Titan Tow & Repair covers Clinton County, Missouri, 24 hours a day, dispatched from our yard in Liberty, MO. From Plattsburg, the county seat, out along I-35, US-169, Route 116 and Route 33, we tow heavy, medium and light duty, handle winch-outs and recovery, and repair trucks, trailers and tires at the roadside, with cars and pickups covered too.
I-35, which doubles as Route 110, the Chicago–Kansas City Expressway, is the freight road through Clinton County. It runs up the east side of the county, past Holt on the Clay County line and Exit 40 for Lathrop, to Cameron's exits 52 and 54 in the north-east corner, where US-69 comes through town as Walnut Street. Route 116 and Route 33 link Lathrop with Plattsburg, the county seat, which grew up along the Little Platte River. In the south-west corner, US-169 runs through Trimble, carrying trucks between the north metro and St. Joseph.
Most of Clinton County is rural, so away from I-35 a breakdown puts you on a state route or a county road, and the county road names take some decoding. On the Clinton side of Cameron, south of NE Platte/8th Street, they carry on Kansas City's numbered street system, while the DeKalb side uses names like Southeast Rogers Road. Smithville Lake, on the Little Platte just east of Trimble, puts boat and camper trailers on the roads around it, and the Lake Arrowhead reservoir lies north of Holt on Muddy Fork of Clear Creek. Give dispatch the road name exactly as signed, the nearest town and which side of I-35 you are on.
| County | Clinton County, Missouri |
|---|---|
| County seat | Plattsburg |
| Main roads | I-35, US-69, US-169, Route 33, Route 116 |
| Towns covered | 6 |
| Hours | 24 hours a day, every day |
| Dispatched from | 2751 Liberty Landing Rd., Liberty, MO |
| Dispatch | (816) 888-8732 |
Plattsburg, the county seat, has Horse Fork running past its east side before the creek joins the Little Platte River below town. Route 116 and Route 33 meet here and run across to Lathrop, where I-35 Exit 40 is the nearest interstate access. The courthouse square is the easiest reference point to give dispatch.
Towing in PlattsburgCameron sits in the county's north-east corner at the I-35 and US-36 junction, with exits 52 and 54 serving town. Most of the city is on the Clinton side, south of NE Platte/8th Street; north of it, in DeKalb County, are the two correctional centers and the shopping centers by US-36, and the east edge of town reaches the Caldwell County line.
Towing in CameronLathrop stands on the south side of the Route 33 and Route 116 intersection, a short way west of I-35. A railroad stop from 1867, it was known in the early 1900s as the Mule Capital of the World, and Mule Barn Road east of town still carries the name.
Towing in LathropTrimble holds the south-west corner of the county on US-169 and Route F, with Smithville Lake on the Little Platte River just to the east. It started out as Carpenter's Store and took the name of J. M. Trimble, a railroad official, once the railroad reached it. Lake traffic means boat and camper trailers on these roads, so tell us what is hitched behind you.
Osborn straddles the Clinton–DeKalb line west of Cameron and south of US-36, with its Clinton half in Platte Township and its DeKalb half in Colfax Township. It grew up with the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad and is named for Col. William Osborn, a New York bank commissioner who partnered with the company that built the line. Broken down up on US-36? Say whether you are east or west of town.
Turney, one of the county's two villages, was laid out in 1869 and named for Thomas E. Turney, a state politician; its post office has run since 1895. It lies north of Lathrop, with Cameron to the north-east and Plattsburg to the south-west, and its children attend Lathrop R-II schools. Give dispatch the road name and your direction from Lathrop.
Holt, on Route 33 at the Clay County line, is partly in Clinton County; the Clay County section describes it.
Gower is partly in Clinton County, but most of it lies in Buchanan County, and the Buchanan County section describes it.
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Because the Clinton County side of Cameron continues Kansas City's street numbering. For Titan Tow & Repair, the prefix on the sign also tells dispatch which county you are in. South of NE Platte/8th Street, on the Clinton side, roads run as Northeast 348th Street, Northeast 358th Street and so on. North of it, in DeKalb County, you get names like Southeast Rogers Road, and Caldwell County streets on the far east side take a Northwest prefix, as on Northwest Old Highway 36. Read us the sign exactly, prefix and all.
From Liberty. Titan Tow & Repair runs every truck out of one yard, at 2751 Liberty Landing Rd., and reaches Trimble by way of Smithville and US-169, the road that runs through town on its way between the north metro and St. Joseph. Tell us whether you are on US-169, on Route F or down by Smithville Lake just east of town, what you are driving and what is hitched behind it. A boat or camper trailer changes which truck we send, so describe the whole rig, not just the tow vehicle.
No. Titan Tow & Repair covers both counties, so the county line changes nothing about who comes or how. Osborn straddles the Clinton–DeKalb line with US-36 passing north of town, and what actually places you is your direction of travel and whether you are east or west of Osborn. Add the weight, whether the trailer is loaded and what failed. Air, brake, electrical and tire faults can often be repaired on the shoulder by the mobile service truck; anything worse gets a heavy wrecker.
