What’s The Deal With All The “In Tow” Junk Cars On The Interstate In Texas?

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If you do much highway driving in Texas, it's a familiar sight: old, rusted trucks packed to the gills with toys, motor oil, textiles, and building materials traveling down the interstate. Sometimes, they're hauling an additional truck -- "IN TOW" spelled out in painter's tape on the rear window. Where do the trucks come from, and where are they headed? Are the drivers scrapping them, selling them or something else? That's what a listener from Alpine asked West Texas Wonders recently. Conveniently, former Marfa Public Radio reporter Lorne Matalon looked into this very question back in 2015, after he met a group of Guatemalan men on a stop along their journey back to Central Amer... Hosted by for KRTS