Industry News

Jerr-Dan®, an Oshkosh Corporation company (NYSE: OSK), has added Midco Sales of Chandler, Ariz., as a distributor of its complete line of towing and recovery vehicles. With its proximity to I-10 and additional interstates, Midco Sales is situated to serve the Phoenix-metro area as well as the entire southwestern United States. “We’re pleased to be…

Tow Times hosted a question-and-answer session with the on-demand roadside assistance platform HONK Technologies. Shannon Yates of Doug Yates Towing joins Shelli Hawkins, Associate Product Manager at HONK, in a quick discussion on why companies like HONK are the future of the towing and roadside industry and why it’s better to “adapt than to get…

Ashley Grebiner, formally known as Ashley Miller of Prime Industries, Inc., has partnered with long-time friend Tammy Guffey and the two have opened T&A Hook-In Supply, Inc., in Virginia Beach, Va. Both women have years of experience in the towing industry. Guffey has been a business owner of Guffey’s Towing 10+ years, Grebiner sold products…

Garage Service Insurance LLC (GSI Tow Insurance) has announced that the company and NASCAR Driver Corey Lajoie have agreed on an endorsement contract. Under the contract, Lajoie will appear in various GSI Tow Insurance advertisements to endorse the company and its services. “We are very excited to have Corey join us as an endorsement partner,”…

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…

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…

Tower’s With A Heart is a group of friends and co-workers coming together to protect those who are helping others on busy roadways. The organization works to raise funds to provide billboards and other highway signs to educate drivers about the Move Over law, and the hazards that can occur when motorists do not obey…

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…

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

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…