Truck or Treat 2024 was awesome again this year! Thank you all for coming – the costumes were wonderful and it was WARM and sunny this year.

Thank you so much to Julie Heeter and all the volunteers that took the time to organize this community event. We are looking forward to next year!!

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This year our employees got together and decided to do a backpack and school supplies drive. Some community members dropped off supplies, some cash. 

We raised enough to buy 15 backpacks, fill them with supplies as well as a large stock of various supplies. 

Thank you all so much for your contributions and support. 

Our company is looking for an auto technician to join our growing team.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience, a clean driving record, a willingness to learn new skills and an ability to work independently as well as in a team environment. Must have own hand tools.

 

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and diagnose vehicle issues
• Experience in brakes, general maintenance, and tire services
• Perform Maine State Inspections
• Good communication skills
• Ability to Interact professionally with customers
• Team player
• Shop/yard cleanup when not busy

All offers of employment are conditional pending a drug screen and background check.

 

Benefits:

• Retention Bonus at 12 months
• Paid time off
• Wellness program
• Limited use of shop

 

Job Type:

Full-time

 

Pay:

Competitive – Depends on experience

 

Schedule:

Monday to Friday

 

License/Certification:

Current Driver’s License (Required)

 

Apply in person at 369 Augusta Road, Belmont, ME 04952 or download >> [...]

Our company is looking for a Tow Truck Operator to join our growing team.

The ideal candidate will have experience, but we’re willing to train the right person with a clean driving record, a willingness to learn new skills and an ability to work independently as well as in a team environment. CDL not required, but would be a plus.

 

Responsibilities:

• Drive and operate a tow truck
• Assist / Clear accident scenes
• Interact well with customers, law enforcement, and other emergency personnel
• Deal with heavy traffic and bad weather conditions
• Deal well with emergencies
• Light services (Lockouts, Jump starts, Tire Changes)
• Clean equipment
• Shop backup when not busy

In this position, you will operate a variety of larger service and towing vehicles including wreckers and flatbeds, as needed. 

All offers of employment are conditional pending a drug screen and background check.

 

Benefits:

• Retention Bonus at 12 months
• Paid training and [...]

Your vehicle is most likely one of the largest investments you'll make, aside from your home. No matter the model or the original value, to you it is an investment. Preventative maintenance will help you extend the life of that investment. A few points to remember...

So… a little fun!  Over the course of 2017, we will accept submissions of photos as outlined in the GUIDELINES and TERMS below.  Every other Friday, we will post all the pics submitted that week in a new gallery on our facebook page. We will ask the public to vote on the pictures.  Whatever pictures get the most likes that weekend WINS (this will be determined by pic likes, so you will want to invite your friends to view and vote for your pics).  Each bi-weekly winner gets a FREE oil change* AND will be entered into the Grand Prize drawing for the tires.

At the end of 2017, New Year’s Eve to be exact, we will give away 1 GRAND PRIZE to the lucky winner.  See below for details.

  Guidelines – EASY!

1. Take a picture of one of our trucks out and about. NOT WHILE DRIVING PLEASE! 
2. Has to be OFF our [...]

The mission is to collect as much food and toys as possible between now and the New Year to help avert as much hunger in the community as possible. Times are tough. Making those times a bit easier is the goal of all of us here at Totman's.

This is a detailing of the buyback process that we dealt with recently so that others will have a heads up should they have to contend with a big company buyback of any kind. No big surprise here:  you are a number – a VIN number to be exact. To be fair, others’ experiences may be different, but this is a synopsis of ours.

A little history…

When we bought the truck in 2011, we were ecstatic. It was an exciting day. It was a 4wd flatbed and would allow us to do calls in places we had previously had to call in others to assist, or get stuck trying to do it ourselves. Mind you, we’ve been creative and mostly managed, but this was a cool tool to have!

It soon became apparent that it had front end issues. At 4,000 miles + / – we had to replace the brand new tires. The truck never [...]

Many people appear to be unaware that there is a law (Title 29-A §2054) in Maine that requires drivers to move over to a non-adjacent lane or if not possible, to use prudent speed to pass safely, emergency vehicles INCLUDING wreckers working on the side of the road to load or extricate vehicles from various undesirable positions along roadsides here in Maine.

We have had many unpleasant experiences dealing with drivers who either don’t know there is such a law or could care less about the safety of those people working on the side of the road. We have made every attempt to ensure that our drivers and vehicles are visible in any kind of weather. Our uniforms are in compliance with State and Federal law requiring ANSI Class 3 level for emergency personnel working on the roadside, we have reflective lettering on our trucks and emergency lights and beacons on our trucks. These measures [...]

(originally published on waldo.villagesoup.com Feb 23, 2011)

There have been several stories across the Maine press recently about Maine’s “Move Over” law, so I thought I would add a personal perspective from someone who can “walk the talk” so to speak. The law was originally created to protect police and other emergency and roadside personnel from inattentive drivers. It is only in the last few years that this law (Title 29-A §2054) was expanded to cover tow truck drivers, and for good reason.

Tow truck operators are some of those people who are willing to go out in any kind of weather, any time of day or night, to help YOU when you need it. When you get a flat tire, run out of gas, lock yourself out of your car, slide into a ditch, get stuck on flat ground on ice or worse, if you crash your car, THEY are out there making sure [...]