On a Sunday morning, we hit monster truck sized jump (frost heave?) on the interstate just 5 miles…read morefrom Kennebec, SD. We limped our camper trailer to the off ramp and the dirt lot at the Clark gas station... to discover we had a busted leaf spring on our Jayco 22ft trailer. After a google search, found a number for the one local auto shop, Charley's. They had an on call number and Jordan answered. Very kind. Very helpful. Gave advice. Came up with a plan for the next morning, when they opened back up. Crawled our way to the KOA just down the street (and happens to be conveniently located across the road from the auto shop...!) Jordan and all staff were incredibly polite, helpful, affordable, and efficient in helping us solve our SOS camper break. We are so appreciative.

Driving cross country from Seattle to NYC our Alfa Romeo Stelvio's low oil warning light comes on…read morein Rapid City, SD. Following our manual instructions for adding oil, the warning light goes off, infotainment shows good level. We drive approx. 1 hour and warning lights come on "excessive" oil!!! It's Sunday, we are 300+ miles from Sioux Falls (nearest authorized Alfa Romeo mechanic). AAA will tow but, only 1 of the 3 of us will be allowed to ride in the tow truck! Unacceptable!! Against all recommendations, we drive an additional 140 miles before we are scared to go on. At the Vivian Eastbound Rest stop, a worker gives us info on Charley's Welding & Auto Repair and their mechanic, Jordan as well as King's Inn that is within walking distance of the repair shop. Jordan answered and said he'll be able to do the oil change on Monday at 9:30 am. Nick, from King's Inn was able to accomodate us for the night. Nick also suggested Henriksen Auto Body Towing 24/7 in Presho. Dave Henriksen, owner, assures us that he'll get someone to tow us asap. In no time at all, Don, tow truck driver, shows up, tows our car, with all 3 of us to Charley's. We were told to leave the car in the yard. We get there and Jordan is at the shop!! Unbelivable!! On a Sunday, on his day off!! On Monday, the car is ready before 10am. Jordan, Don, Dave, & Nick you guys are AMAZING!! We truly appreciate all of you!! Highly recommend 100%. These guys are experts in their fields and their hearts are pure gold!!

If Mel opened a shop closer to where I live, it would be my go-to shop!…read more My girlfriend and I were driving through South Dakota on a road trip and right as we went down into Chamberlain to see the nice view of the Missouri river, a "low oil pressure, shut off engine immediately" warning displayed on my dashboard. I pulled over right away opened the hood to find my battery smoking and it smelled like rotten eggs (which is a sign the battery is in a terrible place). This happened later in the evening so we called a local tow service and they dropped it off at Mel's with us hoping he would be able to take a look the next day. This was day one of our week long trip and with a low oil pressue warning we were a bit worried about our situation. I arrived first thing in the morning at Mel's shop to speak with him about my car. I told him the situation and then Mel asked for the keys and went to work right away. There weren't many places to go around his shop (that I knew of) so I hung around while he looked at. After a few minutes he found that the oil pressure sensor was bad. He replaced that and then worked on replacing the battery as it was obviously not ok. When he finished replacing the battery we went for a drive on the highway to make sure the voltage and the oil pressure were fine. It is my understanding that in some cases where the battery has the characteristics as mine did in this case that the alternator could be overcharging it. The voltage and oil pressure were consistenly fine on our ten minute drive so it seemed the only problem was the battery had just met its time. The bill was very reasonable and we had no further problems the rest of the road trip. It was almost nice in some ways to have my car break down when it did so I was able to bring it here to save on repairs. Mel is plesant to talk to, seems like a smart guy, and helped us out in a pinch. As long as Mel is still in business, don't worry too much if your car happens to break down while passing through Chamberlain.

Traveling to the Black Hills, I was having air conditioning issues with our car. Checked with 2…read moreother shops who told me it would be 3 or 4 days before they could even think about helping me out! Mel, who said he is semi-retired had me pull my car right in, he checked and added freon. We were out the door and on our way in about 30 minutes! Air worked great as we traveled through the Badlands! Very reasonable on his price as well! It is great to know there is still good people who will help you out when needed! Thanks Mel!

Blew our transmission on a cross country road trip, on Memorial Day weekend. Ron came by to tow the…read moretruck in less than an hour, and did a great job. Amazing service, definitely recommend!

Our motorcycle broke down on I90 at the Pukwana exit. Ron's service was dispatched through Harley…read moreowners group to tow my bike. Not only did he arrive quick he was very nice and courteous very professional. Would highly recommend this gentleman.

They promptly came to the campground in Chamberlain and repaired two tires. We took our truck in…read moreand they also checked for a leak. Highly recommend them!!! Thank you

Drive for fed ex and picked up a nail in my tire when I was over an hour away from home. They were…read moreable to get me in right away to help put me back on the road. Very nice crew and wouldn't have made it home without their help.

this company is the best!!! I was traveling from Missouri thru South Dakota and had some…read more truck trouble. I called Overwegs and they were out with a towtruck and picked up my truck and living quarter horse trailer within 30 minutes and hauled me to their shop. They got me right in knowing I was sitting there with a horse in the trailer and got me back on the road with a major repair the same day!Keith went above and beyond my expectations! strongly recommend!!!!

They were able to get us in and out quick after some of the tread came off one of our trailer tires.read more

Venard Tire & Services performed a small miracle on a recent family vacation for me and if I could…read moregive 10 stars for a rating, this place is well deserving of it. My family was heading east on I-90 from visiting Badlands National Park when the tire pressure warning showed low tire pressure in one of the tires. I pulled off highway and noticed a nail or screw in the tire and knew we had to drive on the donut to get somewhere that could fix the flat. Unfortunately we were 900 miles from home and it was the Sunday before the 4th of July at 3pm in the afternoon so we figured we were going to be taking rural highways to the nearest large city of Sioux Falls in hope of finding some place open on the 4th of July. My wife called two of the closest places we found on Google maps and both had recordings that they were out until after the holidays. To our surprise, Vernard picked up the phone and said that they were closed, but to come on in and he'd take a look. We had to drive about an hour at 50mph on the spare tire and the gentleman not only waited for us, but called to check if we were OK during our hour drive. When we arrived, he had the tire fully repaired within 20 minutes of us arriving and then charged us his standard tire repair rate on a day when his shop was actually closed. We thanked him and gave him more than what he was trying to charge us and we were then on our way. A small 1.5 hour deviation from a family road trip was so worth it and showed myself and my family the importance of being kind humans to each other and served as a reminder to always go out of your way to help others in need.

In and out with a tire replaced in 30 minutes, very quick and professional. Even gave us some…read morerecommendations of tires that we are looking to replace