About Tow Truck Portland Maine
A towing and roadside service for Portland that works only for the person who calls.
A Portland towing company that works for the person who calls
Tow Truck Portland Maine is a 24/7 towing and roadside service for Portland, Maine and the towns around it. We move vehicles that have broken down, crashed, slid off the road or will not start, and we help at the roadside when no tow is needed.
The work covers local tows by wheel-lift or flatbed, flatbed and long-distance towing, collision tows, winch-outs, jump starts, lockouts, flat tire changes, gas delivery and junk car towing. All of it starts with a phone call, day or night, and every call is handled the same way.
We work for the owner or driver who calls about their own vehicle, and for no one else. We are not the City's tow contractor, we do not impound vehicles, and we do not remove cars from lots for property owners. If a tow truck took your car from a Portland street or lot without your say-so, it was not ours; our towing cost page explains Portland's rules for tows done without the owner's consent.
How we handle every call
- Safety comes first. Injuries and cars stranded in moving traffic are a 911 call first; we can wait.
- We ask before we quote. The location, the vehicle, its condition and the drop-off decide the truck and the price.
- You get the price on the phone. One figure for the job you describe, agreed before a truck sets out. If the driver finds a different job on arrival, you hear the new figure before any extra work, and you can say no.
- We send the truck the car needs. A flatbed when the maker calls for one, as Tesla and Subaru of America do for their cars; never a wheel on the ground for a motorcycle, as Honda warns; a wheel-lift when that is all the job takes.
- We tell you if a job is not for us. If a vehicle needs equipment we do not run, or we cannot reach you in a reasonable time, we tell you before anything is booked, so you can find someone who can.
- You pick the destination. Your mechanic, your dealer, your driveway or another town. We do not steer anyone to a shop.
Where our tow trucks go
All of Portland: every neighborhood from Munjoy Hill and the Old Port to Stroudwater and North Deering, the I-295 exits through downtown, the Maine Turnpike exits from Scarborough to Falmouth, the Casco Bay and Veterans Memorial bridges to South Portland, and the Jetport's garage and lots. Peaks, Little Diamond, Great Diamond, Cliff and Cushing islands are part of the city too. Work there depends on the Casco Bay Lines ferries, so we plan it with you ahead of time and tell you if we cannot do it.
Outside the city we cover the towns below. If you are a little beyond them, call and ask; we would rather tell you no on the phone than leave you waiting.
What you will not get from us
- An impound. We do not tow cars for property owners, landlords or the City.
- A tow truck you did not ask for. Portland's ordinance allows a wrecker at a crash or emergency scene only when police or someone involved called it (City Code Sec. 28-128), and we come only when we are called.
- A total that grows at the curb. You hear one figure for the job, and any change before it happens.
- A street address. The truck comes to the vehicle, wherever it is.
Need a tow or a jump in Portland?
Call any hour. A few quick questions, then a price for the whole job before anyone drives out.
- The location: a street, a lot or a highway exit
- The year, make and model
- Where it should go