- Home
- Service Area
- Montclair
- Emergency Towing
24 hour emergency towing in Montclair, NJ: immediate dispatch from Linden, 30 minutes out, no surcharge for night or weekend
The car stopped in Montclair and it is not going to start again. One call reaches our own dispatcher, who quotes the tow and sends a flatbed or wheel-lift truck from Linden in roughly 30 minutes. No membership, no surcharges, 24 hours a day.
Emergency towing near you in Montclair: what you get when you call our Linden dispatch
Emergency towing in Montclair means a truck dispatched immediately from Linden, roughly 30 minutes away, to a vehicle that cannot safely be driven, with a flat price quoted on the call and a real arrival window.
An emergency tow in Montclair is not a scheduled pickup. The truck leaves the yard the minute you approve the quote, the dispatcher builds your arrival window from where the nearest available truck actually is, and the driver calls when he is a few minutes out. It does not mean a surcharge: a 3 a.m. tow off Bloomfield Avenue is priced on the same flat hook-plus-mileage structure as a Tuesday afternoon.
A hilly, walkable township with several downtowns along Bloomfield Avenue and Valley Road, Montclair State University at the top of the hill, and steep residential streets climbing First Mountain. Family SUVs, electric cars and student cars; winter slide-offs on the hills are a fixture. Those details decide whether a flatbed or a wheel-lift comes to Montclair and from which direction, so the dispatcher asks about them before the truck moves.
What an emergency tow covers in Montclair
A car that will not start and is not going to. An engine that overheated on Bloomfield Avenue. A transmission that will not engage. A blowout with no spare on Valley Road. A car that hit something at a Montclair intersection and is leaking or pulling. A vehicle in a tow-away zone with the clock running. Any of these, on a shoulder, in a live lane, in a driveway, at Montclair State University or in a garage, is an emergency tow, and the response is the same for all of them.
30 minutes from the yard to Montclair
Linden sits at Exit 13 of the Turnpike, on Routes 1 & 9 and Route 27, one exit from the Parkway. From there Montclair is roughly 30 minutes by Bloomfield Avenue and Valley Road. The dispatcher can see where each truck is, so the window you hear is real. Rush hour on Bloomfield Avenue and storms stretch it, and you are told so on the call.
Driveways, curbs and decks: where the car sits in Montclair
Where the car is parked decides how it is loaded. Downtown decks and metered street parking, driveways on the hills, university lots. Decks are low; cars come out on skates. Say exactly where it sits and the driver leaves Linden with the rigging out: skates to slide a boxed-in car, boards for a low front lip, a dolly under a locked wheel. Nothing gets dragged; a car that cannot roll is winched up the deck.
Tow or technician: the dispatcher decides for Montclair
Half the calls from Montclair that start as "I need a tow" end as a jump start, a tire change, a lockout or a fuel delivery, for less money and with you driving away. Describe the symptom honestly; the dispatcher will tell you which one you need, even if it means a smaller bill.
If you need emergency towing in Montclair this minute, stop reading and call. A dispatcher answers around the clock and gives the price before anything moves.
Call (908) 444-0129All towing in MontclairFrom your emergency call in Montclair to the hook: the five steps, what to say and what to expect
You tell the dispatcher where in Montclair you are, what happened, what you drive and where the car should go; the dispatcher quotes a flat price and an arrival window; you approve; the truck rolls; the driver calls when he is minutes out.
Step one: where, exactly, in Montclair
On Bloomfield Avenue or Valley Road, say the direction and the nearest exit, cross street or business. On a residential street, the address or the two cross streets and the neighborhood. In a lot, the name of the place, such as Montclair State University. In a garage, the level and the posted clearance. The blue dot on your phone's map is your friend; read the road it shows.
Step two: what the car is doing
The symptom decides the truck and the rigging. A car that cranks but will not catch, one that boiled over, one with a dead transmission or a shredded tire, one that was hit near Montclair State University. Whether it rolls and whether it steers matters most: a rolling car is pulled straight up the deck, a locked one is winched with a dolly under the stuck corner.
