A tow truck in Windsor is a motor vehicle that is used to pull broken or damaged vehicles. It is also used to tow away wrecked or disabled vehicles which are illegally parked.
Towing means coupling two or more objects together so that they can be pulled by a designated power source or sources. Towing may be as simple as a truck carrying a high load. A tow truck is also called a wrecker or a breakdown truck or a breakdown lorry. This is used to move disabled, impounded or indisposed motor vehicles. Towing using a truck involves recovering a vehicle damaged in an accident, transporting one via flatbed to a repair shop or returning to a drivable surface in a mishap. Necessarily, government and towing sector standards have been developed for carriers, lighting, and coupling to ensure the safety and interoperability of towing equipment.
You can easily distinguish a tow truck from a car carrier wheeler, which is used to move many used or new vehicles simultaneously.
Operations
Tow trucks in Windsor or other places are operated by private businesses, except for toll roads and major highways. Even police departments own tow trucks. In the US, it is common to contract police tows to private companies. School bus companies and package delivery services often use one or several tow trucks according to their day-to-day needs. Government departments with large fleets like fire departments, police departments, departments of public works and transportation services own one or more tow trucks.
Heavy tow trucks are used to clear semi-truck accidents and straighten out jackknifed trucks. In rural and semi-rural areas, organisations owning tow trucks can offer additional services appropriate to highway clearance where government services are unavailable.
The military also uses tow trucks for the recovery of stranded vehicles. The US Army uses a variant of the HEMTT truck, the M984 wrecker. For recovery during war scenarios and combat situations, many large armies with large vehicle fleets also deploy armoured recovery vehicles. These trucks are resistant to heavy fire, are capable of traversing through rough terrain with their tracks and towing vehicles beyond the weight limits of wheeled crackers like tanks, etc.