A tow truck caught fire Saturday night at the Four Corners intersection in downtown Rochester, though no injuries resulted. According to the Rochester Police Department, the tow truck was traveling east on Main Street with a red four-door sedan hooked up. Apparently, electrical issues sparked a fire at the intersection, where East and West Main streets, State Street and Exchange Boulevard meet. The Rochester Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire. A Department of Transportation pole at one corner was damaged. No further update is expected Sunday. Read more: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/06/05/tow-truck-catches-fire-downtown/85446556/ Call us if you need a tow truck The previous blog post Tow truck catches fire downtown is available on Apex Towing via Website Feeds http://cork.apextowing.ie/tow-truck-catches-fire-downtown/
0 Comments
It was another dangerous few days for tow truck drivers on Twin Cities roadways this Memorial Day weekend. Tow truck driver Troy Mechura captured video of drivers not moving over despite a Minnesota law that requires drivers to slow down and move over for emergency vehicles. Tow truck drivers say it’s nothing new and only getting worse. "I had a semi that literally took my hat right off and sent it down the freeway," Mechura said. Tow truck drivers say commuters are often distracted or worse yet, don’t know the law. The space the law seeks to provide can be the difference between life and death and Mechura hopes that, through advocacy, this growing problem can be fixed. "My life is worth something, everybody's life is worth something, you can not put a price tag on it," Mechura said. Read more:http://www.fox9.com/news/150622302-story Call us if you need a tow truck Tow truck drivers to motorists: Move over See more on: Apex Towing - Cork via Website Feeds http://cork.apextowing.ie/tow-truck-drivers-motorists-move/ A tow truck and the boat it was towing is out of the water after getting submerged at Cherry Creek Reservoir Sunday afternoon. South Metro Fire Rescue crews and a dive team responded to the west boat ramp at the reservoir to pull the truck and boat out. Crews say the truck was stuck in ground material. Divers used an airbag to try to lift the truck up so it could be pulled out. The first attempt to pull the truck out did not work. First attempt at pulling the truck out was unsuccessful. Taking another airbag under and reattaching a tow cable. pic.twitter.com/lR6FDLqhuO
No one was injured and no rescues had to be made.There is no word yet on what caused the truck to go under water. Call us if you need a tow truck The previous blog post Tow truck and boat go under water at Cherry Creek Reservoir is available on Apex Towing via Website Feeds http://cork.apextowing.ie/tow-truck-boat-go-water-cherry-creek-reservoir/ The tow truck was invented in Chattanooga 100 years ago and yes there will be a celebration5/29/2018 The tow truck was invented in Chattanooga, The International Towing & Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum is here and Ooltewah is home to Miller Industries, the world's largest manufacturer of towing and recovery equipment. So, yeah, there will be a celebration in Chattanooga on Saturday, Sept. 10, to mark the tow truck's 100th birthday. Miller Industries will sponsor the festivities, which include a parade of tow trucks rolling through downtown that will stop around 7 p.m. Saturday at Ross's Landing near the Tennessee River riverfront. The public is invited to Ross's Landing for live music, free refreshments, food truck fare, games for kids — and a fireworks display once it gets dark. Lots of people are expected for the once-in-a-century event. "Since I've come to work here, I have been amazed at how many people are actually into tow trucks. It is mind-boggling," said Kathy Brown, who worked at a bank downtown before she was hired in mid-August as co-assistant director at the International Towing & Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum. "I did not realize tow trucks had such a following." The museum's events will include a ceremony at 10 a.m. on Sept. 10 that's open to the public, to add names to the museum's Wall of the Fallen, a memorial to tow truck operators who've lost their lives on the job. The museum also has a survivor's fund that helps drivers' families, Brown said. TV shows about the towing and recovery industry are popular, including "Highway Thru Hell," a reality TV show set in Canada, "Wrecked," set in Chicago, and "Ice Road Truckers." Jamie Davis, a real-life tow truck operator who's the star of "Highway Thru Hell," will take part in Saturday's parade. The 100th birthday celebration coincides with the Tennessee Tow Show, which runs from Thursday to Saturday at the Chattanooga Convention Center. "There'll probably be over 2,000 people this year, because it's the 100th anniversary," said Jimmy Collins, president of the Tennessee Tow Truck Association and owner of Casper's Bodyshop and Wrecker in Greeneville, Tenn. "For the industry [the anniversary's] a big milestone. For the city of Chattanooga, it's a big milestone." Ernest Holmes in 1916 built the first tow truck in Chattanooga by attaching a rigging system to a 1913 Cadillac, marking the birth of the towing