Good News!
The Second-Best Tow Show is On
Yes, that’s right! I believe the Florida Tow Show, put on by the good towers from Florida PWOF, are great people and they do it each year. All the proceeds from that show go back to the State of Florida.
The Second-Best Tow Show in the country, the most family-orientated show is the Ohio Tow Show. It’s called the Midwest Regional Tow Show. Now, here’s the big announcement. On September 25th – 27th of 2025, the Second-Best Tow Show will be back at the Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, Ohio. Yes, I mean it! Bruce Bender, the Show Coordinator, and his team worked months on getting this done with top-notch negotiations and lots of compromise on both sides. Because of Bruce’s team, we will be returning to the Great Wolf Lodge where everyone wanted it to be anyway. You spoke and they listened, and now all of us need to support this great show.
When people say it is “The greatest FAMILY tow show in the US”, it is the truth. It is the greatest family show because of the families from the great states of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia Towing & Recovery Associations. We need to support the great towers of these three states. They have an auction each year that is fun and very entertaining to raise money for the Injured Drivers Fund. The T.R.A.O., the Towing & Recovery Association of Ohio is a key player in this great tow show.
There’s music each night. It was the best of all the shows. The family-centered environment and involvement makes it the best at Great Wolf Lodge, Kid’s Club, all the rooms are right there, lots of kid’s activities all day and night. Yes, each night, it is Kid’s Night. Mom and Dad drop your children off to do movies, arts and crafts. One year, they made “Eye Cans” with me, The Tow Doctor. We took soup cans and glued on googled eyes purchased from the dollar store. So, every young person could have an “I-CAN” when they left the lodge. This group puts on the best seminars each day, and they are FREE to attend.
When you support a state show like the Midwest Regional Tow Show, the proceeds go back into the states that put it on, and not into the pockets of corporate groups who don’t give back to their industry. Please mark your calendar now for September 25th – 27th to come back to Great Wolf Lodge once more with your family.
Vendors told me last year when it was at Great Wolf Lodge it was the best. The turnout of towers from across America showed up to experience this event. Vendors, if you want a booth at this event, please contact Bruce Bender at 513-288-2273, or email him at bruce@trao.org. I think each of us should belong first to our state association and then the National Association, and I also believe we need to support the vendors who support the state shows. Those companies give back to our industry while feeding their families. Towers that attend state-produced tow shows support state associations while the state association also supports the towers in that state. Whether tower or vendor, we must support each other.
I stand for the flag but kneel for the cross, and I whole-heartedly support state-produced tow shows. I hope you feel the same way I do. I will see you in Florida and Ohio and every other state show I can make. See you on the next Tow Professional, “On-the-Go” podcast.
