Our towing company in Keasbey, Port Reading and Sewaren, NJ: the fleets, the docks and the waterfront

The Keasbey buildings run on schedules, and a dead yard tractor or a sprinter that will not start at 4 a.m. costs more by the hour than the tow. Managers here open an account with us once and then call a direct line.

Our heavy-duty units back in from Smith Street, move the vehicle to the shop bay or the dealer, and the charge lands on one monthly invoice. Nobody at the gate has to find a credit card.

Port Reading is older freight ground: rail spurs, truck terminals and the road to Turnpike Exit 12. Tractors with air problems, chassis with a shredded tire, delivery vans dead in a gate.

Our driver asks for the building number and which gate, because the terminals are long and the guard needs to know which truck to wave in. Photographs at both ends are standard, which fleet insurers appreciate.

Three shifts a day means three rounds of cars that sat for ten hours and will not turn over. Our driver brings the jump pack first, at one flat price, and the tow is added only if the battery will not hold.

Say the building and the lot, and whether you are at the car or still inside. Most of these calls are finished before the driver's colleagues have left the parking lot.

Sewaren is the quiet end, a residential strip on the Arthur Kill with a park, a marina and the power plant. Cars slide off the wet grass by the water, boats trailers jackknife on the ramp, and the low streets pool after a storm.

A car that took on water goes on a flatbed with the key left alone. Our driver checks the ground before backing in, because the shoulder near the water is soft.