Managing Excessive Towing and Recovery Charges: What Carriers Need to Know

Description

Towing and recovery incidents can quickly escalate into unexpected expenses when charges exceed reasonable rates. Join us at our OTA headquarters in Westerville on October 15 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm for a new training that will equip your company with the knowledge to recognize inflated invoices, understand your options for response, and prevent overpayment.

Led by Ron Myers of Pine Tree Towing and Recovery, this session will walk you through how to detect excessive billing, train your staff to identify red flags, and decide when to challenge a charge versus when it may be best to settle. You’ll also review real-world court cases that highlight when carriers have prevailed in disputes—and when they have not.

By the end of this course, you’ll have practical tools and strategies to strengthen your internal review process, protect your fleet, and make informed decisions when faced with questionable towing and recovery bills.

The price to attend this training is $99 for OTA members and $149 for non-members – the event will also include lunch.

Schedule: 
10:00 AM        Training Session Begins
12:00 PM        Networking Lunch

Location:
Ohio Trucking Association Training Center
655 Cooper Road
Westerville, OH 43081

About the Trainer:
Ron Myers is an award-winning towing and recovery plus transport specialist, with more than 35 years of experience. He is an active Operations Manager of Pine Tree Towing and Recovery in Cambridge, Ohio. Through many formal training and certification classes, including Wreckmaster 2/3, 4/5, multiple rotator trainings, air cushion recovery techniques and safety, and Traffic Incident Management (TIM) training, including the SHRP2 Train-the-Trainer, he is recognized as a professional tower and as an expert witness in towing related procedures and pricing. He is an active instructor for Quick Clear and TIM principles and procedures. Myers attends several towing conventions across the U.S. annually to gather industry information and stay abreast of new trends, equipment, and safety programs. He was one of only nine towers in the United States that attended the TIM Federal Highway symposium, as well as the International Association of Chiefs of Police convention, in 2016. Mr. Myers has also attended Federal Highway workshops in Boston, MA; Nashville, TN; and Columbus, OH. He has presented at the Ohio Tri-State TIM Conference in 2014, 2015, 2016, as well as multiple Kentucky conferences on a variety of traffic incident management topics related to tow operations and best practices in 2017, 2018, 2019. Ron was the featured speaker at the Police Towers of America Conference in Las Vegas in 2018, and also the featured speaker at the Captains of the industry dinner in Baltimore, MD in 2018 and in Atlantic City, NJ in 2019. He has also presented at APTO’s FIRST Association Best Billing Practices class in 2020. Myers serves as President and founding member of Quick Clear Professionals of Ohio, and was a former member of the Towing & Recovery Association of America’s TIM Committee in 2015-2016. He is also a founding member and current board member for the Association of Professional Towers – Ohio. Myers currently serves on Ohio’s Traffic Incident Management Steering Committee, is the current president for the Police Towers of America, and was appointed to Ohio’s Governor’s Traffic Safety Council in 2021.

Refund Policy:
Our refund policy is as follows:

• You will receive a 100% refund if you cancel more than 10 days before the training.
• You will receive a 75% refund if you cancel more than 3 days before the training.
• You will receive no refund if you cancel less than 3 days before the training.
• No shows are responsible for 100% of the registration fees.