Tow Professional Podcast
Earl Johnson's Chronicles: A Photographic Adventure into the Towing Industry
Join us on a captivating journey as we sit down with the distinguished photographer and publisher, Earl Johnson, to discuss his extraordinary journey through the tow industry. Earl's book, "The World's Greatest Tow Trucks," is a testament to his passion and dedication towards capturing the essence of these mechanical beasts and the operators behind them. From partnering with John Hawkins, founder of the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum, to his unconventional approach of funding his book through sponsorships, Earl's story is a thrilling adventure through the intricacies of the industry.
While Earl's travels have taken him across the globe, he's always been touched by the close-knit community of tow truck operators. From the bustling streets of Paris to the sun-kissed lanes of Australia, his tales shed light on the hardworking and passionate people behind these indispensable machines. And let's not forget the unwavering support of Earl's wife Grace, who played a vital role in the creation of his book. Together, they've navigated the unique challenges of publishing and selling in this niche market.
Looking ahead, we're beyond excited about the upcoming plans for our podcast. With a massive distribution of 30,000 digital and print copies to owners and industry professionals, we're expanding our reach and impact within the community. As we delve into these new ventures, we pause to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the vendors and first responders who continue to bolster and enrich the industry. Don't forget, we'll be back with more riveting discussions and industry insights, so stay tuned!
Join us on a captivating journey as we sit down with the distinguished photographer and publisher, Earl Johnson, to discuss his extraordinary journey through the tow industry. Earl's book, "The World's Greatest Tow Trucks," is a testament to his passion and dedication towards capturing the essence of these mechanical beasts and the operators behind them. From partnering with John Hawkins, founder of the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum, to his unconventional approach of funding his book through sponsorships, Earl's story is a thrilling adventure through the intricacies of the industry.
While Earl's travels have taken him across the globe, he's always been touched by the close-knit community of tow truck operators. From the bustling streets of Paris to the sun-kissed lanes of Australia, his tales shed light on the hardworking and passionate people behind these indispensable machines. And let's not forget the unwavering support of Earl's wife Grace, who played a vital role in the creation of his book. Together, they've navigated the unique challenges of publishing and selling in this niche market.
Looking ahead, we're beyond excited about the upcoming plans for our podcast. With a massive distribution of 30,000 digital and print copies to owners and industry professionals, we're expanding our reach and impact within the community. As we delve into these new ventures, we pause to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the vendors and first responders who continue to bolster and enrich the industry. Don't forget, we'll be back with more riveting discussions and industry insights, so stay tuned!
Welcome one and all to Toe Professional Podcast. Remember, this is your podcast. It is for the pros that have a need to know that I'm the Goat, the true voice of the towing recovery industry. I'm DJ Harrington, better known as the Toe Doctor, and the real man and the host of this podcast is the president and publisher of Toe Professional Magazine, a good friend of the industry and a dear friend of mine, Darren Weaver. Darren, how are you this beautiful day?
Speaker 2:Man, dj. Let me tell you I am terrific. It's beautiful down here, it'll fool you. It's cold, it's kind of weather, like I said, to make you dollprag his whole body. It's pretty cool out there but it's a great day. Let me tell you this is going to be a great podcast. I've got a great friend of mine and a friend of the industry on today Earl Johnson, a photographer and publisher. Everybody, I'm sure, knows his words. If you don't, you've been under a rock. He's published the book sets the world's greatest tow trucks. Let me tell you, this man not only loves photography but has a passion for this industry and he's captured the beauty of this iron in the industry against some of the most beautiful backdrops in our nation and across the seas. We're happy to have him on today.
Speaker 1:I agree with you A wonderful guy and a lot of people know him, but they know his work.
Speaker 2:That's the important part.
Speaker 1:Why don't you take it from here, Darren?
Speaker 2:All right, I appreciate it. Dj Earl, first off, I want to welcome you to the podcast and, second off, I just wanted you to be able to talk to our listeners and just tell them a little bit about yourself and a little bit about your background.
Speaker 3:Okay, well, I started in about 1981 with the tow industry. My dad and I were taking pictures of trucks different kinds of trucks and we're going to do the oil field and we take pictures and put them on boards and drill holes where the lights go. That went over really good. But in the oil field you can make money one day and it fall off overnight. What I was out of my tools, neil's tools towing, what happened was the whole industry. It was all going down.
