With towing business, local man achieves dream – fairmontsentinel.com

Jun 13, 2026
ABOVE: Cameron Meyer stands before a newly wrapped flatbed truck for towing people in need, and his new self-owned and operated shop. Meyer has over a decade of experience towing cars in and around the Fairmont area.
FAIRMONT – After several years honing his skills in and around the Fairmont area, Cameron Meyer has captured his dream by opening up his own business, CM Auto Repair and Towing.
Meyer went to college for auto repair right out of high school, and has spent nearly 15 years working for multiple businesses in Fairmont. All along, he said owning his own shop has been the dream.
“Help out the community, do my own thing,” Meyer said. “At the end of the day, I wanted to be my own boss. I wanted to do my own thing, work for myself.”
Around six months ago, he started looking for potential properties that could suit his needs. He found 220 North State Street, and started negotiations from there.
“The owner was Kevin Lind,” Meyer said. “He had the car care center here previously. Sadly, he passed away due to illness. Luckily, we talked beforehand and things worked out. It was the right time, and everything happened for a reason.”
Since then, Meyer has worked with Lind’s wife and started setting up shop. He said locations like 220 North State Street are hard to come by.
“To get the right location to be able to fit a hoist in it, get vehicles in there, be seen still to the public,” Meyer said. “It took a while. I looked at a couple other places, but they just weren’t the right fit, or you would have had to buy a bunch of equipment. This was already set up for a repair shop, so I was able to purchase the equipment with the property, and it worked out good that way.”
The Fairmont Economic Development Authority (FEDA) has also been able to assist Meyer with the process of opening his business.
“[Lind’s] wife had to get things worked out so that she could sell the property to me, since we didn’t get it done before he passed,” he said. “We’re working with the city, the FEDA program to get some assistance with purchasing the building, helping upgrade equipment.”
Currently the shop has two lifts and does standard auto repair work like oil changes, brakes, suspension and motor repairs. Meyer does not offer transmission, diesel engine repairs or alignments, but he is working with D&D Transmission across the street from him as well as other shops to help fill in the gaps where he doesn’t provide services.
“That is one thing that I wanted to make sure in starting the business that I have a good relationship with the other shops in the area,” Meyer said. “At the end of the day, our goal is to help the customer and get them back on the road as soon as we can. If I can work with other shops, even guys that do the same thing that I do, it’s better for the customer.”
While auto repairs can be fit and laid out in a schedule, Meyer also does towing, which can happen at a moment’s notice and fluctuates in volume daily.
“You never know how busy you’re gonna be,” he said. “One day you can be out in the truck all day long, the next day you don’t have any calls.”
CM Auto Repair and Towing is a one-man operation, and has been running since late April. Since opening, Meyer said he has learned a lot about time management.
“Trying to manage my scheduling of projects for the day and how much time I’m actually going to be in here,” he said. “Luckily, customers are understanding. I say, ‘Drop your vehicle off, leave it with me for the day.’ I will get it done. If I got to work a little later, I will get your vehicle done by the end of the day.”
With several options already available in Fairmont, Meyer said having a crowded market did cause him doubts on whether he wanted to open, but he wants to provide the smaller shop experience.
“Not having to go to the bigger dealers or franchise-owned,” he said. “People like community, small, family-owned. I grew up here, I’ve always lived here, and I wanted to help out the community by being here.”
So far, Meyer said the whole thing has been a positive experience. As things move forward, he said he wants to progress things little by little.
“Grow, make it bigger, make it better little by little,” Meyer said. “Upgrading equipment, making things different. Obviously, I don’t want to jump in and go overboard right off the bat. Start out with what we got, and baby step it from there. Ideally, we’re going to remodel up front. I’m hoping to get a couple more hoists and bays up there. All said and done, I’m hoping to have about five stalls in total here.”
They are also looking to add storage space for the tow truck and an impound lot for wrecked vehicles, and eventually renovate some of the space to create a waiting area.
For more information, call 507-618-1348.
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