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24 Hour Towing and Roadside Assistance in Buffalo, NY — $160 Base Plus $7 a Mile, Published Up Front

24/7 Buffalo Towing is a tow truck and roadside assistance company on Buffalo's West Side, open every hour of every day. A tow is $50 to book, $110 to hook and $7 a loaded mile. A jump start is $129 flat, a lockout $129. You hear the number before the truck is sent and pay when the job is done. See every service, read how we work, or call or text your location now.

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Honest, Upfront Towing Prices in Buffalo, and You Pay When the Job Is Done

Every price 24/7 Buffalo Towing charges is on this website. You get the number on the phone before the truck is sent, it does not change at the kerb, and you pay when the job is done. There is no after-hours rate, no weekend rate and no holiday rate. We work from a numbered street address, 415 Rhode Island St, Unit A, Buffalo, NY 14213, that you can find on a map.

On Google24/7 Buffalo Towing on Google Maps, rated 4.0 from 4 reviews as of October 2026
Quote firstThe number before the truck is sent, the same number at the end
Pay on completionNothing up front, nothing added at the kerb
No fake ETAsAn honest read on timing, told again if it slips

We will not promise an arrival time, because where the truck is, how the roads are and how many jobs are stacked change by the hour, and in a lake-effect band they change by the minute. We will not invent ratings or years in business. We will not publish a "starting at" price and build the real one at the kerb. About 24/7 Buffalo Towing says the rest, and how to compare tow truck quotes in Buffalo shows what to check in anyone else's.

What a Tow Actually Costs in Buffalo, Itemised

A tow in Buffalo is $50 to book, $110 to hook and $7 for every loaded mile: $160 before the truck moves, $195 on a five-mile run. The same at any hour.

Most Buffalo tow companies publish a “starting at” number and stop there, which tells you nothing you can plan around. Here is the entire calculation, and the pricing page has the long version.

$50 Booking fee — every call
$110 Hook-up fee — tows only
$7 Per loaded mile

Worked examples at $160 base plus $7 a mile
Distance	Typical trip	Total
3 miles	Across the neighborhood	$181
5 miles	Buffalo city limits, most trips	$195
10 miles	Buffalo out to the inner ring	$230
20 miles	Across Erie County	$300
35 miles	Out to the county line	$405

Quoted before the truck is sent, not after it arrives. Jump start $129, car lockout $129, flat tire change $169, fuel delivery $129 plus the fuel, battery replacement $199 plus the battery — flat prices, booking fee included, no mileage.

The Honest Tow Calculator: Work Out Your Own Buffalo Tow Before You Call

Loaded miles, from where the car is hooked to where it is dropped

$195

Roadside Assistance in Buffalo at One Flat Price Per Call

Booking fee included, no mileage, said on the phone before the truck is sent. The towing prices page has the long version.

What We Do: Every Towing and Roadside Assistance Service in Buffalo, NY

Thirteen services, every one with its own page and its own page for every area we cover. Towing first, then the roadside calls where the car stays where it is. Tows run on the $50 booking, $110 hook-up and $7-a-mile formula whichever truck comes; the one exception is the winch-out, priced on time because the job is time, $199 to book and then $150 an hour from when the driver arrives.

Flatbed Towing in Buffalo, NY

A flatbed carries the car with all four wheels off the road. It is the only safe truck for all-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, for anything low enough to catch a yoke, for a seized wheel, for a car with no key and a locked steering column, and for anything that has been in a crash. For a front-wheel-drive sedan with a dead battery in a driveway, it is more truck than you need and on a narrow street it may not fit at all. With us it costs the same as a wheel-lift: $160 before mileage and $7 a loaded mile, so the choice is only ever about the car. Flatbed versus wheel-lift in Buffalo settles it.

Wheel-Lift Towing in Buffalo, NY

The wheel-lift slides a yoke under the drive wheels, lifts that end and tows the car on the other two. It hooks in a couple of minutes and needs only a few feet behind the car, which on a West Side street parked nose to tail is the difference between a truck that reaches you and one that cannot. Most front-wheel-drive cars and crossovers ride on it without any harm. Same price as a flatbed, $160 plus $7 a mile, so there is no upsell in either direction. It is the wrong truck for all-wheel drive, a low car, a seized wheel or crash damage, and we will not put those on it.