and recovery industry, according to Miller Industries. Holmes filed for a patent — the first of about a dozen — for his idea in 1917 and subsequently built the Ernest Holmes Co. here to make and market his tow truck. The Holmes brand lives on as part of Miller Industries' family of tow truck equipment manufacturers that also includes the brands Century, Chevron, Vulcan, Boniface and Jige. "Miller Industries' roots run deep in Chattanooga, and we are honored to share the centennial celebration of our Holmes brand with our friends and neighbors in the local communities," Miller Industries' President and Co-CEO Will Miller said in a statement. Call us if you need a tow truck The tow truck was invented in Chattanooga 100 years ago, and yes, there will be a celebration was first published to Apex Towing - Cork Blog via Website Feeds http://cork.apextowing.ie/tow-truck-invented-chattanooga-100-years-ago-yes-will-celebration/ Many drivers have been tempted to ignore the warning signs about parking restrictions at airport drop-off zones in order to wave their loved ones off. But a new video has highlighted just how quickly that decision could leave you stranded and out of pocket. Amazing footage shows a tow truck at what is thought to be a Turkish airport scooping up a car and taking it away in under a minute. A YouTube video shows a car at departures in a Turkish airport being towed in under a minute The white vehicle was removed by the tow truck for being unmanned.
Tow truck scoops up cars left at airport drop off point
The video, which has been viewed more than half a million times on YouTube, shows a pick-up truck that reportedly polices the departures zone every five minutes. As the car is parked without a driver, the truck immediately confiscates the vehicle. The speed of the manoeuvre is lightning quick. The tow truck parks up next to the car, lowers two metal arms and lifts the car onto its rear - and begins to move off with just under 60 seconds on the clock. Turkish airport security is especially vigilant at the moment because of a series of terror attacks in the country. In June, three suicide bombers hit Istanbul's Ataturk airport, which killed 41 people and left 239 people injured. The speed of the manoeuvre is lightning quick - with the car being removed from the spot in under a minute Turkish airport security is especially vigilant at the moment because of a series of terror attacks in the country The extremists sprayed bullets into crowds of terrified passengers and security personnel before blowing themselves up. Footage showed an explosion at the door to the arrivals hall by a suicide bomber before another two attackers sneaked into the building and detonated their devices. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3733119/Gone-60-seconds-Incredible-footage-shows-hi-tech-airport-tow-truck-scooping-car-taking-away-blink-eye.html#ixzz4Rz1RXxlH The previous post Gone in 60 seconds! Find more on: Apex Towing Cork Blog via Website Feeds http://cork.apextowing.ie/gone-60-seconds/ Advantage Funding added Todd Chase to its growing sales force. Chase will serve as a sales manager of the company’s vocational truck business, specializing in tow-truck financing. “Todd brings a lifetime of industry experience as an operator, advocate and financer that further enhances the Tow and Vocational Truck team at Advantage Funding,” said Kristian McCausland, head of sales for Advantage Funding. “Our clients expect to deal with people that understand their business and with Todd we further add to our team of industry experts.” Prior to his appointment with Advantage Funding, Chase served as business development consultant for Northbrook, IL-based Beacon Funding. Earlier in his career he was the general manager of a family towing business. Chase serves on the Executive Cabinet of the Towing and Recovery Association of America (TRAA) and sits on the board of the Massachusetts Statewide Towing Academy, where he is a tow-operator trainer. Chase has also served as vice president of the Massachusetts Statewide Towing Association for 16 years. “I have extensive experience with all aspects of the tow-truck market—operating, selling and financing,” Chase said. “I look forward to expanding Advantage Funding’s market share in this industry and establishing many new relationships.” Advantage Funding is a ground-transportation finance firm which focuses on companies in the commercial, vocational-truck and dealership spaces. Read more: http://www.monitordaily.com/news-posts/advantage-funding-expands-tow-truck-finance-operations/ Contact us if you need a tow truck Advantage Funding Expands Tow-Truck Finance Operations was originally published to Apex Towing - Dublin via Website Feeds http://dublin.apextowing.ie/advantage-funding-expands-tow-truck-finance-operations/ The drivers lined up to greet Governor Cuomo during a CNY visit
