Tow Bosses from all over the country
as well as international visitors from nine countries, descended on the Baltimore Convention Center last November, 2025 for the world’s largest towing industry trade show and conference – the American Towman Exposition.

it was an active buying exhibit floor as attendees viewed the latest tow trucks, trailers, accessories, and management software as well as meet with finance companies, insurance agencies, and motor clubs. Over 11,000 in total industry attendance filled the three days of the BCC as once again AT Exposition demonstrated its premier importance to the industry.

Baltimore is the towman's home away from home:
great food, great accomodations, historic attractions, all by the water. The Bull & Pig Roast (Miller Rocks) And Calitri's Cuba is at the Power Plant.

American Towman's Welcome Cruise boards across from the Sonesta Harbor Court and the Hyatt. Festival Night is at Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel Grand Ballroom. All the hotels and the Baltimore Convention Center are within two blocks of the harbor.

It takes minutes to walk to Harbor East and Fells Point
from the Marriott Waterfront and just minutes on the AT Shuttle from the Convention Center. Fells Point is a great walking experience offering great cuisine morning through night, unique neighborhood shops and great Harbor views.

The knowledge and experience
you take away from the Exposition will make you stronger in the coming year. Seminar attendees receive American Towman press releases for local media commending your participation in the prestigous American Towman Academy.

With over 25 seminars featuring top speakers,
it is the industry's largest educational program. Topics reflect the issues and subjects that are important to the towing business owner to help increase one's bottom line.

Presented by Eric Fouquette and the Recovery Billing Team.

You have spent hundreds of thousands on equipment…it's time to invest in a course designed to teach you how to invoice efficiently, stop settling, and get paid! After years of trial, error, and missed payment opportunities, we now know exactly what needs to be done to get paid for recovery work, how to navigate the various insurance/private payer routes and what triggers each to get paid time and time again. In this course, you learn in two days what took us 40+ years to acquire. The Recovery Billing Course will show you how to overcome recovery billing & collection obstacles that can be rectified with the proper education and systems. Join our elite network of thousands of tower owners and managers who've taken the course!

You'll learn:
• Foundational Principles: Handbooks, policies, safety, insurance needs, and more.
• Documenting the Scene from Start to Finish.
• Drafting the Documentation Packet.
• Laws to Help Get Paid: Expert towing & recovery attorneys educate on the main reasons for claim denial (AND how to overcome them).
• How to Bill: Learn how to get paid on various types of insurances: collision, property damage liability, home owners, and more!
• How NOT to Bill: Learn how to avoid mistakes and spot objections before they happen!
• How to Navigate an Insurance Claim: Learn how to navigate various insurance processes and how to work with the vehicle owner and the payer, not against them.
• Negotiation strategies: How to respond to things like “sorry, that’s not covered” and “we never pay that” - you’re going to be fully prepared when it comes to communicating with payers.





This 2 hours seminar
is going to be an informative conversation about how to safely and confidently tackle the ever growing EV towing and recovery market.

Nick Webb, WreckMaster.


Air Systems are a critical component
to heavy commercial vehicles. Often, a failure in the air system is the reason for needing towing service. This course will give you a general understanding of how air systems work and where to attack the most common issues that we face out on the roadside, and also some tips and techniques for those odd and hard to deal with jobs that eat up time, energy, and profitability.

Dave Fultz, WreckMaster.


Owning a tow company, a repair shop, or both can be incredibly rewarding
—but let’s face it, it’s also challenging. In the beginning, you’re the one doing it all. From answering phones to managing operations, you’re in the driver’s seat every minute of the day. But how do you shift from simply running your business to building the thriving, sustainable operation you’ve always envisioned? How do you create a business that works for you, rather than feeling like you’re constantly wrestling a wild animal? Take the first step toward freedom—join this class and start building the business you’ve always dreamed of!

Presented by Jim Saeli, DRIVE.



A special two-hour course
geared towards the business end of light-duty recovery. Three crucial steps for recovery business success will be covered: Documenting the Recovery; Billing the Recovery; and Collecting on the Recovery Invoice.

Ron Myers, Pine Tree Towing.


