Towing in Damascus, OR: Farm Country Breakdowns on Highway 212

Damascus isn't really a town so much as a stretch of Highway 212 with farms, nurseries, and houses on acreage. No downtown, no streetlights to speak of, and when your truck quits on a two-lane road at 10 PM, you're glad somebody knows where Royer Road is.

Highway 212: the only way through

Everything in Damascus runs on 212. It connects Boring to Clackamas and carries farm trucks, nursery semis, commuters cutting between Highway 26 and I-205, and every landscaping trailer in the county. When something breaks on 212, there's no shoulder worth mentioning in most spots, and traffic doesn't slow down for you. We've pulled box trucks, horse trailers, and one very stuck dump truck off 212 over the years. If you're blocking a lane, hazards on, get as far right as the gravel lets you, and call.

Fog, farms, and the Sunnyside corridor

Sunnyside Road runs the north edge of Damascus toward Happy Valley, and on fall mornings the fog sits in the low spots so thick you can't see the nursery signs. Winding roads like Foster Road and 172nd Avenue are pretty at noon and treacherous after dark: no lights, soft shoulders, ditches that eat tires. Farm country breakdowns are their own thing. Gates are locked, dogs are loose, and the nearest open shop might be twenty minutes away in Clackamas. We know the area, we know the back roads, and we bring the right truck the first time so you're not waiting on a second dispatch.

What to do when you're stuck out here

Stay with the vehicle if it's safe. Turn the hazards on. If you're on a blind curve, get out and get behind the guardrail or up the bank, because the next nursery semi isn't expecting you. Then call (503) 253-3030 and tell us the nearest cross street or milepost. A pin drop from your phone works too.

Damascus doesn't have a tow truck on every corner, but it has us. Northwestern Towing covers Highway 212, Sunnyside Road, and all of rural Clackamas County around Damascus, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Farm truck, commuter car, trailer full of nursery stock: call (503) 253-3030 and we'll come get you.