Warning: Considering this takes place in New York City there is some foul language in the narrative.
I'm no expert when it comes to heavy equipment, but even I could see well in advance that the plan by the loader driver and the tow-truck operator hadn't been well thought out. They would have been better off if the loader driver or tow-truck operator had “chained up”, meaning installing tire chains on the loader's wheels. For that fact, the tow-truck could have used some, too.