Heavy-duty towing in Douglas, WY, means water trucks, gravel trucks, rig haulers and semis on I-25, WYO 59 and the lease roads of Converse County, and D&J Towing tows and recovers all of them. Off the pavement, we help you describe a lease road so the right truck finds you.
Approximate road miles. I-25 places from Exit 135 by mile marker; Gillette by WYO 59 from Exit 140.
Dispatch 24/7(303) 674-0198Converse County is oil and gas country, and the Antelope coal mine sits in Converse and Campbell counties north of town. That puts trucks carrying oil, water, gravel and rig supplies on the same highways and lease roads as interstate freight. Our Douglas work is heavy-duty towing and recovery for those units.
Loaded tankers and dump trucks slide off soft shoulders, sink on wet lease roads or break down between the pad and the pavement. A loaded unit usually needs a recovery plan before it can be towed.
Tractors pulling flatbeds, lowboys and supply trailers break down on I-25 or WYO 59, jackknife on ice, or go over in wind. Tell us whether the trailer is loaded and what is on it.
Loaders, dozers and other machines get stuck in mud, slide on a grade or tip on a pad edge. These calls are recoveries first, and the machine type and how it sits decide the plan.
Our Wyoming work is heavy-duty and commercial. If you need a passenger car or pickup towed, or a roadside fix, in Douglas, call (303) 674-0198 and ask dispatch what we can do where you are.
I-25 passes south of town, and a business loop runs between the two Douglas exits. Most heavy routes in and out of town start at one of these three points. Farther south, the run to Wheatland and Cheyenne is on our I-25 corridor towing page.
The business loop leaves I-25 at a trumpet interchange on the south side and follows Richards Street into town. Calls in town start here. Give the street and the nearest cross street.
WYO 59 starts here and runs about 113 miles north through Bill to Gillette, past the Antelope mine. It is the main oil, gas and coal route out of Douglas. Give the nearest mile marker and the lease road you turned onto.
Nine miles south of Exit 135, US 18 and US 20 split east toward Lusk, and US 20 joins I-25 north. Tell dispatch whether you are on the interstate or out on US 18/20.
A lease road has no street address, and a wrong turn can send a heavy truck miles out of its way. Wyoming requires a sign at every drilling, producing or injection well, so copy what it says, add the miles and turns from the pavement, and read the card to dispatch or send it to your crew.
1Where you left the pavement
2Copy the well sign
The sign shows the operator, the lease name, the well number and the legal description. On a multi-well pad it may stand near the pad or the pad entrance.
3From the pavement in
4The ground right now
Well sign
Also tell dispatch
Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission rules (Chapter 3, Section 19) require the operator to mark each drilling, producing or injection well with the operator name, lease name, well number and legal description. If you also have a GPS pin from your phone, read it to dispatch too. Nothing you type here leaves your phone unless you copy and send it.
WYDOT closes stretches of I-25 for winter conditions, and closes them to light, high-profile vehicles when the wind picks up. A few recent examples show how far a closure can reach.
WYDOT closed I-25 in both directions between Douglas and Glenrock, and on through Casper, for winter conditions. The closure ran more than a day.
Source: WYDOT closure report, February 2020
A closure for winter conditions between Cheyenne and Wheatland was extended north to Glendo and then to Orin Junction, nine miles short of Douglas.
Source: WYDOT updates reported by KOWB
Empty trailers and other light, high-profile units are the first to be pulled off when WYDOT posts a wind closure. Check whether yours is covered before you roll.
Check: wyoroad.info or the Wyoming 511 app
Down during a closure? Tell dispatch which side of it you are on: Glenrock, Douglas or Orin Junction.
Answers for oilfield crews, carriers and equipment owners. For the rest of our Wyoming coverage, see towing across southeastern Wyoming.
Tell dispatch the well sign details, the miles and turns from the pavement and what the ground is like. That tells us whether the road will hold a heavy truck and which approach makes sense. If you need permission from the operator or landowner to bring a truck in, sort that out on your end before the run.
Yes. We offer fleet support for commercial accounts. Call (303) 674-0198 and tell us your units and the lanes you run, so your drivers know who to call before something goes wrong.
Read us your location card, or give the exit and mile marker, and tell us what you are running and how it sits. Dispatch plans the approach before a truck turns off the pavement. Family-owned since 1984.
