Harmon's Automotive & Towing Service Inc

Harmon's Automotive & Towing Service Inc is a towing service in DeRidder, LA. The company handles towing and recovery, automotive repair, and hauling, serving customers in DeRidder, Minden, and Lake Charles. Its fleet includes lowboys, Landolls, trailers for large and industrial equipment, jeep and flip axle setups, and rollback services, and it can haul up to 120,000 lbs, from a Cat 349 excavator to a Class A motor home. A 2022 Kenworth W990 NRC CSR85 85-ton sliding rotator joined the fleet, and the company also provides rotator service and crane work. The DeRidder location handles repair work, including maintenance and tuneups, air bag system repairs, lights and electrical work, brakes and ABS diagnostics, electronic diagnostics, transmission work, alignments for cars and 18-wheelers, and diesel performance for Cummins, Detroit, Powerstroke, Duramax, Caterpillar, and Isuzu engines. Cars, trucks, semis, and RVs are all worked on. The business holds a rating of 4.10.

Mr. Billy opened the company in 2000 with a three-bay repair facility and one small wheel lift truck in DeRidder. Heavy duty repair followed, along with 30 trucks and two more locations, Minden in 2014 and Lake Charles in 2017. Mr. Billy works alongside his technicians and office personnel, and his wife Barbara serves as office manager. His son Ryan Harmon is service manager, handling diesel performance questions and quotes. The staff brings over 81 years of combined experience, and the locations are staffed by ASE-certified and factory-trained technicians. The company describes itself as the largest independent repair shop in the area and one of the largest tow fleets in Louisiana.

The DeRidder location sits on US-171, about 0.2 miles from Highway 171 and 0.4 miles from State Route 26. Church Branch creek is roughly 0.6 miles away, Flat Creek about 0.8 miles, East 1st Street about 0.9 miles, and State Route 112 about 1.2 miles.

Harmon's Automotive & Towing Service has built one of Louisiana's larger tow fleets since 2000, and its DeRidder shop keeps that towing, repair, and hauling work anchored on US-171.