This Freightliner 108SD is a used tow truck — sometimes referred to as a wrecker or recovery truck — built for recovering, transporting, and repositioning disabled or impounded vehicles. Freightliner is a major American commercial truck manufacturer with a long-standing presence in heavy-duty vocational and fleet applications, and their cabover and conventional chassis are widely used as the basis for specialty work vehicles of this kind.
The truck is equipped with a Century 28-foot rollback carrier, an industrial-grade flatbed platform that tilts and slides rearward to allow vehicles to be loaded and unloaded at ground level. This rollback configuration — also known as a slide-back or flatbed carrier — makes it well-suited for transporting low-clearance, all-wheel-drive, and damaged vehicles that cannot be safely towed on two wheels. Complementing the carrier is a wheel lift, which allows the truck to also perform conventional towing by cradling the driven axle of a vehicle and lifting it clear of the ground.
A Warn winch is fitted, providing powered cable recovery capability to pull vehicles that cannot be driven or rolled onto the carrier under their own momentum. This is a particularly valuable feature when dealing with off-road recoveries or vehicles in awkward positions.
The chassis includes a differential lock, which improves traction in low-grip or uneven conditions — useful when operating on unpaved ground, in winter weather, or at accident scenes with compromised surfaces. Braking is handled by an air brake system, standard on heavy-duty commercial vehicles of this class and providing reliable, consistent stopping performance under load. The axle ratio is specified at 5.29, a numerically higher ratio that prioritises pulling power and load-handling torque over top-end road speed, appropriate for a vehicle regularly working under the weight of recovered loads.
This 2020 machine is located in Minnesota, USA, and is offered in used condition.
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