Step three: what you drive picks the truck
Family SUVs, electric cars and student cars; winter slide-offs on the hills are a fixture. The dispatcher needs the year, make and model because those vehicles split into three trucks: AWD, electric and lowered cars ride a flatbed; a plain front-wheel-drive sedan can take a cheaper wheel-lift; vans and box trucks need a medium-duty truck. You are told which is coming and why.
Step four: where the car goes, and the one total
Your mechanic in Montclair, a dealer on Bloomfield Avenue, a body shop near Montclair State University, your driveway, or "not sure yet". The destination sets the mileage. The dispatcher quotes the total and you say yes or no. Asking costs nothing.
Step five: arrival, loading, drop-off, receipt
From there it is the driver's job. He calls when he is close, stops behind the car with the amber bar running if you are on a shoulder, loads it, and takes it and usually one passenger to the destination. The itemized receipt names the pickup in Montclair, the drop-off, the mileage and the service, and you pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or cash.
The road, the nearest cross street and the make and model: with those three things the dispatcher quotes emergency towing in Montclair on the spot.
Call dispatch nowWhat to have readyFrom your call to the car being unloaded: how emergency towing in Montclair actually unfolds
From Montclair the whole emergency towing call runs in three parts: a three-minute phone call with a quoted price, about 30 minutes while the truck drives in from Linden via Garden State Parkway Exit 148 (via Bloomfield), and fifteen to twenty minutes on scene to load, strap and photograph the car before it leaves for your destination.
Most people in Montclair call for emergency towing once in several years, so none of it feels familiar. The steps below happen in the same order on every call, so you know what comes next.
The first minute: what the dispatcher asks when you call from Montclair
The call to (908) 444-0129 is answered by a dispatcher at any hour, not a recording. Four questions follow: exactly where the car is in Montclair (the road and direction, the nearest cross street or exit, such as Garden State Parkway Exit 148 (via Bloomfield), or the name of the lot), the make and model, what happened, and the destination. If you are not sure exactly where you are in Montclair, read a mile marker, a shop sign or the last exit you passed.
The quote and the dispatch, before the third minute
Three facts (where the car is in Montclair, what it is and where it is going) are enough for one exact number. For a tow that number is the hook fee plus mileage to your address, and it does not move when the driver arrives. Say yes and a truck is assigned while you are on the line, with an arrival window built from its real position rather than a promise. No card is charged until the work is done.
While the truck is on its way to Montclair
The route in is Bloomfield Avenue and Valley Road, coming off at Garden State Parkway Exit 148 (via Bloomfield). That is roughly 30 minutes with clear roads; in snow or a rush-hour backup the dispatcher gives you the real figure instead of a hopeful one. A few minutes before arrival the driver calls so you can spot the right truck and wave him to the car. Stay belted in the car if you are on a shoulder, hazards on, unless the car itself is in danger.
On scene in Montclair: fifteen to twenty minutes to load
The driver confirms your name and the destination first, then photographs the car before anything is touched. He positions the truck for the street rather than for the car: a narrow street off Bloomfield Avenue, a driveway, a lot or a deck each call for a different setup. Loading, strapping and a second set of photos take fifteen to twenty minutes. If the shop is closed when the car arrives, the key is left as the shop instructed. Most of the time you can ride in the cab; say so when you call.
Once the job is done in Montclair: paperwork and next steps
You get an itemized receipt by text or email with the hook fee, the mileage and the addresses, which is what an insurer or a warranty company asks for. Keep the receipt with the car's paperwork; roadside plans and some insurers reimburse it. The whole picture of towing in Montclair is on the Montclair towing page.
The clock starts when you call (908) 444-0129: three minutes to a quote, about 30 minutes to a truck in Montclair.
Call dispatch nowWhat to have readyBloomfield Avenue, Valley Road, Route 46 (border) and Upper Mountain Avenue / Highland Avenue: how our trucks reach Montclair for emergency towing, road by road
From Linden we reach Montclair by Bloomfield Avenue, Valley Road and Route 46 (border), using Garden State Parkway Exit 148 (via Bloomfield), Garden State Parkway Exit 151 (via Bloomfield) and Route 46 at Valley Road, and we provide emergency towing on every one of them.
