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Cheap towing in Peterstown and Frog Hollow, Elizabeth, NJ: the wheel-lift fits, and it costs less

The Burg's tight blocks around Third Avenue and Second Avenue, and Frog Hollow's streets toward the Elizabeth River. Narrow roads, full curbs and short runs, which suit the lower-cost truck.

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Wheel-lift or flatbed on the narrow streets of Peterstown, Elizabeth, and what each costs

On Peterstown's narrow, double-parked blocks a wheel-lift fits where a long flatbed struggles, and it is also the cheaper truck, so it is our first choice for any car that can ride on one safely; all-wheel-drive cars and EVs still go on a flatbed, loaded from the nearest open corner, at the same $149 booking fee, or $129 if you book online.

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Third Avenue and Second Avenue

Shops, restaurants and cars parked nose to tail. A car boxed in by its neighbors comes out on skates and goes onto a wheel-lift, which is everyday work inside the booking fee.

Tell the dispatcher which side of the street you are on. The truck approaches from the side that lets it load.

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Tight residential blocks of the Burg

Two-family houses, driveways barely a car wide and cars on both curbs. A wheel-lift turns where a flatbed cannot, so the job goes quicker and costs less.

If the car is all-wheel drive, the flatbed parks at the nearest wide corner and the car is winched or rolled to it.

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Frog Hollow and the river streets

The blocks near the Elizabeth River sit lower than the rest of the city. After a big storm a car may stall in standing water.

A drowned car goes on a flatbed with the key left alone. Cranking it can wreck the engine, which dwarfs any tow bill.

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South Broad Street toward Bayway

The road linking the Burg to Bayway and Routes 1 & 9, and the way our trucks usually come in from Linden. That makes Peterstown one of the quicker parts of the city to reach.

A tow to a garage in Bayway or Linden is short and inexpensive.

Boxed in on a Burg side street? Give the side of the street. Skates and a wheel-lift are the cheap answer.

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Next to Peterstown, Elizabeth: Midtown, Bayway and Elizabethport

North up Broad Street is Midtown, south along South Broad Street is Bayway, and east across Routes 1 & 9 is Elizabethport; one dispatcher and one booking fee for all three.

One number and one flat fee for every block of the Burg and Frog Hollow.

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Peterstown & Frog Hollow: common questions

Short answers to what people ask about this page; the dispatcher can answer the rest.

Is a wheel-lift tow in Peterstown cheaper than a flatbed?

Yes. The wheel-lift costs less to run, and on the Burg's narrow streets it also fits better. It is right for most front-drive cars that roll and steer.

My car is an AWD SUV parked on a tight Burg block. What happens?

It goes on a flatbed. The truck parks at the nearest open corner and the car is rolled or winched to it, with any winching quoted first.

Does getting a boxed-in car out cost extra?

Not usually. Skates and a wheel-lift are ordinary work here and are covered by the booking fee.

My car stalled in water near the Elizabeth River. What should I do?

Leave the key alone and call. It goes on a flatbed, which costs a little more than a wheel-lift and far less than a new engine.

Anything else? Ask on the call.

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$149 booking fee by phone, $129 online, miles told on the call. The same figure at 2 p.m. and 2 a.m.

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