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Season two of the Tow Business Podcast has begun. Visit towbusinesspodcast.com for more more information. Season two episodes will be: The importance and future of Quick Clear programs (TRIP, RISC, etc.) Employee Pay Structures — What Type & How Much is Right For Your BusinessDrivers – Some Get It, Some Don’t … Why? Certification –…

The Association of Professional Towers — Ohio joined with Miller Industries for a two-day advanced heavy-duty training class June 11 and 12 in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. Miller Industries instructor Tom Luciano was on hand to teach industry best practices in the classroom and hands-on. The training event was sponsored by Miller Industries, Matheny Tow Trucks…

The Corpus Christi, Texas, police department issued 36 tickets and impounded one vehicle during a special enforcement operation of the state’s move over law on Monday, July 15. The two-hour operation was assisted by Apollo Towing Services of Corpus Christi. Texas law requires drivers to move over a lane for emergency vehicles that includes police,…

A tow operator is in critical condition after his tow truck crashed into a tree at approximately 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 15 in Memphis, Tenn. The name of the operator, who was taken by ambulance to Regional One Health Medical Center, has not been released.

A Fort Worth, Texas, tow operator was killed on July 8 after being struck by his tow truck on I-95 at Alliance Gateway Freeway. A news report on WBAP News Talk stated that the operator was attempting to secure a vehicle he was towing from an apartment complex when the tow truck began moving and…

Oshkosh Corporation [NYSE:OSK], manufacturer of specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies and the parent company of Jerr-Dan, was recently honored by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies. Oshkosh Corporation is one of four honorees in the automotive category. This is the fourth consecutive year Oshkosh Corporation has been listed as…

The International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum (ITRHFM) recently announced it joined the North American Reciprocal Museum Association (NARM). “The Museum is currently working to offer our ITRHFM members a broader range of benefits – both inside and outside of the industry,” says Jeffrey Godwin, ITRHFM vice president. “It’s exciting that our…

A memorial procession of tow trucks will take place Sunday, June 23, in Armado, Ariz., for tow operator Richard Struble. Struble, 57, was killed along with his customer Ramon Murrillo III, 32, on June 11. Struble was assisting Murrillo with his vehicle when a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed went out of…

Pacifica, Calif., resident Malik Dosouqi, 26, could face the death penalty in the slayings of tow truck operator John Pekipaki and taxi driver Abdulmalek Nasher. Nasher was killed Monday, June 17, in San Mateo County, Calif. Pekipaki was killed the following night in the same area. Both men were responding to late night calls for…

The month of April means two things in our industry, the Florida Tow Show and the Annual USAC/MD Charity Golf Classic. This year TomTom Telematics became a co-title sponsor of the event which raised more than $15,000 for the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum’s Survivor Fund. Over 60 road service professionals…