- published: 16 Jun 2016
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A tow truck (also called a wrecker, a breakdown truck, recovery truck or a breakdown lorry) is a vehicle used to transport motor vehicles to another location (generally a repair garage), or to recover vehicles which are no longer on a drivable surface.
Towing services are generally provided by an emergency road service operator. Vehicles are often towed in the case of breakdowns or collisions, or may be impounded for legal reasons.
The tow truck was invented in 1916 by Ernest Holmes, Sr., of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was a garage worker who was inspired to create the invention after he was forced to pull a car out of a creek using blocks, ropes, and six men. An improved design led him to manufacture wreckers. A museum in Chattanooga called the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum features restored antique wreckers and displays related toys, tools, equipment, and pictorial histories of the tow truck industry.
Five general types are in common usage, usually based on the type or size of vehicle to be towed truck chassis:
I'm at a stand still
It's 98 degrees
Can't put one thing
into my car
Nothing's gonna stop the steam
I got my hands up
No other price to compare
Held up by the tow truck
that drops me at the bus stop
With just enough left to pay the fare
He said "They com from down south
Just trying to take my job
Coming in from all sides,
looking for a free ride You know
we're all getting robbed"
Up on the dashboard
There was a cross an a flag
Now I don't want nothing
from anyone's God But from my country I want better
than that
Because I hear that each and every day
from channels 3 to 39
I already heard your opinion,
When are you gonna hear
mine?
Finally, I said "Look,
This is more than I need to know
Please keep your opinions
to yourself All I need
is a ride and a tow"
He said "Boy, you're in my truck
You better watch what you say"
I said, "Yeah, do my ideas
make your mad? Well now you know
how I´m feeling
every day"
Because I hear that each and every day
from channels 3 to 39
I already heard your opinion,
When are you gonna hear