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 tr...
Jun 14, 2022
40 min
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 tra...
May 16, 2022
43 min
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 w...
Mar 22, 2022
35 min
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...
Oct 28, 2021
1 hr 15 min
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...
Sep 13, 2021
1 hr 4 min
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...
Jun 4, 2021
1 hr 15 min
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,...
Apr 29, 2021
44 min
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 conversat...
Mar 18, 2021
51 min
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...
Feb 17, 2021
50 min
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 wou...
Dec 18, 2020
56 min
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