When a loaded tractor-trailer collided with an automobile and crashed into a cement-lined drainage canal, Lloyd’s Towing of Shreveport, La., got the call. When operators arrived on the scene they found a partially rolled tractor–trailer. The tractor and its trailer — from approximately its dolly [...]
Towing and recovery operations are in the news as a massive winter storm enveloped the Midwest. News stations have reported snow, freezing rain and sleet blanketing Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and other states. In addition to assisting stranded motorists, towing operations have been battling the elements [...]
The Towing and Recovery Association of America (TRAA) asks that those who have not yet registered for the Legislative and Leadership Conference, to be held March 22 and 23, 2013, get their registration forms to the TRAA office by March 1, 2013, for the reduced [...]
Editor’s Note: This contribution from Tow Times blogger Jack Schrock was intended to be a blog, but we’re posting it as our Spotlight on this special day. Love is often defined as the enduring passion between a man and a woman, and there is no [...]
The following is a message from Towing and Recovery Association of America president Alan Gregg to the association’s members: Re: Pelkey v Dan’s City Used Autos, United States Supreme Court As many of you know, a case is now pending before the United States Supreme Court that involves [...]
Tow Times blogger Geri Roskopf included a Super Bowl Sunday snack in her weekly blog (see below). If you get time to watch the game, this would make a great addition. It gets our vote of MVP (Most Valuable Potato recipe). Cheese and Bacon Potato [...]
The Conference of Northeast Towing Associations (CNTA) is a consortium of 10 state towing associations (CT, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT) representing the interest of approximately 3,000 members. As the official workshop for the Northeast, CNTA works on solving the challenges that [...]
Dave is a bus mechanic who relies on Carhartt in the winter months to get children to school safely in below-zero temperatures. Nancy from Wisconsin wears Carhartt while she does maintenance on outdoor industrial pipeline tanks. In Manitoba, Armand battles -50 degree wind chills to [...]
The Tow Times office has received a scam email that is currently circulating in various forms. The scam usually involves a request to transport expensive vehicles from an airport facility in the area of the person who is contacted. Towing companies across the country have [...]
To recap the past year — notes from 2012 issues of Tow Times magazine The Tow Times January issue announced the passing of Harold Shipp (Shippy) of Australia and veteran towing company owner Maynard Hadley, who was also treasurer of the Towing and Recovery Association [...]
