Posts by Editorial Staff
Storage Yards Go Digital, Benefits of Weight-Saving Rotators, Wireless Remotes and Operator Safety and More
The Tow Times July issue explores how the coronavirus pandemic has forced a deeper digitization of storage yards to minimize person-to-person contact, advantages of rotators with recovery capability combined with weight-saving design, how wireless remotes enhance tow operator safety, and basic car carrier securement. Plus, operators and airport workers team up to recover a vintage…
Read MoreHONK and Spiffy Partner to Supply Tow Providers With Disinfectant Products During Pandemic
HONK Technologies, the platform connecting drivers, towing professionals, and insurers, has partnered with Spiffy, provider of on-demand car care, technology, and vehicle disinfection services and products. The agreement helps insurance providers protect policyholders by ensuring HONK’s service provider network has consistent access to EPA-approved, hospital-grade disinfection solutions to sanitize their tow trucks on a regular…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Tow Operator Still Missing After Falling From Bridge in Traffic Crash
News reports say the tow operator missing after a Wednesday morning traffic crash on the Don Holt Bridge in Charleston, S.C., was knocked off the bridge in the impact of the crash. A Charleston County Sheriff’s Office deputy was seriously injured and the tow truck operator missing after a pickup truck towing a trailer hit…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Sheriff’s Deputy Seriously Injured, Tow Operator Missing After Bridge Crash
A Charleston County Sheriff’s Office deputy is seriously injured and a tow truck operator is missing after a Wednesday morning traffic crash on the Don Holt Bridge, which takes Interstate 526 over the Cooper River between Charleston and North Charleston, S.C. The incident was reported at 9:51 a.m. According to news reports, the deputy was…
Read MoreOne Day Left to Win This Truck
Enter for a chance to win this 2019 Ford F-650 Worldwide Equipment Sales carrier equipped with a Jerr-Dan body and ROUSH CleanTech propane system. The carrier was donated by Worldwide Equipment Sales, ROUSH CleanTech and Jerr-Dan. All proceeds benefit the California Tow Truck Association Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that provides funding and support for education within…
Read MoreIt’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere
Singers Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett sang a song titled It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere. It’s popular to those who’ve been working hard and need a break. Those in the towing and recovery profession 24/7/365 certainly are hard workers, and when you add in what our lives are like now, we definitely need to take some…
Read MoreGuardian Angel™ Elite Series Wearable Safety Lights
The Guardian Angel™ Elite Series line of wearable safety lights have been revamped. New enhancements include: Improved battery – The battery charges at double the speed and once charged runs up to 20 percent longer. Upgrading to a Type-C charging connector reduced the dead-to-full charging time to less than two hours, while also making it…
Read MoreSBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Advance Program Reopened to Businesses Impacted by COVID-19
The U.S. Small Business Administration reopened the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance program portal to all eligible applicants experiencing economic impacts due to COVID-19. SBA’s EIDL program offers long-term, low interest assistance for a small business or non-profits. These loans can provide economic support to help alleviate temporary loss of revenue. EIDL…
Read MoreRegistration Open for Hall of Fame Induction Weekend
Registration is open for the 2020 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, October 9-11, at the International Towing Museum and The Westin hotel in Chattanooga, Tenn. A listing of 2020 museum packages includes hotel packages, tickets to events such as the Hall of Fame Meet & Greet/Casino Night/Auction, Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and more are…
Read MoreTow Operator Struck and Killed in California
A 61-year-old tow operator, from Dublin, Calif., was struck and killed on June 23 as he assisted a motorist in a disabled vehicle on I-280 in Redwood City, Calif. The operator, who was identified verbally on a news report on KTVU, was a contractor for the Bay Area Freeway Service Patrol, which works with Caltrans…
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