Accident Towing in Buffalo, NY

After a collision the car goes where you say, if you say it before the car is hooked. The expensive mistake is letting it go to a yard you did not pick, where storage starts the next morning and getting it released becomes a second job. Decide the shop, your mechanic, your insurer's shop or your driveway, and tell us. A crashed car rides on a flatbed at the published $160 plus $7 a mile, with any work to get it back onto the road at $199 to book plus $150 an hour from when the driver arrives. We do not work highways, expressways or bridges; a crash on one of those is handled by the police rotation. Who decides what after a crash in Buffalo.

Long Distance Towing in Buffalo, NY

A long tow uses the same three numbers, $50 to book, $110 to hook and $7 a loaded mile, and they simply get bigger: $405 to the county line, $860 for a hundred miles. What changes on a long run is the empty trip back, which is why a quote to Rochester or across the state is built in full and given in writing before anything is booked, not read off a rate card. Long runs ride on a flatbed strapped at four points. A classic, a bike or a car with no key each load differently and should be mentioned when you call. How a long tow from Buffalo is priced.

Motorcycle Towing in Buffalo, NY

A bike has nothing to hook and it falls over, so it is loaded differently: ridden up the deck into a chock that holds the front wheel, tied down with soft loops round the triple tree or the frame, never the bars, the tank or the fairing, with the suspension compressed and the bike standing straight. That takes longer than a car and it is the whole difference between a bike that arrives and one that arrives scratched. No motorcycle surcharge: $160 plus $7 a mile. A downed bike that will not roll is lifted on instead and that recovery is $199 to book plus $150 an hour from when the driver arrives, separate from the tow. The questions to ask before anyone straps your bike down.

Winch-Out & Recovery in Buffalo, NY

Between December and March this is most of what we do: cars backed into the plow berm across the driveway, buried at the end of an unplowed side street, slid off the shoulder of a town road in the Southtowns. The price is $199 to book plus $150 an hour from when the driver arrives; how far off the pavement the car sits, what the truck can anchor to, and whether the car still rolls decide how long that hour clock runs, and we tell you honestly from your description before the truck is sent. Driveways, lots, side streets and town roads only; highways, expressways, parkways and bridges are a different license. Stuck in snow in Buffalo: what to do before the truck arrives.

Junk Car Removal in Buffalo, NY

A dead car has scrap value in Western New York, and with the title in hand the haul can net out in your favor rather than cost you. Title first, because New York will not let a car be scrapped without proof of ownership; plates off and back to the DMV; then cancel the insurance, in that order, because a gap in coverage on a registered car carries a fine. A car that rolls goes on a wheel-lift, one with rotted tires or a collapsed suspension on a flatbed, and one boxed in at the back of a yard gets a short winch first. We tell you what it is worth honestly. The paperwork to have ready.

Jump Start in Buffalo, NY

Buffalo kills batteries on the first hard morning of December, because cranking amps fall with the temperature while a cold engine needs more of them, and the two curves cross in a driveway on a Tuesday. One click and dim lights, or silence, is a battery. A jump start is $129 flat with the booking fee included and no mileage, because the car stays where it is. It is the wrong call if the car has been jumped already this winter and died again; that battery is done, or the alternator is, and battery or alternator tells you which before you pay for either.

Car Lockout in Buffalo, NY

If you can see the keys inside the car, this is the call. The door is opened with an inflatable wedge and a long-reach tool that presses the unlock button from inside; nothing touches the lock cylinder or the wiring, and it takes a few minutes on most cars. $129 flat, booking fee included, no mileage, any hour. We ask for identification before the door opens, because that is the only thing separating a lockout service from a theft service. If the key is lost, snapped or the fob is dead with no spare, you need an automotive locksmith and no lockout service can help; lockout or locksmith explains which trade to call.

Flat Tire Change in Buffalo, NY

Freeze, thaw, freeze, and by the second week of March the potholes are deep enough to gash a sidewall, which cannot be plugged or sealed. If you have a spare, even a space-saver, we fit it at the kerb for $169 flat, booking fee included, and you drive to a tire shop. If there is no spare, and many cars built in the last decade carry a can of sealant instead of a wheel, or the wheel is seized to the hub or the locking-nut key is missing, the car rides to the nearest tire shop on a wheel-lift at the published price. Say whether there is a spare when you call so the right truck comes first time. Flat tire with no spare in Buffalo.