Speaker 3:So I think about it and I thought I'd go in and see the tow companies if they wanted one of those cars. He did. That was my first tow truck, wow. Then I met Don Walters and of course he's doing. They told me about some people in Louisiana and I went down there. Everybody was running while they were doing. I got of course I was living out of back about pickup and didn't have credit cards, anything like that, and it's strictly what you made. I got to Florida and I was broke and there was a tow show there and I went in and asked him how much it would cost and I had $100 left and I was going to spend that last $100.
Speaker 3:Marty Hassel was running that show with Quarterfax 1981. He said let me see what you're doing. I bothered him and he said that's nice. He said would you like to share a booth with someone? I was thinking I want to get to eat tonight. Yes exactly I did that, and that was when the Hydrox would just first start coming out and people started getting fancy paint jobs, really fixing their trucks up, taking a lot of pride in it. Up to that point, the 750 was the main state record.
Speaker 5:Yes.
Speaker 3:The people from the Northeast said I'd like you to come up in New York and some of the shows they had up there. I started doing that. And then John Hawkins Not to John Hawkins at Miller, but his dad, my father-in-law, kind of took me under his wing.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 3:He really helped. So he introduced me to everybody and I know he was just I was doing great, I sell stuff like crazy. We did that for a while and then, you know, was that one of the shows in Lake George, and John, of course John was the founder of the museum and we were sitting there talking about his dream was museum and that's all it was then.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 3:He taught me how to drink Scotch in his motor home. There Everybody were talking about doing my dream, the books, and he was talking about his dream museum, and they both came past eventually with a lot of hard work.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 3:He really liked me a lot. He didn't know I was going to marry his daughter. That might have changed the whole situation. Anyway, that's kind of how that got started with the book. At that time we were starting to do brochures and people started asking me about those years. I was already out there shooting pictures. So you know, I did business cards, brochures, anything I could put a photo of. And then that first book we did, when we talked about it it seemed impossible. You know, when you put numbers to it it didn't hold up.
Speaker 2:Right, exactly, it's all risk when you first start out.
Speaker 3:As you know you're not doing a magazine. And Johnny called his daughter and asked her about it. She said no, no, no. And we asked people at the show and everybody said no, no to both our ideas. Yeah, we both hard-headed, stubborn. So we eventually did it all of it. The first book I did, how I decided to do it, was get people to sponsor their pages. Yeah, and how. I didn't get enough and the first couple of them took cover. But the concept worked Right. So people was willing to put money up for their pages and that's what made the book. The book is not my book, it's all of our books.
Speaker 2:Exactly.
Speaker 3:It's everybody in the industry that participated. They helped that happen, otherwise I couldn't do it, and people trusted me. They'd give me money up front. It took 23 years to do a book and people would give me cash, money, you know, like an hour and a half, and then it was a year and a half later before you got to see a book.
Speaker 2:Wow, well, I think that takes us to the next question. You've talked about it somewhere, about the start in the towing and recovery industry, but I'll let DJ ask that so you can expand on what really clicked with everybody wanting the book and wanting their still on the pages of this book.
Speaker 1:So, dj, you tell me Because I'm listening. I'm listening like some of our listeners out there saying all right now, if I got in one book, could I be in the second and third book if I was sponsoring the page?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I try to get new people every time. But anybody that want to be in another book they have. You know, they had new trucks and then they get a new truck. They want to put that in the book Exactly Plus the history of it. And I always had really good relations with, you know, with the people. I stay at their house at night and go out on calls with them. I was kind of immersed, you know, seven, eight months at a time, and before I met Grace I didn't even have my sister in the business partner. I didn't even have a partner at home. I lived out of that, my truck and motels when I could afford it.
Speaker 1:Right, and I know you've met a lot of different people and in the towing industry there are some real characters. Yes, sir.
Speaker 1:So our listeners. So what I'd like to do is we're going to take a real fast break. I want to tell our listeners when we come back, famous old Johnson, who I'm proud is our guest on a podcast today we're going to come back and we're going to ask about some of these memorable companies that he had to work with and some of the the good, bad and the ugly of the towing industry. So hang with us and we'll be right back.
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Speaker 1:You have been listening to Toe Professional on the Go podcast with our special guest today, earl Johnson. I want to remind all our listeners every week, darren and I do our best to bring you informative episodes like this one. Make sure you download and listen. We're available on Spotify, itunes and Dora, google Play, stitcher, iheart Media, amazon or wherever you get your podcast. So, darren, what I want to do is pass it back over to you with the clarification that we let Earl know he only could say nice things about some of the great people he met, because we do have some crazy tours out there and we have a, and that's one of the nice things about this industry and I love them all.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I love them all the good, bad and the ugly. And there are customers and there are listeners, so hop down and over to you, darren.
