Mike’s Garage and Wrecker Service of Vero Beach, Fla. donated more than $500 worth of toys and 15 hams to last year’s Salvation Army of Indian River County’s Holiday Feeding and Angel Tree Program.

Since 1999, the goal of the Holiday Feeding and Angel Tree Program has been to help people in the community who can’t afford meals during the holidays.

According to a news report, when Patty Jaholkowski, youngest daughter of Mike’s Garage and Wrecker Service owner Mike Jaholkowski, wanted less-fortunate kids to have Christmas presents, she made the Salvation Army of Indian River County’s Holiday Feeding and Angel Tree Program her charity.

Mike’s Garage and Wrecker Service regularly donates time, energy and money to schools, charities, veterans and foundations that help handicapped children and the disabled, the report said.

Entered in the light-duty category of the Tow Times Shine ‘n Star Contest is this 2009 Dodge 4500 with a Vulcan 810 Intruder. The truck belongs to J&J Towing Inc. of Staten Island, N.Y.

Features include a 6.7-liter engine, automatic transmission, custom paint, Go-Jaks, Alcoa rims and LED emergency lights.

When loading your car carrier, set the winch speed at idle or slightly above, says Peter Fuerst of the International Institute of Towing & Recovery. Setting the speed higher may increase winch line speed, but it can damage the winch, carrier bed or the vehicle [...]

Finish Line Towing, Santa Clara, Calif.

Meet the Finish Line Towing Pack! As a continuation of our April 2011 print article, here are more pictures of dogs Jassa, Orion, Bella and Champ hanging out around Santa Clara. Photos are courtesy of Andrea and Dino Tomassi, owners of Finish Line Towing. If you haven’t already, check out our April 2011 issue to catch the whole story on the Finish Line Towing pack, and check back often for more stories and photos of other Tow Dogs. To submit your Tow Dog, email Tara at tara@towtimes.com. Also visit out Facebook page, facebook.com/towtimesmagazine, to see more Tow Dogs there. (more…)

This revised AAA Move Over Laws Chart shows individual state laws regarding Move Over laws and whether the laws include tow truck operators. Source: AAA If you can not see the images below please click on far right icon the one that looks like a [...]

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