Heavy Duty Towing in Vernon, TX

Heavy Duty Towing in Vernon serves the Wilbarger County seat, a city of 10,078 people at the 2020 census. Wikipedia says Vernon is served by US 70, 183, 283 and 287 and sits 50 miles northwest of Wichita Falls. The Handbook of Texas adds that it is sixty miles southeast of Childress. Vernon is a stop on the US 287 route toward the Panhandle, so semis pass through all day.

Plants that fill trailers

Wikipedia lists a Tyson Foods bacon-processing plant, formerly Wright Brand Foods, and a guar-processing plant operated by Rhodia, Inc. It also lists North Texas State Hospital and the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center. A food plant means refrigerated trailers and a reefer breakdown can mean spoiled freight, so tell dispatch the temperature requirements and the receiver. Guar is a powder, and a tipped trailer can mean a cleanup.

Rail, mills and a county seat

The Fort Worth and Denver City Railway reached Vernon by 1885, and the Handbook of Texas says the town was incorporated on February 12, 1889. By 1892 it had two flour mills and two ice factories. In 1905 Frank Kell's Wichita Mill and Elevator Company bought a mill in Vernon. Wikipedia says a BNSF freight line from Fort Worth to Amarillo bypasses downtown.

Red River country and storms

Cowboys crossed the Red River at Doan's Crossing, a ghost town 15 miles north of Vernon. On April 10, 1979, an F4 tornado struck Vernon and killed 11 people across the region. The Wilbarger County Airport is five miles north of town. Storm damage is part of local history, and a trailer on its side after wind needs a recovery plan that protects the load.

Population and campus

Vernon had 10,078 residents in 2020, and the Handbook of Texas lists 12,651 in 1950. Vernon College is a two-year community college with a branch campus in Wichita Falls. The city covers about 7.9 square miles at 1,240 feet of elevation.

Distances

Wikipedia says Vernon is about 160 to 180 miles from Amarillo, Abilene, Oklahoma City and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Wichita Falls Municipal Airport is 50 miles east. Those distances make Vernon a place where a driver on a long haul is deciding where to wait for a repair, and we help you plan that.

Annual crossing history

Doan's May Picnic is held at Doan's Crossing on the Red River, where cowboys once drove cattle across. The Vernon area was called Eagle Springs by the indigenous community as early as 1858. In 1880 settlers applied for a post office as Eagle Flat, but the name was rejected, and the town chose Vernon after George Washington's home, Mount Vernon. Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, a Texas A&M System site, is also in town, so farm and research vehicles share the roads with the plant traffic.

Describing the spot

• Which U.S. route, and the direction
• Whether you are in town or out on the highway
• Reefer, dry van, tanker or flatbed
• Cargo, and whether it can be delayed
• Who is paying

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