A special three-hour course
geared towards the business end of light-duty recovery. Three crucial steps for recovery business success will be covered: Documenting the Recovery; Billing the Recovery; and Collecting on the Recovery Invoice.

Ron Myers, Pine Tree Towing.

Ron Myers • Pine Tree Towing & Recovery, Association of Professional Towers of Ohio Ron is an award-winning towing recovery-plus transport specialist, with more than 35 years of experience. Ron is a recognized professional tower and is an active Operations Manager at Pine Tree Towing and Recovery in Cambridge, OH. He is the President and founding member of Quick Clear Professionals of Ohio, and an instructor for Quick Clear and TIM principles and procedures. Ron was a founding member for the Association of Professional Towers-Ohio, and is the current president of the Police Towers of America. He was appointed to Ohio’s Governor’s Traffic Safety Council in 2021, and currently serves on Ohio’s Traffic Incident Management Steering Committee.

6-hours of interactive classroom-based training
stations throughout the session. This course focuses on the essential criteria necessary for all experienced operators. Emphases are on operator safety, wire rope, winch performance, rigging systems, and scene management.

Course Objectives:
• To provide advanced knowledge utilizing modern winches and recovery equipment.
• To increase and review safety awareness for the operator.
• To key in on several types of equipment including chains, synthetic straps, hooks, snatch blocks, attachments, and wire/synthetic rope, along with capabilities and limitations.
• To review rigging system integrity and rigging techniques.
• Highlight scene management techniques by creating Zoned Work Areas.

Shane Coleman & Chuck MacLellan, ERSCA.

The nation's top trainers and speakers are here in Baltimore
to give you a top-tier learning experience. Hands-on and classroom experience with WreckMaster Rotator Training, as well as in-depth courses such as Recovery Billing, Heavy-duty and Light-Duty Recovery Business Success, Wreck Master’s Keys to Heavy EV Duty Success, Mastering Air Systems For Heavy Towing, ERSCA Advanced Winching and Rigging Safety and From Operator to Owner: Work on Your Business, Not in It with DRIVE.

Allstate Roadside Education Series and SAFEALL Roadside Safety Clinics will be held in the Exhibit Hall FREE during show floor hours.


Industry's Premier Rotator Training with WreckMaster Instructors

WreckMaster instructors Bruce Campbell & Jeff Martin, will conduct an exclusive 12-hour training course on rotator recovery, comprised if classroom and outdoor hands-on instruction.

INTRODUCTION & EXPLANATION OF STUDENTS ROLE
• Introduction of Lead Instructor, assistances and students
• Set Course goals and objectives
• Overview of WreckMaster program

YOU & THE TOW TRUCK SET-UP
• Positioning the truck
• Leveling the truck
• Recommended distances- Utilities Overhead & Underground
• Recommended cribbing
• Safety in General
• GROUND LOADS
• Calculating Out-rigger Loads

UNDERSTANDING THE LIFT
• Determining the weight
• Shock Loads
• Cause and effect of tipping
• Determining the COG “Center of Gravity”

THE BOOM
• Calculating “Load Capacity”
• Calculating “Boom Top Load”

RIGGING
• General overview
• Wire Rope, Synthetic & Chain Bridles
• Calculating Bridle Leg Lengths
• Calculating Bridle Leg Loads
• Selecting the Correct Rigging for the job

SITE SAFETY
• PPE “Personal Proction Equipment”
• Operator Training
• Rigging Training
• Site Supervisor Training




The Allstate Roadside Education Team will be in Baltimore
, bigger and better than ever!

Join us during the convention’s three days of expo hours. We will be on stage with towing professionals like you, sharing tips, tricks, and detailed technical information to help you load vehicles safely and quickly.

The high-energy Naptown Brass Band,
known for its New Orleans flare, will enliven Festival Night during AT Expo in Baltimore this year. Also featured will be wrecker airbrush artist Cecil Burrows performing his reggae hit Over the Hills. Towing’s legendary event will thrill Festival Night goers with heroic stories ranging from high-explosive risk to braving fires, as towmen are awarded the American Towman Medal.
The Naptown Brass Band, out of Annapolis, has been recognized for its virtuoso trumpeters, trombone and sax players, not to mention its tuba man. Said FN creator Steve Calitri, “the wives will be dancing on the tables with this band. Guaranteed.”

