Heavy Duty Towing in Byers, TX

Heavy Duty Towing in Byers is about distance and open road. Byers is in northern Clay County on State Highway 79, and Wikipedia says Wichita Falls is 22 miles to the southwest and Waurika, Oklahoma is 14 miles to the northeast. A truck that stops here is often a long way from anywhere. Call (940) 283-6645 and give dispatch your exact spot.

Where Byers sits

The Texas State Historical Association places the town at the intersection of SH 79 and Farm Road 171, about 2 miles south of the confluence of the Red and Wichita rivers. It says Byers is about 14 miles north of Henrietta and about 20 miles northeast of Wichita Falls. The two sources round the distance to Wichita Falls differently, 20 and 22 miles, so treat it as roughly 20 miles. Dispatch asks where you are and gives an honest arrival estimate.

What to have ready

• The highway or farm road, and which way you were heading
• Whether you were about to cross the Red River or had just come off it
• Unit type, length and weight class
• Cargo, especially livestock, fuel or chemicals
• Whether the unit is on the road, shoulder or in a field
• Who is paying

Rivers, floodplain and soft ground

Clay County sits on the Red River, which forms the county's northern edge. Byers is close to where the Wichita River joins it. Low ground near rivers holds water after heavy rain, and a loaded truck that pulls onto a wet shoulder can sink to the axles. If you are near a creek crossing, do not try to move the unit yourself. We bring the winch lines and the right pull angle.

SH 79 also crosses the Red River on a bridge that was replaced in 2018 (the original was a multiple-span pony truss from 1939).

A railroad town that lost its railroad

The Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway reached Byers in June 1904, and Anthony Walter Byers and George Washington Byers, who founded the town, donated $15,000 of the $27,924 raised for the line. The railway was abandoned in 1943. Cotton gins and livestock dealers were part of the early business district. Today farm and ranch freight reaches the highway by truck.

Ranch and farm haulers

Clay County reported 892 farms and ranches on 654,342 acres in 2002, with livestock making up about $35.2 million of $39.2 million in farm income, according to the Texas State Historical Association. That means stock trailers, hay haulers, grain trucks and tractors on county roads. An overturned stock trailer is a delicate recovery. Tell us how many animals are aboard and whether any are loose.

Quiet roads, long waits for help

Byers had 454 people in the 2020 census. There is not much traffic at night, and a stalled truck may sit for a long time before anyone passes. Put out reflective triangles, stay clear of the road and call (940) 283-6645.

Heavy recovery near Byers

• Livestock and stock trailers
• Semi trucks, grain trucks and hay haulers
• Oilfield tank trucks and flatbeds
• Tractors and other farm machinery
• Box trucks, buses and RVs

Typical heavy tow rates from published sheets run about $450 plus $9.50 to $10 per mile. Rates vary by unit, distance, scene and time of day. Your written invoice estimate is the price.

Call (940) 283-6645