B4 - Wednesday, June 20. 1984 - North Shore News

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Towing no easy task

TIMES ARE changing and so are cars! Automobiles roll- ing off the assembly line to- day are quite different from those o the past. Yesteryear’s cars were made of heavy steel which was, when repairs were required, forgiving. Today’s vehicles are made of space-age materials, are unitbody and have nowhere near the flex- ibility of older models. They are lighter, smaller and much more complex.

Towing and_= recovering

such vehicles is exacting and complicated work. Tow truck drivers are being inundated information and

with new

TOW TRUCK drivers learn new methods of recovery at the BCAA/ICBC specialty towing and recovery seminar in

Burnaby.

techniques on what to do and especially what not to do to avoid damage during recovery.

To help them in their new role, BCAA and ICBC spon-

sored the Third Annual Specialty Towing and Recovery Seminar in Bur-

naby May 24 and 2§. Lorne Hillstrom of Pemberton Ex- press Garage, Pemberton and Gordon Carmichael of Payless in North Vancouver were among the over 75 par- ticipants from across British Columbia who attended the two-day seminar.

Seminar organizer Murray

Toms of BCAA provided in-

formation and arranged demonstrations on lockouts, specialty towing and recovery techniques.

Toms says that meeting together in this format enables towing experts to ex- change valuable ideas and ac- quire new skills relating to their industry.

ICBC’s Larry Kenmare, lain Savill and Bob Wilson led sessions on mgedern repairs. They covered the paint and repair of plastic bumpers, how a Jig is used in restoring unitbody vehicles to their original shape, and on the crucial importance on not putting towing hooks into

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Lawyer David Huberman explained the legal problems today’s tow truck drivers could encounter. Tow truck operators said they found the legal information interesting and valuable.

Other topics covered were on-board computers, safety regulations and troubleshooting.

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