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Car Transport in Bloemfontein
Moving a car to or from Bloemfontein? Car transport companies who collect in Bloemfontein and run routes across Free State and the main national corridors can quote for open or enclosed carriers and single-car flatbeds. Give the collection and delivery towns, the car and your dates.
The main car transport page explains the types, the checks and the costs in more detail.
Bloemfontein notes on roadside, recovery & transport
Roadside calls in Mangaung, Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu are often flat batteries and punctures, especially on cold winter mornings. Families who break down on the N1 halfway to the coast often book car transport so they can carry on with a rental. Farmers in Bainsvlei book lowbeds for tractors and planters, and storage in the city is charged per day, so ask the rate first.
Bloemfontein on the road
Bloemfontein sits at the junction of the N1 and N8, so towing here is shaped by through traffic between Gauteng, the Cape and Lesotho. The N1 carries heavy freight trucks and holiday traffic past the city, and the N8 runs to Kimberley in the west and to Thaba Nchu and Maseru in the east. The N6 heads south to the Eastern Cape. Summer storms with hail and winter frost and fog on the highways cause many breakdowns and crashes. Families travelling on holiday, transport firms, government fleets, students and farmers around the city ask for tows, car transport, lowbeds and trailers here.
Typical car transport requests in the area come from:
- Motorists and families: a family car sent ahead when moving province, or a student's car to campus
- Truckers, buses and logistics: spare light vehicles moved to a new depot on a long-distance route
- Company fleets and rental firms: rental cars and pool vehicles rebalanced between branches in different cities
Local tips for Bloemfontein
Most asked for in Bloemfontein: holiday breakdowns and truck tows on the N1, car transport to the coast. Where operators and suppliers work from: operators in Hamilton, Hilton and the industrial areas near the N1 and N8. A useful tip: ask whether car transport is cheaper than a tow for a long N1 trip home.
Around Bloemfontein the largest group asking is motorists and families, which usually means a family car sent ahead when moving province, or a student's car to campus. Before you agree to anything: signed inspection report at loading. Keep in mind: n1 bypass and the routes to Gauteng and the Cape, N8 to Thaba Nchu, N6 south.
Service area: Bloemfontein and surrounds
Our network covers Bloemfontein together with Botshabelo, Thaba Nchu, Langenhoven Park, Brandwag, Heidedal, Mangaung, Bainsvlei. An address or a farm name helps a car transporter work out the kilometres before quoting.