For too long, tow operators have underestimated their value, but it is time to raise the standard and charge what you are worth. By Sarah Bruce If all the towers stopped towing today, a city would be gridlocked within 24 hours. It would run out of food, fuel, and supplies within 48 hours. By 72 […]

As with all safety when it comes to towing and recovering, dolly safety begins with proper training. Courtesy of the Automotive Retailers Association (ARA) There are two major manufacturers of dollies in North America: Collins and In The Ditch. Each manufacturer prescribes their own procedures, which can be found on their websites. But regardless of which

For years, the towing industry has been adapting to changes caused by external forces but the one change it really needs is mandatory training. by Mark Graves New styles of equipment are introduced every year with current styles being updated or redesigned in response to the evolution of motor vehicles. Flatbeds or tilt and load

Feature photo: Mike Pereira “fell in love” with this 1958 Chevy Apache Fleetside the moment he saw it, so he bought it as a display vehicle for the company. Growing up in Toronto’s blue-collar Parkdale neighbourhood, Mike Pereira and his brother Phil got used to a few things. by Chris Young Hard things. Like being

After eight years in the woods, it took a team of towers all day to detangle and recover an abandoned Acura. by Sarah Bruce When Clover Towing, in Surrey, B.C., was called about an abandoned car, missing for at least eight years before being found 500 yards down an embankment overgrown by forest, the question was less about how it got there, and more about how

By Sarah BruceIllustration by John Crossen It is a simple game: paper beats rock, paper is driven over by car, and car gets stuck on rock. At least that’s what was happening in Leduc, Alberta, where an inconveniently placed rock—the intention being to keep drivers off the curb—was doing its job so well that drivers

by Curtis HassellPhotos/illustrations courtesy Collins Manufacturing Corp. Collins knows a thing or two about dollies. As inventor of the first self-loading dolly and leading dolly manufacturer for over 46 years, Collins has observed many dolly-training deficits. Reading through the various towing forums, the uninitiated can draw multiple conclusions over a single event—often erroneously. Much of

What do the Gastown riots, a woman in labour, and holding up burning buildings have in common? They make for great towing stories nearly fifty years later. By Sarah BruceIllustrations by John Crossen Vancouver, B.C. was a different place back in the 1970s. The city was a hub for miners and loggers returning home from