Fuel Delivery in Buffalo, NY

Enough fuel to reach a station, not a full tank, for $129 plus the fuel, booking fee included. A gasoline car starts as soon as there is fuel in the tank. A diesel run fully dry pulls air into the lines and may need priming before it fires, so say it is a diesel when you call and we will tell you honestly whether fuel alone will do it. An empty gauge on a car that stalled is not proof of an empty tank; a failed fuel pump stalls a car the same way, and if fuel goes in and nothing happens the next step is a short tow to a shop, said on the spot rather than a second delivery. Ran out of gas in Buffalo.

Battery Replacement in Buffalo, NY

The call after the jump that did not hold. A battery past three or four Buffalo winters has lost the plates it needs to hold a charge, and jumping it twice is paying twice for a problem that is not going away. We bring the right battery for the make and group size, fit it where the car sits, clean the terminals, check the hold-down and start the car: $199 plus the battery, booking fee included, no mileage. If the car starts on the new battery and dies again on the road, the alternator was the problem and we ask the questions that catch that before the work, not after. Car battery replacement in Buffalo.

Roadside Assistance in Buffalo, NY

The umbrella for every call where the car stays where it is: the jump start, the lockout, the tire change with your spare, the fuel delivery and the battery fitted on the spot. Each is one flat number with the $50 booking fee already inside it and no mileage, because there is no hook and no miles. Where it stops is the alternator that dies again after the jump, the lost key no lockout can open, the car with no spare and the diesel that will not prime; each of those becomes a tow at $160 plus mileage, and we say so on the spot rather than sell a second roadside call. Roadside assistance versus a membership in Buffalo is honest about when each wins.

The Buffalo towing services page goes through all thirteen in one place, and flatbed versus wheel-lift towing settles the question most callers have.

Where We Do It: Towing and Roadside Assistance Across Buffalo and Erie County

24/7 Buffalo Towing covers all 35 Buffalo neighborhoods and 37 Erie County towns and villages from a base at 415 Rhode Island St on the West Side, at the same published prices everywhere. Every area below has its own page, its own breakdown write-up and the streets we have verified for it.

Home ground, a few blocks from the truck: towing and roadside assistance in Allentown, towing and roadside assistance in Elmwood-Bidwell, towing and roadside assistance in Elmwood Village, towing and roadside assistance in Linwood, towing and roadside assistance in Lower West Side and towing and roadside assistance in Upper West Side. The the West Side streets we end up on most are Allen Street, Elmwood Avenue, North Street, Main Street, Normal Avenue, Richmond Avenue, Delaware Avenue and Linwood Avenue.

South Buffalo: towing and roadside assistance in First Ward, towing and roadside assistance in Hopkins-Tifft, towing and roadside assistance in Kaisertown, towing and roadside assistance in Seneca Babcock, towing and roadside assistance in Seneca-Cazenovia and towing and roadside assistance in South Park. The South Buffalo streets we end up on most are South Park Avenue, Bailey Avenue, Clinton Street, Seneca Street and Elk Street.

The towing service areas page is the map these hang off, the streets we tow on page lists every verified road, and the blog has a what-to-do write-up for every area.

How a Call to 24/7 Buffalo Towing Actually Works

You call or text (716) 277-7012. We ask four things: where the car is, with the nearest cross street or a pin from your phone; what the car is, because an all-wheel-drive car needs a flatbed and a front-wheel-drive car does not; what it is doing, dead, flat, locked, stuck or wrecked; and where it needs to go, if it needs to go anywhere. From those four answers we tell you which call it is and quote it. If the honest answer is that a jump start will do where you asked for a tow, we say so, because the cheaper call is still a call. The number you hear is the number you pay, when the job is done. We give you an honest read on timing rather than a promise, and we tell you again if it slips. What to expect when you call a tow truck in Buffalo at night goes through it in detail.

What Moves a Towing Price in Buffalo, and What Never Does

Distance moves it, and it is the only part you control: the mileage is loaded miles, from where the car is hooked to where it is dropped, so a nearer shop is a cheaper ride and a $181 tow across the neighborhood becomes $300 across the county. Recovery moves it: a car in a snowbank or a ditch needs a winch-out before the hook, $199 to book plus $150 an hour from when the driver arrives. The state of the car can move it, because accident towing takes longer to rig and some damage forces a flatbed. The hour never moves it. The weather never moves it. The day of the week never moves it. Your neighborhood never moves it; towing in Allentown and towing in Orchard Park run on the same formula and only the miles differ. How much a tow costs in Buffalo is the long version.

