Wheel lift tow assembly

Details Wheel lift tow assembly Wheel lift tow assembly

1987-03-18

1989-06-06

Spar, Robert J.

Material or article handling

Traversing hoist type

Tow truck type

B60P 312

Patent

active

048367370

ABSTRACT:
A wheel lift tow assembly 28 is mounted to the frame at the rear of a tow truck 20 and is movable vertically by a power cylinder 60 connected between the frame of the tow truck and the tow assembly. The tow assembly includes a telecopic tow bar 35 that is distended and retracted by a power cylinder 65, and a cross arm 36 which is pivotably mounted intermediate its ends about an upwardly extending axis 89 to the rear portion of the telescopic tow bar. Sleeve members 92, 93 are slidably mounted about the opposite ends of the cross arm, and L-shaped wheel cradles 37, 38 are releasably connected to the sleeve members.

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American Towman, Sep., 1983, p. 39, Zack-Lift Advertisement.
American Towman, Dec. 1983, p. 56, Zack-Lift Advertisement.

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