Posts by Editorial Staff

Mary Leigh Barbusin, Garden State Towing Association Scholarship Fund

Garden State Towing Association press release: The Garden State Towing Association (GSTA) established this scholarship fund in honor of our long time executive director, Mary Leigh Barbusin. These scholarships are meant to assist GSTA member children who wish to pursue a college education or technical degree at an accredited technical/vocational school or two-year or four-year…

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AAA Activates Tow to Go for St. Patrick’s Day

AAA press release: AAA is activating ‘Tow to Go’ for the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day weekend, in hopes that partygoers do not press their luck by driving impaired. Tow to Go is active from 6 p.m. Friday, March 15th to 6 a.m. Monday, March 18th. How does it work? When someone calls Tow to Go,…

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Kenworth Introduces New PACCAR TX-12 PRO Automated Transmission

Kenworth has introduced the new PACCAR TX-12 PRO automated transmission for Class 6-7 and light Class 8 vocational applications. The PACCAR TX-12 PRO builds upon the existing PACCAR TX-12 transmission, which was designed to be one of the most efficient on-highway automated transmissions. The new transmission is available with select Kenworth Class 8 models, including…

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Ronnie Mayer of R Mayer Towing Named Citizen of the Year

The DeKalb County (Georgia) Fire Rescue Department named Ronnie Mayer, owner of R Mayer Towing of Atlanta, its Citizen of the Year. Mayer, a longtime volunteer and supporter of local community events was quoted: “It took my breath away when I was told I was being honored.” Mayer was honored on March 2 at the…

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Not Another Meeting!

The Wisconsin Towing Association held its Board of Directors meeting along with an Education Committee planning meeting this past weekend. While I often don’t want to attend meetings — for whatever organization I belong to — I do look forward to these meetings. I’ve always said the members of the WTA are my towing family.…

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Tow Truck and Equipment Financing, Moving Motorcycles, Navigating the Lien Process, Hiring in a Tight Job Market and More

The Tow Times March issue covers a wide variety of industry topics. Among them: A towing company CFO and industry consultant offer a current look at the financing marketplace; techniques and equipment for towing/transporting motorcycles; benefits of lien processing software; and how tow companies are faring in their efforts to hire employees. We also feature…

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Arizona’s First Slow Down Move Over Billboard

Source: Tow Operators Safety Coalition of Arizona press release Sponsors from across the nation came together in collaboration with the Tow Operators Safety Coalition of Arizona for the good of the towing industry by creating a new Slow Down, Move Over billboard. The billboard space was donated to the Coalition by Veronica at ACME Recovery.…

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Hooked on Helping

When my husband and I started our towing business, we really didn’t research how or what to name our towing company, we decided to use our family name and then add what we do: “service and towing.” After doing some checking online, we should have done more research and been more creative. I looked up…

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TRAA Meets with FMCSA Leadership

Towing and Recovery Association of America (TRAA) press release: [On Tuesday, February 27] in [Washington] D.C., TRAA met with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Chief Legal Counsel Brian Stansbury and other senior leaders to discuss the anti-towing comment Acting Deputy Administrator Sue Lawless submitted to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding the agency’s Notice of…

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