All Roadside Towing Flatbed Tow Truck Near Me and Near You
Local drivers depend on All Roadside Towing flatbed tow truck San Diego for all their Towing and Roadside Assistance needs. Are you looking for the best way to transport your vehicle in San Diego? Flatbed tow truck service is a great way to transport a vehicle, regardless of size or weight. Whether the vehicle drives, or not, our flatbed towing service here in San Diego can move it.
Accident Vehicles – Not a Problem for a Flatbed Tow Truck Company
If your vehicle has been in a serious accident, flatbeds are the perfect option. Vehicles can be winched onto the flatbed no matter what the condition or damage. We can even winch vehicles with all four tires missing or damaged.
The winch systems on All Roadside Towing Flatbed Tow Trucks have a pulling strength of approximately 12,000 lbs. That’s more than enough to tow any car, bike, or truck off the road and onto the deck.
Abandoned Vehicle Removal
San Diego Flatbed Tow Service is Perfect for Private Property Impound Towing
Flatbeds are perfect for abandoned vehicle removal or getting rid of junk cars. By the way, that’s a service we’ll happily provide. If you have some Junkers affecting the ascetic value of your property… the visual appeal.
We’ll move those wrecks and get your property back safe, secure, and looking nice.
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Other Reasons for San Diego Flatbed Tow Trucks
Flatbeds are used to tow vehicles for a number of other reasons that include the weight, or the make and model of the vehicle. Vehicles transported by this mode are able to have each of their wheels secured, instead of the traditional method of chains placed on the front and rear of the vehicle.
Tow Truck San Diego provides flatbeds throughout Southern California. All Roadside Towing has several flatbed tow trucks that can easily accommodate any weight/size/shape car, truck, or motorcycle
This is how Tow Truck San Diego flatbed towing near me works…
Successfully operating a flatbed requires extra knowledge and experience from the tow truck technician. All Roadside Towing provides several weeks of additional training to it’s flatbed drivers every year. Our Technicians are the best, because our customers deserve the best.
Flatbed Lowers Deck
First, the flatbed lowers the bed (deck) to the vehicles tires. The tow technician hooks the winch cable to the vehicle being towed with steel hooks.
Winching Vehicle
Next, the technician carefully winches the vehicle onto the tow truck deck (flatbed). The tow tech is careful to get vehicle as symmetrical as possible on the deck.
Raises the Deck
Now the technician has the vehicle in place, he will strap one or both of the front tires to the deck. He lifts the deck back to it’s normal drive position.
Lock Down
Finally, the vehicle is secured to the tow trucks deck. It’s secured by at all 4 tires and the winch – 5 points of contact. It never makes contact with the road and doesn’t add mileage to the odometer.
All Roadside Towing tow truck flatbed service… the best price, best drivers, best service, quickest response, and biggest smiles.
Frequently asked Questions
A rollback tow truck is the same as a flatbed tow truck. Technically a rollback allows the bed / deck to lower up and down to meet the vehicle on the ground, while a flatbed has a fixed bed. But in laymen terms and in terms of common vernacular in the industry, they are one and the same.
A flatbed tow truck is normally called a flatbed. Within the trucking / tow industry, it’s actually called a rollback. That’s because the deck / bed of the truck is hydraulically actuated and lowers or raises as well as extends via controls. It’s almost as if the deck is “rolling” of the chassis to the ground. This makes it easier on the winch to pull the vehicle onto the bed.
There are several reasons why using a flatbed tow truck is beneficial. Flatbeds reduce the risk of damage to towed vehicles. The towed vehicle is strapped to the bed of the flatbed and piggybacks on the flatbed.
At no time during the tow do the wheels touch the ground. They do not obstruct vision while driving and they have a wider wheelbase than regular tow trucks allowing them to haul heavier weights.
Flatbed tow trucks can be used for any type of towing. There are instances when flatbeds are preferred if not required. Those instances would include;
- Accident tows – Car accidents, specifically ones that cause major front or rear damage, rip axles off, etc. may be difficult, if not impossible, to tow with a wheel lift and dollies.
- Low vehicles – Low or lowered vehicles that only have a couple inches ground clearance will are difficult to lift with a wheel lift, where the boom must slide under the vehicle and lift it by the tires. Lifting the front or back of a vehicle will lower the opposite side, bringing it closer to the ground.
- All wheel drive vehicles – All 4 tires need to be off the ground during the tow. A wheel lift requires additional equipment dollies that take extra time to install and create additional cost for the customer.
- Long distance tows – flatbed tow trucks get better fuel economy. They don’t take a significant hit on mileage when a vehicle is loaded on the deck.
Wheel lift tow trucks carry cars via the stinger or boom. Those are the retractable arms that will extend out to the vehicles front or rear tires and pick the vehicle up that way. Flatbed tow trucks take the whole vehicle on their bed. They do this by lowering the bed to the vehicle. Pulling the vehicle onto the bed via a winching mechanism. Then raising the bed back onto the tow truck with the disabled vehicle attached.
Wheel lift tow trucks are generally smaller and lighter than flatbeds, making them more maneuverable around town. But wheel lifts also come in larger sizes and can come in sizes much larger than flatbeds, meaning they will haul the heaviest loads as well.
Flatbeds have a wider wheelbase than traditional wheel lifts, allowing them to tow greater weights with less strain on their axles.
They carry the weight on the bed, which distributes the weight across the entire frame making for a more efficient and easier drive. They also do not require extensive modification to the truck itself, making them more versatile.