Every road below is one our drivers run to and through Montclair. The notes are what they actually know about each one. When you call for emergency towing, say the road, the direction and the nearest cross street or exit.
Bloomfield Avenue: emergency towing response in Montclair
The main downtown strip; angled parking, decks, buses and constant lockouts. If police are already with you on Bloomfield Avenue, tell the dispatcher; we coordinate with them on the lane and they will usually hold it for the load.
Emergency towing on Valley Road in Montclair
North-south through Upper Montclair; busy with curb parking. Approaching Valley Road from the wrong side can add ten minutes, so the direction is the first thing the dispatcher asks.
Route 46 (border) through Montclair: emergency towing on the road and off it
Along the northern edge near Little Falls and the university. If police are already with you on Route 46 (border), tell the dispatcher; we coordinate with them on the lane and they will usually hold it for the load.
Emergency towing on Upper Mountain Avenue / Highland Avenue in Montclair
Ridge roads that ice first and produce winter slide-offs. Approaching Upper Mountain Avenue / Highland Avenue from the wrong side can add ten minutes, so the direction is the first thing the dispatcher asks.
Grove Street through Montclair: emergency towing on the road and off it
Toward Bloomfield and the Parkway. Approaching Grove Street from the wrong side can add ten minutes, so the direction is the first thing the dispatcher asks.
The exits our trucks take for Montclair
For Montclair the ramps to know are Garden State Parkway Exit 148 (via Bloomfield), Garden State Parkway Exit 151 (via Bloomfield) and Route 46 at Valley Road. If you are on the highway, the exit number is the single most useful thing you can tell the dispatcher about emergency towing. For the Turnpike and Parkway express lanes with no exit, the Authority's garage handles the shoulder and we meet the car at the exit.
On a shoulder near Montclair? Belted in, hazards on. Call and say the road, the direction and the exit.
Call from the shoulderTowing in MontclairEmergency towing at the places Montclair drivers stop: Montclair State University, Montclair Art Museum and Wellmont Theater and the Bay Street station lot
In Montclair the emergency towing calls cluster at Montclair State University, Montclair Art Museum, Wellmont Theater, Bloomfield Avenue downtown and Upper Montclair village and Bay Street station, Walnut Street station, Watchung Avenue station, Upper Montclair station, Montclair Heights station and Montclair State University station; whichever it is, a truck or a tech is there in roughly 30 minutes.
Emergency towing at Montclair State University
Montclair State University is a regular pickup for our drivers. Say which lot or which entrance, take your belongings out of the car, and have the key ready; a boxed-in car is moved on skates to where the deck can drop.
Emergency towing when the car stops at Montclair Art Museum
A car that will not move at Montclair Art Museum is one of the common Montclair emergency calls. Say the lot or the entrance; the driver knows where a truck can stop and how to reach a car boxed in by others. If it turns out to be a dead battery, a technician fixes it for less than a tow.
Wellmont Theater: emergency towing response
A car that will not move at Wellmont Theater is one of the common Montclair emergency calls. Say the lot or the entrance; the driver knows where a truck can stop and how to reach a car boxed in by others. If it turns out to be a dead battery, a technician fixes it for less than a tow.
Emergency towing when the car stops at Bloomfield Avenue downtown
Bloomfield Avenue downtown is a regular pickup for our drivers. Say which lot or which entrance, take your belongings out of the car, and have the key ready; a boxed-in car is moved on skates to where the deck can drop.
Emergency towing when the car stops at Upper Montclair village
A car that will not move at Upper Montclair village is one of the common Montclair emergency calls. Say the lot or the entrance; the driver knows where a truck can stop and how to reach a car boxed in by others. If it turns out to be a dead battery, a technician fixes it for less than a tow.
Emergency towing when the car stops at Mountainside Park
A car that will not move at Mountainside Park is one of the common Montclair emergency calls. Say the lot or the entrance; the driver knows where a truck can stop and how to reach a car boxed in by others. If it turns out to be a dead battery, a technician fixes it for less than a tow.
