24/7 emergency towing, flatbed, wheel lift, lockouts, jump starts, and fuel delivery throughout Grandview Heights and Central Ohio.
Call (740) 812-9489Grandview Heights is a compact, walkable city just northwest of downtown, surrounded almost entirely by Columbus, Upper Arlington and Marble Cliff. Grandview Avenue is the main street, Fifth Avenue and Goodale Boulevard carry through traffic, and Grandview Yard adds apartments, offices and structured parking along the southern edge. Because our yard on Harrisburg Pike is only a few miles away on the southwest side, a Grandview call is one of our shorter trips: plan on 15–30 minutes, with narrow side streets and event-night parking being the usual reasons a pickup takes longer.
ZIP codes we serve in Grandview Heights: 43212, 43215
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Typically 15–30 minutes. From Harrisburg Pike the truck heads north across the Scioto and comes in on Goodale Boulevard or Fifth Avenue, depending on where you are. The distance is short, so most of the variation comes from downtown traffic and from finding a spot to stop on a tight residential block. Tell dispatch whether you are on a numbered avenue, in a driveway or in a garage, and we will plan the approach before the truck leaves.
Yes, with the right truck. Structured parking has low ceilings and tight ramps, so we send a low-clearance unit for parking garage recovery rather than a standard flatbed that would not fit. Let dispatch know the garage name, the level and the nearest stairwell or elevator, and check the clearance sign at the entrance if you can. If the car only needs a jump or a door opened, the driver can often do that on the spot without moving it at all.
Both highways have short merges and little shoulder in places, so get the car as far off the lane as you can, turn on the flashers and stay belted in unless standing well clear of traffic is safer. Anyone stopped in a live lane should call 911 first. Then reach our dispatcher with the direction you were heading and the closest exit sign. We bring the car off the highway to a safe spot or straight to the destination you pick, and we coordinate with officers if they are already there.
We do, and many of those calls are lockouts or dead batteries in the small lots and metered spaces behind the storefronts. Street parking on the avenue is tight, so tell dispatch the nearest cross street and which side of the road you are on. The driver will set up where it is legal and safe, open the car or jump it, and only suggest a tow if the problem needs a shop. On busy weekend evenings, expect the truck to take a few extra minutes finding room to work.
It depends on who owns the pavement. A vehicle on the street can only be removed at the direction of police, so contact the Grandview Heights Division of Police non-emergency line and let officers make that decision. A reserved space in an apartment or business lot is private property, and the owner or manager can authorize removal if the lot has the posted signage Ohio law requires. We work with property managers on that kind of private-lot enforcement and keep records of every tow.
Anywhere you name: a mechanic in the neighborhood, a dealer, your garage, or a partner repair shop. If you are not ready to decide, we keep it at the Harrisburg Pike lot and charge the per-day storage figure shown on our rate card. The dispatcher adds up the en-route fee, hook-up and loaded miles and tells you the total before the driver touches the car. Payment is by card or cash at the end of the job.
If it disappeared from the street, call the Grandview Heights Division of Police at 614-488-7901, the non-emergency number the city lists for the division, and ask whether officers ordered a tow. If it vanished from a private lot, find the tow-away sign at the entrance and look for the company's name. Ohio law gives that company two hours to report the removal to police, so the same number helps once that window passes. With proof of ownership you can collect your belongings without paying to release the car. When it is released, we can bring it home or to a shop.
No. Under the resident-only permit program the city adopted in 2025, a permit exempts you from the posted zone limit but not from street sweeping, snow plowing, no-parking-anytime signs or temporary restrictions such as utility repairs. Sweeping happens about once a quarter on curbed streets, and temporary No Parking signs go up in advance. If your car will not start on the morning crews arrive, call early; a jump start or a short tow into a driveway usually clears the curb in time. Questions about the permit itself go to the city's Service Department, not to us.
Get it off the street if you can. The Service Department plows major thoroughfares first and residential streets after, and the city asks residents to move vehicles out of the way whenever plowing or salting is needed. Cold snaps are also when tired batteries give up, so a car left at the curb overnight may not crank in the morning. We can jump it or swap the battery where it sits, and then you can pull it into a driveway or garage. If a plow has walled it in with snow, a short winch-out frees it so it can be moved.
No, Marble Cliff is a separate village right next door, but the two are closely tied. The village contracts with the City of Grandview Heights for police, fire and several other public services under an agreement that runs through 2034, so Marble Cliff residents use the same police non-emergency line as Grandview. For towing and roadside help nothing changes, because our drivers serve both communities, and you can read more on our Marble Cliff page. When you call, give dispatch the full street address along with the community name so the driver heads to the right block.
Carefully, and never by rolling it on its own drive wheels. Structured parking usually has low ceilings, so we send low-profile equipment and lift the car with all four wheels off the ground, using a wheel-lift with dollies or a flatbed where the space allows. A dead EV usually keeps its parking lock engaged, so the driver uses dollies or skates to get it moving. Before calling, check whether the 12-volt battery is the real problem, since a jump to that system often lets the driver put the car in transport mode. Our EV towing page covers model-specific details.
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Corporate office (private, no walk-ins): 3879 Regatta Ct, Lewis Center, OH 43035
Tow yard & impound lot: 1620 Harrisburg Pike, Columbus, OH 43223
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