About us
Adlers Towing is the area’s most established towing company—serving Auburn Hills, Bloomfield, Clarkston, Commerce Township, Highland, Lake Orion, Rochester, Rochester Hills, Union Lake, Walled Lake, Waterford, West Bloomfield, White Lake and more, generation after generation, for more than 70 years.
Charles A. Adler started Adlers Towing in 1939. The company’s first location was a small, two-pump Sinclair filling station located at 695 Baldwin Avenue in Pontiac, Michigan. In 1941, the company relocated to 1324 Baldwin Avenue after signing with the Socony Vacuum Oil Company. Adlers Towing also included vehicle service and a diner serving lunch until 1951.
In 1943, the first wrecker was purchased, a 1939 Ford one-ton with a Manley hand-operated boom and winch. In 1946, Adlers Towing purchased a new 1946 Studebaker one-and-a-half-ton truck, which was the first truck available after World War II. Christened “Wrecker Number Two,” this Studebaker was sent to the Ashton Wrecker Company at 1701 Lafayette in Detroit, Michigan, where it had the first extended boom ever made installed. In 1951, Adlers Towing built a new Mobil gas station with service bays at 1186 Baldwin Avenue. Adlers Towing’s police impound yard has served the city of Pontiac since 1954 with two storage yards.