Bay Street station, Walnut Street station, Watchung Avenue station, Upper Montclair station, Montclair Heights station and Montclair State University station: emergency towing in the commuter lot
Station and park-and-ride lots at Bay Street station, Walnut Street station, Watchung Avenue station, Upper Montclair station, Montclair Heights station and Montclair State University station are dead-battery country, and a dead battery is a jump start first. When the battery is finished, the flatbed is dispatched from the same call and the car goes to the shop you choose.
If you are at one of these Montclair spots now, say which one and where in the lot; emergency towing is dispatched on the call.
Call (908) 444-0129Every service in MontclairShoulders, driveways, overheats and blowouts: emergency towing in Montclair
The common Montclair emergency tows are shoulder breakdowns on Bloomfield Avenue, cars that will not start in driveways and lots, overheats and blown transmissions, blowouts with no spare, post-accident tows and vehicles that must move before a ticket.
Night breakdowns on Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair
Nothing on this page is more dangerous than sitting on the shoulder of Bloomfield Avenue at 1 a.m. Stay in the car with the belt on and the hazards going; leave it only if the car itself is exposed, and then get behind the barrier and away from it. Trucks that show up uninvited are not ours. Ours says the company name and yours.
Driveways, station lots and store parking at dawn
Dawn is when Montclair finds out which batteries died overnight. The lots at Bay Street station are the worst for it. The technician tries the jump first; if the battery will not take a charge, the flatbed is dispatched without a second call.
Overheats, blown transmissions and dead alternators
The main downtown strip; angled parking, decks, buses and constant lockouts. A temperature gauge in the red or a transmission that will not engage is a stop-now, tow-now situation; limping to the shop turns a repair into a rebuild.
A shredded tire and an empty trunk on Valley Road
A third of flat-tire calls from Montclair end as a tow because there is no usable spare. A tire change on the shoulder of Valley Road is the first try; if there is nothing to put on, the tow to the tire shop you choose is quoted on the same call.
After an accident in Montclair, once the scene is clear
After a collision the fastest way to lose control of the bill is to let the rotation truck take the car to a yard. Call us while the officer is still writing, say where the car is going, and it goes there. The details are on accident towing in Montclair.
Cars that must move before the ticket
Downtown decks and metered street parking, driveways on the hills, university lots. Decks are low; cars come out on skates. When the car is dead and the sweeper is due, or the tow-away sign is about to apply, that is an emergency with a clock on it. We get it off the street in Downtown Montclair or wherever it is and into a driveway or a shop first.
One call covers every situation above in Montclair; describe it, and the right truck or tech is sent.
Call (908) 444-0129Emergency towing explainedEmergency towing prices in Montclair, NJ: what the number is made of and why you hear it before dispatch
The cost of an emergency tow from Montclair is a flat hook fee and a per-mile rate, quoted as one number on the phone; the same number applies at 3 a.m. on a holiday, and there is no fuel or passenger charge.
Two numbers: the hook and the miles from Montclair
Two numbers: the hook fee, the same for every tow, and the mileage from where the car is in Montclair to where you want it. Short local tows stay inside the base mileage; longer ones are quoted per mile. You hear the total before you decide.
What is never on an emergency towing bill in Montclair
There is no fuel surcharge, no night or holiday premium, no charge for a passenger in the cab and no administrative fee. There is no storage line either, because the car from Montclair goes to your shop or driveway, not our yard. If the number on scene differs from the number dispatch gave you, call dispatch before the car is loaded.
How to pay for a Montclair tow and claim it back
All major cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and cash on site; net terms for fleet accounts. The itemized receipt shows the Montclair pickup, destination, mileage and service, which is what insurers and roadside plans need to reimburse an out-of-network emergency tow.
Why there is no price list for Montclair on the website
Prices depend on the truck the job needs and the distance to where you want the car, and both are known in thirty seconds on the phone. That is why the website says "quoted first" instead of printing a number that would be wrong for half of Montclair.
Want the number for emergency towing in Montclair before you decide? Call; the quote takes half a minute and costs nothing.
Call for a quoteSchedule insteadEvery Montclair neighborhood gets the same emergency towing: Walnut Street, South End, Montclair Heights and Estate section and more
Walnut Street, South End, Montclair Heights, Estate section, Downtown Montclair, Upper Montclair and Watchung Plaza: every section of Montclair gets emergency towing at the same flat quoted price.
