Titan Tow & Repair tows semis, loaded trailers, buses, dump trucks and box trucks stopped anywhere in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, day or night, usually within about 60 minutes of the call. Semi towing, winch-outs and accident recovery on I-470, US-50, Route 291 and Route 150 are done with a heavy wrecker by WreckMaster-certified operators, dispatched from Liberty down Route 291. Dispatch: (816) 888-8732.
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Lee’s Summit spreads across five highway corridors, three of which close into a triangle around downtown. A stopped tractor-trailer here is found by its highway, its nearest interchange and its heading, so those are the first three things the dispatcher asks for.
On the north-west side, US-50 branches off I-470 at a cloverleaf and heads south-east toward Route 291, while Route 350, the divided Blue Parkway on the old US-50 alignment, leaves the same interchange for Raytown and Unity Village. A semi that quits on one of the curved loop ramps is rigged where it sits, so name the ramp as well as the road: which highway you were leaving and which you were joining.
Route 291 is the wrecker’s road in from Liberty. It rides with I-470 south from I-70 in Independence, and the two part company at the interchange on the north-east side of the city, beside Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport. From there Route 291 runs down the east edge of downtown, past its own interchange with Route 150, and leaves for Lake Winnebago in Cass County.
Downtown is compact, about ten blocks on a side, with US-50 along its south and south-west and Route 291 to the east. Commercial, industrial and mixed-use ground is strung along all three highways, so a box truck or a tractor that will not start may be sitting at a loading door or in a yard rather than on a shoulder, and the tow begins on private ground.
The Little Blue River marks the city’s north-west boundary. Damming it in 1985 made Longview Lake, which lies by the I-470 interchange at Raytown Road, with Bethany Falls limestone bluffs along its shore. A rig that leaves the road near the water, or a truck and loaded boat trailer bogged at a lake access road, calls for a winch-out or a full recovery rather than a straight hook-up.
| Service | Heavy-duty towing |
|---|---|
| City | Lee’s Summit, MO (Jackson and Cass Counties) |
| Main corridors | I-470, US-50, Route 291, Route 150, Route 350 |
| Hours | 24 hours a day, every day |
| Dispatch | (816) 888-8732 |
I-470 is the interstate through Lee’s Summit, and a loaded tractor-trailer stopped on it goes to the heavy wrecker, or to the heavy-duty tow unit if the wrecker is already committed elsewhere. North of the city, I-470 and Route 291 share one road up to I-70, so read off whichever number is on the nearest sign and say which way you were heading. On the Lee’s Summit stretch, the US-50 junction to the north-west and the Route 291 junction to the north-east are the two landmarks that pin a rig down. The heavy-duty towing page explains what the wrecker can lift and pull.
US-50 is the road east. From the north-west cloverleaf it slants south-east past downtown to meet Route 291, then turns east and leaves the city for Lake Lotawana. Route 350 heads the opposite way, north-west toward Raytown, and US-40 crosses only briefly, along the Independence line at the northern edge. On any of them a coupled rig can go as one unit, or a semi trailer can be moved without its tractor once its brakes release and its lights, tires and landing gear are sound. Where it ends up is your decision: your own shop, a dealer or our yard in Liberty. For cars and pickups on these roads, see towing in Lee’s Summit.
Box trucks, straight trucks and fleet vehicles make up the medium-duty class, the weight band between a pickup and a semi. Which truck moves one comes down to its rating and its load: a light box van or a cutaway can usually ride a rollback flatbed, while a full-size or loaded straight truck goes behind a wrecker with its driveline protected and any air brakes released first. If the trouble is air, a battery, cooling or a tire, mobile truck repair in Lee’s Summit may get it running where it stopped, with no tow at all.
A jackknife on a ramp, a trailer on its side in a median or a rig that slid off the shoulder into a ditch is recovery work before it is towing. Titan Tow & Repair’s WreckMaster-certified operators plan the rigging around the unit’s position and its load, then straighten, separate or upright it once emergency services hand over the scene, and only then tow it. Winch-outs and recovery sets out how a pull is planned.
Two kinds of equipment are not on the trucks: a rotator and a lowboy. If a Lee’s Summit job genuinely needs either, you hear that on the phone, not at the roadside. South of the city, in Cass County, the same wrecker covers Raymore, Belton and Peculiar; to the north and west, Raytown, Independence and Lake Lotawana are on the Jackson County page.
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Usually within about 60 minutes of your call, and the dispatcher gives you an ETA for your exact spot before you hang up. The heavy wrecker comes down Route 291 from the Liberty yard, through Independence and onto the stretch it shares with I-470, so name the highway, the nearest interchange and the way you were heading. If the rig is stopped in a live lane, call 911 first and then (816) 888-8732.
Yes. No flatbed can carry a loaded 18-wheeler, so Titan Tow & Repair sends the heavy wrecker to Lee’s Summit at any hour, with the heavy-duty tow unit covering when the wrecker is tied up. The tractor can be towed with the trailer still coupled, or the two can travel separately, and each goes wherever you choose. Tell us what the trailer is hauling and roughly how full it is when you call.
Yes, around the clock. Medium duty means box trucks and straight trucks, and their weight decides what comes for them: a light box van or cutaway can often go on a rollback flatbed, while a bigger or loaded straight truck is towed behind a wrecker. Read us the GVWR from the label in the door jamb, the length of the body and what is inside, and the right truck leaves Liberty the first time.
Yes. A tractor-trailer that has run into the median or off the shoulder of I-470 is either a winch-out or a full recovery, depending on whether it is upright, how far it went and whether the load has shifted. WreckMaster-certified operators set the anchor and the line route before anything is pulled, and the lane beside the work may have to be closed first. Send a photo, your direction and the last interchange you passed.
Emergency services have the scene first, so call 911 if anyone is hurt, anything is leaking or a lane is blocked. Once they release the wreck, a heavy-recovery crew takes over, and Titan Tow & Repair can be that crew at any hour, whether the driver, the carrier or the insurer calls. The units are straightened or stood back up, the load made safe, and both towed where you direct. Every job is covered by the company’s full commercial insurance.
Yes. Buses, coaches and dump trucks are heavy-duty units, so they travel behind the heavy wrecker rather than on a flatbed. A raised dump body must come down, or be propped securely, before the truck goes anywhere, so say if it is stuck up and what the load is. For a bus or a coach, give its length and whether it still steers. Either one can go to your own garage, a dealer or our yard in Liberty.
