Bates Garage and Towing started in 1955 with a small repair shop and one wrecker, and their own site says so in one sentence before moving on. It now runs six small and large wreckers, six bays and six technicians out of 928 State Route 58, in the rural village of Nankin, on the corner of State Route 58 and County Road 801, and they describe roughly 80 years of combined experience between them. They are licensed and insured, they hold an AAA Emergency Road Service Provider membership, and they take checks, Com Check, EFS Check and T-Chek alongside the usual cards. Here is the odd part. The business bureau file names Dennis Bates, Travis Bates and Carla Bates as the partners, and not one of those three names appears anywhere on the family business's own website. Three generations of a family that sells itself on a person answering the phone, and a stranger reading the site cannot learn a single one of their names.
■Trading since 1955, seventy one years, per their own site and the bureau file
■Six small and large wreckers, six bays and six technicians
■24 hour towing and recovery, light, medium and heavy duty
■Ashland, Richland, Wayne, Medina and Lorain counties
■Licensed and insured, AAA Emergency Road Service Provider membership
■Checks, Com Check, EFS Check, T-Chek, plus Visa, Mastercard, cash and debit
■A plus on the business bureau, no complaints on file, not accredited
