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 truck body builders and equipment suppliers who work in towns and cities across Gauteng.
Tow Truck Equipment in Gauteng
Need tow truck equipment in Gauteng? Tow body builders and equipment suppliers serving Gauteng and Gauteng can quote rollback bodies, wheel-lift underlifts, deck winches, light bars and full conversions. Give your chassis and the work you do, and compare prices, ratings and fitting times.
The main tow truck equipment page explains the types, the checks and the costs in more detail.
Gauteng notes on towing equipment & supplies
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: an owner-driver upgrading a used rollback with a new winch and lights
- Company fleets and rental firms: standard equipment across several tow trucks for easy servicing and spares
- Dealers, panel beaters and workshops: a rollback conversion for a panel shop or dealer that moves its own cars
Local tips for Gauteng
Towing and supplies for Gauteng mostly work like this: midrand, Germiston, Randburg, Centurion, Pretoria west and the East Rand industrial belt. The requests that come up most: commuter car tows, accident towing and flatbeds for dealers and panel beaters. When you ask for quotes, ask who sent the tow truck, and get the storage rate per day before it hooks up.
Tow Truck Equipment usually suits tow operators, body builders and fleets, done like this: bodies, underlifts, winches, lights, kit. For motorists and families, the biggest group here, that usually means an owner-driver upgrading a used rollback with a new winch and lights. On the weather side: summer afternoon storms, hail and flash flooding: slow down and keep your distance.
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.