Our towing company on Oak Tree Road, Iselin, NJ: the busiest strip in Woodbridge and the vans that keep it running

The businesses on Oak Tree Road move food and stock all day, and a dead van at the back door stops the kitchen. Our medium-duty truck backs into the alley or the rear lot and the van goes to the mechanic you name.

Owners who call more than once a season open an account and get one invoice a month. A van that fails on a Saturday night can be moved on a Sunday morning window.

Saturday and Sunday the road double-parks from Middlesex Avenue to the Edison line. A customer returns to find a car parked across the space, or a battery flat after two hours in the shops.

Our driver comes in on the side street, walks a boxed-in car out on skates and onto a wheel-lift, or jumps it where it sits. Both are covered by the fee or the flat roadside price.

The two roads that feed Oak Tree Road carry the staff parking and the through traffic to Metropark and Route 27. Tires, batteries and the occasional crash at the Green Street intersection.

Give the nearest cross street and the side of the road. The dispatcher routes the truck in from Route 1 or from Route 27 depending on which is moving.

Iselin's residential blocks off Oak Tree Road are tight, with cars on both curbs and short driveways. A no-start on a cold morning is a jump by our driver. An AWD that has to go to the dealer rides a flatbed, and the driver phones ahead so a second car can be moved.