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Air Dam - -a flexible air-deflecting panel usually located below the radiator
support.
-Approach Angle - -the angle between the plane of the carrier bed or
platform and the ground.
-Auxiliary Braking Device - -a device which attaches to the disabled vehicle
to assist the tow truck's brakes in retarding or stopping both vehicles.
-Auxiliary Equipment - -equipment that is not necessary to perform the
basic function of the primary equipment.
-Auxiliary Tow Lights - -stop, tail and turn signal lights attached to the
trailing end of the towed vehicle, and operated as part of the towing
vehicle's lighting system. Also see "Drag Lights".
-Auxiliary Winch - -same as "Drag Winch": a winch whose cable goes
directly to the load, and not over the end of the boom.
-Axle Covers - -devices used to cover drive axle shaft openings to help
prevent contamination or loss of wheel bearing lubrication during towing or
transporting operations.
-Bed Locks - -devices on a vehicle with a movable bed that secure the bed
in place while traveling.
-Boom - -a structural member, extending from a mast, that supports the
load and is used to hold, extend or lift a load free of the ground and clear of
the tow truck body.
-Breaking Strength Rating - -the maximum weight or load, as established by
the manufacturer, that new, unused equipment can bear, under ideal
laboratory conditions, without being damaged.
-Bridle - -a V or Y type coupling device used to attach and center a cable in
recovery, loading and unloading operations.
-Cab - -the driver/passenger-carrying compartment of a truck
-Cab-to-Axle (CA) - -the distance from the back of the truck cab to the
center of the rear axle. See chassis manufacturer's dimensions.
, -Cable - -steel wire rope used for pulling or supporting a load.
-Car Carrier - -a vehicle equipped to transport one to three motor vehicles
on a flat platform that slides or tilts to the ground to facilitate the loading
and unloading of these vehicles; may or may not have an additional
assembly attached to the rear to facilitate towing an additional vehicle.
These units are also known as slidebacks, rollbacks, transporting equipment
carriers and flatbeds.
-Chain Grade or Strength Rating - -the number placed on chain by the
manufacturer as part of the National Association of Chain Manufacturers'
system of identifying chain. Chain manufactured by NACM standards also
bears a letter that identifies the manufacturer.
-Cross-Member - -a general term applied to transverse members in the
understructure of a vehicle.
-Curb Weight - -the unloaded weight of a truck, axle or axle combination.
-Disabled Vehicle - -for purposes of this manual, this term refers to a motor
vehicle that is illegally parked, abandoned, or disabled (unable to operate
under its own power), or a motor vehicle that has been involved in an
accident.
-Dolly - -A four-wheel carriage used, in towing, to support the trailing end of
a towed vehicle.
-Drag Lights - -same as "Auxiliary Tow Lights": stop, tail and turn signal
lights attached to the trailing end of the towed vehicle, and operated as part
of the towing vehicle's lighting system.
-Drag Winch - -a winch whose cable goes directly to the load, and not over
the end of the boom. Also see "Auxiliary Winch".
-Driveline - -a vehicle's drive shaft and associated joints.
-Fascia - -flexible material commonly used as a bumper cover (may extend
below the bumper).
-Forks - -devices attached to the lift bar (also see "Tow Bar") for lifting a
vehicle by the axle, frame or structural member. May be classified as chain,
axle or frame forks.
-Front Axle Weight (FAW) - -the curb weight (unloaded weight) of the front
axle or front axle combination.
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