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Repossession Special, Self-Loader/Add-On Wheel-lifts, Repo Insurance and More
The Tow Times February issue focuses on repossession, with articles on the advantages of self-loaders and add-on wheel-lifts for repossession work, insurance requirements for performing collateral recovery and how to deal with angry customers. There’s also information on techniques for light-duty recovery, and the Recovery Review department showcases how operators dealt with a tractor-trailer hanging…
Read MoreTow Truck Insurance, Lighting and More
The Tow Times February issue covers a range of topics including personal lighting options for the tow truck operator — from flashlights to area lighting — the rising cost of tow truck insurance, benefits of deploying roadside service vehicles, the importance of properly handling and storing vehicles involved in crime cases, and preparing an emergency…
Read MoreKalyn Siebert Receives Lone Star Safety Award
Kalyn Siebert has been awarded the Lone Star Safety Award by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). This award honors workplace safety excellence across the state of Texas. To qualify, a company must demonstrate a proven safety program, maintain injury rates below the national average for the past three years and…
Read MoreYou Better Watch Out
With the holidays here, my granddaughter has been singing many traditional holiday songs like “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” Being three years old, she is often told to “turn her listening ears on.” To me, she’s a typical three-year-old and I can only imagine what she’s thinking when she’s told this, and then her…
Read MoreProfessional Wrecker Operators of Florida Instrumental in Passing Lien Release Fee Legislation
PWOF press release: Attention Florida Towing Industry The Professional Wrecker Operators of Florida (PWOF) was instrumental in passing HB179 during this year’s legislative session. As of July 1, Florida towing operators can now charge a Lien Release Fee not to exceed $250.This is in addition to all other towing and storage charges when a vehicle or…
Read MoreNot Another Meeting!
The Wisconsin Towing Association held its Board of Directors meeting along with an Education Committee planning meeting this past weekend. While I often don’t want to attend meetings — for whatever organization I belong to — I do look forward to these meetings. I’ve always said the members of the WTA are my towing family.…
Read MoreArizona’s First Slow Down Move Over Billboard
Source: Tow Operators Safety Coalition of Arizona press release Sponsors from across the nation came together in collaboration with the Tow Operators Safety Coalition of Arizona for the good of the towing industry by creating a new Slow Down, Move Over billboard. The billboard space was donated to the Coalition by Veronica at ACME Recovery.…
Read MoreTRAA Meets with FMCSA Leadership
Towing and Recovery Association of America (TRAA) press release: [On Tuesday, February 27] in [Washington] D.C., TRAA met with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Chief Legal Counsel Brian Stansbury and other senior leaders to discuss the anti-towing comment Acting Deputy Administrator Sue Lawless submitted to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding the agency’s Notice of…
Read MoreCourt Ruling on Administrative Fees in Vehicle Recovery Invoices
A Massachusetts court has ruled that the assessment of administrative fees as a percentage of a vehicle recovery invoice violates the Consumer Protection Law. In a ruling handed down on November 3, 2023, in the case of Commerce Insurance v. Big Wheel Truck Sales, the judge said that the towing company’s 10% fees, “have no…
Read MoreHeaded to the Tennessee Tow Show? Enter Your Truck in the Beauty Contest and Park Inside
Beauty contest entries arriving by 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 28, can park inside the Chattanooga Convention Center, space permitting. Trucks arriving after the Thursday cut-off, or overflow trucks, may require parking on 13th Street adjacent to the Convention Center. 2023 Beauty Contest information: • Entry fee of $60 per truck. Enter as many trucks…
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