We live in a small, tourist-type town in Central Texas. There are many quaint shops here and most are little more than “hobby shops.” Put another way, when they retired from the city, Mom and Pop came to town and opened a small shop that [...]
Many years ago, it was not uncommon for a tower to remove his wrecker and install it on a new chassis because it was the truck, not the wrecker, that wore out first. In fact, I’ve heard of one tower who changed out his truck [...]
Traveling is fairly easy when you know where you’re starting from and where you’re going. That’s simple enough. But if you’re not sure of your present circumstances and don’t really know what direction you want to follow in the future, well that’s another thing. Most [...]
A senior officer with one of our nation’s leading highway patrol organizations once told me that the rotation system employed on behalf of T & R produces poor results. To explain, he went on to say that there was no way of knowing if the [...]
In a previous blog I submitted my views on how we influence others, even outcomes by our attitude — be it positive or negative. Yes, a positive attitude creates a team spirit that can exceed its own abilities, while a negative attitude can result in [...]
As you may know, I come from a “right-to-work” state, which means you need not join a union to get a job. But that’s not to say that I’m anti-union, especially unions that maintain training programs both on the job and in the classroom. Take [...]
Take a $75,000 tow truck, fuel and other operational expenses, driver’s wages to pay yourself or an employee, office expenses, insurance, storage lot rental, etc., etc., etc., and you often run out of money long before running out of days in the month. In the [...]
In an earlier blog I introduced readers to a wrecker salesman by the name of Roy Roberts who lived in San Antonio but worked the entire Southwestern states selling Century equipment. When Gerry Holmes launched Century he recruited some super salesmen around the country and [...]
Soon after Gerry Holmes launched Century, he recruited some sales reps around the country and his super-star for Texas was a guy by the name of Roy Roberts. And despite our competitive differences, Roy and I became friends, which later led him to call me [...]
It was early morning with no sign of a sunrise for another hour or so. I was driving a HD ten-wheel demo on a divided highway in west Texas as I approached a narrow railroad underpass. The windows were rolled up because it was below [...]
