- Home
- Pricing
Tow truck prices in Edison, NJ: one booking fee for either truck, miles stated first, nothing hidden
The fee is the first thing on this page because most towing companies put it last. Rollback or wheel-lift, the booking fee is $149, or $129 if you type the booking yourself, and the truck is picked for the car rather than for the receipt. Then come the miles, the recovery add-ons that only apply when a car cannot roll, and the charges that do not exist here.
How an Edison tow is priced: the booking fee, the miles, and the two add-ons that only apply to a car that cannot roll
Every tow out of Edison is priced the same way: $149 to book by phone or $129 online, covering the truck's arrival and the hook-up, then a per-mile rate to the address you give, both stated before dispatch, with winch or dolly work added only for a car that cannot roll or steer and only once you have 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 |
What the $149 buys, and why the online version is $129
The fee pays for a truck reaching any address in Edison and for the car being hooked or winched aboard. It is the same at midnight as at noon, on a holiday as on a Tuesday, and for the rollback as for the wheel-lift.
Type the pickup, the car and the destination into the booking page and the dispatcher's time is saved, so $20 comes off and the fee is $129.
The per-mile line
Miles are measured from the car to the address you name, at a rate the dispatcher tells you before she sends anyone. Inside Edison, or to Metuchen, Woodbridge or Piscataway, the figure is small. If you have no shop in mind she will suggest one close to the breakdown, and the pick stays yours.
A run to the shore, into the city or across a state line is priced as a long distance tow with tolls and the drive home included.
Winch and dolly work, and when it appears
A car that will not roll or steer needs more than a hook. Out of the grass beside an I-287 ramp or the swale by a Raritan Center lot it needs the winch; with a seized or bent axle it needs dollies; with a wheel cranked hard into a Route 27 curb it may need a skate.
If the call reveals it, it is in the quote. If the driver finds it at the curb, he names the figure and does nothing until you agree.
Charges that are not on the receipt
No extra for the rollback over the wheel-lift. No night, weekend or holiday rate, and no fuel line. Hook-up is part of the booking fee, not a second entry beneath it.
A passenger or two rides free. A car delivered to the address you gave is never charged storage or a release fee. Cash and card cost the same, and asking which truck your car needs costs nothing.
Tell the dispatcher the car, the spot and the destination and the total is yours before you hang up.
Get a quote nowBook online · $129Jump start, flat tire, lockout and fuel in Edison: one flat price each, no deck required
A jump, a tire change, a lockout or a fuel drop anywhere in Edison is a single flat price with no mileage, and because most no-start calls from the station lot, the Route 1 hotels and the mall decks turn out to be one of the four, the deck stays empty more often than you would think.
Jump start
For the battery that quit overnight in a North Edison driveway, during a week in a Route 1 hotel row or over a day at the station. Packs sized for cars, diesels and trucks. If the battery is done, the tow is added while the truck is still parked beside you.
Flat tire change
The spare goes on where the car stands: an Oak Tree Road plaza, the Route 27 shoulder, a Raritan Center employee lot. No spare, or two flats at once, and the rollback carries the car to the tire shop of your choice at the standard tow rate.
Car lockout
Keys inside at the mall, at JFK or at a Talmadge Road gate. Entry tools that do not mark the door, and the glass is never touched.
Fuel delivery
Enough gas or diesel to reach a pump, brought to a dry tank on Route 1, Woodbridge Avenue or the run-up to Exit 10, whatever the hour.
Think it might not need a truck? Say that. The roadside price is lower and the driver tries it first.
Call (908) 666-3168What each truck doesOne fee for two trucks in Edison: the reason we price the rollback and the wheel-lift alike
Charging more for the rollback would hand the dispatcher a reason to send the wheel-lift to a Subaru, so we book both at one fee and the only thing decided on the call is which truck the car requires, with the price never leaning on the answer.
Picture the other arrangement. The deck costs more, the caller asks for the cheaper truck, and a tired dispatcher agrees. Six miles down Route 27 on a yoke can cost an all-wheel-drive crossover its transfer case, a repair worth more than every tow the owner will ever book.
An electric car with a motor on a rolling axle fares no better. Booking both trucks at one fee means that conversation never happens; the dispatcher asks what the car is and sends the truck it needs.
Vehicle class is what moves the figure. Sprinters, box trucks and landscaping rigs exceed a car rollback's rating and go on the medium wrecker, tractors and coaches on the heavy one, each quoted on its own; the Raritan Center fleets that run them usually settle on net terms with a monthly invoice.
The costly version of a tow is the one after a crash, when a truck you did not call carries the car to a lot that bills daily and charges again at the gate. Phoning your own truck and naming your own body shop avoids all of it. If a plan or a policy covers towing, pay the flat fee, keep the itemized receipt and claim it back.
Two trucks, one fee, and the right one for your car. Call and hear the figure.
Call (908) 666-3168Back to tow truck Edison NJPricing: common questions
Short answers to what people ask about this page; the dispatcher can answer the rest.
Is $149 everything?
It is the booking fee: the truck reaching you and the car going on, by deck or by yoke. Miles to the destination are added at a rate you hear before dispatch. Nothing else is routine.
Why does booking online cost $129?
Because you have entered the pickup, the car and the destination yourself, and the $20 the dispatcher's time would have cost stays in your pocket. From a live lane, phone; speed matters more than $20 there.
Is the rollback dearer than the wheel-lift?
No. One booking fee, one per-mile rate, and the truck is chosen for the car.
What about vans and trucks?
Vans, box trucks, buses and tractors need a wrecker and are quoted individually. Fleets get an account and a monthly invoice.
Is there a night or holiday rate?
No. Three in the morning on a holiday and three in the afternoon on a weekday cost the same.
Will I get a receipt for my insurer or roadside plan?
Yes, itemized, printed or emailed, with the fee, the miles and any winch or dolly work listed the way reimbursement desks want to see them.
Anything else? Ask on the call.
Call (908) 666-3168More about 24 hour towing in Edison, NJ
Every page on this site, one click away; the number is the same on all of them.
- tow truck Edison NJ, home
- Service area
- FAQ
- Contact
- Facts
- Menlo Park towing
- Oak Tree & North Edison towing
- Clara Barton towing
- Raritan Center towing
- Bonhamtown & Nixon towing
- Piscatawaytown & Lindeneau towing
Read what you need, then call.
Call nowTow truck in Edison right now? Name the car and hear which truck is rolling
$149 by phone, $129 online, miles quoted before dispatch. One fee for the rollback and the wheel-lift, at noon and at 3 a.m.