Heavy Duty Towing in San Bernardino, CA

Heavy Duty Towing in San Bernardino is a county-sized job. San Bernardino had 222,101 people in the 2020 census, the most in San Bernardino County, sits at 1,053 feet and is the county seat. It lies about 60 miles east of Los Angeles and, per Wikipedia's Ontario page, 23 miles east of downtown Ontario. Cajon Pass lies adjacent to the city's northwest border, so trucks coming off the pass drop into town on a long descent.

The junction

Wikipedia cites the junction of Interstate 10, Interstate 215 and State Route 210 as part of what supports the city's role in intermodal logistics. State Route 259 borders the Muscupiabe neighborhood. A tractor-trailer that fails near that junction is in heavy mixed traffic, with trucks changing lanes for several routes at once. Tell us the freeway, the direction and the exit you last passed.

BNSF and the yards

The city hosts the BNSF Railway's intermodal freight yard. Intermodal trucks pull containers and chassis, which have their own recovery issues. A container on a chassis can shift, and the chassis may belong to a pool rather than your company. Tell us the container number, the chassis owner, and whether the load is full or empty.

The airport and the old Air Force base

San Bernardino International Airport occupies the former Norton Air Force Base, which operated from 1942 to 1994. Its closure cost about 10,000 military and civilian jobs. Warehouses for Kohl's, Mattel, Pep Boys and Stater Bros. were developed near the airport. The top employer list shows Stater Bros. at 15,000 to 25,000 employees, Kohl's at 5,000 to 14,999, and the County and city school district also in the 5,000 to 14,999 range. That volume of freight uses long approach roads with wide turning radii.

Winds off the pass

Santa Ana winds are felt strongly here, channeled through Cajon Pass mainly in autumn. In extreme cases the winds approach 60 mph and down power lines. That matters for empty trailers, and for recoveries, since a downed line changes where we can set up. If wires are down, stay away, and tell us.

Snow and altitude

Arrowhead Springs, the northernmost neighborhood at about 3,000 feet, gets snow, heavily at times. The city averages 16 inches of rain, hail or light snow showers per year. Tell us if your truck is on a grade, whether you have chains and whether the road is icy.

Before you call

Shop and yard destinations

The valley has plenty of truck yards. Tell us where the truck should go, whether it is a shop, a fleet yard or storage, and whether the destination takes deliveries after hours. That avoids a second trip.

Give us the freeway or street, direction, exit or cross street, unit type, weight class, 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

Call (909) 552-8200

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