What counts as light-duty?
Passenger cars, SUVs, minivans, crossovers and half-ton pickups — the vehicles most people drive daily. Box trucks, RVs and commercial rigs are heavy-duty and need different equipment than ours.
Towing
Light-duty towing in Tampa
Light-duty is the everyday half of this trade: passenger cars, SUVs, minivans, small pickups. It covers almost everything parked on a Tampa street. We run a 2022 RAM 4500 with a wheel-lift and a full set of dollies, which means the car does not need to roll, steer or even have a key in it to end up on our truck.
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Vehicles we tow
- Sedans and coupes — Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Nissan Altima, Hyundai Sonata and everything alongside them.
- SUVs and crossovers — RAV4, CR-V, Explorer, Highlander, Tahoe, Grand Cherokee.
- Minivans and passenger vans — Odyssey, Sienna, Pacifica, Transit.
- Half-ton pickups — F-150, Silverado 1500, RAM 1500, Tacoma, Ranger.
- All-wheel drive — Subaru, Audi quattro, 4Motion and the rest, with dollies so nothing turns through the drivetrain.
- Electric and hybrid — Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, Mustang Mach-E, Ioniq, Prius, all four wheels off the ground.
What light-duty actually covers
- A car that died and will not restart, wherever it stopped.
- A vehicle that has to reach a shop, a dealership service bay or your own driveway.
- All-wheel drive, where dragging two wheels would wreck the drivetrain — that is what dollies are for.
- Seized brakes, a locked steering column or a missing key, so the wheels will not turn at all.
- A car bought online or at auction that needs moving across town.
- A vehicle sitting where it must not sit any longer — expired parking, a blocked driveway, a tow-away zone.
How a light-duty call goes
- 1You call and tell us the make, roughly where you are, and whether the car rolls and steers.
- 2We give you the price on the phone before anything moves.
- 3The truck comes out and the driver looks at how the car sits — kerb, slope, tight garage, all of it changes the approach.
- 4Wheel-lift for most cars, dollies under the remaining wheels when the car will not roll or is all-wheel drive.
- 5The car is secured and taken where you said. You get a call if anything about the destination changes.
What it costs
A local light-duty tow starts at $95. That covers driving out to you and towing the car a set distance.
Past the included miles it is a flat rate per extra mile, and a long run drops to the cheaper long-distance rate automatically, because that works out better for you.
You hear the whole figure before the car moves, not after it is loaded.
Local tow from $95. We will not give you an arrival time over the internet that we might not keep — call and we will tell you where the truck actually is.
Light-Duty Towing — common questions
My car will not roll at all. Can you still take it?
Yes. Seized brakes, a locked steering column, a missing key, a parking brake that will not release — the wheels that will not turn go up on dollies. Tell us on the phone so the right gear is on the truck when it arrives.
Is all-wheel drive a problem?
No, but it does change the method. An all-wheel-drive car should not be dragged on two wheels; we put dollies under the other axle so nothing spins through the drivetrain.
Can you tow a Tesla or another electric car?
Yes. An electric car has to travel with every wheel off the ground, because a turning wheel pushes current back into the motor. Our wheel-lift takes one axle and dollies take the other, so all four are up — the method the manufacturers name themselves. Call with the model and where it is going and we will sort out the details on the phone.
Can you get the car out of a parking garage?
Usually. Low ceilings and tight ramps are the limit, not the car. Tell us the garage and the level when you call and we will say honestly whether the truck fits.
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