Commercial Recovery
Heavy Duty Towing & Wrecker Service in Memphis
Memphis moves freight. When a commercial vehicle stops moving, it needs equipment sized for the job.
Calling is fastest. A live dispatcher answers at any hour, nights, weekends and holidays.
Answered by a person
A live dispatcher, 24 hours a day, not an answering service.
Price before we roll
The full figure on the phone, not a surprise on arrival.
The right truck
Flatbed for AWD, EVs and lowered cars, because that is the only correct way.
Wrecker Service for Commercial Vehicles in a Freight City
Memphis is one of the busiest freight hubs in North America. The airport, the rail yards, the river terminals and the warehouse corridors along Lamar, Getwell and Holmes Road put an enormous number of commercial vehicles on local roads every day, and a light-duty truck cannot recover any of them.
Heavy duty towing is a different trade with different equipment: rotators and heavy wreckers, air-brake knowledge, load-securement understanding, and the training to lift a loaded trailer without destroying the frame. Memphis Towing Now dispatches heavy recovery for semis and tractor units, box and straight trucks, buses, motorhomes and RVs, and equipment that has gone off a hard surface.
We work the interstate corridors. I-40, I-55, I-240 and I-269, as well as the industrial parks, distribution yards and truck stops around the metro and across the state lines into Southaven and West Memphis.
Downtime Is the Real Cost
For a fleet manager or an owner-operator, the tow invoice is rarely the largest number involved. Missed delivery windows, detention, a driver burning hours of service on a shoulder, and a customer wondering where their freight is, that is where a breakdown actually costs money. So the questions that matter are how fast the right truck arrives and whether it arrives with the right capability.
Tell our dispatcher the unit type, whether it is loaded, the gross weight if you know it, and exactly how it is sitting. A loaded fifty-three foot trailer on soft ground is a different recovery from an empty tractor on a hard shoulder, and sending the wrong equipment costs everyone another hour.
- Semi tractors, trailers and straight trucks
- Box trucks, buses, motorhomes and RVs
- Load shifts, jackknifes and off-road recovery
- Air-cushion and winch recovery for overturned units
- Fleet and owner-operator accounts
Commercial Callouts
Breakdown in a distribution yard
Jackknife on an interstate ramp
Trailer off the shoulder in soft ground
Bus disabled with passengers aboard
RV breakdown on a through route
Equipment recovery from a construction site
How it works
STEP 1
Unit and position
Type, loaded or empty, weight, and how it is sitting.
STEP 2
Right equipment
We assign the wrecker sized for the recovery, not the one that is nearest.
STEP 3
Recovery
Rigged, lifted and secured with the load and the frame protected.
STEP 4
Paperwork
Documentation your fleet, broker or insurer will accept.
Need this now in Memphis?
A live dispatcher answers at any hour, and you get the price before the truck leaves.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a wrecker and a tow truck?
In the South, and in Memphis particularly, people use ‘wrecker’ where others say ‘tow truck’, often for any tow. In the trade the word usually means a boom-equipped recovery unit capable of lifting and winching, as opposed to a flatbed that carries. If you ask us for a wrecker we will ask what you are moving, so the right truck is the one that arrives.
Can you recover a loaded trailer?
Yes. Loaded recovery needs the weight assessed before anything is lifted, and sometimes the load transferred or the trailer offloaded first. Give us the weight and commodity on the phone.
Do you handle RVs and motorhomes?
Yes. RVs are heavy, long and low, and towing one with light-duty equipment risks the chassis and the coach body. They are a heavy-duty job.
Do you offer fleet accounts?
Yes. Fleets running the Memphis corridors can set up an account with agreed rates and consolidated billing, which removes the per-incident payment friction when a unit goes down at 3 a.m.
How soon can heavy recovery reach I-40?
Heavy units are a smaller pool than light-duty trucks, so arrival depends on what is already committed. The dispatcher tells you a real window on the call.
Related services
Where we provide this service
Memphis, Shelby County, and across both state lines.