State's 'Move Over Law' now applies to sanitation workersGEDDES (WSYR-TV) When Gov. Andrew Cuomo arrived at the New York State Fairgrounds to announce Phase II of renovations, he was greeted by rows of tow trucks lining both sides of State Fair Boulevard. Operators say the goal was to get help improving compliance with the State's Move Over Law. Most of the drivers lined up end-to-end could quickly name someone who died on the job. "The last funeral we had to go to was for James Homkey in Canajoharie two weeks ago. He was the tow truck operator killed on the NYS Thruway," said Tina Lyon, a tow truck operator. On Friday, a NYS Thruway worker died when he was hit by a vehicle while helping two tow truck operators in Herkimer County. Among the men and women lining State Fair Boulevard as the Governor arrived were workers from Northern Lights Auto Service in Mattydale, who buried their boss, Todd Young, five years ago this month. "It devastated his family. Still to this day, there's not a day that goes by that his family isn't affected by it," said Nathaniel Sherman, an employee of Northern Lights. While New York law does require drivers to move over for tow truck operators - many workers say not enough people are paying attention when they see the flashing lights. "Nobody takes them seriously really. Nobody is slowing down and moving over for the yellow lights because everybody has them," Lyon said. "So, we are asking the Governor to amend the Move Over Law to allow tow truck operators to have the blue rear-facing lights, so when we do our job. It's a little easier for the public to see." The law now includes sanitation vehicles in addition to tow trucks and emergency vehicles. Violators could be fined up to $400 and get three points on their license. Sherman says that's not enough. "It takes a blink of any eye for someone to lose their life....where a ticket - they can pay the fine and go about their day," he adds. "Unless there are some real stiff penalties to the point where it sets into these people, they are not going to listen." Lyon says she has sent letters to the Governor, but hasn't heard back. She organized the rally quickly after hearing he would be visiting the fairgrounds this week. Her efforts reach beyond the state lawmakers - she wants every driver to think carefully as they hurry home at the end of the day. "We're usually competitors. But, for a cause like this we do band together as a whole and try to get the word out there," she said. "Please slow down and move over because we all want to go home too." Read more: http://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/tow-truck-drivers-rally-to-improve-response-to-move-over-law Call us if you need a tow truck Tow truck drivers rally to improve response to ‘Move Over’ Law Read more on: ApexTowinging - Galway via Website Feeds http://galway.apextowing.ie/tow-truck-drivers-rally-improve-response-move-law/ BATAVIA — Painted turquoise and purple with silver chains and large stars, Parise’s Auto and Towing’s 2001 Freightliner FL 120 won first place in the working truck category of the national Shine ‘n Star Tow Truck Photo Beauty Contest, hosted by Tow Times magazine and powered by Ford Trucks. Chosen out of 550 entries submitted over five categories, the truck from the Batavia business was cobbled together out of five different trucks, including a 1981 fire truck headed to the junkyard, and the appearance was altered to look more aerodynamic. Everything was painted and designed in-house. The colors painted on the tow truck — turquoise, purple and silver — were the original palette when the business started 60 years ago. Different paint schemes were tried out, and according to Elaina Dickinson, one of the owners of the family-owned business, she and her father Mark Dickinson, another owner, painted as they went along. “We went with the chains because in towing you use chains in order to tow,” Elaina said. “The truck we think looks like a spaceship, hence the stars on it.” The design of the truck took about a month in planning, she said, and the creation of the truck itself started in 2010 and ended in 2014, shortly before Elaina entered the contest, desiring to show off the unique truck. “We thought it was a long shot that we could put our truck in there and maybe have it seen by some people,” she said, admitting that the fact that they won first place came as a shock. In the beginning of October, Tow Times magazine called to inform Parise’s Auto and Towing they were one of the finalists and a few weeks later, the family-owned business was informed it took first place. In this month’s issue, the 2001 Freightliner FL 120 was shown among the other winners and will have a feature article on it in the magazine sometime in the spring. “It’s a great honor. It puts Batavia on the map,” Mark said, crediting the design of the truck to his 24-year-old daughter. The truck is one in a fleet of 16. Parise’s Auto and Towing started in 1956 with Ralph and Joan Parise, one of the many garages located in Batavia in the 1950s. However, it didn’t buy it’s first tow truck until 1981 when it took on AAA. “Every year after 1981, we grew. We did AAA all the way up until 2003,” Mark said. “Now it has kind of come full circle back where we are a little mom and pop shop again.” Call us if you need a tow truck The blog post Local tow truck wins national tow truck beauty contest is courtesy of http://galway.apextowing.ie/ via Website Feeds http://galway.apextowing.ie/local-tow-truck-wins-national-tow-truck-beauty-contest/
In a misguided attempt to evade being towed a man tried to drive his car off the back of a parked tow truck.
