Frame mounted side winch for trucks
OwnerCarnel C. Duvallinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle positioning device that installs onto the side of the frame of a heavy duty rollback wrecker vehicle and is capable of winching a wrecked vehicle onto the shoulder of a roadway so that the wrecked vehicle is aligned parallel with the roadway, i.e. the desired position to be safely loaded onto the rollback wrecker vehicle. The device is provided with a winch and attached cable and hook for winching a wrecked vehicle in a direction approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rollback wrecker vehicle. The winch is hydraulically powered by tapping into the existing hydraulic system provided on the rollback wrecker vehicle.
Claims1
A combination frame mounted side winch and rollback wrecker truck for moving and positioning disabled vehicles into desired loading position comprising:
- a wrecker vehicle having a spring supported chassis and a rollback wrecker bed mounted on said chassis,
- means for attaching a winching apparatus with cable and hook to the frame of a rollback wrecker truck for moving disabled vehicles into parallel position on a roadway shoulder for safe and convenient loading.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.