Phoning around Johannesburg 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 suppliers and fitment centres who work in Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng.
Tow Bars in Johannesburg
Looking for a tow bar in Johannesburg? Fitment centres around Johannesburg and across Gauteng can quote fixed, detachable and heavy-duty bars for your exact vehicle, with 7 or 13 pin wiring. Send one request with your make, model and what you tow, and compare prices and fitting dates from local suppliers.
Want to know more first? Our tow bars guide covers the options, the safety points and what affects the price.
Towing equipment & supplies in Johannesburg: local notes
Tow bar fitment centres around Booysens, Selby and the Main Reef Road fit bars and wiring on hatchbacks, sedans and bakkies. Courier and fleet owners buy small trailers for parcels and equipment. Tow operators here buy compact rollbacks that can work in tight inner city streets, plus wheel-lift units and dollies. Recovery straps and rated shackles are sold at auto parts stores in Fordsburg and the CBD.
Johannesburg on the road
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 tow bars requests in the area come from:
- Motorists and families: a detachable bar on the family car for a weekend trailer or bike rack
- Company fleets and rental firms: matching tow bars across a fleet of vans and bakkies that pull work trailers
- Dealers, panel beaters and workshops: tow bars fitted to used stock before sale, or for a dealer's delivery trailer
Local tips for Johannesburg
Popular here: commuter car tows on the M1 and M2 and accident towing in the inner city. Ask each operator about this: ask your insurer before you let an uninvited tow truck move your car. Where they work from: industrial areas in Selby, Booysens, Village Main and along the Main Reef Road.
Requests range widely: rated to the vehicle's braked towing capacity. Here, motorists and families lead the requests, typically for a detachable bar on the family car for a weekend trailer or bike rack. One local point to raise: 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.