Iron Horse Towing, Inc.

At 23 below zero, a rented Penske truck sat frozen on the roadside outside Missoula, its fuel gelled after a night of running every four hours. The crew that towed it in, thawed it overnight, and had it back on the road by Sunday was Iron Horse Towing — about the kind of call the company was built to take.

Iron Horse started in 1995 as a one-truck operation run by Scott Wolff, who came out of the emergency-services world before he ever ran a winch. Three decades later it operates terminals in Missoula and Drummond, employs more than fifteen people, and has grown well past towing into full auto and light-truck repair, accident recovery, and a Meyer snowplow dealership.

Meyer Dealership & Service Center: Iron Horse is an authorized Meyer snowplow dealer for the region — selling, mounting, and servicing the plows that keep Western Montana's roads and lots clear through winter. It's a specialty most tow yards don't carry, and it keeps the same crew working year-round.

Built for the Jobs Other Trucks Turn Down

The reason locals keep the number saved isn't the branding — it's the equipment list. Iron Horse tows everything from motorcycles to loaded semis, moves RVs and construction machinery, and runs recovery on wrecks and rollovers across a roughly 200-mile radius that reaches into Northern Idaho. More than one stranded driver called only after striking out everywhere else; a common refrain in the reviews is that no other shop in town had the gear for the job.

The fleet goes past standard wreckers, too. Iron Horse rents snowcats, handles remote plowing, and keeps equipment suited to search-and-rescue support — backcountry capability that matters in a region where the pavement runs out fast and winter conditions get serious.

The on-site repair shop is part of the same logic. With computerized diagnostics and a full facility, plenty of breakdowns get fixed without a second tow — you're brought in, patched up or thawed out, and sent back on your way. For travelers passing through on I-90, that's often the difference between losing an afternoon and losing a trip.

What to Expect

Iron Horse's reviews split along a predictable line. Drivers who called in a real emergency tend to rave — about speed, about crews who stayed calm, about getting pulled off a snowed-in back road after other companies passed. The repair side earns its own praise: one out-of-state family had the shop replace a radiator in a stranded relative's car and then deliver it back to her.

The tougher reviews cluster elsewhere: billing disputes on commercial and involuntary tows, and a few complaints about charged labor time. The practical read for a customer is simple — settle the price before the truck rolls, and you're hiring one of the few outfits in the region equipped for the work nobody else wants.

Rooted in Western Montana

Off the clock, the crew leans civic in a way that tracks with Wolff's emergency-services background. Iron Horse supports veterans and local nonprofits, turns up at community events from Touch A Truck to local shows, and uses its platform to push awareness of Montana's Move Over law — the rule requiring drivers to slow and change lanes for stopped responders and roadside workers. For a company whose people work the shoulder of the highway at night, that one's personal.