Speaker 2:Thank you. Thank you, dj. Well, I tell you, you know, one thing our listeners don't get the benefit of is. I've got Earl's phone number and man, let me tell you, he's got story after story, after story and I can just sit around and make s'mores and listen to them all evening long. But tell our listeners about some of the memorable companies and therein that you photographed in the past, some that stand out to you.
Speaker 3:Well, not one trucking, the one I shot, a Pond de Mille Paris told me he's the largest tour in Paris and possibly all of Europe, and he wanted a picture in front of the valve from Tower. So, oh, grace, grace was there with me. Grace, fortunately, my wife Grace, first publisher of the tow times and one of the founders she went with me because she speaks fluent French. Now I don't understand what she's doing this old dumb caption but she's a very smart woman, I tell you right now she speaks about three or four different languages. So that helped us a lot when we were in France, because nobody's speaking English there, right On purpose.
Speaker 3:But when I was sitting there in front of the, I was sitting down in a puddle of water trying to get the picture I didn't. I didn't pronounce to me was there was a Paris threat. So they were trying to clear everybody out and these two cops come over and I said I don't speak any French, you know, because I was trying to get that shot and it was really difficult because you shoot a tow truck or throw in something that tall, but it's not easy to get a right perspective and they picked me up and carried me away, but I just got the shot when I toured Paris in that tow truck with Grace Interpol and a big tow truck Wow, that's how I toured Paris and I got got to do a lot of traveling because of it.
Speaker 3:And the guys you know Australia, it's hard to pick out one truck or one memorable truck with so so many of them. All you know, I remember more than the trucks, I remember the people. Yeah, because these are, you know, I'm an independent class, just like you are, and we we kind of forge our own path and all these people are like that, you know, family, hard workers. That's one of the hardest working industries and they face a lot of problems out there.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:And I feel fortunate that I was able to record not only the trucks but the stories and Grace. She wrote off the writing and this book wouldn't be without my wife, grace Hollings.
Speaker 2:Well, I tell you, I've always said behind every good man is even a better woman. They, they, they, yeah, they certainly, they certainly keep us on the right path and keep us from running down the hill and setting the wagon on fire, and at that time, that same with a towing too, because it's always a woman in the office or somewhere, sometimes in Tokyo.
Speaker 2:Yeah, well, I tell you, I've been in publishing for 30 years or, and I've been in many different industries machine tool, helicopter, material handling over the road, transportation, you name it. This is the number one market I've ever been in as far as what I love being in and the people, because it's a family atmosphere and it's from clients I deal with to the towers I meet. It's like dealing with family, it's like calling friends and hanging out with friends. There's just some unbelievable people in this market. Now, there's bad apples, but hey, there's bad apples in every market.
Speaker 3:I just gotta kind of get past them by. You know I I have turned some people down. You know, when I was doing the book, when I was doing the book, because people were I don't say buying the pages, but they were sponsoring pages, I wanted them to be excited about being in the book. You know people's heart trying to beat me up on the price and you know want me to cut one price. I couldn't do to everybody. I don't care if you were in Australia or the United States of it, my next door neighbor everybody's donating the same thing.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 3:And I tried doing. Of course I come up with the idea that I get these ideas. When I was driving across Canada or somewhere all the way across, Did that twice. The the idea of doing the set came from, you know, driving across and I was thinking about it. But one of the things that when I was doing the paperbacks to we, I needed a way to sell more books because you didn't sell enough books to pay for it at all. There was a book in quotes, three or four books I there's a loss leaving.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:But eventually. Yeah, but one thing to help you that I found a way to get their picture on the cover like is it about 100 books, 200 books?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:To give the customer. I could put the picture on the cover or it's kind of a collector for them to give out to the customers and that saves the whole thing. I was going to have to quit doing it Right, and that idea came to me and that really went over really well. So a lot of people I pre-sold most of the books. We tell them we didn't sell that. We sold somebody a $20 book, you're not gonna sell that. And then the set and the same thing. It was another way. The sets are like two, two through nine.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 3:And because the first two got the materials to print. The film back then was film.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I was way back there. It got. I moved to New York and I was living in New York and had all that in the basement and it got flooded. So it can't be reprinted because now those first two books, especially the second one, if you could find it, people pay $500, $600 for it. I don't have any of them. They take a life of their own. Go ahead.
