Radiating Sprag Traction-Enhancing Attachment and Method for Flatbed Tow Vehicles

A method for enhancing traction between a flatbed tow vehicle and an underlying terrain during winching, comprising:

• providing an attachment apparatus comprising:
• a top planar surface;
• a bottom planar surface integrally-connected to said top planar surface at a fixed mating angle therebetween, wherein said fixed mating angle is substantially equal to a rear extremity angle between top and bottom surfaces of a rear extremity of a flatbed of the flatbed tow vehicle;
• and a plurality of sprags permanently affixed to an underside of said bottom planar surface;
• attaching said attachment to a rear extremity of the flatbed;
• actuating the flatbed from a driving configuration to a mounting configuration by moving the flatbed rearward and concurrently tilting the flatbed downward in customary manner, but with said attachment attached, such that the rear extremity of the flatbed and thus the sprags affixed to said underside of said bottom planar surface of said attachment dig into and establish enhanced traction between said rear flatbed extremity and said underlying terrain so as to substantially bar said rear flatbed extremity from sliding backwards relative to said underlying terrain;
• and
• winching a disabled and/or immobilized vehicle onto the tilted flatbed in customary manner, but with said sprags of said attachment dug into said underlying terrain providing additional traction at the locale where they are so-dug into the underlying terrain, to substantially bar said flatbed from sliding backwards relative to the underlying terrain during said winching.