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What 24 hour towing costs in Piscataway, NJ: $149 to book, $129 online, and no night surcharge at all
The fee is set in advance and printed here so there is nothing to argue over at 2 a.m. This page explains what the fee pays for, what can reasonably be added, what never will be, and how to get your exact figure in one short call.
How a Piscataway tow is priced: $149 to book, the miles, and that is it
A tow in Piscataway is $149 booked by phone or $129 booked online, plus mileage to the address you pick at a rate stated on the call; a winch or dolly charge applies only to a car that cannot roll, and only after you have heard it and said yes.
| What | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Booking fee by phone | $149 | Dispatch and hook-up, any hour |
| Booking fee online | $129 | $20 off when you book it yourself |
| Mileage to your destination | Quoted on the call | Before the truck moves. You pick the shop. |
| Jump start · tire · lockout · fuel | One flat price each | No mileage. Tried first when it can solve it. |
| Winch or dollies | Only if the car will not roll | Named before the work, you decide |
| Night, weekend, holiday, fuel surcharge | None | 3 a.m. costs what 3 p.m. costs |
| Storage or release fee | None | The car goes to your shop, not a yard |
The booking fee: $149 by phone, $129 online
The fee covers the truck driving out to you and loading the car, and it is the same at 3 a.m. and 3 p.m. A phone booking is $149; the online form is $129, because it saves the dispatcher time. It applies to cars, SUVs and pickups on a wheel-lift or rollback, while vans, box trucks and buses need a bigger truck and are quoted separately.
The mileage
The meter, so to speak, runs from the car's spot to the drop-off, and you hear the per-mile rate before saying yes. A tow within Piscataway, or to Edison, Highland Park, New Brunswick or South Plainfield, is only a few miles. Longer trips to the shore, New York or out of state are long distance towing, quoted as one figure with tolls and the return trip already included.
Winch, dollies and recovery
These show up only when the car cannot roll or steer on its own: a crushed front end on a Stelton Road crash, an engine full of water on River Road, wheels sunk in soft ground near Johnson Park, a steering lock with the wheels turned hard. The dispatcher usually hears this in your description and adds it to the quote. If the driver finds something you could not have known, he tells you the figure before touching the winch.
What you will never be charged
No fee for night, weekend or holiday. No fuel surcharge. No charge for a passenger in the cab.
A car dropped where you asked never picks up storage or a release charge. Asking for a price is free and binds you to nothing.
The $149 stays $149 whether the campus emptied hours ago or the shop does not open until morning.
Tell us the pickup spot, the drop-off and the vehicle, and the total comes back in a sentence.
Get a quote nowBook online · $129One flat price each for a jump, a tire, a lockout or fuel anywhere in Piscataway
Anywhere in Piscataway, a jump start, a spare tire put on, a locked car opened or fuel delivered is one flat charge with no mileage, and most of the time you drive away afterward.
Jump start
A Busch lot, a Stelton Road plaza, a New Market driveway: the pack starts gas cars, pickups and diesels alike. When a battery is too far gone, the driver quotes the tow before he leaves.
Flat tire change
The spare goes on beside Centennial Avenue or on a campus road with the truck protecting you from traffic. No spare, or two flats, and the car goes to a tire shop at the tow rate.
Car lockout
Keys locked in the car or the trunk at Jersey Mike's Arena, a business park gate or outside your house. Opened with proper tools, without damage to glass or paint.
Fuel delivery
Out of gas on I-287, Possumtown Road or River Road. Enough fuel, gas or diesel, to get you to the nearest open station, at any hour.
Not sure it needs a tow? Say so. The roadside charge is smaller, so it gets tried first.
Call (908) 666-3168What we towWhy a 2 a.m. tow quote in Piscataway should match the afternoon quote
Towing bills tend to grow after dark, so we charge the daytime figure at night and publish it; if another quote includes an after-hours line, expect more lines to follow.
An after-hours fee charges you for waking someone up, and people pay it because a driver stuck on an I-287 ramp at 2 a.m. has no leverage. Our night crew is on the schedule, awake and already in the trucks, so there is nothing to justify that fee and we do not charge it.
Storage is the other way costs pile up. When a truck you did not call hauls a wrecked car from Stelton Road to its own yard, you face storage days and a release fee by the time you find it. Picking your own tow company and body shop at the scene is how a Piscataway crash stays a single bill.
If your insurer or a roadside plan covers towing, you can still use us: pay the figure you were quoted and submit our itemized receipt to get the money back. Late at night that is usually quicker than waiting for the plan to locate a contractor, and the receipt is laid out the way their claims desks want.
The quote is free, flat and the same at every hour.
Call (908) 666-3168Back to 24 hour towing PiscatawayPricing: common questions
Short answers to what people ask about this page; the dispatcher can answer the rest.
Is a night tow in Piscataway more expensive than a daytime one?
No. The fee stays $149 on the phone and $129 online, and the per-mile rate holds at midnight, on Sundays and on holidays alike. The receipt has no after-hours line because there is no after-hours charge.
Why is booking online $20 cheaper?
Typing it in yourself frees up the dispatcher, and that saving comes off your fee. If you are on a shoulder, call anyway; the phone is quicker, and $20 is small compared to a long wait.
Can the price go up once I agree?
The booking fee cannot. The rest depends on what you described; if the driver finds, say, wheels locked hard that need dollies, he gives you that figure before anything is lifted.
Will I pay storage?
Never on a car we drop at the garage, dealership or home you picked, and that is where all our tows finish. Storage only applies if you ask us to hold a vehicle, and you would hear the rate first.
Can I use the receipt with my insurance or roadside plan?
Yes. The booking fee, the miles and any winch or dolly line are each shown on their own, and you can take a paper copy from the driver or ask dispatch to email one; claims desks accept it as written.
How can I pay in the middle of the night?
Hand the driver a card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover), tap Apple Pay or Google Pay, or pay cash. Businesses on a fleet account get billed once a month on net terms.
Anything else? Ask on the call.
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Call nowStranded in Piscataway after midnight? One number, one flat price, one truck on its way
A dispatcher awake all night. $149 by phone, $129 online. Dispatched from Linden, about 28 minutes out.