Heavy Duty Towing in Colton, CA

Heavy Duty Towing in Colton comes down to railroads and the freight that serves them. Colton had 53,909 people in the 2020 census, covers 16.06 square miles at about 1,004 feet, and is nicknamed the Hub City. Wikipedia places it about 4 miles south of downtown San Bernardino. The city incorporated July 11, 1887, and its modern shape came from the Southern Pacific, which built east from Los Angeles in 1875.

Colton Crossing

Colton Crossing is where BNSF's Southern Transcontinental Route crosses Union Pacific's Sunset Route. It was one of the busiest at-grade railroad crossings in the United States until a flyover replaced it on August 28, 2013. Trains still cross here, and Wikipedia notes Amtrak and Metrolink pass through Colton without stopping. For truckers, that means dense rail traffic beside the surface streets and a real chance of delays near the crossings. If a truck is stalled on or near tracks, leave the cab, move away from the tracks and call the railroad emergency number posted at the crossing. Then call us.

The freeway

The San Bernardino Freeway, which carries Interstate 10, was built as the Ramona Freeway after a 1953 clearing of downtown Colton. That history matters because downtown Colton and the freeway are closely tied. If you break down on or near the freeway, tell us the direction and the nearest cross street.

Employers and loads

The 2021 financial report lists Arrowhead Regional Medical Center with 3,510 employees, Colton Joint Unified School District with 2,320, Walmart with 1,148, Lineage Logistics with 550 and the County of San Bernardino with 427. Lineage is a cold-storage company, so refrigerated trailers come with the territory. A reefer unit that fails on a hot day puts the load on a clock. Tell us the product, the set temperature and the receiving window, so you can decide quickly whether to transfer the load.

Hospital and county traffic

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center is the city's top employer. Medical supply deliveries, ambulance support vehicles and county trucks mean regular heavy traffic near the hospital. We keep emergency access clear when we set up.

The river and old settlements

The Santa Ana River runs near Colton, and George Cooley bought 200 acres along it in 1854. The Tongva village of Homhoangna stood in the area, and Mission San Gabriel founded the settlement of Politana in 1810. Virgil Earp was the town's first marshal and lived there from 1883 to 1889. The history explains why roads are old, narrow and cross rail lines in unexpected places.

Calling us

Reefers and time-sensitive loads

If a refrigerated trailer is involved, keep the doors closed, note the reefer set point, and call your receiver. Tell us if the load must be moved to another trailer, and we will plan the tow around that transfer.

Give the street or freeway, the direction, the cross street, the unit, the weight, the load and the problem. Tell us who pays. Dispatch answers 24/7, with an honest arrival estimate on the call. Call (909) 552-8200 or

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