Abstract: Automobile towing apparatus for mounting on a tow truck has a pivotal boom that projects rearwardly from the truck. The boom has a forward portion extending along the truck, the rear end of this forward portion being connected to a downwardly extending portion located just beyond the rear of the truck. The lower end of the downwardly projecting portion supports a rear portion that is extensible and in turn supports a transverse beam, on the ends of which there is mounted a pair of vehicle lifts for engaging and lifting the wheels of a disabled vehicle. This beam has limited rotation about a front to rear horizontal axis to accommodate loading a vehicle standing on a sideways slope. The boom is pivotable, optionally, about a pair of transverse horizontal axes located at the respective ends of the forward boom portion.