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The whole car rides on the deck with no wheel on the road.
Flatbed towing carries the vehicle on a flat steel or aluminum deck with all four wheels off the road. The deck tilts down to the ground, the car is driven or winched up, and it is strapped at the wheels for the trip.
Because no wheel is turning, nothing in the drivetrain is working during the tow. That is the reason to ask for one.
Ask for a flatbed when the car is all-wheel or four-wheel drive, electric or hybrid, very low to the ground, or has damage to a wheel, axle or suspension. Many owner's manuals for these vehicles say to transport them with all wheels off the ground.
All-wheel drive. Towing with two wheels down can damage the center differential or transfer case.
Electric and hybrid. The drive motors are connected to the wheels, and rolling them can generate current or cause damage. Check the manual's towing section.
Low cars. Sports cars and lowered cars need the shallow loading angle of a tilted deck, sometimes with ramps.
Crash damage. A car with a bent wheel or broken suspension cannot roll safely behind a truck.
Motorcycles. Bikes are strapped upright on the deck.
Often it cannot. A flatbed is tall and long, and many garages in Brickell, Downtown, Edgewater and Miami Beach post clearances it will not fit under. A wheel-lift truck usually brings the car out to street level, where it is loaded on the flatbed.
Tell the dispatcher the clearance posted at the garage entrance and which level the car is on. With that the right pair of trucks can be sent the first time.
Give the year, make and model, whether the car starts, rolls and steers, whether it can be put in neutral, and how much room there is in front of or behind it. A flatbed needs a straight run about as long as the truck to load.
On a tight street in Little Havana or Coconut Grove that can mean loading from the next block. The driver decides on site. Call (786) 284-6998 to set it up.
One call. An offer or a truck.
Call (786) 284-6998