Heavy Duty Towing in Wichita Falls, TX

Heavy duty towing in Wichita Falls means a wrecker sized for the unit, the load and the road. We recover tractor-trailers, box trucks, buses, RVs, dump trucks and heavy equipment across Wichita Falls and the surrounding counties. Dispatch answers 24/7. Call (940) 283-6645 and the dispatcher will give you an honest arrival estimate on that call.

What to have ready when you call

• Your exact location: road, direction, mile marker or nearest exit.
• The unit: tractor-trailer, straight truck, bus, RV, dump truck or equipment, and the weight class.
• Whether it is loaded, and with what. Say so if it is hazmat.
• What is wrong: breakdown, flat or blowout, ditch, rollover, jackknife, fire damage or crash.
• Who is paying: driver, fleet, insurer or broker.

If you are on a shoulder, stay out of the traffic lane, turn on your flashers and put out triangles only if it is safe to walk. Your safety comes before the truck.

Call (940) 283-6645

A freight crossroads on the Red River plains

Interstate 44 starts in Wichita Falls and runs almost due north to the Texas-Oklahoma line at the Red River, a little under 15 miles. Locals call that stretch the Central Freeway. U.S. 287 runs northwest through Iowa Park and Electra, then on to Vernon, Childress and Amarillo, and southeast through Henrietta and Bowie toward Fort Worth. U.S. 277 heads toward Abilene, U.S. 281 runs south toward Jacksboro, and U.S. 82 runs east with U.S. 287 to Henrietta. Wichita Falls is about 115 miles northwest of Fort Worth and about 140 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, so trucks pass through in every direction.

Oilfield country

Oil has shaped this region for over a century. The Electra field opened in 1911, and the Burkburnett discovery in 1918 set off a full-scale boom. By 1940 Wichita County was described as Texas's most productive and active oil county, and Archer County was a major shallow producer by 1930. Today that history shows up as lease roads, pump sites and service trucks working out of town. When a water truck, a vacuum truck or a rig-up truck gets stuck off the pavement, that is oilfield truck recovery, and we handle it.

Heat, flood and tornado weather

Wichita Falls reaches 100 degrees on about 28 days in a typical year, and in 2011 it logged 100 days of 100 degrees or higher. Heat kills tires and cooks cooling systems. The city averages about 27.89 inches of rain a year, but May 2015 alone brought 17.00 inches. Wet ground pulls loaded trucks off shoulders and lease roads. Tornadoes are part of the record too: the April 10, 1979 storm killed 42 people in Wichita Falls, 25 of them in vehicles. Drivers here take weather seriously, and so do we when we plan a recovery.

Who calls us

Owner-operators and company drivers, fleet managers and dispatchers, bus companies, RV owners, construction crews, oilfield contractors, and sometimes insurers and police. Each one needs something slightly different, and the pages for each service explain how we handle it.

How a heavy recovery goes

We talk to you first, then send the right equipment. On scene we check for hazards, set up traffic control, and look at how the unit is sitting before anything is pulled. Recovery comes before the tow: winch lines, air cushions or an underlift to bring the unit back to the pavement without more damage. Then comes the tow itself, to a yard, a shop or your delivery point, and the written estimate for the invoice. If a load has to be transferred, tell us early.

We work in Wichita Falls and across the surrounding counties, including Burkburnett, Iowa Park, Electra, Henrietta, Holliday, Archer City, Windthorst, Seymour, Vernon, Bowie, Nocona, Olney, Petrolia, Byers, Lakeside City, Grandfield, Walters, Frederick and Scotland. That covers I-44 north to the Red River, U.S. 287 both directions, U.S. 277, U.S. 281, U.S. 82 and the farm roads and lease roads in between. The town pages explain what is different about each.