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 [...]
Talking about the Holmes 750 is one of my favorite topics because that one wrecker, and its little brother the 600, moved T & R from prewar to postwar with many improvements. One of the most common complaints from towers who bought a 750 for [...]
Having gone through a manufacturing and distribution joint venture in Mexico, I came to understand that equipment needs can vary dramatically from one country to another. For example, America and Canada are relatively “new” as compared to European countries where streets can be narrower and [...]
A wrecker without a truck chassis is about as useless as an airplane without wings yet we tend to spend too little time making intelligent truck selections for our new wreckers. Trucks, aka chassis/cabs, come in all sizes and types from small gas-powered to extra-large [...]
I notice that automakers are adding a lot of high-tech gadgets to run up the cost and profits of smaller cars that dominate the market today. I have an old 1956 F-100 Ford pickup that has only three controls on the dashboard; a choke, wiper [...]
Joan and I recently completed a 700-mile road trip to visit friends and see a few shows in Branson, Mo. We drove her PT Cruiser, which is a great little car, but this trip was a little too much for a small car, especially driving [...]
Before there were any cell phones, we were always looking for the nearest pay phone. The rush to get off the airliner was to be first at the pay phone carousel. And, driving a large wrecker, I was always challenged to find a suitable pay [...]
