Need Roadside Assistance For Your International?
Newer A26 trucks behave like everything else on the road. The older MaxxForce fleet has a history our techs already know how to read, which saves an hour of guessing.
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International roadside help, dispatched nationwide
Road Rescue Network dispatches 24/7 mobile heavy repair and towing for International. There are effectively two populations out there: current LT and MV trucks with the A26 engine, and a long tail of older ProStar and similar trucks whose emissions systems have a well-documented reputation. Both get fixed on the shoulder wherever it is possible.
Who builds a International, and why it changes the rescue
International, formerly Navistar and now part of Traton, put enormous numbers of medium and heavy trucks into vocational fleets. The MaxxForce emissions era left a long tail of aftertreatment faults still in service, so an International sitting in a derate is often a sensor and a regeneration rather than a mechanical failure. That is worth establishing before a tow is booked.
What a rescuer has to know before they roll on a International
These are the things that go wrong when a International gets whichever truck was closest instead of the right one.
The older emissions system has a known history
MaxxForce-era trucks built around the previous emissions approach are widely known for exhaust gas recirculation and aftertreatment faults: coolers, valves, sensors and repeated derates. A tech who has seen it goes to the likely cause instead of working through a list on the roadside, which on a truck with a load behind it is the whole difference.
Current A26 trucks derate like everyone else
Exhaust fluid level and quality, and filters that cannot complete a regeneration. Fluid and a forced regeneration handle most of them in place.
The vocational trucks break down off pavement
HX and similar work at sites, quarries and construction access roads rather than on interstates. Recovery there is a different job from a highway tow, and the wrecker has to be able to get itself back out.
The two heavy-truck rules still apply
Spring brakes have to be caged before a truck with no air will roll, and most front-end tows need the driveshaft pulled.
The International calls we take
Aftertreatment and EGR faults
Diagnosis and repair of derates on both current and legacy emissions systems, with forced regenerations where appropriate.
Air system repair
Leaks located and repaired so the truck moves under its own power.
Tire service
Steer, drive and trailer positions with heavy-duty tools and torque.
Heavy towing and vocational recovery
Caged brakes, driveline removal where needed, and recovery from job sites and unpaved access roads.
How a International has to be moved
Worth reading to whoever shows up, whether or not we sent them.
Cage the spring brakes before moving a truck with no air, and remove the driveshaft for most front-end tows. Recovery load goes through rated frame points. On vocational trucks, tell dispatch the surface and the distance from pavement, because the wrecker has to get out as well as in.
International models we cover
Long-haul fleets, vocational operators and owner-operators running older trucks that are paid for and worth keeping running. Every rescuer carries current general liability insurance and works to standardised response and pricing practices.
International roadside assistance in major US metros
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Statewide coverage
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Where a International gets looked at
A tow ends somewhere. These are the businesses listed in our directory in the largest metros, with a direct-dial number on every one.
Truck dealerships
224 citiesCommercial truck dealers in the directory. Listed by location rather than by marque, so check the name before you route a unit to one.
Mobile truck repair
133 citiesThe call that keeps a truck off a hook entirely. Repair at the shoulder, before anybody tows anything.
Parts counters
2,936 citiesFilters, fluids and the consumables a roadside fix runs out of.
International roadside questions
My older International keeps derating. Is it worth fixing at the roadside?
Often yes, at least enough to get you moving and legal. The previous-generation emissions system has a well-known pattern of exhaust gas recirculation and aftertreatment faults, so a tech who knows it goes straight to the likely cause rather than working through the whole list beside a live lane.
Can you reach me on a construction site?
Usually. Tell dispatch the surface, how far from pavement you are and whether the truck is loaded, because the recovery unit has to be able to get itself out with your truck behind it.
The truck has no air and will not move.
That is the spring brakes doing their job. They have to be caged with the correct tool, with the truck chocked, before it will roll. Anyone without that tool cannot move it.
International and its model names are trademarks of their owner. Road Rescue Network is an independent nationwide dispatch network and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an authorised agent of International. We name the make because it is what our rescuers service.
International down right now?
One number reaches a live dispatcher. Tell them the model and what it is doing, and the truck that leaves is the one that can actually take your car.