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Motorcycle towing in Middlesex, NJ: chock, soft straps and a flatbed, 30 minutes from our Linden dispatch
A motorcycle strapped wrong is a motorcycle with a bent bar and a scratched tank. Ours ride Middlesex to the shop the way they should: chocked, soft-strapped, forks compressed evenly, on a flatbed from Linden in roughly 30 minutes.
Why Middlesex drivers call us for motorcycle towing before anyone else
A Middlesex motorcycle tow is a flatbed with a bolted wheel chock, soft-loop straps that never touch paint, forks pinned evenly on both sides and the bike standing upright the whole ride, sent from Linden roughly 30 minutes away at a price you hear before the truck moves.
A car-only tow company will put a bike on its side or hang it from a sling, and you will find the damage at the shop. We carry a locking front-wheel chock that holds the bike vertical, soft loops so straps never touch paint, and we compress the forks evenly so the bike cannot walk on the deck. Sport bikes, cruisers, touring bikes, dirt bikes and scooters in Middlesex all load the same way, and the truck reaches you from Linden in roughly 30 minutes.
A small residential borough on the Bound Brook border: capes and ranches on a tight grid, Route 28 and Bound Brook Road as the commercial spines, and the Raritan Valley rail line and river along the southern edge. Commuter cars and contractor trucks. Tell the dispatcher the bike and where it is sitting; the driver sets up the chock and the straps before he arrives so the load takes minutes.
The right way to strap a motorcycle in Middlesex
Four things keep a motorcycle safe on a flatbed: a locking chock that holds the front wheel upright, soft loops that sit between the strap and the bike, forks compressed evenly so it cannot rock, and a rear tie-down so it cannot walk. Skip any one and the bike shifts on the first pothole on Bound Brook Road. We skip none of them, which is why Middlesex riders get their bikes back the way they handed them over.
The Middlesex roads and lots that send us motorcycle calls
Route 28 (Union Avenue) and Bound Brook Road see plenty of riders, and a flat, a dead battery or a chain problem on the shoulder is a bad place to wait. We also get calls from garages and lots around Bound Brook Road shopping plazas where a bike has sat since fall and will not turn over, and from riders who dropped the bike on a wet patch. The truck stops with the amber bar running and the driver walks the bike to the deck.
Crash recovery for motorcycles in Middlesex
After a fall the bike may have a bent wheel, a broken lever and fuel or oil on the ground, and it still has to reach a shop. The driver stands it up, drains what is leaking, straps it so the damage does not spread, and photographs it for the claim. When police are working a crash on Route 28 (Union Avenue) or Bound Brook Road, say so; we coordinate with them on where the truck stops.
Non-running project bikes in Middlesex
Bikes in Bound Brook Road corridor garages that have not run in years still move: a dolly under the front wheel handles a locked steering head, ownership paperwork covers a lost key, and a frame with no front wheel is strapped by the frame. Driveways and street parking on a flat grid; easy flatbed access. Shopping plaza lots along Bound Brook Road. Describe the bike and its spot and the right gear comes on the truck.
Waiting for motorcycle towing in Middlesex right now? The rest of this page can wait. Dispatch picks up 24/7 and quotes the job before the truck leaves Linden.
Call (908) 444-0129All towing in MiddlesexWhat happens when you call for a motorcycle tow in Middlesex
Say where in Middlesex the bike is, what it is and whether it moves; you get one quoted price and the chock-equipped flatbed is dispatched; the bike goes up the deck upright, is chocked and soft-strapped, and comes off the same way at the shop.
Step one: where the bike is in Middlesex
Give the direction and nearest cross street on Route 28 (Union Avenue), the level for a garage, the row for Bound Brook Road shopping plazas, or the address in Bound Brook Road corridor. Because a bike can be rolled to the truck, the question is less where the bike is than where the flatbed can safely lower its deck.
Step two: make, model, and what is wrong
What bike is it, does it roll, is there a key, and did it fall? A cruiser with bags and a sport bike with fairings use different strap points and chock widths, and a locked steering head means a dolly. Getting this right on the call means the load in Bound Brook Road corridor takes minutes.
Step three: the flat quote
The dispatcher gives one total, the hook fee plus the miles to the shop or your garage in Middlesex, before the flatbed rolls. There is no charge for asking.
