Heavy Duty Towing in Rocky Top, TN

Heavy Duty Towing in Rocky Top serves the I-75 stretch where the interstate leaves the Knoxville valley and starts working toward Kentucky. Rocky Top is mostly in northern Anderson County, with a small piece in Campbell County. Wikipedia lists a 2020 population of 1,628 and an incorporation date of 1939. The town was called Lake City until it changed its name on June 26, 2014. Call (865) 339-3202 if a truck or coach is down. Dispatch answers 24/7 and gives an honest arrival estimate on the call.

Two I-75 exits

Wikipedia says two I-75 exits serve the city, and the I-75 exit list shows them:

• Exit 128: US 441 (SR 71), toward Rocky Top.
• Exit 129: US 25W south (SR 9 and SR 116), toward Rocky Top.

Further north, exit 134 splits US 25W north and SR 63 east toward Caryville, Jacksboro and LaFollette, and exit 141 is SR 63 west toward Huntsville and Oneida. US 441 ends at Rocky Top, which is its northern terminus.

The city is about 24 miles from Knoxville by I-75 and 145 miles from Lexington, Kentucky. That makes it an easy first call point for northbound units that run into trouble early, and the last stop before a long climb for those heading south.

Ice and wrecks just up the road

Weather up the mountain can reach Rocky Top fast. WBIR reported a night of icy conditions in Campbell County with several tractor-trailers wrecked near Caryville, with northbound I-75 closed at mile marker 133 and a separate disabled vehicle closing the southbound side at mile marker 153. The sheriff said it was wreck after wreck. If you are northbound in winter, check conditions before you leave town, and if you go in the ditch, tell us the mile marker.

Norris Lake and the coal country

The town adopted the name Lake City in 1936 after TVA finished nearby Norris Dam, which formed Norris Lake. Norris Dam State Park is close by. Before that, it was a coal town. In 1891 a miners' lockout at Coal Creek and Briceville led to the Coal Creek War, and the state militia occupied the area for over a year. The Fraterville Mine disaster happened nearby in 1902.

What we can bring

For this stretch of I-75 we think in terms of a heavy wrecker with an underlift for box trucks, winch lines for units that have gone down an embankment, air cushions for lifting a tipped trailer and, when required, a rotator for a rollover. For equipment hauls, a lowboy or landoll is the right answer. We also coordinate with police and highway crews on traffic control, since a closed lane on a northbound interstate backs up quickly.

Call checklist

• Interstate, direction and mile marker or the nearest exit number.
• Truck, trailer or bus, and the weight class.
• Whether it is loaded and with what. Tell us about fuel, chemicals or other hazmat.
• What failed or what you hit.
• Whether you can keep the vehicle on the shoulder safely.
• Payer: driver, company, broker or insurer.

Pricing

Published rate sheets show heavy hook-ups at around $450 plus $9.50 to $10 per mile, recovery with a heavy wrecker at around $350 to $850 per hour, and rotators at around $790 to $1,500 per hour. Rates vary by unit, distance, scene and time of day. Your written invoice estimate is the price.

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