Indiana Towing & Wrecker Association ( ITWA )

08/19/2026

📸 THE OFFICIAL CONTEST POST IS HERE! 📸

HOOKED ON INDIANA

2027 ITWA CALENDAR PHOTO CONTEST

🏆 WEEK #1: BEST LOOKING TRUCK

📅 August 17–23

ITWA members — SHOW US WHAT YOU’VE GOT!

For our very first Hooked on Indiana photo contest, we want to see the truck that makes people stop, look and say WOW!

Wrecker, rollback, heavy-duty, rotator or specialty truck — if you're proud of it, WE WANT TO SEE IT!

📸 HOW TO ENTER:
👇 POST YOUR PHOTO IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS OFFICIAL POST.

Be sure to include:
🔹 Your name
🔹 Your ITWA member company
🔹 A short description of your truck/photo
👍 THEN GET THOSE VOTES!
Share this official ITWA contest post with your friends, family, employees and customers and ask them to visit the ITWA page and LIKE YOUR PHOTO IN THE COMMENTS!

🏆 The eligible photo with the MOST FACEBOOK LIKES wins!
📅 THE PRIZE:

The winning photo earns a FEATURED MONTH in the official 2027 ITWA Calendar!

⭐ ONE WINNING PHOTO PER ITWA MEMBER COMPANY

Once your company wins a calendar spot, YOU'RE IN! That company will not be eligible to win another weekly spot, giving another ITWA member company the opportunity to be featured.

📷 PHOTO TIP: Submit the highest-quality/original version of your photo whenever possible. Remember — if you win, we're putting it in the calendar!

⏰ VOTING ENDS SUNDAY, AUGUST 23!

The winner will be announced after the votes and ITWA membership are verified.

And remember...
🚨 THIS IS ONLY WEEK #1! 🚨
12 WEEKS • 12 WINNERS • 12 ITWA MEMBER COMPANIES • 12 MONTHS

📸 A NEW PHOTO CONTEST BEGINS EVERY WEEK!

Keep watching the ITWA page for next week's challenge.

👇👇👇 NOW LET'S SEE THOSE TRUCKS! 👇👇👇

YOUR PHOTO. YOUR COMPANY. YOUR MONTH.

08/17/2026

08/14/2026

🎓 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FALL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS! 🎓

The Indiana Towing & Wrecker Association is proud to announce the Fall recipients of the ITWA Allen Hercamp Scholarship Fund!

Please join us in congratulating:

🎓 Sydney Rose – Cheever’s Towing
💰 $500 Scholarship

🎓 Cameron Able – Walt’s Service
💰 $500 Scholarship

🎓 Andrew Koscielski – Double T Towing
💰 $500 Scholarship

Each recipient has been awarded $500 to help further their education and invest in their future.

The Allen Hercamp Scholarship Fund is one of the ways ITWA is proud to give back to the towing community and support the next generation of our towing families.

👏 Congratulations Sydney, Cameron, and Andrew! We wish you continued success as you pursue your educational goals!

A special thank you to our ITWA members, sponsors, and supporters whose continued generosity makes opportunities like these possible.

🇺🇸 United By The Hook. Stronger Together. 🇺🇸

08/13/2026

Starting Monday August 17th.

08/07/2026

Congratulations Butch! This years raffle winner for the Tribute to the Towman Rifle.

08/07/2026

This is what your membership makes possible.

Every day, ITWA is working behind the scenes to protect Indiana's towing and recovery industry—not just through education and networking, but by taking meaningful action when our industry is threatened.

This case is just one example. ITWA invested time, resources, and legal expertise to ensure the voice of Indiana's towing professionals is heard before the Indiana Court of Appeals. When issues like this arise, our strength comes from our numbers.

The larger our membership, the stronger our voice with legislators, regulators, and the courts. Every new member gives ITWA more influence to fight for fair laws, protect your livelihood, and defend the future of our industry.

If you're already a member, thank you. Your support makes this work possible.

If you're not a member, now is the time to join. Don't wait until a decision affects your business. Become part of the organization that's standing up for Indiana towers every day.

United By The Hook. Stronger Together.

👉 Join ITWA today:

www.towingindiana.com⁠�

08/02/2026

Special Thanks to Diana Bell for another awesome quilt that was auctioned off at the 2026 Tow Show. Proceeds go to the ITWA scholarship fund.

08/02/2026

🏆 2026 INDIANA TOW SHOW BEAUTY CONTEST WINNERS 🏆

Congratulations to all our winners, and thank you to everyone who brought out the beautiful iron for this year’s show!

🚨 LIGHT-DUTY CLASS
🥇 Richard Rose — Cheever’s Towing
🥈 Jim Goldsborough — Tom’s Auto Service & Towing
🥉 Brandon Shaw — Bill’s Professional Towing

🚨 MEDIUM-DUTY CLASS
🥇 Ryan Rose — Cheever’s Towing
🥈 Chris Henkle — Bill’s Professional Towing
🥉 Ronnie Mitchell — Bert’s Towing

🚨 SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT CLASS
🥇 Walter Norton

🚨 HEAVY-DUTY CLASS
🥇 Tom Bertagnolli — Double T Towing
🥈 Justin Schaeffer — Candido’s Towing

🚨 ROTATOR CLASS
🥇 Hunter Rose — Cheever’s Towing
🥈 Chris Henkle — Bill’s Professional Towing
🥉 Ken Parrish — Ken’s Westside

🚨 ANTIQUE CLASS
🥇 Danny — Bennett’s Towing
🥈 Matthew Rose — Cheever’s Towing
🥉 Ken Parrish — Ken’s Westside

🌟 SPECIAL AWARDS

🏅 Highest-Mileage Truck — Chris Henkle, Bill’s Professional Towing

🏅 Working Class Hero — Jim Goldsborough, Tom’s Auto Service & Towing

🏅 Best Graphics — Ken Parrish, Ken’s Westside

🏅 Farthest Traveled to the Show — Justin Schaeffer, Candido’s Towing

🏅 Best Company Participation — Cheever’s Towing, with four trucks

🏆 2026 BEST IN SHOW
Justin Schaeffer — Candido’s Towing

✨ 2026 LIGHT SHOW WINNER
Chris Henkle — Bill’s Professional Towing

Congratulations to all our winners! Thank you for your hard work, pride and dedication—and for bringing such an incredible lineup of beautiful trucks to the 2026 Indiana Tow Show!

United By The Hook. Stronger Together.

08/02/2026

A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who helped make the 2026 Indiana Tow Show a success!

To our sponsors, vendors, members, volunteers, instructors, entertainers, participants, Fair Oaks Farms staff, and everyone who worked behind the scenes—your time, hard work, generosity, and support made this incredible weekend possible.

Whether you helped set up, welcomed guests, coordinated activities, donated an item, sponsored an event, exhibited at the show, competed in a challenge, attended a meal, or simply came out to support ITWA, you played an important part in making the show special.

It takes an amazing team to bring an event like this together, and we are truly grateful for every person who stepped up and helped. Thank you for supporting ITWA and Indiana’s towing community!

We hope you had a wonderful time, and we look forward to seeing everyone again next year!
🇺🇸 United By The Hook. Stronger Together. 🪝