Towing Union County NJ: one fleet for all 21 towns

Berkeley Heights and Summit in the hills, Elizabeth on the bay, Plainfield on the Somerset line, Rahway on the Middlesex line. Every one of them dials the same desk. You never need to know which town you broke down in, only the road and the nearest cross street.

Our trucks park in Linden, which is itself a Union County town. The southeast towns are the shortest runs, and the Route 22 and Parkway corridors carry a truck to the western and northern towns without leaving the county. No call waits on a truck crossing from another county first.

She knows that Route 22 splits Union, Springfield and Mountainside from Kenilworth and Scotch Plains, that the Parkway exits run from 135 in Clark up to 142 at I-78, and that the Rahway River winds through half the county. That knowledge picks the truck and the approach before you finish the address.

Elizabeth does not pay a city rate and Summit does not pay a hill rate. The booking fee is the same line on every receipt, the mileage is read to you before a truck moves, and roadside jobs are one flat price each wherever the car sits.

Route 22 is a divided highway lined with store entrances, U-turn slots and short merges, and rear-end hits there are daily. Once the police have cleared you, tell the officer your own tow is coming. Our flatbed takes the car to the body shop you name, photographed for the adjuster, never to a daily-rate lot.

Trucks bound for the port and the Turnpike fill these lanes, and there is little shoulder between the jughandles. If the car can crawl, get it into a jughandle or a lot entrance. If it cannot, stay out of the car on the curb side, and the truck arrives with lights running to shield the lane.

The winding roads through the Reservation and the steep streets of Summit and Berkeley Heights put cars into ditches and against trees every icy season. Our driver brings the winch and, if the car is damaged, a flatbed. Give the nearest trailhead, lot or crossroad so he can find you under the trees.

The Parkway crosses Union County from Clark to Hillside, and the Turnpike runs past Elizabeth and Linden with Exits 13 and 13A. Ramps and local roads at every exit are direct dispatch for us. On the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway the shoulder itself is served by the Turnpike Authority's authorized garages; book with us anyway, and once the authorized truck has the car off the highway we take it from the exit or the garage's lot to the shop or driveway you choose, at the same flat quoted price.

The destination: a shop in the same town is a couple of miles, a dealer across the county is more, and a trip out of state is a long-distance quote. The vehicle: all-wheel drives and EVs need a flatbed, and box trucks or tractors need a heavier truck.

The condition: a car that rolls and steers loads in minutes, while one that is wrecked, flooded or locked in gear may need winching or dollies, priced before the driver starts.

No charge for the town you are in or how far it is from Linden. No night, weekend or holiday surcharge, and no fuel surcharge on the miles.

No fee for a passenger riding along. No storage or release fee, because the car goes where you said and there is no lot.

Every line is spelled out on the prices page.

This is home ground. The yard is here and trucks cycle through these towns all day, so the closest one is often a few blocks off.

One short highway run from the yard, and on the path trucks take toward Route 22 and the western towns. A truck passing through on the Parkway is common.

Farther west, reached on the Parkway to Route 28 or Raritan Road, or out Route 22. The dispatcher checks whether a truck is already out that way before quoting.

The hill towns are the longest runs from Linden, and we say so. A truck working Route 22 or Morris Avenue often turns uphill to reach you sooner than the yard could.