Philly towing company in hot water over alleged tow trap
Like something out of a Steve Goodman song, a Philly towing company is under investigation for allegedly setting traps to impound cars.
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Would you be upset if Chicago moved your car without asking? [w/poll]
Chicago Kafkaesque system for moving vehicles to clear space for municipal work or TV/movie production is not working as advertised. In theory, it's straightforward: the city tows someone's car to an out-of-the-way parking space to make room and enters the new location into a database within 20 minutes of the move. Drivers looking for their cars can call 311 or go online to find out if their car has been relocated. In practice, it's typical big-city municipal Hell.
Watch this Subaru lug a Ram pickup and a trailer out of the mud
Well this should make a Ram fan or two blush. A Ram four-door pulling a trailer was saved from the clutches of a muddy rut by none other than a second-generation Subaru Impreza. That's the power of all-wheel drive for ya!
Boat passes car on highway in - where else - Russia
We've had some close calls while towing, though we've been fortunate enought to never have to deal with a calamity like the one you see above. From what we can tell, the driver of the truck in the video below was calmly driving along when his boat and trailer decided to blaze their own trail. We don't know if the trailer or the hitch failed, or if the
Electric vehicle in need of a tow? Flatbeds may be the way to go
Towing a vehicle, especially one that's powered by batteries and driven by an electric motor, can, if done incorrectly, be destructive. Recently, one of Frito-Lay's electric Smith Newton delivery trucks was towed for a parking violation and, according to Green Car Advisor<
Video: How not to tow your modified Subaru
A lesson in how NOT to tow – Click above to watch video after the jump
The Retriever lets you tow 5,000 pounds... with a Honda Goldwing
The Retriever – Click above for high-res image gallery
What CDL? You don't need no stinkin' license to pull two trailers in Michigan!
Michigan is a state of contradictions. The authorities there are so worried about your focus on the road in front of you that it's illegal to hang anything on your rear-view mirror. Yet if you want to triple tow - that's pulling two trailers at one time, like an RV camper and a boat - you can do it after you pay $10 and take a 15-question test. And you just need to get 12 answers right.
Pickuptruck.com hosts Heavy Duty Truck Shootout to end all shootouts
Mike Levine from PickupTruck.com is our go-to guy for truck news. His brain is like the bed of a Ford F-450 filled with the esoteric details of heavy duty diesel pickups and 3/4-ton gassers. Plus, he's from the old school of automotive journalism and has made a successful transition to the web, which means his reporting is always knowledgeable and balanced despite it being delivered digitally. When Levine told us he was planning on doing a comprehensive comparo of today's heavy duty pickups, how
