Titan Tow & Repair covers Ray County, Missouri, 24 hours a day from its yard in Liberty, MO, in neighboring Clay County: heavy-, medium- and light-duty towing, winch-outs, recovery and roadside truck and trailer repair. Our trucks use Route 210, Route 10 and Route 13 to reach Richmond, the county seat, along with Orrick, Hardin, Camden, Crystal Lakes and Wood Heights.
Ray County is the next county east of Clay County, where our yard sits on Liberty Landing Rd. near the Route 210 junction, and Route 210 is one of Ray County's three main highways. The other two, Route 10 and Route 13, meet at Richmond, the county seat, in the south-central part of the county. Route 10 also runs into Excelsior Springs on the Clay and Ray line, where it is two-lane, hilly and curving, and east of Richmond it carries on to Norborne in Carroll County. The Missouri River runs along the south side of the county, with Lexington on the far bank south-east of Richmond, and the west fork of Crooked River passes north-east of the city.
Southern Ray County is Missouri River ground. Camden was a river landing until flooding cut off the Camden bend and moved the channel south, and Hardin flooded when its levee broke in 1993, so the ground off the pavement near the river can stay soft long after high water. Part of the Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge is in the county as well. The west side is different: Crystal Lakes, Homestead and Wood Heights sit close together just east and north-east of Excelsior Springs, and they are easy to mix up. When you call, give the town you are actually in, the highway or street, your direction and what you are driving, and say if anything is leaking or loaded.
| County | Ray County, Missouri |
|---|---|
| County seat | Richmond |
| Main roads | Route 10, Route 13, Route 210 |
| Towns covered | 10 |
| Hours | 24 hours a day, every day |
| Dispatched from | 2751 Liberty Landing Rd., Liberty, MO |
| Dispatch | (816) 888-8732 |
Routes 10 and 13 meet at Richmond, the county seat, in south-central Ray County, with the west fork of Crooked River to the north-east and Lexington across the Missouri River to the south-east. Platted in 1828, it shares its name with Richmond, Virginia. Useful landmarks include the Ray County History Museum in the old county poor farm building, the Farris Theatre, and Maurice Roberts Park, where a T-33 jet trainer is on display.
You may see Wood Heights written as Woods Heights, the spelling the 2000 census used; the name comes from Robert "Wood" Hite, a cousin of Jesse James. The city lies in western Ray County, with Excelsior Springs to the west and Lawson to the north. Either spelling will do, but a street name and the nearest crossroad will pin down where you are.
Orrick grew up along the rail line that became the Wabash Railroad, laid just south of the older settlement of Albany in 1868 and 1869. The railroad laid the town out and named it for W. W. Orrick, who drew the plat. It lies south-west of Richmond and south-east of Excelsior Springs, and tornadoes struck it in 1967 and again in 2014.
Hardin lies in south-east Ray County near the Missouri River, east of Richmond and north of Lexington across the water. When the levee protecting the town broke on July 12, 1993, during the Great Flood, it flooded both Hardin and its cemetery. The town honors Charles Henry Hardin, Missouri's 22nd governor, and the Hardin-Central schools are here.
A lake on the East Fork Fishing River is the center of Crystal Lakes, a small city in western Ray County just north-east of Excelsior Springs, whose school district it shares. When you call from here, say Crystal Lakes rather than Excelsior Springs, give the street, and tell us if the vehicle is near the water, since a car that has slid toward the lake needs a winch-out rather than a simple hook-up.
Henrietta lies in southern Ray County, south-east of Richmond and just north-west of Lexington, well east of Independence and Kansas City. Henrietta Watkins, the wife of a first settler, is the Henrietta of the name; the town was platted in 1868, and its post office went by Henry until 1908. It is in the Richmond R-XVI school district.
Just north-east of Excelsior Springs and south of Lawson, the village of Homestead sits beside Crystal Lakes and Wood Heights and shares their Excelsior Springs school district. With three small towns this close together, name Homestead itself when you call and add the street or nearest crossroad, so the wrecker does not end up in the wrong one.
Camden was a Missouri River boat stop until the early 1900s, when major flooding cut off the river's Camden bend and moved the channel south. It lies in southern Ray County, south-west of Richmond and close to Fleming, and its post office, opened in 1838, closed in the early 2000s. Ground near the old bend can be soft, so tell us how far off the road a vehicle has gone and whether it is in mud or standing water.
Fleming takes its name from Alfred Walton Fleming, a businessman in the area's mining industry, and its post office lasted only from 1888 to 1905. The village lies south-west of Richmond and west of Lexington. Most of it is in the Orrick R-XI school district, with a piece in Richmond R-XVI.
Elmira started as a mining settlement in north-west Ray County, was platted in 1887 and took its name from Elmira, New York. It lies north-east of Lawson and south-west of Polo, in the Lawson R-XIV school district, and the Battle of Crooked River, fought during the Mormon War, took place south-east of the village.
Excelsior Estates lies partly in Ray County, straddling the line with Clay County inside the Excelsior Springs school district, and it is described in the Clay County section.
Lawson, where Ray County's oldest bank was founded in 1883, lies partly in Ray County and is described in the Clay County section.
Overnight as well as by day. Titan Tow & Repair dispatches 24 hours a day from its yard on Liberty Landing Rd. in Liberty, near the Route 210 junction, and Route 210 is one of Ray County's main highways along with Routes 10 and 13, which meet at Richmond, the county seat. Give us the highway, your direction and the nearest town or crossroad, plus the vehicle, its weight if it is a truck, and whether it is loaded.
Yes. Titan Tow & Repair handles winch-outs and full recoveries across southern Ray County with heavy wreckers and WreckMaster-certified operators. Camden was a river landing until flooding cut off its bend of the Missouri River, and Hardin flooded when its levee broke in 1993, so the ground off the road around both can stay soft after rain or high water. Tell us whether the vehicle is upright, how far it is off the pavement, what it is sitting in and whether it is loaded.
Yes, as long as you name the town you are actually in. Titan Tow & Repair covers all three, but Crystal Lakes, Homestead and Wood Heights sit close together just east and north-east of Excelsior Springs, and Wood Heights is sometimes written Woods Heights. Give the town, then the street or the nearest crossroad, and if you are on Route 10 near Excelsior Springs, say which way you were heading. That keeps the driver out of the wrong town at night.
