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07/24/2026

Big Rig Breakdowns: 5 Mistakes We See on Tennessee Interstates

Five errors truckers make after a breakdown and how I-81 heavy towing crews keep recovery from stretching for hours.

07/24/2026

How Tire Failures Can Turn Into Heavy Towing Calls

See how US-11E semi towing helps drivers handle tire blowouts, roadside damage, and heavy tow decisions after blowouts.

07/05/2026

Happy 4th of July!

07/01/2026

Crabby Day at 97 degrees!

07/01/2026

Ramp is open!

MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WATE) — An exit ramp on I-81 North is temporarily closed after a tractor-trailer hauling live crabs caught fire near Morristown. Around 8:20 a.m. Wednesday, Tennessee Department …

06/27/2026

🚛 WHO PAYS FOR THIS CLEAN UP? 🚛

One of the biggest misconceptions about the towing and recovery industry is that the “government” pays towing companies to respond to crashes and clean up accident scenes.

The truth is: THEY DON’T

Most towing and recovery companies are placed on a rotation list and are called when law enforcement needs assistance. Being on that list does not come with a paycheck from the State, county, or local government; just means you have an opportunity to work, when they call you.

If the party or parties involved don’t know who they want to help them, then law enforcement will go to the rotation list to get a company to “clean up the mess” and take cake of the recovery and haul it off the roadway and preform remediation.

When a serious crash occurs, towing and recovery professionals often invest thousands of dollars in labor, equipment, environmental cleanup, traffic control, and specialized recovery resources to clear the roadway and help restore safe travel for the public.

Payment is typically dependent on the vehicle owner, their insurance company, or the company involved. Unfortunately, many vehicles are uninsured, underinsured, or owned by companies that will never pay the bill and abandoned them with the tower.

In many cases, recovery companies are forced take legal matter such as law suits or to wait through the legal abandonment process and then attempt to recover a small portion of their costs by selling the vehicle or remaining debris for scrap. Often, that amount doesn’t come close to covering a fraction of the actual expense of the recovery operation.

The next time you pass a crash scene that has been cleared and traffic is moving again, remember that a towing and recovery company likely invested significant time, manpower, and resources to make that happen—without any guarantee they will ever be paid.

Alabama’s towing and recovery professionals don’t do it because it’s easy. They do it because someone has to answer the call.

06/24/2026

Why Highway Work & Local Roads Are Two Separate Towing Jobs

East Tennessee runs interstates and county roads side by side. See how our Tusculum towing team handles each road type.

05/02/2026

Wings & Machines at Greeneville Municipal Airport. It’s always nice to see the kids reaction to operating our 75 ton rotator.

04/28/2026

Be Careful Taking a Bad Turn: When a Routine Run Turns Into a Rollover

Why rollovers keep happening and how our I-81 semi towing crews handle them professionaly on busy freight routes.

04/27/2026

Way to go Tony!

Towman Tony Cate, owner of TNT Towing in Dandridge, Tennessee, stepped in without hesitation to stop a knife-wielding attacker at a local market in Jefferson City.

Cate, who’s been in the towing business since 1988, was simply grabbing breakfast when he heard a commotion and acted.

“I’m no hero,” Cate said. But thanks to him, a longtime friend and deli manager is safe.
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