Festival Night Attendees receive the exclusive Monument Pin

Bruce Campbell, WreckMaster Master of Ceremonies

Trainees and WreckMasters Attending Festival Night receive this exclusive Pin.

Sponsored by American Towman Magazine.



Nominees for The Order of Towman
are recognized for showing extreme dedication to the towing trade and the community they serve. Nominated by their towns police or fire chief, they have stood out as going above and beyond to provide service under difficult circumstances and have a history within their community of getting the job done safely and in a timely manner.

The Order is sanctioned and presented by American Towman Magazine at a ceremony of passage where they will be receiving the "Cross of the Order" and participating in the "March of Heroes" during Festival Night.

AT Expo is networking experience like no other,
whether one moseys about the Wrecker Pageant, shares notes with other Academy goers, engages with the exhibitors, joins the WreckMaster training experience, or partakes in Festival Night.

The stars of AT Expo may be all the equipment but the greatest resource may be all the illustrious characters that make up the towing industry. It doesn't get any better than clicking beer bottles at the Bull & Pig Roast at the PBR Cowboy Bar where Miller Rocks! Or blowing smoke at Calitri's Cuba in Luckies Tavern (Power Plant). AT Expo is the place where one networks among thousands of towers and suppliers and yet the networking dyanamics aren't much different than they were in the Iron Age where it was all one on one.



American Towman Exposition honors the Towman
who has ever operated a tow truck and worked the white line – by offering the exclusive Towman Valor Pin with your name engraved.

Make a moment of receiving the Valor Pin – make your trip to the American Towman Exposition one you will always cherish.

There will be a photo wall where company owners can pin the Valor emblem on their dedicated operators, or have themselves pinned. There will be several backdrops appropriate for pictures of those the Valor Pin honors, including the Towman Monument and the murals: Lifelines and Masters of Chaos.


The Calitri’s Cuba Cigar event
is one reason towing’s generals come to Baltimore. It’s the chance to smoke fine cigars and talk towing strategy away from the front lines of battle.

Sponsored by:


NEW EXCITING LOCATION! Bull & Pig Roast - FREE,
Miller Rocks! At PBR Cowboy Bar Baltimore in Power Plant Live 2nd Floor! Enjoy delicious food, dancing, cocktails and take a turn to ride the mechanical bull. Get a free t-shirt from the Miller truck!

Sponsored by Miller Industries & American Towman
 


A great time to network
with peers and motor club representatives as they honor the nominees of the American Towman ACE Awards.

Nominated by motor clubs and call providers, ACE Nominees are recognized for being in the top 1% of towing operations for service reliability, professionalism and service excellence. Recipients receive the exclusive 2025 ACE Buckle Award, along with a certificate and press release.

Sponsored by:
       



The jacket-and-tie event,
sponsored by American Towman Magazine, will include dinner at the Legendary Captains Long Table. This year's Captains dinner takes place at Phillips Seafood Restaurant – Baltimore Inner Harbor. We invite you to break bread with other leaders of the industry on the eve of the 36th annual American Towman Exposition.



Celebrating towing's legendary trainer, Donnie Cruse,
this unique conference dissects and critiques the winning recoveries of the Donnie Cruse Recovery Awardees. All recovery specialists welcome.

Co-Sponsored by:
       



You'll experience American Towman's Hospitality
throughout the weekend. For example, Academy Passport holders may enjoy breakfast outside the conference rooms in the Baltimore Convention Center on Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings to include rolls, eggs to order and much more, compliments of American Towman Magazine.

On Friday evening, attendees can dig into the Bull & Pig Roast, sponsored by Miller Industries, at the PBR Cowboy Pub.

Saturday Pie will be offered following the ACE Awards and to those attending the American Wrecker Pageant Winners Ceremony.



Join fellow Skeet Shooters
for the Towman Skeet Thursday. Transportation is provided and leaves from the Pratt Street Lobby entrance of the Baltimore Convention Center to bring you to Prince George's County Trap and Skeet Center in Glenn Dale, MD.

Instructor, equipment, supplies and lunch are included in price.