Truck of the Month

This is the truck I drive every day, a 2007 Kenworth T800 with a 2012 Century 5230 body and a 7035 under-lift. Using a 700-hp Cat C15 engine and an 18-speed Eaton transmission through 4.33 heavy-duty rears, it’s a great wrecker that has handled anything I put behind it with ease. I work for Charlie’s…

This truck is a 2019 Ram 5500 with a Century aluminum 19.5-foot carrier with the SST loading option on a galvanized sub-frame. It was built by Chris at New England Truckmaster, which also did the truck’s lighting and custom requests. The wrap and lettering were done by Tom at Thirty Two Signs in Plainfield Conn.…

This is my daily driver and my favorite of all the trucks I have driven for the company I work for — a 2016 Freightliner M2 106 extended cab with a 2016 Chevron 1016. It was built by Coker Equipment Sales Inc. in Dallas, Texas. The truck is pictured in a field of bluebonnets, which…

This heavy-duty from the fleet of Bill’s Towing & Auto Body Repair in Salesville, Ohio, is a 1996 Mack mounted with a 60-ton rotator from Custom Built Manufacturing. In business since 1972, Bill’s Towing has a fleet of 20 trucks, light- to heavy-duty, serving southern Ohio and surrounding areas. In addition to towing and recovery…

This 2015 Ford F-550 single cab with a 19-foot Jerr-Dan steel bed is from the fleet of Eastside Recovery of Brunswick, Ga. The company has been in business for over 20 years and provides light- to heavy-duty towing and recovery and roadside assistance. The owner is Mike Czerepinski. “Our operators take pride in our trucks…

This 2019 Peterbilt with a Century 1150 rotator is from the fleet of TCR Towing & Recovery LLC in Bremen, Ga. The truck was purchased off the show floor at the 2018 Tennessee Tow Show from Crouch’s Wrecker & Equipment Sales LLC in Kingston, Tenn. Family owned and operated, TCR Towing & Recovery has three…

This Century 1075 on a 2018 Kenworth T880 belongs to Fastlane Towing Inc., Collinsville, Ill. The stand-out feature of this truck is its dazzling paint job by Ryan “Ryno” Templeton of BlastedbyRyno custom painting service, Anaheim, Calif. Templeton is the acclaimed custom painter/airbrush artist who painted the trucks from the CMT television show “Trick My Truck.”…

Big Dawg is a 2018 Kenworth T88 with a Century 1075 rotator on the road for Brett’s Towing and Roadside of Ogden, Utah. The truck was purchased from Wasatch Truck Equipment of Sandy, Utah. In business since 1993, Brett’s Towing and Roadside offers light- to heavy-duty towing and recovery with a fleet of over 20…

Big Dawg is a 2018 Kenworth T88 with a Century 1075 rotator on the road for Brett’s Towing and Roadside of Ogden, Utah. The truck was purchased from Wasatch Truck Equipment of Sandy, Utah. In business since 1993, Brett’s Towing and Roadside offers light- to heavy-duty towing and recovery with a fleet of over 20…

This four-wheel-drive 2019 Ford F-550 with a Kilar 15,000-lb. capacity, 19.5-foot deck is brand new to the fleet of King’s Towing & Recovery of Perry, Ohio. Owner and company president Terry Lawrence took this truck to Chris Nicastro of Sandusky Speedway Graphics of Sandusky, Ohio, who worked with Lawrence to create the vinyl lettering and…