Business gives back to the community

The heavy duty wrecker from George’s Deck & Recovery sports a picture of Tow Mater from the Disney movie Cars. They have a fleet of vehicles to meet all your towing needs.


By Charlotte MacAulay
From participating in local parades to sponsoring a curling tournament, George Branton, owner of George’s Deck and Recovery says it’s important to support the communities that support your business.
George’s Deck and Recovery hosts a yearly curling bonspeil for the Island under twelve teams. Mr Branton said he saw a need this for when his grandson Cody said they didn’t have a special event for the under twelve age group. The last one held in December 2009 at the Montague curling club was won by the Owen Collier rink from Montague.
“We saw an opportunity to give the kids something to play for.”
Last summer Mr Branton loaded up his big deck truck with a version of Tow Mater, the tow truck in the disney movie Cars and headed of to the various parades throughout the communities of Kings County.
“The kids thought it was the greatest thing,” he said.
George’s Deck & Recovery does business across the Island and the Maritimes. “You never know where you’ re going to end up if an Island trucker breaks down and needs to be towed home,” he said.
He has had to take his heavy duty wrecker as far as the N.B.-Quebec border to pick up a tractor trailer.
George, his son Stephen and son-in-law Brett MacDonald are all certified tow operators. They have the largest wrecker in Kings County. It was added to the fleet in September. The company is affiliated with CAA and all major car companies roadside assistance plans.
They are available all hour of the day or night and can tow anything from your family car to your company dump truck.