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Thanks so much. Wheellift driver here. I tore a tire completely up cause i could not figure out how to get it off the ground high enough. You're a life saver. Just used your method and it work fine
i like these videos.. As a wheel lift tow truck driver this information is handy.. There is lots of times where i HAVE to throw dollies on a flat .. No other options available.. but using the stinger to get dolly tighter is very eazy and handy.. Thanks
Sometimes, if the tire will hold air long enough, you can get away with inflating the tire, setting the dollies, and then strapping them down. The tire will lose air, but because it was set, it won't sag between the dollies and drag.
You use a piece of 4x4 or 6x6, jack up the wheel with the flat, place the timber under that wheel adjacent the axle, make sure the vehicle is in park and e-brake set, lower the wheel down on to the timber which will give enough room to close the dolly further under the flat tire and will allow the tire and wheel to rest on the dollies instead of potentially slipping through. Only takes one man and can be done in an efficient amount of time. Been doing it for 17 years and has never failed me.
I won't pull that jack out on the side of the highway. Scoot it up, slide the crossbar in place, lift and go. Tightest holes possible. Save the jack for once you get off the highway when you try to get the crossbars undone from the dollies. This is much better. Fix a flat? Why so you can ruin the tire? That stuff disintegrates the tire from inside out. I've seen the results. Guess what you have to do THEN? Dolly, scoot, set, lift, go. Or flatbed it. Now I will say in a wreck situation where the wheel is jammed sideways, sure you want to use the jack lift up the body, throw a railroad tie under the control arm, lay that on top of the dolly crossbars, then lift, STRAP, and go. Always strap the dollies when it ain't dead centered. Sometimes strap them if they are. Definitely do it if you're hauling a wrecked rental car 200 miles back to the airport so they can scratch their heads and figure out how the car got wrecked how it did and how the heck you got it back there without a rollback. Keep 'em guessing!!!
You have the car on a jack already your wheel lift raise the car high enough to set a jack stand underneath the car at jack points lower the car to raise the rear the tire up then do what you hav to do i don't use dollies flatbed but when i got a flat on the one i was towing on the wheel lift that's what i did and changed the tire no unhooking no jack just the stand and on my way
I like the dolly but I can change 5 bolts within seconds with my ratchet gun I would jack from behind the car to avoid to much time at its side I would reach round and undo the 5 bolts remove the wheel and place it behind and replace with spair I most certainly belive that would be easyer than setting up that device would be ideal for towing 4x4 or rwd cars tho
Suffian Kamara ... Subscribe to Donald Chastain's Life of a town an, Ron Pratt, Plaza Towing, and Hill Auto Body and Towing. Pretty much covers everything. Just keep in mind that every job is unique.
If this doesn’t work u can set the dollies in front of the rear and pull the car in neutral onto the dollys, once u feel the car hit the bump and set in u stop the tow truck and there u go
for flat tires, use the rollback, carefully drive vehicle unto bed then hook it down, you won't damage the wheel, the tire is already damaged to the point that it needs to be replaced.
Just another tool for the toolbox. What if there was no spare, or the spare was damaged? Or wrecked with a damaged front end and a rear flat, this method can come in handy.
+The Tow Academy love the video. There are time when the mbr doesn't have a spare or spare is damaged. Sometimes you get those lovely mbrs that have a spare but it doesn't match the vehicle. Gotta love those type. lol
Ya lots of new cars don’t have a spare and a lot of the tows I get are when there is a flat tire on a car with the spare already used on another tire or they spare is missing because they bought it used and the previous owner lost it
GRiMMnEViL If he didn't use a flatbed and he towed it from the front he didn't put the dollies on the front, they go on the back. But if he picked it up from the back with a turned front tire (I'm guessing you mean at 90 degrees from straight) then he probably jacked it up to get under it, then he slid the axles as close together as he could get them. Hope this helps.
Thank you for taking the time to reply! After speaking with the operator he told me he used dollies on the back and some form of coasters you can place under tires to slide them on. I have never heard of those before. My main concern was possible damage since I was towed from a tight space.
Because doing so would negatively impact the transmission as it was a front wheel drive. You always want to ensure the drive wheels are not rolling when in tow.
Sometimes, if the tire will hold air long enough, you can get away with inflating the tire, setting the dollies, and then strapping them down. The tire will lose air, but because it was set, it won't sag between the dollies and drag.
Zach Loveless ... Nonsense. An inflated tire holds the dolly bars apart. As it deflates, it sinks thru the gap. The old fixed axle dollies with pans were superior in that case.
