Serving Mid-Michigan since 1956

24/7 Heavy-Duty Recovery Services

Mike’s Wrecker Service

24/7 Heavy Recovery for Semis, Trailers, Equipment & Cargo Incidents

Heavy recovery has been part of Mike’s Wrecker Service since 1956. For nearly 70 years, we’ve recovered overturned semis, commercial trailers, heavy equipment, and cargo throughout Mid-Michigan. Our team has completed recoveries involving up to 161,000 pounds using heavy-duty wreckers, air cushion recovery systems, and three rotators rated up to 50 tons.

With multiple dispatch locations across the region, Mike’s responds throughout Saginaw, Bay, and Midland counties. Our operators are WreckMaster certified, have completed Miller Rotator School training, and regularly work alongside the Michigan State Police, county sheriff departments, and local law enforcement when recoveries affect traffic or public safety.

Mike's rotator recovering a rolled semi beside the highway

The Heavy-Duty Recovery Situations We Handle

Mike’s Wrecker Service responds to a wide range of heavy recovery situations involving commercial vehicles, trailers, heavy equipment, and cargo, including:

Semi-truck rollovers

Jackknifed tractor-trailers

Leaning or dropped trailers

Low bridge and clearance incidents

Off-road commercial vehicle recoveries

Equipment stuck in mud or soft ground

Complex off-pavement recoveries

Cargo spills and shifted loads

Rotator-assisted recoveries

Industrial equipment recoveries

The Industries We Serve

Mike’s Wrecker Service supports many of the industries that keep Mid-Michigan moving, including:

Trucking and logistics companies

Construction contractors

Utility and energy providers

Agricultural operations

Municipal and public works departments

Industrial facilities

Mike's Wrecker heavy wrecker beside a spilled lumber load on the highway

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Available 24/7 throughout Mid-Michigan.

Winch-Outs for the Places Tow Trucks Can’t Reach

Heavy recoveries don’t always happen on the highway. Mike’s Wrecker Service uses heavy-duty wreckers, rotators, air cushion recovery systems, and specialized recovery equipment to recover commercial vehicles and machinery during off-road recovery calls:

Ditch & Embankment Winch-Outs


Our heavy-duty fleet recovers commercial vehicles stranded in ditches, along steep embankments, and beyond the edge of the roadway.

Soft-Ground Recovery


We regularly recover trucks, trailers, agricultural equipment, and heavy machinery stuck in mud, fields, construction sites, and other soft-ground conditions.

Submerged & Underwater Recovery


Owner Bill serves on a regional dive team and regularly supplies recovery vehicles for river and pond extrication exercises. That experience supports recoveries involving submerged vehicles and equipment when specialized coordination is required.

Load Handling & Cargo Recovery Services

Mike’s Wrecker Service supports commercial carriers with both heavy recovery and specialized transport services. That combination allows us to assist with shifted freight, disabled trailers, and cargo-related recovery situations from a single trusted provider.

Load shift correction

Load swaps

Cargo transfers

Decking and undecking

Trailer repositioning

Freight stabilization

Mike's Wrecker heavy-duty wrecker with boom deployed

When Heavy Equipment Needs Recovery Support

Mike’s Wrecker Service recovers disabled and immobilized heavy equipment throughout Mid-Michigan. From construction sites and industrial facilities to farms and off-road locations, we have the equipment to recover and relocate machinery safely.

Excavators

Bulldozers

Forklifts

Skid steers

Boom lifts

Agricultural equipment

Factory machinery

Industrial equipment

Mike's Wrecker crew recovering an overturned trailer from an icy ditch

Heavy Recovery Across Mid-Michigan

Mike’s Wrecker Service responds to heavy recovery calls throughout Saginaw, Bay, and Midland counties. Our operators recover overturned semis, commercial vehicles, heavy equipment, and cargo from interstate highways, county roads, construction sites, industrial facilities, farms, and other challenging locations across Mid-Michigan.

We regularly respond along I-75, I-675, and US-10 while working alongside the Michigan State Police, county sheriff departments, and local law enforcement when recoveries affect traffic or public safety.

Why Fleets, Contractors & Drivers Call Us

Since 1956, fleets, contractors, owner-operators, and public agencies have trusted Mike’s Wrecker Service for heavy recovery throughout Mid-Michigan.

24/7 heavy recovery response

Two 50-ton rotators and one 40-ton rotator

Recoveries up to 161,000 pounds

WreckMaster-trained operators

Miller Rotator School training

Multiple dispatch locations

Mike's heavy wrecker working a highway recovery
Call (989) 755-1133