24 hour towing on Centennial Avenue and Hoes Lane in Piscataway, NJ: the shift change before sunrise

When the overnight crew heads out and the morning crew arrives, the lots are busy for half an hour. That is when a car that sat for ten hours in January decides not to start.

A jump is tried first because it is the cheaper fix. If the battery will not hold, the car goes to your shop, not to a storage yard.

Many parks close their gates after hours and have only a guard or a keypad. The driver cannot get in without help.

When you call, give the building name, the gate and a phone number for whoever can open it. The dispatcher can call security ahead of the truck if that helps.

A delivery van or straight truck that will not start at the dock holds up the whole morning schedule. Medium and heavy-duty units come from the same Linden yard as the rollbacks.

Fleet managers speak to the same dispatcher at 4 a.m. and get one invoice. An account with net terms can be set up for repeat work.

Hoes Lane carries traffic between the campus, the parks and the I-287 ramps, past the Piscataway Municipal Complex. At night it is fast and dark between lights.

If you break down here, pull into a lot if the car still moves. Otherwise hazards on and give the dispatcher the nearest cross street or building.