Archive for 2019
The Tow Times Annual SourceBook Buyer’s Guide and More
The Tow Times September issue contains the industry’s best buyer’s guide to products, services, distributors, accessories and everything towing and recovery. Use it throughout the year as a handy reference. This issue also features a Q&A with industry leaders on the top concerns in facing the towing industry, a federal mandate requiring a review of…
Read MoreTexas Tow Operator Dies in Traffic Collision
A Texas tow operator died Tuesday, September 3 from injuries received in a two-vehicle collision in Lubbock. According to news reports, Patric Barrio, 26, was driving a flatbed car carrier loaded with a vehicle on the deck and wheel-lift when it collided with an SUV at the intersection of Interstate 27 and 19th Street. Barrio reportedly…
Read MoreDaimler Trucks North America Marks Production of 750,000th Vehicle at N.C. Facility
On Aug. 26, 2019, Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) commemorated the production of the 750,000th vehicle built at its Cleveland, North Carolina truck manufacturing plant. Keys to the milestone vehicle — a Freightliner new Cascadia — were presented to representatives from United Parcel Service (UPS) during a ceremony at the facility. “Over the past…
Read MoreKenworth Expands Online Body Builder Academy Video Library
Kenworth has expanded its online Body Builder Academy video library for its Kenworth T880 vocational leader with four new videos now available on the Kenworth Truck Co. YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/KenworthTruckCo). The new additions to the Kenworth Body Builder Academy focus on remote PTO features and functionality overview, remote throttle and hardwired PTO controls, remote presets…
Read MoreJust Slow Down
There was a horrific incident in Milwaukee this past Monday involving a tractor–trailer and a flatbed tow truck. It was caught on a police squad’s dash cam. I felt physically sick as I watched the tow operator start to open his door, and then close it as he saw in his mirror, the tractor–trailer coming…
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Alabama tow operators organized a procession to honor operator Richard Wilson, 53, who died weeks from injuries sustained when he was hit by a vehicle July 29 on I-85 in Montgomery, Ala. Wilson, who worked for Jacobs Towing, was hit while loading a vehicle on his tow truck at approximately 6:45 p.m. He died three…
Read MoreMan Sentenced to Eight Years for Hitting/Killing Kentucky Tow Operator
According to a news report by WDRB.com, on Wednesday, August 28, a Louisville, Ky., man was sentenced to eight years in prison for hitting tow operator Steven Simpson, 42, in October 2016. Simpson died in the crash. William Hillard was behind the wheel of a van that struck Simpson on Dixie Highway in Louisville, the report…
Read MoreWisconsin Tow Operator Extricated from Tow Truck After Semi Crash
A tow operator in Milwaukee, Wis., had to be extricated from his tow truck Monday, August 26, after it was hit by an out-of-control semi on I-43 North. The operator was working on a previous crash on the road shoulder with the semi slammed into the parked tow truck with the operator inside. The impact…
Read MoreSouth Florida Tow Operators Collecting Donations for the Bahamas
A group of South Florida towing operators are conducting a donation drive for disaster relief in the Bahamas, and are providing drop-off locations for fellow South Florida towing companies that would like to join in the effort. Two United Road Towing South Florida locations are accepting donations such as canned and dry foods, toiletries, paper…
Read MoreSDMO Gear Launches New Site for Products
By SDMO Gear, LLC In September, SDMO Gear, LLC announced the launch of its new online store offering fresh designs in Slow Down Move Over-branded items to consumers. SDMO Gear is dedicated to generating public awareness of the dangers emergency responders and others face on the nation’s roadways and to educating motorists about the existence…
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