Oilfield Truck Recovery in Wichita Falls, TX

Oilfield truck recovery in Wichita Falls is rooted in a long history. The Electra field opened in 1911. The Burkburnett discovery in 1918 started a full-scale boom, and by 1940 Wichita County was described as Texas's most productive and active oil county. Archer County, to the south, was a major shallow producer by 1930. The trucks that serve a field haul water and fluid, move equipment and service pumps, and those are the trucks we recover.

Trucks that live off the pavement

Water trucks, vacuum trucks, frac-water haulers, pump trucks, roustabout trucks, winch trucks and rig-up units drive lease roads, caliche pads and pasture gates. When one gets stuck, high-centered or rolled, it is not a roadside tow. It needs a recovery crew that can reach the truck, rig safely and get it back onto solid ground.

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What goes wrong on a lease

Soft shoulders after rain. A loaded tank truck sliding off a narrow road. Drive wheels buried in mud at a pad entrance. A trailer bogged where the pad edge gave way. A truck rolled onto its side when a culvert or ditch edge failed. Wichita Falls averages about 27.89 inches of rain a year, and the wet weeks matter most: May 2015 brought 17.00 inches in a single month.

Fluid on board changes everything

A vacuum truck or a tank can carry produced water, oil or chemicals. If a unit is loaded, tell dispatch what is in the tank and how full it is. A leaking tank, a rollover and a spill each call for a different plan, and the operator or the lease owner may have to be notified. We rig to keep the unit stable and the scene controlled.

Reaching the unit

Before sending a wrecker, dispatch asks how to get there. A gate code, lease name, county road, nearest town and a pin dropped on your phone map all help. If the road will not hold a heavy wrecker, we plan a winch pull from firm ground or bring matting. A recovery crew that cannot get to your truck cannot help it.

Your operator, your contractor, your rig

Oilfield calls often involve three parties: the driver, the trucking company and the operator who owns the lease. Tell dispatch who is paying and who has to sign off. We keep the invoice clear about time on scene, extra equipment and any storage, so the right party can approve it.