It’s a risk that lingers in the back of every car hauler’s mind: that a sudden stop or lane change is the only thing between a safe delivery and damaged cargo. Regardless of the type of loads you haul, having car tie-down straps at your disposal is incredibly important for ensuring your cargo is always […]
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Finding the Best Car Hauler Tie-Down Straps and Auto Hauling Vehicle Straps
Auto Hauling Truckers understand the importance of securing cargo to prevent any damaging movement. However, the key to safely securing your cargo is choosing the right auto hauling straps. Types of Auto Hauling Straps 1. Car Carrier Straps Auto Hauling Straps secure vehicle loads to the car carrier by anchoring the vehicle’s tires to slots on […]
Use A Snatch Block When Towing And Recovering Vehicles
A snatch block is a specific kind of pulley, a simple device that makes it easier to lift or pull a heavy load with less force. It’s sort of a strengthening mechanism. All pulleys use a spool and casing to hold a rope. A snatch block, in particular, has a side plate, which is sometimes […]
What Customers Should Know About Auto Hauling?
It used to be that towing a broken-down vehicle meant wrapping a couple of tow chains around the frame, lifting one end of the vehicle off the ground, and dragging the car to its destination on the two wheels remaining in contact with the road surface. This form of auto hauling or towing was not […]
Auto-Hauling: Are You Thriving, or Just Surviving?
Take your auto-hauling career to the next level. What’s the difference between a good auto-hauler and a great auto-hauler? Three T’s: talent, technique, and tools. While we can’t invent talent from thin air, everyone can learn new techniques to improve their skill, and anybody can start out on the right foot by choosing the right […]
Auto Hauling: When You Need Your Equipment to Work
When a tow operator goes out on the interstate to recover a car from a ditch, he wants to know that all his equipment is going to work right. The same goes for an operator who gets a call from a local resident whose car will not start. He/she needs to know that he/she has […]
Towing Lights to Hauling Straps: There’s A Lot to Towing
There are lots of jobs that appear easier than they are. Take tow truck driving, for example. To the untrained eye, driving a tow truck seems a simple matter. You just hook up the car and go, right? Wrong. From towing lights and hauling straps to anticipating oncoming traffic, an awful lot goes into towing […]
That Moment When Towing Chains and Hooks Are Your Best Friend
It is probably safe to say that we know very little about the daily job of a tow-truck operator. Sure, we know they drive trucks capable of getting us out of a jam in inclement weather or after an accident, but we don’t know much more than that. It’s also safe to say that we […]
Auto Hauling: A Very Different Kind of Trucking
What is the most lucrative form of trucking? Is it dry goods or reefers? Or maybe it’s flatbed trucking. Perhaps the most lucrative way to make a living as a truck driver is hauling flammable or hazardous materials. The point here is that the definition of ‘lucrative’ has more to do with preference than anything […]