"We tried warning them (again). Still got towed."
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Impressed with the speed a car can be picked up.
OT: Parking
Mar 09, 2019
Last reply: 7 years ago
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Not exactly a safe way to do it.
What happens to the handbrake in a rear wheel tow like that?
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Those tow drivers are something else eh? The speed and confidence they show backing that 'tail'(underreach ?) under a car (that possibly costs a couple of years salary) is breathtaking,
Apparently they take them 'around the corner' to tie them on properly, trying to avoid confrontations with the vehicles owners
Seen a few of those now (yes I am sad [anything to avoid the wife's soaps]), rather famous that lot . Seen a couple of times the tow driver has had to break in to cars to remove steering locks etc, not seen him take longer than about twenty seconds to break into a car. Second career as a car thief on the horizon, or signs of a misspent youth?
They tow from the front. If all wheels are locked they have wee dolly/skate things that slide under one set of wheels it is towed from the other.
Apparently they take them 'around the corner' to tie them on properly, trying to avoid confrontations with the vehicles owners
I agree. Wouldn't park (auto) or first gear (manual) on a front-wheel drive car lock the front wheels, and then cause damage to the gearbox if it was towed like that?
Sometimes you see wheels apparently turning backwards as they're manoeuvred (action of diff while brakes applied or in gear?) sometimes the tow driver disconnects drive shafts from underneath ... all seems to be taken as part of "if you don't like it, don't park here"
and a viscous coupling it it was a freelander
They get hot and the bearings fail if its towed with the handbrake on the wheels on the ground.
Many cars can't be towed with the driven wheels on the road without wrecking the auto box.
What happens if they do an emergency stop?
Is it Adam's van?
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