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BLUE OX “I f you want to tow, we’re the brand to know,” says Ellen Kietzmann, CEO of Blue Ox, a Nebraska-based, fourth generation, family-owned company, well-known in the RV industry for its innovative portfolio of quality towing products, as well as its best-in-class customer service. The 92-year-old firm originally had its roots in the agricultural sector until the 1980s, when its owner, Jay Hesse, decided to diversify the company after taking over the reins from his father. “That’s when he introduced the KarTote, which is our car dolly,” Kietzmann says. “In 1991, he pur- chased Blue Ox from Don Hewitt in California, and in 1994, he purchased Duncan from Lee Duncan in Portland, Oregon. In 1997, we incorporated both lines.We took the strengths of both divisions and put them into the product offering that we have QUALITY TOWING AND RV PRODUCTS ELLEN KIETZMANN CEO