Speaker 2:Let me ask one other question, if I can, and, dj, I'm gonna let you take us to break after this, but tell me about what I know. You said Paris was one of the most memorable places that you photographed, and that company is one of them. But what is another place that stands out to you that was memorable and, if not, a handful of a place to take a shot at as well?
Speaker 3:Well, one of them again goes back to spirit. The truck was a beautiful little fat bed. It wasn't a very big hydraulic. But he wanted to do it in front of the Capitol building and I went and tried to get permission as impossible and that's just before 9-11. Because the then after 9-11, I probably would be here right now. I'll explain that.
Speaker 3:But he had a friend that is a motorcycle cop. He said get in there. You got to do it really quickly and don't use a tripod. But I had to use a tripod. My hand was too shaky I couldn't take quite pictures of it. He handed out through the window. He handed my gun metal black tripod. I sat it down. When I was taking the pictures I could see police cars running all over the place and I got the shot. And then the motorcycle policeman came over and said I had to call off the snipers Because they had snipers pointing for you Even then, the snipers all the time and they were getting ready to shoot me. So I and the owner of the truck. He gave me I never get a tip. It gave me $100 tip. He said get a safe. That was fun.
Speaker 2:That was Nick Nicholson's ride from Andrews Auto, thailand. Yeah, okay, yeah, I'm sitting here looking at it. It was in your book, set number four, and, man, that's how you would have never known it took all that to get that photo, but it's an unbelievable shot of his truck.
Speaker 3:People don't realize I like I was shooting them, shooting the truck, except for getting backgrounds, like you know. Cities, I got quite a few. You know I've got all the major cities in the background, most of them.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:And main thing I wanted to shoot was the trucks themselves. But those shots that were in front of trees and look like a simple shot Sometimes I'm not two days looking for that spot.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah, you would. I don't think people know what goes into making a shot like that, but you not only showcase the truck, you showcase the beauty of our nation and your shots which was phenomenal, yeah, both in and really made the irons stand out in the photo and the beauty of it. But let's do this, let's take a quick break. The listeners, you hang in there. When we come back, we're going to have more info from Earl Johnson, the photographer and publisher of the world's greatest co truck, and he's going to tell you how you can get one of these books, that's. And let me tell you something, if you want to capture the history of our industry, it's right here. Earl and Grace has done this with these publications, with these books, and it tells the history of our market and some of the incredible owners in this industry. So hang in there with us, we'll be right back.
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Speaker 1:Thanks for listening to Toe Professional on the Go Podcast. This has been a great one. Earl Johnson has been a great guest. I want you to remember to like, review and share everywhere. We're always available. If you'd like to hear another industry expert like Earl Johnson, by all means just dial our podcast hotline number 706-409-5603 and down in. I and Chuck Camp, the producer, will do our very best to get that industry pro that you need to know. All right, earl. What I want to ask is do you offer book sets and please tell our listeners some of the sets represent for the industry? Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 3:Well, like I said, it's three, three, nine, and then they're hardcovered. The others were all other books I did with paperbacks. This is the hardcover. They're signed and numbered. They have a sign in page. It's really nicely done. If anybody wants to, I'll send a picture to anybody who wants to look at it. I have about 60 left out of 250 only because I got sick and I had to quit the industry. As far as being active, I was saving some for England but I didn't get a chance to go because they really love my stuff over there. I want to give a shout out to all of my people, friends, and even to while I'm here.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we have 388 listeners in the European market.
Speaker 3:Yeah, there's some great, great tours and they were founders of a lot of the innovations that we have now here. You know the Bo from Sweden and that kind of thing. But anyway, this book has graced it up. Good job of doing an introduction. There's one volume in there. There's a museum volume.
Speaker 3:It took all the trucks out of the museum. We took pictures of them from the brick wall, you know, with nice backgrounds inside the museum itself, and that was a real good one. And there's really something. There's only, like I say, only 60 left out of 250 and the others are in good places. I got one. The NRC founder built a whole just for books, so I've got them in good places all over the place. There'd be something to hand down there and a lot of history there too. Every once in a while I looked through it. I was like man, I worked hard. I can't believe you look back on what you do when you're doing it. You don't think about how hard you just do it. So, but if people want to get these books except they can contact me at my email, or if we do, I guess I'm not sure exactly how to do that, but let me give you, should I give them the email now, yeah.
