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Thinking Outside the Box
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Stan Coker, owner at Coker Equipment Sales, Inc., in Dallas, Texas, is always trying to think outside of the box while building wreckers, whether it be spending days searching the web for the perfect preemission wrecker spec’d chassis or simply adding extra lights for visibility. His newest venture is specializing in Bi Fuel wreckers. Stan and Coker Equipment Sales have teamed up with a local CNG conversion company and begun converting wreckers to Bi Fuel. These systems convert gasoline fueled trucks to run on both,
CNG (compressed natural gas) and gasoline. Gasoline is used to initially start the engine; once started, you can toggle back and forth from using gas or CNG with the click of a button mounted on the dash. Coker Equipment has converted Ford F650s, Isuzu NRRs, and Chevrolet C5500s into Bi Fuel rollbacks and wreckers. Right now, they are working on building a 2006 International 8600 with a new Century 5130 30 Ton Heavy that runs on CNG. Although the cost of doing this conversion is initially pricey, Wrecker company owners are seeing that operating their trucks using CNG is saving them thousands of dollars monthly. CNG Facts: CNG is up to 78% cheaper than Diesel. CNG produces 80% less tailpipe pollution. CNG is the safest alternative fuel in use today.
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Ever felt like something was just "wrong" and that you should "do" something? Well, that’s how we felt when one of our clients began complaining about Wrecker Service Providers (WSPs) in general. As an Adjuster, we’ve worked alongside WSPs for the past 23 years, in all kinds of weather, and believe they deserve more respect than that. The majority of them are hard-working, family-run businesses, just trying to stay afloat. As a result, we launched our company in January 2013, in an effort to create a DataBase that would help promote the WSP at NO COST to them. In exchange for a WSP listing their contact information, and then filling in all of their equipment rates, we provide them with a Free Website page, where they can post pictures or tell the history of their company. As we talked with various WSPs, we learned that sometimes they lose 10% to a “Directory,” in exchange for being given a towing job. Naturally, they have to increase their bill to cover this loss. 10
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We know we're going against the grain, but that’s why we changed the way this “Marketing Expense” is handled for the WSPs. Our Trucking & Insurance Company Clients pay an Annual Subscription rate in order to access our DataBase. Our intention is to provide our Trucking clients with a quick-reference “TOOL” that will need to accomplish three things: 1) Identify the closest WSP to the scene of an accident (@ccident Locator Map). 2) Separate the good from the bad (Feedback Rating System). 3) Reward those WSPs who do the BEST work with MORE work (Repeat Business).
We’re hoping that you’ll take the time to check out our website at “NTRG4U.COM” and will agree to join with us as we attempt to change the way business is done in the Transportation Industry! NationWide Towing & Recovery Group, LLC. P.O. Box 3058 • Springfield, MO 65808-3058 Phone (417) 595-0712 E- Fax (417) 501-4251 E-Mail ntrg4u@gmail.com