Bruce Pedigo is the President of the Professional Towing & Recovery Operators of Illinois (PTROI) and is a Traffic Incident Management (TIM) instructor in the State of Illinois. He has worked with the PTROI Legislative Committee to help improve towing laws in Illinois.

Bruce has grown up in the towing industry.  His father founded Joe’s Towing & Recovery in 1969, and Bruce started full time in 1989.  The business has grown from one truck, one location to over 55 power units in 5 locations throughout central Illinois.

Some of Bruce’s training and certifications include:

• WreckMaster 6/7;
• WreckMaster Top Ten 2011;
• TRAA Level 3 Certified National Heavy Recovery Specialist;
• Rotator & Heavy Rigging Towing & Recovery;
• Miller Industry Rotator “Ring Leaders” Training Seminar;
• MatJack Factory Training Class: Air Cushion Recovery Level 1, Cross-Training With Rescue Personnel Basic Principals of High, Medium and Low Pressure Air Cushions in Recovery and Rescue;
• Big Truck Rescue Class;
• Incident Traffic Control for Responders;
• Highway Traffic Incident Management Training Course;
• Certified OSHA Qualified Rigger;
• Crosby Communication System: Risk Management, The Basic Rigging Plan, Load Control Basics, Rigging Triangle, Application of Hardware Basics, Block Concepts.

Bruce has been married to Christy since 1994, and they have 3 children: Katy (26), Josh (24) and Noah (21).  Katy is a registered ICU nurse in Florida, but worked for the family business in high school.  Josh and Noah have made towing their career and work at Joe’s Towing.