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 […]
Road Trip Readiness Essentials
Smart Packing and Stress-Free Travel Ready to hit the open road and leave your daily routine in the rearview mirror? Road trips are the perfect escape to explore new horizons and create unforgettable memories with friends and family. But as every seasoned traveler knows, the key to a truly enjoyable adventure lies in the preparation. […]
Snow-covered Helton Road Tractor-Trailer Recovery
Slippery Rescue In the early hours of a frosty morning in Grainger County, Tennessee, Casper’s Wrecker Service received a call that would test our skills and resources to the limit. On Helton Road, a tractor-trailer carrying nothing but its own 35,000-pound weight encountered an icy patch. In an attempt to avoid a collision with a […]
Greeneville Heavy Tow Truck Saves Overturned Tractor-Trailer
Quick Action by Casper’s Greeneville Heavy Towing Team Responding to emergencies is a critical part of the services offered by heavy towing companies. In a recent example of such a response, a significant incident required a Greeneville heavy tow truck on the 11000 block of Asheville Highway, just outside Greeneville, Tennessee. A tractor-trailer carrying a […]
Highway 113 Tractor-Trailer Towing in White Pine, TN
Towing Team Tackles a 50,000-Pound Crisis Last week, a routine day became an extraordinary challenge when our Highway 113 tractor-trailer towing team deployed to White Pine, Tennessee. We received a call about a tractor-trailer that had lost control while traveling down Highway 113. The vehicle, carrying a substantial weight of 50,000 pounds, had begun spinning […]