Heavy Duty Towing in North Lima, OH

Heavy Duty Towing in North Lima, Ohio is a crossroads job. North Lima is an unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Mahoning County, with 1,369 people at the 2020 census. It sits where State Routes 7, 164 and 165 meet, in the Youngstown-Warren area. When a tractor-trailer, bus, dump truck or piece of equipment stops on one of those roads, call (330) 542-5961. Dispatch answers 24/7.

Where three routes meet

Wikipedia says North Lima is at the intersection of State Routes 7, 164 and 165. SR 7 enters Mahoning County near the Columbiana line, where it meets SR 165 and SR 164 in Beaver Township. It then interchanges with the Ohio Turnpike in the same township. I-680 also touches SR 164: exit 14 is SR 164 and Western Reserve Road, and exit 16 is SR 164 toward Columbiana. For a trucker, that means a rural crossing with turnpike traffic coming off and going on. Give us the route number and direction, and say which of the three roads you were on last.

A wide, rural township

North Lima covers 7.07 square miles, 6.86 of it land, at about 1,096 feet in elevation. The ZIP code is 44452. Roads out here are state routes and township roads, not city streets. Shoulders can be soft, and a loaded truck that drifts off the pavement can sink. If your unit is on grass or gravel, tell us. We ask how deep the wheels sit and whether the ground is wet or frozen.

School buses and South Range

The South Range Local School District serves the community, and the former South Range High School site now hosts many local businesses. Bus calls matter here. A school bus with students aboard is handled differently from an empty bus. Tell us whether anyone is on board, whether a school or district contact is on the phone and whether the bus can move under its own power. If children are aboard, keep them in place or move them only on the driver's and school's instructions.

Calls from the crossroads

• A semi that leaves the road at a rural curve
• A school bus or charter coach that breaks down on SR 7 or SR 164
• A dump truck, tractor or equipment trailer stuck in soft ground
• A tanker or box truck with a failed axle
• A jackknife on a wet turnpike approach

Seasons and soft shoulders

Spring thaw and heavy rain soften township shoulders, and winter ice can send a loaded truck off a rural curve. For the area, the Youngstown climate record shows about 41.19 inches of precipitation a year on about 168 days, and about 43 days a year at or below freezing. That means wet or frozen ground is common for much of the year. A tractor, dump truck or equipment trailer that goes into a ditch needs a recovery plan: winch lines, the right angle of pull and sometimes a second wrecker to keep the unit from rolling. Tell us the slope of the bank and which way the unit is facing.

What to tell us

Give the route, the direction and the nearest cross road or business. Say what the unit is, whether it is loaded and what is wrong. Tell us who pays: driver, fleet, school district, broker or insurer.

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