Heavy Duty Towing in Struthers, OH

Heavy Duty Towing in Struthers means getting big units out of a small, dense river-valley city. Struthers had 10,063 residents in the 2020 census and covers 3.74 square miles directly southeast of Youngstown, on the banks of the Mahoning River about 4 miles west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. In a place that compact, a stalled truck blocks a neighborhood. Call (330) 542-5961 with your street and we will tell you how we would reach you.

Roads in and out

The two state routes that matter most meet here. State Route 616 and State Route 289 intersect in the city; SR 289 reaches SR 616 (North Bridge Street) at its milepost 5.96, and SR 616 leads toward Hubbard and Poland. SR 289 runs 9.93 miles from a Youngstown interchange with US 422 and SR 193 to the Pennsylvania line. The freeway link is I-680 exit 9, which carries SR 170 and is signed for Struthers.

For a driver, that means two options: the freeway ramp, or the city street grid. We ask which one you are on, because a tractor-trailer on a city street needs a different plan than one on a ramp shoulder.

Iron and steel ground

Struthers has made iron since 1803, when Daniel Eaton built the Hopewell Furnace; the Anna Furnace followed in 1869. The Hopewell Furnace is mentioned in the opening line of Bruce Springsteen's song "Youngstown." The Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company later grew into the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., and its Struthers Works ran 9-inch and 12-inch bar mills. Several area steel plants closed in 1977.

Valley ground like this still sees heavy equipment: dump trucks, lowboys and haulers working local sites.

The river next door

The Mahoning River rises in Columbiana County and runs 113 miles to the Shenango River near New Castle, Pennsylvania, where the two form the Beaver River. It floods often in heavy rain. In the multi-day flood of March 23 to 26, 1913, floodwaters nearly reached the roofs of Republic Steel's plant and some bridges collapsed. Low ground near the river is where we check water levels first in a storm before sending a heavy wrecker in. If water is over the road, tell us so we can pick another approach.

A village, then a city

Struthers was incorporated as a village in 1902 and became a city in 1920. Thomas Struthers helped bring railroads to the town, and an interurban electric line connected it to Youngstown in 1899. The city sits at 955 feet above sea level.

What we handle in Struthers

• Dump trucks and aggregate haulers on SR 616 and SR 289
• Tractor-trailers stalled on I-680 exit 9 ramps
• Heavy equipment moved by lowboy that needs recovery or reloading
• Box trucks and straight trucks on local streets
• Buses with mechanical or tire problems

Where a street is tight, we use winch lines and underlifts to pull straight rather than swing wide.

When you call

Tell us the street, the nearest cross street and any landmark. Give the unit type and weight, whether it is loaded, and what went wrong. Say who is paying: driver, fleet, insurer or broker. The dispatcher gives an honest arrival estimate on the call. Rates vary by unit, distance, scene and time of day. Your written invoice estimate is the price. Call (330) 542-5961 or

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