Big rental blocks and cut-up triple-deckers mean every car here sits somewhere tight — a half-space on Pratt, a driveway apron on Ashford, a back lot off Linden with one way in. We size the truck to the street before we roll. Plenty of jobs turn into a winch-out or a flatbed load with six inches either side of the mirrors.
September 1 is its own event: box trucks doubled up, and usually a rental van that met the 10-foot arches on Storrow Drive. Otherwise it's the Pike interchange and toll ramps for breakdowns, plus private-lot tows off Harvard Ave and Brighton Ave after last call. Lockouts, jumps, accident recovery, impound release.
Towing around Allston Christmas and Storrow Drive
My rental truck hit the Storrow Drive overpass. What now?
Stay put, hazards on, let the troopers close the lane. A Storrowed box truck needs a flatbed and some patience. Don't try to back it out.
Can you get a truck down my street on September 1?
Usually. Tell us what's blocking it — double-parked movers, a U-Haul across the mouth of the street — and we'll bring the right truck or winch the vehicle out instead.