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National Safety Month - What Towing Businesses Should Know
June is National Safety Month. This is the perfect time for everyone to focus on how they can keep their environment safe and free from any danger. Safety is critically important in the towing industry. So this month’s Get Hooked podcast is all about raising awareness for safety. Your hosts, Dennis McGowan and Shelli Hawkins talk about why there is a National Safety Month, why it's so important in the workplace, and what towing businesses like yours should be doing to stay safe while in the t...
16 May 2022
Tips & Tricks for Towing Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Check out HONK’s Get Hooked podcast, all about electric vehicles (EVs)! There are 2.4 million EVs on the road today, and 39% of people are considering buying one. Is your towing and roadside business prepared to support these new electric vehicles? Listen to this episode to pick up a few tips and tricks for towing EVs from tow truck expert Chris Young of Parkway Consulting and podcast hosts Dennis McGowan and Shelli Hawkins. Towing and roadside jobs for EVs are not more complex than tr...
22 Mar 2022
The State of the Union 2022 (Towing & Roadside Edition)
Welcome to season 3 of HONK’s Get Hooked Podcast! We open up this season with a great discussion on the state of the union, towing and roadside edition. Listen in to understand how the pandemic, inflation, rising fuel prices, and geopolitical issues impact our industry. Your hosts, Dennis McGowan and Shelli Hawkins, also share exciting results from a recent tow industry survey highlighting what fellow tow business owners are experiencing. Hint, hint! There is a ton of upside and growth ...
28 Oct 2021
Slow Down and Move Over Edition
Every year on the third Saturday of October, we recognize National Move Over Day. The day set aside to spread awareness of National and State Move Over laws, designed to highlight the risks Tow Operators face every day on our highways. Introducing, the Slow Down Move Over edition of season 2 of HONK’s Get Hooked podcast, a conversation about the cause of the risks tow operators face every day, what action can be taken to help spread awareness, and what you can do in your local community to ma...
13 Sept 2021
In The Know - Tow Trucks & Equipment in Honor of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week
Happy National Truck Driver Appreciation Week! Every September we nationally recognize professional truck drivers for their invaluable contributions to our communities. There are over 3.6 million professional men and women who deliver our goods safe and secure. Along with their contributions, we want to be sure to celebrate the unsung heroes of the tow industry, all our tow truck drivers for keeping our roads clear and helping families make it home safely. In honor of your service, this episo...
4 Jun 2021
All Things Safety, In Honor of National Safety Month June 2021, Featuring Tom Parbs of HAAS Alert
June is National Safety month and this month’s Get Hooked podcast episode is all about ways to keep tow operators and motorists safe while on the road. Your podcast hosts, Yvon St. Cyr and Dennis McGowan spark up discussions about new and improved ways tow business owners are keeping their drivers safe, along with Tom Parbs, National Director for HAAS Alert who provides us with insights into the safety problems our industry is facing and how tow associations across the nation are helping more...
29 Apr 2021
Life in the Towing Fast Lane...Cameo appearance from a top Nascar Driver and Interviews with Glenpool Wrecker & Bassam Auto Towing
Who’s getting ready for summer? Who’s tired of this global pandemic? Who’s living their best life? Their best TOW life that is! Listen in to this month’s Get Hooked podcast to hear from a few top HONK Partners as they share their journeys of surviving the towing industry in the middle of an unexpected pandemic, how through incredible odds they take their businesses to new heights and they give us a peek at what it’s like living life in the towing fast lane. You’ll hear from HONK Partners...
18 Mar 2021
The Women of Towing, In Honor of Women's History Month - with Melissa Gaglione, Karrie Fogg, & Ricky Tapp
In honor of Women’s History Month, HONK’s Get Hooked podcast is dedicated to some of the tow industry’s most unsung heroes - the women in towing. To celebrate their hard work and amazing contributions our hosts, Y’von and Dennis bring on Karrie Fogg, Vice President of Fred’s Towing and Transport in Henderson, NC; Melisa Gaglione, President of Safety4her in Milwaukee, WI; and Ricky Tapp, Business Owner of Central Iowa Towing in Ames & Des Moines, IA. Listen to this impactful conversa...
17 Feb 2021
HONK for Health: Medical Experts Roundtable on Tow Operator Health
Welcome back to season 2 of HONK’S Get Hooked podcast! This season your hosts Dennis McGowan and Y'von St. Cyr are back with more thought-provoking and intriguing new topics, insights from top industry influencers, reviews of new equipment on the market, discussions with HONK clients, and so much more! But first, we believe nothing is more important to talk about than your health. So this episode is dedicated to “HONK for Health”, a roundtable discussion with three medical experts all a...