Step four: loaded upright, strapped at the frame
Up the lowered deck, walked or winched, and into the chock, which locks the front wheel upright. Soft loops go over the triple tree and around the frame; the ratchets are tightened a little at a time on each side so the forks compress evenly; a rear strap keeps the bike from creeping. The driver rechecks everything before pulling out of Middlesex and at the first stop.
Step five: the bike comes off the deck, the paperwork follows
The bike is unloaded upright at the shop or your garage, and you get an itemized receipt with the Middlesex pickup, the destination and the mileage. Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or cash. After a crash, photos are available for the claim.
To get a quote for motorcycle towing in Middlesex, the dispatcher needs only where the car is, the nearest cross street and what the car is.
Call dispatch nowWhat to have readyThe first hour of a motorcycle towing call in Middlesex: the call, the quote, the drive from Linden and the delivery
Count on about three minutes on the phone with the dispatcher, about 30 minutes for the truck to reach Middlesex from Linden, and fifteen to twenty minutes of loading before the car is strapped down and headed to the address you gave.
The fastest way to take the stress out of motorcycle towing in Middlesex is to know the order of events. This is it, start to finish.
Step one, from Middlesex: the call and the four questions
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 Middlesex (the road and direction, the nearest cross street or exit, such as I-287 Bound Brook / Route 28 exit, 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 Middlesex, read a mile marker, a shop sign or the last exit you passed.
Minutes one to three: the price and the dispatch
Three facts (where the car is in Middlesex, 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.
About 30 minutes on the road: Linden to Middlesex
From Linden the truck runs Route 28 (Union Avenue) and Bound Brook Road and takes I-287 Bound Brook / Route 28 exit into Middlesex, roughly 30 minutes off-peak; when the weather or the traffic is bad you are told the honest window on the call. Expect a call from the driver when he is minutes away so you know which truck to look for. Use the wait to gather the key, your license, registration and insurance card, and take anything you need out of the car.
At the car in Middlesex: photos, straps and the load
On arrival the driver checks your name and where the car is going, takes photos of it as it sits, and sets the truck up for the spot: a borough driveway, a curb, a lot at Bound Brook Road shopping plazas or a parking deck each need a different angle, which is why the dispatcher asked where the car was. Then it is winched or driven up, strapped at all four wheels and photographed again. For an after-hours drop at a shop, the key goes wherever the shop asked. Riding along in the cab is usually fine; mention it on the call.
Afterward: the itemized receipt and the follow-up
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. Everything else we do in Middlesex is on the Middlesex towing page.
Call (908) 444-0129 and the hour begins: a quote in three minutes, a truck in Middlesex in about 30 minutes.
Call dispatch nowWhat to have readyThe roads into Middlesex: motorcycle towing response on Route 28 (Union Avenue), Bound Brook Road, Lincoln Boulevard and Mountain Avenue / Harris Avenue
From Linden we reach Middlesex by Route 28 (Union Avenue), Bound Brook Road and Lincoln Boulevard, using I-287 Bound Brook / Route 28 exit and Route 22 at Lincoln Boulevard (Green Brook), and we provide motorcycle towing on every one of them.
Every road below is one our drivers run to and through Middlesex. The notes are what they actually know about each one. When you call for motorcycle towing, say the road, the direction and the nearest cross street or exit.
Route 28 (Union Avenue) through Middlesex: motorcycle towing on the road and off it
The borough's main road to Bound Brook and Dunellen; curbside parking and slow traffic. Riders on Route 28 (Union Avenue) call for flats, dead batteries and chain problems; each is a flatbed with the chock, quoted flat before the truck leaves Linden.
Motorcycle towing on Bound Brook Road in Middlesex
The commercial strip with the shopping plazas; parking-lot calls. On Bound Brook Road say the direction and the nearest exit or cross street so the truck reaches you on the correct side.
Lincoln Boulevard through Middlesex: motorcycle towing on the road and off it
Cross-town road to Route 22 in Green Brook; a long climb that overheats old cars. Riders on Lincoln Boulevard call for flats, dead batteries and chain problems; each is a flatbed with the chock, quoted flat before the truck leaves Linden.
Motorcycle towing on Mountain Avenue / Harris Avenue in Middlesex
Residential connectors; tight for a flatbed. Riders on Mountain Avenue / Harris Avenue call for flats, dead batteries and chain problems; each is a flatbed with the chock, quoted flat before the truck leaves Linden.
I-287: motorcycle towing response in Middlesex
The nearest interstate, reached at Bound Brook or Piscataway. Riders on I-287 call for flats, dead batteries and chain problems; each is a flatbed with the chock, quoted flat before the truck leaves Linden.
