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What to keep in Your Winter Car Emergency Kit

For those who live in areas with extreme weather conditions, you are probably aware of the risk of accidents and being stranded. Emergency kits should be prepared for carrying in the car year-round, but the winter months will require additional supplies.

Year-round Supplies
1. Roadside assistance phone number.
2. Battery powered portable radio with extra batteries.
3. Distress sign, or white towel to tie on your antenna.
4. A Compass
5. Emergency flares, and emergency warning triangles
6. Disposable camera for accident scene pictures
7. Jumper Cables
8. Extra Fuses
9. Empty Gas Can
10. Mini Fire Extinguisher
11. Flashlight with extra batteries
12. Jack with your spare tire
13. GPS (often available on cell phones)
14. Fix-a-flat
15. Bottled Water
16. Food Bars
17. Emergency $20 bill
18. First Aid Kit
19. Umbrella

Additional Supplies for Winter Months
1. Blanket
2. Chains or Snow tires
3. Sleeping bag in extreme climates
4. Matches and Survival Candles
5. Metal Cup
6. Snow Shovel
7. Windshield Scraper

Although many of these supplies may seem unnecessary or frivolous, temperature under freezing can quickly affect your family. If you are stranded and need to find help, you will need proper food and water. If you are not found within hours, you will need to be able to warm yourself and your family. The above supplies will ensure that you will have the required supplies to survive 24-48 hours in extreme conditions.

Dr Hook Does Superb Job on U2 360°

We want to extend congratulations to the Dr Hook team on doing a superb job on the organization, set up and operation of the U2 360° World Tour stop in Winnipeg, on May 29th. All of your hard work paid off in creating an amazing concert experience that will be remembered by the public for years to come.
The U2 360° World Tour noticed and appreciated your attention to detail and relentless determination to put on a first class event. We have received several compliments from the Tour staff on how “Text Book” the load-in and running of the concert was executed.
We would like to thank everyone for the part you played in stagin the highest attended event in the history of the Province of Manitoba.

Roadside Assistance Program

We pride ourselves on being the company that can give assistance in your time of need, therefore, our Emergency Roadside Assistance Program is the core of our company. We utilize our professional staff and our state of the art dispatch technology to bring you prompt and courtesy assistance. Whether it is a flat tire, running off the road, or trying to make it that extra exit without a fill-up. We’ve all been there, and we would love to be the one that you call on when help is needed most.

As with every aspect of our business, our Roadside Assistance Program exceeds the expectations of our clients, and we are rated higher than all of our competitors. At Dr. Hook, members come first, and always will. Our emergency and urgent services are provided with the utmost promptness and professionalism. Our trained customer service professionals answer your calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. They dispatch your call and an exact arrival time is given. You are then greeted by a uniformed, trained professional, and treated to a first-class experience from start to finish. Our services include: changing a flat tire, refilling gas, dead battery jumps, or helping with a wrong turn into a ditch. These instances are daunting, and troubling for all of us, but they are a fact of life. We would love to be the ones to make your fact of life as easy as possible.

Welcome to Our New Website!

We, Dr. Hook Towing, are pleased to announce the release of our new and improved website!

Take a tour and discover all the new information available to you, from the vehicles and products for sale, to our great Roadside Assistance program right through to the reasons you would want to work for the Dr. Hook team!

Be sure to check back on a regular basis and we’ll be updating our blog to keep you informed of what is changing in the world of towing services.