Contents

Cover Feature

Volume 45 Issue 4

April 2021 66

Texas Pileup

6

The Walkaround

8

News Share

10

Road Tools

by Jim “Buck” Sorrenti

11

Zoom In

12

Tow Manager

Beard’s Towing & Recovery and several other towers lifted cars and trucks of all weights and sizes in clearing the Texas Pileup.

19

Tow Engineer

24

Safety

34

Ad Index

36

Tow Boss

86

Towman’s Market

88

My Baby

90

Lowdown

92

Legislation

The tower as incident commander takes center stage in one of the nation’s worst pileups.

Features

30

Self-Loader Recoveries

Departments

The self-loading wheel lift shows its versatility with these two recoveries. by Jim “Buck” Sorrenti

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Buyers Report

Towers tout the products they use. by George Nitti

4 • April 2021 | Towman.com

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