Middlesex by exit number
I-287 Bound Brook / Route 28 exit and Route 22 at Lincoln Boulevard (Green Brook) are the exits our trucks use for Middlesex. On the highway itself, the exit number and your direction are the first things the dispatcher needs. On the express lanes of the Turnpike and Parkway, where there is no exit to reach, the Authority's garage brings the car off and we take over at the exit.
Stopped on a shoulder near Middlesex? Stay belted, hazards on, and call with the road, your direction and the nearest exit.
Call from the shoulderTowing in MiddlesexWhere we provide motorcycle towing in Middlesex: Victor Crowell Park, Middlesex borough hall area on Mountain Avenue and Bound Brook Road shopping plazas and the lots at Nearest stations: Dunellen and Bound Brook (Raritan Valley Line)
The common Middlesex pickup points for motorcycle towing are Victor Crowell Park, Middlesex borough hall area on Mountain Avenue, Bound Brook Road shopping plazas and Mountainview Park and Nearest stations: Dunellen and Bound Brook (Raritan Valley Line); a truck or technician reaches any of them in roughly 30 minutes.
Motorcycle towing when the car stops at Victor Crowell Park
Breakdowns at Victor Crowell Park in Middlesex are quoted flat, hook plus mileage to the shop you choose, and the bike rides upright in the chock with soft loops.
Motorcycle towing when the car stops at Middlesex borough hall area on Mountain Avenue
Middlesex borough hall area on Mountain Avenue sends us dropped bikes and bikes that would not restart after a stop. Name the row or the entrance; the flatbed is roughly 30 minutes from Linden and the bike is walked to wherever the deck can come down.
Bound Brook Road shopping plazas: motorcycle towing response
A motorcycle in a garage or lot at Bound Brook Road shopping plazas can be walked to the entrance and loaded outside if the deck clearance is low. Tell the dispatcher the level.
Motorcycle towing when the car stops at Mountainview Park
Breakdowns at Mountainview Park in Middlesex are quoted flat, hook plus mileage to the shop you choose, and the bike rides upright in the chock with soft loops.
Motorcycle towing at Nearest stations: Dunellen and Bound Brook (Raritan Valley Line)
Bikes left at Nearest stations: Dunellen and Bound Brook (Raritan Valley Line) while the rider commuted come back to a dead battery more often than cars do. A jump start is the first try; if the bike needs a shop, the flatbed with the chock is dispatched from the same call.
At one of these spots right now? Say the name and the lot, and the truck or the tech is on the way.
Call (908) 444-0129Every service in MiddlesexEvery kind of bike, every kind of call in Middlesex
In Middlesex we tow sport bikes, cruisers and baggers, touring and adventure bikes, dirt bikes and dual-sports, scooters and mopeds, trikes and sidecar rigs, and non-running project bikes, from Route 28 (Union Avenue) shoulders, garages, lots and driveways.
Fairings, clip-ons and low pegs: sport bikes from Middlesex
Sport bikes off Route 28 (Union Avenue) are the ones most likely to be scratched by a careless load. Ours are chocked at the front wheel and strapped through soft loops at the triple tree and subframe, never over a fairing, and pinned with even fork compression for the ride to the shop.
Baggers and tourers: the wide chock and a frame strap
Heavy bikes with bags and fairings need the wide chock and a driver who has loaded them before. We winch up the lowered deck if needed and strap by the frame, never the bags.
Adventure and dual-sport bikes coming off the trail
A dual-sport or adventure bike has forks with a lot of travel, and compressing them unevenly leaves the bike leaning on the deck. The driver tightens both sides alternately until it stands square. Bikes coming back from trails outside Middlesex with a bent rim or a dead motor load the same way.
Scooters and mopeds around Bound Brook Road shopping plazas
Small bikes are easy to walk to the truck and easy to strap wrong. We use the chock and soft loops on a scooter the same as on a superbike.
Damaged bikes after a fall in Middlesex
Bent bars, snapped levers, leaking fluid. We right the bike, drain what needs draining, strap it so nothing else is damaged, and photograph it for insurance.
No key, locked steering, project bikes
No key, no problem with the title in hand. No steering, the dolly handles it. No front wheel, the frame takes the straps instead of the chock. Project bikes in Middlesex move to the shop and back at the same flat rate.
