Posts by Editorial Staff

Florida Tow Show Offers Free Driver Training Class

A free driver training class by the American Towing & Recovery Institute will be held Friday, April 9, at the Florida Tow Show. The focus will be light and medium towing with an intro to heavy-duty. Topics will include: Towing of cars, trucks and RVs Methods to handle luxury vehicles damage-free Winching and recovery. There…

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East Coast Truck & Trailer Sales Acquires Atlantic Wrecker

East Coast Truck & Trailer Sales, located in Portsmouth Va., has announced the acquisition of Atlantic Wrecker based in Manassas, Va. “As a premier dealer for Jerr-Dan Corporation, this acquisition represents an extraordinary growth opportunity for us to offer our industry expertise to the towing and recovery industry while giving us the ability to offer…

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One Company Initiative Announced by The Will-Burt Company

The Will-Burt Company has introduced its One Company initiative — a program designed to ensure that the company operates as “one team, guided by one vision, representing one brand: Will-Burt.” “Over the past 100 years, The Will-Burt Company has grown from a small, family-owned business located in Orrville, Ohio, USA, into the leading internationally recognized…

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The Good Guys

Tow Times  is bringing back a column titled “Good Guys.” It will share stories of towing industry members who do good deeds. I believe people in the towing and recovery industry are generous, and go above and beyond to not only help motorists, but support and raise funds for worthy causes, and become involved in…

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Pre-Registration is Open for the Florida Tow Show

Pre-Registration for the 2021 Florida Tow Show, April 8-10, 2021, is now open. The host hotel/show site is the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace in Lake Buena Vista. Pre-register for the show and make hotel reservations at the Florida Tow Show website. For show information visit floridatowshow.com

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Hino Halts North American Truck Production and Sales

Hino Motors, Ltd. (“Hino”) has announced that there will be a “formal pause” of vehicle production at its plants in its consolidated subsidiaries in North America; the West Virginia plant at Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A., Ltd. and the Woodstock plant at Hino Motors Canada, Ltd., until the end of September 2021. The production pause was…

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Virtual “Brainstorming with the Pros” to be Repeated

Due to interest in the first virtual “Brainstorming with the Pros” session with Tom Luciano, held on Thursday, January 14, Miller Industries will feature the same session again on January 21 at 7 p.m. EST. The session will contain the four recovery scenarios that were shown in the January 14 session. Availability for the event…

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Run-of-the-Mill

As I was reading an article on how to recognize a professional tow operator, I was struck with what I thought was an oxymoron: “Your everyday, run-of-the-mill tow operator, above all else, is a professional, and treats you with respect.” I was curious of the exact definition of “run-of-the-mill,” because the way it was used…

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