About Wrecker Weekly

Wrecker Weekly reads the towing and recovery industry news so you do not have to. Each weekday an editor goes through state, provincial and municipal records, court filings, association and company announcements, safety-agency data and trade-press reporting, picks what matters to people who run and supply towing and recovery businesses, and writes it up in our own words. Every item says why it matters and links to whoever reported it first.

Every Monday morning the best of the week arrives in one email, The Hook-Up. It is written for owners and operators of towing, recovery and repossession businesses, dispatchers and yard managers, truck and equipment suppliers, insurers and the people who advise them.

What this is, and what it is not

This is a trade publication. We cover the business and the rules: what a fee cap does to a rotation operator’s revenue, what an impound-law ruling does to a storage yard, what a recall does to a fleet, how an insurer’s change moves an operator’s premium. We do not publish motorist advice, “what to do when your car is towed” guides, roadside-assistance reviews or accident coverage. Other sites do that and they are written for drivers.

Where we cover

Towing and recovery is a North American trade where almost every rule is local. Canada has its own section at /region/canada/, because licensing, fee and impound rules differ by province and municipality, and every story says which state, province or municipality’s rule applies.

Who edits it

Wrecker Weekly is edited and published by Christopher Ross, a Canadian web practitioner based in Fort Erie, Ontario, who runs thisismyurl.com. The editor is accountable for what runs here.

The publisher’s own business advertises on this site; see interests we disclose. Stories about disputes between operators and municipalities or motorists report each side’s own filings or statements.

How it works

We use software to help read and sort the day’s news and to check drafts against their sources. Every story is checked against its sources and against our written standards before it is published, and the checks it has to pass depend on what kind of story it is. We do not publish unchecked machine output.

Tell us when we get something wrong. See corrections and contact.