18 Dec 2020
Get Hooked Episode 9: HONK's 2020 Year In Review & 2021 Outlook (Guest: Corey Brundage, CEO & Founder of HONK)
Season one finale of the Get Hooked podcast has arrived! Your hosts Dennis and Y’von recap the 2020 episodes, discuss the future of tow shows, key trends impacting the towing industry, welcome a very special guest, and announce a promotional giveaway, #HappyHONKdays that offers you 5 ways to win 30 exciting prizes, just for listening to the podcast. In this episode, special guest Corey Brundage, CEO & Founder of HONK joins the show and gives a first-hand account of the event that wo...
23 Nov 2020
Get Hooked Episode 8: Towing In The Digital Era (Guest: Steaven Rojas, Sr. Director of Product Mgmt, HONK)
This episode of the Get Hooked podcast is all about technology and towing in the digital era. Tow business owners will hear valuable insights and gain access to resources for digital transformation success in the towing industry. Special guest, Steaven Rojas, Sr. Director of Product Management at HONK joins the podcast crew to discuss how and why tow owners and operators should give their businesses the digital boost it needs and why it’s so important. In this episode, your hosts Y’von and De...
8 Oct 2020
Get Hooked Episode 7: Slow Down, Move Over, Save Lives (Guest: Angela Roper Barnett)
Get Hooked podcast episode 7 is here and this time around we are talking about all things Slow Down, Move Over. In this episode, we welcome back special guest, Angela Roper Barnett, a 24-year towing industry leader and Executive Director of four state tow associations, AZ, GA, TN, and UT to talk about #MoveOver Day, the importance of nationwide Move Over laws, and how to get involved in local events. Together we also discuss why every 6 days a tow truck operator is killed and what measu...
18 Sept 2020
Get Hooked Episode 6: The Past, Present & Future of Towing (Guests: Shelli Hawkins & Rene Jimenez)
Tune in to Episode 6 of HONK’s Get Hooked podcast as we sit down with a few of the towing industry’s biggest advocates and influencers. Shelli Hawkins, 11-year towing industry veteran and Associate Product Manager at HONK, and Rene Jimenez, a 19-year tow truck operator and industry veteran who now serves as Technical Marketing Advisor at Zips/AW Direct talk about the past, present, and future of towing alongside our hosts, Dennis McGowan, a 15-year, 2nd generation tower and HONK’s Towing and ...
26 Aug 2020
Get Hooked Episode 5: All Things Insurance, Insights Into Tow Truck Insurance (Guest: Chad Nitschke, Bunker)
We’re talking all about commercial insurance! We know that tow truck insurance rates are out of control and finding the right coverage and plan is getting harder and more complicated – it’s the number one pain point for many tow business owners today. In this Get Hooked episode, the HONK hosts help tow business owners learn how to identify and pick the right plans, understand what underwriters look at when rating their level of risk, how to ask for the best possible insurance discounts, as we...
27 Jul 2020
Get Hooked Episode 4: The New Normal: The Future of the Towing Industry (Guest: Angela Roper)
In this episode of Get Hooked, we talk about the future of the towing industry and what the “New Normal” looks like now and post COVID-19. Tow owners need to look for new ways to survive, and why creating a tech-forward business is key to not only surviving but thriving. Special guest, Angela Roper, a 25-year industry leader and Executive Director of four state tow associations, AZ, GA, TN, & UT, and former tow business owner, joins the podcast to provide her valuable insights and ...
23 Jun 2020
Get Hooked Episode 3: Tow Truck Driver Safety 101
On this podcast episode of Get Hooked, we get right to the heart of what it takes to keep tow truck operators safe in and out of the truck. As June is National Safety Month, this episode is all about understanding the dangers of the towing industry and what we can do to increase safety training and educate the general public about Move Over laws. Listen in as hosts Dennis and Y'von discuss safety trends, standards, and new practices due to the COVID-19 virus. Our first guest is Alex Shopen, a...
27 May 2020
Get Hooked Episode 2: The 411 on Training & Certifications: A discussion with WreckMaster President Justin Cruse
WreckMaster President, Justin Cruse, sits down with us to discuss the 411 on training and certifications in the towing and roadside industry. In our discussion, we go into detail about the impact and benefits certified training has on towing businesses, the history and trajectory of training industry-wide, and what minimum levels of compliance the industry should consider for tow operators and owners. We also ask and answer the hard questions on what it takes to establish indust...
18 May 2020
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18 May 2020
Get Hooked Episode 1: Surviving COVID-19: An interview with CTTA President Quinn Piening
With over 35+ years of experience in the towing and roadside industry Quinn Piening is one of the industry's leading experts. President of the California Tow Truck Association, Quinn sits down to talk about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the towing community. In our half-hour discussion Quinn goes into detail about the available resources small businesses have at their disposal and how company owners can protect themselves, their operators and their businesses during this time. A...
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