Industry News

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…

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…

The season finale of HONK’s Get Hooked Podcast: HONK’s 2020 Year in review & 2021 outlook is now live. A link to the episode is here. Hosts Dennis and Y’von recap the 2020 episodes, discuss the future of tow shows, key trends impacting the towing industry, welcome a very special guest and announce a promotional…

Miller Industries has announced that EdgeTec (Edge Truck Equipment Center) is a new authorized distributor in northern Texas. EdgeTec is located at the facility previously occupied by Coker Equipment Sales at 9100 Ambassador Row, in Dallas, Texas. EdgeTec offers the full line of Century, Chevron and Holmes towing and recovery equipment. Miller Industries Regional Vice…

Best wishes for a safe and prosperous new year. From the Tow Times staff

The 38-vehicle fleet of battery-electric Freightliner eCascadias and eM2s have surpassed 500,000 miles in real-world operation by Freightliner customers, who include some of the largest private and for-hire fleets in North America. The Freightliner Electric Innovation and Customer Experience (CX) fleets consist of pre-series production battery-electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and are used to test…