Woke up to your car or truck sitting on blocks? Our stolen wheels towing service bolts GUNI Wheels onto the bare hubs, rolls it onto a flatbed and delivers it wherever you need. Or we buy new wheels and tires and put them on right where it sits.
Call (740) 812-9489Wheel and tire theft leaves a vehicle in the worst possible state for towing. With no wheels, it sits on its brake rotors, on blocks or on the ground, and it cannot roll. Dragging it onto a truck that way can damage the suspension, the bumper, the exhaust and the rotors, adding a repair bill on top of the theft.
Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc carries GUNI Wheels for exactly this job. A GUNI Wheel is a temporary wheel that bolts onto the bare hub in place of the stolen one, so the vehicle can roll again. We use them on cars, SUVs and light pickups across Columbus and Central Ohio, 24 hours a day.
You have two ways to go. We can buy wheels and tires that fit your vehicle and install them where it sits, in your driveway, a parking lot or an apartment complex, so you can drive it away. Or we put GUNI Wheels on, load the vehicle onto a flatbed and take it to your repair shop, tire shop, dealer or home, then take the GUNI Wheels back off when it gets there.
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GUNI Wheels are temporary replacement wheels made for towing and recovery operators and body shops. Each one has a solid polyurethane tire, so there is no air to lose, and it bolts onto the vehicle's own wheel studs or bolts with lug nuts, the same way a normal wheel does.
They are made for rolling, not driving. The maker rates them for 5 mph at most and says they are not for road use, and the tread has speed ribs that vibrate if the vehicle rolls too fast. That is why a vehicle on GUNI Wheels always rides on our flatbed. The GUNI Wheels just let it roll up onto the bed and back off at the other end without dragging.
GUNI Wheels come in sizes matched to the lug pattern. One size fits the 4-lug and 5-lug hubs on most cars, crossovers and light SUVs. A heavier size fits the 5-lug and 6-lug hubs on light pickups, full-size SUVs and trucks.
Tell dispatch the year, make and model so the driver brings the right ones:
Option 1: new wheels and tires, installed where it sits. We buy wheels and tires that fit your vehicle and mount them on site, so you can drive it away without a tow. Dispatch quotes the wheels, the tires and the installation first, and nothing is ordered until you approve the price.
Option 2: GUNI Wheels and a flatbed. Our driver bolts a GUNI Wheel onto each bare hub, rolls the vehicle onto the flatbed, delivers it to the shop, dealer or address you choose, and takes the GUNI Wheels back off when it arrives. This is usually the faster choice when you want a shop to replace the wheels or check for other damage.
A tow on GUNI Wheels is our normal towing rate plus $100 for each wheel that needs a GUNI Wheel. The rate is $4 per mile from our yard to the vehicle, a $125 service call and $7 per mile in tow. The $100 covers putting the GUNI Wheel on at pickup and taking it off at the destination.
Example: a car with all 4 wheels stolen, 6 miles from our yard, towed 8 miles to a tire shop. That's 6 × $4 en-route + $125 service call + 8 × $7 in tow + 4 × $100 for the GUNI Wheels = $605, plus Ohio sales tax and any after-hours, weekend or highway surcharge. Dispatch gives you your own total before a truck is sent.
Thieves are not careful. Sometimes a wheel stud is snapped or stripped, a hub is bent, or the vehicle dropped off the jack. A GUNI Wheel needs good studs or bolt holes to mount on. If a corner can't take one, our driver uses dollies or skates under that corner instead, and the vehicle still goes onto the flatbed without being dragged.
If the vehicle is sitting on the ground or tipped on a jack, our driver lifts it safely before anything is mounted. Tell dispatch what you see when you call so the right equipment comes on the first truck.
Yes. We bolt GUNI Wheels onto the bare hubs so the car can roll, load it onto a flatbed and deliver it. If a hub can't take a GUNI Wheel, we use dollies or skates under that corner. Either way the car is not dragged.
A GUNI Wheel is a temporary wheel with a solid polyurethane tire that bolts onto a vehicle's hub in place of a missing wheel. It is made for rolling a vehicle onto and off a tow truck at walking speed, not for driving on the road.
No. The maker rates them for 5 mph at most and says they are not for road use. Your vehicle rides on our flatbed, and the GUNI Wheels only let it roll on and off.
Our normal towing rate plus $100 per GUNI Wheel: $4 per mile from our yard, a $125 service call, $7 per mile in tow, and $100 for each wheel that needs a GUNI Wheel installed and removed. Sales tax and any after-hours, weekend or highway surcharge apply. Dispatch gives you the total before a truck is sent.
Yes. We can buy wheels and tires that fit your vehicle and install them where it sits, so you can drive away. Dispatch quotes the wheels, tires and installation, and nothing is ordered until you approve the price.
Yes. Along with the size for 4- and 5-lug cars and SUVs, we use the larger GUNI Wheel for 5- and 6-lug light pickups and full-size SUVs. Give dispatch the year, make and model when you call.
That depends on your policy, so call your insurance company first. Report the theft to the police and keep the report number, because your insurer will ask for it. We give you an itemized receipt for the tow and the GUNI Wheels to send with your claim.
Anywhere you choose: a tire shop, a repair shop, a dealer, your home or our lot at 1620 Harrisburg Pike in Columbus. The GUNI Wheels come off when it arrives.
Wheel and tire theft is usually found first thing in the morning, with the vehicle on blocks in a driveway, an apartment lot or a parking garage. Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc answers 24/7 and brings GUNI Wheels so your car, SUV or pickup can be moved without dragging it.
We cover Columbus and Central Ohio, from downtown and the campus area to Westerville, Dublin, Hilliard, Grove City, Reynoldsburg and every suburb in between.
GUNI is a trademark of its owner and is used here only to describe the equipment we use. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by its maker.
Wheels stolen? Call (740) 812-9489.
$4/mi en-route + $125 service call + $7 per tow mile + $100 per GUNI Wheel
A vehicle on GUNI Wheels 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. Add $100 for each wheel that needs a GUNI Wheel, which covers putting it on at pickup and taking it off at the destination.
New wheels and tires installed where the vehicle sits are quoted per job, and you approve the price before anything is ordered.
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 retail rates, the app-member metro rate or a VIP membership, with a military or veterans ID.
These are full retail rates for customers who are not registered. Active registered Roadside app members pay a metro flat rate of $125 for the first 5 miles, then $5 per loaded mile, with no en-route charge and no after-hours, weekend or highway fees, for small and medium-size cars picked up inside the I-270 loop or up to 3 miles outside it. You must register in the Roadside app to get it: see our 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
(740) 812-9489 · chris@columbusroadsidetowing.com