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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.
Auto Finance Boom Reported
According to the Brookhaven Courier, a newspaper run by students at Dallas College, the auto finance industry has seen a boom since the emergence of…
Mar 31, 20211 min read
Simplicity’s Complexity
By George L. Nitti Company branding is a critical component to starting and managing any business, and includes such elements as a strong logo, consistent…
Mar 24, 20212 min read
Repo Leads to Arrest in Firearms and Explosives
A repossession of a Mercedes in San Francisco led to the discovery of cache of firearms and explosives in late February. The perpetrator, who had a…
Mar 10, 20211 min read
Siggi’s Shining and Striped 2020’s
By George L. Nitti Like much of Mark Long’s work of Razor Wraps and Graphics of Fredericksburg, Va., the use of colors, shapes and stripes is one of the…
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Repo Job Turns into Bizarre Arrest
75 year old John Beasly of Tenn., whose white Kia was repo’ed and then reported stolen, was arrested when pulled over driving his own car. Though the car…
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Eye Candy Camouflaged Design
George L. Nitti Although a camouflaged design is often meant to conceal an object or person from discovery, when displayed in the open, like a tow truck…
Jan 13, 20212 min read
Meet the Boss
By George L. Nitti Nowhere do we see the love of country more fervently on display than on tow trucks throughout the industry. Towers are patriotic people…
Jan 6, 20212 min read
Anticipated Turn-Around [b]in Repo Business
Although many consumers have been shielded by the federal government’s Covid relief act for delinquency of their mortgage, student loans and rent…
Dec 23, 20201 min read
Knight in Shining Tow Truck
By George L. Nitti Tow truck drivers of the modern era might be compared to the knights of shining armor of the medieval ages. For both, heroism, service…
Dec 16, 20202 min read
M100 Mega Tator in Action
by Jim “Buck” Sorrenti Keeping with the spirit of the season, this is a Christmas story. It started in October 2019 when Miller Industries unveiled the…
Dec 2, 20203 min read
Auto Repossessions on the Rise
As the economic situation in America becomes more dire due to the effects of Covid-19, auto repossessions are expected to rise. Without more stimulus …
Nov 25, 20201 min read
Georgia Woman Charged for Obstruction
A woman faces a charge of obstruction after an incident in a parking lot of a mall area in Warner Robins, Georgia. According to Police Chief John Wagner…
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Vintage Gold
By George L. Nitti In 1959. Wayne Plunske, the founder of Plunske’s Garage in Wallingford, Ct., purchased a red and black ’41 Dodge power wagon with a…
Nov 11, 20202 min read
Repossession Leads to [b]Drug Discovery
A repossession of a rental car at an Oregon mobile home park first led to an altercation than to a drug discovery. The suspect, Jeremy Peppinger…
Nov 4, 20201 min read
Joyride – Impound Auctions, the Smart Way
Joyride, a dedicated, highly-tailored, online unclaimed-vehicle auction platform and marketplace, is now active in nine major U.S. cities and rapidly…
Oct 28, 20202 min read
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