Speaker 2:I think that's great. Go ahead Okay.
Speaker 3:Nice Goal, L Johnson at iCloudcom. And if you want to call me I don't know if I should do this, but I'm going to do it 6-7-8-2-3-1-4-4-2-3.
Speaker 2:Okay, and what's that? Tell me one more time on that email address.
Speaker 3:Except O-L-E-A-R-L-L-J-O-H-N-S-O-N at iCloudcom.
Speaker 2:Okay, perfect, and I'll tell you, just like I was saying earlier, dj, and I know you know this yourself. You know, as they say, once the history is gone, once those books are gone, the having that captured is gone. And let me tell you, folks, this is a hardcover book, it's something you put on your coffee table, something you can put in your library and be proud of. I've got it set in here in my office and when you go through it it's just unbelievable. And to see the companies, the peers you know, those companies that you heard about when you were younger and looked up to and said I want to be like that company one day.
Speaker 2:And now you're there, You've made it through your hard work. Well, here's a way to put some of those heroes that you've looked up to in the past right on your coffee table. And it's a beautiful book and it tells the story behind every one of these companies. Like I said, grace did a phenomenal job on this, earl putting the words, putting the, the edit behind every one of these companies, because it reads very well. And, man, I can't say enough about the photography. That's over the top, and I understand you had to. It wasn't like these days with the drones where you can take it. You had to do some, some, some, some contortion work to get out there and get.
Speaker 3:Yeah Well, fort Hill sides of mountain, back up, back up a hydraulic truck getting grease all over me. That's the thing. Yeah, I one time I was up on the truck in Canada near the county of Canada, and I got grease all over my pants. So I pulled my just rolled out at the shop and I left it there and I drove back across the mountains and I went to pay for my motel room. And this was about two hours away from that moment and I didn't have it. But Canadians are so friendly to raise a motel. I had receipts of other credit card. I had a credit card number. She let me do that and called up the local, the local restaurant. Make sure I got anything I wanted there, and I was. I was going to pay for it. What happened was the token he sent. The driver's wife drove all the way and bought my triple oh, my goodness.
Speaker 2:And that again just speaks to this industry. It's unbelievable.
Speaker 3:Good people, really good people, and you know I really love what I did. I didn't know, didn't always make money at it, but I know us anyway. But I did okay and now at the end of the day it's fine. But I did something I wanted to do and part of that traveling was kind of I was in the military and it was kind of that kind of thing that I did was my therapy.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, it's got got to see a little bit of the world, got to get out there and relax while you were doing it and got to document this industry while you're doing it as well, and I think that speaks for the industry. You know, that's what I try and tell the general public. Out there is a lot of the tollers aren't there because a lot of our drivers and so-and-so out there. They're not out there because they're making a killing. They're out there because they got to serve it hard and they just want to be out there amongst the people and help others out, and that's that's the majority of the men and women in our industry.
Speaker 3:I was fortunate to be with some of the companies that had one or two trucks and now they got 30 or 40 or 50 or even 100, you know, and I have one. I went to a tow show a couple years ago and it was really amazing meeting everybody, had a tour and told me something he says you know you have to do this for the brochures and things that we used to do and we did a website. We did a lot of different things from photos and that made me feel good. I you know I've had quite a few people tell me that it really helped them getting you know brochures that we use. Of course, my philosophy was to use photos mostly and just to look at the caption.
Speaker 2:Well, I think you, you put the pride back in the industry because you showed off what was their moneymaker and showed how much pride they put into that to be able to serve their customers and their industry. And you showed that in the pages.
Speaker 3:Well, you know they always didn't get credit. Excuse me for interrupting. They always didn't get credit for what they did. They didn't have a lot of glory in it. You know they were respected by the police In the beginning. They started I think they do now, but they had to work with that.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:So this gave them a chance to show the pride of their trucks. You got a good looking truck. You take care of that. You're going to be that way all the way through your business.
Speaker 2:Yes, hey, that's, that's what my grandfather told me. Hey, if you, if your front yard looks good, son, it's a pretty good insight to what your house looks like inside.
Speaker 1:So and uh, let me ask you a question of Earl, okay, well, first of all, I got to tell you something. Tell our listeners, first of all, how much is a box? You said there's number three through nine still left, there's 60 of them.
