Heavy haulage towing in Townsville covers anything that a standard tilt tray cannot handle: prime movers, rigid trucks, buses, coaches, plant equipment, road trains and the larger end of recreational vehicles. North Queensland is heavy-vehicle country — sugar, mining, civil and freight all run trucks through Townsville — and a breakdown on the Bruce Highway, Flinders Highway or any of the industrial estates is a very different recovery from a sedan on the Ring Road. The operators we recommend for heavy work run rotator and underlift recovery trucks, can split combinations safely, and have the experience to call in police escorts and traffic control where needed. They will also stage the recovery — get the truck off the carriageway first, clean up, then deal with cab and driveline issues at a yard where it is safe to work.
What's included
- Underlift and rotator recovery for prime movers, rigids and buses
- Trailer separation and re-coupling on scene
- Coordinated traffic control and police liaison on highway recoveries
- Recovery from soft shoulders, run-offs and ditches
- Movement of disabled heavy vehicles to nominated workshop or holding yard
Common Townsville scenarios
- Prime mover with brake issues stranded on the Bruce Highway south of Townsville
- Rigid truck rolled gently onto its side on a soft Ring Road shoulder after a wet-season storm
- Coach with a driveline failure outside an Aitkenvale depot during morning traffic
