tow-trucks
Disabled car transporters
Tow-trucks is the plural of tow truck—a vehicle equipped to haul disabled or illegally parked cars.
Tow trucks range from flatbeds that carry vehicles to wreckers with hoisting mechanisms.
They respond to breakdowns, accidents, and parking violations: Three tow-trucks arrived at the pileup.
Drum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- flatbedOpen-topped hauling vehicle
- boomLoud deep sound
- rotatorThing that spins
- wreckerVehicle that removes others
hook · cable · chain · rigging · outriggers · hydraulics · crane · hoist
Pull or carry laboriously
- transportMoving things between places
- loadCarried weight or burden
- carryMove while supporting
- heavy-dutyBuilt for hard use
tandem · axle · chassis · torque · diesel · payload · trailer · capacity
winch
Drum-and-cable lifting mechanism
wrecker · hook · cable · chain · rigging · outriggers · hydraulics · crane · hoist · rollback
haul
Pull or carry laboriously
heavy-duty · tandem · axle · chassis · torque · diesel · payload · trailer · capacity · gooseneck
salvage
Recovering damaged goods
emergency · accident · breakdown · stranded · disabled · impound · repossession · jump-start · lockout · pull-out
dispatch
Send with speed
tow-trucksambulances
Emergency medical transport
rescue helicopters · fire trucks · medical transport · hearses
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