NYS TOW TRUCK ENDORSEMENT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) - ✔✔Rating for winches applies to a bare
drum with it first layer of cable.
✔✔Boom - ✔✔Extends from the mast to support the load and to hold extend or lift a
load free of the ground and clear of tow truck body.
✔✔Winch - ✔✔Device for winding and unwinding cable that is used to pull, hoist, raise,
or lower load or sling free of the ground.
✔✔Drag winches - ✔✔Cable goes directly to the load , and not over the end of the
boom.
✔✔Power Take Off (PTO) - ✔✔Device that transmits engine power to auxiliary
equipment.
✔✔Cable - ✔✔Steel wire rope used for pulling or supporting a load.
✔✔Swage - ✔✔a cable termination in which the cable ends are braided and a sleeve is
placed over the end of the cable.
✔✔Manufacturer specifications must be consulted - ✔✔Before making repairs to
terminations so that the terminations provide at least 75% of cable strength.
✔✔Thimble - ✔✔A shield to protect the cable at the hook assembly
✔✔Sheaves - ✔✔It is a pulley
✔✔Snatch Block - ✔✔Single or multiple pulley system that is used to reduce line
tension or change cable direction
✔✔Proof Coil - ✔✔Identified as "3" or "30" which is not heat rated
✔✔High Test - ✔✔Identified as "4" or "43" which is not heat treated
✔✔Transport - ✔✔Identified as "7" or "70" which is a high quality, heat treated chain.
✔✔Alloy - ✔✔Identified "8" or "80" which is a heat treated chain that is stronger than
Transport
✔✔Tow Slings - ✔✔Are devices used for lifting and towing vehicles
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) - ✔✔Rating for winches applies to a bare
drum with it first layer of cable.
✔✔Boom - ✔✔Extends from the mast to support the load and to hold extend or lift a
load free of the ground and clear of tow truck body.
✔✔Winch - ✔✔Device for winding and unwinding cable that is used to pull, hoist, raise,
or lower load or sling free of the ground.
✔✔Drag winches - ✔✔Cable goes directly to the load , and not over the end of the
boom.
✔✔Power Take Off (PTO) - ✔✔Device that transmits engine power to auxiliary
equipment.
✔✔Cable - ✔✔Steel wire rope used for pulling or supporting a load.
✔✔Swage - ✔✔a cable termination in which the cable ends are braided and a sleeve is
placed over the end of the cable.
✔✔Manufacturer specifications must be consulted - ✔✔Before making repairs to
terminations so that the terminations provide at least 75% of cable strength.
✔✔Thimble - ✔✔A shield to protect the cable at the hook assembly
✔✔Sheaves - ✔✔It is a pulley
✔✔Snatch Block - ✔✔Single or multiple pulley system that is used to reduce line
tension or change cable direction
✔✔Proof Coil - ✔✔Identified as "3" or "30" which is not heat rated
✔✔High Test - ✔✔Identified as "4" or "43" which is not heat treated
✔✔Transport - ✔✔Identified as "7" or "70" which is a high quality, heat treated chain.
✔✔Alloy - ✔✔Identified "8" or "80" which is a heat treated chain that is stronger than
Transport
✔✔Tow Slings - ✔✔Are devices used for lifting and towing vehicles
