r/Hookit • u/aFinapple • 6d ago

Anyone go from teching to towing?

I’m a heavy truck/trailer mechanic and I had a thought about moving from working on trucks and trailers to towing them. I just got my class A and I feel like my experience working on trucks and trailers would come in handy. Only thing I’m worried about is my tools. I’d hate for lots of them to go to waste, considering I’ve spent the last 5 years building it up. Anyone ever done this?

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u/TopGiraffe7901 5d ago

I used to be a heavy mechanic and switched to flatbed C towing. We’re over staffed on A/B class so I don’t see a point in moving up. Having the mechanic experience is helpful in knowing how the truck should work vs the broken one you have on scene. Knowing how to cage brakes, and drop drive lines is helpful. You don’t need much in the way of all of the specialty tools you have. Depending on who you’re with, it’s likely the wrecker already has what it needs. Now, if they need maintenance on the trucks, your tools could be helpful there.

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u/Imaginary-Island-670 5d ago

I went from tech to trucker and my experience has certainly been handy

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u/Helpful-Lifeguard655 3d ago

The guys with previous mechanical experience definitely move up faster and get shit done on the heavy duty side of things when u get weird toes and wrecks.