Heavy Duty Towing in Semmes, AL

Heavy Duty Towing in Semmes is about long two-lane roads and loaded trucks. Semmes is a city of 4,941 people (2020 census) in western Mobile County, about 15 miles northwest of downtown Mobile and 11 miles west of Prichard. There is no interstate in town, so most heavy calls start on US 98. Call (251) 355-4026.

US 98 is the spine

US 98 (Moffett Road) is the main highway through Semmes. It leads southeast into Mobile and northwest 77 miles to Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Between Semmes and the Mississippi line, the route is a two-lane undivided highway, though a bypass, State Route 158, was completed in October 2023, and part of the planned four-lane route remains two lanes with no completion date. Two-lane highways are where a stopped truck blocks everything behind it and where passing drivers pull out blind. Recovery here often means flaggers and early warning signs before we touch the vehicle.

A young city

The Probate Judge declared Semmes incorporated on May 2, 2011. It covers 14.63 square miles with elevation of 190 feet. Loaded dump trucks and equipment haulers coming off job sites onto Moffett Road can be hard to stop.

Climate and storms

Semmes sits on the central Gulf Coast with a subtropical climate and frequent hurricane exposure. After storms, limbs and downed trees on two-lane roads can force trucks onto shoulders. Culverts and ditches along rural roads are often deeper than they look, and a heavy truck that drops a wheel into one needs a calculated recovery rather than a hard pull.

Where trucks come from

Much of what rolls through Semmes is construction traffic: dump trucks, mixer trucks, flatbeds hauling equipment and box trucks serving new homes. Additional traffic comes from drivers using US 98 to reach Mississippi without taking the interstate. We handle both. For equipment, tell us the model or approximate weight and whether it is on a trailer.

Tell us before we roll

• US 98 direction, cross street or mile marker
• Whether you are on pavement, on the shoulder or in a ditch
• Dump truck, mixer, semi, bus or equipment hauler, plus gross weight
• Load type and whether it can shift
• Who is paying

Getting from Semmes to the docks

US 98 follows Moffett Road southeast into Mobile and meets I-65 at exit 5B, signed as US 98 (SR 42 / Moffett Road). Once in the city, US 98 joins US 90. Passenger traffic uses the Bankhead Tunnel, but the US 98 Truck route crosses the Mobile River on the Cochrane-Africatown USA Bridge. If a heavy unit is on the wrong side of that split, the tow may need to follow the truck route, not the shortest line on a map. Tell us where the unit is going so we can plan it.

Land and weather

The city covers 14.63 square miles, nearly all of it land, in west-central Mobile County. Rain here is heavy and storms can arrive fast, so a clear morning call can turn into a flooded ditch by afternoon. Mention the recent weather when you call. It helps us choose between a straight pull and a staged recovery.

Our dispatcher gives an honest arrival estimate on the call, based on distance from Mobile and current road conditions. Use

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for a planned move, or

Call (251) 355-4026

if you are stopped.