A Buffalo Winter, Month by Month, and Which Call Each One Is

December is the first hard morning. Cranking amps fall with the temperature while a cold engine needs more of them, and the battery that started every day in October refuses on a Tuesday. That is a jump start at $129, or if it has been jumped once already, a battery fitted on the spot at $199 plus the battery.

January is the bands. Lake-effect comes off Erie in lines, and a line can put a foot of snow on one street while the next one over is dry. Cars get buried at the end of unplowed side streets and backed into the berm the plow left across the driveway. That is a winch-out, $199 to book plus $150 an hour from when the driver arrives, with how far off the pavement the car sits and what the truck can anchor to deciding how long it takes.

February is freezing rain. Doors sealed shut, locks frozen, wiper arms snapped by running blades frozen to the glass. A frozen lock is not a lockout and a locksmith cannot help either; it needs de-icer and patience, and we say so rather than send a truck. Keep the tank above a quarter, because a near-empty tank invites condensation and a frozen line that fuel delivery cannot fix.

March is potholes. The thaw opens the road and by the second week a dip has become a sidewall-killer. With a spare, that is a tire change at $169. Without one, it is a short wheel-lift tow to the nearest tire shop. The Buffalo winter breakdown guide covers the whole season.

Who Calls a Buffalo Tow Truck, and What They Usually Need

The commuter in a Cheektowaga lot at six in the evening whose car will not start: a jump, nine times in ten. The parent on a side street in North Park with the keys locked in and a child seat in the back: a lockout, in minutes. The driver who slid off a town road in Hamburg in a band: a winch-out, and then a drive home if the car is fine. The student on University Heights streets with a flat and no spare: a short tow to a tire shop. The owner of a car that has sat in a yard in Lackawanna for two years: junk car removal that pays them rather than the other way round. The one thing they have in common is that they were told the price before the truck moved.

Facts About 24/7 Buffalo Towing

Business: 24/7 Buffalo Towing, towing and roadside assistance, Buffalo, New York
Address: 415 Rhode Island St, Unit A, Buffalo, NY 14213, on the West Side at Brayton St
Phone and text: (716) 277-7012
Hours: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Tow price: $50 booking fee, $110 hook-up fee, $7 per loaded mile; $160 before mileage
Roadside prices: Jump start $129, car lockout $129, flat tire change $169, fuel delivery $129 plus fuel, battery replacement $199 plus battery; booking fee included, no mileage
Winch-out and recovery: $199 booking fee plus $150 per hour from when the driver arrives; no mileage
After-hours rate: None. Same prices at every hour
Payment: Quoted before the truck is sent, paid when the job is done
Coverage: 35 Buffalo neighborhoods and 37 Erie County towns and villages
Not offered: Highway, expressway, parkway or bridge recovery; key cutting; tire supply; arrival-time guarantees

Towing Guides for Buffalo Drivers: Read Before You Call

How much a tow costs in Buffalo NY is the one most people need. Car will not start in Buffalo: battery or alternator saves paying for the wrong fix, and car battery replacement in Buffalo covers the fix itself. Locked keys in the car in Buffalo saves calling the wrong trade. Stuck in snow in Buffalo and the Buffalo winter breakdown guide cover the season. After a car accident in Buffalo covers who tows the car and where. The Buffalo towing guides page has all nineteen, and the towing questions and answers page has the short version of every one.

Buffalo Towing Questions, Answered

How much does a tow truck cost in Buffalo NY?

A tow in Buffalo is $50 to book, $110 to hook and $7 for every loaded mile, so $160 before the truck moves and $195 on a five-mile run. There is no after-hours rate. How much a tow costs in Buffalo has the full math, and the towing prices page has the calculator.

Is there a 24 hour tow truck near me in Buffalo right now?

Yes. 24/7 Buffalo Towing runs out of 415 Rhode Island St on the West Side and covers all 35 Buffalo neighborhoods and 37 Erie County towns and villages around the clock. Call or text (716) 277-7012 with your cross streets. The towing service areas page lists every one.

How much is a jump start, car lockout or flat tire change in Buffalo?

Flat prices with the booking fee included and no mileage: jump start in Buffalo $129, car lockout in Buffalo $129, flat tire change in Buffalo $169, fuel delivery $129 plus the fuel, car battery replacement $199 plus the battery.

Do you charge more for towing at night or on weekends in Buffalo?

