade goods and farm tools. Tow trucks come in different designs, and according to your needs, you should choose the truck that works for you. Discover the five main types of tow trucks.

As the name implies, a flatbed truck comes with a long empty flatbed. The flat surface makes the flatbed truck one of the easiest tow trucks to use because the loading and unloading proceeds are easy. Flatbed trucks do not have any encasements on their sides, but the back part is easy to adjust to facilitate the loading and unloading activities.

Modern flatbed trucks come with an inbuilt hydraulic system at the back part to reduce the offloading efforts. The hydraulic controls the truck's weight by providing signals whenever you add an excessively heavy vehicle. Flatbeds are often the most common types of tow trucks, but the trucks require careful driving because the trucks do not have sideways encasement.

A hook-and-chain truck helps vehicles that get stuck on the road. Hook-and-chain trucks come with a large hook that goes around your car's frame to secure it. After tightly holding your car, the hook-and-chain truck uses a long chain to lift the car or the heavy equipment from the ground to the surface of the tow truck.

The hook-and-chain trucks remove vehicles stuck in the mud or a ditch, or those involved in minor accidents. However, the hooks and the chain may cause slight scratches on your vehicle, depending on how strong the chain holds the car. Nevertheless, a few scratches are better off than allowing your vehicle to stay in the ditch.

An integrated tow truck comes with a strong elongated arm that supports the item or the vehicle that you need to carry. Unlike other types of tow trucks, the integrated tow trucks do not carry the load on their inbuilt surfaces but rather push the load using another carrier.

The arm axle's stability entirely depends on the weight of the vehicle or load that you need to carry. If you have a heavy truck or load that needs transportation, you should choose a tow truck with the strongest axle for maximum support.

Oversized tow trucks boast a large capacity that can carry more than one vehicle. You can easily spot them on the road by the large collection of cars or boats that the oversized tow trucks take.

You usually do not see oversized tow trucks when your car gets stuck in the middle of the road because oversized car trucks transport large-scale vehicles for commercial purposes. However, you can book these tow trucks when you need to transport many construction equipment types or a fleet of cars.

The wheel lift tow trucks are similar to the hook-and-chain trucks, but the wheel lifts hold the vehicle on the wheels. The wheel lift trucks use a large vehicle holder known as the yoke, which captures the car to be transported on the front wheel. The wheel tow truck only supports the front wheels, which means that the towed vehicle moves on the ground with its back wheels.

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