It’s snow season.

For us tow truck drivers, that means icy roads, more accidents, and more cars and truck in ditches.

One of the most important, and overlooked skills in our business is learning how to correctly winching a car out of a ditch.  It’s vitally important to stranded drivers, but if done incorrectly, can end up cost the customer money with a damaged vehicle, which equal bad press and liability for the towing service.

So today, we will explain everything there is to know about winching the right way.

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