Clifton, N.J., Company Captures Second Place Prize

​Vito's Towing of Clifton, N.J., captured the Second Place Award for Medium-Duty Truck in the national Shine ‘n Star Tow Truck Photo Beauty Contest, hosted by Tow Times magazine and powered by Ford Trucks.  

The winner is a 2012 Peterbilt 337 with a Jerr-Dan 500/280, 25-ton towing unit. It sports a custom eye-catching vinyl wrap in black, red, and silver with reflective lettering. Additional features include aluminum wheels, chrome visor, chrome stack cover and Whelen side strobes. 

One of the company’s fleet of state-of-the-art tow trucks, including flatbeds, wreckers and heavy-duty trucks, it was chosen out of 550 entries submitted in five categories this year from around the country and Canada.

The Shine ‘n Star Tow Truck Photo Beauty Contest first-place award is a nod of recognition for Vito's Towing, which opened its doors in 1981 in Clifton, N.J., and remains a family-owned business operated by Peter and Vito DeRobertis servicing the tri-state area.

The annual Shine ‘n Star Tow Truck Photo Beauty Contest taps into towing operators’ pride in their fleet, providing an opportunity to show off the beauty and brawn of their equipment. Like many tow truck operators, Vito's Towing loves its fleet of five trucks, from light to heavy.

The Shine ‘n Star Tow Truck Photo Beauty Contest – celebrating its 25th year in 2016 – offers 16 cash prizes, with second-place winners such as Vito's Towing also featured in a future issue of  Tow Times magazine.

For more information about the Shine ‘n Star Tow Truck Photo Beauty Contest, contact Tow
Times’ Publisher Clarissa Powell at 407-936-2491 or cpowell@towtimesmag.com.

Reach Peter DeRobertis  of Vito's Towing, Clifton, N, J. at 973-773-2929.