Igor because I had the road blocked in front of me there's a grade and poor visibility so I wanted it completely on the road so I could move over into one side of the and open up a lane. If you see the crash damage on the right you can imagine it doesn't want to pull straight and I didn't want to tie up the traffic any longer.
Another reason not to put the bed down is because the bed isn't as strong. When the bed is slid back, it comes out of the bed locks & allows all the sideways forces to be put in the pivot pin that the bed tilts on. The bed is a lever.. the further its slid back.. the more the sideways stresses at the end of the bed where the cable is pulling from, are magnified on the pivot pin up by the rear drive axle. They're not designed for a lateral ( sideways) load... yes, they'll do it on light jobs like this little car, but it's a load it's not designed for & winching resistance isn't just about the weight of the car, there's additional forces from the incline, and any frictional resistance like mud, sand,snow,ice, tree stumps, sign posts or whatever & in this case.. it's left in park to keep it from rolling. It all adds up. He luckily has the bed attachment allowing him to do recoveries because it allows the bed to stay mechanically locked to the frame & all the load forces go to the frame, not the pivot pin. It also allows the winch cable to spool properly because the cable pulls straight into the drum. That side puller attachment has sheaves in both sides for left or right pulling & a long roller below to allow the cable to roll over & not drag against the edge of the bed that could damage the cable internally. This actually is the correct way to to a side recovery with a flatbed if it's not equipped with a dedicated side puller. Most companies don't wanna spend the money for three good equipment.. so the average driver needs to put the bed down & hook a snatchblock to the end of the bed to pull... it works, but it's not ideal for big heavy pulls & again.. it's VERY hard on the bed pivot pin & subframe.. they're not designed for those forces & can bend & cause damage to the tow truck. He did this the right way.
Hey Woody I just saw this I don't check the comments very often. Thank you for your response, everything you said about the Dynamics is absolutely true and most people are breaking their equipment daily. If you're interested I'm going to be putting up some videos of new techniques for performing ground level pulls with rollbacks by just pinning the bed to the ground and lifting the rear wheels slightly off the ground. Doing this there is no pressure on the frame and you're essentially just have a 20/22 ft long flat plate and you use your snatch box to direct the cable back to the winch to wind properly. I use heavy rubber pads at the end of the on blacktop, and specially made Scotch blocks with short teeth to hold on ice.
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why did u not put your deck down n winch it on at samw time buddy
Igor because I had the road blocked in front of me there's a grade and poor visibility so I wanted it completely on the road so I could move over into one side of the and open up a lane. If you see the crash damage on the right you can imagine it doesn't want to pull straight and I didn't want to tie up the traffic any longer.
Another reason not to put the bed down is because the bed isn't as strong. When the bed is slid back, it comes out of the bed locks & allows all the sideways forces to be put in the pivot pin that the bed tilts on. The bed is a lever.. the further its slid back.. the more the sideways stresses at the end of the bed where the cable is pulling from, are magnified on the pivot pin up by the rear drive axle. They're not designed for a lateral ( sideways) load... yes, they'll do it on light jobs like this little car, but it's a load it's not designed for & winching resistance isn't just about the weight of the car, there's additional forces from the incline, and any frictional resistance like mud, sand,snow,ice, tree stumps, sign posts or whatever & in this case.. it's left in park to keep it from rolling. It all adds up. He luckily has the bed attachment allowing him to do recoveries because it allows the bed to stay mechanically locked to the frame & all the load forces go to the frame, not the pivot pin. It also allows the winch cable to spool properly because the cable pulls straight into the drum. That side puller attachment has sheaves in both sides for left or right pulling & a long roller below to allow the cable to roll over & not drag against the edge of the bed that could damage the cable internally. This actually is the correct way to to a side recovery with a flatbed if it's not equipped with a dedicated side puller. Most companies don't wanna spend the money for three good equipment.. so the average driver needs to put the bed down & hook a snatchblock to the end of the bed to pull... it works, but it's not ideal for big heavy pulls & again.. it's VERY hard on the bed pivot pin & subframe.. they're not designed for those forces & can bend & cause damage to the tow truck. He did this the right way.
Hey Woody I just saw this I don't check the comments very often. Thank you for your response, everything you said about the Dynamics is absolutely true and most people are breaking their equipment daily. If you're interested I'm going to be putting up some videos of new techniques for performing ground level pulls with rollbacks by just pinning the bed to the ground and lifting the rear wheels slightly off the ground. Doing this there is no pressure on the frame and you're essentially just have a 20/22 ft long flat plate and you use your snatch box to direct the cable back to the winch to wind properly. I use heavy rubber pads at the end of the on blacktop, and specially made Scotch blocks with short teeth to hold on ice.
ahh gotcha...nice work