Downtown decks and metered street parking, driveways on the hills, university lots. Decks are low; cars come out on skates. That is why the dispatcher asks which of Montclair's 7 sections the car is in before the truck leaves Linden.
Walnut Street, Montclair: emergency towing response
Walnut Street gets the same response as the rest of Montclair: a dispatcher who quotes emergency towing on the call, a truck from Linden in roughly 30 minutes, and a driver who calls when he is minutes out. Give the cross streets in Walnut Street and whether the car is in a driveway, on the street or in a lot.
Emergency towing in South End
Calls from South End are quoted the same flat way as anywhere in Montclair. Tell the dispatcher the nearest cross street in South End and where the car is sitting, and the truck arrives set up for it.
Montclair Heights: what emergency towing looks like here
Montclair Heights gets the same response as the rest of Montclair: a dispatcher who quotes emergency towing on the call, a truck from Linden in roughly 30 minutes, and a driver who calls when he is minutes out. Give the cross streets in Montclair Heights and whether the car is in a driveway, on the street or in a lot.
Emergency towing in Estate section
Estate section gets the same response as the rest of Montclair: a dispatcher who quotes emergency towing on the call, a truck from Linden in roughly 30 minutes, and a driver who calls when he is minutes out. Give the cross streets in Estate section and whether the car is in a driveway, on the street or in a lot.
Emergency towing in Downtown Montclair
In Downtown Montclair the approach depends on the street: a Downtown Montclair driveway, a curb, a lot or a garage each get different rigging, and knowing before the truck leaves Linden means no second trip to Downtown Montclair. Flat price, real window, itemized receipt, in Downtown Montclair as everywhere in Montclair.
Upper Montclair, Montclair: emergency towing response
Upper Montclair gets the same response as the rest of Montclair: a dispatcher who quotes emergency towing on the call, a truck from Linden in roughly 30 minutes, and a driver who calls when he is minutes out. Give the cross streets in Upper Montclair and whether the car is in a driveway, on the street or in a lot.
Anywhere in Montclair, same number, same flat price, same 24/7 dispatch.
Call (908) 444-0129Contact dispatchThe Montclair drivers who call us for emergency towing, and what each one needs
Roughly 40,000 people live in Montclair, and emergency towing here serves all of them plus the drivers passing through: commuters parked at Bay Street station, families on the residential streets, the businesses around Montclair State University, and the stranger whose car quit on Bloomfield Avenue.
A hilly, walkable township with several downtowns along Bloomfield Avenue and Valley Road, Montclair State University at the top of the hill, and steep residential streets climbing First Mountain. Family SUVs, electric cars and student cars; winter slide-offs on the hills are a fixture. Those are the drivers of Montclair, and each group below calls for emergency towing for its own reasons.
The commuter's car in Montclair: Bay Street station and the roads to it
A Montclair commuter's car fails at the worst possible moments: leaving for the train, coming home late, or on Bloomfield Avenue in the morning rush. We tow it to the shop you name or the driveway you left from, and tell you the price first. Most commuter calls are quoted and dispatched in under three minutes.
Families in the residential streets of Montclair
The township has a lot of two- and three-car households, and the spare car is the one that fails. A local tow to the shop or the dealer is priced as hook plus mileage, quoted on the call. If you are locked out with a child inside, call 911 first and then us; that call goes to the front of the line.
Work vans, pickups and fleets around Montclair State University
Around Montclair State University and Montclair Art Museum the calls come from work vehicles: a plumber's van, a florist's car, a landscaper's pickup with a trailer behind it. A business tow from Montclair is priced the same hook-plus-mileage way as anyone else's and lands at the shop you name; anything over a pickup's weight is a heavy-duty job. Fleet accounts get one invoice a month; ask the dispatcher.
Drivers passing through Montclair on Bloomfield Avenue
Bloomfield Avenue carries plenty of drivers who are only passing through Montclair, and some of them break down here. Our dispatcher knows the road by exit and by landmark, and the truck is set up for a shoulder pickup: lights, cones, and a fast load. Where the car goes is your choice: a shop in Montclair, your home town or anywhere in the 45-minute area.
