Old North Columbus Tows, Lane Avenue to Glen Echo

Yes. The streets along the Iuka and Glen Echo ravines dip and curve, and a car can easily slide on a frosty morning. If it bent a wheel or suspension part, it should not be driven. Putting it on a flatbed solves that, since the damaged wheel never touches the road. If the car went off the pavement, the driver can winch it back first, billed at $150 an hour for winching.

Yes, but Lane Avenue and the blocks near it get extremely busy on home game Saturdays. If your car is north of Hudson Street, it usually is not a problem. Closer to Lane, expect the driver to hold off until the crowd thins, or to come at your street from the north. The dispatcher will be honest about how long it might take. Our Ohio Stadium page has more about game-day pickups.

Many houses north of Hudson have small garages on narrow alleys. The carrier usually waits at the alley entrance or on the street, and the driver pulls the car out with the winch line. If the car will not roll, wheel dollies help. If the alley is too narrow for the truck at all, we may need to bring the car to the street a few feet at a time. Tell the dispatcher the setup when you call.

Yes. When students come back in January, dead batteries are one of the most common calls in Old North. A jump is $75. The driver will also check the tire pressure, since tires often go soft over a few cold weeks. If the battery will not take a charge, a replacement can be installed on site, which usually makes more sense than a tow.

From our yard on the southwest side, the driver usually takes I-71 north to the Hudson Street exit, which comes out on the east side of the neighborhood. For cars near the river or Tuttle Park, SR-315 to Lane Avenue is quicker. On busy days the dispatcher picks the route that avoids the worst traffic and gives you an approximate arrival time.

Yes. Cars with dead batteries or locked keys at the pool, ice rink or skate park are a regular call. The park stretches a long way beside the river, so name the lot nearest you: pool, rink or skate park. A jump or lockout is a $75 flat fee. If the car needs to go to a shop, the driver loads it in the lot and takes it wherever you want.

Anywhere you choose: your home, a dealer, a collision shop or your regular mechanic. We are a towing company, not a repair shop, so the choice is yours. If you do not have a mechanic, we can suggest an independent partner shop that diagnoses first and quotes before any work. Our repair page explains the services those shops typically handle.

Old North sits between the University District to the south and Clintonville to the north, with Beechwold a little farther up High Street. We serve all of them, plus Upper Arlington across the river, at the same published rates on our rates page. Since these neighborhoods share High Street, a single call can cover a tow that starts in one and ends in another, for example from campus housing to a shop in Clintonville.