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Eye3Data Surveillance

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Eye3Data Surveillance introduces the VTracker-Mini, a compact digital in-vehicle recording system especially designed for the Towing Market.
As small as the size of a DVD case, the Mini’s compact and lightweight design is easy to install just about anywhere in the vehicle!

Unique Features include:

  • Dual SD Card Recording: supports up to 2x 64GB SD cards
  • Anti Vibration: 360 degree installation without video loss
  • Power protection: stable video recording under unstable power input
  • IP54 rating: weather and water resistant

The VTracker-Mini is your digital video solution in a box!!

To learn more about the VTracker-Mini, call us at 1-888-777-9059.

The Vtracker-Mini with 2 cameras (forward and inside facing) with 2x 32GB SD cards for $999.00

Evans Cooling

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Evans Waterless Heavy Duty Coolant has a boiling point of 375°F, and although it operates at normal temperatures, Evans has the capacity to safely operate and protect the engine at temperatures well above the boiling point of water. Evans coolant will not form vapor and operates at a much lower, safer pressure, eliminating hotspots and overboil, reducing downtime. This means continual productivity – and no worries of overheating. Evans coolant also protects an engine from corrosion, electrolysis and cavitation erosion. Evans waterless formula protects from -40°F to 375°, lasts the life of the engine, and never needs changing out. With less downtime and decreased maintenance costs, Evans is a cost-effective alternative to water-based coolants.

Call 860-668-1114 or visit www.evanscooling.com.

Dynamic service truck

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It is late afternoon, early evening, and a service request comes in for a battery boost in a remote part of our territory. It’s the middle of a shift change, with the day shift is coming in and the night crew getting set to deploy.

Our Ford F450 Dynamic service truck, equipped with a battery tester and a supply of AAA batteries, is sent to assist the stranded AAA member. The service technician is able to test the disabled vehicle’s battery and electrical system in an effort to get the vehicle running under its own power. If necessary, the tech can even install a new AAA branded battery in the vehicle at the breakdown site. However, this time, the battery is not the cause of the breakdown. In many cases, the service tech needs to call for additional assistance. We don’t have to dispatch a tow vehicle to complete the service call and tow the customer to their repair facility; our Dynamic service truck can handle the job. This service truck is equipped with a 3500 lb. self loading wheel lift. The AAA member does not have to wait for another vehicle to arrive, and we do not have to send multiple vehicles to the same breakdown location.

Our Dynamic service vehicle is equipped with large storage boxes to hold enough AAA batteries to cover most vehicles on the road. The boxes have adjustable shelves with tie-downs so the batteries are secured at all times while in motion. Additional tool box compartments are also installed to accommodate all normal roadside assistance tools and equipment as well as an air compressor with front and rear quick disconnects to allow the tech complete flexibility to service vehicles in all positions.
Even with the additional storage boxes, the center deck is still open for additional storage of equipment.

We improve operational efficiency and satisfy the customer with one vehicle and no additional wait time. We save on fuel, vehicle wear and tear and overhead while still providing the same high level of service our members have come to expect from AAA.

DYNAMIC SERVICE TRUCKS ARE BEING USED BY LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, AAA CLUBS AND MANY INDEPENDENT SERVICE PROVIDERS

SERVICE TRUCK

  • 4 YEAR WARRANTY
  • DESIGNED TO USE A 60CA OR 84CA CHASSIS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 24 IN TUNNEL BOX
  • ALL STEEL ONE CONSTRUCTION
  • 4 LARGE ROLLUP DOOR COMPARTMENTS WITH SHELVING
  • 3 FOLD DOWN DOOR COMPARTMENTS WITH PLENTY OF ADDITIONAL STORAGE
  • OPTIONAL ADJUSTABLE BATTERY RACKING SYSTEM
  • OPTIONAL 4000 AND 5000LB WHEEL LIFTS
  • OPTIONAL REAR HYDRAULIC WINCH OR FRONT PUSH BUMPER, ELECTRIC WINCH, OPEN DECK SPACE TO STORE DOLLIES, GO JACKS, CONES, FUEL & WATER TANKS, ETC.
  • All in one vehicle capable of servicing many of our customer’s needs
  • Save fuel and operate more efficiently
  • Generate additional revenue with additional functionality – mobile battery replacement services, tire repair and additional on-road repair and service capabilities

Direct Equipment

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The New Model 20 5th Wheel Towing Boom sports 25,000lbs of lifting and 50,000lbs of pulling capacity. With plenty of hooking options and the new optional drop down 2″X2″ receiver hitch, this unit can be adapted to pull most anything. The Model 20 comes completely self-contained with an on-board electric/hydraulic/remote control lift system.