Whatever stopped the car in Middlesex, one number sends the right truck or technician.
Call (908) 444-0129Motorcycle towing explainedWhat motorcycle towing costs in Middlesex, how the price is built, and why it is quoted before a truck leaves Linden
Motorcycle towing in Middlesex is priced as a hook fee plus mileage to the shop or your garage, quoted before the truck leaves; the chock, soft loops and dolly are part of the job, and nothing is added for nights, weekends, holidays or fuel.
Hook fee plus mileage for a bike from Middlesex
Two numbers, one total: the hook fee and the mileage from where the bike is in Middlesex to where it is going. The chock, the soft loops and the dolly are part of the job, not extras.
Why the bike costs the same at night in Middlesex
No after-hours or holiday surcharge, no fuel surcharge, no fee for the equipment a bike needs. A ride home from Middlesex at midnight is priced like one at noon.
Paying and insurance after a crash
The driver takes any card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or cash. The receipt shows where in Middlesex the bike was collected, where it went and the mileage; add the photos from the pickup on Route 28 (Union Avenue) and the insurer has everything it needs.
The reason this page has no motorcycle towing price table for Middlesex
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 Middlesex.
Want the number for motorcycle towing in Middlesex before you decide? Call; the quote takes half a minute and costs nothing.
Call for a quoteSchedule insteadMotorcycle towing in every Middlesex neighborhood: Route 28 / Union Avenue, Lincoln Boulevard section, Mountain Avenue area and Bound Brook Road corridor
From Route 28 / Union Avenue to Bound Brook Road corridor, every part of Middlesex gets motorcycle towing from the same trucks at the same quoted price; the full list is Route 28 / Union Avenue, Lincoln Boulevard section, Mountain Avenue area and Bound Brook Road corridor.
Driveways and street parking on a flat grid; easy flatbed access. Shopping plaza lots along Bound Brook Road. The driver's first question is where the car is sitting, because the approach differs by street.
Route 28 / Union Avenue, Middlesex: motorcycle towing response
In Route 28 / Union Avenue the approach depends on the street: a Route 28 / Union Avenue driveway, a curb, a lot or a garage each get different rigging, and knowing before the truck leaves Linden means no second trip to Route 28 / Union Avenue. Flat price, real window, itemized receipt, in Route 28 / Union Avenue as everywhere in Middlesex.
Motorcycle towing in Lincoln Boulevard section
In Lincoln Boulevard section the approach depends on the street: a Lincoln Boulevard section driveway, a curb, a lot or a garage each get different rigging, and knowing before the truck leaves Linden means no second trip to Lincoln Boulevard section. Flat price, real window, itemized receipt, in Lincoln Boulevard section as everywhere in Middlesex.
Motorcycle towing in Mountain Avenue area
Mountain Avenue area gets the same response as the rest of Middlesex: a dispatcher who quotes motorcycle 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 Mountain Avenue area and whether the car is in a driveway, on the street or in a lot.
Motorcycle towing in Bound Brook Road corridor
Bound Brook Road corridor gets the same response as the rest of Middlesex: a dispatcher who quotes motorcycle 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 Bound Brook Road corridor and whether the car is in a driveway, on the street or in a lot.
No neighborhood in Middlesex is priced differently or answered slower for motorcycle towing; the number and the dispatch are the same everywhere.
Call (908) 444-0129Contact dispatchWho calls for motorcycle towing in Middlesex: commuters, families, small businesses and visitors passing through on Route 28 (Union Avenue)
Motorcycle towing in Middlesex serves roughly 15,000 residents and everyone driving through: commuters at Nearest stations: Dunellen and Bound Brook (Raritan Valley Line), families in the residential streets, businesses near Bound Brook Road shopping plazas, and drivers who only know Middlesex as an exit on Route 28 (Union Avenue).
A small residential borough on the Bound Brook border: capes and ranches on a tight grid, Route 28 and Bound Brook Road as the commercial spines, and the Raritan Valley rail line and river along the southern edge. Commuter cars and contractor trucks. That mix shapes the motorcycle towing calls we get from Middlesex.
Middlesex commuters, from the platform at Nearest stations: Dunellen and Bound Brook (Raritan Valley Line) to the driveway
The lot at Nearest stations: Dunellen and Bound Brook (Raritan Valley Line) is where Middlesex batteries die: a car sits ten hours, the lights were left on, and at 7 p.m. it is dark and cold. A tow to the shop from the lot or the driveway is quoted before the truck leaves; if a jump or a tire would do instead, the dispatcher says so. Commuters need one thing above all: a real arrival time, and they get one.
