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The right rig
for the job

A flatbed is not always the answer and a wheel-lift is not always enough. Here is what goes out, and when each one is the correct call.

Flatbed deck

The default choice for anything that should not roll: all-wheel drive vehicles, low clearance cars, and vehicles with drivetrain or steering damage. The whole vehicle rides on the deck with nothing turning.

  • All-wheel and four-wheel drive
  • Low clearance and modified cars
  • Vehicles that cannot roll or steer
  • Accident-damaged vehicles

Wheel-lift rig

Compact and manoeuvrable, for the places a full deck simply cannot reach. Parking garages, tight alleys, packed lots and narrow driveways.

  • Underground and multi-storey parking
  • Tight residential driveways
  • Alleys and packed lots
  • Short-distance recovery moves

Winch and recovery gear

For vehicles that are off the road rather than broken down. Ditches, snowbanks, mud and soft field edges, worked through rated recovery points at controlled angles.

  • Ditch and embankment recovery
  • Snow and ice extraction
  • Mud and soft ground
  • Trailers and towed units

Medium duty capability

Box trucks, loaded work vans, RVs and shuttle buses sit above light duty limits and need equipment rated for the actual loaded weight.

  • Box trucks and cube vans
  • Loaded trade vehicles
  • RVs and motorhomes
  • Commercial and fleet vehicles

Roadside service kit

The tools that mean a call does not have to end in a tow: boost packs, jacks and bars, fuel containers and non-destructive lockout tools.

  • Battery boost equipment
  • Jacking and wheel tools
  • Fuel transfer containers
  • Long-reach lockout tools

Lockout tooling

Wedges and long-reach tools that work through the door seal rather than the paintwork, across modern electronic locks and older manual ones.

  • Non-destructive entry
  • Electronic and manual locks
  • Trunk and hatch lockouts
  • Engine-running lockouts

A note on the pictures

The illustrations above describe equipment types rather than showing specific trucks. The Google Business Profile for this business does not currently have photos published, and we would rather draw the equipment honestly than fill this page with stock images of somebody else’s fleet. Once photos of the real trucks are supplied they drop straight in here.

County Road D15 near the Iowa Falls Towing and Recovery base outside Iowa Falls, Iowa 23727 Co Rd D15

Telling us what you have

Four details decide
which truck comes

01

What the vehicle is

Make, rough size, and whether it is loaded. A van full of tools is not the same job as an empty one.

02

What it is doing

Will it roll? Will it steer? Is a wheel off the ground? This decides flatbed versus wheel-lift.

03

Where it is sitting

A traffic lane, a parking garage, a ditch or a muddy field entrance are four different pieces of equipment.

04

Who is with you

How many people, and whether there are children or animals. That changes both the truck and the priority.

Dispatch is awake

Describe it on the phone

Thirty seconds of detail sends the right truck the first time.