(800) 992-1478
www.towyourown.com

LIL’HERCULES & HERC-0-MATIC WHEEL LIFTS

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In keeping with its ongoing tradition of commitment, superior products and support, DWS has released its new underbody line of wheel lifts. Offering the most advanced concept and design available today, the “LIL HERCULES” product line is the strongest, most durable light duty wheel lift built by anyone today, period! Available in both standard “L” arm wheel grid and self-loading style, you will find nothing stronger or more durable anywhere. Manufactured with greaseable, replaceable heavy bronze bushings on all pivot points and the massive two piece crossbar pivot pins, this is the strongest light duty wheel lift on the market. Its 3500lb extended capacity and 65″ reach will outlast the competition hands down!

DWS has built a stronger and more versatile under lift using state-of-the-art CAD design software. Strength in all the critical areas but keeping the unit weight as light as possible. This gives you more lift capacity without sacrificing your truck’s GVWR, saving you costly frame and spring repairs down the line.

Standard features include 12volt pump (that has a duty cycle of 8 mins, while others give you a unit that has a duty cycle of 2 mins) optional clutch pump ready valve at no charge. A 15′ hand held control, adjustable mounting brackets for all types of pickups. The basic LIL HERCULES can be field retro fitted to the HERC-0-MATIC with ease! A massive two piece pivot pin gives
more bearing surface and keeps the pivot plates from spreading apart. All designed to keep your equipment on the road making profit, not in the shop for repairs!

The “LIL HURCULES” can be shipped to your facility or factory installed in DWS’s manufacturing and customer service plant. Come in and visit our large showroom and see how we design, machine and manufacturer all of the DWS product lines. For over 20 years, our LOW LOADER still has the lowest load angle of any flatbed sold in America today! For any and all of your towing equipment needs, call or email us. We stock one of the largest inventories of repair parts in the industry. From online our catalog to our massive showroom, we’re here to assist. If you need technical help, you can always feel free to call our service dept. We have the know how to get you the correct information to make your own repairs easier. Being one of the oldest and largest give DWS an edge. So can you. Check out our website, give us a call or stop on by. You’ll be glad you did! The Detroit Wrecker line of equipment and DWS are in your corner, now and for the long haul!

Detroit Wrecker Sales
19630 Fitzpatrick
Detroit, MI 48228
Local: 313-835-8700
National: 877-TOW-0030
Fax: 313-835-4838
Webstore: www.DetroitWrecker.com
Email: Sales@DetroitWrecker.com

CW MILL EQUIPMENT CO., INC

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Since 1986, CW Mill Equipment Co., Inc. has been helping customers mount their aftermarket
accessories in a better and easier way with CW Mounting Kits.

The hydraulic clutch pump equips a vehicle with live hydraulics when the engine is running, regardless of
RPM’s or gear selection, with hundreds of kits fitting most ½ through 2-ton class trucks built after 1985.

Salt spreaders, snow plows, dump bodies, tow trucks, and a long list of other hydraulically driven
equipment operate thanks to these kits. CW’s kits have progressed into other applications, such as AC
compressor kits for refrigeration trucks and auxiliary alternator kits for emergency response or newscast
vehicles.

CW Mill has product design engineers that are continually developing new kits as vehicle manufacturers
make yearly changes.

For more information regarding CW Mounting Kits, visit www.cwkits.com.

CW Mill Equipment Co., Inc. | 14 Commerce Drive | Sabetha, KS 66534
Phone: 785.284.3454 | www.cwkits.com | brackets@cwmill.com

ComeUp

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In business since 1975 in Taiwan, ComeUp sells winches in over 60 countries and is just breaking into the American market. People may not recognize the brand name, but ComeUp winches have been in the U.S. for many years. They have been exclusively re-branded and sold under another major U.S. winch company brand. ComeUp hydraulic winches have been chosen by one of the major tow truck companies as the original equipment supplier for their standard tow truck platform. ComeUp USA offers a full range of winches in 2,000 pound to 30,000 pound capacities for utility, Powersport, self-recovery and industrial applications, driven by 12V/24V DC, hydraulic and AC power sources.

