Statement from Crouch’s Wrecker and Equipment Sales: Please be on the lookout for equipment recently stolen from our Nashville, Tennessee location. The five carrier bodies were loaded on the drop deck trailer. The trailer is black with white steel wheels with the word “ELITE” in [...]
Two students, the first in their respective families to attend college, were the recipients of scholarship awards funded in part by the Towing & Recovery Association of Kentucky (TRAK). One scholarship was awarded to a male and a female student on February 23, 2013, at [...]
Cody is the Tow Dog here at Al’s Auto Body and Towing Service in South Amboy, N.J. He is a two-year-old German Shepard mix. We rescued him two years ago as a puppy from a local shelter. Cody was sent to New Jersey from a [...]
Under normal operation, all tires heat up, and since air expands with heat, the air pressure in the tire will increase. This is anticipated by the tire manufacturer, and though a hot tire’s air pressure might exceed the cold pressure limit, you should not bleed-down [...]
Beacon Funding Corporation, an equipment financing company specializing in the tow industry, partnered with Agero, formerly Cross Country Automotive Services, to offer Agero Service Providers enhanced truck financing options. In efforts to make the tow truck equipment financing process easy and low maintenance, they created [...]
Long-time industry supplier Ernest J. “Ernie” Lindbo died March 25, 2013, in Rio Rancho, N.M. Ernie, 89, was a familiar sight at early tow shows. His company, Ernie’s Towing Equipment, provided a wide variety of towing and recovery accessories for all models of tow trucks, [...]
We have a customer who owns an old Holmes wrecker, a pre-Miller product, and he calls me every few months to get a quote on parts. Sometimes it takes me a couple of days because these are not commonly requested items. He’s always in a [...]
Heavy-duty wreckers can be called on to do much more than just recovery and towing, and the difference between total and partial performance can often be measured by the extent of upfitting. For example, a hydraulic-driven electric generator can make a big difference at the [...]
Like many of you, my husband and I have been trying to come up with something to help grow our business. And when I say grow, I mean the bottom line on the balance sheet. Expenses seem to grow all the time, but lately the [...]
The Shield Mini Bar from Code 3 has new suction magnetic feet that minimize the total height of the mini bar to the same height as the permanent mounting brackets. The Shield utilizes magnetic holding power as well as suction to keep the bar in [...]