Commuter, parent, shop owner or stranger on Bloomfield Avenue: everyone in Montclair calls the same number, (908) 444-0129, and gets the same dispatcher at any hour.
Call (908) 444-0129Emergency towing explainedEmergency towing in Montclair through the year: winter ice, pothole spring, summer heat and fall storms on Bloomfield Avenue
The trucks run to Montclair in every month, but what they are sent for follows the calendar: dead batteries and ice on Bloomfield Avenue in winter, pothole damage in spring, overheating and blown tires in summer, storms and deer strikes in the fall. First Mountain streets — Upper Mountain, Highland, Lloyd Road — ice before the rest of town.
Dispatch keeps the same hours all year, but a driver who has run to Montclair for a few winters knows what the calendar does to the calls. The notes below are the pattern, so you know what to expect from emergency towing in each season and what to do before you call.
Emergency towing in Montclair in winter: snow, ice and dead batteries
Winter emergency tows are mostly cars that slid, stalled in a drift or died at a light in the cold; the flatbed carries chains and a snatch block for the ones that left the pavement. In Montclair the hills and the shaded side streets ice first; say whether the car is on a slope so the driver brings the right rigging.
March and April in Montclair: potholes, bent wheels and inspection failures
Spring brings suspension and tire damage from potholes; a car that hit one hard and now pulls or clunks should ride a flatbed rather than be driven. Valley Road and the side streets off it break up every March; a car that hit a hole and now vibrates or pulls should not be driven to the shop.
Emergency towing in Montclair in July and August
Summer emergencies are overheating and blown tires at speed; pull off, hood closed, and let the truck bring it to a shop before the head gasket goes. Summer storms flood the low spots in Montclair in minutes; a car that stalled in water is towed to the shop, never restarted on the spot.
Deer, wet leaves and the first freeze: fall in Montclair
In the fall the calls shift to deer strikes at dusk and wet-leaf spins on the ramps; both end with a flatbed and a body shop. The first cold night of the fall exposes every weak battery in Montclair; a jump start gets you moving and the tech tells you if the battery will hold. See jump starts in Montclair.
Whatever the month, the number and the price structure are the same in Montclair. Call (908) 444-0129 and say what happened.
Call (908) 444-0129Roadside assistance in MontclairEmergency towing around Montclair: Glen Ridge, Bloomfield, Verona and Cedar Grove and more, same trucks
The same trucks that provide emergency towing in Montclair serve Glen Ridge, Bloomfield, Verona, Cedar Grove, Clifton, Little Falls, West Orange and East Orange; each has its own emergency towing page.
- Emergency towing in Glen Ridge
- Emergency towing in Bloomfield
- Emergency towing in Verona
- Emergency towing in Cedar Grove
- Emergency towing in Clifton
- Emergency towing in Little Falls
- Emergency towing in West Orange
- Emergency towing in East Orange
- Emergency towing in Essex County
- Emergency towing everywhere we go
Glen Ridge: 20–35 minutes from the Linden yard
Glen Ridge is next to Montclair and in our second response zone. If the car is on the Glen Ridge side of the line, say so; the dispatcher may route a truck from a different direction. See emergency towing in Glen Ridge.
Bloomfield, 20–35 minutes from Linden
Bloomfield is next to Montclair and in our second response zone. If the car is on the Bloomfield side of the line, say so; the dispatcher may route a truck from a different direction. See emergency towing in Bloomfield.
Verona: 35–45 minutes from the Linden yard
We send the same trucks and quote the same way for emergency towing in Verona as in Montclair; drivers who move between the two call us from both. That town's page: emergency towing in Verona.
Cedar Grove, 35–45 minutes from Linden
A job that starts in Montclair and ends in Cedar Grove, or the reverse, usually stays inside the base mileage. Details for that town: emergency towing in Cedar Grove.
Do not know whether you are still in Montclair or already in Glen Ridge? It changes nothing: one number and one price structure for every town within 45 minutes.
