Heavy Duty Towing in Fontana, CA

Heavy Duty Towing in Fontana is a high-volume job. Fontana had 208,393 people in the 2020 census and was incorporated June 25, 1952. Wikipedia says its economy is driven largely by industrial uses, particularly trucking-based industries. The city sits at 1,237 feet downtown but ranges from about 840 feet to about 2,600 feet, so a truck can be on flat valley floor or a foothill climb within a few miles.

Three freeways and a fan

Interstate 10 and State Route 210, the Foothill Freeway, cross the city east to west. Interstate 15 passes diagonally through the northwestern quadrant. Foothill Boulevard is the old U.S. Route 66. The city is built on a geologically young alluvial fan from Lytle Creek that slopes gently south. On I-10 and I-15 the traffic is heavy, and a stopped tractor-trailer needs traffic control before the wrecker gets near it.

Drop yards and big employers

The 2023 city financial report lists Amazon with 3,145 employees, Target with 1,297, Walmart Distribution-Drop Yard with 1,004 and Saia with 349. Drop yards are full of trailers waiting for tractors, and yard breakdowns include stuck landing gear, failed brakes and spring brakes that will not release. Tell us whether the trailer is hooked, whether the air supply is working and whether the yard gate is staffed.

Steel and the old Kaiser site

Henry J. Kaiser built a steel plant here during World War II, just outside the city limits. At the time it was one of only two steel mills west of the Mississippi River. Today the mill is run by California Steel Industries, owned by JFE Steel Corporation. Auto Club Speedway sits on the former Kaiser Steel site and is being converted from a 2-mile oval to a half-mile short track. Steel moves out on flatbeds and heavy-haul trailers, and a loaded coil trailer needs the right plan before we lift.

The Cajon Pass winds

Wikipedia describes the Santa Ana winds as strong, hot and dry winds that blow through Cajon Pass from the Mojave Desert. Those winds hit Fontana directly. Empty vans, box trucks and high-sided trailers are the first to be pushed around. If wind has put a trailer on its side or into the median, tell us which way it is lying and whether fuel or product is leaking, so we can bring the right gear for an uprighting.

A note on the neighbors

In 2019 the California Air Resources Board advised the city against housing people within 1,000 feet of industrial warehouses. That is relevant to us because many trucks run on streets close to homes. We work quietly and keep recovery gear off residential frontage where we can.

What to have ready

Where the tow goes

Fontana has many truck yards and repair shops. Tell us whether the tow goes to your yard, a shop or a storage lot, and have a gate code or contact ready, since after-hours drop-offs are common.

Give us the freeway or street, direction, exit or cross street, the unit type and weight class, whether it is loaded, and what failed. 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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