There's precious little information on this video, but it seems that somewhere in Ireland (probably County Roscommon going by RN code on the number plate) a motorist had his car hoisted on to a flatbed tow truck for some infraction. Not wanting his car towed, because who would, the driver leaped into action and tried to drive his captured car off the back of the truck's deck. It, uh, it didn't go as planned. Gunning the engine, our intrepid motorist dropped the small silver sedan into reverse and just went for it. Unfortunately, physics (and the fact that the car was still hung up in the hoist slings) intervened and all he managed to do was get the car into a very precarious half-on/half-off position on the deck. He spent a few minutes futilely attempting to get the car unstuck by spinning his tires and swearing, then gave up and dismounted. Then, in yet another inspired move, the incensed driver tried to start a fight with the tow truck drivers who had been standing by watching the farce with a growing crowd of onlookers. There isn't much resolution to the video, little in the way of closure, but it's probably safe to assume that our plucky hero is on the hook not just for towing fees but also for some substantial repair bills. Driving off the back of tow trucks is apparently a thing in Ireland and the UK. Back in 2014 a guy in East London tried the same trick and drove his Vauxhall off the back of a tow truck. He was more successful though, and apparently drove away.
Find original: http://www.autoblog.com/2016/10/26/man-tries-to-escape-tow-truck-and-fails-spectacularly/
Call us if you need a tow truck
The previous article Man tries to escape tow truck and fails spectacularly is republished from galway.apextowing.ie/ via Website Feeds http://galway.apextowing.ie/man-tries-escape-tow-truck-fails-spectacularly/
A tow truck collided with the China Southern Airlines plane it was pulling at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday night. The collision took place at about 11.55pm, airport spokesman Frederick Badlissi said in a statement to DailyMail.com. He said that 'an aircraft tug towing China Southern flight 328 for departure to Guangzhou hit the Airbus A380 aircraft. Scroll down for video +3 A tow truck collided with a China Southern Airlines plane that it was pulling at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday night +3 The collision happened on a taxi lane between Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) and Terminal Four around midnight 'The tug driver sought medical attention through his company provider. No injuries were reported among the 447 passengers and flight crew aboard the aircraft.' The truck driver had minor injuries, according to the Los Angeles Times. Badlissi said that 'The incident occurred on a taxi lane located between the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) and Terminal 4. 'Passengers deplaned by using portable stairs and were returned to TBIT, and were accommodated via rescheduling, refunds or hotel rooms. 'While awaiting accommodations and rescheduling, passengers were provided bottled water and snacks.' +3 The truck driver reportedly had minor injuries. There were no reported injuries among the 447 passengers and flight crew Badlissi revealed that the plane was towed at 4.30am to a gate at Tom Bradley International Terminal. He said that 'three flights were cancelled: the China Southern flight, as well as two American Airlines flights at Terminal 4, impacting approximately 1060 passengers'. 'American Airlines accommodated the passengers on their cancelled flight,' Badlissi said. 'China Southern flight’s regular departure is 10:20 p.m.' Badlissi said the cause of the collision remains under investigation. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3929326/Tow-truck-pulling-China-Southern-Airlines-plane-LAX-CRASHES-aircraft.html#ixzz4R3Ov88Ot The previous blog post Chaos at LAX as China Southern Airlines plane slams into tow truck on the tarmac See more on: Apex Towing Galway Blog via Website Feeds http://galway.apextowing.ie/chaos-lax-china-southern-airlines-plane-slams-tow-truck-tarmac/ |