Miller Industries News

Proper maintenance goes a long way to ensuring your equipment works efficiently and dependably.  In a 24/7 towing and recovery industry, it can be challenging to make sure each maintenance step is performed on time and the right way.  This is especially the case if you are a towing company who owns multiple units across different models of heavy-duty wreckers and rotators.  This video aims to help by demonstrating how to properly lubricate 3-stage recovery booms found on the Century®️ and Vulcan®️ heavy-duty integrated wreckers and rotators.

Topics: Century 9055, miller industries, maintenance, maintenance monday, heavy-duty wrecker, Vulcan V-100, 1150 Rotator, 1075

The Holmes® DTU is an industry standard for towing and recovery.  With its versatile platform you can turn a simple road tractor used for heavy-hauling into a towing unit.  This helps to keep your units from sitting idle.  This video demonstrates the simplicity of attaching and detaching your Holmes® DTU. 

Topics: miller industries, Towing, Detachable Towing Unit, DTU, Holmes

In this second video covering the Collins Hi-Speed® Dollies, we demonstrate some advanced tips & tricks for recovering vehicles that are either partially obstructed or have oversize or flat tires. 

Topics: miller industries, Towing, Autoloader, VIDEO, Light-Duty Wrecker, Collins Manufacturing Corp, Dollies, 4wd trucks, AWD Cars, flat tire, towing oversize tires

This video is the second edition of the maintenance video series with Cummins Engine Company.  In this video we demonstrate some tips for changing the air filters on your class-8 heavy-duty truck chassis air intake system for the Cummins® X15 Performance Engine.  Ensuring that your tow truck is maintenanced properly helps ensure maximum performance and efficiency. 

Topics: miller industries, Trucks, maintenance, maintenance monday, VIDEO, Paccar, Cummins, Air Intake System, Air Filter Change

The Holmes® DTU is a Detachable Towing Unit from Miller Industries that gives you the flexibility to utilize your existing road tractor for more uptime when not hauling a trailer.  This video showcases how the DTU can allow the usage of a road tractor 5^th wheel plate, combined with an added wet line kit, for towing up to 35,000 lbs.

Topics: miller industries, Towing, Heavy-Duty, Detachable Towing Unit, DTU, Holmes

For light-duty wreckers and autoloaders, there is a piece of equipment that helps with towing 4/All-wheel drive vehicles.  Sometimes situations dictate the necessity, and in a tight situation the Collins Hi-Speed® Dollies can serve as a one solution for successful tow. 

Topics: miller industries, Towing, Autoloader, VIDEO, Light-Duty Wrecker, Collins Manufacturing Corp, Dollies, 4wd trucks, AWD Cars

Working in the 24/7 Towing & Recovery Industry requires wreckers, rotators, and rollbacks to be ready to go at a moment's notice.  Ensuring that your truck chassis is maintenanced properly helps ensure maximum performance and efficiency.  This video demonstrates how to change the air intake filter for different Class-6 truck chassis with Cummins® and Paccar® engines. 

Topics: miller industries, Truck, maintenance, maintenance monday, VIDEO, Paccar, Cummins, Air Intake System, Air Filter Change

With brands like Century, Vulcan, Chevron, and Holmes, it can be said that we have the best tow trucks on the market.  Did you know that we also offer some of the most competitive new truck chassis warranties? 

Topics: Century, miller industries, Vulcan, Wrecker, Truck, Holmes, Chevron, warranty, chassis

The right towing attachment can make a heavy-duty towing job go smooth.  This short video demonstrates a few of our Miller Industries™ towing attachments and how they can be applied in a rear-tow application. 

Topics: Century, miller industries, Vulcan, Wrecker, Tow Truck, Trucks, Towing Forks

One often overlooked maintenance item is the lubrication of the control station on your wrecker or rotator. This video demonstrates how to lubricate the control station handle on Century^® and Vulcan® Medium-Duty and Heavy-Duty Wreckers, as well as Rotators.  

Topics: Century, miller industries, Vulcan, Wrecker, Rotator, maintenance, maintenance monday