How it works
What we handle
What it costs
What a tow costs depends on distance, the truck it takes, and whether the vehicle rolls. Nobody honest quotes a beach recovery sight unseen.
Why people call
Questions people ask
My car is stuck in the sand at Padre. Is that a normal tow?
No. That is a winch-out, and it needs a truck with the right cable and a driver who will not bury themselves next to you. Say sand up front so the wrong truck is not dispatched.
How long until somebody actually gets here?
In town it is usually within the hour. Out on the island, across the causeway, or during evacuation traffic it is honestly longer and anyone promising a fixed time has not looked at the road.
Do I have to be with my vehicle?
For a normal tow you arranged, yes, unless you have set something up in advance. Being there is also how you confirm the truck that shows up is the one that was sent.
Flatbed or the regular truck?
Flatbed if the vehicle is all wheel drive, lowered, has a broken axle, or you care a lot about it. Wheel lift is fine and cheaper for a standard car going a short distance.
Can you get into a parking garage downtown?
Some garages have a clearance a standard flatbed will not fit under. Say it is a garage and roughly how low the ceiling is so the right truck comes.
My battery died again after a jump. Is the battery bad?
Probably. Heat kills batteries here faster than cold does anywhere north, and a battery that needs a second jump in the same week is usually done rather than undercharged.
I locked my keys in the car with it running.
Say that first. It changes the urgency, especially with a child or a dog inside, and it changes whether you want a tow company or emergency services.
Where does my car go?
Wherever you say, if you are there. If you are not, it goes to a licensed storage facility and daily fees start immediately, so ask which one and get there.
Will insurance or my roadside plan cover it?
Often some of it. Plans usually cap the miles and exclude recovery, which is what a sand or ditch pull is called, so read the recovery line before you assume.
It is 2am. Is anyone actually awake?
Send the request anyway. Night calls are normal in this trade and the whole point of a local operator is that the phone is not a call center three states away.
Service area: Corpus Christi · Flour Bluff · Calallen · Padre Island · Robstown · Alice · Kingsville · Portland · Banquete · Agua Dulce · Falfurrias · Beeville