Your Ultimate 2025 Car Maintenance Checklist
Start Your Year Road Ready! At Casper’s, we know that staying prepared can save you from unexpected surprises on the road. Sure, keeping your car in excellent shape is about avoiding breakdowns. But it’s also about knowing your ride is safe and about ensuring that every journey is a smooth one. That’s why we’ve created […]
John Deere Sprayer Pulled from the Nolichucky River
A Flood, a Field, and a Rescue A recent flood in Midway caused chaos when it swept a John Deere Sprayer, weighing 10,000 pounds, into the Nolichucky River. The situation was critical—farming equipment like this sprayer represents a major investment and is essential to daily operations. With the sprayer stuck deep in a crop field […]
Big Truck, Big Problem: Recovering 42,000 Pounds of Zinc
Heavy Lifting on Del Rio Detour When big trucks run into trouble on a detour route, recovery efforts become a crucial operation. Recently, we handled a Del Rio load recovery near the Tennessee-North Carolina line on Highway 25/70. This case involved a tractor-trailer carrying 42,000 pounds of block zinc, which lost its load after the […]
All-Hands-On-Deck I-81 Heavy Recovery
Rain, Brass, and a Bridge Rescue On a rainy night near Morristown, a tractor-trailer carrying 47,000 pounds of brass fittings lost control on I-81. Skidding across the slick roadway, it crashed into and over the bridge railing near mile marker 15. When we got the call for this job, we put our tow truck operators […]
5 Fall Driving Hazards You Need to Know
Changing Seasons, Changing Roads When the leaves start to change, so do driving conditions. It’s easy to underestimate how the fall season can affect the road. One minute we’re driving under clear skies, and the next, wet leaves or fog make the trip challenging. As a tow truck company, we see it every year: The […]
Top 3 Tips to Prevent Jackknifing
How to Stay in Shape One of the biggest challenges facing truckers is dealing with a truck that has jackknifed. Jackknifing is dangerous and can cause serious accidents. An I-81 heavy recovery often involves navigating around jackknifed trucks, highlighting the importance of prevention. It can happen in a split second, turning a regular trip into […]
How We Handle Cargo Services for Truckers
Keeping Cargo on Track Our highways are the arteries of commerce, keeping the flow of goods steady and reliable. Moving cargo safely and efficiently ensures that goods reach their destinations without delay. Any disruption of this flow of goods can have knock-on effects on the supply chains of industry and commerce. That’s why keeping our trucks […]
Speed Matters: Quick Response Enhances Roadside Assistance
Speedy Recovery Picture this: you’re cruising down the highway, wind in your hair, favorite tunes blasting, when suddenly your car sputters and dies. You need to call a towing company for help. It’s a scenario no one wants to experience, but it happens more often than we’d like to admit. That’s where our Stow Acres […]
Everything You Need to Know About Flatbed Towing
Flat Out the Best Flatbed towing is one of the safest and most effective ways to transport vehicles. The process involves a tow truck with a flat, horizontal bed that can be hydraulically inclined and moved to ground level. We drive or pull the vehicle onto the flatbed, then secure it in place with chains […]
I-81 Morristown Tractor-Trailer Recovery
High-Centered No More Last week, we faced an interesting challenge on the I-81 southbound offramp at Exit 12 near Morristown, TN. A tractor-trailer carrying a hefty load of 165,000 pounds had become high-centered. The height issue forced the driver to get off the interstate, and there it was, stuck with its underside in contact with […]