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The Structure of the Towing Industry

In my last article, I wrote about things that happened to me as I learned about towing.  In this article,  I want to discuss...

Navigating the Tight Job Market for Towing Companies

For the past few years, consistent feedback from our clients and prospects has revealed that finding quality drivers is the number one issue today. In...

Doing It Right: Partnering with the Florida Highway Patrol, Guardian Fleet...

By Jason Giddens, JB Tow Truck Accessories In the towing industry, safety and professionalism go hand in hand. I’ve always believed that if you’re going...

Auto Data Direct

The 2019 Legislative sessions in Florida and Georgia brought substantial change to tow and wrecker operators in those states. But Auto Data Direct has...

PROTECT YOURSELF WITH SITUATIONAL AWARENESS!

In the past few weeks, a tow driver in Texas was shot and killed by two men at an apartment complex in Houston.  Another...

Interview with Jerr-DanÂŽ VP & General Manager Bob Nelson

This past month, I got the opportunity to talk with Jerr-Dan’s current Vice President & General Manager Bob Nelson. I met Bob earlier at...

Insurance Ignorance

As an industry and community, we take insurance claims and the insurance process for granted since we deal with it every day.  What we...

Tow Shows 2021

It’s getting to be that time of year where the industry looks like it starting to bounce back and vendors are registering their booth...

Hal Kresser Memorial

By Scott Fowler Hal was born May 12, 1949. He grew up in the city of Mt. Healthy, Ohio where he spent his time building...

Proactive Training or the School of Hard Knocks?

I’ve been told I’m abrupt and a little brash. I prefer the idea that I’m a realist; therefore, I call things like I see...

Why Ranger SST?

So, why should I switch to the Ranger tow management solution?   This is the most frequent question we field in calls from tow companies...

Start Planning for the New Year Now!

It’s time to start planning for the new year.  With a new president coming into office, hopefully it will make 2025 a good year...

Hino Trucks USA

A big thank you to Nozomu Harada, Hino Motors Limited's Chief Total Support Officer, for visiting our corporate headquarters this week. It was a...

Wrecked Wrecker, Now What?

Did someone damage your tow truck?  Go after them for your lost income!  When your commercial equipment isn’t working, you’re losing money. The at-fault...

Towing – The Future

I want to use the expression, “It can’t get any worse than it is,” but if it did get worse, well, I could not...

“Best Tools” You Can Depend On

Best Tools is a family-owned and operated business which started over 35 years ago handcrafting lockout tools in the USA striving to have the...