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Browse the complete collection of stories from Tow Industry Week in one place. Explore the latest towing and recovery news, wrecks and recoveries, business insights, industry features, equipment and product updates, videos, repossession coverage, and more from across the towing industry.
80 Feet Down: Three Generations Tackle a New Hampshire Recovery
New Hampshire bridge recovery featuring an 80 foot lift of a box truck from the Merrimac River.
2 days ago4 min read
When Plan 'A' Didn’t Work
By George L. Nitti On a remote stretch of interstate outside Elko, Nevada, a young recovery crew proved that adaptability can be as essential to a…
Sep 143 min read
Turning a Box Truck Around
George L. Nitti What began as a routine appliance delivery turned into a long day on a dead-end road in rural Maryland after a loaded box truck became…
Aug 152 min read
Duty over Dollars
By George L. Nitti When the call came from the Texas Department of Public Safety, there was never any question whether Ironshark Tow & Transport, based in…
Jul 313 min read
Beyond the Edge: Lessons from an Arizona Off-Road Recovery
By George L. Nitti When an overturned Jeep came to rest below a narrow road in New River Canyon, Arizona, veteran off-road recovery operator Carl Girard…
Jul 83 min read
Rescuing Pieces of Railroad History
By George L. Nitti For most towing and recovery professionals, a typical day might involve overturned tractor-trailers, disabled heavy equipment, or…
Jun 232 min read
Restoring History, One Lift at a Time
By George L. Nitti For most towing companies, a 2,000- to 3,000-pound load is nothing unusual. But for Jeswald’s Towinga recent job in North Jackson…
May 312 min read
Flipped at Dawn
By George L. Nitti In the early morning hours of February 23, a driver in Cleveland, North Carolina lost control, slid off the roadway, and came to rest…
May 62 min read
Whiteout on the Divide: Inside Colorado’s I-70 Chain-Reaction Pileup
By George L. Nitti On the afternoon of April 14, what began as a spring drive along Interstate 70 turned into a sudden, disorienting disaster just east of…
Apr 292 min read
Hanging on Ice: High-Risk Bridge Rescue
By George L. Nitti It was very early morning on December 2 when the call came in—a tractor trailer had jack-knifed on an icy bridge in Southside, West…
Apr 183 min read
A Test of Patience: A 17-Hour Recovery on the 60 Freeway
By George L. Nitti In the early morning darkness along Southern California’s 60 Freeway, a fully loaded 53-foot tractor-trailer lay crumpled down an…
Apr 42 min read
A Harrowing Recovery, Like a Horror Movie
By George L. Nitti A violent crash in El Paso, Texas left a vehicle 100 feet down a basement ravine, requiring a highly coordinated recovery from Chacon…
Mar 213 min read
Lift and Pull Strategy Recovers Submerged Dozer
By George L. Nitti When a construction dozer slid backwards into a deep drainage pond near Harrisonburg, Virginia, the operator escaped safely—but the…
Mar 22 min read
Into the Woods: Recovering a Burned Hummer EV
By George L. Nitti When a brand-new GMC Hummer EV burned to the ground in a remote stretch of the Sam Houston National Forest, Charlie Miller and his crew…
Feb 182 min read
The Impossible Lift: The Ultimate Excavator Recovery
By George L. Nitti Pepe’s Towing Service of Los Angeles faced one of its toughest recoveries yet: a rolled-over, 60,000-pound excavator stranded on a…
Feb 13 min read
One Winch Length at a Time: How a Bobcat Saved a Stranded Semi
By George L. Nitti A tractor-trailer, attempting to reach a distribution center near Bridgeport, Ohio, had gone somewhere it never should have been…
Jan 143 min read
A Tesla Burned, but the Yard Didn’t
By George L. Nitti When crews from Ricky’s Towing of Amarillo, Texas , arrived on Interstate 40, the recovery was considered high-risk for a reason…
Dec 30, 20253 min read
The Buried Snowcat on the Boundary Ridge
By George L. Nitti On a wind-scoured ridge above a Montana ski area, a bright red snowcat belonging to the National Weather Service sat half-buried in…
Dec 24, 20252 min read
Dramatic Bridge Recovery: Towing, Fire and Hazmat Crews Unite to Avert Disaster
By George Nitti When dispatchers from the Texas Highway Patrol called Jordan Towing to a reported 18-wheeler crash on State Highway 121 near McKinney…
Nov 28, 20253 min read
The Belly Dump on the Hogback
By George L. Nitti On a narrow mountain road south of Missoula, Montana, a belly dump truck slipped just inches too far toward the edge of Rock Creek…
Nov 11, 20253 min read
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