The Right Financing In A Crucial Time
Finding the right financing is so crucial in the towing industry especially during these challenging times. Often it can make or break the cash...
Interview with Jerr-Dan® 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...
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...
The Aftermath of a Business and Personal Tragedy
Many of you may have read my earlier article, “This One Got to Me,” about an older gentleman who experienced both a business and...
Ownership Exit Strategies
What will I do with my business? That answer will have a great and permanent impact in regard to quality of retirement, family values,...
What Happens When a Disaster Hits?
Just when you thought that spring is here and it’s time to take off with the business, we get hit with a major disaster. ...
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...
TRAA’s 2020 Legislative Action Workshop
It was a beautiful day in Washington, D.C. when I landed March 10, 2020. I was excited about the week to come and curious...
Drivers for the Future
As I mentioned in last month’s article, I talked about finding tow truck drivers for the future. We all know our industry is short...
Are You Allergic to Training?
It’s time to be honest with yourself. Are you or your lead drivers allergic to training? Are you afraid you’ll learn something or attend...
Increasing Profitability Through Driver Accountability
For any company with a fleet of light- or medium-duty vehicles from service contractors to vendors and those in the transportation industry, increasing profitability...
Speed up Towing and Recovery Processes with Updated “Tow Buddy”
The original “Tow Buddy” debuted at the 2019 Florida Tow Show and was the talk of the show! Since then, the versatile Tow Buddy...
FlowStop Products Tailored to Your Spill Response & Remediation Needs
“Spill Response and Remediation” became a service offered by Piedmont Environmental Response Team, “PERT,” in the early 90’s in Charlotte, NC. The company was...
Is Your Business Vision 20/20?
Successful business people are constantly thinking outside the box for new paradigm opportunities for business growth and health. What could be a more natural...
Do Your Wreck Recovery Scenes Look Like Monty Python Skits?
Are you training and training correctly or do your wreck recovery scenes resemble a Monty Python comedy skit? In 2014, I met a guy...
Making Progress
Move Over
In this article, I want to address two very important topics for the towing industry. I want to talk about the “Move Over”...