Call (908) 444-0129Service area mapEmergency towing in Montclair at a glance: drive time, roads, exits, lots and price
Montclair is a township in Essex County, 30 minutes from our Linden dispatch in zone 2, reached by Bloomfield Avenue, Valley Road and Route 46 (border); emergency towing runs there 24/7 at a flat quoted price.
| Service | 24 Hour Emergency Towing in Montclair, Essex County, NJ |
|---|---|
| Drive from Linden | 30 minutes off-peak · Zone 2 (20–35 minutes) |
| Roads we come in on | Bloomfield Avenue, Valley Road, Route 46 (border), Upper Mountain Avenue / Highland Avenue and Grove Street |
| Exits | Garden State Parkway Exit 148 (via Bloomfield), Garden State Parkway Exit 151 (via Bloomfield) and Route 46 at Valley Road |
| Station lots | Bay Street station, Walnut Street station, Watchung Avenue station, Upper Montclair station, Montclair Heights station and Montclair State University station |
| Common pickup spots | Montclair State University, Montclair Art Museum, Wellmont Theater, Bloomfield Avenue downtown, Upper Montclair village and Mountainside Park |
| Neighborhoods | Downtown Montclair, Upper Montclair, Watchung Plaza, Walnut Street, South End, Montclair Heights and Estate section |
| Pricing | Hook fee plus mileage to your destination, quoted on the call; nothing added after |
| Hours | Around the clock, every day of the year, holidays included |
| Phone | Tap to call |
The table above is emergency towing in Montclair in one screen. The call is everything else, and it takes a minute.
Call nowEssex County towingQuestions Montclair drivers ask about emergency towing before they call
Arrival time to Montclair, price, which truck, where the car can go, garages and lots, insurance and what to do while waiting; anything else, dispatch answers live.
How fast can an emergency tow truck get to Montclair?
Roughly 30 minutes to most of Montclair. The window you hear on the call comes from where the closest truck actually is, so it holds; Bloomfield Avenue at rush hour is the exception and you are told.
Does an emergency tow cost more at 3 a.m. in Montclair?
No surcharge for the hour, the day or the weather. The flat hook-plus-mileage quote is the price, whether the car is in Downtown Montclair at midnight or at Montclair State University at noon.
What information do you need for a tow from Bloomfield Avenue?
Which way you are heading on Bloomfield Avenue, the nearest exit or cross street, shoulder or live lane, and whether an officer is with you. Then what you drive and where it should go.
Can I ride in the tow truck from Montclair?
One passenger, as a rule. Tell the dispatcher how many of you are at the car and he plans for the rest.
Is an all-wheel-drive or electric car a problem to tow?
Yes, on a flatbed only, so no drive wheels are dragged on Bloomfield Avenue. Tell us the make and model and the right truck comes to Montclair the first time.
My car is in a garage or a tight lot in Montclair. Can you get it?
Yes. Downtown decks and metered street parking, driveways on the hills, university lots. Decks are low; cars come out on skates. Where the flatbed cannot fit, skates or a dolly move the car to the entrance and it is loaded there. Say the garage or lot and the level.
Can I pick where the car goes from Montclair?
Anywhere you choose: your mechanic, a dealer on Bloomfield Avenue, a body shop, your driveway in Downtown Montclair. Never a storage yard we picked. Destinations outside the 45-minute area are quoted per mile.
Do I need a membership or insurance to call you in Montclair?
No membership, no plan required. You pay the driver and get a receipt that insurers and roadside plans accept for reimbursement.
The police in Montclair already called a rotation tow. Can you still take it?
In most cases. Say to the officer that your own truck is on the way and the car is going to your shop; Montclair officers release cars to private tows routinely when the truck arrives promptly.
I am not sure the car needs a tow. What do I tell you?
Say so, or describe the symptom and let the dispatcher decide. A roadside technician is usually cheaper than a tow and gets you driving out of Montclair. If it turns out to need the truck, the flatbed is dispatched to Montclair State University or wherever you are from the same call.
Question not here? The dispatcher answers it in one sentence and quotes the job in the next.
Call (908) 444-0129ContactNeed 24 hour emergency towing in montclair in Montclair right now? One call, truck on the way.
Real dispatcher, 24 hours a day. Quoted price before we roll.