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NYC Tow Truck Endorsement 2024/2025 ( 100% verified) A+ grade assured
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NYC Tow Truck EndorsementAir Dam - ANSa flexible air-deflecting panel usually located below the radiator support.
Approach Angle - ANSthe angle between the plane of the carrier bed or platform and the
ground.
Auxiliary Braking Device - ANSa device which attaches to the disabled vehicle to assist the
tow truck's brakes in retarding or stopping both vehicles.
Auxiliary Equipment - ANSequipment that is not necessary to perform the basic function of
the primary equipment.
Auxiliary Tow Lights - ANSstop, 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 - ANSsame as "Drag Winch": a winch whose cable goes directly to the load,
and not over the end of the boom.
Axle Covers - ANSdevices used to cover drive axle shaft openings to help prevent
contamination or loss of wheel bearing lubrication during towing or transporting operations.
Bed Locks - ANSdevices on a vehicle with a movable bed that secure the bed in place while
traveling.
Boom - ANSa 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 - ANSthe maximum weight or load, as established by the
manufacturer, that new, unused equipment can bear, under ideal laboratory conditions,
without being damaged.
Bridle - ANSa V or Y type coupling device used to attach and center a cable in recovery,
loading and unloading operations.
Cab - ANSthe driver/passenger-carrying compartment of a truck
Cab-to-Axle (CA) - ANSthe distance from the back of the truck cab to the center of the rear
axle. See chassis manufacturer's dimensions.
Cable - ANSsteel wire rope used for pulling or supporting a load.
Car Carrier - ANSa 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 - ANSthe 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 - ANSa general term applied to transverse members in the understructure of
a vehicle.
Curb Weight - ANSthe unloaded weight of a truck, axle or axle combination.
Disabled Vehicle - ANSfor 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 - ANSA four-wheel carriage used, in towing, to support the trailing end of a towed
vehicle.
Drag Lights - ANSsame 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 - ANSa winch whose cable goes directly to the load, and not over the end of the
boom. Also see "Auxiliary Winch".
Driveline - ANSa vehicle's drive shaft and associated joints.
Fascia - ANSflexible material commonly used as a bumper cover (may extend below the
bumper).
Forks - ANSdevices 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) - ANSthe curb weight (unloaded weight) of the front axle or front
axle combination.
Grab Hook - ANSa chain hook that will not slide; used with safety chains and some tow sling
hook-ups.
Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) - ANSthe front or rear axle weight. This is the value
specified by the vehicle manufacturer as the load-carrying capacity of a single axle system,
measured where the tires touch the ground.
Gross Combination Weight Rating (GCWR) - ANSthe gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of
the power unit (tow truck), plus the GVWR of each vehicle in the combination (the
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