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He Planned to Retire in the Big Bend. Instead, He Spends His Time Rescuing Stranded Tourists.

Tags: texas trades
DATE POSTED:May 8, 2026
Peter CaryOn his first day off in weeks, Peter Cary is ready to put his feet up at his West Texas property outside Terlingua, but his phone still buzzes all day long. Flat tires. Broken lug nuts. Empty gas tanks. Cary is a jack-of-all-trades and former towing company owner from the Northeast who had planned to retire in the beautiful, remote Big Bend area. Instead, he’s built a side hustle as the go-to guy for stranded motorists.Just a few days earlier, he heard from a man with a busted tie-rod. “He’s in a $70,000 Toyota truck with every toy known to mankind to take care of himself,” says Cary, a gruff, baseball-capped 56-year-old who spends long days in the Trans-Pecos sun. The driver, who was visiting…

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Tags: texas trades