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Car Transport in Johannesburg
Moving a car to or from Johannesburg? Car transport companies who collect in Johannesburg and run routes across Gauteng 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.
What to know locally in Johannesburg
Breakdowns on the M1 near Booysens and the Crown interchange often need a fast tow off the freeway, while flat batteries and tyre changes in Soweto, Melville and Rosebank can usually be handled by roadside assistance. Car transport from Johannesburg to the coast is booked by dealers and families. Car trailer hire is busy at month end. Many operators quote a callout fee plus a rate per kilometre.
Towing in Johannesburg
Johannesburg's towing work is shaped by heavy commuter traffic on the M1, the M2 and the freeway ring around the inner city, where a single stalled car can back up traffic for kilometres. Breakdowns happen daily on the M1 near the Booysens and Crown interchanges, on the M2 past the city centre, and in the narrow streets of Braamfontein, Newtown and the CBD, where small rollbacks are often easier to manoeuvre than big trucks. Minibus taxis, courier vans and older commuter cars from Soweto make up much of the work. Highveld summer storms bring sudden flooding at underpasses and hail, and accident chasers are a known problem, so motorists should be careful who they let hook up their car.
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
- Company fleets and rental firms: rental cars and pool vehicles rebalanced between branches in different cities
- Dealers, panel beaters and workshops: dealers, auctions and panel shops moving stock and repaired cars between cities
Local tips for Johannesburg
Towing and supplies for Johannesburg mostly work like this: industrial areas in Selby, Booysens, Village Main and along the Main Reef Road. The requests that come up most: commuter car tows on the M1 and M2 and accident towing in the inner city. When you ask for quotes, ask your insurer before you let an uninvited tow truck move your car.
Around Johannesburg 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: m1, M2, N1 western bypass, N12 and N17 to Soweto and the inner city streets.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Operators and suppliers on our network work in Johannesburg and surrounding areas, including Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville. Give the street, the road and the nearest km marker, or the suburb, so the quote can include the distance and any toll.