Heavy Duty Towing in Petrolia, TX

Heavy Duty Towing in Petrolia means heavy recovery on a small-town crossroads. Petrolia is in northern Clay County, and the Texas State Historical Association says it sits at the crossing of State Highways 79 and 148. If your semi, oilfield truck or piece of equipment is stuck there, call (940) 283-6645. Dispatch answers 24/7.

The oldest oil in North Texas

The Texas State Historical Association says that in 1901, J. W. Lochridge hired Samuel McCord to dig a water well and McCord struck oil at 263 feet. That opened the first oilfield in North Texas. Natural gas followed in 1907. The community itself was established in 1904 when the Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway was built through the area.

Oil still shapes the traffic. Clay County produced more than 742,000 barrels of oil in 2004, according to the same source, and the oil business means tank trucks, vacuum trucks and flatbeds with equipment on county roads. These units are heavy, often loaded with liquid that shifts, and they sink fast on wet caliche.

Roads and distances

Wikipedia says SH 79 passes through the center of Petrolia and SH 148 leads south to Henrietta, the Clay County seat, 14 miles away. It also gives 17 miles southwest to Wichita Falls and 18 miles northeast to Waurika, Oklahoma. The SH 79 article describes the highway crossing the Red River into Oklahoma, where a multiple-span bridge from 1939 was replaced in 2018.

That tells you what kind of traffic to expect: long hauls from Wichita Falls to Oklahoma on SH 79, and local oilfield and farm trucks on SH 148 and the farm roads.

The fast version of your call

1. Highway, direction and the nearest crossroad 2. What the unit is and what it is carrying 3. Whether it is on the pavement, shoulder or ditch 4. Whether anything is leaking 5. Who is paying

You will get an honest arrival estimate, not a guess made before we know where you are.

Remote does not mean easy

Petrolia has 514 people in the 2020 census, down from 914 at its mid-1920s peak, per the Texas State Historical Association. A lot of road surrounds a small number of people. If a truck breaks down at night on a stretch with no lights, we need the cleanest location you can give. Use a cell phone map pin if you have signal, and read the highway and the nearest farm road sign.

The railroad here is gone too. The Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway tracks were abandoned in 1943, which is why almost all freight is on the highways now.

Costs in plain terms

Published rate sheets show a typical heavy tow hook-up around $450 plus $9.50 to $10 per mile, and a rotator for uprighting a rollover around $790 to $1,500 per hour. Most breakdowns need a standard wrecker, not a rotator. Rates vary by unit, distance, scene and time of day. Your written invoice estimate is the price.

Heavy recovery near Petrolia

• Oilfield tank trucks, water haulers and vacuum trucks
• Semi trucks and tractor-trailers
• Dump trucks, flatbeds and lowboys
• Farm tractors and equipment
• Box trucks, buses and RVs

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