Heavy Duty Towing in Jackson, TN

Heavy duty towing in Jackson, TN means moving units that a regular tow truck cannot touch: loaded tractor-trailers, box trucks, motorcoaches, motorhomes, dump trucks and construction equipment. Heavy Duty Towing Jackson takes those calls around the clock. Dispatch answers 24/7, asks a few direct questions, and sends the equipment the job needs.

Why Jackson sees so many heavy units

Jackson is the county seat of Madison County. It is about 70 miles east of Memphis and 130 miles southwest of Nashville, and Interstate 40 runs east and west through the city between them. Through Jackson, I-40 has six exits within city limits and widens to six lanes across the north side, with interchanges for US 412 toward Alamo and Dyersburg, the US 45 Bypass, US 45 on North Highland Avenue toward Humboldt and Milan, and US 70 toward Huntingdon. That is a lot of merging and exiting for a loaded truck.

Highways beyond the interstate

US 45 splits north of Jackson into US 45E toward Humboldt and US 45W toward Milan. The Keith Short Bypass, State Route 186, carries US 45 traffic around the west side. US 412 runs to Lexington on one side and to Alamo and Dyersburg on the other, where it meets I-55 for the trip toward St. Louis. State Route 18 runs southwest to Bolivar. US 70 runs alongside I-40 between Huntingdon and Brownsville. When an interstate backs up, trucks spill onto these roads, and so do breakdowns.

Truck stops and freight

Two large truck stops sit on the I-40 side of town. The Pilot at 30 Sand Pebble Road is at Exit 85 and lists a CAT scale and truck parking. The Love's at 2050 Highway 70 East is at Exit 87 and lists 108 truck parking spaces, tire services and a CAT scale. Freight also comes from the industrial side. Jackson has east and west industrial parks served by rail, and local employers include Delta Faucet, Kellogg, Stanley Black and Decker and a Gerdau steel mill. A cross-dock distribution building of about 1.06 million square feet at 201 James Lawrence Road sits less than three miles from I-40. Trucks come and go from all of it, all day and all night.

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Weather that puts trucks in ditches

Jackson has a humid subtropical climate and averages about 57 inches of precipitation a year. A thunderstorm on May 1, 2010 dropped 13 inches of rain in a short period and flooded streets. Tornadoes have struck the city more than once, including an F4 in May 2003. Snow is light, about 2.7 inches a year, but ice and heavy rain are enough to send a loaded unit off a ramp or onto a soft shoulder.

What we recover

• Semi trucks and tractor-trailers, loaded or empty
• Box trucks, straight trucks and delivery vans
• Buses and motorcoaches
• Motorhomes and large RVs
• Dump trucks and roll-off trucks
• Heavy equipment on lowboys and landolls
• Rollovers, jackknifes and trailers off the road

What to have ready when you call

• Exact location. Interstate or highway, direction of travel, exit or mile marker, and the nearest cross road.
• The unit. Tractor-trailer, straight truck, bus, RV, dump truck or equipment, and the weight class.
• Loaded or empty. What the cargo is, and whether any of it is hazmat.
• What happened. Mechanical failure, flat tires, a slide-off, a rollover or a crash.
• Who is paying. The driver, a fleet, an insurer or a broker, and a claim or PO number if you have one.

How the call goes

You give the dispatcher your location and unit details. The dispatcher confirms what equipment is needed, gives an honest arrival estimate, and explains the written invoice estimate. We then work the scene with the driver, the police and the insurer as needed. Callers are often on a shoulder with traffic going by, so we keep the questions short and the plan clear.

We work in Jackson and across the surrounding towns of West Tennessee: Humboldt, Milan, Medina, Three Way, Bells, Alamo, Brownsville, Henderson, Lexington, Huntingdon, Parsons, Bolivar, Selmer, Trenton, McKenzie, Bruceton, Whiteville, Middleton and Adamsville. Along I-40 we cover the stretch from Brownsville in Haywood County through Jackson to Henderson County, where the interstate meets State Route 22 near Parkers Crossroads. Along the US routes we cover US 45 to Humboldt and Milan, US 412 to Alamo and Lexington, US 70 to Brownsville and Huntingdon, and State Route 18 toward Bolivar. The town pages cover what is different about each.