The class people guess wrong
Medium duty is the gap that catches everyone out. A three quarter ton pickup, a dually with a service bed, a box truck, a sprinter van, a mid size RV. Too heavy for a standard light duty wrecker, nowhere near heavy enough to need a rotator. Guess low and the truck that arrives cannot lift it. Guess high and you have paid for equipment you did not need.
Wimberley Towing runs medium duty equipment specifically so that the first truck out is the right one. When you call (512) 375-1215, tell dispatch the make, whether it is loaded, and whether it is dual rear wheel. Those three answers decide what we roll.
What we tow in this class
- Work trucks and duallies: service beds, welding rigs, and utility bodies, which are heavier than they look because of what is bolted to them.
- Box trucks and sprinter vans: the delivery fleet backbone, and usually loaded when they break.
- Mid size RVs and travel trailers: long, tall, and unhappy about being dragged. These go on a deck or get towed properly, not hooked and hoped.
- Ambulances, shuttles, and small buses: awkward weight, awkward length, and normally carrying something that matters.
Why the wrong truck costs you twice
A wrecker that cannot lift your vehicle still costs you the call out and still costs you the wait, and then you wait again for the truck that can. On the corridors we run, that second wait is not fifteen minutes. Out toward Johnson City or Blanco it can be most of the afternoon, which is the entire argument for calling a company that keeps all three weight classes rather than one that keeps a truck.
Above and below this class
If it is a semi, a loaded trailer, or a motorcoach, that is heavy duty towing. If it is a car or light truck and it just will not start, that may not even be a tow. Try roadside assistance first, because plenty of these calls end with the driver driving away.