Featured Product: Bison 30

  • Powered by a PTO (power take off) driven pump with variable recovery speeds for a high working rate
  • 9.5 cu. In (160 cc) highly efficient and constant operating torque motor with 30,000 lb. (13,600 kg) pulling capacity
  • Hardened 2 stage planetary gear train with 41:1 gear ratio provides faster line speed
  • Built-in air clutch for rapid wire rope payout
  • The patented Multi-Disc Brake (MDB) holds the full rated load capacity
  • Great for severe duty trailers, roll-back carriers and commercial recovery applications
  • Roller fairlead, cable tensioner and two way over-center valve included
  • Meet SAE J706 and CE machinery directive 2006/42/EC

COMEUP USA Inc.
26300 SW 95th Avenue, Suite 103
Wilsonville, OR 97070-8205
Tel:(503) 783-6142
Fax:(503) 783-6143
Email: info@ComeUpUSA.com
URL: www.ComeUpUSA.com

Collins Hi-Speed®Dollies

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For more than 40 years, the unique dolly innovations of Collins Manufacturing Corp. are quite numerous. Besides being the first to invent an articulating dolly that actually lifted a car off the ground, without the aid of jacks, in 1972, thereby changing the towing industry worldwide, Collins was also first to introduce:

* 1977: Safety Ratchets: protects towers from injury while lifting vehicles with dollies
* 1986: Safety Locks: helps prevent dollies from dropping while towing
* 1995: Aluminum Axles: now the industry standard, at only 22 lbs. per axle
* 2000: Greaseable Hubs: more convenient serviceability
* 2006: Aluminum Greaseable Hubs: up to three times lighter than steel hubs
* 2006: Replaceable Components: the only dolly that can be repaired on the spot
* 2006: Lightest-Weight Dolly: as light as 48 lbs. per side
* 2007: Aluminum 8″ Wheels: first ever in the world! Five-hole, polished, mags, Cool
* 2009: Two-Toned Zinc Plating: with polished aluminum mag wheels = Eye Candy
* 2010: Square Aluminum Pry Bar: tower input gives back to the industry @ 5.9 lbs.
* 2011: Tow Cradles: From Tow Solutions, transports vehicles without wheels and tires
* 2012: Aluminum Carrier Dolly System: addresses issues of loading cars on carriers

Collins offers the heaviest-duty dollies, rated at 4,280 lb static-load capacity. Between their tried and proven Hi-Speed®Dollies for the highway and their new patent-pending Carrier Dolly System, all dolly-towing bases are now covered.

Collins’ latest innovation, the aluminum Carrier Dolly System, is quite simple where it solves all the problems of Carrier loading; all-wheel drive vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and electric vehicles, whose wheels are locked by the transmissions and won’t roll, are now easily moved with the carrier dolly system. The dolly lifts the vehicle and the aluminum tow bar hooks to the dollies. The winch cable is then hooked to the tow bar, not the vehicle, and pulls the dollies up the flatbed. The vehicle simply rides the carrier dollies. This is especially handy when there is no place to hook onto various vehicles — in fact, nothing ever touches the vehicle.

With the tow bar inverted and fitted to either of the carrier dollies, it now becomes a motorcycle dolly for winching up the carrier, as well.

For vehicles without wheels, the Tow Cradle works perfect with the carrier dollies. Rolling the vehicle up the bed is a far superior system vs. dragging it up and then back down the bed, damaging both bed and vehicle.

Since experience, good and bad, is the premium schoolmaster, hindsight truly becomes the best vision forward. With four decades of hindsight and several patents awarded, Collins is the undisputed leader in dynamic dolly design.
Visit www.collinsdollies.com or call 541-774-9220.

Clore

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SOLAR has updated its Model BA327, Digital Battery and System Tester with Printer, which tests 6 and 12 Volt batteries to 2000 CCA. It has been completely redesigned for improved ease of use and testing effectiveness and is able to test six specific battery types: Flooded, AGM Flat Plate, AGM Spiral, Gel Cell, Start-Stop AGM and Start-Stop Enhanced Flooded batteries. It now features operator temperature input during the testing process for more precise results in all testing environments. In addition, its new body design delivers more secure handling, whether performing battery assessment or transporting it in the shop.

www.cloreautomotive.com
913.310.1053
913.310.1075 (fax)

BudgetGPS

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BudgetGPS is a vehicle and fleet tracking solution geared for any industry but specifically tuned to support fleet management within the towing industry. BudgetGPS offers a month-to-month service (no contracts) with low upfront and monthly cost.

BudgetGPS delivers a full set of features for a single low price. Features include: Live Map with 20-second vehicle updates to the map with live Google traffic and map or satellite views, Historical breadcrumb view with 6 months of history; Alerts and Monitoring for PTO, GeoFence, Ignition, and Speeding; Reports including, Driver Distance, State Mileage, Stops, Speeding and more. BudgetGPS integrates with TOPS to offer a true visual dispatching tool where users are able to view vehicle locations as well as call location / destination information on the same map. (TOPS not required).

