24-Hour Emergency Towing
Accidents, breakdowns, dead-in-the-driveway starts. Flatbed sent by default to collision calls.
Service details →Flatbeds, wheel-lifts, jump starts and lockouts across Fresno. A dispatcher answers 24/7 and quotes the full price before the truck rolls.
Open 24/7
Dispatch answers at 2 p.m. and at 2 a.m.
Vetted local operators
Fresno trucks, matched to your job
Price before dispatch
Full quote on the phone, before hookup
Towing in Fresno has a trust problem. Craigslist is full of $65 teaser rates that become $200 cash-only surprises at drop-off, and half the numbers online ring to nobody at 2 a.m. We run it differently: you describe the job, dispatch quotes the full out-the-door price, and the nearest vetted local truck rolls. The number doesn't change unless the job changes.
Breakdowns here follow the calendar. July heat kills batteries on Shaw and Blackstone; from November through February, tule fog on 99 turns fender-benders into pileups south of downtown. Whatever the season hands you, the phone gets answered: (559) 552-8152.
Every job gets the truck it actually needs. Tap a service for prices, equipment, and honest answers.
Accidents, breakdowns, dead-in-the-driveway starts. Flatbed sent by default to collision calls.
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Short local moves without the mystery invoice. One out-the-door price, quoted before hookup.
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Jump starts, lockouts, tire changes, fuel delivery. Often cheaper than the tow you thought you needed.
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Box trucks, RVs, buses and equipment on the 99 freight corridor. Weight and length set the plan.
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Wheel chock, soft straps at the frame, no wheel-lift improvisation. Street bikes and dirt bikes.
Service details →Impound release steps, the city's own phone numbers, and the 10-day hearing window that beats a 30-day hold.
Also dispatched daily: flatbed towing for AWD, EVs and lowered cars, and private property towing for apartment and business lots. Full list on the services page.
That's the whole intake. No account, no app, no callback queue.
Make, model, and whether it rolls, steers and brakes. This decides flatbed vs. wheel-lift, so the right truck rolls the first time.
Cross-streets, highway exit, or address, plus the destination. Distance is most of the price, so now dispatch can quote it.
You hear the full out-the-door number and say yes or no. On yes, the nearest truck rolls and you get a real arrival window.
Fresno is a big, flat, hot city stitched together by four state routes, and breakdowns don't pick convenient corners of it. Dispatch positions trucks by area, so the driver you get is the one closest to you, not the one whose ad you clicked.
Summer heat kills batteries on Shaw and Blackstone. Tule fog stacks up collisions on 99 from November to February. We run the same phone number through all of it.
Central Fresno
Tower District, Downtown, Fulton, the Blackstone corridor
North Fresno
Woodward Park, River Park, Herndon Ave, Clovis border
South & East
Sunnyside, Kings Canyon Rd, Ventura Ave, Calwa
The highways
CA-99, CA-41, CA-168 and CA-180 through the city
Fastest option is the phone: a dispatcher answers 24/7 and quotes the price on the call. If you can't talk right now, send the form and we call you back.
The questions people ask on the phone, answered in writing with Fresno-specific numbers.
Real ranges, the city's published impound fees, and how a $65 ad becomes a $250 invoice.
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Who towed it, what it costs, and the 10-day hearing window that beats the 30-day hold.
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CVC 22658 in plain English: the one-hour rule, signage specs, and double damages.
Read guide →Depends on where you are and the time of day. Central Fresno calls move fastest. If you are on the shoulder of 99 or 41, say so when you call (559) 552-8152. Freeway shoulder calls get priority because sitting there is dangerous.
A local tow inside Fresno usually lands between $75 and $150 depending on distance, vehicle, and hour. You get the price on the phone before a truck rolls. For the full breakdown, read our Fresno towing cost guide.
Check before you report it stolen. If you were inside Fresno city limits, the city lists police-ordered tows at findmytowedcar.org/fresno. Parked on private property, like an apartment lot? It was probably a private-property tow. Our impound help page walks through both, with the phone numbers.