Phoning around Durban 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 dealers and body builders who work in Durban and nearby areas of KwaZulu-Natal.
Tow Trucks for Sale in Durban
Looking for a tow truck for sale in Durban? Truck dealers and tow body builders serving Durban and KwaZulu-Natal can quote new rollback and wheel-lift trucks, conversions and used trucks. Give the chassis class, deck length and budget, and compare prices, build times and after-sales support.
New to this? Read the tow trucks for sale guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before you pay.
Durban notes on towing equipment & supplies
Boat owners heading to the Blue Lagoon slipway or the south coast ask for galvanised couplings and sealed trailer lights, because salt water ruins standard parts. Fitment centres in Springfield Park, Westville and Ballito fit tow bars to bakkies and family cars, often while you wait. Trailer sellers around Pinetown and Prospecton stock car trailers, and tow operators shop in Mobeni for winches, straps and replacement booms.
Towing 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.
Typical tow trucks for sale requests in the area come from:
- Motorists and families: a first used rollback for an owner-driver starting a towing business
- Truckers, buses and logistics: a heavy wrecker to recover the company's own trucks and trailers
- Company fleets and rental firms: a rollback to move pool cars, rental returns and broken vans in house
Local tips for Durban
Popular here: car tows off the N2 and N3, port truck recovery and boat trailer tow bars. Ask each operator about this: ask the operator to photograph the car before it leaves an N2 or N3 shoulder. Where they work from: prospecton, Jacobs, Mobeni, Springfield Park and Umgeni Road, with crews on both coasts.
Around Durban the largest group asking is motorists and families, which usually means a first used rollback for an owner-driver starting a towing business. Before you agree to anything: chassis GVM, roadworthy and driver permit. Keep in mind: eB Cloete interchange, N2 Spaghetti Junction, M7, Bayhead Road and South Coast Road.
Service area: Durban and surrounds
Operators and suppliers on our network work in Durban and surrounding areas, including Umhlanga, Pinetown, Westville, Umlazi, Phoenix, Chatsworth, Berea. Give the street, the road and the nearest km marker, or the suburb, so the quote can include the distance and any toll.