Speaker 3:So yeah, and the final numbers. There's about it's $500 itself. Yeah, that's what it was from the beginning. I haven't changed the prices. They're probably going to be much more valuable than that, just like my other books it, when they go out of print, it becomes more valuable than a face.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:A lot more, but I've got about six people, because I wouldn't have these if I had got sick like I did and I had some things I had in the military and the VA did really good to me but I hadn't been able to participate as much as I did before. I had to kind of take it back to the back street, take care of my back seat and take care of myself.
Speaker 1:Well, can I share with all of our listeners if you're thinking about a gift and you named a good company, paddock. They're wonderful, wonderful people and it's it's to let all of our listeners know if you have a family member you're thinking of some gift for Christmas, nothing would be better than to have a set of these books. I want you to know. I looked at two or three different sets and we have a young. They only have two or three trucks. They're in Columbus, georgia, and they looked at your set and took pictures of their own trucks because they got the idea from you in a specific building in Columbus Georgia and I called on the phone and I said what brilliant marketing thinking. He said I got it from Earl Johnston.
Speaker 3:Well, I'm glad to hear those stories. It makes me feel good when you're doing this. You don't know what you're doing. Until you get 40 in. You look back and say wow, and I think that's true of anybody that stays with something for a long time that works at a hard. You just do it day by day by day.
Speaker 1:If you want part of history, if you want part of something that you're not going to have another one of. This is an opportunity, and I know two or three people that are in book number four and I might even call them on the phone and say, hey, you want a copy of this that you keep for your own family, a little history of who's in the book. There's only 60 left. This would be a good investment because they go up in value.
Speaker 3:Oh yes.
Speaker 1:And that's been my house for a long time. I think it's a wonderful gift idea, earl, at you and what you're doing, and I think I want to remind all of our listeners. If it was me, I'd call at 678-231-4423 and talk to Earl himself and a praise to answer. Say Grace, can I?
Speaker 3:talk to Earl please. Oh, you told the grace he was into it. She's as much as part of this book as I ever was, that's for sure.
Speaker 2:We both know, as I know in my business, that's the woman, that's the brains behind the business. I just take my instructions and go with it.
Speaker 1:Well, we already know she speaks French. So if we got French listeners and we do have some she speaks French too.
Speaker 2:Wow, unbelievable. Well, listeners, make sure if you don't call Earl, shoot him an email. And again, that's Earl E-A-R-L and another Earl Johnson, J-O-A-10-S-O-N at iCloudcom. So that's Earl with two L's E-A-R-L-L. Johnson at iCloudcom. And ask them about the box sets. Let me tell you something. You've got a guy spending this industry for many years or late spending this industry for many years, and can get this for a Christmas present. It's phenomenal, these box sets. So make sure you don't mess out on the last 60, because once they're gone, that's it, and I don't know of anybody that's put together something this beautiful for our industry. Dj, I'm going to turn it to you until we do a parting shot. Do you got anything else?
Speaker 1:I am so proud of the no Earl and to see his work. He is a gift to the industry and now that we have an opportunity there's only 60 sets left I think our listeners should take full advantage of them and give them a holler. And what better history in the making so that you could say you own something that nobody else will have. And it really is. It's just beautiful, beautiful work, I mean just phenomenal, and I'm proud to know the guy.
Speaker 2:He's an awesome guy, without a doubt. Well, thank you so much for coming on today and again, listeners, make sure you keep a lookout. The next issue of Toe Professional Magazine is a featured top products and services of 2023. So we pick out some of the best companies dealers, distributors, manufacturers, service providers and industry. We highlight them for you so when you're sitting down to do your budgeting, you can see what features they offer or, better yet, how it will benefit your company and what's the best product or service for you. So make sure you pay attention to that. Check us out on Facebook.
Speaker 2:As I've said, we're going out to even more next year, with 30,000 plus double opted in digital copies, as well as the print going out to every owner and industry. So keep this in front of you for the latest information on the greatest products and people in this industry Also certainly want to say a prayer for our vendors. Lord, thank you for every one of them. Thank you for their insight, their knowledge, ability and what they bring to the forefront of this industry to increase safety assets. You continue to bless them with that, definitely, father. Thank you for every one of our first responders, our toers, the men and women that go out there to serve on a daily basis and, lord, as you put your hand of protection around them, bless them, help them prosper, keep them safe and, until next time, keep listening to the professional, your voice of the industry on the go for those that need to know. Thanks again, and we'll see you back out next week.