tow truck
Disabled vehicle transport
A tow truck is a vehicle equipped to haul disabled or illegally parked cars.
The basic design features a boom or flatbed for lifting and transporting vehicles that can't move under their own power: We had to call a tow truck when the engine seized.
Also called a wrecker.
Open-topped hauling vehicle
- wreckerVehicle that removes others
- rollbackReturn to prior condition
- cabVehicle for hire
- chassisStructural support base
rig · heavy-duty · integrated · carrier · rotator · self-loader
Pull or carry laboriously
- dragResistance through fluid
- pullForce toward oneself
- hoistRaise with tackle
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
load · secure · hook up · strap down · transport · relocate · remove · impound
Drum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- hookCurved catching device
- chainLinked segments forming length
- boomLoud deep sound
hoist · pulley · hydraulic · sling · rigging · dolly · jib · safety chains
flatbed
Open-topped hauling vehicle
chassis · rig · heavy-duty · integrated · carrier · rotator · self-loader
haul
Pull or carry laboriously
lift · load · secure · hook up · strap down · transport · relocate · remove · impound
winch
Drum-and-cable lifting mechanism
boom · hoist · pulley · hydraulic · sling · rigging · dolly · jib · safety chains · light bar
breakdown
Failure or decomposition
impound · salvage · repossess · extraction · ditch · collision · disabled · stuck · jump-start · lockout
dispatch
Send with speed
- operatorOne who works machinery
- driverVehicle operator
- assistanceSupport or aid given
emergency · response · AAA · fleet · 24-hour · hotline · call-out · garage · yard · lot
- auto servicesmechanic shop, auto shop, garage, service station, gas station
- commercial vehiclesdelivery van, cargo van, panel van, tractor trailer, big rig
- heavy vehicleseighteen-wheeler, 18-wheeler, big rig, bulldozer, excavator
- specialty vehiclesambulance, hearse, limousine, cement mixer, flatbed
- truckssemi, tractor-trailer, big rig, lorry, cement mixer
- work vehiclesambulance, street sweeper, snowplow, service van, utility van