Family cars, driveways and school lots in Middlesex
The borough 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.
Middlesex businesses: the vehicles that earn money by moving
Around Bound Brook Road shopping plazas and Mountainview Park 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 Middlesex 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.
Passing through Middlesex on Route 28 (Union Avenue) when the car quit
Middlesex sits on Route 28 (Union Avenue), which means strangers break down here every day. 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 Middlesex, your home town or anywhere in the 45-minute area.
Commuter, parent, shop owner or stranger on Route 28 (Union Avenue): everyone in Middlesex calls the same number, (908) 444-0129, and gets the same dispatcher at any hour.
Call (908) 444-0129Motorcycle towing explainedHow the season changes motorcycle towing in Middlesex: what breaks on Route 28 (Union Avenue) and Bound Brook Road in January, April, July and October
Motorcycle towing in Middlesex is a year-round service, but the calls change with the season: batteries and ice in winter, potholes in spring, heat and tire failures in summer, storms and deer in the fall. The Bound Brook and Green Brook floodplain along the southern edge floods badly in major storms.
Dispatch keeps the same hours all year, but a driver who has run to Middlesex 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 motorcycle towing in each season and what to do before you call.
Motorcycle towing in Middlesex in winter: snow, ice and dead batteries
Winter motorcycle calls are storage moves and the occasional bike that would not start on the first warm day. The first storm of the year is the busiest night in Middlesex; call as soon as you know you need us, because arrival windows stretch when every shoulder on Route 28 (Union Avenue) has a car on it.
Pothole season in Middlesex: March and April on Bound Brook Road
The first warm weekend brings dead batteries, flat tires from sitting and bikes dropped in the driveway; each one rides chocked and strapped. After a hard pothole hit in Middlesex, check the tire and the wheel before driving on; if the rim is bent or the sidewall bulges, it is a flatbed job, not a drive.
Summer motorcycle towing in Middlesex: heat, traffic and holiday weekends
Summer is ride season; breakdowns on the way to the shore or the hills are picked up wherever the bike stopped. Summer in Middlesex also fills the lots at Bound Brook Road shopping plazas, and a car that sat in the sun all afternoon on a weak battery does not start at closing time; the technician carries a jump pack and checks the coolant, and the flatbed is sent from the same call if the fix will not hold.
Fall motorcycle towing in Middlesex: wet leaves, early dark and deer
Fall means wet leaves, cold tires and the last rides of the year; a dropped bike is loaded with the fairings protected. Wet leaves on the ramps off Route 28 (Union Avenue) are as slick as ice; a car that slid onto the grass is a winch-out in Middlesex, not a tow, and is priced that way.
January or July, the number does not change and neither does the way the job is priced in Middlesex. Call (908) 444-0129, say what happened, and the season is our problem.
Call (908) 444-0129Roadside assistance in MiddlesexMotorcycle towing around Middlesex: Dunellen, Bound Brook, South Plainfield and Piscataway and more, same trucks
Beyond Middlesex, motorcycle towing runs to Dunellen, Bound Brook, South Plainfield, Piscataway, Green Brook and South Bound Brook with the same trucks and pricing; every one of those towns has its own page.
- Motorcycle towing in Dunellen
- Motorcycle towing in Bound Brook
- Motorcycle towing in South Plainfield
- Motorcycle towing in Piscataway
- Motorcycle towing in Green Brook
- Motorcycle towing in South Bound Brook
- Motorcycle towing in Middlesex County
- Motorcycle towing everywhere we go
Dunellen: 20–35 minutes from the Linden yard
We send the same trucks and quote the same way for motorcycle towing in Dunellen as in Middlesex; drivers who move between the two call us from both. That town's page: motorcycle towing in Dunellen.
Bound Brook, 20–35 minutes from Linden
A job that starts in Middlesex and ends in Bound Brook, or the reverse, usually stays inside the base mileage. Details for that town: motorcycle towing in Bound Brook.
South Plainfield: 20–35 minutes from the Linden yard
South Plainfield is next to Middlesex and in our second response zone. If the car is on the South Plainfield side of the line, say so; the dispatcher may route a truck from a different direction. See motorcycle towing in South Plainfield.
