A local tow truck company has some new owners.
X-Treme Towing has been purchased by Jeremy Swanson, Jared Story and Christa Morhart and their respective spouses. The towing company will be part of their new JS Truck Mart business.
The purchase was effective Nov. 1.
Swanson said they like helping people, so purchasing the towing company made sense.
The new owners have had a busy start since purchasing the business. The southeast region received its first accumulation of snow of the winter the same day the sale took effect. More snow fell a couple of days later. So they have received a lot of calls from people who have been stuck in a ditch or involved in an accident.
“There have been lots of lockouts and lots of battery boosts,” said Swanson.
They recognize the tow truck service is an important one to offer the community. People need to know that if their vehicle needs to be towed, or if it requires roadside assistance, they have someone to call.
“The alternative would be Weyburn, or someone coming from quite a ways,” Swanson said.
Story said X-Treme Towing would maintain the same services as before, and will have some new ones. The company will be able to serve customers who run into problems in the U.S. and need their vehicle brought back to Canada.
Story said it also goes hand-in-hand with the services offered by JS Truck Mart. It cuts down on the they would have had bringing vehicles to their building on the Highway 39 east service road, next to Rocket Sales and Rental.
“We’re going to be trucks all over southeast Saskatchewan, and have to get them hauled into us anyways, so it seemed to make sense,” said Story.
They would have to pick up anything they purchase, and owning the tow truck, will save them money.
“It still costs money to go get it, but it’s less,” said Swanson.
JS Truck Mart has new and used parts and engines for light-duty and heavy-duty trucks.
“We can even source equipment, such as engines and things of that nature, too,” said Swanson.
Morhart believes there isn’t a business in Estevan that would provide service to that degree. Swanson added there would be some that would have some of those elements, but not a one-stop shop.
“Right now we’re just really concentrating on buying some inventory,” said Swanson. “We’re looking to buy wrecked or salvaged units. We’re trying to reorganize the towing end of Extreme Towing, and building inventory.”
X-Treme Towing is looking for a tow truck driver with a Class 1A licence and a clean abstract. The previous tow truck driver for X-Treme Towing will remain with the company, they said, and another person will be starting in the office later this month to help with inventory, parts and answering phones.
Both X-Treme Towing and JS Truck Mart will be operating out of their home on the Highway 39 east service road.
