Wheel-lift tow
Part of the disabled vehicle is lifted while another part may continue rolling.
Field guide 07 · Commercial movement
Document Commercial Tow Configurations Clearly
A tow truck or transporter can shift between empty, partly lifted, and fully loaded states during one workday. A useful record explains the state at each trip segment.
Operational boundaryNo commercial account management or official class determination.
Load methods
The truck name does not describe every trip
Record how the load moves and which axle lines contact the road.
Flatbed / rollback
The loaded vehicle rests on the carrier deck; compare loaded and empty states.
Auto transporter
One or more carried vehicles may contain devices even though their wheels do not meet the road.
Fixed day log
Same truck, different physical record
Switch between three fictional snapshots. They demonstrate documentation timing, not toll outcomes.
Rollback traveling empty
Record the carrier’s own road-contact layout and note that no transported vehicle is present.
Passenger vehicle fully carried
Record the loaded state, private dispatch reference, load time, and devices physically present.
Rollback empty again
Mark the unload time. The return segment is physically different from the loaded segment.
Dispatch-side note
Record enough to reconstruct the physical state
Keep confidential identifiers in your controlled business system, not on this website.
- General powered-vehicle type
- Wheel lift, deck, rollback, or transporter
- Empty or loaded state
- Observed road-contact layout
- Approximate load and unload time
- Internal trip reference
- General route and date