Bradley's Towing & Recovery

Maybe the steel belts give extra traction?

So many vehicles I see today driving in these wet, raining and snowy conditions without their lights on. Most vehicles have automatic lighting but keep in mind that the automatic lights turn on when they sense darkness. When it's raining and snowing outside nine times out of ten your lights will remain off during the day. It's safer to be seen! Turn your lights on in bad weather. #tipoftheday

Took me a good part of the day to find a rubbed wire,fix and rewire my rear strobe lights. Painted the bezels white, Switched them from amber to white LEDs. #alwaystinkering

When your hoping it's just the light but ends up being a broken wire.

Lighting upgrades are always so satisfying.

A little headlight upgrade on Ethel. We'll see how these perform. #AmazonSpecials

Was told to look for an older Chevy in the Walmart parking lot......found him!

Another happy customer! Pulled this out of an underground parking garage.

Positive feedback is always appreciated.

Due to vehicles sitting for extended times, it's common for your emergency brake or your brakes in general to seized up. If you feel resistance when you're trying to move don't do what this customer did and drag the tire back and forth enough to wear a hole in it.

Went fishing this morning!

Not only will I pick up and deliver your vehicle but during the covid-19 pandemic I will also pick up and deliver your groceries.

You call us tow truck drivers. You call us in your time of need. You call us because you have nowhere else to turn. Weather you car won’t start or you locked your keys inside or you break down you call us in a panic. At that moment we are your concern, the only person you want to be there for you. We come fix you up and then just that quick we are but a distant memory. Let me take a minute of your time to tell you what we are. We are not tow truck drivers, we are towing oper...ators. We go through extensive training for the services that we perform. You think that our day consists of going from car to car to car towing breakdowns, jumping batteries, and unlocking doors. Yes that is PART of it, but there is much more than that. Being a towing operator is a lifestyle, not a job. That means there is no 9-5, no making plans for a dinner date or a last minute movie. We come to work and we go home at the end of our shift SOMETIMES. Other times we stay for double or triple shifts. We get called in all hours of the night weather just getting home from a shift or at 1am for accidents or massive recovery operations that take 10-15 hours or more to complete at times. We see things that most people would never ever want to see. We go through emotional and stressful situations constantly. We don’t get 3 meals a day. Sometimes we are lucky if we eat once a day. We work in the harshest of conditions from sweltering heat to bitter cold, In the sun, mud, slush, snow and pouring rain. We risk our lives on the sides of highways with traffic blowing by us at 70-80 miles per hour everyday. And we know that each time we step out of our truck it’s a gamble. One towing operator is killed every 6 days in this profession. That’s an average of one operator per week! If you see flashing lights on the side of the road slow down, move over if you can and give us room. Did you know there is a monument is Tennessee called the wall of the fallen strictly dedicated to towing operators? Yes you may see different company names on the sides of trucks but we are a brotherhood, a family. We help each other. When we see another operator on the side of the road we pull over behind them to offer protection for them to give them a better chance of going home to their loved ones that day. Weather we personally know them or not we do it. So the next time you call for a tow truck or a service truck remember these things. Say thank you, be polite and know that we WILL get you taken care of and back home to your loved ones. We do this because we have a passion to help people. We are towing operators. Be safe out there.

This seems to happen every year around this time. I'm not complaining about the work but be careful when you drive to the back of your property to dump leaves. It might be a little soft.

The parking lots are empty and the roads are quiet. It's bittersweet at these uncertain times. It's good to see people doing their part but it's tough on the economy. We all need to work together to stop the spread of this virus. If you need to be out on the roads, myself and other tow operators are still working if you require assistance.