About Us

Associated Towing is a family owned and run business that operates from workshops in Cranbourne Victoria, approximately 30kms from the Melbourne CDB. Our Company was established back in May 1981 by father and son - Alan & John Knowles.

Both Alan & John have been in the Transport & Repair business for in excess of 40 years. Alan owned and operated his own panel shop - Special Way Panels in Dandenong with small tow trucks to establishing a new adventure with son John. John started his journey with his Dad in the small tow trucks operating from Special Way Panels. From there he went on to new adventures working with accident towing outside of the family business.

In 1981 Associated Towing began operations in Cranbourne, with an F350 conventional tow truck which was used to chase car crashes in and around the area. Once the word started to get round there was no stopping this father & son team.

Associated Towing then took out a lease on a property located in Cranbourne and set up shop. The lease included a little old house where we stayed for approximately 13 years. The business outgrew these premises in the mid 1990’s and relocated to new premises - still located in Cranbourne. The new premises was originally set up for a transport company and had the advantage of a lock up workshop and lock up yard. We have been in this office for 7 years now. In recent times we have expanded our service to include branches in Leongatha and Buchan in North East Victoria and are looking forward to the future. Our aim for the future is to provide you, the customer, with the best possible service that we can - we want to be able to supply a service that you will talk about in years to come.

Staff

Here at Associated Towing we have 12 full-time staff. We have 3 office staff, who take care of dispatching all jobs and quotes, and 9 full time drivers on the road at all times.

Director

JOHN - is a director who is fully involved in the running of the business and who will make sure that a truck is dispatched to you in the minimal amount of time possible. He has a hands on approach to making his business a successful one.

Drivers

MARK - is one of our heavy salvage operators Mark drives the pride of the fleet - the Western Star Heavy salvage tow truck. Mark has been in the towing industry for nearly 15 years on and off. His aim is to make sure that when recovering your vehicle at an accident scene that the least amount of damage is done in the recovery process.

KENLEY - drives the new Mack Superliner heavy salvage underlift and is also involved in accident recovery work along with mark. He also assists with the trade towing.

ASHLEY - drives our 908 Kenworth. Ashley has also been in the transport industry for 15 years. Growing up around his own parents business he too has knowledge of being off the road costs money. Ashley also had his own transport business running interstate in his own Cab Over Kenworth. He will get your vehicle or machine to its destination in the least amount of time possible.

GEOFF – Geoff drives our Fuso which does a majority of our car towing along with the freight cartage for MIDDENDORP ELECTRICAL. Geoff is also our Business Development Manager

JEREMY – Jeremy is the operator of your new Mack tilt tray. You will often see Jeremy transporting large Hummer Limos and transporting 2 cars at the same time on the back of this large tilt tray.

JOHN T – John has been employed with us since April 2007. John has an extensive history in the transport industry. John is the operator of our new Kenworth 604. John transports a lot of machinery for FORCE ACCESS and is capable of transporting anything up to 22 Tonne.

JOHN BURKE - John Drives our Louisville and is based at Leongatha

MIKE - Drives our Daff

Office Staff

ROSZ – takes care of debtors accounts. Rosz will also be in the office from time to time when other staff members take leave. Rosz is the person you will get a call from is your account has not been paid on time.

Jenny – is our Office Manager.

Wally – is our Base Operator and takes care of dispatching all jobs, quotes and other office duties. Wally Has over 30 years experience in the towing and Heavy salvage industry.