Need emergency towing in Columbus, or searching "tow truck near me" from the shoulder of I-70? Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc answers 24/7 and sends the nearest available truck anywhere in Columbus and Central Ohio — day or night, rain or shine.
Call (740) 812-9489Breakdowns never happen at convenient times. Whether your engine stalls on I-70 during rush hour, your transmission fails on a dark stretch of US-33, or you are involved in a collision on I-71, one call to Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc puts a Columbus tow truck on the way, and the dispatcher keeps you informed until it arrives.
Our trucks are GPS-tracked, so when you call for a tow service near you, dispatch sees which flatbed or wheel-lift wrecker is actually closest across Franklin, Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, and Pickaway counties and sends that one. Most metro calls are reached in 20–40 minutes; outer communities usually take 40–60. We give you an honest estimate, not a promise we cannot keep.
We coordinate directly with law enforcement, highway patrol, and emergency services to recover vehicles safely from accident scenes, highway shoulders, and hazardous locations. Your safety comes first: stay belted in the car on a highway shoulder, hazards on, until the truck pulls up behind you.
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Almost certainly. Our trucks are spread across the Columbus metro around the clock, and dispatch sends whichever one is nearest to you. Call (740) 812-9489 or send your GPS location from the SOS page and you get an honest ETA before the truck rolls — most metro calls are reached in 20–40 minutes.
Most metro calls are reached in 20–40 minutes and outer communities in 40–60. Highway locations on I-70, I-71, and I-270 are often quicker because trucks are positioned along those corridors. Our dispatcher gives you an honest estimate when you call.
Yes. "Wrecker" is the older name for a tow truck with a boom and wheel-lift, and people still search for a wrecker company near me when a car will not roll. We run both wheel-lift wreckers and flatbed carriers, so dispatch sends the type your vehicle needs — a flatbed for all-wheel-drive and damaged vehicles, a wheel-lift for quick standard tows, and for an electric vehicle either one, with dollies when needed, so all four wheels are off the ground.
Towing is billed from our published rate card: en-route at $4 per mile from our yard, a $125 hook-up fee and $7.00 per loaded mile, plus $75 for highway pickups; after-hours, weekend and large-vehicle surcharges and Ohio sales tax apply when they apply. The online quote builder shows the exact total before you book.
Yes. We coordinate with law enforcement and emergency services for safe accident scene recovery. Our operators are trained in proper scene management and debris cleanup.
No problem. We can recommend trusted repair shops in the area, or tow your vehicle to our secure storage lot at 1620 Harrisburg Pike until you decide. We partner with Alpha Automotive shops across the region.
Yes. We provide detailed, itemized invoices for your reimbursement claim and can work with your carrier or roadside program on direct billing where they allow it.
We serve the entire Columbus metro area including Franklin, Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, and Pickaway counties — roughly a 30-mile radius from downtown Columbus.
If anyone is hurt, or a car is stopped in a travel lane, call 911 before anything else. When everyone is fine and the cars are already on the shoulder, switch on your hazards, stay buckled in and keep clear of moving traffic. For non-emergency help on an Ohio highway, the State Highway Patrol answers #677 from a cell phone. Once police are on the way or finished, call (740) 812-9489 with your direction of travel and the nearest exit, and say which corners of the car are damaged.
You can ask for one, but the officer working the crash has the final word. Columbus Police use a contracted wrecker service for the tows they order, and the officer decides whether there is time to wait for your choice, especially when a wrecked car is blocking freeway traffic. If you want us, tell the officer you have already called and repeat the ETA our dispatcher gave you. We are not the City of Columbus tow contractor, so call us yourself rather than waiting for the officer to send us.
Yes. Ohio's Move Over law, Revised Code 4511.213, covers road service vehicles such as tow trucks when they are stopped with flashing lights on, along with police, emergency and highway maintenance vehicles. On a road with two or more lanes going your way, move out of the lane beside the stopped vehicle when it is safe to do so; if you cannot, slow down and pass with caution. That rule is what keeps our operator, and you, a little safer while your car is hooked up on the shoulder.
The Ohio Department of Transportation runs a free Freeway Safety Patrol on Columbus-area freeways during scheduled hours. Its drivers help stranded motorists with flat tires, minor mechanical problems, a small amount of fuel and road debris, and they can help clear a disabled car from the travel lanes. If the patrol gets you moving again, you are set. If the car still has to reach a repair shop, your home or a dealer, that trip is a tow, and you can call (740) 812-9489 for it.
Check the shop's website or after-hours voicemail for night drop-off instructions; many shops have a marked parking spot and a key slot, and our driver can leave the car exactly where they say. If the shop has no drop-off, we can hold the car at our yard at 1620 Harrisburg Pike and bring it over once the shop opens, with storage and the delivery billed from our rate card. Tell dispatch which option you want before the truck arrives.
Yes, so mention it on the call. Owner's manuals for many AWD and 4WD vehicles limit how they may be towed, and Subaru's guide calls a flatbed the only recommended way to transport its AWD models. We carry these cars with all four wheels off the pavement, on a flatbed or, where a flatbed cannot reach, on a wheel-lift with dollies. If you are not sure what you drive, look for an AWD, 4MATIC, xDrive, quattro or 4x4 badge on the back.
Start with where you are: the road, your direction of travel and the nearest exit, mile marker or cross street, or share your GPS position from our SOS page. Then give the year, make and model, whether it is AWD or electric, whether it rolls and steers, and where you want it taken. If anyone is injured or the car is stopped in a travel lane, call 911 before you call us.
Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc provides 24/7 emergency towing throughout the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area. When you search for a tow truck near me from Dublin, Westerville, Grove City, Reynoldsburg, Hilliard, Powell, Gahanna, Upper Arlington, Worthington, or any community within a 30-mile radius of Columbus, our dispatch sends the nearest available truck.
Need towing near you on I-70, I-71, I-270, US-33, US-23, or any highway in Central Ohio? Our GPS-dispatched flatbed and wheel-lift trucks handle breakdowns, accidents, flat tires, dead batteries, lockouts, and every other roadside emergency — one tow service, one number.
As a locally owned and operated towing company at 1620 Harrisburg Pike, we know the Columbus road network and traffic patterns. That local knowledge means faster routing, honest ETAs, and service from operators who know your neighborhood.
$4/mi en-route + $125 hook-up + $7 per mile
Emergency towing is billed as $4 per en-route mile (yard to pickup) + $125 hook-up + $7 per loaded mile. Highway calls +$75; after-hours (10PM–6AM) +$150; weekend +$50; large vehicle +$100. Ohio sales tax applies.
Winch-out / off-road recovery: $150 per hour. Storage: $45 per day.
Pay by cash, debit or credit card, or online by card through Stripe (3% card fee). Booking by phone adds a $35 scheduling fee that the online quote builder waives. Veterans: 10% off with a military or VA ID, applied by the driver when you show it.
These are industry-standard full retail rates. You can get our VIP customer rates by downloading our ROADSIDE app through the VIP Program.
Build an exact quote online — it uses this same published rate card.
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Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc (dba Columbus Roadside Towing).
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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