No. The towing price is the same at two in the morning on a Sunday as at noon on a Tuesday. What changes at night is how long a truck may take to reach you, and we tell you that honestly. Calling a tow truck in Buffalo at night explains what to expect.

When do I pay for a tow in Buffalo?

When the job is done, not before. You get the number on the phone before the truck is sent, and the number you hear is the number you pay at the end. How 24/7 Buffalo Towing works.

Do I need a flatbed tow truck or a wheel-lift in Buffalo?

All-wheel drive, low cars, seized wheels and crash damage need flatbed towing in Buffalo; most front-wheel-drive cars do fine on wheel-lift towing, which also fits streets a flatbed cannot. They cost the same with us. Flatbed versus wheel-lift decides it.

Can you winch a car out of the snow in Buffalo?

Yes. Winch-out and recovery in Buffalo on driveways, lots, side streets and town roads is most of what we do from December to March. Stuck in snow in Buffalo covers what to do before the truck arrives.

What is the cheapest tow truck in Buffalo NY?

The cheapest tow is the one you can check: $160 plus $7 a loaded mile with us, and the formula is on the site. A "starting at" price is cheaper only until the bill arrives. The cheapest tow truck in Buffalo explains how to compare quotes properly.

What if I cannot afford a tow truck in Buffalo?

First make sure you need one: a jump, a lockout or a tire change is a flat $129 to $169 and the car stays put. If the car has to move, pick the nearest shop, because mileage is the only part you control. If it is not worth fixing, junk car removal pays you. What to do when you cannot afford a tow.

Do you replace car batteries in Buffalo?

Yes. Battery replacement in Buffalo is $199 plus the battery, fitted where the car sits, booking fee included. It is the right call when a jump did not hold or the battery is past three or four winters.

Can you unlock my car if the keys are inside?

Yes. Car lockout in Buffalo is $129 flat. We open the door with a wedge and a long-reach tool and nothing touches the lock. If the key is lost rather than locked in, you need a locksmith, and lockout or locksmith explains why.

I ran out of gas in Buffalo. How much do you bring?

Enough to reach a station. Fuel delivery in Buffalo is $129 plus the fuel. Say if it is a diesel, because a diesel run dry may need priming. Ran out of gas in Buffalo.

Where does my car go after an accident in Buffalo?

Where you say, if you decide before it is hooked. Accident towing in Buffalo goes to the address you give at the published price. Storage at a yard you did not pick starts the next morning, so decide first. Who tows the car after a crash.

Do you tow motorcycles in Buffalo?

Yes, with a chock and soft loops on the frame, never a hook and chain, at the same price as a car. Motorcycle towing in Buffalo and how a bike should be loaded.

How much is a long distance tow from Buffalo?

$160 plus $7 a loaded mile, with the empty trip back shown in the quote on a long run. Long distance towing from Buffalo is quoted in full and in writing before it is booked. How the price works.

Will you take my junk car in Buffalo?

Yes, with the title. A dead car has scrap value and junk car removal in Buffalo can net out in your favor. Title, plates and what it is worth.

How long will the tow truck take to reach me in Buffalo?

We will not give you a number we cannot keep. Where the truck is, how the roads are and how many jobs are stacked change hour to hour, and in a snow band minute to minute. We tell you what we honestly think when you call and tell you again if it slips.

Do you cover Cheektowaga, Amherst, West Seneca and Tonawanda?

Yes, and every other Erie County town and village. Towing in Cheektowaga, towing in Amherst, towing in West Seneca and towing in Tonawanda each have their own page, and the service areas page has all 72.

Is roadside assistance in Buffalo cheaper than a AAA membership?

Per call, usually: you pay a flat $129 for a jump only when you need one. Over a year it depends on how often you call. Roadside assistance versus a membership is honest about both sides.

Does 24/7 Buffalo Towing do highway or expressway recovery?

No. Highways, expressways, parkways and bridges are a different license and a different truck, and we will say so rather than take the job. Driveways, lots, side streets and town roads across Buffalo and Erie County, yes. More on the towing questions and answers page.

Every answer above has a longer version on the towing questions and answers page, and every service and area on this page has its own. If your question is not here, call or text (716) 277-7012 and ask it.

Stuck right now? Call and get the number before the truck is sent.

$50 to book, $110 to hook, $7 a mile. Jump start $129, lockout $129, flat. No after-hours rate.

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