BudgetGPS uses industry-leading hardware that is mounted discreetly inside the cab of the vehicle. We offer several models of hardware including OBD pluggable devices (for vehicles equipped with an OBD II port) as well as asset tracking devices.

BudgetGPS is developed and supported in-house by BudgetGPS!

For more information:
866-800-8677, Opt 2
www.budgetgps.com
Call or visit our website today to sign up for a 30-day free trial!

The Silver Snatcher

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The Silver Snatcher is the Best Tools’ #1 item this year. It is designed to be durable with quality key components to make it easier and last longer. When using the Silver Snatcher, you first start with our Super Grooved Wedge and Best Tools quality Air Wedge to create an opening. After shaping the Silver Snatcher accordingly, gently insert the loop through the door next to your wedges and gently lasso the vertical lock. Another great feature with the Silver Snatcher is the handle and how easy it is to twist and maneuver the loop to grab the lock or door handle as desired.

(800) 541-8568
www.lockouttools.com

Beacon

Beacon

More Power!
Put the right tools in your driver’s hands. As requirements increase from your accounts, make sure you remain effective in the field. Give your drivers the best tools to do the job. Dispatch Anywhere for Drivers has been upgraded. New features include:

  • Existing damage inspection report with signature capture
  • Drivers can automatically assign themselves to a new truck as well as on/off duty by scanning QR code in truck
  • Make your drivers paperless
  • Customer signature on tow tickets
  • Send tickets to customers via email, txt, or Bluetooth printer
  • Signature capture for key drop off

Mike Haney
Beacon Software
www.dispatchanywhere.com
info@beaconsoftco.com
866-437-6653 x107

AW Direct

Item # YSB128 & YSB1210
Yoke® Alloy 12-Ton Snatch Blocks

Give yourself a break with these Alloy Snatch Blocks. They are 40% lighter than standard snatch blocks. Easier to manipulate and easier on you! Manufactured of the highest-quality alloy steel. Supplied with bronze bushings and pressure lube fittings. Fit
wire rope sizes ¾”–7/8”. Available with a convenient latching swivel hook. Choose 8” or 10” dia. Shop now!

(800) 243-3194
AWDirect.com

Item # AWJ68
AW Direct RoadWise Jacket

Look sharp and be smart with this hi-vis RoadWise Jacket. Built just for you with all the features you need for a full season of awful weather. Waterproof fabric repels dirt and stains. Removable zip-in, bomber-style jacket and detachable storm hood offer you even more options throughout the seasons. Reflective piping keeps you visible day and night. Also sports large cargo pockets, chest pocket, sleeve pocket and hidden inside pocket. Be a smart shopper and order yours today!

(800) 243-3194
AWDirect.com

Automated Fuels

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Automated Fuels is a fleet fuel management company that has helped many companies in the towing industry save time and money on their fuel costs. In 2015, Pacific Pride cards will be accepted at over 40,000 fuel stations across the United States. Automated Fuels Towing Program includes Comprehensive Fuel Management Reports, MPG Tracking, and Tax Breakdowns for each transaction. Optional Features Include: Fuel Type Restrictions, Time Restrictions, Day of Week Restrictions, and Gallon or Dollar Limits.

www.automatedfuels.com

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TOW123 Towing Management System

Auto Data Direct

TOW123 is an affordable web-based tow management solution from Auto Data Direct that provides efficient, powerful business tools built for the modern tow professional. Utilizing today’s latest technology, TOW123 can equip your company to run a faster operation with features for dispatching, lot management, letter integration, reports, and mobile apps. There are no contracts, no setup fees, free unlimited users and customer service – all for one low monthly price. Call today for a free demo.

Ph: (850) 877-8804

www.add123.com

Ancher Graphics

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NUMBER 1:
NCR Warning & Violation Stickers

When having a duplicate of your warning is necessary, try our NCR (No Carbon Required) Stickers that utilize the liner of the label as your copy. Our warning stickers are made from the strongest adhesive on the market. You can choose from several of our fluorescent colors or any color of your choice.

NUMBER 2:
TOWING SIGNS
Anchor Graphics Offers Chorplast (corrugated) or aluminum signs in all shapes, sizes and colors.

State Compliant
Now offering Reflective signs!
• Aluminum Durable Rust proof .040
• Chorplast High density fluted polyethylene
• Variety of colors available Anchor Graphics Labels & More
• 800.875.7859
www.anchorgraphics.com