Phoning around Gauteng for stock, a fitting slot or a price takes time. Send one request instead, with your vehicle and what you need, and we pass it to tow bar fitment centres who work in towns and cities across Gauteng.
Tow Bar Installation in Gauteng
Need a tow bar fitted in Gauteng? Installers in and around Gauteng can quote supply and fitting, or fitting only, for fixed and detachable bars with 7 or 13 pin wiring. Mention whether your car needs coding or a bypass kit, and compare prices and booking dates from fitment centres in Gauteng.
New to this? Read the tow bar installation guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before you pay.
Towing equipment & supplies in Gauteng: local notes
Gauteng has many tow bar fitment centres and trailer dealers, clustered along Beyers Naude Drive, the Kempton Park and Boksburg motor strips and Pretoria west. Detachable tow bars are popular on double-cab bakkies and SUVs that pull boats and caravans to the coast. Tow operators buying rollbacks, wheel-lift units and recovery winches will find used tow trucks for sale in Germiston, Alrode and Rosslyn. Ask for the tow bar rating and the coupling size in writing.
Towing in Gauteng
Gauteng packs more cars, trucks and minibus taxis onto its roads than any other province, so tow trucks are always busy. The N1 Ben Schoeman Highway between Johannesburg and Pretoria, the N3 through Ekurhuleni, the N12, the N14 to Krugersdorp, the R21 to O.R. Tambo and the Johannesburg ring road all carry heavy commuter traffic, and rush hour breakdowns and fender benders are daily events. Industrial areas such as Germiston, Wadeville, Kya Sand and Rosslyn keep truck and heavy recovery crews busy. Summer afternoon storms, hail and flooding in low spots make roads slippery, while winter mornings are often hazy with smoke. Dealers move stock on flatbeds, and families fit tow bars for caravans heading to the coast.
The requests we see from Gauteng usually come from:
- Motorists and families: a tow bar fitted before the holidays for a trailer, caravan or bike rack
- Company fleets and rental firms: booked fitments for a batch of new vans or bakkies with matching wiring
- Dealers, panel beaters and workshops: fitments on used stock or customer cars sent over from the showroom
Local tips for Gauteng
Popular here: commuter car tows, accident towing and flatbeds for dealers and panel beaters. Ask each operator about this: ask who sent the tow truck, and get the storage rate per day before it hooks up. Where they work from: midrand, Germiston, Randburg, Centurion, Pretoria west and the East Rand industrial belt.
Requests range widely: often two hours to most of a day per vehicle. Here, motorists and families lead the requests, typically for a tow bar fitted before the holidays for a trailer, caravan or bike rack. One local point to raise: n1 Ben Schoeman, N3 through Ekurhuleni, N12, N14, R21 and the Johannesburg ring road.
Service area: Gauteng and surrounds
We pass Gauteng requests to operators and suppliers based in or regularly working in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng, West Rand, Midrand, Centurion. Rural jobs should give the nearest town, the road and the farm name, so the distance is quoted honestly.