Need a dually moved in Philadelphia? Philadelphia Towing dispatches around the clock across Philadelphia, PA. Towing a dually 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 dually
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.
A dually's twin rear wheels don't seat in a standard wheel-lift cradle, so recovery usually means a flatbed — especially with a trailer still on the hitch. Philadelphia Towing answers the line 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and sorts the truck and any trailer separately when there's no room to move both at once.
A dually with dual rear wheels doesn't hook up the way a regular pickup does — the twin tires on each side change where a wheel-lift's cradle can sit, and if there's an equipment trailer or a dump trailer still on the hitch, that's a second vehicle to deal with before the truck moves at all. Most dually calls in Philadelphia come off a jobsite or a narrow residential street where the truck is parked with a trailer still attached and nowhere to unhook it — and Philadelphia Towing, dispatching from 6062 Old York Rd, treats a contractor's truck going down mid-morning on a jobsite as much a lost day as a breakdown in the middle of the night. The line answers 24 hours a day, seven days a week either way.
Does the trailer come off before the truck gets towed?
If the dually is still hitched to a trailer, usually yes. Towing a truck with a loaded trailer still attached changes the weight distribution and the swing radius, and on a tight street or a jobsite driveway there's often not room to maneuver both as one unit. Philadelphia Towing typically unhooks the trailer, sets it somewhere safe, and tows the truck on its own, then comes back for the trailer if it needs to move too.
If the trailer itself is the problem — a blown tire, a snapped coupler — it's handled the same way in reverse: secure the truck first, then deal with the trailer.
What's different about hooking up a dual-rear-wheel truck?
Philadelphia Towing checks which rear end is on the truck before deciding whether a wheel-lift will actually seat correctly or whether the job goes on a flatbed instead.
- Dual tires on each side mean a standard wheel-lift cradle doesn't seat the same way it does on a single-wheel pickup.
- A flatbed sidesteps the fit problem entirely, which is why it's the default for a dually that isn't drivable.
Can you tow my dually if it still has a trailer hooked up?
Yes, but the trailer usually gets unhooked first — towing both as one unit on a tight street or jobsite generally isn't practical. Philadelphia Towing secures the trailer, tows the truck, and comes back for the trailer separately if needed.
My dually won't start on a jobsite, not a road — do you still come?
Yes — Philadelphia Towing dispatches to jobsites, driveways, and lots the same as it does to the street. The line answers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which is part of what's behind its 4.7 rating across 25 Google reviews.
Do you tow dump trailers and equipment trailers on their own, without the truck?
Yes — once a trailer is unhooked and safe to hitch up, Philadelphia Towing can move it independently of whatever truck was pulling it, whether that truck is drivable or not.