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Motorcycle Towing in Durban
Motorcycle towing around Durban is mostly commuter bikes, scooters and big touring bikes that will not start or have fallen. Ask operators in KwaZulu-Natal whether they carry a wheel chock and soft straps, and whether the bike goes on a dedicated deck or a car rollback.
New to this? Read the motorcycle towing guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before you pay.
Durban notes on towing
Tow trucks in Durban spend much of the day on the N2 between Umhlanga and the Berea, at the EB Cloete interchange and on the M7 past Bellair. Rollbacks are the usual pick for automatics and low cars stuck in Florida Road or Glenwood traffic. Heavy wreckers work the port routes through Mobeni and Prospecton, where a broken container truck needs a rig rated for the full load, not a small recovery truck.
What breaks down and moves in Durban
Durban is where the N2 and N3 meet, and the EB Cloete interchange, known as Spaghetti Junction, carries commuter cars, minibus taxis and port trucks all day. Container trucks queue on Bayhead Road and the South Coast Road for the harbour, and a stalled rig there blocks a lane. The M4 along the coast and the M19 through Reservoir Hills see many flat batteries and overheated engines at rush hour. Summer brings heavy coastal downpours that flood low spots in the CBD and on the M7, while humid salt air eats at tow bars and trailer lights. Requests come from motorists, car dealers on Umgeni Road, logistics yards near the port and families towing boats up and down the coast.
The requests we see from Durban usually come from:
- Motorists and families: a commuter bike with a dead battery taken from home to a bike workshop
- Truckers, buses and logistics: a courier company's bikes moved between branches on a covered deck
- Company fleets and rental firms: courier and delivery scooters collected from routes and taken to the service bay
Local tips for Durban
Towing and supplies for Durban mostly work like this: prospecton, Jacobs, Mobeni, Springfield Park and Umgeni Road, with crews on both coasts. The requests that come up most: car tows off the N2 and N3, port truck recovery and boat trailer tow bars. When you ask for quotes, ask the operator to photograph the car before it leaves an N2 or N3 shoulder.
Around Durban the largest group asking is motorists and families, which usually means a commuter bike with a dead battery taken from home to a bike workshop. Before you agree to anything: four soft straps, front wheel chocked. Keep in mind: eB Cloete interchange, N2 Spaghetti Junction, M7, Bayhead Road and South Coast Road.
Service area: Durban and surrounds
Our network covers Durban together with Umhlanga, Pinetown, Westville, Umlazi, Phoenix, Chatsworth, Berea. An address or a farm name helps a tow operator work out the kilometres before quoting.