The business practices and terminology between breakdown cover organisations and small operations differ messily between the USA and Great Britain. When ever you mention the term breakdown cover in the States you will only find a hand ful of individuals who will elate it to the service we know in the UK.
As soon as you start referring to Roadside Assistance however then, the communication starts becoming clearer that is until you then clarify towing. Many companies like to call them themselves a towing operation. One such company is called Adlers Towing which does not just stop at cars. In fact when you see the towing equipment they have, you can see they can pretty much pick up everything, from commercial units through to domestic vehicles.
This seems typical of a family owned towing business, where relying on one vehicle type may not generate enough business. Of course the cars they drive in America are far bigger than here in the UK and the roads are wider also to accommodate huge recovery trucks like these. To give you a flavour we have incorporated the Aldler Towing video from Yellow Pages.