Towing Somerset County NJ: the plain facts

Towing Somerset County NJ trades under that name at towingsomersetcountynj.com. Calls to (908) 666-3168 reach a person, not a recording, whatever the hour.

Holidays and weekends are ordinary working days. The trucks leave from Linden in Union County, so nothing about the business sits inside Somerset; customers are served where the car is, since there is no office to visit and no lot holding vehicles.

Approximate drive times from the yard are twenty-five to thirty minutes to North Plainfield, Watchung and Green Brook, about thirty-five to Franklin Township, thirty-five to forty to Bound Brook and Bridgewater, and about forty to Somerville and Raritan. Hillsborough, Manville, Montgomery, Basking Ridge, Bernardsville and Bedminster are forty-five minutes or more, and the dispatcher quotes from the nearest free truck.

The fleet mixes rollback flatbeds, wheel-lift trucks and medium and heavy-duty wreckers. New Jersey licensing and insurance cover each job, and the driver takes pictures of the car when it is loaded and again when it is set down.

Coverage is organized in six areas: North Plainfield, Watchung and Green Brook, Bridgewater, Bound Brook and South Bound Brook, Somerville, Raritan and Branchburg, Franklin Township, Bernards Township, Bernardsville and Bedminster, and Hillsborough, Manville and Montgomery, plus Warren, Far Hills, Peapack-Gladstone, Millstone and Rocky Hill.

Pricing starts with $149 when booked by phone, or $129 through the online form, which pays for the truck getting there and loading up. Miles from the car to wherever the owner wants it are added, and the dispatcher states that figure first. Battery boosts, spare-tire swaps, unlocking and a few gallons of fuel carry a single set price apiece, and the hour, the day and the drop-off never add a fee.

Drivers accept the four major cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and cash. Nobody has to join a club or plan to use the service.