Commuters with high-mileage trucks make up a lot of what we do out here. Somebody leaves a mobile-home park off Route 117, gets as far as the lights near the West Warwick line, and the thing quits. Tiogue Avenue and Route 3 carry the traffic, so that's where the no-starts and dead batteries pile up. Driveway work too — single-family lots mean the car's at the house, not boxed into a lot.
West of Anthony and Washington it changes fast. Out past Quidnick toward Greene and Rice City the pavement runs out, and come winter that's ditch recoveries and trucks buried past the axle on hunting access roads. I-95 at Exit 6 puts the highway calls in reach as well.
Getting a truck down Coventry's back roads
Can you reach me on the dirt roads in the state management area?
Usually. Tell dispatch which gate you came in through and how far back you went — addresses get vague toward the Connecticut line.
My car died in my driveway. Do I need to get it to the street?
No. Most driveways here give us room to back a flatbed in. Mention any tight turn or low branch when you call.