Need a food truck moved in Boston? Boston Towing Service dispatches around the clock across Boston, MA. Towing a food truck is not the same job as towing a sedan — it comes down to weight rating, deck length, and how the vehicle is secured — so we confirm what you are driving before a truck rolls, and quote the price before the hook goes on.
The right equipment for a food truck
Sending an under-rated truck is how a tow turns into damage. Our dispatcher matches the load to the equipment — deck, wheel-lift, or heavy wrecker — and the operator secures it to the manufacturer’s tie-down points rather than whatever is reachable.
When a food truck's chassis fails mid-service in Boston, the tow has to protect a mounted kitchen — fryers, a generator, sometimes a propane tank — not just move the vehicle. Boston Towing Service dispatches 24 hours a day from East Boston. Most towing companies in the Boston market publish rates in the $50–$125 range for a standard tow.
A food truck that stalls mid-shift in Boston is usually still hooked to its generator, still has hot oil in the fryers, and still has a line of customers standing at the window. Getting it off the street matters faster than the tow itself — a truck parked at a curb during lunch service on a commercial strip is one call away from a ticket or a blocking-the-lane complaint, and whoever answers has to move a loaded kitchen, not an empty box.
That load is the real difference from a standard box truck. A food truck sits heavier at the rear axle from the equipment bolted in behind the cab, so a wheel-lift that jerks the front tires off the ground risks shifting a fryer or knocking a propane line loose. Boston Towing Service runs a flatbed for these calls so the whole truck rides level, and dispatch is staffed 24 hours a day — a breakdown at a 6 a.m. prep run gets the same response as one during the Friday lunch rush.
What happens if the truck breaks down while you're still serving?
The priority is getting the truck off an active lane or loading zone without cutting power to anything running off the onboard generator, since some operators keep it live to hold food temperature until the last possible minute. Flatbed loading keeps the truck level the whole way up the ramp, which matters when there's an open fryer or a full water tank aboard that a wheel-lift's nose-up angle would slosh or tip.
If the truck can be shut down safely first, it's faster and safer for everyone — but that call belongs to the driver, not the dispatcher.
Does towing a food truck cost more than a regular box truck?
Boston-area operators generally price towing by weight and access, not vehicle category, so a truck loaded with fryers, a generator, and a full water tank tends to land toward the top of the range rather than the bottom. Published local rates run mostly $50–$125 for a standard tow, and the flatbed-towing figures published for this market sit in that same band; heavier or harder-access jobs in this metro have been quoted well above it. Expect a quote closer to the top of that range than a wheel-lift job on an empty pickup would get.
Do you tow food trucks?
Yes — Boston Towing Service tows food trucks on a flatbed so a mounted kitchen doesn't shift in transit. Call (781) 557-4323; dispatch runs 24 hours a day, every day.
Can you take the truck to a commissary instead of a repair shop?
Yes — a commissary kitchen works the same as a repair shop for dispatch purposes. Just confirm the address when you call so the flatbed is routed correctly the first time.
What if the problem is the generator or propane system, not the engine?
A truck that runs but won't power its equipment still needs a flatbed move if it's not safe to leave curbside — that's a mechanical or gas-system call, not something to diagnose roadside. Boston Towing Service moves the truck; a commissary or equipment tech handles the fix.