Piscataway: 20–35 minutes from the Linden yard
We send the same trucks and quote the same way for motorcycle towing in Piscataway as in Middlesex; drivers who move between the two call us from both. That town's page: motorcycle towing in Piscataway.
Do not know whether you are still in Middlesex or already in Dunellen? It changes nothing: one number and one price structure for every town within 45 minutes.
Call (908) 444-0129Service area mapThe short version of motorcycle towing in Middlesex: drive time, roads, exits, lots, price
Motorcycle towing in Middlesex, Middlesex County: 30 minutes from Linden dispatch, zone 2, via Route 28 (Union Avenue), Bound Brook Road and Lincoln Boulevard, 24/7 at a flat quoted price.
| Service | Motorcycle Towing in Middlesex, Middlesex County, NJ |
|---|---|
| Drive from Linden | 30 minutes off-peak · Zone 2 (20–35 minutes) |
| Roads we come in on | Route 28 (Union Avenue), Bound Brook Road, Lincoln Boulevard, Mountain Avenue / Harris Avenue and I-287 |
| Exits | I-287 Bound Brook / Route 28 exit and Route 22 at Lincoln Boulevard (Green Brook) |
| Station lots | Nearest stations: Dunellen and Bound Brook (Raritan Valley Line) |
| Common pickup spots | Bound Brook Road shopping plazas, Mountainview Park, Victor Crowell Park and Middlesex borough hall area on Mountain Avenue |
| Neighborhoods | Bound Brook Road corridor, Route 28 / Union Avenue, Lincoln Boulevard section and Mountain Avenue area |
| Pricing | One quoted number: hook fee + miles; no night, holiday or fuel surcharge |
| Hours | 24/7/365, holidays and overnight at the same price |
| Phone | Tap to call |
The table above is motorcycle towing in Middlesex in one screen. The call is everything else, and it takes a minute.
Call nowMiddlesex County towingQuestions Middlesex drivers ask about motorcycle towing before they call
The questions below cover arrival time in Middlesex, the price of motorcycle towing, the right truck, destinations, lots and decks, insurance and waiting safely; for anything else, the dispatch line answers in person.
Will the truck have a chock and soft straps?
Yes. The chock is bolted to the deck and the soft loops are on the truck for every bike call in Middlesex. Tell the dispatcher the make and model so the driver sets the chock width before he arrives.
What is the wait for a motorcycle tow in Middlesex?
Roughly 30 minutes from our Linden yard on a normal day. Say the road, the direction and the nearest exit or cross street.
Will the straps touch my paint?
They never reach it. Soft loops sit between the strap and the bike at the triple tree and frame, and even fork compression keeps the bike from rocking against anything on the way from Bound Brook Road corridor to the shop.
Do you pick up from the lots at Bound Brook Road shopping plazas?
Yes. If the garage at Bound Brook Road shopping plazas is too low for the flatbed, the bike is walked or dollied to the entrance and loaded in the open. Tell the dispatcher the level and the driver plans the route.
Will you tow a bike with no key in Middlesex?
Yes, as long as you can show ownership. The locked front end goes on a dolly and the bike is winched up the deck in Middlesex.
I dropped the bike on Route 28 (Union Avenue). What do I do?
Your safety first, then the bike. Once you are off Route 28 (Union Avenue), call; we stand the bike up, drain it, secure it in the chock and take the photos your insurer will want.
Is a scooter too small for your truck?
Yes, with the same chock and soft loops as a full-size bike. Small bikes are easy to strap wrong; we do not.
What does it cost to tow a bike in Middlesex?
The same way as a car: a hook fee and a per-mile rate to the destination, quoted first. The bike equipment is never an extra line, and a midnight pickup on Route 28 (Union Avenue) costs the same as noon.
Can you take the bike to a track or a shop far away?
Yes. A shop in the next town is the same hook fee plus the extra miles. A specialist or a track more than about an hour from Middlesex is quoted as long distance towing: /long-distance-towing-middlesex-nj.
The bike sat all winter in my Bound Brook Road corridor garage. Do I need a tow?
Usually a jump. If it does not hold or the bike has other problems, the flatbed with the chock comes to Bound Brook Road corridor on the same call, no second dispatch. Details at /jump-start-middlesex-nj.
Question not here? The dispatcher answers it in one sentence and quotes the job in the next.
Call (908) 444-0129ContactNeed motorcycle towing in middlesex in Middlesex right now? One call, truck on the way.
Real dispatcher, 24 hours a day. Quoted price before we roll.