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TEMPERATURE: 114 F (45.5 C) In today's video Plaza Towing responds to a rolled over semi and a semi in the ditch. Plaza Towing was specifically called ...

In today's short video Trent Jr offloads a wrecked trailer from our landoll into the customer's yard Thanks for watching as always LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE, ...

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In today's video Trent jr and Jared (his brother) go to Palm Springs CA to retrieve 2 wind turbine gearboxes and transport them to the wind farm. Thanks for ...

A driver parked behind a building awaiting his drop off time and when he decided to move he thought he was a little closer to a telephone poll so he turned a bit ...

The Tow Times June issue focuses on safety with top 10 crash avoidance tips, teaching safety in the workplace and safety measures towing operators can use on the job.

This issue also includes a look at how tires are a critical foundation for any tow truck. Tire selection, maintenance and brands are some of the topics covered.

In the Recovery Review department, a Doug Yates Towing & Recovery rotator is used to clear I-75 after a bridge collapse near Chattanooga, Tenn.

Find these articles and more in the Tow Times June issue.

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What’s needed to raise the bar of professionalism in the towing and recovery industry? 

What will it take to raise the standards of quality or the motoring public’s expectations our industry?

My first thought would be education and communication. I had a lively discussion with a fellow tower about training and the three levels of TRAA certification. He told me he didn’t see the need or value of a certification certificate at all.

My comment back to him was, that piece of paper shows the motoring public that you are better than the guy down the road. It says something to your employees, customers, law enforcement and insurance companies. It shows that you care. You care about safety, training and certification to counter the bad perceptions of our industry. The perceptions that towing operators are rip-offs, dirty, uneducated and unprofessional.

Let’s continue to raise the bar of expectations for our industry. If we don’t start reaching for a higher goal of earning the respect we need and deserve by continuing with education and communication, we’ll just be the guy down the road.

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A driver pulled into a truck wash and exited his vehicle to pay for the truck wash and once he exited his vehicle while he was inside his truck had rolled down ...

A driver leaving a facility after he had gotten loaded had tried to leave the place when he failed to slide his tandems forward making the pivot point of the trailer ...

In today's video Trent Jr delivers a John Deere 5115 to a farming family who is very excited to revive their new to them tractor with brand new disc attachment.

With Trent Jr at the controls of the rotator and Darl at the controls of the landoll watch how the Plaza Towing team tackles this completely burned RV. With tight ...

Today we look at what is Trent Jr's EDC or everyday carry. What is on his person at any given time. Enjoy! Thanks for watching as always LIKE, COMMENT, ...

In today's video Trent Jr heads to the John Deere dealer to transport a John Deere 8520T that we had to winch onto our truck in a previous video. Check that ...

In today's video Trent Jr shows us how to do basic operating functions and load an excavator Thanks for watching as always LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE, ...

A driver pulled into an old gas station lot that the owner of the lot had filled the lot with sand and the driver that entered paid the Consequence of being buried in ...

A driver had broke down along I-39 and need repair we came out to repair the unit to find that it he a double tensioner that had went bad and it need to be towed ...

Driver fell asleep and drifted off shoulder of road . From where the truck left the road to where it stopped was 190 feet . Surprisingly the was zero damage .

WA State Patrol called . Owner of the Van had requested a tow truck respond to his location just North of the ?Cranberry approach . When I got on scene I found ...

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In today's vide Bill shows us how to load a wrecked car onto a flatbed Thanks for watching as always LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE, and SHARE the HECK out ...

I got a call from Larry he is from Kentucky I guess he was wondering if our company was real or just made up for You Tube . I told him I was heading out on a ...

In today's VLOG Trent Jr and Mark work on getting the f150 equipped with battery racks, lights, and camera systems to name a few things. Thanks for watching ...

Detroit Connect, Daimler Trucks North America’s suite of connected vehicle services has announced that third party telematics service providers can now be integrated into the Detroit Connect platform.

The proprietary Detroit Connect platform, exclusive to the Freightliner^® new Cascadia^®, was designed to allow the services of third party providers to be supported via the platform, providing customers the flexibility to work with the partner of their choice as well as eliminating the need to install additional hardware. The integrated services will also be factory installed to help reduce the time it takes customers to in-service their vehicles.

“Integrating the services of third party providers onto our Detroit Connect platform is a real game-changer,” said Jason Krajewski, director of connectivity for Daimler Trucks North America. “It provides us the ability to expand our capabilities and push the bounds of the connected vehicle experience.”

Detroit Connect has collaborated with Zonar to deepen the connectivity services offered on the Detroit Connect platform. Zonar will be the first telematics service provider integrated onto the Detroit Connect platform.

Starting in April, Zonar offerings will be available on the Detroit Connect Platform allowing customers to access Zonar’s patented telematics technologies, including Ground Traffic Control^® (GTC), Zonar’s web-based fleet management solution without having to install additional hardware on the vehicle.

DTNA and Zonar’s partnership began in 2011, when the companies collaborated to bring Detroit^® Connect Virtual Technician^SM to market. In 2015, DTNA became a minority investor in Zonar to continue its industry leadership in telematics services.

For more information on Detroit Connect, go to www.DemandDetroit.com. For more information on Zonar, go to www.zonarsystems.com.

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In today's video Trent Jr takes the Blue Peterbilt to go get a Caterpillar 320F Excavator that needs to be transported to another job site Thanks for watching as ...