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Cheap towing prices in Newark, NJ: the $149 booking fee, the $129 online fee, the mileage, and the fees that do not exist
This is where a cheap tow should begin. The booking fee is fixed and printed here, the miles are quoted on the call, the roadside jobs are one price each, and the list of things that never reach the receipt is longer than the list of things that do.
Booking fee plus mileage to the place you choose: the entire formula for a Newark tow
A tow out of Newark is the flat $149 booking fee ($129 booked online) plus a per-mile rate to wherever you send the car, quoted before the truck moves, with a winch or dollies added only when the car will not roll or steer and only once you have agreed to it.
| 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
One fixed amount for bringing the truck and putting the car on it, the same at every hour of every day. A dispatcher taking the call makes it $149; typing it into the booking page yourself makes it $129, because the difference is her time and you keep it. It buys a wheel-lift or a flatbed for a car, an SUV or a pickup. A van, a box truck or a bus needs a bigger truck and is quoted on its own.
The mileage, and how to keep it small
A per-mile rate from where the car sits to where it is going. Inside Newark or into a bordering town that is a short figure, and it gets shorter when the garage is near the car; ask and the dispatcher will name one nearby, though the choice is always yours. The shore, New York or another state turns it into a long distance tow quoted with tolls and the return run included.
Winch, dollies and recovery, only when needed
Added when the car cannot roll or steer: after a collision, in a flooded street, off the pavement, or locked with the wheels cranked. Most of the time the dispatcher hears it on the call and prices it then. If the driver discovers it at the curb instead, he names the figure before he starts, and you can decline.
The fees that do not exist here
No after-hours charge. No weekend or holiday rate. No fuel surcharge.
No separate hook fee, because the booking fee is the hook fee. No charge for a passenger or two. No storage on a car delivered where you sent it.
No release fee. No charge for phoning to ask. No difference between paying cash and paying by card.
Say where the car is, where it is going and what it is, and you have the exact total.
Get a quote nowBook online · $129The four jobs cheaper than any tow: jump start, flat tire, lockout and fuel delivery in Newark
A jump, a tire change, a lockout or a fuel drop in Newark is one flat price with no mileage on it, and because most no-start calls are one of the four, the cheapest tow is frequently the one that never happens.
Jump start
Flat battery in an airport lot, a hospital deck or a Weequahic driveway. Proper jump packs for cars, trucks and diesels. If it will not hold a charge, the tow goes on at the flat rate, no second trip.
Flat tire change
Your spare goes on at the curb or on the shoulder. No spare, or a second flat, and the car goes to the tire shop you pick at the tow rate, short miles if it is close.
Car lockout
Keys inside on Ferry Street, at the port or in a campus lot. Damage-free tools, no broken glass, which is the expensive way in.
Fuel delivery
Tank ran dry on Routes 1 & 9, Route 21 or a side street. Enough gas or diesel to make the next station, any hour.
Not sure it needs a tow? Say so. The roadside price is the smaller number and it is tried first.
Call (908) 666-3168What we towHow to tell a cheap Newark tow from one that only sounds cheap
A genuinely cheap tow has a fixed booking fee, a mileage rate you hear before dispatch, a destination you picked and a receipt that matches; a cheap-sounding tow has a low opening figure and a list of extras you learn about at the curb.
Put three questions to any quote. What is the booking fee, and is the hook-up inside it? What is the mileage rate, and to where?
Where will the car sleep tonight? If the answers are a number, a number and "wherever you say," you have a real quote. If any of the three goes vague, the quote is unfinished, and it will finish at the curb where saying no is hard.
Our three answers are $149 (or $129 online) with the hook-up inside, a per-mile rate to the address you give, and your garage or your driveway.
The other moment a cheap tow turns dear is after a collision. The rotation truck that arrives uninvited takes the car to a yard, the yard bills by the day plus a release fee, and you still need a second tow to a real shop.
Calling your own truck and naming your own garage is worth more than any discount. If a roadside plan or a policy covers your towing, pay the flat price, take the itemized receipt and file it; the reimbursement desk accepts the format the first time.
Ask for the number. It is free, it is flat, and it is the same at every hour.
Call (908) 666-3168Back to cheap towing NewarkPricing: common questions
Short answers to what people ask about this page; the dispatcher can answer the rest.
Is $149 the whole price of a tow?
It is the booking fee, which covers the truck reaching you and the hook-up. Mileage to your destination is added and quoted on the call before dispatch. There is no other standard line on the receipt.
Why is it $129 online?
Booking yourself saves the dispatcher's time on the call and you keep the $20. On a live road, call anyway; the phone is quicker and $20 matters less than the wait.
Do you charge more at night or on holidays?
No. The booking fee and the mileage rate are identical at every hour of every day of the year.
Is cash cheaper than card?
No. Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, Apple Pay, Google Pay and cash all cost the same, paid on site at any hour.
Do you charge storage?
Not on a car delivered to your garage, dealer or driveway, which is where our tows end. If you ask us to hold a car, the dispatcher names the daily rate before agreeing.
Can I get a receipt for insurance or a roadside plan?
Yes. Every job comes with an itemized receipt showing the booking fee, the miles and any recovery work, on paper or by email, in the format reimbursement desks accept.
Anything else? Ask on the call.
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