Virginia Association of Professional Tow Operators

11/10/2025

The Roanoke VAPTOW meeting will be on WEDNESDAY Nov. 12th at 6 PM Location Coach & Four on Williamson Rd.

THIS IS A CHANGE FROM THE NORMAL TUESDAY MEETING

We are working on a Richmond Area Meeting for around Dec 8th.

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10/30/2025

All trip companies.
You should have received an email in the last few days about a meeting on November 8, 2025. This is an important meeting involving the trip program. If you are a trip provider company owner or manager and did not receive the email please let me know

03/14/2025

UPCOMING TIMS CLASS FOR SW VIRGINIA WE ARE LIMITED TO 30 STUDENTS FOR THIS CLASS. THERE WILL BE UPCOMING CLASSES IN THE ROANOKE AND NORTHERN 81 AREA COMING SOON.
Details for the upcoming TIM Responder Training course are as follows:
Date: Monday March 24, 2025
Time: 5PM
Location: Complete Towing
Address: 272 Major Grahams Rd Max Meadows VA 24360
Registration: David Wells or Jason Simmons
Contact: [email protected] [email protected]

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02/12/2025

Basic Work-Zone class
Date: March 8th @ 9AM

Instructor: Jason Simmons

Location will be:

Michael's Towing & Recovery
202 A Freedom Ct
Fredericksburg VA. 22408

Please let me know if you are attending.

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02/07/2025

WORKZONE BASIC (TOWER)
We are setting up a workzone basic class at
Eagle Towing Location: Eagle Towing
12191 Deerhill Ct,
Midlothian, VA 23112
Date 2-15-25 9AM to 6 PM. If you need to have anyone done or recertified please let me know. If you have anyone with Hazmat that needs recert in the Richmond area please let me know.
I will be working on a WORKZONE class for the Fredericksburg and Bristol Districts for next month

04/08/2024

TOW OP DOWN

Friday, April 5, 2024 The towing community lost one of it's own in a tragic line of duty death in the Lynchburg Va. area.
Francis Kincaid Lincoln Jr. (Linc) with Dragon Recovery passed away on Friday April 5, 2024.

There will be a final farewell procession of tow trucks on Thursday April 11, 2024 at 9:15 AM in his honor.
Start Location:
Dragon Recovery
11626 Wards Rd
Rustburg , VA 24588

The procession will run to
WHITTEN TIMBERLAKE CHAPEL
7404 Timberlake Road
Lynchburg, Virginia 24502

Then back to DRAGON Recovery

Anyone available please come out and support our fallen.

Kincaid Linc Lincoln MARCH 4, 1972 – APRIL 5, 2024

02/29/2024

VAPTOW will now be working hand in hand with the National Open Commerce and Safer Highways Coalition toward better representation in DC. The first task being taken on is attack on the American Towers by the Federal Trade Commission. Depending on the ruling from the FTC towing in the US could forever change. We are currently taking donations to help fight this attack in Washington.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556342175504
www.nocshc.com

On October 20, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was exploring a new proposed rule on “Unfair or Deceptive Fees” to crack down on supposed junk fees proliferating...

01/16/2023

VAPTOW will be sponsoring a SHRP2 class on Feb. 23rd @ 5:30PM
Location: VAPTOW Office 14822 Lee Highway Buchanan, Va. 24066
Please email me names of anyone who would like to attend.
[email protected] or [email protected]

12/08/2022

MEETING OF THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD December 6, 2022

The report notes that there has been a decrease in incident and lane closures possibly due to the implementation of TRIP and a person’s hours of delay on I-81 have also decreased.

"This decrease in incidents and lane closures may be attributed to the implementation of the Towing and Recovery Incentive Program (TRIP), which aims to improve incident response times so traffic can move again. The total person-hours of delay on I-81 also has decreased"

12/06/2022

Our Christmas dinner and end of the year business meeting for VAPTOW was a success. I would like to put a special thanks out to the following people that made it happen Howard Kritzer with Matheny Motors for providing an amazing dinner. Charlie Brown and Shane Spradlin for getting the s***t shoot and venue set up, Christina Rinehart Simmons for preparing appetizers and helping set up and break down everything for the night and Walter Hinkley for some yummy deserts. The afternoon was a nice end to an eventful year and a great start to a new chapter in our growing association. The day was very relaxing and brought back memories of attending some of the old towing events from years ago. We hope this is only the beginning of a successful venture that will grow the towing industry in Virginia and allow us to be a model for others. Please enjoy some of the pictures from the night