8 ways to avoid being towed

Getting towed can be frustratingly easy. Here are our top eight tips for avoiding tows. 1. Avoid parking in common tow spots: Generally speaking, to avoid being towed, don’t park in the following: Tow-away zones during commute hours Loading zones (these are typically marked by yellow-painted curbs and signage) Blue zones without a disabled-person marker…

Alaska Highways: Route #s & Names

Highways in Alaska: Maps may use numbers, but most Alaskan use names Route #1:     Tok Cutoff, Richardson, Glenn, Seward, and Sterling Highways  Tok to Homer Route #2:     Alaska, Richardson, Steese, and Elliott Highways border to Manley Hot Springs Route #3:     Parks Highway                                              Wasilla to Fairbanks Route #4:     Richardson…

When you need a tow truck

This was an article that was written by another tow truck driver but I thought I should post it because it is very good information. Posted on January 9, 2013 by William Axford Few things can be as terrible as getting stranded in winter. With a few more months of freezing temperatures and dwindling sunlight, standing…

Rural vs. Urban Towing

Parks Highway Service & Towing is an automotive (cars, pick-up trucks, vans, motorcycles, small trucks, and small RVs) towing company in an extremely rural part of Alaska. We serve a large area, extending over 150 miles along the northern portion of the Parks Highway*, the highway connecting Alaska’s two major cities: Fairbanks and Anchorage. The…

Getting pulled out of the ditch

It may seem like it is not worth paying a tow truck to come pull you out of the ditch when the next guy with a strap can do it for you, but there are some reasons for having a professional do the job rather than an amateur. Towing companies have insurance to protect not…